After The Sun, Yu Dong and Jiang Wen would become sworn strangers for life. That kind of pain would cut straight to the bone.
This was ten million—ten million in 2007.
If anyone made Shen Shanden take that loss, he would fight them to the death too.
And that was only the publicity and distribution cost. If Yu Dong had also guaranteed the box office, the losses would be even greater.
"The Grand Director is a commercial film. I'm positioning it as a martial arts subject. Since there's no such category at present, let's call it a historical action film for now."
"It's different from costume dramas. Today's costume productions are all skin and no flesh—just wearing an outer layer, not truly historical."
Once the producers' meeting ended, Shen Shanden rushed without pause into a meeting with the heads of the post-production team.
For a film, the crew disbanding was merely the first step. Post-production editing was no less important than principal photography.
The Grand Director's post-production team consisted of two parts.
One was the Martial Arts Objectification visual-effects team, which had been racing to meet the schedule since the film entered preparation, along with the editing team.
Shen Shanden had also assigned camera assistants and sound assistants to the editing team. They were all behind-the-scenes staff who had followed the production, knew the footage inside out, and could effectively support the editors' work.
Du Yuan would take the lead on editing, assisted by Xu Ningzhu and several other assistant editors.
Du Yuan was an editor from Xi'an Film Studio, Old Zhang's favored "Golden Scissors." She had edited Red Sorghum, The Story of Qiu Ju, Keep Cool, and To Live.
Old Zhang had since transitioned into exploring commercial blockbusters and begun collaborating with others, but Du Yuan had edited Crazy