"It can't be!"

Kurosawa stood up excitedly and loudly rejected Shen Chong's suggestion.

Even by Chinese standards, Kurosawa is a tall man, his body is slightly leaned, his fists are clenched, his expression is stern, and he is equipped with signature sunglasses, which is imposing.

Sure enough, he is a man who is called the "Emperor of Movies"! (Note 1)

Shen Chong raised his eyes and looked at it, and silently sighed in his heart.

"Kurosawa-kun." Tanaka Tomoyuki, who was sitting on it, scolded: "How can you be so rude to the guests!" ”

Tomoyuki Tanaka is the executive director of Toho Co., Ltd., and he has a high position in the Japanese film industry, even if he is as powerful as Akira Kurosawa, he has to respect him.

"I'm sorry, I was rude." Kurosawa bent down and bowed, bowed and apologized, and said, "Please don't mind Shen Jun." ”

Shen Chong didn't understand Japanese, but looking at the posture, he also guessed the general meaning, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, since Mr. Kurosawa doesn't agree, then I didn't say anything." ”

Ann Hui translated.

"I'm sorry, I was too impulsive." Kurosawa didn't expect Shen Chong to be so good at talking, he apologized again, then sat down again, and said: "I am very grateful that Shen Jun can invest, but shooting a documentary on the movie site will interfere with my work, so, please forgive me, I can't agree." ”

"It's me who is too abrupt." Shen Chong said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Kurosawa is meticulous in making movies, but when I saw it today, I realized that it was indeed the case." ”

"It's over."

"Mr. Kurosawa." Shen Chong was very sorry that he could not make a documentary on how Kurosawa made a movie, and he retreated and said, "I still have a reluctant request." ”

"Shen Jun, please speak."

"This translator of mine." Shen Chong pointed at Xu Anhua and said: "Actually, she is also a film director, she admires Mr. Kurosawa very much, I hope that when I am filming, I can follow you and learn the skills of being a director." ”

When Xu Anhua heard this, she was surprised and delighted, she turned her head to look at Shen Chong, her eyes lit up, "Mr. Shen, can you really do this?" ”

Shen Chong was obviously very excited when he heard her voice tremble, so he nodded and smiled, and said, "Let's translate first, see if he agrees." ”

Xu Anhua hurriedly translated, and after Kurosawa heard it, he was silent.

"Mr. Kurosawa, please rest assured." Seeing this, Shen Chong hurriedly explained: "She is going to be a student, not a supervisor, and she will never dictate the filming." ”

"Kurosawa-kun." Tanaka Tomoyuki was worried about losing Shen Chong, the big financier, and interjected to persuade: "This kind of request is not too much, as a film senior, I have the responsibility of cultivating the juniors." ”

"Okay." Kurosawa was relieved and said, "She can come to the crew, but she has to obey my command whenever she acts." ”

Before Shen Chong could speak, Xu Anhua nodded busily and said, "It's my honor to be able to witness Kurosawa-kun shoot a movie with my own eyes, and I will never mess around." ”

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"Mr. Shen, thank you so much." Walking out of the building of Toho Co., Ltd., Xu Anhua thanked Shen Chong, "I am already very satisfied to see Master Kurosawa, and I can't imagine that I can join his crew, and this is thanks to Mr. Shen's arrangement." ”

"Sister An, you're welcome, I'm a capitalist, and I don't have any good intentions." Shen Chong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Pigs have to be fattened and then killed, and the same is true for talents, if you cultivate well, you can create the greatest value, and when you are done stealing the teacher and learning the arts, I will squeeze it desperately and let you make a movie for me." ”

"I can't ask for this kind of squeeze from Mr. Shen." Xu Anhua replied, and then the two looked at each other and laughed.

Although he didn't get what he wanted from George Lucas, after his introduction, Shen Chong successfully got acquainted with Akira Kurosawa, the emperor of the film, and unexpectedly got a big surprise.

This surprise was not trivial, and even exceeded Shen Chong's desire for a non-linear film editing system.

Under the guidance of George Lucas, Shen Chong called Guò, reached a preliminary investment agreement with Akira Kurosawa and Toho Co., Ltd., and immediately flew to Tokyo.

Before leaving, Shen Chong made a phone call back to Hong Kong and asked Xu Anhua to come to Tokyo, her mother is Japanese, and Japanese is naturally not a problem, she is also a filmmaker, and she admires Kurosawa Akira very much, and it is very suitable to come to be a translator.

George Lucas introduced the film invested by Shen Chong, which is Akira Kurosawa's "Shadow Warrior", he has heard the name of this movie, but he has not seen it, first, it is too long, 18o minutes, and secondly, he is not too interested in Japanese films.

George Lucas is a famous Akira Kurosawa fan, not only used a lot of shots in "Star Wars" to pay tribute, but also at the beginning of this year, together with Francis Coppola, he flew thousands of miles to Japan to meet Akira Kurosawa.

The two were proud and hot in Hollywood, but after arriving in Japan, their idol Akira Kurosawa was at the lowest point in his life.

Films such as "Rashomon" and "Seven Samurai" have made Akira Kurosawa gain great prestige in the international film industry, but just like after Zhang Yimou filmed "Red Sorghum", in Japan, the media accused him of deliberately currying favor with Western movie audiences, coupled with his strong personality, self-respecting and arbitrary on the set, which offended many people, so in 197O, after Kurosawa made a film that failed miserably at the box office and word of mouth, he could no longer find funds to make a movie.

In order to make a film, Kurosawa crossed the Iron Curtain of the Cold War and accepted the invitation of the Soviet Union to go to Siberia to make a Russian-language film called "Delsu-Uzara", which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Even so, no one in Japan is willing to invest in making movies for him, and Kurosawa Akira was embarrassed and even began to shoot alcohol commercials, and it is really embarrassing that a generation of film masters has fallen to such a point.

When Lucas and Coppola went to visit him, Kurosawa showed more than 2oo storyboards of "Shadow Warriors" that he had hand-painted over a period of four years, bringing tears to the eyes of the two die-hard fans, so he actively campaigned and used their influence to raise funds for the idol.

It's a pity that these two are also busy people, Lucas wants to shoot "Star Wars 2", Coppola wants to shoot "Apocalypse Now", Kurosawa's appetite is too big, and the fundraising is not very smooth, and "Shadow Warrior" has to stop filming.

Shen Chong looked young and golden, and he was an Oriental, so George Lucas naturally sold him Akira Kurosawa and "Shadow Warrior".

After listening to Lucas's introduction, Shen Chong immediately agreed to invest, he was not for "Shadow Warrior" - although this is a classic movie, his main purpose is for people.

He plans to fool the great god Akira Kurosawa to Hong Kong after the filming of "Shadow Warrior".

Hong Kong relies entirely on low-budget small-scale films, full of vulgar content such as pornography, violence, and gore, and has neither a classic business card that has attracted the attention of the world, nor an admirable film master, and its reputation is too low to be welcomed by the international mainstream film market.

With Kurosawa's international prestige and status in the film industry, if he goes to Hong Kong, it will be like Messi joining Evergrande, which will inevitably cause a sensation and increase the attention of Hong Kong films in the international film industry, thereby triggering a chain reaction and promoting the entire industry.

For example, Kurosawa can be used to attract film talents and industrial resources from other regions to Hong Kong -- his die-hard fans are all over the world, and he can also use Kurosawa to bring Hong Kong films to the Japanese market -- although he is not popular in the Japanese film circle, his market influence should not be underestimated.

Japan sits on the world's second-largest box office market, but the local film industry is sluggish.

In short, getting Akira Kurosawa to Hong Kong is a good thing that kills countless birds with one stone.

Shen Chong is very confident in this, Kurosawa Akira is not good at commercial films, the current investment in "Shadow Warrior" has reached 1.3 billion yen, which is equivalent to more than 5oo US dollars, and looking at the shooting plan, this money may not be enough, a Japanese film, such a large investment, it is not a simple matter to make a profit. (Note 2)

Akira Kurosawa was not welcomed in China, if "Shadow Warrior" failed at the box office, there would be no place in the Japanese film industry, at this time, as long as Shen Chong extended an olive branch, there was a good chance that he could fool him away - in order to make a movie, even Siberia dared to go, let alone Hong Kong?

When Shen Chong left Los Angeles on May 7 and returned to Hong Kong, it was already May 15.

Walking out of the airport and seeing Li Kaiyuan and A worm in the crowd, Shen Chong couldn't help but smile slightly, this scene was exactly the same as when he returned from the Spring Festival a few months ago.

"Ah worm, you come to pick me up in person." Shen Chong lightly slapped his chest with his fist and said with a smile, "I'm a little flattered." ”

Ah Worm grinned, took the luggage diligently, and saw Shen Chong looking at his head, so he touched his head and explained, "I learned from Brother Chong." ”

Shen Chong also laughed, since he appeared on the cover of "Ming Pao Weekly", many people have cut off the big sideburns and replaced them with short ones similar to him, which can be regarded as inadvertently leading a trend.

Ah Worm walked in front with his luggage, Shen Chong took Li Kaiyuan's hand and followed, he asked as he walked, "What did Nicholas say?" ”

"He said that there is a third-order Rubik's Cube product similar to ours in the United States, and it is also patented, and it is known to a professor in Hungary or somewhere, and the price is only two-thirds of ours." Li Kaiyuan briefly introduced: "But the manufacturing is very rough, not as delicate as ours." ”

Rubik's Cube is still being revealed by the Western world......

Li Kui met Ghost Li, and it was inevitable that there would be a vicious battle......

If it weren't for this incident, Shen Chong would still want to stay in Japan for a few more days and learn film skills from Akira Kurosawa, after all, "Shadow Warrior" is a palace-level classic movie that has been systematically evaluated, and such a good opportunity to watch is very rare.

"What should we do?" Seeing that Shen Chong didn't speak, Li Kaiyuan asked, "Do you want to reduce the price too?" ”

"The drop must be reduced, otherwise the bad money will drive out the good money, and we will soon lose the market." From the very beginning, Shen Chong knew that one day, his Rubik's Cube would compete with Rubik's Rubik's Cube, so he had already prepared for the current situation, and said confidently: "But you can't just descend, what to do specifically, I'll talk about it in detail when I meet Nicholas." ”

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Note 1: Kurosawa is 181 tall, and the name "Emperor of Movies" was originally a satire on his arbitrariness on the set, but later his popularity became so high that it became an honorific title.

Note 2: The final investment in Kagemuki was close to 2.5 billion yen.

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