Chapter 775: Last Chance

The symposium was concluded with a symbolic buffet, mainly for socializing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The people present choose their own food and drinks, and those who know each other sit together and chat, and the atmosphere is more relaxed.

Lin Zixuan observed casually, these Xiangjiang filmmakers are actually divided into many small circles, but the Xiangjiang film circle itself is not big, and they are all acquaintances who look down and don't look up.

But because of this, there will be no less grievances, and some ways can be seen from their respective attitudes.

Lin Zixuan is not a gossip party, this is not the focus of his attention, he sat down with Wen Jun and Liu Dehua, chatting while eating.

These people are in a circle with Wen Jun and have common ideas.

At the symposium, Wen Jun expressed his preference for mainland films and supported the integration of Hong Kong films and mainland films.

This is a kind of taking sides, which may offend filmmakers who insist on the uniqueness of Hong Kong films, but it can get the support of Lin Zixuan and relevant mainland departments.

Since he has decided to lean into the interior, of course he has to express something.

Wen Jun is looking forward to the cooperation with Lin Zixuan, and Lin Zixuan also wants to have someone familiar with the Hong Kong circle to help.

After a while, Xu Ke sat down, and after a few words of greeting, he asked about the specific matters of co-production.

He asked very professional and meticulous questions, including funding operations, co-production models, directorial permissions, post-production, and so on.

Lin Zixuan knows that the more detailed the question, the more interested he is, those who only know how to complain are definitely unreliable, and those who really want to do things will not complain, they will only think about how to solve the problem.

He roughly answered Xu Ke's doubts.

The symposium is about the general direction of the problem, it is impossible to talk about the specific operation process of a certain film, it is not so detailed, just take the director's authority, generally refers to the final editing right of the film.

Lin Zixuan will not easily hand over this authority to the director, unless it is like Feng Xiaogang and Jiang Wen.

Everyone knows the roots, has friendships, and has no worries.

He knows something about Xu Ke, who is good at shooting many types of films, such as comedy, martial arts, ghosts and police films, etc., and can be described as an all-rounder in the film industry.

The most well-known is martial arts films.

This is the common denominator of Xiangjiang directors, due to the uniqueness of the Xiangjiang film industry, a director will not specialize in making a type of film, and has the opportunity to try various themes and make money to shoot anything.

Xu Ke has shot many classic martial arts films, and Li Yu has been influenced by him.

However, Li Yu filmed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which not only had a high box office in North America, but also won the Oscar, and the box office of "Hero" produced in the mainland exceeded 200 million and was very popular in Xiangjiang.

The box office of "Hero" in Hong Kong is 25 million Hong Kong dollars, which cannot be compared with "Infernal Affairs".

But as a film filmed by a mainland director and starred by mainland actors, this achievement is enough to show its popularity in Hong Kong.

"The Funeral of a Big Shot" grossed less than 1 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, and "My Sassy Girlfriend" just over 10 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, and "Hero" did well.

Xu Ke has watched "Hero".

Not to mention the plot and connotation of this play, just looking at the martial arts scenes, he feels that what he can do is more shocking, most of the techniques used in martial arts films come from Xiangjiang, and many techniques are Xu Ke's originality, and he has this confidence.

He has always pursued innovation in his shooting techniques and techniques.

Seeing the birth of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero", Xu Ke moved his mind to make martial arts films.

His previous martial arts films were aimed at Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and had a lot of influence in Japan and South Korea, and even more so in the mainland, but they rarely had the opportunity to be released in mainland theaters.

Nowadays, the film market in Southeast Asia is occupied by Hollywood blockbusters, compressing the living space of Hong Kong films.

The local box office in Xiangjiang can't support big-budget movies, and the highest box office of Xiangjiang movies in recent years is only 60 million Hong Kong dollars, and films with a box office of millions abound.

Relatively speaking, the mainland market has become the choice of Xuke.

As a famous director in Xiangjiang, he has the confidence to negotiate terms with mainland film and television companies, in addition to investment and salary, he is most concerned about the director's permission.

It is impossible for Lin Zixuan to delegate all power to Xu Ke, the two have not cooperated before, and Xu Ke does not understand the mainland market.

He didn't directly reject Xu Ke, it was just an informal conversation after all.

Besides, Xu Ke may not necessarily cooperate with Haomeng Company, and there are other film and television companies in the mainland that may agree to Xu Ke's conditions, which is a process of mutual choice.

Lin Zixuan invited Xu Ke to have time to visit the company and talk about the details of the cooperation.

At the same time, Zhou Xingzhi also sat over and listened to the conversation between Lin Zixuan and Xu Ke.

He had dealt with the company and understood the company's energy in the mainland film industry, and "Shaolin Football" was not released in the mainland in the end, and his film company was punished by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and suspended the business of co-producing films with the mainland.

This situation is not without a solution, and it is also possible to re-register a film company.

Zhou Xingzhi cares about opening up channels in the mainland, otherwise things like "Shaolin Football" will repeat themselves.

Good Dream Company has the ability to help him solve the problem, deal with the mainland's censorship and publicity and distribution matters, he wants to let his film be released in the mainland, and he needs to cooperate with Lin Zixuan.

He listened to Lin Zixuan's reply to Xu Ke's question, and his professionalism was unquestionable.

Also, Good Dreams has cooperated with British film companies to make films, and it must have professional quality, and the global box office of "Xiaoxue's Big Adventure" is as high as 700 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This data shocked the filmmakers of Xiangjiang and paid more and more attention to the company.

Those who really want to make movies want to cooperate with professional film companies, everyone is professionals, communication is barrier-free, if you meet someone who doesn't understand film, it will be very painful.

They have a prejudice against the mainland market, that is, they feel that mainland filmmakers are not professional enough.

In the eyes of Hong Kong filmmakers, the mainland market is too complicated, it does not follow the market, there are too many institutional things, they are constrained in creation, they have to struggle in distribution, and in many cases, the results are different from what they imagined.

Or that the market is not transparent enough, there are too many unspoken rules, and the whole environment is too unfamiliar to know how to go.

This is mainly due to the different cultural backgrounds of the two places, coupled with poor communication and exchange.

Lin Zixuan is familiar with the mainland entertainment industry, so he also feels strange and uncomfortable to come to Xiangjiang for development, this problem is difficult to solve in a short time, and he will naturally understand it after more interaction.

He invited Hong Kong filmmakers to participate in the event in the Mainland, and Good Dream was willing to provide convenience for them.

Unconsciously, there are more people around Lin Zixuan, who either really want to make movies, or just for profit, but they all have expectations for the mainland market.

The mainland market is their last chance.