"Director Wu, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to thank you. If it weren't for Fengge Entertainment, I don't know if the movie "The True Story of a Mad Man" would have been made!"
Er Dongsheng expressed his gratitude to Wu Jianye.
In another time and space, the investment company of "The Story of Mad Men" was Pan Disheng's Debao Pictures. However, as Debao Pictures was jointly blocked by Fengge Entertainment and Jiahe, Pan Disheng had no idea of investing in the movie for a long time. , so this "The True Story of a Mad Man" was naturally shelved.
Later, Er Dongsheng found Jiang Zhiqiang after being introduced by a friend, and then he filmed this movie. The starring role of this movie is Feng Qianfan, who worked with Hong Jinbao on the "Five Lucky Stars" series, and Andy Lau's godmother Starring Ip Tak-han.
Originally Zhou Run would also play a role in it, but with the early appearance of "A Better Tomorrow", Er Dongsheng naturally could not hire Zhou Run, and Hong Kong's other actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who is famous for his electric eyes, still Starred in the role of Agou.
At the same time, Curly Hair also lost his role in the play, and another actor played the role of doctor.
"Xiaobao, you are so polite. I have already watched this movie. It is a very good movie!" Wu Jianye said with a smile. In the context of extremely entertainment commercialization in Hong Kong, Er Dongsheng's first The movie focuses on Dian Lao, and it is rare that it respects reality very much, giving people a bright feeling.
Of course, the most important thing is that this movie made damn money. Although it was not much, only more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars, the box office in Hong Kong was only 1,000,000 Hong Kong dollars. This is already much better than the King of Sunglasses. .
Thinking of the King of Sunglasses, Wu Jianye decided to wait until the Academy Awards was over and tell Jiang Zhiqiang to stay away from the King of Sunglasses and let the King of Sunglasses go to Huo Huo and Deng Guangyi!
In Wu Jianye's mind, as a director, he must be worthy of three types of people: one is his audience, the other is himself, and the last one is his investors!
Being worthy of the audience is the basic quality of a director. Being worthy of oneself shows that the director has his own pursuits, which is understandable.
As for the investors?......
People have worked so hard to make movies for you. At the very least, you can’t let them lose money. Even if you lose money, don’t lose too much, right?
Of course, except for the investors who wave their checks and change the script and actors at will like an amateur.
As a result, this director put his own ideas first. After getting the funds, he started to let himself go and didn't care about anything else. In the end, the director gained both fame and fortune, but the investors lost a lot of money. In Wu Jianye's opinion, this was an immoral act.
The King of Sunglasses is a typical example of such a director, who has fulfilled himself and disgusted his investors!
In the eyes of later generations, the King of Sunglasses is the top director in the Chinese film industry, but little did they know that he, as a top director, stepped on countless investors to get to the top.
Although Wu Jianye had a lot of money, he didn't want to throw the money into the water without even hearing a sound.
"By the way, Xiaobao, which film company are you in now?" Wu Jianye asked.
Er Dongsheng smiled and said: "I just regained my freedom."
"Are you interested in joining Fengge Entertainment?" Wu Jianye extended an invitation to Er Dongsheng. Regardless of whether he could get Zhang Manyu to come to "New Dragon Gate Inn", Wu Jianye was still very interested in Er Dongsheng. After all, he was very interested in Er Dongsheng. There is a movie that Wu Jianye still hopes can be made by Er Dongsheng.
Er Dongsheng is also interested. Now Fengge Entertainment is the largest film company in Hong Kong. Behind it is the Yaoguang Group, a giant consortium in Hong Kong. It also has a close cooperative relationship with Phantom Entertainment in Hollywood. The most important thing is
What’s more, Fengge Entertainment respects the director’s rights in the crew very much. Just look at Wu Baige and Du Qifeng at the time. Before joining Fengge Entertainment, they were both little-known directors in Xiangjiang.
But after joining Fengge Entertainment, one produced the "A Better Tomorrow" series and the other produced "A Lang's Story". It is impossible to say that Er Dongsheng does not want to join.
"Director Wu, I actually have a script in my hand now, but the story of this script may not be so popular with the audience!" Er Dongsheng said.
Wu Jianye was stunned for a moment, and then he thought that the script Er Dongsheng mentioned should be the script "People's Heroes".
Just now he said that the director should be worthy of the investors, Er Dongsheng posed a problem to Wu Jianye, because the movie "People's Heroes" suffered a loss...
"Okay, let's do this. After the awards ceremony is over, you take the script to Fengge Entertainment and we will discuss it in detail then." Wu Jianye said with a smile.
This movie did make a loss, but within an acceptable range, at least it would not be like the situation of the Sunglasses King who invested 40 million and only had a box office of 10 million.
Moreover, after "People's Heroes" hit the streets, Er Dongsheng also learned from the experience and changed his mind. Later, he made "New" with a box office of over 3,000 million, the racing-themed "Chariots of Fire" and a series of other well-received and well-received films.
The movie comes out.
So if calculated this way, Er Dongsheng is still worth signing!
As the number of people in the auditorium increased, people would occasionally come to chat with Er Dongsheng and others. Wu Jianye ended the conversation with Er Dongsheng and began to think about the role candidates for "New Dragon Gate Inn".
On one side, Wu Jianye was thinking about the role of "New Dragon Inn", while on the other hand, the Hong Kong Film Awards were also going on in an orderly manner. Wu Jianye's "The Last Emperor" was not the final red carpet crew, so the following
There are still many crew members who did not enter the venue.
People sitting in the venue could occasionally hear cheers like a roaring tsunami outside, which indicated that the popular fried chicken must be here again.
"Rongzai!"
"Brother Ten!"
"Les1ie!"
Obviously this was Zhang Guoyi who came to the scene. After the cheers, Wu Jianye saw Zhang Guoyuan and his long-legged sister Wang Zuxian walking into the scene together.
The two of them walked over slowly after seeing Tsui Hark.
Now the two of them are filming the later classic "A Chinese Ghost Story", but the director has come to attend the Academy Awards, so there is no need for them to stay on the set.
As the most famous and popular fried chicken in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Zhang Guoyi naturally has extraordinary magnanimity. The long-legged sister Wang Zuxian next to her is still a little less graceful according to Zhang Guoyi's magnanimity, but now she is also a rising star in the Hong Kong film industry.
The most important thing is that it is beautiful...
Especially in "The Working Emperor" co-starring Xu Guanjie, the pure and beautiful Wang Zuxian in the play made the eyes of Xiangjiang movie fans shine. Everyone will remember this long-legged girl.
The combination of handsome men and beautiful women naturally attracted everyone's attention. After Zhang Guoyuan entered the venue, he looked around as if he was looking for something. After seeing Tsui Hark and others, he walked over first.
"Director Xu, Qingxia, Honggu..." Zhang Guoyuan and Wang Zuxian also said hello after seeing Xu Hark and others. However, when they saw Wu Jianye sitting aside, they revealed their faces. Surprised smile.
"Director Wu, we haven't seen each other for a long time!"
This time I came to attend the Hong Kong Film Awards. Even though I was invited by the Awards, I couldn’t shirk it. More importantly, I wanted to see Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Yes, I remember the last time I saw you, Rongzai, was when we were filming "A Better Tomorrow"!"
"Yes, I thought about inviting Director Wu to be a guest at my concert last time. What a pity!" Zhang Guoyi showed a look of disappointment. He really liked Wu Jianye's songs.
"I can't help it, I'm really too busy." Wu Jianye said that in fact, the invitations to concerts have not been terminated in the past two years. Whether they are celebrities from Hong Kong or foreign stars, Wu Jianye only comes online. I agreed to attend Michael Jackson's concert at the Life Saving Concert, but it had to be time-limited, and I rejected all others on the grounds of time.
"Director Wu, do you have time this time?" Zhang Guoyuan looked at Wu Jianye expectantly.
Wu Jianye smiled bitterly. He didn't expect Zhang Guoyuan to be so persistent, and said: "After the Hong Kong Film Awards, I will go to Cannes to participate in the film festival, and then I will officially prepare a new movie. It may not be until October. It will take a few days!”
Zhang Guoyi showed a hint of disappointment: "It seems there is no chance to cooperate again this time!"
Wu Jianye still admired Leslie Cheung very much and did not want to reject him directly. He said: "Well, if you wait for Rongzai to hold a concert, notify me in advance. If time permits, I will definitely come. "
Zhang Guoyi immediately showed a surprised expression: "Then we've decided!"
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Okay!"
After this matter was finalized, Zhang Guoyi and Wang Zuxian went to their positions.
After Wang Zuxian and Zhang Guoyi found their seats and sat down, Wang Zuxian said curiously: "Brother, I thought you came to the Academy Awards because of Yu Zheng's invitation. It turned out that you came to invite Director Wu to participate in your performance. Yes!"
The title of Zhang Guoyi's "brother" was actually spoken by Wang Zuxian first during the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story".
"Yes, I have always been a loyal fan of Director Wu. It has always been my wish to invite him to my concert. His performance at the life-saving concert was really great!" Zhang Guoyi was excited. said.
But then Zhang Guoyi added: "Of course, Yu Zheng's invitation is also an important aspect."
As mentioned before, the Hong Kong Film Awards have always been very shabby. In fact, this year’s Film Awards is also the same. It was originally scheduled to be held in Regent, but the cost was not enough, so it was temporarily changed to the auditorium of Baptist College. .
However, this is already very good compared to the previous years, and Yu Zheng’s contribution can be said to be indispensable for the development of the Academy Awards.
"Well, I've also listened to Director Wu's album, and it's really good! Especially the song "Sad People Are Shameful" is my favorite!" Wang Zuxian said with a smile.
"It would be great if Director Wu could help write songs!" Zhang Guoyi said with a smile.
"That director Wu has great influence in Xiangjiang. You see, I went over to say hello to him!" Wang Zuxian said, looking in the direction where Wu Jianye was sitting.
Zhang Guoyi said with a smile: "Don't you know, the script of the movie "A Better Tomorrow" was written by Director Wu!" Zhang Guoyi said with a smile.
"Zai, I thought you were here wearing a torn windbreaker!" Wu Jianye joked as he looked at Zhou Run, who was in a suit and leather shoes.
Zhou Run: "......"
In another time and space, Zhou Run was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Ma Ge in "A Better Tomorrow".
But before that, Zhou Run had been nominated three times in a row, but he always failed. When he participated in this movie, he was actually filming. After filming, he hurried over in costume, which also made
After Zhou Run became the Best Actor, his acceptance speech became a classic memory at the Academy Awards.
But things are different now. "A Better Tomorrow" was released ahead of schedule, and Zhou Run did not wait for three years like in another time and space, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor in advance.
While the two were chatting, Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long also came over. Both of them are mainstays in the Hong Kong film industry, so naturally they will also participate in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
In the history of the Academy Awards, Hung Kam-bao was more successful than his junior brother. At least Hung Kam-bao also won one Best Actor, although he shared it with a bald guy.
As for Cheng Long, it is a pity that although he is one of the most influential actors in the entire Chinese film industry, he has always missed out on awards.
The closest he came to being an actor was in "Crime" starring alongside Hung Kam-bao. This film won Cheng Long the Best Actor award at the 30th Bay Area Golden Horse Awards, but he did not win the Best Actor award at the Academy Awards.
Male protagonist.
This can be regarded as a regret on Cheng Long’s film career.
Although the Hong Kong Film Awards focuses more on entertainment than the Golden Horse Awards, it still rejects action films and comedies to a certain extent.
The same goes for another kung fu superstar, Jet Li, who missed the Academy Awards many times, but later won the Academy Award for Best Actor with his transformational film "The Movie".
And Zhou Xingchi later won the Best Actor with "Shaolin Football" because the influence of the Hong Kong Film Awards gradually weakened.
It is impossible for every award ceremony to be absolutely fair, and the same is true for the Hong Kong Film Awards. They are particularly fond of Sunglasses King and Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
Basically, at any Academy Awards where there are two people participating, they will win the award 10% of the time.
This also led to the reason why the two of them were not so interested in the Academy Awards. Once, Tony Leung even went to receive the award drunk after drinking.
Everyone chatted for a while, agreed on a time to sit together, and Zhou Run and others left.
At the same time, the crew outside the venue had almost arrived, and the sounds inside the venue gradually became quieter.
"It finally begins!"
Zhao Fei, who was sitting next to Wu Jianye, said nervously.
"Haha, are you nervous?" Wu Jianye asked with a smile.
"How is that possible!" Zhao Fei said harshly.
With the appearance of the emcees of this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, Dudu Zheng Yuling and Zhong Jinhui, the sixth Hong Kong Film Awards has officially begun!