"Hello, hello, I'll just call you Dongsheng. Although this is the first time we've met, I've heard about you a lot, and I have to sigh, it's great to be young..."
The old man's attitude was extremely easy-going. He shook hands with Zhou Dongsheng and talked with him enthusiastically. Then he looked at Zhou Dongsheng's hesitant expression and seemed to have remembered something. He patted his head and said.
"Look at my memory. This person really refuses to accept old age. My memory just doesn't work well when I get older. After all, I'm still the producer of this movie. My name is Lai Peikang..."
At first glance, the name sounded familiar, but I didn't think of it for a while. After all, strictly speaking, Zhou Dongsheng could only be considered a half-insider at best.
However, Zhou Dongsheng still knows something about the word "producer", and he can train Director Guo and Director Wu to be obedient. Who is the old man...
Zhou Dongsheng naturally knew it well.
"Then... let me call you Mr. Kang, which sounds more friendly..." He originally wanted to call you Mr. Lai, but Zhou Dongsheng, who reacted very quickly on the spot, instantly realized the ambiguity in this title and changed it immediately.
mouth.
Basic skills such as hitting a snake and following it with a stick are naturally not a problem for Zhou Dongsheng. After all, this routine is too familiar to him.
Although it has not been used for a while, this traditional craft cannot be forgotten. It is just because there is no suitable object to use it, so it is a little unfamiliar...
"Okay, okay, I've wanted to deal with a young man like you for a long time. Although we are quite different in age, in my opinion, we have a lot in common when it comes to movies..."
Mr. Kang said with a smile, and there was a bookish aura about him, as if he was a scholar studying knowledge.
But to a certain extent, this is indeed the case. After all, knowledge is all about understanding things in the world, and writing is about being knowledgeable about people.
"It's a good relationship. It's precisely because I have a passion for movies that I chose to get involved in this field after I had some financial conditions. I didn't expect that I would hit it off with Director Wu..."
Zhou Dongsheng said grandly, and Master Wu on the side also spoke up and said: "That's true. Although Dongsheng was a friendly guest, he was still very serious during the filming and suffered a lot..."
"In this regard, it is indeed different from related households." Master Wu made a harmless joke to liven up the atmosphere.
Zhou Dongsheng said angrily when he heard this: "I really thank you, you are really good at complimenting others!"
During the gags, the atmosphere became much more harmonious, and after Mr. Kang pointed out his identity as a "producer," Director Wu and Director Guo also understood it and tacitly agreed not to mention his identity again.
Then a group of four people chatted and laughed and walked inside. As the well-deserved protagonists of this celebration banquet, the group of people naturally became the focus of the audience, and countless people paid their attention.
It's just that without exception, no one chose to take the initiative to come forward to bother me. There is no need to say more about the reason for this sense of proportion.
After that, the group of people came to sit down at the main table. Although this celebration banquet was due to personal reasons, many people were invited to participate, especially for a movie that involves many companies both in front of and behind the scenes from production to distribution.
In addition, these companies have different ideas, and everyone wants to bring one or two people with them to seize this rare opportunity and lay the groundwork for future cooperation.
Although it is true that the entertainment industry is a vanity fair, it is also faced with the situation of too much monks and too little meat. No matter how many projects there are every year, it will not be enough.
Among these many projects, whether they are TV series or movies, there are often very few that can actually make money, and even fewer that can achieve a winner-takes-all approach like "Wolf Warrior 2".
Therefore, if you want to make money in this vanity fair, you must seize every opportunity...
And these individuals at the main table are undoubtedly the "opportunities" themselves.
However, even at the same celebration banquet, some distances are still elusive.
As soon as the group of people took their seats, Master Wu was the first to apologize, "I'll excuse you for a moment. You chat with Dongsheng first while I go to entertain the guests..."
"It's okay, you can go about your business. I'm mainly here to deal with young people today..." Mr. Kang didn't take it seriously and waved his hand.
Then he turned around and chatted with Zhou Dongsheng with great interest, "To be honest, when I was handling the movie "Wolf Warrior 2", I thought that it might be a bit stimulating to the market, but to achieve such results, how much
It’s still a bit unexpected…”
"But Dongsheng, you seem to be very confident about this movie..." Mr. Kang said cheerfully.
Zhou Dongsheng's expression didn't change when he heard this, and he didn't seem to hear any hidden meaning. Instead, he talked eloquently: "Although I don't have much ability, I have always been very confident in my vision of people..."
"Investment, in the final analysis, is all about investing in people. After all, projects are dead and talents are living. Only talents can determine the success or failure of a project. Director Wu once made a desperate move and risked all his wealth to make "Wolf Warrior"
deeds..."
"This alone is enough to give investors confidence. In fact, with the excellent results of the previous film, Director Wu is not short of investment for this second film. It's just that after my repeated requests, Director Wu
It was only with great difficulty that I was given the opportunity to enter..."
"For this reason, I made my screen debut!"
Zhou Dongsheng's well-founded rhetoric is undoubtedly very persuasive and speaks his mind very directly.
"To be able to achieve such impressive achievements at such a young age is indeed not an ordinary person. This ability to recognize people and make good use of them is indeed second to none..."
Mr. Kang is not stingy with his words of praise. It may not be difficult to recognize people, but the key is obviously to use them. It is like knowing and doing. Knowing is one thing, but taking action is another thing.
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"Xiao Wu has excellent results to refer to, but what about Xiao Guo? Dongsheng, your investment in this movie is much greater than that in "Wolf Warrior 2". 200 million is not a small amount.
number……"
Kang Lao changed the topic and seemed to be deliberately testing Zhou Dongsheng.
This also makes Zhou Dongsheng a little bit elusive about Mr. Kang's intentions. It can't be that he spent a lot of time just to amuse himself, right?
So there may be a deeper meaning in this that I can't think of. Since I can't think of it, I simply don't think about it. Don't worry about it, just say what's on your mind.
After all, if you are upright, you won't be afraid of your shadow, and if you are upright, you don't need to tell secrets.
Listening to Mr. Kang's words, Guo Fan on the side couldn't help but pricked up his ears, and was curious about what answer Zhou Dongsheng would give.
Although his heart was full of gratitude to Zhou Dongsheng, the financial sponsor, it did not hinder Director Guo's curiosity.
Zhou Dongsheng showed his trademark bright smile. In this result-oriented world, as long as the result is right, no matter how bizarre the process is, it doesn't matter...
Otherwise, history is written by the victors?
For Zhou Dongsheng, who already knew the result, it was enough to add a reasonable process, just like the winner writes history.
"Actually, there is no special reason. Maybe Director Guo is as stubborn as Director Wu, or maybe someone has to do some things. Domestic science fiction movies are indeed an unreachable mountain..."
"But no matter what, someone has to climb. Putting all this aside, in my opinion there is another most important reason, and that is that the time has come."
Zhou Dongsheng said softly, but there was a resounding certainty in his words, which made Mr. Kang's spirit shake.
"Oh? How do you say this?" Then he put on an expression of interest, waiting for Zhou Dongsheng's next words.
"For our generation of young people who were born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze, perhaps the greatest luck is to witness these magnificent years and the country's growing strength step by step..."
"It is precisely because of this background that the film, a cultural highland, is given sufficient support. After all, although art is higher than life, it ultimately comes from life."
"Just like the movie "Wolf Warrior 2" itself, the reason why it has such great appeal is that in the final analysis, the story itself is very convincing, coupled with the fact that there are enough facts in reality to support it, which can make the audience
I have no doubt about it..."
"If we go back a few years in time, I think this movie will definitely not be able to arouse such a strong resonance, let alone make the audience enjoy it..."
"On a stage such as movies that compete for cultural output of soft power, in the final analysis, it is based on a subject with sufficient hard power to be sufficiently convincing."
"It's just that obviously, in terms of objective facts, our persuasiveness is still slightly lacking, otherwise there wouldn't be so many doubting voices. Unlike the other side of the ocean, when the first blood was filmed decades ago,
Everyone is convinced of this..."
Zhou Dongsheng talked in an understated manner, and Mr. Kang listened with great interest, nodding from time to time. Naturally, these views were not unusual for them.
But hearing it from a young man's mouth is undoubtedly a bit fresh.
"This meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, and the road has to be walked step by step. Now we have just produced our own Wolf Warrior, and have just caught up with the level of others thirty years ago. However, such intense feedback from the market is enough
It shows that the audience has been longing for this for a long time..."
"The time has come and the market has become active. It is not difficult to predict that the film market will usher in an unprecedented blowout period in the future. Both the box office and the works will start to release a lot of water. This is a carnival belonging to Chinese movies..."
"But if we want to truly have the right to speak, it is obviously not enough to just learn from the foreigners and learn skills to control the foreigners. We have to come up with our own things, and on the carrier of cultural output..."
"Only science fiction is the battleground for military strategists. It is not surprising that we can make 'First Blood', but if we can make 'Star Wars', that will be really exciting..."
"
"Just as Mr. Liu was the first Asian writer to break the West's monopoly in the field of science fiction, I think it's time for us to make more efforts in the field of film..."
"In Director Guo, I see this hope, and I am willing to pay for this hope. After all, hope is too precious!"
Zhou Dongsheng opened his chatterbox and spoke eloquently, speaking out what was on his mind like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.
This feeling of pleasure expressed directly from the heart really makes Zhou Dongsheng feel happy. As a "experienced person", this is indeed his voice and emotion.
Especially combined with the various events in the future and Zhou Dongsheng's current height, he had more ideas. He took this opportunity to express his feelings.
"Okay, okay, okay! It's really amazing!" Mr. Kang said three good words in succession. His eyes changed when he looked at Zhou Dongsheng, and he couldn't help but think highly of this young man in his heart.
"Young people like you are the only hope." Mr. Kang said earnestly, and then changed the topic.
"It seems that we will have many opportunities for cooperation in the future. As a producer, I now have a backlog of film projects and am short of start-up funds. Today is the right time to find investors..."
Mr. Kang said in a playful tone, as if he had caught someone who had been taken advantage of.
However, Zhou Dongsheng was not stupid. He had already realized something in a flash. If Mr. Kang's identity was what he thought, then there would be no shortage of funds.
There are definitely a lot of people who are willing to come in and rush to send money, and you may not even be able to get in line.
It is precisely because of this that obviously not everyone can pay this money if they want to. There may also be some considerations involved, such as issues such as stance.
Isn't this a change of direction that "the rich water does not flow to outsiders"?
When Zhou Dongsheng thought of this, his thoughts suddenly became clear, and he couldn't help but smile, "That's natural. I hit it off with Mr. Kang today and had a great conversation. Even if Mr. Kang opens his mouth about this cooperation, I won't have any objections."
"But... it would be great if you could give me a choice. After all, you know it, and I still have some confidence in my vision..."
Looking at Zhou Dongsheng's bargaining face, Mr. Kang couldn't help but laugh heartily, "Okay, how about I ask you to be a special consultant? From now on, I will screen all the movies on your side first..."
"That's not impossible. If there is a plan, I can consider going ashore to rest for a while. It will be tiring after flopping in the sea for a long time..."
Zhou Dongsheng said matter-of-factly, indeed the end of the universe is the system!
And this performance of being obedient after getting a bargain made the smile on Mr. Kang's face a little brighter. Only then did he feel that Zhou Dongsheng in front of him looked a little younger and not so old-fashioned.
I have to say that once you like this person, you will naturally like him no matter what you look at.
"Okay, I'm afraid that if I dare to give it, you won't dare to accept it. After all, we have strict requirements on personal style issues..." Mr. Kang joked happily.
Zhou Dongsheng was immediately choked and couldn't help but said angrily: "Ahem, well... then I have to think about it again..."
