"Oh, it's Mr. Oshima, I wonder what works you're bringing with you this time?" Wang Zijun asked, the matter of inviting directors from various countries is not done by him personally, but by the organizing committee of the Golden Horse Awards.

Nagisa Oshima pulled Wang Zijun down his film booth, pointed to the movie poster and said with a smile: "The Golden Horse Film Festival didn't invite me, I came by myself." ”

"Oh, buy cakes!" Wang Zijun looked at the poster, rolled his eyes directly, and thought that you, the movie ghost, would invite you to come!

Nagisa Oshima was one of the initiators of the New Wave movement and the most famous red director. The father of this goods is a fisherman, but the family has a bunch of theoretical books on the Communist Party and the Socialist Party, and Nagisa Oshima grew up under the influence of these books, and later became a fanatical Communist Cist as a matter of course.

As for Nagisa Oshima's current film, it is called "Max, My Love", which is a French co-production.

This Max is not a human, but an orangutan, and the whole movie is about a human-animal love triangle, and its content will be ahead of its time in 20 years.

Seeing Wang Zijun coming, Europeans in front of several booths also surrounded him.

Nagisa Oshima introduced: "This is Jean. Claude. Carriel, who is also the writer and producer of the film, is Anthony. Higgins, this beautiful lady is Charlotte. Ramplin. ”

These are celebrities, Jean. Claude. Although Carriel is not famous as a director, he is a man of God as a screenwriter. He has written nearly 200 films, the most famous of which are "The Big Nose Lovers", "The Hussars on the Roof" and "Prague Love".

As for Anthony. Higgins, this guy is famous in Europe now, but he doesn't mix well in the United States, and when he went to Hollywood a few years ago, he could only play in Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

And Charlotte. Ramplin is a blonde, long-legged woman, 41 years old, but she is quite well maintained, and her skin is not as rough as that of ordinary Caucasian women.

Although the movie "Max, My Love" is directed by himself, the producer, screenwriter and starring are all Europeans. However, the Golden Horse Film Festival invited Asian films this time, and it stands to reason that "Max, My Love", which is essentially a European film, does not meet the standards. However, the visitor is a guest, and it is estimated that the Golden Horse Award Organizing Committee will not be able to catch up with people, after all, this film was made by Director Yuben.

Wang Zijun stretched out his hand and said, "Oh, hello, welcome to Taipei." ”

"Hello, Zachary, nice to meet you." Let. Claude. Cariel said, and the other two shook hands in greeting.

After chatting casually, Wang Zijun understood that these people wanted to take the opportunity of the Golden Horse Film Festival to enter the Asian market with the human beast film "Max, My Love". Originally, their first choice was the Tokyo International Film Festival, but at this time, the Tokyo Film Festival is held every two years, the first was held last year, and the second will have to wait until next year.

But to be honest, Wang Zijun is not optimistic about the film's performance in the Asian market, although the film has a good reputation among film critics. Not to mention anything else, director Nagisa Oshima is a representative of street goods, and he shoots all niche films.

It is said that Wang Zijun also invested 200,000 US dollars in Nagisa Oshima to build a film studio, and this money has already disappeared from Nima's money. Of course, this drift still heard the sound, for example, when he came back with a big name trophy from the Federal Republic of Germany.

Nagisa Oshima chattered endlessly to Wang Zijun to sell his new work, hoping that Wang Zijun's Wang Cinema Line would release "Max." My Love", without the slightest embarrassment of facing investment after messing up the business.

When Wang Zijun was having a headache and wanted to find an excuse to leave, Lin Bowen suddenly came over and said, "Brother Jun, there is a Mr. Kadokawa who is looking for you." ”

"Haruki Kadokawa?" Wang Zijun asked.

Lin Bowen said: "No, it's his younger brother Kadokawa Rihiko." ”

"Oh, let's go meet then." Wang Zijun smiled and said to Nagisa Oshima, "I'm sorry, the people from Kadokawa Pictures came to me and lost my company first." ”

Although Kadokawa Pictures is not the largest film company in this book, it is definitely the most popular and prestigious company in recent years. Nagisa Oshima didn't have the confidence to compare with Kadokawa Pictures, so he could only say goodbye to Wang Zijun with a smile.

Finally getting rid of these mortal guys, Wang Zijun asked, "Where is Kadokawa Rihiko?" ”

Lin Bowen said: "The group headquarters building. ”

"Let him wait a while and let it dry, and then I'll walk around first." Wang Zijun said and continued to visit the participating films from various countries.

Although the participants in the Golden Horse Film Festival are nominally inviting filmmakers from all Asian countries and regions, in terms of quantity, most of the participating films are films from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Yueben. The Philippines, South Korea and Singapore followed, followed by India and Malaysia.

For example, India has only three participating films, and Malaysia has even less, with only one.

After shopping for more than half an hour, Wang Zijun sat back to downtown Taipei, and it is estimated that Mr. Kadokawa Rihiko has been waiting for him.

The reason why Wang Zijun hangs him like this is because if Kadokawa Lihiko is here to cooperate with Wang's Pictures, he can just talk to the people below. If you have to talk to him Wang Zijun, you don't know what is going on, let's cool it first.

Returning to the city leisurely, it was almost noon, Wang Zijun ate lunch before going to the company, and it happened that Kadokawa Rihiko went to eat again at this time.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that Kadokawa Rihiko finally saw Wang Zijun, and as soon as they met, he bowed and smiled: "Hello Mr. Wang, the contemptible person is Kadokawa Rihiko, the special manager of Kadokawa Bookstore." ”

"Hello, Mr. Kadokawa, I admire your brother very much, and greet him on my behalf." Wang Zijun took his hand and said, "Please take a seat." ”

Kadokawa Rihiko sat down and said, "I will, Brother Shu also admires Mr. Wang." In a Chinese idiom, this is called heroes cherish heroes. ”

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "Mr. Kadokawa is worthy of being a great talent, and this Chinese sentence is very good. ”

"You've won a prize." Kadokawa Norihiko said.

In later generations, some Chinese people were unhappy with Kadokawa Pictures, and posted a post denouncing that the predecessor of Kadokawa Pictures was Daiei Co., Ltd., which served the invasion of China, and that there was an unshirkable original sin.

In fact, Kadokawa Pictures started as a bookstore, and ten years ago, the film declined to the extreme, but the economic boom ushered in a small peak. This contrast caused capital outside the industry to be ready to move on the film industry (Wang Zijun and Zou Wenhuai jointly acquired a cinema line and distribution company at that time), and then made a move to acquire film resources, of which Kadokawa Bookstore was one of them, and it only bought some ordinary film companies at that time, and the acquisition of Daiei Co., Ltd. was obtained after 2000.

And Kadokawa Rihiko's elder brother, Haruki Kadokawa, is the founder of Kadokawa Pictures.

There are many people who compare Wang Zijun with the great director Akira Kurosawa, but more filmmakers in the industry often compare Wang Zijun with Haruki Kadokawa.

Kadokawa Haruki is the young master of the Kadokawa chaebol, and he is also a famous genius, and at the same time, he also won the title of "loser" because of his generosity.

The reason why Wang Zijun and Haruki Kadokawa are compared is because this person is suave, and there are definitely a lot more women around him than Wang Zijun. Not only that, Haruki Kadokawa, like Wang Zijun, is known for his talents, as poets, writers, directors and so on. And he is as capable of writing and martial arts as Wang Zijun, this person's hobbies are exploration and boxing, and his skills seem to be not bad.

Haruki Kadokawa's greatest achievement is to create a new model of cinema, integrating Western literature, orthodox history and commercial literature, comics and films, and making cinema prosper again. And the films he directed by himself have always caused box office sensations in the book, and commercially completed the works of the older generation of filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa.

Comparing them together, it can be seen that Wang Zijun and Haruki Kadokawa have many similarities.

After greeting for a while, Kadokawa Norihiko began to get to the point: "I heard that Mr. Wang's "Harry Potter 4" is about to be completed? ”

"Yes, it should be due by the end of the year." Wang Zijun nodded and said, the manuscript was written in his spare time in the mainland during his two free months, I don't know how this little book can be so well-informed.

"Harry Potter is a very great one, and I hope Kadokawa Bookstore can get the rights to distribute his fourth book," Kadokawa said. ”

Wang Zijun laughed and said: "Just for the copyright of a "Harry Potter", is it worth Mr. Kadokawa to go for it personally?" ”

"Kadokawa Bookstore also hopes to buy the rights to Mr. Wang's "Harry Potter" series of films. ”

Wang Zijun was surprised: "Are you going to buy it for the actor to play?" This is a film that takes place in the UK. ”

Kadokawa Rihiko said: "The plot can be modified, and if it wants to sell at the box office in Asia, the movie should still be played by an Oriental." ”

Wang Zijun asked rhetorically: "Then do you think I will sell the copyright of this movie?" ”

"Does Mr. Wang want to direct the Harry Potter movie himself?" Kadokawa Rihiko was puzzled, he just saw that Wang Zijun had been creating this film for ten years and hadn't made a movie.

"If you don't shoot now, it doesn't mean you won't shoot in the future." Wang Zijun said, laughing in his heart, these people not only spent money to buy land and houses in the United States, but actually ran to Taiwan. b. I came to him to buy books.

Haruki Kadokawa has always been a big spender, but now under the continuous appreciation of the Yuan, this guy did not invest in buying land and building factories everywhere like other businessmen, but frantically swept everywhere to buy the copyrights of literature, movies, comics and other works.

Fortunately, Kadokawa Lihiko didn't fantasize about buying out Wang Zijun's copyright, so after thinking about it, he said: "Since Mr. Wang doesn't plan to shoot now, then it won't be a loss for you if we come to shoot, but it will further contribute to the fame of this film, and it will definitely appreciate if it is sold in the future." ”

Haruki Kadokawa's meaning is that Wang Zijun will not sell the copyright to Warner Bros. like Rowling, but sell it again like Jin Yong, and make a sum of money every time he remakes it - so among the top ten martial arts writers, Jin Daxia makes more money from selling than the next nine combined.

Wang Zijun naturally will not refuse this kind of thing, but Kadokawa Lihiko still has an additional condition, that is, within 20 years, Wang Zijun must not agree to other directors of the book to remake the "Harry Potter" series of movies.

(To be continued)