Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong.
A car was parked in the underground garage, and a middle-aged man with a dissatisfaction came down from it.
The man had just got out of the car and walked a few steps when someone shouted behind him: "Acai, wait!"
The man turned his head and smiled and said, "Brother Xian, long time no see."
The person who caught up with him was Li Xiuxian, while the other person was the famous Hong Kong director Lan Naicai.
Lan Naicai used to be a photographer for Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinquan, and his use of light and shadow was unique. Later, he went to the Japanese film industry for a few years and started working as a director after returning.
Shaw Brothers, Xinyi City and Jiahe have invited him, and Kang Jianfei's Oriental Entertainment Agency also wanted to sign an agency contract with him, but they were rejected by Lan Nai. It was not until a few years ago that Lan Nai agreed to join Lee Xiuxian's Universal Pictures because of his personal friendship, and successively sold several blockbuster films for the Universal Company. He was also called "Two Dragons Going to the Sea" with Lee Xiuxian.
Since the quled year, Lan Naicai has collaborated with one of the four talents to shoot a series of cult films, all of which are milestone works in Hong Kong-level third-level films.
Moreover, this person is so cool that he filmed a movie called "The King of Power" last year, which sold for more than 20 million yuan, and suddenly retired and stopped directing the director.
"Acai, why are you here today?" Li Xiuxian and Lan Naicai stood side by side waiting for the elevator.
Lan Naicai smiled and said, "President Wu called himself to ask for it, can I not come?"
"That's true." Li Xiuxian nodded. Although Wu Siyuan has not produced and made many films in recent years, he still has a high voice in the director circle.
Lan Naicai sighed and said, "It's the last time I'm here to have a meeting."
Lee Xiuxian said to him a pity: "Acai, you are just in the past. You have only filmed a blockbuster film. Why do you retire if you are less than 40 years old?"
Lan Naicai said casually: "I'm a little tired of filming. I want to take a break for a few years."
Lee Xiuxian could only be speechless because he really couldn't understand what Lan Naicai was thinking. He was in the rising period of his career at a young age, but he had money and quit the film industry directly without making money. Isn't this stupid?
The two chatted and waited for the elevator. After waiting for several minutes, they didn't get off. Instead, the sound of footsteps came from the parking lot.
The sound was crisp, and it was mostly caused by women's high heels hitting the ground.
Lan Naicai and Li Xiuxian turned their heads to look, but they were young women of average appearance.
Lee Xiuxian frowned and whispered: "Why did she come too?"
Lan Naicai asked, "Brother Xian, do you know that woman?"
Lee Xiuxian said: "Boss Zou's daughter, Zou Chongyan, came back from the Director Department of Southern California University. She made a movie in Hong Kong last year and lost it."
Lan Naicai smiled and said, "It turns out that he is the young leader of Jiahe."
Li Xiuxian said with a slight silence: "I heard that this young boss had a little unhappy relationship with the other shareholders of Jiahe."
Lan Nai was about to answer the conversation when the elevator door suddenly opened, and he walked in first.
"Please wait!" Zou Chongyan shouted faster.
After Li Xiuxian entered the elevator, he stopped him from closing the elevator door. He smiled at her when Zou Chongyan came in.
"Thank you Mr. Li!" Zou Chongyan thanked with a smile. She was still very familiar with celebrities in the Hong Kong film industry.
"You have to be polite," said Lee Xiuxian.
Zou Chongyan looked at Lan Naicai again and asked, "Who is this?"
Lee Xiuxian introduced: "Lan Naicai, the director of "The King of Li"."
"It turns out to be Mr. Lan, I have long admired Daming!" Zou Chongyan took the initiative to reach out.
"Hello, Miss Zou." Lan Naicai shook hands with her.
Today is the Hong Kong Directors Association held an extraordinary meeting. Because the headquarters building is still under construction, the meeting address was selected in the hotel.
Zou Chongyan is barely considered a Hong Kong director, but she came to attend the conference today. The main purpose is to meet more directors and lay a foundation for her future participation and development of Jiahe.
The three of them took the elevator to the hotel auditorium. Twenty or thirty directors had already come inside, chatting in a low voice.
"Jurassic Park is finally out. The box office is really scary."
"Yes, more than 66 million yuan has raised the box office record in Hong Kong so much at once."
"Stop talking, the movie I made was in a scheduling schedule with "Jurassic Park", which was so miserable."
"It's miserable enough. Mine was also hit. The director who agreed to add the additional director was ruined."
"You said, there are only a few Hong Kong actors in "Jurassic Park", so is it still called a Hong Kong film?"
"Is that true? The main crew members are from Hong Kong."
“It’s not authentic anyway.”
"They are looking for overseas box offices, so there must be more Western actors in the actors."
"Dreamworks made a lot of money this time, and the overseas box office of "Jurassic Park" is definitely not low."
"Well, you must make money. That 400 million investment may be able to make money back just by the Asian box office."
"I want to make a special effects blockbuster, but unfortunately those Taiwanese guys are definitely reluctant to invest money. Damn, those nouveau riche only knows the stars. How much investment is all about how many celebrities can be invited to see how many celebrity faces they have."
"What's the solution? The funder is counting on Hong Kong stars to attract audiences over there."
"They invested in order to make quick money, and the production cycle was all within two months. I beat his mother and gave her two months to make the filming and later. What wonderful movies can I make? "Jurassic Park" has been filmed for more than a year."
"At least half of the investments in Hong Kong's movies every year come from Taiwan. This will definitely not work. Once there is a problem with the economy or box office market in Taiwan, Hong Kong movies will be greatly damaged."
"What's the solution? If you have money, don't you make money?"
"I heard that President Wu and his team went north some time ago, and the mainland has agreed to open the film market."
"Don't be too happy too early, there is only 10 units per year, and Dream Factory alone accounts for half of it."
"I also know a little about the mainland. I am not afraid of the small limit, but I am afraid of not giving at all. Being able to open a note means that the wind direction is stable and will definitely be gradually released in the future. Think about it, a movie market of one billion people will make a fortune if you watch it."
“…”
Zou Chongyan pricked up his ears and listened to the directors' discussions. Most of the topics were related to the just-describing "Jurassic Park".
As a master's degree in director at USC, Zou Chongyan actually despises Hong Kong films a lot. She looks down on Hong Kong's film industry a little because it is too naive compared to Hollywood. The Hong Kong film industry does not even have a clear process for making movies. Most of the time, filming is based on the conventional unspoken rules, and the project establishment of a movie is extremely casual. The person in charge will make a decision. Sometimes when the filming starts, even the script is not ready.
All the chaos made Zou Chongyan not optimistic about the future development of Hong Kong films. She felt that both Hong Kong film production and Hong Kong theaters were in a disorderly state. This was not what a mature film industry system should look like. Once problems arise in the foreign market, it would lead to a terrible chain reaction.
Zou Chongyan wanted to implement Hollywood reforms within Jiahe, but only revealed some meanings, so he was persuaded by Jiahe, led by He Guanchang.
Everyone knows the truth, but it is difficult to do it. Jiahe implements a satellite company system for production, and in recent years, most of the funds for movies come from Taiwan. It is too difficult to follow the process completely. It is a joke to do everything according to the rules.
Unless Jiahe can be self-sufficient in all funds like Kang Jianfei's Dream Factory, there will be room for operation.
Hollywood's system has been continuously improved for decades. It is completely impossible for Zou Chongyan to make a huge profit in a short period of time to reform Jiahe. It may be okay if Jiahe, which was joined with the Shaw Brothers more than ten years ago, was a good idea, but it is too late now.
It is precisely because of this that Zou Chongyan, who wanted to make achievements, proposed that Jiahe reduces the production volume and increase investment in overseas theaters.
"Mr. Kang is here!"
"Hello, Director Kang."
"Boss Kang came very early."
"Mr. Kang, I just got a good script..."
Suddenly, the auditorium suddenly became lively, and all members of the director association turned their attention to the person who had just come in.
A new box office record of 66.43 million is already an insurmountable gap in front of all Hong Kong directors, and it is an existence they can only look up to.
At least for two or three years, no one can break this box office record. Even if you look at the director who doesn't like Kang Jianfei, you won't dare to say a strange thing in public, because the box office is the most powerful proof of strength.
Kang Jianfei stood there, you have to admit it even if you don’t admit it.
Even Huang Baiming, Cheng Long and others put down their airs of big directors and big stars, and walked over enthusiastically to shake hands and say hello to Kang Jianfei.
Zou Chongyan may have contempt for many directors in Hong Kong, but he highly praised Kang Jianfei because the Oriental Group founded by Kang Jianfei is the template in Zou Chongyan's heart. She also wanted to develop Jiahe into that, but unfortunately she had too many constraints and could not implement it.
"Hello, Mr. Kang!" Zou Chongyan was reserved for a while, and couldn't help but go up to shake hands.
"Are you?" Kang Jianfei had never seen this woman before, and he couldn't think of any powerful female director in Hong Kong.
Zou Chongyan smiled and introduced himself: "My surname is Zou."
Introducing his surname to Zou, but without saying his name, Kang Jianfei tentatively said: "Boss Jiahe Zou is..."
"It's my father." Zou Chongyan said.
"It turns out it's Miss Zou, hello!" Kang Jianfei laughed and didn't care much. This Zou Qianjin was not pretty, and the two were destined to have no chance to cooperate, so Kang Jianfei was really interested in her.
It was time to go, and more than 40 directors had gathered in the auditorium, and they were not all members of the Directors Association.
As the chairman of the association, Wu Siyuan went up to speak and said, "Sometimes, Hong Kong released a science fiction film comparable to "Star Wars", setting an amazing box office record of 66.43 million. Here, I would like to congratulate director Kang Jianfei, and I wish "Jurassic Park" will be a big hit overseas box office in the future." (To be continued...)
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Chapter completed!