Chapter 481 CJ Corporation's Sincerity

According to online news reports, South Korean girl group Girls' Generation arrived in the capital this morning and is said to be holding a concert here.

The fans who came to pick up the fans at the airport caused a short traffic jam, which immediately became the gossip headlines.

"These girl groups are really popular recently." Zhou Xun and others in the crew also saw the news and said it directly.

"Haha, they look good, but I don't know how many of them are real. I heard that plastic surgery technology is very advanced there."

Hu Jun said with a smile.

Gu Wei didn't say anything after hearing their discussion. It was really fucked up sometimes.

I have been trying hard to spread domestic culture, but the mainland has been constantly introducing foreign culture and chasing after so-called girl groups and boy groups.

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A very interesting phenomenon has emerged in the mainland film market, that is, the temporary change of release date.

Although the box office of "The Search" and "The Four" made everyone excited, most of them were decisively scared when it came to themselves.

Among them, many domestic films, including Guangguang's "Sad Fairy Tale", saw the bad situation and postponed their release date originally scheduled for the end of August to next month.

This also reflects the current lack of confidence and various problems in the domestic film industry, but it is also forced by the environment.

As of the end of August and the beginning of September, according to data released by relevant departments, the vast majority of box office revenue in the mainland this year was occupied by imported films.

For this reason, major film and television companies in the industry collectively responded to the call, hoping to protect domestic films, and finally a discussion meeting was formed.

The result is predictable. Things have been decided, so how could they change overnight?

Of course, this does not mean that such discussions are completely useless. China Film Group took direct action.

Judging from the latest published list, China Film Group directly arranged for "The Amazing Spider-Man" to be released at the end of August, and then put two imported films "Prometheus" and "The Expendables 2" on September 9 and September 2.

This means that movie fans may have to see three Hollywood blockbusters released one after another within two weeks or even within a week.

Industry insiders even joked that the end of this year's summer season will usher in an "imported film protection week."

"Boss Han, this is a good move, but the Hollywood media has been complaining about you a lot..."

When Gu Wei saw the media reports from Hollywood being reprinted in China, he was extremely dissatisfied with this arrangement and believed that it harmed the interests of Hollywood film and television companies.

"I've gotten used to it over the years."

Han Sanping doesn't care. He has been criticized too much at home and abroad in recent years.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this move was intentional. The intention was to leave enough space for domestic films by competing with American blockbusters.

After all, Lao Han couldn't turn a deaf ear to the voices of his subordinates.

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It can be said that mainland films have always been committed to imitating the Hollywood blockbuster model, and so is the domestic directors association.

Now, the Domestic Screenwriters Association has followed suit and directly demanded an increase in the rights and interests of screenwriters.

All domestic films released nowadays will have the words "the work of director X".

The director’s name also appears in the screenwriter column of many movies, which directly infringes on the rights of the screenwriters.

The relationship between mainland directors and screenwriters is inherently delicate and has always been in conflict.

As a result, the current president and secretary-general of the Directors Association added fuel to the fire: the China Film Directors Association submitted an amendment proposal to the Regulations Department of the Copyright Bureau of the State Press and Publication Administration, stating that "the director should be the author of the film and television works."

Afterwards, he called on Weibo to include "the director is the author of the film" in the law.

But this move caused a huge earthquake in the film industry.

The incident was caused by mainland director Zhang Yang, who recently posted a message on his Weibo, calling for the director to be the main person in film creation, including the right of authorship.

Afterwards, many directors came out and pointed out clearly that the director should be the author of the film. This is a fact that is generally recognized internationally and is also generally recognized in our country. EU countries have done a good job, and we should learn from them and strive for it.

The screenwriter disagreed and hit back directly: "The directors haven't made the film to 'international standards' yet, but they are already raising the rights to 'international level'. This is a bit funny."

“If the director is the ‘author’ of the film, then who is the screenwriter?”

The screenwriters and directors were at loggerheads over the copyright issue, and the matter became a complete escalation as the two sides fought back and forth.

A common phenomenon in the mainland film industry at present is that many directors are directly involved in script writing, and it is even more common to put their own names in the screenwriter column after the film is completed.

Nowadays, directors collectively fight for their rights as "authors", which makes many screenwriters feel that their "turf" has been further "invaded".

"Director Gu, you know what's going on, right? Now the Directors Association advocates that everyone work together. What do you think?" Ning Hao called to ask Gu Wei's opinion.

"I don't really care. Just let them be."

Gu Wei just said something casually and didn't want to get involved.

...Speaking of CJ Entertainment, since the last cooperation between the two parties, apart from the distribution of a few movies, Gu Wei has not had much contact with them.

This time, the other party came to talk about movies. They took a fancy to a script by Gu Wei and wanted to buy the copyright to film it.

But the other party also understood Gu Wei's rules, so he sent someone to talk face to face.

"New World?"

After the two sides met, the other party directly said the name of the script. Upon hearing this, Gu Wei was somewhat impressed by the other party's vision.

In the original time and space, many mainland audiences and netizens were impressed by the rapid development of the Korean film industry, and praised the other side's films for being bolder and more realistic than our country's.

But they did not take into account that the national conditions and systems of the two countries are different. In comparison, the class contradictions in South Korea are greater, and they can only vent them through movies.

This also leads to the other party becoming more and more bold in film making, which is very ironic.

Just like this script "New World", if it were to be filmed in China, it would most likely not pass the review. But now the representative of CJ Entertainment has expressed their desire to slightly modify the script to capture the most realistic side.

"You also know that I have a company in Korea, and this movie is the next project to be launched."

When Gu Wei said this, it sounded like he was waiting for a good price. To be honest, if the other party hadn't mentioned the script, he wouldn't have remembered it at all. With so many scripts registered in the company and copyrights acquired one after another, it was normal that he couldn't remember them all.

"Director Gu, we can accept that both parties jointly finance the filming, and CJ Company is also willing to pay a large sum for the script purchase."

The representative of CJ Entertainment did not understand the true situation and spoke hastily.

"Fifty percent, and some of the roles will be designated by me."

Gu Wei stretched out his hand and said with a smile.

"This..." When the other party heard this number, he couldn't laugh anymore, and the expression on his face was very interesting.

About ten minutes later, the other party went out to make a phone call, and after coming back he reluctantly accepted the condition.

"Haha, then let's talk about the cost of the script."

It has to be said that at this moment Gu Wei turned into Gu Baopi and did not miss any opportunity to extract benefits.

"We are willing to pay six million, but we hope to add your name as the film producer."

The price offered by the other party was not low, but Gu Wei still shook his head. Six million was a reasonable price for a script alone, which was close to one million US dollars.

But considering the title of producer, the price is a bit low. Now that I have a good reputation, it would be embarrassing to say that the price is low.

"Twenty million." Gu Wei held up two fingers, and before the other party could respond, he continued, "I will go over to direct a few scenes during the filming of the movie, and I will also go over to discuss the overseas distribution."

It’s called communication, but in fact it’s just a matter of a phone call. When the time comes, just tell Warner and a few hundred companies will be enough to start the filming.

"no problem."

The other party agreed immediately, which surprised Gu Wei. He didn't even bargain?

In fact, the competition among South Korean entertainment companies is extremely fierce. The purpose of CJ Entertainment launching this movie is to continue to consolidate its position through cooperation with Gu Wei.

You see, we are all big companies, but we can always cooperate with world-famous directors and enter overseas regions such as Hollywood. This is a symbol of strength!

After the two sides finished talking, they signed an agreement on the spot, which clearly stated that Gu Wei had to shoot no less than five scenes himself and that no less than 300 cinemas would be opened in Hollywood.

After finishing the business, Gu Wei was in a very good mood. He took the initiative to invite the other party to dinner and personally poured a glass of wine for them at the table, which made them feel flattered.

The representative of CJ Entertainment had even thought about how to brag to his peers when he returned. Not everyone can eat a meal treated by a big director or drink wine personally poured by him.

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Naturally, the fact that people from CJ Company came to China and visited Gu Wei could not be hidden from the media reporters.

What's more, the people from CJ Company had no intention of concealing the news. Instead, they immediately publicized the news after signing the agreement.

The media were also very interesting. While reporting on the dispute between screenwriters and directors in the industry, they took things out of context and directly said that Gu Wei's script fee was 20 million.

Now, screenwriters in the industry are completely jealous.

Wow, 20 million for a script, that’s a steal.

Envy, besides envy, there is jealousy.

“It’s the same script, but the one written by Director Gu Wei can sell for 20 million, while ours can only sell for 100 or 200 thousand. The difference is more than 10 or 100 times!
Most importantly, you can’t even add your own name to it. Is this what you call fairness?”

My goodness, the screenwriters used Gu Wei as an example and just quit.

Seeing this, some filmmakers in the circle contacted Gu Wei, hoping that he would come forward to clarify the matter.

However, he was directly rejected by Gu Wei. There is something wrong with what he said. The exploitation of screenwriters in China is a bit too much.

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(End of this chapter)