Reborn Hong Kong Wild Age

Chapter 101

Heaven can't understand hatred;
Infatuated lovers are still hard to get their wish;

Separation is immutable;
But cherish the present moment more;
It can be seen that the farther apart;

I feel more concerned about you in my heart;

……

In the record player, Zhang Guorong's version of "Life Unchanged" is playing.

In mid-April, Zhang Guorong launched "Stand Up", which included "Exaggeration" and "Lifetime Unchanging" written by Gu Xiayang.

In order to match the energetic and unrestrained image, the album adopts four colors of yellow, green, purple and black respectively, bringing different color choices for music fans.

In addition, the record design also breaks the rules. The photos are arranged diagonally in an unorthodox way, which enhances the dynamics of the stage and has a very band sound feeling.

Also in order to match the colorful discs inside, I hollowed out with brush strokes so that music fans can distinguish the colors.

Many fans bought records in all colors for their collection, and the sales of the album set a new record, reaching 8 platinum in the end.

"Ah Yang, I didn't say that you should make an album of the songs you wrote, the sales will definitely be good."

In the office, Cen Jianxun looked at Gu Xiayang with a red face while smoking a cigar.

Gu Xiayang smiled: "Brother Curly, I highly doubt that you act as a lobbyist for Brother Sheng's DMI."

"Hahaha, my wife listened to your singing last time and said she liked it, that's why I said so."

Curly said with a grin: "Scholars are rich, 1000 million, a big deal. But "A Match Made in Heaven" is the number one box office in Hong Kong, and Boss Cai bought the number one."

This "A Match Made in Heaven" is his leading investment, making money is a trivial matter, and his face is bright!
"He is buying horse bones with a lot of money, and he is also letting the Hong Kong production companies see clearly how rich the family background is for the brand of scholars."

"The film must be hard enough! I heard that Meiya and Cathay Pacific are competing for the rights to show in Southeast Asia. What's going on?"

"I asked Ah Liang to negotiate, and the price will definitely not be low."

"Tianxiayiyi, it's now a golden signboard. I'm planning to release "Wealth and Nobility" in early June, how about it?"

Gu Xiayang joked, "Don't you wait until the end of June?"

"Not waiting for the summer vacation, Sanmao made a "Zombie Turnover", which was released yesterday. It's a bit powerful, and the "Rich and Rich" series will be used to beat him."

"it is good!"

Gu Xiayang nodded with a smile, and had no objection to this.

After "Mr. Zombie" became popular, Hong Jinbao's Baohe made persistent efforts and made "Zombie Turning Over", which carried forward the glimpse of corpses in "Mr. Zombie".

Next, Baohe will launch "Zombies Turn Again" and "Zombie Family" this year. Including the "Zombie Fear" that Yuan Heping and the others are filming, it will become a zombie party.

But zombie movies are really easy to sell. Looking back, there are endless "Uncle Zombie" and the like.

When a movie is just as popular, sequels and follow suits to make money are indispensable. "Rich and rich" and "Rich and rich" in the series "Rich and rich" are similar to each other but have the same effect.

The only difference is that the "Rich and Rich" series is very good at playing.

Now that the sequels of "The Royal Sister" and "The Brave Double Cannon" are being produced, Cen Jianxun naturally has to arrange the best schedule for the films produced by Debao to guarantee the box office.

After all, the "Wealth and Wealth" series itself is not considered a favorite of young students, and it is not a problem to come up with a head start now, as long as the number of shows is guaranteed, the box office will not be bad.

When Gu Xiayang left Debao, Cen Jianxun looked at the pineapple cake he brought, feeling very happy.

Although my brother's boss is getting bigger and bigger, but he has no airs, and he still misses his elder brother!

……

"A newcomer to the company?"

When Gu Xiayang returned to Tianxiayi, he unexpectedly saw a somewhat familiar face in the screenwriting department.

Ju Jueliang nodded and said: "The screenwriter introduced by Yuan Kui, Liu Zhenwei, has supervised the production of "Fire Youth" and other films, and Yu Yunkang's "Aftermath" was written by him."

"His company closed down the year before last, and he went to the mainland to do business last year. After more than half a year, he lost everything..."

"..."

Gu Xiayang didn't expect to pick up Liu Zhenwei for nothing?But when I think of Wang Jiawei, the two brothers are inseparable, maybe they will come too?
Wang Jiawei is a well-known master of skipping shifts. He often doesn't see anyone for ten days and a half months in New Art City, and he doesn't see anyone until he is paid every month.

Huang Baiming later found out that there was such a person in the company, so he set a time to ask him to write the script. When the time came, Wang Jiawei didn't write a word, and Huang Baiming was so angry that he fired him directly.

"I've heard of him. He has a good friend named Wang Jiawei. Has anyone come?"

"Wang Jiawei? I'm going to Debao. He is the one who wrote the screenplay for the sequel of "The Brave Double Cannon". It is said that Cen Jianxun likes him very much."

"Go to Debao?"

Gu Xiayang nodded, that's okay, it seems that the series of "The Brave Double Cannon" is probably not far from hitting the street.

"Where is Du Sir, I called him for a long time, but there was no response?"

Knowing the release time, the post-production of "Wealth is Overpowering" must be done quickly, and Gu Xiayang must notify Du Qifeng as soon as possible.

"Boss, he should have gone to the editing room in the morning."

"Which one is going to cut this movie this time?"

"Wheat Mountain."

"OK, I'll go and have a look."

Tianxiayi recruited many editors from the Shaw Brothers, and Maizishan was the one Gu Xiayang was most satisfied with.

In Hong Kong movies, there are two names that appear most often under the title of "editing". In the early days, it was mostly Zhang Yaozong, and later it was almost all Maizishan.

Zhang Yaozong is the queen editor of Golden Harvest, and Maizishan's name is the one that appeared in Xu Ke's movies later.

He started working at a film color development company at the age of 14 and started working as a film editor five years later.

It wasn't until the late 80s that he became Xu Ke's queen editor, and he wrote "Once Upon a Time" and "Black and White Forest".

In the future, Maizishan will have the reputation of "Hong Kong's No. [-] Scissors". After Shaw's cut production, it is basically unemployed.

Now with a female apprentice in her early 20s, Lin An'er, who later edited "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" and "Kung Fu", officially joined Tianxiayi.

But what's the job of an editor?Not good.

For example, a new movie is scheduled on Friday or Saturday every week, and at the same time, more than a dozen movie theaters will arrange a new movie preview ceremony around 11:30.

Then you have a driver who drives a truck with professional equipment and takes the editor from one theater to another, and on the way to and from these theaters, the editing has to be done.

It's an everyday job for editors, but they're mobile workstations for midnight previews.

For example, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has about 10 minutes of literary drama before the final duel. Before the film was released, Xu Ke and the others discussed very seriously what would happen if the audience had a bad evaluation of the ending.

Cheng Xiaodong asked him what to do, and he said: Let's keep this part first, and then see what happens. If the audience really hates the ending, we can run away and just cut it later.

……

"Du Sir, "Wealth is Overpowering" is tentatively scheduled to be released in early June, how is the editing going?"

"Maizi's job, Gu Shao, don't worry."

"Well, he edited the film, you stare at me, I don't worry. I heard that Ah Hai almost didn't get crushed by you during this time? Hahaha, be more patient with young people."

Gu Xiayang gave You Naihai the outline of "Wealth is Overpowering". Unexpectedly, during the filming, You Naihai's script was almost scrapped, and Du Qifeng acted according to the outline on the spot.

Now that the filming is over, Gu Xiayang couldn't help but make a joke.

Du Qifeng curled his lips and said, "The writing is really too general, and it needs more sharpening."

"Give him more time, let him write more and ponder more. We are not in a hurry now. Screenwriters should also be cultivated. After all, a person's energy is limited."

"I understand."

Seeing Du Qifeng nodding, Gu Xiayang thought to himself, I hope you really understand.

In Hong Kong, you, Wang Jing, Wong Kar Wai and others are famous "flying paper boys", and they don't even use scripts for filming.

But compared to Wang Jiawei, Du Qifeng and Wang Jing are both fast shooters.

It took Du Qifeng 19 days to shoot "Gunfire", which everyone is amazed by.

Later, when Wu Zhenyu, Lin Ji and others finished filming Du Qifeng's "Gunfire", they basically broke out such a sentence: "I don't even know what he filmed?"

Wang Jing's hanging hair can make "Young and Dangerous" for you in a week.

In the Hong Kong film industry, this phenomenon is called 'Seven Days Fresh'.

For example, counting from Thursday, the production side immediately finds actors, finds ready-made scripts or popular novels, and then contacts a ghostly director, with a team of fast-moving staff... The preparations can be completed on the same day.

Then everyone talked together, and the director gave a general shooting method, and the filming could start on Saturday.

Write the dialogue while shooting, or even take a novel directly for shooting, and develop and edit at the same time.

By next Monday, the shooting part can be fully completed.Wait until Tuesday to do a day of aftermath, then print copies overnight, and wait until Wednesday for exactly seven days.

One copy is sent for review, and the other is sent to the cinema to wait for the release.

Of course, even if the movies of "Seven Days Fresh" are done with every detail and link, most of them can't escape the category of bad movies.

No matter how mature the industrialization of Hong Kong films is, such products are just one of the ways to make money.

This kind of shoddy movie may take the lead in the market for a while and win some box office, but once it is impacted by a really good movie, it will rush to nothing.

It took Liu Zhenwei 27 days to complete the filming and production of the box office masterpiece "East and West". After all, it is a small number.

In such a situation, various factors must be combined, such as the ability of a director, the strength of each actor, and the sparks that collide with each other, so that it is extremely difficult to produce a blockbuster.

Are the editors and directors great?sharp.

But such talents are too few.

This model requires too much talent, and inspiration cannot be passed on, and inspiration also has a bottleneck, and the risk is very high.

There are many films produced in Hong Kong—the good ones are good, and the bad ones are also bad. Whether they are good or bad depends on whether the talent of the decision-makers can catch up with the imagination of themselves and even the team.

"There are two of the most famous 'flying paperboys' in Hong Kong..."

　Now there is only one image in my mind, Master Xing shouted to the sea: Work hard!struggle!

　　I hope that all book friends will get what they deserve for their efforts, and live an extraordinary self in an ordinary life, come on! ! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)