Among the directors in Hong Kong, Wong Ka-shing is the kind of person who is hated by others, but has to be admired from the bottom of his heart.
Some people think he is crazy.
And he is terminally ill, but some people think he is a genius.
Investors were gnashing their teeth at him and wanted to kill him with a knife, but they had to admit that this guy was of high quality.
The cycle of every movie is extremely long, so long that investors become extremely desperate.
But it happens that every movie is a big hit overseas...
He is very serious about movies, to the point of exaggeration.
how to say?
Wasn't Zhou Yang very harsh when he was filming "Under the Mine"?
Compared with Huang Jiacheng, he is far behind and pales in comparison.
His representative work is called "Lost in the Woods". Well, it is not an H-movie as everyone imagines, but a modern urban literary film that reflects the troubles of urban men and women.
The filming was quite good, and some clips were taken from some of Yan Ying's teaching materials.
However……
Can you imagine?
An urban movie that others thought could be shot in two or three months, Huang Jiacheng took more than a year to make...
It makes investors lose their temper.
Not only the investors were tortured to death, but so were the actors.
There were rumors that when he was filming this movie, he felt that the expression of Shen Jiaxin, the Hong Kong girl who played the heroine, was a bit boring, so he personally carried the camera and filmed Shen Jiaxin for a week, during which time he used all kinds of random adjectives to describe the performance.
In terms of description, let the little girl act as he described...
Later, after the filming, the little girl felt that she had a mental problem.
Can there be no mental problems?
No matter how you take the picture under the camera, he will frown and think that you are not taking the picture correctly, but he will not tell you what is not right. In short, he feels that there is something wrong with your picture and it feels shortcomings.
You asked him how he felt?
He laughed and said he didn't know. In short, he just asked you to continue filming, re-filming endlessly, making you make various expressions, and then criticizing you in various ways...
Shen Jiaxin was filmed like this over and over again, and finally broke down and cried on the set, seriously doubting that she could act anymore.
It took more than a week, hey...
Someone suddenly slaps you on the head, makes you pose in a strange pose, pats you casually, and then suddenly praises you for no reason, making you feel that you can do it again when your self-confidence has collapsed.
Many years later, Shen Jiaxin recalled what happened behind the scenes of the movie "Lost in the Woods", and she still felt fear in her heart.
"I found out later that Director Huang didn't think the sunset on the set was beautiful. He had been waiting for a beautiful sunset..."
"As for why I was asked to reshoot it over and over again?"
"He thinks I'm just idle on the set anyway, and it's better than sleeping in bed!"
"Oh, by the way... I found out later that the camera he was carrying had not been opened at all, and he was just pretending to do it the whole time."
"Are you saying this is nerve-wracking?"
"Also, I have been filming for more than a month, and I don't know what my script is... The script changes almost every day, and the things I perform are different every day. I feel like I am schizophrenic!"
"..."
In front of the media.
Shen Jiaxin recounted such a deceiving experience with bitterness and hatred, and vowed never to cooperate with Huang Jiacheng again.
This girl is insane!
Making a movie without a script?
Yes!
It’s so exaggerated!
"Lost in the Woods" has already been filmed, and the male and female protagonists have no idea what they are going to play, and they often come up with messy fake scripts. When you read the script well, you feel that you are infallible. When you follow it with confidence, After the heroine has finished checking her lines, she suddenly hands you another script and tells you that this script is wrong, just to let you learn how to play.
Liang Jiawu, who later won the Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival for this film, was depressed and had suicidal thoughts just after filming this film.
The same goes for Wu Zhenhong!
This guy was full of sincerity when he came to invite music, and the money he offered was also full of sincerity...
However……
"I want the kind of music that's cool, you know? The music that's cool!"
"The kind that can ascend to heaven..."
"Then the song includes the sounds of chickens, ducks and dogs. They are very excited!"
"It would be nice to have that kind of river sound..."
What the hell is this?
Wu Zhenhong accepted this job, and when he heard the request, he was dumbfounded.
He has been in the industry for so long and has never seen anything like this with cerebral palsy...
After he finally finished compiling the music according to the script and handed it to Huang Jiacheng, this piece of shit actually said that he had changed the script and that the original script would not be filmed.
"I want that feeling of blue sky and white clouds, you know?"
I understand you big-headed ghost!
Isn't this crazy?
When you make a modern urban movie, do you want blue sky and white clouds?
Wu Zhenhong made it up over and over again, but this guy was like a lunatic. He would make inexplicable requests every day, but this kind of request made Wu Zhenhong feel that he, a normal person, really couldn't understand what he wanted!
Finally, Wu Zhenhong exploded and felt that this guy was playing tricks on him...
On the spot, I threw the song in his face, scolded him for being an eighteenth generation ancestor, and even wanted to slap this girl, but this guy didn't get angry, instead he licked his face, laughed, and continued to let you make it up...
Valley disaster
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"Xiao Zhou! I want that feeling of blue sky and white clouds...you know, my songs need this feeling."
"..."
"Also, I want the feeling of people coming and going in the market, which is very comfortable..."
"..."
"A feeling of heroic spirit is a must. After all, this is a martial arts movie. Well, in addition to this, I need a sense of elegance like mountains and flowing water..."
"..."
Huang Jiacheng looked at Zhou Yang seriously.
Zhou Yang was carrying the guitar on his back, his eyes filled with confusion.
He couldn't understand what this guy was talking about.
"Director Huang, I'm sorry, I can't write songs..."
"You have won awards at the Golden Melody Awards, so why not?"
"This is different..."
"What's the difference? It's all about writing songs. You won't show me face at the Academy Awards, but I gave you enough face..."
"I can't write the lyrics!"
"Why can't you write it? If you can write it, I believe in you, Xiao Zhou. Our sponsor is very generous this time. Don't worry, this is a big sum of money. I won't treat you badly after writing it."
"This is not a matter of money, it's just that I don't even know the music very well. Director Huang, why don't you find someone else?"
"No, it's just you!"
Huang Jiacheng, a tall man of 1.9 meters, stood in front of Zhou Yang like a giant bear.
He pushed up his black-rimmed glasses and scanned Zhou Yang's body...
Zhou Yang felt as if he was being targeted by a poisonous snake, as if there were no secrets in his body.
"Okay! Director Huang, let's go, let's go, don't come to our company again..."
"Hey, Teacher Wu, how can you chase people away? Do you know how to be polite at your age?"
"Get lost!"
"Teacher Wu, this is wrong. It's fine if you don't pour me tea when I come here. If you push me like this, you should at least make me a cup of tea, right?"
"..."
Wu Zhenhong pushed Huang Jiacheng several times, but Huang Jiacheng was a skilled man, and he refused to give in no matter how hard he pushed. After hearing Wu Zhenhong's angry scolding, the guy didn't get angry, but stayed at the door as if he had taken root.
He still won't leave.
Zhou Yang looked at Huang Jiacheng.
It was really hard for him to believe that such a shameless, neurotic guy who looked like an ancient gangster was actually one of the most famous directors in China...
"Zhou Xi, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and call security to pull this guy away! Damn!" Wu Zhenhong was so angry that his beard was shaking, and he glared at Zhou Xi, who was standing next to him and could barely breathe.
"Stop wasting your efforts. Even if ten security guards from your company come to your company, they won't be able to pull me away... Teacher Wu, I'm leaving it at that. If you don't agree to help me today, I will eat your food, drink your food, and wear your clothes."
, I will follow you wherever you go. Unless you wipe my neck with a knife, I will not leave... Teacher Wu, I promise you, this job is absolutely simple. You just picked it up casually.
Isn’t that what happened?”
"Then just stay there, you idiot!" Wu Zhenhong's face was livid with anger, but he couldn't do anything about this rogue director. "Xiao Zhou, come in and ignore this lunatic!"
This is not the era when Hong Kong made movies...
but!
In that era of Xiangjiang, Huang Jiacheng's reputation was not low. Once, a group of gangsters came to the set to cause trouble and collect protection money. Huang Jiacheng killed seven or eight gangsters with his bare hands without saying a word. Two of them were disabled, one was paralyzed for life, and three others
The bastard was kicked to pieces and became the last three eunuchs in China.
The fight alarmed Xiangjiang at the time, and the police came out to investigate.
"Teacher Wu, then I stayed at the door...I don't believe you won't go out! I'm quite sincere..."
Watching Zhou Yang follow him in, and after the door was closed, Huang Jiacheng was not angry, nor did he push the door and hit it. Instead, he happily sat on the chair next to him with his legs crossed and yelled inside.
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"Teacher Wu, Director Huang..."
"Ignore him, he's like a candy bar."
"I think he is quite sincere."
"Haha, he is indeed sincere, but he will drive people to death!"
The sun shines into the office.
Wu Zhenhong didn't look good at all, but there was nothing he could do.
A few ordinary security guards are indeed no match for this guy. They can't be driven away or beaten. Moreover, it is a society ruled by law. I heard that the director of the co-production between Hong Kong Island and mainland China is most likely directed by this guy. I heard that Shen Changwei was originally hired.
, but Shen Changwei refused without saying a word.
Although "Hero" has been finished, Shen Changwei is still planning to take "Hero" to Cannes to win awards, and he has also signed up for an Oscar. He is quite unwilling now.
"Is he really that cruel?"
"Do you understand the lyrics he asked you to write?"
"..." Zhou Yang shook his head.
"Xiao Zhou, let me tell you this, it is impossible for this guy to make you understand before he makes you doubt your life, and he even changed his attitude during the filming. Whoever cooperates with him will suffer!"
"Oh, it seems that he is quite serious about movies." Zhou Yang nodded.
"How can you be serious about movies? This is just bullshit. Do you think what you wrote is excellent? No, this is not a question of whether the writing is excellent or not. People will immediately think about it after watching it.
Negative, no matter how you write, this guy will completely deny it. If I don’t bother you a hundred and eighty times, this guy will just..." Wu Zhenhong recalled those days, he sneered, and warned at the same time that he seemed to understand but not understand.
Zhou Yang said: "In short, if you want to satisfy this psychopath, unless you write exactly the same as his so-called shit, otherwise, even if there is even a little bit of wrong lyrics, he will catch you and ask you to change it..."
Just when Wu Zhenhong and Zhou Yang popularized Huang Jiacheng.
There was a knock on the door outside the office.
Then……
"Haha, Xiao Zhou, I want these lyrics! It's so well written, I want this flavor... Well written, perfect!"
The door was knocked open.
Huang Jiacheng walked in happily holding the crumpled paper.