Chapter 426: With great power comes great responsibility
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Xu Cun's body shook violently, and then he unconsciously said, "Sizzle!
Hu Yanzhong made a swallowing motion, and then said to Xu Cun with silky eyes: "Brother Cun, how about this trick I taught myself to spit lotus flowers?"
Xu Cun praised: "Not bad! Not bad!" Then, Xu Cun looked at Lin Qingxia, Deng Lijun, Ye Qianwen, Meng Guangmei, Ge Weiru, Wang Guxian, Yang Liqing, and Zhu Baoyi who were lying on the bed, and said, "You can teach them again." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Hu Yizhong nodded and said, "Well, I'll discuss it with my sisters when I go back." Then, Hu Yizhong knelt in front of Xu Cun and hugged Xu Cun's little brother and said, "Brother Cun, I am the president of DreamWorks Film Company......
Why did you bring all of your fellow villagers to Xu Cun to set up this ecstasy array? She started the idea of becoming the president of DreamWorks Films, which was formed by the merger of DreamWorks Films (Xiangjiang Branch) and DreamWorks Films (American Branch).
Honestly-
Hu Comet was indeed very reluctant to be the president of DreamWorks Films -- You must know that Hu Comet had only been the administrative general manager of DreamWorks Films (Xiangjiang Division of Labor) for more than a year, and in terms of qualifications, Hu Comet was completely unqualified to be the president of DreamWorks Films.
But Hu Comet is Xu Cun's woman, and she has been following Xu Cun for four or five years, plus Hu Comet himself is very smart, and if Hu Comet really doesn't do well, it will be replaced by another one, the most important thing is that Xu Cun really can't stand Hu Comet using the current way to ask for an official with himself!
Therefore, Xu Cun threw Hu Comet down on the bed and parted Hu Comet's legs, and said, "As long as you make me cool again, you will be the president of DreamWorks Films!"
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The new official took office with three fires, and Hu Comet was naturally not exempt from vulgarity.
But-
The first fire that burned Hu Comet was neither the reform of DreamWorks Films, nor the new personnel appointments and dismissals, but begging Xu Cun to direct a movie himself no matter what, and also asking Xu Cun to use Chinese actors to star in this movie as much as possible, and the most troublesome thing is that this movie has to be successful in the world.
Honestly-
Hu Comet really embarrassed Xu Cun!
Xu Cun went through all the Chinese-language films he knew over and over again, and couldn't find a single film that could meet Hu's requirements, including "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which had achieved the best results in the world in his previous life.
But Xu Cun didn't agree, and Hu Yizhong couldn't.
First of all, the reason why Hu Cun wants Xu Cun to direct a movie himself is to use Xu Cun's strength to gain a firm foothold - as a man in Hu Comet, how can Xu Cun not help Hu Comet?
Secondly, in recent years, there has always been a voice in Hong Kong - I hope that Xu Cun can direct a film that is mainly Chinese, compete with European and American films, and create a new world with Chinese-language films. Moreover, this voice is getting louder and louder, and now it is even so loud that Xu Cun can't pretend that he can't hear it.
Speaking of this, I have to mention Zou Wenhuai and Cheng Long.
Although he has been defeated repeatedly, Zou Wenhuai has always been committed to pushing Cheng Long to the international - from this point of view, Xu Cun is really compared to Zou Wenhuai.
It is precisely because of this that Zou Wenhuai and Cheng Long have been touted by many filmmakers and audiences who are keen on nationalism.
Let's take Golden Harvest's "Weilong Detective" produced this year as an example.
"Weilong Detective" is another American movie starring Golden Harvest Investment and Cheng Long after the "Killer Trench" and "Cannonball Speed" series.
Unfortunately, if "Killer Trench" is a mistake, then "Dragon Detective" is a disaster - at the beginning of the film, Andrew Morgan, the head of Golden Harvest's American branch, and Chen Ziqiang, after analyzing the tastes of American audiences, decided to make Jackie Chan a New York police officer like Clint Eastwood, instead of the dexterous martial arts character of the past. Although Cheng Long has concerns about this, the American branch has absolute control.
In the end, director James Glickenhouse made "Detective Dragon" into a Hollywood-style action movie full of old routines, with few action scenes, but also very stiff and sluggish, completely devoid of Cheng Long's style.
Cheng Long was quite dissatisfied with such action scenes, and during the filming process, he repeatedly disagreed with director James Glickenhouse, and even scolded him, asking if the other party knew how to make action movies. But James Glickenhouse told Cheng Long that this was his film, and that he would design the whole martial arts process, and that it would be completely different from Cheng Long's. Cheng Long became angry, and called He Yichang to inform him that either James Glickenhouse would leave, or he would leave the crew.
Unfortunately, Cheng Long's answer made Cheng Long very frustrated, because James Grikenhouse signed a very strict contract with Golden Harvest, and it was not easy to replace James Glickenhouse. So, even if it's a mistake, it has to be done. Although Cheng Long was very annoyed by this action scene that was only filmed for four days, he had no choice but to continue working according to James Glickenhouse's wishes, and Cheng Long almost cried during the awkward filming.
"Weilong Detective" was rated as the only failed work after Cheng Long signed a contract with Golden Harvest. Later, when the Asian version of "Weilong Detective" was launched, Cheng Long even proposed to modify the film according to his own method. After obtaining consent, Cheng Long immediately found screenwriter Deng Jingsheng, added a number of subplots to the film, added several new characters, and deleted the inexplicable exciting ~ love scenes and fortune-telling scenes in the American version. In addition, Cheng Long also brought back the leading actor Demi Elllow and boxer Bill Wallace from the United States to reshoot the fight scenes of the final battle, making it longer and more complex, and the action choreography is faster, which is more faithful to Cheng Long's fighting style. Although the adapted version is much stronger than the original, it still can't change the fate of this bad movie.
"Dragon Detective" is undoubtedly a failed movie - so failed, so helpless, so tragic!
But even though "Dragon Detective" was a failed movie, it still earned nearly 14 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong.
It is not difficult to see that the audience in Hong Kong supports Zou Wenhuai and Cheng Long's spirit of bravely entering Hollywood.
While supporting Zou Wenhuai and Cheng Long, many Xiangjiang people, and even many Chinese, hope that Xu Cun can direct a film dominated by Chinese to step on the world stage.
The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, while Xu Cun enjoyed the infinite benefits brought to him by his reputation, he was also kidnapped by his reputation invisibly.
Therefore, if Xu Cun doesn't want to lose the godhead he has built up with great difficulty, he has to direct a film that is mainly Chinese, and this movie can't be a pseudo-Chinese movie like "People and Ghosts Are Not Gone" that sells dog meat on the head of a sheep.
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(To be continued.) )