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Chapter 838 Do You Think (Two in One)

"2015 is the year of Hundred Days Red's comprehensive development. This suspense film, which won 8.3 million box office, is just a footnote of the company's development."

Gan Jing stood in the center of the stage, with the glittering trophy beside him.

"The same footnote, no, it should be said to be an achievement. It is worth mentioning. Zhou Dongyu won the Golden Horse Best Actress, Ma Sichun won the Best Supporting Actress, "July and Ansheng" we invested in Hundred Days Red , The movie I participated in was a great success." Gan Jing smiled, "Although its box office is not as high as I said just now, I always think that as an actor, you must have hard skills."

Gan Jing took two steps back to the back of the trophy display table, bent slightly, brushed his big hand over the trophy, and said in a deep voice, "This is part of hard power."

He flicked it in the opposite direction and vigorously, and the trophy made a crisp and pleasant sound when it touched the trophy.

At the right time, the films and TV dramas invested by Hundred Days Red, actors starred in this year, as well as their achievements and awards appeared on the big screen behind.

The whole screen is filled.

The audience gave applause very cooperatively at this time. Most of the people who came to this occasion today were friends, regardless of depth. Even if they were not friends, they were industry insiders who were optimistic about Hundred Days Red.

The applause was very... enthusiastic.

Gan Jing stood on the stage with a smile, a well-deserved look.

After a while, he pressed down against the weakening applause, his smile faded, he turned and pointed to the screen behind him, and then pointed to the trophy on the table: "Unfortunately, these will pass, and these have passed .”

Box office results and movie awards are not temporary. Many actors can enjoy a long time after winning an award, but it will eventually pass.

At the same time, as a hundred day red company, they are already in the past tense. The company must develop and look forward forever. The same is true for actors, and they cannot indulge in the past.

"I hope that those who win the award can carry on the past and forge ahead to achieve higher achievements in the film and television industry. If you feel that you will lose motivation after being the best actor and actress, OK, look at me, the Oscar winner is standing on the stage."

"Those who haven't won the award yet, those whose box office performance is not outstanding, like Di Lieba, Liu Haoran, Yang Aiyan, He Hongshan, etc., I hope you can follow the example of your predecessors and ask them for advice. A company, an industry, The future is all yours."

When Gan Jing said this, his expression changed from serious to gentle again: "I won't say anything superfluous, believe me, believe in Hundred Days Red, and believe that China's film and television industry will have a bright future."

Another round of applause.

Perhaps because the above words were touched, the applause this time was warmer than last time.

However, the annual meeting did not end here. As the president of Bairihong Company, Chen Huihong also has to make a conclusion. Compared with Forrest Gump, he is more inclined to a series of more rational ideas such as planning, data, and development speed. thing.

Gan Jing sat at the table with Chen Kaige, Gu Changwei, Jiang Wenli, Zhou Xun, Huang Bo, Hu Ge and others. Everyone was politely listening to Chen Huihong's summary of the company and the industry.

Don't look at Gan Jing who is "Old Chen" and "Old Chen" all the time, but now he is also a big player in the industry when he goes out.

At the same time, Dana's sensitivity to industry development is of course worthy of the attention of the industry.

"Forrest Gump, very good." Jiang Wenli praised softly.

Gan Jing smiled.

After a while, when Chen Huihong finished speaking, the annual meeting was basically over, and the rest was the dinner time, and there would be performances by Hundred Days Red's new artists.

Like Di Lieba's hot dance, like Liu Haoran's singing, like He Hongshan's stand-up comedy, like Tan Shan's Peking opera opera... In short, it is quite rich.

Of course, the finale was the reappearance of Huang Bo's youth singing group "Blue Wind and Sand". He joined hands with Gan Jing to sing "Unforgettable Tonight" for the guests present.

Yes, "Unforgettable Tonight"!
This song set off laughter, applause, and whistles. If you look at the audience's response alone, Huang Bo and Gan Jing's performance should be the first tonight.

This went on until after nine o'clock, and the company's red envelopes and bonuses had already been distributed, and the dinner was free for activities, drinking, chatting, and communicating with each other. This is also the part that many people in the industry want most.

"Forrest Gump, I briefly read the booklet your company handed over, and it's really good." Gu Changwei and Gan Jing exchanged cups and chatted about a director they had decided on.

"Director Gu, which book are you looking at?" Gan Jing knew that the company had handed over all three books to be shot this year, and was a little curious which one Gu Changwei wanted to work on.

Without even thinking about it, Gu Changwei said, "Hu Ge's Master Tongtian."

"May I ask the reason?" Gan Jing smiled.

"Because I can make this book so soul-stirring, the story itself is quite lofty." Gu Changwei showed a look of surprise, "Before I read it at first, I thought that what you wrote must be a story about brothers' feud. Thinking about it, after reading it, it turns out that the ambition is quite big, and the Zhuxian Formation, the leader of Tongtian Cult, is a dispute between sect ideas."

A filmmaker like Gu Changwei's eyes light up when talking about movies, this suddenly made Gan Jing reflect, is he like this usually?

"All things in the sky are equal and all can become enlightened. Yuanshi's law is not lightly passed on. Lao Tzu's inaction is omnipotent. The luck of Western sects crosses people. Hey, it's not easy to show it in 120 minutes." Gu Changwei Express your own understanding.

Gan Jing nodded, and complimented: "So, this has to be done well by director Gu. To be honest, director Gu also knows about our plan A. If we want to compete for the domestic box office and the Asian box office, we must be high-quality goods." .The movies under this series, even if they don’t make money, the previous word of mouth has to be enough.”

"There are too many characters in our national mythology that can be said and photographed. Talk about love, there is the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, the White Snake Xu Xian, talk about family affection, there is Erlang Shen who split the mountain to save his mother, and his nephew Chen Xiang saves his mother, and talk about perseverance, there is Jingwei Reclaiming the Sea. , Yugong Yishan, talking about heroes include Monkey King, Nuwa Mending the Sky... There are too many, too many stories that can be filmed. Chinese mythology is a treasure mountain, and our domestic film and television industry has not excavated enough for this treasure mountain .”

Gan Jing talked eloquently and expressed his thoughts.

Asia A Plan is a big project for Hundred Days Red, but if the time unit is extended to five years, ten years, or 20 years, it is just the beginning. What it has to do is to develop the myth series. A framework that allows subsequent boutique stories to be plug-and-play.

None of the classic series of movies in the world can be produced in one or two years.

The first "Dr. 007 Connaught" was in 1962.

The first "Batman" was in 1989.

The first "Jurassic Park" was in 1993.

The first "Mission: Impossible" was in 1996.

The first "Fast and Furious" was in 2001.

There are also series of films such as "Harry Potter", "Lord of the Rings", "Star Wars" and so on. They range from several years, to ten years, and decades. classic movie.

Can't Huaxia make such a movie?

Gan Jing didn't know.

However, he is trying to do so.

This year's three films are the beginning under one framework.

These words, Gan Jing didn’t plan to chat with Gu Changwei in detail today, but he expressed his patience and determination more or less. This is something a filmmaker, a filmmaker with enough influence and resources, is willing to work hard for.

Even, the time unit of effort is ten years.

"Forrest Gump, the series of mythological movies may not be popular, it takes much more risk than the movies you are making now, why did you choose this way?" Gu Changwei asked half curiously.

He originally thought that A-Gump would talk at length, talk about ideas and plans, but Gan Jing just replied.

"Others still say that I can't win the best actor Oscar, hey, it's just playing on the stage."

Gu Changwei was stunned for a moment, laughed, got up and filled his own glass, poured wine for A-Gump himself, did not sit down, stood up and toasted: "All right, let's toast the actor."

"It's well deserved." Gan Jing smiled slightly, revealing the sharpness and arrogance that he should have with his grades.

Gu Changwei smiled, at this moment he felt that A-Gump was not his peers, just now he said on stage that Hundred Days Red's newcomer is the future, but in fact, he himself is still a part of the future.

"Old Gu, Forrest Gump, what are you talking about, so happy?" Chen Kaige walked over with a glass of wine.

"Don't talk about how the netizens hacked your "Taoist Down the Mountain". Hey, I said, Director Chen, did the Taoist Association really send you a letter?" Gu Changwei changed the conversation and talked about this year—Chen Kaige of the lunar year The new work "Taoist Down the Mountain".

The cost of this "Taoist Down the Mountain" is claimed to be 2 million, and the box office is 4 million. The score given by the domestic Douban is 5.4 points under the [-]-point system.

Of course, just looking at the lineup and content, the cost and publicity cost less than 2 million yuan, which must have been exaggerated by the film crew, but even if it was 1.5 million yuan, the film would not make much money.

"That's not right, so I came to Gu Dao and A-Gump to learn from them." Chen Kaige didn't get angry when he was squeezed out, and took advantage of the situation to turn around.

Gu Changwei shook his head and sipped a glass of wine: "You, you, talk, I'll go to my niece and tell her, but I'll spend my days under Mr. Gan's hands in the future." He and Chen Kaige are very close friends, knowing that Chen Kaige is here to find Forrest Gump chatting.

Sure enough, after Gu Changwei Zhiqu left, Chen Kaige opened his mouth.

"Forrest Gump, I have a notebook here, I'll show you later, see if you're interested in investing in it?" Chen Kaige came here this time to cheer, and secondly, to attract investment for his own movie.

"Shooting what?" Gan Jing poured wine for the old director and toasted him, "Can you make money?"

Chen Kaige got stuck a little bit: "Then it depends on how to make it."

Gan Jing felt a little embarrassed, feeling that the old director had lost confidence in the box office market. If someone else came to attract investment, he would have to pat his chest and say he made a lot of money, no matter whether he made money or not.

"Will you lose money?" Gan Jing changed his angle.

"It shouldn't be a loss." Chen Kaige said smoothly, "It's a fantasy drama, about a demon cat in the Tang Dynasty, and about the cause of Concubine Yang's death."

Gan Jing was very surprised: "Fantasy movies? Whose special effects do you use? I'll give you a discount here."

"Use your Huaxia special effects for the discount." Chen Kaige said bluntly.

"Come on, director, you're making money for me before you get the investment." Gan Jing joked, just about to speak, when a sudden thought changed, didn't this hit the door?
He coughed, and said in a serious manner: "Director, I think that the movie can only be made recurringly if it makes money. Of course, I know that everyone has their own opinions, and it seems vulgar to only talk about the box office. In this way, you can guarantee that you will not It’s okay to lose, and by the way, find time to help me make a movie. Anyway, you need to prepare for your new work.”

Chen Kaige glanced sideways: "Just your mythical movie?"

"That's right." Gan Jing said excitedly, "Director Gu promised to make me a movie with the Lord Tongtian as the main character. I have two more, one is Nezha, the other is Monkey King. You choose, and the rest will be given to Zhou Shen."

Chen Kaige turned his head and glanced at Zhou Shen who was a little further away. That one is now quite well-known in China, um... directed a mythological movie...

"Who will play Monkey King?" Chen Kaige asked.

Gan Jing pondered for a moment: "Director, what do you think of me?"

Chen Kaige took two steps back, looked up and down, shook his head and said: "This sentence is really like when I was filming "Mei Lanfang", but at that time I never thought that Mei Lanfang could play Monkey King."

Gan Jing smiled.

"I choose Nezha." Chen Kaige said firmly.

The smile on Gan Jing's face froze.

He was stunned for five seconds, wondering, "Why?"

"You have a bad reputation." Chen Kaige was so simple and rude.

Gan Jing was annoyed, and pointed his index finger at his nose: "Is my reputation bad? Is it the heroine or the director?"

Chen Kaige shook his head: "I like the feeling of being in charge of a movie, understand?"

"Uh..." Gan Jing was stunned for another five seconds, then nodded silently, "Understood."

The great director and the great director looked at each other silently.

"Director, mythological movies are very important to me, so I entrust this one to you!" Gan Jing stepped forward and grabbed Chen Kaige's arm.

"Don't worry." Chen Kaige nodded, "You won't lose money."

Gan Jing swallowed a mouthful of old blood in his stomach.

After Chen Kaige left leisurely, Gan Jing found Zhou Shen with a glass of wine.

"Zhou Shen, you will direct this year's Monkey King."

Zhou Shen was taken aback. Originally, he was inclined to let himself direct Nezha, and he had been preparing for a long time.

"Monkey King, uh, I don't want to..."

Gan Jing interrupted Zhou Shen: "No, you want to."

Zhou Shen was speechless, and at the end, he nodded and admitted, "I think so."

Gan Jing felt relieved all of a sudden...

(End of this chapter)