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Chapter 61: Talk About Movies

"Second, people don't look down on you! You are not famous enough!"

Ma Dong said bluntly.

“…”

You are so right that I am speechless!

Chen Lin was a little annoyed. On the one hand, it was because he was rejected, and on the other hand, it was because he was too smooth during this period and he actually became arrogant!

People have their own plans, but you suddenly reach out and say, "Come on, buddy, please help me." Who treats you as a scallion?

"What's wrong? Do you think you're underestimated?"

Seeing Chen Lin silent, Ma Dong quipped.

"I think the reason why Teacher Guo rejected me must be because of the first point of view, and it will definitely not be the second point!"

Chen Lin's tone was very firm.

"Okay, okay, you're famous!"

"It's a must!"

"Ask you something, do you think I, the hero of Chinese characters, have a trick?"

"hehe."

"Promote traditional culture! You are not optimistic?"

"I really convinced you. We are in the online video company now, not CCTV!"

Ma Dong understood the meaning of Chen Lin.

Online videos are targeted at young netizens, not all the people.

The whole thing is too high-end and really lacks appeal!

"Oh! I have already decided on the naming merchants, so I have to do it anymore. I'll find them to find a way to see if there is room for maneuver."

As he spoke, Ma Dong walked towards the office.

"No, didn't you say you wanted to treat me to a meal?"

"What food? Go to the cafeteria by yourself. By the way, hurry up and record two issues of "Just Departure". They told me that there is no manuscript saved!"

"Okay, leader, go ahead and get busy!"

"roll!"

...

In fact, Chen Lin originally wanted to remind Ma Dong not to turn the show into a different character. Since he decided to promote traditional culture, he should try to go to the high-end. You want to be high-end, elegant and upscale, and you also want to gain attention through vulgar dramas. How can there be so many good things?

However, after all, this is Ma Dong's show that he is rashly involved in it.

Moreover, only through this show trial can Ma Dong truly understand the netizens' preferences and start preparing for the most classic variety show of IQIYI - "The Debater"

This time I came to Iqiyi, and also had the intention of recording "Before Departure".

The last recording period was recorded, Chen Lin was absent and had no choice but to be far away in the mountain city. He really couldn't catch up with the recording. The program team had to play a few unedited highlights, and the number of views suddenly dropped!

It's about to be Friday, so I have to record an issue quickly.

The recording location is located in the coffee house in Iqiyi Building.

"I'll get rid of my food first, otherwise the hiccups will be a bit indecent!"

Holding a cup of green tea, Shen Lin sat in a corner where the lights were not particularly bright.

It was almost twenty minutes later, accompanied by the yelling, "Let's start!" The cameraman pointed the camera at Chen Lin.

"First of all, the good news is announced. The box office of our "33 Days of Love Break" has exceeded 400 million. Thank you for your strong support!"

"To be honest, I didn't expect it to be so successful at the beginning! The cost is not yet ten million!"

"Okay, let's not say that much, so as not to say that I'm taking advantage of it. Let's talk about the movie!"

Get to the point.

"By the way, before getting to the topic, I will talk about something. I found that many people on the Internet have opinions about me, saying that I don't like HK and don't like Taiwan! A few days ago, I met a director who also advised me not to go against Guangdong Taiwan or something. I wondered, where did you see that I don't like HK and Taiwan? I just don't like some of the people inside!"

"Someone chatted with me on Weibo, saying that I am biased against Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors! How is that possible? My idol is Stephen Chow, and among my favorite actors, Liang Jiahui. How could I not like Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors?"

“As a director, I have a basic principle of actor selection, lines!”

"Let's mention Tom Hanks' accent in "Forrest Gump". Let's talk about Brad Pitt, who is an authentic idol actor, but in order to star in "Inglorious Bastard", he changed his authentic New York accent to a rustic southern accent. The difficulty can be imagined!"

"Where are some of our Hong Kong and Taiwan artists? They can't even speak Mandarin well, let alone expect them to speak some local dialects."

"Lines must be the basic skills of actors! But many Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors do not even have the ability to speak at least! It's not that I look down on these people, you can't even explain the lines clearly, and you still want me to use you? Isn't this nonsense!"

"I'll explain it clearly this time. Don't say that I'm biased against Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors in the future! Are you doing this trouble?"

"Okay, let's talk about this issue. I'm going to do a long-term series, which is a series about movies."

"We will talk about HK movies in the first episode!"

"When it comes to HK movies, I guess everyone should know that HK was once called Eastern Hollywood, and HK movie industry was exported to Southeast Asia and East Asia!"

"HK movies were about 30 years from the 1960s to the mid-to-late 1980s. This era gave birth to superstars such as Li Xiaolong and Chen Long, including "Jingwumen", "Tangshan Brother", "Police Story" and other representative works."

"But nowadays, it is hard to see the pure HK movies with great influence appear, so many people say that HK movies have declined."

"There is a point of view that the glory of HK movies is not because of the level of excitement but because our viewing level was too low and we had not experienced the baptism of Hollywood blockbusters, so we took it for granted that HK movies were amazing! Therefore, the level of HK movies back then was not as high as we thought, but we gave him a high evaluation. Today, HK movies have not regressed, but relatively small progress has been made!"

"I don't really agree with this view, I think HK movies have indeed been brilliant!"

"The "Tangshan Brothers" and "Jingwumen" in the 1970s Shaw Brothers, and the heroes in the 1980s have brought us too many classic movies."

"Even in terms of the current viewing level, these are rare movies!"

"So, HK movies were indeed ahead of the entire Chinese-language film industry at the beginning!"

"So, how did they mess it up?"

"First let's analyze why HK movies are brilliant? This is inseparable from HK's economic development, political changes and social changes. What was HK's scene in the 1960s? The economy began to take off, trade gradually flourished, the population increased rapidly, culture became increasingly diverse, and regional influence rose rapidly. In this environment, coupled with commercial capital represented by Shaw Film Company investing in the film industry, HK's film industry rose rapidly after obtaining abundant capital, both in output and quality were the leading Asian in the era at that time. HK once became the second largest film production place in the world after Hollywood, and established its own unique influence in East and Southeast Asian countries."
Chapter completed!
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