Chinese entertainment for engineering students

"It's still different. The movie has posters, and there are promotional videos on TV, and there are famous directors and famous actors. They are still different from each other." Zhang Guorong has seen many promotions of Xiangjiang movies. He knows that there are many routines before the movie is released. In order to attract people to enter, In theaters, there are endless promotional methods.

“Publicity is actually advertising, and advertising actually serves the purpose of goods.

Brother Guorong said the key point is that movies are not just the director's work, they are actually a commodity in the final analysis, a commodity that needs to compete with others. "

"Have you forgotten about spiritual civilization?" Gu Changwei said. He was rolling a roast duck roll and devouring it. At the party just now, he also served as a photographer for a while, taking pictures of the employees, but in the end he didn't eat anything. .

To be precise, the dishes on Wang Xu's table were basically untouched, but Chinese people are not that particular at the moment. So, when he announced that everyone could take away, the dishes on the table disappeared in an instant.

“Our spiritual civilization is also realized through commodity carriers, and movies are just a carrier, and of course they are also a commodity.

Movies were originally an industrial product. If paintings were created for God, then movies were created to create profits.

The original intention of the film was not art. There was no artistic research at the factory gate or the train entering the station.

Movies at that time could not actually be called movies. It was more appropriate to become a kind of dynamic photo. It was not until businessmen began to charge tickets for movies to show them to everyone for everyone to watch, that movies were truly born.

If some people watch it, some people will invest in filming it. If it is no longer profitable to film real-life scenes, they will demand new changes.

In this process, the author gained a deeper understanding of the image itself, and then absorbed various techniques such as painting, music, and musicals, and finally evolved into an independent art.

But the essence of the film industry is a business, and the essence of movies is a commodity that exists to make profits. This foundation has never changed. "

"But you still unified the material and the spiritual. What is the purpose of spiritual civilization?" Gu Changwei's question is actually the most frequently discussed issue in film discussions in this era. Wang Xu does not find it strange at all.

“Spiritual civilization is to convey a spiritual core, which is not only ours but also the West’s.

To put it further, drama, opera, painting, and music are actually commodities, but they are also cultural carriers, and the core needs to be presented through this carrier.

Our slogans and slogans express the same thing, but why can’t that be called art, and why can’t movies be made like that?

Because no one is watching and there are no people around, your spiritual core cannot be conveyed.

The masses can be required to memorize slogans, and the slogans can be posted in eye-catching places, but people need to buy tickets to watch movies themselves. Why should you let people spend this money?

Therefore, no matter which angle you argue from, a movie must first attract the audience and make the audience love watching it. Only then can it have the so-called spiritual core and convey what you want to express.

Movies should be made to please the audience, not yourself. "

"I still don't understand how what you're talking about has anything to do with the development of movies in the future." The person who answered was Wang Jinghua. She actually graduated from the Chinese Theater Academy and has always had her own dream for movies.

But after joining Wang Chao as general manager, her vision has obviously broadened, and she is more willing to examine the film industry from a higher level. Therefore, she is particularly interested in today's topic.

"How a movie should be shot depends on the attitude of the director and producer, and I emphasize the commodity attribute of the movie. That is to say, you have to treat and operate it as a commodity from the very beginning." Wang Xu explained. .

He emphasizes the commodity attributes of movies, which is of course biased. This is not all the attributes of movies. But in this era, this is something that China rarely considers when making movies. Some directors who make comedies and dramas basically have no chance of getting ahead.

The so-called overcorrection must be excessive. When all directors emphasize artistry, then he will be the different voice.

"Yeah, I understand. It's a commercial film. The one you shot was based on this idea, right?" Zhang Yimou suddenly understood Wang Xu's statement.

While following the crew, he felt that many of Wang Xu's actions were not to serve the film's ideas, but to please the audience.

Whether it is fun fighting, fierce gun battles, cool looks, or cold expressions, they are actually all designed to create a point of attraction for the audience, making them excited and happy.

Instead, the thoughts he wanted to express were hidden in various details by Wang Xu, reflected in various light and shadow atmospheres. There was no expression of thoughts even in the lines.

"Yes, this is my first point. Movies are not a vehicle for self-expression, but a vehicle for pleasing the audience.

Even if it is a tragedy, it serves to make the audience feel comfortable after the sadness.

You can express yourself, but it must be by touching yourself and then inducing empathy that moves the audience, rather than forcing it.

If you don't understand this clearly, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the film market. "Wang Xu successfully conveyed his first point of view, nodded with satisfaction, raised his glass to everyone, and ate a peanut that Wang Fei brought for him. His expression was extremely proud.

"What you said, Xiangjiang Film has been doing it and it is very successful, but I think you seem to be very optimistic about the future of Xiangjiang Film, and you are a little contradictory from time to time." Xu Ke interjected. In fact, he had the least feeling about the conversation just now. of.

Xiangjiang Film has never considered anything else. Box office is everything. Even if it is aiming for awards, it is also to sell movies and package itself. This is even more obvious than Hollywood.

As a filmmaker, Xu Ke is of course well aware of the nature of commercialization, but Wang Xu’s usual attitude seems to be very unfavorable about the future of Hong Kong films. He even feels that Wang Xu is quite repulsive to the people of Hong Kong. cooperate.

You see, in his team this time, the Xiangjiang filmmakers are all marginal. He is the soy sauce, Zhang Guorong is almost a helper, and Ekin Cheng is just here to gain qualifications.

Only the martial arts instruction team has been working, but what Yuan Heping means is that Wang Xu has already had ideas for martial arts movements. He only asked himself to help improve the details and teach the actors, which made him feel that he had no sense of existence.

"The problem of Xiangjiang Film is not now, but in the future. Now Xiangjiang Film is developing very well. I don't want to pour cold water on it. It's unnecessary." Wang Xu doesn't really want to discuss Xiangjiang Film. Its decline is almost inevitable. He was afraid of spilling the beans.

"It's not something taboo, why can't you say it?" Xu Ke seemed to insist on getting something from Wang Xu. He also discovered that there was always someone around Wang Xu recording his words and deeds, and the treatment was better than When you are an emperor, there is always someone around you who records your daily life.

And according to his observation, many of this person's words will be fulfilled. Many casual words may one day become policies and then be implemented. This feeling is really scary.

In the past, he only knew that Wang Xu was very powerful, but after a few months on the set, he felt that this person's part-time job was a combination of Tongtian and Nitian.

He already feels this way. It’s hard to tell which of the others is the most economical person. But if you get the opportunity today, who wouldn’t want to get something out of this kid’s mouth?

Didn't you see that even Jiang Wen, who usually likes to express his opinions the most, just made fun of him and didn't express any opinions of his own at all?

Of course, Wang Xu also knows that they know. This is what is called, you know, I know, you know, you don’t know, but I still want to tell you what I know and what you don’t know.

“It would be too long to elaborate, but the core of the problem is actually the same as in mainland China, that is, the territory of Hong Kong Film is too small.

The fundamental reason why the mainland film market cannot flourish is insufficient demand. It’s not that people don’t want to watch it, but that people look down on it. No matter what, the result is actually the same, that is, the market capacity is very small.

In fact, the total box office in Mainland China last year was about more than one billion, while in Hong Kong, it seemed to be more than one billion last year. The total size of the two markets is about the same.

However, Xiangjiang is a small area and the audience has similar interests. It is enough to just pay attention to the audience's preferences in this small area.

The share of more than one billion is just to please millions of viewers. Last year, more than 200 movies were made in Hong Kong, and on average one movie can have a box office of several million. If you shoot well, you can even earn tens of millions. Filmmakers in Hong Kong are making a lot of money, so they naturally dare to invest, and they appear to be prosperous.

But you see, the limitations of Xiangjiang are revealed at this time, that is, the upper limit of Xiangjiang movies is very low. With just a few million people, even if they all enter the cinema, they cannot support a box office of hundreds of millions.

The upper limit of Hong Kong movies is 50 to 60 million. This is a physical upper limit determined by the population of Hong Kong and cannot be changed.

Therefore, the maximum investment that Xiangjiang can afford is about 20 million. No matter how big it is, it must rely on other markets to recover the investment.

Therefore, when a large number of films with an investment of more than 20 million appear in Xiangjiang Films, you should be careful, because this is already betting on the world market.

The world market is unstable, and policies, culture, tastes, language, and the environment will all affect it. Even ugly Chinese movies, most of them will fail.

So, in my opinion, making movies directly for the world market is gambling. You win once, you win twice, but can you win?

Just like my movie this time, I didn't even consider how big the mainland market would be, because it would definitely not make money. Therefore, I had to target the global market, and I even changed the script for this.

But in the final analysis, I am just betting, and so is Boss Zou. A few million dollars is boring. Neither I nor he are a particularly impressive number. We can afford to lose, so we dare to bet.

But do Hong Kong film companies dare to keep betting? "

"The people in Xiangjiang are very gambling. It is really possible that they will gamble, and then..." Xu Ke suddenly began to worry. He really understood the personality of the people in Xiangjiang. They really like gambling.

“Ten times you bet, ten times you lose, that’s what Chow Yun-fat said in God of Gamblers.” Wang Xu joked, “Then you lose money and get out.

Xiangjiang movies are not dead, but Xiangjiang movies have always been small investments. When faced with large investments, they can win audiences in the short term with local features, but over time, it is really hard to say. "

"What about us, there is nothing we can do? I was not that worried about Hollywood movies entering China. But in the past few months, after watching your filming, I suddenly became worried." Zhang Yimou After being silent for a long time, he suddenly said that his status has been promoted higher and higher, and now he feels like he is being pushed up and unable to get down.

"Don't underestimate Hollywood, their film industry is very mature, at least much more mature than my grassroots team.

You also have a lot of connections. If you have the opportunity, you can go and have a look. "Wang Xu agreed. This was one of his purposes for making this film, which was to make these directors aware of Hollywood's industrial model in advance.

The scariest thing about industry is never how good a product is, but that its products can be mass-produced. Among the many movies produced, there will always be relatively good ones. If you pick out the good ones and send them over, it will be a strong output.

"I never dare to underestimate them. Who dares to underestimate them? Xu Ke, do you dare in Xiangjiang?" Jiang Wen laughed and turned to ask Xu Ke.

"Xiangjiang only wants to integrate into Hollywood. How can it be possible to compete with Hollywood? Golden Harvest cast "The Matrix" just because it wants to integrate into Hollywood. This film has no flavor of Xiangjiang movies." Xu Ke is also full of complaints. When talking about this, he There are countless flaws to complain about.

"Actually, if you look at it from a national perspective, you don't have to do anything personally. It's enough to follow the country's current development.

As the economy improves, movie tickets become less expensive, and the natural market becomes larger. As the market grows, some people are willing to invest in making movies.

Domestic movies are originally aimed at the domestic market. If localization is done well, the box office will naturally increase, and there is no need to bother at all.

The country only needs to educate talents, supervise fraud, and provide guidance. Just like opening up a city, it is enough to provide policies and guidance.

There is no need to do everything personally, as that will only result in more losses than gains. "Wang Xu really feels that the Chinese Film National Team may be the weakest national team besides the national football team. It is even worse than the national football team at the moment. The national football team can at least be the best in Asia.

How many jokes have been made about resisting Hollywood and defending domestic products. If they can do it, they don't need to defend it at all. If they can't, they can't defend anything.

"Why do you say that? When I saw you working so hard, I thought you were planning to revitalize domestic films." Zhang Yimou was even more surprised. He knew Wang Xu's feelings for his family and country, and he didn't believe that Wang Xu was doing this for the sake of making such a film. To make money.

"Why revitalize domestic films? Go abroad and win a few awards? What's the use? It's not for food or clothing. Oh, I'm not talking about you. I'm punishing myself." Wang Xu grinned and suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing. Drink quickly to make amends.

Zhang Yimou didn't care either. He had won many awards and had never heard of any weird words. Wang Xu was just here, he had long been used to it. He waved his hand to indicate that it was okay and asked Wang Xu to continue.

"What I'm saying is that my purpose is not all-in-one. My purpose is actually outside the movie. So, there is no need for you to use the way my movie works as a reference.

However, the technologies used in them are all available, so there is no need to turn them away.

What I want to revitalize is actually the film industry. This is an industry that does not exist in China. It is hard to say whether it even exists in Hong Kong.

Look at the various studios and teams I organize, most of them are behind the scenes, assisting, acting as stand-ins, or even playing minor roles. But in my eyes, they are actually the true foundation of a regional film.

No matter how good your director's ideas are, if there is no screenwriter team to help you write the script, and no special effects team to help you realize it, it will all be just a fantasy.

I am a standard industrialist. I have always believed that industrial power is a powerful country, and the film industry is also an industry. "

"This point of view is quite novel. Indeed, I think you really attach great importance to this." Xu Ke continued. He had been paying attention to Wang Xu's various operations. This conversation made him seem to have found Wang Xu. internal logic.

"Still didn't tell us what we should do. We don't understand these things." Lao Mouzi was anxious. Why did he always bypass the part he was most concerned about with his words.

"Of course we will continue to make movies, what else can we do? You can't do anything else." Wang Xu joked about Lao Mouzi and continued,

"Whether it's Hollywood or Europe, what makes them better than us is not how good their art masters are. All the traditional techniques can be learned, and there's nothing new about those routines. They're all pretty much the same.

In terms of new techniques and technologies, they may not be any better than me. In many cases, I am even ahead.

But I still can’t say anything big enough to defeat Hollywood.

What's great about them is their self-confidence and cultural self-confidence. They just think that I am right, so what I say is the truth.

If you don't believe what you're saying, you'd be damned if you expect the audience to believe it.

But we don’t have this thing now, and basically none of our generation will have it either. Even if some people say that they do, most of them are just pretending, not coming from the heart or oozing from their bones.

But that’s okay, because our kids will.

By the time their generation grows up, the domestic economy should have been much developed, and the film industry should have been fully developed.

Therefore, what I focus on is not this decade at all, not even the next decade, but twenty years from now when the next generation grows up.

These people born in the 1990s will have completely different growth experiences, and their movies will naturally have that kind of confidence.

There is no need for us to work hard for revitalization. Cultural revitalization has always followed the economy. If the economy takes the lead, culture will keep up. From the private sector to the top, countless people will naturally stand up for it. own cultural platform.

The popularity of Xiangjiang culture in the mainland is a subsidiary effect of Xiangjiang's economic leadership. There are also many Indian movies, and many of them are very good. Why are there not Indian movies that are so popular? "

"You still haven't answered my question." Lao Mouzi was teased by Wang Xu today. He asked him questions and he answered them, going around in circles.

"Aren't you a pessimist? You don't do anything anymore?" Jiang Wen and Zhang Yimou were both driven doers, and their desire to express themselves was extremely strong, so they immediately retorted.

"Of course we are not lying down, we should make movies, make movies, and make money.

Just don't keep thinking about hitting Hollywood, as if winning an Oscar will make you proud.

Just make movies honestly, make movies that you really want to make, and make movies that we all think are good.

Don't think about catering to other people's opinions all day long, and shoot according to the Hollywood way, or shoot according to the Hong Kong way. That's called learning to walk in Handan. We don't have that culture and can't learn it. We have to think according to our own ideas. "

"Didn't you just say that you changed the script for the world market?" Zhang Guorong didn't speak for a long time. He was very fascinated and kept thinking.

“Yes, it was changed, but I just changed the minor subplots and supporting characters so that they wouldn’t look too out of place. By the way, I also changed the main villain to a white man, so that they wouldn’t feel too unfamiliar.

But the whole movie is a science fiction movie dreamed up by a Chinese, and its core is about farming civilization. The purpose of human beings in the film is survival, development, resistance, and struggle.

Therefore, it must be organized, sacrifice the individual to achieve the whole, and be collective heroism. This is not the same approach as Hollywood at all.

If they followed their model, Xi'an in the film would not exist at all. At best, it would be a puppet resistance organization, pigs raised by the matrix, just like those terrorist organizations in the Middle East.

Either the whole world is full of stragglers, either brave and ruthless, or sitting there waiting for the savior to come.

Every place is dominated by the jungle, the law of the jungle, only the protagonist has the brilliance of humanity, and then acts as a lone hero to overthrow the matrix.

This is the thinking of their pirate descendants, which is not the same as our real farming civilization.

But we are different. Our national character cannot be wiped out by artificial intelligence. Organized government agencies must exist.

Whether they like it or not, I won't let a foreigner play the male lead and then let him pick up girls from his own country in the film. I can't afford to embarrass him. "Wang Xu was a little bit excited, and he was a little excited and dancing, mainly because he suddenly thought of the "Great Wall" in later generations.

"Yeah, yeah, I know you're awesome, don't get excited." Wang Fei gently held Wang Xu's hand. She knew her man well. He looked very docile, but he was actually quite macho. She especially didn't like foreigners marrying each other. Regarding the things done by the Chinese people, he was actually praised by everyone.

"That's right, don't get excited. What brother Wang said makes sense." Zhang Yimou also quickly comforted Wang Xu. Why did he get so anxious while talking and look at me? I have never made that kind of film.

"Drink some wine, eat some food, and let's continue talking." Jiang Wen directly served Wang Xuman the wine and touched the glass with Wang Xu.

"Yeah, yeah, my fault, my fault, I was drunk and talking nonsense, don't mind me." Wang Xu also knew that his tone was not good, so he quickly made up for it.

"It's okay, it's okay, just keep chatting." The remaining people also raised their glasses, allowing Wang Xu to continue.

“Telling stories using Chinese people’s thinking and logic is about the core and thinking logic, but the subject matter does not necessarily have to be Chinese.

Look at Disney, a lot of the content they shoot is not Western, Arab, Chinese, Egyptian, they all shoot it, but the core is still their own.

It's the same for us, we just have to use our own ideas. It's not impossible to tell a Western magical story, but you have to really follow your own thinking and logic, don't imitate others.

Don't try to learn other people's thinking logic. Some of Hollywood's routines have been verified by them, and we can also use these routines.

But if it feels awkward, then change it. Under normal circumstances, if you feel awkward, most Chinese people will also feel awkward. "Wang Xu took a bite of the food.

Suddenly, he saw a little soup spilling out of the corner of Wang Fei's mouth. He reached for a tissue and gently wiped it away for her.

He acted as if there was no one around and didn't care at all that a group of people were sitting and watching.

This young couple is like this. They are always caught off guard when they do something bad, which makes a group of married people quite uncomfortable.

Wang Fei noticed it, but she also enjoyed Wang Xu's little concern from time to time. She stretched out her face for Wang Xu to operate. It wasn't until Wang Xu finished wiping that she reached out to take the tissue and let Wang Xu continue.

“As for our role, it is probably to lay the foundation for future generations. In fact, this is the case for every generation.

Make some attempts to find out what Chinese people like and which routines are more popular. Someone always needs to find out bit by bit. Isn't this the role of directors of our generation?

In this process, there will always be some large-scale productions that come to us. We use large-scale productions to cultivate Chinese talents as much as possible, build a good industrial foundation, and improve basic software and hardware facilities, just like what our fathers did in the 1950s. Same.

Without the heavy industrial foundation of that generation and the investment in education at that time, the reform would not have been so smooth. Don't refute, you can't deny everything before just because of a major mistake, it's not fair. "Wang Xu didn't let others interrupt. He didn't want to discuss this issue. He just gave an example and didn't want to get into another argument at this time.

“In this era, we need to lay a solid foundation for the film industry, cultivate talents, improve the industrial chain, and let the people behind the scenes have enough food instead of just thinking about the stars.

This is what I am doing, developing cameras, aerial platforms, 3D animation software, and film and television editing software, and then using each movie to mature these products.

It is best to export, even outsource, and train a large number of industrial workers in the film and television industry. When the opportunity comes, then you can film whatever you want. "Wang Xu basically finished speaking his point of view, and clinked the cup with everyone. This was the end of the topic and allowed everyone to digest it.

"You seem to be very sure that there will be problems with our movie." Zhang Yimou suddenly raised a very sharp question. He did not stop thinking. He suddenly discovered that Wang Xu seemed to be so sure that there would be problems in the future that he never stopped thinking. Start preparing now.

"Suppose, suppose, there are two things, both wrapped in boxes. There is only a color picture on the outside, and the price is five yuan.

But let me tell you, one costs 1 yuan and the other costs 4 yuan. What would you choose? "Wang Xu didn't answer directly. Instead, he asked a question. He didn't ask Zhang Yimou, but turned to Wang Jinghua. Among these people, she was the one farthest from the movie.

"How else can I choose? Choose the four-dollar one." Wang Jinghua gave the most common-sense answer. She was also waiting for Wang Xu's explanation.

"Yes, most people will choose this way, because people will think that something that costs four yuan should be better than something that costs one yuan, right." Wang Xu continued to look at everyone, and everyone nodded tacitly.

"But if I don't tell you the cost in advance, do you know which one to choose? How would you choose?" Wang Xu looked at Wang Jinghua again.

"There's no choice but to be blind." Wang Jinghua replied.

"Yes, I can only make a fool of myself. Because the prices are the same and the pictures are all beautiful. So at this time, will the merchant with low-cost production earn more.

To make a movie, my movie cost close to 200 million, Jiang Wen's one cost 30 million, and the other one only cost 500,000. But when it was sent to the cinema, the ticket price was 10 yuan a ticket. No one has seen it. , both directed by strangers, which one should you choose? "Wang Xu continued to perform.

"It's impossible to compare. The movie will be promoted, and you can tell others your costs." Zhang Guorong caught Wang Xu's logical loophole.

"Yes, but what if everyone claims that their cost is 200 million? You are from Xiangjiang, and everyone knows how bad Xiangjiang's advertising and newspaper promotions are." Wang Xu continued to ask.

"Well, the company is different. You can always tell the difference by looking at the star lineup and the producers." Zhang Guorong quickly looked for loopholes in Wang Xu's words and continued to fight back.

"Well, if it's 200 million and 500,000, it's certainly easy to distinguish, but can you really tell the difference between 200 million and 30 million? The star cast of my movie is not as good as Xu Ke's "New Dragon Gate Inn", you Can you believe that my investment is 6 times larger than his?" Wang Xu continued to ask.

"You can use promotional videos to cut out exciting scenes." Zhang Guorong quickly found a solution.

"So if I make a movie worth 200 million yuan, and he makes a movie worth 30 million yuan, but all his money is spent on promotional videos. Can you still tell the difference?" Wang Xu added with a smile.

Zhang Guorong did not continue to answer. He knew that such a question and answer was actually fruitless, because such a thing would really happen.

"I can guarantee that future movies will basically rely on bragging. How good the movie is is actually secondary, it all depends on how well you brag.

But you brag, and so do I. The result is that the overall credibility is damaged, and no one can play in the end.

Especially those companies in Xiangjiang, they are too used to bragging. If this continues, bad money will almost certainly drive out good money, and they will end up with nothing. "

"This doesn't seem to have anything to do with Hollywood." Jiang Wen suddenly felt that the topic seemed distorted.

"Well, Hollywood is considered a foreign threat, and our internal environment is the internal concern. In fact, I am more worried about internal troubles than foreign troubles. In fact, with the development of our economy, foreign troubles are actually here. I have the technical means. As long as you can stand up and not fight against each other, There’s nothing wrong with getting a piece of the pie.

Moreover, even if we completely ignore the problem, the market will slowly solve the problem of foreign invasion on its own. But internal problems cannot be solved. Someone must intervene to solve them.

This is what I mean when I say that we should remind the authorities to do a good job in supervision and not allow vicious competition to form internally, which will eventually lead to such a phenomenon. "

"What about Xiangjiang?" Zhang Guorong was a little worried. He was still really worried about the future of Xiangjiang movies. The current Xiangjiang movies can be said to be decorated with flowers and cooked with fire, but the real people with insight have already had some ideas. Faintly worried, Mr. Zou is the representative of these people.

“In the short term, Hong Kong Film should have no problems, but in the long term, it shouldn’t be optimistic.

Although they like to brag, their upper limit is there, and there are only so many stars in Hong Kong movies, and they won’t spend money on special effects like me. With so many big casts, you can basically tell it at a glance, but not Too outrageous.

It is estimated that the situation in China will become clear next year, or the year after at the latest. Everyone in the country will understand the level of Hollywood.

Xiangjiang will probably take a while longer. I guess it will be fine if we can survive until the end of the century, but starting from the next century, it may be a bit uncertain.

You see, Mr. Zou has already begun to make plans in Hollywood. This is not only for the listing, but also for the future of Golden Harvest.

Nowadays, Hong Kong's movies actually rely on the entire Asian market, especially the Bay Area and Southeast Asia. With these markets combined, we can barely make a slightly larger-scale movie.

But even so, it is impossible for you to invest in a movie with the level of investment like "The Matrix", and the cost will not be recovered at all.

And no one can guarantee that these countries can always buy Hong Kong films. The influence of Ugly Country in these countries is not comparable to that of the Hong Kong government. If they require these countries to open up to Hollywood, just like China, the market for Hong Kong films will shrink. How many.

If they protect their own industry, how much of the Hong Kong film market will be left at that time?

The shrinking of the market is almost inevitable. Without the market, naturally no one will invest. At that time, Xiangjiang Film was in decline.

It’s not like death, after all, Xiangjiang itself still has a small market, but equally, can you guarantee that the citizens of Xiangjiang will never watch Hollywood?

The textbooks for the new generation of Xiangjiang children have changed. Your next generation will no longer have the same ideas as you. When the time comes, there will be internal and external troubles, hehe, Xiangjiang movies will be almost the same. "

"Aren't you saying it's too scary?" Not to mention Zhang Guorong, even Xu Ke didn't believe it. That's right. At this peak time, the most glorious moment for Xiangjiang filmmakers, it's useless to say anything.

"I hope, I also hope that I am wrong. Then Hong Kong movies can prosper for a few more years, but in the long run, the film industry in Hong Kong is still very dangerous. This is determined by its geographical location and is difficult to change." Wang Xu nodded. Neither Xu Ke nor Zhang Guorong were the bosses of the film company. They actually had nothing to worry about. It was the bosses who should worry, but those people had nothing to do with Wang Xu.

"Hollywood is coming. Even if they are very powerful, can Chinese movies just stay here?" Zhang Yimou is still a little unwilling.

"How is that possible? You are here. I provide technical support. As I said just now, I believe you will always get a share of the pie. I don't believe you will surrender." Wang Xu chuckled, everyone They all nodded in agreement and laughed.

"Don't forget yourself, you are also a director now." Gu Changwei followed suit. He knew these people so well that none of them gave in.

"Chang Weiwei probably has this idea as well and follows the path of Lao Mouzi." Wang Xu looked at Gu Changwei and pointed out his thoughts directly.

"I have this plan. When you have the opportunity, think of me." Gu Changwei was straightforward. The cooperation was very pleasant, and Wang Jinghua's encouragement gave him the idea of ​​opening a studio in Wang Xu's place.

"Well, definitely, what genre do you like?" Wang Xu was suddenly curious. In his previous life, it took many years for him to truly embark on the path of directing, and he also started with literary films.

"I got this idea from your movie. It was still vague before, but after making this movie with you, I suddenly felt that this thing is good, fun, and exciting. I want to make this."

Gu Changwei is seven years younger than Zhang Yimou. Although he looks quite old, he is actually only 37 years old now. He is also facing a transformation. This is mainly his own idea. Which photographer does not have the dream of being a director.

In the 1990s, thirty-seven was a very young age. He was considered a core pillar of talent and was far from being eliminated.

Don’t forget, Huawei’s CEO Ren didn’t start his business until he was 42 years old. In later generations, when venture capital investors choose projects, if they see you still starting a business in your thirties or forties, it is basically impossible to invest. I don’t know how this trend became popular.

It's a pity that Da Liu hasn't become famous yet, otherwise his novel "Bring Her Eyes" would be a very suitable training work for Gu Changwei. However, Wang Xu didn't copy this, not because he was embarrassed or anything, but because of this small subject matter There is also a lot of science fiction in ugly countries.

He plans to learn from a later science fiction movie "The Man from Earth" and compile a Chinese version of "Caveman". By the way, the English name of the science fiction movie "The Man from Earth" should actually be translated as "Caveman" .

But forget it for today. He didn’t go into details. He just said that he would write a novel for Gu Changwei later. It would be a sketch. If he liked it, he could read it.

This film particularly tests your photography skills because the entire film only requires one house. There are few scenes and little content. It looks like a drama and there are no body movements.

If it can no longer bring people a sense of novelty through the lens, the film will become extremely dull and they will lose interest in watching it.

This film is a test of the director's skills. Wang Xu doesn't know if Gu Changwei can do it, but he thinks it's pretty good. This film is a niche film. Once it's made, it can be exhibited in exhibitions. The cost is also very low. It's perfect. novice tasks.

A few people continued to smoke, drink and eat meat, feeling very happy. Without Wang Xu's nagging, the atmosphere became more lively and they began to discuss other things. The topic just now was a bit heavy and too big to fit on the dinner table.

"Brother Jiang, your movie will be released soon." Wang Xu suddenly remembered that Jiang Wen's movie hasn't been released yet.

"Hey, don't mention it. Your film is on, but mine is not guaranteed. It's stuck." Jiang Wen took a sip of wine.

"I knew something was going to happen to your film, Lao Mouzi, what about yours." Wang Xu was not surprised. His film was destined to have a difficult birth, but it had gone through troubles in his previous life, so there wouldn't be any accidents in this life.

"It's more troublesome than his one. It's probably more difficult." Zhang Yimou's dark red face turned blue. He didn't know whether it was because of drinking or anger.

"Then what are you going to do?" Wang Xu was still concerned. In fact, there was basically no need to ask about the status of these people.

After all, Jiang Wen had a show to perform, and Xu Ke and Lao Mouzi could actually spend the whole day on the set of "The Matrix". It was obvious that these two people were dead.

"Green Snake" released last year only took less than RMB 10 million at the box office. Compared with its cost of more than RMB 20 million and claimed to be RMB 30 million, it can be said that it was a complete loss.

Generally speaking, after such a big loss, there will always be a period of time when the bosses will change their minds. However, Wang Xu vaguely remembered that Xu Ke was supposed to have a drama released this year, but it was already June and he was still wandering around here. Could it be that he was blown away by his own butterfly wings?

But it doesn't matter. He has some plans that need these directors to implement. Zhang Yimou and Xu Ke are both good candidates. Before the new generation of directors grew up, they were both very avant-garde directors with ideas.

"I actually have some ideas here. You can take a look at it later. I probably won't launch it right away. It will take some time to prepare. The key is to see how the film goes.

But I think you can give it a try and change your style. "

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(See you tomorrow. Today’s content is concentrated, only one chapter has 10,000 words. I will have to make three separate chapters)