Chapter 49: Insights

Zhang Xueyou then remembered Zhang Heng's experience, from shooting the first movie, not being able to find a film and television company to distribute it, to the rise of the music industry, and then filming a miniseries to earn hundreds of millions of dollars, in just three months, Zhang Heng grabbed a height of wealth that most people can't reach in their lifetime.

And what about Zhang Heng's age?

It's only twenty-one years old!

In the latest 2000 China Forbes list, Zhang Heng has squeezed into the top 100 of the youngest richest people, ranking 84th, which has recently caused a lot of heated discussions.

Perhaps in the eyes of most people, Zhang Xueyou is a legend in his own right, but in Zhang Xueyou's opinion, Zhang Heng's performance in the past few months is much more legendary than him!

"A few decades ago, because of the backwardness of information in our entertainment industry and the underdeveloped communication industry, there was a lack of communication between all parties, and we could only communicate by letter in music creation, and we could not achieve better communication."

"But since the country began to vigorously develop the entertainment industry, all policies have begun to give the green light to soft culture creation, coupled with the gradual smooth communication, we have radio, television, until the beginning of the popularization of the Internet, this has gradually achieved a deep level of interaction and exploration. The predecessors of the entertainment industry in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places have also begun to devote themselves to the integration of various cultures, so there has been a scene where a hundred flowers are contending, and the music and film and television industries are thriving, but in fact, this is an illusion. ”

Zhang Heng said eloquently: "No matter how thriving the entertainment industry in China is, without decades of hard work, it is impossible for Huaxia to have a musical feast like Venus every year, and our movies will not be able to overturn Hollywood in an instant!" We have a weak foundation by nature, so we must face up to this problem, instead of drawing a circle for ourselves, jumping in, blindly arrogant and blindly shouting to overturn Hollywood in our own one-third of an acre! ”

Zhang Xueyou was silent, he understood what Zhang Heng meant, arrogant and complacent, the entire Chinese entertainment industry has this kind of atmosphere!

There was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"We have more than 5,000 years of cultural and historical heritage in China, but this is not the reason for us to stand still, the times are advancing, and we should also learn and learn from the successful experience of the West, instead of covering our heads at home and working alone behind closed doors, waking up all day long and starting to look in the mirror, and then saying, ah, why am I handsome again?"

Zhang Heng shook his head vigorously: "This is unrealistic!" ”

Zhang Xueyou wanted to laugh, but he couldn't, and at the same time, he also felt a little too radical about Zhang Heng's bloody comments.

Although Chinese music is not as good as that of the West, and in the international environment, it is not as good as some other countries in Asia, but it is a bit radical to say that it is complacent and works behind closed doors. Since nearly 100 years ago, Datang changed the name of the country to Huaxia and opened up the national policy, the original information stagnation and other bad states have begun to gradually reverse.

Chinese musicians are also learning, trying to integrate various foreign genres into the creation of the mainland, but what Zhang Xueyou can't refute is that this kind of fusion creation has only achieved the bad results of the four dissimilarities.

But there are some achievements after all, Zhang Xueyou stubbornly thought, like his own "Kiss Goodbye", or Brother Guorong's masterpiece "Fireworks", this is a product of the progress of the times and cannot be ignored.

"So, we have to keep learning, integrating, and making a difference!" Zhang Heng knocked on the tea table, squinted at Zhang Xueyou and said: "In my opinion, in the past ten years, Chinese pop music has been in a quagmire-like predicament, the inertia of creation, and the dregs of works are constantly emerging. It is inseparable from the fact that creation cannot keep up with the empty market. ”

"Singers continue to release songs that they think will sell well, and when they have some achievements, they are complacent, they can't see a broader sky, and they always think that they are on the right path, but in fact, if they don't summarize, they won't get the experience of progress."

Zhang Heng shrugged: "So there will always be a large number of popular singers who fall, and a large number of new singers who rise, one after another, and never stop." ”

In his previous life, Zhang Heng had a deep insight into the music world, but the environment was different, and many academic research theories could not be applied in this era, so he could only pull some knowledge that was as suitable as possible for this time and space to answer Zhang Xueyou's questions.

"In short, it's a lack of creative power!"

Zhang Heng remembered something and added: "Of course, I'm talking about the macro level, and from the perspective of subdivision, Xiangjiang's Cantonese songs can actually be regarded as a series of works that Huaxia can get hold of in the world." ”

Glancing at Zhang Heng, Zhang Xue said with a smile: "Don't pat yourself on the back, what you said is very good, I have a deep understanding and agree with it." So when you released songs such as "Impulsive Punishment" and "Red Rose" in a row, I was particularly surprised how one person could create so many different genres and the first song was a classic. ”

"That's hope!"

"I see a glimmer of hope in you, the hope of the rise of the Chinese music scene in the world!"

Zhang Heng is embarrassed, you see hope, but what I see is full of despair!

Relying on Zhang Heng alone to constantly copy the works of his previous life, Zhang Heng's life may be spent in the label of a plagiarist.

This is not what Zhang Heng wants, besides, Zhang Heng is also interested in singers.

"But alas, you don't seem to be here."

Zhang Xue sighed, and then said: "In fact, in the early nineties, because of the empire's emphasis on entertainment, Cantonese opera in Xiangjiang also rose for a time, and it was indeed very distinctive. ”

Looking at Zhang Xueyou's unwilling look, Zhang Heng expressed his understanding, this is like a child who has worked hard to conceive for ten months and is suddenly stillborn.

Replaced by Zhang Heng, I am afraid it will only be more unwilling.

Zhang Heng didn't know how to comfort him, and he held it for a long time before he said without pain: "At least, Xiangjiang music has brought many new changes to the pop music scene in the mainland, and the creative staff of Huaxia have also achieved gratifying results in the exploration of music forms, which is success." ”

Zhang Xueyou was immersed in his thoughts and was noncommittal to Zhang Heng's words.

Zhang Heng was making up nonsense for a while, and after half an hour, he felt that his mouth was dry, and he drank all the tea buffalo on the tea table.

Zhang Heng snorted his lips, remembered the matter, handed the script in his hand to Zhang Xueyou, and said with a smile: "It's not early, Brother Xueyou, why don't we read the script first?" ”

After Zhang Heng's indiscriminate bombardment, Zhang Xueyou was still immersed in the thinking of the way out of the music world, and only then did he think of the purpose of this trip when he saw the script handed over.

Sorry smile, Zhang Xueyou took over the script, he and Zhang Heng are almost two extremes, one is extremely passionate about music, the other is extremely passionate about movies, and they can barely be regarded as like-minded.

"The people of the old boy are in the rivers and lakes?" Zhang Xueyou briefly flipped through the main line of the work, and then saw the role that Zhang Heng left for himself: "Villain No. 1? Liang Kun, the owner of Hongxing Society? ”

Zhang Heng watched Zhang Xueyou's brows tighten and wrinkle, and suddenly felt a little worried.

If Zhang Xueyou doesn't take this play, Zhang Heng may find it difficult to find a big-name actor who knows the bottom of the matter and can be invited.

The role of Liangkun is not easy to play, even in his previous life, he is also recognized as a textbook for the performance of villains in Xiangjiang movies. In the film, the cruel sentence of "come out to talk about credit, and if you say that if you let your whole family die, let your whole family die", it has become the object of imitation by the disciples of the academy.

Even after the film was released, countless versions were extended, such as the extension sentence in Infernal Affairs, "If you come out to mix, you always have to pay back", which contains the meaning of "karma", and was once abused to the point that everyone knows about it.

The small talk was over, and the only sound in the air in the box was the sound of the script turning pages.

For a long time, in Zhang Heng's expectant eyes, Zhang Xueyou looked at the content of the script, shook his head for a while, nodded for a while, and after tortured Zhang Heng to death, he closed the script and raised his head, Zhang Xueyou asked with a smile: "This villain is actually very tasteful, and it is also very challenging for acting, I ...... it now I'm not sure yet, but I can try. ”

The worried Zhang Heng was suddenly overjoyed, and he was directly filtered by him if he couldn't figure out anything, and was about to thank him, but he heard Zhang Xueyou shake his head: "Slow, the conditions still have to be discussed!" ”

Zhang Heng was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the person sitting opposite was not only a nine-star singer, but also a sixth-level actor with no water!

In Huaxia, level five is a big name, and above level six, that is almost the selection reserve of the actor.

Zhang Heng subconsciously felt that something was wrong, this was his instinctive reaction, much like a miser, or a capitalist trait.

But reluctant that the child couldn't catch the wolf, Zhang Heng gritted his teeth: "You say!" ”

"Ye Hui should have also told you in detail about my requirements for acting!"

Zhang Xueyou looked at the nervous Zhang Heng, shook his head and smiled: "I know that it is basically impossible for a song to make me enter the ten stars, so I only need one of yours."