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In the later two months, an independent film invested by Xie Lansheng's "Consummation Film Fund" had a little problem-the crew went on strike and quit.

Xie Lansheng established a film fund many years ago, called the Perfection Fund, which is a public welfare fund, mainly used to fund and support independent directors' film works.For the films selected by the fund, Xie Lansheng only provides funding, 8 films a year, each 25, he does not get any return on investment, it is completely public welfare funding.This fund is one of the two or three "public welfare funds" currently in China, and it has the highest amount of funding. 99% of independent filmmakers can only raise funds by themselves, mortgage their houses and cars, or use their jobs to support part-time jobs. According to statistics, the United States There are more than 6000 purely public welfare film funds.

Today's independent filmmakers are actually diverse. The only common features are "not affiliated with any film company", and "no production funding, no projection platform".Some of them work part-time and don’t want to make a profit. Some of them are actively submitting for review and seeking public release. Although 80% of the directors who get the Dragon Label are zero-listed films, there are still quite a few directors who give up review and go abroad to participate in exhibitions. They don’t care about the punishment of being banned for 5 years. However, there are very few who can be shortlisted for European and American film festivals, and others can only post online disks.There are also some people who got the Dragon Label in the end, but they got it too late. The DVDs have already been sold, and they were pirated, so they couldn't be released.At the same time, such incidents as "independent film crowdfunding activities were interrupted by official agencies" and "independent film productions were investigated and prosecuted by official agencies" still exist, and documentaries are always the first to bear the brunt.Xie Lansheng wanted to help everyone, so he established a public welfare fund.Lan Sheng will help film directors to participate in film festivals and be seen by others. If it is impossible to get the dragon mark, try "Internet Movies". Distributing leaflets in schools is basically self-admiration.Lan Sheng will also introduce them to participate in some underground activities, and also introduce some underground DVDs published by the Hong Kong Foundation.But, even so, there are still Wuyang Wuyang's independent directors, and there are still excellent works that make people cry.

The movie that caused the strike was called "Qin Se", a movie directed by a female director.

At that time, the film was screened out by the project manager of the fund, and Xie Lansheng fished the script back from the trash can.There are two main reasons why the project manager does not want to fund, one is that the script is messy, and the other is that the director is good at acting, relying on his youth and beauty to use "first love" to hype the last movie, and the author of the original author has also posted "broken promises" on weibo .

However, after reading the script of the new film, Lan Sheng found that although the script is messy, the core is very interesting, the main line is very interesting, and the director has development.

These days, there are too few directors who still seem to be ambitious, and there are even very few directors who can propose their own projects.

But Xie Lansheng really likes the word "ambitious".

So, at that time, Xie Lansheng decided to meet her.

Xie Lansheng likes to help female directors make movies.He once read a survey that in Hollywood, the average interval between two films by female directors is 8 years, and only about 6% of the directors of feature films are women.In China's film industry, the gender ratio is even more unbalanced, and none of the top [-] or [-] box office directors is a female director.Fortunately, the situation of women in the field of literary and artistic films is slightly better. Xie Lansheng discovered early on that female directors seem to be more idealistic and romantic, insisting on their movie dreams, and male directors are obviously faster at compromising with money.

When they met, Xie Lansheng discovered that the other party was indeed very beautiful.

He learned that Gu Yun's last film was shot by a certain company, and she thought it was a very, very bad experience.

She said: "The author of the original book wanted to redeem the TV copyright of the original novel. I discussed it with the producer of the film and replied to her that the TV copyright cannot be sold before the film is produced. Otherwise, the TV series will be produced first. Our side It’s so embarrassing. The film studio asked me to tell the original work that after the film’s official release, the TV rights will be returned to her for free. It was sold! It was sold to someone else! And they refused to admit that they had promised the author 'free'! Therefore, the author failed to cooperate with the favorite company in the TV series, the quality of the TV series was extremely poor, and the original author lost his temper on weibo... I also understand."

Xie Lansheng: "..."

Gu Yun continued with a wry smile and said, "Later, when the movie was released, the management used 'first love' as a hype and a sex scene gimmick. I didn't like it, but there was no way. Yes, this way I can pay less salary to the main creator of the film. He...they themselves said everywhere that they are kind to me. The film lost money, but in fact it didn’t lose money at all. This has led to the fact that I can only make "Qin Se" by myself now. I think Redeem my movie, but they asked for 5000 million yuan..."

Xie Lansheng chose to believe her.

Right now, the industry has it all.He also heard a few days ago that a film company brought a fake director to meet investors and said that the director who made "xxxx" was interested in the project; there was also a film company who took the project and told Company A that B wanted to invest, yes Company B said that A wanted to vote, and drove up the price; and... Lan Sheng once posted on Moments asking if anyone knew a certain actor and could give him a contact information. Private letter, saying that he can get him in Lansheng's play, tricked the other party into signing a brokerage contract, and then came back to tell Xie Lansheng that the other party is an actor under him, and took 50% of his salary.

All of them are more than movies.Xie Lansheng was always dumbfounded.

"Okay." Xie Lansheng said at the time, "The Consummation Film Fund can subsidize "Qin Se" with a total of 25 yuan."

Gu Yun nodded: "Thank you for the guide."

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Because of this conversation between the two, Gu Yun trusted Xie Lansheng very much.

When Xie Lansheng said, "Now the book is a little loose", "I really think that this will make the movie better, not make the movie sell better", she actually listened to it, and even researched it with Lansheng. The script, discuss the direction, and only agree to change with Xie Lansheng.

Now, there is a strike in the crew, and she naturally asks for help.

Xie Lansheng asked and found that because of Gu Yun's indecision, the main creator of the crew couldn't stand it.

For example, she auditioned 75 people for a one-sentence role.

The main creator of the film crew was recruited by Gu Yun in the movie weixin group. Now, because of her problem, the crew has to shoot for 15, 16 or even 17 hours a day. Everyone complained and couldn't stand it anymore.

This is also a common dilemma for female directors.Directors need to be decisive, domineering, coherent, and critical. If there is no prestige, "overtime" will make everyone riot, but most female directors don't like to work like this.

Gu Yun is also a rare professional background among independent directors.

Xie Lansheng actually didn't agree with Gu Yun's method, but Xie Lansheng knew very well that if he wanted to make a good film, he could only let the director shoot it in the way he liked.

So, one morning, Xie Lansheng went to the set.

The atmosphere was really bad, the main creators and leading actors had lost basic respect for the director.

They complained: "Female directors are really bad! It's not discrimination, it's just bad! They are born bad!" "Their brains are not suitable for the work of film directors! Doing makeup and clothing, it's good." "Hey, women Too much shit! Too much distraction! Shampoo and hair care, skin care and make-up, shopping and matching, thinking about husband and children, and gossip! It can make women worry There are too many corners and corners, and the elders can plunge into their favorite careers. Gu Yun is so far away every day, she may not think about movies at all!"

Obviously, they often say this in normal times.

Xie Lansheng talked with the main creator and leading actors one by one.He is not tall, only 1.7 meters six, incomparable with young people, and his manner of speaking is sincere and gentle, but inexplicably, maybe because of Xie Lansheng's status, maybe because of Xie Lansheng's characteristics, everyone listens to him.

Xie Lansheng said to the other party: "I am very optimistic about this movie, and I am also looking forward to its completion."

He also talked about why giving Gu Yun enough time to get what she wants is best for the film, why he wants to make a real "Gu Yun's movie", and why everyone needs to get used to her deliberate filming method.In the end, Xie Lansheng said: "I also admit that this process is difficult and hard, and I don't like this process, but it is the only way to make this movie the best." The team had to be disbanded, everyone had to grit their teeth and work overtime if they wanted to cooperate with Gu Yun in the filming.

It could be seen that the main creator and leading actor calmed down a bit, but they didn't fully accept it.

Xie Lansheng knew he was being a bad guy.But for a director, there is only one choice between making a good movie and being a good person.

At this moment, director Gu Yun arrived on the set.

Xie Lansheng saw her: "!!!"

The main creator of "Qin Se" was also stunned.

Gu Yun walked over with a director's hat, without any makeup on her face, wearing sportswear, she walked up to the crowd, took off her hat, and showed her hair. At this moment, everyone finally confirmed that the director Gu Yun had cut the board. ! !A big beauty cut the board size! !

"I've heard a lot of sayings." Gu Yun said quietly, "I just want to make a good movie. I don't have to wash or condition my hair, don't skin care, don't make up, and don't do everything you think is extra because I'm a woman However, I am a director, and I have my own way of thinking and acting, and I hope you can cooperate with me as much as possible in your work."

For a moment, the main creators of the entire crew were shocked by this petite director.