"Director Lin, did you really decide to invest in Arsen's "October Siege"?" Chen Jiashang looked at Lin Yuquan in shock. ← Top Novel, www.

Lin Yuquan's investment in Chen Desen's "October Siege" quickly spread among the directors, mainland and Taiwan directors generally felt Lin Yuquan's courage, but the directors from Hong Kong were shocked and inexplicable, Hong Kong is not big, directors are friends with each other, Chen Desen's request for "October Siege" is not a secret among Hong Kong directors. But it is precisely because of this that they are deeply shaken.

At its peak, Hong Kong was the world's third largest film industry base and the second largest film exporter, and its films became the cultural mainstream, permeating every corner of the world. But the boom must decline, by the mid-90s of the last century, the box office of Hong Kong films continued to fall, while Hollywood blockbusters in the same period were like a bamboo to seize the box office charts, first Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" in 93 years in one fell swoop set a box office of 61.9 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the previous Hong Kong box office record of 49.88 million Hong Kong dollars created by Chow Xingchi's "Judge of the Dead" in 92.

And this is just the beginning, the next 98 years "Titanic" climbed to the top with a box office of 127 million Hong Kong dollars, in the roar of the Cameron ship, this year's Hong Kong local films were all crushed, this number has not been broken so far, not even close, you must know that the king of Hong Kong's local box office "Kung Fu" is only 61.27 million box office.

At this point, the entire Hong Kong film has begun to fall to the bottom, and in 99, the box office champion of Hong Kong films "The King of Comedy" only had a box office of 29.84 million Hong Kong dollars, which is the lowest value since the 29.28 million of the best partner of the queen in 84. Break the box office record again. The meaning of the two is completely different.

is such a tragic 1999 year for Hong Kong movies. But there are two crazy people, one is a photographer-turned-director, he wants to shoot a police film where police and robbers have undercover agents for each other, he needs investors to invest 48 million, and then use half of them to create a fantastic ultra-luxury cast in his heart. The other is an actor-turned-action film director, who wants to shoot a historical action film about a group of small people protecting Sun Yat-sen, the father of the country, and the investment he wants is even more appalling, 68 million. What is even more shocking is that he wants to use one-third of his investment to replicate the place where the story takes place, which is Central in Hong Kong in 1905.

In such a year when even the king of comedy, Zhou Xingchi, has collapsed, which investor would take the risk of investing with an astonishing investment of 48 million and 68 million?

After that, Chen Desen encountered eight years of ups and downs, and the story of this also made Hong Kong directors sigh, who knew that now "October Siege" has been invested.

"Well, that movie is not bad, as long as you shoot it with your heart, you can still make it well." Lin Yuquan nodded.

"Phew, this time Asen has finally realized his dream for many years." As a friend of Chen Desen, Chen Jiashang was happy. It's even more emotional, speaking of which. Chen Desen asked Lin Yuquan not only for his lavish work at the seminar, but also because after he took over the filming of "Painted Wall", he praised Lin Yuquan's amazing skills and support for him many times in front of Chen Desen.

However, although he knew that Lin Yuquan had always been good, he still felt again in his heart, it was an investment of hundreds of millions, looking at the investors in the three places, who could be so simple and decisive, without dragging his feet at all, and at the same time he was full of expectations for Chen Desen's "October Siege".

The two madmen who stunned Hong Kong filmmakers that year, one of them launched his police film on December 12, 2002, and it was really a fantastic cast, Lau Dehua, Leung Chaowei, Huang Qiusheng, Zeng Zhiwei Four Academy Award winners and Zheng Xiuwen, Chen Huiling, Xiao Yaxuan, three popular divas in the music industry appeared in the film together, once the film was released, it immediately swept Hong Kong with unrivaled momentum, and the box office exceeded 30 million Hong Kong dollars in two weeks of release, becoming a two-week box office record in Hong Kong's history. Although the follow-up is not as good as "Shaolin Football", it still became the annual box office champion with a box office of 55.05 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking fourth in the box office list of Hong Kong local films so far.

And now another madman, actor-turned-action film director Chen Desen, also got Lin Yuquan's investment eight years later, and is about to start the "October Siege", which invested 68 million yuan that year, but now the investment has exceeded 100 million, compared with "Infernal Affairs", what kind of results can it achieve?

"Yes, insist on casting dreams, this is what Director Chen deserves, speaking of which, I also have to thank the investors who rejected him before, otherwise "October Siege" would not be my turn." Lin Yuquan had a playful smile on his face.

"Haha, I'd like to see those people look remorseful." Chen Jiashang laughed.

"Oh, we think the same!" Lin Yuquan chuckled.

"This is, but what I feel more is Director Lin's amazing courage, an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars is not a decision that can be made lightly, and of course, the financial strength of Shuguang Film Company is also amazing." Chen Jiashang exclaimed.

"Huh, huh? Then do you want to join our big family of Shuguang Film Company, if you want to make a big production in the future, I will definitely support you decisively. Lin Yuquan smiled at Chen Jiashang and said, Chen Jiashang is a director he admires very much, and the "Truant Weilong" series, "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier", and "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" filmed by him are his favorite films, and after the other party took over "Painted Wall", through several communications with Chen Jiashang, he has a new understanding of Chen Jiashang's directing level, this is a talented director, if he comes to Shuguang Film Company, it will be of great help to Shuguang Film Company's film business.

In fact, Lin Yuquan admires several Hong Kong directors, but people like Xu Ke, Du Qifeng, Wang Jin, Liu Weiqiang and others have their own film companies, and cooperation with each other is only co-production at most, while Chen Jiashang is different, he is a pure director, he does not have his own film company, he can be recruited, in fact, the directors who came to participate in the commendation conference this time belong to this category, and the bigwig-level directors who have their own film companies have never been interested in the activities of the directors associations of the three places.

It can be said that Chen Jiashang is definitely one of the most suitable targets for Lin Yuquan, in fact. The current mention of yì is not his whim. It's an early idea. It's just just that it was brought up at the same time.

Ning Hao glanced at Lin Yuquan in surprise, and made sure that Lin Yuquan was not joking, and immediately smiled at Chen Jiashang: "Yes, Director Chen, come to our Shuguang Film Company to make a film!" ”

"That's right, Director Chen, you also have a full understanding of the operation of Shuguang Film Company during this time, and I believe you also know that it is in our three places. I am afraid that there is no film company that can give the director the greatest support like Shuguang Film Company. Xu Jinglei, who had just listened to the conversation between the two like Ning Hao before, followed closely behind.

And Chen Jiashang was stunned for the first time when he heard Lin Yuquan's mention of yì, he didn't expect Lin Yuquan to suddenly come up with such a mention, but after coming back to his senses, he also began to think about it seriously, for Lin Yuquan's mention, it is false to say that he is not moved, although as a well-known commercial director in Hong Kong, even after the Hong Kong film industry falls to the bottom, he is not worried about having no films to make, but the Hong Kong market is too small, after the Southeast Asian market has shrunk. Nowadays, it is difficult for Hong Kong to have any big productions, and it is estimated that only the movies of Cheng Long and Zhou Xingchi can barely compete with mainland blockbusters. With the repeated rise of the mainland film market, it is almost inevitable that Hong Kong directors will go north to the mainland to make films.

It's like he himself just accepted the invitation of Shuguang Film Company to come to the mainland to shoot "Painted Wall"? And one shot is a large-scale production of zuò with a cost of nearly 100 million yuan, which is unimaginable in Hong Kong.

And if he wants to stay in the mainland to make films in the future, the Shuguang Film Company, which is already cooperating, is indeed the best choice, with deep pockets, and more importantly, there is an amazing boss like Lin Yuquan who can give him the greatest support and enough creative space.

"Can I shoot anything?" After thinking about it, Chen Jiashang suddenly asked with a smile.

"As long as it's a good movie, we at Shuguang Film Company don't have the restrictions of genre and commercial films." Lin Yuquan accentuated the word "good".

"Hehe, then I'll be fine." Chen Jiashang smiled.

"Yo, don't you need time to think about it?" Lin Yuquan had a smile in his eyes.

"Man, what is my mother-in-law doing, and there is nothing to think about too much." Chen Jiashang smiled and shook his head, this is already the best choice, and there is no other film company that can provide better cooperation conditions than Shuguang Film Company.

"That's right, that's it, I'm sure you won't regret your choice today in the future."

"Haha!" The four of them looked at each other and laughed.

first got "October Siege", and then recruited Chen Jiashang, which can be described as double happiness for Lin Yuquan, and his mood is naturally very good.

In a happy mood, the afternoon seminar quickly came to an end, and everyone began to prepare for the annual commendation meeting in the evening.

This annual commendation conference, the Directors Guild is not too grand, but with so many stars invited, it is definitely essential to set up a red carpet show outside the hotel.

The scenery of the red carpet show naturally belongs to the stars, every time a star walks by, the crowd around it erupts into huge cheers, and the directors are difficult to compare with the stars in this regard, which is why the annual commendation conference will invite stars to come to the scene, but there are no absolutes in the world, when Lin Yuquan and Xu Jinglei walked by, the voice of the scene was no smaller than those big-name stars, and even Lin Yuquan's appearance can be called the most climactic part of the red carpet show.

More than 60 stars, more than 100 directors, such a battle is no worse than the major award ceremonies and film festivals, but many directors are still not very satisfied, originally before the meeting, the directors invited stars separately, thinking that there would be a lot, but when I asked, I learned that the stars were busy and did not come, which naturally made many directors feel faceless.

Of course, this was just a small episode, and after the red carpet, the directors and stars entered another well-appointed conference room of the hotel and took their seats.

"While the commendation conference hasn't started yet, let's guess the list of winners and see who guesses accurately." Xu Jinglei said with a smile.

The people who arranged the seats this time were obviously very attentive, Lin Yuquan, Ning Hao, Xu Jinglei, Zhou Xun, and Liu Ye were all arranged together.

"Yes, which award to guess first?" Lin Yuquan immediately agreed.

The other three agreed.

"Let's guess the Screenwriter of the Year award first!" Xu Jinglei said.

Compared with the first annual commendation of the Film Directors Guild held in 05, this commendation conference has changed a lot in terms of awards, and the first session in 05. A total of six awards were awarded: Best Director, Best Young Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Box Office Director of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement Award.

The commendation conference is based on the previous session. First of all, two awards were added: Screenwriter of the Year and Hong Kong and Taiwan Director of the Year. Secondly, the box office director of the year, which has no practical selection significance and only relies on the box office number to determine the result, was abolished, and the best actor and actress were changed to the actor and actress of the year in the eyes of the director, and the nature of the commendation conference was changed, and the Lifetime Achievement Award was changed to the Outstanding Contribution Award, plus the Best Film, Best Director, and Best Young Director remained unchanged, and a total of eight awards were awarded.

"I guess "The Good Man of the Three Gorges"" Xu Jinglei said first.

"Please, you're so disdainful of me!" Lin Yuquan scolded with a smile. At this commendation conference, his "Painted Skin" won a total of five awards for Film of the Year, Director of the Year, Screenwriter of the Year, and Actor of the Year in the eyes of the director, and was the biggest winner of the nominations at this commendation conference, followed by Jia Zhangke's "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" and Yin Li's "The Ballad of Yunshui". Among them, in terms of screenwriters of the year, in addition to "The Good Man of the Three Gorges", his competitor is "The Ballad of Yunshui".

"I'm giving you a chance to guess yourself, otherwise everyone will guess the same?" Xu Jinglei said with a smile.

It's no wonder that you have such a good heart, Lin Yuquan glanced at him, and said leisurely: "I guess "The Ballad of Yunshui". ”

"Yo, Director Lin. You don't even guess yourself. Zhou Xun said with a smile beside him.

"I didn't say I had to guess myself!" Lin Yuquan said casually, it's not that he doesn't guess himself. It's just that the best screenplay at major film festivals is almost always awarded to realistic themes, and I haven't seen that costume film win this award.

"That's right, then I also guess "The Ballad of Yunshui". Zhou Xunqiao said with a smile.

"I guess "The Good Man of the Three Gorges", I personally think it has a high probability of winning the award." Ning Hao laughed.

"Hehe, I also guess "The Good Man of the Three Gorges". Liu Ye said.

"Haha, Yuquan, no one guesses your "Painted Skin"!" Xu Jinglei covered her mouth and smiled.

"Alright, alright, guess next." Lin Yuquan said angrily, although he himself was not optimistic, but this result was still quite depressing.

"The actress of the year in the eyes of the director, I guess it's Zhou Xun."

"I also think it's Zhou Xun, and I'm optimistic that she will win the Actress of the Year award for a second consecutive year."

After a while, everyone guessed all the awards, and at this time, the commendation conference also began, as the host is Zhang Guoli, after the presidents of the three directors associations delivered speeches respectively, the awards officially began, the first award was the screenwriter of the year, and the guest responsible for awarding the award was Wang Zhiwen.

"The winner is "The Ballad of Yunshui"."

After Wang Zhiwen's words fell, the scene quickly burst into warm applause.

"yes, I guessed right!" Lin Yuquan smiled at Xu Jinglei beside him, and there was no frustration on his face that he missed the award.

Xu Jinglei was speechless for a moment, this guy didn't care about winning the award, didn't he just guess right, as for it?

"Heh, I guessed that right, too." Zhou Xun chuckled softly.

"It's just the first award!" Xu Jinglei shook her head.

"Yes, it's just the first award, but it's also a crucial one, don't forget, the next few prizes, we can almost guess exactly the same." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Hmph, you also said that it's almost good." Xu Jinglei snorted.

"Then we'll see." Lin Yuquan chuckled.

Liu Heng, the screenwriter of "The Ballad of Yunshui", is a well-known writer in contemporary China, many of his novels have been adapted into film and television dramas, and have won many awards in the mainland or overseas, such as Zhang Yimou's "Ju Dou", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", Xie Fei's "Natal Year", Feng Gong's "Nothing to Steal Fun" and the TV series version of "The Happy Life of Poor Zhang Damin", at the same time, he also directly created more than ten film and television dramas such as "The Overlord of Western Chu" and "Zhang Side", and Feng Xiaogang's upcoming war movie "Assembly" was also written by him.

In the applause of everyone, Liu Heng got up and walked onto the podium, and after his speech, last year's super girl champion Shang Wenjie sang a song included in her selection of "Shang Class", and then the award continued, this time it was the young director of the year, and the guest of honor was Lu Chuan, the winner of the last award.

Even though the award weight of the commendation conference was not heavy, when the shortlisted films began to be introduced in turn on the big screen, Ning Hao's whole person was still tense instantly.

"Ah. Take it easy. You're the one who wins. Lin Yuquan patted Ning Hao on the shoulder.

In addition to Ning Hao, who was nominated for the Young Director of the Year, he was nominated. There are also Liu Jie, who won the Best Film Award in the Horizon Unit of the 63rd Venice International Film Festival for his directorial debut "Court on Horseback", and Ma Liwen, the director of "The Two of Us".

Among them, Lin Yuquan is naturally the most optimistic about Ning Hao, although Liu Jie and Ma Liwen have won international awards for their films, but the awards they can win are not important awards, in comparison, Ning Hao not only The box office of "Love Call Transfer" is far from being comparable to the two, and his 29-year-old age is also much younger than the two, if he doesn't win this award, it is definitely a problem with the judges' brains.

"The winner is." Lu Chuan's gaze looked in the direction where Lin Yuquan was: "Love Call Transfer". Ning Hao. ”

"Yo, Brother Hao, I said you would win the prize!" Lin Yuquan immediately laughed and applauded.

"It's as if a few of us don't think Ning Hao won the award." Xu Jinglei said angrily, and then looked at Ning Hao with a smile: "Senior brother, congratulations." ”

"Thank you!" Ning Hao grinned, hugged Lin Yuquan and the four of them, and walked towards the podium.

"Hey, if the commendation conference didn't stop last year, Brother Hao would definitely be able to win the award for "Crazy Stone", so that he would be a two-year tyrant." Lin Yuquan sighed.

"That's right. Speaking of which, "Crazy Stone" although the box office is lower than "Love Call Transfer". But the sensation was even greater. Xu Jinglei nodded.

"It's up to you next year, as long as the box office of "Dream into Reality" is not bad, I think it will be your turn to win the award." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Hopefully!" Xu Jinglei had a hint of expectation in her eyes, although she was shortlisted at the last commendation conference, she was finally defeated by Lu Chuan.

On the stage, Ning Hao received the trophy and award certificate from Lu Chuan's hand, and then stood in front of the microphone: "I'm very happy to get this award, here I want to thank my good friend, who is also a film investor, hehe, everyone knows, I won't say my name, so as not to be hypocritical, thank you for recommending the novel "Love Call Transfer" to me, and give me full support in terms of funding and shooting, otherwise there would be no movie, in addition to thank my wife Xing Aina, Behind every successful man there is a wife who sacrifices silently, thank you for your dedication to me, every honor I get has a share that belongs to you, and finally thank you to the judges, I will continue to work hard. ”

"I don't mind you saying my name." Lin Yuquan said to Ning Hao, who returned to his seat.

"You wish you had, how could anyone be as cheeky as you!" Xu Jinglei said with a smile.

"You!" Lin Yuquan smiled.

Immediately, the three people except Xu Jinglei laughed.

After awarding the Young Director of the Year, Han Lei took the stage to sing a majestic and cheering folk song, and then the actress of the year in the eyes of the director was not awarded, and the award guest was Xu Fan.

Just like Ning Hao, Zhou Xun, who had been doing nothing, immediately became nervous.

"Ah, it must be you." Lin Yuquan comforted.

In addition to Zhou Xun's performance in "Painted Skin", Zhang Ziyi's "Night Banquet" and Li Binbin's "The Ballad of Yunshui" were shortlisted for this nomination.

Objectively speaking, these three people are all good, and they have reached the point of perfection in terms of performance, but Lin Yuquan is most optimistic about Zhou Xun, not because she is an artist of the Yuquan family and she plays "Painted Skin" directed by herself, but a completely fair evaluation, because although the three of them are comparable in performance, whether it is "Night Banquet" or "The Ballad of Yunshui" is too far from "Painted Skin" at the box office, and the international honors won are too far behind, how can the directors not be affected by the momentum of "Painted Skin".

"The winner is" Xu Fan with a rich smile on his face: ""Painted Skin", Zhou Xun. ”

Immediately, the scene resounded with warm applause and cheers.

"Zhou Xun, congratulations." Lin Yuquan and several people congratulated Zhou Xun one after another.

"Thank you, thank you!" Zhou Xun excitedly thanked several people, and after hugging, she walked towards the podium excitedly and proudly, no wonder she is like this, two years of tyrant, after winning this honor with "Baby in Love" last time, she won the award again with "Painted Skin".

"It's not the first time I've won this award, so why am I even more excited than last time!" Zhou Xun smiled, and many people in the audience also laughed, two years of tyrant, this is not easy, "Like Director Ning Hao, here, I also want to first express my gratitude to the person who everyone knows, I have gained a lot in "Painted Skin", and as you said to me at the beginning, I will not regret this choice in the future, in fact, what I have never told you is that from the beginning I believed that this would be the most correct decision for me"

"Hey, Zhouxun, you're the best!" Lin Yuquan smiled, suddenly got up and said loudly, and in the eyes of everyone, he proudly gave two thumbs up to Zhou Xun on the stage. (To be continued......) R527