Chapter 59: Little Wu is Truly in Love with Film!

If it were in Hollywood or even Hong Kong, facing the request to ask for foreign copyright, they would definitely say "BIG courage," slap the table and stand up. Is this something a newcomer director dares to covet?! Then they would immediately bombard Wu Yuchen out of the door.

But this was in the mainland in 1995. After Director Gu heard this, he opened his mouth, and then persuaded him with a concerned look:

"Little Wu, I know 300,000 is a bit small, but you don't have to put your own family's money into it!

Foreign film copyright can be sold for money, but our films simply don't have anyone to buy them!"

20,000 yuan is not a small amount. Director Gu's own salary has to be saved for two years.

As for foreign copyright, that thing is worth a fart!

It's not that Director Gu doesn't know that winning an award can sell copyright, but you have to be able to win it!

In the past few years, he only heard that *Farewell My Concubine* and *In the Heat of the Sun* and Zhang Yimou's films were bought by people. Which other director has sold the copyright?

A small production with an investment cost of 300,000, does Director Gu expect it to win a big award? Don't tease!

If big awards were so easy to win, would they still be precious?

Therefore, in Director Gu's view, this is Wu Yuchen looking for an excuse to fill in the *The Two of Us* project.

Wu Yuchen looked serious and said sincerely:

"Director Gu, this 20,000 yuan is what I earned myself. I don't have any place to spend money usually. Investing it in the crew can be considered making the best use of everything, and I feel at ease in my heart.

This film is my hard work. Money can be earned again if it's gone, but I will regret it for a lifetime if the film is not shot well!

And one must have dreams as a person. What if I really win an award? Maybe I will earn it back all at once~"

"You this... sigh!"

Director Gu looked at Wu Yuchen's firm attitude and knew that these people who engage in literature and art sometimes treat their own works better than their own sons. He could only sigh.

Little Wu is truly in love with film!

"Okay, I will agree to this matter. If you can really bring back an award for our movie channel, I will follow you and share your glory!" Director Gu then said with a smile.

The purpose of the movie channel producing its own films is to broadcast them on its own channel. They don't value the foreign copyright of the film at all, and that little money is not worth mentioning compared to their advertising revenue.

And to say something unpleasant, many leaders within the system don't care whether the project makes money or not, or that making money is not that important to them, and it can't enter their pockets.

For example, *Postmen in the Mountains*, the domestic box office of the film was 0, because no cinema was willing to show it. Including the TV copyright sold to the movie channel for 480,000, the total income was less than 1 million, which was lost to the grandmother's house compared to the 3 million investment. But the producer Kang Jianmin who advocated shooting it made a lot of money, because the film won three major awards at the Golden Rooster Awards, Five-One Project, etc., and many other honors in the country. The money lost was the film studio's money, but these honors were brushed out under his leadership. This was his achievement!

In the current domestic film circle, the honor of big awards cannot be measured by money.

About twenty years later, the "..." measures were issued. Regarding film, it was written that winning the "Five-One Project" award, the reward standard was 6 million yuan; winning the main competition unit award of the Oscar, the reward standard was 2 million yuan. This is the value measured by official documents. It can be seen that for those who mix in the system, the domestic Five-One is much more valuable than the Oscar!

After coming out of the movie channel building, a smile appeared on Wu Yuchen's face. He had already signed the word, and the foreign copyright of *The Two of Us* belonged to him. He didn't expect the film box office of this domestic market at all. The most valuable part of this film could be considered to be in hand.

That night, Tao Jingying Academy campus.

Jiang Qinqin gently shook off Wu Yuchen's hand, turned around, and pouted:

"Are you so narrow-minded? Isn't it just that I didn't give it to you? How can you be so anxious?"

Wu Yuchen was puzzled: "What are you talking about?"

"Then tell me why, now that you are shooting a film, you don't even consider me?" Jiang Qinqin asked aggrievedly.

Wu Yuchen understood immediately upon hearing this. This was because he didn't intend to choose her as the heroine and she was throwing a tantrum.

He took Jiang Qinqin into his arms and coaxed:

"Good Qinqin, how could I not think of you! You were the first one I thought of, but I could only bear the pain and cross you out after thinking about it for a while."

Jiang Qinqin raised her head and looked at Wu Yuchen with wide eyes, her eyes full of doubts.

"Because you are too beautiful! I need this role to be as ordinary as possible. You are so naturally beautiful, no matter how you put on makeup, you can't cover it. I look at you every day and am fascinated by you. I really can't convince myself to let you play an ordinary girl!"

Jiang Qinqin couldn't help but curl her lips when listening to these love words, and her mood was much better, but she still asked:

"I see in your script, it doesn't say that this girl can't look good?"

"This is a realistic film, and the plot is not so complicated. It must increase the degree of reality, making the audience feel that the protagonist is an ordinary girl. You tell me, how can someone who looks like you make people feel ordinary?"

Jiang Qinqin felt it made sense after listening to Wu Yuchen's words, and then tentatively asked:

"Then who do you want to choose? Xu Jinglei from the junior year? Liu Zi? Or the one from the Central Academy of Drama?"

"I won't use Tao Jingying Academy or Central Academy of Drama. Don't think blindly. I have a serious question to ask you now!"

Wu Yuchen immediately stared and patted her butt:

"Good, classmate Jiang Qinqin, do I have such a lewd impression in your eyes?"

"Ah? No, I just said this because I was in a hurry, without thinking..." Jiang Qinqin defended.

Wu Yuchen pressed further:

"Humph, not thinking means it's your true words!

So this is how you look at me in your heart? Then I am really too sad!"

"I really didn't mean that..."

"Then you hate me touching you? Then I will keep some distance from you in the future!"

"I didn't, I like it too late~" Jiang Qinqin hurriedly hugged Wu Yuchen and said.

Wu Yuchen was overjoyed, but still said on the surface: "I don't believe it, you prove it to me."

Jiang Qinqin stood on tiptoe and kissed Wu Yuchen. Wu Yuchen took the initiative to hug her and gave her a long, deep kiss, rubbing her into his arms. After a while, their lips parted: "Do you like this?"

Jiang Qinqin buried her head in Wu Yuchen's arms and hummed softly.

Wu Yuchen bit her ear: "Then tell me, why didn't you agree to me that day?"

Jiang Qinqin felt shy in her heart upon hearing this. After a while, her voice hummed like a mosquito:

"If I didn't go back that day, I would have been laughed at by them, and I wouldn't have the face to live in the dormitory~"

Now that he understood the reason, Wu Yuchen knew what to do. He chuckled:

"Then wait until the winter vacation, you go back a few days later~"

Seeing that Jiang Qinqin didn't object while lying in his arms, Wu Yuchen was overjoyed and kissed her cheek again. ===== CHAPTER 60 =====