In the early morning of June in Xiangjiang, the scorching heat is approaching, and the breeze is not extinguished.

Peng Yichen took up a seat at the old Lan Fong Yuen store in Central early.

Although it was Fang Long who asked him to meet, as a junior, it was polite to arrive early and wait.

Lan Fong Yuen Tea Restaurant (Central Old Store) is located on the ground floor of No. 2 Jiezhi Street, Central, Hong Kong. The "small" storefront "hardly shows any traces of decoration", except for the "award-winning newspaper clippings and celebrity photos" posted on the wall.

The pork chop buns and stockings milk tea here are a must-have in Xiangjiang, and those who have eaten them will not want to return.

Many people in Xiangjiang will say to tourists who have just come to other places that if they have not been to the old store of Lanfangyuan, they will not have eaten in the tea restaurant of Xiangjiang.

It can be seen that this tea restaurant has the status in the hearts of Xiangjiang people.

If it was a weekday at work, the tea restaurant would be full early, and Peng Yichen couldn't do it if he wanted to leave a place for Fang Long.

But today is the weekend, most of the people are still sleeping, and there are not many people in the café.

Fang Long may also know this, so he chose this time to meet.

didn't let Peng Yichen wait long, Fang Long took a middle-aged man to get off the road from a luxury car outside the store and slowly walked into the store.

The diners who were still eating, when they saw him come in, they all called out affectionately: "Brother Long is coming for morning tea!"

Fang Long nodded in response, as if he was not an international superstar, just an old acquaintance of everyone.

There have been too many amazing and brilliant movie stars in the prosperous Xiangjiang movies, and the citizens here have become accustomed to meeting stars on the streets and alleys.

Peng Yichen likes this feeling very much, the actors and the audience are like old friends, everyone is equal to each other, cordial and natural.

The person behind Fang Long was different from Fang Long, all the diners obviously knew him, but no one greeted him.

He didn't pay attention to anyone, and before the sun came out, he walked into the store with a large pair of sunglasses and small steps. There is no eagerness at all, and it is incompatible with the fast-paced Xiangjiang.

Fang Long took him straight to Peng Yichen's table, and Peng Yichen quickly got up and let the two sit down.

Fang Long smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, people are a little sleepy when they are old, and they get up a little late in the morning, so they have to wait for you." ”

Peng Yichen smiled: "I also just arrived here. I remember coming to Xiangjiang before and eating pork chop buns once, which is still unforgettable. ”

Fang Long heard that Xiangjiang's food was good, and he was happier than saying that he was good, "Hahahaha, then you have to let go of eating this time." The pork chop buns in this tea restaurant are the most authentic in the whole of Xiangjiang. ”

The three of them sat firmly, and the waiter put on the things that Fang Long and another middle-aged man ordered.

Fang Longcai opened his mouth to introduce: "The one next to me is a well-known director in Xiangjiang, but the mainland entertainment industry is not very familiar with him. Today, he is the one who wants to ask you out. ”

Peng Yichen looked at the very characteristic director in front of him, and carefully recalled the memories in his mind in this life, and sure enough, there was no memory of this director.

Many classic movies of the king of sunglasses in his previous life have not appeared in this life. No wonder the king of sunglasses in this life is not famous in the mainland.

The middle-aged man stood up and introduced himself very seriously: "Hello Peng Sheng, contemptible Wang Jiawei, I have asked you to meet this time, if you are disturbed, don't be surprised." ”

Peng Yichen also quickly stood up, "Hello, hello, I'm Peng Yichen, take care of me in the future." ”

The two shook hands and sat down.

Wang Jiawei sat there, the whole person calmly entered the water, his speech and demeanor were ancient, full of the temperament of a traditional literati.

Fang Long knew that he was silent, so he simply told him what he meant.

As we all know, Xiangjiang films began to decline from the end of the 90s, and the film industry turned from prosperity to decline, and encountered the crisis and opportunity of Asia and Europe in 97, resulting in the number of film practitioners falling from more than 20,000 in the 80s to less than 5,000 in 2003.

In order to help Hong Kong regain its economy, the Chinese government signed CEPA, or Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, with Hong Kong in 2003.

Since then, as long as there is a certain proportion of mainland investment and staff in the films shot in Hong Kong, they can be counted as co-productions and enjoy the same treatment as domestic films.

Since then, Hong Kong filmmakers have gone north on a large scale to make films.

At first, Hong Kong filmmakers thought that they had advanced technology and rich experience in filmmaking, and they thought that making films in the mainland would be as easy as picking up money.

But the cutthroat market soon educated them.

After the opening of the policy, a total of 32 co-productions mainly by Hong Kong filmmakers were released on the mainland, of which only 11 were released for more than two weeks.

Of these 11 films, only 2 have grossed more than 100 million, and 5 have grossed more than 50 million.

It can be said that most of them are Xiangjiang filmmakers, and they have all returned home in the mainland market.

Wang Jiawei is a well-known literary film director in Xiangjiang and has won several important awards internationally, but he is rarely shortlisted at the Yanhuang Film Festival.

He knows that his film style does not fit well with the appreciation tastes of mainland audiences.

However, seeing that the film market in Xiangjiang is not as good as year by year, if it does not enter the mainland film market as soon as possible, it may soon be eliminated by the entire era.

After thinking about it, he planned to find Peng Yichen, who had just come to Xiangjiang to attend the premiere.

In the past year, Peng Yichen's fame in the film industry has become more and more famous, and the script creation of "Twelve Warriors" has amazed many Xiangjiang filmmakers.

And Wang Jiawei happened to know Zhang Xingping and read part of the script of "Groundhog Day".

If you have only written a wonderful movie script, you can also say that it is a flash of luck.

But the scripts of two consecutive movies are so wonderfully written, he has to admire Peng Yichen's screenwriting ability.

Therefore, when he heard that Peng Yichen came to Xiangjiang to shoot a movie, he immediately found Fang Long, who was more familiar with him, asked him to be the middleman, and asked Peng Yichen to come out to meet.

The reason why he was looking for Fang Long to be the middleman was that in addition to his big face and connections enough, Wang Jiawei also intended to let Fang Long join the filming of his next movie.

The three of them chatted for a while, and everyone knew each other's thoughts, and this time the topic was officially introduced to the movie that Wang Jiawei was preparing to shoot.

Before he said his thoughts, he habitually lit a cigarette, but he didn't smoke it, just clamped it on his finger, and in the smoke, he said slowly: "Brother Long and Peng Sheng, you should know that the situation of Xiangjiang movies in the past two years has been very poor. Everyone thought that mainland films were very backward, but when they entered this market, they found that what was lagging behind was their own knowledge. If we can't produce good works, the mainland film market will not only not be an opportunity for us to make a comeback, but it is likely to be an abyss from which we will never recover. ”

Fang Long and Peng Yichen nodded, waiting for him to continue.

"Many people know that I am good at making slow-paced literary films, because many feelings are like sand in the wind, fleeting. That's why my films are always good at capturing those lights. ”

Wang Jiawei flicked the cigarette ash and sighed: "But people always have to eat, and my film style is not suitable for the current market." The producer gave me money, and I couldn't afford it. In the past, I could sell films by winning awards, but now this road is getting narrower and narrower. So, I'm going to transform. ”

Peng Yichen answered: "I don't know what type of movie Director Wang is going to shoot?"

Wang Jiawei thought about it for a while, and then replied slowly: "Xiangjiang Movies once relied on kung fu films to open up foreign markets. Although kung fu movies have declined now, there are very few good kung fu movies in the Chinese market. I wanted to make a special kung fu film as my first film in China. ”

When Peng Yichen heard this, the first thing that flashed in his mind was a "One Generation, Sect, Master" filmed by the King of Sunglasses in his previous life, although that movie cannot be regarded as the most classic one in kung fu movies, it is definitely the most special one.

And this movie has achieved good results in terms of word-of-mouth and box office. It can be said that it is a good movie.

But Peng Yichen didn't like this movie very much because it wasn't pure enough.

Although the depiction of Chinese Guoshu in this film is delicate and realistic, it is not fully developed, and it is more about human nature and culture.

This is a common problem of literary film directors when shooting commercial films, because they are not pure enough, and they always like to mix too many 'private goods' in the movie. It has seriously weakened the commerciality of genre films.

Compared with "The Grandmaster", Peng Yichen likes another movie very much, which also shows traditional Chinese arts, but because the characters and background of the story are completely fictional, a lot of imagination can be added to it.

Especially in terms of the core national art system and martial arts action of kung fu films, many places in "The Grandmaster" are too abstract, which makes people confused.

In this kung fu movie that Peng Yichen likes, it is very clear and specific. In addition, the fight scenes in this movie are much more exciting and popular than "The Grandmaster".

This made Peng Yichen, who has always been very fond of national arts, make up his mind to make this movie.

Although the film was not a box office success because it was born at an untimely time, although the film also had various flaws.

But Peng Yichen believes that there is his own adaptation, coupled with the delicate and beautiful use of the lens of the king of sunglasses.

This movie will definitely be reborn in this world......

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