Dreams of the Fragrant River

Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong.

A sedan stopped in the underground garage, and a middle-aged man came down from it.

As soon as the man got out of the car and walked a few steps, he heard someone shout from behind, "Acai, wait a minute!"

The man turned his head and smiled, "Brother Xian, long time no see."

The person who caught up behind was really Li Xiuxian, and the other person was the famous Hong Kong director Lan Naicai.

Lan Naicai used to be a photographer for Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinquan, and his use of light and shadow is a must.

Shaw Brothers, Art City and Golden Harvest have all invited him, and Kang Jianfei's Oriental Entertainment Agency also wanted to sign a contract with him, but Lan Naicai refused. It was not until Li Xiuxian issued an invitation a few years ago that Lan Nai agreed to join Li Xiuxian's Magnum Films because of personal friendship, and made several blockbuster films for Magnum. out to sea".

Since the year before last, Lan Naicai has collaborated with Cai Lan, one of the four major talents, to make a series of cult films. Two of these films belong to the third-grade film, and they are all landmark works in the Hong Kong-made third-grade film.

And this person is really cool and tight. Last year, he made a film "The King of Power" that sold more than 20 million, and suddenly retired from directing.

"Acai, why are you here today?" Li Xiuxian and Lan Naicai stood side by side waiting for the elevator.

Lan Naicai smiled and said, "President Wu personally called and asked, can I not come?"

"That's true." Li Xiuxian nodded and said, although Wu Siyuan hasn't made many films in recent years, his voice in the director's circle is still very high.

Lan Naicai sighed and said, "It's the last time I've come to the meeting."

Li Xiuxian said with pity for him: "Ah Cai, you are just a year old, and you just made a blockbuster movie. Why don't you retire before you are 40 years old?"

Lan Naicai said casually: "I'm tired of filming, I want to take a break for a few years."

Li Xiuxian could only be speechless about this, because he really couldn't understand what Lan Naicai was thinking. He was on the rise in his career at a young age, but he quit the film industry without making any money. Isn't that stupid?

The two chatted and waited for the elevator, but they didn't get down after waiting for several minutes, but the sound of footsteps came from the parking lot.

The sound was clear and crisp, most likely it was a woman's high heels hitting the ground.

Lan Naicai and Li Xiuxian turned their heads to look, but they were young women with ordinary looks.

Li Xiuxian frowned and whispered, "Why is she here too?"

Lan Naicai asked, "Brother Xian, do you know that woman?"

Li Xiuxian said: "Boss Zou's daughter Zou Chongyan, who graduated from USC's directing department, made a movie in Hong Kong last year, and she flinched."

Lan Naicai smiled and said, "It turned out to be Jiahe's young master."

Li Xiuxian said meaningfully: "I heard that this young owner has had some unpleasant troubles with the other shareholders of Jiahe."

Lan Nai was just about to answer when the elevator door suddenly opened, and he walked in first.

"Wait a minute, please!" Zou Chongyan shouted faster.

After Li Xiuxian entered the elevator, he stopped the elevator door from closing, and only smiled at her when Zou Chongyan came in.

"Thank you, Mr. Li!" Zou Chongyan thanked with a smile, she was still very familiar with celebrities in the Hong Kong film industry.

"You're welcome," Li Xiuxian said.

Zou Chongyan looked at Lan Naicai again and asked, "Who is this?"

Li Xiuxian said: "Lan Naicai, the director of "The King of Power".

"It turned out to be Mr. Lan, I have long admired the name!" Zou Chongyan took the initiative to reach out.

"Hello, Miss Zou." Lan Naicai shook hands with her.

Today is a temporary meeting of the Hong Kong Directors Association. Because the headquarters building is still under construction, the meeting address is selected in the hotel.

Zou Chongyan is reluctantly considered a Hong Kong director, but she came to attend the meeting today with the main purpose of getting to know more directors and laying a network foundation for taking over and developing Golden Harvest in the future.

The three took the elevator to the hotel auditorium, where twenty or thirty directors had already arrived, chatting in a low voice.

"'Jurassic Park' is finally out, and the box office is really scary."

"Yeah, more than 66 million, which has raised Hong Kong's box office record so much at once."

"Don't say it, the film I made collided with the schedule of "Jurassic Park", and it was tragic."

"It's miserable enough, mine also crashed, and it was agreed that the additional director would be divided into nothing."

"You said that there are only a few Hong Kong actors in "Jurassic Park", is that still called a Hong Kong film?"

"Is that so? The main crew members are all from Hong Kong."

"It's not authentic anyway."

"People are rushing to the overseas box office, and there must be more Western faces on the actors."

"DreamWorks has made a lot of money this time, and the overseas box office of "Jurassic Park" is definitely not low."

"Well, it will definitely make a profit. The investment of 400 million may be able to be made back at the Asian box office alone."

"I also want to make a special effects blockbuster, but unfortunately those Taiwanese guys are definitely not willing to invest money. Damn, those upstarts only know celebrities, how much they invest depends on how many celebrity faces they can invite."

"Is there any way? People's financial masters rely on Hong Kong stars to attract the audience there."

"They invest all to make quick money, and the production cycle is all within two months. I'm throwing at his mother, and I'll give two months to even prepare for the filming and post-production. What wonderful and good films can I make? Jurassic Park took over a year to shoot."

"At least half of the investment in films made in Hong Kong every year now comes from Taiwan. This is definitely not going to work. If there is a problem with the economy or the box office market in Taiwan, Hong Kong films will be seriously damaged."

"Is there any way? You don't earn money if you have it delivered to your door?"

"I heard that President Wu and the others went north some time ago, and the mainland has promised to open the film market."

"Don't be too happy, there is a limit of 10 units per year, and DreamWorks will take half of it."

"I also know a little bit about the mainland. I'm not afraid of a small quota, but I'm afraid of not giving it at all. If you can open your mouth, it means that the wind direction is stable, and it will definitely be gradually released in the future. Think about it, there is a movie market with a billion people. Millions of people will see it and they will die.”

"..."

Zou Chongyan pricked up his ears and listened to the directors' discussions. Most of the topics were related to the just finished "Jurassic Park".

As a director of USC, Zou Chongyan actually has a lot of contempt for Hong Kong films. She looks down on Hong Kong's film industry because it is too naive compared to Hollywood. The Hong Kong film industry does not even have a clear film production process. Most of the time, the filming is done according to the unspoken rules, and the establishment of a film is very arbitrary. The script is not ready.

All the chaos made Zou Chongyan very optimistic about the future development of Hong Kong films. She felt that both Hong Kong film production and Hong Kong cinemas were in a state of disorder. This is not what a mature film industry system should look like. Problems in foreign markets can lead to terrible chain reactions.

Zou Chongyan wanted to achieve a Hollywood-like reform within Golden Harvest, but he only revealed some meaning, and was persuaded by the old Golden Harvest headed by He Guanchang.

Everyone understands the truth, but it is difficult to do. Golden Harvest implements a satellite company system for production, and in recent years, most of the film's funding has come from Taiwan. It is too difficult to follow the process completely, and it is a joke to follow the rules.

Unless Golden Harvest can be self-sufficient in all its funds like Kang Jianfei's DreamWorks, there will be room for operations.

The Hollywood system has been continuously improved for decades. It is impossible for Zou Chongyan to reform Golden Harvest in a short period of time. It may be okay to replace Golden Harvest with Shaw Brothers more than ten years ago, but it is too late now. .

Seeing this, Zou Chongyan, who wanted to make a difference, suggested that Jiahe reduce the production volume and increase investment in overseas theaters.

"Mr. Kang is here!"

"Hello, Director Kang."

"Boss Kang came very early."

"Mr. Kang, I just got a good script..."

Suddenly, the auditorium suddenly became lively, and all the members of the Directors Guild turned their attention to the person who had just entered.

The new box office record of 66.43 million is already an insurmountable gap in front of all Hong Kong directors, and it is an existence they can only look up to.

Don't expect anyone to break this box office record for at least two or three years. Even if he sees Kang Jianfei's unpleasant director again, he doesn't dare to say a strange word in public, because the box office is the most powerful proof of his strength.

Kang Jianfei is standing there, he is in the Hong Kong movie, you have to admit it if you don't admit it.

Even Huang Baiming, Cheng Long and others put down their pretense of being a big director and a big star, and walked over enthusiastically to shake hands with Kang Jianfei and say hello.

Zou Chongyan may have contempt for many directors in Hong Kong, but he highly respects Kang Jianfei, because the Oriental Group founded by Kang Jianfei is exactly the template in Zou Chongyan's heart. She also wanted to develop Golden Harvest into that, but unfortunately there were too many constraints and it was impossible to implement.

"Hello, Mr. Kang!" Zou Chongyan held back for a while, but couldn't help but go up to shake hands.

"Who are you?" Kang Jianfei had never seen this woman at all~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and couldn't think of another powerful female director from Hong Kong.

Zou Chongyan introduced himself with a smile: "My surname is Zou."

Introducing his surname Zou, but not saying his name, Kang Jianfei tentatively said, "Boss Zou of Jiahe is..."

"It's my father." Zou Chongyan said.

"It turned out to be Miss Zou, hello, hello!" Kang Jianfei laughed, not paying much attention. This daughter of Zou is not beautiful, and the two are destined to have little chance to cooperate, so Kang Jianfei really lacks interest in her.

When the time came, more than 40 directors had gathered in the auditorium, and these were not all members of the Directors Guild.

As the chairman of the association, Wu Siyuan went up to give a speech, and he said: "A few days ago, Hong Kong released a science fiction film comparable to "Star Wars", which set an astonishing box office record of 66.43 million. Here, I would like to congratulate Director Kang Jianfei , I wish Jurassic Park the next big hit at the overseas box office." r1152

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