Shen Zhenghui landed in Hong Kong again, and his mood at this time was very different from when he left.

Of course, when he left Hong Kong, he also walked with confidence, but when the cards were not revealed, no matter how confident he was, Shen Zhenghui still had some apprehension in his heart. Europe obviously has nothing to worry about, but if it encounters Waterloo in the United States, it will also be a great blow to his own self-confidence. Fortunately, the 1 in 10,000 probability event did not happen, and "Hurricane Rescue" did as well at the box office as expected.

This does not mean that there is nothing to do, and there will be endless propaganda in the later stage. Colombia lobbied for the filming of the sequel, the copyright division agreement, etc., when Shen Zhenghui got on the plane back to Hong Kong, he was really relieved, and at the same time, the three women who were with him were also relieved.

The most tired is, of course, Maya Ozawa, who has read more articles and agreements than she has seen before, if it weren't for Inoue Maya who finally acted as her secretary and translator, Maya Ozawa didn't know how she survived from the burial of the pile of letters. In contrast, Fujido Orange has a much easier time. Of course, this is just the prejudice of the other two women, and Fujido Xiangcheng himself has no less effort to protect Shen Zhenghui's safety than the others have worked hard.

It's a pity that the United States is safe enough, and Shen Zhenghui doesn't show danger.

The only danger is probably that he was invited by the San Francisco Consulate to participate in the consulate to participate in activities, meet with representatives of Chinese, entrepreneurs, and international students in the United States, and attend the consulate's cocktail party to help the consulate stand on the platform. After the news was learned by the local anti-government illegal organization, the illegal organization gathered outside the door of the consulate on the same day to protest. As a representative of the literary and art circles who has met with the former national core and the current national core, Shen Zhenghui has also received high-standard treatment. However, the illegal groups seem to know a little bit about united front tactics, and their banners go beyond attacking the government. actually persuaded Shen Zhenghui to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and persuaded him to throw himself into the arms of the so-called American father and Japanese son. For such a protest, Shen Zhenghui could only cry and laugh.

The reporters from the consulate and CCTV who were there were quite nervous, but after a long time in a foreign country, people have become human spirits, and the people who came to participate in the platform activities turned a blind eye to and turned a deaf ear to the farce outside the consulate. Finally, the Los Angeles police were repeatedly urged by the consulate. The protesters, who came out to sweep the floor and finish their work, left the scene in a professional manner under the watchful eyes of the police. The consul relaxed at this time, talked and laughed with Shen Zhenghui, and complimented him as the pride of the Chinese.

In the end, the news of the consulate was actually broadcast on CCTV's news network, and Shen Zhenghui, a Chinese-directed film, was a great success in Hollywood, with a global box office of more than 400 million US dollars. The introduction of "Hurricane Rescue" is clearly imminent. What made the entire film industry feel stuffed was that Shen Zhenghui actually went to Hollywood without taking himself to play. "Assembly" and "Shanghai Fortress" are like short-acting stimulants, which stimulated a while, and as a result, enthusiastic filmmakers followed suit and died miserably, the box office of the movie in 2003 did not increase much compared with 2002, and the main contributor was still Shen Zhenghui, "Shanghai Fortress" occupied more than one-third of the domestic box office, and increased the market quota by more than 50% by itself.

The domestic director couldn't help but start wailing, and Director Zhang just stopped. After all, he is a leading figure of the fifth generation of directors, and he has become a mountain in China with his rich resume and experience. 2002's "Hero" announced his strength in commercial films, but now, Shen Zhenghui has inexplicably raised the expectations of commercial films, making more and more investors have high standards, and they always talk about Shen Zhenghui, making domestic directors more and more bitter. Many people began to inquire when Shen Zhenghui would be able to return to China to make films. Do you need to invest or anything? These people have sharp antennae, but they don't know much about the shape shì. The ones who can cooperate with Shen Zhenghui in China are all big players, such as China Film and Poly, and private companies are at least at the level of Wang Brothers Pictures, and domestic directors are still living under the pressure of unrealistic expectations of investors.

However, under the stimulation of Director Zhang and Shen Zhenghui. Director Feng, a former leader of commercial directors, bravely stood up and announced his domestic blockbuster plan "Night Banquet". Director Feng, who was deeply stimulated by Director Zhang and Shen Zhenghui, has obviously accelerated the progress of his work, and after the release of "Mobile Phone" at the beginning of the year, he is about to launch a new film "No Thieves in the World" in the Christmas file. At the publicity press conference of "No Thieves in the World", Director Feng announced his new film plan by the way.

"Mobile Phone" can be regarded as a very profitable film, with a cost of 7 million yuan, and the box office finally reached 50 million yuan, which can be regarded as a double profit. The investment cost of "No Thieves in the World" is 30 million, and the box office has reached 120 million, but the income from product placement alone is 40 million yuan, which can be said to be the cost of recovering before the movie is broadcast. The Wang brothers made a lot of money with these two films. Seeing Director Zhang releasing films in the United States, the cost and income are calculated in US dollars, Shen Zhenghui is distributed globally, and the box office earned is calculated in 100 million, Director Feng's restless heart is also active, and the name of the best commercial film director in China is by no means in vain, and he himself observes the so-called domestic blockbusters, and feels that if this is the case, in addition to the necessary special effects outsourcing, it seems that he can also do it. So with the support of the Wang brothers, who were also red-eyed, the plan for "Night Banquet" was put forward while the iron was hot. Of course, this is also based on the box office popularity of "No Thieves in the World", Director Feng tasted the sweetness of the cooperation of Hong Kong and Taiwan idol stars and powerful actors in the mainland, although he can't do Director Zhang's international lineup, but there is no pressure to make an excellent Asian lineup.

Director Chen, who is good at art films, was also not idle, and after his long vacation, Director Chen returned to work in the film industry with his eyes on commercial film directors. At this time, the concept of blockbusters is hot under the background of the achievements of Director Zhang and Shen Zhenghui. All the confident directors are wondering what their blockbuster model is, and they have just been untied from political films. The group of directors who have not yet formed the concept of commercial films will immediately have to pursue the concept of commercial blockbusters, which is somewhat difficult for them. Director Chen, who has broadened his horizons and gained international recognition, obviously has his own mode of thinking.

Director Zhang has used top Chinese actors, which is difficult to replicate; Director Feng tried to use mature Hong Kong directors in commercial films to bring mainland actors, and he is trying to explore this road himself. Shen Zhenghui is not a conventional example, in Director Chen's understanding. He seems to have no barriers to integrating into other cultures, Director Chen came to the conclusion after watching the successful examples of "Shanghai Fortress", "Yakushiji Ryoko Strange Incident Book", and "Hurricane Rescue", these three themes are completely incompatible, but Shen Zhenghui seems to be at ease when directing these three films, and he understands all kinds of completely different psychological expressions clearly enough to capture the hearts of the corresponding audiences.

Director Chen's final research reluctantly came to the conclusion that the screenwriter that Shen Zhenghui relied on was too powerful, and he himself only needed to translate the screenwriter's intention into a picture, so he was able to have such a changeable style, and he himself was a converter. This is a mature commercial director. Otherwise, it is completely impossible to explain his abilities. Of course, even if it is explained in this way, it is difficult to explain why Shen Zhenghui's style is so changeable, which is appropriately consistent with the theme of his film. However, since Director Chen can't figure it out, he doesn't want to, he himself has an international background, and the blockbuster style he envisions is very different from that of Director Zhang and Director Feng, and he wants to use real internationalization to achieve commercialization.

Before returning home. Director Chen has traveled to Japan and South Korea to participate in a series of film art seminars, most of which are organized by relevant government agencies and civil society organizations. Held in film schools and film and television groups, director Chen began to promote his film concept at these seminars, according to him, to integrate the efforts of the East Asian film market into a whole and strengthen film exchanges within the East Asian region. Through these activities, he visited well-known filmmakers and film and television stars extensively. Build momentum for your new film and advertise that your new film will bring together stars from China, Japan and South Korea in East Asia to create an excellent film.

Because of Director Chen's fame, this kind of publicity has also been noticed by people in Japan and South Korea. Director Chen invested in Japan and South Korea by the way, and in order to ensure distribution, he also specially visited the so-called most friendly film distribution company to China - Kasuga Pictures.

It's a pity that Shen Zhenghui is not in Japan. He went to the United States. Even so, Mitsumi Fukuda deigned to meet with Director Chen for half an hour, and under the other party's clever words, President Fukuda agreed in principle to be willing to help Director Chen with film distribution in Japan, and also willing to help him connect with film distribution outside Japan.

Director Chen also had an exchange with Lu Yang, a cutting-edge Chinese director, by the way, but a literary film director and a commercial film director can probably only talk to themselves. However, Miyamoto is more interested in director Chen, but Miyamoto has completely departed from the category of literary films, and after experiencing the influence of various great directors, coupled with his increasing interaction with characters such as Nasu Mushroom and Takeuchi Chong, his whole thinking and taste seem to be deviating - in another way, he is gradually brewing his own style. The two people have completely different levels of thinking, and neither has learned anything from the other.

Director Chen was quite puzzled, these two people didn't seem to have a deep understanding of movies, why were they able to make a well-received movie? ――Is it true that the lower the level of film directorship, the more popular the work? The spring and the white snow, the high and the low, the lower riba people, and the many people? If he thinks about it this way, Director Chen feels that he will not be able to make a good box office film in his lifetime, so he quickly took this idea out of his mind, but he noticed a detail, both directors emphasized the importance of the script. Miyamoto even vomited in front of him, working under Zhou Xingxing, the other party always changed the script or did not have a script. Director Chen felt that he had grasped the core, and began to study his script day and night, making sure that every line was profound, and the whole story was profound.

When Director Feng announced his new film plan "Night Banquet" and Director Zhang announced his new film plan "Ambush on All Sides", Director Chen also announced his new film plan "Wuji" in a high-profile manner. Three of China's most famous directors who are still working have announced their new film plans, and they are blockbuster plans, which has made the Chinese mainland film industry also feel boiling.

Shen Zhenghui came to Hong Kong in this context, and he did not watch the domestic news. I don't know if these three directors were stimulated by themselves. However, when he stepped off the plane in Hong Kong, he was shocked by the sea of paparazzi reporters in front of him.

Groups of reporters rushed up like a big star, and the microphone was about to be stuffed into Shen Zhenghui's mouth. At this time, the three bodyguards who had been following Shen Zhenghui finally played a role, and the three of them barely stood in front of Shen Zhenghui, Maya Ozawa and Inoue May, but they were still shocked by the reporters. In the end, it was the security guards at the airport who came up to maintain order. barely protected six people from being trampled to death.

Then Shen Zhenghui had to give a brief answer to Hong Kong reporters (there seem to be many reporters from mainland China and Taiwan in the middle), and the reporters' questions were all aimed at the $400 million box office of "Hurricane Rescue", and the questions shouted included the following:

"Mr. Shen, "Hurricane Rescue" has won 400 million at the global box office, what is your director's income? Is there a share? When will the sequel be filmed? Or are you directing? Will the actors be changed? ”

"Mr. Shen, under your stimulus, the three most famous directors in the mainland have announced that they will start filming domestic blockbusters, are you optimistic about their moves? Can you predict the box office of these three films? ”

"Director Shen, I heard that this time you are going to start shooting a movie in Hong Kong. I heard that the starring actor is Jack Cheng, is this true? Can anyone else reveal that? ”

"Director Shen, are these women the heroines of your new film? Do you have a girlfriend? I heard that you have several girlfriends, is it true? Who are you going to marry? ”

Shen Zhenghui, who agreed to answer the question, was faced with such a question, and all he could do was to smile hard, and then pretend to be at a loss, "What are you talking about?" Can you say them one by one? ”

In the end, Xiang and Jack Cheng, who finally picked up the airport, came in, and the younger brothers they brought formed a quarantine zone. helped Shen Zhenghui and his party get out of the scene smoothly, but everyone else was arranged in other cars. Shen Zhenghui was taken to Mr. Xiang, Jack Cheng and Boss Yang into a car.

As soon as he got in the car, Mr. Xiang said in a slightly complaining tone, "Mr. Shen, why don't you pay attention, you should take the VIP channel, you don't know that you are going to Hong Kong as soon as the news comes out." The paparazzi in Hong Kong are going crazy. ”

Shen Zhenghui rubbed his face, "Am I already so famous in Hong Kong?" Feel like you've become Keno? Levi is the same. Shen Zhenghui said.

"Now in Hong Kong, you are much more popular than him." Mr. Xiang said, "If I hadn't asked Zhu Xinghe and knew that you were coming, you wouldn't have left the airport today." ”

Jack Cheng introduced Boss Yang to Shen Zhenghui. "This is a good friend and a partner of mine."

"Yang Shoucheng." Boss Yang responded to Shen Zhenghui's gaze with a gentle smile, and then shook hands with him, "Mr. Shen, first of all, I want to congratulate you on the success of the movie, and I hope we have a happy cooperation." ”

Mr. Xiang on the side raised his eyebrows.

Shen Zhenghui smiled and shook Mr. Yang Shoucheng's hand, and then looked at Mr. Xiang and Jack Cheng, "Have you two thought it through?" ”

"Of course!" Jack Cheng hurriedly replied, "I'm interested. ”

"My original conditions remain the same," Shen Zhenghui responded, "Have you negotiated the terms between you?" ”

"That's it!" Yang Shoucheng hurriedly replied, "In addition to your 40 million, we and Yongsheng will each contribute 50 million for the rest of the money, and other companies are also interested, we mean that they can give 10 million or 5 million." ”

Jack Cheng hurriedly followed up and said, "In addition to the company, I can personally give another 10 million." ”

Mr. Xiang raised his eyebrows, "I can personally give ten million more." ”

Shen Zhenghui clapped his hands, "I don't think this film will cost so much money," glancing at the expressions of the people present, he had no choice but to continue, "But the extra money can be used for distribution and publicity, so let's do it, the tentative investment amount is 200 million, I don't care about the rest, I only care about my own 40 million." ”

Mr. Xiang coughed and said, "If it is to be distributed in the mainland, China Film Company can't get around." ”

Shen Zhenghui stretched out his hand, "Please go and talk, but the total quota is so big, 200 million." ”

Yang Shoucheng looked a little impatient, "This principle can be set like this," he said, "We all have relationships in the mainland, and we don't need Mr. Shen to come forward, can Mr. Shen consider candidates for other roles during this time?" There are many good young actors in our company, and Mr. Shen can choose at will, and the price is negotiable. ”

Mr. Xiang snorted, "I also have a lot of actors. ”

"Let's all cooperate and discuss!" Jack played into a round, and then the next sentence revealed his tendency, "I think Nicholas Xie and twins are good," he said, "Daniel Wu is also very good, but Director Feng has taken a fancy to him and wants him to shoot "Night Banquet", there may be no schedule. ”

"Isn't Nicholas Xie going to shoot Director Chen's "Wu Ji"?" Mr. Xiang said.

"It's just an intention, and the contract hasn't been signed yet," Yang Shoucheng hurriedly responded, "But isn't your family's Zhang Zhizhi going?" And is she already out of schedule? ”

Mr. Xiang snorted angrily, "I didn't sign a contract either." ”

Shen Zhenghui covered his face, "This is not in a hurry," he said, "Wait until I read the script." (To be continued......)