Xiangjiang Film once created the highest peak of Chinese films, and where there are Chinese, there are Xiangjiang films.

Since the beginning of the new millennium, Hong Kong films have suffered a period of sluggishness, because some Hong Kong and Taiwan film directors are aware of the forward-looking nature of the mainland market, and some mainstay Hong Kong directors have gone to Hollywood to develop.

'Hong Kong films are dead' is the most cruel reality.

But after all, the Xiangjiang movie has been brilliant, and it still retains a breath of heritage.

In such a situation, some directors with unique ideas have sprung up.

Director Du Feng is one of the representative directors.

He is very good at filming Hong Kong films, and his famous trilogy: "Gunfire", "Banishment", and "Revenge".

1999's "Gunfire", 2006's "Banishment", and 2009's "Revenge" are similar in style, standing in a cool posture, suitable for appreciation, innovative but not innovative, old-fashioned and not old-fashioned, typical of Xiangjiang movie models.

As soon as it was broadcast, it was widely praised by the Xiangjiang film circle, but... That's it.

Director Du Feng is very strange!

Obviously, he is very talented, and his movies are also very tasteful, but the box office of the movies he is the director is very low, and even until now, the box office of a movie in the mainland has not exceeded 100 million.

Its best result in 2011 "Single Men and Women" Hong Kong box office was 12.3 million Hong Kong dollars, seventh in the annual box office list, and the mainland box office was 95.17 million.

And what embarrassed him the most was...

His directors in the same period, whether it is Xu Laowei or Liu Weiqiang, or Xing Ye and Erdong, who came later, have all become big directors in the mainland, but he is still standing still.

With the title of 'gangster godfather' empty, director Du Feng's temper became more and more irritable.

On this day, he sat in Du Feng's studio, in the unique pigeon building in Xiangjiang, which made his mood even worse.

"Ami, open the window." He ordered the secretary.

Ami walked to the window and said embarrassedly: "Director Du, it's raining outside, and opening the window will let the rain from outside float in." ”

Du Feng didn't speak, just stared at her quietly.

Ami is just an ordinary office worker, how can she stand this kind of gaze, scolding a few words, and can only open the window.

The cold air instantly poured into the room, and Ami shivered.

Du Feng likes this feeling very much, just like his movies, he only likes those characters who are not very decent.

He looked down at his watch, it had been 10 minutes after the agreed time, why hadn't the mainland actor Wu Lao said come yet?

Looking at the rain drifting onto the table, if it weren't for the weather, he would never have stayed here!

He shouted again, "Ami, don't you see the rain coming into the house?" Close the windows! ”

Ami scolded, now thinking about the next job will never be a personal studio assistant again, it's okay to meet a good landlord, and then meet a thing like this, she can't stand it!

Ami learned to be smart this time, and was ready to take a mop to drag the rain in advance, and just walked out of the door, a man full of male charm came to her.

Ami was stunned, this man... It's too manly, isn't it?!

Why, he came to himself.

What to do? Did she say yes or yes, or did she say yes?

At this moment, the man spoke, "Excuse me..."

Hey, it's polite to her friends, she can't stand this kind of man and polite man the most.

Ami said very unreservedly: "I'm sorry, I'm still at work now, why don't I wait until after work to make an appointment?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, "I didn't mean that, I came to find Director Du Feng, and I have an appointment with him." ”

Ami suddenly remembered, the old man still wanted to mention it in the morning, saying that he was waiting for a mainland actor, why did he call the horse?

"Ma Yudong."

It's still the same last century-style decoration, a desk whose edges and corners have not been smoothed.

The two sat facing each other.

Du Feng was looking at the man in front of him, only talking about the first meeting, very domineering and manly!

is very in line with the style of the underworld boss in his movie, and is more in line with this characteristic than Lin Xue, who is not angry and self-righteous by nature.

I also heard that he has a lot of fan support, and the just-released Chinese New Year film "Golden Catastrophe" has exceeded 200 million at the box office, counting a movie actor who became popular this year.

The only pity is that the other party is not from Xiangjiang.

He was looking at Ma Yudong, and Ma Yudong was naturally observing the old director who was more than half a step old.

The other party was born in 55 years and is 57 years old this year, and he can't see it from his face at all, but he has such tenacity on his face.

But this time, after all, it was Ma Yudong who took the initiative to visit and took out two gifts, "Sorry, it's not good to take a taxi when it rains, so I'll be late for a while." ”

This opening fell to the ground, Du Feng glanced at the gift, "I have a supermarket downstairs, it's worth a few thousand yuan, you're quite rich, aren't you?" ”

This old boy can't speak?

Where did Ma Yudong suffer this kind of grievance, but this time after all, he had a request for help.

Before he came, he had investigated Wu Siyuan's old friend, and he was indeed a capable person.

won three Academy Awards for Best Director and two Golden Horse Awards for Best Director, which can be called an award-winning director, which is what Ma Yudong lacks.

Retracting his gaze from the ashtray on the table, Ma Yudong handed over a cigarette, "Director Du, this is Wu... The script that Angkor asked me to send. ”

He handed over the cigarette box and Wu Siyuan's script together, and Du Feng had to give Wu Siyuan this face, so he had to take it.

This kid is a little scheming...

He is more optimistic about the other party, but his attitude is diametrically opposed to his ideals, "Do you light a cigarette?" ”

The corners of Ma Yudong's eyebrows jumped fiercely, and he held back his anger, "What Director Du said is that I am ignorant. ”

Light the cigarette.

Du Feng took a puff of cigarette, the smoke was good, and then immersed his eyes in the script in his hand.

"The Legend of the Wicked"? The name is a bit interesting and to his taste.

Glancing at Ma Yudong, it is obvious that Wu Siyuan is very optimistic about this junior, so he will come up with a script for many years.

However, he is not an ordinary person, and he still needs to investigate the other party.

After deliberately reading the script a few times, he put it down, "Aren't you here to deliver the script, then you can go back now." ”

I nm... Ma Yudong almost punched the old boy to the West Heaven, although he endured it, Du Feng was still taken aback.

Subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, big brother, don't make a fuss, just make a movie, don't get started?

Du Feng actually doesn't have that clean body, for example, some local reporters commented on him and those peers, praising him as the last barrier for Xiangjiang movies.

Du Feng just wants to say, screen nml bar!

Who wouldn't want to make more money unless he was a fool?

Didn't he want to? He's missing a chance!

And when people have preferences, they will have obsessions, and they will be reluctant to give up on the world, and they will naturally be afraid of death.

In Du Feng's eyes, Ma Yudong is simply a natural bad person, and being punched by such a person will have to go to the hospital for at least a few months.

He coaxed.

Ma Yudong naturally didn't know, and took a deep breath, "Director Du, didn't Brother Ang tell you, in fact, in addition to sending the script this time, I still want to cooperate with Director Du to expand Director Du's influence in the mainland." ”

"The Golden Catastrophe" has now broken 200 million at the box office.

Regardless of whether there are other stars, this is the honor that belongs to him Ma Yudong.

Even in the entire 2012 Chinese New Year, Ma Yudong was the existence of the king and the hegemon.

In this circle, only the results are looked at, not the process.

And Du Feng just lacked such an opportunity, and even he planned to find a mainland actor to cooperate with in the next film, so as to develop his influence in the mainland market.

But seeing Ma Yudong's attitude, Du Feng's self-esteem was unhappy again, "It's just a 200 million movie, I don't know how many actors I've worked with are billion-dollar box office actors, young people don't be too arrogant." ”

If you are not vigorous, are you still called a young man?

Ma Yudong also understood the person in front of him, which was definitely deliberately embarrassing him.

Otherwise, he didn't believe it, Wu Siyuan could let him come over to find the other party, and he wouldn't have a conversation with Du Feng in advance.

Obviously, Du Feng made the same mistake as a director of Xiangjiang again.

Ma Yudong adhered to the principle that you respect me a foot, I respect you, and casually put the cigarette case on the table, "Director Du, just say it directly, what do you want?" ”

Showdown?

Du Feng smiled, Ma Yudong's city was not so deep, "It's very simple, I don't believe you, unless you prove it to me." ”

"How do you prove it?"

Du Feng didn't answer, but turned his head to look at the rainy weather outside, "The weather is bad today, and you just got off the plane, I won't take advantage of you." ”

"Tomorrow, I'll take you to a place tomorrow."

"When the time comes, you have to prove to me that you have the ability to play this role well, otherwise even if Lao Wu sends the script, I will still let you go back and forth from where." Du Feng held his head high, and finally had a trace of the courage of a famous director.

At night.

The blind sister and Ma Yudong called, "Uncle, how is Xiangjiang?" Isn't it fun? ”

Ma Yudong accompanied the sound of thunderstorms outside, "It's not fun, it's raining here, and I'm not going anywhere." ”

Blind sister, oh oh twice, she's a sunny day here.

Then he began to tell what he saw and heard today.

She also joined the crew of "Sad Fairy Tale", and also saw the rest of the crew, as Ma Yudong thought, there are no actors in this play at all.

Even at a glance, it is a group of stars who have crossed over the border.

The male protagonist is a singer, the second female Xie Nan is the host, and even the director has changed his career from sketch screenwriters, and the whole crew reveals a kind of unprofessionalism.

The blind sister is the master she has seen, and she was not very happy immediately, that is, Xie Nan kept holding her arm, so that she couldn't get mad.

During the reading of the script, the second-rate lines of the blind sister can actually crown the entire crew!

Especially the 200 million box office is placed there, and he suddenly became the emperor of the crew, and probably the other people together do not have more box office than the blind sister alone.

Even the male protagonist and others called her an 'old drama bone'.

Listening to the blind sister's joyful introduction, Ma Yudong's face was full of black lines.

He really can't imagine that the blind sister will be the 'drama bone' of a play, it's really a big forest and there are all kinds of birds, so dare to make a movie?

It's a lot of money, isn't it?

After she finished speaking, Ma Yudong helped her cool down, "I can tell you, don't be complacent, the more this situation is, the more strict you have to be with yourself." ”

"You are now a 200 million box office actress, if you can't make yourself stand firm in the next few plays, then this 200 million box office is the last straw that overwhelms you."

The box office of 200 million is both an honor and a pressure.

Anyone who is poured cold water on Xingtou will not be happy.

Even if that person was her uncle, the blind sister pouted, "Uncle, you are jealous, jealousy can you write?" ”

Eat one's heart out?

Ma Yudong doesn't understand why he is jealous of her?

Jealous of a person who has the penultimate acting skills in the crew of "The Golden Catastrophe"?

The blind sister was unhappy, rolled over from the bed, almost fell to the ground, and said angrily: "Uncle, don't you want pocket money next month?" ”

For some reason, Ma Yudong took the initiative to spread money, and now he is alone, and he lives a poor life, and he needs his blind sister to pay him living expenses every month.

Speaking of living expenses, Ma Yudong touched the tip of his nose awkwardly, "Sister~"

The blind sister trembled and remembered the madness of that day.

His face turned red, "Stop, uncle, you have something to say, don't be close." ”

Ma Yudong coughed dryly, came to the window, and opened the window to blow the wind, "What, I actually just want to ask you for living expenses." ”

The blind sister stared at her phone in surprise, "Uncle, didn't you just give you thousands, and you spent it so quickly?" What are you doing? ”

As soon as she heard about it, local celebrities have a clear price tag, in case...

Ma Yudong said angrily: "In case of yarn, you can introduce me to a star who only needs a few thousand yuan." ”

“……”

The blind sister is not afraid of it, anyway, the financial power is with her, "How much living expenses does the uncle want?" ”

"A few thousand more." Ma Yudong pondered that this month was almost enough.

The blind sister is still skeptical.

But Ma Yudong can transfer all his property to her without getting married, and this trust must be responded to, "Okay, I'll squeeze a few thousand yuan out of my teeth for you, but uncle, let's make an appointment with the third chapter of the law, you must not go to some unhealthy thoughts!" ”

"I have everything you want."

"I don't have what I have outside, so if you think about it, I can fly over to visit the class."

It stands to reason that Ma Yudong should be very moved... But he didn't.

How do you feel like a pervert, who thinks about this all the time?

Ma Yudong is now being cultivated by his blind sister, and he is about to become a Buddha, and he has no desires and desires every day.

………

Next.

Ma Yudong waited for Du Feng's call in the hotel, but there was no movement from daytime to noon, from noon to afternoon.

He thought the other party was playing tricks on him.

Finally, after 8 o'clock in the evening, Du Feng's phone finally called.

The conversation was also very concise and clear on the phone, "I'm on a street near your hotel, xx store, give you ten minutes to come, and I won't wait for it." ”

hung up the phone directly, not giving Ma Yudong a chance to react at all.

Depend on!

Nervous, but Ma Yudong still dressed quickly, and it took less than five minutes to get to the store.

It was a pork knuckle shop, and it was full.

Ma Yudong glanced at it, but didn't see Du Feng, and just about to call, Du Feng suddenly stood up from the ground.

It turned out that he had been squatting on the side of the road, still holding a bowl of pork knuckle rice in his hand, "Come, taste, this is the most famous shop here." ”

Ma Yudong ordered a bowl, and it tasted really good, "But what does this have to do with today's test?" ”

"Don't worry, if you come to Xiangjiang, why do I have to treat you to a meal?"

"Save you from going back, Lao Wu has to scold me for not talking about the friendship of the landlord."

Scold?

Is this expected that he will not pass the test?

Ma Yudong became interested instead, "Don't talk about it, let's talk about it." ”

The attitude is also much worse than yesterday.

Du Feng smiled and didn't care, "Okay, since you don't have an appetite, then I'll take you to the main place tonight to meet the world?" ”

Drive him outside a nightclub.

It's a bar, a cabaret all in one.

There was a little brother watching the field outside, Du Feng parked the car on the side of the road, "If I say that I let you go in and smash the field, will you be afraid?" ”

Ma Yudong sneered, "I'll strip you naked and throw you in." ”

Hahaha... Appetite for him.

"Let's go." Du Feng got out of the car and said to the waiter at the door: "Come two, don't pass eighteen!" ”