My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 489 Martial Arts Script and Home Return Certificate
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Zheng Zhongjian, Su Liyao and others are in charge of the Wu Xiaozu Charity Film Fund.This foundation will not be completed in a short period of time.

However, he did not coax Hou Xiaochen into letting Jiang Zhiqiang quickly review the production process of the movie "City of Sadness".

With the development of 1024 Locomotive Film Company, the review process of scripts and movies within the company is also on the right track.At the same time, the company's editing and creation department also began to create or compile some scripts to enrich the company's script library.

Many young people came to Wu Xiaozu to try their luck with scripts, but fortunately no one shouted evilly: I don't want the script!I want to bet on it!

Otherwise, Wu Xiaozu really thought he was living in someone else's script.

Golden Harvest, New Art City, Debao, and 1024 Locomotive all have their own script libraries.

New Art City was a collective creation back then, but after the 7 members of the struggle went their separate ways, the script also became standardized.Huang Baiming himself is very talented, but in fact, many of the scripts with his name are often led by him, and then the scriptwriters below are responsible for perfecting the story.

At this time, the routine and follow-up of the movie script were obvious. In comparison, the screenwriters of 1024 Locomotive were the best-paid group.

"City of Sadness, except for Ah Dong, is all the actors chosen by Hou Xiaochen himself, and the salary is very low. I will fly to Wanwan next week. Hou Xiaochen has set the filming location of this drama in Jiufen. I want to go and see for myself. .”

Jiang Zhiqiang looked at Li Xiufen, the secretary next to Wu Xiaozu, "Ah Fen will follow me as a production assistant first, and then exercise, it should be fine."

"Okay, Mr. Jiang." Li Xiufen closed the file and nodded her thanks.

"Thank you boss, he is very optimistic about you, and keeps giving you opportunities to train you."

Jiang Ershao raised his short legs and shook back and forth, "Azu, I really admire you for this. You are willing to give young people like them a chance. I won't talk about it. A Fen started as a secretary and entered the production department. A Guo That guy, you put him in charge of the marketing department directly, you are really courageous."

Yu Weiguo has now started to serve as the person in charge of the company's marketing department, responsible for market research, data collation, film promotion, market analysis, etc., and he has become a company executive in one fell swoop.

This time, the "City of Sadness" project was established.

Soil ugly secretary Li Xiufen was also "actively" recommended by Wu Xiaozu to join the production team of this drama as the assistant director of the production.Of course, it was Jiang Zhiqiang who was in charge of the overall situation.

Without Jiang Zhiqiang sitting in charge, Wu Xiaozu would not dare to let himself go.

"Didn't we also grow up from rookies? In the past two years, we ran theaters, and you and I had to go to those theater owners... If you don't give them a chance, they will never grow up.

It is true that my charity film fund is to cultivate film talents, but it cannot suppress our internal talents. "Wu Xiaozu didn't blush and his heart didn't beat, he said righteously.

Hearing that Jiang Ershao was in awe.

Li Xiufen, the ugly and ugly secretary, was also moved. This opportunity was like a skyrocket to her.

Looking at the ugly secretary with tears in his eyes, Wu Xiaozu heaved a sigh of relief...Damn, a poor secretary forced himself to play tricks of ascending and descending secretly!
Female secretaries are not the same as male secretaries. They belong to occupations with uncertain ceilings.

Either just stand still... or become a boss woman in a single leap.

Li Xiufen can't.

It's too much of an eyesore to be around!The second one is really hard to talk about... I can only give her a promotion!
The filming cost of "City of Sadness" is about 18 US dollars, including the cost of post-production, the cost of this film is also firmly controlled at 20 US dollars.

Don't say you won an award!

For Wu Xiaozu, the moment he didn't get the trophy, everything was empty talk.His investment in this movie was a bet that Hou Xiaochen could make an excellent movie.

Any business is a gamble, especially film investment!
Many times, when preparing for a movie, you choose a popular actor, and you don’t know if he suddenly hit the street in a previous filming, making the whole movie feel cold...

He didn't pay Hou Xiaochen more money because of his sympathy in art, so that he could take more exquisite pictures, or something - that's not necessary!

People like Hou Xiaochen have the same problem as Wang Jiawei, he doesn't take too much money from you, and he can spend everything for you...

Now that they have taken the road of art, the difficulties of life can instead inspire their creative inspiration.

Moreover.

From that day on, Hou Hsiao-san's films didn't need to be refined.

This "City of Sadness" actually has a feeling of "recording" in it. The storyboard script on the other party's script is full of fixed long-shot designs. Wu Xiaozu is confused. If it is not Hou Xiaochen, change to another person, Wu Xiaozu Not give him a penny.

After losing money, there is still one thing. . . .

Roughness, stagnation, and freeze-frame are his unique styles, coupled with a mouthful of Wanwan accent, although it is dull, it is still considered petty bourgeoisie... It is better than the mediocre Wanwan accent in "Nie Yinniang".

Wanwan actors, Wanwan accent restricts them.

In terms of speaking, there is indeed a big gap between them.Don't ask them to be like British actors, with a special distinction between British and American accents, at least they have to be in the show...

Think of this-

"Fen, you can fly to Wanwan after handing over the work. This time, learn more, watch more and talk less."

Wu Xiaozu lowered his head, instead of looking at his ugly secretary, he flipped through the Ming history materials in his hand.

recent.

He has obtained the copyright of "Dragon Inn" from Shaw Brothers, and found the master tape of the movie to watch.At the same time, he also started to write his own draft script.

This play can be regarded as a new leap forward attempt for him.

Pure martial arts style is now a big pit, and the only thing worse than him may be Xianxia Fantasy. A "New Shushan Swordsman" made no one in Hong Kong dare to touch this theme again.

Martial arts TV dramas have been very popular in the past two years, because most of them are popular IP adaptations of martial arts novels.It is increasingly difficult to find a market for pure martial arts original stories.The main reason is that in the 60s and 70s, these great directors took martial arts to a desperate level, and then they shot... all of them are picking up people's teeth, and they can't even pick up people's teeth.

Otherwise, Tsui Hark would not have asked Hu Jinquan to film "Swordsman".

Ancient costume martial arts, these two themes combined into one, Wu Xiaozu has never been in contact with before, it is a challenge and expansion.

He wasn't afraid of bad shots, but he was worried that he wouldn't be able to shoot what he wanted.

In spite of his status, he always has his own movie style and philosophy.This drama will definitely be Wu Xiaozu's version of 'Dragon Gate'.

However, this is still a story.

Today, the script is not perfect, and the characterization is not complete.This needs to be done step by step.

"I see, boss."

Liu Xiufang paused and said, "Boss, do you want to transfer a clerk from the administration department to be your secretary first?"

"Not for now~"

Wu Xiaozu resolutely refused, then pondered for a moment, and said: "It's not very meaningful to temporarily transfer a secretary to be a secretary, but it will be troublesome in the future. I remember that the human resources department is recruiting people recently, so let's add a secretary and a life assistant. It must be manpower The department follows the formal company process to ensure professionalism. Especially the secretary. Not to mention having the ability like you, A Fen, you must at least understand these things, preferably with a professional background. Assistants can relax a little..."

He was really afraid that that long-legged Wang Xianxian would randomly arrange people in his office. The problem was that the other party had no intentions... The ability of the people he arranged really made him unable to find fault.

Back then, when he saw Li Xiufen for the first time, his head was buzzing...

If you want to come to Human Resources and hear your arrangement, you shouldn't bend the law for personal gain!
"Okay, boss." Li Xiufen was very happy in her heart, she was indeed very grateful to Wu Xiaozu for his promotion.

When she first heard some "unspoken rules in the workplace" from her colleagues, she worried for several days, and then found out that her boss was really approachable, he didn't have such thoughts at all, and he was absolutely a gentleman.

The only bad thing is that she seldom smiles—many people say that her boss is a tiger who always smiles, which is purely a rumor. She has never seen the boss smile at her...it is obviously very serious every time.

"By the way, boss, your home return permit has been processed."

While talking, he handed a small notebook to Wu Xiaozu.

"It is valid for ten years, and you need to go through the customs every time you cross the border. It was reported that the computer barcode should be posted in Guangdong Province, but it has not been officially implemented. I followed your instructions and sent Mr. Wu and Chen from the mainland in the name of our company. Mr. Gu, they sent invitation letters, and they also sent some information over there by fax... After communication, they can come to Hong Kong in the middle of this month."

Martial arts movies must involve shooting in the mainland.

Plan ahead.

Wu Xiaozu ordered the company in advance to apply for the "home return certificate" of some members of his royal team.

At this time, it is very convenient for Hong Kong people to return to the mainland, and they are also very popular.

However, coming to Hong Kong from the Mainland is very troublesome.

Fortunately, Wu Xiaozu sent them an invitation letter in the name of a company study and inspection because the Palme d'Or was featured in "XX Daily". In addition, Wu Tianming has a wide network of contacts, so it is not difficult to apply for a pass.

But the waiting time is long... There is no way, who made us too many.

In order to make this martial arts drama well, Wu Xiaozu needs to shoot the scenes on the spot and communicate with mainland filmmakers.

Especially when Wu Tianming said to borrow the army at the beginning... Wu Xiaozu was very itchy.

In any case, martial arts movies are also a very representative business card of Chinese movies.

Didn't you see that later generations of Li Amine will shoot a martial arts version of "Sense and Sensibility" to turn around. . . .At the beginning, foreigners either regarded that movie as a science fiction movie, or watched it purely as an art movie.

For the Greater Chinese-speaking region, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not considered a pure martial arts movie, but at most a martial arts literary film.

The martial arts feelings shown in this movie are not as good as Lao Mouzi's "Hero"...

It's a pity that Lao Mouzi was sprayed into shit at the beginning.

Looking back more than ten years later, "Hero" should be regarded as a master work in the history of Chinese film, or in the history of world film, in the use of color.In addition to Lao Mouzi's consistent weak story, the picture, color, music, fighting scenes, and the theme of the film are all done very well. Even if you look back at the story support, it is not really weak. . .Well it's really weak.

For Wu Xiaozu, martial arts movies are a very accurate business card for Chinese movies, and he will not give up.Moreover, the theme of martial arts films is also a big treasure, and it is also a project with great market prospects in the next few years, so he will naturally not miss it.

　The nails started to do evil again... I was going to have a pedicure at night... My feet hurt.But I didn't find a good master...I plan to try again tomorrow night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)