Chapter 1 Dream of Hong Kong
Chen Yongren was lying on the bed, motionless, his eyes glazed......
Is it any difference that he is born again, or that he has crossed over? He didn't know which of those two descriptions was appropriate! He is from the future, and his real name is the same as the original owner of the current body, also called Chen Yongren.
In the summer of 2015, he was engaged in a revolutionary war in front of the computer - forming an online water army with many movie lovers to frantically flood major online forums and boycott a movie that was being released; The fuse was because a writer surnamed Guo made one of his novels into a movie, and the fourth part was being released at that time. To be honest, he didn't go to see this movie, because it wasn't necessary, he had seen the first two parts of this movie on the Internet before, and the third part he really didn't have the courage to watch it after thinking about it, but through the movie review, he felt that his decision was very wise.
As the saying goes, there are only three things, he never expected that there would be a fourth part of this movie, and even more, the scale of a group of character promotional posters in this movie really stunned him. Chen Yongren is very fond of movies, he only feels that his life is wonderful when he enjoys a good movie, and movies often affect his joys, sorrows, and sorrows.
Director Guo's four films have achieved a total box office of more than one billion under the propaganda offensive of fans, water armies and the media, and we should understand that a director makes a bad movie, even a world-renowned director does not dare to say that as long as he makes a good movie; But after making three movies with a very low reputation, the fourth movie is continued, which is obviously a money-making behavior! The negative impact of this behavior and its film works on the Chinese-language film market is immeasurable
Kung fu superstar Jet Li said at a film event that the box office of Chinese films was not as good as it is now, but now the influence of Chinese films in the world is decreasing day by day compared to before. This is the current situation of Chinese-language films, just like the pride of Chinese-language films - Hong Kong films. When he thought of this time, his shoulders straightened, his body shook, and he was about to continue to "fight", but he accidentally knocked over the soup that his mother brought him to relieve the heat; So, there was a burst of electric sparks in the big row, and the computer screen was bright and dark, so his eyes went black after a dull sound!
When he opened his eyes again, he was already in Hong Kong, a familiar and unfamiliar place; Familiar, in a memory of "Chen Yongren", this is "his" home, and he is naturally familiar with it; Unfamiliar, Chen Yongren clearly knows that this Chen Yongren is not Chen Yongren. These are two lives, both Chen Yongren have died, both were electrocuted in accidents, and he was just lucky to be reborn. It's a pity that I haven't seen Lin Lingdong's comeback "Mystery City" yet, and there are many movies that I am looking forward to infinitely looking forward to in the future! In his heart, he hopes that he is not reborn, but a soul crossing, because if this is the case, his self in another time and space may also be "reborn" and replaced by another Chen Yongren; In my memory, that Chen Yongren is a good person, and he is diligent and studious, so Chen Yongren is always more promising than his own Chen Yongren, who is not doing his job, and his family is more gratified.
Of course...... If you have a positive career, it is a movie; Thinking of this, he perked up and glanced at the wall calendar - on October 20, 1983, "Listening to Politics with the Curtain" had just taken over "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", Leung Ka-fai would become the youngest actor in the history of the Hong Kong Film Awards with this film, and he fell into a low point in his life, was banned by Taiwan, and became a street vendor; At the end of the year, Jackie Chan's "Plan A" will win the annual Chinese film box office championship, becoming the second Chinese film box office in Japan, second only to "Shaolin Temple", which is the foundation work of Jackie Chan to become an international superstar; This year, the prophecy of "there will be a star in ten years" reappeared - Fu Sheng died in a car accident (Bruce Lee in 1973, Huang Jiaju in 1993, Leslie Cheung in 2003, Liu Jialiang in 2013 and Paul Walker, who created the later box office miracle); Tsui Hark's "Swordsman of New Shu Mountain" introduced Hollywood stunts and laid the foundation for Hong Kong action special effects films; Lin Lingdong's film directorial debut "Yin and Yang Wrong" was released; The top 10 box office of Hong Kong movies are all at the box office level of 10 million, and Hong Kong films have officially entered the "golden age......
There is no doubt that Chen Yongren has decided a new direction for his new life - to enter the film industry. In the previous life, because of various factors in reality, he could only become an outsider, and now, he is in a magnificent era, God has given such an opportunity, if he does not grasp it, he will regret two lives, it is really intolerable!
He organizes his thoughts, perhaps because of the reason of travel, the spirit body is different, and the memories of his previous life are like a computer database, and his self in this life can read and query the memories of his past life at will; Many hidden and forgotten memories are resurfaced, even if it is a trivial matter, even the unintentional words of a passer-by on the street one day, this is a treasure. You want to maximize your value. Use this treasure to change the history of Chinese-language films and the fate of Hong Kong films; Let this magnificent era continue to be brilliant and not the end of the decade, a flash in the pan.
First of all, he had to recognise the reality -- this was Hong Kong in the 80s, and he was still "Chan Wing-yan." Secondly, he needs to enter the industry to learn; Many of the film materials in his memory are as vast as a sea, but Chen Yongren has no professional understanding of how to make film and television. Directing, cinematography, screenwriting, editing, etc., are all things that must be understood and learned.
Today's Chen Yongren is an authentic Hong Kong person, born in 1965, the family is average, both parents are working in a garment factory, but has been unemployed, after the 80s, Hong Kong's industrial upgrading, with the reform and opening up of the mainland, the original labor-intensive processing and manufacturing industry to the Pearl River Delta and other places on a large scale, Hong Kong's manufacturing status continues to decline, and real estate, information, finance, tourism and other industries are further strengthened, the main industrial sectors are watches, electronics, instrumentation, etc.; The parents are planning to open a ready-to-wear shop to support their family. After graduating from Form 5 last year, Chen Yongren entered the society and learned circuit maintenance with a master, but he did not expect an accident when he was working in a building a week ago, and after that, it became the current situation.
Chen Yongren walked out of the bedroom, in the living room, his father Chen Qitai and his mother Shi Xiuzhu were watching TV, it was TVB's hit drama "Ghost Forcing People", the two heard the door ringing, turned their heads and saw their son, Shi Xiuzhu stepped forward quickly, and was concerned and complained: "Son, why did you get up?" Your body is still weak, didn't the doctor ask you to rest for two more days! "Chen Yongren's body is indeed weak, but he has accepted his current identity, and there are some things that must be done.
He smiled lightly and said, "Mom, I have something to discuss with you and Dad." Shi Xiuzhu was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Chen Qitai, Chen Qitai looked at his son's serious eyes, and nodded: "Come and sit down." Chen Yongren sat down with his mother, and Chen Qitai said, "Say it."
Seeing that the second elder looked at him with a concerned expression, Chen Yongren said seriously: "I want to change jobs after I am healthy." Chen's mother thought that her son had a psychological shadow because of the accident and was about to be concerned, Chen Yongren felt his meaning and shook his head in the face of his mother: "Mom, don't worry, I'm fine!" It's just that I suddenly became interested in something and wanted to pursue it."
The two looked surprised, and Father Chen said curiously, "What are you interested in?" ”
"Movie" Chen Yongren was excited; Chen Muqi said: "Son, do you want to be a star?" Chen's father also looked over.
"No," Chen Yongren shook his head, "I want to learn to make movies, be a director, and open a film and television company." After a pause, he continued, "I'm serious." Shi Xiuzhu was about to say something, but Chen's father waved his hand to him and looked at Chen Yongren: "You are already an adult, you should have your own opinions, so do whatever you want!" Chen's mother opened her mouth and didn't say anything more.
Chen Yongren was stunned, and his eyes were bright: "You two will definitely be proud of your son in the future."