The glory of Xiangjiang movies is clear to audiences who have experienced that era. It's a pity that after entering the new millennium, the narrowness of the market itself, the inflow of foreign films, and the aging of the older generation of filmmakers, these former glories have also dissipated little by little.

However, everything is relative, the film market in Xiangjiang is cold, and the mainland film market of compatriots has gradually prospered. From around 03 and 04, the directors of Xiangjiang began to slowly go north, intending to get a piece of the pie in this fast-rising emerging market

Especially after 10 years, in the face of the increasingly huge mainland market, even a veteran director like Du Qifeng has to start entering the mainland market to fight.

Xing Ye, Xu Ye, Wang Jiawei, Wu Yusen, Kang Jianfei...... There are too many famous directors in Xiangjiang. In contrast, the name Chen Kexin is not prominent at all.

There are many reasons for Chen Kexin's low fame, the first is that the film production is too small. Starting from the first "If Love" filmed in the mainland in 05, it took nearly thirteen years to make a total of five movies. On the contrary, there are more than a dozen films produced by the producer.

Another is that most of the movies he makes are urban reality themes. "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves" and "Sweet Honey", including the later "Chinese Partner" and "Dear", the public's attention is often focused on the movie itself, and it is easy to ignore the director.

Another inhumane disadvantage is that he is rarely supported by well-known international awards. What Cannes, Berlin, Venice, not a single one. However, he is the first Xiangjiang director to win the Golden Rooster Award, and the first Chinese director to win the domestic "Three Golds" award. Even now, it's nothing more than one more Master Xu.

"Producer Mu, why did you think that I would direct this movie. Opposite Mu Ming, a man with long gray shawl hair in the ****** looked at Mu Ming and said.

"I've seen Director Chen's movies a long time ago, and I think your kind of emotional changes between urban characters and the changes in real society that are highlighted by this are very exciting. Mu Ming responded in a deep voice. There is no doubt that sitting opposite him is Chen Kexin, who was invited by Du Yang before.

In his previous life, Chen Kexin was moved by the story Xu Xiaoping came up with, so he agreed to direct "Chinese Partner". And Mu Ming's version of the first draft of the script, although it is different because of personal concepts, the general subject remains the same, so it is natural to attract Le Chen Kexin again.

However, Chen Kexin is only more interested in this story, and he is not too satisfied with many plots written by Mu Ming. Therefore, he told Mizuki that he hoped to meet and talk to Mu Ming once.

In his mind, young people of Mu Ming's age should attach great importance to their works, and I am afraid they may not agree with his different views. If that's the case, then he has no choice but to give up the collaboration, although, he loves the story.

So after meeting and finding that this young man did not refute his disagreement without thinking, but discussed with him methodically, the desire to direct this story increased a little more.

Mu Ming didn't know what Chen Kexin was thinking, although her initial purpose for this movie was just to learn the shooting methods of a big director, but after the original script was actually completed, she slowly began to pay attention to this story.

Mu Ming tapped the script on the table a few times and continued: "The tentative name I gave him for this story is "Chinese Partner", which contains two elements, one is China, and the other is the partner. ”

"Needless to say, the emotional interaction between the three protagonists and each other is the framework of the whole film's plot, and all the things that the movie wants to express must be reflected through these three 'partners'. ”

"The other center, 'China', represents the development of the entire Chinese society from the 80s of the last century to the present day. And the first thing that can interact with the two harmoniously is Director Chen. Mu Ming leaned on the back of the seat, waiting for Chen Kexin to think.

In fact, it is not difficult to convince Chen Kexin, because people didn't want to refuse. I just want to see if Mu Ming, the producer, is the kind of person who can't listen to outsiders. Now that he has seen it and knows it, Chen Kexin has preliminarily agreed.

Of course, this is only a preliminary confirmation, and there is no rush to talk about investment, production, distribution, and so on. Unlike most directors, Chen Kexin's movements in movies have always been slow. Of course, it's not that Wang Jiawei is slow, but that he is used to letting the whole movie go step by step. So he told Mu Ming to wait until he got a basic script first, and then think about the rest of the matter.

However, the preparation of the crew can not be in a hurry, but the relevant project approval and filing can start now. Also, the production of the film can rely on Chen Kexin's team, but in terms of distribution and publicity, Mizuki still needs to make plans as soon as possible.

"Distribution, distribution is the focus, everything else is easy to say. Mu Ming said to Du Yang: "But the question is, which company are we going to contact to act as an agent for distribution?

Du Yang shook his head: "I don't recommend continuing to cooperate with Perfect. I still remember what I said at the beginning, the reason for refusing perfect capital injection is to have more cooperation channels. It's better to take advantage of this opportunity to close the distance with perfection. ”

Mu Ming nodded: "Then who are we looking for?" Huayi?" Although Du Yang resigned from Huayi, he did not leave this industry after all, so many of his previous connections are still valid. Even, as the de facto manager of a film and television production studio, some relationships are more effective than before.

"Huayi ......" Du Yang shook his head hesitantly: "To be honest, it's not a good choice." Huayi has been carrying out 'de-filmization' in recent years, and rarely releases other films except for its own projects or investment projects. I think it's a nice light. ”

"Light?" Mu Ming frowned: "But we just snatched "Thai Embarrassment" from the light with Perfect Perfect, and then cooperate ......" Although I know that business is business, but I robbed someone just now, and I want to cooperate in the blink of an eye, Mu Ming always feels weird.

"Commercial competition, as long as everyone's means are within the rules, it will not hurt the peace, and it is still time to cooperate in the future. "Du Yang is obviously more suitable for business than Mu Ming.

"Okay, then when you start preparing for the crew, contact the light and have a look. Mu Ming nodded, which was affirmative. The reason why I said to wait for the contact to see later is also because the light may not be willing to be responsible for the distribution. After all, a film has very little to do with the two parts of production and distribution, so it's not something that can be cooperated if you want to.

"Thai Embarrassment" has not yet started preparations, and the post-production of "The Legend of Lu Zhen" is also being completed in terms of evidence, and as for the current "Chinese Partner", it is still uncomprehensible, so the affairs of Mizuki Studio are not too busy. After Mu Ming and Du Yang talked about it, they walked around the studio, brushed the waves, and left openly.

Because I was busy writing the first draft of "Chinese Partner", I flew to Gusu again, and I haven't seen Xiao Zhao for more than a week. Mu Ming thought that there were still gifts to give, grinned, and dialed Xiao Zhao's phone.