rebirth of change

Chapter 380 Hong Kong Movies

After Liu Weiqiang turned around, Chen Kangjie had identified this person as the director Liu Weiqiang he had seen on TV who filmed the "Old and Confused" series and the "Infernal Affairs" series.

Liu Weiqiang is an excellent photographer and an excellent director who has won too many awards. Du Kefeng once said that he is the best photographer in Hong Kong. When Hong Kong movies were in decline, he was regarded as the mainstay of Hong Kong movies, because The "Infernal Affairs" trilogy he has carefully prepared and shot makes people feel that Hong Kong movies are not dead.

For such a talented photographer and film director, how could Chen Kangjie let it go.

It stands to reason that Liu Weiqiang started directing the tube in 1990, shooting "The Clique", "Human Skin Lantern", "Temple Street Story" and other films.However, it did not gain success and recognition in the industry, and was quite unknown. Instead, he acted as a photographer and participated in the filming of "Carmen in Mong Kok" and "Dragon and Tiger". Perhaps it was for this reason that Mr. Liu responded to the film. Liu Weiqiang is so perfunctory that he wants to continue to be a director.He didn't know that Liu Weiqiang, as a director, led the New Wave of Hong Kong movies at least three times. The first time was the series "Old and Confused", followed by "Chinese Heroes", "The Wind and Cloud", and then the "Infernal Affairs Trilogy" ".And he is also the first film director in Hong Kong to combine computer special effects and animation.

"Xiaojie, I think he is so young," He Wanrong said.

Liu Weiqiang is 32 years old this year, which is not considered young, but he still lacks the energy to be an independent film director.

"Is he young? Isn't he young?" Chen Kangjie asked rhetorically. In Chen Kangjie's eyes, perhaps it was preconceived, and he didn't think there was a problem with Liu Weiqiang's age.

"That is, compared to some people, it is already very old," He Wanrong joked.

Ouyang Zhenhua, Tan Meiyun, and Fan Wenxuan who understood He Wanrong's banter immediately laughed, while Xiang Yan, Zhou Xingxing and Wenxiu were a little confused.

Chen Kangjie himself was very embarrassed, he really couldn't reply, he could only stare blankly.

"Well, you guys go first, I'll ask him to have a chat," Fan Wenxuan agreed after laughing.

Xiang Yan and Zhou Xingxing didn't need to go back to He Wanrong's villa anymore, they said goodbye here, Chen Kangjie, He Wanrong and their small team of three cars returned by themselves.

Not long after Chen Kangjie and the others returned to the villa, Fan Wenxuan followed, thinking that she would just talk to Liu Weiqiang, but who knew that she brought Liu Weiqiang along.

It turned out that Fan Wenxuan went to find Liu Weiqiang. After explaining his purpose, Liu Weiqiang was very surprised, "Mr. Fan, as far as I know, your company has always been mainly engaged in music production. How could you think of asking me to make movies? Besides, I am also in the industry. Not a famous director."

"Didn't you see us just now? In fact, we have always wanted to get involved in film and television, but we have never had a suitable team. Today we came here for dinner to watch the movie "The Judge" starring Zhou Xingxing and He Wanrong. Wake up," Fan Wenxuan asked back.

"I'm sorry, I was a little dazed just now, I didn't notice, I also watched the movie of their two big stars, it's really good, by the way, I'm just a nobody, how can you believe that I will ask me to make a movie in your company, logically Said that you can find many famous and good directors."

"It's our...consultant, he thinks you will be a good director in the future." Fan Wenxuan didn't know how to introduce Chen Kangjie's identity. He is Hongyuan's consultant, and on the other hand, he is almost an artist of Feiyang Entertainment. More importantly, he is so young.

When Fan Wenxuan learned from Dong Siying that Chen Kangjie was a consultant of Hongyuan Investment and had participated in almost all of Hongyuan's investments, she was as surprised as she was when she learned that Chen Kangjie was the musical genius "Day Potato". There are too many mysteries. Dong Siying also told Fan Wenxuan that Chen Kangjie once donated 10 billion yuan to build roads in Deying County because of a dream.Although he didn't speculate that Chen Kangjie was Hongyuan's boss, that already explained the problem well. Fan Wenxuan understood why he made a joke, and Ouyang Zhenhua decided to invest in him. Because of this, Fan Wenxuan That's why there is no objection to Chen Kangjie's decision today.

"Your consultant? Can I meet this person? If I want to switch from Shaw Brothers to another company, I have to find a reason to convince myself. After all, I have always done a good job there. I have been in the industry since 85. In Shaw Brothers", Liu Weiqiang agreed without a word from Fan Wenxuan, the general manager of Feiyang Entertainment.

"This...well, you come with me," Fan Wenxuan made a promise for Chen Kangjie after a little hesitation. She felt that Chen Kangjie was so interested in this Liu Weiqiang, so she probably would not refuse.

In this way, the future director officially met Chen Kangjie for the first time.What made Chen Kangjie a little embarrassed was that the first person Liu Weiqiang was interested in was not himself, but his sister He Wanrong.

"Ms. He, hello, I am your loyal fan. Every song of yours is a classic. Not only I like it, but my wife and son Ade also like your songs." Liu Weiqiang said with a little Excitedly said to Chen Kangjie.

"Thank you, I'm honored, please sit down wherever you want," He Wanrong greeted gracefully.

"Mr. Liu, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Ouyang Zhenhua, the president of Hongyuan Investment Group, the investor of our Feiyang Entertainment Company, and that is his wife, Ms. Tan Meiyun. This is the consultant of Hongyuan Investment." Since Fan Wenxuan will If someone brings it, you have to introduce it to them, and you can't let them catch you blind.

The reason why He Wanrong did not introduce Chen Kangjie first, but put Ouyang Zhenhua and his wife first, was because Chen Kangjie was still Ouyang Zhenhua's subordinate on the surface.

"Ah? This is the company consultant you mentioned?" Liu Weiqiang pointed to Chen Kangjie and asked in surprise. Chen Kangjie was definitely the smallest consultant he had ever seen.

I don’t know if it’s because artists behave a little differently from ordinary people. Fan Wenxuan obviously introduced Ouyang Zhenhua’s husband and wife first, but Liu Weiqiang just bypassed Ouyang Zhenhua and was interested in Chen Kangjie. Maybe it’s because Chen Kangjie’s age is easy to let Normal people are terrified.

"Mr. Liu, is there any problem?" Chen Kangjie asked him back with a smile.

"No, no, no problem, no problem." Only then did Liu Weiqiang feel that he had lost his composure and waved his hands repeatedly.

"Just now at the entrance of the food restaurant, we heard that you have a script to make a movie, can you show me the script?" Chen Kangjie went straight to the point without procrastinating.

"Oh, oh, of course." Only then did Liu Weiqiang realize that the seemingly young consultant in front of him was also very jumpy in thinking, and hurriedly took out a stack of printed manuscripts from his handbag.

After Chen Kangjie received it, he browsed it. It may be related to popular comedies now. Liu Weiqiang’s script is a comedy martial arts film. It tells the story of a rich man who goes to Moriyama to learn martial arts. His purpose of learning martial arts is not for revenge, nor for the so-called anything. Martial arts leader, but to marry a wife.He fell in love with a beautiful girl in the city, but this girl is very beautiful and has good skills. They belong to the family of the Escort Bureau, and they want to use the method of martial arts to recruit a husband to choose a husband. Now there is no way out, I can only choose to suffer all kinds of hardships in order to get the beauty back.

The story unfolds around this main line, interspersed with many humorous plots, and finally ends with the young master defeating many evil prodigal sons who wanted to marry beautiful women to win the family property of the escort agency, and finally the lovers get married.

This kind of story is not innovative, but if it is shot well, it is very suitable for the taste of the current audience.Just like many Hollywood movies about spies, the plot can’t be more vulgar, but as long as the details, editing, pictures, and music are well integrated, they will still achieve good results, which young people can accept.

After Chen Kangjie finished reading it quickly, he passed it on to Ouyang Zhenhua and the others.

"Mr. Liu, is this a script you wrote yourself? I didn't see the signature," Chen Kangjie asked Liu Weiqiang.

"Yes, it's the first time I wrote a script by myself," Liu Weiqiang said truthfully.

"Hong Kong movies, don't look at the popularity of Hong Kong movies now, but I think there has always been a biggest worry, that is, not paying attention to the script, which will bring trouble sooner or later," Chen Kangjie said in a straightforward way.

After listening to Chen Kangjie's words, Liu Weiqiang fell into deep thought. He is a person in the industry and can easily understand the current situation and what Chen Kangjie said.

"The efficiency of filming in Hong Kong is very high, and it can be completed in as little as one week, which is very adaptable to today's fast pace." I don't know if Liu Weiqiang disagrees with Chen Kangjie's words, or deliberately turns the test on Chen Kangjie.

"Fast is fast, but the box office of a movie is only tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and it is only popular in East and Southeast Asia, but Hollywood, whose box office is hundreds of millions of dollars, is popular all over the world. The gap, besides, as I said just now, there is no major problem at present, but the times cannot remain the same," Chen Kangjie narrated.

Ouyang Zhenhua and Fan Wenxuan listened to their conversation while reading Liu Weiqiang's script.Ouyang Zhenhua was no stranger to Chen Kangjie's knowledge, but Fan Wenxuan was not so used to it.Chen Kangjie has never been in contact with movies. The only contact he has is watching movies. Could it be possible to see such insights through watching movies?

"This is mainly because Hong Kong does not have a large film company and lacks strong funds to carry out large-scale productions. On the other hand, Hong Kong films are also a manifestation of oriental cultural awareness, so it makes sense that the popular regions are limited to East Asia and Southeast Asia. Yes," Liu Weiqiang defended.

I have to say that what Liu Weiqiang said is quite reasonable. Culture is a double-edged sword.Leaving aside the cultural part, technically speaking, Hong Kong films do not pay much attention to scripts, which is a big flaw. Hong Kong is a bit unthinkable.