"Mr. Wu, please." The waitress in a bright red cheongsam led Wu Yusen outside a private room, pushed open the door and smiled softly.

"Thank you." Wu Yusen took out a tip of 100 yuan and handed it to the waitress.

Stepping into the private room, Wu Yusen seems to have come to another time and space, and the antique decoration is like returning to ancient times.

Wu Yusen carefully looked at the decorations in the room from the perspective of a director, and finally locked his eyes on the main one.

Kang Jianfei stood up from the recliner and greeted with a smile, "Director Wu, please take a seat." ”

Wu Yusen sat down in confusion, took a sip of tea and said, "Jurassic Park is a global hit, and I haven't had time to congratulate Mr. Kang." ”

"Haha, it's easy to say," Kang Jianfei accepted Wu Yusen's congratulations with a smile, "I heard that Director Wu's "Spicy Hand Detective" is selling well in the United States. ”

Wu Yusen said modestly: "It's still stained with Mr. Kang's light." ”

Wu Yusen's words are not polite, his "Hot Hand Detective" can be accepted by the audience for no more than three reasons: one is that his film style is unique and in line with the taste of Westerners; The second is that Kang Jianfei's movies have landed continuously in recent years, and he has cultivated a group of Western audiences who love to watch Hong Kong films; The third is Zhang Jiazhen's labor, Zhang Jiazhen used to work in the distribution department of DreamWorks, and took the opportunity to meet many film companies, and it was he who sold "Hot Hand Detective".

The two chatted for this year's Chinese New Year, and Kang Jianfei asked: "Director Wu doesn't seem to have a scene for more than half a year, do you have any plans to make a new film?" ”

Wu Yusen's original intention was to go to the United States with Zhang Jiazhen to open a film company, but when Kang Jianfei asked this, he thought that Kang Jianfei was going to ask him to direct Hong Kong films, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. After hesitating for a few seconds, Wu Yusen said tentatively: "What advice does Mr. Kang have?" ”

Kang Jianfei didn't need to go around with him, and said directly: "I have a story here, and I want to ask Director Wu to shoot it." ”

Wu Yusen thought that this was indeed the case, but he still asked curiously: "Why didn't Mr. Kang shoot it himself?" Or is it looking for a DreamWorks director to shoot? ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "I think your directing style is more suitable." ”

Wu Yusen asked: "Jianghu film or gunfight movie?" ”

Kang Jianfei said: "Agents, gunfights, science fiction, the story takes place in the United States. ”

"Can I know a little bit about the plot first?" Wu Yusen's eyes lit up, he thought that Kang Jianfei was looking for him to make Hong Kong Jianghu films, this type of film had already been made badly, Wu Yusen naturally didn't have much interest, but he didn't expect it to be a spy shootout movie that happened in the United States.

Kang Jianfei said: "Arthur? Zhou is a Chinese FB! Senior agent, the terrorist Keith who does all kinds of evil? When Troy assassinated Zhou, he accidentally killed Zhou's son. Years later, Zhou finally got through to the guò informant and personally captured the terrorist Keith...... In order to find out where the bomb was safe, Zhou's commander decided to use high-tech plastic surgery techniques to exchange the faces of Zhou and the terrorist Keith to trick Keith's younger brother into telling the truth...... After the cunning Keith learns the truth of the matter, he will do what he plans and kill the plastic surgeon and FB who know the inside story! Detective ......"

Kang Jianfei is talking about the synopsis of "Changing Face" ("Face-grabbing Two Heroes"), but FB! The agent became Chinese.

Wu Yusen was very excited to hear it, because this story is not only about fighting and killing, but the most interesting thing is the relationship and conflict that the two protagonists face after the two protagonists switch identities.

"There is no script for this film yet, I hope you can work with the screenwriters of DreamWorks to create the script, and I will personally review the script when the time comes," Kang Jianfei continued, "As for the casting, the Chinese agent asked Zhou Yanfa to play, the actor of the terrorist Keys, I think Nicholas? Cage is good. Zhou's wife, you can find a Hong Kong actress yourself, but Zhou's daughter is better to let a Japanese actress play it, so that it can be regarded as taking care of the Japanese market......"

For a director, he naturally hates investors pointing fingers at casting, but Wu Yusen has no room to refuse at all, he can only choose to believe in Kang Jianfei's vision.

Wu Yusen's plan to break into the United States can only be shelved first, he has to get the script of "Changing Face" done well before he can go to the United States to shoot.

As for the production of this play, Kang Jianfei has decided to be jointly invested by Oriental DreamWorks, Oriental Film Company (USA) and Paramount Pictures, with a 5:1:4 investment ratio among the three parties.

……

More than half a month later.

DreamWorks' big cast "Mighty Storm" was released ahead of schedule, and the successor was the literary film "I Love Twisted Chai" directed by Luo Qirui and starring Zhou Yunfa.

What is ironic is that the highly anticipated "Mighty Storm" only sold 18.02 million box office, but the less promising "I Love Twisted Chai" has sprung up. The Lantern Festival has passed, the box office of "City Hunter" and "Happy Events in the Flower Field" has begun to weaken, but the box office of "I Love Twisted Wood" has reached 10.6 million in the first week.

Zhou Yunfa was still complaining before, saying that the movies he starred in in recent years rarely had a box office of more than 30 million, but with the first week results of "I Love Twisted Chai", it is only a matter of time before the box office reaches 30 million.

In any case, "I Love Twisted Chai" can be regarded as recovering the lost face of the Chinese New Year file for DreamWorks, and the husband and wife duo of Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting once again showed their strength as literary and artistic directors.

The time soon entered March, and Kang Jianfei did not go to the Oscars to join in the fun, but he had to participate in the spring dinner of the Hong Kong Directors Guild.

The so-called spring tea, to put it bluntly, is the Spring Festival tea party, where the directors in the circle sit together to drink tea and chat, and at the same time celebrate the New Year, they review the past and look forward to the future by the way.

To be honest, the box office of this year's spring season of Hong Kong films is a bit bad, down nearly 10 percentage points from the same period last year. To put it more intuitively, from January to March, the number of movies with a box office of 10 million, 20 million, and more than 30 million is much less than last year.

No one knows why, Hong Kong's stock market has hit record highs, people's wages and movie ticket prices are rising, but the overall box office of movies is declining.

Perhaps this year is an unlucky year, on the first day of New Year's Day, Lan Kwai Fong was stampeded to celebrate the New Year, resulting in a tragedy of 21 deaths and 62 deaths, casting a shadow over 1993.

In fact, the reason for the decline in the overall box office of Hong Kong films is very simple, that is, shoddy production and strict follow-up, which greatly affected the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies.

Directors Guild Building.

More than 100 people came in the auditorium one after another, all film and television directors -- under Kang Jianfei's establishment, the Hong Kong Film Directors Guild became the Hong Kong Directors Guild, and television directors were also included in this organization.

Chen Xunqi, as the manager of the production department of DreamWorks, has not directed a film in person for several years, and he is more involved in the filming as a producer, but this time the Directors Guild Spring Dinner still invited him.

As soon as Chen Xunqi entered the venue, those directors left the table to shake hands with him, and the young directors worked hard, hoping to get in touch with Chen Xunqi.

Liu Zhenwei shaved his head and shouted at Chen Xunqi: "Brother Qi, this way!" ”

Chen Xunqi walked over with a smile and asked, "What about Ah Wei, why didn't he come?" ”

Wong Kar-wai originally followed Chen Xunqi and worked as a screenwriter under Chen Xunqi, and Liu Zhenwei had a good personal relationship with them.

Liu Zhenwei said with a smile: "He, he went to Taipei to find Cai Songlin to ask for money." ”

Chen Xunqi asked in surprise: "Ah Wei is making a film for scholars?" ”

Liu Zhenwei said: ""The True Story of A Fei" made Boss Deng so angry that he went to the hospital, who in Hong Kong would dare to invite him to film? Only Taiwanese film businessmen have more stupid money. ”

"What are you shooting this time?" Chen Xunqi asked.

Liu Zhenwei said: "Mr. Cha's novel is adapted from "East Evil and West Poison". ”

Chen Xunqi nodded and said: "The box office of the new school of martial arts films has been good in recent years, and Ah Wei can make martial arts films in a down-to-earth manner, which can be regarded as a way out." ”

Liu Zhenwei thought to himself: What a way out, that decrepit person went to the mainland to shoot a martial arts film for half a year, the preliminary budget has been spent, and there is still no time before the movie is completed.

In the era when the average production cycle of Hong Kong films was only one month, Wong Kar-wai spent two years filming "East Evil and West Poison", and finally the movie was released and hit the street on Mars, and he couldn't escape the reputation of "the king of pit kings".

The two were chatting about Wong Kar-wai's new film, and suddenly someone came in at the door, and everyone turned their heads to look, but it was Cheng Long and Wang Jing coming side by side.

"I'm telling you, the girls at the Momiji Club are great. But they usually don't come out, you have to coax them to be happy before you go with you. Last time, I heard that Ali was still a top student of HKU, and I saw that she was not studying at HKU, but Boda, and she couldn't hold it with both hands......" Wang Jing said with a smile about his romantic deeds.

Cheng Long was still chatting with him outside, and as soon as he entered the venue, he got serious, coughed and said, "Let's go see it next time." ”

"It's easy to say," Wang Jing took two steps forward, hugged Du Qifeng and patted his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Ah Feng hasn't seen you for a long time, let's play cards together at night." ”

Du Qifeng also smiled: "Okay, call Ah Dong and Ah Nan as well." ”

Du Qifeng took Wang Jing to greet Huang Baiming, Gao Zhisen, and Lin Lingdong, while Cheng Long went over to sit with Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao, Lin Zhengying and others.

Hong Jinbao was really embarrassed to see Cheng Long, Cheng Long has become more and more popular in recent years, but he has been going downhill, whether it is a movie he directs, starred in or produces, few can rank in the top ten of the annual box office list.

As for Lin Zhengying, it is even worse, because zombie films have been made badly, it is difficult for the films directed and starring Lin Zhengying to sell well at the box office, and even Taiwanese investors do not want to pay for him to make films.

Cheng Long chatted with Yuan Biao energetically, Hong Jinbao responded without saying a word, he was really in no mood to chat with Cheng Long.

Suddenly, there was another movement at the door, and I saw a large group of directors rushing towards the door, and greetings came from time to time:

"Hello boss!"

"Mr. Kang, morning."

"Hello Kang Dao, I'm ......"