Who says Beijing Film Academy has no great directors? (2002)

Chapter 113, "To Youth," is going crazy!

Yao Beina smiled and accepted the red envelope from Chen Yan, her mouth agape in surprise as she felt its thickness.

"Boss Chen is so generous."

Chen Yan didn't really believe it. He knew that Yao Beina was definitely not short of money. Her father, Yao Feng, was a professor at Wuhan Conservatory of Music and later the chairman of the Shenzhen Musicians Association. He belonged to the music industry system and was definitely a high-income group.

My mother, Li Xinmin, is a singer in the provincial song and dance troupe. She works within the system and has a very stable income.

Her family was at least upper-middle class, belonging to the type that had never lacked money or done hard labor from childhood to adulthood. Of course, Huang Bo, who was next to her, was a glaring example of comparison.

Huang Bo graduated from the dubbing class of Beijing Film Academy in 04. He had no fame or resources, and it was very difficult for him to get roles. Even when he got some minor roles, his salary was very low.

In his early years as a struggling artist in Beijing, Huang Bo lived in a basement and relied on his girlfriend for financial support. His salary for "Crazy Stone" was not very high; Ning Hao was very stingy at the time and only gave Huang Bo 10,000 yuan.

So Huang Bo was quite happy to receive the money.

Chen Yan patted Huang Bo on the shoulder and said to the two of them, "When you two become famous, you definitely won't have to worry about money anymore."

Although he was addressing two people, Chen Yan's main point was to Huang Bo.

Huang Bo looked up at Chen Yan: "Haha, then I'll take Director Chen's good wishes!"

After finishing everything, the two said goodbye and left.

Chen Yan went straight back to the company. Although the arrangement had been done in advance, mixing was a very time-consuming task, and it would take about three days to get the music.

Chen Yan consulted the company's finance department to calculate recent profits and found that opening several 3D cinemas, even the low-end version, would require a budget of nearly 300 million yuan, while a multi-screen cinema would cost between 800 million and 2000 million yuan.

However, Chen Yan could understand that at that time, 3D systems, digital projectors, and even large screens all had to be imported from abroad. 3D cinemas in 05 were still considered experimental and high-end projects.

After 2010, the technological dividends faded, and the cost of equipment for ordinary 3D theaters could be reduced to 30 to 50 yuan.

However, Chen Yan didn't have that much time to wait for Wanda to establish its own distribution channels.

So when I first arrived at the company, we held a meeting with only one theme: to immediately launch the 3D cinema project and build it simultaneously in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.

Chen Yan wants to be the first person in China to try something new!

2005 was a year of explosive growth in the import of foreign blockbusters into China, including "Anaconda 2", "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", and the classic "King Kong".

However, the box office champion in China in 05 was "The Promise".

Chen Yan plans to make a movie specifically to compete with "The Promise" and give Chen Kaige a good thrashing.

In March, Chen Yan's "So Young" saw a slight rebound in box office revenue, with the total box office exceeding 150 million yuan.

The remaining ten days or so of screening period will likely see another surge in box office revenue, as there are basically no films in March that can significantly boost the overall market.

Among them, the one with some potential is Xu Jinglei's "Letter from an Unknown Woman," which is known as a talented woman from the Beijing Film Academy, and the second is Zhang Ziyi's "Jasmine Blossoms."

Zhang Ziyi's "Jasmine Blossoms" even surpassed "Love" to win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress, so Chen Yan was unlikely to give her a friendly look.

However, what was unexpected was that in March, news was released that "Jasmine Women" had been withdrawn from its scheduled release.

The next day, it was rescheduled for May Day, but then, for some unknown reason, it was withdrawn from the 05 release schedule altogether.

Rumors are circulating online that the company behind the film, seeing itself competing with Chen Yan's film "So Young," realized it was outmatched and therefore backed out.

Zhang Ziyi posted online: "Jasmine Blossoms cannot be shown to everyone for the time being due to some special reasons. I hope everyone can look forward to our reunion in the future."

Chen Yan called Han Sanping directly to ask what was going on with the film.

Han Sanping was also speechless. This film was co-invested by China Film Group, but the subsequent investors were from Neijiang, making the situation extremely complicated.

Han Sanping said weakly, "The budget for this film was between 1900 and 2000 million yuan, but it ended up costing more than 100 million yuan over budget."

The partner insisted that the accounts were unclear, and then someone in the production team withheld key sound materials, causing everything to be stalled in theaters, post-production, audio-visual production, and overseas distribution.

"Damn it! Now they're doing a joint audit; we definitely can't proceed until it's finished."

"Damn it, if he won't give me the master tape, I won't schedule a time slot for him. Let's see who can drag this out longer!"

Han Sanping's last words were filled with deep resentment.

Chen Yan understood immediately. It seemed that Han Sanping had fallen back into his old ways, wanting to control the distribution rights while the partner wanted to monopolize the profits. The two sides were now at an impasse.

There are probably people who think Zhang Ziyi is doing very well in Hollywood lately and want to suppress this film, waiting until Zhang Ziyi's value skyrockets before selling the rights.

Because Zhang Ziyi was officially announced to play the female lead, Sayuri, in "Memoirs of a Geisha" in 2004, the film had already started shooting in 2005.

Chen Yan asked casually with a smile, "The investors aren't planning to wait until 'Memoirs of a Geisha' airs before broadcasting 'Jasmine Women'?"

Bar?"

After Chen Yan finished speaking, there was no further response from Han Sanping.

Hey, you actually guessed right.

"Hehe, Mr. Han, I can understand, I can understand." After all, Zhang Ziyi is currently extremely popular, winning awards in China, making appearances in Hollywood, and her relationship with the second young master of the Huo family is going very well and is extremely high-profile.

She's a true winner in life.

"This film is very complicated; it's not something I can decide on my own," Han Sanping said in an official tone.

Chen Yan could tell from his tone that he was actually happy about the delayed release, and that his earlier outbursts were just a way of venting his emotions.

The two then played two rounds of games before Chen Yan hung up the phone.

I thought to myself, "It's really interesting to watch the drama unfold."

In the following days, "So Young" continued its meteoric rise, leaving several other films, including Gu Changwei's "Peacock," utterly powerless to resist.

It was even pushed to the brink of being taken off the screen.

However, some media outlets suddenly revealed online that "Peacock" won the Berlin Film Festival's Best Picture award, which, although a jury prize, sparked considerable controversy.

The box office for "Peacock" has rebounded slightly, which has helped it retain its release date.

Domestic film fans and critics still hold these kinds of film festivals in high regard, which has sparked a wave of group offline viewings of "Kong".

A small trend of "Sparrow".

However, along with the post about winning the award, some gossip about directors and actresses was also dug up.

Gu Changwei and Zhang Jingchu walked side by side on the red carpet in Berlin, behaving intimately.

A famous director's sex scandals are always more interesting than cold, hard publicity.

In mid-March 2005, Gu Changwei, the male protagonist of the whole incident, finally responded to the scandal for the first time on Guangdong TV's "Men Never Sleep".

Gu Changwei: "Everyone made this up to promote Jiang Wenli's 'Chinese-Style Divorce,' but no one mentioned it after the show ended."

He also praised Jiang Wenli for her hard work, claiming, "She supported me for 5 years."

Ironically, right after he finished the show, the media broke the news: "Jiang Wenli once brought her one-year-old son to the film set, slapped Zhang Jingchu in public, and said: 'I will make sure she has no roles to play in mainland China in the future.'"