On November 2, 1986, the reformed Golden Horse Film Festival made its debut. The venue of the Golden Horse Film Festival was moved to Wang's Cinema, from Taiwan. Hosted by the Bay Film Foundation, with the participation of Wang's Pictures, Taiwan. The live broadcast rights in the Bay Area were obtained by China Television.

The Golden Horse Film Festival is a week-long festival that welcomes directors from all over Asia to bring their films, and the final Golden Horse Awards ceremony will take place in a large temporary studio at Wang's Cinemas.

As the general manager of Wang's Cinema, Lin Qingxia has been preparing for this Golden Horse Film Festival for half a year. A few days after the family went to Heilongjiang to visit relatives, Lin Qingxia hurriedly returned because of the Golden Horse Awards.

At the end of October, Wang's Cinema was lively, the hotel rooms were fully booked, and more overseas visitors took a fancy to the ancient buildings of the cinema and paid a high fee to move into the "old" pavilion usually used for filming.

On November 1, the first day of the Golden Horse Film Festival, Wang Zijun had quietly returned to Taipei, and the important guests he invited had arrived.

"Brother Jun, those Ah San are here!" Wang Zijun was teasing his youngest son, and Lin Bowen came over and reported in a low voice.

Wang Zijun scolded with a smile: "What Ah San, be respectful to others." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two Indians, a man and a woman, were brought in. The man's hooked nose and bald head are none other than Yash, the famous Bollywood director and founder of Yash Raj Film Company. Chopra, the woman's delicate facial features, superb figure, with a white scarf on her head and a forehead ornament on her forehead, is the queen of Indian cinema at this time, Hiri Daiyu.

Wang Zijun stood up to greet them, shook hands with them and said, "Welcome two guests to Taipei." ”

"Oh, Mr. Wang, it's a great honor to be able to visit you!" Jash. Chopra said in a mouthful of Indian English that Wang Zijun could barely understand.

"You two may be seated!" Wang Zijun said.

"Thank you." Ciri Daiyu looked at Wang Zijun when she spoke, "Titanic" was a big hit in India that year, and the box office crushed her most popular movie "Lost". Since then, Ciri Daiyu has wanted to see the director who made "Titanic" with her own eyes.

Wang Zijun specially invited the two to dinner at home, because he wanted to strengthen communication with the Indian film industry. Jash. Chopra's film company, although it has not yet grown into the Bollywood predator of later generations, has already had a great influence in the Indian film industry at this time. As for Hiri Daiyu, the title of the Indian empress of this peerless beauty is not for nothing, and her influence in India is comparable to that of Wang Zijun in the Chinese-speaking area.

Wang Zijun greeted: "First of all, congratulations to the two of you for being shortlisted for this year's Golden Horse Awards. ”

"Thank you, if I can win the award here, it will make me happier than winning the award in India." Jash. Chopra laughed if his film was on stage. b. If you get the grand prize, it means that there is a station. Bay Filmmakers will buy his films.

Winning film awards from various countries, directors and production companies get not only reputation, but also real profits. Later generations have calculated that if a movie can be nominated for an Oscar, its box office will rise by an average of $20 million.

After chatting for a while, Wang Zijun asked: "I like the movies of the two very much, have you ever considered cooperating with Wang?" ”

"Cooperation?" Jash. Chopra was surprised and asked, "Mr. Wang, are you ready to develop in India?" ”

"No," Wang Zijun shook his head and said, "I just think that Chinese films and Indian films should communicate more, and both places have Oriental film resources that are very mysterious in the eyes of Westerners." Indian singing and dancing, yoga, Chinese kung fu and culture, these things should not be wasted. The West is the most important film market, and we should join hands to fight it. ”

Jash. Chopra is an ambitious and capable person, otherwise he would not have developed a music company and animated for Disney in addition to making movies, and established his company as a leader in the Indian film industry recognized by his Hollywood peers.

Listen to Wang Zijun say this, Yash. Chopra asked, "How is Mr. Wang going to cooperate?" ”

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "Why don't we work together to make a movie first, and let this movie lay the foundation for our future cooperation." ”

Jash. Chopra asked, "What kind of movie?" ”

Wang Zijun said: "An action comedy movie that contains kung fu and Bollywood song and dance, kung fu plus song and dance, and mysterious oriental flavor, I think Western audiences will be interested." ”

Jash. Chopra is quite moved, and the current Chinese-language action movies are very fascinating to Westerners, while Bollywood cabaret movies are actually still spinning in Asia. It would be desirable to be able to use this film to bring Indian song and dance films to the West.

Jash. Chopra asked, "How do you work together?" ”

Wang Zijun said: "Wang's and Hong Kong's Golden Harvest have just collaborated on a "Flying Eagle Project" this year, which has sold well in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Nanyang, and will land in North America next year. I wanted to shoot Eagle Project 2 in India, with our kung fu star Cheng Long as the male lead and Miss Ciri Daiyu as the female lead. What do you think? ”

"Great collaboration." Jash. Chopra instantly figured out that this was a win-win partnership.

For Wang and Golden Harvest, with the participation of Hilly Daiyu, the film will definitely be a box office hit after entering the Indian market. And for Jash. Chopra said that in addition to making money, since the movie is mainly filmed in India, the rest of the Indian supporting roles should be operated by him, so that the benefits of incognito are more. Moreover, the combination of Chinese kung fu and Indian song and dance is really attractive to Western audiences.

If the film sells well in Europe and the United States, Jash. Chopra will take the opportunity to invite a Chinese action director to create this kind of action song and dance film himself.

Wang Zijun looked at Xili Daiyu and asked, "What does Miss Xili Daiyu think?" ”

Ciri Daiyu smiled, "Of course I'm very happy, Jack. I've also seen Chen's kung fu movies, and I've been looking forward to working with him. ”

"That's really good, Mr. He from Golden Harvest will come over tomorrow, and we will talk about it in detail then." Wang Zijun said.

After "The Three Heroines of the East" was screened in Europe and the United States, it was planned to enter India in the first half of this year, but Wang Zijun temporarily changed his mind.

Because the reaction of Chinese kung fu movies in India is extreme, Indian audiences who blindly follow the aesthetics of Westerners are very fond of kung fu movies, but another part of the audience is disdainful of them, they like to watch the kind of Indian local song and dance films that often last for two or three hours and can be danced for half an hour.

Therefore, Wang Zijun plans to ask the Indian film goddess Hiri Daiyu to co-produce a kung fu film with Cheng Long, so that Indian audiences can generally accept kung fu movies, and then sell "The Three Heroines of the East" to India.

Moreover, Hiri Daiyu is not only famous in India, but also in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Turkey and Sri Lanka. Asking her to collaborate on kung fu films is definitely the best way for Chinese films to enter these regions.

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The next day, the 23rd Golden Horse Film Festival officially opened, and Director Zhang, who contributed to the promotion of the Golden Horse Awards, attended in person and delivered a passionate speech.

Invited Jash last night. After Chopra and Xili Daiyu had dinner together, the two rested at Wang Zijun's house, and came by car together this morning.

The reporters were very sharp-eyed, and as soon as they saw that Wang Zijun had a beautiful woman next to him, and it was a foreign beauty, those gossip reporters were excited.

The reporter of "Ming Pao Weekly" preemptively asked: "Master Jun, who is this beautiful woman next to you?" Is it a new star that Wang's support? ”

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "This young lady is a big Indian star and an Indian movie goddess. I said, you're too incompetent to be a journalist, I don't even know her. If I were the editor-in-chief of "Ming Zhou", I would directly punish you for cleaning. ”

At this time, there is no Internet, and Indian movies are not very popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, if this reporter can recognize Hiri Daiyu at a glance, there is a ghost.

As soon as she heard that it was an Indian actress, another reporter immediately reacted and asked, "Mr. Wang, do you have any big moves?" ”

Wang Zijun said: "It's just an idea, and I haven't decided yet." ”

"Can you tell me what you think?" The reporter asked.

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "Maybe "Flying Eagle Project 2" will be filmed in India. ”

"Flying Eagle Project" is a super production that Wang and Golden Harvest cooperated with this year, costing more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office in Hong Kong and Taiwan this year is only second only to "A Chinese Ghost Story". As soon as I heard that Wang Zijun revealed "Flying Eagle Project 2", the reporters asked again and again, and Wang Zijun just shook his head with a smile.

Wang Zijun couldn't breathe through the air, and the reporters could only guess how to write it when they went back, but they guessed that there were many people who let Xili Daiyu play the heroine in "Flying Eagle Project 2".

It didn't take long to meet He Guanchang and Cheng Long, Wang Zijun's thoughts on "Flying Eagle Project 2", and he had already talked to him in Hong Kong a few days ago. After meeting the two Indians, they naturally talked about cooperation and friendship.

He Guanchang and Yash. Chopra chatted very happily, and Wang Zijun introduced Cheng Long: "This is Miss Hiri Daiyu, an Indian movie star, and it is likely to be your partner in the next play." ”

"Hello, Mr. Cheng, it's a pleasure to work with you." Ciri Daiyu took the initiative to stretch out her hand and said.

Cheng Long's eyes lit up after seeing Xili Daiyu, and he said happily: "I am also very happy, I hope we have a happy cooperation." ”

As soon as Wang Zijun saw Cheng Long's expression, he knew what this guy had in mind, and said with a smile: "Ah Long, you just take Miss Xili Daiyu for a casual walk." ”

"Okay, Brother Jun, I'll leave this matter to me." Cheng Long said happily.

The two walked away with a smile and a tall and thin man wearing glasses came over and said, "Hello Mr. Wang! ”

"Hello, Mr. Oshima!" Wang Zijun shook hands with him and said that the person who came was the director Nagisa Oshima, who was very poor and Wang Zijun borrowed money to make movies.

(To be continued)