The filming of "Two Golden Guns" has officially started for more than a month. It was not until he started filming that Li Yuan was surprised to find out how difficult it is to make a movie in this "primitive society"?
Moreover, the entire filming plan has been greatly delayed, and it is not even one-tenth of the progress?
The first is the management of the crew.
Future crews will basically adopt modern management, which is a variant of industrial management. It is very similar to the project management that Li Yuan once did in his previous life. Even more formal crews will adopt a professional crew management system, and everyone will take the lead.
With laptop...
In fact, this is not surprising. As the film and television industry becomes more and more commercialized, it will naturally enter the assembly line model, and there will naturally be a need for standardized management. Otherwise, how could it be called the film industry?
However, there is nothing now. Everything needs to rely on experience? Rely on the conscious execution of the staff?
It just so happens that Li Yuan is a rookie and doesn't even have a team of his own. Almost all the crew members are loaned from Beijing Film Studio. You can imagine the mutual cooperation.
How can people endure this? To put it bluntly, where did the filming take place? Director Li Yuan himself doesn’t even know?
In addition, he has a strong desire for control. He was the project manager in his previous life!
Anyway, there were frequent conflicts within the crew, and the operation was stumbling...
The second is the script.
Decades later, all walks of life have entered the ppt era. You may not be able to do well in the project, but an exquisite ppt is definitely indispensable.
The same is true for the film and television industry. At least a very complete script is required. Especially for movies, split-shot scripts have become standard. Otherwise, it is impossible to deceive investors? They are not the first-generation coal bosses with low education levels!
But having said that, after having a complete script, especially a split-shot script, the director can operate like a fool and just shoot according to the script. It can also effectively control the shooting cycle.
However, in the early 1990s, what was a split-shot script? What was that? I had never heard of it. Still operating it like a fool? Didn’t the director just let himself go and call it artistic creation?
Finally, the equipment is lagging behind.
Since there was no digital photography equipment yet, film shooting was quite expensive. A reel of film only lasted for a few minutes, and with a "swish", one or two thousand yuan was gone.
This resulted in the director having to rehearse the scene over and over again, and the actors having to rehearse over and over again. They even rehearsed several times on the set before filming officially started. This was just to save film.
Obviously, if you adopt this method, you will indeed save film, but the shooting time will be difficult to control at all.
There is a saying, the reason why this era needs actors, the key is here. Otherwise, the cost of film can make life worse than death! What if it is replaced by the later facial paralysis traffic? The producers can just jump into the river!
Another is the shooting effect.
Unlike the era when digital devices were common, once the shooting is completed, you can watch it again and again, and you can also zoom in and out for a close-up.
With today's analog equipment, the director's synchronized viewfinder is only as big as the palm of his hand. If he is not careful, he will overlook certain details and even cannot see certain close-ups clearly.
To be honest, every director in this era needs to have a sharp eye!
So what should we do?
The shots that were shot on the same day must be developed and printed on the same day. After the director and other chief creators watched the shots, they selected the bad shots and reshot them.
Can you imagine how troublesome this is?
Therefore, after the official shooting, Li Yuan immediately understood that what he thought was too simple.
But now it's hard to get off the tiger, so Li Yuan can only bite the bullet and get on!
On the one hand, he personally made various forms according to the later crew management system and required the staff to strictly implement them.
Even if it doesn't have much effect, at least it's better than nothing. After all, as a director, I can be confident.
On the one hand, the script was also improved according to his requirements, especially the storyboard script.
In addition, Li Yuan also used his own unique trick - krypton gold!
Isn't it just a stumbling block? Then simply shoot a few more times and don't care about the waste of film. Brother Yuan, I don't believe it. If you spend so much money, you can't make a bad movie?
Don't tell me, because some of them are mercenaries from Beijing Film Studio. They have a lot of experience, and as long as the money is in place, their tolerance is quite high.
The other part are all students from Nortel. They don't know what the crew does at all. They think that all the crews nowadays are like this.
Besides, things like table-based management of the crew and split-shot scripts are not nonsense. They are the future development direction of the film and television industry. So if you work a little more, there is no complaint.
Therefore, under Li Yuan's generous efforts, the crew miraculously managed to survive? Slowly, it went from stumbling to getting on the right track...
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"Teacher Jin, hello, I have long admired you. I would like to trouble you for the choreography this time." Li Yuan warmly shook hands with the person in front of him...Jin Xuan.
Not to mention some subsequent controversies, Jin Xuan is indeed versatile. Her later talk show was quite good. And she is considered authoritative in the domestic dance industry.
Since he and Beijing Dance University jointly run the school, Li Yuan planned to add a dance to "Two Golden Guns". Beijing Dance Theater recommended the teacher Jin Xuan and arranged for some students from Beijing Dance Theater to act as group performers.
Jin Xuan covered his mouth and smiled: "Are you Brother Yuan? I have also admired your name for a long time. Are you already a director now?"
"I don't dare to be in front of Sister Jin. Call me Yuanzi."
"Then I won't go out. Yuanzi, what are the requirements for dancing in your movie?"
"My film is an absurd drama, which requires a group dance. It is a combination of modern dance and hip-hop styles, and the highlight is the absurd feeling..."
"I understand. That requires..."
"I still need... In three days, the protagonist of this film, Liu Dehua, will join the cast. Therefore, the dance needs to be rehearsed in advance. Professional students can be used as backup dancers, but the dance difficulty of Liu Dehua and the main characters does not need to be too high.
And I have to make sure that I can learn it quickly. Sorry, Sister Jin, Brother Hua needs to catch up."
"I understand that. Just try to highlight the protagonists like Andy Lau?"
"Yes! That's it!"
"..."
With the continuous addition of new elements such as dance, the original budget of "Two Golden Guns" has long been unable to withstand it. After the first additional investment of 1 million, Li Yuan personally added another 1.5 million.
But having said that, having money is really fun, and Li Yuan just had fun...
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On the set in Beijing, Li Yuan paid no attention to what was going on outside the window and focused on playing on the set.
In Hong Kong, a sensational news suddenly came out: "According to the latest news, Haishang Dai, which was once liquidated and closed down, has been fully acquired by Ms. Huang Jiaojiao, the owner of Yeshan Qingquan. The asset review work before the acquisition is currently underway.
Regarding the issue of the deposit account of Haishangdai and the resumption of business of the new bank, please pay attention to the follow-up reports..."
Since Haishang Dai has 26 business offices in Hong Kong and more than 110,000 deposit accounts, involving almost every household in Hong Kong, the Haishang Dai incident at that time had a huge impact.
I originally thought that the money in those deposit accounts had disappeared. But I never expected that I could still find a takeover?
You know, after the Maritime Loan incident, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority began to take over the entire business and entrusted a major Hong Kong bank to manage it on its behalf.
But this kind of custody is quite conservative. It does nothing more than collect the due loans and handle some necessary fund transactions.
As for the operation of this bank? That means there is no operation at all. Even the 26 branches have not been merged or closed. Why? Just because the rent has not yet expired, so one thing is worse than one thing less.
Everyone should know this. If you are not making money for yourself, why bother with entrusting the bank?
As for the repayment of the deposit account? Just delay it slowly! No one knows when we will find a takeover.
In this era, Hong Kong did not have a minimum deposit insurance system. That is, when a bank fails, each deposit account can receive up to HK$50,000 or HK$100,000.
Therefore, if the bank really goes bankrupt, all the deposits will be lost.
Because of this, I heard that Ms. Huang from Yeshan Qingquan is willing to take over? She immediately became the most popular person in Hong Kong!
Then... the stock price of Yeshan Qingquan plummeted. It dropped from more than 5 yuan to below 4 yuan! I laughed and cried.
Indeed, Huang Jiaojiao has indeed received a lot of praise and countless thanks, but when it comes to the capital market, she is sometimes so ruthless!
Just look at what Miss Huang Jiasan, oh, or that Li Yuan did.
The two of them went through a series of cool operations to successfully list Yeshan Qingquan. It should be admitted that they did a beautiful job indeed.
But what next?
First, he opened a film and television company across different industries? Not only did he burn money in the Hong Kong film industry, but he also went to Hollywood to burn money?
Okay! This is your hobby. It doesn’t matter if you are rich and make movies.
But now it has acquired another bank? And it is also the infamous Haishang Loan?
There is no need for any market research at all. As long as the new bank resumes operations, 99% of the deposit accounts will be wiped out? How can you get so much money?
Anyone who cares can calculate that the total market value of Yeshan Qingquan is around 1.34 billion. If Huang Jiaojiao and Li Yuan’s stocks are included, the total market value is around 1 billion. And currently, Yeshan Qingquan is just breaking even.
It can be said that it is a big bubble that has been blown out, with a price-to-earnings ratio of over 200!
For a stock like this, if there is any disturbance, the stock price will definitely fall sharply. It is already very good to maintain a total market value of about 500 million.
Under such circumstances, Miss Huang Jiasan and Li Yuan are still delusional, trying to swallow the elephant and acquire Haishang Loan again?
Aren’t you afraid that the capital chain will be broken? Aren’t you afraid of returning to the prototype?
Not long after, specific news came out - Li Yuan and Huang Jiaojiao fully acquired Haishang Dai for HK$300 million, and were responsible for the redemption of all deposit accounts and other account transactions. The reorganized new bank,
Will be back in business before the end of the year...
Amid the laughter of many Hong Kong citizens, the stock price of Yeshan Qingquan fell again, falling to HK$326.
Of course, the current market is still dominated by wait-and-see. After all, we have to wait until "before the end of the year". Who knows what new tricks Huang Jiaojiao and Li Yuan will do. Or maybe the Huang family will support it and charge more than one billion into the new bank.
Capital?
But no matter what, the market is still dominated by pessimism, and almost everyone is not optimistic about this transaction.
At this time, the first movie of the Yuanverse, "Infernal Affairs", was finally released in Hong Kong...
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This time "Infernal Affairs" is released, in addition to one theater of the Yuanverse Cinema Line, there is another one under construction, six theaters of Yindu Institution, and more than 20 theaters of Debao and Golden Princess. It is considered a return.
There is only one favor in the Yuanverse, but it is just this movie.
But no matter what, this already occupies about one-third of all big screens in Hong Kong, which is quite impressive in terms of scale.
But on the other hand, this period was the golden period of Stephen Chow, Cheng Long and Li Lienjie. Their outstanding works continued and accounted for almost half of the box office in Hong Kong.
On the contrary, the current Hong Kong circle is not very optimistic about the Hong Kong-style police and gangster film genre like "Infernal Affairs" - isn't it just the same old story of undercover? This kind of subject has been filmed long ago.
If we look at it a few decades later, Hong Kong-style police and gangster films have become the last bright spot in Hong Kong, and a series of excellent works such as "Chill" and "The Overheard" have been born.
It can be said that Hong Kong-style kung fu movies, Hong Kong-style nonsensical movies, Hong Kong-style romance movies... these types of movies that were popular in the past have almost all died out. The only ones that remain are Hong Kong-style police and gangster movies!
However, in this period? It's not as good as a gangster movie like "A Better Tomorrow." Movies like "Young and Dangerous" will soon appear. So "Infernal Affairs" is really going against the wind.
In addition, Yuan Universe has always been outside the Hong Kong circle, and there are very few people who even praise each other. Li Yuan and Huang Jiaojiao are very Buddhist, and they can't even find anyone to support them. They also have no media connections.
How good. There are almost no people who take the initiative to help, but there are many who are just waiting to see the joke.
Therefore, in terms of publicity for the film, it was just like that. It was nothing more than a few posters pulled out at the door and a few advertisements in the media. Now there are no Internet trolls, and there are very few publicity channels.
It can be seen that compared to other popular films, the popularity of "Infernal Affairs" is not satisfactory.
The only bright spots are Andy Lau and Tony Leung, right? But in this era, their appeal at the box office is at best considered top-notch, and they simply can't reach the level of Two Weeks and Jet Li.
Under such circumstances, "Infernal Affairs" finally opened in Hong Kong...