In early August, Jiang Wen returned from France.

The post-production of "Xu Sanguan's Blood Selling" is basically completed and will be submitted to the General Administration for review. Before that, the film was first screened inside the Beijing Film Studio.

Lin Zixuan, Feng Xiaogang and Ge You all attended, and they also invited Li An.

After communicating with mainland martial artists, Li An was busy checking the location where "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was filmed.

He is not familiar with the mainland and only knows a rough geographical location, which requires cooperation from the mainland.

Good Dream Company has done a lot of preparations and looks for a suitable shooting location according to the scenes mentioned in the script.

For example, there will be border deserts, palaces and buildings in the capital, quaint towns in the south, bamboo seas and forests, etc.

Mu Shanshan and Phoenix TV have collaborated on a program called "Beautiful China Country". It has been recorded for hundreds of episodes and has traveled all over the country.

The company's employees selected dozens of good-looking attractions from the program for Li An to choose from.

If Li An feels satisfied, he will go to the field for a visit and then make a decision, which will greatly save time.

Even so, it will take two to three months to complete if you want to confirm more than a dozen outdoor locations in the film.

Especially in the border deserts, where transportation is inconvenient and local leaders need to lead the way.

TV series can be done with it. If you want to shoot the real desert smoke in the movie, you must go to the ground to feel it.

The actual filming time of the movie will not be too long, and it is expected to be only five months, mainly because the preliminary preparations are time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Although Li An is in the capital, he will still keep in touch with Xiangjiang and handle various affairs.

In October, the production team in Xiangjiang will come to Beijing in batches and cooperate with mainland staff, including making props, setting up scenes, recruiting and training actors, etc.

We will strive to start shooting next year and complete the shooting in the second half of the year.

Xiangjiang filmmakers focus on efficiency, and efficiency is money. Xiangjiang and the mainland have slightly different film pay algorithms.

Taking martial arts example, the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" pays martial arts a million US dollars, which includes all martial arts scenes in the entire film.

In the mainland, the pay is often calculated based on time. How much does it cost per month? The longer the shooting time, the higher the pay.

This is for the staff, the actors' pay is consistent, and they are calculated based on the entire movie.

When signing a contract, actors usually indicate the filming cycle of the film, and the pay exceeds this time is calculated separately.

Otherwise, if a film is filmed for four or five years and the actors still receive the same pay, it will be a disadvantage.

Of course, some directors can’t make movies faster, such as Wang Jiawei in Hong Kong. If an actor wants to make his movies, he must be prepared for a long-term struggle, and the pay remains unchanged.

These days, Li An is watching the video of the program "Beautiful Huaguo" and selecting the location that he is satisfied with.

However, you can’t just work, you need to relax properly.

"Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" is the second film directed by Jiang Wen. With the success of "Sunny Days", everyone has great expectations for this movie.

Those who came here were famous figures in the Beijing film industry, including directors and film critics.

Everyone knows the story. Lin Zixuan's novel was published at the end of June, and the sales volume is pretty good. It has just exceeded 100,000 copies.

There are several reasons for this. One is that Lin Zixuan won the Italian Literature Award. Readers are curious. The second is that Lin Zixuan is a best-selling writer in China and has a considerable reputation.

In addition, the novel was adapted into a movie by Jiang Wen, and all kinds of publicity are in place, so it is normal to have this sales volume.

As pure literature books are in trouble, the hot sales of "Xu Sanguan's Blood Selling Record" has given publishing houses and other writers hope, with the focus on how to market.

Domestic writers often don’t know how to sell themselves, and they just hand over the novel to the publishing house and ignore it.

The publishing house does not have much publicity methods for pure literary books, but mainly relies on the popularity of the writer to promote it.

Not many people have developed in many aspects like Lin Zixuan.

Adapting novels into film and television dramas is a current craze. Publishers and magazines are willing to cooperate with film and television companies to recommend writers' works to film and television companies and create benefits for writers.

Taking "Xu Sanguan's Blood Selling Record", Lin Zixuan can get 300,000 yuan in adaptation fees for adaptation into the movie.

Others include TV series and various forms of stage plays. They operate well, and the cost of adaptation alone exceeds one million.

Therefore, how to sell your works is a topic that domestic writers and publishers need to study carefully.

In this regard, "Baihua" magazine did a good job. They signed a "first viewing right" agreement with Zhang Yimou in the 1980s to match writers and directors.

The domestic literary critics are basically well received by the novel "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood".

However, some people are not optimistic about the movies made by Jiang Wen, and are worried that Jiang Wen’s filming was too sharp and would not be able to pass the censorship like "Living" back then and would not be released in China in the end.

Some people also think that Jiang Wen will shoot this film similar to the style of "Living", and cannot surpass Zhang Yimou in terms of artistic quality.

Some people expressed doubts about whether Ge You could make a breakthrough. Ge You made three New Year's films. Don't feel like watching New Year's films at that time, so that the film would be ruined.

There are all kinds of voices in the circle, and Ge You is under a lot of pressure.

These days, although Ge You has been staying at home, he will also read newspapers and communicate with friends.

He thought it was good when he was filming, but after the filming, he felt that it would be better. He would have worries about this and whether the audience could accept it.

Ge You also has pressure on filming New Year’s films, but it is not too stressful, just make the audience amused.

He is particularly serious about art films and does not want to be regarded as a simple comedian. Art is still quite sacred in his mind. He has a heart to become an artist.

"Brother You, what are you busy with? I heard that I like photography?" Lin Zixuan greeted.

"I'm just busy. I just think it's fun. I bought a camera to take pictures of the scenery around me. It's the kind of photo that can be produced with just one shot. It's convenient and you don't need to go to the photo studio to wash it." Ge You replied.

Ge You has many hobbies, not only for fun, but also for thinking about it, and he can think about it to be professional.

People with hobbies live a good life, will not feel lonely, and can relieve stress.

"Brother Feng is thinking about the next film, which may be a collaboration with Hollywood or a New Year film." Lin Zixuan reminded.

"Xiaogang mentioned to me a few days ago. He had an idea. I was nothing. I was afraid that foreigners would not adapt to our working methods and would be troublesome to communicate." Ge You said worriedly.

"It's okay. In our territory, we can't be too spoiled by them. The Chinese people have already stood up." Lin Zixuan joked.

The two chatted for a few words and the movie began to be screened.
Chapter completed!