Chapter 271: The Real Leader of Hong Kong Movies
Yindu Agency is a very special deposit in the Hong Kong film industry, which is a merger of the "Great Wall", "Phoenix" and "Xinlian" three old companies that were in Hong Kong in the 50s plus the emerging "Central Plains" film company, the real Chinese-funded institution, the management of Yindu Agency is all appointed by the mainland government, and the films shot by Yindu Agency can be distributed directly in the mainland without review, and in terms of creation, the mainland also gives Yindu Agency great tolerance, and the script does not need to be reviewed by the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television of the mainland, and can be filmed directly.
These last two items are what make countless Hong Kong filmmakers drool.
If these film companies in Hong Kong could have such relaxed conditions as the Yindu Organization, who would still be willing to hug Taiwan's thighs would have defected to the mainland of reform and opening up.
It's a pity that these relaxed conditions are only effective for Yindu institutions, and other companies, even Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers and other predators in the Hong Kong film industry back then, can only be fools' dreams.
The films of the Yindu Institution are screened by special Yindu Cinemas, so they never participate in the struggle between the three major cinema chains in Hong Kong, and the films released by the Yindu Cinemas are also produced by the Yindu Cinemas, as well as some mainland films and Soviet films.
Due to the special identity, and the movies filmed are too much to guide people, The profound realistic film tradition mainly focuses on the transformation of Hong Kong society and the transformation of Hong Kong people's mentality, and advocates realistic creative techniques with humanistic vision and social connotation, so the films produced by Yindu Organization have always been popular in Hong Kong, winning awards from Hong Kong Film Statues and Asia-Pacific Film Festival, but unfortunately the box office is almost equal to zero, in the 80s when entertainment was paramount, Hong Kong people made a choice easily between films starring Cheng Long, Zhou Yunfa and other entertainment stars and films with educational and reflective significance.
Yindu's Central Plains Company has also filmed this kind of movie, sensational at home and abroad, whether in the mainland or Hong Kong, the box office is a blockbuster, but unfortunately at that time kung fu films in Hong Kong was already a glorious end, Yindu institutions even chased two, it is difficult to replicate the glory of the first part, 87 years of Yindu institutions invested a lot of money, please Xu Anhua to shoot and, go to the mainland to shoot, the actors are all using Gao Su zhì's mainland professional actors, trying to reorganize the kung fu film country, the mainland box office Huo Dongjun is unknown, but the box office of the two films in Hong Kong, the total number of screenings for nearly 40 days, the total has not exceeded 10 million。
This Chinese-funded film company is actually not difficult to get by, and encourages new directors and actors to participate in the creation of Yindu Organization, but Hong Kong filmmakers are rarely willing to put up the Yindu organization's signboard.
It's very simple, once the name appears in the Yindu institution, it will immediately be on Taiwan's blacklist, not everyone is Xu Anhua, even if Xu Anhua is filming in Yindu, many of the crew members use pseudonyms, lest they be known by the Taiwan side and completely blocked.
If the largest box office wants to block someone, it is basically equivalent to being unemployed in the Hong Kong film industry, and the best outcome is to change careers, learn from Liang Jiahui, and set up a stall.
Huo Dongjun made an appointment to meet Fu Qi, the general manager of Yindu Agency, and was able to meet Fu Qi because of a circle of favors, first to Mecca, and then to Mecca, and then to ask Huang Baiming, Huang Baiming finally called Fu Qi, and the second person in Yindu Agency arranged time to meet Huo Dongjun.
Fu Qi's place to see Huo Dongjun is not a golf course or a café, a place like a hotel, is his private office in Yindu Organization, the room is simple and elegant, a bookcase, a desk, and a few pots of green plants plus two sofas for hospitality are all in this office, the CEO of Hong Kong's most financially powerful film company, has one of the most shabby offices in Hong Kong.
Fifty-seven-year-old Fu Qi is dignified and elegant, and in the fifties, he was once the first brother of the "Great Wall" film company, starring in many movies.
"Mr. Huo, please be seated. After the secretary brought Huo Dongjun in, Fu Qi got up from the desk, walked over with a smile and shook hands with Huo Dongjun, and then gestured to the sofa next to him.
"Thank you, Manager Fu. Huo Dongjun shook hands with Fu Qi and felt that the other party's hand was very strong.
After Huo Dongjun sat down and the male secretary helped Huo Dongjun make tea and leave, Fu Qi did not sit back at the desk, but sat on another sofa next to Huo Dongjun and asked:
"Manager Huang of Xinyi City called me and said that Mr. Huo of Dongyi Company wanted to meet me, sorry, I have been too busy recently, and I don't know those social activities, so I can only invite Mr. Huo to come to my office to sit and have a cup of tea. ”
Huo Dongjun said that he didn't mind, although he thought in his heart that meeting on this occasion was a bit restrictive than talking outside, and he felt less comfortable:
"I am also a headache doctor, I want to see Manager Fu, I don't know which friends to trust, I only recently learned that Manager Huang of Xinyi City got your phone number. ”
"I'm an old friend with him, and my daughter secretly went to filming, just to film his film, and I've known him for three or four years. Fu Qi laughed heartily.
He and Huang Baiming knew each other because his daughter Fu Mingxian secretly went to Xinyi City to interview for a movie, under the pseudonym Sun Hui, and was selected by Huang Baiming, and filmed one of the series at the age of fifteen.
Huo Dongjun chatted with Fu Qi for a few words, and then turned to the topic: "That's the case, this time I took the liberty to come to the door to ask Manager Fu to give me some advice and suggestions." ”
"Oh?" Fu Qi sat up straight, looked at Huo Dongjun with his eyes, and kept a smile: "The movie produced by Mr. Huo's company is a big hit, the box office champion, and he is also a famous movie star in Hong Kong. ”
"Manager Fu is too exaggerated, not to talk about Yindu Organization, just to talk about your own film career, which has made many stars in Hong Kong look up to, and many of the filmmakers who are active now have grown up watching your movies. Huo Dongjun said to Fu Qi.
This sentence is not flattery and sycophancy, Fu Qi is benevolent, Letty Chen Hou, these two star couples who were active on the screen in the fifties are indeed the motivation for many people to become actors when they grow up.
"Dongyi Company went to the mainland some time ago to survey the filming environment, and by chance I heard that the production unit of the TV series, China TV Drama Production Center Co., Ltd. was preparing to shoot, and a Japanese company once proposed to co-produce this TV series, but was refused, after I heard it, I really wanted to learn the experience and techniques of shooting this TV series in the mainland, so I wanted to ask Manager Fu, as a Hong Kong company, can I co-produce this drama with the mainland TV organization, if so, then what are the general ways of co-production, will it be the same as when making a movieActually, I thought, for example, that I can be like the Japanese, bear the funds, and then not interfere with the creation?" Huo Dongjun asked, staring into Fu Qi's eyes.