Chapter 706 Is There a Hollywood Level?

The entertainment industry can be regarded as the Vanity Fair where rifts are most likely to arise. Brothers and best friends today may turn against each other tomorrow. ◢Щщш.suimeng.lā Even if the parties want to calm down, it is difficult for them to fear that the media in the world will stir up trouble and sow discord. Ti Lung and David Jiang are the most obvious examples.

Grabbing the show and grabbing the limelight is undoubtedly the main source of conflicts, but Zhou Runfa's "revealing his shortcomings" only attracted the hearty laughter of John Woo, Ti Lung, and Leslie Cheung, which made Tang Huan playfully examine the situation. They didn't seem to mind at all, and they thought to themselves: "Could it be that the current smooth career development has allowed these people to live a new realm and be more open-minded?"

"After Ah Fa entered the film, he was very selfless. Everyone will only admire him." Ti Lung, the leading actor of "A True Colors of Heroes", was the first to express his opinion.

"I can't help but admire him. For the next play, he sleeps in the same room with a dog so as to cultivate a relationship. He doesn't even want a wife." Leslie Cheung, who laughed and continued, made a gesture, "How should I describe it?" ..."

Tang Huan nodded softly, "If you are not crazy, you will not survive."

"Yes!" Leslie Cheung seemed to have been touched by a certain nerve, and he slapped his thigh deeply, "It's just that if you are not crazy, you will not survive!"

"Are they the three Akita dogs that DreamWorks found?" Tang Huan turned to Zhou Runfa.

"That's, and Forrest." Zhou Runfa scratched his head embarrassingly, "In order to cultivate a tacit understanding, I had to use stupid methods."

"It's hard work, isn't it?" Tang Huan had a smile on his lips. He remembered that this project was an idea he had brought over from Japan - a story about a legendary loyal dog in Japanese history.

This Akita dog named "Hachi" was born on November 10, 1923. In 1924, Professor Ueno Hidezaburo of the Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo Imperial University began to raise it.

Every day, Hachi will watch Professor Ueno go to work at the door of his house, and in the evening, he will go to Shibuya Station to meet his master after get off work.

In May 1925, Professor Ueno died suddenly of illness. However, Hachi still went to Shibuya Station every day to wait for the return of his master, until he finally died, waiting for a total of ten years.

During this period, Ba's situation can be described as ups and downs, very pitiful. Since the station staff and the surrounding people did not welcome Ba at that time, he was beaten, scolded and bullied from time to time.

Until 1932: Hirokichi Saito of the Japanese Dog Preservation Association wrote an article about Hachi waiting for his owner at Shibuya Station, and sent it to Tokyo "Asahi Shimbun" as "いとしやOld Dog Story"-"The Lovely Old Dog Story" Dog Story" as the title,

Published in the newspaper, which caused a sensation, Hachi became famous, and was later called "Hachi Gong" - "Hachi the Faithful Dog". The attitude of the station staff and residents towards this poor old dog became more and more friendly.

On March 8, 1935, Hachiko died at the entrance of the road on the north side of the Takizawa Hotel at the age of 11.

To commemorate this legendary loyal dog, a bronze statue of Hachiko was erected in front of Shibuya Station, but it was recovered by Japan, which was short of military supplies during World War II, and it was rebuilt several years after the end of the war.

Through operation, Tang Huan won the original and suppressed possible activities in Japan, and then handed it over to DreamWorks to adapt it into a script with the local background of Xiangjiang-"The Story of Hachiko the Faithful Dog".

Of course, no matter how it changes, the themes of trust and loyalty will always remain.

With the secret help of Tang Huan, a Hollywood tycoon, the Japanese film "The Forgotten", which is themed on Japanese orphans, finally won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the Oscars in late March this year, filling several A ten-year gap.

Naturally, through this tacit cooperation, Tang Huan's influence on the field of Japanese film has virtually increased.

Therefore, Tang Huan attached great importance to this project and personally named Ang Lee as the director, hoping to take advantage of this good situation and let Hong Kong films further win the Japanese market.

As for the further subtle operations, he didn't ask about it. He didn't know until now that Zhou Runfa was selected as the actor-the prototype of Ueno Hidezaburo.

"The Akita is a large dog. Even the puppy is very active. The adult dog has a wider range of activities and plays together for a long time. It's really too much." Zhou Runfa replied with a wry smile.

Tang Huan nodded slightly, picked up the wine glass and shook it, "You all belong to the well-known figures in the literary and art circles of Xiangjiang, and many of them made their names early. I am willing to help everyone build a bigger stage, but what is the effect? We still need to work together.”

Everyone hurriedly raised their wine glasses and said sincerely: "With Tang Sheng leading the way, our life will be easier."

After toasting, Ti Lung asked Li Lianjie, who had collaborated twice, "I heard that "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" is about to wrap up, do you have any plans for filming in the second half of the year?"

"We will shoot a fashion film in the second half of the year." Li Lianjie nodded, not revealing too many details.

No matter how familiar the two are, in front of the big boss, the minimum business confidentiality principles must be observed. As for possible employment recommendations after the news is confirmed, they can communicate in private.

However, Tang Huan, who was a little drunk, took over the conversation, "Is it the "Zhongnan_Hai Bodyguard"?"

Originally, this movie was going to contain some private goods and make a soft advertisement for Tang Huan's high-tech products in the security field; Wave advertising offensive.

No matter what, the project of this movie has been approved, and it will continue to be filmed as usual, and the cast will not change. The heroine is Zhang Manyu.

Since "The Frog Prince" directed by Wang Jing appeared on the big screen for the first time in 1984, Zhang Manyu began to intentionally shift the focus of her career to the film field, and she has taken on many roles in recent years.

Although most of the participating roles are pure and charming girls, which belong to their natural performances and do not require much acting skills, but with their outstanding appearance and unique fresh temperament, Zhang Manyu still attracted the attention of a large number of audiences and film critics.

Still in 1984, after "The Frog Prince", Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung, Chen You, and Anita Mui co-starred in "Fate". Zhang Manyu and Anita Mui, who are both newcomers in the film industry, have been affirmed by the critics for their performance.

Of course, the most classic role during this period is May, the girlfriend of the actor Chen Jiaju in "Police Story".

Because this pure and lovely character is particularly eye-catching in Cheng Long's style of martial arts comedy, Zhang Manyu became one of the most popular foreign actresses voted by Japanese fans that year through the release of "Police Story" in Japan.

It is precisely because of this success that Zhang Manyu was assigned to act as the heroine in the new version of "The Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai". The state in the story is enough.

"Yes." Li Lianjie nodded, "It just so happens that Zhang Manyu's schedule is about to be free, and the new crew can start working."

"Zhongnan_hai bodyguard, what a strong aura!" Leslie Cheung made a gesture with a smile, and asked curiously, "Is it the big inner master?"

"Probably." Li Lianjie smiled knowingly, "Actually, this name can only be used outside. According to the boss's intention, when it is released in the mainland, it will be under another name, otherwise it will not even pass the review. "

"It's only because Mr. Tang has the ability to open up the mainland market that he has all these happy troubles." Ti Lung, who has often been filming in the mainland, said with emotion: "Actually, the mainland film market is quite good now. One dollar can be exchanged for 7.8 Hong Kong dollars. It’s more than 30 Taiwan dollars, while the RMB is in the early 20s. The small counties I’ve been to have movie theaters, and our kind of kung fu movies are very popular. It depends on the operation ability.”

"Ginger is still old and hot, you just mentioned the secret of my business." Tang Huan laughed loudly, "Even if we only consider the urban population with high consumption capacity, more than 5 million people can be gathered in 1 billion miles. Xiangjiang's large consumer market is ten times larger, depending on whether you have the ability to take it from this cornucopia that is close at hand."

Everyone said yes again and again, and respectfully raised their glasses.

After drinking the wine in the glass, Tang Huan stood up, "I have been staying here, and you are not comfortable, and it is difficult to enjoy yourself, so I left the table early."

While saying "where" and "how come", everyone sincerely sent Tang Huan away, and then began to eat freely.

...

In fact, Tang Huan left in such a hurry because he remembered from the topic of "Zhongnan_Hai Bodyguard" that it was Zhang Manyu's turn to be "on duty" tonight, so he couldn't help but want to go back to his residence early.

Zhang Manyu had been waiting for a long time. Looking at the other party's clothes, Tang Huan couldn't help but his eyes lit up, because he used to be a delicate and pretty girl, but now he showed a young woman's style.

"Your image change is very interesting." Tang Huan praised sincerely.

Zhang Manyu turned around lightly in front of the mirror, and then smiled sweetly, "Maybe it has something to do with a recent drama."

Tang Huan frowned, and urged with great interest: "Then let's talk about it."

"I received a literary film in the first half of the year. It was adapted from Yi Shu's novel "The Story of Rose". It tells the first half of the heroine Rose's life from a girl to a young woman. Of course I have to adapt to the requirements of the script." Zhang Manyu said He brought sugar water and explained it carefully.

Tang Huan nodded, and joked casually: "Don't look at me asking DreamWorks and Xiangjiang Cinema Group to support the development of Xiangjiang's literary films, but Xiangjiang's current literary films are almost inseparable from intimacy scenes, which is quite annoying to me. I guess This routine is also indispensable in "The Story of Roses", how do you deal with it?"

"Technical processing." Zhang Manyu gave Tang Huan a blank stare, "Otherwise, if you lock up director Yang Fan, leading actors Liang Jiahui, and Zhang Jianting, then you can rest assured."

Tang Huan laughed loudly, put down the spoon, and asked, "Is the cooperation with Liang Jiahui going well?"

In 1980, Liang Jiahui, who was admitted to the 10th phase of TVB artist training class and became a classmate with Andy Lau, was kicked out by TVB before finishing his studies. As a result, he was dragged to the mainland by the old director Li Hanxiang by accident. The bald head played Emperor Xianfeng for the first time. "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government Behind the Curtain".

Although the response of these two films was not small, Liang Jiahui was also blocked by Baodao to make an example of others, almost cutting off the possibility of participating in commercial films.

Fortunately, the richest man supported the development of Hong Kong's literary and artistic films, Liang Jiahui did not run a small business as bleakly as in the original time and space, and had a place to display his strengths.

"I don't necessarily know that someone has high professional quality. How can I be qualified to comment." Zhang Manyu shyly became modest.

"That's true. Whether you're playing a girl or a young woman, you are acting in your true colors now, and it's all thanks to my hard work. Come on, I'll continue to help you improve." Tang Huan hugged Zhang Manyu horizontally.

...

The next day, Wu Yusen sent over the copy of "The True Colors of a Hero" with bloodshot eyes. In fact, its progress is almost finished, but it's just that he is once again independently directing a star-studded movie, which makes him carefully strive for excellence.

To be honest, "The True Colors of a Hero" is not original. Like the "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Four Thousand Gold" that DreamWorks is planning, they are all in old bottles with new wine. Book.

As early as 1967, Long Gang directed a film called "The True Colors of a Hero".

This version describes: After being released from prison, the habitual bandit played by Xie Xian, Li Zhuoxiong, decided to reform himself and never set foot in the rivers and lakes again. So with the assistance of the Released Prisoners Association, he found a job and settled down. Li Zhuoxiong did not want to have a bad influence on his younger brother Li Zhichen, so he kept concealing his imprisonment. Cyclops, the gang leader played by Shi Jian, saw that Li Zhuoxiong refused to join the gang again, so he arranged for his younger brother Li Zhichen to blow up the insurance company's wallet, so as to force Li Zhuoxiong to submit. But Li Zhuoxiong was unyielding, and in the end, in order to protect his brother's innocence, he took on everything alone and went to prison again.

Tsui Hark and Woo Yusen were inspired by this elevator, and now they have "The True Colors of a Hero".

It is conceivable that Tang Huan asked DreamWorks to pay attention to this theme, and the success of the film depends entirely on Wu Yusen's personal ability.

Anyway, Tang Huan, who was not short of money, could easily bear the risks. Based on the principle that the meat would rot in his own pot, he ordered DreamWorks to sign three contracts with John Woo and Tsui Hark for "The True Colors of Heroes".

In this way, this version of "The True Colors of Heroes" has a comprehensive consideration in the structure of the story, and the first part paves the way for the next two parts.

Wu Yusen, who was entrusted with important tasks, was also under a lot of pressure. Tang Huan said that he wanted to see the existing shooting results of "The True Colors of a Hero". He sorted them out overnight and sent them to Mr. Richest Man.

In fact, Tang Huan just wanted to confirm one thing, that is, whether the "The True Colors of Heroes" produced by Wu Yusen is as good as Hollywood's standard in the same period as the original comment on Time and Space.

If he is really that bullish, then he should take advantage of the current sluggish Hollywood opportunity to operate well. (To be continued.)