Chapter 1440 The King of Traps? The Mediator King?

"This movie is going to be shot in India, so it will take a little longer." Yin Jun warned, "But I hope you can actively join the crew and learn the working style and shooting techniques of international-level directors. ...I have remembered everything you just said. If you want to be truly successful, you must make unremitting efforts to achieve it. You must also remember it clearly!"

"I know!"

Wang Jiawei nodded heavily.

Then he scratched his head in embarrassment, "Master Jun, can I ask why you suddenly value me so much? I don't have anything particularly outstanding!"

"Because I watched the movie you wrote and I think you have potential." Yin Jun did not answer directly, but he still included some private information, "Your expression technique is very good, but now it seems that there are still a lot of fragments. If If you can reduce these and be more coherent, your movie will be better."

After a pause, the young man continued, "No one stipulates that art films must be so profound and deep. You can watch my "Prison", "Juno", and "The Shawshank Redemption" ...They all have complete artistic expression! We often say that movies should be enjoyed by both refined and popular people. If you can do this, your achievements will be limitless."

Wang Jiawei nodded slightly again thoughtfully.

His current fragmented style is far from being formed, but he just has such a tendency in his mind.

He didn't expect that Yin Jun had already noticed it, and he couldn't help but sigh that genius is a genius, and he could be so keenly aware of what he wanted to work hard on.

Although Wang Jiawei may not necessarily agree with Yin Jun's statement, Yin Jun is the greatest screenwriter and a great director in the world. What such a great filmmaker says is unspeakable for a filmmaker like Wang Jiawei who has not yet made his debut. The influence is certainly huge.

Unknowingly, some of Wang Jiawei's ideas will be changed.

This was also the purpose of Yin Jun's instructions to him.

In fact, Wang Jiawei is not the kind of person who goes to the point of no return of "making others incomprehensible" from the beginning.

His debut work "Carmen in Mong Kok" is very beautiful and interesting. Although there are many literary and youthful aspects, the overall film takes into account business and literature, and has achieved both box office and word-of-mouth success.

This was also the prerequisite for Deng Huanrong to step into the huge pit of "Days of Being Wild".

If Wong Jiawei had originally filmed "Days of Wild", then no one would have invested in "Carmen".

The initial fame brought Wang Jiawei an expansion of self-confidence.

In addition, he was young, so he acted a little recklessly.

Hence the emergence of "Days of Being Wild".

It wouldn't matter if "Days of Being Wild" really failed. Deng Huanrong, who was rushed to the hospital after the box office was released, didn't feel too sad.

But the problem is that "Days of Being Wild" actually won 5 awards at the 10th Academy Awards, including the four most important super awards. In addition to Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Director and The best actor awards were all won by "Days of Being Wild"! !

Now Deng Huanrong became even more depressed.

Damn, what kind of movie did I invest in?

It was able to win so many awards, but it made a huge loss of almost 10 million at the box office! ?

How unlucky I must have been to meet such a great person! ?

Originally, Deng Huanrong could be discharged from the hospital after staying in the hospital for more than 2 months. However, because "Days of Wild" became the biggest winner at the Academy Awards, he stayed in the hospital for an extra month.

It’s so ridiculous that it’s really unbearable to look back on!

The biggest beneficiary of "Days of Wild" is of course Wang Jiawei.

When "Days of Wild" was so huge at the box office that people were so dissatisfied with the fact that they were so complacent that they didn't even know what a director like Wang Jiawei had done after just two movies, almost all the production companies He fell into limbo.

But as soon as the Academy Awards were announced, "Days of Wild" almost dominated the entire Academy Awards. People's perception of Wang Jiawei suddenly changed a lot.

Hey, this guy really has a knack for making movies!

If I want to make a movie and add some honor to the company, he seems like a good choice!

Although it is impossible to make money, the huge sense of glory of the Academy Awards and the improvement of the company's reputation and status are still very obvious!

Just think of spending money to buy honor!

Anyway, you will definitely not get the honor of the Academy Awards even if you spend money. If you make a movie, it is a legitimate path after all!

Then Wang Jiawei cheated Scholar Film Company.

The boss of Scholar Company, the largest film company in Baodao, is Cai Songlin.

In order to build his reputation in Hong Kong, Cai Songlin invested nearly 20 million in Wang Jiawei's new movie.

There is no other way, Wang Jiawei only uses big-name actors.

This movie has such superstars as Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Cheung Suet-you, Lin Ching-xia, Maggie Cheung, and Carina Lau. Can the cost be too low?

This is because Wang Jiawei is famous and can fool people. Otherwise, based on the normal salary price, if you add 20 million, it will be almost the same.

Oh, by the way, the movie is called Ashes of Time.

The box office flop was worse than "Days of Wild", and the plot was even more confusing than "Days of Wild"!

After all, "Days of Being Wild" also has Leslie Cheung's wonderful solo dance, as well as his "one-minute friend" to Carina Lau, and the classic joke about "footless bird".

But "Ashes of Time" is completely unpalatable. Even 30 years later, the experts on Zhihu and Douban can only come up with some topics to talk about, which is not the case at all. mainstream.

If good friend Liu Zhenwei hadn't helped to make a movie called "East and West" to focus on the box office, which was a big success and reduced the pressure on Wang Jiawei, I am afraid that literary men like Cai Songlin would have the idea of ​​​​finding someone to break Wang Jiawei's limbs. .

By the way, "Ashes of Time" took more than two years to film.

And "East and West" only took two weeks.

That's a little too much.

Anyway, Yin Jun knows that since "Days of Wild", a movie that bombed the box office and won a lot of awards, Wang Jiawei has been completely led astray.

"Yuzhou Forest" is slightly better, and "Ashes of Time" is the turning point where he completely embarks on the road of no return.

Having said that, Yin Jun wants to train Wang Jiawei, but he does not actually want to train another director who can combine both literature and art and business.

There are many directors like this in Hong Kong, and there is no shortage of them like Wang Jiawei.

Xu Anhua, Zhang Wanting and his wife, these are very excellent directors who are both artistic and commercial, and have very good characters.

Even Yin Jun is not lacking in directors who specialize in awards.

The above people are examples of them. Xu Anhua won many more Academy Awards in Hong Kong and Golden Horse Awards in Baodao than the King of Sunglasses.

Moreover, there is Yin Jun in this life. He has already won the Best Picture Oscar. With several super classic bombs, he does not believe that those old men will not award him the Best Director award.

With the Oscar for Best Director, Kirin Group does not need Wang Jiawei to add icing on the cake.

In fact, Yin Jun values ​​​​Wang Jiawei's ability the most, which is his ability to tease actors and actresses.

To be precise, even Zhang Moumou is slightly worse than Wang Jiawei in this aspect.

It is a great skill to be able to select actors from thousands of candidates who are just right for your movie.

Zhang Maimou is such a person.

Whether it's Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Ni Ni, or Zhou Dongyu, they are definitely the right ones to choose, and they fit Zhang Moumou's movie role just right.

The roles selected by many directors do not meet their own requirements or do not fit well, which ultimately leads to the failure of the overall effect of the movie.

But Yin Jun privately felt that Wang Jiawei's methods were more sophisticated.

He doesn't choose actors for the roles in his movies at all. The Sunglasses King chooses the most handsome and beautiful male and female protagonists.

Then he slowly adjusted these actors, adjusted them to the ideal level in his mind, and then started acting in the movie.

This is how Tony Leung and Zhang Manyu were slowly brought out and became best actor and actress.

The handsome men and beautiful women who originally relied on their faces to make a living can be transformed into actors who can beat everyone with their acting skills. Can you tell me, is this kind of director great?

The King of Sunglasses has never been opportunistic.

When did Leslie Cheung's acting skills start to improve?

It's after "Farewell My Concubine".

But that is definitely not the credit of Brother Chen Kai, but all due to Zhang Guorong's own hard work and unremitting efforts. He put aside all pretensions and seriously devoted himself to the role, thus ushering in a transformation.

So Brother Chen Kai happened to meet the best Cheng Dieyi, instead of him recruiting Cheng Dieyi.

Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu were all developed by Wang Jiawei slowly for several years or more than ten years.

Without Wang Jiawei, Tony Leung Chiu-wai is at best an enhanced version of Andy Lau, not up to the level of Tony Leung Jiahui and Chow Yun-fat.

Without Wang Jiawei, Zhang Manyu would be just an enhanced version of Carina Lau at best, and would not be able to become the number one female actress in Hong Kong.

I dare not say that the King of Sunglasses turns decay into magic, but he can still bear the word "turning stone into gold".

Therefore, what Yin Jun values ​​​​most about Wang Jiawei is his ability to manipulate actors.

There are so many male and female stars in Hong Kong, so many talented and potential male and female stars. In their previous lives, they were dragged down by impetuous commercial movies, delayed by a series of chores, and failed to show their strength.

For example, Zhong Chuhong, who is most likely to become the first international movie queen, actually got married and retired just after filming "Across the World" and when she was at her peak. It is really a big regret.

Otherwise, Zhong Chuhong's own conditions are actually much better than Zhang Manyu's.

There are also male stars. If Wang Jiawei can recruit five or six actors who have not been able to make it in their previous lives, it will be a great good thing for both Hong Kong movies and Chinese-language movies!