Dreams of the Fragrant River

"Mr. Wu, please." The waitress wearing a bright red cheongsam led Wu Yusen to a private room, opened the door and smiled softly.

"Thank you." Wu Yusen took out a 100 yuan tip and handed it to the waitress.

Stepping into the private room, Wu Yusen seems to have come to another time and space, and the antique decoration is like returning to the ancient times.

From a director's point of view, Wu Yusen carefully looked at the decorations in the room, and finally set his eyes on the main body.

Kang Jianfei stood up from the reclining chair and greeted with a smile, "Director Wu, please take a seat."

Wu Yusen sat down in confusion, took a sip of tea and said, "Jurassic Park is a global hit, I haven't had time to congratulate Mr. Kang."

"Haha, it's easy to say," Kang Jianfei accepted Wu Yusen's congratulations with a smile, "I heard that Director Wu's "The Detective" sold well in the United States."

Wu Yusen said humbly: "It's still in the light of Mr. Kang."

Wu Yusen's remarks are not polite either. His "Spicy Detective" can be accepted by the audience for three reasons: one is that his movie style is unique and suits the taste of Westerners; the other is that Kang Jianfei's movies in recent years The continuous landing has cultivated a group of Western audiences who love to watch Hong Kong films; the third is Zhang Jiazhen's labor. Zhang Jiazhen used to work in the distribution department of DreamWorks, and took the opportunity to meet a lot of filmmakers. "Sold.

The two chatted a couple of times about this year's New Year's Eve, and Kang Jianfei asked, "Director Wu doesn't seem to have played a movie for more than half a year. Do you have any plans to make a new movie?"

Wu Yusen's original intention was to go to the United States with Zhang Jiazhen to open a film company, but when Kang Jianfei asked this, he thought that Kang Jianfei would ask him to direct a Hong Kong film, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. After hesitating for a few seconds, Wu Yusen tentatively asked, "What advice does Mr. Kang have?"

Kang Jianfei didn't need to go around him, he said directly: "I have a story here, and I want to ask Director Wu to film it."

Wu Yusen thought that was the case, but he still asked curiously, "Why didn't Mr. Kang do it himself? Or did he hire a director from DreamWorks to do it?"

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "I think your directing style is more suitable."

Wu Yusen asked, "A Jianghu film or a shootout film?"

Kang Jianfei said: "Agents, gunfights, science fiction, the story takes place in the United States."

"Can I know a little about the plot first?" Wu Yusen's eyes lit up. He thought that Kang Jianfei asked him to shoot Hong Kong's Jianghu films. This type of film has long been smashed. Wu Yusen naturally didn't have much interest, but he didn't expect it. It's actually an American agent shootout movie.

Kang Jianfei said: "Arthur Zhou is a Chinese FB! Senior detective and terrorist Keith Troy accidentally killed Zhou's son when he assassinated Zhou. Years later, Zhou finally Through the informant's whistle-blowing, the terrorist Keith was personally caught... In order to find out the bomb security location, the chief of Zhou decided to use high-tech cosmetic technology to exchange the appearance of Zhou and the terrorist Keith in order to deceive Keith. The younger brother told the inside story... After the cunning Case learned the truth of the matter, he took the plan and killed the plastic surgeon and FB who knew the inside story! Detective..."

What Kang Jianfei is talking about is the outline of the story of "Changing Faces" ("Two Heroes"), but fb! The detective became Chinese.

Wu Yusen was very excited when he heard it, because this story is not only about fighting and killing, but the most interesting thing is the emotions and conflicts that the two protagonists face after they switch identities.

"There is no script for this film yet. I hope you can work with the screenwriter of DreamWorks to create the script, and I will personally review the script at that time," Kang Jianfei continued, "As for the casting issue, the Chinese detective asked Zhou Runfa to play the role. , I think Nicholas Cage is a good actor who plays the terrorist Keith. Zhou's wife, you can find a Hong Kong actress yourself, but it's better for Zhou's daughter to have a Japanese actress play the role, which can be regarded as taking care of the Japanese market. …”

For a director, it is natural to hate investors pointing fingers on casting issues, but Wu Yusen has no room for rejection at all, he can only choose to trust Kang Jianfei's vision.

Wu Yusen's plan to enter the United States can only be put on hold first. He has to finish the script of "Face Change" first, and then he can go to the United States to shoot.

As for the production of this play, Kang Jianfei has decided to jointly invest by Oriental DreamWorks, Oriental Film Company (USA) and Paramount Pictures, with the investment ratio of the three parties being 5:1:4.

...

More than half a month later.

The big cast of DreamWorks, "The All-powerful", was released ahead of schedule, and it was followed by the literary film "I Love Twisted Firewood" directed by Luo Qirui and starring Zhou Runfa.

What makes people ironic is that the highly anticipated "All-powerful" only sold 18.02 million at the box office, while "I Love Twisted Firewood", which is not very optimistic, has suddenly emerged. The Lantern Festival has already passed, and the box office of "City Hunter" and "A Happy Event in the Flower Field" began to weaken, while the box office of "I Love Twisted Wood" in the first week was as high as 10.6 million.

Zhou Runfa was still complaining before, saying that the movies he starred in in recent years rarely have a box office of more than 30 million, but with the first week results of "I Love Twisted Wood", it is only a matter of time before the box office is 30 million.

In any case, "I Love Twisted Firewood" can be regarded as a way for DreamWorks to get back the lost face of the Lunar New Year file. Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting, the husband and wife team, once again showed their strength as a literary director.

Time quickly entered March, and Kang Jianfei did not go to the Oscars to join in the fun, but he had to participate in the spring tea of ​​the Hong Kong Directors Association.

The so-called Spring Tea, to put it bluntly, is the Spring Festival tea party. The directors in the circle sit together to drink tea and chat. While celebrating the New Year, they review the past and look forward to the future by the way.

To be honest, the box office of this year’s Hong Kong films in the spring is a bit bad, down by nearly 10 percentage points compared to the same period last year. A more intuitive data is that from January to March, the number of films with box office of more than 10 million, 20 million, and 30 million was much less than last year.

No one knows why, the Hong Kong stock market has repeatedly hit new highs, citizens' wages and movie ticket prices are rising, but the overall box office of movies is declining.

Perhaps this year is a bad year. On the first day of New Year's Day, a stampede occurred in Lan Kwai Fong to celebrate the New Year, resulting in a tragedy of 21 deaths and 62 deaths, casting a shadow over 1993.

In fact, the reason for the decline in the overall box office data of Hong Kong films is very simple.

Directors Guild Building.

More than 100 people entered the auditorium one after another, all of them film and television directors. Under the suggestion of Kang Jianfei, the Hong Kong Film Directors Association became the Hong Kong Directors Association, and TV directors were also included in this organization.

As the manager of the production department of DreamWorks, Chen Xunqi has not directed a movie for several years. He is more involved in the filming as a producer, but this time the Directors Association Chunming still invited him.

As soon as Chen Xunqi entered the venue, the directors left and shook hands with him, and the young directors tried their best to compliment, hoping to have a relationship with Chen Xunqi.

Liu Zhenwei shaved his head and shouted at Chen Xunqi, "Brother Qi, this way!"

Chen Xunqi walked over with a smile and asked, "Where's Wei, why didn't he come?"

Wong Kar-Wai initially followed Chen Xunqi and worked as a screenwriter under Chen Xunqi. Liu Zhenwei had a good personal relationship with them.

Liu Zhenwei smiled and said, "He, he went to Taipei to ask Cai Songlin for money again."

Chen Xunqi asked in surprise: "Awei is filming a scholar?"

Liu Zhenwei said: "'The True Story of A Feifei' made Boss Deng so angry that he was admitted to the hospital. Who would dare to invite him to film? Only Taiwanese film businessmen have more money."

"What was this shot?" Chen Xunqi asked.

Liu Zhenwei said: "It's adapted from Mr. Cha's novel, and it's called "Evil in the East and Poison in the West"."

Chen Xunqi nodded and said, "The box office of the new martial arts films has been good in recent years. If A Wei can make a solid martial arts film, it can be regarded as a way out."

Liu Zhenwei thought to himself: What a way to go, that bad guy went to the mainland for half a year to shoot a martial arts film, the pre-budget has been spent, and the film is still far away, the ghost knows when "Dong Xie Xi Po" will be released. The Taiwanese were miserable this time.

In an era when the average production cycle of Hong Kong films was only one month, Wong Kar-wai took two years to film "Evil and Poison in the West". In the end, the film was released on the streets of Mars. He could not escape the reputation of "King of Pit Kings". Lost.

The two were chatting about Wang Jiawei's new film, and suddenly someone came in at the door. Everyone turned to look, but Cheng Long and Wang Jing came side by side.

"Let me tell you, the girls in the Hongye Club are great. But they don't usually come out, and you have to coax them to be happy before you leave. I heard that Ali last time was a top student at the University of Hong Kong. I don't think she read it. The University of Hong Kong, but the University of Portland, can't hold both hands..." Wang Jingjian laughed and talked about his romantic deeds.

Cheng Long was chatting with him vigorously outside, and as soon as he entered the venue, he became serious, coughed and said, "Let's go and see together next time."

"It's easy to talk," Wang Jing took two steps forward, hugged Du Qifeng, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Ah Feng, let's play cards together tonight."

Du Qifeng also smiled and said, "Okay, call Adong and Anan too."

Du Qifeng took Wang Jing to greet Huang Baiming, Gao Zhisen, Lin Lingdong and the others~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and Cheng Long went to sit with Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao, Lin Zhengying and others.

Hong Jinbao is really embarrassed to see Cheng Long. Cheng Long has become more and more prosperous in recent years, but he has been going downhill. No matter whether it is a film he directed, starred in or produced, few films can be ranked in the annual list. Top ten at the box office.

As for Lin Zhengying, it is even worse. Since zombie films have already been filmed badly, it is difficult for Lin Zhengying's films directed and starring to sell well at the box office, and even Taiwanese investors do not want to pay for him to make films.

Cheng Long chatted vigorously with Yuan Biao, and Hong Jinbao responded without saying a word. He really had no mood to chat with Cheng Long.

Suddenly there was another change at the door. I saw a large group of directors gathered around the door, and greetings came from time to time:

"Hi boss!"

"Mr. Kang, morning."

"Hello Director Kang, I'm..."

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