Chapter Four Hundred and Twenty About the Conception of the Film Festival(1/2)
Chapter 420: Concept of the Film Festival
Brigitte Lin and Xiaoyi, sweating profusely, returned to Xiaojun after playing for nearly half an hour. Brigitte Lin's forehead was already covered in sweat, wearing a hat, and it was not good to dissipate heat. They used their little hands to suffocate a little bit of wind, and they could not let the heat in their bodies emit from the little hands.
The two of them were holding a large cup of cold drink and were about to drink it all in one go, but were stopped by Xiaojun: "Don't be anxious, it's bad for the stomach, give them two glasses of warm water."
There was always a waiter at the bar, who was specially serving several people behind them, waiting for the order. He took the initiative to pour the cold drink just now, and Brother Long was with him, and the boss was here, and Brother Hong from the New Territories was here, so he dared not serve him accidentally. He heard Xiaojun's order and did as he did immediately. Although he had not heard what the few people were talking about, he still saw the familiarity between the eyebrows and the boss's attitude towards this young man.
After leaving the bar and parting with Xiang Qiang, Xiaojun naturally took on the task of escorting Lin Qingxia home.
"Qingxia, look at this drama. You may want to play a guest role. It is a breakthrough character. For you, a woman in the world, I wonder if you are interested?" Xiaojun saw that the two of them slowly sweating and their breathing slowly returned to calm, so he asked.
Brigitte Lin took off her hat, and her hair that had been soaked long ago made her very hot. It was not until Xiaojun's car that it became cooler. At this time, he heard the character that had not existed in the script that had just been studied, and was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Aren't you a purely man's drama? What?"
"Forget it, it's useless to ask you. I'm not invited to come, just tie it up. Do you still need to discuss it? I'll go back tonight and think about it again, and wait for the company's notice these two days."
"Hmph, have I sold it to you? It's time to say it." Brigitte Lin was actually very happy when she heard Xiaojun's words, but she muttered like a little girl, and her little mouth was pursed, as if the love had just begun to bloom, revealing it.
It’s not that I have never experienced that kind of age, nor that I have experienced that feeling, but for some reason, I don’t always be together, and there is no clear relationship. It’s just this faint feeling. As long as I am by his side, I always feel that I am not as adult as I have never felt this kind of happiness.
When she arrived at Brigitte Lin's residence, Xiaojun did not get off the car, but just ordered the left to send two girls upstairs. Regarding this feeling of maintaining a certain ambiguousness, Xiaojun did not want to end completely, but in his heart, whenever he saw this big star in his memory, he always felt indescribable. What it was, it was difficult to explain, and it was not clear. Perhaps it was the experience and thoughts of the 21st century in his heart, a kind of recount of such people that were once out of reach, and he loved to pay attention to entertainment news the most, and he had an almost paranoid attention to these familiar big stars.
It is different from the screen side. This feeling is really fulfilling. Not only Brigitte Lin, but also faces Cheng Long, Chow Yun-fat, Sammo Hung, and the same way, seeing their side in life, treating the appearance of the big boss respectfully, tsk, one word, it's great.
Maybe it was his vanity that was causing trouble? Xiaojun lit a cigarette and laughed at himself. He was young and frivolous. Although some of the angry young people who shouted that they would not forget the national humiliation, they were more affected by the entertainment trends in xg, tw and other places. xg is better. After all, most of the celebrities here still adhere to the idea that they are part of China. For example, Cheng Long, the first artist who really stood up and dared to face politics and speak out directly. Such people are the real Chinese. And the most annoying group of people born in the 1980s were attacked by Korean and Japanese streams, and they also advocated that the other country's system was extremely good all day long. These people were the group of people who once belonged to the 21st century and hated the most.
Cultural attributes, a word that must be mentioned, that is, what culture is, started in the middle and late 1990s, and it was no longer replaced by extensive knowledge. A new type of culture, graphic culture, belongs to the so-called "culture" that may be slight and boring brought by television, newspapers, magazines, and images, impacting the thoughts of teenagers.
Xiaojun is not a person who is worried about everything, nor is he the kind of person who advocates that everything is normal. He does not resist filming and publicity. Every side of society has its right to restore the truth and publish it to the public. But the most intolerable thing is to regard Japanese and Korean dramas as mainstream TV media. Any kind of kimchi drama without any connotation has become a sacred endorsement in the eyes of some young people. They are just a show. They can obtain a pair of men or women who seem handsome but are actually fragile, and become idols in the minds of Chinese teenagers. For them, they even do not hesitate to do some irrational things.
Part of the reason for doing Haoyu Film and Television is to realize Xiaojun’s dream, go to the shooting scenes of those classic films, feel the sadness and happiness of the cast and crew, and turn the things they once felt were not good enough and according to their own wishes, into what they wanted.
If these are selfish expressions, Xiaojun is actually thinking about one thing, not talking about national justice or national integrity, but just for one thing, that is, young people over ten or twenty years later forget those vulgar kimchi in their minds, remember, advocate, and worship are real Chinese people and real idols.
xg, not all mainland people have good character and are infecting everyone with the positive expression of public image. These people are scum, but there are also many good ones.
Xiaojun did not have too much ambitions, nor did he give up all his thoughts for the country. He just wanted to do his best to do his best, even if it was boring in his spare time, he would do it smoothly. Those miscellaneous people should not enter this circle. When they come in, they must be killed and banned completely. Those depressed and unsuccessful good people, their own Haoyu Film and Television, can help, count them.
Is it possible to create a new situation for a culture that truly belongs to you? Is it possible to make this place and China the spokesperson for leading the market trend? Haoyu Clothing has made the clothing area emerge in a new force. Can film and television?
Xiaojun didn't sleep all night, with memories, determination, and confusion. Can he, in this great era, seize the opportunity to truly push this cultural industry to a climax and a chance to stand at the peak?
Be sure of the present? In the end, Xiaojun stopped thinking about it. One thing that is the most difficult thing to know history is, that is, the hesitation between change and non-change. If it is done well, that is normal. If it is not done well, it is the sinner of history. It is not that he has thought about it. It is not that he does not want to have the highest honor of Chinese in the highest hall of the movie. There was once a director who had achieved certain success, but is that success really the highest? The occasional flash of flashes that can only be praised by others for being insufficient strength cannot be recognized by others.
You have to eat rice bite by bite, and you have to walk step by step. You can't eat a fat man in one bite. You can keep a firm foothold. You should do it well first. If you don't make the overall environment good, the overall cast will be stronger, and the film will be promoted more widely. If you want to be recognized there, it is basically impossible.
A script that can be regarded as unforgettable in memory, a classic movie that has been watched more than 20 times, a flash of inspiration, the sky just shining brightly, the whole script has been vividly revealed on the paper, without too many details, those things depend on the director and himself to modify and grasp the actor's performance on the spot. The mandatory script is a kind of destruction that kills the actor's nature. Only by adjusting different script details can different script details be shot, the best and most needed effect can be produced.
I stretched my waist, stood up, opened the window, and the smoke in the house convection out of the window along the strong airflow.
Standing at the window, the natural wind sensation was much more comfortable than the air conditioner in the house. Looking at the morning and evening, with a thin layer of thick fog, it was not far away, but the whole xg was right in front of him, just under his feet, unconsciously, Xiaojun opened his arms and took a deep breath.
"Hu!" A long breath, the tiredness of the night, suddenly disappeared. The turbid air and the clear air changed to each other at this moment. This was also the obvious change after Xiaojun had the skill, and he could not feel tired for a long time. This energy was indelible.
Facing the morning breeze, Xiaojun practiced the exercises he must practice every day again. He could not feel the obvious changes in his body, but with the accumulation of daily life, Xiaojun could still know how obvious the changes in his body were. The most obvious, in terms of strength, speed, and physical fitness, these things needless to say, even the energy was much stronger. When he suddenly looked back, he thought he was extremely powerful. At this moment, it seemed that they were just a paragraph. The hidden person who had seen, who was known as the strongest soldier, looked at it now, but so, Jimmy in the mysterious organization no longer seemed to be a master.
"The True Character of Heroes" has come out. Should that person be found? He is at the trough of his career, and at this moment, playing Zijie is good or bad. On the past, he sang and performed well. But now, he has not yet performed, is he good or bad?
If I hadn't mentioned this video, maybe I could not remember this superstar who was considered a homosexual. Leslie Cheung didn't like him very much. Maybe it was because of the age problem in my memory that my impression of this superstar was basically stuck in the image. When I got older, I just had a certain understanding of this man, but it was already the last masterpiece. I never had the chance to deepen my understanding of this superstar again through live singing and films and TV. I can only use some information to re-read this former "brother".
It took less than two years before he could jump out of the contract and leave the Jedi Records Company, which was first known as a blessing land but had been in the past for several years and had not yet achieved anything.
No matter what difficulties a superstar encounters, he will become that person sooner or later. The shining superstar has been tempered for more than three years, and it is not bad for more than a year of hardships. This man can appear.
Can you also start preparing for the Academy Awards? The four major film and television companies support the film weekly, and the time is ripe. If you want to insert history, you must take one step ahead of history. This step is best not to disrupt the entire step.
At 7 o'clock, Xiaojun walked out of the room on time. Today, he was wearing a rare formal outfit. The style of the Zhongshan suit series, which had already been trending, also made breakthroughs, including formal outfits, performance outfits, and casual versions. In short, today's Zhongshan suits, not only fight against suits, but also fight for his own territory.
Xue Yulong's morning plane left xg. The joy of last night was unreal, so he didn't sleep well all night. If the cracks occur, it would be difficult to get up to the sky if they want to repair them. Xiaojun, is he strange?
At the airport, when he saw Xiaojun and Zuo Yi standing there, silently sending him off, Xue Yulong smiled, and the farewellers looking around him no longer existed at this moment.
Qiu'er stood beside Xue Yulong, clearly feeling the change of her lover, and followed his gaze and saw the figure.
After walking out of the crowd, he stood in front of Xiaojun, without saying anything, the two of them were just looking at each other quietly.
"I don't blame me!" Xiaojun looked at the more and more people around him. The time for boarding was almost up. He turned around and left, leaving only these three words.
But just three words made Xue Yulong clench his fists tightly with his hands, which was hard to suppress. It was easy for friends to get, but it was hard to find a confidant.
Looking back, regardless of the urging sounds on the airport radio and the urgency of the people who were seeing off, he looked at Xiaojun's back as he left and stopped moving forward until he left. He could come, which means he was not blamed for himself. That sentence was not for himself, but for the people at home.
"Qiu'er, after returning, I will first go to my house and tell my grandfather that after today's situation, you are going to Haotian." This inspection was originally a bit of a traveling meaning, and Xue Yulong also wanted to take Qiu'er with him, but she refused. The reason was simple. His godfather's career here started again, and many things needed to be managed by himself. The previous part of the previous part was that he helped Zuo Shao go on a revenge trip, and it was basically Qiu'er who was managing most of the voices of Haotian and Cha Yin.
If you don’t like it, this kind of industry is a scam. Although you don’t like it, Qiu'er doesn’t care. What else does it have to do with her except the people around her, and the lives and deaths of others.
"I understand." Qiu'er nodded, raised her hand, tidied up Xue Yulong's somewhat messy hair, and then tidied his collar. Looking at the time on the boarding pass, she urged him to get on the plane and leave.
Xue Yulong left, Li Zeming was busy. Cheng Guang was left in Haoyu. Originally, Xiaojun was here, so Cheng Guang naturally didn't want to interfere, but was driven back by Xiaojun's words.
"Damn, Ah Guang, I finally had a rest for a while. You kid still have to squeeze my labor. If I'm fine during this period, I'll be in the film and television company downstairs. Don't look for me if I have nothing to do, and don't look for me if I have something to do."
One morning, sitting at the desk, Xiaojun made several invitation calls in succession and made an appointment with the location at Haotian Battlefield. Now it can no longer be called Haotian Battlefield. Haotian Group, a large-scale comprehensive hotel-style enterprise integrating various entertainment projects.
From some original projects, what is extended to include specialty restaurants in Southeast Asia and various ‘service industries’. However, serious business is serious business and illegal, so naturally it cannot be confused. This is what Xiaojun told Cha Yin.
After getting into a restaurant with T-Chinese cuisine, I heard that Xiaojun wanted to use it, and Chayin waved his pen and cleared all the restaurants of T-Chinese cuisine, and only reserved for Xiaojun to use it alone.
The first group of guests, Uncle Shao Liu, Zou Huai, Huang Baiming, and Xiang Qiang, almost controlled the five people in most theaters. After that party, they sat together again.
When the two parties met, although they were not as good as before, they hated each other, but it was impossible to restore the reappearance of the relationship. It was a win-win situation. This slogan proposed by Xiaojun was shown at this time, after a period of running-in with the xg film and television industry, it had already shown its effect.
Not only are bad movies that do not follow the trend frequently appear, but the entire market is much cleaner. Without the support of these four companies, it is very difficult to launch a movie into the market. This also eliminates the emergence of many bad movies to another extent.
"Xiaojun, what's the matter for us?" Uncle Shao Liu is getting older and older. Recently, he has rarely managed company affairs. Basically, it is Fang Hua who is dealing with film and television affairs. This time, of course, he also brought her here.
Xiang Qiang originally thought that today was Mr. Zuo talked to him about the film, but who knew that he had brought all these old guys in the future. Why?
Xiaojun smiled, took out four documents from the left hand beside him and handed them to Sifang: "The above are some of my thoughts. I don't know what the few of you think. I have a good reputation here, and I still need some things to help you. If you are interested, everyone will make this happen."
Xiaojun paused. He had already discovered that except for Uncle Shao Liu who was viewed by Fang Hua instead and read it to him, the other three people were carefully savoring what Xiaojun handed over.
Uncle Shao Liu was initially squinting his eyes and listening to Fang Hua's chanting in a low voice, but gradually, when the proposal to build his own Golden Image Award was read by Fang Hua, Uncle Shao Liu's eyes widened and reached out, took the document in Fang Hua's hand, put on glasses, and watched it in person.
Zou Huaize lighted the table with one hand and read every word carefully.
When Wong Pai-ming, an actor-born person, saw this proposal, his eyes were particularly eye-catching.
Xiang Qiang was smoking a cigarette and looking at the documents. The ambition between the lines was the only thing that interested him. As for what to do if he was not awarded, damn, I brought people and guns with me, and I didn’t want any awards to myself, so what should I do?
"Okay! OK! OK!" Uncle Shao Liu slapped the document on the table, and the light in his eyes radiated, reaching his heart.
Zou Huai knocked on the table's hand, and the frequency that remained unchanged also changed in his eyes.
"Everyone has a high interest, and I also know how good the concept of xg people's own film festival is. If you want to do it, it is not too difficult to contact some of us. Since everyone is interested, I will say something that must be done first. Otherwise, there is absolutely no need for this thing to exist, and it is all empty talk."
Xiaojun's sudden words also made the expressions of the people who had a strong interest become solemn. Yes, this thing is simple to operate and operational, but it has several most important points. If these points cannot be done, then everything is empty talk.
"1. Justice, if you want to do it, you must be fair. There must be no bias or any external factors. If we as initiators, we must abide by the rules even more. There must be no slightest success in Yuechi, Uncle Six and Uncle Zou, both veterans, Mr. Huang and Brother Qiang are both newcomers, can we do it? Second, support, if it is successful, the first session will have a hard standard for the support and selection criteria. Of course, this is not the most important, but the fairness." Xiaojun talked freely and was still full of confidence in the establishment of this Academy Awards. After all, it was only a year away, and the problem should not be too big.
Several people fell into deep thought and said that they didn't touch their little bit of Xiaojiu. That was a joke. Everyone thought that they could make a piece of cake in this place, but they were all right when they heard Xiaojun's words. If even these people could not abide by it, then is there any need to hold this film festival? It's not that Lao Wang sells melons, it's all the things of these companies. They promote themselves and select themselves by themselves. Then, is it still necessary to hold this film festival?
"Yes, if you want to do it, just make it fair, just and open. Otherwise, there is no need to do it. I agree with Xiaojun's words and we will support it, but we will not participate in the selection of the film festival organizing committee, and it cannot affect the results of the selection. We must find the most fair person to enrich it in the organizing committee." Uncle Shao Liu spoke first and gave support words.
Zou Huai also lit a cigarette. After listening to Uncle Shao Liu's words, he was naturally the second person who was most qualified to speak: "I also support us old men, we have been making movies for so long. Isn't we just want to develop xg movies into our own unique oriental cultural holy land? This opportunity cannot be missed, I support it!"
Wong Baiming spread his hands and smiled and said, "The two seniors have agreed. Of course, I will not have any problems, but I am not a person who can say it alone. However, I believe the board of directors will not object to such a good thing." Although there is no clear statement on behalf of the company, Wong Baiming is of course happy about this proposal. Although there is no problem in making money in the market here, but fame is still the world of two local giants, Shaw Brothers and Jiahe, and overseas companies. New Art City is famous but not real. With the support of awards, it can truly open up its own world.
Xiang Qiang heard another meaning in Xiaojun's words.
If you make movies, you must abide by the rules and not be the one who breaks the rules. Otherwise, none of us will let you go, especially me.
"I naturally support Mr. Zuo's proposal, and there is no problem!"
A pattern related to the entire xg film industry was decided between this meal, and a few people turned around.
After the dinner, several people walked out of the restaurant. In the lounge outside the door, Brigitte Lin, Ti Lung, Chow Yun-fat, and Leslie Cheung and John Woo, who were at the trough of their careers, all received invitations from Haoyu Film and Television and were waiting here.
Haoyu Film and Television, Zuo Haojun's invitation, no one dares to ignore it, and no one dares to disobey it. Whether it is the other party's identity in the film and television industry or the identity of his eldest son, there are only a few people who dare not offend easily.
"Ah! Uncle Six, Director Zou, Mr. Huang, Boss Xiang, Young Master Zuo, Sister Fang!" Several people who had been waiting for a while, saw the people walking out of the restaurant door one after another, for themselves and others, real big shots.
"Xiaojun, you are this." Uncle Shao Liu saw the personnel and turned around and asked Xiaojun.
Zou Huai glanced at his mouth and teased Xiaojun: "Xiaojun is going to start a new show. Why don't you look for us this time? Do you have to make it yourself?"
Xiang Qiang did not wait for Xiaojun to speak and laughed: "This time, Mr. Zuo cooperated with us Yongsheng to give you Shaw Brothers a movie "Shanghai Bund" and Jiahe's "Plan a" all made you make so much money. This time, it's time for us Yongsheng."
In the words, a sense of resentment burst out. The old qualifications are just in a circle. In their own circle, they are just some old men. At best, they are some old men with some forces and some money. Simple respect can exist, but if you touch your own interests, no matter who you are? You better not have any questions, otherwise, don’t blame me for doing something.
The two people who are already old and virtuous naturally will not have the same knowledge as the younger generation. Only when the elderly in the Xiang family talk to them is equal. Xiang Qiang, lord, is there any possibility of being in the same knowledge as the children? Turn around, nodded at Xiaojun, and smiled and said, "If you have a chance, don't forget us."
Then, he nodded at the artists who greeted them and left the restaurant.
Huang Baiming naturally would not offend the black-headed Xiang Qiang, but just said hello and said to Xiaojun: "The next one is up to me."
In the restaurant, serve the dishes again and sit again.
Xiaojun handed the copied script sample to them according to the roles everyone wanted to do, and then handed the whole to John Woo.
"The True Color of Heroes, a film jointly filmed by Haoyu and Yongsheng. You are my ideal actors and directors. Please take a look. If you are interested, we can cooperate." Xiaojun's eyes were actually always watching John Woo and Leslie Cheung.
It is naturally familiar to Chow Yun-fat and Brigitte Lin. However, the old star, Di Long, is not very attractive to Xiaojun.
There was no change. Apart from the future momentum and white hair on my temples, John Woo, the international director he met when filming "Red Cliff" had not changed much.
To be continued...