Valenti knows that it will be a long process for Hollywood to enter the Chinese market, but Hollywood movies can't wait for the Chinese market to open before entering, and before that, they should find ways to enter the Chinese market, even if there are a few films a year, even if the audience is not so large. He believes that with the quality of Hollywood movies, as long as they enter China, they will be able to cultivate a group of Hollywood lovers.

Valenti stared at Xu Wangqiu and said slowly: "I heard that Dongying holds Dongying Film Week in China every year, and a number of Dongying films will be selected to be screened in some cities in China. Our American movies are better and better looking than Dongying movies. Since we want to engage in Sino-US cooperation and exchanges, we should not only come to the United States to study and exchange, but we should also go to China for exchanges, so why don't we hold an American Film Week? Every year, we choose how many Hollywood films to be screened in China?"

Xu Wangqiu remembered that in the previous life, the American Film Week was held in China, and films such as "Golden Pond" and "Mr. and Mrs. Kramer" were screened in China as exhibition films, and he didn't remember that year when he started doing it, but he could do it in the previous life, and it will definitely not be a problem in this life. However, he was not in a hurry to agree, so he said in embarrassment: "I am the junior director of the art center of the export company, where is my turn to speak for this kind of thing." This needs the approval of the Ministry of Culture, or even the Ministry of Affairs, and you should talk to the Ministry of Culture. ”

Valenti said with a smile: "Mr. Wang Lanxi, the general manager of the export company, is the vice minister of culture and your teacher, and he also trusts you very much, I believe that as long as Mr. Xu comes out, this thing will definitely be successful." ”

Xu Wangqiu said embarrassedly: "I can only say that I will try, and I dare not guarantee that it will succeed." ”

While Xu Wangqiu was talking about cooperation with Valentine, Zhang Yimou and they were busy with film development. The film processing with the silver retention method is inherently complicated, and the development of "A Game of Chess That Never Ends" is even more complicated. For example, in the development of "Saving Private Ryan", since the color tone of the film is fixed, it can be processed directly according to the proportion of 70% of the silver, and all the film can be processed at one time. The color tone of "A Game of Unfinished Chess" is constantly changing, and the proportion of silver left in different tones is also different; Other movies can be made in one day, but Zhang Yimou and them took two days to develop.

After the film was developed, Xu Wangqiu and they concentrated on the sample film in Miramax's projection room.

This batch of samples is all in Chinese, no subtitles, no editing, all scattered shots. Harvey doesn't understand what the characters in the movie say, and he doesn't know what the movie is about. However, as a film businessman who has been in the film industry for ten years, as a lover of art films, he understands the lens and has a high sense of appreciation.

In Harvey's view, "A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished" maintains Xu Wangqiu's usual style on the camera, focusing on sports shots, but the camera movement is not as strong as "Falcon" and is relatively stable. However, the color tone of the movie is particularly strange, most of the shots are not normal, yellowish and green, and the gray haze is relatively high, and some of the shots are particularly gray, almost like a sketch.

Harvey believes that a director like Xu Wangqiu will definitely not use color indiscriminately, and what to shoot, how to shoot, and what color to use must be well thought out. As soon as the dailies were finished, he threw out his questions.

Xu Wangqiu saw that Harvey was interested, so he briefly talked about the concept and idea of "A Game of Chess That Didn't End".

Harvey was dumbfounded after hearing this, completely shocked by Xu Wangqiu's thoughts.

There is a saying in the film industry that every director actually makes the same movie all his life. There is a sense of truth in this, for example, Woody Allen's films criticize the middle class all his life, Bergman's films are always full of doubts about God, and Wong Kar-wai's films are always about the confusion and hesitation of the human heart.

However, directors who have pursuits, when making different films, will pursue a different shooting method from their previous works. For example, in the "Godfather" trilogy, the story is continuous, but the filming method is completely different. "The Godfather 1" is narrated in normal order, while "The Godfather 2" shows the story of the old godfather and the new godfather through parallel montage.

It's just like "A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished", in a movie, the psychological state and emotional changes of two people when they recall, through the changes in tone and sound, are unheard of.

When he watched "The Falcon" in Cannes, Harvey thought that Xu Wangqiu was a genius director and was very creative in audiovisual language, but now he feels that Xu Wangqiu is more powerful than he imagined, and he is a peerless genius like no other.

Harvey didn't know what would happen to the finished film, but in terms of how the dailies felt to him, he believed it would be an unbeatable film that would amaze the whole world.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Yimou and the others boarded the plane to Dongying and went to Dongying to make the film. Xu Wangqiu didn't rush to leave because he wanted to see Schwarzenegger. He is not the only director of "A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished", but also Junya Sato. After Zhang Yimou and the others took the film back, Junya Sato could take everyone to do the post-production. Moreover, the Chinese part of the movie has a storyboard, and the editor can cut it according to the storyboard. It is not a problem to hope that Qiu will go back a few days later.

At the same time as Zhang Yimou's plane took off, Xu Wangqiu and Harvey sat in the café next to the hotel, drinking coffee and watching the bustling crowd outside the window, waiting for Schwarzenegger and his agent to arrive.

Xu Wangqiu and Harvey were chatting when they saw two men walking in, one of them was tall and strong, almost like a wall, it was none other than Schwarzenegger. After the two came in, they looked around, and then walked over to Xu Wangqiu and Harvey.

Schwarzenegger was Austrian and had a frail childhood, often bullied at school. His father, who had participated in World War II, had a strict upbringing, was very strict with his son, and actively encouraged him to participate in a series of sports. While exercising, Schwarzenegger became interested in bodybuilding. Since the age of 16, he has won various bodybuilding awards, including Bodybuilding Globe and the title of Mr. Olympian.

In 1968, Schwarzenegger went to the United States to study business administration at university, where he taught classes and filmed bodybuilding videos. In 1970, his first film, Hercules in New York, was mediocre and did not make any splashes. His foreigner status and overly strong figure discouraged many filmmakers. Throughout the seventies, Schwarzenegger, who was aspiring to a career in acting, found that few decent opportunities were available until last year, when he was offered the opportunity to star in "Conan the Barbarian."

After Schwarzenegger and the others came over, Harvey stood up and shook hands with the man next to Schwarzenegger: "Hello, James. He extended his hand to Schwarzenegger again: "Hello, Arnold." He shook hands with Schwarzenegger and introduced: "This is Xu Wangqiu, the director of "Falcon" and "Hoe Rape", and the project manager of Asia's largest film company. ”

Xu Wangqiu thought that Harvey really dared to blow it, and he actually blew the export company into the largest film company in Asia, and he smiled and shook hands with the two. During the handshake, he noticed that Schwarzen was modest, while his agent, James, looked arrogant, as if he looked down on himself. He knows that racial discrimination is very serious in the American film industry, and the Chinese are at the bottom of the food chain, ranking behind blacks and Latinos, and are the targets of discrimination.

Xu Wangqiu was a little unhappy with James's arrogant attitude, and said lightly: "Maybe you haven't heard of our company, so I'll introduce you first." Our company is the largest film company in China and the largest film company in Asia, and we shoot more than 20 films every year. Most of these films are released in Asian places, and you may not have seen them. However, in the last two years, we have begun to try to enter the European and American markets, among which "Falcon" and "Shaolin Temple" have achieved good results after their release in the United States. However, these two films have fared better in Asia, with "Falcon" grossing more than $100 million worldwide, and "Shaolin Temple" is still in theaters, but judging by the performance of "Shaolin Temple", the final box office should exceed $100 million. ”

Hearing that "Falcon" and "Shaolin Temple" both grossed more than $100 million worldwide, Schwarzenegger showed a surprised expression. A company that can make a movie with a box office of more than $100 million in a row is certainly not an ordinary company, and it must be very rich. James snorted softly, a look of no disbelief.

Xu Wangqiu glanced at James and said with a smile: "Our company is going to make an action movie this year, called "Wulin Zhi". Schwarzenegger will play the villain in the movie, the Russian Hercules. I'm sure you've all read the script. I know that this character is not the main character, and that he is going to China to shoot, which makes you worry, but I would say that it is a very brilliant character because he is very powerful and fierce, and it is unforgettable. Chuck Norris only had one scene in the Bruce Lee movie "Raptors Across the River", which was the scene at the Colosseum, but after acting in this scene, Norris became famous and became a famous kung fu superstar. Therefore, actor movies and movies can't just look at the number of scenes, whether they are the protagonists or not, they should see whether they are brilliant or not, and whether there is a play. ”

After listening to Xu Wangqiu's words, James snorted coldly, feeling that he shouldn't have come at all, and that he was completely wasting time. Schwarzenegger said: "I came from a bodybuilding background, I didn't learn martial arts, and I don't have the skills of Chuck Norris. ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "It's okay, in Bruce Lee's movie "Enter the Dragon", there is a strong man with particularly developed muscles, and that person is called Yang Si, who is practicing bodybuilding. We'll hire a dedicated martial arts instructor to train you, and in two or three months, you'll be able to play decently. He stared at Schwarzenegger and said: "I think you have superstar potential and are very charismatic, but you have been in the film industry for 12 years since you starred in "Hercules in New York" in 1970, and you have always been popular, do you know why?"

Schwarzenegger was slightly stunned: "Why?"

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "You are on the wrong path. You're 1.89 meters tall and muscular, and you're a formidable giant in the eyes of many. But what movies have you acted in over the years, "Hercules in New York" is a comedy, "Villain" is a comedy, and "The Long Goodbye" is an art film, which does not match your belief and temperament, and it is not what the audience wants to see. Seeing a giant like you, the audience thinks that he must be very powerful and capable of fighting, and your acting in action movies is the most in line with the audience's psychology. Only acting in action movies can bring out your charm. "Conan the Barbarian" is very good at the box office, because you don't need too much acting skills, you just need to mobilize your strong body to wield a heavy sword, and you will give the character infinite charm. ”

Schwarzenegger seemed to be enlightened, and felt that Xu Wangqiu had said too much.

James's face was gloomy, in Hollywood, in addition to helping actors find projects and negotiate contracts, agents are also responsible for planning the development of actors. Now Xu Wangqiu said that Schwarzenegger has not been able to come out because of the wrong route, which is tantamount to saying that he is not qualified as an agent.