Chapter 25 Section five

When I was writing the script, around April, a legendary big boss came to Beijing Film Academy.The purpose of the visit is only one, to invest in movies. According to director Teng Wenji who participated in the meeting, the boss asked Han Sanping: How much do you need for your annual film investment? Han Sanping said: Based on the current situation of Beijing Film Group, it needs about 80 million yuan, and then you can rely on the film to recycle your own blood. The boss said: How about giving you 200 million? Han Sanping said: It is useless. The boss added: "I'm talking $200 million.

That night, when I heard the news, I rushed to the Chongqing Hotel. A large group of directors were there. The main topic during the meeting was to discuss how to spend the 200 million US dollars?I drank a few more glasses and booed. I said: First of all, we need to set up a director’s club with the most luxurious decoration, each private room is named after the movie, all movie directors can eat for free, use the sauna for free, a director is assigned a full-time masseur, and the bathtub should be the most expensive The surf bath, the faucets are all pure gold, and the marble is all natural.

All the directors were also very excited, offering their ideas and suggestions, spending all their imaginations in extravagance and waste, spending a lot of money like water for a long time, and after calculation, they can spend up to 200 million yuan.It seems that if you don't make a movie, you can't spend 200 million US dollars. At this time, everyone revealed their filming plans one after another, and they were all blockbusters.The highest bidder was Zhang Jianya, who needed 200 million yuan to make "Havoc in the Sky"; followed by He Ping, who had been holding back for several years to make "Heaven and Earth Heroes". It takes 100 million. (Later, his script was finally picked up by Hollywood’s Columbia Film Company, who invested 8 million U.S. dollars to create it. He just started to choose the scene, and there was a break. Zhang Yimou’s new film started shooting, and He Ping’s nose was crooked when he heard about it. , it is said that in order to make a difference, He Ping reluctantly parted ways and renamed "Heaven and Earth Heroes" as "Earth Warrior". By the time I wrote this book, it had already been released, and He Ping's movie was still in post-production.) He Ping and Zhang Jianya divided 300 million, and other directors did not show any weakness, their budgets were all above tens of millions, and they all used computer special effects. Everyone knows that without computers, the budget will not go up.Only my budget was the lowest, which was only 5 million yuan. I regretted it at the time, and blamed myself for not being a big production. I wish I could go home that night and write "Goujian, the King of Yue" overnight.

"Burning Chibi". The 200 million US dollars for a meal was divided up, and finally there was a deficit.When paying the bill, everyone felt that it was too cheap. It only cost more than 1,000 yuan for a meal, which was really boring.Impulsively, I took the bill bravely and paid generously. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and $200 million has to be spent from small pockets. About a week later, a group of us directors were invited to have a discussion with the boss. The location was also in the mountains of Mentougou. Only when we arrived did we realize that it was the 254 Hospital of the Beijing Military Region.When I was a soldier, I went to Mentougou to paint and sketch, and I used to spend the night in the ward of this hospital through my relationship.This hospital has a characteristic, all the buildings are built according to the mountain, and there are many mountain bridges connecting each other between the buildings, which looks unique.The predecessor of the hospital was an ancient temple, but now the ancient temple no longer exists, leaving only a mountain gate standing among green cypresses and pines.

We were led to turn left and turn right into a courtyard, and saw a group of people reading newspapers in a circle. These people gave me the impression that they were intellectuals in small cities.At this time, someone introduced the boss to us, and introduced us to the boss one by one. In my impression, the boss was dressed very plainly that day, with a white shirt, sleeves rolled up, and a pair of cloth shoes on his feet. The rich man is more like a government cadre participating in the "Three Summers and Four Cleansings". His body shape and hair style are somewhat similar to that of Chairman Hua back then.The boss shook our hands with a smile and told us that he is organizing young people in the company to discuss how Chinese football can go to the world.Afterwards, we were allowed into a reception room, where many pennants and awards were hung on the wall, and apples and peanuts were placed on the table, which reminded me of the reception I received when I went to the army to perform.

The boss is peeling peanuts in his hands, and his voice is very low, a bit like talking to himself.I didn't fully grasp the essentials of his conversation, but I remembered some fragments, and many of his ideas still make me unbelievable. He said: We are now engaged in the fourth industry. There are some people in the world who have a lot of money in their hands, but it is useless, such as banks and foundations; there are still some people in the world who are full of wisdom and know what they want to do. But it suffers from lack of funds, such as the directors.Our task is to give the money put there for use to those who need it. This is the fourth industry.

He also said: We are now demonstrating a shocking idea, blasting a hole 50 kilometers wide in the Himalayas, allowing warm and humid air from the Indian Ocean to blow through Nepal into the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, completely changing the harsh ecological environment there, removing the The backward hat there has turned the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau into a beautiful and rich land of fish and rice. I was so dumbfounded at the time that I closed my eyes for many days, and the picture of the Himalayas exploding appeared in front of my eyes.Afterwards, I asked a knowledgeable person, is the boss's idea feasible?The answer was: nonsense!Exploding a 50-kilometer-wide opening in the Himalayas requires at least hundreds of bombs with blasting energy. After the explosion, there will be two consequences: one is that even the ecology of the Kingdom of Nepal on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will be destroyed. No grass will grow for at least a hundred years; second, once the warm current from the Indian Ocean blows to the northern foothills of the Himalayas and the snow melts, the dozen or so provinces below the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will all be submerged in water.Although it is nonsense, it can still be seen that the boss has extraordinary imagination,

The spirit of determination to serve the country is admirable.Later, when I was filming the movie "See You or Be Square", I couldn't help but use Ge You's mouth to tell the audience about the boss's shocking vision.Unexpectedly, during the trial screening of the film, several scientists who were members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference were angered and wrote to the head of the central government, saying that we had plagiarized their ideas.Beiying immediately received the notice, and Han Sanping, the director of the factory, personally went to the editing station to cut out the relevant lines.After I learned of this situation, I couldn't laugh or cry, and was dumbfounded that our nation has so many scientists with such lofty ideals.

Himalayas, you're amazing!Yarlung Zangbo River, just wait to cry! The symposium was held in a cloud of mist.After that, we drove into the mountains under the leadership of the boss. Along the way, the boss's men kept pointing to one mountain after another and said: This is our land, and this is our mountain.Director Zhang Jianya, who was traveling with him, drank a few extra cups of tea during the symposium, and felt urgent to urinate on the way.I said: Just bear with me, don't pee on the boss's territory.He said with a bitter face: Who knows how big the boss's territory is?The car drove for about 20 minutes, and stopped in front of a mountain pass, and everyone came down to enjoy the scenery.Zhang Jianya said: It should be out of the boss's territory, I really can't hold back.After urinating wildly, he lifted his pants and regained his composure.He asked the boss's subordinates: Is this still your boss's land acquisition?The subordinate replied: It is still here, but not after passing the stone bridge in front.

Zhang Jianya regretted it after hearing this. In the evening, we returned to Hospital 254.The boss treats us to a hot pot in a corner of the staff canteen of the hospital, which is separated by a screen. The ingredients are all brought from his hometown in Sichuan, and the taste is authentic.After a few glasses of wine, the boss revealed another amazing plan. It roughly means that he has negotiated with the Russian side and entrusted them to launch 60 communication satellites in three years to cover the entire earth. He also said: It’s useless to have a satellite flying in the sky, it’s just a carrier, you need to buy a lot of programs to fill it, this not only solves the cost of your filming, but also solves the problem of not being able to sell the film after it’s finished. .

I calculated in my mind that 60 satellites will be launched in 3 years, and an average of two and a half satellites will be launched every month.Big deal, how much does it cost Russia?However, I have heard about the boss's ability for a long time. A few years ago, the boss learned of the shortage of non-staple food in Russia, so he seized the business opportunity and exchanged several trucks of Sichuan bacon and eggs for two "Tu-154" airliners from Russia. Give it to an airline and get huge profits out of it.Bacon and eggs can be exchanged for airplanes, and some other Sichuan specialties, and it is not impossible to exchange a few satellites. We drank a lot of wine that night, and I also confided my wishful thinking to the boss.At that time, I saw such a news in the newspaper, saying: After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the "Black Sea Fleet" was assigned to Ukraine to take over, because the military expenditure of the fleet was staggering, Ukraine was overwhelmed, and wanted to return the fleet to Russia, but Russia could not afford it , The two sides pushed back and forth, almost moving the idea of ​​disbanding the "Black Sea Fleet". I said to my boss: You don't have to raise some money to lease the great "Black Sea Fleet" to China to fulfill our dream of maritime hegemony.Even if we don't want to seek hegemony, I agree.But at the very least, with the "Black Sea Fleet" cruising in the Taiwan Strait, Lee Teng-hui would not dare to engage in Taiwan independence. The boss also praised my imagination very much, and both parties felt like meeting confidants.Finally, before parting, the boss said: I will invest in your New Year's film.What's your name? I replied: "Heart Hotter Than Fire" is about people like you. After a period of time, when I was a little disappointed with the promise of the boss, news came from Beijing Film Studio that the boss invited a group of famous directors and a group of executives from the banking and financial circles to hold a "film and television investment symposium" in Leshan, Sichuan. .At that time, Director Han Sanping was worrying about the film investment of the Beijing Film Studio. Seeing that it was the middle of the year, a lot of directors had scripts and no investment, and they couldn't start the film.After receiving this news, with the mentality of fighting for the future, Director Han decided to lead the team to go there in person. The symposium was held under the auspices of the legendary boss. The directors and financial executives discussed the current situation of Chinese films with great interest. It was agreed when they went, and the focus was to look forward to the bright prospects of future development.When it was my turn to speak, I said: Thanks to the bosses in the financial industry for their enthusiastic support for the film industry. It is very abnormal that so many of our directors are idle at home now... The meeting ended, and all the directors present were in a hurry with me.Everyone accused me of talking nonsense.Teng Wenji said: Before I came, I told them that the directors were busy and couldn't get out, and they almost wanted to charge them for appearance fees. You can come up and say that the directors are all free at home.Did your brain get flooded? Li Shaohong also said: As long as you are honest, you don't even think about it. When the bosses hear that the film industry is in such a downturn, who would dare to invest?Are you short-sighted? I was really ashamed at the time, feeling that I seldom told the truth, and finally told the truth, and ruined everyone's bright future.As time passed, this incident turned into a joke, which was widely spread by Teng Wenji and Li Shaohong. Mention it every time you see them, and every description brings them great pleasure. After the Leshan meeting, the boss made a deposit to Beiying's account to start the script project, and there has been no news since then. My "Heart Hotter Than Fire" is almost dying.