Chapter 737: Sun Ziming's United Front (1)
Liu Weiqiang's "The Man of the Troubled Boy in the Rivers and Lakes" was only filmed for fifteen days, plus post-production zuò and publicity, and it only took a month in total to be released in the flagship theater of the Central Ring of the Light Cinema Line. As the winner of Best Cinematography in Berlin, Golden Globe, and Oscar for Best Cinematography, the three major cinemas are very face-saving, and 107 theaters in Hong Kong are fully released, and fans also buy tickets for the honor of Little Silver Bear and Little Golden Man.
Sun Ziming also paid great attention not to steal the limelight from his subordinates, holding the pot-bellied Li Zhi, who did not accept any interviews when he walked the red carpet, and walked into the theater leisurely.
"Sister-in-law, are you coming soon?"
"Two months to go."
Li Zhi went to chat with the sisters, and Sun Ziming also greeted Xiang Lao Shi and them for an evening card game, and it was not until the crew members went to the small stage that everyone sat back in their seats. Sun Ziming glanced at the main creators on the stage, even though Liu Weiqiang was 'not what it used to be', he still picked out the 'original team' from the crowd.
“…… The film was easier than I thought it would be because we only made it for fifteen days. ”
There was laughter in the audience, the amount of Hong Kong films produced now is much less than before, but the quality is much better, and such a shooting speed has not been seen for many years.
"Don't laugh, everyone, this movie is much more difficult than I thought, and I was almost stopped by my boss. He said that the social impact of this film will be very large, and it has the possibility of teaching bad young people; I'm a world-class photographer now, so don't discredit myself anymore. But I still persuaded him to take a two-month leave to have today's "The Man of the Troubled Boy".
Why? Because this movie is the epitome of our youth, it is about our brotherhood, friendship years, and bitter love, and about the youth of our generation who have nowhere to put it! ”
Sun Ziming applauded lightly with film critics, guests, and audiences, and Liu Weiqiang led this film to youth, so that he could lead some big hats to the chaos of Hong Kong's past, and it was not easy to become a media target. In fact, this movie can indeed represent the epitome of youth of a considerable number of young people in Hong Kong.
The film begins and ends with applause. This film sets the life of the main characters in the squatter area of Hong Kong in the 80s of the 20th century, which easily evokes the audience's collective memories of that era. As far as the whole movie is concerned, the script is well written, detailed and strategic, and the contradictions and conflicts are relatively continuous. The actors' performances are remarkable, and although Liu Weiqiang, who has been baptized in Hollywood, shoots quickly, but shoots very exquisitely: whether it is street fighting, brotherhood, or even the atrocities of Liangkun killing Brother B's family, they are all real and dramatic. This guy even disregarded the audience's kind wishes and vividly expressed the cruel side of the gangster, which easily aroused the audience's thirst for "righteousness".
Damn, what do you think? Sun Tzu scolded secretly and stood up funny, when did he get used to watching movies with a scrutinizing eye?
When the audience dispersed, Sun Ziming and a large group of them went to play cards, and Li Zhi followed Guan Zhilin back to the detached house in Mid-Levels.
"Brother Ming, what do you think of this movie?"
Sun Ziming took the beer handed over by Wang Fatzi, touched it with everyone, and praised: "It's not bad, no one can beat you in this type of movie in the future." You are also very smart, and it is easy to make the audience nostalgic and dilute the criticism of many media when it is to introduce the film to the commemoration of youth. ”
Wang Fatzi took a sip of beer and quipped: "You have been in Hollywood for a long time, Hong Kong is a money-making society, and those media who say strange things are just to attract some attention and increase sales." ”
It's hard to say this, at his level, he can't just talk about the box office when he makes any movie, and he has to pay attention to the ideological connotation, public reaction and technological innovation of the work. Wang Fatzi has not reached his level, so his vision is naturally much narrower.
However, Liu Weiqiang understood this, drank the beer in one go, and said briskly: "After filming this part, it will also end one of my wishes." Hey, Brother Ming, why did you shoot "The Matrix"? ”
Everyone's eyes came at once, and during this time, just listening to Liu Weiqiang blowing how to hang "The Matrix", listening to the rough outline of the script, it is indeed enough to hang.
Sun Ziming avoided answering, but asked, "Wei Qiang, have you been in Hollywood for six years?" ”
Liu Weiqiang nodded suspiciously, "Yes, it's been six years since "Home/alone". ”
Wang Fatzi reacted the fastest, and a trace of envy and regret flashed in his eyes. Hey, I only blame myself for not daring to bet in the first place! However, he was also a natural optimist, and immediately comforted himself: it was the United States, how could cultural differences be so easy to overcome?
"You come to shoot "The Matrix", you need a masterpiece!"
Yes? Liu Weiqiang was stunned, pointed to his nose for a long time before asking, "Brother Ming, you're not joking, are you?" ”
"What am I kidding? You can't always hide behind me, can you? If you are like Lao Du, you don't have that talent and level, then it is reasonable. You've reached that level, why don't you try to go a little higher? ”
"No, I", Sun Ziming waved his hand to interrupt Liu Weiqiang, "It's nothing, it's not, Andy's level is not enough, the company can't take such a big risk, we have already said this." "The Matrix" is a good film, but if it is filmed according to the Hollywood model, the viewing will inevitably be greatly reduced, so we want to dissolve some oriental martial arts. Before I came, I talked to Chris and them and thought you were good enough to handle the film. ”
Liu Weiqiang was silent for a long time, and then said, "What about you?" ”
Other people in the Mercedes-Benz business car also have mixed tastes, and it is easy to say that the morality is easy, how many can do this?
Sun Ziming was happy, "I'm not as good as you think, I have my own ideas, do you remember my original ideals?" Now, Brother Sen can be regarded as standing firm, and "Mission Impossible" sold 100 million eight, and it is not an exaggeration to call it an A-class director. There is a Li Yu in Taiwan, who has also been nominated for the Golden Globe Award, and will definitely become a Class A director in the future. If Wei Qiang can also succeed, there will be four great Chinese directors in Hollywood, which can be regarded as a kind of success for our Chinese.
What's the point of me succeeding alone, only if we can occupy a place in Hollywood, that's really interesting! ”
Wang Fatzi They couldn't help but smile bitterly, Sun Ziming's ideal back then was simply whimsical, but it was such an absurd fantasy, and he actually began to make his dream come true!
When it comes to the original fantasy, Sun Ziming is also proud, he didn't expect Hollywood to be so mixed up, and he actually tossed such a big family business. It seems that the aura of 'pig's feet' is indeed very powerful!
"Brother Jing, I wasn't wrong, right?"
Sun Ziming gestured with his little finger and said disdainfully: "Hong Kong is this, Chi Qian Wang Baduo!" A bunch of frogs at the bottom of the well, thinking about calculating their own people every day, how can they make money from ghosts? ”
Wang Fatzi also gestured with his middle finger as before, and sneered: "Come on, you will have a good fate, and you can meet nobles anywhere!" At the beginning, without Ah Xiang and Uncle Six, could you toss the light and shadow? In the United States, there must be nobles to help, otherwise you can still buy ESPN by making movies alone? ”
It seems that this is really the case, when I first arrived in Hong Kong, if I didn't have the help of Uncle Zeng and Uncle Six, and borrowed the power of Yang Wei and them, I really couldn't settle the club. After going to Hollywood, if it weren't for Tino and Shantino, he wouldn't have been so smooth.
Sun Ziming was stunned, and Wang Fatzi knew that he had guessed correctly, so he lied to him: "It's the Tino last time, right?" Hanging, when I first saw that guy, I felt like a character, what is the origin? ”
I can't talk about this matter more, Sun Tzu Ming diverted the topic and said: "California consortium, come on, don't talk about it." Brother Qiang, how are the funds that you have prepared? ”
This is a major event to unite brothers and partners, and it is also the main reason why Sun Ziming returned to Hong Kong, otherwise the premiere of Liu Weiqiang's movie would not have allowed him to fly back from the United States. Guozhong has already taken over most of the oil and gas fields in Siberia, and the construction of the pipeline is also very smooth, waiting for the pipeline to be built on the Tumen River and put on the market. That big piece of fat meat, the Far East Group will die if they eat it, and they have to pull the powerful factions of Russia, the South Korean business community, and the domestic petrochemical giants, and naturally they will not leave out the Hong Kong gang.
Xiang Huaqiang hurriedly took away the cigar cigarette in his mouth, stretched out his slap and said excitedly: "The three of us have a total of five billion Hong Kong dollars, is it enough?" ”
is ruthless enough, if the five billion is lost, the bigwigs of the three major societies will have to go bankrupt!
Sun Ziming also said politely: "The old rule is that shares cannot be transferred without our permission." This is a long-term investment, and there may be political risks in the future, you have to think clearly. ”
With the previous successful cooperation experience, Xiang Huaqiang also said happily: "Success!" ”
Sun Ziming turned his face again and asked Uncle Zeng, "What about the others?" ”
"It's done, a total of 1.13 billion yuan."
Oh, these guys have all their money to buy stocks in TV stations and film and television bases, no wonder it's so little.
Wang Fatzi looked at a few eager guys and said in a low voice: "Ziming, everyone wants to ask, can you mortgage the group's shares?" ”
Sun Ziming shook his head and refused: "No, although the pipeline construction is very smooth, but who can say clearly what will happen in the future?" In this way, the energy company will definitely be listed in the future, and I will ask Guozhong to set aside a part of the original shares for everyone. ”
"Listen to you", Wang Fatzi, they also know the risks, how can there be a steady profit in business? They come to the old ten quickly, Ziming's family has a big business, and they are all people who can afford to lose, but if the people in the company lose, they won't be able to turn over for a few years.
While talking and laughing, the convoy had arrived at the Wan Chai pier, where Wang Fatzi's newly bought superyacht was parked next to Sun Ziming's boat, and Li Chengkai was standing there.
"All of them are on Brother Jing's ship, Brother Ming's ship will be overhauled tomorrow."
Sun Ziming got on the boat and actually saw his own Xiaoqi, and there was an unexpected person standing next to him.