"President Zhou, the script of "The Grandmaster" is so well written that it made us old men burst into tears. We must learn from you no matter what!"
"..."
Zhou Yang held several meetings.
But to be fair, he doesn't have a good impression of many directors.
They are selfish, powerful, power-loving, attach great importance to their so-called origins, and control the film industry with one hand...
In fact, before he stepped into the large conference room of the relevant departments, the sarcastic faces had already appeared in his mind.
The two sides had a bad relationship last time. This time, can these people still welcome me with a smile?
but……
When he walked to the conference room, he saw many people coming over to greet him with a smile.
Cao Bangguo even came over in person, shook hands with him, and highly praised the script of "The Grandmaster". He refused to let go of his arms, showing his enthusiasm.
Looking around, Zhou Yang didn't see any cynicism, only friendly and enthusiastic smiling faces. Even when Zhou Yang saw Shen Jinsong's apprentice, Xu Yaoyang stood up immediately when he saw him coming over. He pulled out a chair for Zhou Yang and gave him enough cards.
Zhou Yang sat in his seat and looked at the enthusiastic faces, unable to guess what they were thinking.
Jiang Ge walked in a few minutes after Zhou Yang sat down. He came in with a group of directors from Hong Kong and talked about the cooperation plan for the mainland and Hong Kong with a smile.
Zhou Yang vaguely heard Jiang Ge introducing his "Night Walker" script and heard the words "cop film".
When he saw Zhou Yang, Jiang Ge immediately greeted him warmly.
"Haha, Director Zhou, welcome, welcome, welcome to join this big group..."
Zhou Yang smiled and shook hands with Jiang Ge.
The more enthusiastic Jiang Ge is, the more doubts he has in Zhou Yang's heart.
It seems that everyone has never had any conflicts or dissatisfaction, and they are as cordial as old friends who have worked together for many years.
Feng Kai, who came in behind, was also stunned by this battle. The cold reception he imagined did not appear at all. Even William Song, who was spitting shit before, greeted him with a smile, and Director Feng kept shouting... …
He and Zhou Yang looked at each other.
Both sides felt that there was something wrong with this meeting.
Wang Shuai and Huang Jiacheng came in from behind.
When Huang Jiacheng came in, directors from both Hong Kong and Mainland China swarmed around him, just like fans seeing a big star. Zhou Yang was dumbfounded by all kinds of flattering words. Even Zhou Yilin, while laughing, personally moved a chair for Huang Jiacheng...
Huang Jiacheng was also thick-skinned. He listened happily to these flattery words, declined a little, pretended to be humble, and then sat down unceremoniously near the podium.
Wang Shuai glanced at these smiling directors.
"hypocritical."
"A guy who follows the trend of others!"
He sat next to Zhou Yang and muttered softly.
"What's wrong? Director Wang?" Zhou Yang didn't listen very clearly and asked subconsciously.
"No, Xiao Zhou, haha, the script of "The Grandmaster" is really good. I was very moved after reading it... When you have time next time, please help me write a literary book. By the way, I want to make a war movie recently. , how about you help advise the staff?"
"Ah, Director Wang is so humble, I don't understand this..."
"You kid, stop hiding your clumsiness, haha!"
"..."
Wang Shuai turned to look at Zhou Yang. He had a flash of jealousy towards Huang Jiacheng and then narrowed his eyes with a smile. When he looked at Zhou Yang, his eyes were almost narrowed into a slit.
Somehow, Zhou Yang always felt a chill coming over him, and he felt a little uneasy for no reason.
Half an hour later...
The conference room door opened.
An Xiao, wearing a serious business attire, came from afar and greeted the directors one by one.
The originally lively conference room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at the secretary who was temporarily invited to host the exchange meeting.
"Zhang Ke has something to do temporarily. I will chair the meeting instead of Zhang Ke. Today's meeting is aimed at cross-strait film exchanges and cooperation, and to deal with the opportunities and crises that will be faced next..."
"We won a victory in March, and in late April, the Hollywood blockbuster "Sevier" was released..."
"Hollywood movies are still strong..."
"..."
After An Xiao finished speaking at the main seat, he took out paper and pen and handed the microphone to Feng Jiacheng, the president of the China Film Association. Feng Jiacheng did not hold the microphone after taking it, but instead handed it to Huang Jiacheng with a smile.
, and then all the directors below were making noises, saying that they wanted to learn from Director Huang’s advanced film experience and let Director Huang give lectures...
Huang Jiacheng was very happy. He said some modest words, pretended to decline for a while, and then talked about some situations he encountered during the filming of "The Grandmaster" without saying a word...
Zhou Yang listened to it several times. At first, he felt that Huang Jiacheng's words were full of technical content and full of alarming educational significance. However, after careful consideration, he felt something was wrong and found that almost every word of Huang Jiacheng's words was "bragging."
And it was played so happily that it gave people a feeling of wanting to compete with God.
"Cough, cough... Director Huang's shooting experience is indeed worth learning and respecting. President Feng, how about... let's start today's meeting?"
After playing for more than ten minutes, An Xiao felt something was wrong the more he listened, and finally took advantage of the gap between Huang Jiacheng's speech and glanced at President Feng Minmin.
President Feng nodded with a smile, and then immediately began to organize the discussion.
The discussion meeting began soon.
In fact, the content of the discussion cannot be circumvented by Huang Jiacheng. It was just that Huang Jiacheng was bragging just now, and now the group of Hong Kong directors are helping Huang Jiacheng brag...
After about ten minutes of bragging, it was officially extended from "The Grandmaster" to Hong Kong movies.
The originally cheerful and enthusiastic atmosphere began to gradually become a bit gloomy.
It is a general consensus that after the millennium, the talent in Hong Kong's film industry has declined.
In fact, not only the film industry, but also the television industry is facing a situation where the old and the new are changing but no one is taking the lead.
Turn on the TV and play those programs, and you will find that there are a few familiar faces coming and going. Young actors in their twenties who are over fifty and still wearing concealer are active on the screen, appearing in the camera.
The media's hype is always inseparable from the "girlishness", as if constantly telling the audience that although I am already middle-aged, I am still young...
In a sense, this is probably a tragedy for the industry.
Of course, it is also the trend of the times.
On the one hand, after the invasion of Hollywood and the huge impact on Hong Kong Island, a large number of directors and actors left Hong Kong Island to develop in Hollywood. Except for a few Hong Kong Island filmmakers who held on to guard the last piece of pure land, the rest of the movies were basically
Shangdu is like a pool of stagnant water. If you make a few movies, you will lose some, and the investors are scared.
On the other hand, the economy of Mainland China is gradually rising. Many people are keenly aware of the big cake of the mainland, and have taken advantage of the popularity to shift their focus to the mainland. Even if they make some endless bad movies that even no one will watch, they still make money.
Investors made a lot of money.
Who wouldn’t want to make a fortune from such a good thing?
Who will guard this place?
However, in the Hong Kong film industry where talent is withering, there are still some people who cling to the dream of "Oriental Hollywood" and hope that one day, Hong Kong films can rise again.
"The Grandmaster" undoubtedly gave them hope, but the movie "The Grandmaster" alone is completely insufficient and cannot bring back those directors and actors who have developed overseas.
The mainland hopes to have more contact and intimacy with the Hong Kong Island side through movies, while the Hong Kong Island side hopes to use the power of the government to bring Hong Kong Island movies back to their peak and return to the era of "Oriental Hollywood", so they
With this meeting.
The disadvantages of not attending a professional university emerged.
Zhou Yang listened to the discussions among some directors to confirm the direction of the new movie. Although Zhou Yang thought some of the names were very high-end, he didn't quite understand them.
There are no such things in the books he has read, and there are no such terms in the theories he has heard. There are some English words mixed in from time to time. Zhou Yang is dizzy. He only knows that Jiang Ge is introducing his "Night Walker" on the stage and preparing to invest.
100 million, and plans to invite actors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places to help out. He will shoot in Hong Kong Island...
Although there was no introduction to the movie and only the words "cop and gangster movie" were mentioned, a movie flashed through Zhou Yang's mind.
"Infernal Affairs"!
Zhou Yang couldn't remember the details very well, but he still knew the general outline.
Zhou Yang even thought about the original world's evaluation of this movie.
[Four movie kings compete on the same stage]
[The United States and Japan compete for remakes]
【Rescue work】
When Zhou Yang thought of these words, he immediately fell into the era when he used to rent pirated movie discs.
There are much less piracy in this world than in the original world. If this movie...
"President Zhou?"
"President Zhou?"
"..."
Just when Zhou Yang was thinking about the plot, he heard someone calling him.
He subconsciously raised his head and saw Jiang Ge looking at him with concern: "President Zhou, I would like to invite you to star in "Night Walker", what do you think?"
"Forehead?"
There was silence in the conference room, and everyone was looking at Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang was about to speak, but was interrupted by a harsh ringtone from his cell phone.
Didn’t you set your phone to silent?
The "Baoli" knock-off mobile phone is very loud, just like the Charge, and it beeps continuously.
However, because the mobile phone has just been put into production, and it is a copycat phone, although its functions are very strong, there are always some problems. Many times, the mobile phone will suddenly turn on and sing in the middle of the night.
Several times, Zhou Yang thought he had seen a ghost.
The call was from Christian.
Not long after Zhou Yang hung up the phone...
Christian's phone started ringing again.
have no choice……
Zhou Yang could only smile awkwardly and lowered his head to answer the phone.
"Mr. Zhou Yang, "Struggle" has been officially shortlisted in Cannes, and Cannes has also created a unique special award for "Struggle"!"
Although Zhou Yang went out, Christian's fluent and extremely excited voice, almost roaring, could still be heard in the conference room.
The entire conference room suddenly became even quieter.
"President Zhou, the speakerphone on this phone is really loud..."
Huang Jiacheng coughed slightly, breaking the wave of calm.