Chapter 229: The Premiere (Part I)
Speaking of which, Zhang Kaigang's film road in the past few years has been countless smoother than the original plane.
If there was no episode of Liang Yuan, Director Zhang was begging his grandfather and grandmother all over the world to invest in preparing for the filming of Ju Dou, who opened Director Zhang's Oscar complex and was nominated for an Oscar for the first time.
Compared with the original trajectory, Director Zhang in recent years has a bit of a high-spirited taste.
Zhang Kaigang himself didn't expect that the name of the twin movie enlightenment teacher would be so good, going out to run the set, whether it is the iron boss's soft and hard sleeper or the hotline ticket of United Airlines, as long as Zhang Kou faces, there is no ticket that can't be obtained.
It is very hard to make movies and run the set all over the country, Zhang Kaigang was able to unexpectedly solve the big problem of transportation, which made the morale of the team rise and turn, and the Republic of China filmmakers in these years are so poor that they can get comfortable transportation is already a very great welfare.
Like some established histories, the high-profile Zhang Kaigang rejuvenated his second spring even more violently, and the scandal between him and Gong Li even gossiped about the twins with Liang Yuan.
As if with history, in order to get together and avoid the surging tide of public opinion in China, Zhang Kai just came into contact with "The Love of the Qin Warriors in the Ancient and Modern Wars".
The director, producer, and screenwriter of "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors" are all elites in the Hong Kong Island film industry, which is a complete Hong Kong Island project, and this project can find Zhang Kaigang's head, which is different from the original desire to open the mainland market, Cheng Xiaodong, Xu and other Hong Kong Island film elites invited Zhang Kaigang to join the project, and what is more important is the energy that Zhang Kaigang has shown on the other side of the Pacific in recent years.
The early 90s was the peak era of Hong Kong Island films, and countless Hong Kong Island filmmakers wanted to enter Hollywood with great ambitions and bite hard in the United States, the world's largest and most lucrative film market.
Therefore, every Chinese face that appears in Hollywood, the elite of the Hong Kong Island film industry is extremely concerned, trying to find a shortcut or smooth way into Hollywood.
Zhang Kaigang has made several commercials in the United States in the past few years, and the five major TV stations in the United States have placed them, and he is also well-known in the American advertising director industry.
Starting from a commercial film director, small-budget films, medium-investment films, and commercial blockbusters, these four-level training and four-level jump have always been an exclusive channel for local American directors.
When the "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors" project contacted Zhang Kaigang, Cheng Xiaodong had not yet completed the investment in the whole film, and when the two parties sat down to contact, Cheng Xiaodong naturally revealed the intention of looking for Zhang Kaigang to pull investment, and Zhang Kaigang did not refuse to agree to try, and the twins were directly tried to enter the game.
Liang Yuan has always let go of the twins, and the twins are more satisfied with the quality of Zhang Kaigang, a film enlightenment teacher, and said hello to Liang Yuan and directly invested in the crew in a covert way of Shangri-La advertising insertion.
However, under Liang Yuan's instructions, the twins made a request to get the sponsorship, in addition to starring, Zhang Kaigang must be the co-director of "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors".
"Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors" can definitely be called the ancestor of the party, even if it is in the spirit of worshiping the ancestor master, Liang Yuan has to mean it, not to mention that this film is already a good shot, if it is not limited to limited investment, the modern plot part is too bad, and the story structure of this film itself definitely has the potential to become a top masterpiece of Chinese films.
Of course, Hong Kong Island filmmakers in these years are looking at the mainland with their nostrils, and Liu Xiaoqing, who can now be called the first actress in China, lost her temper on the set when she was filming "The Last Emperor", and the working meal eaten by the mainland personnel on the set was less than one yuan of steamed buns and clear water and pickles, and the Hong Kong Island personnel ate 50 fish and meat, and the spicy and righteous Liu Xiaoqing flipped the table at that time, and the director said that the mainland staff had no meat to eat the old lady, and I would not act.
Although Zhang Kaigang seems to have a way in Hollywood, but how much respect he can get from Hong Kong Island filmmakers, that is, Cheng Xiaodong suddenly heard that Zhang Kaigang wanted to take the lead in the project, and his first reaction was that he felt a little funny.
Even if the Hong Kong films in these years are shoddy, but similar to "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", it is also a multi-million Hong Kong dollar investment, and the mainland film factory only has a few dollars a year.
Zhang Kaigang has also mixed with capitalism in the United States, and he is not unpopular, so he naturally understands how much appetite he has and how much he eats, and if he wants to take the lead, of course, he must let the other party see your dependence.
The twins gave Zhang Kaigang the reliance on the leadership of the project may not be anything else, but it is absolutely shocking on Hong Kong Island.
The 2 million Hong Kong dollars Chinese character paging insertion advertisement is not uncommon for a hidden group with funds, but what is strange is that Zhang Kaigang promised the modern plot part of "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", and the crew can choose Hong Kong Island Land's property as the set at will, and can casually call Jardine's luxury car as a prop.
It's all free!!
The shock brought by this information to Hong Kong Island filmmakers is too great, many Hong Kong Island crews can't even afford to rent villas, let alone first-line properties located in the essence of Hong Kong Island around Victoria Bay, which is not a place where the crew can get it if they have money.
In Cheng Xiaodong's plan, the modern plot of "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" is intended to be placed in the East, which is also to curry favor with the Oriental film market after the film is released.
Of course, in order to save money, it is impossible for the crew to go to the East to select the scene, in addition to replacing it with the free Hong Kong Island street view, the crew will go to the public building near the Kowloon Walled City to shoot, which is a famous slum on Hong Kong Island, and nothing can be related to the international metropolis of the East except for free.
In fact, the movie "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors" also happened to be ruined in the modern plot, the scenery selection and costumes and accessories like the buns did not show the quality of the developed capitalist countries in the East at all, and the whole modern plot is more like a bloody love drama from the edge of the city and the countryside.
With the resources that can be called upon in the hands of the twins, it is not too easy to clean up the filmmakers on Hong Kong Island, asking for money, land, clothing, and fashion.
Zhang Kaigang laid out the conditions one by one, and the crew knelt down directly, and he could mobilize the resources of Jardine Matheson at will, as a native of Hong Kong Island, he better understood the huge energy contained here, what is the origin of this Zhang Kaigang.
In fact, as the filming progressed, the Hong Kong Islanders in the crew were almost stupid by Zhang Kaigang.
Liang Yuan and the twins don't think that this movie has the need to please the East, and the plot of the modern part is naturally changed back to Hong Kong Island, the heroine is set to be the only heir to a business family, working on the top floor of the first phase of Exchange Square, a top office building on Hong Kong Island, living in a villa mansion in the mid-levels of Hong Kong Island, traveling Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Gulfstream business jets, and clothing is arranged by the popular Maple La brand.
The modern part of "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", with the intervention of the twins, a pair of hidden and powerful producers, was completely made into a fashion blockbuster similar to "The Queen Wears Prada", which reflects how the top Bai Fumei lives.
"Kai Gang, today's premiere is your big day, why did you come out alone?"
There is no premiere on Hong Kong Island this year, you don't have to guess this thing, you know that it is the influence brought by Liang Yuan.
Gong Li, who was dressed in a black backless dress, carried a small Chanel handbag, and turned out from behind Zhang Kaigang with some excited steps, and her tone was full of the happiness of a little woman.
The filming of the film can be said to be the happiest and most shocking day in Gong Li's life, there is nothing to say about the plot of the costume part, except that the costumes are more exquisite and more in line with real history, when filming the modern plot, Gong Li's three views suffered an extremely violent impact.
It turns out that life can still be like this, there are so many happy rich people, two months of modern plot shooting, Gong Li knows what the so-called princess life should be like, and the smell of soil from the mainland on her body has completely dissipated at an alarming speed.
"It's too noisy inside~"
Backed by Jardine Matheson and a large amount of resources smashed into it, Zhang Kaigang has obtained the right to be a director in essence, and there are all kinds of shocking actual behaviors as examples, Zhang Kaigang's authority within the crew has also been established, and everyone in the crew knows that Director Zhang's path is simply unfathomable.
With authority, the eyesight of the people below naturally has it, and some people have long seen that although this unprecedented premiere ceremony in the history of Hong Kong Island films looks very successful, and all the well-known media on Hong Kong Island are present, Director Zhang should be at the peak of his life according to reason, but looking at Director Zhang's expression gives people a feeling of apprehension.
Don't go to the boss if you are upset, otherwise if you get angry, you won't be wronged and go home.
"Kai Gang, you can't hide it from me, you were quite normal the day before yesterday, you looked excited when you talked about the premiere with me, and said that this commercial film may be an important turning point in your directorial career, since yesterday I found that you are becoming more and more absent-minded, what happened in between?"
Bowing his head and muttering for a moment, Zhang Kaigang just thought about the top social reception held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel not long ago, which can be called the top social reception on Hong Kong Island, and the most tragic incident in the history of Hong Kong Island where the media were going crazy, and remembered the call he received yesterday from Gong Yun, the real housekeeper between the communication crew and Jardine, saying that the little princess might go to the premiere of "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", so that Zhang Kaigang could pay attention.
In recent years, even if Zhang Kaigang is a nerd, he knows that the three young men and women who have come into contact with him are definitely not ordinary, although Zhang Kaigang did not guess that the three of them were the co-founders of Yuanjia, but he also knew that if he found a reason for the great success of his career in recent years, serving as the tutor of the twins in terms of movies was definitely the only main reason.
After thinking about it and thinking about it, Zhang Kaigang felt that his two students might have the intention of coming to the forefront, and talking to Gong Li about the simple situation should not have any impact, the most important thing is that Zhang Kaigang is worried that Gong Li will accidentally offend people, Zhang Kaigang knows that the appearance of his two students is simply beating all beauties, and they are born to be super scourge that can arouse women's jealousy.
"Xiaoli, I mentioned to you that I have two students in Shencheng. ”
"Well, you said that you are the younger generation of the old-timers in the film and television industry, but you can't push it for the sake of face, so you can only agree. ”
"That's just a pretext, time is limited, let me simply tell you that the success of my career in the past few years, both in North America and in China, is due to these two students. ”
"Don't talk and don't be surprised, you have personally experienced how much the Qin Warriors love crew, I usually listen to how those Hong Kong Island movies with eyes on the top of my head sigh, and I have heard a lot. ”
"Let's not mention North America, just to mobilize the resources of the entire Jardine Matheson to serve the crew, who has to do this for yourself to experience, I won't say much about the status of Jardine Matheson on Hong Kong Island. ”
"Don't look at the film "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", it is licensed to hang the name of producer and producer, it is just to fool the layman, and people in the circle know how capable the license is, in fact, the producers of the film are my two students. ”
"Don't ask about the background, don't ask why people are so rich, I don't know some things, Xiaoli, I told you so much, mainly because I was worried that you would accidentally offend people, I didn't tell anyone, my two students can be said to be the natural enemies of the beauties in the world, and all beauties are shorter than them. ”
"Xiaoli, don't pout and don't be jealous, I've been in the movie industry for decades, I can still tell what a beauty is and what is a country and a city, and when you have seen real people, you will understand everything, I can't think of how good a man has to be to be worthy of them. ”
"Gong Yun Xiaoli knows, right?"
"Yes, it's the Gong Yun you envy and admire, and the one who is usually responsible for coordinating Jardine Resources and the crew's filming handover. ”
"Gong Yun called me yesterday, and it turned out that the two little princesses might come to the movie premiere today, let me pay attention to the reception, do you think I should be nervous?"
Zhang Kaigang was also ruthless, and he couldn't say a lot of things usually, but this time he said a refreshing thing to Gong Li in one breath.
Gong Li was originally a top person, and the news Zhang Kaigang said was too shocking, and the little unconvincing and jealousy in her heart was wiped away by Gong Li in a blink of an eye.
Gong Li's negative emotions are gone, and her concern for her lover has become the focus of her emotions.
"Hey, what should I do, I lived the days of a fake princess when I made a movie, I heard Kai just say that people live the days of a real princess. ”
"Kai Gang, I'll wait here with you, it is estimated that there will be no shortage of others, and we are afraid that the only thing we can do is sincerity." ”
Gong Li's mind turned quite quickly, and she grasped the key point of the matter in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Kaigang nodded, and stood at the door of the theater with Gong Li, paying attention to the luxury cars driving in the direction of Central.
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