Chapter 190: Godfather's Road

Gong Li was China's premier female star during this period, of course, not because of her appearance, if it comes to appearance, there are many female stars who are enough to crush her. But obviously people can't just look at their looks, otherwise how do you explain the price of a million a night for that certain beauty? Man is a social animal, and man is the sum of a qiΔ“ social relationship, so in a sense, the abstract man is more important than the real man. Just take a look at Gong Li's glorious resume, the trophies she has won, and the halo that has been put on her head, she has had such a rich life experience, sitting next to you, what she said is the world film industry, for example, she participated in the Berlin Film Festival last year as the chairman of the jury, is this grade comparable to the girl who asked you to buy her an apple?

The level of people's needs is multi-level, and when it reaches the advanced level, of course, what is pursued is not just what is on the surface, so when Shen Zhenghui and Zhou Xingxing brought Gong Li to attend Han Sanye's banquet, Han Sanye was stunned for a moment, and then showed the boldness of hospitality, "The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Double Actress has arrived, welcome, welcome." He shook hands with Gong Li first, and then shook hands with Shen Zhenghui and Zhou Xingxing, and his mental attitude changed. Originally, Zhou Xingxing's face that he was worried about was not visible at this moment.

Mr. Wang of Poly also came over, and there was a figure on the table that surprised Shen Zhenghui, and Wang Anping was actually sitting on the table.

Shen Zhenghui stepped forward to shake hands with her, "Why are you here, I still want to go to Yuhang to see Enron after the matter here is over!" Now we can go over together? ”

Wang Anping smiled at Shen Zhenghui, and she looked at Mr. Wang on the side. Wang Anping seems to have been invited by Mr. Wang to make a strong appearance, but Mr. Han does not dare to slack off on Mr. Wang, this female landlord has built a number of high-end cinemas in major cities across the country, and she is a big sister who cannot be offended. Her attendance, even if it is Mr. Han, must be expressed to be brilliant.

So when Zhou Xingxing and Gong Li heard that this was a giant cinema dealer with a lot of cinema resources in their hands, they couldn't help but be very polite, especially Gong Li. Playing with her feminine advantages, she tried to bring the relationship between the two people closer. After all, there are only two women at this table.

Wang Anping glanced at Shen Zhenghui meaningfully, and whispered in Shen Zhenghui's ear before the official meal, "So you like this?" ”

This is definitely a misunderstanding, when Shen Zhenghui began to like female stars. Gong Li is definitely not his cup of tea. Fundamentally. His aesthetic is different from Feng's big head. He also doesn't like the atmosphere of Director Zhang's movie, so it is impossible to have a sense of substitution for Gong Li at all. So for Wang Anping's misunderstanding, Shen Zhenghui could only roll his eyes.

Han Sanye is really interested in having an in-depth discussion with Shen Zhenghui about the development of the Chinese film market. He is now the head of China Film Group, and he can be said to be the leader of the Chinese film industry, and his eyes are definitely not only aimed at his own one-third of an acre, from this point of view, he is different from Poly's Mr. Wang, he really wants to make the entire film market bigger and stronger. In the last world, since 2002, Director Zhang tentatively excavated a blockbuster road, although it was artificially stimulated, and several big directors lost a lot of fame for it, but it did have an effect. After China's economy took off, a group of talents who had come out and practiced their acting skills finally picked up the file. The service street finally brushed up its experience, and the director from a non-professional background also completed his own accumulation, and Chinese films ushered in a blowout development.

But I can't see this hope yet, Shen Zhenghui's two films account for one-third of the annual box office, which makes others envious and uncomfortable, Han Sanye feels that Shen Zhenghui has ideas and methods for the development of films, of course, he also attaches great importance to Shen Zhenghui's distribution ability in Asia, China Film Group is powerful in China, but abroad, it still can't work. Han Sanye wanted to open up the international market when he was doing the domestic market, in the past, Hong Kong was a good springboard, but obviously, Hong Kong is not at all now, he was at a loss, and he was counting on the domestic market to live, but he didn't expect that there was a talent like Shen Zhenghui.

So in fact, what Zhou Xingxing is worried about in China about his opinions and the movies that ban him is all groundless under such a big premise. Han Sanye wants to discuss with Shen Zhenghui more theoretically, what kind of movie can open up the domestic market and the international market, he wants to work hard in this direction and cultivate the development of the film industry, instead of just eating the domestic market, I have to say that Han Sanye is really far-sighted and visionary.

During the meal, Shen Zhenghui introduced the situation of Japanese films a little, Japanese films are quite good on the world film map, and they have also produced widely recognized masters, but as a domestic live-action movie, it is really hard. Japanese people generally do not like to watch live-action movies, but they have a soft spot for animated movies, and like to watch TV as much as Chinese. But after all, it is the second largest capitalist country in the world, and the market is large enough. Shen Zhenghui concludes that his specificity is the key to success in Japan, and he feels that his ideas and ideas are basically Chinese and Hong Kong, and this is because he has been influenced by this kind of influence, so the nature of the resulting work is very different from that of Japanese live-action films, so there is a certain freshness.

In short, Shen Zhenghui explained his success in this way, specific thinking and localized stories, coupled with enough money and intentions, so success is not difficult to obtain at all, and the gradually accumulated reputation and accumulated influence have laid the foundation for the blockbusters in the future.

Shen Zhenghu used Zhou Xingxing as an example, although the level of Xingye's movies is uneven, but every film is above the average level of Hong Kong films, and the reputation of the fortnightly success accumulated over the years has made his movies popular before they are broadcast, even blockbusters like "The Green Hornet", judging from past experience, also make investors feel that it is worth investing.

Mr. Han was still noncommittal about his statement, but Mr. Wang couldn't help but question, "You say so." Doesn't it mean that the director can't fail, and if he fails, everything will be ruined? ”

Of course, it's not so absolute, who dares to shoot their chests to guarantee that every one of their movies will be successful? Even if you cherish feathers, there is a possibility of making bad movies, isn't it? Doesn't Spielberg make bad movies? Director Zhang's future "Three Guns" is simply miserable, and the most important thing is that you have to have an understanding of your own positioning. For example, Zhou Xingxing, his filming speed in the future will be slower, it's not that this guy has obsessive-compulsive disorder and strives for excellence. Director Zhang's art film opened a way out and wanted the box office, and after opening the blockbuster era, he wanted word of mouth. catered to the audience and was scolded for being vulgar. The pursuit of depth and humanity is disproportionate to the box office, and in the end, he made a literary film with all his heart, and had to rejoin forces with his old partner and old lover. went around in such a big circle because he didn't know what he wanted to do and what he was.

So Shen Zhenghui wants to explain. I'm definitely not telling you how a director makes a film. It's about thinking about it at the beginning. What is the positioning of this film? What kind of people and what attitudes should be used to complete this work.

Filmmakers can naturally say that they want to use movies to express their ideas, but as a boss, you must not be so literate. Think about it first. What kind of genre is making this film, preparing to win word of mouth in literature and art? It's better to tell a good story to please the audience and get the box office, and then prepare according to their own characteristics after deciding on it.

Shen Zhenghui deliberately cited Japan as an example, Japan's animation industry is developed, so the animation fever will come out with animated films, and change to live-action movies, although this makes the Japanese market relatively simple, but as a result, the possibility of investment failure is reduced. Because the anime is so hot, animated movies come out year after year, and I don't have to worry about not having a box office. This is the case with "Machine Qì Cat" and "Pokemon", and the same is true for migrant workers in the future.

China's film industry, fundamentally speaking, is still somewhat unprofessional. Directors may be very important, but as far as the film industry is concerned, it should be the market and the audience that dominate and decide. Chinese filmmakers rarely study the film market and audiences.

Following this path, Shen Zhenghui was very happy to talk to himself, of course, if it was purely determined by the market, it was not the right path. Sometimes audiences simply don't know what they want to see, so there is also a need for pioneering directors to play a pioneering role in films with certain genres. In this way, there is no fixed way for the development of films, but this is not the case for everything, if there is a standard template that can go smoothly with the development of lìli, what else do you need people to do? What's the use of a leader? Of course, there is a fixed route for sailing, but isn't the helmsman just as important?

Shen Zhenghui didn't know how much influence what he said had on Mr. Han and Mr. Wang, he was just talking nonsense with his own knowledge. As a result, in the end, everyone present became listening carefully to what he said, so that Mr. Han and Mr. Wang forgot that their original intention was to take the opportunity to ask Shen Zhenghui himself if he had any plans to make a film recently.

When it was about to end at the end, several bigwigs were still unsatisfied, Shen Zhenghu had to say that he really had no plans to continue filming movies recently, financially speaking, Haruhi and himself put too much money into "The Green Hornet", at least until the release of "The Green Hornet" and determined the income before they dared to continue to shoot blockbusters. A small fight can no longer satisfy Shen Zhenghui, and in a short period of time, he estimates that he can only invest a few small pieces for others to test the water.

On the other hand, "The Legend of Wukong" consumed some of Shen Zhenghui's energy, and he wanted to help Liu Xin continue to push forward the project until it was completed. He himself was affected by the shooting and has no interest in working lately.

After the party, Zhou Xingxing was very bored and wanted to go back to the hotel, he wanted to go back to his ancestral hometown, and then he had to rush back to Hong Kong. Han Sanye invited Shen Zhenghui to reunite together in the evening, and said that he would introduce a few people to him. This made Shen Zhenghui feel a little apprehensive, and looked at Wang Anping's eyes.

"See what I do? I have something to do in the evening. Wang Anping yawned, "I'm going to Yuhang at night, so I don't know what you're doing." "That's a bit of a ****.

"Mr. Wang, you have worked too hard." Poly's Mr. Wang said.

"Mr. Wang, you are also working hard!" Wang Anping smiled at Mr. Wang, "Okay, I know what you're going to do at night, so I won't bother you, I'll leave first." ”

Wang Anping walked in style, but Shen Zhenghui was left with questions, and Gong Li generously accepted the invitation of the two CEOs. Attending the evening party together made Shen Zhenghui full of questions about what happened at night.

The result was not unexpected by Shen Zhenghui, Mr. Han and Mr. Wang appeared in a KTV with Shen Zhenghui, and the entire KTV seemed to be wrapped up by them. Director Feng and his wife, the boss of Huayi Brothers, and the producer of Director Zhang, it seems that the big names in the entertainment industry who can be seen are here anyway, and those stars can only stand aside at this moment with wine glasses and bottles. Once a certain boss is happy. And they drank a whole cup.

The appearance of Shen Zhenghui made the already lively atmosphere even more lively, and they thought that they were of enough level to come forward to shake hands with Shen Zhenghui, and several people even relied on knowing Shen Zhenghui's father to take advantage of the name of Shen Zhenghui's nephew, which made Shen Zhenghui embarrassed. However, Mr. Han brought Shen Zhenghui over. It's not to let Shen Zhenghui be watched. After a punch to say hello, Shen Zhenghui and Mr. Han entered the private room on the inner floor, and several bigwigs in the production and distribution industry got together. Looking at the posture, it looks like a tea party is going to divide the territory.

"Mr. Shen, you are amazing!" Huayi's Wang Zhonglei said, "As soon as you filmed "Assembly Number", not only did you make money, but several leading actors who were not famous before have become popular with your film, I want to find Zhang Jiayi to shoot a film, good guy, this guy's scenes are scheduled until 2004." ”

Director Feng hoarse, "Zhang Hanyu, how did you find out?" It's so much better than me, I thought he could play a debt collector! ”

"Director Feng, what you said, these are all from a professional class, and they have been honed for so long, why can't they act? I think it's still your vision, and I also borrowed your light. ”

Director Feng laughed twice and stopped talking.

Shen Zhenghui waited for which big guy would order the question next.

Wang Zhonglei's brother Wang Bolei coughed and said with a little embarrassed expression, "Director Shen, your eyes are like a torch, and you have turned stones into gold, and we have some difficulties here." He sighed, "The film market is sluggish, and my brothers are waiting to eat!" ”

Shen Zhenghui wants to say that he is doing my, but he must not say this at this time, the bosses of several big performing arts companies present are here! These guys have the vast majority of the country's stars in their hands - of course, many of the actors in the establishment.

Shen Zhenghui waited for the other party to put forward conditions.

There were also people on Poly's side who couldn't hold their breath, "Director Shen, when you first came to film, we were very cooperative," he said, "On the side of Bayi Factory, we all contributed to the relationship between the army, of course, everyone was clumsy at the time, I didn't know that your film was so powerful, and now it looks like I regret it." ”

"You're so polite." Shen Zhenghui hurriedly said.

"This is not polite, we admit it," Wang Zhonglei continued, "We didn't think about this when you chose the actors, thinking that you were filming the old genre before, or in order to save costs, you didn't invite stars, now it seems that we are too stupid, what a good opportunity, now that the leading actors of your film have become famous, we all recognize this, now, everyone asks Mr. Han to invite Director Shen over, not for anything else, but to make friends with Mr. Shen, I hope Director Shen doesn't mind that we are so snobbish. ”

"Mr. Wang, you are too polite," Shen Zhenghui twisted his body, "I'm flattered, which one of you here is not famous in the country?" It's enough for me to know you all and walk sideways in the country. ”

"Hehe," Wang Bolei laughed, at the moment, the people present should have discussed, the Wang brothers are the ones who came out to speak, Wang Bolei continued, "Director Shen, it's great if you say that, I'll make it clear, Director Shen wants to make a film in China in the future, as long as you say it, you can choose any of our Huayi's actors," he also followed with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you give money or not." ”

Shen Zhenghui understood what these people were thinking tonight, seeing that their films were popular, they all wanted to take a ride in the future, not to mention the cooperation, Han Sanye and Poly were in front, so they wanted to push their actors to take Shen Zhenghui's hitchhike to achieve the purpose of becoming popular, and naturally their own economic interests would be there. Tonight, so many people, who should have been considered peers in the past, got together, and were able to come up with such a unified plan, which made Shen Zhenghui really amazed.

Naturally, he won't mention that I won't make films in a short period of time, and I choose actors to see acting skills and other disappointing words, what he wants to say is that I am very optimistic about the domestic market, and I also like to choose domestic actors very much, easy to get along with, even if I shoot in Japan and other places in the future, I will consider Chinese actors, because I have to consider various markets, so sometimes I have to choose multinational actors to co-produce international blockbusters.

Of course, the people present will not be fooled by Shen Zhenghui's words, but after all, the people are the people, and many people think that they will pull the relationship first now, and we will have the opportunity to set up in the future.

So with the acquiescence of the bigwigs, Shen Zhenghui was surrounded by people who went out to entertain and have fun with major stars. The waves of toasts made Shen Zhenghui feel that something might happen tonight! Especially when the bigwigs say that something will go first, the rest are female stars. (To be continued......)