Chapter 019: The Way Out of Movies
Along the way, Wang Fa and Chen Sheng talked and laughed, Wang Fa was more like a kind elder, shouting at the two juniors, and Chen Sheng also treated the elders like elders, following Wang Fa, the three of them had nothing to talk about. To Chen Sheng and Lei Bo's surprise, this Wang Fa also had some experience in action design.
This made the three of them talk a little more, of course, more about things like action, as well as motorcycle stunts, along the way Wang Fa talked fiercely, but Chen Sheng and Lei Bo listened to it more, and the two couldn't stop nodding, it seems that those who can be directors must also be all-rounders. Although I know that Wang Fa should not have much research on this, but as a director, he already understands this aspect very well, and it seems that he can't underestimate anyone, so Wang Fa taught Chen Sheng another lesson.
It's not that the director is not professional, people also know it very well, and they are very experienced, in short, don't underestimate anyone, and you must be down-to-earth and down-to-earth when you do anything.
"Ah Sheng, what do you think of the movies on Hong Kong Island now?"
Chen Sheng didn't rush to answer, this question is not easy to answer, Chen Sheng was also thinking about the meaning of Wang Fa's words. Everyone's vision is different, and everyone has an impression of Hong Kong Island movies in their eyes, so this question seems simple, but it's not easy to answer.
"Uncle Fa, in my opinion, if our Hong Kong Island movies continue like this, they will soon be annihilated in the long river of history."
Lei Bo looked at Chen Sheng in surprise, I don't know why Chen Sheng thinks so, how profitable movies on Hong Kong Island are now, everyone can see it. Invest in a two-million-dollar movie, and if it is made well, then it is likely to make two million. And the movies on Hong Kong Island are basically very fast, and one or two million can be recovered in one or two months, such a fast way to make money makes many people on Hong Kong Island want to invest in making movies, and the support of so many people should of course make the film industry on Hong Kong Island develop rapidly, so Lei Bo can't figure out why Chen Sheng said this.
And Wang Fa's performance surprised Lei Bo even more, he just smiled briefly, but there was too much bread here.
"Tell me what you think, Ah Sheng!!"
Wang Fa looked at the young man in front of him, he felt that Chen Sheng was very interesting, he hadn't made movies for many years, but he didn't expect Shao Jiangbang to suddenly give him the position of director. He is an old man of the cable company, he has followed Shao Jiangbang from the very beginning, it can be said that he has witnessed the decline of the cable film company from its prosperity to the present, the entire film industry has changed, they are already old, and they can no longer touch the market for these films.
He himself thinks that this is actually due to the current problem of Hong Kong Island films, of course, there are also big problems within the company, but this is not something he can worry about. He is now focused on the TV business, and the ratings of several TV series he has directed recently are not bad.
"Uncle Fa, with all due respect, the film industry on Hong Kong Island seems to be thriving now, but in fact, there is a sword and sword shadow in it. For example, Brother Long's "Raptors Go to Sea" was a huge success, and then there were films such as "Jiaolong to the Sky" and "Python Out of the Hole", and then this type of film was made bad by everyone. Now our local films are just following the trend so casually, but they didn't find out that the script of the movie was well written, the actors acted well, and the contribution of our dragon and tiger warriors in it, everyone only saw that the movie made money. ”
The more Chen Sheng said that Wang Fa's eyes were brighter, which was also what he thought in his heart, but it also took a long time to figure it out, so he didn't expect that a young man who was only so young would have such an idea, this young man was really not simple.
"Ah Sheng, you mean it's not good to follow the trend?" Lei Bo said from the side.
He didn't quite understand it anyway, and he hadn't thought about that kind of thing.
"It's not not very good, I dare to say that if it goes on like this, our Hong Kong Island movies will be over, let alone entering Hollywood, maybe we will lose the entire Southeast Asian market."
"Huh? So serious? Then you should talk to Uncle Fa, I don't have your knowledge. ”
Seeing that what Chen Sheng said was so serious, Lei Bo didn't want to speak, he didn't have such a big ideal, and he might as well study and study car skills when he had this time.
"Ah Sheng, your thoughts coincide with mine, the film industry on Hong Kong Island is indeed not as prosperous as it seems on the surface, of course, but now people only care about making money, but ignore this aspect of the problem."
"Uncle Fa, I think that if we want to change the status quo, our films should implement a classification system, divide the films into grades, and then determine the time of the film schedule according to the grade, so as to effectively curb the follow-up of the movie. Fair competition is necessary, but blindly following the trend is deadly. ”
"Your idea is really novel, it's the first time I've heard of this to classify movies."
Sure enough, as soon as Chen Sheng's remarks came out, Wang Fa was very interested in this.
"In fact, the film classification system is a relatively big project, and the current British government will not care about us, and the more chaotic Hong Kong and Hong Kong Island are, the happier they will be." Wang Fa said that although the movie classification system is good, but now that everyone is still under the rule of the Glen British Empire, the British will not care what they have developed!
"Uncle Fa really hit the nail on the head, and he saw it so quickly. Yes, the film classification system is not something that can be done in a while, and I have another solution, which is to improve the position of the screenwriter and change the status quo of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists. ”
Seeing Wang Fa nodded, Chen Sheng continued: "The script script, there is a drama to have everything, so you can see how important the screenwriter of a drama is, in my opinion, whether a movie can sell well has a lot to do with the script, but our current situation is that we don't pay too much attention to the screenwriter, a good script is sold for tens of thousands of yuan, and a good script is less than 100,000 yuan, which is a big blow to the enthusiasm of the screenwriter." ”
Wang Fa nodded: "What Ah Sheng said makes a lot of sense, and I have to thank you for my son!" ”
"Huh?"
Wang said with a smile: "My unsuccessful son has just graduated from the Chinese Department of Hong Kong University and is currently working as a screenwriter. ”
"I see!" Chen Sheng smiled: "Another one is our Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist, I think the current Hong Kong and Hong Kong movies have a wrong classification of our Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists." An action movie, especially an action movie with a lot of martial arts action, requires us dragon and tiger warriors to pay a lot of sweat, but we don't get anything except fifty yuan a day, and even on the big screen of the movie, we can't even see our names. ”
"How many people are injured because of these things every year, and how many Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts are ridiculed by other peers every year, who are also making movies, I don't think there should be this kind of thinking, and the rights and interests of our Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts should also be defended. Now we pay a lot, but the benefit is very small, I am a little better now that I have entered the Zuojia class, but those martial artists who are still mixed in the various crews, what kind of life they live, may not be known to everyone. ”
The more Chen Sheng spoke, the more excited he became, as if he had endless grievances, Lei Bo behind him didn't know when he had slapped his hand on Chen Sheng's shoulder, and looked at Chen Sheng with firm eyes. Lei Bo thought of himself, before he joined the Zuo family class, he was also a small dragon and tiger martial artist, how much suffering he had endured, how tired he had suffered, only he knew. Later, he understood that if he wanted to come out, he could only be different from others, so he was better than others. That's why he worked so his driving skills, and now if you want to say how hard Lei Bo is, it won't be, he just needs to go to a racing race to get a sum of money.
However, this does not change his current situation, he is now a more prominent figure in the Zuojia class, but he is not respected as he should be on the set, it is better to follow Chen Long, Chen Long takes great care of people like them, but others are not necessarily this idea.
Wang Fa also patted Chen Sheng on the shoulder, "Ah Sheng, this strange circle in Hong Kong and Hong Kong Island has been formed, you remember that everything has to wait until you have the strength to be able to choose your own rules, and now you must only live for fifty yuan a day, this is the status quo, but I think you can, come on Ah Sheng!" Maybe all of these things you say will come true. ”
Chen Sheng's ideal is very great, but Wang Fa also told him that if you want to realize your ideal, you can only wait for yourself to have a certain foundation, otherwise it is just a fool's dream.
"Okay, Ah Sheng, I'll take you to meet the heroes and heroines of our play. By the way, I will give you the script, so that you can understand this play first. ”
"This is a drama from the Republic of China, and it is still about the love and hatred between the male and female protagonists."
"Could it be that this is going to make "Love in the Yangtze River" into a movie?" Chen Sheng was stunned, he had just finished talking about following the trend, and now there is another one.
Cable TV's "Love in the Yangtze River" This is a TV series, at that time, the broadcast of this TV series swept Hong Kong and Hong Kong Island, and the ratings reached a terrifying 67%, what is this concept, as long as there are TV users, more than half of the people are watching that TV series.
Chen Sheng and Zhao Bao don't have TVs at home, but he was fortunate to watch a few episodes when he was eating food stalls downstairs, and the plot was really good, and these things such as national hatred and family feud were told vividly, and the love story of the hero and heroine was also singable and cried, earning a lot of tears.
Now the company is really ready to fry cold rice and make the TV series into a movie, hoping to make the movie prosperous through the popularity of this TV series.
Wang Fa's old face turned red, Chen Sheng just said that the problem of following the trend was that this movie changed the plot of the TV series beyond recognition, but it was not plagiarism, but it was just a limited company to change its own work. ps:Tomorrow weekend,Send one more chapter today.,I hope you can watch it cool.,Of course, please collect and recommend tickets!