Liu Dehua has debuted for 20 years and has starred in hundreds of movies, with an average of five plays a year. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even if some of them are supporting roles and cameos, the number is quite staggering.

From this point, it can be seen that Xiangjiang Film pays attention to efficiency and does not pay attention to quality.

Objectively speaking, half of the hundreds of films starring Liu Dehua can be classified as bad movies.

This is due to the general environment of the Hong Kong film industry.

A star with box office appeal like him is often involuntarily, full of fame and fortune, and even forced to film.

In Xiangjiang, where commercial films are dominant, the quantity and quality of films are difficult to be proportional.

Even so, having starred in so many movies and being the boss of a film company, Liu Dehua has a basic ability to distinguish between good and bad scripts.

He also thinks the story told by Lin Zixuan is interesting, but he is not very optimistic about the market prospects.

This story is different from the mainstream genre movies in Xiangjiang, where gang films are about brothers, fighting and killing, and police and gangster films are about hot action scenes and gunfight scenes.

This is the routine of commercial films, so as to attract the audience.

There are also undercover plots in Xiangjiang's police and gangster films, which is not a new idea, and Xiangjiang filmmakers have always been innovative and have done in-depth research on various types of films.

The highlight of Lin Zixuan's story is that he uses two little people who are at the mercy of others as the protagonists to build contradictions and conflicts.

After listening to it, Liu Dehua felt that it was not easy to position, it was neither a typical commercial film, nor a literary film, but a commercial film with literary and artistic colors.

Will there be a market for this kind of film?

Hong Kong audiences are accustomed to simple and crude entertainment movies, can they accept this change?

He said that he was not good, no one can judge whether the film is a big hit after listening to the synopsis of the story.

But since Lin Zixuan is willing to invest, Liu Dehua doesn't mind giving it a try.

Through this cooperation, he established a long-term relationship with Haomeng, which paved the way for him to enter the mainland market.

At the just-concluded Golden Oriole Award ceremony, he saw Lin Zixuan's influence in the mainland film and television industry, as well as his close relationship with the official.

The so-called hearing is false, seeing is believing.

For example, the director of the TV Drama Management Department, who was surrounded by the leaders of Shonan Radio and Television, did not smile when shaking hands with others, and smiled and chatted when shaking hands with Lin Zixuan.

From some details, you can see a person's social relations, the people he interacts with, and the attitude of others towards him.

Moreover, Liu Dehua is quite confident in Lin Zixuan's investment in films.

This confidence comes from the past performance of Good Dreams, as evidenced by the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which shows that Lin Zixuan has a smart vision in investment.

Another thing that makes Liu Dehua tempted is that Lin Zixuan's investment, he has no risk.

After experiencing the failure of early film investment, Liu Dehua is more cautious, he will not easily get involved in big productions, and prefers small and medium-budget films.

The investment is less than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, with a small and large amount, even if he loses money, he can afford it, and he does not have to go bankrupt.

Xiangjiang filmmakers pay attention to risk aversion, such as Zhou Xingzhi filming "Shaolin Football", he will not invest himself, but pull investment everywhere, he would rather take a share of the box office.

It can't be said that Zhou Xingzhi has no money, but there is no need to risk his own money.

The production cycle of a movie is long, ranging from three months to one or two years.

No one can guarantee that the filming will be completed smoothly, there will be no mistakes in the middle, and there is not so much pressure to make a movie with other people's funds.

Therefore, directors and actors rarely invest in themselves, and at most use the salary as an investment, which is a safe approach.

Of course, if you see the complete script and feel that there is a future, Liu Dehua may follow and invest a few million.

Now it's just a beginning, and it's hard to say whether it can be successful.

"Mr. Lin is so refreshing, I'm sure I'll be fine, Xiangjiang will leave it to me. Liu Dehua agreed.

"Boss Liu, happy cooperation. Lin Zixuan raised his glass and smiled.

Several people touched glasses, drank wine, and the atmosphere livened up.

With this reason, the relationship between the two sides has become closer, and Liu Dehua asked about the topic he is most concerned about, what type of Hong Kong films are popular in the mainland.

This is actually two issues, one is the censorship of films, and the other is the preferences of mainland audiences.

Cheng Long's kung fu films have been successful in the mainland, but they are difficult to imitate and the investment is too large.

Lau's early films involved gang vendettas or gambling, which were difficult to enter the mainland market, and as he got older, he has been actively seeking transformation in the past two years.

His previous roles were mostly prodigal sons in love, but now he prefers a stable image.

even tried to play a father in a movie.

Age is an unavoidable problem for actors, when they play the prodigal son when they are young, the audience will feel very handsome, and if they still play the prodigal son after the age of forty, they will be suspected of pretending to be tender.

"If you are adventurous, you can try a police movie, but if the police are positive characters, the bad guys can't be too out of line, be safe, that is, romantic comedies, which the audience likes, and there is also a category of costume films, which are easy to say in terms of censorship, but they should be filmed with more care. Lin Zixuan reminded.

The party ended in the early hours of the morning, and everyone went back to rest, and they had to catch a plane in the morning.

On the way back to the hotel, Feng Xiaogang was a little puzzled.

"Are you planning to make a film with Andy? Don't you have a good impression of the Hong Kong circle?" Feng Xiaogang said strangely.

Feng Xiaogang is older than Liu Dehua, and it is no problem to call Andy.

In terms of interpersonal communication, he is more mature than Lin Zixuan, and he knows that Lin Zixuan does not want to meet people in the Hong Kong circle.

Taking the production team of "Heroes" as an example, all Xiangjiang staff who have a bad attitude towards the mainland are excluded, including those who have worked in the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

It is true that those people have experience, but Lin Zixuan values attitude more.

This led those people to spread bad words about the Good Dream Company in Xiangjiang, saying that Lin Zixuan was prejudiced against the people of Xiangjiang.

"Didn't they say I was biased? I proved to them that I was a person who liked to work together. Lin Zixuan said, "This is an opportunity for us to enter the Xiangjiang Film Market, not only for them to come, but also for us to come over, this is called coming and going." ”

The "Infernal Affairs" series of movies is known as the last glory of Hong Kong films.

This may be an exaggeration, but it can see its status, especially when Hong Kong films are in decline.

Lin Zixuan doesn't plan to open up new horizons for Hong Kong films, he doesn't have that much ability, and he has no interest, the decline of Hong Kong films is the result of a combination of factors, not that a few movies can be saved.

That's not realistic.

Lin Zixuan just wants to use this film to open up the film market in Xiangjiang for Good Dreams, and at the same time attract the attention of Xiangjiang filmmakers and let those people understand his attitude.

To put it bluntly, there is money to be made by cooperating with Good Dreams.

Since the development of Xiangjiang filmmakers in the mainland has become a trend and is inevitable, it is Lin Zixuan's purpose to win over a group, suppress a group, and divide and disintegrate.