Saturday, January 13th, 1979, around two p.m.

Shen Chong got off the minibus, crossed a street corner, and walked for a few minutes, just in front of a half-new building, he saw the signboard of "Hong Kong Film Culture Center".

At the corner of the staircase, a chubby man with glasses stood against the wall, holding a few pieces of paper in his hand, looking down at it.

In his previous life, he had seen a photo of Shu Qi on the Internet, and he was somewhat similar to this person, so Shen Chong asked tentatively.

"Editor-in-chief Shu?"

"Ahh The man with glasses raised his head and asked a little uncertainly, "Are you Mr. Shen Chong Shen?" ”

"Yes."

"Mr. Shen is so young." Shu Qi came up and shook hands with Shen Chong and said: "That article is sophisticated and insightful, I thought Mr. Shen was an old pedant, I didn't expect to be so young, he was really young and promising." ”

"Awards, awards." Shen Chong was polite, "If Editor-in-Chief Shu does this to make a career, he can be regarded as young and promising, and my shallow knowledge is not worth mentioning." ”

"Mr. Shen, don't be humble." Shu Qi raised his hand and motioned for Shen Chong to follow him, and said: "A few days ago I was in Jiahe, and I saw Wu Siyuan holding your article to Cai Yongchang, and Boss Cai appreciated it very much, and specially asked me for a biweekly magazine, saying that it was for the big boss to read. ”

Wu Siyuan, the hottest independent producer in Hong Kong, last year's box office hits "Drunken Fist" and "Serpentine Trickster" were all produced by his company.

Cai Yongchang, one of the giants of Golden Harvest Company, is responsible for the cinema chain and business, some time ago, he signed a check for 47o million yuan to dig Jackie Chan to Golden Harvest, which caused a sensation. (Note 1)

Hearing the two film bigwigs look at his article, Shen Chong felt a little proud in his heart.

When going upstairs, Shu Qi introduced the basic situation of the relevant film culture center.

The name of the Hong Kong Film Culture Center is quite high-end and atmospheric, in fact, it is a non-governmental organization organized by a group of filmmakers, which was established last year, that is, in January 1978, and now it is just one anniversary, mainly engaged in some film and television training, and also does some film culture promotion work, such as foreign classic film screenings, film culture lectures, filmmakers symposiums and other activities.

The activity space is small, the office and teaching equipment are old, and it seems that funds are very tight.

This is Shen Chong's first impression of the Hong Kong Film Culture Center, but the hardware can be improved as long as there is money, and the key is the teaching quality of the training...... If the quality of teaching is good, and when you have money, you can consider adopting it.

But soon, Shen Chong made up his mind that he must accept this film culture center, because he saw a class schedule on the wall in the corridor.

"1978 Hong Kong Film Culture Centre Autumn Schedule."

"Subject: Forming a film studio, Instructor: Tsui Hark."

"Subject: Elementary Film System, Instructor: Zhang Guoming."

"Subject: Junior Screenwriter, Tutor: Wang Jing, Gao Zhisen."

"Subject: Director, Tutor: Cai Jiguang, Fang Yuping, Yan Hao." (Note 2)

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This mentor lineup is star-studded, and "The Voice of China" has to hold its tail when it comes.

And this is a star-level ...... The Big Sale...... The most expensive tuition is Zhang Guoming and Tsui Hark's course, 36o a semester, and the cheapest is the junior screenwriting course led by Wang Jing, 12o a semester.

In later generations, with the prestige of these people, they would have to add at least two zeros to the tuition fee, and they would only teach one class, not one semester.

Shen Chong stood in front of the class schedule with a lot of emotion, Shu Qi didn't know what to do, and asked, "What, Mr. Shen is also interested in coming here as a tutor?" ”

Shen Chong shook his head, and calmly said that he had been very busy recently and couldn't spare time, but there was a movie lover's soul shouting in his heart.

Be a mentor?

How qualified am I, I want to be a student......

Shaking his head, putting aside his feelings, Shen Chong followed Shu Qi and walked into a conference room, there were already five or six people in it, and the room was full of smoke, and it seemed that they were all big smoking guns.

Shu Qi introduced them to Shen Chong one by one.

Cai Jiguang, currently working as a choreographer and director at TVB, made Jackie Chan an instant hit last year, and he is one of the screenwriters.

Rocca is a veteran film critic and stage director.

Gao Zhisen, assistant director of TVB.

Fang Yuping, TVB choreographer.

Tang Jiming, TVB director.

While shaking hands, Shen Chong sighed that TVB is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and talents are prosperous.

After getting to know each other, a group of people began to chat, all of them were young people in their twenties and thirties, with similar temperaments and the same hobbies, and soon chatted enthusiastically, Shen Chong came from the Internet era after all, and there was a lot of messy information in his head, anecdotes, current political news, romantic gossip, any topic, he could gag the last paragraph, and the point of view was novel and unique, and the few people present were stunned, all of whom admired his knowledge.

66 There were some more people, Shen Chong had never seen Tsui Hark, and asked, Cai Jiguang said that Tsui Hark was valued by Wu Siyuan, and invested him to shoot a martial arts film, and went to Taiwan to see the location a few days ago.

Tsui Hark has already started filming "Butterfly Change"? (Note 3)

Shen Chong was thinking about it, when a square-faced man with glasses walked in, and the whole audience immediately coaxed in unison, some whistled, and some knocked on the table, making the person inexplicable, standing at the door and looking around, not daring to move.

"Come, come, Yan Hao come and get to know." After the noise subsided, Shu Qi introduced: "This is Shen Chong, the author who wrote the film review of "Solanella". ”

"Call me Ah Chong."

"Hello, hello." Yan Hao held Shen Chong's hand and said, "Mr. Shen's article is too prestigious, too prestigious, and I can't afford it." ”

"Yan Hao, don't put gold on your face." Rocca smoked a cigarette and teased: "Your movie is just an introduction to that article, and Ah Chong didn't say that you made it well." ”

"It's also an honor to be an introduction." Yan Hao walked over and patted Rocca on the shoulder, "Don't talk about me, you have written film reviews for so many years, and you are not as insightful as Ah Chong's article." ”

"Yan Hao, you have to have a treat!" Cai Jiguang next to him also teased, "Ah Chong said that you are the first wave of the new wave of Hong Kong films, if we have the opportunity to make movies in the future, we have to call you senior brother, and when you become a senior brother, you have to set up a banquet and recognize your little brother." ”

"No problem, after the meeting, I'll please!" Yan Hao was bold and agreed.

After a while, the people were almost there, and the symposium officially began.

The meeting first summarized the various achievements and experiences of the Hong Kong Film Culture Center since its establishment one year ago, which has little to do with Shen Chong, he sat on the side, listened with relish, and learned a lot of information about the current Hong Kong film industry from the side.

Then came Shen Chong's play, Shu Qi invited him to the rostrum and asked him to talk in detail about the concept of "Hong Kong New Wave" mentioned in the article.

There are countless materials summarizing the new wave of Hong Kong films in later generations, and Shen Chong doesn't need a manuscript, relying on the memory in his mind, he can talk about it when he opens his mouth.

"In the fifties and sixties, Truffaut, Godard and other film masters set off a film revolution in France, which is called the "French New Wave", and what I call the New Wave comes from this ......"

"The previous generation of filmmakers, such as Li Hanxiang, Zhang Che and others, are all from the mainland, because of the war, a large number of mainlanders came to Hong Kong to avoid the chaos, these people are the main consumers in the film market, they have a deep memory and intuitive impression of the customs and customs of the mainland, so the interior set produced by Shaw Brothers, fantasy Chinese type movies, can resonate with the audience, so it has become the mainstream ...... the market."

"Now, after World War II, locally-born babies have grown up, replacing the previous generation of audiences and becoming the main consumers of the film market, they lack knowledge of the mainland, and secondly, they prefer modern civilization, so the costume movies with indoor sets are a symbol of old-fashioned and outdated for them, and they don't like to watch them, as evidenced by the declining box office of Shaw Brothers......

"At present, the narrative ability of Hong Kong films is extremely weak, and there are only three types over and over again, costume kung fu, gimmick comedy, and erotic romance, which cannot meet the viewing needs of the new generation of audiences at all......"

"The assembly line production system of the big studio, the master-apprentice workshop-style director system, can no longer adapt to the new era, and the industrial system of Hong Kong films needs to be comprehensively reformed, and I believe that everyone here will soon get the opportunity to ......

"New Wave, what is new? New means to abandon the old stylized model and rigid choice of subject matter, to have an independent personality style, to have novel and unique creative skills and image language, to have new film art characteristics, to create more theme choices, to pay attention to new social trends......"

Shen Chong spoke for more than an hour, elaborating on the concept of the New Wave, the current market changes and audience demand, the future direction of the exhibition, and other concepts, and said that the future film elites present here have bright eyes and excited hearts - if Shen Chong's prediction is correct, they will soon get the opportunity to snatch the film production resources that are controlled by the older generation of directors.

At the end of the speech, the audience gave a standing ovation and expressed their respect for Shen Chong.

Although his mouth was dry, Shen Chong was satisfied, the effect of this speech was surprisingly good, the standard-bearer of the new wave of Hong Kong films, this title cannot be escaped.

In fact, the New Wave movement is just a passive improvement of the Hong Kong film industry to adjust itself when adapting to the new era, and the participants of the New Wave are not aware of the significance and impact of their actions on Hong Kong films.

When the tide receded, the world turned back and reappeared the charm and significance of the New Wave, but unfortunately, at that time, the trendsetters of the New Wave had already been co-opted by commercial film companies, and the edges and corners were almost polished.

If Shen Chong can lead this group of people to resist the onslaught of commercialization, and make the New Wave last longer, more organized, and more innovative, perhaps he will soon become the spiritual leader of a new generation of directors in the Chinese film industry.

Returning to his seat, Shen Chong had not yet calmed down his extreme mood, when a middle-aged man next to him came over and asked, "Ah Chong, where did you get all the historical materials and numbers you just said in your speech?" ”

Where did it come from?

Of course, it comes from the "History of Hong Kong Cinema" from the system, after the huàn, it is automatically stored in the brain, and when needed, as long as you meditate, it will be opened, which is very convenient and magical.

"Oh, I saw it from the library at the University of Hong Kong." Shen Chong said casually, anyway, there are many books in the university library, and there is no computer retrieval system at this time, so he is not worried about being recognized.

This middle-aged man has a big back and is older, which makes him look more unusual among a group of young people in the conference room. He came with a few people, and the conference room was very noisy at that time, and when Shu Qi introduced him, Shen Chong didn't hear the name clearly.

"Can you give me a copy of this information?" The middle-aged man handed over a note with some information mentioned by Shen Chong in his speech just now, and then he wrote another note, "This is my contact information." ”

"Yu Muyun."

Shen Chong's heart was shocked, it turned out to be him.

In 2oo5, Shen Chong was still in college, and he was the moderator of the entertainment version of the on-campus forum, when the Academy Awards were presented, he did a live text broadcast in the forum, the best movie of that year, the actor and the queen, are very vague now, the only thing I remember is Yu Muyun, and Jackie Chan shared the Academy Awards Professionalism Award that year.

It is very rare for a person who has never made a movie to be on the podium of the Hong Kong Film Awards, Shen Chong deliberately checked his information afterwards, and then remembered it.

Yu Muyun, born in 193O, is now almost 5O, came to Hong Kong in the sixties, in the era when no one paid attention to the preservation of Hong Kong film materials, he was determined to study the history of Hong Kong films, spent his life of energy and money to collect and sort out film materials, and even raised money for the purchase of important cultural relics, because of his efforts, a large number of precious Hong Kong film first-hand information has been preserved, when the Hong Kong Film Archive was established, he donated more than 50,000 collections, and joined the Hong Kong Film Archive with non-academic qualifications, Continue to contribute to the collection of Hong Kong film materials.

Yu has published a number of major film monographs, such as "80 Years of Hong Kong Films", "Tales of Hong Kong Films" (Volumes 1 to 5), and "The Story of Hong Kong Films", which are detailed and rich in information, providing a good foundation for the study of Hong Kong films.

Without history, there is no future, it can be said that Yu Muyun has made great contributions to Hong Kong films, and it is well deserved to win the Academy Awards.

This kind of talent is worthy of respect......

Carefully put the note away, Shen Chong agreed: "No problem, as long as I can find it, I will definitely copy it to you." ”

"Thank you very much." Yu Muyunlang said with a smile: "I have been collecting film materials for more than ten years, and I think I have collected enough, but after listening to your speech today, I know that there are still a lot of omissions." ”

Shen Chong touched his nose and smiled embarrassedly...... Just now he flipped through the bibliography index of "Hong Kong Film History" in his mind, and the top three were all Yu Muyun's monographs.

After the symposium, everyone coaxed again, found a food stall, slaughtered Yan Hao, and after being full of wine and food, they scattered as birds and beasts, and went back to their respective homes.

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Note 1: Based on "Jackie Chan's Self-Statement" and Wu Siyuan's memoirs.

Note 2: According to the content of the inaugural issue of "Film Fortnightly", it was perfunctory, and the company "Film Studio" that Tsui Hark later founded himself came from the name of the course when he taught at the Hong Kong Film Culture Center.

Note 3: According to Xu Anhua's interview, Tsui Hark started filming "Butterfly Change" around this time, according to "Wu Siyuan Says the Ancients", there is a butterfly valley in Taiwan, and Tsui Hark went to film.

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