Quentin looked confused, but he was a movie maniac, and when he knew that these were all questions that Hao Yun asked him for, not only did he not dislike and wanted to escape, but watched them one by one with great interest.

"You now understand why he was able to write a script like that while being an actor, right?"

Jiang Wen sat on the chair and subconsciously leaned back on the chair.

It's a dodge move.

He was about to have a psychological shadow when he was devastated by Hao Yun, and he would suddenly stop when he rolled the sheets with his wife, because he was inspired to answer a question that Hao Yun had not answered before.

Gotta get it down quickly.

“sweat is the lubricant of success！” Quentin gave Hao Yun a thumbs up.

It's a pity that Hao Yun's English is not very good, and he doesn't read enough, so he doesn't know who said this famous sentence at all, but suspects that Quentin is driving.

Quentin picked up a card and began to tell Hao Yun what he understood about the movie.

"Should a screenwriter's inspiration come from life or film? As far as I'm concerned, half of my inspiration comes from life and half from the movies I watch. Movies have given me the passion to create, let me know the current trend of film and what changes have taken place in the film industry; And life always allows me to continue to get inspiration and inspiration, and I continue to get creative materials from life......"

He was a very eloquent person, almost a talker.

He had to say fifty or sixty sentences about a problem that could have been explained in five or six sentences, and sometimes when the interest came, the topic went astray.

However, there is a lot to learn from talking to him.

In addition, Hao Yun can ask for his attributes at any time, and listen to him with Quentin's attributes throughout the whole process, and there is no problem of not understanding, but he can still have a very pleasant chat.

Who would have thought that he and the president of the Jury of the Cannes Film Festival would be chatting and laughing here.

However, there is a topic, whether it is Jiang Wen, Quentin, or Hao Yun, not even a word has been mentioned.

That's about awards.

Since I was a child, I have known how to protect myself, and I know that the best way to avoid rejection is to reject others first.

In the same way, as long as you don't ask, everyone won't be embarrassed.

The Cannes award is not a neighbor's steamed bun, if you ask for it, Quentin will not break a piece for you in the way.

After having a meal with Quentin, Hao Yun followed Jiang Wen's instructions and went to visit Xu Ke again.

At this critical time of the film festival, Xu Ke was very busy as a judge, and he had to avoid suspicion and minimize the "informal" contact with the participating films, but Hao Yun called his assistant and expressed his desire to ask for advice, and Xu Ke actually met Hao Yun in the hotel room.

The hotel where he stayed had a large terrace, and he received Hao Yun on the terrace.

Cannes in May isn't too cold, but it's a bit windy, so it's a bit chilly at night.

"Dante mentioned you, I also watched the movies you made, and I haven't seen a young man who plays as well as you for a long time."

Xu Ke explained at the beginning the reason why he was willing to meet Hao Yun.

If Jiang Wen introduced Hao Yun to Xu Ke, Xu Ke would definitely give Jiang Wen this face.

But Hao Yun visited in the name of a person, and he was willing to see Hao Yun purely because of Hao Yun as a person.

"Haha, for Director Lin and me, "A Thousand Changes" was made to make money, and that movie was really not interesting." Hao Yun said very boldly.

"Oh, what kind of movie do you want to play?" Xu Ke was really curious.

"The ...... like "The Legend of Shu Mountain"

Hao Yun said without hesitation, it is not Xu Ke's "New Dragon Gate Inn", nor "Undefeated in the East", or "Green Snake", "A Chinese Ghost Story", in Hao Yun's opinion, Wang Jiawei's best movie is "East Evil and West Poison", and Xu Ke's best movie is "The Legend of Shushan".

He wasn't as crazy as Jiang Wen.

Otherwise, he will say, the best movie hasn't come out yet, I'll make it when I get back.

"The Legend of Shushan" ......" Xu Ke shook his head and smiled bitterly, and sighed: "If this is the case, there is no possibility for the two of us to cooperate, the market in Xiangjiang can no longer afford such a movie, you don't know what this movie means." ”

Hao Yun didn't expect that this seemingly beautiful Xiangjiang director would be so low.

But I can also understand his pain.

In the mid-to-late 90s of the last century, Hong Kong films entered a trough period of development.

In 1997, Xu Ke, who felt the weakness of the Hong Kong film market, also chose to go international and cooperated with Hollywood studios in "Double Firepower".

After this "Double Fire" was released in North America, the response was lackluster.

Xu Ke, who was not discouraged, filmed " . Thunder Strike".

However, this . After the release of "Thunder Strike" in the North American film market, the effect is still not ideal.

Xu Ke, who has been frustrated repeatedly, also realized that the creative thinking of Eastern directors is not very suitable for the Western market. So in 2000, Xu Ke returned to Xiangjiang and returned to the creation of Hong Kong films.

It was also in this year that Xu Ke filmed the classic "Downstream and Against the Current".

However, the Hong Kong film market in 2000 was still in a downturn.

After the release of "Downstream and Against the Current", it only got a box office score of more than 4.4 million.

If it were just like this, he would definitely not be able to shoot "The Legend of Shushan".

That year, Du Qifeng, who joined the "Huaxia Star" company of Xianghuaxing, suddenly had a bold idea, he wanted to gather all the famous Hong Kong film directors at that time, set up a film company, and keep warm.

With so many industry elites gathered together, they will definitely be able to save Hong Kong films from peril and save the market.

Du Qifeng and Xiang sliding wall, one dares to think, the other dares to throw.

With the financial support of "Huaxia Star", Du Qifeng established a film company called "Centennial Film" in 2000.

After the establishment of the company, Du Qifeng found Xu Ke, Chen Jiashang, Lin Lingdong, Liu Zhenwei, Zhao Chongji, Lin Chaoxian, Qiu Litao, Liu Guochang, Liang Baijian and others, and under some lobbying, pulled these people into the "100-year movie".

After the personnel were in place, they took out a large amount of money to the boss to let these famous directors show their skills.

In 2000, Du Qifeng filmed "Lonely Men and Widows" for "One Hundred Years Movie", Chen Jiashang filmed "Love War Okinawa" for "One Hundred Years Movie", and Lin Chaoxian filmed "Jianghu Emergency" for "One Hundred Years Movie".

And Xu Ke also got the funds in this year to prepare and shoot a blockbuster for the "Hundred Years Movie" - "The Legend of Shushan".

This "Legend of Shushan" costs a lot of money, and more than 1,600 special effects shots are used in the whole film, and the production of special effects alone costs more than 40 million yuan.

The gorgeous lineup and a large number of special effects cost this "Legend of Shushan" nearly 100 million yuan in production costs.

However, the effect of the film after its release was not ideal. In the Hong Kong film market, this "The Legend of Shushan" only got a box office score of more than 11 million. In the mainland film market, the box office revenue of the film is only 20 million.

It can be said that even if other directors make a little money, such as "Thin Men and Women", they can't stand the loss of "The Legend of Shushan".

And then......

And then a hundred years of movies are almost over.

Hong Kong films are completely dead.

Xu Ke was willing to see Hao Yun, except that Lin Chaoxian mentioned Hao Yun in front of him, and then because he wanted to get in touch with mainland directors.

By chatting with mainland directors, learn more about things.

He met with Zhang Yimou during the day today.

In the evening, he heard that Hao Yun was coming to visit him, so he also took the opportunity to meet.

As for what to avoid, he didn't care about it at all.

"You can consider going to the mainland." Hao Yun suggested.

"If the problem of board theft is not solved, it will be difficult for the mainland market to have much explosive power." Xu Ke didn't know that the mainland was the only way out for Xiangjiang.

"Problems will always be solved, not all the time." Hao Yun is very confident about the future.

In recent years, Zheng Ce has been introduced to stimulate the market, and with the development of the economy, more people are definitely willing to enter the cinema.

It is different from the mourning of the Xiangjiang Film Market.

Mainland directors are full of confidence and have begun to plan to make blockbusters one by one, Zhang Yimou In addition to the already released "Hero", there is also the upcoming "Ambush on All Sides", and the third blockbuster has also entered the preparatory stage.

Chen Kaige launched "Wuji" with an investment of 30 million US dollars in March.

Compared with these two master-level directors, Ma Da Vat is undoubtedly inferior, he himself is not a "master", nor is he from an academy, but he is not convinced, he also wants to hit the Oscars, so he plans to make a Chinese movie based on the foreign masterpiece "Hamlet".

It can not only please the domestic audience to protect the box office, but also please the Oscars and win the award.

When Hao Yun had dinner with Ma Da Vat in Xiangjiang before, he talked about such a topic and asked Hao Yun if he was willing to act.

Hao Yun did not give an accurate answer.

In comparison, Zhou Xingxing has no ambition to impact the Oscars, he only wants to make money.

"Director Xu, this is my storyboard, take a look at ......"

Hao Yun and Xu Ke chatted about the movie for a while, and then began to ask him about storyboarding.