Chapter 626: Zhang Yimou's Caution
Kang Di-gyu, one of the most famous great directors in South Korea, has a status in South Korea, and Zhang Yimou in China, and Takeshi Kitano in Japan is a first-class great director. This kind of big director needs his own help.
Ye Ming was stunned for a moment, and seemed to think of something and said: "Hasn't the contradiction between the South Korean government and the entertainment industry been resolved? I heard that last year, director Jiang Digui and they launched a bald head movement." Doesn't this mean that the dust has settled on the film quota?
Because of the movie quota, South Korean stars and the government have competed fiercely, and well-known figures in the entertainment industry led by Kang Digui have proposed a bald movement to protest the government's inaction. This was quite influential in the last year.
A solemn look flashed in Kitano Takeshi's eyes and said: "This, of course, the South Korean government made a certain concession last year, but some people in Hollywood are a little unhappy about this matter.
Therefore, there are some twists and turns in things, therefore, we need some external support, this comes to think about it, Jiang Digui found me, hoping that I can come forward to make a certain amount of support to my Korean counterparts, this thing, I think, if it is the problem of film quotas, then we in Japan are still not as experienced as you from Huaxia, Ye Sang, if you go to support it, then I think it will also have a very big effect. β
Imported films, this is only possible in China Film Company, and the rest is a powerful pirated disc, and the rest of the film companies do not have this legal qualification, no matter who they are. Therefore, when it comes to the protection of their own national film market, in fact, Huaxia is still the most powerful.
Of course, this is also because Japan and South Korea are both little brothers of the United States, and naturally there are a lot of peacemakers and Goryeo traitors who want to sell their country's interests to curry favor with the United States.
But the South Korean government seems to have gone a little too far this time, therefore. was protested on a large scale by people in the entertainment industry, and this is why there was a skinhead movement last year, which obviously means that things have come to an end, who knows that some people in Hollywood are unhappy. Huaxia people have policies to limit how many movies they can import in a year, forget about this, can't you clean up South Korea if you can't afford to provoke Huaxia?
This Hollywood guy started a relationship. The South Korean government surrendered immediately, and as a result, things went back and forth, at this time, Jiang Digui and other Korean artists needed a lot of support, Japan's Kitano Takeshi, and Huaxia's Zhang Yimou were all the targets of wooing.
But Zhang Yimou was busy with China's Olympic bid at this time, which simply means that he would not take such a thing to heart, so they wanted to find someone to support him in this good situation. Ye Ming is a good choice.
This at least shows an attitude in the Chinese entertainment industry, and attitude is a very important issue.
Driving the American dad back to Hollywood and being the master of his own house is a wish of people with lofty ideals in the Korean entertainment industry.
And at this time, Kitano Takeshi vigorously supported Ye Ming's [Infernal Affairs], one is that [Infernal Affairs] does have a reason to be supported, a good film, a pretty good film. There is also Takeshi Kitano who also hopes that Ye Ming owes favors, so that Ye Ming will also come forward to support the bald movement in South Korea. Jiang Digui: Their current form is not optimistic.
Ye Ming hesitated. I didn't agree right away, this matter is too involved, and one who is not careful will cause himself considerable trouble.
In the end, Ye Ming pondered for a moment before saying, "It's not that things can't be done, but, Mr. Kitano." You also know that if I make my voice heard, I will definitely bring some trouble to myself, after all, director Kang Dikyu is facing the South Korean government, a careless word. After that, it will be even more difficult for me to enter the Korean market. Yes, but do I need to take the risk?"
This is said very tactfully, but in fact, it means that I am not very familiar with Jiang Digui, and even with you Takeshi Kitano, I am not very familiar with you, so I can't take risks for the two of you.
At this time, Kitano Takeshi's face showed a relaxed demeanor, Ye Ming can directly talk about the conditions, that is the best, Zhang Yimou is actually not very busy, it is certain that he is busy with the Olympic bid, but Zhang Yimou actually directly rejected Jiang Digui's request.
Because the relationship between the two people is not so good as that. Zhang Yimou didn't have to deliberately care about Jiang Digui's feelings.
Lao Zhang is a national teacher in Huaxia, so he naturally has his own confidence, and he really doesn't care about the Korean market.
But Ye Ming is also so cunning, which makes Kitano Takeshi very surprised, in Kitano Takeshi's opinion, Ye Ming's young man should be that kind of young and vigorous, and when he hears the bald movement in South Korea, he should be the kind of righteous indignation and indignation on the side of the actor.
But seeing Ye Ming's expression, while Kitano Takeshi was relaxed, he also had a certain fear of Ye Ming, Ye Ming was too cunning.
Therefore, at this time, Kitano Takeshi was not very happy, but said in a heavy tone: "It's good in Huaxia, the directors of your country still envy us, in fact, the directors of our two countries are the same envy of you, in your country, if you want to import movies, the restrictions are very big, such as the second part of the Terminator, it has not entered the Huaxia market at all, which is what we envy."
It's ridiculous that some of your directors are still clamoring to say that they envy us or something, this thing is definitely putting the cart before the horse. When I talked about this with Director Jiang Digui, I also unanimously envied your Huaxia director.
If Ye Sang arrived in South Korea, he would know that what I said was not wrong.
Director Kang Di-gyu said that if Ye Sang can support their skinhead movement, then at this time, your future films entering South Korea will ensure that there will be no trouble in terms of the actors' union.
And this Infernal Affairs premiere, the Korean side will give top support, and the premiere of Kang Di-gyu and several of their leaders of the bald movement will pass over to show their support for your film. Come to think of it, this support is very large. β
The result of this matter made Ye Ming very satisfied, Jiang Digui and other leaders of the bald movement, those directors and big-name actors, it is still quite influential in South Korea, and it can drive a large part of the audience to go to the cinema to watch the movie Infernal Affairs. Therefore, Ye Ming was quite satisfied with this answer.
After thinking about it, he finally nodded and said, "This, okay, I'll do my best for this matter, and I'll go to South Korea to see what kind of support they need." β
Although Ye Ming didn't fully agree, being able to say such a Cheng dΓΉ was already quite remarkable. Therefore, at this time, Takeshi Kitano was also very happy, and he was already quite satisfied that things could progress to this point. Therefore, he bowed and said, "Then, all the qiΔ please Ye Sang." β
After discussing such a question, Ye Ming said with some curiosity: "Mr. Kitano, there is one thing I don't understand, I hope you can solve the doubts in my heart." South Korea's skinhead movement has a certain connection with your country, right?"
Even if this Kitano Takeshi has a good relationship with Jiang Digui, he can't ask Jiang Digui for Ye Ming's support like this, Jiang Digui is not his son, he can't do it so hard.
Therefore, the only explanation at this time is that in such a situation, the skinhead movement led by Jiang Digui is inextricably linked with Takeshi Kitano, and even with the Japanese entertainment industry.
Takeshi Kitano immediately fell into a deep contemplation, Ye Ming's words could be said to have deeply pierced his heart.
At this time, Takeshi Kitano fell into a burst of emotion, and finally struggled to crawl out of that painful memory, calmed down the anger in his heart, and then said: "This matter, if it has a certain connection with us, then it is not wrong, the current situation in South Korea is just a copy of our Japanese entertainment industry, and some of the situations in our entertainment industry are worse than South Korea, but we people in the entertainment industry cannot unite, which makes me very sad."
Therefore, I want to see what director Kang Jee-gyu can do in South Korea, and then see if we in the Japanese entertainment industry can also use this film quota. If I could, it would be very helpful for our domestic film market, which is a little selfish on my part.
Before his death, Kurosawa-kun always said that he wanted to get rid of the control of Hollywood's capital, so that our Japanese film industry could have a place in the world film market, but he died before he could get out of school, and the hero was full of tears. β
Japanese literature is inherited from Chinese culture, so when he said these two poems, Kitano Takeshi didn't feel any jerky meaning at all, but said that he integrated his infinite sad feelings into it.
This point made Ye Ming also able to clearly feel the mystery. Although the countries are different, and even some positions are not the same, Takeshi Kitano is not an ordinary domineering person on the set, but at such a time, Ye Ming can clearly feel that from Takeshi Kitano's feelings, he can really understand what kind of director this is, and he also has the feeling of dedication to the Japanese film industry.
In any case, Takeshi Kitano can have such a spirit, which is worthy of admiration.
Ye Ming said very decisively this time: "In this case, then I wish Mr. Kitano all the best and make his wishes come true as soon as possible." β
This is a blow to Hollywood films, in the Asia-Pacific region, at least Ye Ming thinks that this is everyone's unanimous external appearance, and Ye Ming feels that if he can support this kind of action, it is also a good choice. (To be continued......)