In the conference room of Zhongchao, everyone in Tangshan was as heavy as water. They all knew that Zhang Ran would speak loudly, but Zhang Ran's mouth was too big. According to Zhang Ran's meaning, they could only pay and had no other rights, so this would definitely not be acceptable.

They participated in this project not to make money, but to promote Tangshan through movies and achieve success over the year; if they let go, who knows what the movie will look like? Last year's TV series about the earthquake asked to be able to act in nighttime dramas when recruiting extras, which caused a lot of controversy and had a bad impact. They must ensure that the movie promotes mainstream values, promotes the main theme, and expresses great love in the world, and must be positive.

They still hope to cooperate with Zhang Ran. As Zhang Ran said, he can make this movie overseas on a large scale, and it is difficult for others to achieve this effect. Zhao Guoqiang kept a smile on his face: "Zhang Ran, we participated in this movie to use the movie to promote the great achievements and the humanistic spirit of Tangshan after the Tangshan earthquake. We will not interfere with the creation itself, and it is definitely your final decision on how to shoot it, but we must maintain the right to speak in the name, script and even the scene. We can not only invest, but also open up a plot to build a street scene in Tangshan before the earthquake, and the expenses will be paid by us. During the shooting process, we will provide various conveniences, and all the places for press conferences and screenings are free. Our holdings are just to ensure the right to speak, not to interfere in the creation!"

Zhang Ran refused to give in at all: "This matter is not to be discussed, the movie must be controlled by us!"

Seeing that Zhang Ran refused to give in, Zhao Guoqiang looked at Han Shanping and asked, "Mr. Han, what do you think?"

Zhao Guoqiang hoped to seek Han Shanping's support, but Han Shanping said, "I think it's better to believe Zhang Ran!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Secretary Zhao, for you, movies are a promotion, but not just for me!" Zhang Ran was not for making money, but for publicity, but the promotional things were completely different. He leaned on the back of the chair and said, "Your government departments are not short of money, you can find other directors to shoot; I don't lack money, I can do it myself. I just said, if we are the main investor and you are just participating in the shares, then we will do it together. If you have to mainly invest, there is no need to talk about it."

The atmosphere froze. No one expected that Zhang Ran would be so tough and would overturn the table if he had disagreement!

Han Shanping quickly said, "Zhang Ran, don't be excited. Why don't you talk about anything if you don't like to listen to a word? This is talking about business, not a child, don't be tempted!"

Zhao Guoqiang also said: "Yes, you can talk about anything and discuss it."

Zhang Ran just wanted to show an attitude, whether you can do this matter or not, and the dominance must be in my hands. He drank a sip of water and said seriously: "The movie must be dominated by us, and there is no possibility of giving in at this!"

Seeing that Zhang Ran had said everything to this level, Zhao Guoqiang put forward a second plan: "Do you think this is OK? We invest 5o% to ensure our voice, but we scored less in the final share, accounting for 45%. What do you think?"

If it were other people, such as Huayi and Feng Xiaogang, they might have agreed. They filmed movies to make money. But Zhang Ran couldn't agree: "If I had a lot of science fiction in my hands, and I could do science fiction movies, and I made much more money than a big earthquake. I was not just for winning awards. The possibility of such pure commercial films winning awards is very small. The reason for shooting a big earthquake is because I saw the spirit of our nation from the earthquake and the people of Tangshan. The whole incident is a microcosm of our nation. Our nation has gone through countless hardships from ancient times to the present. What supported us to today? It is the spirit of our nation, which is what I want. According to your ideas, it is difficult to show what I want. So there is no concession in this point. This drama must be dominated by us, otherwise there will be no talk! "

Zhao Guoqiang laughed: "What you want to show is that we hope to show the fearless heroism that the Chinese nation showed in the face of the Tangshan earthquake. Our direction is the same. Since the general direction is the same, what can't be reached in the subtle areas?"

"The direction is indeed the same, but the creative concepts are too different. Your idea is that the main theme movies in China are now. They always want to show the city scenery and some landmark buildings, as if this can show the achievements of construction over the years, but they will definitely make a big difference. According to my ideas, no shots of the city are now shot. Why? There is no need. I shoot this movie because I hope to show people's strength and optimism in suffering through the heroine taking her children home along the way, and all kinds of people I meet, and show their love for life through these ordinary people. When these come out, there is no need to explain, and there is no need to say how good we have built the city in thirty years. After watching the movie, everyone will firmly believe that this city will be reborn because there is such a group of strong people in this city.

The most important thing about a movie is the creation of people. We must tell people's stories. Feng Xiaogang's "Big Star" is a collaboration with Colombia, and there are American actors, but how much box office is there in North America? 82o US dollars, only 1oo people watch. Because the whole movie is a Chinese story, and it is only established in China. If you let foreigners watch it, they will not understand it. If our movie wants to go out, we must not tell Chinese stories, but must tell Chinese stories. We must cross national borders and surpass ideological human nature as the theme!" Zhang Ran pointed to his head and said, "I believe that you participated in this movie because you hope that the movie can go abroad and enter the international market. Then you should leave professional things to professionals and let me do it!"

Zhao Guoqiang stared at Zhang Ran for a few seconds, believing that he would not give up his dominance. This matter was indeed unanimous and nodded slowly: "You can dominate it, but we cannot let it go. We must read the script. We must negotiate and resolve the problem of the script, because we must ensure that the movie is positive, there cannot be negative things, and there must be no slander, otherwise we will not be able to explain to the elders of our hometown."

Zhang Ran himself hopes that Tangshan will participate. If the other party takes a step back, his goal will be achieved: "Yes, I am not an arbitrary person. I also hope that everyone can make more suggestions for such a big drama!"

After the most critical link reached an agreement, the subsequent negotiations were naturally unimpeded, and the three parties quickly reached an agreement. The investment ratios of the three parties at Century Peak, Tangshan and China Film were 6o%, 1o%, respectively, with investment amounts of 180 million, 9ooo million and oo million respectively. Among them, 20% of the 9ooo million of Tangshan was the funds, and the remaining 720,000 were sponsors. In addition to capital investment, during the filming process, Tangshan will provide full support to ensure that the filming can be carried out smoothly.

Two days later, the three parties held a small project approval meeting at China Film Academy. The two deputy directors of the General Administration, Zhao Shi and Zhang Hongsen, were presided over the project approval meeting. At the project approval meeting, Zhang Hongsen announced that the outline of the "Tangshan Earthquake" was officially reviewed and successfully established the project. Then he announced that the "Tangshan Earthquake" became a key project of the General Administration. If there are any problems during the filming period, you can communicate with him directly.

The Tangshan earthquake was successfully established, and the most important task was the script. This drama cannot be written randomly. It must go to the local area to check historical materials, interview witnesses, and put the real details into the movie to make the movie real and credible. However, Zhang Ran had too many things in his hands and really had no time to write the script. Therefore, he found Liu Heng and asked Liu Heng to write the script.

Liu Heng is one of the top screenwriters in China. "The Assemblage", "The Flowers of War" and "Qiu Ju's Sue" were all his works. When Zhang Ran was filming "Before Dawn" in Hengdian, he filmed "The Young Emperor" in Hengdian, and they were familiar with each other.

Liu Heng was very interested in this drama. After reading the outline and understanding Zhang Ran's ideas, he talked about his experience at that time: "At that time, I worked as an assembly fitter in the Beiping Automobile Manufacturing Factory. On the day of the earthquake, I woke up from my sleep and heard everything in the house ringing. My mother shouted, "The earthquake happened, and she pulled me out, but the door couldn't open. She was panicked and anxious. It took a lot of effort to get out. I ran downstairs and ran downstairs. When I arrived at the bottom of the stairs, there were people everywhere, and everyone was frightened. After the earthquake,

Even my family didn't dare to enter the house. When I saw it at dawn, I saw that the dormitory building was fine, there were not even cracks. Instead, the tall chimney behind the building collapsed. In the next few days, no one dared to live in the house. I and my family built a shockproof shed with wood, door panels and plastic cloth in the empty place in the courtyard. "He looked at the outline in his hand and said, "Your idea is very good. When the earthquake comes, the most concerned is the safety of your relatives. Writing the earthquake into a family story and a story of going home is very warm."

Zhang Ran smiled. He really wanted to shoot a warm and powerful story: "I have never liked things that are too dark. I hope that everyone can gain positive strength after watching my movie, rather than becoming desperate after watching it. I think in addition to the heroine's daughter, it is best to meet some children in the process of returning home. Because children are the future of the nation, you can see the hope of the nation from the children!"

Liu Heng smiled and said, "This is the expression method in Schindler's List!"

Zhang Ran nodded seriously: "Yes, "Schindler's List" is a Holocaust movie. The Jews suffered a very tragic experience, but in the movie, the Jews are quite clever. Whether adults or children, they are always adaptable! It is obviously a very tragic movie. When we finish watching it, we will feel that the people of this nation are very great and that this nation has hope. We are also victims of World War II and have also encountered the Holocaust. When we make Holocaust movies in our film and television works, we always blindly describe how miserable it is, lacking this spiritual portrayal, and some works even belittle and defamate ourselves. Our play is talking about suffering, but we cannot just talk about miserableness. We should learn from "Schindler's List". I hope that whether Americans or Africans, when they watch this movie, they will think that the Chinese are amazing, and this nation has hope!"

Liu Heng pondered for a moment and nodded slowly: "This subject is too important, and your requirements are very high. You can't come at all. You will definitely go to the local archives to check information and go to the field to experience life. Give me half a year!"

Zhang Ran naturally would not refuse. In his opinion, a good script needs to be polished repeatedly, and half a year is nothing: "Of course. The Tangshan Municipal Government is also an investor in our play. When will you go to Tangshan and tell me, I will contact Tangshan, and they will cooperate with you with all your strength!"

Liu Heng laughed and said, "With the support provided by the local government, it will be much easier!"

After the screenwriter finalized, Zhang Ran plunged into the preparations for the Olympic bid. The first round of Olympic bid statements are getting closer and closer, and he must be prepared! (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!