Chapter 311: How do you know if you don't try?

Chapter 311: How do you know if you don't try?

In the early 80s of the 20th century, New Arts City Film Company sprung up, absorbing a large number of emerging directors at that time: John Woo, Tsui Hark, Lin Lingdong, Gao Zhisen, etc., to concoct a commercial film, which is dominated by comedy. The common denominator of these films is that they are created in the mode of collective creation of TV stations, full of dense jokes and actions, all based on catering to the tastes of the audience.

Compared with the new wave that emerged at the end of the 70s of the 20th century, we will find that Hong Kong films in the 80s were too focused on plot stacking and star packaging, so the film genre was one-way, let alone author. Some people think that the films of this period created stars, erased the creation of directors and screenwriters, and made Hong Kong films go into decline, coupled with various factors such as the economy and the film belt market in 1989, which made Hong Kong in the late 80s

The film slipped down the market. Nevertheless, if we do not measure the quality or creativity of the film, it is not an exaggeration to look at the box office results and the attitude of investors, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Hong Kong films in the 80s of the 20th century were on the rise.

When Hong Kong films were in their heyday, they once dominated Asia and looked at Europe and the United States. However, in terms of the growth of the film industry alone, although Hong Kong's paper model, professional division of labor and organizational structure are more perfect than those of Chinese mainland and Taiwan, they still appear to be free to maneuver compared with Hollywood, and the level of industrialization is far from being strict and orderly. First of all, according to Hollywood's industrial rules, once the film is started

It needs to be gradual, and the script and progress must not be changed at will. However, Hong Kong film directors such as Tsui Hark, Johnny To, etc., their shooting methods are very different: on the premise of ensuring that the film is delivered on time, they improvise on the spot, change as they shoot, sometimes stop work, and sometimes rush to shoot. This practice is precisely the most normal style and habit of the golden age of Hong Kong films. On the other hand, the filmmakers of the golden age of Hong Kong films are good at full-time multi-purpose and collective creation. For example, directors such as Chen Xunqi, Tsui Hark, Xu Guanwen, and Wang Jing often serve as producers, directors, starring, soundtracks, and martial arts instructors. At the same time, although there are many films in Hong Kong that are known for their strong directors, many large-scale Hong Kong films have been created collectively since McDonald Hung began to be a popular producer-led creator. Thirdly, Hong Kong films are characterized by their rapid shooting. How fast do you want to shoot in Hong Kong, in the 1960s, Hong Kong's Cantonese opera films had a record of "Seven Days of Freshness", and in the 90s of the last century, this record was almost equaled, 9413 directed by Wu Zhenyu, it took only 10 days, and the old girl he starred in only took 12 days. The reason why Hong Kong films are filmed quickly is mainly to catch up with the schedule, not only to catch up with the schedule of stars, but also to catch up with the release schedule of theaters.

Although Hong Kong films are commercial films based on entertainment, at the core of entertainment, they exude the mode of social reading, which makes Hong Kong films more or less gain a little understanding and understanding of social reality in the films, not to mention, entertaining and educating is a fine tradition in Chinese culture, and Hong Kong films were almost integrated with mainland films before the 50s of the 20th century. For example, the housing problems in Hong Kong over the years, from the dilapidated building Chunxiao directed by Li Xiao in the 50s of the 20th century, to Qin Jian's difficult brothers and sisters in the 60s, to the 72 tenant farmers in Chuyuan in the 70s, Fang Yuping's series under the Lion Rock, and even the police story of Jackie Chan in the 80s, and Zhang Zhiliang's cage people in the 90s, etc., all reflect the housing shortage in Hong Kong society more geometrically; Another example is the seriousness of Hong Kong's law and order and triad problems, which are also presented in many films, and even police and bandit action movies have become one of the mainstream of Hong Kong films, such as hero quality, underworld, etc.

After Lin Yu left, Old Man Shao's wife, of course, was the future lady Fang Menghua came to the living room, and when he saw Old Man Fang sitting there and didn't know what he was thinking, he asked, "Who is that boy in the living room just now?" Actually let him value it so much, invite people to his house, this boy looks confident and arrogant, oh yes, who he is hasn't told me yet. ”

"I don't know who he is, I only know that he came from the mainland, Lao Huo, Lao Li, and Lao Bao all value this young man very much, although I'm not sure, but I can also come up with a rough idea." Old Man Shao replied slowly.

"What's the use of him coming to Hong Kong at such a young age? What's going on over there? Also, how did he come to us? Fang Menghua asked with a look of disbelief and some confusion.

"He was invited to Hong Kong by Lao Huo, as for him to come to me, what else can he do for it except for Hong Kong films?" Old Man Shao sighed softly: "In the future, Chinese films, I'm afraid it's the world of this boy."

The next day, Lin Yu made a special trip to Jiahe to visit Zou Wenhuai, and Lin Yu already had preliminary plans for cooperation with this film company that had been popular with Li Long and Cheng Long. In the withered film environment of the late 50s, Chow Man-wai and Run Run Shaw complemented each other and achieved the take-off of Hong Kong films; It was also he who saw the prospect of self-production with a far-reaching vision, and was adept at delegating power to subordinates, which helped Hong Kong films to achieve full glory in the 80s. The English name of Golden Harvest Film Co., Ltd. was gldenhrve, which was also the English language of the highest honor of the Asian Film Festival at that time; The films he produced are also labeled "Golden Harvest Production, Best Film", which shows that Zou Wenhuai has had the ambition to compete with Run Run Shaw from the very beginning, and in fact, he has also achieved this. And Golden Harvest has a large number of action directors in his hands, as well as kung fu movie stars like Cheng Long, all of whom are talents that Yu wants to cultivate.

If you want to play the card of Chinese films well, stars like Cheng Long and Zhou Yunfa absolutely have to be wanted, and such film stars must be cultivated.

Although he didn't know what this young boy wanted to do, Zou Wenhuai still hinted at Lin Yu's arrival with a great welcome, and he also heard that Old Man Huo invited a guest to Hong Kong, and that person also had a conflict with the son of the Jiang family, and even Jiang Wei personally went to apologize to the other party. Until now, Jiang Wei and Hop Hing will have no action, which has to make Hong Kong tycoons look at Lin Yu differently, slap Jiang Wei's face can still be alive in Hong Kong, and people who have fun, it is the first time to see for so many years, although Zou Wenhuai doesn't care much about these, but sometimes he doesn't care, but it doesn't mean that these news will not reach the ears, Zou Wenhuai was also surprised after learning about this matter, in the end, Hop Hing Club is the largest association in Hong Kong, I didn't expect Jiang Wei to be so embarrassed, I didn't expect that in Hong Kong, someone would ask the Jiang family to serve tea and apologize, this is no one else, but even the old man Huo of the Huo family is unwilling to blame the Jiang family like this.

After knowing that Lin Yu was coming, Zou Wenhuai made some preparations, first introduced some of the current situation of Jiahe to Lin Yu, and he did not shy away from the difficulties that Jiahe is encountering now. In fact, in terms of funds, due to Zou Wenhuai's large investment in Hong Kong real estate, the company's capital chain is very tight. This is also an important reason why he is eager to open up the domestic market and share more lucrative market benefits. He even invited Lin Yu to visit Golden Harvest's studio, and Zou Wenhuai greatly let Lin Yu visit some of the film production links.

I have to, Zou Wenhuai's approach made Lin Yu full of good feelings towards him, but good feelings are good feelings, Lin Yu still repeated those words of the Shao family in front of Zou Wenhuai, and emphasized the markets in the mainland, Europe and the United States.

Although he is very greedy for the mainland market and the European and American markets, the cautious Zou Wenhuai still did not directly promise Lin Yu, in the end, such an approach is tantamount to putting his fate in the hands of others, although he only handed over a small part of his fate, but for people like them, even a little bit of fate is fatal at a critical moment.

"Honestly, Mr. Lin, I don't quite understand what I mean? Or maybe it's a purpose that I don't quite understand, the result of this thing has been Shaw Brothers had such an idea before, but in the end it failed, I want to know what the purpose of this is? Zou Wenhuai asked.

"Using the best people, making the best films, and then introducing Chinese films to Europe and the United States, this is my purpose." Lin Yu said with a smile.

"Mr. Lin, I have to, the idea is great, but it will definitely be difficult." Hearing Lin Yu's words, Zou Wenhuai frowned at first, and then said so. "But as far as I know, Hollywood, including European filmmakers, don't have a deep understanding of our Chinese films, and even they don't even know what is going on after watching our films, how long do you think it will take for Europeans and Americans to adapt to our films under such a premise?"

"It's man-made, how do you know if you don't try." Lin Yu shrugged his shoulders and said.

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