My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 806 The crew of "Dark Flower", the night begins

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket.

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Strands of hair floated down.

Wu Xiaozu personally pushed Liu Qingyun's hair into baldness with an electric clipper.

"More pictures!"

Xia Yongkang, the cameraman who was shooting behind-the-scenes and still photos with the group, held up the Nikon F4 on his chest. This is also the first flagship model after "Eastern Optical Industry" officially changed the company name to "Nikon". Now it is very hot among photography enthusiasts , Wu·Photographer Guanxi·Xiaozu bought several sets in a row.

Filming stills and being a cameraman are not new professions. At the beginning, Wang Jiawei also worked as a part-time cameraman for "The Suspect", and even cheated Qiu Litao of tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars to make a documentary - and then died.

Qiu Litao murmured to himself after Deng Guangrong in "Days of Being Wild" beat the bottle: I'm so stupid, really.He actually tried to urge him to get back the money for the documentary. . . .

The opening of "Dark Flower" is very low-key...or rushed.

Mecca even stalked Omen himself.

He is in a hurry.

New Art City was gone, but Golden Princess Entertainment regained its vitality, and then turned around, and [-] became the largest shareholder of Xinbao Cinemas. Even Chen Rongmei was forced to contact Wanwan Capital and other companies frequently recently. Minority shareholders are afraid that they will be swept out overnight like Feng Bingzhong.

The world is pitiful.

The dignified second shareholder, deputy manager, and tens of millions of tycoons of Xinbao Cinemas were injured and troubled in a short period of time.Chen Rongmei was so scared that she lost her sense of proportion, and she couldn't help but increase the proportion of "City of Sadness" directly.

"Perfect!"

The cameraman stretched out his hand and made an OK gesture towards the opposite side.

Wu Xiaozu took a sponge to help Liu Qingyun brush off the stubble, lifted the cloth and shook, stretched out his hand and tapped on the back of the other's head, and said to the makeup artist: "Hui Zai, make a scar here on the back of Yaodong's head... "

Zheng Minghui nodded quickly, he used to be the make-up artist of "Days of Being Wild", and now he is recruited by [-] Locomotive.He has been active until later generations, and he is the styling director of "Ancient Sword", "Sweet Honey", and "Soul Soul".

"Dark Flower" is the main makeup artist for this drama.

"Bruce, in terms of styling, you have to conform to a dark, gloomy and cold style." Wu Xiaozu told art director Yu Jiaamine again.

"OK, I read your sketches, and I also saw the storyboards you designed with Ah Zhi, Mak and Zheng Zhaoqiang. Generally speaking, the whole movie is in a dark style. I specially bought cheap clothes for them to try on. ...especially the denim, which is very tasteful."

Yu Jiaamine picked up a denim jacket very experiencedly, and showed it to Wu Xiaozu, "I specially asked the workers to polish it.

To be honest, when I saw your storyboard and story line, the first thing that came to my mind was Hollywood westerns.

The fixed pattern of western movies, a person suddenly breaks into a small town, and then triggers a series of bloody storms..."

Wu Xiaozu smiled, he is indeed an old buddy who has collaborated in many dramas.For modern dramas, Yu Jiaamine is indeed the real top art director in Chinese.

"Bruce, the narrative of this play does borrow from the model of Hollywood Westerns, but the inspiration for this play comes from Melville.

I hope to shoot a black story with the characteristics of the times with a classical lens.Use minimalism to draw a red circle that cannot escape fate.

In this play, each character is like a puppet connected by strings.Loneliness, indifference, chill, gloom, desolation...

No one can escape the line that fate has drawn for them.If anyone wants to cross the line, then - bam! "

Wu Xiaozu blew on his fingers forcefully, Yu Jiaamine was thoughtful.

"If the story is too depressing, I'm afraid the box office..."

"In my name, it shouldn't be a problem to turn over the original. We always have to make more movies of different types for the audience to make up for the vacancy of genre films. Let future generations have a benchmark, right?

Let the Chinese-speaking audience understand that we can also make good stories.It's not like all you see is crazy. "

The newcomers Mai Zhaohui, You Naihai, and Zheng Zhaoqiang were full of admiration.

Is this the vision and heart of an international director?

Not really!
Maijia twitched and curled her lips next to her—you don’t take my money as money!
"Azu, I called Simon and Big B, and they will definitely come over to help play the roles of the two gangsters. I also asked Mark, Brother Peng, Fat Kent, and Di Long to help with cameo roles. If you If you want, I can too..." Mecca suddenly said.

Ren Dahua, Brother Big B, Zheng Haonan, Lu Haipeng, Zheng Zeshi, Di Long? ?

Looking at the sneering Mecca, Wu Xiaozu shrugged.

Sure enough, for the sake of his own pension money, the producer Mecca really spared no effort.

If it really counts as a salary, even if it is a friendship price, there will be no sound at all if 200 million is dropped.

At the moment, although Brother Hua is not considered first-rate in the industry, or even at most a second-rate star, he is pretty good in the LLL market... Following Wu Xiaozu's debut novel "The Butcher on a Rainy Night", in "The Butcher on a Foggy Night", he played It's so lifelike...it even attracted the attention of Li Licheng——

This is clearly the hot Lanyin who can compete equally with the busters in LLL-level dramas!
Directly and generously signed 5 plays of Brother Hua, and they were respectively paired with Ye Yuqing, Ye Zimei, Guo Xiuyun, Tong Ling, and Zheng Yanli to shoot five plays.He vowed to promote Hua Ge, who is now sluggish in the entertainment industry, as the most familiar face of the same sex among men on Hong Kong Island.

So Hua Ge and Fei Cheng have been playing very close recently, and also signed the advertising contract and brokerage contract under Stellar Entertainment.

I didn't expect Mecca to be famous enough to invite him to play a guest role.

You know, Wu Xiaozu didn't even want to attract too many people to join in the show.Just like what Yu Jiaamine said, it doesn’t really mean much to have a star and a star in this movie. With his name, it’s definitely enough to turn over the book, but it’s hard to make a lot of money~
It is not a family carnival story that the market likes.

Some time ago, "The Gambler" was a big hit, once again breaking through 4000 million at the box office, which is enough to show the Hong Kong island market's thirst for comedy films.

Even in Hollywood, dark wind movies have no market advantage.

After all, most people go to the movies just to have fun and enjoy themselves, no one likes to be depressed...

Otherwise, why didn't Wu Xiaozu invest by himself? ?
Looking at the struggling Mecca, Wu Xiaozu smiled slightly, and he didn't want to lead the villains, "Okay, I'll ask the production manager to give you the filming sequence and specific changes... just let them come."

Speaking of this, Wu Xiaozu still kindly reminded, "It's just that all the scenes in this film are night scenes, you have to explain it to them. If it's because of the actors, it delays my shooting..."

"Don't worry~ I know what's going on in my heart." Mecca complied vowedly, looking like she was gearing up for a fight.

After all, it is necessary to have a good meal.

New Art City was destroyed by a certain director three years in advance. Could Bald Mai really be made to wait until he is old enough to sell his ass?

"The "City of Sadness" you invested in canceled the midnight show and premiere?" Mecca asked curiously.

It’s not that Hong Kong Island has no films that are released directly without showing the midnight screening, but as an international film that won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, Wu Xiaozu even canceled the premiere... It’s a bit incomprehensible.

"The premiere was held in Taipei. After all, this is a historical film about Wanwan. I don't think audiences in Hong Kong Island will be interested in this piece of history. At the same time, the pace of the whole drama is also slow. Under the soil of the market, the water and soil may be unacceptable." Wu Xiaozu didn't have too many reservations, and answered very frankly.

Chafan also needs to pay attention to strategy.

Although the investment resources of the film company are not small, they basically did not exceed the budget.The consensus within the company is that this movie may not have a high box office.

The estimated box office is 1500 million.

It's the Golden Lion after all.

And there is Luo Dong, the popular spicy chicken, starring.

But Wu Xiaozu was not so optimistic.He doesn't think Luo Dong's fans will like this kind of movie.

Literary and artistic films must have the self-consciousness of literary and artistic films, you can't want to be a bitch and set up a torii.

This movie needs market soil and movie viewing threshold.

That's why the premiere was held in Taipei.

The copyright income from the authorization of this movie to MK2 is enough to recover the cost, after all, the cost is only 20 US dollars.

Everything else is earned.

With the support of Wanwan China Film, the opening and filming of this film have been given the greatest priority.

Now, Hou Xiaozhuan has already started accumulating energy in Wanwan, and is waiting to sweep through Wanwan, and then become a climate of his own.

Wu Xiaozu didn't want to trap the opponent either.

Artists always have to have a meal, right?So, don't talk about money with artists, otherwise, they are more anxious than you!

"I thought you valued "City of Sadness"..." Mecca's voice came to this point, and she suddenly glanced at Wu Xiaozu strangely, "Chen Rongmei has raised the film schedule on behalf of Xinbao Cinemas..."

"He is still the general manager after all." Wu Xiaozu smiled harmlessly.

Convex (fuck dish f*ck)!

Mecca can imagine that when "City of Sadness" fails to meet expectations, will the small shareholders he is united with now get cold feet?

Don't believe the credit of the businessman, if you don't believe it, look at a real estate agent on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Opening your eyes and talking nonsense and tearing up contracts is a habit.

If the time comes to pursue the responsibility, it is not difficult to imagine how embarrassing Chen Rongmei will be... I am afraid that Xinbao Cinemas will really have the surname Wu! !

Who would have thought that Fang Mingxiu would secretly hide his position on the plank road?
He went to stab Golden Princess Entertainment's chrysanthemum with open sword and sharp gun, but suddenly came back with a carbine, directly stirring up Xinbao Cinemas to shit and piss! ?
Didn't Chen Rongmei add to the horseshoe? ?

Mecca looked weird.

"Let's go, let's go and see the preparations at the scene first, and then I'm going to have a bite of food. The first scene won't start until the evening." Wu Xiaozu didn't care about the other party's thoughts, and didn't even care whether the other party would spread the news .

If Mecca wasn't stupid, he wouldn't be talking nonsense.

It's not doing him any good.

"Okay, what do you like to eat, I invite you..."

Before Mecca could finish speaking, he saw a tall, long-legged woman driving a Mercedes appear, happily embracing Wu Xiaozu's arm.

I'm so stupid, really!

I can't afford what he likes to eat!

Mecca touched her head, then turned to look at Liang Chaowei and Liu Qingyun who were not far away, "Wei Zai, Da Hei... come here, I'm treating you!"

Swish!
Many people in the crew turned their heads to look at Mecca.

"What?" Liu Qingyun, who was reciting his lines, raised his head and asked dully.

"It's okay." Mecca smiled, raised her beard, and lowered her head to kick the soda cans on the ground.

Must always keep in mind!Now I am no longer the boss of Xinyi City, and I can no longer get out of the public account!
Thinking of this, Mecca stroked his beard.

He hasn't completely given up on the film industry yet!

　Today is my son's birthday~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)