October of 2007 left in a hurry, and November came with a twist.

It has snowed in many places in northern China, and on Hong Kong Island in the south, you can walk outside with a coat on.

With such a vast territory, the geographical and cultural differences are naturally very large.

In the conference hall on the 39th floor of the Hong Kong Island World Financial Center, a cross-strait film directors seminar is being held at this time.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Island's return to the motherland, and the seminar was naturally arranged to be held on Hong Kong Island.

At this time, Liu Zhenwei was standing on the stage to speak, talking about some things about the Hong Kong Island Film Market.

He didn't speak in Mandarin, but in Cantonese.

In the audience, a group of directors from Hong Kong Island, mainland China, and directors from Wanwan sat quietly.

No one slept, but it's hard to say if you can understand it.

Li Shengyao naturally came over.

After all, it is the film directors' symposium on the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Island's return to the motherland.

Except for Zhang Yimou, the mainland director is preparing for the Olympics, and everyone else, including Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, and Jiang Wen, have come over.

Li Shengyao will make a concluding speech later.

That's right, he spoke last, and after the directors and representatives of the two sides of the strait and the three places finished speaking, he would make a concluding speech.

Although I did not hear the deputies' speeches, Li Dadao's assistant had written the manuscript two days earlier.

It's also a talent, and you know what other people are going to talk about a few days earlier.

Li Shengyao actually didn't want to make a concluding speech, as if he was the general representative of the Chinese director circle.

It was too high-profile, and he wanted to keep it low-key.

Chen Hao has a job in the past few days, and it happened that Dong Xuan was idle, so he took Dong Xuan south to Hong Kong Island, planning to have a good time for a few days.

He didn't want to be in the limelight.

However, Han Sanping said that this is the above meaning, saying that he is the only director who can suppress the bend of Hong Kong Island, and no one else is very good.

Since the above valued Li Dadao so much, he took it.

Wu Baige on Hong Kong Island has returned, and Chen Kexin, who completed the post-production of "Casting Names", has also come, and it can be said that most of the heavyweight directors have come.

There are no big names over there.

The last time Lee attended a film directors' seminar in the three regions of the Taiwan Strait, he met Yang Dechang, but Yang Lao had already passed away in June this year.

At this time, Li Shengyao's eyes swept over the bend and saw Zhu Yanping, Niu Chengze and others, and he was inexplicably a little irritable.

Yang Dechang's departure is definitely a loss for Chinese films.

It's a pity that although he is a traverser, he does not have the ability to bring the dead back to life.

Liu Zhenwei on the stage was still speaking, and he didn't know what to say, as if he had brought several pages of paper.

Judging by his expression and tone, it seems that what he said makes sense.

But the mainland and the director can't understand it, aren't you enclosing yourself and talking to yourself?

Directors in the Hong Kong circle are like this, immersed in their own small world, they have no overall view, not only in life, but also in movies.

Wu Baige's previous movies were all good, but later when he filmed "The Wind Whisperer", if he wanted to shoot big scenes and reflect the story of an era, he couldn't do it.

This is the case with "Red Cliff" and "Taiping Wheel".

"Red Cliff" can still rely on stars to fool the box office, but when it comes to "Taiping Wheel", it will not work at all.

And this group of guys just don't know how to find problems from themselves, and they say that the mainland audit restricts them at every turn.

They also don't want to think that Hong Kong Island has now become a harvest ground for Hollywood movies.

I can't even keep my hometown, where are I pretending to be high.

The irritability in Li Shengyao's heart was even heavier.

In the face of such a group of guys, what is the point of the so-called cross-strait film directors seminar?

He thought about it for a moment, and simply got up and went to the break room to sit down.

After a few moments, he made his way to the break room, then found the water dispenser, pulled out a paper cup, and took a glass of water.

He took a sip of water, and then he felt a little better.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and I saw Brother Chen Kai coming over.

Brother Kaizi was wearing a casual suit with a pair of light blue jeans, although it was not very formal, he was tall and looked very imposing.

"Director Li ......"

Brother Chen Kai was about to speak, when there were footsteps outside, he immediately stopped it, nodded, and turned to leave.

Li Shengyao had a question mark on his face, he didn't understand what Brother Kai Zi wanted to do.

Of course, he didn't bother to think about it, smiled, and continued to sit quietly.

The person who came in after Brother Kaizi was Liu Weiqiang.

He has a pair of black-framed eyes, and although he is wearing a suit, he looks like a science and engineering man.

"Director Li, okay."

Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, "Director Liu, hello." ”

Liu Weiqiang glanced at the paper cup in Li Shengyao's hand, then pulled out a paper cup, then drew some water, and sat down next to Li Shengyao.

"Director Li, I'm going to Hollywood this year."

"I know, there's something interesting about that movie."

Liu Weiqiang went to Hollywood at the beginning of the year and directed and filmed "Corpse Scene", which is a stitching of "Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Silence of the Lambs".

This phenomenon is actually quite normal, and Hollywood producers hope that good directors from other places will work hard for them.

But they couldn't trust other people's aesthetic vision, so they asked the screenwriter to stitch together some classic movies and hand them over to foreign directors to shoot.

Such movies generally have a small investment, and they won't hurt their muscles and bones if they lose money, and they will send people away with the sentence "That guy didn't reach the level of Hollywood".

In case it explodes, they make a fortune.

The overall story of "Corpse Scene" is complete, but there is a mystery in the middle, there are almost no ups and downs, and the film is relatively dull.

There is no splash in the beautiful country.

Lau's Hollywood dream was shattered.

Li Shengyao naturally will not belittle Liu Weiqiang, he knows very well that this movie has nothing to do with Liu Weiqiang.

When Liu Weiqiang heard this, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes.

"Director Li, do you really think it's interesting?"

"Well, I think it's okay."

Liu Weiqiang nodded, and then said: "According to "Corpse Scene", I have a better adapted script, I think it can be filmed, do you think it can?" ”

Li Shengyao looked at Liu Weiqiang in surprise, but he didn't expect Liu Weiqiang to still remember this matter.

"Of course not."

"Uh......"

Lee Shengyao continued: "Hollywood doesn't trust foreign directors in the first place, just like Director Wu, just two movies can't work, they were abandoned, "Corpse Scene" is already a thing of the past, even if you come up with a good script, they won't reboot. ”

Hearing this, Liu Weiqiang was silent for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile, "You're right." ”

He then sighed and left alone.

Li Shengyao smiled, got up and was about to go out, when he saw Brother Kaizi who had just left.

The guy didn't know when he leaned over, and this time there were no footsteps.

"Director Li, congratulations, the box office of "The Hangover" is more than 400 million US dollars."

Brother Chen Kai said good words and quickly walked into the lounge.

"Director Chen is polite, it's just lucky."

Brother Chen Kai nodded, and then said, "Director Li, I want to talk to you about my new movie, and I hope you can give me some advice." ”

After Brother Kaizi's "Wuji", he was silent for three years, and only then did he come up with "Mei Lanfang" in the 08 New Year.

This movie had a box office of 100 million at the time, and overall, the reputation was passable.

The portrayal of the young Mei Lanfang is very good.

But when it comes to adult Mei Lanfang, it won't work.

Li Shengyao thinks it's because when he was a teenager Mei Lanfang, he had a goal, that is, to become the best actor.

But when she reached adulthood, Mei Lanfang had no goal and no such energy.

is like "Farewell My Concubine", Cheng Dieyi always wants to sing with her senior brother, and this momentum continues until the end of the movie.

And the boy in "Mei Lanfang" wants to become a role and train hard.

When I reached adulthood, I met Meng Xiaodong, met a little devil, and encountered too many things, too miscellaneous.

If you want to portray love, you should shape it around this theme from beginning to end.

You have to portray Mr. Mei's patriotism, and you have to add a plot around this point from beginning to end.

This is what "Mei Lanfang" lacks.

At this time, Brother Kaizi looked at Li Dadao with a sincere gaze.

Li Shengyao didn't expect that someone as proud as Brother Kai Zige would ask him for advice.

Brother Kaizi is undoubtedly under a lot of pressure, "Wuji" is too bad for reputation, and "Mei Lanfang" is his work of sharpening his sword in three years

Li Shengyao is not a stingy person, "You are polite, where can I give you advice." ”

"Director Li, your strength is in everyone's eyes, don't be modest, an American comedy like "The Hangover" can be written, you are definitely the best screenwriter in the Chinese-speaking circle."

"Then tell me about it."

Brother Chen Kai nodded, and then told the plot of "Mei Lanfang".

is similar to the "Mei Lanfang" that Li Shengyao saw in his previous life.

This movie should start filming at this time, and it is estimated that it is almost finished.

Li Shengyao wasn't sure if it would be too late to change now, he thought about it a little, and still planned to share a thing or two with Brother Kaizi.

"Director Chen, I personally think that after the actor becomes an adult, the story is too miscellaneous, you want to describe Mei Lanfang's legendary life, training hard when she was a teenager, getting married as an adult, meeting love, and meeting national hatred and family hatred, these are no problems, but there is one less line, an obsession that runs through the hero's life, or emotion."

"It's like "Farewell My Concubine", Cheng Dieyi has a dependence on his senior brother because of what happened to him when he was a teenager, and this emotion runs through his life."

"Mei Lanfang, what you just told me, doesn't feel like this, I don't think it's so exciting."

"Farewell My Concubine" is the pride of Brother Kaizi's life.

When he heard Li Shengyao's words, he immediately understood what Li Shengyao meant, was silent for a moment, and then said seriously: "Director Li, your screenwriting ability is really amazing, listening to my chatter, you found the biggest problem of this movie, thank you." ”

"Small."

Moments later, the two returned to the convention center together.

Liu Zhenwei had finished speaking, and Zhu Yanping was speaking at this time.

Brother Kai Zi sat down, then hugged his chest and thought, his gaze occasionally shifted, and when he swept over Li Dadao, there was admiration and emotion in his eyes.

He read the script of "Anita Mui" and felt that it was well written, but he always felt that something was missing.

It wasn't until Li Shengyao said it that he understood that "Anita Mui" lacked a spirit that ran through the whole film, and it was too miscellaneous.

Li Shengyao can find out just by listening to him talk about it, which is amazing.

(End of chapter)