Chapter 223: The Legendary Civil Strife

"That's it?" On the way back, Wong Kar-wai looked at Lu Yan who was driving with some incredulity. I didn't expect this little boss to get Andy Lau's thing done in just a few words

Unexpectedly, Lu Yan smiled and said, "How else do you want to solve it?" ”

"Yan Zai, seriously. I didn't expect Miss Fang to be so cheerful......"

"In fact, Miss Fang and they have been entangled in this matter for too long, and the fact that Andy Lau was 'hidden' has made TVB's contract questioned by the outside world. Originally, the public and the media had forgotten Andy Lau, but by coincident, he was brought up by "God of Gamblers". Now it's okay, TVB is of course suffering. Lu Yan analyzed: "In fact, even if I don't come forward, TVB will definitely find a way to find a balance." Anyway, I think Andy's current ambition is in the film industry, if the TV series is not filmed, it will not be filmed, of course, it depends on his own meaning. However, I don't think he will miss such an opportunity......"

"You're saying that TVB was already thinking about a solution. Just with our appearance, this opportunity was formed? After hearing this, Wong Kar-wai was immediately surprised: "In this way, it seems that this matter should be so logical."

"Hehe, do you think Fang Yihua is so easy to fool, she can be favored by Uncle Shao Liu, and there must be her mind in charge of the TV kingdom, no matter what, Andy Lau's matter has finally been solved. Your "Mong Kok Carmen", hurry up and prepare for filming, although I'm not afraid that you will shoot slowly, try to hurry up and don't delay the scene. Otherwise, the funds of our Dongcheng Image will be dragged down by you......" Lu Yan laughed, and the car galloped towards the door of the company.

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"Yanzai, good news, good news"

In the conference room of Dongcheng Image, Cheng Xiaodong and the others were happy when they saw Lu Yan and Wong Kar-wai coming in: "Yan Zai, do you know what is happening?" ”

"What's the big deal?" As soon as he came in, he saw Cheng Xiaodong grabbing his arm excitedly, and Lu Yan suddenly said a little strangely.

Cheng Xiaodong didn't say much, he simply grabbed a newspaper on the table and handed it to Lu Yan.

"The gap between the 'Big Three' of the New Art City Expands"

"Everyone in the New Art City, Wanting to Go Their Own Way"

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The more Lu Yan looked at it, the more strange he felt, and he immediately flipped through other entertainment newspapers. I saw that the front page headlines of major entertainment newspapers and magazines today were all about the news of the imminent collapse of Xinyi City.

It seems that in addition to the fact that there is indeed a problem within the new art city, it is obvious that someone is deliberately expanding the matter.

If this is the case, then the 'collective creation' of the new art city has officially begun to fall apart Collective creation is the biggest feature that distinguishes the new art city from other film companies at that time, each film has to go through strict commercial calculations, and the director only needs to execute it. Whether Liang Puzhi filmed "Night Terror" or Lin Lingdong's "Yin and Yang Wrong", it was completed under the supervision of a seven-person team, and it was rarely played.

As for collective creation, Lu Yan believes that success is inevitable at the beginning, but problems will arise over time. Because different people have different views on many things, and each has its own characteristics in it.

At the beginning, it was Zeng Zhiwei who took the lead in leaving New Art City. Immediately afterwards, Shi Nansheng and Tsui Hark also established their own film studios, although they are still in partnership with New Art City, but they are no longer in the collective creation mode.

However, what really made Xinyicheng start an internal crisis was because not long ago, Mai Jia went out to shoot the opponent Golden Harvest's "Best Lucky Star". One stone stirred up a thousand waves, the three brothers of Xinyicheng had their own thoughts, and Tsui Ke Shi Nansheng and his wife were also very anxious.

"The three of them didn't talk to everyone for a while, and it was hard to decide things. But I still have to fight with Jiahe, I told them if I wanted to have a meeting, they said that you are at your house, and the first time they came to my house for a meeting, the three of them came in and read the newspaper and did not speak. What to shoot, I asked? People started to conceive, and that's how our inspiration came from. Someone mentioned "Water Margin" and called many actors. But Mai Jia keeps overturning, you don't have enough to fight, and you can't shoot anything for this scene. Everyone is angry, you say it yourself. As a result, "Best Lucky Star" didn't see much success at the box office, so the three of them got better again, and one day they solemnly asked the two of us to say: Everyone must unite to do well together, so you don't want to be a film studio. Let's rejoin the New Arts City family.

What Tsui Hark meant at the time was that we were very old-fashioned people and very affectionate. Xinyicheng is like a big house, and the film studio is like a gazebo in this mansion, you are used to living in a big house, I like to live in a small pavilion, and I am still in this mansion, but they are unwilling, if you refuse to close the film studio, it means that you have other ideas, and I think this can't be done anymore, so I resigned. When Lu Yan learned the whole reason for the incident from Shi Nansheng's mouth, he finally knew that Xinyicheng was really going to be unable to support it.

There was a crisis within the new art city in Japan, and the big boss Mai Jia went out alone to cooperate with Sammo Hung and Zeng Zhiwei. grafted the signboard "Best Partner" of New Arts City with the Golden Harvest brand "Best Lucky Star" and made a "Best Lucky Star" and released it in Golden Harvest Cinemas.

You must know that at this time, the Shaw Brothers have faded out, and Debao has not yet risen. The Hong Kong film industry is fundamentally a competition between New Arts City and Golden Harvest. It is because Maijia's move is undoubtedly suspected of "betrayal". Although he continued to maintain the company with Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, the two bosses afterwards, cracks were always inevitable. One of the performances was to start filming by account, which also laid the groundwork for the later collapse of Xinyicheng.

Mai Jia's move was really incredible in Lu Yan's opinion. It stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with helping friends. But now Mai Jia's identity is too sensitive. To make such a move is undoubtedly playing with fire

For the "three bosses" Huang Baiming, in addition to the big boss going out to pick up work privately, there is also a one-handed love for Gao Zhisen to jump to Debao. At the beginning, the two of them created the "Happy Ghost" series, and Huang Baiming could only direct the third part in person (and also found To Qifeng, who was in tvB at the time, as the executive director). In the past, they were brothers, but now they are fighting for themselves......

Lu Yan finally understood why the executive director of "Happy Ghosts and Ghosts" turned out to be To Qifeng......

Look at the current Xinyi City, it has already fought its own battles. At the beginning of the brothers' class in Xinyicheng, everyone shared how much money they earned, but after Mai Jia's escape, Huang Baiming and the others could no longer be the same as before, so they jointly proposed to stop collective creation. Later, it was divided into Mai Jia, Shi Tian, Huang Baiming, and Tsui Hark Studios, which were divided into departments to engage in creation, each making its own film, and being responsible for its own profits and losses, but they were all hung on a brand in Xinyi City.

If it weren't for the fact that the new generation of directors such as Yu Rentai, Chen Musheng, and To Qifeng were trained by them, perhaps the new art city would not even be able to spend this time.

It's no wonder that Cheng Xiaodong was so excited at that time, if the new art city fell. Then in the Hong Kong film circle, it is another era of great partition. And as the current famous Dongcheng Image, there is no problem at all to attract some new generation directors to come. I don't know if it can be replaced by Debao Film Company when the time comes

In fact, Lu Yan is more optimistic about the current situation, and hopes that the new art city can last longer. After all, Dongcheng Imaging has just started, and if it were to be Xinyicheng now, it would fall. Then the Hong Kong film industry has indeed become the monopoly of Golden Harvest.

In Lu Yan's opinion, it is not possible to do what Mai Jia and their affairs are planned by Jiahe Company. And it was suddenly exposed, and then the media quickly added fuel to the fire. In such a situation, it will still make people smell some conspiracy.

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"Andy has reached an agreement with TVB not to shoot any TV series on other TV stations for ten years." Wong Kar-wai, who got the news as soon as possible, came to Lu Yan's office and said eagerly: ""Carmen in Mong Kok, shoot immediately"

In fact, as a good friend Liu Zhenwei who came to Dongcheng Image, Wong Kar-wai can obviously see that others are not optimistic about him. But just that, except for this little boss. Because of this, he desperately hopes that he can make a work to prove that he is at least, and not to disappoint this little boss.

"Jacky Cheung, have they all been contacted?"

"Well, it's much easier to deal with it after contacting the other actors, and as soon as I heard that it was a movie from Dongcheng Images, I was busy agreeing." Wong Kar-wai was also quite proud when he said this. He also has to admire Lu Yan's boutique route, at least now when everyone hears Dongcheng Images, what they think of is one blockbuster movie after another

Lu Yan nodded, and suddenly smiled: "The capital budget is going to be made for you, although I know that if you can't do it, you will exceed the standard." However, you have to make sure that you have the right idea in your own mind and try to hurry up as much as possible. I hope to be able to catch up with the Spring Festival, after all, the benefits of box office recovery can also be better. That's right, Brother Wei. You have to shoot well."

In the end, Lu Yan added such a sentence, which made Wong Kar-wai nod his head and said, "Don't worry."

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As for Lu Yan, what he is thinking about now is not a movie. It's that he's planning to 'rob while it's hot', and now Xinyi City is so chaotic. There must be a lot of new generation directors who have the idea of going for it, if possible. If you can't do it yourself, you can still dig up a few directors, behind-the-scenes and other talents...... In this way, it is a very good way to promote the development of Dongcheng Image