Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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Forbidden City.

That is, the opening ceremony of "The Last Emperor".

As one of the guests attending the ceremony, Xu Cun also attended the opening ceremony of this epoch-making movie.

In addition to being one of the guests attending the ceremony, Xu Cun also has another identity - the representative of the publisher of "The Last Emperor".

Honestly--

Xu Cun also thought about directing "The Last Emperor", the only film so far that was filmed in the Forbidden City after removing all the guardrails. This film swept the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best The Chinese film that has been nominated in nine categories including photography, best editing, best sound, best art direction, best costume design and best original soundtrack. This film opened the door for Chinese Oscars. Therefore, Xu Cuncai asked Jiang Zhiqiang to buy the copyright of "The Last Emperor", that is, the copyright of "My First Half Life" written by Puyi - absorbing the fact that Li Hanxiang was burned out by the copyright of "My First Half Life" in the previous life Lesson, Xu Cun not only let Jiang Zhiqiang buy the copyright of "My First Half Life" from the publishing house, but also let Jiang Zhiqiang buy it from Puyi's wife Li Shuxian, former concubine Li Yuqin, and Li Wenda who helped Puyi sort out the manuscript. Xu Cun also asked Jiang Zhiqiang to donate 200,000 RMB each to Puyi's wife Li Shuxian and concubine Li Yuqin, so that they can enjoy a good night.

but -

God doesn't follow people's wishes.

First of all, Xu Cun, who has been busy for the past few years, really has no time to direct this time-consuming movie.

Secondly, "The Last Emperor" contains somewhat sensitive content. Xu Cun, who has been paying great attention to this aspect these years, does not want to bear the cause and effect.

Again, without Bernardo Bertolucci as the assistant director, Xu Cun was not sure about directing this film full of strong artistic atmosphere. To put it bluntly, without Bernardo Bertolucci, Xu Cun would not have been able to direct the movie "The Last Emperor" - not only because of the director's directing ability and talent, but also because of The reason for the thought that went into the movie "The Last Emperor". You know, Bernardo Bertolucci has been preparing for several years to direct the movie "The Last Emperor", during which he met a lot of people who used to live with Puyi. In other words, in Bernardo Bertolucci's mind, he had a clear understanding of Puyi, including what Puyi had experienced in his life. There is no Xu Cun who has not spent this energy and time, so Xu Cun cannot direct "The Last Emperor", a film that is known for its art.

It is precisely because of this that after thinking for a long time, Xu Cun instructed Jiang Zhiqiang to grant the copyright of "My First Half of My Life" to Bernardo Bertolucci and Li Hanxiang respectively.

Relying on the copyright of "The First Half of My Life", Li Hanxiang directed and exported "Fire Dragon" reasonably and legally, and "Fire Dragon" was screened in Hong Kong and the Mainland at the same time at the beginning of this year, and the results were not bad. , "Fire Dragon" won a box office of 13.9 million Hong Kong dollars. In the mainland, "Fire Dragon" earned a box office of RMB 41 million.

Different from the previous life, Li Hanxiang became an independent director after Shaw Brothers ceased production in the previous life. He was powerless and powerless, so he couldn't compete with a cooperative production company with a strong background.

In this life, after Shaw Brothers ceased production, Li Hanxiang joined DreamWorks Film Company and became one of the directors of DreamWorks.

With Xu Cun's support and the legal authorization of "The First Half of My Life", Li Hanxiang and his co-production company co-produced "Fire Dragon" in this life is not as troubled as the previous life.

In addition, relying on the copyright of "The First Half of My Life", DreamWorks Films has become both the distributor and the producer of "Fire Dragon".

Xu Cunben also thought the same about "The Last Emperor", which was dozens of blocks behind "Fire Dragon" in his previous life - let DreamWorks Films become both the distributor of "The Last Emperor" and the producer of "The Last Emperor" square.

But--

Regarding the proposal of DreamWorks Films, the director of "The Last Emperor", Bernardo Bertolucci, decided without even thinking about it-before Bernardo Bertolucci had just proposed to shoot "The Last Emperor". ", Jiang Zhiqiang wanted to join on behalf of DreamWorks Films. If he made a profit, Bernardo Bertolucci could get dividends, if he lost money, he could get the director's fee, and all shooting expenses would be paid. Produced by DreamWorks Films. But Naldo Bertolucci refused without even thinking about it. He said that he wanted to realize his wish, so no commercialization was allowed, and his own independent creativity of art should be guaranteed. So he borrowed five million dollars from five European banks each, raising a total of twenty-five million dollars. In this way, it goes without saying if you win, but if you lose, Bernardo Bertolucci will go bankrupt.

Xu Cun admires Bernardo Bertolucci's persistence and courage! Therefore, under Xu Cun's instructions, DreamWorks Films won the global distribution rights of "The Last Emperor" only on the condition that Bernardo Bertolucci use the copyright of "The First Half of My Life" for free. He did not forcibly participate in the production of "The Last Emperor", and the box office share that DreamWorks Films gave Bernardo Bertolucci and the co-production company was slightly higher than the market price.

In addition, in terms of actors and photographic equipment, Xu Cun also gave Bernardo Bertolucci a lot of support-in terms of photographic equipment, all the photographic equipment used in the filming of "The Last Emperor" were provided by DreamWorks Films The world's most advanced photographic equipment. In terms of actors, Zun Long, the leading actor of "The Last Emperor", is an artist under the agency of DreamWorks.

Of course, most of the actors in "The Last Emperor" were chosen by Bernardo Bertolucci himself. Moreover, Bernardo Bertolucci actually chose several very good actors - among them, the leader of the guards is played by Chen Kaige, one of Xu Cun's students, and Ying Ruocheng, who plays the warden, is the director Ying Da. At this time, Ying Ruocheng is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture, and the most powerful is Song Huaigui, the proprietress of Maxim Restaurant in China who plays Queen Longyu's Chinese fashion godmother. etc……

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After spending a whole day with Wang Fei in the Forbidden City, which has no tourists or guardrails, and spent most of the night with Wang Fei, the next day Xu Cun returned to Xiangjiang under Wang Fei's reluctance——in Deng Gong's personal Excuse me, Xu Cun and the central government have already formulated all strategies to keep Standard Chartered Bank's right to issue banknotes. Therefore, Xu Cun had to rush back to Xiangjiang to make final preparations.

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