Zhang Ran came down from the stage, and the host announced the start of the reception, and the activities of China Night officially kicked off. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The reception was star-studded, with Wu Yusen, Xu Ke, Zhou Xun, Yang Caini and other big-name stars and directors from across the Taiwan Strait. The media also did not miss such a good opportunity, seizing celebrities everywhere to do interviews, talk about movies, and talk about plans.

China is a big country of foodies, and as a big country of foodies, food is the absolute theme. Chinese Night has a twist on Chinese characteristics, such as fried noodles and steamed dumplings, while red wine, foie gras and oysters are all open and crowded at the stalls, with 4,000 bottles of red wine alone.

Jia Milk Liang and the others are not used to eating foreign food, knowing that there are delicious things in the Chinese night, they didn't eat dinner, and they waited for a big meal when they were waiting for the reception. Now, the food on the plate in front of them was stacked into a tower, and even Bai Lingdu had a lot of food on his plate.

The four of them muttered while eating violently: "This foie gras doesn't feel like there's anything to eat, it's not as good as the fried pork liver on the quack street, it's not good!"

"I think it's okay!"

"If you don't know how to appreciate, the boar can't eat fine bran!"

"I think the oysters are good, you can try them!"

Zhang Ran couldn't let go of his stomach to eat like them, so he was called by Hu Zhanfan, deputy director of the General Bureau, when he came off the stage, and there were people from Zhongying who were with him, as well as Wu Yusen and Xu Ke.

After a simple greeting, Xu Ke looked at Zhang Ran and said, "Zhang Ran, the Asian Film Academy you did is really meaningful, and now you really need to train genre film directors." The reason why there are no superstars in the mainland is because of the lack of genre films. Xiangjiang's Jackie Chan and Jet Li are all genre films. The ones who can be regarded as superstars in the mainland are Ge You and Zhang Ziyi, Ge You is from comedy films, Zhang Ziyi is from action movies, including your "Time and Space Warrior". If there are more than 10 excellent genre film directors in the mainland, then mainland films will really rise. ”

Zhang Ran didn't expect Xu Ke to say this, after all, Xu Ke and Zhang Zhiliang are friends: "It's true, South Korea was a dumping ground for Xiangjiang movies in the early nineties, and in just a few years, earth-shaking changes have taken place. What do you rely on? It is two points, firmly learning from Hollywood, and firmly typing. Film genre is the only way for film industrialization, and if movies cannot be genreized, it is impossible to build a film industry.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of excellent genre film directors in the whole of Asia, and this is the reason why we have established the Asian Film Academy to train genre film directors. The biggest problem in China is that the vast majority of filmmakers want to be masters, and they all think that they are the material of masters. Masters rely on talent, genre films are crafts, and crafts are learned and practiced. Our current idea is to find out young directors who are willing to make genre films, and then train them, and when we have a group of qualified genre film directors, then Chinese films will really be on the right track. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran paused and said: "Actually, I initially considered inviting you to be a teacher, but after thinking about it carefully, you are the kind of person who can't be idle, obsessed with making movies, so you don't want to film, come to be a teacher, I guess you can't stand it." ”

Xu Ke laughed: "Indeed, making movies is my interest, and I will shoot until I can't shoot." But if there's anything I can do to help, just let me know. ”

Zhang Ran hurriedly said: "That's good, thank you Director Xu Ke!"

Xu Ke waved his hand, looked at Zhang Ran and said with relief: "The mainland lacks an overall structure in film production, and Xiangjiang Films has advantages in this regard. Because Heung Kong Film has very good supporting conditions, such as film financing, law, accounting, marketing and branding, etc., there are quite good behind-the-scenes talents. However, Hong Kong lacks human resources, and there is also a lack of art, for example, historical films are always copied in terms of costumes and shapes, while the mainland has an advantage in this regard. Chinese-language films should be a combination of the forces of all parties, for example, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" combines the advantages of various places. If we can work together, Chinese films can regain their glory!"

Zhang Ran nodded and said: "Actually, I also mean this, there are commercial film talents in Xiangjiang, and the mainland has funds and markets, if everyone can unite and make movies with their hearts, make some good movies, with the support of the mainland market, Chinese films can develop quickly." The most critical problem now is that everyone is not united, they all have their own little abacus, the forces cancel each other out, and the vast majority of the audience is not satisfied with the co-production. ”

Wu Yusen couldn't help but say: "Very well, the biggest problem of Chinese filmmakers now is disunity, recently I was preparing to shoot a costume drama "Red Cliff", I heard a lot of voices, some people said that Wu Yusen's film would definitely die, and some people hoped that the filming would not be successful, so I told Han Shanping, I would rather not have a director's salary, and pay out of my own pocket to complete it." I don't understand, why did I get such treatment when I brought back technology and money? In Hollywood, filmmakers are very united, it is very inclusive, and filmmakers from different places are welcome to make films, and there is no jealousy, and there is no rejection!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ran really wanted to spit in Wu Yusen's face, when "Mission Impossible 2" was promoted in 01, he was ashamed to say that he would never make Chinese films in the future, and only made English films? Who was it that later suppressed mainland actors, and even pointed to Chen Jiashang and said, "The emergence of "Painted Skin" has led mainland actors to occupy the mainstream of co-production films, and it is all your responsibility? Others may be qualified to say unity, but Wu Yusen is really not qualified.

Zhang Ran would definitely not say these words to his face, and said with a smile: "In fact, there are many people like Xiangjiang, Taiwan, or the mainland. The problem with mainland directors is that not many people are willing to make genre films, and many of the films they make are dull literary films that the audience does not want to watch; This may be a bit extreme to say, and I don't see respect for mainland audiences in most of the directors and actors in Hong Kong. ”

Tsui Hark didn't speak, he knew that Zhang Ran was telling the truth.

Wu Yusen said with a smile: "Zhang Ran, this is a bit extreme. I know that you have an opinion about the director and actors of Xiangjiang because of Zhang Zhiliang's matter, but the director and actors of Xiangjiang are notoriously dedicated and will never disrespect the audience. ”

Zhang Ran said lightly: "I have no prejudice against the director and actors of Xiangjiang, I especially like the film directed by Wang Jiawei, and I especially like Liang Jiahui as an actor. Director Wu, you have also worked hard in Hollywood, I want to ask, do Xiangjiang actors go to Hollywood to film and speak Chinese?"

Wu Yusen said: "Of course not, don't speak Chinese, even if you are not good at English, people may replace you!"

Zhang Ran said: "So how many Xiangjiang celebrities have started to learn Mandarin so far?"

Wu Yusen couldn't defend himself: "This!"

Zhang Ran said lightly: "Lines are the most basic requirements for actors, how can you talk about dedication if you don't meet this standard? Don't say that you can't learn, Leslie Cheung and Liang Jiahui laughed and didn't say anything." We all know why Xiangjiang movies collapsed. If it had not been so strong when negotiating with Taiwan, the Taiwan market would not have been lost. Now that Xiangjiang films have declined, many people still have the same attitude towards the mainland as a Taiwanese film company, feeling that they are uncles, with an uncle mentality. If it is in the current state, I am afraid that the tragedy of the original Taiwan bend market will be repeated. ”

Xu Ke sighed slightly, and Wu Yusen's face was pale, and he felt that Zhang Ran was scolding himself, because in his opinion, he was a big director who had mixed with Hollywood, and mainland filmmakers were all dirt buns.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Zhang Ran, it's shameful that you attack an old man who is old enough to be your father like this!"

Zhang Ran turned his head and saw that it was Chen Ziwen of Tianhong Pictures, and he felt strange why this guy came here? But when he noticed Wang Zhonglei next to Chen Ziwen, his heart jumped suddenly, how could Wang Zhonglei be with this guy? He smiled without changing his face: "It turned out to be Chen Gongzi, I didn't expect you to come to Venice, it's really a rare guest!"

Chen Ziwen's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he said coldly: "Don't think that only you can participate in the film festival, "If Love" was voted by the owners of our Tianhong Films. ”

This is really a bit unexpected by Zhang Ran, Chen Kexin has the level of making movies, but he has always been a super money-loser before "Chinese Partner". Zhang Ran smiled very brightly: "It turns out that "If Love" was invested by you, Director Chen Kexin is an excellent director, although the box office may not be good, but the reputation is definitely good, Chen Gongzi has grown!" Speaking of this, he pretended to be surprised and looked at Wang Zhonglei: "Mr. Wang, I didn't expect to see you here!"

Wang Zhonglei calmly stretched out his hand: "Zhang Ran, I haven't seen you for a long time, your "Three Fools" is now praised by the domestic media!"

Zhang Ran shook hands with Wang Zhonglei, used a slight force, and said with a faint smile: "It doesn't matter what the media says, the key depends on the audience, sit down and talk!"

Wang Zhonglei is an old man in the circle, everyone present knows him, only Chen Ziwen is more face-to-face, Wang Zhonglei briefly introduced it to everyone.

Chen Ziwen was very unhappy with Zhang Ran, looked at Zhang Ran and said with a sneer: "I heard that "Three Fools" is now ranked first from the bottom in Venice!"

Zhang Ran said truthfully: "Now it is indeed the penultimate one. ”

Chen Ziwen smiled like a chrysanthemum, and deliberately stimulated Zhang Ran: "I didn't expect you to make bad movies, this year's Lunar New Year file has Zhang Yimou's "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone", Chen Kaige's "Wuji", I'm afraid you, the king of the New Year, will be at the bottom!"

Zhang Ran said disapprerovingly: "Who knows, it's hard to say about the box office." But one thing I can be sure of is that if "Love" enters the Lunar New Year file, I will definitely not be at the bottom!

Chen Ziwen wanted to slap the table, Lao Tzu was afraid that you wouldn't make it, but he held back. There are Zhang Ran, Zhang Yimou, and Chen Kaige in the Lunar New Year stalls, and when he goes in, he is looking for death, he is not so stupid, and sneered: "Do you think you are so stupid?

Zhang Ran nodded: "I think there is!"

Chen Ziwen almost vomited blood, gritted his teeth and said: "Zhang Ran, don't think that you can do whatever you want if you hug a thigh, when you cry!"

Wang Zhonglei next to him patted Chen Ziwen on the shoulder: "It's normal to have a little friction in business, is it necessary to act like a life and death enemy?" After speaking, he looked at Zhang Ran and said: "This time I came to Venice, one is to pre-sell "Night Banquet" starring Ge You and Zhang Ziyi, and the other is that we have a science fiction film in our hands and want to raise money, I know Director Zhang likes science fiction, I should know Liu Cixin's "Mirror", right?"

Zhang Ran asked, "That novel that simulates the universe through a superstring computer and can see the past and the future?"

Wang Zhonglei nodded with a smile: "Director Zhang is really a science fiction fan, this is the story." We bought the copyright and changed it into a script, ready to be made into a sci-fi action movie. He stared into Zhang Ran's eyes: "I wonder if you're interested?" (To be continued.) )