Chapter 35: Three directors, three plays
The smell of gunpowder in the living room suddenly seemed to become stronger.
A good big hose is to be grabbed.
In a small Xiangjiang, there are so many directors, actors, and newcomers who want to come out, and there are not so many bosses who can provide capital and let directors rest assured to create.
How can it be done without fighting?
Why couldn't Yang Shou perceive the atmosphere in the living room and suddenly became dignified?
But he didn't break this atmosphere immediately, but let this atmosphere hover first, and let the few people present tighten their skins first.
Talents are indeed talents, but they also need to be trained.
The Immortal Emperor was not cultivated in a day, let alone born (isn't it?). )。
Naturally, a good director and screenwriter are not so good and powerful from the beginning.
Only feed resources, without a little pressure, no matter how good the talent is, it may be wasted.
Of course, judging from the trajectory of later generations in Yang Shou's memory, whether it is Xu Ke or Du Qifeng, they are the kind that have more artistic persistence, neither the tide of bad movies like Wang Fatzi, nor the money of pit investors who learn from the king of sunglasses, and not like Chen Kexing, a straw hat is worth 6,000 US dollars, which is more expensive than Louis Vuitton's hat.
The living room, which was originally lively with chatting, suddenly became deserted.
The elder Gu Zhaofeng had to stand up and play a round: "Making movies is originally a very self-expression, it is normal for everyone to have their own opinions, everyone communicates normally and expresses their opinions!" ”
Gu Zhaofeng is not only a gold medal screenwriter, but also a middle-level manager of TVB, relatively speaking, he doesn't have much desire for filming, so at this time, there is a feeling that he doesn't have back pain when he stands and talks.
Xu Ke played with his fingers, looked at the other three, and did not speak.
He has works, and he is a popular director who has proved himself, and he has more confidence.
Wei Jiahui and Du Qifeng are a little weaker in momentum, after all, they are only a little famous in the industry, and if they really want to say that they can do it, there is really no masterpiece.
Du Qifeng directed "Blue Water and Cold Mountain Killing Gold", but it was a street work, and the box office was very sparse.
It was the street hit of this movie that made Du Qifeng have to give up directing alone and return to TVB to precipitate and polish.
Although everyone didn't speak, I was afraid that the thoughts in my heart would turn a lot.
A few minutes of pause and silence are almost as good as hours of brainstorming.
Yang Shou finally spoke: "Actually, I plan to open three dramas at the same time, I am the starring actor in all three dramas, and you can watch the other configurations." ”
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Xu Ke: "Old Xu! We are old acquaintances, I believe in your ability, 30 million budget, you can do it boldly, or find your master, don't mess up. ”
The subtext is probably that there is no next time if you mess up.
Xu Ke really needs to 'remind' that this birdman, when he has money, he floats, although he doesn't fill his pockets much, but he likes to burn special effects, the problem is that the special effects of this era are burned out with money, is there any point?
Xu Ke was both proud and uncomfortable, his buttocks were sore, and he twisted vigorously on the sofa.
"This... The box office of A Chinese Ghost Story in Xiangjiang is only more than 20 million, even if you add other cities, the total is less than 70 million. Xu Ke said.
70 million is to deduct distribution, publicity, production costs and taxes, and there is really not much left.
Of course, Xiang Thirteen, as the producer, of course did not lose, but also made money.
His money, out of a hundred, in exchange for ninety, that is all earned.
What's more, there are those jewels and jade given by Yang Shou.
"It doesn't matter if I make money or not, I have faith in making movies, not to make money, who makes movies to make money? Isn't it good to get involved in real estate? Yang Shou waved his hand.
"But the film is good, is it good... I have the final say, the more times I mess up here, and the face of acquaintances will be gone. Yang Shou put down the tea bowl in his hand and said in a soft voice.
Xu Ke's heart jumped when he heard this, and he planned to go back to consider and consider some of the shooting experiments that he had originally planned.
Yang Shou turned his head and said to Wei Jiahui, who wanted to speak a few times: "You are a newcomer, although it is okay to be a screenwriter, but the director has no experience, give you 10 million to practice, there is a reward for filming well, it doesn't hurt if you shoot badly, I can give you two chances of trial and error." ”
Wei Jiahui stood up unconsciously, put away his lower abdomen, and clamped his sphincter: "Yes!" Be! ”
Although Yang Shou is not his boss, Wei Jiahui feels like he is interviewing with a big boss at this moment.
In the end, Yang Shou's eyes fell on Du Qifeng's body.
"You..." Yang Shou pointed at Du Qifeng, as if he was thinking about something.
All of a sudden, Du Qifeng and Wei Jiahui's breathing almost stopped.
Wei Jiahui also tugged on Du Qifeng's sleeve vigorously, asking him to say something nice quickly.
It's just that Du Qifeng doesn't seem to have much talent in this regard, and he opened his mouth a few times, but he didn't jump out a word.
"You... Go to the island country, I'll try to help you get in touch, see if I can arrange for you to study with Kurosawa for a few days, this old man is old and can't live for a few years, while he still has gas, give full play to his residual heat. When you come back, I'll give you a budget and let you start the play, I read the sketches you drew before, and I feel very good, and I'm optimistic about you. Yang Shou said to Du Qifeng.
In fact, when Du Qifeng heard the words 'Akira Kurosawa', he couldn't hear the content behind it, and his heart was mixed in an instant, like a flower.
I feel like I've found a soulmate.
Even Xu Ke, who had just received a budget commitment of 30 million, began to envy.
Akira Kurosawa!
How many Kurosawa Akira are there in the world?
Leaving aside his identity for the time being, from the director's point of view, this is an amazing character.
And on Du Qifeng's body, there are many shadows of Akira Kurosawa.
It can be seen that he has great respect for Akira Kurosawa.
Several directors and screenwriters are all thinking about the words 'Akira Kurosawa' at the moment.
What Yang Shou thinks about is how to squeeze out the film and television entertainment talents of the island countries and the cold country, so that the film and television entertainment industry in Xiangjiang will become more involuted.
It also belongs to the radiation range of the Chinese cultural circle, no matter how much the island country and the cold country want to get rid of the relationship, the things that have been burned in their cultural genes cannot be completely cleaned.
In other words, if you find Westerners to make Oriental Xianxia movies, they may not understand it, and they will shoot it indecently.
But if they find directors from island countries and cold countries, they may be able to come up with something good.
What's more, finding talents from island countries and cold countries to come to Hong Kong can also effectively stimulate local talents in Hong Kong and prevent them from being rotten.
Yang Shou does not ask for the box office, only emphasizes quality.
But I was still worried, gave up the box office, and used money to support many people, but they didn't even want the quality.
In fact, Yang Shou's current promises to Du Qifeng, Xu Ke, and Wei Jiahui are just drawing empty checks.
If you want to cash out, you have to watch the Pindan meeting two days later.