Chapter 15 Ambition
Less than three minutes into the film, the audience below burst into laughter! The rest was what everyone wanted to see, and the audience's laughter almost never stopped. Everyone knows that they succeeded!
At the end of the film, Situ next to him pulled Xiao Ran and whispered: "It's time to stand up and accept the audience's opinions!" ”
Xiao Ran almost fainted, but he had never heard of such a rule, and he had to take the initiative to stand up and let the audience watch as if they were browsing rare animals. It's just that the other creators all stood up straight, and Xiao Ran had no choice but to let himself stand up like a hippopotamus.
When the film finally typed the word end, the audience turned their heads to look at the main creator behind them. Have you ever seen this meeting? Hundreds of people stood up and stared at themselves, and it felt like that scene was really very intimidating.
As soon as this thought was reversed, the sound of applause rang out in the cinema, and the sound gave the impression that money could not buy it. Xiao Ran smiled so much that his eyes were about to narrow into a slit, and he finally understood why the directors were afraid and liked it, and it was needless to say that he was afraid. If you don't shoot well and meet a bad-tempered audience, you won't say a word, just pounce on you and beat it up.
But if it is filmed well and the audience likes it, it is the way it is now. Xiao Ran knew what it was like, a feeling of great excitement and great glory. At this minute, Xiao Ran only felt that he was fearless in doing anything for the movie, just for the collective applause of the audience.
What happened next made Xiao Ran puzzled, some viewers left directly, but some viewers came forward to pat them on the shoulders of the main creators, or stepped forward to say a few words of praise.
What's even more interesting is that one person rushed straight to Situ, patted Situ on the shoulder and said, "Situ, the script you wrote this time is very good!" However, there's still a Xiao Ran guy who didn't come, right? ”
Situ seemed to be very familiar with this guy, and pointed at Xiao Ran with a smile to show him: "He's here, this script was actually written by him, and I'm just responsible for adding a little plot!" If you want to admire, admire him! ”
There was nothing to say, Xiao Ran was slapped on the shoulder twice by the man who came over, and it hurt faintly. The man was full of praise and said: "Your name is Xiao Ran, this script is well written, and the story is good!" Terrific! ”
"Thank you!" What else could Xiao Ran say, he could only hold back the pain in his shoulder and smile and thank you! Later, after asking Situ, I found out that this man was an enthusiastic and loyal fan, and he met many directors and screenwriters at the midnight stage, and this is how Situ met that guy.
Out of the cinema, breathing in the night breeze, Hong Kong is more humid, and the sea breeze seems to be very moist. Seeing that Lin Zhengying was about to leave, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly rushed forward and shouted, "Third brother, wait for me!" ”
He and Lin Zhengying were quite familiar with each other when they were filming, because Lin Zhengying was the third in line, and he was only in his early thirties, so Xiao Ran called him the third brother. Lin Zhengying is definitely not handsome in terms of appearance, his national face is very majestic on the screen, but he is very kind in private.
Lin Zhengying was about to get on the taxi, and when he heard Xiao Ran's shout, he stopped moving. Xiao Ran got closer, pulled Lin Zhengying aside, and whispered, "Third brother, I thought of something just now, I can't help but tell you!" ”
Seeing Lin Zhengying's unclear appearance, Xiao Ran remembered Lin Zhengying's life. Lin Zhengying debuted in the 70s, and also gave Bruce Lee a martial arts instructor, because he designed a scene between Bruce Lee and Hong Jinbao in "Raptors Crossing the River" that was quite exciting, and later got Hong Jinbao's support.
Lin Zhengying was sent to drama school by his father when he was a child, and he worshipped the famous teacher Fan Juhua as his teacher. He has studied art for five years, and Zunlong and Hui Tianqi, as well as Dong Wei, a famous action director in the future, are his brothers. Lin Zhengying entered the film industry after a few years of drama, but he has never been popular.
Later, he was promoted by Hong Jinbao and became one of the backbones of the Hong family's class, but he never found a route suitable for him. It wasn't until "Mr. Zombie" came out that he was known to the world. Also because of this film, he found a suitable route for himself and made every effort to develop on the zombie theme.
Everyone in the future knows that among all the zombie themes, he is the most professional and creative to play a Taoist priest, and he is also the most convincing. To put it simply, he became popular because of the zombie theme, and he also devoted his whole life to this theme.
But Xiao Ran knew that after the success of this film, a large number of imitation films immediately poured out. As a result, in the following years, Lin Zhengying fell into a low ebb for a while, until he turned over because of "One Eyebrow Daogu". It's just that when zombie movies became popular again, some people followed the trend and produced countless shoddy similar films, making this theme completely dead. Lin Zhengying lost the opportunity to perform on the screen because of this, and even often became depressed because of it, and finally died of liver cancer.
Lin Zhengying is definitely a very creative talent, Xiao Ran doesn't want him to go so early, and he doesn't want the zombie theme to die. So, he had to say something. After thinking about it, he pondered the vocabulary for a while before saying: "Third brother, you see that this film is so popular, the box office must be good." In the future, it will definitely be followed by a large number of others, if possible, I think you should take less of this kind of film, otherwise you will die of this theme, and you will not have to shoot it in the future! ”
"Dead?" Lin Zhengying didn't quite understand how it was possible to die as long as a subject matter still existed: "How is it possible!" ”
"In short, you should be as cautious as possible when you take this kind of film. You must look at the quality of the script before taking it, set up your own golden signboard, and don't take on the play indiscriminately for money, so as not to ruin your reputation! Xiao Ran sighed, he didn't know if Lin Zhengying could accept these words.
Sure enough, Lin Zhengying naturally didn't do it, he hasn't been popular for many years, if he becomes popular with this film and doesn't take the opportunity to make more money, then he is called a fool! He shook his head and patted Xiao Ran on the shoulder: "Brother, you're thinking too much, it's going to be fine, I'll go first!" ”
Lin Zhengying got into the taxi and soon disappeared from Xiao Ran's sight. Only Xiao Ran, who was lonely, was left standing alone on the side of the street, he was very depressed, could it really be that the future could not be changed? Could it be that Lin Zhengying still has to suffer from liver cancer because of depression?
Thinking about it, Xiao Ran's mood gradually became crazy, he didn't want to rely on plagiarism all the time, and he also didn't like the taste of waiting now. I stood on the side of the street and thought about it for a long time, but for some reason, I had the hope of wanting to find someone to talk to.
He made a call to Wei Dongling, this guy hadn't slept yet, and was supplementing his film knowledge. After listening to the call, I immediately took a taxi and found Xiao Ran who was sitting in front of a food stall, with a depressed face. Wei Dongling couldn't believe that this was Xiao Ran, who was always very steady, and hesitated for a moment and asked, "Ah Ran, what's wrong with you?" ”
"It's nothing, I just want to talk to someone!" Xiao Ran looked indifferent, and his eyes seemed to be unfocused: "Why do you say that people's vision is always so short-sighted?" ”
Xiao Ran naturally doesn't refer to Lin Zhengying, but because of this incident, he thinks of Hong Kong movies in the 90s, and he feels it. Wei Dongling was stunned for a moment, he now had an inexplicable feeling. However, he still followed Xiao Ran's tone and said carefully: "What short-sightedness do you mean? ”
"Hong Kong movies, these filmmakers!" Xiao Ran didn't drink, and of course he wasn't so drunk that he shook everything out, but he sighed with emotion: "I wrote a notebook and drew it, judging from the reaction at the midnight test screening, everyone likes this film!" ”
"Isn't that nice?" Wei Dongling was more and more confused every time, and it was a good thing to react well.
"I didn't think you could see it!" Xiao Ran let out a long sigh, looking desolate and tired: "This film must be hot, and if it is hot, it will be followed!" Too many shoddy similar films are produced, and the audience will have the idea of being deceived if they watch too much, who will be fooled again and again? ”
Some things are inconvenient to say, and after the two zombie movie booms, the audience's interest in this theme has dropped to a minimum. Until the 21st century, almost anyone who shoots this subject matter is determined to lose, and this subject matter is completely ruined before it turns over. And the main reason that ruined this theme, and even ruined Hong Kong films, is these desperate followers.
Why follow the trend? Xiao Ran vaguely knew. In the following nearly ten years, the profits from making movies in Hong Kong were even better than robbing banks, and people rushed to grab money. The reason why Xiao Ran wants to organize a film company as soon as possible is nothing more than to take advantage of the good money now and quickly accumulate capital.
Of course, Wei Dongling didn't know what Xiao Ran was thinking in his mind, he was savoring Xiao Ran's words. The more he pondered, the more surprised he became, he thought that Xiao Ran was just an excellent screenwriter, but he didn't expect Xiao Ran to have such a set of business vision.
He pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Ah Ran, what you said is certainly reasonable, but some things need to be traumatized. Now it's the market that adapts to them, and when it becomes them to adapt to the market in the future, they will understand! ”
Future? Is there a future? Xiao Ran asked himself with a wry smile. By the time Hong Kong films came to adapt to the market, the market had basically lost to Hollywood. Either the loss of talent to foreign countries or to the television industry is simply a sluggish situation.
He slowly looked up at the sky, it was pitch black, with the occasional star twinkling. Xiao Ran suddenly felt that this scene was very similar to a future Hong Kong movie, with no light, only one or two small stars occasionally flashing. At this moment, he was in a trance: "If they mess it all up, then it will be too late for me to set up a film company in the future, and Hong Kong films will not be saved by then."
Wei Dongling was stuffing the dishes into his mouth, and when he heard Xiao Ran blurt out the words subconsciously, he couldn't help but be shocked, and the dishes on the chopsticks suddenly fell on the table under this shock. In the blink of an eye, he had a lot of thoughts and thoughts in his mind.
A few years later, Xiao Ran finally asked Wei Dongling why he wanted to help him at all costs, knowing that with Wei Dongling's ability, it would never be a problem to start a company by himself. Wei Dongling was like Xiao Ran now, staring at the sky in a trance and telling Xiao Ran that it was the love and ambition for movies that he showed at the moment of his aberration that night moved him.
Of course, Wei Dongling didn't know what was going to happen next, although he had something in his mind now. Xiao Ran didn't think about the future, because his future was no longer a familiar future.
Wei Dongling was silent for a long time, and rarely suppressed his voice and said, "Ah Ran, I don't know why you are so frustrated. However, I think that no matter what you have to do, you have to step by step. Rome wasn't built in a day, and you can't start a film company overnight. ”
Xiao Ran woke up violently, and when he heard Wei Dongling's words, he couldn't help but feel confused again. Yes, his goal is right, but does he have to do something before he has a studio?
After thinking about it for a long time, he thought that he had really figured it out and was no longer confused. It is inevitable that a person who has nothing must learn to work for others before becoming a boss...... Don't think you're going it alone until you don't have enough capital......
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