Jobs said to Liu Chen, "You are still young, don't keep your eyes on business, you can play movies if you are interested, cultivate a sense of art, and only by figuring out technology and art can you lead the company to create perfect products." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Liu Chen also agreed.

Jobs has always been a literary and artistic youth, especially the creation of Pixar, or the fact that technology and technology are indeed connected, can burst into vitality.

The special effects company created under Sugar Man Film and Television has been useless, Liu Chen thought about it for a long time after returning to China, and first visited Mr. Wang Lai.

Wang Lai admires Liu Chen very much, and he also has the idea of cultivating this young man well, thinking of this, he can't help but feel a little itchy, he hasn't told others about some new thoughts about the movie recently, but he wants to confide at this time, hoping to inspire this young man.

"Teacher Wang, are you familiar with Director Zhou?" asked Liu Chen with the idea of giving it a try.

"I am also familiar with him, I have met him a few times, he is a very thoughtful person, in fact, he wanted to set up his own door, but he suffered from becoming famous too late and too tortuous, at the beginning he signed a too long brokerage contract, although he became a popular fried chicken, he got little money in his own hands, and it was not until 1994 that he established his own production company and invested in the filming of "Journey to the West", but the result was a mess, and the film company directly declared bankruptcy. ”

Director Zhou is also a persistent person, unwilling to fail, and filmed "Soul Night", but the box office was still unsatisfactory, the failure of the two movies has lost all the money, and even has foreign debts, so he has to continue to make a series of very profitable movies, but they are not what he wants. ”

Wang Lai was also embarrassed when he said this, and admired Director Zhou's courage to pursue his dreams, but he was also moved by the twists and turns, and said sincerely: "Director Zhou is one of the few people who puts all his dreams in movies. ”

Liu Chen nodded thoughtfully.

After earning the salary of a few dramas by working part-time, Director Zhou set up a film production company and started filming "God of Food" by himself, no longer working for others, fortunately, the box office of "God of Food" is not bad, and it has created a new way of Chinese food and kung fu, packaging kung fu and publicity kung fu are his dreams. ”

Liu Chen nodded.

Although "The King of Comedy" was the Hong Kong box office champion that year, the box office was less than 30 million, and less than 10 million were distributed to the production company. ”

Liu Chen knows this, Xing Ye's performance has not been affirmed, and many directors who have worked with him have also severely criticized him for his lack of acting skills, in the face of these abuses and accusations, he never responds, just works hard to make his favorite movies, one work is better than the other, and everything else doesn't matter.

Liu Chen didn't expect that Wang Lai and Xing Ye still knew each other, and they were quite familiar.

Liu Chen asked: "The outside world's reports on Director Zhou have never stopped, and the voices of criticism and crusade are endless, what does Mr. Wang think of him?"

Wang Lai seemed to have thought that Liu Chen would ask this, and did not answer directly and positively, but said: "The entertainment industry is also a vanity fair, and any turmoil is not just a simple turmoil, and a wave of 'anti-Zhou' began to emerge in the circle after the success of "Shaolin Football", in the final analysis, there are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends, only eternal interests." ”

For more than ten years, some Xiangjiang filmmakers have been in public, grabbing a little old thing and sparing no effort to accuse Zhou Xingxing, and they all like to repeat, repeat and repeat, most of these self-proclaimed film industry people will not spend their energy on their works, but are keen to attend some commercial activities or advertising endorsements.

On the other hand, Director Zhou not only lived up to the audience's expectations and made excellent works with completely different styles, but also directly formed a sharp contrast with the people who just talked, compared with the rampant gossip in the entertainment industry today.

He only focused on film creation and had no distractions, and chose to stay away from the hustle and bustle early, but he did not give up his film dream for half a century. Continue to dedicate those dreamy images in his mind to fans.

Wang Lai continued: "Director Zhou is definitely a taciturn person, and he is also very shy. ”

According to his own account, when he was a child, he couldn't speak a few words a day at home, and his mother even thought that her son had a brain problem. He was a taciturn man from an early age. This can also explain why he has been in the entertainment industry for so long, being scolded by others, being mentioned by others, and being exposed by others, but he never responds, this is really not because of a weak heart. ”

"After decades in the industry, he has never quarreled with people in the media, nor does he like to respond to negative news, so many people think that Director Zhou is acquiescing in those negative news. The so-called three-year-old looks old, in addition to being silent and talking little, Director Zhou's biggest characteristic is that he is shy. ”

Liu Chen nodded, it turned out that this was really the case.

Liu Chen intended to meet with Director Zhou and asked, "It is said that Director Zhou attaches great importance to money, so what does Mr. Wang say about him?"

Wang Lai doesn't like to talk about right and wrong, so after thinking about it, he said: "After the filming of "Shaolin Football", I had a deep conversation with Director Zhou several times to know what kind of person he is. Contradictory people, controversial. Some people say that he picks the door and values money very much, which is very contradictory in itself. ”

"In fact, with his influence, when he was in Xiangjiang, he made so many films a year, and the top ten at the box office at most eight at a time were his, so he concocted movies in large quantities, I believe fans will buy it, it's better than some directors' vulgar movies, how much money can be made?"

"And with his influence, if he endorses and performs, how much money can he make? If you look at the current idol stars, how much of their annual income is occupied by advertising and commercial performances, and how much of it is really from movies, TV series or records, I'm afraid it's a very small part. And if his film company shoots more TV series or something every year, the agent company and so on will grow rapidly, but now it is still a small scale, only to meet his personal filming needs. ”

Liu Chen thinks that this is indeed the case, just like Director Zhou said in the interview, he is not taboo at all about loving money, but he only earns the money he feels deserves, and he has worked hard to make good movies, and the high box office has caused some Xiangjiang filmmakers to be blushing, but these people never think about how to improve the quality of movies.

Wang Lai continued: "I drank coffee with Director Zhou twice, each time we paid the bills separately, he doesn't take advantage of others, but he doesn't want to suffer, if you hold him is already so rich, go out to eat together, go shopping or something, he should pay the bill, then he will definitely think he is stingy." ”

"He has his own view of money, that is, equality, in fact, I appreciate this more, unwilling to show off his wealth, unwilling to become a slave of money, he himself has no agent, nor any staff, he goes out by taxi, unlike some stars, there are no excellent works, after the hype, the pomp is amazing, a large group of people follow when they go out, and they have actually become slaves of money. In fact, in the final analysis, no matter how much money he has now, he still maintains the concept of money and life when he was a children's program host, is there anything wrong with this?"

Wang Lei paused, took a sip of the tea that had been cold, and said with emotion: "Sometimes I am afraid that it is not the individual who is wrong, but the public, but this society. Director Zhou is a rare person who can always keep his dreams and is unwilling to go along with this society. ”

Hearing this, Liu Chen was also very touched, isn't this the case? After a few people have money, they can still maintain the simple living habits at the beginning, is it true that when a person has money, he still takes a taxi or a bus, and says that he is sick? Should he spend a lot of money? play sports cars? Spread scandals? Make gossip?

The reason why Director Zhou is like this is that he always understands the value of every penny, although he is very rich now, he still remembers that a thousand yuan is not easy for many people to earn, so when spending money, it is naturally still such values. Therefore, the same is true for the actors under it, which will offend a group of people again.

It's just that the vast majority of people just regard making movies as a job, and after increasing their popularity, they go around making money, in the final analysis, their original purpose is money, not some bullshit dream or pursuit.

Wang Lai continued: "Director Zhou's second characteristic is that he treats his work seriously and pursues perfection in the movie, and he also takes it for granted that I invite you to film, I will give you money, and the actor must meet my requirements as a matter of course, and do as I say, his requirements for filming are not only to achieve, but to do the best, which is why those who are brilliant in his movies have left his films and have all been reduced to dispensable mediocre roles." ”

And many actors are just doing it as a job, and Director Zhou will inevitably be considered a tyrant and tyrant. And he doesn't want to explain too much, when he was making a movie, his whole mind was on the movie. ”

Wang Lai said lightly, Liu Chen listened to a burst of sadness in his heart for no reason, and had a feeling that Director Zhou and Jobs were essentially a kind of people, both pursuing perfection in their respective fields, and they were not close to others in the eyes of others.

As he spoke, he became more and more interested in meeting this genius director.

Wang Lai couldn't help but applaud gently, as if he was applauding Director Zhou and Liu Chen, this person who is dedicated to chasing his dreams is worthy of respect.

"Director Zhou put everything he wanted to say into the movie, and his life's 'kung fu' should be to be serious and responsible to the audience for 30 years, and do his best to make amazing movies. ”

After speaking, Wang Lai sighed, and Liu Chen was also thinking about something.

Liu Chen said seriously: "Teacher Wang, I want you to help me introduce me to meet Director Zhou." ”

Wang Lai looked at Liu Chen, Liu Chen did not shy away from it, and the two looked at each other.

"What, do you want to convince Director Zhou to your sugar man film and television?"

Liu Chen's face was startled, and he chuckled casually.

Wang Lai was very annoyed and said: "It's very hidden, I let you join a crew, it's good for you to buy someone else's company." ”

looked angry, but he didn't really blame it, Liu Chen also put his mind at ease, "Isn't this a contribution to Huaxia Film and Television." ”

Wang Lai didn't know what to say, Liu Chen's spirit made her appreciate, and Liu Chen's commercial success also worried her, and she wouldn't really take the movie to heart.

"Mr. Wang, not long ago I met a very respectable friend in the United States, who became a billionaire and a technology company boss at a very young age, and later switched to film and television, and established a very advanced animation production company. ”

"Jobs. ”

Liu Chen nodded, "He told me that technology and art have something in common, and he suggested that I devote myself to the film industry and cultivate my taste." ”

Wang Lai's heart was relieved, she understood what Liu Chen meant, and said angrily: "What are you looking for Director Zhou?"

Liu Chen didn't hide it, and he said about the production of special effects.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Lai said: "You kid uses the teacher every time, can't you agree to you so easily, so let's talk about "Shaolin Football" after three days, doesn't Jobs also let you increase your artistic taste? If I can be satisfied, I will introduce you to you, Director Zhou will come to Jianghai soon, and the opportunity is rare." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Liu Chen wanted to know more about Director Zhou, and even more wanted to be able to cooperate with him, and asked: "Can you analyze Director Zhou's movies a little more?" ”

Wang Lai thought for a while and said: "You, after all, you are young, you are still in a hurry, go back and prepare, don't let go of every detail, and understand it in combination with "The King of Comedy", Director Zhou once said that the core of these two movies is the same, but the external packaging is different. ”

Liu Chen nodded, jumping out of an audience's perspective, you will find more film language, and some can't wait to go back and study these two movies.

It seems to feel a little bit that technology and art promote each other.

Wang Lai reminded: "You don't have to care too much about the music, art, and photography of a movie, as a director, you can ask the most professional talents to cooperate with you, a good movie, the connotation is the most moving, the story is not good, and the rest is just decoration, the icing on the cake." ”

On the way back from Mr. Wang's house, Liu Chen only felt that another world had been opened, his mind was more open-minded, and his originally restless heart gradually calmed down, indeed, he was still too young to achieve easy success to fully control, although he had done a good job.

But visiting Jobs' home still made Liu Chen very emotional, Jobs achieved great success when he was young, encountered setbacks, met his lover, and decades of tempering created a powerful soul, natural, simple, and return to the essence, he couldn't do it.