Cheng Long didn't understand what Yuan Heping meant by the phrase "The sky of Xiangjiang movies is going to change", but he knew that Yuan Heping was not a person who opened his mouth, and I am afraid that something big will really happen in the Xiangjiang film industry, and this big event is related to that mainland boy Xu Wangqiu. After hanging up Yuan Heping's phone, Cheng Long pondered for a few seconds and dialed Chen Ziqiang's phone.

Chen Ziqiang is Cheng Long's agent and his left arm and right hand, and has made many good strategies for his development. At the beginning, Cheng Long was not famous in the film industry, so he was disheartened and went to Australia to seek refuge with his father and became a cement worker. It was Chen Ziqiang who persuaded Cheng Long to return to Xiangjiang and redevelop his film career. Cheng Long's famous work "Serpentine Trickster" was also contacted by Chen Ziqiang. Cheng Long has great trust in Chen Ziqiang, and will discuss anything with him.

Cheng Long told Chen Ziqiang what happened and Yuan Heping's words as they were, and asked him how to deal with this matter. After listening to Cheng Long's description, Chen Ziqiang felt that it was relatively unlikely that Xu Wangqiu would trouble Cheng Long, but he attached great importance to Yuan Heping's sentence "The sky of Xiangjiang movies is about to change", and felt that something really big should happen.

Chen Ziqiang didn't know what kind of big thing it was, but he vaguely felt that this matter was not simple, and both himself and Cheng Long might be involved. He decided to come to the press conference tomorrow to see what was going on. Subsequently, he contacted Gao Liang, a reporter from "Business Daily" who had a particularly good relationship with him, and said that he would follow him to the press conference tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Chen Ziqiang drove to the newspaper office to pick up Gao Liang, and then went to the Clear Water Bay studio.

Yindu is relatively poor, there is no large conference hall, and today's press conference is arranged in a studio. When Chen Ziqiang and Gao Liang walked into the studio, they found a row of tables in front of the studio, covered with snow-white tablecloths. In front of the table lay ten rows of chairs, twenty in a row. At this time, more than half of the 200 chairs were already seated, and the reporters were in groups of three or five, whispering about the relevant content of the press conference.

After Chen Ziqiang and Gao Liang entered the studio, they found a place to sit down and waited for the press conference to begin.

The time soon came to half past nine, Xu Wangqiu appeared at the press conference, and Fu Qi of Yindu Agency appeared with him. The two of them came to the back of the table, pulled out their chairs and sat down.

Fu Qi looked at the reporters on the scene expressionlessly, and said: "Friends from the media, good morning! I am Fu Qi, and I have invited you here today to announce some very important things to you. Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Xu Wangqiu and said, "Wangqiu, what you want to announce is particularly important, so you should come first!"

Xu Wangqiu nodded, looked at the black-pressed reporters at the scene, and said with a smile: "Before announcing the most important content, let's talk a little gossip first." I know that many people want to know what is going on with Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia, and whether I really want to cooperate. We will definitely cooperate, but for political reasons, it will be difficult to cooperate in the short term. In five years, we'll definitely be working together. You may wonder why five years later? Here's the thing, when I was in Cannes, I signed a bet with Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia. ”

Speaking of which, Xu Wangqiu took out the agreement he signed with Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia and showed it to the reporters at the scene.

The reporter at the scene held the camera and slapped the agreement in Xu Wangqiu's hand. There was irrepressible excitement on everyone's faces, although they didn't know what Xu Wangqiu was betting on with Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia, but they already felt that the bonus was beckoning to them.

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "The content of the bet is very simple, in the five years since 1982, if there are three years of the top ten Chinese films of the year, five of which are Zuopai Films or other films cooperated by Xiangjiang Film Company and the mainland, even if I win; if I don't achieve this goal, even if Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia win." If I win, then Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia will join the South China Federation of Film Workers, and if Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia win, then I will join the Freedom Federation. No matter who wins or loses, in five years' time, we will be a family, and we will definitely work together when the time comes. ”

The reporters at the scene were stunned when they heard the content of the gambling contract, and looked at Xu Wangqiu like a fool. In their opinion, Xu Wangqiu's bet has no chance of winning at all, and only people with bad brains will make this bet. Some people even suspect that Xu Wangqiu yearns for the free world in his heart, and this bet is to find an excuse for him to defect to the free world.

Gao Liang shook his head slightly and said, "I thought Xu Wangqiu was a smart person, but I didn't expect him to be an arrogant fool." Even Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest didn't dare to say that five of the top ten movies of the year were his own company's movies, and he dared to make this bet. I think he's either crazy or stupid!"

Chen Ziqiang also felt that this matter was completely illogical, as long as it was a normal person, he would not make this bet. However, he thinks that people who can make movies like "Hoe Rape" and "Falcon" will not be crazy, let alone fools, Xu Wangqiu dares to make this bet, there must be a reason why outsiders don't know, which may be the fundamental reason why Xu Wangqiu opened this press conference.

Xu Wangqiu doesn't care what the reporters think, everything he does has a purpose: "After gossiping, now let's get to the point, first of all, I want to tell you a good news, our export company has negotiated with the famous director Li Hanxiang, after he completes the contract of Shaw Brothers, he will return to the mainland to shoot two historical blockbusters invested by our export company, "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government". ”

As soon as these words came out, it was as if a thunderclap sounded out of thin air, and all the reporters at the scene felt that their ears were full of roars.

Who is Li Hanxiang? Li Hanxiang is one of the most famous directors in Hong Kong, and film scholar Jiao Xiongping has praised him as "the first person in the film industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan." He has not only made a series of masterpieces, but also created two film trends. In the 50s, the mainland film "Tianxian Pei" caused a sensation after its release in Hong Kong, and Li Hanxiang persuaded the Shaw Brothers to fund the filming of the Huangmei film "Diao Chan", which not only fulfilled Li Hanxiang's dream of shooting costume films for many years, but also set off the Huangmei wave of Xiangjiang films for nearly 20 years, and a series of works he then shot pushed the Huangmei film to the peak.

In the 70s, Li Hanxiang failed to start a business in Taiwan, and although he returned to Shaw Brothers as a director, he was already destitute, in order to revive his prestige, he set his sights on erotic movies that were easy to make money. Li Hanxiang's Fengyue film not only did a great box office, but also discovered Hu Jin, Tian Ni, Shao Yinyin, Yu Shali, Bai Xiaoman, Chen Ping, etc., all of whom have become smash hit sexy actresses, and have dedicated countless masterpieces to Shaw Brothers.

How could such a big director who has great influence in Hong Kong and Taiwan destroy his future and cooperate with mainland film companies, isn't he afraid of being banned by Taiwan?

"Director Xu, I heard you right?" A reporter at the scene couldn't hold back his excitement and asked directly, "Li Hanxiang is going back to the mainland to make a movie, you won't be joking with us, right?"

Many reporters at the scene had the same question in their hearts, and they all looked at Xu Wangqiu, wondering how he would answer.

Chen Ziqiang also thinks this is incredible, going to the mainland to make a movie means being blocked by the Taiwan market, and the Taiwan market is the most important selling port for Xiangjiang films, once it is blocked by the Taiwan market, whether it is a director or an actor, Xiangjiang may have no one to cooperate with him, and the future will definitely be ruined. Li Hanxiang has been in the film industry for decades, it is impossible not to know the power of this, how dare he do this, what does he think?

Xu Wangqiu said with a bright smile: "Of course it's true, you can ask Mr. Li Hanxiang for verification." Mr. Li Hanxiang has decided to cooperate with an export company and return to the mainland to shoot "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Politics of the Curtain". With an investment of more than 20 million yuan, these two dramas will be filmed in the places where the story takes place as much as possible, including the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the Chengde Summer Resort. ”

The reporters at the scene were all stunned when they heard this, now one or two million Xiangjiang movies are considered a big investment, basically hundreds of thousands, Li Hanxiang has invested 20 million in the film he cooperated with the mainland, and he will also go to the Forbidden City, Summer Palace and other places to film, this treatment is too high, no wonder Li Hanxiang is tempted.

Xu Wangqiu saw that the scene was silent, and said with a smile: "The actors of "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government of the Curtain" have not yet been decided, and Director Li Hanxiang intends to select the most suitable actors from the two sides of the strait to star in this movie. Personally, I think Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia are very good actors, and if they can act, it will be very beneficial to their future development and this movie. Here, I sincerely extend an invitation to Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia, hoping that they can participate in this film. ”

The on-site reporter was in a commotion again, a huge film with an investment of 20 million, and the director is Li Hanxiang, how many people say it is a dream opportunity, if it is a Xiangjiang movie or a Taiwan movie, the actors in the Xiangjiang film circle will break the head, Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia will definitely compete to act, but these two movies are mainland investment, how will Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia choose?

When the scene was a little quieter, Xu Wangqiu put away his smile and said seriously: "I don't know if you have paid attention to the development trend of world films, ten years ago, the gap between the film levels of countries in the world was not too big, and Hollywood movies were very popular in many countries and regions, but the local films of these countries and regions have always occupied a dominant position. But things have started to change in recent years, with Hollywood seeing commercial blockbusters like Star Wars and Jaws that swept the world and had stunning visuals.

Inspired by Star Wars and Jaws, Hollywood is constantly applying high technology to filmmaking, including state-of-the-art computer technology. These technologies are not yet mature, but according to Moore's Law, the number of components that can fit on an integrated circuit doubles about every 18 to 24 months, and the performance will double. I think that in 15 years, computer graphics technology will mature, and Hollywood movies will be upgraded and enter the era of heavy industry, and the imagination of Hollywood filmmakers will be fully unleashed.

One hundred and forty years ago, during the Opium War, we were an agricultural country and an industrial country, and we lost a series of unequal treaties, and we lost Xiangjiang, starting an extremely humiliating 100 years. Fifteen years from now, we will be in the same situation in the field of cinema, where the handicraft industry will face the heavy industry of Hollywood, and use small sampans to fight aircraft carriers. To change this situation, filmmakers from across the Taiwan Strait and the three regions need to work together to turn Chinese-language films into aircraft carriers.

In order to promote the cooperation of filmmakers in the three regions of the Taiwan Strait, our film export company has launched a cooperation policy for filmmakers and film companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan. There are two main ways to cooperate with us, the first is to invest in the ...... of both parties."

Chen Ziqiang looked at Xu Wangqiu dumbfounded, the lightning flashed in his mind, and the thunder roared in his ears. He has been in the film industry for many years, so he naturally knows what the policy announced by Xu Wangqiu means. He suddenly sounded Yuan Heping's words, "The sky of Xiangjiang movies is about to change", yes, the innocence of Xiangjiang movies is really going to change!