On May 17, after Shen Chong returned to Hong Kong, he stayed for only one day, and then got on a plane and headed for Taipei.

This trip to Taipei was forced to be helpless and arranged temporarily.

In the era of the rise of the Internet and the explosion of information, celebrity idols are like neon lights on the top of skyscrapers, although they are high, they are not out of reach, and they seem to be colorful, but not many people really like them.

In the era of lack of information, celebrity idols are like real stars in the sky, shining and making people reverie.

So Shen Chong, who came from the era of the information explosion, underestimated Kurosawa's influence, and overnight, the Hong Kong film industry seemed to know that he stuffed Xu Anhua and Yan Hao into Kurosawa's crew.

Xu Anhua said that "Crazy Robbery" scared the whole city, applauded and acclaimed, he is the hottest director in Hong Kong at present, and signed a contract with Shen Chong's company, which is a descendant, and it is reasonable to send him to study with Kurosawa.

But why can Yan Hao also go? He just chatted with Shen Chong a few more times, and when it came to relationships, he was just a friend.

And in the film circle of the younger generation in Hong Kong, who doesn't know that Shen Chong and Shen Caishen love to make friends?

Everyone is friends, Yan Hao can go, I can't go?

So the next morning, not long after Shen Chong arrived at the office, he received seven or eight phone calls, all of which were friends who asked how to join Akira Kurosawa's crew.

Shen Chong had a headache about this.

He initially wanted to shoot a documentary to film the process of Kurosawa's direction, and then use it as a teaching material for Hong Kong filmmakers to learn, but unfortunately Kurosawa resolutely opposed it, and the matter was fruitless.

Then she saved the country and sent Xu Anhua to steal the teacher, she has a task, she has to record what she sees and thinks every day, and later put it on the "First Film Review", or specially collect and publish a book.

Stuff a Yan Hao in the past, it's not a big problem, he and Xu Anhua are from the same family, both graduated from the London Film Academy, and have worked together in TVB for a long time, and they are familiar with each other, even if they don't understand Japanese, there is Xu Anhua to help translate, and there are not many obstacles.

But at this time, if you agree to send another person to Japan, how can you refuse the group that swarms behind?

It's definitely unrealistic to send it all over, "Shadow Warrior" is a tripartite joint investment by Toho Co., Ltd., Twentieth Century Fox and Shen Chong, and it's okay to send a few financial personnel to the past, but if you send a group of on-set observers over, each observer will also be equipped with a translator, and when the time comes, it will be like a vegetable market, and other investors will not say anything, Kurosawa Akira will definitely soar.

If you reject the latecomer, it will hurt people's feelings......

So after answering the phone and receiving a soft hand, Shen Chong immediately asked his secretary Qiu Siyu to book the latest flight to Taipei, without even bringing luggage, so he flew away and fled Hong Kong.

Although it is helpless, it is not a waste of time to go to Taipei.

The crew of "The Legend of the White Witch" is about to enter the mainland, Shen Chong does not remember the exact time when Deng Gong visited Huangshan, so he can only wait early with the crew, and in 1979, the construction of communication infrastructure in the mainland can be described as a blank, and after entering the deep mountains and old forests like Huangshan, he may not be able to communicate with the outside world smoothly for more than a month.

Therefore, before returning to the mainland, it is necessary to inspect its industries.

Rolling Stone Records was officially established shortly after Shen Chong went to Los Angeles, and he, the major shareholder behind the scenes, should show his face in a reasonable way.

In addition, under the running of Shu Ming, the editor-in-chief of "First Film Review", several famous filmmakers in Taiwan are very interested in contributing articles to the magazine.

On the map of world cinema, if Hong Kong films are the Hollywood of the East, Taiwan is the France of the East, Hong Kong films are known for their pure commercialization, while Taiwanese films pursue artistry, and there is a very strong complementarity between the two places.

However, due to the existence of "Martial Law in Taiwan Province", the censorship of various political policies is very strict, and the director is lifeless, either a pure love movie in the style of Qiong Yao, or a war movie in command, with no new ideas at all.

Taiwan's "martial law" and prevention of the film industry have reached an unbelievable level, and Shu Ming mentioned two sad jokes about Taiwan's film industry when he was chatting.

First, in the promotion of movie posters, there can be no five-pointed stars or anything like that, otherwise they will be blocked.

The second is that the employees of the cinema, such as the female conductor, have to go to the hospital regularly for "special physical examinations", equating the cinema with Flower Street and Willow Lane, which is 1979, and there are still such humiliating regulations...... (Note 1)

In such a suffocating state, it is unrealistic to force Taiwanese films to innovate and develop.

In Taiwan's current political environment, at least seven or eight years, there is no future for staying on an isolated island, so Shen Chong plans to get those talented filmmakers to go to Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, there is a free creative environment, and then provide sufficient opportunities to practice mobile phones, I believe they will grow up quickly, and when they become famous, the "martial law" should almost be lifted, and then return to Taiwan at this time, it will be much more convenient to show their strength.

Hong Kong's territory is narrow, the market is insufficient, and it lacks the space to display and the ability to resist risks, in Shen Chong's film territory, Taiwan has never been Taiwan, but a satellite city of Hong Kong films, when the film industry of Hong Kong and Taiwan is integrated, a large number of "Taiwan funds" poured into the 9o years in history, and there was no possibility of the collapse of the Hong Kong film market.

"The world is crazy." The middle-aged man next to him interrupted Shen Chong's thinking, he held a magazine, pointed to the cover, and accosted: "Look, Britain actually chose a woman to be the appearance." ”

Shen Chong glanced at the news that Margaret Thatcher had won the election, so he said with a smile: "Men have ruled the world for thousands of years, and now it's the turn of women." ”

"I'm willing to bet Britain will soon be in disarray." The man looked determined and said, "It is not good for a woman to be an official, and the Empress Dowager Cixi is a lesson from the past." ”

Shen Chong smiled, after Margaret Thatcher's death, the controversy in Britain may not be less than that of the Empress Dowager Cixi, but she successfully transformed the British industry, and the Empress Dowager Cixi successfully let an empire finish.

"Can you show me the magazine?"

"That's right, let's look at it separately." The man handed over the magazine and took Shen Chong's only luggage - a copy of "The First Film Review".

Shen Chong flipped through it for a while, feeling that the views and content of this magazine were quite impressive, and his heart moved, so he closed the magazine and looked at the name.

《asiaeek》，****？

I don't know which media group's product......

Shen Chong once thought of buying a financial magazine after repeatedly failing to publish financial articles, and his first interest was the Far Eastern Economic Review, which has a history of more than 30 years and is recognized as one of the most influential and authoritative international news, political and economic weeklies in Asia. Unfortunately, as soon as Fei Litong of Tongguò HSBC came into contact, he learned that a few years ago, the Far Eastern Economic Review was acquired by the Dow Jones Media Group of the United States with a 49% stake, and they had no intention of selling, and Shen Chong wanted a magazine with absolute control, which was finally abandoned at this time.

This "asiaeek" is a news and current affairs magazine, which can only be regarded as a rubbing edge with the political zhì economy, but it is doing well, and if you have the opportunity, you can get it in your pocket.

"Yo, Zou Wenhuai can really blow." The man interrupted Shen Chong's thinking again, he looked at Zou Wenhuai's interview, and said: "Said to invest 6ooo US dollars to make Jackie Chan the next Bruce Lee and enter the American market. ”

"It's always good to be ambitious." Shen Chong said: "It is better to dare to make money from Americans than to make money in Hong Kong." ”

"What's the use of ambition?" The man flipped through the magazine in an uproar and said disdainfully: "How can Americans' money be so easy to make, 6ooo US dollars, if it loses, Golden Harvest will close down, in fact, with Golden Harvest's brand, how good it is to concentrate on making money in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, steadily, why go to the United States, where you are not familiar with life, to take risks." ”

Shen Chong shook his head when he heard this.

Among several famous companies in the history of Hong Kong films, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are the most important to Shen Chong, if nothing else, because these two companies have an international vision and lofty ambitions, they compete for the local and Southeast Asian film traditional markets at the same time, but also take the initiative to go out, painstakingly to enter the international market of Hong Kong films.

As early as the 50s, Shaw Brothers began to participate in international production, first co-producing "Yang Guifei" with Kenji Mizoguchi, and later co-producing films such as "Seven Golden Corpses" and "Taipan" with British film companies, and last year he spent more than 16 million dollars to recruit Sean Connery and co-produce "Earth Catastrophe" with Hollywood, as if the movie would be released in a few months. (Note 1)

After Bruce Lee, Golden Harvest is actively planning to package Jackie Chan as a new generation of action superstar, so as to enter the international film market, Zou Wenhuai in the second issue of the "First Film Review" interview, revealed that he is about to cooperate with Fox Company, invest 6ooo US dollars, shoot "Killer Trench" and "Cannonball Speed", and his ambition is not inferior to Shaw Brothers. (Note 2)

Although these actions, to put it bluntly, are all for profit and purely to make money, this kind of enterprising internationalization has objectively promoted the spread of Hong Kong films in the world, expanded its influence, and inadvertently resisted the invasion of Hollywood.

Apart from these two companies, there are no film companies in Hong Kong with an enterprising spirit and an international vision.

In the 60s, the Shaw Brothers monopolized, in the 70s, the Shaw Brothers Golden Harvest competed for glory, and in the 80s, the New Arts City sprung up, and the New Arts City, never took the initiative to attack the international market.

Xinyicheng is like Huang Chao and Li Zicheng, there is more destruction and insufficient construction, if they are Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, how good would it be?

Therefore, some film critics said that the destruction of the Hong Kong film industry by New Arts City is far greater than its contribution, although it is extreme, but it is not unreasonable.

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Note 1: See "History of Contemporary Cinema in Taiwan".

Note 2: See Shaw Brothers Memorabilia.

Note 3: Zou Wenhuai announced that he would spend $6ooo to shoot 6 movies when filming "Killer Trench" in January 1979.

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