Let you invest, and you can support half of the entertainment industry?

After "The Great Wall", Zhang Guoshi declined.

Firstly, he doesn't have that much energy, after all, he is getting old, and secondly, the failure of "The Great Wall" really dealt him a big blow.

It would be difficult for any director to handle the failure of a large-scale production costing US$1.5 million.

What's more, Zhang Guoshi's performance in large-scale productions has always been mediocre.

But if you want to make a mid-range shot within a few hundred million, there are still plenty of investors.

Just the title of "Guoshi" is worth hundreds of millions at the domestic box office.

In 21 years, he began to pave the way for his daughter and co-directed "Sniper". At this time, it became clear that he really meant to retire.

But now, although Zhang Guoshi has experienced the failure of "The Great Wall" and his career is at a low period, he is still young. He started shooting "Shadow" in March this year and "One Second" in July next year.

Judging from this posture, I guess he is trying to repay the debt he owes to "The Great Wall".

Although these two films have either just been filmed or are in preparation, Xu Jia has long known that the results of his previous life were so-so.

Especially for the latter, newcomer Liu Haocun was used, which aroused the disgust of the entire network. In the end, the box office was only 100 million, a loss that was visible to the naked eye.

In Xu Jia's view, Zhang Guoshi was squandering the reputation he had finally accumulated.

Rather than being ruined by Liu Haocun, it would be better to make some contribution to Jiaxing.

"Director Zhang, I have heard of you for a long time, but unfortunately I have never met you, but I never tire of your works." Xu Jia stepped forward and said with a smile.

As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person, not to mention Xu Jia's status. In addition to his qualifications, Zhang Guoshi is actually still below. Even if he knew that Xu Jia deliberately kept him for other purposes, he had no objection at all.

"Haha, what I said is all in the past tense. Now the Chinese film and television industry still depends on you young people. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. You waves behind are about to beat me, the wave ahead, to death on the beach." Zhang Guoshi said with a smile.

He himself is actually very talkative and funny, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get admitted to Jidian in his thirties.

Stepping into the position of director as a photographer is impossible without emotional intelligence.

Besides, this stupid mouth would have fascinated Gong Li in the first place.

"If so, it's because you haven't exerted your strength yet."

Xu Jia exchanged a few words and got straight to the point: "We in Jiaxing have admired you for a long time and have always wanted to cooperate with you. I wonder if you are interested in this?"

They are all adults, so it is expected that the other party will not know the purpose of their visit.

Zhang Guoshi's eyes twitched. He said that Xu Jia never paid attention to the rules in the circle. Now it seems that it is true as the rumor. He invited him directly without even testing.

This leaves no room for turning around.

Zhang Guoshi hesitated for a moment and said: "I have two projects now, one is editing "Shadow", and the other "One Second" is in preparation. In addition, I will also attend the handover ceremony of the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in Korea next year. If I want to be the chief director of "8 Minutes in Beijing", I'm afraid I won't be able to spare the time."

In fact, he himself was a little dissatisfied and began to gradually move closer to the administrative side.

Although the number of films is still one per year, costs are controlled.

"As long as you are willing to sign a director contract with us in Jiaxing, the upper limit of the funds we will give for each project is one billion. If you let it go, we can afford the loss. Of course, we will also have corresponding suggestions."

Seeing that Zhang Guoshi was about to open his mouth, Xu Jia interrupted before the latter could speak, and continued: "And we are also willing to provide Zhang Mo with a director contract. There are many young directors who are growing in the country, and we hope to give them space to grow. and funding.”

"Also, you are invited to join our Jiaxing emerging director training program. I believe that the juniors here are willing to ask for your advice."

Although he brought out Zhang Mo's director contract to make excuses and was suspected of being a bribe, I have to say that this trick worked really well.

As his daughter, there is no shortage of investment, but good projects.

In this regard, Jiaxing is well-known in the industry for its high-quality projects. All film directors who come out of Jiaxing are all successful. This is Jiaxing's golden signature.

Faced with this golden sign, even Zhang Guoshi couldn't help but be moved. Not only for his daughter, he himself also needed a good project to revive his reputation as a national master.

Zhang Guoshi opened his mouth, and when the words of evasion came to his lips, he realized that he seemed to have no excuse.

He shook his head and smiled helplessly: "Mr. Xu has said this, how can I refuse, but one thing is that I hope you will not interfere too much with my creation. Of course, as long as the suggestions are useful, I will Accept it, and in addition, my daughter Zhang Moqian does not need to give special attention to her, and do not harm the interests of others because of her."

Every time he is inconsistent with the creative concept of the project, the resulting works will be extremely awkward, which is the so-called compromise with the market, which often leads to unsatisfactory endings.

From the earliest "Codename Jaguar" to "Three Guns" with Zhao Jiaban, and even the year before last "The Great Wall", the results were very average.

And if we start from reality, he is not the kind of person who insists on having his own way. He is the art of compromise and balance. Perhaps this is the reason why he became the national master.

After all, a director must be able to compromise and balance. Another once-famous director, Chen Dao, is the guy who 'sticks to the principles', so the filming often turns into a self-pleasure film.

"No problem, even if you don't need to explain, these two points are our rules in Jiaxing."

Xu Jia nodded and said: "As for the first project, I mean to shoot around the Battle of Changjin Lake. If you don't have to rush for time, you can prepare slowly. I recommend an all-star cast to match the specifications of a gift film. Go make it.”

With the names of Jiaxing and Zhang Guoshi, even if it is an all-star production, the cost will not be that high. There are many celebrity artists who are willing to make guest appearances for free.

And with Zhang Yimou's reputation, he can also suppress these people.

"Changjin Lake, yes. I have always been interested in this subject, but I dare not touch it easily. Since Mr. Xu is willing to support it, I will give it a try." Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up and he said.

No director hates big productions, but most of them worry that if they can't handle it, the result will be disaster.

But if there is a powerful employer like Jiaxing, who wants money to give money and people to give to others, then any director is willing to show off his talents, even Zhang Guoshi is no exception.

If you can bring a two-parter format like "Three Guns" to the big screen, how could you not have the courage to touch other genres?

Of course, Xu Jia would not say this in front of the other party.