Chapter 669: The influence of fermentation, the sequel to the delicious pastry
"What a great job in "Infernal Affairs"!" Zhao Guangming said with admiration upon meeting him.
Li Yi was confused. To be honest, Li Yi didn't think official figures like Zhao Guangming and others would like a movie like "Infernal Affairs".
After all, strictly speaking, in a movie like "Infernal Affairs", good and evil are not so clear-cut. Although the movie does not intend to promote incorrect views, there is one thing to say. The ending of "Infernal Affairs" is indeed, to a certain extent,
It's quite a bit out of place.
You can see the ending that has been changed from memory.
Liu Jianming, no matter how many explanations you give him and no matter how many reasons you find, he has indeed done evil.
And his ending was to continue to be a policeman, but Chen Yongren and Huang Zhicheng, who had a good outlook on life, both died.
Well, just speaking from the first part "Infernal Affairs".
Chen Yongren and Huang Zhicheng are undoubtedly representatives of decent people!
Although Zhao Guangming is the chairman of China Film Group, he is also a member of the system.
He is considered an official figure.
That he would boast so much still made Li Yi a little confused.
"What? Are you confused?" Zhao Guangming seemed to see Li Yi's doubts and asked with a smile.
Li Yi nodded and said, "I'm a little confused."
"You, you should occasionally care about things other than movies. Also, haven't you read the news?" Zhao Guangming looked at Li Yi and realized that he really didn't understand, and couldn't help but sigh.
"What news?" Li Yi became increasingly confused.
Of course, the main reason was that he didn't see any news that deserved special attention.
Zhao Guangming took out a newspaper and put it in front of Li Yi!
Li Yi picked it up and took a look.
The newspaper is "Hong Kong Island Daily".
"The film "Infernal Affairs" directed by the famous Hong Kong director Li Yi has restored the glory of Hong Kong films and successfully broken the monopoly of Hollywood films. The box office ranks eighth on the highest box office list in Hong Kong Island!"
This didn't surprise Li Yi too much. After all, Chen Han had told him before.
What really surprised him was that the piece of news below was actually related to "Infernal Affairs" and himself.
That one named "Infernal Affairs"! It even named Li Yi!
It is said that Li Yi and his movie "Infernal Affairs" are the fruits of the strengthening of cultural exchanges and cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong Island, and also said that Li Yi was born and raised on Hong Kong Island, but he graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, etc.
etc!
Anyway, Li Yi blushed when he saw the compliments above.
However, I do understand why Zhao Guangming said Li Yi did a great job in "Infernal Affairs".
In fact, this has a lot to do with Li Yi's identity. First of all, his father is a Hong Kong film actor, and his mother is a mainland singer. He was born on Hong Kong Island and received basic education on Hong Kong Island, but his university was in
Studied at Beijing Film Academy in Mainland China.
So, isn't this the integration of all-round cultural exchanges? In addition, his fame and achievements are great enough, so it makes sense for him to be named.
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Because, currently, although Chinese-language movies have surpassed Hollywood movies in box office in the mainland, Chinese-language movies in Hong Kong Island are still not rivals of Hollywood movies.
Movies are something that is naturally cultural. If you say it is important, it is indeed important. But if you say it is not important, then it is just that. After all, it is just an entertainment product.
But "Infernal Affairs" is different. This movie is indeed a Hong Kong film, but it is also a Chinese-language film. The most rare thing is that "Infernal Affairs" has achieved as much success in Hong Kong as it does in the mainland.
The results achieved are all outstanding.
This is something that many popular Chinese-language movies have never done.
The key is to break the monopoly of Hollywood movies on the Hong Kong Island film market.
This point is very critical.
After all, Hong Kong Island is also a part of China, and its culture has the same origin. However, today, with the rise of Chinese-language movies, the market in Hong Kong Island is monopolized by Hollywood movies.
This actually explains some problems.
For this reason, the revival of Hong Kong films is not only the expectation of Hong Kong Island filmmakers, but also for the mainland. Naturally, it is also hoped that Hong Kong films can be revived, at least so that Hong Kong audiences will see more Chinese films.
Not a Hollywood movie!
"'Infernal Affairs' has made a good start. Why don't we continue our efforts in the sequel of 'Infernal Affairs'?" Zhao Guangming asked.
Li Yi touched his nose and said: "Director Zhao, in my opinion, "Infernal Affairs" is already the pinnacle of this genre. If you ask me to make a sequel, it will not be able to surpass the previous one! So...
"
Zhao Guangming nodded.
"Infernal Affairs" has been released, and although its box office ranking is not high among Chinese-language films, the film's reputation is extremely high.
What is even more exaggerated is that among Hong Kong films, "Infernal Affairs" has the highest rating on the popular film review website.
More than a million people have rated it, and the rating is still as high as 9.2!
On the popular film review website, it ranks first among all Hong Kong movies!
Therefore, if anyone wants to say that the sequel to "Infernal Affairs" can surpass "Infernal Affairs", let alone Zhao Guangming, no one can believe it.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no sequels that can surpass the first work, but the premise is that the first work itself is not so highly rated.
"Well, this is a good opportunity. Next year is the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong Island's return. Do you understand what I mean?" Zhao Guangming sighed at first, and then asked with a smile.
Li Yi was startled for a moment, then nodded.
"Since you are not planning to continue directing the sequel to "Infernal Affairs", it is best to find a suitable director to make it as soon as possible. Even if it cannot reach the level of the first film, the box office will not be bad, especially next year, there will be a lot of movies about
There will be activities themed on the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong Island’s return to the motherland, and Hong Kong Island movies will definitely be a very important part of it.”
"By the way, where is your next movie? Do you have any ideas?" Zhao Guangming asked again.
"Director Zhao, "Infernal Affairs" hasn't been released yet. The production team's donkeys don't dare to use it like this, right?" Li Yi said helplessly.
"Haha, I just want to make a suggestion, if possible, make another Hong Kong movie." Zhao Guangming said with a smile.
Li Yi nodded, he really didn't have any ideas yet.
But he understood what Zhao Guangming meant!
Of course, having said that, this will happen next year. After filming a movie, I naturally need to take a good rest.
What Li Yi didn't expect was...
The sequel to "Infernal Affairs" is so fascinating.
This is true even for veteran film directors in Hong Kong.
After all, although many film directors from Hong Kong Island have moved north.
There are many who are relatively successful, but many more are dejected.
The sequel to "Infernal Affairs" has the same influence as its predecessor. Even if it cannot surpass the predecessor, it will definitely not be bad at the box office.
So, for them, this is definitely an excellent opportunity!
So naturally they started to mobilize their respective connections, hoping to get this opportunity!
