The entertainment industry can be called the vanity fair that is most prone to suspicion, today it is brothers and girlfriends, maybe tomorrow they will turn against each other and tear it apart. Even if the parties want to be calm, it is difficult for the media to be calm, lest the media in the world will coax and sow discord on the side, Dillon and Jiang David are the most obvious examples.

And stealing the show and stealing the limelight is undoubtedly the main source of contradictions, but Zhou Yanfa's "self-disclosure" only attracted the hearty laughter of John Woo, Dillon, and Leslie Cheung, which couldn't help but make Tang Huan playfully examine them who didn't seem to mind at all, and wondered in his heart: "Could it be that the career development that is still smooth at the moment has made these people live a new realm and be a lot more open-minded?" ”

"After Ah Fa entered the play, he was very selfless, and everyone would only admire it." Dillon, the first actor in "The True Color of Heroes", was the first to speak.

"I can't help but admire, for the next play, he slept in the same room with the dog, so that he could cultivate his feelings, and he didn't even want a wife." Leslie Cheung, who was laughing and stubbling, made a gesture, "How should I describe it......"

Tang Huan nodded softly, "If you don't go crazy, you can't live."

"Yes!" Leslie Cheung seemed to have been touched by a certain nerve, and slapped his thigh with deep thought, "It's just that if you don't go crazy, you won't survive!" ”

"Are they the three Akitas that DreamWorks found?" Tang Huan's gaze turned to Zhou Yanfa.

"It's Chico, Layla, and Forrest." Zhou Yanfa scratched his head embarrassedly, "In order to cultivate tacit understanding, I had to use stupid methods. ”

"It's hard, isn't it?" A smile tugged at the corner of Tang Huan's mouth, and he remembered that this project was the idea he had preemptively operated from Japan - the story of a legendary loyal dog in Japanese history.

This Akita dog named "Hachi" was born on November 10, 1923, and Eizaburo Ueno, a professor at the Faculty of Agriculture at Tokyo Imperial University, began breeding it in 1924.

Every day, Hachi would watch Professor Ueno go to work at the door of his house, and in the evening, he would go to Shibuya Station to greet his master from work.

In May 1925, Professor Ueno died suddenly of illness. However, Hachi still went to Shibuya Station every day to wait for his master's return, until he finally died, a total of ten years of waiting.

During this period, Eight's situation can be described as upside down and very pitiful. Because the station staff and the surrounding people at that time did not welcome Eight, they were beaten and bullied from time to time.

It wasn't until 1932 that Hiroyoshi Saito of the Japan Dog Preservation Society wrote an article about Hachi waiting for his master at Shibuya Station, and sent it to Tokyo's Asahi Shimbun, which was published in the newspaper under the title "The Story of a Cute Old Dog", which caused a sensation and Hachiko became famous, and then became known as "Hachiko the Loyal Dog", and the station staff and residents became friendly to the poor old dog.

On March 8, 1935, Hachiko died at the age of 11 at the entrance to the road on the north side of the Takizawa Hotel.

A bronze statue of Hachiko was erected in front of Shibuya Station to commemorate this legendary dog, but it was recovered by Japan during World War II and rebuilt several years after the end of the war.

Through operation, Tang Huan won the original, suppressed the possible activities in Japan, and then handed it over to DreamWorks to adapt it into a script with a local background in Xiangjiang - "The Story of Hachiko the Loyal Dog".

Of course, no matter how it changes, the themes of trust and loyalty will always remain.

With the covert help of Tang Huan, a Hollywood tycoon, the Japanese film "The Forsaken", which focuses on Japanese orphans, finally won the Best Foreign Language Film award at the Oscars in late March this year, filling a gap of decades.

Naturally, through this tacit cooperation, Tang Huan's influence on the Japanese film field has increased invisibly.

Therefore, Tang Huan attaches great importance to this project and personally named Ang Lee as the director, in order to take advantage of this good situation and let Hong Kong films further win the Japanese market.

As for the further subtle operations, he didn't ask, and he didn't know until now that Zhou Runfa was chosen as the prototype of the actor - Ueno Eizaburo.

"Akita dogs are large dogs, and even the puppy is very lively, and adult dogs have a larger range of activities, and it is really unbearable to play together for a long time." Zhou Yanfa replied with a wry smile.

Tang Huan bowed slightly, picked up the wine glass and shook it, "You all belong to the well-known figures in the Xiangjiang literary and artistic circles, and many of you have become famous early. I'm willing to help you build a bigger stage, but we still need to work together to see how effective it is. ”

Everyone hurriedly raised their wine glasses and said sincerely: "With Tang Sheng opening the way in front, our life can be better." ”

After staggering, Dillon asked Li Lianjie, who had worked together twice, "I heard that "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" is about to be completed, do you have any plans for filming in the second half of the year?" ”

"I want to make a fashion film in the second half of the year." Li Lianjie nodded, too many details were not revealed.

No matter how familiar the two are, in front of the big boss, the minimum business confidentiality guidelines must be observed, and as for the possible employment recommendation after confirming the news, they can communicate privately.

However, Tang Huan, who was a little drunk, took over the conversation, "Is it the "Zhongnan Sea Bodyguard"?" ”

Originally, this movie was going to carry some private goods to make a soft advertisement for Tang Huan's high-tech products in the field of security; However, the protest farce triggered by the Daya Bay nuclear power plant in front of the Qinhe Building took the lead in a wave of advertising.

Anyway, this movie has been established, and it will continue to be filmed as usual, and the cast will not change, and the heroine is Zhang Manyu.

Since his first appearance on the big screen in 1984 through "The Frog Prince" directed by Wang Jing, Zhang Manyu has begun to deliberately shift the focus of his career to the film field, and has taken on many plays in recent years.

Although most of the roles she participated in were pure and delicate girls, which belonged to her true colors and did not require too much acting skills, with her outstanding appearance and unique and fresh temperament, Zhang Manyu still attracted the attention of a large number of audiences and film critics.

Still in 1984, after "The Frog Prince", Zhang Manyu and Leslie Cheung, Chen You, and Anita Mui co-starred in "Fate". Zhang Manyu and Anita Mui, both newcomers in the film industry, have been recognized by critics for their performances.

Of course, the most classic role during this period is Ah May, the girlfriend of the male protagonist Chen Jiaju in "Police Story".

Because this innocent and lovely character is particularly eye-catching in Cheng Long's martial arts comedy style, Zhang Manyu became one of the most popular foreign actresses voted by Japanese fans that year through the release of "Police Story" in Japan.

It is precisely for this success that Zhang Manyu was arranged to be the heroine of the new version of "Zhongnan Sea Bodyguard", she does not need to show off her sex appeal like Zhong Liti, who played the heroine in the original version of "Zhongnan Sea Bodyguard", it is enough to have the state in "Police Story".

"Yes." Li Lianjie nodded, "It just so happens that Zhang Manyu's schedule is about to be vacated, and the new crew will be able to start work." ”

"Zhongnan_Hai bodyguard, what a strong aura!" Leslie Cheung smiled and made a gesture and asked curiously, "Is it the master of Ouchi above?" ”

"Sort of." Li Lianjie smiled knowingly, "Actually, this name can only be used outside." According to the boss's meaning, when it is released in the mainland, it will be another name, otherwise it will not even be able to pass the review level. ”

"It is also Mr. Tang who has the ability to open up the mainland market, so that there will be more of these happy troubles." Dillon, who has been filming in the mainland a lot, sighed: "Actually, the mainland film market is very good now, one dollar can be exchanged for 7.8 Hong Kong dollars, more than 30 Taiwan dollars, and RMB is in the early two, the small counties I have been to have movie theaters, and our kind of kung fu movies are very popular." It depends on the ability to operate. ”

"Jiang is still old and spicy, and you suddenly told me the secret of my business." Tang Huan laughed, "Even if you only consider the urban population with high consumption power, 1 billion miles can gather more than 5 million people in Xiangjiang's ten-fold large consumer market, it depends on whether you have the ability to take it from this cornucopia that is close at hand." ”

Everyone said yes and raised their glasses respectfully.

After drinking the wine in the glass, Tang Huan stood up, "I've been staying here, and you guys are not comfortable and have fun, so I left the table early." ”

While saying "where" and "how come", everyone sent Tang Huan away sincerely, and then began to feast freely.

……

Actually, Tang Huan was in such a hurry to leave because he remembered from the topic of "Zhongnan Hai Bodyguard" that it was Zhang Manyu's turn to be "on duty" tonight, so he couldn't help but want to go back to his residence early.

Zhang Manyu has been waiting for a long time, looking at the other party's clothes, Tang Huan's eyes can't help but light up, because he used to be a delicate girl, but now he shows a young woman's style.

"It's interesting how your image has changed." Tang Huan praised sincerely.

Zhang Manyu turned around lightly in front of the mirror, and then smiled, "It may have something to do with a recent play." ”

Tang Huan raised his eyebrows and urged with interest: "Then let's hear it." ”

"In the first half of the year, I took on a literary film, which was adapted from Yishu's novel "The Story of the Rose", which tells the story of the first half of the heroine's rich daughter Rose from a girl to a young woman, of course I have to adapt to the requirements of the script." Zhang Manyu took the sugar water and explained carefully.

Tang Huan nodded, and casually quipped: "Don't look at me asking DreamWorks and Xiangjiang Cinema Group to support the development of Xiangjiang's literary films, but Xiangjiang's current literary and artistic films are almost inseparable from intimate scenes, which annoys me." I guess this routine is indispensable in "The Story of Rose", how do you deal with it? ”

"Technical processing." Zhang Manyu gave Tang Huan a roll of his eyes with a smile and a smile, "Otherwise, if you lock up the director Yang Fan, the leading actors Liang Jiahui and Zhang Jianting, then you can rest assured." ”

Tang Huan laughed, put down the spoon, and asked instead, "Is the cooperation with Liang Jiahui going well?" ”

In 1980, Liang Jiahui, who was admitted to the 10th phase of TVB's artist training class and became a classmate of Andy Lau, was swept away by TVB before completing his studies, but was accidentally pulled to the mainland by the veteran director Li Hanxiang, who played Emperor Xianfeng with his bald head, and filmed "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to Politics with a Curtain".

Although the response of these two films is not small, Leung Jiahui was also banned by Baodao as an example, almost cutting off the possibility of participating in commercial films.

Fortunately, he caught up with Mr. the richest man to support the development of Xiangjiang literary films, and Leung Jiahui was not as bleak as the original time and space to run a small business, and he had a place to display his strengths.

"I don't necessarily have a high professional quality, so how can I be qualified." Zhang Manyu twisted and became modest.

"That's just as well. Whether you are playing a girl or a young woman, you are now acting in your true colors, and it is all the credit of my hard work. Come, I'll continue to help you improve. Tang Huan hugged Zhang Manyu horizontally.

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The next day, John Woo sent the **** of "The True Color of Heroes" over with bloodshot eyes. In fact, the progress is almost complete, except that he is once again directing a star-studded film independently, allowing him to carefully strive for excellence.

To be honest, "The True Color of Heroes" is not original, and like projects such as "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Four Thousand Gold" that DreamWorks is planning, they are all eating the old books of the excellent themes in the early years of the Xiangjiang film industry in old bottles and new wine.

As early as 1967, Long Gang directed a movie called "The True Color of Heroes".

This version describes that after being released from prison, the habitual bandit Li Zhuoxiong played by Xie Xian was determined to reform his life and no longer set foot in the rivers and lakes, so with the assistance of the Prisoner Release Association, he found a job and settled down. Li Zhuoxiong did not want to have a bad influence on his younger brother Li Zhichen, so he kept concealing the fact that he had been imprisoned. The one-eyed dragon, a gangster played by Shi Jian, saw that Li Zhuoxiong refused to re-enter the gang, so he designed his brother Li Zhichen to blast the insurance company's safes, so as to force Li Zhuoxiong to comply. But Li Zhuoxiong insisted on not yielding, and in the end, in order to protect his brother's innocence, he took everything alone and was imprisoned again.

Tsui Hark and John Woo got inspired by this elevator, and they have the current "True Colors of Heroes".

It is conceivable that Tang Huan can make DreamWorks pay attention to this theme, and the success of the movie depends entirely on John Woo's personal ability.

Anyway, Tang Huan, who is not bad for money, can easily bear the risks, and in line with the principle that the meat should rot in his own pot, he instructed DreamWorks to sign a contract with John Woo and Tsui Hark for three "True Colors of Heroes".

In this way, this version of "The True Colors of Heroes" has a comprehensive consideration in the layout of the story, and the first part paves the way for the last two.

Wu Yusen, who was entrusted with important tasks, was also under a lot of pressure. Tang Huan said that he wanted to see the filming results of "The True Color of Heroes", and he sorted them out overnight and sent them to Mr. The richest man.

In fact, Tang Huan just wants to confirm one thing, that is, whether the "True Colors of Heroes" made by John Woo has the level of Hollywood in the same period as the reviews of the original time and space.

If he is really that bullish, then he will take advantage of the current Hollywood slump and operate it well. (To be continued.) )