The director of "The Story of Ah Lang" should have been To Qifeng, but now To Qifeng is a minority shareholder of Vientiane Pictures, Kang Jianfei rushed to write the script of this movie, and there was no psychological burden at all, anyway, it was natural to suppress competitors.

Moreover, there have been too many changes in this world, if Kang Jianfei didn't write "The Story of Ah Lang", then this movie would probably not exist.

Because the creative process of Hong Kong films is not as standardized as that of Hollywood, many movies are inspired by someone by chance, and then combined with others, and finally come out. Or the producer or director thinks that a certain type of film has a head, and invites people to discuss it, and finally everyone piecing together the script.

The script of "Ah Lang's Story" was made up by Zhou Yanfa and two other people, and then polished by To Qifeng. Now that Zhou Yunfa and Li Ming were sent to South Korea to make films by Kang Jianfei, how can they have time to write scripts? And even if he had time to write the script, it was impossible to discuss it with the original two people, let alone let To Qifeng participate in the final polishing.

In other words, if Kang Jianfei does not invest in "The Story of Ah Lang", then this good film will not appear again in this time and space.

In the next few days, Kang Jianfei was filming "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", while recalling the plot of "Ah Lang's Story" and writing the script.

The time soon came to the day of the establishment of the Hong Kong Film Directors Guild, and Kang Jianfei attended the first conference as a member of the association.

Speaking of a conference, dozens of Hong Kong film directors got together to drink tea and chat. At the beginning, the president was elected, because a group of old directors such as Zhang Che and Hu Jinquan had not yet joined the association. Among the directors present, Kang Jianfei has achieved the most and was unanimously elected as the president of the association.

Kang Jianfei directly resigned, he didn't like to hang a bunch of positions on his body. In the end, Wu Siyuan, the initiator of the association, became the first president.

Since he is unwilling to be the president, then Kang Jianfei will be even more disdainful of being elected as vice presidents, executive committee members, etc.

Kang Jianfei, an international director, should be an ordinary member, can you let other directors who are "officials" feel at ease? In the end, Kang Jianfei became the "honorary advisor" of the Directors Guild.

After the meeting, Kang Jianfei and Wu Siyuan said when they were drinking tea together: "Old Wu, our current association is still too small. You see, the Directors Guild in the United States includes film directors, TV drama directors, program directors, evening directors, and stage directors. Only then can it be influential and compete with the film company. ”

Wu Siyuan said with a smile: "You yourself are the owner of the film company, and you are not afraid that the Directors Association will become bigger." Will your company be in a dilemma? ”

Kang Jianfei shrugged: "Before I became a boss, I was first a director. ”

Wu Siyuan sighed and said: "I have also thought about what you said, but the situation in Hong Kong is different. Those stage directors are okay, but TV drama directors, advertising directors, and variety show directors are these people. They were all eaten to death by the TV station. They can't just join the Directors Guild. ”

Wu Siyuan's question actually existed in the film director a few years ago. At that time, there were powerful film directors, and they were also accused by big film companies, and they were independent directors, but if you are disobedient, you can't be independent. That is, the increase in theaters in the last few years has allowed directors to break away from the control of large companies, and only then has the environmental foundation for the establishment of the current directors association.

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "The TV station you are talking about is the director of the TV station, I'm afraid you are talking about wireless TVB." I am a director of TV dramas and entertainment programs. Now the brokerage contracts are signed with Oriental Entertainment Company, and the specific film contracts are signed with Oriental Television Production Company. They are completely free to come and go, and they can join the Directors Guild at any time. ”

Wu Siyuan asked: "Aren't you afraid that they will join the Directors Association and rely on the strength of the Association to get better treatment with you?" ”

Kang Jianfei said indifferently: "Working in my company, if it is a capable person, he will give him better treatment if he doesn't ask for me." And those who are incapable, since you can't create more benefits for the company, it's enough that I don't fire you squid, and you still want a salary increase? ”

Wu Siyuan can see that Kang Jianfei is not well-intentioned. His TV station and TV company have a very advanced and standardized operating model, while the operation and management of TVB are very old-fashioned and rigid, and they have been exploiting employees. If you really attract TV directors into the association, I'm afraid that TVB will make a fuss, which is purely disgusting Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua.

Now TVB filming is all producers and bosses, and the salaries of the directors below are similar to those of coolies, and those who have a little ability and opportunity are thinking about changing careers to make movies, and they don't want better treatment, that's fake.

Oriental Television Co., Ltd. implements a dual-track system, which not only retains the producer-based mode of filming and broadcasting, but also carries out the director-based mode of filming and broadcasting. The former is to ensure that Phoenix TV has TV dramas broadcast every day, and the cost and loss are minimized; The latter is to produce high-quality dramas, ensuring that the dramas produced by Oriental Television can not only be broadcast on Phoenix Channel and Macau Satellite TV, but also sold to Taiwan, Singapore, the mainland, and even Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States.

Generally speaking, the production system is more suitable for the actual situation in Hong Kong and can greatly reduce costs. Kang Jianfei's Oriental Television Company's drama shooting costs have always been high, and if more than 6 dramas are not sold to overseas TV stations in any given year, then Dongshi Company will definitely lose money.

Since its establishment, Oriental Television has been in a state of loss for two years, and other times it has made a slight profit, and sometimes it even needs to make up for its performance by shooting advertisements for people. However, recently, the company has negotiated with Japanese TV stations for the copyright of the voice, and if the copyright of the voice is sold, the company will be able to make a lot of money.

Although Kang Jianfei was evil-hearted, his words were righteous and awe-inspiring, and he began to guide Wu Siyuan's thinking direction: "Old Wu, what do you think is the most important role of the Film Association?" ”

Wu Siyuan said: "Promote the development of Hong Kong films, support new directors, and safeguard the interests of directors. ”

"That's a good point," Kang Jianfei nodded, "If Hong Kong films want to continue to develop, then there must be new excellent directors who continue to join." Once the market for Hong Kong films is sluggish one day, some of the older generation of directors retire, some go to Hollywood to find a way, and the new directors lose the environment for growth, then there will be a shortage of directors. Once there is no new blood to join, then the Hong Kong film will be finished, and I think supporting new directors is the most important job of the Directors Association. ”

Wu Siyuan was a little shocked by Kang Jianfei's words, and said in a deep voice: "The market for Hong Kong films is sluggish, I'm afraid this situation is not easy to appear." ”

"It's not easy to appear, it doesn't mean it won't appear, didn't you encounter Hong Kong films once in the 60s?" Kang Jianfei said with a smile that he didn't need to predict the Southeast Asian economic crisis in the 90s, because Hong Kong films declined more than 20 years ago.

In the early and mid-50s and mid-60s, Hong Kong films were also booming, and there were more cinemas in Hong Kong than there are now. As a result, anti-China waves broke out in many Southeast Asian countries, and even the only Chinese university in Nanyang was forced to close, and Hong Kong films, literature, and comics, which were popular in Nanyang, were destroyed and attacked.

Since then, it took a full decade for Hong Kong films to finally revivenation, and it also led to the rise of Taiwanese films in the middle.

The reason why Hong Kong films have been able to revive rapidly is because film talents have not been interrupted, and a large number of directors who have returned from studying abroad have joined, which has supported the glory of Hong Kong films in the 80s.

Kang Jianfei continued: "Where do new directors come from, there are three main ways for new directors in the Hong Kong film industry to take the position: 1 is to return from studying in a famous overseas film school, 2 is to work in a TV station, and 3 is to climb up step by step from a small worker, scene reporter, and assistant director on the set. With these three ways, it is not easy for new directors to become famous, and I think the Directors Association should give them more opportunities to create zào. For example, the top level holds exchange activities, so that young directors have the opportunity to communicate with famous directors, and if they have good ideas and good scripts, they can also have a way to make a movie. Even if he can't direct independently all at once, it can be regarded as an opportunity for the director who recommended him to be an assistant director and executive director. Those advertising directors and karaoke directors may also be talented, and the Directors Guild can provide them with a chance to enter. ”

Wu Siyuan nodded involuntarily and said, "You make a lot of sense. ”

Kang Jianfei said: "As long as the director talent reserve is sufficient, Hong Kong films will have a better chance of surviving when they really encounter a crisis." ”

Wu Siyuan echoed, and Kang Jianfei continued: "Also, don't you think there is a big problem behind the current prosperity of Hong Kong films? ”

Wu Siyuan said: "What's the problem? ”

Kang Jianfei asked: "What type of film is the most profitable and easiest to shoot in Hong Kong films?" ”

Wu Siyuan thought for a while and said, "Low-budget comedy." ”

"That's right," Kang Jianfei said with a smile, "but whenever a blockbuster comedy comes out, the good ideas in it will be used by other screenwriters and directors, anyway, all kinds of jokes are put together to make a movie." Now even the comedies of the Xu brothers often have a lot of funny jokes pieced together. There are many comedies with some funny plots that have nothing to do with the main plot line at all, just because they can make the audience laugh, the director piles them in. I don't like it well, many of these comedies are funny first, and then let the screenwriter write the script with the plot. This is a very unhealthy state for the entire film industry. We must continue to discover new directors, new talents have passion and new ideas, which will force those directors who have become famous not to dare to fill up the number casually. ”

Wu Siyuan took two sips of the teacup, he felt a little dizzy, when he was in the Tai Directors Association just now, why did he talk about the future development of Hong Kong films.

No matter what, Wu Siyuan still thinks that Kang Jianfei has a point, and he plans to absorb advertising directors, TV directors, and stage directors in the next two or three years, when the Directors Association is on the right track. (To be continued......)