Chapter Eighty-Seven: Sniffing the Rose
The time entered September, and all kinds of news outside were vigorously hyped, and Chen Yongren, who stayed out of the matter, turned a deaf ear, was happy to be quiet, and continued to be a low-key person.
Chen Yongren looked at the script of "The True Color of Heroes", and the plot in his memory is not very different, after all, he has pointed out the main direction to Wu Yulin, and he only remembers the subtleties.
Wu Yulin saw Chen Yongren put down the script, looked at the latter expectantly and asked, "How is it?" ”。
"The crew is ready for you, ready to be on call at any time, when are you going to turn it on?"; Without waiting for Wu Yulin to speak, Chen Yongren continued: "The day after tomorrow is a good day and an auspicious day, what do you think?" ”。
Wu Yulin was stunned, "Won't it be too fast, is it too late?" ”
"Don't worry, everything is ready, just wait for you, the director, to be in place...... I'll arrange it, the crew will have a meeting in the company early tomorrow morning, in fact, it's nothing, except for the main actors, I still continue to use the behind-the-scenes team of "Die Hard", everyone has just worked together, and you can use it more easily! ”。
Wu Yulin sighed suddenly, "Ah Ren, thank you!" ”。
Chen Yongren laughed, didn't explain much, and instead lowered his head and asked, "You also found someone else to co-write the screenplay?" ”。
Wu Yulin was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded and said: "I found a friend, named Chen Qingjia, I met him five years ago when I was filming "Heroes", and it was also because of "The True Color ......of Heroes", I promised him to contact him when he remade this movie, and as a result, he brought a friend named Liang Honghua, and this script was written by the three of us together."
Chen Yongren is naturally familiar with Chen Qingjia, he has dealt with him several times before, he is interested in Liang Honghua, if it weren't for the name on the script, Chen Yongren really couldn't remember this person for a while.
Although Hong Kong is an open and modern capitalist society, it has truly preserved some customs and culture of the Chinese nation, and in some respects it is even more complete and comprehensive than the mainland and Taiwan.
The most typical is that only Hong Kong and Taiwan are still using traditional characters, and for example, many national arts inheritance, the descendants of Hong Boxing master Huang Feihong authentic Liu Jialiang are in Hong Kong, Wing Chun Yip, the Great Sage splits the door of Chen Xiuzhong, the latter is also the master of Chen Guangtai and Huang Qiusheng; Another example is the sacrificial tradition of housewarming and worship rituals at the beginning of a career, which only Hong Kong still retains, all of which can be reflected in Hong Kong movies.
One of them is the theory of ghosts and gods that has lasted for thousands of years, Hong Kong's ghost films, zombie films are countless, but the movie at this time is like the mentality of Hong Kong people, slightly impetuous, all crazy, these two types of movies have no shortage of horror elements, but only limited to a few typical of the ** Dynasty movement, more but like other Hong Kong films of the same period, mostly comedy elements, which is also a common problem for all Chinese to watch movies, do everything to have a little fun, pure Cult mystery only a few.
Among the Hong Kong movies that Chen Yongren has seen before, there are not a few horror movies such as ghosts and zombies, but there is only one horror film that really makes him feel scared and has a thrilling feeling, that is, "The Old Corpse of the Mountain Village" that he only saw when he was in junior high school, and the calls of "Xiaoqiang" are deeply imprinted in his memory, this is the only horror film that Chen Yongren identifies with in the "Old Hong Kong Film", and the director of "The Old Corpse of the Mountain Village" is Liang Honghua, one of the screenwriters of "The True Color of Heroes".
Liang Honghua is still an actor on TVB, right? Chen Yongren glanced at the newspaper on his desk, and the turmoil at TVB had reached a white-hot stage, and an idea suddenly popped up in his heart.
Dial a number, "Brother Cheng, come to my office if you're not busy......
"Mr. Chen, what's the matter?" Zhuang Cheng sat down.
Chen Yongren waved his hand, "Didn't you say it, don't be so polite in private!" ”。
"Alright! Official business? Personal? ”。
"Aren't all business and private matters the same thing?" Chen Yongren said with a smile.
Zhuang Cheng was stunned and asked, "How can it be a thing?" A public affair is a public affair, a private affair is a private affair, and there is a difference in nature ......".
"There is a fart difference, business is a work business, work is the company's business, the company's business is not my business, my business is not a private matter? Is there any difference between business and private affairs? Chen Yongren said leisurely.
Zhuang Cheng was messy for a while, no longer messing around with Chen Yongren, and said with a wry smile: "Just tell me something!" ”。
Chen Yongren threw the newspaper in front of Zhuang Cheng, and the headline was directed at the latter.
Zhuang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Chen Yongren with a questioning expression, not knowing what to do.
"The tycoon dislikes the bloated population of his family, so we might as well help the old-timers ......," Chen Yongren said with a smile.
Zhuang Cheng hesitated: "Is this appropriate?" ”。
"You think too much, we don't know the tycoon very well, but as a junior, we just do a little bit of our best, how can we help with a big favor?"
"I don't understand what you mean......".
"Of course we can't touch those who are in charge, but there are a lot of people who are unknown and capable, I have dealt with people from the Wei family before, and I am familiar with wireless, and I know some people better, I have made a list, and there are not many people, you find them, but don't be too deliberate ......."
"Actually, I heard that Golden Harvest and New Art City are interested in Liang Chaowei and Liu Dehua, and I am also optimistic about these two people, we are not only under the banner of the Golden Princess, but we are not afraid of any conflicts with the tycoon, after all, it is not very ......deeply involved with his interests."
Chen Yongren smiled slightly and explained: "Harmony is precious in everything, because of some reasons, I think it's not just us, even Xinyicheng won't have any contradictions with the Shan clan in the short term!" ”。
Zhuang Cheng pondered Chen Yongren's deep words for a moment, and asked, "Mr. Lei?" ”。
Chen Yongren didn't have an interface, and instead smiled: "What I need is the behind-the-scenes personnel, the actors don't have to worry about this aspect at all, there are not many nobles, and I am not very optimistic about the behavior of the Five Tigers this time!" ”。
"Why?" Zhuang Cheng was strange.
"As you said before, people with vision are only interested in Liang Chaowei and Liu Dehua, but I have dealt with these people, Liu Dehua and Miao Qiaowei are very righteous, since they have done this, they must have discussed the common advance and retreat, but the liquidated damages of the five people add up to nearly 10 million, and now no one will think that they are worth this price, it has dragged on for a long time, and the final victory must belong to the powerful wireless company!".
"Listen to what you mean, it seems that they are also valued very much, do you think the tens of millions of liquidated damages are worth it?" Zhuang Cheng said with interest.
"I am most optimistic about Liang Chaowei, followed by Liu Dehua and Miao Qiaowei, and the other two...... It's okay for them to make TV series, but there is limited space in movies! Tens of millions of liquidated damages...... I think it's worth the price, but unfortunately I can't afford it, and it's not necessary! ”。
"Why?".
"They don't have much effect on me for the time being, and they won't be exclusive to one person in the future, so there's no need to bother with it now." Chen Yongren said with a smile.
Chen Yongren's purpose of struggle is for the future of Chinese films, not to save anyone's life, he doesn't have that ability now, and the most important thing is that he needs enough time to lay out and develop.
Sending Zhuang Cheng away, Chen Yongren found Wang Jing again, contacted Chen Jiashang brothers, Lan Gengcai and other friends, as well as Wang Tianlin's apprentice Liu Weiqiang, they are not necessarily the actors in the Dai family, they are all in-service hired workers, it is a relatively simple matter to stay, after a period of getting along, everyone has a relatively clear understanding among them, the invitation is very smooth, and Legendary Pictures has laid the cornerstone of development in the real sense.
The reason why news is news is that there are more big people in Hong Kong and Taiwan; It is the era of the vigorous development of the Asian Tigers, and the political events and economic news about Hong Kong are constantly changing every day. There are countless people in the entertainment industry......
There is news every day, Chen Yongren is deliberately low-key, and the start-up of "The True Color of Heroes" is very low-key; After a period of understanding, Chan has become more and more aware of Hong Kong today, especially in terms of the film market.
Today's Hong Kong people are very interested in the appreciation of movies and have a very high level, the "golden age" is not blown out, and they will naturally distinguish and spread the word of mouth for movies with a good reputation, so the box office of the current movie in Hong Kong determines the quality of the film itself to a certain extent, although publicity is essential, but there is no need to deliberately hype up any news.
Regarding the previous "Two Big Smoking Guns", Zhang Che once talked to Chen Yongren specifically, the former appreciated this movie very much, but also reminded the latter that if it weren't for the quality of the movie itself, professional filmmakers would have criticized the high box office caused by money worship.
Nowadays, Hong Kong people watch movies, not news, but the box office supported by crooked ways will be rejected by industry insiders, and they will also lose their value as film artists.
And this will also disrupt the market, everyone does it and succeeds, isn't it to promote the development of bad movies and exacerbate the collapse of the film market?
Chen Yongren also came to his senses and felt that it was very reasonable, and Hong Kong's film market is so big, as long as the movie passes, the box office will naturally not be bad, and the box office will not be much higher if it goes wild, and it will not be the mainland in 20 years.