Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 231 Another round of fleecing Han Sanpin

"it is good!"

Gu Bei put the newspaper back on the newspaper rack, got up and followed Han Sanpin's assistant to Han Sanpin's office.

Han Sanpin smiled at him: "Director Gu, you're the one who's busier. You only returned to China two days before the press conference. I've been waiting for you to come back for so long."

"We definitely have to finish filming the artists, after all, Leonardo's schedule is extremely precious."

Gu Bei sat down without any hesitation.
After forty-five days, the artist finally completed the filming.
Gu Bei handed over the post-production work to the post-production team, finalized the style with them, and then rushed back to China.

After all, the film "The Artist" has reached the threshold of B-grade production. The team is getting bigger and bigger, and Gu Bei can no longer take on multiple roles like he did in an independent film such as "Whiplash".

"Are you still planning to go to Cannes?"

Han Sanpin asked curiously.

“It’s too late!” Gu Bei shook his head. “I’ll be staying in China for the next period of time. The Cannes Film Festival will open in less than twenty days.”

This film can only be submitted to this year's Venice International Film Festival!
"Let's start our assault on this year's awards season from there."

Venice is also good; it's always been relatively friendly to Chinese directors.
Moreover, prior to this year, Chinese directors had already won the Golden Lion three times in a row.

Han Sanpin nodded, agreeing with Gu Bei's idea.

"Three consecutive Golden Lions?"

Gu Bei was slightly stunned.

He thought about it carefully.
62 Brokeback Mountain, 63 Three Gorges Good Samaritan, 64 Lust, Caution
It's unbelievable that a Chinese person has won the Golden Lion three times in a row!

"Director Gu, how about bringing back another Golden Lion Award?" Han Sanpin encouraged with a smile.

"Chairman Han is putting pressure on me again!" Gu Bei teased with a smile. "Didn't you say you were coming to show me the script?"

"it's here."

Han Sanpin opened the drawer, took out a newly printed script, and pushed it in front of Gu Bei.

Gu Bei looked down and...
It really is this movie!

The script had four large characters written on it: "The Founding of a Republic".

This film, a key project for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, pioneered the genre of celebratory films.

Many future patriotic films and even mainstream commercial films will follow the model of this movie, attracting audiences to theaters with star-studded casts.

"You, the Oscar-winning screenwriter, are the one to give me a good look," Han Sanpin said with a smile.

"Let me consider."

Gu Bei sat up straight.

He opened the script and began to read it carefully.
This version of the script is almost identical to the movie he envisioned.
After all, this type of film is shot strictly according to the script, which is written based on historical materials, leaving little room for the screenwriter and director to improvise.

In a sense, this is actually a film that is half documentary and half drama.

After reading it, Gu Bei looked up and said seriously, "It's a very good script. It uses the first meeting of the association as the main storyline, and it has both the entertainment value of a commercial film and the weight of history."

"Don't you have any comments?"

"It's not my place to bring this up. I haven't seen enough information to offer any effective suggestions."

Gu Bei shook his head and pushed the script back.

He hadn't been involved in the project, so naturally he couldn't offer any useful suggestions.

However, if he were to revise this script, the changes would be substantial, and it wouldn't be as respectful of historical records as this script.

"So...do you want to make this movie?"

Han Sanpin pushed the script back and looked at Gu Bei expectantly.

"I?"

Gu Bei finally understood.

Han Sanpin's real intention was not what it seemed; he wasn't there to show him the script at all.
Instead, they wanted to hand over the project of "The Founding of a Republic" to Gu Bei.

This is a top-tier project in Beijing's entertainment circle, with Han Sanpin investing almost all of his resources, securing participation from a host of top stars and directors, and also including a series of local resources.

It's impossible for the director of this film to gain much financial benefit.

But it can add a layer of prestige, at least making others more wary when dealing with it.

Han Sanpin's desire to promote Gu Bei to the position of director shows how much he values ​​Gu Bei.

Unfortunately,

Gu Bei will only consider shifting his focus back to China at least five years from now.
He not only doesn't need this gilding now, but he even needs to deliberately avoid it.

Therefore, he could only refuse, saying, "My work schedule is too full. I have many ideas while I'm young, and I want to shoot more. I can't fully participate in this project."

After a pause,

Gu Bei noticed Han Sanpin's disappointed and absent-minded expression.
He tentatively asked, "How about... I offer Mr. Han some financial support?"

"Okay, I'll reserve some for you later."
It won't be too much, about 10% of the market share.

The main issue is that there will be a large number of companies involved.

Han Sanpin pondered for a moment and then agreed.

He encouraged Gu Bei to direct the film.
The main purpose was to show support for Gu Bei.

Involving Gu Bei's company is also a form of support for Gu Bei.

"Then thank you very much, Chairman Han."

Gu Bei was a little embarrassed.

It seems like... I've taken advantage of Han Sanpin again!
Previously, Han Sanpin built an underwater film studio for Gravity.

Now Han Sanpin has helped Gu Bei's company secure an investment share in the "Founding of a Nation" project.

Even Han Sanpin couldn't have imagined that the film's production cost of 3000 million would eventually yield a box office of 4 million.

After all, since the beginning of the new century,
Mainstream films generally have no problem breaking even.
However, its box office performance has always been lukewarm.
Most people invest in patriotic films primarily for the purpose of gaining prestige.

This can also be seen from the production companies; there were only 13 production companies involved in "The Founding of a Republic," most of which were related to the government system.
The list of companies included in the "Founding of a Republic" list has been expanded to 30, encompassing almost every well-known company in the entertainment industry.

This 10% investment share is already an extremely lucrative return.

"It's a pity you arrived too late, otherwise you could have gotten a role in it."

Han Sanpin said with some regret.

"let me see……"

Gu Bei thought for a moment, "We could add Liang Sicheng and his wife, after all, he designed and set up the main venue for the first association meeting, which only took 18 days."

The only problem was that Liang Sicheng and his wife were already in their forties at that time!

As Gu Bei spoke,

He shook his head and ultimately gave up on the idea.

Other movies allow a twenty-year-old to play a forty-year-old.
But for a tribute film like this, they won't let you do that, even if you're a good actor.

"I don't think you're doing this to play Liang Sicheng."

Was it to cast Liu Yifei as Lin Huiyin?

Han Sanpin smiled and pointed at Gu Bei in the air with his finger, as if he had already seen through Gu Bei.

"Husband and wife are one, so with Liang Sicheng, there was naturally Lin Huiyin." Gu Bei shrugged, not hiding his selfish motives at all.

"Does this 'couple' refer to you, or Liang Sicheng and his wife?"

(End of this chapter)