In the discussion hall, the bigwigs from all parties gathered together, drinking tea and smoking, they looked at each other, and no one spoke first, among which the chairman of the Boao film and television culture section was a Hong Kong person, he looked at Huaxia Star Entertainment Co., Ltd., and Xiang Huaqiang, who was smoking a cigar, smiled and said: "President Xiang, you are a well-deserved big brother among the people here." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info On this occasion, I wonder if it's time for you to say a few words!!"

"What do you say, is there nothing to say??Everyone understands people, as long as you want to cooperate, you will always find a partner to cooperate with!!"

He has participated in this kind of forum three times, and he knows that some of the content in it is nothing more than everyone getting together to chat and fart, and they will join hands to make a few movies when they look at each other, and you are willing to push a few of its artists to the big screen in the rest of Asia, speaking of which, Xiang Huaqiang said to Shaogong: "President Ouyang, what do you think of Hong Kong movies!!"

"Well, I don't think so. ”

Seeing that the other party suddenly pointed at him, Shao Gong was obviously stunned for a moment, he blinked, and said honestly: "Hong Kong film was at its peak from the 70s to the 90s of the twentieth century, and it reached a high level in terms of quantity, type and quality of films. At this time, the Hong Kong film industry was even more capable and powerful, enjoying the reputation of "Oriental Hollywood", and was the absolute center of Asian films. ”

"And now!!"

Xiang Huaqiang continued to smoke the cigar, and when he saw Shao Gong drinking a cup of tea, he took out a cigar from his pocket and threw it to him.

"Made in Brazil!!"

"Insider!!"

"It's not that I'm an expert, it's because my ex-girlfriend's father likes to smoke this kind of brand. ”

Putting it on the tip of his nose and sniffing, Shao Gong took a few sips of the fire lit by Meng Xiangting, and then remembered that Amber's father had told him not to smoke too many cigars like smoking, otherwise he would gradually feel dizzy and nauseous, which would affect his health. It is important to take small puffs at a regular time to keep the cigar on a steady flame so that it can bring out its aromatic flavors.

Shao Gong gently exhaled the smoke, thinking of the current Hong Kong movies, he shook his head helplessly, and said: "It's a pity that the momentum can't last long, everyone understands the truth that prosperity must decline, after entering the 21st century, Hong Kong films have plummeted, not only the number of films is decreasing year by year, but there are only a handful of good films." As for why Hong Kong films have fallen so sharply? What are the reasons, some people say that it is an economic problem, some people say that it is a problem of no successor, and some people say that it is a problem of Hollywood's impact.

Those aspects are there, but they are definitely not the main ones. I think the main reason is the loss of film talents, the aging of stars, the talent of directors and screenwriters, and the fact that Hong Kong films cannot always focus on Hong Kong, they should be well-read and focus on the whole of Asia, or the world, because almost all of the current Hong Kong films are Hong Kong models, and when they leave Hong Kong, the audience who appreciates them may not recognize it.

Moreover, the rise of the mainland market in recent years has caused many actors to go to the mainland, and some have gone to Hollywood, which is the main reason why Hong Kong films cannot rise again. Although some good Hong Kong films have come out in recent years, those films are undoubtedly impossible to bring Hong Kong films back to their peak. ”

"Looks like we're going to have to get out there. ”

Xiang Huaqiang nodded and asked Shaogong, "Does President Ouyang have any good suggestions?"

"Of course, but it's not necessarily, it's just my Menghang's words, but I can give you a reference. ”

Shao Gong smiled and said: "First of all, the film mode must be changed, we must throw away what we have mastered now, let our creative inspiration return to zero, and then start again, let the mind enter the leaping thinking, how bold to imagine, to imagine, and even to experiment, so that we can have experience and doorway in emerging fields, although this is a big project, but Rome was not built in a day;

Secondly, it is necessary to move closer to the world, learn more and learn from some internationally reputable blockbusters as references, and then according to their own forms, self-exploration and knowledge, and try to get closer to the world;

The third is to pick up the things that have been lost, the essence of those Hong Kong films at the peak, I think the current Hong Kong movies are not useless or do not want to use, but they may feel that those things are really heavy or rotten, and deliberately throw them away. This is very wrong, its former glory has proved its preciousness. ”

Speaking of this, Shao Gong looked around and said seriously: "Everyone must know the "Shawshank Redemption" produced by our company! To be honest, its inspiration is the classic Hong Kong movie "Prison Storm", but "Prison Storm" I think what it expresses is too one-sided, or it only caters to the taste of Hong Kong audiences, maybe this is related to that era, it only depicts the bitterness and happiness of Hong Kong people in that era. But the theme of my "The Shawshank Redemption" is the pursuit of dreams and freedom, which is very popular with the audience of the magnesium country, in fact, dreams and freedom have always been the things pursued by the people of the magnesium country. Under what circumstances can a free person in a free country realize how precious dreams and freedom are, and even when they see that kind of picture, that kind of thing will be infinitely magnified and projected into their minds to resonate!!"

"Prison!!"

Xiang Huaqiang was very sure: "Only a person who was once free and lost his freedom can understand how precious the freedom was. ”

"Exactly. ”

Shao Gong smiled: "I just borrowed the model of "Prison Storm", and added some things that "Prison Storm" did not have, or did not have time to express, to achieve "The Shawshank Redemption"!!

In addition, don't treat Hong Kong movies only as Hong Kong people's things, if there is no successor of the old-timers among the young actors, then look at the actors in Asia or the world, maybe the current foreigners will be the mainstay of Hong Kong films in the future, because no one stipulates that foreigners cannot become Hong Kong people, since Hong Kong people can immigrate to foreign countries, then foreigners will definitely immigrate to Hong Kong. So don't think that the young generation in Hong Kong now can't pick up the pillars of the old-timers and feel sorry for themselves, what we expect should be that they can take the lead in the future, and when the successors of Hong Kong films, not when they are not full now, they expect too much from them, because sometimes the greater the pressure, it may not necessarily have a great rebound, and it may crush them. ”

After saying this, Shao Gong put down his cigar, picked up the teacup again, and took two sips, and Xiang Huaqiang and several presidents of the Hong Kong company looked at each other, and applauded Shao Gong one after another.

"What about Taiwanese movies!!"

"What about Thai movies!!"

"What about Indian movies!!"

When the applause dissipated, the CEOs of the other major regions asked one after another, because they knew that among the people present, only the young president of Menghang had achieved impressive results that they could not imagine, so they also had the right to speak.

"I think the films in the rest of the regions are the same as Hong Kong films, you only focus on the elements of your own country, so you haven't thought about the Hollywood model with more novel film sources and themes, in fact, this is not right, in fact, I also had or worried about what I was good at before I went to the magnesium country, worried that what I was good at would not be able to be used there, or what to do if it was not popular.

But my partner Kevin Wright gave me confidence, he said that filmmakers must not only be filmmakers in a certain field or a certain region, movies are for all mankind, so filmmakers should focus on all mankind, as long as they look far and see accurately, they will definitely be able to make movies that everyone likes. So the first movie we went to the magnesium country chose the catastrophic "Titanic", but this kind of movie is very heavy to only shoot disasters, so I added a Romeo and Juliet-style love story to it, and now "Titanic" I dare not say that all mankind likes it, but its box office is enough to prove that at least fifty percent of people like it, so in the film industry, Menghang is still a company that is in the exploration stage, because we have not yet made a movie that all mankind loves to watch!!"

Shao Gong looked at everyone and smiled slightly: "So we shouldn't only focus on what we are good at in our own field, such as magnesium country-style war films, hero films, science fiction films, romance films, and horror films, we can add elements that we are good at, so as to form a new breakthrough in our own field or in the field we are good at." Because no one has a rule, only the magnesium country can shoot, we can't shoot that genre!!"

"Well said, listening to your words is better than shooting ten excellent movies. President Ouyang, I'm really a bit late to see you!!"

After Shao Gong finished speaking, Xiang Huaqiang raised his hands to applaud him first, and laughed: "So I want to make an appointment with Menghang for the script, I believe that Brother Ouyang will not refuse!!"

This is a well-known gang boss in Hong Kong, "Crazy Boy" Hong Xingshe is the prototype of his gang, in the early days of Hong Kong, which star dared not to respect this person, but that was once, with Shaogong's current strength, he really didn't put this in his eyes, if he wanted to, he could let this silent world evaporate.

But he can only make a few good movies a year, and he can't finish the movies on the USB drive in his brain film alone, but if he can use them to bring him excellent connections, Shao Gong still doesn't mind.

"No problem, we are all filmmakers and friends from neighboring Asia, so it's definitely no problem to work together to make movies. ”

Shao Gong looked around and nodded to everyone, "What do you think?"

"No problem, can we all work together and make progress with each other??"

So far, this forum has become the exclusive stage of Menghang, he has signed film contracts with Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and India, and he has written his own scripts, and they have contributed resources, but considering Shaogong's current reputation in the world, those people invited Shaogong to serve as the director of the script, and even gave him a lot of power, and he had the right to choose the actor first.

This right is so useful, he can add as many actors as he wants to in those scripts. Now Menghang is already an internationally renowned film and television group, how many artists in China want to have something to do with Menghang. If this news is announced again, God knows how many artists will squeeze their heads out and want to get on the giant ship of Dream Voyage!!

The presidents of Tang Ren, Huaxia Film Group, and Huayi Brothers Media Group who attended the Boao Forum looked at each other, and they all felt that their trip was in vain, because at present, those people only fancy Menghang's family, and they can't even get involved with others.

Shao Gong saw that in addition to him, the rest of the people in China looked lonely, and saw that everyone in other regions was very happy, and immediately declared: "A few years ago, my country and France entered into a Sino-French co-production contract, the purpose of which is to strengthen the cultural exchanges between the two countries. I see that you are so happy, why don't you also come to an Asian co-production alliance, everyone who has an agreement with Menghang today is a member of this alliance, if there is a company that wants to join in the future, it must be unanimously approved by all members.

Our alliance is called "Asian Film Association", in this alliance are all brothers, friends, we are mainly to promote the exchange of film and culture between various fields, and our purpose is only one, that is, to respect and love each other, resources and contacts to share, as long as members have cinema resources in their hands, other members can promote film works, can be released in their theaters for free for two months, to show support!!

And as long as we unite as one, we work together to improve the overall strength of each company in the film industry, and even this can ensure that our major groups have allies to help when they encounter difficulties, you see!!"

"No problem, this association is good for all of us, I raise my hands in favor. Xiang Huaqiang agreed first.

"We're okay too. ”

Major companies also raised their hands in favor.

But Xiang Huaqiang looked at everyone and spoke: "In view of the strength of President Ouyang and his Menghang and his current status in the world, I suggest that President Ouyang should be the president of our Asian Film Association, what do you think!!"

"No problem, we're all in favor. ”

This decision made Shao Gong successfully serve as the first president of the Asian Film Association, and the next topic is nothing more than the selection of the council, in fact, this is also a good choice, except for Menghang, the people who have made an appointment with Menghang today are all members of the council.

The main job of the board of directors is to help the selection and observation of the overall strength of the new members when the president is not available, and as long as the board of directors unanimously approves the company, the company can become a member of the Asian Film Association.