It's a pity that Sun Dahai has been busy and has not put too much energy into Youlian. Youlian has not come up with a suitable script. We can't let Sun Dahai copy a good script from his previous life. This is not in line with Sun Dahai's personality.
The character design. So, I can only let Wen Bixia get familiar with the movie first.
There is still a lack of talent! Sun Dahai thought about it and found that there are currently four contracted directors under Youlian. Wu Yusen wants to go to Hollywood and Zhang Yimou develops in mainland China. Apart from them, the only ones are Liu Zhenwei and Cheng Xiaodong.
But of these two, one is good at comedy and the other is good at kung fu movies, which are not suitable for Wen Bixia's acting style. It is also difficult for them to make a movie with a leading heroine.
Sun Dahai rolled his head, stopped thinking about this, and just let nature take its course.
"What is Cheng Xiaodong busy with now?" Sun Dahai asked.
"Tsui Hark Studio is going to make "The Swordsman" and has recruited Siu Tung to be the executive director and acting director." Liu Zhenwei replied.
Speaking of "The Swordsman", Sun Dahai also felt quite regretful.
During the global stock market crash in 1987, Sun Dahai stayed in Xiangjiang for a long time. At that time, he asked Youlian to find Mr. Jin Yong and prepare to purchase the film adaptation rights of several of his novels.
As a result, Sister Fen learned when she went there that the film and television adaptation rights of the "The Condor" trilogy had been sold to TVB a few years ago. And Tsui Hark had just bought "The Swordsman" from Jin Yong two months ago.
In the end, Youlian only obtained the film adaptation rights for "The Deer and the Cauldron".
It was just two months short, and Sun Dahai felt very depressed. Among Jin Yong's martial arts novels, "The Swordsman" was the most suitable to be adapted into a movie. Unexpectedly, just like in his previous life, Tsui Hark snatched it.
In the end, Youlian only got "The Deer and the Cauldron". In fact, Sun Dahai's favorite martial arts work of the Jin family is "The Legend of the Dragon".
However, "Dragon" has a huge background setting, complex plot, and numerous characters, which are difficult to fully express within the length of a movie.
Changing "Dragon" into a TV series should have better results. However, Sun Dahai has no plans to enter the TV field in the short term, so he can only give up temporarily.
As for Jin Yong's other martial arts works, Sun Dahai doesn't value them, and the film and television industry pays relatively little attention to them. If there is a need in the future, he can just buy them.
"Have we participated in the investment? As for the soundtrack, who is Lao Xu looking for?"
"We have participated, but it is still the old rule. We participate in 20% of the investment in Tsui Hark Studio's projects, they contribute 30% themselves, and Princess Jin contributes 50%. The special effects, post-production, soundtrack and recording of the movie are all our jobs. In terms of music,
Uncle Zhan did it himself."
Lingyu Music Factory is affiliated to the Star Gas Station project, but it is not entirely owned by the Star Gas Station.
Star Gas Station holds 50% of the equity of Lingyu Music Factory, Uncle Zhan and Leslie Cheung each have 15% of the equity, and Zhang Xueyou and Luo Dayou, who later joined, each have 10% of the equity.
Lingyu Music Factory opened after the Spring Festival. Not only did it receive the soundtracks for several film and television works, it also produced the album "Selected Love Songs of Silk Memory" by Jacky Cheung, the album "The Age of Farewell" by Luo Dayou, and the cover album by Leslie Cheung.
"SALUTE", business is booming.
After listening to Liu Zhenwei's words, Sun Dahai realized in his heart that the classic Chinese-style song "A Laugh in the Sea" was not far away from being released.
"However, I heard that Tsui Hark and the director of this film, King Hu, have great differences. I don't know how they will be resolved in the end?" Liu Zhenwei said hesitantly.
Sun Dahai knew that from the very beginning of the filming of this film in his previous life, producer Tsui Hark and director Hu Jinquan had different opinions, and neither of them could convince the other to accept their ideas.
Finally, halfway through the filming process, Hu Jinquan got angry and quit. The subsequent filming was completed by Xu Anhua, a disciple who came to Hu Jinquan's rescue, in collaboration with Tsui Hark, Cheng Xiaodong, Li Huimin, and Jin Yanghua.
Including Hu Jinquan, this movie actually had six directors co-directing it, which can be considered a record for Hong Kong movies.
"Tsu Hark's temper is getting louder and louder." Wu Yusen sighed at the side.
Speaking of which, Wu Yusen's feelings for Tsui Hark are rather complicated.
When director Wu Yusen's career was at its lowest, it was Tsui Hark's strong support that enabled him to turn around and reach the peak of his career through "A Better Tomorrow".
But when it came to filming "A Better Tomorrow 2", the two also had a falling out because of their different creative and directing ideas. The box office results of "A Better Tomorrow 2" were relatively average, which was not unrelated to this.
Later, under the coordination of Sun Dahai and Shi Nansheng, the two exchanged projects. Wu Yusen filmed "The Heroes" and Tsui Hark filmed "A Better Tomorrow: Sunset Song" and produced each other's films.
Now, "The Legend" has been put into production, and the local box office revenue is less than 20 million Hong Kong dollars. Together with overseas income, although it cannot be said to be a huge profit, the net profit is still relatively generous.
Tsui Hark's "A Better Tomorrow: Sunset Song" won't be officially released until next month. The two of them fighting in the ring in this way can be regarded as a battle between gentlemen.
Sun Dahai feels that a director as talented but stubborn as Tsui Hark should not collaborate with others to make films. Whether he is a producer or a supervisor, he likes to add his own ideas to the filming of the film.
If the director is a new director, or his level is limited, then it's not a big problem. Tsui Hark's status in the world is enough to intimidate the other party. But if he is also a big-name director, he will inevitably have conflicts with Tsui Hark.
However, no one can tell Tsui Hark this situation. They can only rely on Shi Nansheng to coordinate it, or wait for Tsui Hark to realize it himself.
However, Sun Dahai thought of the Jiang Wen he knew, a drama tyrant who could make the director squat in the corner and cry.
In "Red Sorghum", he and Zhang Yimou quarreled from beginning to end. Although the quarrel resulted in a classic, it is estimated that both of them will lose several years of their lives.
"By the way, has the company signed the mainland actress that director Zhang Yimou brought last time?"
Sun Dahai suddenly remembered Gong Li, and Zhang Yimou came to see Sun Dahai specifically for her matter. Sun Dahai and Zhang Yimou have been friends for many years, so they must give her this face.
"Is it the actress named Gong Li? She has already signed the contract, and Sister Fen has assigned her a female assistant to go back to the mainland with them." Ren Kuei asked.
"Didn't we arrange some roles for her here?" Sun Dahai asked curiously.
"Director Zhang Yimou is about to start filming the movie "Ju Dou", and Gong Li will be the heroine in the movie. So we have to wait until the filming of the movie is completed next year before arranging a film appointment for her."
This question is still answered by Ren Kuang.
Jin Jiaxi from the agency department went to run a performance company, and Sister Fen took over her work. Sun Dahai asked Ren Kuangxi to temporarily help take care of the work of the artist department.
