Chapter 91: Then I'm Very Interested!

In the 1980s, after the success of *Shaolin Temple*, Hong Kong established a "Sil-Metropole Organisation", specializing in the production and distribution of co-productions. This is the only state-owned enterprise in the Hong Kong film industry.

In fact, to shoot *Run Luo La Run*, Wu Yuchen could completely register a Hong Kong company himself and shoot the film without anyone bothering him.

But he is now a rising star in the mainland director circle relying on *You and Me*, so there is no need to do this and go against them.

It's not shooting any banned film, and there is no place that smears the mainland. There is no need to sneak to Hong Kong to do it yourself. Through the way of co-production, putting the location in Hong Kong and Macau, shooting is completely no problem. Therefore, contact Sil-Metropole for cooperation through regular channels and shoot it openly.

When Wu Yuchen arrived at the gate of Tao Jingying Studio, he saw a man with a slightly fat figure and a loyal and honest face smiling and greeting him:

"Is it Wu Dao Yuchen?"

Seeing this, Wu Yuchen knew who the person was: "Is it Yu Ke?"

Hearing this "Yu Ke", Yu Dong suddenly felt a bit of joy in his heart, feeling that this junior brother could be dealt with, although he was only a deputy section-level at present.

"Hi, don't dare to be! You just call me Yu Dong. I graduated from Tao Jingying in 1994. If you don't dislike it, call me Yu Shixiong~"

Wu Yuchen shook hands with him and said: "Yu Shixiong, although you graduated, your deeds of drinking down a table of people alone are still circulating in Tao Jingying!"

Yu Dong laughed: "Not worth mentioning, all empty names!"

Yu Dong walked all the way, praising Wu Yuchen:

"Junior brother, to say that it is still our Tao Jingying that produces talents, look at Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, they are all ours. Now it's your turn to take the baton. You can win big awards while in school, really giving our Tao Jingying a long face! I see, this sixth-generation director will be led by you from now on!"

"Don't dare to be~"

Wu Yuchen was not surprised by the behavior of this future Bona boss. Half of his skills were on his mouth.

Yu Dong can be said to be born to do sales. His drinking capacity is extremely high, and his mouth is diligent and sweet. When he was still interning at Tao Jingying Studio in his junior year, he was named by the section chief, saying that he was definitely a good hand at running distribution.

In 1994, he was assigned to Tao Jingying Studio, coinciding with the issuance of the "No. 348" document by the SARFT, which stipulated that film studios could directly sell to film companies in various provinces and cities in the future and implement revenue sharing.

Yu Dong, who had just entered the factory, was assigned to an art film *Cheers to the Past* and was sent to a city in Shanxi to run distribution. As a result, he showed it in a local cinema for more than two months, setting a box office of 400,000 for a single cinema, making him famous in one battle. His name was directly passed to the ears of provincial companies and senior leaders of Tao Jingying Studio. Within two years, he was promoted to deputy section chief and became the youngest cadre in the history of Tao Jingying Studio.

The current Yu Dong can be said to be high-spirited, determined to continue to show his talents in Tao Jingying Studio!

Wu Yuchen also responded enthusiastically to Yu Dong. After all, this guy's ability to run distribution is really nothing to say. If you make friends with him, you might be able to use it later.

Before long, Wu Yuchen was brought to the factory director's office. Sitting in the chair was a middle-aged man with a flat head, wearing old-fashioned cloth shoes, and dressed very simply. He was none other than the famous Han Sanping later.

"Hello Factory Director Han, I disturbed you rashly this time!"

After seeing Wu Yuchen, Han Sanping also got up enthusiastically and shook hands with him:

"Haha, Wu Dao, our Tao Jingying Studio welcomes such a talented director as you!

Old Huang specifically told me a few days ago about your affairs in Tokyo, saying that it caused a huge sensation. You really won glory for us this time!"

Wu Yuchen's heart moved, knowing that it should be Huang Jianxin. They were classmates.

"Thanks to Teacher Huang's praise, winning the award is not my own credit~"

After the two exchanged polite greetings, Han Sanping picked up the script and read it.

After a while, Han Sanping closed the script, thought for a while and said:

"Little Wu Dao, your script, even if it is co-produced, I am afraid it may not be released in China, right?"

"Factory Director Han, you have a good eye. This is indeed an experimental pioneer film. I just feel that it can't be shot here, so I want to ask you to help contact Sil-Metropole and go to Hong Kong and Macau to shoot."

Han Sanping looked at Wu Yuchen with appreciative eyes: "I appreciate people like you who are brave in innovation and pioneering. I will contact you immediately."

Han Sanping is a person who acts vigorously and resolutely. He picked up the phone and called immediately. After some negotiations, he put down the phone and said to Wu Yuchen with a smile:

"Little Wu Dao, I have already talked to the other party. This *Run Luo La Run* of yours will be hung under our Tao Jingying Studio. When the time comes, you go to Hong Kong and contact the person in charge directly."

"Thank you so much Factory Director Han, you helped a lot!"

Han Sanping waved his hand: "It's just a small effort. I originally wanted to cooperate with you once. But your film can't be shown in China, and our Tao Jingying Studio is not easy to invest in it, it's quite a pity!"

Wu Yuchen's heart moved, and he understood the meaning of Han Sanping's words.

If it were someone else, it would be fine, but this is the man who will control the Chinese film industry in the future.

Han Sanping has not completely developed yet, but in 3 years, the China Film Group will be restructured, and the old China Film Group will merge eight units including Tao Jingying Studio into a behemoth, and he will also become the "Sitting Mountain Sculpture". How can he refuse this expression of cooperation?

Take advantage of the current relationship with him, and he will have an easy time in the Chinese film industry in the next ten or twenty years.

Wu Yuchen turned in his mind, thinking whether to take out *Raise Your Hands*.

This film cost more than 3 million that year, and the box office was more than 8 million after release. At first glance, it seems that it just recovered the cost or made a slight profit.

But this 8 million is the urban box office, which is the mainstream market box office we say, and everyone ignored a market, rural film screening.

In the 2012 China Film White Paper report, *Raise Your Hands* was screened more than 300,000 times in rural areas in 2012 alone, earning more than 60 million box office, and about 40 million was distributed to the film party.

And *Raise Your Hands* firmly occupied the first place in rural cinema screening for 9 consecutive years from its release in 2004 to 2012, which means that the film party can get tens of millions every year. This is too awesome!

However, Wu Yuchen gave up in his heart. First, this film has to be dragged until next summer to shoot, and second, if it is taken out now, its power cannot be exerted to the maximum.

After Wu Yuchen had an idea in his heart, he smiled at Han Sanping:

"Factory Director Han, I actually especially want to cooperate with our Tao Jingying Studio once. I have an idea here, planning to shoot it when I come back in winter after shooting *Run Luo La Run*. It will definitely pass the review, and I am aiming at the domestic box office. I don't know if you are interested?"

Han Sanping was full of spirit as soon as he heard it:

"Then I am very interested! Tell me, what is the subject matter?"

"A bitter film similar to *Nobody Knows I'm Your Mom*. This film won't be very elegant and may even be a bit vulgar, but I can guarantee that it will definitely earn tears and box office!"

Han Sanping of course knows *Nobody Knows I'm Your Mom*. It started screening in China in June 1990 and caused a huge sensation. By the end of the year, half a year later, the number of viewers exceeded 200 million, and the box office exceeded 100 million.

He remembered *You and Me* shot by Wu Yuchen again. He is indeed a good hand in this regard, so he believed his words a little more.

Han Sanping even dared to invest in Feng Kuzi who had no achievements, how could he not dare to invest in Wu Yuchen?

"Good good! Then how about our Tao Jingying Studio taking half of the investment share?" He didn't ask Wu Yuchen how much the cost was, and directly asked for the share.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said: "Factory Director Han has great courage, I guarantee it will definitely earn back!"

"Haha, Little Wu Dao, if you have anything to help with *Run Luo La Run*, don't be polite, just open your mouth to us!"

Han Sanping also wanted Wu Yuchen to finish shooting early and come to start the cooperation project early.

"If you say so, I am really bothering you. I have two candidates for the heroine, one of which I can't contact..."

Wu Yuchen is not afraid of bothering Han Sanping with this little thing. The friendship between people is deepened in this mutual help.

"Haha, you just say both of them, I will help you contact!" Han Sanping waved his hand.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said: "Gong Li and Ning Jing."

*Run Luo La Run* is a story of "beauty saving hero", so the heroine is required not to be too short, which instantly excluded Zhou Xun.

Luo La is not an elegant and dignified woman in the traditional sense. She is brave, persistent, not afraid of difficulties, and even reckless like a boy, full of vitality and energy.

The original heroine Franka Potente is actually "sturdier" than ordinary thin actresses.

To be honest, the first one Wu Yuchen thought of was Gong Li. Her figure and image are very consistent, and her acting skills are unquestionable. It's just that she is a bit older!

And Ning Jing is also a very healthy image at a glance, with that wild energy, good acting skills, and only 24 years old this year. She is really an excellent candidate. Wu Yuchen actually likes her the most.

After hearing this, Han Sanping thought for a while and said: "I can help you contact both of them, but I heard that Gong Li took a film about the return, it may not work."

Wu Yuchen's heart moved after hearing this, and he remembered a film called *Chinese Box*, starring Gong Li and Maggie Cheung, telling the story of the last day of 1996, a terminally ill English reporter came to Hong Kong and fell in love with a mainland woman.

He didn't expect that this film is already going to be shot now?

After a while, Han Sanping hung up the phone:

"Okay, both were answered by agents. I will notify you when there is news."

"Thank you Factory Director Han!"

Wu Yuchen drove to Li Xiaoran's place on the way, but after opening the door, he found that she was not at home, so he put the things on the table, pillowing his hands on the bed.

This time, 400,000 US dollars of shooting funds were prepared for *Run Luo La Run*. Ning Jing's salary was not that high. If Ning Jing couldn't come, Gong Li's words, it was not impossible to increase the budget.

As for the male lead, he is a little gangster, a bit ruffian. It is said that finding a Hong Kong actor to play a young and dangerous boy should be quite matching, but think about it, forget it. Not to mention the arrogance of Hong Kong actors looking down on the mainland, language communication is a problem, which is a big obstacle when filming.

He suddenly remembered the yellow-haired Chen Kun he saw more than a month ago. In fact, the image is quite suitable, but this guy is currently in that depressed state. According to the class teacher Cui Xinqin, he looks half-dead. And he just entered school not long ago, and he doesn't know how much acting skill he has.

Forget it, let's hold an audition for the male lead this time, don't specify it.

Thinking and thinking, Wu Yuchen fell asleep unconsciously.

After a while, when Wu Yuchen woke up, he found that it was dark outside. At this time, Li Xiaoran was sitting at the table with an apple in her hand, but only took a bite. At this time, she was flipping through the script Wu Yuchen placed on the table.

Wu Yuchen walked over, hugged Li Xiaoran from behind, supported her towering chest with both hands, and kissed her side face unconsciously.

"Oh, don't make trouble, I haven't finished reading yet!" Li Xiaoran's body swayed.

Wu Yuchen giggled, just hugging her like this, putting his chin on her shoulder and asking:

"How is it, do you think it's interesting?"

"Quite interesting, this one of yours is a bit like the Moonlight Box of *A Chinese Odyssey*, whoosh and it went back. Is this a new script you wrote?"

"Hmm, preparing."

"Who do you plan to find to shoot?"

"Found Gong Li and Ning Jing, still waiting for their reply."

"Yo, worthy of being a genius director who won an award, now every move is inviting big stars!"

"In the future, I will also make you a big star~"

Li Xiaoran hummed twice, didn't speak, and continued to flip through the script.

In fact, she quite likes the heroine of the script she is reading. She has often been called a crazy girl since she was a child, and she doesn't consider the consequences when doing things. The more she looks at this heroine, the more she likes it. But just now, hearing the two names Gong Li and Ning Jing that Wu Yuchen said, she woke up instantly.

From running errands to filming until now, it has been a few months, and she has also attended a training class for nearly two months. Li Xiaoran has indeed improved a lot and has left the ranks of newcomers, knowing how to act. But she is increasingly clear about the gap between herself and these two in acting skills, like a level 5 monster and a level 50 big boss in the game.

Therefore, she didn't even open her mouth. She didn't want to take humiliation, nor did she want to make Wu Yuchen embarrassed. It was not estrangement, but strong self-esteem at work.

That night, to celebrate Wu Yuchen's triumphant return with a big award from Japan, the two played until late at night.

The next day, the sun was high, and a phone call woke Wu Yuchen up.

"Hello, Wu Yuchen, are you free these few days?"

Wu Yuchen was not confused as soon as he heard it was Zeng Li's voice. Seeing that Li Xiaoran next to him was still sleeping, he breathed a sigh of relief, took his mobile phone and walked to the kitchen, covering the door.

"Hmm, just say whatever you have."

"It's just... my classmate, uh, it's my roommate, who wants to invite you to dinner together and ask you about acting."

Zeng Li on the phone was a bit twisted, but Wu Yuchen was not twisted: "Alright, of course no problem, today is fine!"

How can this opportunity to enter the enemy's interior be missed! ===== CHAPTER 92 =====