Chapter 388 Award-winning movie
"It sounds like your film and television city is going to be very grand. Are you sure you want it to be designed domestically?"

"To be honest, we thought you would find a foreign designer to make the design."

Chen Huangmei said with emotion at this time.

It’s not that he is self-deprecating, it’s mainly because there is not much experience in this type of design in China.

Not only do many people not understand the film and television city, but many people also don’t understand how to design and match it.

Take architects for example. There are quite a few architects in China who build Soviet-style buildings, but there are very few architects who build antique-style buildings.

After all, this kind of industry was considered rubbish in previous years.

"We can't always rely on foreign countries. I think there is potential in China for things like design."

"My idea is to take this opportunity to form a team, including professors of architecture, classical culture, and even clothing, and then work together to come up with a design draft!"

"I think we should not just think of it as a film and television city, but make it a showcase of our traditional culture."

"We have built a palace for each of the major dynasties, such as the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, and restored some buildings as much as possible, such as the Weiyang Palace of the Han Dynasty and the Daming Palace of the Tang Dynasty. We can even restore some scenes from paintings such as Along the River During the Qingming Festival based on some masterpieces handed down from generation to generation."

"The film and television city is just an additional attribute, and the cultural center can be its core!"

Li Changhe spoke seriously to Chen Huangmei at this time.

After hearing this, Chen Huangmei showed a hint of shock on his face.

He really didn't expect that Li Changhe would have conceived such a big idea for this thing.

"Comrade Changhe, your idea is so grand."

"Well, tomorrow you will seriously explain this to the comrades from the Academy of Social Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and then the Ministry of Culture will take the lead and set up a special design team to be responsible for this matter."

Chen Huangmei said seriously.

Li Changhe nodded, but then hesitantly asked: "Minister Chen, if we want to form a team, does it need to be approved by the top management?"

Because the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences are now formal high-ranking official institutions, they are on the same level as the Ministry of Culture.

So theoretically speaking, the Ministry of Culture can only invite personnel from the two academies or ask higher authorities to step in when forming a team.

Chen Huangmei smiled and shook his head when he heard this: "No, I'll go and negotiate, and then I'll just give them some of the foreign exchange quota."

"They need foreign exchange much more than we do!"

Chen Huangmei naturally had no authority to share this foreign exchange, but through negotiations with Modou, he discovered one of their advantages.

As long as you participate in this project, you can go and talk to the higher-ups and get a share of the funds.

No matter how much, there will definitely be a share for you.

So now, he can completely use this opportunity to bring the two academies in. After all, the two academies are now major consumers of foreign exchange, and many tasks of overseas inspection and research fall on them.

Give them a chance to earn foreign exchange at this time. I believe they will not refuse to do it.

After listening to Chen Huangmei's explanation, Li Changhe nodded but did not express any opinion.

He will give the money to his superiors when the time comes, and he won't care how it is divided.

After talking with Chen Huangmei, Li Changhe returned to the Beijing Film Studio.

"Long River"

Li Changhe had just walked a few steps when he heard someone calling him from behind. He turned around and saw that it was Ling Zifeng.

"Director Ling"

Li Changhe greeted Ling Zifeng with a smile.

"Just right, it's not easy to see you."

"Here, take it!"

At this time, Ling Zifeng took out a net bag from the basket on the back seat of the bicycle.

Li Changhe took a look and found that it was a bag of yellow peaches.

"Director Ling, this?"

"Here, I brought this back from Shaanxi Province."

"Try the yellow peaches over there, they are an early-ripening variety. I think they are sweeter than the ones here. I heard they were used as tribute in the past."

Ling Zifeng stuffed the net bag into Li Changhe's arms and said with a smile.

Li Changhe accepted it reluctantly, and then asked curiously, "Are you going to Shaanxi Province to film a movie?"

"No, I went to the Xi'an Film Studio to see my nephew, who just gave birth to a big fat boy. As a grandfather, I have to go and take a look, right?"

Ling Zifeng said cheerfully.

"Oh, congratulations, Director Ling."

When Li Changhe heard this, he immediately congratulated the other party.

"Don't tell me, I told you before that I wanted to ask you to come up with a name, but unfortunately you're not here."

"They gave themselves a name, something like Ling Xiaosu, which is really hard to pronounce."

Li Changhe was a little surprised when he heard this.

"Why are you wearing Pinru's clothes?"

"You are so naughty!"

The creator of the classic quotes that were popular all over the country back then.

Wow, it turns out that Yao Chen’s ex-husband is your great-nephew?
"Come on, let's go to my office and have some tea."

"It's just right that you can help me pick up some peaches and share them with the office."

Ling Zifeng said to Li Changhe again at this time.

He had a lot of things in the basket at the back of the car, which had been distributed to his old colleagues in the factory.

So in the afternoon, Li Changhe drank tea in Ling Zifeng's office for the whole afternoon.

Li Changhe didn't come out until he heard the noise from Zhu Lin and others outside.

"came back?"

"Hmm? When did you come back?"

Seeing Li Changhe coming out of Director Ling’s office, Zhu Lin asked curiously.

Li Changhe smiled when he heard this: "I've been drinking tea in Director Ling's office all afternoon. Where did you go?"

"Brother-in-law, let's go and wait in front of the cinemas."

“How many people watch The Horse Herder?”

Gong Xue said with a smile at this time.

"You were surrounded by people yesterday, and you still dare to wait there?"

Zhu Lin had already told him about their experiences yesterday.

"What's the big deal? I'll just wear a mask."

"Sister Linlin helped me get a mask. I'm not afraid anymore."

At this time, Gong Xue raised the medical mask in her hand and said to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe was speechless upon seeing this.

Medical masks are still quite rare these days, and only people like Zhu Lin, who come from big hospitals, can get them at any time.

"That's great. I was planning to look for you. Come on, let's go to the door. Lao Tian and the others should be back soon."

They went to different cinemas today. Tian Zhuangzhuang and his friends didn't have watches, so they couldn't keep the time as accurately as Zhu Lin.

"Wait a minute, let me get the stuff."

Li Changhe returned to Ling Zifeng's office, greeted a few veteran directors, and then walked out carrying yellow peaches.

"Here, have a yellow peach. Director Ling brought it back from Chang'an. It's very sweet."

Li Changhe gave one washed yellow peach to Zhu Lin and Gong Xue respectively, and then the three of them ate while coming to the gate of Beijing Film Studio.

After a while, Chen Kaige came back panting on his bicycle.

"I'm exhausted."

Arriving at the gate of Beijing Film Studio, Chen Kaige said while panting, with one foot slanted on the ground and supporting his bicycle.

"Come, eat a yellow peach first to quench your thirst."

Li Changhe handed him a yellow peach.

"Where do these yellow peaches come from? They're ripe so early?" There are also yellow peaches in the capital, but they still take more than a month to ripen.

"Director Ling brought this from Chang'an, eat it quickly."

After a while, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Zhang Yimou also came over.

Both of them took the bus, no one had a bicycle.

"Wait for me to get the car out."

Li Changhe took the key, went to the factory, drove out the van, and then took a group of people to the Beijing Hotel.

Since it is a celebration banquet, of course we have to choose a good place.

"It's a sure thing this time. I spent the whole afternoon observing the theater in front of the Youth Palace. Every show of our movie The Horse Wrangler was packed, and there was a lot of discussion. The word of mouth is very good."

In the car, Chen Kaige said excitedly.

Zhang Yimou also nodded: "It's the same over there. There are quite a few people. Most of them bought tickets for The Shepherd."

"Then it looks like everyone's situation is similar. Our movie is going to be a big hit."

Zhu Lin was also very happy at this time.

Although "Jungle Gunners" became a hit last year, and they also participated in that movie, they were not the leading actor after all.

But now this film "The Horse Shepherd" was shot by them themselves, and its nature is completely different.

"Long River, will The Horse Herder also be shown in Hong Kong Island?"

At this time, Tian Zhuangzhuang looked up and asked Li Changhe.

Li Changhe shook his head: "No"

"Then that film company in Hong Kong, isn't it losing money?"

"The Shepherd" is a co-production. According to the profit sharing agreement signed at the beginning, the domestic profits belong to the Beijing Film Studio, while the copyright and overseas profits belong to Planet Films.

In other words, with so much money invested in "The Horse Herder", only the box office revenue from its overseas release will belong to the Hong Kong company.

However, Li Changhe knew very well that a film like "The Shepherd" would basically have no box office success overseas. After all, Hong Kong Island had little interest in such films.

"It's okay, this isn't much money."

Li Changhe said nonchalantly.

There is no need to pretend about some things. They have been filming for such a long time, so you must be able to tell that the money was paid by Li Changhe.

After all, no Hong Kong company would be so outrageous as to pay a group of students to make a movie and provide them with cars and various equipment.

Apart from Li Changhe doing this for Zhu Lin, which other company can do this?
When everyone present heard what Li Changhe said, they looked at Zhu Lin with envy. This really pampered Zhu Lin to the extreme.

"Also, don't be so optimistic about this movie."

"Young people may like to read it, but there will be criticisms later. Wait and read the newspapers in the next few days. There will definitely be critical articles. After all, we are the protagonists of the right wing."

"But it doesn't matter. For a movie, some people like it and some people criticize it. We don't need to take it to heart. Even my novels are criticized every now and then."

Li Changhe changed the topic at this time, talking about money is so vulgar!

Several people quickly arrived at the Capital Hotel. Li Changhe had already booked a room and took them to the private room as if he was familiar with the place.

"Today is a celebration party, shouldn't we drink something?"

"Lao Tian, ​​Chang He, Lao Zhang, how about some white food?"

Chen Kaige asked excitedly at this time.

"You three are drinking, so I won't. I'm driving, and I can't drink and drive!"

"Besides, if I start drinking, it will be boring for you three to drink."

Seeing that Chen Kaige wanted to continue persuading him, Li Changhe immediately used his trump card.

When Chen Kaige heard Li Changhe's words, his expression changed.

Well, drinking with Li Changhe was indeed not an enjoyable experience.

"Okay, forget about it, let's drink together. I heard that the Jingcheng Hotel has foreign liquor."

Chen Kaige said to Li Changhe at this time.

"Okay, I'll ask Xiaoyu to get you two bottles of brandy. I'll treat you to whatever you want to drink today."

Li Changhe said generously at this time.

"I'll go talk to Xiaoyu."

Zhu Lin was also quite familiar with Wu Xiaoyu, so she stood up and went to Wu Xiaoyu to get some wine.

After Zhu Lin left, Tian Zhuangzhuang took the initiative to say, "Changhe, can I ask what we should do next?"

"Continue making the movie?"

After filming this movie, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Chen Kaige have become bored. It is difficult to expect them to go back to school with peace of mind.

So several people actually really want to know what Li Changhe’s next plan is.

Even if Zhu Lin is still the director, it would be fine if they continued filming.

Hearing Tian Zhuangzhuang's question, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou also looked at Li Changhe, waiting for his answer.

And at this moment, Zhu Lin also came back.

"Why aren't you talking? I've already asked someone to get the wine."

Zhu Lin came in and asked curiously.

"Lao Tian just asked me what to do next? Will we continue to make movies?"

Li Changhe said with a chuckle at this time.

"Still shooting?"

"No, I won't shoot anymore. It's too tiring and exhausting."

"You guys can take as many pictures as you like. I need to take a break for a while."

Zhu Lin shook her head decisively.

Being a director is very fulfilling, but filming is also tiring. Thinking of the running around for the past six months, Zhu Lin doesn't want to do it again.

When Tian Zhuangzhuang heard that Zhu Lin didn't want to shoot anymore, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Those cameras and equipment were all bought for Zhu Lin. Now that she doesn't shoot anymore, can Li Changhe continue to pay for filming?

"From what you guys are saying, do you still want to continue filming?"

Li Changhe looked at Tian Zhuangzhuang and the others and said with a smile.

"miss you!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang said decisively at this moment.

"You can take pictures if you want, but I have a request."

"I can continue to invest money in you to shoot, but our second movie will not be the type of "The Horse Herder"."

"How about we make some movies with depth together and see if we can win some awards overseas?"

"After all, I can't keep losing money!"

Li Changhe said with a smile at this time.

There is certainly no problem in supporting Lao Tian and his friends in their filming. As he said, it's not much money anyway, so he doesn't care.

But he couldn't just throw money around and let them take pictures for fun.

Since people in previous lives said that Tian Zhuangzhuang had profound directing skills, Li Changhe planned to verify it himself to see if this guy was really talented.

For someone like him, there is no chance of a regular movie making it at the box office, so Li Changhe plans to let him try his luck at winning awards.

This time, he planned to take out an award-winning script from his previous life, modify it a little, and let Tian Zhuangzhuang direct it to see if he had the ability to do it.

"Going for a prize?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang was a little surprised to hear what Li Changhe said.

"Yes, it's the three major film awards in Cannes, Berlin, and Venice."

"I write the script, you write it"

"How about it? Do you dare?"

Li Changhe looked at Tian Zhuangzhuang at this time and asked seriously.

(End of this chapter)