"It's really a genius, I think if there is a screenwriter award this year, I'm afraid I can't escape his hands!" Murray and Coppola were like gunmen invited by Xiao Ran, boasting vigorously.

The guests who could see Xiao Ran in the venue all turned their eyes to it, and most of them had watched Xiao Ran's "Dark Flower". They all admit that the film is indeed very rare and that it is quite creative, concise and direct in its directorial approach.

"Let's hope he wins!" Coppola didn't say anything anymore, opened the post without moving, and raised it to Murray without looking at it: "Murray, you can read it!" ”

Xiao Ran smiled at Coppola and Murray on stage, he thought that Coppola was just enjoying his film, but he never expected such admiration. In such a situation, he had to think that this film is indeed a classic, but it has definitely not reached the point where Coppola, a world-famous international director, is praised as a genius. But he always felt that he had missed something, and as for what it was, he couldn't remember it.

"The winner of the Best Director at the 41st Cannes Film Festival is ......" Murray flipped through the post and glanced at it, and immediately appeared with joy, spelling out two Chinese in pinyin: "Xiao Ran, "Dark Flower"! ”

Just when he heard his name, Xiao Ran's head clanged. Suddenly, he realized what he had missed. is in terms of time, "Dark Flower" was originally a film ten years later. In the past ten years, there has been some progress in both directing techniques and other aspects.

This is very obvious, if you compare the films of the 90s and 80s, you can clearly see that all the films of the 80s have shortcomings such as slow pacing. Or the director's technique is too old-fashioned, the most typical is Wu Yusen's classic gunfight scene, which has been imitated and learned many times since then, and it is not surprising that this technique will be ten years later. Of course, when it comes to it, the founders are still the strongest in this regard.

And the key to "Dark Flower" winning the award lies in this, the difference of ten years is enough to make many techniques that were originally ten years later become very special and novel today. is typical of the scene at the end where Yaodong and Achen pull out their guns to shoot each other, this trick is really common after 20 years, but now, with Xiao Ran's on-site scheduling and conceptual techniques, this film is unforgettable today.

Xiao Ran, who suddenly came to his senses, stood up, and the joy in his heart was naturally self-evident. After hugging Fa Ge and Lin Qingxia, Su Renyao and Zhang Manyu, they went to the stage. Receiving the trophy handed over by Coppola, seeing his old man's movement of opening his arms, Xiao Ran also opened his arms and hugged him.

After a warm hug with Murray, both of them congratulated him happily: "Congratulations, Xiao Ran, I think you definitely deserve this award!" ”

"I'm really ashamed to be appreciated by the two seniors!" The ghost knows if Xiao Ran is really ashamed, but now that he is holding this award, his mood is unusually calm. Perhaps he is more eager for a work that is completely his own to win awards, rather than relying on plagiarism of future generations' works.

Taking a deep breath, he glanced at the audience, and slowly raised his voice in not very fluent English to deliver the award speech that he thought of temporarily: "I feel very honored to be able to stand on this stage. However, I would like to say that the mature Chinese films of Yuyi will become an important part of world cinema. And I will bring more and better Chinese films to every corner of the world with my compatriots! Thank you to the judges, thank you to Francesis and Murray for personally presenting this award to me, it's an honor for me. ”

Back in his seat, Fa Ge stretched out his thumb to Xiao Ran and praised him for speaking well. Xiao Ran just smiled casually, it was difficult for him to judge that his words could have such an impact, but he hoped that the West would pay more attention to some Chinese-language films.

The Palme d'Or fell into the hands of another film, and now Xiao Ran is completely indifferent. The next day, he and Fa Ge and Lin Qingxia rushed back to Hong Kong immediately, while Zhang Manyu and the others didn't want to go back in such a hurry for the time being.

Later, Xiao Ran and the others learned that the Palme d'Or almost fell on the head of "Dark Flower", and they lost by only one vote. It was also after seeing the comments of international film critics that Xiao Ran realized that the judges had mistaken his creative intentions, and they all thought that Xiao Ran was deliberately using the gangster side to express good and evil, as well as reflecting the social problem of police corruption.

This result obviously made him laugh and cry, this is obviously a gangster story that can't be more pure. It is undoubtedly extremely funny and ridiculous to be involved in so-called social problems and projections by film critics.

Just when Xiao Ran and the three of them quietly rushed back to Hong Kong, the entire Cannes was a little blown up. All the reporters couldn't find the two winners this time, which is definitely a very frustrating thing. Even some reporters with the surname were anxious to directly make up a kidnapping story, and on the third day, the news of Xiao Ran and the three finally came from Hong Kong, and for a while reporters from other places rushed to come.

"Dark Flower" won the award, and major newspapers in Southeast Asia have made great efforts to report on this matter, and who let them watch mainly Hong Kong films. Hong Kong and Taiwan have spared no effort to publicize, especially the latter, as if Xiao Ran's success is Taiwan's success.

Regardless of the question, Xiao Ran and Zhou Runfa's reputation in the Hong Kong film industry and the Southeast Asian film industry has reached an unprecedented peak, especially the fact that Fa Ge became the first emperor at Cannes, which pushed Fa Ge's lethality to the peak, and he became the only number one superstar in Southeast Asia.

And Xiao Ran, who has always been recognized as much as his screenwriting ability in terms of directing, no one dares to deny his directing ability this time. Just kidding, even Coppola praised him as a genius, who else dares to deny it, but if he has the ability, he still has the ability to direct a few "Godfathers" and come out to see if it's not too late to say this.

It's really a very wonderful thing, Xiao Ran was affirmed as the No. 1 screenwriter in Hong Kong after two years in the industry, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the number one screenwriter in Southeast Asia now. However, last time "God of Gamblers" was shortlisted for Best Director and Best Picture, this time it simply won Best Director at Cannes. In terms of achievements, there is absolutely no one in Hong Kong who can compare, but no one thinks that Xiao Ran is the number one director in Hong Kong.

In fact, this is very easy to explain, the screenwriter was not taken seriously at all, and after Xiao Ran turned over, he also turned over the case for the screenwriter, which greatly increased the status of the screenwriter, coupled with his obvious screenwriting ability, he was naturally easily recognized by the industry.

But directing this thing is a very artistic job, Wang Jiawei has won several awards, but no one thinks he is the number one director in Hong Kong. Xu Ke is definitely one of the best directors in Hong Kong now, but no one thinks he is the number one director. If you want to be recognized by the industry, it is not enough to have a little achievement, at least you have to do something for the directors of Hong Kong that everyone can admire.

Xiao Ran didn't accept any interviews, and even Liang Jiabao refused. He now needs to focus on thinking about how "Spy Change" will be filmed, not grandstanding. However, even if he is very scheming now, he didn't calculate it, because of the gathering of reporters, coupled with his halo of being crowned the best director, several reporters focused on Xiao Ran's new film after interviewing.

For this focus, Liang Jiabao and other reporters all ran to the press office of the marketing department. The first time Bai Wenjing encountered such a thing, he was in a hurry. When Xiao Ran heard the news, he just had an idea, borrowed the future hype method, explained Bai Wenjing's method of coping with it on the phone, and hyped the new film by the way.

After this, Bai Wenjing was very different from yesterday's situation the next day, and calmly revealed the new film bit by bit according to Xiao Ran's instructions. By the way, several news of the start of filming of new films were announced, so that the name of the new film was exposed in the newspaper first.

""Spy Change", this is the title of Mr. Xiao's new film!" Bai Wenjing's steady and calm appearance makes people wonder if he was in a hurry yesterday: "This film invested 30 million yuan, breaking the record of Hong Kong films." ”

"Thirty million!" Hong Kong reporters and Taiwan reporters all exclaimed loudly, those foreigners do not know what the number of 30 million is in Southeast Asia, but they know very well. It is difficult for the box office of a film to reach 30 million, and this film has invested 30 million, what kind of concept is this.

Bai Wenjing now secretly admires Xiao Ran in his heart, and with a word, the reporters took the initiative to devote themselves to the news. However, investing 30 million in this film is really not a lie. The production cost of 25 million, plus expenses such as publicity expenses, adds up to about the same.

Therefore, the numbers in the film industry are very fantastic, far from being as simple as imagined. Just a few words can make the meaning of the whole sentence completely change, and you can't find any fault with it.

The Hong Kong drama of "Spy Change" is now only missing the last explosion scene, so Xiao Ran specially requested the Public Relations Bureau of the police to assist in closing the road. This is an extremely fierce explosion scene, because the explosion scene is selected in a building with more than 40 floors, this scene Xiao Ran specifically requires the pyrotechnics and firearms department to spare no expense, and must make this scene perfect.

Standing on a building adjacent to the explosion site, Xiao Ran carefully looked at one of the explosion scenes designed by the gunsmith and pyrotechnician. According to their design, the explosion took place on the level, but Xiao Ran didn't want that effect.

An explosion scene creates nothing more than a sense of intensity and visual impact, and the effect of exploding in a room is definitely not as strong as the effect of exploding in an open field. However, when he browsed the second design drawing, Xiao Ran's frown relaxed.

The second plan is indeed in line with the requirement of sparing no expense, the explosion of the entire floor spreads from the center to the periphery, and even the entire floor is spewing flames and shattering glass. This is really a waste of money, except for the venue fee, which is exchanged for the advertising in the film, and does not need to spend money, at least at least 500,000 yuan needs to be spent to make this scene.

Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment, this design met his requirements, but he always felt that there was still something missing. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and in a flash of inspiration, he thought that he had already conceived the ending.

"The explosion blueprints are enough, but I want the flames and black smoke to continue to come out of this floor, and I want it to feel like a ruin." Thinking of this, he thought that if the sound of fire trucks and police cars was used to set off the background, the effect would be better: "Well, you also need to contact the police and the fire department to cooperate!" ”

Pyrotechnics and gunsmiths couldn't help but feel emotional, if they were working with other companies, how could they be so important. With the Phantom, they get a high salary and their status is affirmed, which naturally wins the hearts of these supporting characters. Of course, you still need money to do this.

However, what the two admire more is that Xiao Ran is willing to spend a lot of money to make films carefully, and he is unwilling to have this attitude with any flaws. In fact, not only them, but anyone who has worked with Xiao Ran both appreciates and complains about Xiao Ran.

It's like this explosion scene, if it's another action movie, it's either a lonely little bungalow to burn down, or a car to light a little. And in "Spy", the cost of the explosion scene alone is enough to make a medium-sized film, and no one else is willing to spend such money.

For them, it is not easy to prepare for this scene, and they need enough experience and calculation to be able to correctly judge how to achieve the desired effect. And for producer Yu Jiayu, this is not easy, he also needs to find someone to remove the glass on that floor and replace it with fake glass.

This is especially difficult for photographers and sound recorders, who not only have to make the most of natural light and sound, but also have to make judgments about the best shooting distance, distance and direction. This scene alone took three days to prepare for before it was ready.

It's just that, just before the shooting, the accident still happened. Yu Jiayu hurried to Xiao Ran with a look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Ran, the political axe is not allowed to close the road for filming!" ”

No road closures? Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment. The previous car chase was fought at night, and there was no need for road closures. Hearing this, Xiao Ran immediately remembered that this policy of political axe to assist in film shooting in all aspects as much as possible was issued after Ninety-Seven.

Now there is no clause for road closure filming at all, as long as you recall that there are almost few action scenes in Hong Kong films before 97, there are almost no such big scenes. Thinking of this, Xiao Ran admired this group of old filmmakers more and more, it is really rare to be able to shoot the film like the real one under such circumstances. However, this is obviously a shackle that restricts the development of Hong Kong films to large-scale productions.

Rubbing his nose, Xiao Ran quickly organized the idea map in his mind, and quickly decided: "Ask the police for help, this scene only needs ten minutes to be enough!" ”

The next day, the filming of the last scene in Hong Kong began. Fa Ge worriedly tugged at the tightrope on his body and asked the subordinates of the action director: "Is this okay, is it safe?" ”

"Don't worry, it's okay!" The guy glanced at Guan Xin, the action director, and he felt that Guan Xin's guy was really weird, and it was not the same as the action director he had seen before.

Everyone was ready, Xiao Ran picked up the binoculars and glanced at the photographers on the other three buildings and the photographers downstairs, and then poked his head out to look at the photographers hanging in the air, and gestured. Only then did he pick up the walkie-talkie and ask loudly: "Are the departments ready?" ”

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I will go to Shanghai in the next few days, and the update time may not be guaranteed, please understand!

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