At the end of January, "The Love of People and Ghosts" was released at the same time in Xiangfu Port and Taiwan Bay, which immediately set off a terrifying box office storm.

From the flowering of the old tree of Hu Jinquan's "Chivalrous Girl", you can see a little bit of Chinese psychology, Hu Jinquan made a big production, and the box office failed miserably, making Lianbang Pictures lose a lot of money. But a few years later, the film suddenly won an award at Xana, and then it was re-released from the moldy warehouse, and this time it was a box office hit.

Chinese things are not necessarily good, and ghost things are not necessarily good, but if Chinese things are said to be good by ghosts, then this thing must be good. At this point, the absorption of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, the yield of 1,080 per mu must be very speakable.

It is good to say that the foreign is flattering, and it is good to say that the self-esteem of the people is good. In any case, as soon as "People and Ghosts Are Not Resolved" was released, it attracted thousands of empty alleys in the Qingtai area.

The New Year is getting closer and closer, except for Cai Mu, who occasionally goes to the radio station to do programs and participates in the Spring Festival Gala, Wang Zijun is all at home behind closed doors to accompany Lin Qingxia and refuse all interviews.

However, the miscellaneous plan of "Impact" called the phone and talked about it, and Wang Zijunbo couldn't shirk it. In the current Taiwan Bay, most people who make movies and do miscellaneous movies are all for the sake of making money, like "Impact"

There are very few miscellaneous ambitions with their own film concepts and principles, and Wang Zijun has to support it.

Compared with the newspapers and television stations controlled by the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang in this era, the miscellaneous newspapers and television stations in Taiwan Planning Bay can be said to be the most self-motivated and self-motivated. For example, a few years ago, the "Wenxing" miscellaneous chronicles, the discussion of self-planning, Kuang Zhu, the people, and culture, so that the people who were under the management of the Kuomintang at that time could truly see the different world outside, which can be said to be enlightening. It's a pity that Li Ao's literary words on this miscellaneous chronicle were a little excessive, and he was finally banned.

"Hello Zijun, we meet again." "Impact"

Zhuo Botang, who is a miscellaneous scholar, came to visit.

"Hello, Mr. Zhuo." Wang Zijun said.

Zhuo Botang said: "First of all, thank you for agreeing to our interview. ”

Wang Zijun said: "They are all old friends, why bother talking about this." ”

Zhuo Botang said with a smile: "Can you take the liberty of asking, what is the box office of "Ghost Love" in Europe and the United States now? Feng Xiang will be of interest to many readers. ”

Wang Zijun replied: "It's more than 200 million, maybe it's almost 300 million, and I don't know exactly how much." ”

"When did you decide to go to Hollywood to make a movie...... Zhuo Botang asked.

"Last year, oh, in the Gregorian calendar, it should have been the year before last." Wang Zijun said.

Zhuo Botang asked: "Why did you think of going to Hollywood to make a movie?" ”

Wang Zijun said: "At first, I just wanted to go out and see it, so I wrote some scripts hastily. Before the Chinese New Year last year, Bruce Lee suddenly found me and asked me if I wanted to partner with a film company in Hollywood. I thought at the time, with Li Xiaoyou here, isn't partnering with him to check the money? So I didn't even think about agreeing, haha, where can I let go if there is a cheap sting? ”

Zhuo Botang smiled and asked, "Why did Bruce Lee ask you to cooperate instead of his old club Golden Harvest?" ”

"This, it may be that I and Bruce Lee's movie concept are very compatible." Mr. Wang said he could imagine how depressed Mr. Zou was after reading the report.

Zou Wenhuai has enough reason to be depressed, the box office of "Ghost Horse Double Star" is more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars, he invested all the money, and was fooled by Xiang Huaqiang halfway. Moreover, Zou Wenhuai already knew that it was Wang Zijun's idea to help Xiang Huaqiang, and hated Wang Zijun so much that his teeth itched.

As for who revealed the news, Wang Zilian felt that Xiang Huaqiang himself was the most suspicious. is nothing more than trying to provoke the contradiction between Wang Zijun and Golden Harvest, squeezing Wang Yujun's living space in Hong Kong movies, and then tying himself and Wang Fengrongjun more tightly.

"Before the film was released, did you think that the film would be so successful?" Zhuo Botang asked.

Wang Zijun said: "I expected it. ”

Zhuo Botang said with a smile: "I heard that when you didn't release the movie, you put down your arrogance and said that you would beat "Teaching Short" and deduct it into the top five of the annual box office in North America. ”

"Yes, in fact I did, and I went over and over the top three." Wang Zijun said.

"What gives you that confidence?" Zhuo Botang asked.

Wang Zijun said: "I put a lot of effort into this movie, so I know very well whether it is good or not. This is called like a person drinking water and knowing that he is warm and cold. ”,

Zhuo Botang asked, "What preparations have you made?" What efforts have you made, can you share them with us? ”

Wang Zijun said: "In fact, the script of this movie was written for almost seven months, and it was revised many times in the middle. And then the simulated actor is also quite troublesome, and no good actor is willing to play a ping ghost, although this is a good ghost. In the end, I had to perform it myself, which also attracted some criticism in the West, because I was yellow-skinned. Zhuo Botang asked: "How did you convince Audrey to star in the remaining book?" ”

Wang Zijun said: "It's also a bit dramatic. When Ming couldn't find a good actress to play the lead role, my assistant and assistant director of the play, Lazim, suggested that I should "go to Audrey, Hepburn?" I was sick and rushed to the hospital, and then I flew to Rome. The first to come to the door many times, not even Audrey sat down, but on the way back from a visit, he happened to meet Audrey and his wife who were robbed with guns. You know, I also know some three-legged cat kung fu, so I saved them. I think that Audrey agreed to act, maybe repaying the favor is also one of the reasons. As for the other reason, I think it was the script that moved her. ”

Zhuo Botang was surprised: "It sounds like telling a story. It's good that you know how to do kung fu, otherwise it would have been terrible......

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "So the old people often say that they don't have a lot of skills." ”

"How many of the rumors about the ambiguous relationship between you, Audrey, and Hepburn are true? Recently, an Italian newspaper said that someone saw you traveling to Rome with Audrey and Hepburn a few months ago, like a couple. "Zhuo Botang is a rare gossip, ~~ I am indeed curious.

Wang Zijun nodded and said, "There is such a thing." At that time, Audrey had been out of the film for several years, and she couldn't grasp her acting skills for a while.

I accompanied her to Rome for a total of three days, one is to accompany her Peng Xin, and the other is to enhance mutual understanding, because after all, we are going to play a couple of lovers, and there are great differences in age, nationality, and culture, so we need to communicate more. As for personal friendships, we're just good friends, not as shabby as they are outside. ”

Zhuo Botang said: "It seems that the rumors in the market cannot be easily believed. Let's change to another topic, the people who have watched the movie are very surprised by the special effects shots in it, how this was filmed. Have you encountered any difficulties? ”

"It's really difficult." Wang Zijun said, "In order to be able to do a good job in special effects, I also set up a film special effects company, and the main member is Yaoying, the original special effects department of the knife century fox company. Here I want to thank Force Century Fox, if it weren't for ~~ to cut the entire special effects department, I guess it would be very difficult to find a planner. "Are the special effects expensive?" Zhuo Botang asked, "I think this is the most concerned issue for our Chinese film peers. Wang Zijun said: "In fact, most of the investment in this movie, in addition to the publicity and transmission fees, is used for the production of stunts. As for the actors, except for Audrey Hepburn, who is a big name, the others are all small actors, including me. At that time, there weren't eight people in Hollywood who knew I could act. The total time of the special effects shots of the entire movie is only a few minutes, but these few minutes of radium cost more than one million dollars. ”

Zhuo Botang smiled bitterly: "It seems that this is not replicable in the Taiwan Bay film industry, and most of our movies do not have so much total box office." ”

Wang Zijun shook his head and said: "No, I think the progress of film special effects and film theory are important conditions for the development of films.

In fact, our martial arts film Jiao Weiya is a kind of special effects for movies, and I hope Chinese filmmakers can put a certain amount of energy into this aspect. ”

"A lot of people wonder how your movies always get high box office, can you tell us a little bit about your secret?" Zhuo Botang asked.

"There's no secret, and if there's a secret, Nale shoots with heart, not for money. The director must be careful, the actor must be attentive, the money that should be saved cannot be saved, and every detail of the movie should be done with all his heart. If you make the movie exquisite, there will naturally be an audience to touch your scene. Wang Zijun said:

"It's like being a chef, you make the food delicious, and someone buys it. But if you cut corners and shoddy, customers won't be fooled if they eat a few more times. Some people lose their money and cut corners to make movies to fool fans, which is killing chickens and eggs, and killing themselves, which can be regarded as my advice to some people. You can publish this paragraph directly, and no processing is required. Maybe some people will feel uncomfortable listening to it, but loyalty is good for deeds, and whether they can listen to it depends on their own wealth. ”,

Wang Zijun's remarks are pertinent, and now the film industry in Taijiawan seems to be prosperous, but the phenomenon of following the trend is really serious, even surpassing that of Xiangfugang in the 80s. The year before last and last year, there were a large number of films that were rotten due to poor quality, or the similarity of Love Seven. According to the information in Wang Zijun's head, in just a few months, nearly 200 kung fu films in Taiwan will not be released due to shoddy production.

Two hundred, how many movies does Taijiawan make in a year? That's a fraction of the total. If this continues, not only will the reputation of the rejected Taiwan movies be ruined, but the market for similar films will also shrink, and finally the memorable Taiwan movies will be left with literary films and romance films. Then these speculative film businessmen saw that literary and artistic romance films were selling well, and they were swarming to make romance films, and Huo De's fans were tired and vomited.

"Understood." Zhuo Botang nodded and said. As a conscientious and far-sighted film critic, he is also disgusted by the current phenomenon, but what can be done? Except for a few party-run electric and television companies, private big public planning companies, and film studios, most of the loose film companies were founded by film speculators who saw that they were making money from making movies, and then came to make money for their votes.

Just like the Chinese men's football team in the 90s, is there any club that is not here to make money? It's good to get the money, as for what will make the football market bigger and make the football of China prosperous and develop for a long time, sorry, I can't think of such a long term, my purpose is to make money, and leave when I am full. As for what black whistle and gambling will make the football of China stink and make everyone have nothing to eat, it doesn't matter to me, my purpose is to make money, and I will leave when I am full.

Zhuo Botang asked again: "But some directors will ask, I am very careful to make a good movie, but the market reaction is very bad." E said that "Chivalrous Girl" directed by Hu Jinquan, he filmed it for two or three years, and it can be said that he was careless, why did he ignore the box office situation? "That's another point." Wang Zijun said, "That is, the planning before making a movie must be done well, and the direction of the film market must be grasped." For example, after the Hong Kong stock market crash, the pockets of the general public have shrunk, so they have nothing to watch martial arts movies, suspense movies, or even romance movies. At this time, even Bruce Lee's movies did not sell well in Xiangfu Port, but it was a big sale of market films like "Seventy-two Tenants". That is, the citizens who have been affected by the stock market crash will be very kind when they see this good market, and the ups and downs of the small citizens in it can resonate with them. Later, the hit of "The Lion Rock Site" and the success of "Ghost Horse Double Stars", which was painted not long ago, are all based on this reason. ”

"In other words, you think that the main factors for achieving a good box office are the preparation to grasp the market and improve the quality of the film." Zhuo Botang concluded.

"Not bad." Wang Zijun said, "However, it should be noted that grasping the market is not the same as blindly following the trend." Master Qi Baishi has a good saying: Those who learn from me live, and those who are like me die. It's not that you can't follow the trend, but you have to follow the taste and connotation, and you have to test your own selling points. ”

After "Impact" conducted an exclusive interview with Wang Zijun, this spot was reported in detail in a full twelve pages.

From Wang Zijun's trip to Hollywood to the film's release in the United States, all details have been described in detail, followed by Wang Zijun's interview and several film reviews from miscellaneous journals.

Zhuo Botang commented: "From the perspective of the structure of the story, "The Love of People and Ghosts" tells just an ordinary love story of life and death, but the director can be unique and set the development of the story in a unique marginal area between the yin and yang worlds. So this has become a ghost movie and a fantasy movie...... The heroes and heroines love each other bitterly, but in the end, they can't see each other because of the strangeness of yin and yang. The film uses ghosts and ghosts to produce a series of suspense and twists and turns of the plot, the audience is immersed in the illusion and reality, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, the time currency is inspired by justice, and finally moved by the protagonist's life and death love...... The story, music, and performances are indispensable for the popularity of wonderful movies, and this film combines these aspects perfectly, so the film is very interesting!

At the end, I can't help but say to some directors, what can you make a movie a week? That's not how you make money!! The script lines are rough!

Indiscriminately, in order to save film, the picture is dull, and there are countless goofs of shots, and the feeling of a good actor's performance is that his acting skills are very poor. Yak is some kung fu movies, from beginning to end, those masters start fighting without saying a word, a fight is a few minutes and ten minutes, and the design of the fighting action is unsightly. Are you trying to trick the audience into the cinema in an instant, or are you trying to squeeze yourself out of the film market? Wang Zijun sat in the car, looking at the last paragraph, he couldn't help but wonder, this Zhuo Botang really dared to spray, and he listened to it sharply. ,

Closing the miscellaneous magazine, Wang Zijun turned his head to look at the street scene outside the window, and occasionally when he passed by the book and newspaper store, he could still see that the miscellaneous magazine of "Impact" was placed in the most conspicuous position, and from time to time someone paid for it.

This issue of "Impact" miscellaneous magazine, due to Wang Zijun's interview, sales suddenly soared, and I heard that 30,000 copies have been sold now, which made Zhuo Botang and his group so happy that they would wake up laughing from their dreams.

Wang Zijun went out today, it was the last time he went to China Television to record the Spring Festival Gala, and the New Year will be celebrated in a few days. "Wait, park!" Wang Zijun suddenly caught a glimpse of a passer-by a few meters away reading a newspaper, and the front page headline had the words "Mao Youdong".

There are newspapers in Taiwan Bay that dare to mention Mao Youdong?

"Jing Hao, please go and buy the newspaper in that person's hand, and ask him where the newspaper came from by the way." Wang Fengrong Jun said.

Li Jinghao got out of the car and ran towards the man, and after a period of communication, he finally came back with this newspaper, but it was a Xiangfu Hong Kong newspaper.

Li Jinghao said: "That person said that this newspaper was brought by Xiangfu Port, and this newspaper has been selling very well in Xiangfu Port these days, and it has been out of stock and reprinted several times. ”

Wang Zijun opened the newspaper and saw that the headline on the front page was "Assuming I am Mao Youdong", and the signature of the article was Chen Lifu.

Needless to say, who Chen Lifu is, at this time, Jiang Jiajie is seriously ill, and he should be busy helping Xiao Jiang take over the political power, what is he doing publicly writing about Mao Jiatai's ancestors?

Wang Zijun picked up the article and looked at it, but he didn't find a single curse, but he had a lot of praise for Mao Jiao's ancestor. What shocked Wang Zijun the most was that in the name of Jiang Jiaojie, the article invited Mao and Zhou to go to Taiwan to discuss the matter of peaceful reunification, and called on Taizu to ignore the past and seek cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

This newspaper has now sold like crazy in Hong Kong, and even in the entire Chinese world in Southeast Asia, but it has not been in Taijiao Bay...... report. After seeing Wentong, many people who love Chinese people have a trace of fantasy that the strait will be unified one by one.

Even Wang Zijun knew that the proposal in this article could not be realized, and Mao Jiao Tai Jiaozu and Zhou Zong Jian did not go to Tai Jiao Bay, but they were still excited.

Jiang Jiajie Shishi knew that he was going to die, and he wanted to promote the unification of the Central Kingdom before he died.

As for some people saying that this is a conspiracy, it is pure nonsense, and Mao is a great man who will not live for a few years, can he use Lao Jiang Gong to lure them to Taiwan Bay?

In fact, it is not only Lao Jiang who wants to be peaceful and unified, but also Mao Taixiang. Three years ago, that is, in the year of the old knife, he asked people who went to the United States to go to New York to visit Gu Jiejun, the ambassador of the Kuomintang to the United States, and invited him to go to Dajiao Lu to have a look, and asked him to send a message to Lao Jiang, expressing his hope that the two sides of the strait would be peacefully reunified. Zhao died soon after.

Jiang Jiaojie, who received the information from Mao Jiao's ancestor, was tempted, but there were too many problems involved, and he never expressed his position. However, the military exercise more than a month ago made his condition worse, and he knew that he would not live long, so he immediately asked Chen Lifu to invite Mao Erren to come to Taiwan to discuss major matters through special channels, but Chen Lifu did not receive a letter after sending out the invitation, and he didn't know if Mao Jiatai Zu received his invitation information, so he had no choice but to publish a signature in the Hong Kong newspaper.

Two months later, Mao Tai Jiaozu, who received the news of Lao Jiang's death, did not have any happy expression, but had a solemn face and said to the person who reported the news: "I know." He was going to meet with Box Risheng in Hangzhou, but he suddenly lost interest and immediately returned to Beijiaojing.

No one knew what he was thinking. "Alas!" Wang Zijun broke open the newspaper and sighed helplessly.

Even if the two leaders do not die, and both sides put aside Cheng Bei to promote unification, but due to the collapse of the political and economic and cultural circles on both sides, this great cause of unification is unlikely to succeed.