Chapter 211: Hot Potato (Part II)
"Tomb Raider is a new genre of films, and as long as the first one is successful, it can form a series. Although we forced Sanmao to agree to harsh conditions, anything can be bypassed. ”
Wang Jing explained to Fa Ge that Sun Ziming was wondering if he could trick them and preemptively shoot the second part of "Tomb Raider". After thinking about it for a long time, Sun Ziming still sighed gloomily, in this era without computer stunts, the quality of the action superstar has become the key to the success of the film. Sun Ziming pulled Wang Jing, who was still talking, and asked, "I only know this Huang Yanqiu, I only know that Lu Dao has won the martial arts championship, have any of you seen it?" ”
Wang Fatzi knew what Sun Ziming wanted to ask, sighed and said: "Bold, pungent, and good-looking, although Sanmao is not good at writing scripts, the director's level and ability to train actors are still very good." ”
Then you can only resign yourself to fate, and you can only hope that the audience will not accept this type of movie.
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'Knock knock' Gao Ying knocked on the door and came in, informing Luo Hui and the TVB reporter that they were here, and everyone made an appointment for an interview today.
Today's weather is nice and sunny. In Hong Kong at the end of May, when the sun was shining and the sun was blazing, this time the interview was not placed on the rooftop, but was changed to an office. This kind of weather, being interviewed on the rooftop, is no different from a fool.
TVB's reporter and Sun Ziming pretended to be watching TV, then turned their heads and said, "Mr. Sun, your company's promotional videos are so exciting, are these all pictures of your usual work?" ”
Luo Hui, who was not in the camera next to him, held back a smile, TVB gave a forty-five-minute interview, will Sun Ziming let go of such a publicity opportunity? This kid deliberately made a 30-second promotional video, just to establish the image of the light and shadow company through this interview!
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Reporter: Mr. Sun, you publicly support Mr. Pan Disheng as the chairman of the Academy Awards, is this a joke or the truth?
Sun Ziming: It's true, that's what I think. I think Mr. Poon is the first choice, and Mai Jia is the second choice. Of course, this is up to all peers to choose, and this only represents my personal opinion.
Didn't Cheng Long say that in addition to Zou Wenhuai, it is my grandson Ming? Didn't Sanmao and Mai Bald also say that I was suitable? You coax, I won't heckle?
Reporter: Director Wang, Brother Fa, what do you think?
The reporter asked, and his heart blossomed. This time, Sister Ying's position can be regarded as sitting firmly. This interview was broadcast and went, and there were at least 20 or more ratings!
Wang Jing: I think Hong Jinbao is the first choice, and Mai Jia is second.
Fa Ge: I think Mai Jia is the first, and Li Yusen is the second.
The reasons for the two are the same, these three are all excellent directors, and they can design excellent award ceremonies, which will help the promotion of the Academy Awards and the promotion of Hong Kong films. When asked why Wang Jingwei couldn't be the chairman, the fat man smiled: "Be humble, in fact, I also think that I am more suitable than them!" ”
The reporter laughed with the three of them, and the photographer and gaffer behind them covered their mouths and smiled. This light and shadow company is really funny, it deserves to be the best film company in the industry, and the jokes are really well designed. not only praised himself, but also quietly dug a hole for his opponent.
Several people laughed a few words, and the reporter pulled the topic to the Academy Awards themselves.
Reporter: Mr. Sun, Film Fortnight has relinquished the leading power, and as long as each association elects a chairman, the chairman can preside over the reform. As an advocate, what are your suggestions and expectations for reform?
Sun Ziming: Introduce the voting mechanism of the Oscars, so that all members of each association can participate in voting. The members will nominate freely first, and the shortlisted works will be selected last.
"We'd better learn from Oscar and don't always build a good car behind closed doors! People have been developing for decades, and all kinds of mechanisms are mature, and we can take them and modify them according to our situation, and this can work completely. ”
Wang Fatzi also said with a straight face on the side: "In this way, its fairness and absolute power can be guaranteed to the greatest extent, leading to absolute corruption!" ”
The two sang and harmonized, Luo Hui smiled playfully in the corner, this pair of abacus is fine! No matter who presides over the reform of the Academy Awards, as long as they can't innovate a better system, they can only do what they say.
Well done, do what they suggest, you're just an executor and coordinator. If you don't do a good job, you will carry all the blame and criticism alone, and you will have nothing to do with them, only blame yourself for not being able enough!
This reporter can replace Gao Ying, and it is not an ordinary role, knowing that Sun Tzu knows their intentions. I also know that this topic can't continue, I am a TV station, and I can't offend too many people.
Reporter: Mr. Sun, three of the films shot by your company have entered the Japanese market, two have entered the mainland market, and the English version of "Home Alone" is preparing to be released in the United States. Excuse me, how do you do that?
Sun Ziming gave a thumbs up to this reporter in his heart, he can help himself, and he can help everyone so that everyone has nothing to say, talent! No wonder she can succeed Gao Ying, with this professional quality, she can stand out anywhere.
Sun Ziming said with a smile: "How big the heart is, how big the stage is." We want the film to enter the world market, so we will work towards that. Now it looks like we're doing pretty well. ”
The reporter couldn't help but applaud, Luo Hui and the photographer and gaffer couldn't help but applaud gently, this advertising slogan twenty years later, appeared in this era, it can be described as the language of philosophers. Wang Jing and they also applauded, and when Chen Jiashang showed the promotional video to everyone, they were also amazed by this sentence. For this reason, everyone also blackmailed Sun Ziming for an abalone feast.
Reporter: Well, how big the heart is, how big the stage is. Director Sun is worthy of being the first talent in Xiangjiang, and the light and shadow company has indeed achieved this. Can you talk to the audience about how you do that?
Sun Ziming raised his hand and motioned for Wang Jing, the fat man, to answer. To include all Chinese-language films in the scope of the Academy Awards, it is inappropriate to say that it is inappropriate, and Wang Jing is more convincing.
Wang Jing: Our company has been actively communicating with its counterparts in the Mainland, and has also sponsored Mainland technicians to study in Hong Kong. When there is more communication between the two sides, trust and friendship will naturally arise, so we can open a branch in the mainland, and the film can also be released in the mainland with the help of friends. As for the Japanese market, it was Warner that opened it for us at the beginning, and later it was a lot of exchanges between the two sides that allowed us to enter smoothly.
"Director Wang, if other companies do the same, what hope do you think is for success?"
Luo Huishu raised his ears, this problem is his, the light and shadow company entered the mainland because of Sun Ziming, and it was able to enter the Japanese market because of Warner's recommendation and the quality of the film. But can other companies replicate it? If it can, it will play a great role in promoting the development of Hong Kong films.
Wang Jing: The Japanese market may be possible, but the mainland is absolutely impossible!
Reporter: For what?
Wang Jing: Sense of identity! The exchanges between our company and our counterparts in the mainland are sincere, and it can be said that there is no utilitarian color at the beginning, so we can get their recognition, trust and help. Other companies are too small to do that. For example, our two new films are going to be filmed in the mainland, from the government to the people, everyone welcomes us as if they were their own people. For what?
The reporter couldn't help but ask, what is it for?
Wang Jing was a little angry and said: "We treat the mainland compatriots as our own, and we will not laugh at other people's poverty and backwardness, but also do our best for the sake of each other!" Other film companies went to the mainland to film, not only making fun of the rustic spirit of mainland compatriots, but also making fun of others in the movie. How can such an approach be acceptable to the mainland government and compatriots? ”
"So you're calling for mainland films to be included in the judging scope of the Academy Awards, as a reward for allowing your company's films to be released in the mainland, right?"
Although the reporter will help the light and shadow company, she is not an employee of the light and shadow company after all, and she also looks down on the mainland. This is also a common problem of Hong Kong people in this era. If Sun Ziming is not the boss of the light and shadow company, Wang Fatzi and Fa Ge are also this kind of people.
Wang Jing, who was making an impassioned speech, was stunned, this was beyond the content of the negotiation. Sun Ziming was a little annoyed, this woman was too self-righteous, and couldn't help but answer: "Yes, I think that since everyone makes Chinese-language movies, then we should break through regional discrimination and not be limited to entertaining ourselves in a harbor." Since everyone from the director to the actors is Chinese, why do you exclude Chinese-language films from the mainland, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia? Isn't our film sold to Taiwan and Southeast Asia? ”
The reporter just wanted to refute, but Sun Ziming waved his hand horizontally to stop her: "I know what you want to say, everything will move forward, and the present of Hong Kong and Taiwan is the tomorrow of the mainland." Those who have not sought eternity since ancient times are not enough to seek a moment; Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. If Hong Kong films cannot enter the mainland market, they will sooner or later go into decline. I have communicated with Mr. Zou of Golden Harvest, Tsui Hark and Li Yusen of the film studio, and I have also been recognized by quite a lot of upper-class people! ”
Sun Ziming said this, and the reporter had no way to refute it, and even her big boss Shao Liushu said something similar. Sun Ziming's sudden arrogance also made her sober up, she was just a reporter for TVB, and the young man in front of her was Uncle Shao Liu's nephew. If you don't follow the content of the negotiation interview, I will let TVB sweep the floor tomorrow, and this interview program will be re-recorded!
After adjusting his mood, the reporter smiled and asked: "Director Sun, if the Academy Awards are still the same as before, only limited to the judging of Hong Kong films, what will you do?" ”
Sun Ziming also replied with a smile: "Then I will withdraw from the competition for the Academy Awards, and the films produced by Light and Shadow Company will not participate in the competition for Best Picture." Of course, individual awards are decided by the individual. ”
Reporter: Director Wang, Brother Fa, what about you?
Wang Fatzi and Fa Ge looked at each other, Wang Jing made a gesture of invitation, and motioned for Fa Ge to answer. This guy is a two-time Academy Award actor and a Golden Horse Award actor, and he can be said to be the first actor in Hong Kong.
Fa Ge smiled: "Personally, I agree with Ziming's point of view. If the new Academy Awards were really limited to Hong Kong films, as before, I would have withdrawn. How big the heart is, how big the stage is! ”
The reporter applauded and said a few closing remarks, and the photographer turned off the machine. At this time, the reporter's mood had been completely adjusted, and he said with a smile: "Director Sun, this time, you have given all Hong Kong filmmakers a big problem!" ”
I haven't smoked for so long, but I suffocated the two old smoking guns of Sun Ziming and Wang Jing, and when I saw that the machine was turned off, I quickly took out the cigarettes. After smoking half a cigarette, Wang Fatzi teased: "What's so difficult about this? It's the new chairman that's hard! Do you think it's so easy to leave a name in history? ”
Also, after Sun Ziming and their trouble, the new chairman of the Academy Awards has become a hot potato!