These days, Su Han has been busy with plans for his next new film.
The investment in the film "The Battle at Lake Changjin" attracted the attention of many influential figures.
The 1.3 billion investment was fully secured.
The initial investment situation was stable.
The next step was to prepare for the filming.
While the filming of "The Battle at Lake Changjin" was progressing, he simultaneously arranged to meet Han Han to discuss new film projects.
Han Han recently wanted to film a movie called "The Continent."
In fact, this movie was more in the art house style; it wasn't a commercial film.
For this type of film, earning money and achieving high box office returns would be quite difficult.
Moreover, in the previous world, this film did not have a very high call.
Most of those willing to buy tickets were Han Han's fans, attending because of him.
Furthermore, the reviews were not good; very bad.
Although many people disliked the movie, Su Han liked it.
This was because he was someone who liked non-commercial films, extremely fond of such art house movies, and was very willing to watch films that felt like they showed something, yet perhaps didn't.
The entire film gave a sense of being incomprehensible, that was likely the feeling.
And "The Continent" was such a film.
He not only liked Han Han's "The Continent" but also many of his other films.
"Duckweed" and "R Hub" were also very good.
"Pegasus" was passable, average, not something that resonated strongly or evoked much feeling.
What Su Han liked was to be different from the masses.
In his previous world, if it were about making money, he certainly wouldn't have chosen to invest in Han Han's films.
But now he was a transmigrator.
In this world, he felt everything was a game, and one shouldn't measure everything by money.
It was like writing novels, one had to write formulaic stories to make readers happy, so that one could earn money, which was why more and more people were less pure.
And in filmmaking, there were also more and more formulaic movies to please moviegoers.
Su Han admitted that creators who combined content and commerce very well were not wrong.
But he respected even more those creators who didn't cater to the audience.
And Han Han, Wong Kar-wai, and Lou Ye were the three creators he wanted to invest heavily in.
Of course, Han Han's position was not comparable to Wong Kar-wai and Lou Ye.
They were professional directors.
Regardless, he had to make it!
He had to invest!
Invest it, damn it!
Damn it!
Let's do it!
Ahem!
It was after this push that Su Han signed various investment agreements with Han Han, Wong Kar-wai, and Lou Ye.
Invest 2 million in Han Han's film "The Continent"!
Invest 2 million in Wong Kar-wai's "Chungking Express"!
Invest 2 million in Lou Ye's "Blind Massage"!
A total of 6 million was invested externally to shoot these films he liked, satisfying his passion for cinema.
After the investments were sorted out, the next step was to participate in the opening ceremony of "The Battle at Lake Changjin."
"The Battle at Lake Changjin" was being directed by three directors together.
Many people gathered at the site today.
Countless reporters scrambled, rushing to the scene to get first-hand information and lay the groundwork for their upcoming articles.
The opening ceremony for "The Battle at Lake Changjin" was at eleven in the morning, but at ten-thirty, before the ceremony even began, many reporters had already gathered at the scene.
These reporters had all arrived early to stake out their spots, waiting in advance today to secure the front-row positions, to get close-up access and capture Su Han, Chen Kaige, and Tsui Hark.
The appearance of these three giants would undoubtedly be a sensation in the entertainment industry.
They were a hot topic.
"When is Su Han coming? He hasn't appeared at such events in a long time. Today, we must seize this opportunity, grasp this chance, and not let this precious opportunity slip away."
"I'm here for Su Han today too. Most importantly, I heard that besides collaborating with Chen Kaige and others on 'The Battle at Lake Changjin,' he's also recently collaborated with Han Han, Lou Ye, and Wong Kar-wai. It's truly a once-in-a-century event."
"We must seize this opportunity well today; we absolutely cannot miss this excellent chance. We must grab this opportunity to ask Su Han everything we want to know."
"Yes, yes! Ask him!"
"Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark. My heavens, what a grand occasion this is, it's making me too excited, too passionate. These two fellows are also incredibly formidable, and they've invested a colossal 1.3 billion in this film. I'm genuinely curious, deeply curious, about what kind of film this will be, requiring such a large investment. I'm very curious."
"A colossal 1.3 billion film, what kind of scale is that?"
"It must be huge, right? I heard that the pre-production staff alone numbers seven thousand, with over seventy thousand extras! Do you think that's big?"
"What the heck?"
"Is this real or fake? Why do I always feel like there's something hidden here?"
"Whether it's true or not, we'll know once we ask these main directors today. Guessing here is useless."
"And Su Han has also done a lot of charity work recently, making him seem genuinely compassionate. There aren't many actors like Su Han in the industry nowadays."
"Yes, Su Han rose from the bottom. He's such an inspiring figure, and he's become a role model for those extras in Hengdian, a benchmark. It's really not easy for ordinary people to turn their lives around."
"Yes, it's not easy."
"So, in the entertainment industry, there are many people I don't follow, but Su Han is the exception; I must follow him."
"This guy has truly had a difficult journey. He is the god in my eyes, a god-like figure. This guy is incredibly, incredibly remarkable."
"I truly love him."
"It's starting in two minutes. Why haven't the three directors arrived yet?"
"I'm waiting so anxiously. When will they arrive?"
The reporters on site were murmuring, all eagerly anticipating the arrival of Su Han, Chen Kaige, and Tsui Hark.
The sun was blazing, and everyone holding a camera was sweating profusely and exhausted.
However!
At this very moment, Su Han, Chen Kaige, and Tsui Hark had already met backstage.
Su Han's collaboration with the two directors was something from a long, long time ago, and the two directors were particularly happy to see him again.
They began to inquire about Su Han's investments in the films of Han Han, Lou Ye, and Wong Kar-wai.
They discussed it with great interest.
Chen Kaige smiled and said, "I heard you've invested in quite a few films recently. Are you preparing to go big? Are you planning a transformation?"
Tsui Hark: "The films you've invested in are all very promising. However, in this day and age, there are very, very few people willing to invest in films without the goal of profit. There are really not many such people."
These two directors understood very well that Su Han's investment in these films was purely out of love for the films, not for profit.
Nowadays, there were truly few people in the film industry who would purely invest in something for art, without regard for profit.
But Su Han was different.
Su Han was that exception.
It was people like Su Han who deserved admiration. In the entertainment industry, finding such a person was truly rare, very rare.
In short, it was not easy.
Perhaps not one in ten thousand people would be like him.
It was gratifying to have such a person in this day and age.
Even Chen Kaige and Tsui Hark themselves could not purely make films they loved for their own sake, abandoning box office returns.
Such things were money-losing ventures; no one was willing.
But Su Han was amazing!