I created countless illusions

Chapter 37 Three Directors, Three Plays
The smell of gunpowder in the living room seemed to become stronger all of a sudden.

A good big water hose must be snatched.

In a small Xiangjiang, there are so many directors, actors, and newcomers who want to make their debut, and there are not so many bosses who can provide capital and let the directors feel at ease in creating.

How can you not fight?

How could Yang Shou fail to notice the atmosphere in the living room, which suddenly became solemn?
But he didn't break the atmosphere right away, but let the atmosphere hover for a while, and let the few people present tighten their skins first.

Talents are indeed talents, but they all need training.

The Immortal Emperor was not cultivated in a day, let alone born (isn't it?).

Naturally, great directors and screenwriters are not so good or powerful from the very beginning.

Only feed resources without giving a little pressure, no matter how good the talents are, they may become useless.

Of course, judging from the trajectory of later generations in Yang Shou's memory, both Xu Ke and Du Qifeng can be regarded as the type with more artistic perseverance. The investor's money is not like that of Chen Kexing, who paid [-] US dollars for a straw hat, which is more expensive than a Louis Vuitton hat.

The living room, which was originally chatting and lively, suddenly became deserted.

The older Gu Zhaofeng had to stand up to smooth things over: "Making movies is a very self-expression. It's normal for everyone to have their own opinions. Everyone communicates normally and expresses their opinions!"

In addition to being a gold-medal screenwriter, Gu Zhaofeng can also be regarded as the middle-level management of TVB. Relatively speaking, he doesn't have much desire for filming.

Xu Ke played with his fingers, looked at the other three, and said nothing.

He has works, he is a popular director who has proven himself, so he needs to be more confident.

Wei Jiahui and Du Qifeng should be a little weaker in momentum. After all, they are only famous in the industry. If you really want to say that they have a masterpiece, they really don't have one.

Du Qifeng has directed "Clear Water and Cold Mountain Kills Gold", but it was a blockbuster work, and the box office was very poor.

It was also the hit of this movie that forced Du Qifeng to give up directing alone and return to TVB to settle and polish.

Although everyone didn't speak, I'm afraid there were too many thoughts in their hearts.

Just a few minutes of pause and silence are almost comparable to hours of brainstorming.

Yang Shou finally spoke: "Actually, I plan to open three plays at the same time. I will be the leading role in all three plays. You can watch the other configurations."

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at Xu Ke: "Old Xu! We are old acquaintances. I believe in your ability. With a budget of 3000 million, you can do it boldly. You should find someone who is good at it. Don't mess it up."

The subtext is probably that if you screw up, there will be no next time.

Xu Ke really needs to be 'reminded' that this bird man floats away when he has money. Although he doesn't fill his pockets very much, he likes to burn special effects. The problem is that the special effects of this era, if you spend money to burn them, is there any point?

Xu Ke was proud and uncomfortable at the same time, as if his buttocks were full of sores, he writhed vigorously on the sofa.

"This... A Chinese Ghost Story's box office in Xiangjiang is only more than 2000 million. Even if you include other cities, the total is less than 7000 million." Xu Ke said.

The 7000 million is to deduct distribution, publicity, production costs and taxes, and there is really not much left.

Of course, Xiang Shisan, as the producer, of course did not lose money, and paid back his blood.

His money, if you go out one hundred and exchange it for ninety, it's all earned.

What's more, there are those jewels and jade given by Yang Shou.

"It doesn't matter whether I make money or not. I make movies because I have faith. I don't want to make money. Who makes movies when I make money? Wouldn't it be good to engage in real estate?" Yang Shou waved his hand.

"But the film is good, good or not... I have the final say, if I mess up too many times, the face of acquaintances will be lost." Yang Shou put down the tea bowl in his hand, and said in a very soft voice.

Xu Ke's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he planned to go back and consider some of the shooting experiment techniques that he had originally planned.

Yang Shou turned his head to Wei Jiahui, who was hesitant to speak several times, and said: "You are a newcomer, although you are good as a screenwriter, but you are inexperienced as a director, I will give you 1000 million to practice your skills. If you do well, you will be rewarded. It doesn't matter if you don't do well. , I can give you two chances of trial and error."

Wei Jiahui stood up unconsciously, retracted his lower abdomen, and tightened his sphincter: "Yes! Yes!"

Although Yang Shou was not his boss, at this moment Wei Jiahui felt like he was interviewing with a big boss.

Finally, Yang Shou's eyes fell on Du Qifeng.

"You...!" Yang Shou pointed to Du Qifeng, as if thinking about something.

All of a sudden, Du Qifeng and Wei Jiahui almost stopped breathing.

Wei Jiahui also tugged Du Qifeng's sleeve vigorously, telling him to say something nice.

It's just that Du Qifeng didn't seem to have much talent in this area, he opened his mouth a few times, but didn't utter a single word.

"You...go to the island country. I'll try to contact you and see if I can arrange for you to study with Akira Kurosawa for a few days. This old man is old and won't live for a few years. While he is still alive, Make use of the remaining heat. When you come back, I will give you a budget and let you start the show. I saw the sketches you drew before, and I feel very good about you." Yang Shou said to Du Qifeng.

In fact, when Du Qifeng heard the word 'Kurosawa Akira', he couldn't hear the following content anymore, and his heart was full of mixed feelings in an instant, like a flower blooming.

I feel like I have found a bosom friend.

Even Xu Ke, who had just received a 3000 million budget commitment, began to envy him.

Akira Kurosawa!

How many Akira Kurosawa are there in the world?
Leaving aside his identity for now, just from the director's point of view, this is a remarkable character.

On Du Qifeng, there are many shadows of Akira Kurosawa.

It can be seen that he highly respects Akira Kurosawa.

Several directors and screenwriters have the words 'Akira Kurosawa' in their hearts at the moment.

What Yang Shou thought about was how to squeeze out the film and television entertainment talents in the island country and cold country, so that Xiangjiang's film and television entertainment circle would become more introverted.

Both belong to the radiating range of the Chinese cultural circle, no matter how much the island country and the cold country want to distance themselves, the things that have been burned in their cultural genes cannot be completely washed out.

That is to say, if Westerners are asked to make an oriental fairy tale movie, they may not understand it, and the filming is neither fish nor fowl.

But if you look for directors from Daoguo and Hanguo, they might be able to come up with something good.

What's more, attracting talents from island countries and cold countries to come to Hong Kong can also effectively stimulate Hong Kong's local talents and prevent them from doing badly.

Yang Shou does not ask for box office, but only emphasizes quality.

But I was still worried. I gave up the box office and used money to support many people, but they didn't even want the quality.

In fact, Yang Shou's promises to Du Qifeng, Xu Ke, and Wei Jiahui are just empty promises.

If you want to cash in, you have to watch the Pindan meeting two days later.

(End of this chapter)