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Chapter 353 "Source Code"

From the establishment of Douban to 2010, how many Chinese-language movies have Douban scores above 9.0?

The answer is 13.

Since the birth of "Dingjun Mountain" in 1905, in the past 105 years, only 13 Chinese-language movies have scored more than 9.0 points on Douban.

If the works led by Hong Kong and Taiwan are deducted, only 9.0 works from the mainland have a score of 7, and the most recent film with a score of 9 is Jiang Wen's "The Devil Is Coming".

But that was 10 years ago.

From the perspective of the public watching movies, if "Let the Bullets Fly" can be released three to five years later, it may be able to score 9 points, and the box office of over one billion should not be a problem.

Cheng Yuan likes "Let the Bullets Fly" very much, and he can almost recite the lines in it.

Jiang Wen may be the most unique director in the Chinese film industry.

Even if he watched the criticized "One Step Away", Cheng Yu'an liked it very much. The part of Huaguo's election campaign was extremely crazy, and the song and dance performance alone was worth the ticket price. Jiang Wen's movie will let the audience watch it I don't understand, but he never fools the audience, you can see full sincerity from his movies.

Jiang Wen also said later: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, give him time, and he will understand. Now you have fooled the audience with something, and made a short-term box office. When the audience matures and look back, he will scold the street. Grandson, did you use this thing to fool me back then?"

But Jiang Wen is different, Jiang Wen's audience will say, you kid did something.that's enough.

Cheng Yu'an participated in the premiere of "Let the Bullets Fly", for Jiang Wen and Yang Shoucheng.

Although Cheng Yu'an has seldom cooperated with Hong Kong Island in recent years, Long Distance has been cooperating with Yinhuang in the release of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

Yang Shoucheng really admired Jiang Wen very much. "The Sun Also Rises" lost tens of millions, and "Let the Bullets Fly" lacked investment and found Yang Shoucheng. He voted without saying a word.

Jiang Wen asked him if he invests without reading the script, is he not afraid of losing money?
Yang Shoucheng replied, is Zhou Runfa coming?Will Ge You come?Come on, what scripts do I have to watch?

Cheng Yu'an met Yang Shoucheng in the background.

"Yang Sheng."

"Long time no see, Director Cheng." The two shook hands, "Is Yifei not here?"

"The production team has to catch up with the schedule, and she can't get away."

Then, both Chen Kun and Liu Jialing came up to greet Cheng Yu'an, and Cheng Yu'an responded one by one.

The last one is the director Jiang Wen, who said when they met, "Man, can you find time to make an appointment?"

"Okay, after I finish filming "Star You", I have a few days to spare, let's have a drink." Cheng Yu'an responded with a smile.

Looking at the backstage, Cheng Yu'an asked, "Is Brother Fa not there?"

"He's never been involved in publicity."

Cheng Yu'an was speechless, Brother Fa was fine with everything, but he was a little ostentatious.

It's obvious that you can't get along in Hollywood, but you have to play Hollywood's spectrum when you return to China.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 3" went to Disneyland to promote it, and "Confucius" also came, but "Let the Bullets Fly" didn't come.

Cheng Yu'an didn't say much, just smiled coldly.

Not long after, the front desk greeted the main creator to enter the stage, and Cheng Yu'an sat down off the stage.

The main creators were sharing their shooting experience on the field, and Cheng Yu'an and Yang Shoucheng also exchanged ideas off the field.

"The market on Hong Kong Island is too sluggish this year," Yang Shoucheng and Cheng Yu'an poured out their bitterness. "In the top ten box office, there are only two domestic films, and they are all taken over by Hollywood."

"It's normal," Cheng Yu'an said. "The mainland is not optimistic. Currently, there are only two domestic films in the top ten ("Tangshan Earthquake" and "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven"). Hollywood blockbusters are very strong in the world. Director Han He and Tong Ju were so worried that they couldn't sleep."

Cheng Yu'an got the news in advance that the "China-US Film Agreement" will be signed next year at the earliest, and the year after the next at the latest. By then, the mainland market will be further liberalized, and Hollywood will produce 10 more IMAX blockbusters every year.

Yang Shoucheng is very well informed, and he has also heard about the "Film Agreement".

"It's not me who is here on Hong Kong Island. It really doesn't have the strength to make blockbuster movies. The market is too small, and the owners lack the spirit of adventure. If they have money, they would rather buy a property than make a movie.

"Just like "The Martian" and "Tangshan Earthquake", they can't make it even if they kill the boss of Hong Kong Island. They just know that they can't make police movies."

Cheng Yu'an couldn't understand what Boss Yang meant, but Yang Shoucheng was very adventurous, he dared to invest money, and he dared to invest a lot of money.

When "The Martian" project was established, Yang Shoucheng prepared [-] million yuan, but Cheng Lingfeng confiscated it. The reason was: "You Hong Kong Islanders don't understand aerospace, and you don't have the sense of family and country and national pride like us mainlanders."

So, Cheng Yu'an climbed up with a stick: "The company has a film, and it's not easy to do in the mainland. I'm thinking about whether to move to Hong Kong Island or Japan."

This is really not fishing. The movie "Source Code" really can't be done in the mainland. There are terrorist attacks in it, or trains bombing the city.

Cheng Yu'an thought about putting it on the Japanese Shinkansen to blow up Tokyo.

Anyway, the Japanese don't care, they bomb Tokyo every day.

But considering practical factors, if China and Japan co-produce, it will be hard to say when the time comes.

Yang Shoucheng took the wheel: "Why do you want to go to Japan? I'm not familiar with the place where I live. I came to Hong Kong Island to shoot. Is it lack of actors or money? Yinhuang will help."

This is not what I want.

Since the eavesdropping incident, Yuanyuan has been alienated from the entire Hong Kong circle a lot, so "Painted Skin 2" was handed over to Chen Jiashang, and the "Ip Man" series recruited several Hong Kong actors such as Zhen Bullet. reject.

In the past, Cheng Yu'an would come to Hong Kong Island to promote and participate in the Hong Kong Film Awards. In the past few years, except for "The Martian" who stayed on Hong Kong Island for a long time, Cheng Yu'an never came.

"The script is already there," Cheng Yu'an began to tell Yang Shoucheng the story of "Source Code", "It's a low-budget sci-fi film about the main character on a train...

"If it is placed in Japan, I want to blow up Tokyo, if it is Hong Kong Island..."

Yang Shoucheng didn't care: "We can blow up the government building of the Central Special Administrative Region."

"is it okay?"

"Is there any movie that is allowed or not? If it doesn't work, blow up Kowloon, the International Convention and Exhibition Center, and the Giant Buddha on Lantau Island. They can all be blown up. Hong Kong audiences like to watch these." Yang Shoucheng was immediately attracted by the story of "Source Code".

The cost is not big, just a few actors and one train.If Cheng Yu'an wanted to come up with a blockbuster movie like "The Martian", he really had to hesitate, but for "Source Code", a small-to-medium-budget sci-fi, he dared to vote without blinking an eye.

"Is it you who direct or ask someone else to do it?"

"I won't do it. This film is very easy. I'm going to find Wu Ershan to shoot it." Yang Shoucheng originally wanted to recommend a director from Hong Kong Island, but when he heard that Cheng Yu'an had even thought of a director, he stopped talking.

"Okay, that's it, let's talk about it in detail later."

The lights at the scene dimmed, and the screening of "Let the Bullets Fly" began.

"Outside the long pavilion, along the ancient road, the grass is green."

Horse-drawn trains rumbled by.

　Which actors are used in "Source Code"?Have a recommendation?
　　


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