Chapter 4 Film Studios
"There's a brother, early!"
"Brother You, congratulations! "The True Color of Heroes" is really crazy, we can wait for your big red envelope!"
"Ah yes, how about bringing me with me when the next film starts?"
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The moment Chen Jialuo followed Xu You into the Yidu Film Company, both the front desk and the busy staff stopped their work and greeted him enthusiastically.
This is not the Xu You who was not popular back then, but a well-known gold medal director, producer, and one of the seven giants of the art capital.
Now it has jumped out of the small world of Yidu Film Company and established its own film studio. Although they all belong to Lei Zhen Cinemas, various projects such as filming, investment, etc., have been decided by Xu You's own decision.
For a long time, the rule of Yidu Film Company has been to do things according to the book. This greatest authority comes from the small 'Rise House'. Many classic works are also from the 'Rising Room'.
Speaking of this authority, there was an interesting incident that happened back then.
Compared with now, the Yidu Film Company at that time implemented the producer system, collective management, and the director's position was relatively secondary.
The outstanding film "Night Terror" in the summer of '82 was originally directed by a veteran camera brother, and the script was written by a seven-member group of Rising Room. However, the director of photography did not shoot according to the script issued by Rising Room.
After watching the first two days of **, Mai Tian had ordered the director to shoot according to his son and not to change it. But the director of photography has not changed, Uncle Wei can shoot whatever he likes, and he actually shoots something that deviates from the script.
Mai Tianyi was unforgiving, and immediately cut the director off. Another ghost director, Lu Puzhi, was ordered to take over the filming of "Night Terror" immediately. Answer today's call and bury tomorrow's position. Lu Puzhi had no clue, and Huang Bai directly sent two pages of the script to be filmed tomorrow.
Because Lu Puzhi is a ghost guy, he is not familiar with Chinese, so Huang Bai asked someone to translate it into English, and there is a previous and later reason, he asked the ghost guy to shoot and then calculate.
If so, he sent a two-page translated script every day, and Lu Puzhi did things according to the book, and finally finished filming. Maybe after the filming is over, Lu Puzhi doesn't know what this movie is about.
Under such circumstances, "Night Terror" earned tens of millions of dollars in the summer of '82, winning all the opponents of the same period.
Lu Puzhi had the opportunity to start filming a second film, and Huang Bai gave him his long-conceived engraving of "Yin and Yang Error". However, Lu Puzhi repeated the mistake of the past, did not do things according to the book, and was actually waved by Mai Tian again. changed Lu Puzhi and created Lin Shanling. "Yin and Yang Wrong" made the nameless Lin Shanling a blockbuster.
Of course, this time is different from the past, and the Yidu Film Company is somewhat disintegrated internally, and each hill is independent. In the past, everything had to be done according to the book, but what the director said didn't count, all the instructions came from the small 'Rise Room'.
Right now?
Now it's naturally a matter of which big guy you work with, and that big guy is the only one who speaks.
In today's Yidu Film Company, whether it is the three founders or the remaining four, they are already in harmony, and the signs of pulling the mountain are very obvious. Whether it is a screenwriter or a director, it can be said that they all have their own camps.
For example, Lin Shanling, who became famous for directing "Yin and Yang Wrong", is now favored by major shareholder Mai Tian.
As soon as Xu You's film studio was launched, many employees in the company wanted to jump gears. At least speaking of which, the film studio is still affiliated with Lei Zhen Cinemas, which is not ungrateful.
Xu You also responded to them with a smile on his face to everyone's warm greetings, and then quickly took Chen Jialuo into his office.
"Hey, I'm so familiar with the person who came in with my brother!"
"Today, my brother came to the company, and I heard that he came to negotiate with the boss......
"Alas, I'm afraid the good situation won't last long. ”
One of the employees tapped his head and said in a low voice: "I remember, isn't the one who followed Brother Youyou Chen Jialuo?" "Mong Kok Night", remember?"
Hearing this, many people looked at Wang Wei. When filming this movie back then, Wang Wei was named as an assistant director.
"Hmph, when I started work, I scolded this and that, I already saw that he was incapable. But who called people to be the big directors who came back from abroad, tsk...... I thought I would quit the film industry when I was embarrassed, but I still have the face to come back. ”
Wang Wei, who had always had a gloomy face, said disdainfully, and he was angry when he recalled the situation at that time.
This fledgling little director, everyone thought he was a weak scholar, but he didn't want to be born with a violent temper, he scolded everyone he caught on the set, and finally even kicked himself out of the game, which became a joke at the time.
"I heard that he counted Zhou Jin in a mess...... Now that people are already immortals, he is afraid that he will die of embarrassment when he sees it!"
"This time, he came with Youge, and he said that he was going to Youge's film studio. They are all representatives of the new wave of films, and you should have a brother who will pull him. ”
Everyone talked about it, and when it came to Chen Jialuo back then, there seemed to be a lot of topics. Only in the corner was a screenwriter lying lazily on the table, with no interest in these gossips.
"Jiawei, how did you write the script that Mr. Huang requested?"
A screenwriter sitting next to him looked at his friend and frowned slightly: "I heard that Mr. Huang scolded you for only eating grain and not yielding." People have a script for a few days, and you don't have a few words for a month, I'm afraid you won't be able to stay!"
Zhang Kar-wai, who had a national face, scratched his head, and finally shook his head and said: "Movies are not just like this, you don't understand." ”
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Regarding the gossip behind the backs of these employees of Yidu Film Company, Chen Jialuo has no idea at all. As for the filming of "Mong Kok Night", it is all in the past for him.
In the office, Xu You beckoned Chen Jialuo to sit down, made a cup of coffee for him, and said with a smile: "Although we didn't have much contact at the beginning, I still insist that Aluo, you are very capable." ”
Chen Jialuo took the coffee and said, "Thank you." ”
Xu You didn't care about Chen Jialuo's unfamiliarity, he said bluntly: "I set up a film studio, Mu Nan is no longer the big housekeeper of Yidu, are you interested in helping me?"
"Although Qizhi went to the new ingot, he is good at dancing with long sleeves, he can eat anywhere, and he will still come over if there is a film in Yidu. The matters of the new Yuanbao Cinema Line are generally decided by Hong Taishan, they are all martial artists, and they are all action movies......"
"Smack!"
Xu lit up a cigarette, looked at Chen Jialuo and said sincerely: "I know that you and Qi Zhi are acquainted, but everyone has their own strengths and flaws. He is better than having a wide range of contacts, so he can eat anywhere and does not affect anything. But we're different, you know?"
"Now I want to make the studio bigger and open a few more films a year, so I want you to help me. ”
Maybe he is really optimistic about Chen Jialuo, or Xu You himself is a person who has come over and wants to help Xu You, or maybe the studio is really short of people.
But for Chen Jialuo, he lacks a chance now. has directed a word-of-mouth work, Xu You has never worried that he can no longer be in charge of the director.
However, filming also depends on the company, investment, the strength of each drama, and whether the director has the right to speak.
The main reason why he came to Yidu Film Company was to know that the atmosphere here was very good and there were great opportunities.
Therefore, in the face of Xu You's sincere invitation, Chen Jialuo nodded and smiled: "With Brother Ken pulling me, I am naturally happy to take the sports car of your film studio." ”