Before coming to Taipei, Shu Ming provided Shen Chong with the contact information of several famous Taiwanese filmmakers, such as Li Xing, the director of China Film, and Bai Jingrui, who is well-connected.

However, after coming to Taipei, Shen Chong only contacted one - Qiu Gangjian.

Qiu Gangjian is a screenwriter.

As a movie lover, Shen Chong often talked about topics such as "the script is the most important" in his previous life, but to be honest, when he really watched movies, he rarely paid attention to who the screenwriter was......

There are only ten screenwriters in Hong Kong and Taiwan who can name them.

And Qiu Gangjian is one of the few people.

"Youth on Fire", "Running to the Angry Sea", "Tang Dynasty Heroic Girl", "Women's Heart", "Underground Love", "Rouge Buckle", "People in New York", "Ruan Lingyu" ......

The screenwriters of these classic movies are all him, and it's hard to know it.

Of course, these are all his future works, and from Shu Ming's mouth, Shen Chong knew that Qiu Gangjian had worked as a screenwriter in Shaw Brothers Film Company for seven years, wrote more than a dozen movie scripts, wrote "Dead Corner" for Zhang Che, wrote "Love Slave" for Chu Yuan, and last year's "Killing" in Huashan was also temporarily invited back from Taiwan to write.

"Dead End" is the first film in Hong Kong to integrate fist and foot kung fu into the background of modern fashion, which is the first of a generation, and also made the golden pair of Jiang David and Dillon popular.

"Love Slave" is Chu Yuan's first film after joining the Shaw Brothers, although the box office is average, but the extremely avant-garde content has attracted the attention of the international film industry, and has been well received in the United Kingdom and France, and some people even call it "one of the top ten films in the world of the year".

This is a top talent in the Chinese screenwriting industry.

However, Shen Chong contacted him, not for the screenwriter - he had not yet considered what type of film he should choose for his debut film after becoming an independent director.

contacted him because Shu Ming introduced Qiu Gangjian after graduating from the First Art School, he first worked as an editor in "Modern Literature", and then founded the film magazine "Theater" quarterly, which lasted for three years, and finally came to Hong Kong to work as a screenwriter.

Tang Shuxuan's "Big Close-up" opened the prelude to the New Wave of Hong Kong films, while Qiu Gangjian's "Theater" was the starting point of Taiwan's New Film Movement.

Shen Chong's experience of founding "Film Times" and "First Film Review" deeply felt that in the era of lack of information, if you want to quickly and effectively intervene in an industry, running a media is the fastest way, which can easily tap talents, gather contacts, grasp industry trends, and spread influence.

Since Qiu Gangjian has run a magazine, it is better to run it again, just to use Wei Jingmeng's inscription to run a Taiwan edition of "Film Times", so that this magazine can be a beacon and attract those moths.

The meeting place is a Western restaurant arranged by Duan Zhongtan, with an elegant environment, a stage in the center of the restaurant, and singers sing live during the meal.

Shen Chong didn't beat around the bush, and after greetings, he explained his intention straight to the point, and then asked, "What does Mr. Qiu think?" ”

"Mr. Shen, if you want to invest in a movie magazine, I raise my hands in favor." Qiu Gangjian is middle-aged, and his speech is calm and powerful, "But I think it is better to run the Taiwan version of "Film Times" than the Taiwan version of "First Film Review". ”

"Why?"

"Hong Kong is very free, and in addition to Shaw Brothers Golden Harvest, there are dozens of independent producers, large and small, who can shoot whatever they want, so there is news to do every week." Qiu Gangjian put down his knife and fork and said, "And in Taiwan, Mr. Shen, I can write you a press release now, and then I can follow it in every issue of the magazine, and I don't even need reporters." ”

"Oh?" Shen Chong was surprised and asked, "What kind of press release?" ”

"Talk, talk, love; Love love love, love beauty; Hit the beat, beat the bad guys; kill, kill, kill**; Hate hate, hate Japan; Scolding, scolding, scolding the Manchus. (Note 1)

Duan Zhongtan laughed on the side, and Shen Chong was also surprised.

"It's a fact." Qiu Gangjian didn't laugh and said: "Taiwan can only shoot these things, and the news collection and editing have to be censored, which is very troublesome, so I think Mr. Shen might as well invest in a review magazine like "First Film Review". ”

"Since the content of Taiwanese movies has been fixed." Shen Chong said: "There is no market for film review magazines, right? ”

"Not necessarily." Qiu Gangjian explained: "The subject matter is limited to death, but there is still room for discussion in the content, the same dish, the order of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar is different, the heat is different, and the taste is definitely different." ”

"What does Mr. Qiu mean is to be a review magazine that focuses on the art of film?"

"Yes." Qiu Gangjian was heartbroken and said: "Those film reviews in Taiwanese newspapers either praise virtue or scold, they don't look at the movie itself, only look at whether the backstage is hard or not, if Mr. Shen can invest in a neutral film review magazine, he will be of great merit to Taiwan's film industry." ”

"But is it too niche to be a review magazine like this?"

"When the chef is high, there will be more diners." Qiu Gangjian didn't think it was wrong, and said: "A good film review magazine has a role in supervising and promoting filmmakers, and when the level of filmmakers improves, the quality of movies will improve, and the quality of movies will be high, and there will naturally be more people watching movies, and there will be more people watching movies, and there will be more people buying magazines at that time." ”

Shen Chong rubbed his chin and did not immediately answer.

Film is a cultural industry, which brings together a large number of intellectuals, and intellectuals all have a common problem - idealism.

Taiwan cannot be said to have paid no attention to the film industry, and various support policies have emerged in an endless stream, but the more support it has, the more sluggish it becomes, like a daffodil in a greenhouse, before Hollywood comes, it will be beaten by Hong Kong movies and bruised and swollen, and when the Hollywood tide hits, it will be a complete failure.

The biggest reason for this is that when Taiwan supports the film industry, it blindly subsidizes the production business, and focuses on subsidizing art films, ignoring commercial films, as if it is a shame to make commercial films.

Art films can win awards and have a good reputation, but they are high and low, and they are bound to be niche, and a niche will have a weak ability to resist risks, and there is no need for external pressure, as long as there is a slight internal turmoil, it can be shocked overnight.

Commercial films, on the other hand, can attract audiences, increase box office, cultivate a stable film market, and improve the film industry chain, so they naturally have the ability to resist risks.

In addition to this, the survival logic of the two in the market is also different.

The art film has been filmed and won the award, and the honor is attributed to the people, and the rest of the units in the film industry chain can share the benefits of the profit is insufficient, and they also have to bear the risk of "high and low", and the survival chain is very fragile.

As long as commercial films are made enough entertainment, there will be more audiences, more audiences, more box office, higher box office, higher box office, more investment, more investment, more movies, more movies, and more market capacity, thus forming a virtuous circle.

The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit, is the wisdom of the saying, only the interests are even, in order to create the greatest value.

The New Wave of Hong Kong cinema lasted for two or three years before it was co-opted by commercial film companies, thus creating a golden age of Hong Kong cinema for at least a decade.

Taiwan's New Film Movement also lasted for two or three years, but as a result, several films failed at the box office and immediately died down, which added to the decline of Taiwan's film industry.

This is the gap between a market dominated by art films and a market dominated by commercial films.

Qiu Gangjian's thinking has a strong idealistic color -- as long as the artistic value of the film is high, the audience will buy it, but he forgets that people go to the cinema mainly for entertainment, not for education.

Shen Chong attaches great importance to art films, but he is not blind, what he needs most now is to grasp the dynamic information of Taiwan's film industry, not to engage in art criticism.

Moreover, "First Film Review" is Shen Chong's flagship for integrating film criticism resources across the Taiwan Strait and three places, and there is no need for a separate issue at all.

"So be it." Shen Chong thought for a while, and said in a compromise: "Hong Kong's "Film Times" is a weekly, Taiwan's edition, and it has been made a monthly magazine, with equal emphasis on information and commentary, what do you think?" ”

"I'll see it." Duan Zhongtan helped on the side and said: "It's good to do information and comments together, everyone reads newspapers, isn't it all reading the news while reading comments and scolding people." ”

"Mr. Shen has a heart." Qiu Gangjian also nodded and agreed: "If this magazine can be run well, it will be a great thing for the Taiwanese film industry." ”

"In that case, is Mr. Qiu interested in deigning to be the editor-in-chief of the Taiwan edition of "Film Times"?" Shen Chong immediately invited and said, "The salary is easy to say." ”

"Mr. Shen's intention, Brother Shu Ming has already given me a breath." Qiu Gang humbly said: "To be honest, I'm very interested, but I have a few scripts to write recently, and my energy is limited, so I'm afraid I won't be able to do it well." ”

"Brother Qiu, don't shirk it." Duan Zhongtan persuaded: "Mr. Shen came all the way from Hong Kong to find you, full of sincerity, do you want him to look at the thatched house three times?" ”

"Mr. Qiu, as long as you are the editor-in-chief of the magazine." Shen Chong also had a thirsty attitude, and promised: "If you want someone to give people, you want money to give money, it's easy to say." ”

"Okay, then I'm not pretentious." Qiu Gangjian nodded and took over the editor-in-chief's errand, "If you don't do it well, don't be surprised by Mr. Shen." ”

"Where, where." Shen Chong was overjoyed and raised his glass to salute: "Mr. Qiu, happy cooperation." ”

"It's a pleasure to work with."

After putting down the wine glass, Qiu Gangjian said: "Mr. Shen, the magazine is a start-up and needs manpower, so I would like to ask you to send someone from Hong Kong to help." ”

"Who do you want?" Shen Chong cut the steak and said, "Shu Ming can't do it, he's going to Japan soon." ”

"Brother Shu Ming is the editor-in-chief of "First Film Review", where can I command." Qiu Gangjian said with a smile; "I want Zhuo Botang."

Shen Chong was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Editor-in-chief Qiu really gave me a problem, I just promoted him to deputy editor-in-chief of "First Film Review" yesterday. ”

"Really?" Qiu Gangjian was also stunned and said, "Then let's change someone." ”

"Well, I'll ask him to come over and help first." Shen Chong thought for a while and said: "It just so happens that "First Film Review" also needs someone to urge the manuscript to be received in Taiwan. ”

"That's the best." Qiu Gangjian said: "When Zhuo Botang was still studying at Taiwan's Zhengzhì University, he founded a film magazine, and with his help, the magazine will soon be on the track." ”

Shen Chong was surprised, he only knew that Zhuo Botang was a master's degree in film from the University of Southern California, and he didn't expect that there would be such an experience......

It seems that the magazine Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon usually needs to pay more attention.

After talking about business, the three of them indulged in small talk, and a dinner party was regarded as a joy for the guests and hosts.

Before leaving, Shen Chong looked at a few people singing with guitars on the restaurant stage, and said to Duan Zhongtan: "I think these people, the company can sign them." ”

Duan Zhongtan looked at it and said, "Acoustic guitar choir? (Note 2)

"yes." Shen Chong said very godly: "I think these people will become great talents in the future." ”

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Note 1: Based on the comments of the media in the sixties and seventies summarizing the Golden Horse Award-winning films.

Note 2: The acoustic guitar choir includes Li Zongsheng and Chen Xiunan.

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