Chapter 75: Hurry Up and Confirm

Gu Changwei, who was at home taking care of his children, received a call from Cheng Jianye.

Cheng Jianye's meaning was very simple: Cao Dao is going to open a new film, and he is still missing a photographer. Old Gu, do you want to come?

Old Gu, do you want to come? This sentence is really familiar.

Gu Changwei couldn't help but sigh. Three years ago, when he was still struggling in Hollywood, Jiang Wen was like this, with a simple sentence, "I have a bull-b idea, Old Gu, do you want to come?"

Come, of course I want to come.

This mud pit of Hollywood is really not a place for people to stay. Whoever wants to stay, stay, whoever wants to come, come. I will never come again. Whoever comes is a grandson.

So, he returned to China to shoot Jiang Wen's "Devils on the Doorstep." It started filming in October 1998 and wrapped up in January 1999. There were no waves during the filming, which can be considered one of the movies Jiang Wen shot relatively quickly.

But what followed was endless trouble.

First, the original author sued for infringement, mainly on two points.

One is that the author only authorized Jiang Wen's Sunshine Splendid Co., Ltd., but now it is a joint production of four companies, and the other three have not been authorized.

Second, without the author's permission, they distorted and tampered with the creative theme, story details, character personalities, etc., of the original novel.

They changed the story of the Jiaodong anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians bravely resisting aggression into a tragedy of ignorant villagers in rural Hebei spontaneously resisting Japan.

Next, before the lawsuit was over, Jiang Wen took the film directly to the Cannes Film Festival.

The Film Bureau was very angry. You still have a lawsuit on you, how dare you go to a foreign film festival? More importantly, have you passed the review? So they ordered the film to be withdrawn from Cannes within a time limit.

It was already selected for the main competition unit of Cannes. How could Jiang Wen, that stubborn baby, withdraw it? He took his whole family to attend the premiere of the film in Cannes.

He didn't pay attention to the Film Bureau's words at all.

Although the film lived up to expectations and won the Jury Prize, Jiang Wen also "won" the Grand Prize for being banned from directing, but this time there was no official document.

Gu Changwei "unemployed" again. Without a big director who could cooperate for a long time, this return to China for development was considered a head-on blow, plus the experience in Hollywood, he was quite disheartened.

So he simply broke the jar and broke it. Since his career was not going well and there were no big directors willing to cooperate, he simply went home to give birth to children with his wife.

Having been idle at home for more than two years, Gu Changwei also refused many directors who were very sincere. Some even came to invite him in person three or four times in order to get him out of the mountain. There was more than one such director.

Gu Changwei didn't agree.

It was still the same reason. Directors with a little fame have their own fixed cooperative teams. Those who come are either not famous or not capable. He is at least known as the number one photographer in the country and has to take care of his reputation.

This is probably what is called being tired by fame.

Receiving Cheng Jianye's call, Gu Changwei was still very tempted and wanted to agree on the spot.

But considering that he had refused many directors' invitations in the past two years, and his wife had just given birth to a child not long ago, he couldn't just go happily when a Golden Lion director invited him, right?

Always... give me half a day to consider?

"Brother Cheng, it's like this. I have to go to the hospital for a follow-up visit for my eyes in the afternoon. I'll ask the doctor if there's any impact, and I'll definitely call you back before dinner."

After Gu Changwei finished saying this, he felt a bit inappropriate, and added another sentence, "Brother, thank you for thinking of me, I will definitely invite you to dinner another day."

A few years ago, when they met, Cheng Jianye would shout "Teacher Gu," and Gu Changwei would nod at most, or even not know who this person was.

Now?

People are production managers following the Golden Lion, deputy directors of the production department of the Beijing Film Studio. Calling him brother is not a loss.

"Whose call?"

Jiang Wenli had just given birth to a son this year, her figure hadn't recovered, and she walked out in wide pajamas and asked.

"Cheng Jianye of the Beijing Film Studio."

"Cheng Jianye? Don't know him. Beijing Film Studio invites you? Strange thing, how many movies can they shoot in a year? There are many photographers at Beijing Film Academy, right? With the little salary they offer, can they afford you?"

"Cheng Jianye is Cao Yang's exclusive producer." "Oh, hmm? Who? Cao Yang? The one who just won the Golden Lion award? Did you refuse?"

Jiang Wenli didn't react at first. After reacting, she immediately asked questions like a machine gun, her tone was quite urgent, and her tone became higher and higher.

"I was thinking that you just gave birth to a child, wanting to accompany you more..."

"Did you refuse?"

Jiang Wenli asked again, this time seeming a bit angry.

"No, didn't refuse, I, I said I have to go to the hospital to see my eyes in the afternoon, and give an answer before dinner." Gu Changwei stammered back.

It's normal for women to have a bit of temper after giving birth. We must be more understanding of the difficulties of their giving birth.

"Don't wait until before dinner. In another two... one hour, you should hurry up and call back, don't let people wait anxiously."

Jiang Wenli said, and then suddenly remembered that Cao Yang can produce international Best Actresses at the three major European festivals. Do I have a chance?

Lose weight, hurry up and recover your figure. Once Old Gu stands firm in Cao Yang's crew, are you afraid there will be no chance?

"Old Gu, you must remember, call back and agree quickly later, be neat and crisp, don't be like a woman, dawdling."

In the afternoon, Cheng Jianye came to find Cao Yang in person, saying that Gu Changwei had no problem.

Since Cheng Jianye came, Cao Yang ordered him to set up the framework of the crew first, and use the same staff as last time, letting Cheng Jianye greet them in advance to reserve time.

!

After Cheng Jianye left, Cao Yang took out his phone and called Gu Changwei. Cheng Jianye's invitation was a buffer. After that side agreed, he still had to make a phone call to say it, which was considered prior communication.

The photographer is there, and the framework of the crew is roughly matched. Next, he needs to find actors.

After two days, Cao Yang called Cheng Jianye and assistant directors Li Mingyi and Liu Shan to discuss the candidates for actors.

Of course, the so-called discussion is that Cao Yang orders what, and they discuss what. This is the discussion.

"Have there been any actresses under thirty-five and over twenty-five who are not very smooth recently? For example, love failure or career failure is fine. It is best to have media reports that they are very sad." Cao Yang asked.

The three of them didn't care why Cao Yang asked this. Li Mingyi first said: "Little Swallow should be very sad, right? In the September issue of 'Fashion' magazine, she wore a small Japanese military flag skirt and was scolded miserably. She even apologized on TV."

"She deserves it."

Cao Yang commented, and then said: "Don't talk about her, this kind of person is not worth wasting saliva. Do you have any others?"

"Qu Ying should count, right? It's spread crazy in the circle. Her boyfriend Li Yapeng and Xun Ge'er fell in love because of the play and got together. She knows it now, just waiting for which day to go to the crew to clarify."

This time it was Liu Shan who answered.

"Qu Ying..."

Cao Yang didn't express his opinion and asked again: "Any others?"

"Lv Liping divorced last month, should she be sad?" Li Mingyi added another one.

"Lv Liping, let Old Tian comfort her. Let's not worry about it."

"I know one, but she is not twenty-five years old." Cheng Jianye said.

"Tell me about it."

"Does Cao Dao still remember Gao Yuanyuan from Director Wang Xiaoshuai's crew when participating in the Berlin Film Festival? She should be very sad recently. Her boyfriend is openly dating Xu Jinglei and has been photographed several times. Everyone in the circle knows about their affair."

Saying that I am slow in advancing the plot, then add this update! Thank you "Busy Day," "Book Friend 110519144527980" for the rewards, thank you brothers for your monthly tickets and recommendation support, thank you all. I am considering whether to set up a group, and I am afraid that I will not be able to help but water the group...

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