Chapter 683 Brilliant combination and talented girl Li Bihua
After Sun Dahai bought the film rights of Long Gang, at the invitation of Fa Ge and Ren Kuei, everyone also attended the farewell banquet hosted by Sun Dahai for Long Gang.
Now seeing Sun Dahai again, Lin Lingdong and Du Qifeng couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Who would have thought that the kid who was considered a waste of money to buy the copyright of Long Gang's version of "A Better Tomorrow" would now become a new force in the Hong Kong film industry, and actually re-hype the movie.
It’s over!
There was another person present who Sun Dahai had never met before. Huang Baiming introduced him. It turned out that he was also a director who had a business relationship with Youlian, Cheng Xiaodong.
Cheng Xiaodong is the son of Cheng Gang, the famous screenwriter and director of Shaw Brothers. He studied Northern Kung Fu in drama school for seven years since he was a child.
After graduating from martial arts, Cheng Xiaodong started his career as a martial artist in film and television dramas, and also starred in action films. However, he did not pursue the route of being an actor. His development direction was mainly martial arts (action) instruction and film director.
Cheng Xiaodong has been working closely with Tsui Hark since 1980. He is behind many films produced by Tsui Hark's studio.
He is better at costume action movies. The movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" that was released not long ago was produced by Tsui Hark and directed by Cheng Xiaodong.
The movie "A Better Tomorrow 2", which is about to be released in Hong Kong, is co-produced by Youlian Agency, Tsui Hark Studio, and Princess Golden Film Investment Company (the company of the eldest daughter of the Lei family). Cheng Xiaodong is the martial arts action director.
So speaking of it, everyone is not an outsider.
Everyone is mainly talking about the film "The Last Emperor" that they just watched. Films with such themes are still very rare for Hong Kong filmmakers.
The mainstream of Xiangjiang movies is still commercial movies. Even if there are some literary movies, they mainly focus on small and fresh themes such as love.
It's really hard for everyone to see a film with heavy historical themes like "The Last Emperor". In the past, films with this theme would appear more in the European film industry, but in recent years, Hollywood has also seen this trend. Its purpose
Just for the Oscars.
While they were talking, Sister Fen walked over with Uncle Zhan and two other people. After Sister Fen introduced them, one of them turned out to be Uncle Zhan's golden partner Gu Jiahui.
This pair composed the theme song "Towards the Future" for "A Better Tomorrow 2", and they also composed the theme song "The Love of the Past" for "A Better Tomorrow". The two actually collaborated with Youlian Agency
Quite a fate.
The other person is Li Bihua, a well-known talented woman in Hong Kong. She is a famous female writer and screenwriter in Hong Kong. "Rouge Button" currently being filmed by Leslie Cheung is adapted from her novel of the same name.
When Sun Dahai saw Li Bihua, he suddenly remembered something, so he chatted with her for a few more words, left his contact information, and proposed that he would like to visit her next week.
Li Bihua was a little strange, but she still agreed. The two made an appointment, and Sister Fen took them and left.
Tsui Hark understood Sun Dahai's thoughts very well. He smiled and said, "Have you fallen in love with one of Li Bihua's works?"
When Tsui Hark said that everyone present was the director, he understood immediately.
Huang Baiming kindly gave Sun Dahai a reminder and said: "Da Dahai, Bihua's novels and articles are quite good. She is good at writing about love, especially those stories about the past and strange love affairs. They are very delicate and very interesting.
Tasteful.
However, there is no problem in turning her work into a literary film, but it is a bit difficult to turn her work into a commercial film that will sell well."
Johnnie To also said: "Jiahe is filming a movie over there, which is an adaptation of her novel. My classmate Guan Jinpeng is the director. This movie is just to win awards, and the box office results are not important. Your Union already has "
"Autumn Fairy Tale", do you still want to make a literary film?"
"Director Du, you are talking about "Rouge Button", I know that Leslie is the leading actor of this movie.
I want to buy the film and television adaptation rights of several works from Li Bihua and see if I can co-produce them with mainland China. Making money or winning awards are secondary. The most important thing is that I want to test the waters.
Our scripts in Xiangjiang are too commercial, and I'm afraid they won't pass the review in mainland China. And many of Li Bihua's works are emotional dramas without ideological problems, so I slightly adapted the original works in order to pass the review.
Domestic review. The problem won’t be too big.”
At this point, several directors looked at each other, stopped talking, and could only nod silently.
Co-producing movies with mainland China is not something that only directors like them can call the shots.
Now except for Yindu institutions and a few directors, no other filmmakers in Xiangjiang know how to cooperate with the mainland. There is currently no clear official charter, so everyone is waiting and watching.
In addition, a large part of the investment funds in Hong Kong films come from the Bay Area. Although the Bay Area government's attitude towards the mainland is now much more relaxed than in previous years, Tony Leung Ka Fai, who was once banned, has also quietly lifted the ban and made a comeback.
But it is still unclear what attitude these Bayan investors will have towards the film's cooperation with mainland China.
Everyone knows that Sun Dahai has a mainland background. Now think about it, it is the most correct choice for him to come forward to explore the way for everyone.
It is impossible for Xiangjiang filmmakers to keep ignoring the huge mainland market. Didn't you notice that the bosses of those film companies are now swarming around Ying Lao and the others in the name of attending the premiere of "The Last Emperor"
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Sun Dahai remembers that it was not until the 1990s that the mainland and Hong Kong film industries really began to cooperate. Previous cooperation was all a test of the waters under the attention of the government.
Sun Dahai felt that Youlian could also take the initiative to try it, otherwise his mainland background would be in vain.
He looked at Cheng Xiaodong and said: "I have already watched Director Cheng's "A Chinese Ghost Story", which is very good. I wonder what Director Cheng's schedule is for next year?"
Cheng Xiaodong was stunned for a moment and replied: "I haven't arranged my work for next year yet. My main job now is action guidance. There are many people in this industry in Xiangjiang. If there is a need for the crew, there is generally no need to notify me too early in advance.
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Tsui Hark really hated the fact that iron could not become steel. He lightly kicked Cheng Xiaodong, while Shi Nansheng covered his mouth and laughed.
She said to Cheng Xiaodong: "Xiaodong, since Dahai calls you 'Director Cheng' and asks you if you have a schedule next year, don't you understand? He wants you to help direct a movie. Dahai, I don't have one."
Is that wrong?"
Sun Dahai gave Shi Nansheng a thumbs up and praised: "No wonder your studio has become more and more prosperous in recent years. With you here, Director Xu can concentrate on his artistic creation and don't worry about all the miscellaneous things."