Xi'an is a good place, not only has a long cultural history, but also the most famous Western Film Studio in the film industry, which was once one of the six major film studios on the same level as Beiying, Shangying, Changying, Eying and Bayi Factory, and has produced many big directors.

In the eighties and nineties, Western Film Studio carried Chinese films forward with its own strength, why was there a Northwest Gang in the film circle in the nineties?

If you don't know, you can check the celebrities who came out of the West Film Studio, The West Film Studio is the first film studio to win the highest award at the International A-category Film Festival, and the Berlin Golden Bear Award, Venice Golden Lion Award, etc. have been won.

In fact, "Farewell My Concubine" also has the shadow of the Western Film Studio.

It is the studio with the largest number of international awards in China, and exports accounted for more than one-quarter of all films in Chinese mainland throughout the eighties and nineties.

It can be seen how brilliant it used to be, but unfortunately, the current studio has declined.

To tell the truth, until 2011, the Western Film Studio still had a certain vitality and energy, and in his cognition, all the film studios in China can fall, but the West Film Studio should not fall.

Because Xiying wants history to have history, there are talented people, and there are strength and strength, why did it fall?

Western Film Studio has always adhered to walking on two legs, they have won various international awards for literary films, and their commercial films have always been very box office, and even they cooperated with Hong Kong films earlier.

It can be said that Western Film Studio is open, free, diversified, and powerful.

Why did it fall? How did it come to decline?

Maybe it's because it can't keep up with the pace of marketization? Or is it something else?

In short, in the 90s, for the sake of so-called marketization, some large domestic enterprises privatized factories that still had some strength in various ways, and untied the burden of large factories, with the result that the departments that originally thought that they would retain their strength after privatization were directly gone.

Not only did it not untie the burden of the big factory, but it weakened the strength of the big factory, resulting in the incomplete technology of the big factory, and the products that could have been produced could not be produced in the end.

So what caused it, he didn't dare to speculate, after all, it was impossible for him to go back to history to find out the cause and turn the tide, and it had nothing to do with him.

When He Fang arrived in Xi'an, someone from the West Film Studio contacted He Fang, saying that the old director of the West Film Studio wanted to see He Fang.

Who is the old director of the West Film Studio? Of course, it is Wu Tianming, he is the initiator and the biggest hero of the rise of Western Film Studio.

This made He Fang a little flattered, and he didn't understand why Wu Tianming wanted to see him.

After doing propaganda in the West, he got into the car sent by Wu Tianming to pick him up.

I didn't know where Xi'an was, so the car turned around and sent him to an old building, which was quite clean and ancient.

He Fang met 81-year-old Wu Tianming, a legend in the Chinese film industry.

Don't look at him at the age of 81, he is still making movies, not only will he play a cameo role as an actor in some movies, but also be a producer or something, the most difficult thing is that he is still thinking about making a movie.

This is a real filmmaker, a person who loves movies, and a person who dedicates his life to movies.

"Hello Mr. Wu, hello, I am so lucky to have the honor to meet you today." He Fang's posture is very low, whether it is achievements or qualifications, he is a child in front of Wu Tianming.

"Haha...... I met a real person, yes, yes. It is rare for China's second director to win the Palme d'Or to be so young. Chen Kaige was forty years old when he won the Palme d'Or, and you were only 27, young, so young. Well, there is hope for Chinese films. Come, come, sit, sit. ”

Wu Tianming is also a strong compliment.

"Mr. Wu, you have a good reputation, there is no such thing as me in Chinese films, there are also Zhang Fang, Wang Fang, and Li Fang, I can't afford the burden of hope for Chinese films."

"Hey, who said you can't afford it, you can afford it, you can afford it. I've watched your "Far Cry", and I watched "Single Zoo" three times at the same time, whether it is business or art, your level is not below the first-class directors in China. ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be ......"

The two of them chatted for a while, bragged about the cow, and then served the food, and the two chatted while eating, and at first they just talked about film creation.

But when the meal was about the same, Wu Tianming asked.

"Director He, I also read the film industrialization plan of the Lake Film Group drafted by you, and the steps are very big. I'm bullish, though. In recent years, Hunan's film and television industry has been very bold and has made some achievements, I think the people in the current Western Film Studio are less courageous, but unfortunately I am old and incapable of doing it. ”

Wu Tianming said and took a sip of the teacup.

"Mr. Wu, how old are you, you can continue to make movies, and you must continue to support young directors and filmmakers." He Fang touted.

"Heh, now I'm insisting on doing this, but the new team is reluctant to make movies. Movies have high risks and small returns, they all want to change assets into fixed assets such as real estate, build a good building and wait for rent collection, with low risk and long-term returns. They say it's asset optimization, heh, I can't keep up with new ideas anyway. ”

Wu Tianming shook his head lonely and said, He Fang was also stunned, and he also smiled bitterly.

"Well, after all, many film studio leaders now pay more attention to the company's income and expenditure, a huge group needs money to support, and if there is no fixed source of income, it will make them desperate. Therefore, it is not for nothing that they optimize asset management and earn some regular income. ”

Wu Tianming raised his eyes and looked at Hefang.

"Then why don't you let the Lake Shadow Group repair the building? I heard that their earliest plan was to repair the building and collect rent. Your suggestion, now industrialized. ”

He Fang also scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Mr. Wu, you know that a major decision requires a group of courageous leaders, who dare to dare to do and take responsibility. Back then, if it wasn't because of you, the Western Film Studio would have this kind of brilliance? But you can't expect all leaders to be bold, they may just want to be in his hands? You can't say they're completely wrong, can you? After all, you have to live to have a chance. ”

Wu Tianming thought for a moment and nodded.

"You can talk well, I guess the leaders of the Lake Film Group were persuaded by you like this, right? It's a pity, how nice it would be if you were someone from my Western Film Studio. ”

Wu Tianming has a heart of love.

"Ha, Mr. Wu, it was really not me who persuaded the Huying Group, but the Huying Group took the initiative to ask me for change. I just used the experience I had seen in a few years abroad and came up with a proposal. Now I don't know if this plan can be successful, everyone is waiting to see the joke. ”

"Jokes? They're the jokes. You said it very well, the improvement model of the film studio is the way out of the film industrialization. Over the years, I haven't seen that the director-centered system relies entirely on the director's all-round talent, which is too risky. ”

"It is necessary not only to let the director understand the production, but also to let the director understand the creation, but also to let the director understand the cost control and understand the market. How is this possible, a crew completely lets the director call the shots, and the result is that the director squanders vigorously to realize his unrealistic ideas. ”

"Then it slowed down the progress, increased the expenses, and suddenly added dramas to change the plays, and the cost rose a lot. The result? The biggest possibility is to make a bad movie that has no market or even won't win awards. Everyone said that Chen Kaige couldn't make a good movie since "Farewell My Concubine", and that was because he had too much power after that. ”

"I think back then, the script for filming "Farewell My Concubine" was adapted by Lu Wei, and Chen Kaige almost did not change it, because the script was approved after repeated discussions in the film studio. When Chen Kaige was filming, the filming schedule and cost control were all staring at the film studio. Including his previous "Yellow Earth", "The Child King", and "Singing While Walking", they are all in this mode. However, since he has the greatest right to speak, what kind of film has he made? ”

"What director-centric system? It's all fart. Without the model of the film studio, what award-winning movies have their so-called directors who have complied with the director-centered system in the past ten years? What films can you watch about the so-called sixth generation? ”

"We're going crooked, but no one listens to me. I have to say, ours is backward here, that's backward, this can't work, that's not good, and then Hollywood's line, Europe's line. ”

Wu Tianming waved his hand angrily when he said this, then sighed, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

He Fang is also confused, is this the case? What he thought was that the director-centric system was popular in film studios in the eighties and nineties.

I heard that Xie Jin was criticized by everyone because he was not artistic, and the studio declined.

I don't know the specific situation, I don't know.

"Forget it, I won't complain, after all, it's your young age, and what I said doesn't work. I just want to say something to you when I ask you to meet you this time, and I am very optimistic about you. Commercial films make commercial films watchable, and literary films make literary films artistic. ”

"And your film industrialization plan is very good, I know that it will be difficult to go back to the old path of the film studio. The group you came out of is the right way to build a platform, reshape the institutional process to provide services, and create a free creation. ”

When He Fang heard this, he was suddenly a little moved, he didn't expect that his ideas would be scolded as shit in public opinion, but they would be recognized by an old filmmaker.

He Fang immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Wu Tianming.

"Hey, what are you doing here, little baby?" Wu Tianming wondered.

"Mr. Wu, I just thank you for your support to me. You are a senior, what do you need from the junior to serve me in the future, just mention it to me. He Fang said sincerely.

"Really?" Wu Tianming's eyes lit up.

He was stunned, really? You're welcome?

"Of course it's true, Mr. Wu, what do you say you need me to do?"

Wu Tianming nodded, "I heard that you are preparing a 3D sci-fi blockbuster?" Can I go and study? I don't point fingers, I'm just curious about how this thing was filmed. ”

Hearing this, He Fang breathed a sigh of relief, "That's no problem, you can go over to guide the work at any time, and shoot in Changsha." However, we haven't prepared it yet, and I don't think we can start filming until at least October. ”

"Oh, it's okay, call me then, I'll be there. What are the other difficulties in your industrialization? Wu Tianming asked.

"Film industrialization is not just a sentence, we need to build a water and underwater shooting studio, we also need to build a few models of aircraft carriers and warships of this size, and we also need to make props for future machine armor. It's still being tested, and it will take a few months for the test to be successful. Besides, some of our current actors have not yet been implemented, and our post-production special effects production room and team have only been completed, so there are a lot of things. ”

"......" Wu Tianming listened with envy, "Tsk, this is industrialization, this is the real blockbuster." No, when filming starts, I must shoot with the group throughout the whole process, I just watch and learn. ”

"Haha, this is a trivial matter, Mr. Wu, don't worry, I'll have someone pick you up before the filming starts."

"Pick it up or not, I can go by myself, rest assured that I won't interfere with the shooting of the group."

(End of chapter)