If you want to win Du Qifeng, it is difficult.

Du Qifeng will release two movies in 2004, that is, next year, one is "Dragon and Phoenix Fight" and the other is "Big Event".

"Dragon and Phoenix Fight" is about the story of a couple of thieves, starring Liu Dehua and Zheng Xiuwen; "Big Event" is a battle between the police, big thieves, and killers on new media.

Both films are very interesting, both in terms of story structure and shooting techniques, they are full of Du's style.

What is Duch Style?

In fact, Shao Yingying's Du style is a unique story rhythm, Du Qifeng's films are always promoted in a unified rhythm, for example, he is very good at using a high-altitude perspective to shoot events or characters related to the protagonist of the film; Another example is that he likes to use highlight beams to show the loneliness of his characters; For example, in some specific movies, I like to use the characters under the street lamp to create a light and shadow level that is bright in the center and dark in the periphery.

This qiē is all in the Du style, but this is only the Du style in the shooting technique.

The Du style in the story structure is very unique, in Du Qifeng's movies, there will always be sudden violence, and the violence happens very simply, such as in "Gunfire", after several bodyguards caught the killer in the abandoned building, the killer was still sympathizing with Zhang Yaoyang, a phone call came, and Huang Qiusheng raised his hand to kill the killer; Another example is "Underworld" Ren Dahua and Liang Jiahui were talking by the river, and suddenly Ren Dahua stoned Liang Jiahui to death. Although all of these are foreshadowing, when the last actions appear, it still feels sudden.

The most interesting thing is that Du Qifeng likes to leave blank space in movies. In the gunfire, Lu Songxian drove the eldest woman, when this plot was turned out again. has become a second sister-in-law; He also made the feelings of the characters in his movies very restrained, and Liu Dehua and Meng Jiahui in "Dark War" are the best examples.

Shao Yingying, who returned home from Huayi, locked himself in the study, he was analyzing the trend of Du Qifeng's movie next year, since the two sides have talked about breaking off their friendship because of unhappiness, then losing face is not a problem that should be taken care of now. Once the partner becomes an opponent after putting aside the cruel words, there is only one way left for Shao Yingying - to win.

If you want to win, you have to know your opponents. Not only do you have to know the opponent's movie, but you also have to understand the opponent's person.

Du Qifeng, this person, Shao Yingying, knows very well, once upon a time. He admired the Toe style, even when the two actually became rivals.

Shao Yingying has read Du Qifeng's information, this is not a genius who has been a smash hit since his debut, and he has also experienced ups and downs several times. After the first film suffered a box office waterloo. This person chose to forbear, hid back in TVB to steal the teacher to learn art, gritted his teeth and wanted to make a comeback. It was Xinyicheng that gave him a second chance, coming out of TVB, and his support in Xinyicheng has come to this day step by step.

This path is very similar to Shao Yingying, and even made Shao Yingying experience the sympathy between the killer and Zhang Yaoyang in the movie "Gunfire".

However, if you want to win an opponent like Du Qifeng. You must not only start from the level of understanding, but also know the preferences of Hong Kong movie audiences.

The success of "Infernal Affairs" tells Shao Hero. Hong Kong moviegoers have lost interest in the actors' exaggerated performances, and the gritted teeth are far less ruthless than creating a tense atmosphere in a certain atmosphere, which is why the restrained performances of all the actors in "Infernal Affairs" can be recognized by the industry, and several of the scenes are regarded as classics. If you want to be loved by the Xiangjiang audience in this part of the performance, a set of Xiangjiang team is definitely needed, that is to say, even if Du Qifeng is gone, the team set by "Accident" in the meeting does not need to move.

Thinking of this, Shao Yingying wrote down the first point on the paper.

The second point is the atmosphere of the whole movie.

A good movie, in addition to the rhythm that must be mastered, the atmosphere is the top priority, without the atmosphere, Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Qiusheng in "Infernal Affairs" in the police station choking the scene must not be good-looking, you can imagine the scene of removing the little minions behind these two people, leaving only the two of them, if these two people perform alone, then even if the acting skills soar to the sky, the momentum will be half weaker. The movie "Accident" can't use more people to set off the atmosphere, and the killing method in "Accident" belongs to the hidden killing of the fewer people who know, the better, so Shao Yingying decided to set the atmosphere on the natural environment.

The clouds in the sky before the rainy night and the violent storm during the murder can bring uneasiness to the audience, and the sudden flash of lightning in the dark night after the death of a person will pull out the mysterious atmosphere, as if there is a hand in the dark.

With a good performance and atmosphere, then all that's left is the rhythm of the whole movie.

Rhythm is the most difficult part of the movie to control, and even Zhang Yimou's control of the rhythm in "Hero" only divides the whole story into three paragraphs and tells it over and over again, which is called avoiding the important and light.

If you want to control the rhythm well, good editing skills, good photography, good script and performance are indispensable to set off the atmosphere, once the rhythm in the movie is unbalanced, the whole play is either too depressing, or too high, and these two points will make Shao Yingying lose the box office.

Rhythm, rhythm!

Shao Yingying thought of a person from this word, Wei Jiahui, the director of "Infernal Affairs".

This is a person who is not weaker than Du Qifeng in rhythm control, which can be seen from the success of "Infernal Affairs", Wei Jiahui uses an old song and the soundtrack in Infernal Affairs to stretch the tension and relaxation very carefully, if this person can help him control the rhythm of the whole movie and sit in the director's position, this movie may not be able to make its name in the film market.

Wei Jiahui......

Shao Yingying searched on his computer, and when he found out Wei Jiahui's profile, he was a little disappointed. Wei Jiahui has been in Du Qifeng's Galaxy Image since 1996 for seven years, and it is needless to say how far the friendship between the two has developed in the past seven years, how can such a person help him kill his old club in the Xiangjiang market.

When he continued to look down, Shao Yingying had doubts again.

Because Wei Jiahui left the galaxy in 04!

The most incomprehensible thing is that Wei Jiahui did not choose the type of movie he is good at at at this time. Instead, he filmed two almost nonsense movies in succession, "Himalayan Star" and "Shopaholic", and announced to the media that he would not consider movies with strong personal styles for the time being.

But the next report gave Shao Yingying hope, because Wei Jiahui said in an interview with the media: "Xiangjiang movies are very unoptimistic now. I think we need some changes. ”

This sentence can be seen Wei Jiahui's vision, he does not think that a "Infernal Affairs" can save Hong Kong films, and he does not even think that there is any so-called 'boutique era' in the Hong Kong Film Market, but is actively seeking change, and wants to find a balance between the market and movies through the change of guò style.

"In the past, I've made some films with a personal touch; Now the film market is so bad, audiences are reluctant to buy tickets to watch Hong Kong films. At this point I'd rather give up my own style. Think more about the needs of the audience. Otherwise, in the future, Hong Kong will become like a treasure island and an island country, and there will be some good stylized films, but it will lose most of the audience. Of course. If I can add some of my personal thoughts without compromising the entertainment of the film, that's what I'm trying to do. ”

This is the person who understands things, he knows what is needed for a movie. Understand what movies can't do without the most.

Movies are like football. The important factor that supports the whole industry is simple, and that is the audience, if the audience is not willing to buy tickets, no matter how strong your personal style is, what can you do?

What does the movie rely on to make the audience buy tickets?

For this, I am afraid that as many filmmakers have as many opinions, but when the future film market frequently breaks 100 million, and even several movies that break 1 billion appear for the first time, the answer to why the audience will buy tickets is already coming out. In fact, it's just two words, cool enough!

Audiences go to the cinema to watch sci-fi blockbusters. It's because the visual experience is cool enough, even if the storyline is always Ultraman defeating the little monster, whatever, it's good to be cool; The audience is willing to buy movie tickets for "Journey to the West" and "Thai Embarrassment" because it is joyful enough, and the status of the star and the reputation of "People in Embarrassment" are enough to make people believe that these two movies can make them laugh and walk out of the movie, which is so happy.

Shao Yingying is taking the third way, that is, using a sense of urgency and depression to find the pleasure after watching the movie, which is also something that mainland filmmakers began to consider after ten years of frequent high-box office movies and more and more bad films on the market.

This kind of movie can not be a horror movie, and there can be no laughter in the whole scene, but the whole movie must firmly catch the audience's attention in the first act after the beginning of the film, and not let the audience leave at a step, even if you go to the toilet, you are afraid to skip the plot.

Maybe the script of "Accident" has not yet reached this kind of course, so Shao Yingying wants to add some scenes that can tell the whole movie, such as the establishment of the gang, such as the squandering after transferring money, these are all cool points, the money earned is used to spend, and there is no need to think about the next generation in the movie.

Shao Yingying made a phone call to Wang Zhongjun, and opened his mouth to say regardless of what time it was: "Mr. Wang, can you dig Wei Jiahui over?" ”

"You wait."

There was the sound of slippers on the phone, the door rang, and then Wang Zhongjun asked, "You asked me to dig Wei Jiahui over?" ”

"That's right." Shao Yingying explained: "With him, maybe we can do without Du Qifeng. ”

Wang Zhongjun smiled: "Do you know what the two miracles are in the post-golden age of Xiangjiang movies?" ”

"What two wonders?" Shao Yingying didn't understand.

"These two miracles are that Xiangjiang has produced the King of Sunglasses and the Milky Way Image. Now, when our talks with Du Qifeng collapsed, you went to dig up his golden partner? Xiao Shao, you haven't woken up yet, have you? Of course Wang Zhongjun knows that Wei Jiahui is a rare talent, and a "Infernal Affairs" has proven his value, but this matter is like Wang Zhongjun once contacted Zhang Yimou privately, it is almost an impossible task, without getting any information, who can guarantee that Du Qifeng's old partner who has been working with him for seven years will be poached? Isn't that a joke?

"Mr. Wang, listen to me, do you remember that I went to Xiangjiang to participate in the filming of "Infernal Affairs"?" Shao Yingying could only reveal the news to Wang Zhongjun in a different way: "Recently, my friend in Xiangjiang called me and said that Wei Jiahui wanted to change the environment to shoot some movies that cater to the market, and there is no living space for this kind of movie in Galaxy Imaging, and he already has the intention of changing jobs." ”

Wang Zhongjun was moved, if there is really hope, Wei Jiahui is a talent that every company wants: "What friend of yours sued you?" Is the information reliable? Wang Zhongjun believes in Shao Yingying's ability to make friends, otherwise it would be impossible for the company to protect him so much, and sometimes he, the boss, wants to help him out of selfishness.

"Can I not say it?" Shao Yingying wanted to fool this question over, because the call was too urgent, and he hadn't thought of a countermeasure yet.

"Nope." Wang Zhongjun said firmly: "Xiao Shao, I didn't force you, you don't know how many resources we need to use to dig Wei Jiahui now, I don't deny that Wei Jiahui is worth using so many resources, but I have to determine whether it's worth the risk, you know what I'm talking about, right?" ”

Wang Zhongjun is talking about Zhang Yimou, he doesn't want to take unnecessary risks, now the relationship between Huayi and Galaxy Image is at most not talked about and collapsed, if Wei Jiahui is dug up after the collapse of the talk, it's okay, if he can't dig it up and let the family know, then he will definitely become mortal enemies in the box office market in the future, and the two companies will face each other head-to-head in the same schedule.

"Zhuang Wen forcibly sued me." Shao Yingying could only sell Zhuang Wenqiang, who had left each other's phone numbers, otherwise he would not be able to justify himself.

"Is it really Zhuang Wenqiang who said it?" Wang Zhongjun asked a lot, this matter is too big, he must ask clearly.

Shao Yingying defended: "Mr. Wang, can I lie about such a big thing? ”

In Wang Zhongjun's impression, Shao Yingying doesn't seem to have said much about panic, and actors who haven't said panic will feel particularly credible once they talk about panic.

"I believe in you." After Wang Zhongjun said this, he said into the phone: "Do you have any ideas?" ”

"What Wei Jiahui wants is different from what Du Qifeng wants, one is looking for a way to get the audience to return to the cinema to buy tickets, and the other is that he has been proud of his Du style, this is their disagreement, and it is also the reason why Wei Jiahui can't stay in the galaxy. Because he doesn't have enough right to speak, he can no longer get a certain amount of investment every year to make the movies he wants to make. Shao Yingying continued: "As long as I copy a similar version according to my contract with the company, let Wei Jiahui prove himself in the mainland market first, and then give him money to shoot the movie he wants to make, Wei Jiahui will definitely be tempted!" ”

Wang Zhongjun was silent for a long time, as if he was struggling for the last time in his heart, and when the dust settled, five minutes had passed.

He said: "Okay, I'll let Wang Jinghua go to Xiangjiang tomorrow." ”

"Mr. Wang, I'll go too, please schedule the time in a month, before that, I still have something to do." (To be continued......)