On July 10, 2000, at Beijing Airport, Zhou Bai picked up the person he wanted to pick up in the aisle of the plane exit.

"Welcome, Director Chen, this is Director Peng, right? I hope we will have a happy cooperation in the next few months!" Zhou Bai stretched out his hand to shake hands with Chen Jiashang and said, at the end of June, he went to Xiangjiang once, and he was the one he saw when he saw one of the directors, and finally Chen Jiashang accepted the producer-centered condition and agreed to be the director of "Fifty First Loves" with a salary of 2.4 million.

This price is not cheap, but it can be said that Chen Jiashang can be invited as a director, and it can be said that it is profitable, and Zhou Bai is still very satisfied.

What makes Zhou Bai even more satisfied is that this time there is Peng Haoxiang, who has already emerged as the assistant director, they are very interested in this script, and finally accepted the invitation, this time it can be said that they have made a lot of money.

"Zhou Sheng, you're welcome, let's take the money to do things, this script is very good, I am very interested in many elements in it, and besides, your price is very sincere, isn't it?" Chen Jiashang is not very tall, he still has black hair, and he will become gray in a few years, but his two beards are very individual.

"Hello Zhou Sheng, it's nice to meet you, just call me Xiangzai. Peng Haoxiang also stretched out his hand and shook Zhou Bai.

"Xiang Tsai was recommended by Ah Guan, his skills are good, by the way, come over to learn something, I talked to you on the phone before. Chen Jiashang said.

"I heard Aguan say, but unfortunately I didn't see it when I went to Xiangjiang, I hope this time we will cooperate happily, everyone will learn from each other, and call me Xiao Zhou or Xiao Bai in the future. Zhou Bai said with a smile.

Speaking of Chen Jiashang, he is one of the characters who cannot ignore the past in Xiangjiang Films, born in 1960, after graduating from junior high school, he worked in the famous Shaw Brothers Company in Xiangjiang, and later entered the Shaw Brothers' film special effects team, he is also a person with a dream of directing, slowly learning to be a screenwriter, and in 1988, he entered Hong Jingbao's Debao Company as a director, which is regarded as catching up with the golden age of Xiangjiang films.

He has directed a lot of classic movies, such as "Truant Weilong" and "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier" with Xing Ye, "Jingwu Hero" with Li Lianjie, "Thunderbolt" with Cheng Long, "Splendid Future" with his brother Zhang Guorong and Leung Jiahui, and "Heaven and Earth Ambition" with Andy.

Zhou Bai didn't expect to invite him, after all, Chen Jiashang's status in Xiangjiang is really high, he just finished filming a movie, no matter how he thought about it, there was no reason to accept this play, but among the directors he saw, he was finally willing to accept the invitation.

Peng Haoxiang is not famous now, but in the future, he is one of the representative directors of the new generation of Xiangjiang, and he looks quite gentle, but the things he shoots have a lot of energy, and he is very individual, and he can't find the second one in the new generation of directors in "Buying Murder and Shooting People", and he also directed the "Zhiming and Chunjiao" series later, and also won the Academy Award, it is worth mentioning that he is also a generalist, film and television directors, screenwriters, writers, and producers can do it.

In fact, generalists are not uncommon in the Xiangjiang film circle, and almost all of those who eventually become directors are deeply involved in other positions in the film, and because of the special environment of Xiangjiang films, they have cultivated their ability to watch the pot and cook, and in this regard, the directors in the mainland are not comparable.

"Now I'll take you to the hotel where you are staying, the crew is currently being formed, when will Director Chen's staff start work?" Zhou Bai said, and then took the two of them to the car, and the other crew members haven't come over yet.

"They can do it at any time, but I don't think there's any need for them to come over right now, I'll come over to sign the contract first, and by the way, I'll bring Xiang Tsai over to get to know you, I've already drawn the movie's storyboard, this time the main creative staff will meet first, have a meeting, set the shooting matters, and then start work. Chen Jiashang said.

If Chen Jiashang brings more people over, Zhou Bai will not have any opinions, and the accommodation and air tickets will definitely be reimbursed to them, but bringing some people to the crew is actually not helpful in preparing for the crew, and now only the main creator needs to be there.

"Peng Tsai was a writer before, how did he come up with the idea of becoming a director?, do you have any ideas for movie scripts at present?" Zhou Bai asked, chatting casually.

"Yes, I used to work in a TV station, and in 97 I wrote a movie that was made into a movie, and it was my dream to be a director, and this time Ah Guan recommended me to come over as an assistant director, hoping to learn more things, and then prepare my own film. Peng Haoxiang said.

This is also a strange person, when he was a child, his mother almost thought he was mildly mentally retarded, and wanted to send him to a special primary school, but he got a high score of 135 points in the IQ test, and he studied art when he was a child, and found a very famous painter as a teacher, at the age of 11, he and his brother filmed a self-written, directed and self-acted short film "Zhiyong Three Heroes", and studied graphic design and drama performance, and then entered the TV station as a screenwriter.

After becoming a screenwriter, he wrote film reviews in newspapers and magazines, published his first book "Attack on the Girls' Dormitory" in '93, wrote a script in '95 and made it into a short film, and in '97 he created "The Full-Time Killer" based on real events, which was later made into a movie, and in '99 he spent $15,000 to make a short film for himself, and won many awards.

"It's good to have ideas, the film environment in Xiangjiang is better than that in the mainland, and now that the mainland film market is shrinking, I don't have the confidence to make back the cost. Zhou Bai nodded and said, Peng Haoxiang is a very talented person, and it is a matter of time before he comes out.

In fact, his reputation is not small now, many directors are optimistic about him, the Xiangjiang film industry has always had a tradition of bringing the old with the new, and many directors also like to support newcomers, so there are still more opportunities.

"By the way, Director Chen, I want to know why you took this movie? With your level, I didn't expect you to be willing to take this job. Zhou Bai turned his head and asked Chen Jiashang.

Chen Jiashang's status in the rivers and lakes is very high, and it can be said that he can take this movie, and Zhou Bai is also very curious about why he is willing to take this job.

"Zhou Sheng, your script is very well written, very mature, and there are a lot of commercial elements and comedy elements in it, I liked it very much when I first saw the script, and when I saw you, I thought you were a very pragmatic person, it just so happened that I didn't have any work during this time, and the price was okay, I was very curious about the mainland, so I simply tried to cooperate. Chen Jiashang said with a smile.

"According to the current environment of Xiangjiang Films, a director of Director Chen's level should not worry about work, right?" asked Zhou Bai with a smile.

To be honest, I think Xiangjiang films will inevitably decline, and the mainland is the future of Xiangjiang filmmakers. Chen Jiashang sighed and said.

In his eyes, how can he not see that the films in Xiangjiang have gradually faded and declined, although it is okay now, but people with a discerning eye know that this situation will continue, and he also took this opportunity to understand the mainland and contact mainland filmmakers.

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