Chapter 282 Talking About Business (44)
Of course Shen Xudong came to Hong Kong only after receiving the invitation...
Otherwise, would he run to Hong Kong alone?
are you crazy?
Isn’t it nice to stay in the mainland?
"The Desire of the Golden Branch" has a phenomenal influence, and the novel version also achieved a sales miracle, with sales exceeding 600,000 in just half a month!
Qin Wen attended several autograph sessions. If Shen Xudong also attended, the effect would definitely be better...
The more "The Desire of the Golden Branch" is sold, the more money he can get...
Come to Hong Kong to promote "Hold the Call"...
Can't make a dime!
He also had to pay for it - he paid for the meal and taxi just now himself!
This kind of behavior is obviously inconsistent with Shen Xudong's character...
I can't help it, it's a movie after all...
Moreover, the Hong Kong partners of "The Tailor" and "Witness" are both Emperor, including the Asia-wide distributor of "Glory of the Tang Dynasty"...
Of course, the Emperor invited him to come and participate in the promotion of "Hold the Call". He should come!
…
It’s not a good time!
If it had been a few years earlier, Shen Xudong would have been received grandly, and at least the three treasures of wine would have been arranged: peanuts, potato chips and shrimp crackers...
After the Independent Commission Against Corruption intervened, the Emperor restrained himself a lot.
It was just hosted in a club.
The conversation was about business.
But what he said is quite reasonable: "In 1994, after Taiwanese companies collectively stopped buying Hong Kong films, the largest market for Hong Kong films disappeared, but we can still hold on because the Southeast Asian market is still there. The decline of Hong Kong films is a symbol of The United States made "Jurassic Park". Before that, movies all over the world were similar. Once a theme became popular, plagiarism and borrowing were enough. "The Best of Us" borrowed from 007, and Stephen Chow's comedy borrowed from David. Zach... "Jurassic Park" can't draw inspiration from it, it doesn't have the ability."
Makes sense!
Hollywood is popular all over the world, proving that movies can no longer be completed by just a few actors, a few cameras, a screenwriter, and a director, but rather industrial strength.
Of course, Shen Xudong could not agree with him, but said: "It's okay, there's also "Infernal Affairs"... I think Hong Kong's police movies are the most unique genre in the world!"
Well, "Infernal Affairs", after "Infernal Affairs", 80% of Hong Kong movies are death-defying undercovers + gangsters + counter-undercovers + gangsters + corrupt undercover gangsters and so on.
When it comes to "Tomorrow's War", we fight an alien...
I also want to catch the undercover!
Gradually becoming a demon...
"No, now the project is actually about the leader recruiting supporting actors and young models to start work, and everyone just makes a living...I can't compare to you, you treat movies as art!"
"No, now we are all about marketization and box office... We treat movies as an industry... Since we want to be an industry, we must look at the data. From top to bottom, we attach great importance to box office. Hong Kong movies have sufficient business experience. You know how to make money at the box office. Mainland China has just started and many places are immature. You need to learn more..."
"Haha, the mainland market is huge. Let's communicate more... Winnie, toast!"
Winnie is Leung Min-yee, a female artist under Emperor's banner...
How can we talk about things without a female artist following us!
Shen Xudong didn't even look at her, he picked up the cup and took a sip...
Obviously, he has no idea about Liang Minyi...
What a gentleman!
Gentleman, Yang Shoucheng no longer wants to accompany you...
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In fact, according to the provisions of the CEPA agreement: in China-Hong Kong co-productions, the proportion of Hong Kong creative personnel is not restricted, but the proportion of mainland actors must not be less than one-third of the total main actors;
There is no restriction on where the story takes place, but the plot or main characters should be related to the mainland...
The rules are very clear!
However, when co-productions were first launched, although Hong Kong filmmakers moved northward one after another, they still maintained a high attitude that they were not worthy of being beaten.
In their eyes, the mainland film market is a wilderness, waiting for them to exploit it at will.
Therefore, the initial casting is often composed of Hong Kong male protagonists and Mainland female protagonists, or Hong Kong double protagonists and Mainland supporting roles.
What's even more fucked up is that if an actor from the Mainland comes out to show his face, it will be considered a co-production. The typical ones are "New Police Story" or "The Great Sage"...
Later, mainland actors began to be arranged to play villains;
Later, with the rise of mainland stars, it gradually became a model of mainland protagonists + Hong Kong supporting roles.
Of course, Shen Xudong doesn't care about this, Chen Daoming + Liang Jiahui + Gong Li in "Witness";
"The Tailor", Director Chen + Charlene Choi + Tse Ting Feng + Edison Chen...
The male lead clearly says Director Chen!
If you are willing to cooperate, then cooperate. If you are not willing, we will find someone else - Jiang Zhiqiang and Media Asia's Lin Jianyue are waiting in line to cooperate!
Including "Hold the Call", the female lead and negative lead are both mainland actors, Chen Hao and Hu Jun...
After chatting for a while, they left with Liang Minyi, leaving behind Chen Musheng and Zheng Jianfeng, the producer of "Hold the Call".
The three of them quickly started talking about movie types, and naturally they talked about police movies!
It's normal. At this stage, the only genre of Hong Kong movies left is police and gangster movies...
"I think the most important thing about a police film is the story...Don't be afraid of the story being old, the important thing is the way it is told..."
"…for example!"
"...You can dig deeper into "Infernal Affairs". The gangsters in it are too low-end and too idealistic!"
Chen Musheng said nothing, but Zheng Jianfeng became interested: "Can you tell me more specifically..."
""Infernal Affairs" + "The Bloody Heroes"...
The protagonist Li Zicheng, in eight years, has risen from a young henchman to the fifth position in the gang. He has a house, a car, a wife, a younger brother, and a son who is about to be born. His income is N times that of ordinary policemen. He is like a successful person. !
His biggest pain is that his boss will often use undercover secrets to threaten him and ask him to serve the police...
Li Zicheng's wish is to leave, to escape, to completely get rid of the identity of "police" that has tortured him for eight years! "
"Just like in "The Heroes", the good policeman Li Ying is squeezed out by his boss and feels the harshness of the world. The police has never been a pool of clear water, it is also a quagmire..."
"Of course, the reason why the boss did this is because there has been a precedent of undercover betrayal and betrayal of colleagues. Therefore, the boss is always wary of Li Zicheng and takes precautions at all times. He has placed many informants around Li. Even Li Zicheng's wife is sent by him. Come watch.
I think the relationship of kindness and trust between Chen Yongren and Huang Zhicheng in "Infernal Affairs" is too idealistic... I think the real situation is all kinds of coercion and inducement, both soft and hard.
In order to achieve the "just" goal of eradicating gangs, the police can use any means and regardless of the safety of undercover agents. "
"Then...how to unfold it?"
Shen Xudong talked about the beginning of "New World"...
It's impossible for him to tell everything, or the same sentence: It's just the first time they met, and he dictated the script again?
Do you think the other person has a poor memory? Or do you think they dare not use your idea?