My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 577

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Siheyuan wing room.

Short and tight, he was wrapped in a retro denim jacket with footprints of '44' and '42' on his body, and his legs were tightly wrapped in crotch-wrapping jeans. He raised his head and kept stuffing his nostrils Crumpled toilet paper.

The quality of the paper is really poor, it's overcast, and it has a bit of blood-stained demeanor like an aunt's towel, and it will leak if you don't change it frequently...

Boss Song had just graduated at this time, and found a job as a jerk, and managed to scrape together some bad money to invite two younger brothers to come out for a meal, but he was beaten up.I just feel that the eloquence that I used to deceive my school girl is useless!
Capitalist directors are too social...and Brother Chen Kai...that No. 44's big foot kicked up, it's just like the crowd gathered around to put out the fire for the gang leader in "A Chinese Journey to the West".

"Hey! What are you talking about!"

Song Ke rolled the swollen left eye with a broken egg, opened the slit, "Both of you, this time we folded it a bit wrongly..."

"One is Brother Chen Kai..." The old wolf hummed in pain, his eyelids drooping, his balls sad.

"There is also Grange~"

Ao Da clasped his fingers, "Huang Jianxin, Li Shaohong! Xiying, Beiying, Dayuan... Senior Brother, do you think we can make up for it?" He squinted at Song Ke, and always felt that Senior Brother Song might use the word 'Qingshu'.

"Hehehe." Song Ke laughed dryly, "I'm just talking casually."

"ε=(ο｀*))) Alas—I didn't expect that it was Wu Xiaozu who hit me... The fist is so hard! It is said that Hong Kong Island is afraid that the movie is a real fight, but I didn't expect Director Wu to be so good!" Laolang leisurely muttering.

Gao · When I was young, I looked like an electric eel · Komatsu glanced at his senior brother, and both of them understood the helplessness in each other's eyes.

It's a shame to say that.

The two gangs fought to sniff out the stubble, and then they were beaten up by Boss Wu who suddenly appeared, 1 against 6, and the three brothers were even worse, and they are still hanging in the hospital.

"What do you think they were talking about in the room opposite?"

Gao Xiaosong kicked the old wolf, pouted, and signaled the other party to pass the steak on the table to him, "These few are also film directors who have gained fame in the past two years, getting together... Tsk, I think it's a bit interesting."

"Shouldn't you just throw us the wing room? Why don't you call someone?"

Song Ke stood up and looked into the courtyard. The messy courtyard was very messy.There are many and miscellaneous residents in the courtyard house. Outside, there are all kinds of people who eat and nurse children in the mountains, and it is very lively.

"That's okay? How can you say that my buddy is also a rock singer! Let people see this look, it's a shame!" The short, tight and hypocritical hurriedly stopped.

"This compatriot from Hong Kong and Taiwan can't just leave us alone forever? If... I mean if, let's take this opportunity to talk to him about releasing records? Do you think Director Wu can release videos for our band?"

The old wolf casually handed the steak to Ao Dajin, said something, and then said to himself, "I remember listening to the record my father brought from abroad, and there was a song by director Wu in it. It's quite amazing..."

Song Ke's eyes lit up, "It's doable, Xiaosong! Aren't you planning to form a band? With our strength, isn't it easy?"

Senior Brother Song looked confident.

"My drums are definitely fine, Tsinghua Drum King."

The thin and short man shook his long hair tightly, and said in a peculiar way, "The voice I tried at the time, the old wolf, was okay..."

"improvise?!!"

The old wolf exploded instantly, "My singing skills, vocal range, timbre, technique... hey, look at our tongue 2333333... and look at our voice..."

"No, how did you choose the lead singer for your band?"

"Of course the lead singer is the worst at playing instruments!"

Ao Dasong answered naturally, then, after glancing at Lao Lang, he said, "Which band still depends on IQ?"

The old wolf rolled his eyes, feeling that the other party was trying to slap him with words.

"The other party hurt us with a hammer, why should we compensate? It's really not possible, why don't you think about asking the great director of Hong Kong Island to compensate us for a while, and then take the opportunity..." Old Wolf smiled silly.

Wolfdog, you can do it!

Gouzi, you can!

"Brother, do the sums~ Let's see if we can make some money?" Gao Xiaosong was gearing up.

"Come on..." Song Ke nodded frequently.

The three happily got together and began to discuss how to 'fool' the compatriots in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

o(*￣︶￣*)o~
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north house.

Dilapidated wooden windows with peeling paint, looking in through the frosted glass, only vague figures can be seen.

"Beep beep-"

In the courtyard, the whistle of the kettle on the iron stove for burning coal cakes sounded.

Brother Chen Kai came out wearing a coat, greeted the neighbors in the yard with a smile, picked up the stove hook by the door, picked up the kettle, pulled the coke inside, threw a few pieces of coal in, and the yellow smoke was whistling. It's like lighting a beacon tower...

This is because the coal content is too low. These days, the house is burned with a mixture of good coal and slag coal.

After filling the hot water and sitting on the kettle again, I slowly rubbed back——

In the house, there is smoke.

Li Jue took the thermos from Chen Kaige's hand, and took the initiative to make tea full of water. Huang Jianxin held the tea mug in his hand and nodded his thanks.

Tian Zhuangzhuang folded his legs, holding a cigarette between his fingers, and his voice was calm and unhurried.

"Yimou... In May of 78, there were three test areas in the imperial capital, the Shanghai city, and Chang'an. The Chang'an test area had a fruitful harvest. In fact, it was coming to an end. Several teachers in the photography department were also worried. He was 5 years older than his age at that time. Already 5. However, Yimou’s photography works are really wonderful, and his professional level is really high. Later, I heard from Director Zheng Guoen that he sold his blood to buy a camera...Compared with us, Yimou is really not easy... ..." Tian Zhuangzhuang circled around.

Li Shaohong next to her nodded and said, "At that time, Minister Huang personally approved the talent quota."

"It is said that our class has produced a large number of talents, but in fact... hey! All the talents accumulated by the flood of humanity in the past ten years are all gathered together. We have grown together with the disaster..." Huang Jianxin said with a smile.

"Growth is a good word. At that time, the teachers had just returned from the cadre school, and teaching was to cross the river by feeling the stones... I studied Soviet movies, I studied European movies... I studied Hollywood movies... I watched "Taxi Driver" at the beginning. I watched it 11 times in one go, and the filming is really good! Martin Scorsese is really great! I really like "Four Hundred Blows" and Fei Mu's "Spring in a Small Town", right?"

"Well, the teachers who watched it refused to let it go~ I'm afraid the copy will be smashed!"

Brother Chen Kai shook off his coat, took a sip of the hot tea that Li Jue handed over to him with a smile, turned his head to look at Wu Xiaozu who was sitting on the chair, the old god was listening with a smile, and sighed, "Azu, I'm not afraid of your jokes, We've been holding back for too long! Too eager to touch the world!

So when you said you wanted to go back to the mainland to make a film, director Tianming ran around in person... Don't think he has been filling people in "Dragon Inn", he really wants Chinese-language movies to get better and better..."

In later generations, Kai Ge said in an interview: Changing the film language at that time has become an unshirkable responsibility in their hearts.

Wu Xiaozu believed that when Chen Kai said this, he really thought about it in this way. Before they became famous, their feelings were more important than fame and fortune.

But when standing on the highest stage one by one, who can keep the original intention?

From the end of the 70s to the 80s, scar literature swept across, and the film industry naturally could not escape the 'scar movies'.

"Tears" and "Laughing in Distress" both fall into this category, reflecting on the torrent of humanity.The harm and blow caused by this torrent to the hearts of Chinese people, especially the hearts of Chinese intellectuals, is a scar that cannot be eradicated.

The awakening of individual thoughts and human nature plunged the Chinese people into a mixture of sentimentality, confusion and sighs.

In this sentiment, the fifth generation was born.

Wu Xiaozu looked at the calm gazes of the people in the room, pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and said: "The development of Chinese films did not happen overnight, there must be someone who took the first step.

There are also many filmmakers in the Hong Kong Island film circle who are constantly exploring the way forward.

I have been exploring the way forward for Chinese-language films, innovating film language, structure, lens, and color, and creating more different light and shadow structures.At the same time, I am also committed to discovering more fresh blood.

The development of Chinese-language films is not the monopoly of Hong Kong films, let alone the efforts of the mainland.It is the direction for our compatriots in the three coastal areas to work together.

The film itself is a display of the diversity of our own national culture, and it is also our voice to the world.

Naturally, it cannot fade away because of a momentary loss of ambition.

I filmed "Dragon Inn" mainly because I believed that martial arts films are a unique cultural component of Chinese films.From "Burning the Red Lotus Temple" back then to "Xia Nv" later, martial arts movies have always been our business card to the outside world.That's why I will keep improving even if I stop filming..."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Brother Chen Kai apologetically, and the other party smiled slightly, saying that it was okay.

"On the road of movies, we should be fellow travelers!"

Huang Jianxin, Li Shaohong and Chen Kai all nodded. Director Zhuang Zhuang glanced at Wu Xiaozu, noncommittal.

"Yimou's current situation is not very good, and the mainstream voices have criticized him a lot... I hope you, Director Wu, can speak up and support him more." Tian Zhuangzhuang said.

"Of course. Everyone is a fellow traveler. I came to the mainland to help more filmmakers. I also heard before that director Shaohong's "Silver Snake Murder" received a lot of criticism?" Wu Xiaozu took the initiative to mention Li Shaohong.

This female director is the one with the most serious taste among the few people present... The heavy taste of this movie is even worse than Wu Xiaozu's "Rainy Night Butcher"!Sure enough, those who dare to shoot "Dream of Red Mansions" are not ordinary directors, even if the filming is poor... the psychological quality must pass the test, isn't it...

When Li Shaohong heard Wu Xiaozu's words, she smiled wryly and shook her head, "At that time, the Beijing Film Studio was pulling all over the place and entrusting me to shoot this film. I didn't want to make it at the time, but in the end, I had no choice but to shoot it with tears in my eyes... "

At this time, mainland movies turn pale when they talk about Hollywood movies, and cast aside Hollywood commercial movies!This is why "Red Sorghum" was criticized.The show has a very Hollywood structure and approach.

"At that time, Zhuang Zhuang encouraged me and told me, you can shoot, at least you can get a chance to prove that you can do it, and when you get recognized, you can shoot what you want..."

Although "Dream of Red Mansions" was shot in a mess, Li Shaohong is indeed the best female director in the mainland.

Except for the commercial heavy cult film "Silver Snake Murder", her films "Blood Morning" and "Red Pink" are very sharp.The latter also won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, and is considered the No.1 Chinese-language female director.

"Can I shoot what I want now?" Wu Xiaozu asked.

"Cough cough cough~" Tian Zhuangzhuang coughed in embarrassment. As the squad leader, he didn't know how many bowls of chicken soup he gave out.

"I like the kind of "Rashomon" and "Life, Death, Wealth and Fortune"..." Li Shaohong muttered, "Now Beijing Film Studio is all about rural themes. I'm not Zhang Yimou and the others..."

Wu Xiaozu almost laughed out loud.

Li Shaohong is a student of the big courtyard. After working, she worked as a propaganda soldier in the army... It is true that she has not had much contact with rural life.

Both she and Wang Hao belong to the director's compound. "Ferocious Animals" was originally written about their compound. Later, she was the first to find her for filming. At that time, she didn't have time, so she found Jiang Wen. "Sunny Day".

"This is what I think. Now because of the environment, it is still too difficult for mainland films to go global. I have established an Asian film support fund before, and I hope to support Chinese films to go global...whether it is participating in exhibitions, participating in film festivals or Even if it's released abroad, I can provide access..." Wu Xiaozu said.

This is the picture of the poor.

Director Wu chatted with them for so long, the first is to focus on their network resources, and the second is to focus on their film distribution rights and buyout rights outside the city.Why can Wang Jiawei persist in making one film that hits the street?

It's not that the market in other cities sells well... It cheats investors, but it makes money for itself!
Mainland movies are also in a golden age at this time.

These movies are very popular internationally. If he manages them, I believe it will not only improve the company's reputation, but also make money!

"This..." Li Shaohong was stunned for a moment, then looked back at the old squad leader, and seeing that he was silent, she took the initiative to say: "Director Wu, we are all from Beijing Film Academy, I'm afraid it's not very good..."

"It's okay, everyone can cooperate in filming. I will provide funds for co-production..." Wu Xiaozu said with a smile.

Several people looked at each other, quite moved.

What they lack most now is funds!
Not only them, who is not lacking in several film studios? ?

Wu Xiaozu in front of them is really a nobleman on the movie road in their eyes!

Guardian of Chinese movies? ? ?
"I think it's okay! We can talk about it! At the same time, with Azu here, not only can we provide the best channels, but we can also attract many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, and we will even expand the channels of various film festivals..." Brother Chen Kai said Hug next to him.

Wu Xiaozu couldn't help but raised his nostrils at Brother Kai.

I don't know, but I thought you received black money~ How can I thank you?
"You can give this a try!" Huang Jianxin made a final decision.He also lacks money to make movies!
There are only so many opportunities in the film studio every year, and how many people are waiting eagerly.

At this time, let alone private investment, there is not even a private film company!
Co-production is the biggest advantage!

It's not like a few years, just cheating a few local bosses, the problem is that those local bosses haven't made a fortune yet... At least they have to wait for a few years!

It's only 1988 now!

"The leaders of the Peking Film Academy also asked me to invite Director Wu to come and guide you! I hope that Director Wu can come and give lectures to the students... These young students are waiting to be fed..." Huang Jianxin joked.

Director Wu's eyes lit up, and he readily agreed.

a school...

Excited to think about it!
(End of this chapter)