Wen Jun

essential information

Acting experience

In 1991, Wen Jun invited Jiang Wen and Hong Kong movie star Wan Ziliang to make the film "dragon China". "Hong Kong audiences know Jiang Wen mainly through" Furong Town "and" Red Sorghum ". His performance is very different from the model performance of many mainland actors at that time. So when I first thought of making films with the mainland, I thought of Jiang Wen first." And this "dragon China" (later renamed "hero of narrow road") is also one of the earliest police and bandit films CO produced by Hong Kong and the mainland.

At that time, Wen Jun was deeply impressed by Jiang Wen's calm and free manner on the set and his unique views on the film, which laid a deep emotional foundation for their future cooperation in sunny days.

Although he has known Jiang Wen for a long time, it is Liu Xiaoqing who brings Wen Jun and Jiang Wen together for the second time. "It was early 1993 when I received a phone call from Liu Xiaoqing, who said that when she arrived in Hong Kong, she had to face-to-face some things," Wen said After the meeting, Liu Xiaoqing began to recommend the script of sunny days to Wen Jun, hoping Wen Jun could invest in Jiang Wen. "We need to know that Hong Kong is a commercial society. Although Jiang Wen is an excellent actor, whether anyone is willing to pay him to direct a film for the first time is not clear to anyone." However, Wen Jun trusted Jiang Wen's ability. He said: "in the end, we invested US $1 million, which should be a huge sum of money for the film industry in the mainland at that time. I also made the film producer myself."

Sunny days started in August 1993 and won the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival in September 1995. Wen Jun said: "the past two years can be described as a happy and bitter self-knowledge. Although it has been 10 years, the pictures at that time often appear in my dreams." It turns out that the biggest problem that the crew encountered at that time was the shortage of funds. Although there was a lot of investment in the early stage, Jiang Wen kept improving on art, and the capital of the crew soon ran out. "Xiaoqing and I are both the producers of this film. She is responsible for the daily capital operation of the crew, while I am responsible for the material input of film and machinery. But the biggest pressure we both face is the problem of money. For this reason, Xiaoqing almost took out all his private money, while Er Yong, director of the production team, sent me faxes and called me to urge for money almost every day. Jiang Wen even gave me a nickname, which means that only I can take the lead. I joked and asked him, "is it the monitor of the cooking class?"

Today, Wen Jun has been the "cook squad leader" of the Hong Kong Film Awards for four years. "The work of our board members is voluntary. If we have a bite to eat, we won't let the golden statue award be cut off," he said. I'll be the monitor. "

At the previous Golden Awards, mainland filmmakers were very popular, and even "occupied" the Queen's throne for several consecutive years. Wang Xueqi, a mainland actor, has always been a popular candidate for the film king at this year's awards. In order to take part in the award, Wang Xueqi came to Hong Kong from the cast of orphan Zhao, but he was disappointed. He was also disappointed by Li Yuchun, who failed in one of the three nominations. In fact, Hong Kong local filmmakers have won all the performance awards this year.

In the face of such a result, Hong Kong filmmakers have played and praised. After the award ceremony, Wen Jun, the former chairman of the awards, made no secret of his unhappiness in an interview with reporters. He said that the results of this year's awards were "very exclusive" and "small Hong Kong". "There are some problems in this award mechanism. We all vote from our feelings. If this goes on, it will become a game for our own entertainment." Wen Jun said he didn't want Huang Yuetai and Chen Desen to win the prize. Huang Yuetai is the leader of the Hong Kong Photographers Association. Most of the members of the association are his apprentices. When voting, he will give priority to human feelings. "Tigo has won so many prizes. He doesn't care about one more." Wen Jun said. As for the director of "Fortress Besieged in October", Chen Desen said, "80% of his award should go to Liu Weiqiang."

Based on Cai Jun's "desert village series", the suspense horror film "desert village inn" was released in China in August 2008. Before the performance, producer Wen Jun, heroine Zhang Meng and original author Cai Jun met with the media in Beijing to talk about the domestic "horror film". In an interview, Wen Jun said that making horror films in the mainland is full of hardships and hopes that the mainland will introduce a classification system as soon as possible.

It's hard to make horror films in the mainland

Wen Jun, who had just arrived in Beijing, was very concerned about the Olympic Games. When he got off the plane, he asked the staff in charge of reception about the latest progress of the games. When he heard that the Chinese athletes had just won another gold medal, he was very excited. However, when it comes to the process of supervising the production of "desert village inn", he can't help but feel "bitter water". First of all, because Hong Kong people think it's very evil to make horror films and are reluctant to make them, so he didn't have much interest at first. Later, with the strong recommendation of his peers, he made up his mind to make this film. The shooting process is not smooth either. The mainland censorship system controls the scale of horror films, which makes Wen Jun, a Hong Kong film maker, very upset. "It's very difficult to make horror films in the mainland, because you have to explain how ghosts come from, otherwise you won't be able to pass the censorship. As we all know, there are many types of Hong Kong films. Ghost films, police and bandit films, zombie films and comedy films all have their own living space, but the mainland censorship system does not allow them. " He also expressed the hope that the mainland can introduce a classification system, which will have more market space for investors and producers.

Next year's "big movie" Water Margin

In recent years, Hong Kong directors such as Chen Kexin and John Woo have begun to make domestic "blockbusters". Does Wen Jun plan to move closer to the "blockbuster" boom? As for this issue, Wen Jun said frankly that the films he invested in this year are mainly low-cost and small production, hoping to cultivate some new directors, but the schedule for next year will be different. "This year, we will mainly do new directors and some low-cost films, but the water margin, which I cooperated with Liu Weiqiang (blog) next year, is already on the schedule, and we were still meeting to discuss it yesterday." However, when the media asked about the progress of the preparation of Water Margin, Wen Jun said that it is not time to disclose the relevant details, and said that the rumors outside are not real, just hype.

In September 2020, he won the national top ten screenwriters award of the New Era International Film Festival to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of new China; in October, he served as a judge of the 27th Huading award expert jury.

Personal life

Secret divorce

Wen Jun and his wife admitted to divorcing all night. Recently, there has been a "divorce wave" in the entertainment industry. First, it was reported that Su Zhiwei and Liu Xiaohui separated, and then Luo Jialiang officially announced their divorce. Wen Jun, a veteran producer in the film industry, and his wife Luo Jiahui, who has been married for many years, are model couples in the circle. It is said that they have also secretly divorced. Wen Jun was recently seen playing all night with a young woman in a Macau Casino! Wen Jun and Luo Jiahui used to be loving couples in the circle. Whether they were in public activities or in Thailand to worship the king Bailong, they all paired up in pairs, which can be regarded as model couples. However, in recent years, the two have rarely met. Earlier, Wen Jun flew to Thailand alone to explore "Fengyun 2" class. It is said that the two have divorced secretly because of the intervention of a third party. Divorced Luo Jiahui also moved to the mainland market, opened a public relations company in Shanghai, and stationed there for a long time! Wen Jun doesn't worry about loneliness without his wife. Recently, in the early hours of the morning, he found Wen Jun's trace in the new Lisboa casino in Macao. It was not Luo Jiahui, his wife, but a young woman. They chose a remote location in the casino to play "big and small machines". They laughed while playing. They gambled for more than five hours and left at dawn!

Admission of divorce

His ex-wife is also a family member. In his blog, Wen Jun quickly responded to the divorce rumors with the title of "my response" and admitted the fact of divorce. Most of Jiahui and I know that we are separated. It's no secret. His son is nearly nineteen, and he says he understands. Jiahui has her career, and I'll continue my life. We still have contacts and friendly relations! Thank you for your concern. We are not pre screen artists, so we hope to keep some privacy! An ex-wife can be a family forever. I have long promised to take care and protect, as always!

Main works

Screenwriter

Modern age (2013)

People on the road (2010)

City of desire (2001)

Bad boy special attack (2000)

The story of pheasant in the years of friendship (2000)

Chinese heroes (1999)

98 the battle between the dragon and the tiger (1998)

The power of the storm (1998)

Hong Xing's thirteen sisters (1998)

The young man's fierce fight in the new era (1998)

97 guzhuozai is invincible (1997)

Flying Tiger ambition II

Gu Huo Zai III's hand covering the sky (1996)

The old man in the world

Three teenagers of handsup (1996)

Main road

Valet parking (1986)

Endless love (1984)

Pretty girl (1982)

Cheers (1980)

director

Dalu (1993, also known as "narrow road Yinghao") bid farewell to the Forbidden City (1992, also known as "narrow road Yinghao")

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