Huayu’s ex-husband

Chapter 77 77. What kind of bicycle do you want?

In fact, Wei Wu wanted to pick up the missing pieces in People on the Road, which was not a sudden thought, but also the result of careful consideration.

The reason why he had this idea actually had a lot to do with the teacher he just met, Tian Zhuangzhuang.

Because without Tian Zhuangzhuang, even if Wei Wu knew the situation of The Promise, it would be just empty talk to pick up the omissions in People on the Road.

Because a very fatal difficulty here is that you are a novice director, why should theaters schedule films for you?

If your movie can't enter the cinema, no matter how fast The Promise drops at the box office, you can only watch from the sidelines!

But fortunately, the teacher Wei Wu just had, Tian Zhuangzhuang, could help him solve the problem of film arrangement to a certain extent.

Why is Tianzhuangzhuang able to help Wei Wu solve certain film arrangement problems?

Let’s start with his last job before joining Nortel. He had been working at Beijing Film Studio for the past ten years.

His father, Tian Fang, was the first director of Beijing Film Studio. It can be said that there were several veterans in Beijing Film Studio who were his father's former disciples.

In addition, his mother has been the director of the Children's Film Factory for twenty years, so she has naturally promoted many people.

As we all know, in 1999, with Beijing Film Studio, Children's Film Studio and China Film Co., Ltd. as the main bodies, all eight units were integrated into one giant. That is to say, China Film Group, which later became famous, and the film industry would be shaken if it stepped on it.

Han Sanping, the current head of China Film Group, was the former director of Beijing Film Studio before the merger. He is almost the most powerful figure in the film industry today.

At present, domestic cinema chains are basically privately owned and have not yet formed a large scale. After all, the reform of the national cinema chain system has only been fully implemented in June 2002, which is only three years ago.

Therefore, domestic theater chains during this period are still dominated by state-owned theaters, especially the China Film Group, which has three holding theater lines and four joint-stock theater lines, and its annual box office output steadily accounts for more than 50% of the market.

It can be said that China Film Group is the one with the loudest and best voice in the country when it comes to arranging films.

As for Tian Zhuangzhuang's connections with his parents, and the fact that he himself has been at Beijing Film Studio for 10 years, if he can find connections to help Wei Wu arrange some films at China Film Studio, there should be no problem.

Wei Wu had already communicated this matter with Instructor Tian on the phone before. Tian Zhuangzhuang patted his chest on the other end of the phone and said:

No problem, but as long as I put aside my old face and ask for help, I don't dare to say anything more, and it's okay to get 10% of the film.

Wei Wu hurriedly thanked him, and then Tian Zhuangzhuang said quite proudly:

If it's normal, I can arrange a 20% filming schedule for you and it won't be a big problem.

But it happens to be the Lunar New Year period, and there is also The Promise, which is a big film scheduler, and the day you picked also has the premiere of Lao Mouzi's new film. Even if I risk my old face, I can only get you 10% at most. Arrange films.

Of course, if your movie does well at the beginning, you may add a little more in the future, but it won't be too much, I guess 15% at most!

Wei Wu immediately said happily: Thank you, teacher, this is already very good. Thank you very, very much!

In fact, 10% is not bad, however much is more!

After all, this year is the most competitive Lunar New Year event in recent years. It would be great if we can give Wei Wu, the little Karami, a share of the pie. What kind of bike do we need?

This is Tian Zangzang, and you can get 10% of the film schedule for him. If he were to film it himself, others would not give you 1%, and they would just ask you to postpone the release.

After all, it is the first movie to be released, so there is no need to set such a high profile right from the start. It is already good to be able to recoup the cost these days.

Let’s just talk about the three major mainland directors. Feng Xiaogang’s film debut was “Forever Lost My Love”, which grossed 680,000 yuan at the box office and has a fairly average reputation.

Although Chen Kaige's Yellow Earth was well-received, it was completely unwatchable at the box office.

Only Zhang Yimou's Red Sorghum was both well-received and a box office hit. Otherwise, why would he be a national teacher?

Speaking of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, Wei Wu suddenly figured out a question. He asked why Tian Zhuangzhuang spared no effort to help him, and even used his own connections to help him get film placements.

According to common sense, the relationship between master and apprentice seems to have not reached this level yet, and it would be a bit too attentive.

Everything happens for a reason, so Wei Wu boldly speculated that this matter might have something to do with Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and the others.

Many people may not know that among the fifth generation directors, the first one to become famous was Tian Zhuangzhuang, who has been regarded as the leader among the fifth generation directors in the early days.

Tian Zhuangzhuang's directorial debut, Red Elephant, was produced by his mother's unit, Er Film Studio. He had just graduated from Nortel that year. As for Zhang Yimou's first movie, it would be belatedly come five years later.

During the four years Tian Zhuangzhuang attended Nortel, he made two TV series, one feature film and one short film. It can be said that before he graduated, he had the opportunity that Zhang Yimou had worked hard for many years to get.

With Tian Zangzang's background, he was a prince when he was in school. Who among his classmates wouldn't fawn over him?

At that time, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige were naturally his followers. Chen Kaige is a little better and relatively independent. After all, he can be considered a second generation.

But Zhang Yimou was poor and had no background. When he was in school, he regarded himself as a field-like younger brother.

Their graduation work Small Courtyard for the 1978 class was also made by Tian Zhuangzhuang alone, and the others followed his lead.

At that time, the reason why Zhang Yimou was ingratiating himself with Tian Zangzang was, of course, so that he could stay in the capital and develop after graduation.

It is said that before graduation, Tian Zhuangzhuang did plead with his mother and wanted Zhang Yimou to join the children's film studio, but Tai Lan did not agree.

After Chen Kaige graduated, he was assigned to the Children's Film Factory, and the director at that time was Yu Lan. So, can Chen Kaige still be able to stiffen up when he sees Tian Zangzheng?

But times have changed. Twenty years after graduation, both Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige have now become prominent figures among mainland directors. On the other hand, Tian Zhuangzhuang was banned from directing for 10 years for filming Blue Kite in 1992, and his reputation is no longer what it once was. .

My former younger brother is now a national master, and the worse I am, the worse I am. How big of a gap is there between now and then?

If it were you in Tian Zangzang, would you feel better? Are you still embarrassed to go to the class reunion?

Therefore, it is human nature for him to be unwilling to regain his former glory, but with his current situation, it is probably difficult for him to expect this in his life!

Then his only hope is to recruit a good student, so that his disciple will become famous and surpass Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige in the future. By giving him the long face of a teacher, he naturally regained the lost face.

Of course, the above are just Wei Wu's speculations, and he does not have any substantive evidence to prove them yet.

The key point is that he can't ask people directly, but at least it makes sense logically.

After all, if Tian Zhuangzhuang simply appreciated Wei Wu's talent, it would be a bit too noble to spare no effort to help him without asking for anything in return.