"The most important thing to do a movie is to look at the script and the people, I never look at the genre, because the genre is not easy to grasp!"

“… Well. ”

"I came into contact with the film industry very late, and although I caught up with the golden period of Hong Kong films... But in the beginning, I only bought films, and never participated in the production..."

After two glasses of wine, Shen Xudong did not lose his mind, but pulled Jiang Zhiqiang to listen to him tell the story...

Oh, Liu Yifei and Aunt Liu went to the KTV at the bottom to sing, and Yang Shoucheng was also together...

It is estimated that it is to investigate Liu Yifei's singing skills!

Pulling it back, Anle Film and Television started as a theater and belonged to a family business, and Jiang Zhiqiang only began to distribute movies independently for the first time at the age of thirty.

"Back then, I was a rich second generation who ate and waited for death, and I was not considered a rich second generation, because my family didn't have so much money!

I didn't know what I was going to do before I was 30 years old, I was spoofing outside all day, and the most addicted thing was betting on horses and playing mahjong, but how could I win if I gambled money...

Later, I really didn't know what to do, so I went to my father's company to do nothing, and I remember once seeing a foreign cartoon and thinking I liked it very much, so I spent a lot of money to promote it, and moved all the other movies in the same schedule, including a Hollywood blockbuster at the time.

As a result, the Hollywood blockbuster was a big hit, and the cartoon I liked was a dismal box office, which made An Le lose a lot of money..."

"What animation?"

“《Garfield on the Town》…”

"Oh, Garfield..."

Jiang Zhiqiang continued: "This drama has made the company lose at least 5 million, then I have to fill the deficit!" But at that time, I really didn't understand movies, so I went to New York, studied at the New York Film School for a year, and then watched more than 500 movies in one go...

After returning to Hong Kong, I introduced "Castle in the Sky", which was released in Hong Kong for 15 days, and the box office approached 10 million, and then, I began to introduce Miyazaki's works, which were popular, and the revenue of Anle Pictures also exceeded 50 million in one fell swoop. Two years later, in 1989, I officially took over the responsibility from my father and became the chairman of Anle Pictures. ”

"And then you started investing in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?"

"No, I started with "Pushing Hands", I did the distribution in Hong Kong for him, and later "Men and Women in Diet" was also released by me, and we are very good friends."

"What about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?"

""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was an accident, the first investor was Chen Taiming, the boss of Taiwan's Yageo Electronics, caught up with the financial crisis, he withdrew his investment, and the producer Mr. Xu Ligong suddenly had a stroke, and Li Amine found me!"

"Actually, I don't want to do it, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" cost 15 million US dollars, and the investment in Hong Kong's top martial arts films at that time was 20 million Hong Kong dollars, even Tsui Hark's 2001 big production "The Legend of Shu Mountain" The budget was only 80 million Hong Kong dollars."

"Also, I reached an investment intention with Columbia at that time, so I thought I could carry it, but I didn't expect that Sony, who promised to invest, was very cunning, and the money was delayed for a year, so that the crew could be self-reliant first. After that year, I really burned money and wanted to jump off the building. ”

Shen Xudong nodded: "Foreigners are still very cunning..."

"They don't want to bet on the unknown..."

Speaking of this, Jiang Zhiqiang sighed: "It's a pity that the situation that was finally opened was ruined by a bunch of shoddy work!" ”

"You mean "Boundless"?"

"Haha, I didn't say which movie!"

While chatting, Yang Shoucheng came over and interjected, "Are you listening to your Uncle Jiang tell a story?" ”

“… Learn from the experience of your predecessors..."

At this time, Liu Yifei's mother and daughter also came up, and when she heard this, she asked, "What senior experience?" ”

"How to make Chinese films go international!"

"Oh, what have you learned?"

Shen Xudong smiled: "If Chinese films want to enter the world, the first step is to cultivate international buyers, invite global buyers to participate in Chinese film festivals, and understand and select Chinese films. The second step is to promote international co-production, pre-sale before investment, and bundle the interests of the filmmaker in advance. The third step is to create a mature international schedule, such as the ability to promote the global synchronization of Spring Festival stalls, and promote the real integration of Chinese films into the world market..."

Jiang Zhiqiang's eyes lit up: "Pre-sale + investment, your idea is very good!" ”

"So, the "Hurricane Rescue" series, the "Raid" series, Warner has invested... When I make a movie, I first determine the genre, and then consider the market, like "People in Embarrassment", it is impossible to succeed in markets outside the mainland, so its positioning is a mainland comedy, but like the "Hurricane Rescue" series, the main focus is action scenes, so it can be distributed internationally..."

"It's hard!"

“… Well, it's really difficult, action movies rely too much on the action actors themselves, and Hollywood learns very fast, Wu Jing is filming "Death Tracking", working with Hollywood's action director team, he told me that those people have added a lot of gorgeous tricks of Chinese action design in the way of continuing the Western fierce and direct action design, which is very strong, and they will cooperate with handheld lenses, wide-angle shots and rapid editing in post-production, which is dizzying..."

"They have a whole industrial system and it's really quick to learn..."

……

Looking at Shen Xudong, who was talking eloquently, Liu Yifei felt a little touched in her heart...

More pride!

She knew that Shen Xudong was amazing before, and even more so now.

can talk to Yang Shoucheng and Jiang Zhiqiang, and is obviously in the upper hand...

Both of these are big shots in her opinion!

A little cult...

It's normal, she originally had a good impression of Shen Xudong, although she hadn't met for two years, she had always paid attention to him.

However, it is a pity that she herself knows that Shen Xudong is by no means a good match.

In the past two years, there have been many female celebrities who have had scandals with Shen Xudong, Fan Xiaopang, Xu Jinglei...

She secretly inquired and knew that although there was an element of hype in these things, they did have a relationship...

Well, including during the filming of "Dragon Babu", she faintly heard that Shen Xudong had some improper relationship with Zhong Liti, who played Kang Min in the crew...

If it sounds good, it is called a man's loveliness, but if it is not good, it is a scumbag who can't control the lower body.

However, what she said when she poured the wine just now was also true - what does it have to do with her whether she is a scum or not? It's not like I'm looking for him to be my boyfriend.

He is definitely a quality bed partner!

Experience the feeling of setting off fireworks in your head...

Aunt Liu on the side didn't understand very well, she was thinking about Golden Harvest's three-year film plan, is it possible for Liu Yifei to star in one?

Then, she asked directly: "Xudong, I heard that you came to Hong Kong this time to announce ten works of Golden Harvest?" ”

“… More than ten," Shen Xudong shook his head: "Golden Harvest will make at least eight movies every year!" My main purpose this time is to develop a conference and give confidence to the stock market," Speaking of this, he looked at Yang Shoucheng: "The photography exhibition directly caused the entertainment sector of Hong Kong stocks to fall by 30% as a whole, and it is difficult to make shareholders confident if they don't do something." ”

Hearing this, Yang Shoucheng thoughtfully: "So, you have to publicize it with great fanfare..."

"Well, this is also something that can't be helped, and now the market as a whole is not optimistic..."

Before Shen Xudong finished speaking, Jiang Zhiqiang suddenly said: "I watched Golden Harvest's movie plan, do you want to restart "A Chinese Ghost Story"? ”

(End of chapter)