China Entertainment's turbulent era

Chapter 63 A Special Watching Party

March.

Kowloon, Hong Kong.

"My brother Marco, are you sure you don't want my movie this time?"

"Haha...Brother Jiang, we are so familiar with each other, so let me tell you clearly, this time I watched Chief Jia's film as a thief."

"Stop, stop, it's his energy, I just want to know what I should do."

"Brother Jiang, don't worry, I've taken care of everything."

"What's wrong?"

"So far, in Cannes and Nagada, there hasn't been a single Asian film that has been eye-catching. I've already contacted you."

"Ah, brother Marco is doing something, it really just dropped."

"It's not so bad, we have nothing to do with each other, right?"

"Okay! I have a treat tonight."

"necessary."

If you just listened to these conversations without seeing anyone, you might think that this guy Jiang Wen was chatting with an old man from the Northeast.

But if you look at the face of this brother Marco, you will definitely be shocked.

Brother Marco, his name is Marco Muller, he is an Italian, and he is currently the chairman of the Venice Film Festival.

However, although he is Italian, he has lived in China for many years, and he graduated from Liaoning University.

He speaks Northeast dialect very fluently. Of course, he can speak standard Mandarin in public.

Marco Muller and Jiang Wen are old friends. They have known each other since "Red Sorghum".

It can be said that Marco Muller has played a big role in Chinese films going out of Asia and shining in the world's A-level film festivals.

Of course, he also actually saved the Venice Film Festival.

It can be said that the Venice Film Festival was in jeopardy at that time. Marco Muller started as a film selector and worked closely with well-known Chinese directors, such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, etc., to bring many classic films to Venice.

It has not only increased the attention of this film festival, but also made Chinese films internationally famous. This is a beautiful thing.

Now, Marco has become the chairman of the Venice Film Festival, as well as the chairman or senior management of several European film festivals.

The filming of Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises" has already been finished, if you don't come to see Brother Marco, who should you look for?

This year, Jia Kechang made a film "The Good Man in Three Gorges", the name sounds very Brecht.

However, since he is determined to go to Venice, he should not join in the fun.

If you can enter the main competition in Cannes, then... definitely!

Jiang Wen has great confidence in his "The Sun Also Rises".

Moreover, I heard not long ago that the chairman of the jury for this year's Cannes is Sunglasses King, and one of the judges is Zhang Ziyi.

Aren't they all their own people? Then this is good news.

It's settled, I'll treat Brother Marco to dinner tonight.

If there is no accident, "The Sun Also Rises" will enter the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

But an accident still happened, and the eldest brother Long called Jiang Wen.

"Brother, why call me when you have time?"

When meeting the big brother Long, Jiang Wen also had to lower his posture.

"It's nothing special, I just got the news from Shen Fang before." The elder brother Long's tone contained joy.

"Ah? What's wrong with that kid?" Jiang Wen also laughed.

"I was optimistic about this kid before, so I invested a sum of money in him. It's not too much, just sprinkle water. I thought I would have to wait for a while for his film, but I didn't expect that he called me today and said The film has already been filmed."

"What? Shen Fang made a movie himself?"

"Haha... I didn't tell you before, so I'm sorry."

"Brother, it's okay if you don't talk about it. I'm just curious. What kind of movie did that kid make?"

This was indeed a big accident, Jiang Wen really didn't expect Shen Fang to make a movie.

When I saw him doing that drama before, I felt that this kid had something.

However, there is a big gap between making a movie and making a drama.

Moreover, in the final analysis of that drama, Shen Fang mainly wrote the script.

Then this movie...

"Hey...horror movie." Big brother Long seemed to follow the phone line, and saw through Jiang Wen, "Is it very interesting?"

Jiang Wen also laughed after hearing this, "Of course."

The eldest brother Long also said the true meaning of this call, "I would like to ask you to come over and take a look, and help check it out. After all, without brother Jiang, I would not be able to know Shen Fang."

Having reached this level, Jiang Wen naturally readily accepted it.

"Brother, I am also very grateful to you. By the way, I plan to treat Brother Marco to dinner tonight. Are you free?"

"Mr. Muller? That's a good relationship!"

The eldest brother Long was also very happy when he heard it. He is currently contacting the release of "Baby Project".

According to the general routine, if you can go to a well-known foreign film festival, you will have an advantage in publicity.

Although this is a commercial film, commercial films can also go to international A-level film festivals. They don't participate in the main competition, and they can only be screened.

The "Star Wars" series used to premiere at such a film festival.

The two hit it off and chatted more and more happily.

……

"Far Cry" was indeed made.

But Shen knew in his heart that the shooting was a bit hasty.

But as far as his current situation is concerned, that's all.

If you want to refine it more carefully, money is not allowed.

In this movie, Shen Fang really spent his money wisely.

The remuneration has been compressed to the extreme, and the rest is handed over to the 'picture'.

Shen Fang is willing to spend money on anything that can improve the picture quality, even a little bit.

It took 20 days to shoot, which is also a good cost savings.

Anyone who knows the business knows that the longer the filming time of a film and television drama, the higher the cost.

The simplest thing is, if you have an extra day, you will be given an extra day's box lunch.

After the filming was completed, Shen Fang and Lu Yang started post-production.

If it is according to Lu Yang's intention, you can go to Beiying and turn to Beiying's youth film studio for help.

This will definitely save costs.

But Shen Fang refused, and he still brought the film to Hong Kong for post-production here.

At this time, Hong Kong's technical level is still good, and there are relatively strong special effects companies here.

For example, Xiantao is well-known in the industry.

What Shen Fang considered was that if some shots were not satisfactory, then he would invest more and ask a special effects company for help.

This is about the death of Fang Li, many of her appearing in one scene, and multiple scenes of Cha Baoluo's hanging.

In fact, these shots can also be made with a camera.

This kind of special effects lens is also called special effects lens, and it has been in the early days of the film.

However, as far as the picture effect is concerned, it is indeed not as good as the computer special effects.

Fortunately, Shen Fang and Lu Yang worked hard, but they achieved a satisfactory result.

When they succeeded, the two guys embraced excitedly.

After getting excited, the two separated immediately.

From the beginning of shooting in January to March now, more than two months, the two of them have been busy day and night.

The movie was finally finished, and I showed it to my elder brother Long according to the original agreement.

……

In Kowloon, Tangwo hits the old road.

The company co-founded by Big Brother Long and Ying Huang is located here.

Shen Fang and Lu Yang came here with a copy of "Far Cry".

Both of them... have dark circles under their eyes.

I haven't had a good rest recently, and coupled with the importance of today, both of them suffered from insomnia last night.

When the two of them explained their intentions to the company's front desk, the front desk didn't believe it.

Fortunately, Shen Fang has a phone number from his big brother Long.

Then there was an accident.

"Teacher Jiang Wen?"

"Haha... Surprise or not?"

Jiang Wen was still wearing a baseball cap, and when he saw Shen Fang, he gave him a generous hug.

The action of him and Shen Fang made the elder brother Long laugh out loud.

"Shen Fang, you also shot too fast. With the speed of this movie, I thought it was back to the most glorious time of Hong Kong movies."

Big Brother Long was a little emotional at these words.

At the peak of Hong Kong movies, the filming can be completed in about a week, and it can be seen in theaters in a week.

The more classic example here is "The Tricky Expert". Fatty Wang always talks about this movie.

In addition, there is the "Elf of Love", a generation of pure girls who planned to make a bold move with "When XX Mature".

This made Huang Daxie, who made her popular in one hand, very unhappy, so he forced the filming, and the filming was completed and released at an extremely fast speed. The two films appeared in Hong Kong theaters almost at the same time.

Movie fans are feasting their eyes, a jade girl is a jade girl, if you don’t take it off, you will be fine, if you take it off, you will have two movies.

Shen Fang shook his head to dispel these strange knowledge.

"Uncle Long, it's the first time I'm making a movie, so I don't dare to be careless, let alone procrastinate."

What he said, Big Brother Long loved to listen to it.

"Young people, you should have momentum!"

He also patted Shen Fang on the shoulder vigorously.

Then, everyone introduced each other.

Of course, Shen Fang would introduce Lu Yang to Big Brother Long and the others, and Big Brother Long also had director Chen Musheng and Marco Muller who spoke Northeast dialect.

To be honest, the most unexpected thing for Shen Fang was to meet Marco Muller here.

This China hand is quite powerful. He has served as the chairman of the Venice Film Festival for more than ten years, and Chinese films have become frequent visitors.

And when he resigned later, there was a ten-year gap in Venice for Chinese films.

To put it bluntly, there is no connection in this world.

Then they watch our movie...

"Shen Fang, I, cough..." Lu Yang's face turned pale, obviously too nervous.

Shen Fang understood in seconds, so he made a suggestion to his elder brother Long.

"The two of us will not participate in the film meeting. It's all up to the teachers and seniors to decide."

His gesture made big brother Long very happy, and Jiang Wen also nodded.

In this way, the four of them became the first audience of the Shen Fang version of "Far Cry", and also the first critics.

……

The copy has been sent over, and the viewing session over there should have started.

Without the presence of the boss, Lu Yang, an otaku, returned to normal.

Two people were sitting in the reception room of Big Gelong Company, with a cup of coffee in front of each other.

Did not drink.

"Shen Fang, I just have one question."

"You still want to say that?"

When the two of them made it before, they had already discussed a certain issue.

Now, Lu Yang still wanted to mention it.

"Will some hints be too obvious, too much?"

Shen Fang knew he would say this, and shook his head with a smile.

"You know The Shining, right?"

Lu Yang frowned slightly, "Of course I know, and I know that you used a lot of tricks from "The Shining"."

Is this a tribute?
Shen Fang smiled and said, "Do you know the interpretation of "The Shining" by European and American movie fans?"

Lu Yang was taken aback, and shook his head.

Shen Fang didn't delay, and said directly: "Someone interpreted the history of World War II from this movie, and exposed the hypocritical nature of the United States and so on."

Lu Yang was stunned for a while, "Is it okay?"

Yes, a horror movie, is it so powerful?
Shen Fang didn't say much, "Just wait."

Lu Yang had no choice but to drink coffee.

In fact, Shen Fang knew very well that what Lu Yang was talking about was not the use of the symbol '∞', but the oil painting.

Masses of diabolical capitalism . . .

　Don't worry, everyone, let Heiche write slowly, he is really trying his best to code.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)