Dreams of the Fragrant River

The director of "A Lang's Story" was supposed to be Du Qifeng, but now Du Qifeng is a minority shareholder of Vientiane Pictures. Kang Jianfei rushed to write the script of the film without any psychological burden. Anyway, it is natural to suppress competitors.

Moreover, the world has undergone too many changes. If Kang Jianfei hadn't written "A Lang's Story", then the movie probably wouldn't exist.

Because the creative process of Hong Kong movies is not as standardized as Hollywood, many movies are inspired by someone's accidental inspiration, and then combined with others, and finally made out. Or the producer or director thinks that a certain type of film has something to do with it, and invites people to discuss it, and finally everyone pieced together the script.

The script of "A Lang's Story" was fiddled with by Zhou Runfa and two others, and then polished by To Qifeng. Now that Zhou Runfa and Li Ming have been taken by Kang Jianfei to South Korea to make a film, how can they have time to write the script? And even if there is time to write the script, it is impossible to discuss with the original two people, and it is even more impossible to let Du Qifeng participate in the final touches.

That is to say, if Kang Jianfei did not invest in "A Lang's Story", then this good film would never appear again in this time and space.

In the next few days, Kang Jianfei wrote the script while recalling the plot of "A Lang's Story" while filming "Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance".

The time soon came to the establishment of the Hong Kong Film Directors Association, and Kang Jianfei attended the first conference as a member of the association.

Speaking of it, it is a conference, that is, dozens of Hong Kong film directors gather together to drink tea and chat. In the beginning, the president was elected. As a group of old directors such as Zhang Che and Hu Jinquan had not yet joined the association, Kang Jianfei was the most accomplished director among the directors present and was unanimously elected as the president of the association.

Kang Jianfei immediately resigned. He didn't like to hang a lot of positions on his body. In the end, Wu Siyuan, the initiator of the association, became the first president.

Since he didn't want to be the chairman, then Kang Jianfei would be even more disdainful to be elected as the vice-chairman and executive committee member.

An international director like Kang Jianfei is an ordinary member. Can you make other directors who are "official" feel at ease? In the end, Kang Jianfei became the "Honorary Advisor" of the Directors Guild.

After the meeting. When drinking tea with Wu Siyuan, Kang Jianfei said, "Old Wu, our association is still too small. Look at the American Directors Guild, which includes film directors, TV drama directors, program directors, party directors, and stage play directors. Come in, then you will have influence. Only then will you be able to challenge the film company."

Wu Siyuan smiled and said, "You are the boss of the film company yourself. Are you not afraid that the director's association will become bigger and make your company in a dilemma?"

Kang Jianfei shrugged: "Before becoming a boss, I was a director first."

Wu Siyuan sighed: "I have thought about what you said, but the situation in Hong Kong is different. Those stage directors are fine, but TV drama directors, commercial directors, and variety show directors are all eaten by TV stations. They can't just join the Directors Guild."

The problem Wu Siyuan mentioned actually existed in film directors a few years ago. At that time, powerful film directors were also tightly controlled by big film companies. It sounds like a ** director, but you can't ** if you don't obey. That is to say, the increase in the number of theaters in the last few years has allowed the director to break away from the control of the big company, and also has the environmental foundation for the establishment of the director's association now.

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "When you talk about the director of the TV station, I'm afraid you're talking about TVB. My director of TV dramas and entertainment programs. Now the management contract is signed with the Oriental Entertainment Company, and the specific film contract is signed with the Oriental TV Production Company. It’s freedom of entry and exit, they can join the Directors Guild at any time.”

Wu Siyuan asked, "Aren't you afraid that they will join the Directors Guild and rely on the strength of the Guild to get better treatment from you?"

Kang Jianfei said indifferently: "If you are working in my company, if you are a capable person, he will give him better treatment if he doesn't ask me. And those who are incompetent. Since you can't create more benefits for the company , it's enough that I don't fire you, do you still want a salary increase?"

Wu Siyuan could see that, Kang Jianfei was not at ease. The operation model of his TV station and TV production company is very advanced and standardized, while the operation management of wireless TVb is very rigid and rigid, and has been exploiting employees. If it really attracts TV directors into the association too. I'm afraid there will be a riot on TVB's side. This is purely disgusting for Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua.

Now TVB is the producer and the boss in filming. The following directors are paid about the same salary as coolies. Those who have the ability and the opportunity are thinking of changing careers to make movies. If they don’t want better treatment, it’s fake.

The Oriental TV production company implements a two-track system. It not only retains the producer-based mode of filming and broadcasting, but also the director-based mode of filming and rebroadcasting. The former is to ensure that Phoenix TV has TV dramas broadcast every day, and to minimize the cost and loss; the latter is to produce quality dramas, to ensure that the dramas of the Oriental TV production company can be broadcast on Phoenix TV and Macau Satellite TV. In addition, it can also be sold to Taiwan, Singapore, the mainland, and even Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States.

In general, the supervision system is more suitable for the actual situation of Hong Kong and can greatly reduce the cost. The production cost of Kang Jianfei's Oriental TV production company has always been high. If it does not sell more than 6 dramas to overseas TV stations in any year, then the company will definitely lose money.

Since the establishment of the Oriental TV production company, it has been in a state of loss for two years, other times it is slightly profitable, and sometimes it even needs to make up for its performance by shooting commercials. However, recently the company is discussing the copyright of the Voice with Japanese TV stations. If the copyright of the Voice is sold, Dongshi will be able to make a lot of money.

Although Kang Jianfei's heart was bad, his words were righteous and dignified, and he began to guide Wu Siyuan's thinking direction: "Old Wu, what do you think is the main role of the Film Association?"

Wu Siyuan said: "Promote the development of Hong Kong films, support new directors, and safeguard the interests of directors."

"That's right," Kang Jianfei said with a nod. "If Hong Kong films want to continue to develop, new and outstanding directors must continue to join in. Once the market for Hong Kong films goes down, some of the older generation directors will retire. Some go to Hollywood to find a way, and the new directors lose the environment to grow up, so there will be a phenomenon of directors who are not connected. Once there is no new blood to join, then Hong Kong films are finished. I think supporting new directors is the director. The most important work of the association."

Wu Siyuan was a little startled by Kang Jianfei's words, and said solemnly, "The Hong Kong film market is sluggish, so it's probably not easy for this to happen."

"It doesn't mean that it doesn't appear easily. Isn't it the case that Hong Kong films did not appear once in the 1960s?" Kang Jianfei laughed. He didn't have to predict the economic crisis in Southeast Asia in the 1990s, because Hong Kong films declined once more than 20 years ago.

In the early and mid 1950s and 1960s, Hong Kong films also flourished, when there were more cinemas in Hong Kong than there are now. As a result, a wave of violence broke out in many countries in Southeast Asia, and even the only Chinese university in Nanyang was forced to close down. Hong Kong movies, literature, and comics that were best-selling in Nanyang suffered a devastating blow.

Since then, Hong Kong movies have been delayed for a whole decade before they finally revive, and in the middle it has also caused the rise of Taiwanese movies.

The reason for the rapid revival of Hong Kong movies is that the film talents have not been interrupted, and a large number of directors who have returned from studying abroad have joined, which supported the glory of Hong Kong movies in the 1980s.

Kang Jianfei continued: "Where do new directors come from? There are three main ways for new directors in the Hong Kong film industry to take the position: 1. Returning from studying in a famous overseas film school, 2. Working in a TV station, 3. One step on the set from a junior worker, a reporter, and an assistant director. Climbing up. These three ways, it is not easy for new directors to become famous. I think the Directors Association should create more opportunities for them. For example, top-level communication activities are held so that young directors have the opportunity to communicate with famous directors. What is there? A good idea and a good script can also be made into a movie. Even if you can't direct it all at once, it is an opportunity for the director who recommended him to be an assistant director or executive director. Those advertising directors, karaoke directors, maybe They are also talented, and the Directors Guild can give them a chance to enter.”

Wu Siyuan nodded involuntarily and said, "You are very reasonable."

Kang Jianfei said: "As long as the director's talent reserve is sufficient, Hong Kong films will have a better chance to survive when they really encounter a crisis."

Wu Siyuan agreed, and Kang Jianfei continued: "Also, don't you think there is a big problem behind the prosperity of Hong Kong films?"

Wu Siyuan said, "What's the problem?"

Kang Jianfei asked, "What kind of films are the most expensive and easiest to make in Hong Kong?"

Wu Siyuan thought for a while and said, "Low-cost comedies~www.wuxiaspot.com~ That's right," Kang Jianfei laughed, "As long as a blockbuster comedy comes out, the good ideas in it are used by other screenwriters and directors. Anyway, all kinds of jokes are put together to make a movie. Even the comedy films of the Xu brothers often have a lot of funny jokes in it. There are some funny plots in many comedy films, which have nothing to do with the main line of the plot. Just because it can make the audience laugh, the director will pile it in. I don't want to say it nicely. Many of these comedy films are first thought of to make fun of the first paragraph, and then let the screenwriter make up the plot and write the script. This is for the entire film industry, It’s a very unhealthy state. We have to constantly discover new directors, who have passion and have new ideas, which will force those directors who have become famous to not dare to make up their minds.”

Wu Siyuan picked up the teacup and took two sips. He felt a little dizzy. Why did he talk about the future development of Hong Kong films when he was in the Taiyuan Director's Association just now.

In any case, Wu Siyuan still thinks Kang Jianfei is right. He plans to absorb all advertising directors, TV directors, and stage directors in the next two or three years when the Directors Association is on the right track. ()