The Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards is different from the Hong Kong Film Awards, the former was created to support Chinese-language films, while the latter is much smaller and was created to encourage Hong Kong films.

And now the Golden Horse Awards are facing a choice, whether to continue to revolve in the Chinese film circle, or to make a film award with a world surname like the American Oscars.

On the day that Li Zhi, Yang Ziqiong and Iraqi Laudia flew from Europe to Taipei, Wang Zijun was discussing the matter with the Film Industry Development Foundation and famous producers from major Taiwanese film companies.

The Film Industry Development Foundation is the organizer of the Golden Horse Awards, which was initiated by the Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan, and the chairman of the board of directors of the foundation is concurrently the director of the Information Bureau, and the deputy comptroller of the Comptroller's Office of the Executive Yuan is the monitoring of the foundation.

As for the chairman of the organizing committee of the Golden Horse Awards, he is just a well-known filmmaker hired by this foundation, and the chairman of the organizing committee has no right to reform the Golden Horse Awards.

Perhaps it is because Taiwan's film industry has developed too fast in recent years, which has created an illusion for the officials in charge, that is, Taiwanese films have become invincible in Asia.

So not long after Wang Zijun returned to Taipei this time, he was called by Zhang Jingyu, director of the Information Bureau, to listen to his attitude towards the reform of the Golden Horse Awards. In fact, Wang Zijun's attitude had no effect on whether or not to carry out reform, and when the director of the Information Bureau asked him to go, he asked him to support the reform.

What the bureau means is to relax the entry criteria for the Golden Horse Awards, change the competition from Chinese-language films to Asian films, and set up a Best Foreign Language Film award as in the Oscars.

If you think about it, you can understand that it is nothing more than expanding Taiwan's cultural influence, and those officials of the Information Bureau also want to make political achievements with this.

Wang Zijun doesn't care about this, if he doesn't succeed, it's just a matter of returning to the original, and there is no need to confront the Information Bureau in this matter.

Today, the Information Bureau has invited all the influential people in Taiwan's film industry to listen to their opinions. As soon as I heard that Zhang Jingyu said the idea of reforming the Golden Horse Awards, those filmmakers immediately blew up.

The famous director Li Xing was the first to speak, asking: "If the Golden Horse Awards are changed like this, won't it coincide with the function of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival?" ”

Zhang Jingyu coughed at Wang Zijun, and Wang Zijun had to say: "It's different, the Golden Horse Awards will always be held in Taipei, and we will always be the host." Moreover, doesn't Director Li think that in the past ten years, there have been more and more members of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival, but the actual influence has become smaller and smaller? Saying that, Wang Zijun smiled very contemptuously, "In a certain sense, the Golden Horse Film Festival has already replaced the position of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival, why not reform the situation and let more foreign films join in?" As for the Asia-Pacific Film Festival, what does it matter to us whether they live or die? ”

This is said to be domineering, and everyone thinks that it is really like this. However, due to the fact that the qualifications of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival are too old, the Golden Horse Awards also drew on the experience of many Asia-Pacific Film Festivals when they were established, and many old filmmakers have always praised the status of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.

Of course, in terms of geographical scope, the Asia-Pacific Film Festival has more influence than the Golden Horse Awards, after all, even some Central Asian and Pacific countries have joined, while the Golden Horse Awards only evaluate Chinese films.

"Guys, why can't we make Taipei the Hollywood of the East? Why can't the Golden Horse Awards become the Oscars of the East? Wang Zijun said with a smile, "Let's think about it, the films of Yuben, the Philippines, and South Korea are vying to win the Taipei exhibition awards, just like directors all over the world now want to bring their works to the Oscars, how exciting this situation is!" Taipei could become the center of Asian cinema as a whole. ”

This made Zhang Jingyu, the director of the Information Bureau, have a red face, and many filmmakers present are also excited, but if you care a little about your surname, you will know that Wang Zijun is completely painting a big cake for everyone.

How did Hollywood get up? In addition to the contributions of American filmmakers, there is also the credit of the United States in exporting culture around the world after the war. If Taipei wants to become the center of Asian cinema, it must first completely suppress the original film and Indian film, which is too difficult and almost impossible to achieve.

Whether it can be achieved or not is one thing, as far as officials are concerned, it is enough to have such a lofty goal and slogan.

Seeing that the authorities are determined to make the Golden Horse Award bigger, everyone here knows that they can't stop it, so they can only help make suggestions.

Reforming the Golden Horse Awards is not just a matter of one sentence. Collaborations, side events, media promotions, film and filmmaker invitations, translation issues, copy delivery, and countless other things have to be adjusted. Moreover, it will take at least ten or eight years of unremitting efforts to include Asian films in the selection scope of the Golden Horse Awards, and to truly make the influence of the Golden Horse Awards in Asian countries, and it cannot be achieved overnight.

This meeting lasted for two days, and Wang Zijun and a group of filmmakers were searching for various ideas and suggestions, and roughly determined the content and preparations for some reforms.

Coming out of the Information Bureau, Huang Hanzhuo asked Wang Zijun: "Do you really want to make Taipei an Asian film center?" ”

Wang Zijun shook his head and said: "My plan is to pull Hong Kong and build a Taipei-Hong Kong film base. But now, we have to add a Tokyo, although this movie can no longer repeat the glory of the past, but its influence cannot be underestimated. It would be even better if Mumbai could be pulled up again. Taipei, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Mumbai, if the film resources of the four places are mutually shared by mutual assistance, Hollywood can be driven out of Asia. ”

"......" Huang Hanzhuo was speechless when he heard it, he just asked casually, but he didn't expect Wang Zijun not only to pull Yue Ben in, but also to cooperate with Bollywood.

Mr. Mingji, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, came over and sighed: "Hearing you say this, why do I feel that I am too childish?" ”

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "I'm just saying it casually, don't say that it is impossible for Indian filmmakers to cooperate with us, even if it is a Hong Kong film company, they can't wait for Hong Kong films to sell well in Taiwan, and it's best not to sell a single Taiwan film to Hong Kong." I want them to cooperate sincerely, unless I can let the filmmakers in India taste the sweetness of everyone's cooperation first. If you want to take it, you must first deal with it, reform the Golden Horse Awards, open the Chinese film market to Yuben and Indian films, and under the pursuit of profit, they are naturally willing to deal with us...... Hehe, don't look at me like that. This is just my whimsical idea, and if it gets out, I'm afraid that many of my peers will scold me for luring a wolf into the house. ”

Mingji was silent, Chinese films have an Achilles' heel, that is, the problem of market capacity. This makes Chinese films dare not play big productions, because if one is not good, it will lose money, and the movies made in this way will inevitably be petty.

Wang Zijun said: "Hollywood directors can shoot stories in Egypt or India, but no matter where they are filmed, there is not even a single American in it, this is a story that belongs to Hollywood." "The Three Heroines of the East" is just one of my first attempts, and I hope to one day make a work that does not appear in Chinese, but is recognized as a Chinese film. It's not just Chinese directors who go overseas to shoot ......"

Wang Zijun's nonsense made Mingji and Huang Hanzhuo look at each other, and it wasn't until Wang Zijun got in the car and left that Huang Hanzhuo shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Everyone can do dreams, but few can realize them.

Wang Zijun's movie dream is not something he can accomplish alone, and he must have a good economic environment and a stable film market to rely on. Neither Hong Kong nor Taiwan can be relied on by Wang Zijun to realize his dream, and the mainland will be similar in 30 years.

Wait another thirty years? At that time, Wang Zijun was in his sixties!

…………………… Back in the chairman's office of Wang's Pictures, Wang Zijun asked the female secretary of the door to call Cheng Xiaodong, and then threw a script in front of him: "Lao Tu is going to direct a movie by himself, and you will be my assistant in this film." ”

"A Chinese Ghost Story? Boss, you're going to make a ghost movie! Cheng Xiaodong was taken aback when he saw the name, Li Hanxiang filmed a "A Chinese Ghost Story" more than 20 years ago, Cheng Xiaodong thought that Wang Zijun was going to remake an old movie at first glance.

Wang Zijun had a headache and said: "I want to make literary films, but will those ghosts spend money to go into the theater to watch Chinese literary films?" For them, what kind of zombies, female ghosts, this is Oriental culture. Haven't you seen that when "Mr. Zombie" was released in the United States, those Yankees who didn't know what the glutinous rice yellow charm was, actually shouted excitedly. ”

Cheng Xiaodong was both a little excited and a little distressed, he had never played a ghost movie.

Wang Zijun continued: "I have already thought about the hero and heroine, let Leslie Cheung and Wang Junxian play it. By the way, there is a newcomer named Tim Yip over there in the New Art City, and you can borrow him to do art. There are also some character shapes I designed here, and I will take them to him together, and strive to do a good job of preparation before the New Year, and I will start the machine directly after the New Year. ”

Cheng Xiaodong's forehead was almost dripping with sweat, now there are still four or five months before the Chinese New Year, and it took so long to prepare, is this called careful preparation, or is it called not trusting his ability?

"Okay, you can take it down and familiarize yourself with the script first." Wang Zijun rubbed his brows and said that in the past two years, he had been talking nonsense with those colleagues in the Information Bureau, and his head was dizzy.

Wang Zijun ran to the lounge to sleep, but Cheng Xiaodong left while reading the script, and when he walked to the office hall, he suddenly slapped the script in his hand and shouted: "This is wonderful!" ”

The Wang employees in the hall turned their heads to look at him, and a young man asked, "Director Cheng, why are you so happy to see?" ”

"The boss's new script." Cheng Xiaodong replied casually.

In Wang's Films, there is only one person who is called the boss, and that is Wang Zijun, which is a habit passed down from old employees.

"Boss's new script, what type is it?"

"Director Cheng, show me."

"Is it "Three Heroines of the East 2"?"

"Wow, "A Chinese Ghost Story", it's a ghost movie!"

“……”

The office hall exploded at this moment, and everyone left their work and ran over to get a sneak peek.

(To be continued)