Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 859 Vaccination

   Regarding the current system of ATV, unless there is really no way, Tsui Hark will not leave voluntarily.

  The film circle of Xiangjiang in the early days was notoriously cruel, not only cruel to the bottom group performers and behind-the-scenes staff, but also to their directors and star artists.

  The early stage of the Hong Kong film industry followed a high degree of commercialization and industrialization, and a large amount of capital flowed into the film circle, thereby promoting the prosperity of the entire industry.

   At that time, filmmaking did not sell ideals, let alone feelings, but naked financial interests.

  What is a commercial film?

  Simply put, a movie that the judges don’t like, and that the public likes and is willing to pay to watch, is a commercial movie.

  Xiangjiang's early films, from martial arts films, to comedy films, to shootout films, have different audiences at different time periods.

  Because the audience's tastes are changing too fast, the entire Hong Kong film industry has to keep changing with the market in order to meet the needs of the audience and achieve its own commercial purposes.

   But such frequent market changes result in a lot of pressure on those directors and star artists, because once they fail to keep up with the pace of market changes, they are easily abandoned by the entire film industry.

But we all know that it is very difficult to change a person's character and habits, just like many later-generation stars, many of their characters have been set from the beginning, once they make a character that does not fit his character If things go wrong, they will face the collapse of their personalities, their reputation will be discredited, and their popularity will be lost.

   In the same way, a director who is used to shooting martial arts films, if you let him try new martial arts concepts, he may still have a high chance of successfully transforming and accepting new ideas and new routines in the market.

   However, if you ask a director who is used to shooting martial arts films to shoot a comedy or a shootout, it will be difficult for him to turn his mind around for a while.

   We all know that there are specialties in the art industry. You, a master driving an excavator on a construction site, were suddenly pulled to drive a fighter jet. I think it would be difficult for anyone to adapt to this on-the-spot role change.

  The high degree of commercialization has caused many directors and stars who can't keep up with the pace.

Even for a well-known director like Tsui Hark, there are many ups and downs in the middle, and this is already very lucky, at least later generations have a good life in his later years, unlike many Heung Kong artist directors The evening scene is bleak. .

  Xiangjiang films are overly commercialized, and other types of films cannot be accommodated in the same time period. There is only one main reason, that is, the market is too small.

   The total population of Hong Kong is only a few million. Such a small market, no matter how developed Hong Kong’s economy and capital are, there is no way to compare it with the inland market of 1.3 billion people in later generations.

   In the inland film market of later generations, no matter what type of film you are making, as long as it is well-made, even the least-selling literary and artistic film, as long as it bears the title of a well-known director and first-class star, the audience will basically buy it.

   As the saying goes, the east is not bright and the west is bright. With such a large market size, there will always be a certain number of people who like to watch some movies that the public does not like and do not sell well.

   The larger the market size, the stronger the inclusiveness, and the less pressure and risk of directors, stars and investors.

  The loss is small, your director has failed several times, and as long as the film you make is not the garbage that everyone resists, then there will always be investors willing to come to you.

   As for the stars, it doesn’t matter if there are many bad movies, as long as your emotional intelligence is high, you can participate in some variety shows with high exposure, and maintain your popularity. Even if you fall off the 18th line that day, you can still sell your feelings.

   The bigger the market, the more things that can be manipulated. Therefore, the outdated star directors in the inland of later generations, no matter how desolate their later years, will not be desolate to the level of those artist directors in Xiangjiang.

   In the final analysis, the market is king, and only a large enough market demand can accommodate movies of various genres.

   With the continuous expansion of Yang Chen's industry, the cinema line, as the main output channel, has also expanded in Southeast Asia.

  With the expansion of the cinema chain, Heung Kong Films is bound to have a bigger market in the future. Once, Shaw Brothers had the advantage of having a large number of cinema chains in Southeast Asia, making Boss Shao the most influential media tycoon in Asia.

Now Shaw Brothers is in decline. Although Jiahe has Shuanglong (Li Xiaolong, Cheng Long) to support the field successively, Jiahe's innate background is insufficient. Jiahe's cinema chains are all pieced together. Xiangjiang can only rely on the quality of the movie to attract other partners.

   And Shaw Brothers is different, because Boss Shao started his career in Southeast Asia by doing movies in his early years, and his cinema chains are all over Southeast Asia. No matter how good the film is, the number of cinema chains can make up the gap with Golden Harvest.

The reason why Shaw Brothers films in later generations was closed was not because of how much money Shaw Brothers films lost, but because Boss Shao himself was old and his energy was not as young as when he was young. In addition, he devoted himself to running the TV station in the later period, which led to the last trump card of Xiangjiang Films. was taken away.

  Without Shaw Brothers’ cinema chain, after Southeast Asian countries restricted the import of Hong Kong movies, they were completely cold, and they didn’t even have a chance to make a comeback.

   The old kings of later generations all know that in order to let Chinese films go out, in addition to relying on Cheng Long's group of superstars who can play, the most important thing is to master the distribution channel of the theater.

   If you don’t have a theater chain to make movies, you can’t speak well.

   Now ATV is in a booming state, especially the newly established Asia Entertainment Media Group, which is known as the largest media company in Asia in the future, and is likely to dominate the future entertainment market in Asia in the future.

   As the saying goes, leaning against a big tree is a good way to enjoy the shade. It is impossible for Tsui Hark to not understand this truth. As long as he is not stupid, everyone knows how to choose.

   After talking about the script with Tsui Hark, Yang Chen said, "Then, the candidate for the male protagonist, don't know for now. I have a person here. If you can find him, you can use him when the time comes."

   "I personally think that person has great potential, especially in martial arts action movies. If you want to have a bigger breakthrough in movies, especially new martial arts, you need an actor like Cheng Long."

   Tsui Hark couldn't help but wonder, "Who is the boss talking about?"

   Yang Chen said with a smile: "It's useless to say it now, they are not from Xiangjiang, whether they can come to us or not, we still need to see if there is a chance."

  The reason why Yang Chen said this was mainly to attract Tsui Hark's attention.

In this era, it is not like the so-called popular stars of later generations. They rely on top-level traffic, and they are arrogant. They act in a movie or TV series. It's not uncommon to add or subtract dramas by yourself. What's more, he tells the director how to shoot, and it can be seen in some actors.

   Acting in a play, but I don’t understand, the director has to teach it by hand.

  Why don't you dare to offend?

  Because people are sometimes hypocritical

  People make excuses at will, it's uncomfortable, it's not uncomfortable, they just drag you on for two days, even if your director is awesome and angry, it can make you lose your temper.

   As for changing actors, this does not exist. Well-known directors are okay to say that directors who are not very famous or have no sense of presence will not be able to bear the consequences of changing actors.

   In addition to wasting time, there is also the flow of fans behind each star. It is needless to say how strong the fans are.

   Those stars in later generations, that didn't break the director's heart.

   In Hong Kong, especially in this era, you can count the star artists who dare to ask the director to change the script according to his requirements.

   In addition to investors, directors of Heung Kong are all the objects that star artists need to curry favor with, and the most popular stars, when they arrive on the set, have to obey the director's arrangement obediently.

   If you can't act well, the two scoldings are light.

If you don’t shoot according to the director’s instructions, change the script randomly, add or subtract the drama yourself, it’s not a bad thing to be abandoned. Once the director is unhappy, he will say a few more words in front of the media, the reputation will be bad, and it is not a new thing to be banned. .

   Therefore, Yang Chen wanted to let Tsui Hark know that he attached great importance to Li Lianjie based on his own opinion, so as to avoid unpleasant things during the cooperation between the two.

   After all, every young man who becomes famous has his own temperament and character, and it is difficult for ordinary people to control such a person.

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   (end of this chapter)