Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

Shanhe rushed directly from Beijing International Airport to the opening and closing ceremony preparation office.

When he walked into the conference room, the entire conference room was filled with smoke and the air pressure was as low as the sky before a storm!

Shanhe looked at the ashtray on the table full of cigarette butts. He didn't know what to say to comfort these team members who had worked so hard on the plan, so he just joined them silently.

Not long after, Zhang Yi, who was in charge, spoke up, "We have been sitting here all morning. We have learned everything we need to know about the situation, and it is time to be sad. Although the higher-ups have rejected our overall plan, there are still many specific programs that can be Reserved, everyone should go back and think about it. What we urgently need to solve is a theme that runs through the whole scene! Please keep the mountains and rivers!"

After everyone walked out of the conference room, Shanhe walked to the window and opened all the windows in the room. A stream of cold air poured in, and the entire conference room suddenly became clear.

Zhang Yi looked at Shanhe and put on his coat behind the chair, "You kid, you are trying to wake me up!"

"Haha... I think you are all fainted by the second-hand smoke!" Shanhe tried to lighten the atmosphere, "Brother, what does it mean and what advice does it give us?"

Zhang Yimou replied with a sad face: "You are right. The opinion above is that the four great inventions are too one-sided. They only represent the history of China and are inconsistent with the general direction of harmony. Our plan places too much emphasis on it." It’s history, we need to see the present and future in the opening ceremony!”

Sure enough!

Shanhe couldn't help but let out a breath and asked softly: "Brother, what do you think now? At this time, you have to make a decision, and the time is getting less and less!"

"The whole plan has been overturned thematically. I really didn't expect it!" Zhang Yimou sighed and responded, "It seems that our thinking still hasn't kept up with the requirements, which means countdown, program arrangement, lighting ceremony, etc. I have to reconsider everything, I’m a little confused now!”

Shanhe looked at Zhang Yi who looked tired and said nothing. As the chief director, he was under more pressure than anyone else at this time, but he still had to decide how to arrange it!

Zhang Yimou paused for a moment, looked up at the mountains and rivers and continued: "I thought about it all night last night, and I still have to use your earliest picture scroll plan. The picture scroll can be unfolded. It can not only talk about history, paint the present, but also Looking at the future, Shanhe, you have never given up on this idea. If you have any opinions, please tell me directly. I really need your advice now!"

Shanhe sat down next to Zhang Yimou and answered directly: "I have verified the technical support of the picture scroll with the visual effects team. Domestic LCD screen technology can achieve the effects we need, but how does the entire picture scroll match the program? In conjunction with it, how to run it through the whole scene has to be reconsidered, and the scroll is just a stage and means, senior brother, you have to find a central theme for it!"

"I know! I'll think about it again! You will have the meeting tomorrow and prepare the idea for the picture scroll. We have to start over!"

Shan He looked at Zhang Yi, nodded and replied, "I understand!"

After returning from Taiwan, before he had time to go home to tidy up, Shanhe threw himself into compiling the feasibility report of the picture scroll.

How big the scroll is, how to unfold it, how to make it, what the effect will be, etc. He and several technical staff have to reflect it in the report.

Shanhe needs to put all of this in front of all team members at tomorrow's plenary meeting!

After staying up all night, Shanhe sorted out the entire feasibility report. After making more than a dozen copies, he walked to the large conference room.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the entire director's preparation team, more than a hundred people, gathered in the large conference room.

Zhang Yimou didn't talk nonsense, and said directly as soon as he opened his mouth: "I think everyone is aware of the situation, and I know that everyone is in a bad mood, but we don't have time to complain. The whole plan has to be scrapped and started again. I and Chen Jianya last night After discussing with Zhang Jigang, we transferred the core creativity to the picture scroll. The picture scroll not only meets the requirements given above, but can also be completely combined with some of our original program arrangements. Shanhe, you, the original creator, tell everyone!"

Shanhe distributed the information on his hand to the team members, picked up the microphone and introduced: "We initially designed this LED scroll screen to be about 140 meters long. It is laid flat in the center of the Bird's Nest. It can be used as both a screen and a stage. We The preliminary work has been to prove its practical feasibility. To this end, we have consulted the National Institute of Electronics and many experts. There should be no technical obstacles to this picture!"

Shanhe lowered his head, flipped through the information in his hand, and continued: "The entire picture will be composed of nearly 100,000 LED screens. I won't go into details here. It is all in the information. What we need to determine now is these LEDs." Whether the screen can withstand special circumstances such as trampling, vibration, rain, etc., I suggest you contact the relevant departments immediately and make a smaller sample to see the actual effect!"

Shanhe's words made everyone discuss noisily again,

"With one hundred thousand LED screens, not one of them can be wrong. Is this possible?"

"Can we achieve imaginary effects using LED screens? After all, this is a two-dimensional thing. How can a flat thing have a three-dimensional effect?"

"Didn't we reject this plan from the beginning?"

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At this time, Zhang Yimou was no longer brainstorming as before. Time did not allow him to hesitate any longer. He patted the microphone and said loudly: "There is nothing to argue about. Picture scroll is the first choice. Since Shanhe and the others have specific skills, Support, let’s arrange the task! Shanhe, you continue to contact experts and the National Institute of Electronic Science and Technology, Chen Jianya, you lead people to get the samples, Zhang Jigang, you are responsible for readjusting the program, everyone gets involved..."

As the picture scroll plan was launched, the focus of Shanhe's work suddenly shifted to the opening ceremony preparation team.

In addition to taking time to communicate with the Mai family in Beijing about the script, he left most of the preparation work for "The Wind" to his roommates in Dormitory 201 and the production department of Chuhe Film and Television.

November is over, and another year of Lunar New Year is here. The boom in the domestic film market has made this year’s Lunar New Year movies incredibly dense.

Chuhe Film and Television opened up the Spring Festival schedule in advance and extended the Lunar New Year schedule to the Spring Festival. All the film companies are eyeing the two-month schedule and are unwilling to give up the most delicious part of the box office cake!

Starting from the end of November, Andy Lau's "Ink Attack", Tony Leung Chiu-wai's "Hurt the City", Zhang Yimou's "A City of Golden Armor", Aaron Kwok's "Father and Son", director Er Dongsheng's "The Disciple", Zhao Benshan's "Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots" and Xu Ke's "Painted Skin" have chosen to be released in the next two months.

Coupled with several Hollywood movies, this schedule can be said to be full of excitement. However, the absence of two pioneers, Feng Xiaogang and Ning Hao, made the media sigh while watching the excitement is not a big deal.

If these two people are added to the mix, it would be best if Shanhe also gets involved, and the scene will be perfect!

Shan He also took over the schedule form from Yang Liu while he was busy. The competition and competition between film and television companies is normal. After all, this is the most fertile land for Chinese films. How can film companies grow if they don't draw nutrients from it?

But what surprised Shanhe and made him funny was that he actually saw Jia Zhangke's "The Good Man from Three Gorges" in the table!

Not only did Jia Zhangke choose to have "The Good Man" released during the Lunar New Year, but it was also released on the same day as Zhang Yimou's "The Golden Flower"!

Go crazy!

Shanhe looked at the schedule and couldn't help but laugh. Is Jia Zhangke trying to prove himself, or is he trying to steal a piece of cake?

It seems that the honor of Venice gave him the illusion that "The Good Man from Three Gorges" has been popular for a while following Shanhe, but that was more than two months ago. In addition, the unflattering ideological core of "The Good Man from Three Gorges" and The slow pace and dim picture style of literary films,

Shanhe is very curious about how much box office "The Good Man from Three Gorges" will do. It is estimated that as soon as the movie is released, Jia Zhangke will have to scold her in the media again!

Who can blame you? As soon as you go out, you look for cars to hit you, and you look for tanks!

The Lunar New Year holiday in 2007 has begun, but Shanhe didn't pay attention anymore.

Throughout early and mid-December, Shanhe was busy working on the LED screen for the opening ceremony and the script for "The Sound of the Wind".

It was not until the 20th that the custom-made samples of the LED screens for the opening ceremony were started in the production workshop of Lideya Company in Beijing.

The name Lideya sounds like a foreign company, but it is not. It is a purely domestic enterprise, and its founder Li Jun is also one of the experts of Shanhe Consulting.

In order to be able to undertake this project and prove the company's strength, Li Jun participated in the entire design of the Sunward team and produced the experimental samples for the Olympics free of charge.

Everyone knows that this is an excellent opportunity. Not to mention the sense of accomplishment and the feeling of contributing to the country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The brand effect brought by the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games alone can also make the company take a big step forward!

On the same day, the first draft of the script for Mai's "The Wind" was also completed. Shanhe did not make much changes to the content of the original film.

The "old ghost" in Mai's novel is Li Ningyu, a perfect Chinese woman, beautiful, talented and knowledgeable, with super high IQ and EQ, and a good mother and wife.

But this image is too perfect, difficult to portray in a movie of less than two hours, and it is too high-end!

Transferring the identity of the "old ghost" in the novel to Gu Xiaomeng is very suitable for the plot development of the movie. It can also make the conflict in the entire movie more intense and the characters more vivid!

Shanhe looked at the script. The werewolf killing game between Bai Xiaonian, Jin Shenghuo, Wu Zhiguo, Li Ningyu and Gu Xiaomeng was planned by Neon Agency Chief Takeda, and he began to think about the choice of actors.

There is no doubt that Zhou Xun plays Gu Xiaomeng. Currently, she is the most talented and popular actress in China!

Li Ningyu was originally played by Li Bingbing, but she seems to have taken the role directed by Yin Li. There is no schedule. Can Zeng Li take on this role?

It is impossible for Wu Zhiguo to go to Zhang Hanyu. He is still a young actor without any appeal at the moment. Shanhe is planning to let Chen Baoguo play this tough guy.

The biggest villain, Takeda Yamakawa, hopes to be played by Chen Daoming. In "Black Hole", Chen Daoming played the role of ruthlessness and cunning to the fullest. He is very good at taking the role of Takeda.

Jin Shenghuo is still looking for Yingda, but Bai Xiaonian can let Hu Ge give it a try. I wonder if his acting skills will pass the test!

As for other roles, Wang Zhiwen plays the role of Secret Service Chief Wang Tianxiang, plus some cameos, the entire cast is no worse than the original film, and their acting skills are even better!

After discussing the flaws in the first draft of the script with the Mai family, Shanhe hurried to Chuhe Film and Television.

It was a coincidence that everything came together. Today happened to be the premiere day of Zhang Yi's movie "A City of Golden Armor". Shanhe had to complete his makeup in the company and attend the movie premiere.

Zhang Weiping is imitating this, and this time "The Golden Armor" also made a gimmick of simultaneous global release. Naturally, there is no shortage of stars at the domestic premiere. Just a few actors in the movie are enough to support the entire movie. premiere ceremony,

Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, and Yang Mi. This lineup includes three generations of popular Chinese actors, old, middle, and young. It is the top cast in the three places across the Taiwan Strait!

Shanhe doesn't like Zhang Weiping's style of doing things, it's too snobbish! After attending the premiere according to the procedures, he declined Zhang Weiping's invitation, said hello to Zhang Yimou, and left the premiere.

The movie "A City Full of Golden Armor" is not much different from the one in Shan He's memory. Shan He's chaos has not changed its quality, but there is an extra power in the movie!

Zhang Yimou maximized the visual impact of the film to the extreme,

To be honest, just based on the big scene and color impact, plus the bulging bust that was squeezed out in the film, the box office of this film is no less than 200 million.

It's a pity that the old problems in Zhang Yimou's commercial movies have not changed. The plot is too awkward and not smooth. Zhang Yimou is still addicted to the shackles of colors and scenes!

Shanhe even felt that this movie was an experiment for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

However, Zhang Yi is still the director with the strongest appeal in China at this time. In just one night on the first day, the box office of "The Golden Armor" exceeded 15 million yuan.

It broke 100 million in its first weekend, just two million short of the first-week record of Zhang Yimou's own "Three Kingdoms: Battle of Red Cliff".

This was all within Shanhe's expectation, but he was very curious about the box office of "The Good Man", which premiered on the same day, and wanted to know the result of Jia Zhangke going out to hit a tank.

When I took a look at the report, I almost spit out the tea in my mouth. Although Shanhe had expected it, the data was still ridiculous!

"The Three Gorges" was 300,000 yuan on the first day, and still 300,000 yuan in the first week. The box office in the next two days was only 1,400 yuan!

One thousand four hundred yuan for two days!

Is this what the Sixth Generation said, not seeking the luster of "gold", but seeking the dignity of a "good person"?

A film that won the grand prize at the Venice Film Festival has such a poor box office performance. This is no longer just a matter of a purely artistic film and a lack of film schedule. It shows that the public does not agree with what is in your film!

You have no dignity at all, you are enjoying yourself to the extreme!

No, that's wrong. It should be said that the goal is extremely clear, just to sell copyright abroad!

"Chinese movies shouldn't just fly around!" That's what Jia Zhangke said!

What you say is right and makes sense, but you can't just talk about it all the time, come up with some real facts!

Damn it, just relying on your two-day box office of 1,400 yuan, Chinese movies have been screwed by Hollywood for a long time, and there is no future!

Shanhe ridiculously and sadly put down its box office report. This weird gap really makes people feel pitiful and sympathetic, but also angry!

After reading these ridiculous data, Shanhe laughed and threw it aside.

After the time entered December, Chuhe Film and Television's merger and acquisition process of Jiahe Pictures has been essentially completed. Zhong Lifeng has successfully reached an agreement with Zou Wenhuai. Chuhe Film and Television purchased 24.78% of the entire Jiahe Group held by Mr. Zou and his daughter. The price of stocks and convertible bonds is approximately HK$200 million.

Since then, Chuhe Film and Television has become the largest single shareholder of Legendary Golden Harvest in the Chinese film industry, with Li Ka-shing as the second largest shareholder.

But Zhong Lifeng did not announce it immediately. She and the team still stayed in Hong Kong Island. Chuhe Film and Television had made full preparations in the early stage, and accountants and management teams had settled in Golden Harvest Pictures.

At this time, the Golden Harvest Asian Cinema Network included 33 cinemas and a total of more than 260 cinemas. Such a large size was enough to dwarf any film company in Hong Kong.

Having just become the largest shareholder of Golden Harvest Pictures, Chung Lifeng did not rush to straighten out the internal environment. Instead, she immediately presented a Singapore theater development plan to Li Jiacheng's Cheung Kong Holdings. In fact, she was exchanging Golden Harvest's largest theater real estate in Singapore. The equity held by Li Jiacheng.

This Singapore cinema development plan is very attractive to Li Jiacheng. He has always attached great importance to Singapore's industrial layout. In the final analysis, this is an exchange of interests. Zhong Lifeng is ready to keep adding chips. Chuhe Group has this confidence. Xie Meiyu and Qu Ling has never rested in the past few years!

With the help of Chuhe Group, Zhong Lifeng started negotiations with Changjiang Industrial again.

At the same time, the acquisition of shares of other small shareholders is also in progress, including Cheng Long and other old Jiahe employees.

Zhong Lifeng, a strong woman, is well prepared with the support of Chuhe Group.

All equity owners have been investigated clearly, and the right medicine can be prescribed! The acquisition of shares in Golden Harvest Pictures has entered a substantial stage from the beginning.

Shanhe was not familiar with these commercial interest exchanges and capital operations. These were Zhong Lifeng's strengths. He believed in Zhong Lifeng, so he didn't pay too much attention to them.

After the drawing plan for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games came to an end, Shan He flew to Bincheng non-stop to inspect the construction site of Qiuzhuang, the largest location in "The Wind".

Shanhe stands on the edge of the cliff in the Shicao Scenic Area by the seaside in Bincheng. The tiny island opposite is only fifty or sixty meters away from the coast.

The Qiuzhuang in the movie has two floors, divided into east and west; connected by a cross-sea bridge in the middle, this is a good choice.

However, it will take time to build the sea-crossing bridge, the stone steps in the mountains, and the wooden terraces on the cliffs.

Shanhe looked at the sea and asked the silkworm chrysalis: "How long does it take to build the outer outline of a Qiuzhuang out of thin air here?"

After experiencing several movies, Chrysalis Chen Zhiyong is already a competent assistant director.

"It will take about two months, and it is estimated that it will cost about 4 million. Boss, if you think this place is suitable, we can immediately reach an agreement with the local government. I believe that with your influence, the local government will support our construction. The construction period of this project is expected to be shortened!”

"Okay! Let's do it here! You guys start doing it right away. I have to go to Tianjin Wei here. Jingming found a hotel in the old concession there. It's very suitable for the interior we need. I have to rush there and have a look!" Shanhe looked at it! The silkworm chrysalis responded.

"Don't worry! Leave this to me!"

"I won't say anything else, but safety comes first, don't let any accidents happen!"

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Shanhe confirmed the old hotel in Tianjin Wei. After returning to Beijing from Tianjin Wei, the project of "The Wind" was officially launched. Chuhe Film and Television and China Film Group jointly invested 70 million yuan, and Shanhe directed. The shooting period will be five to six months. It is expected to be seven years next year. Released in the month!

As soon as the news came out, most of the Chinese film industry was waiting for the specific information of "The Wind". Shanhe's movie stars are so popular. Look at Liu Ye and Yang Mi, and then look at Liang Jiahui. Good guy, the international and domestic best actor. Your hands will feel soft!

Agents of various film and television actors are inquiring about the casting choices for "The Wind", and Yang Liu's phone calls have not stopped from morning to night.

"Sister Hua, I really didn't participate in the boss's new film. His team is responsible for the entire preparation work. I really don't know the specific situation..."

"Sister Hong, Wen Li and Liu Ye are our old co-stars of Chu He. If there are suitable roles, the boss will definitely find you..."

"Teacher Li, there is no suitable role for Yang Mi in "The Wind". We are in a cooperative relationship. If there is a suitable role, why wouldn't I inform you? Isn't Chen Kun's starring role in "Painted Skin" the result of our cooperation..."

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With the rapid development of Chuhe Film and Television, Yang Liu has more and more resources and stars. She has become a big figure in the Chinese brokerage circle. She not only manages the brokerage department of Chuhe Film and Television, but also often works part-time as a producer. Role.

No one in the Chinese film and television industry will underestimate her, she is a direct descendant of Shanhe!

Yang Liu hung up the phone and complained with a smile. Zeng Li and Hu Ge were in the cast of "The Wind" this time. The boss finally thought of his own people!

Thinking of Liu Ye and Yang Mi in "The Last Hot Girl" and Liang Jiahui in "Moon", Yang Liu sighed. Such good resources are all cheap to others!

The general public is also very curious about "The Wind". Shanhe is really a fast shooter. He can write novels quickly, and he can also make movies at the same pace. "Moon" has just been released, and a new movie is here!

What genre is the new movie "The Wind" and who are the actors?

There was a lot of discussion on the Internet, and message boards were filled with various speculations and inferences.

Shanhe did not conduct actor auditions this time and directly sent the script to the pre-selected actors.

"The Wind" is a main theme movie and a task assigned by the above. Coupled with Shanhe's direction, no actor will refuse this invitation!

Chen Daoming, Chen Baoguo, Zhou Xun, and Yingda immediately contacted Shanhe and set a schedule as soon as they received it.

Not to mention Hu Ge and Zeng Li, they were the first to get the script and have already started preparing for their roles.

Shanhe told the two of them that if they couldn't meet the requirements, they would have to be replaced!