Chen Feng's modest posture is completely different from the people of Hangzhou and Hong Kong in Xu Dongyang's impression, thinking about the status of the current Hangzhou and Hong Kong films, Xu Dongyang was immediately relieved.

But then, Chen Feng's work attitude of Hangzhou and Hong Kong people was immediately reflected, and on the way to Queen's Road Street, he chatted with Xu Dongyang about his thoughts on the revision of the "Gangster Plan".

"I think Brother Xu Dongyang's original idea should just be to make this script into an EU film, although the script I got was changed by the screenwriter here in Hangzhou and Hong Kong, but the traces left by the EU film are still very heavy."

Xu Dongyang nodded, "At first, I didn't expect that there would be EU companies interested in this script, and I have also read their revised script, and I feel that it is a bit nondescript." ”

"I have two revisions to this script, either to directly restore it to the original EU film script, or to replace the section with a Hong Kong-style comedy while retaining the main line." Chen Feng accepted the job of screenwriter, so he naturally had the right to revise the script, but he still wanted to ask Xu Dongyang's opinion, after all, he was also the author of the original script.

Xu Dongyang didn't answer immediately, he could see that the expression on his face was hesitant, and when he was thinking about it, Chen Feng turned his gaze to the window and enjoyed the street scene of Hangzhou. After about five or six minutes, Xu Dongyang finally made a decision in his heart.

"Let's revise it according to one of your later ideas, after all, this is not the EU!" Xu Dongyang's answer contained too much helplessness in his tone.

The bitterness behind Xu Dongyang's decision, Chen Feng was also somewhat touched. When Xu Dongyang took over the filming of "Exciting Moment 2", his salary had reached $140,000. When the film was released in North America and the European Union a few years ago, it topped the box office for three consecutive weeks, grossing $230 million in the European Union. By the standards of the European Union, this is a very successful commercial film.

But compared with the scenery of "Exciting Moment 2" in the EU market, the box office of the film in China is very dismal, and even set the lowest box office record for a film starring Xu Dongyang in recent years. This is also the main reason why Xu Dongyang is more helpless than happy behind the success of DreamWorks.

In fact, the box office revenue of Xu Dongyang's EU works in the mainland has not been very satisfactory: in 2002, the EU film "Dragon Whirlwind" earned 550,000 yuan. It can be seen from this that the Chinese audience is not very satisfied with the EU-oriented Xu Dongyang's works.

Xu Dongyang himself is aware of this problem, which is the root cause of his distress. Although the EU can bring him greater fame. Make more money, but Xu Dongyang doesn't have much sense of belonging to the EU in his heart, and Huaguo is his root. Success on the outside. But being abandoned by your own family is the most uncomfortable feeling.

Because he didn't have too much vigilance against Chen Feng, Xu Dongyang drank very happily at the dinner table, and taking advantage of the strong wine, he told Chen Feng the biggest confusion in his heart all along.

Xu Dongyang took the opportunity of toasting to move his body to the seat next to Chen Feng, and the exchange at the wine table brought the relationship between the two closer a lot, and even the title became more intimate.

"Ah Feng!" Xu Dongyang put his hand on Chen Feng's shoulder, "Brother Xu will say something heart-wrenching to you." I have endured hardships in the EU for the past few years, made money, and finally gained fame, but I have never figured out a question, do you think I am really the right choice to come to the EU? ”

"For you. If you want to go further, the stage of Huaguo at that time was indeed a little smaller. Chen Feng said very implicitly, but such a scene was not what Xu Dongyang wanted to hear.

He shook his head with a smile and pointed his finger at him, "You, you were still a Tan man just now. How do you learn to play tricks after drinking? ”…,

Chen Feng looked at Xu Dongyang seriously, "Do you want to hear the truth?" ”

Although Xu Dongyang drank too much, he was only slightly drunk, and when he saw the serious expression on Chen Feng's face, he immediately sat up straight, and the hand on Chen Feng's shoulder was also put down.

"Although the EU is not a sacred place in the hearts of filmmakers around the world like DreamWorks, it is also regarded as an honor to be accepted and recognized by the EU. But that shouldn't be your personal ultimate goal. To put it mildly, the EU is like a production line specializing in the manufacture of canned products, and after the mold is pressed into shape, it is then labeled as the EU, and then it is used to occupy new and larger markets. ”

"From the moment you appeared in "Moment of Excitement 1" with a restrained smile on your suit and leather shoes, this film has been made into an EU can, and you have to learn to adapt to EU tastes and stay honestly in the canned box. It's hard to make a breakthrough, and the three films you've made in the EU so far have all been in the same way as an Oriental and a Westerner. The EU has been softening dough to its liking, while Asian fans can only watch their first-rate actors being indulged by second- and third-rate writers and directors in the EU. ”

"You have to bow your head under the roof of people, and if you want to succeed in the EU, you have to follow the rules of the EU. Zhou Run's acting skills are lost here, Wu Sen has been reduced to an action technician and a model editor, and Xu Zhong and Lin Dong's talents have been buried and returned in vain, all of which prove that the rules of the European Union are difficult to be broken by external forces. The EU can change you, but you can't change the EU. So the Xu Dongyang I see in the EU era is a Xu Dongyang who has been deprived of his rights and lost his freedom. You can only be an actor who listens to the director. ”

Behind the clear division of labor of the EU crew is the strict hierarchy, after all, there are only a few actors who can work against the director, Xu Dongyang, who is a screenwriter, director, producer, and martial arts instructor in China, has no editing rights in the EU at all, Chen Feng's words poked his pain fiercely.

I don't know if he drank too much wine, or because he was stimulated by these words, Xu Dongyang's eyes were red, watery, and a little straight, Chen Feng's words just now were like pouring a basin of ice water on him, and like firing a random gun on him for a while, in this moment, he was really a little dazed. After a while, his mouth finally moved: "So, I'm really wrong?" ”

Chen Feng also shook his head blankly: "This question is difficult to measure by right or wrong, this is just a process of relying on each other. The EU doesn't make your dream come true, but it also gives you lucrative benefits and wider visibility, and the EU wants to use the influence of local celebrities like you to help tap into the Asian film market. ”

The EU can help Chinese films speed up the process of internationalization, but Chinese films, especially Hangzhou-Hong Kong films, have their own system and have formed a solid oriental film culture camp, so there is not much need to rely on the EU and DreamWorks. On the contrary, if the EU and even DreamWorks want to maintain a long-term position in the global film market, they need to constantly absorb fresh blood from different cultures. Because of the existence of some preconceived notions, this change will only slowly change from within the EU, and outsiders will still have to "succumb" to the EU's strong rules.

Seeing the script of "Gangster Project" from the screenwriter of Hangzhou and Hong Kong, Chen Feng felt that this was a rare opportunity to try. The theme positioning of the film's comedy dilutes the action component, and the audience in the EU can't accept Xu Dongyang's humorous fight in an action movie, but from the perspective of a comedy, this kind of performance enhances the content of comedy.

Chen Feng used ingenious means to get the screenwriter in his hands, just so that he could control the exhibition of the play. As a comedy, he takes the traditional funny route of Hangzhou-Hong Kong comedy films, while Xu Dongyang can return more to the humorous style of Hong Kong films. …,

When Chen Feng told Xu Dongyang about his intentions, the lost and dazed look on his face was swept away, and his eyes radiated a bright brilliance, he felt that he had not seen the wrong person, Chen Feng was indeed the key figure in this film.

"If this film is really made according to your ideas, then you are my lucky star!" Xu Dongyang patted Chen Feng's shoulder excitedly, "Don't say anything, let's do this drink, don't get drunk tonight!" ”

Sitting together in a Cantonese restaurant, they talked a lot, and Chen Feng rarely met a filmmaker who could talk to him and chatted with him, so he talked a lot. Such as how it was successful in Hangzhou Port, how it was first discovered, and so on. Xu Dongyang has seen these in newspapers and magazines, but they are all narratives, and they are not as real as what they heard from Chen Feng's mouth. And listening to my own story, it's also very interesting.

After chatting for nearly two hours, Chen Feng looked at the time, and it was almost the time agreed with the reporter of "People of the Century" before he said goodbye and left.

When he heard that Chen Feng was going to accept an exclusive interview with "People of the Century", Xu Dongyang was naturally surprised and congratulated, he has been in the EU for so many years, of course he knows the gold content of "People of the Century", this is the first Chinese to appear in "People of the Century", and the first Chinese artist!

Watching Chen Feng ride his bicycle towards the street in the distance. Xu Dongyang shook his head and sighed: "It's old......"

Chen Feng rode a bicycle, turned a few streets, and came to a café at the intersection, this is the location agreed between the reporter of "Century People" and Li Haitao, originally Chen Feng wanted to go to the teahouse, but the other party wanted to come to the café. So Li Haitao compromised. If it was Chen Feng, he might not be so compromised, if he didn't come to the teahouse, he would break up......

Came to the café with a little depression and put the bicycle at the door, the clerk was a little surprised to see Chen Feng, because the people who usually come to the café for leisure are neatly dressed office workers, Chen Feng's dressed road teenagers are rare, but there are many dance halls and nightclubs. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )