After talking about the movies, there was nothing to talk about. Xiaobai created a box office miracle in his first movie, and then he went all the way...

"I am very grateful for the market and the times. This is the best era for Chinese films. If you go forward ten years, it is impossible for me to be a director!"

"A student who graduates from the director major needs to work with the team for at least three to four years, and then be an associate director for five or six years, so that you can have the opportunity to direct a movie of your own!"

"I had the opportunity to direct movies at the age of 23. It would have been impossible if the market had not flourished!"

Thomas nodded in agreement: "In the United States, the youngest director also needs to go through the tempering of independent films to have the opportunity to direct commercial films!"

"Yes, so, I'm very lucky."

"What about your performance style? Many people say you are Jim Carrey from the East. What do you think?"

Xiaobai waved his hand: "...I didn't deliberately imitate anyone during the performance. I will immediately direct a movie starring Mr. Jim Carrey. I found that he had a very rhythmic feeling when performing, maybe because he was a talk show actor before!"

"But my comedy style is a bit similar to "Anti-Condor"!"

"Anti-Condor?

"Yes, director Jim Abrams is amazing. I can't get into a comedy like "Anti-Condor" in my life!"

Jim Abrams, "The White-Headed Detective", "Anti-Fighting Condor", "Laughtering the Iron Curtain", even the first part of "Shocking" written by him, directly won $150 million in North American box office!

Comedy is really borderless!

Of course, what he is best at is spoofing many movies. This thing doesn't work in China. If you spoof in China, you will be scolded for "people cannot be shameless to this extent". Then, there is no place for you to stand in the entire industry...

“My movie is a nonsensical comedy!”

"Nothing?"

"It means that a person's words and deeds are meaningless and inexplicable. Nonsense contains at least three meanings: exaggeration, satiricality and self-deprecating. It seems that Charlie Hsin in "Anti-Fighting Condor" has no logic in his behavior, but it's just funny!"

Thomas didn't agree.

The 1980 movie "Auto Flying All Over the Sky" set a precedent for nonsensical comedy in Hollywood. There are three directors directing this movie, David Zach, Jerry Zach and Jim Abrams. These three are all fans of Hollywood R-level comedy!

It must be said that "Unprecedented Flying the Sky", this movie created a miracle, not box office. Of course, in 1980, "Unprecedented Flying the Sky" directly won 83 million box office, ranking fourth in the year's box office, and was ranked No. 1 in Star Wars...

Not to mention the box office, many plots in this movie have been "referred to" by latecomers. It may be a bit too much to say "referred to". For example, the male protagonist Ted told the passengers sitting next to him on the plane about his love history. The people next to him really couldn't stand him talking endlessly. The first old lady was hanging, the second Japanese had a septile stomach, and the third person was **... Especially the first one was hanging, the Bull Demon King who couldn't stand Tang Monk's long-winded words in "A Chinese Odyssey" was exactly the same as this...

It can be concluded that the origin of nonsensical movies is Hollywood movies!

Of course, R-level comedy is definitely not of the same level, at least in the eyes of elites like Thomas, it must be like this!

Thomas changed the subject: "Will you develop in Hollywood?"

"...It shouldn't be. The future film market will definitely be in China. You should also see that Hollywood is now increasingly dependent on the Chinese market. If Hollywood movies want to enter China, they must abide by our rules, because they cannot give up such a large market. Therefore, I stay in China, and it is no different from the development in Hollywood. We are all considering the Chinese market!"

"But I heard you have two planned English films?"

"Yes, "The Man on the Moon" and "Flying Over the Crazy Asylum"!"

After a pause, Xiaobai said: "These two movies are stories that are rooted in North American culture, and I cannot adapt them into stories from China!"

“…You just mentioned the market. As a director, do you think the audience is important or the movie itself is important?”

Xiaobai answered directly without thinking: "Everything is very important. Without audiences, the movie will lose its soil. Creation is like a castle in the air, but the movie itself is also very important. In a sense, the movie is the continuation of the director's thoughts!"

"Then how do you balance the relationship between the two?"

"…I don't need balance. My aesthetic is on the same line as the public!"

...

After chatting for more than two hours, I drank two pots of tea, and both of them were a little hungry.

"Come on some snack!"

Xiaobai took out the biscuits, cakes, apples, and bananas from the refrigerator.

They placed them on the coffee table in front of them, and the two of them were eating and chatting.

Thomas then asked: "Do you have any directors you like besides Jim Abrams?"

"Of course, I like Cameron, Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino!"

Then, as if it was supplemented, he continued: "My favorite movie should be "The Past of America". To be honest, I haven't seen that kind of heart-wrenching movie for a long time!"

“… “The Past of America”?”

Thomas was a little surprised, not because he was surprised by "The Past of America", but because he was surprised by the judge Bai Xiaofei. He admired Jim Abrams so much, and then actually said that he liked Celjo Leonne...

For example, you said that my goddess is Song Daofeng, and my favorite work is "In the Mood for Love"...

Is this comparable?

"But his movies are completely different from your aesthetic..."

"I think you must see different things when you appreciate movies. Although I am a comedy, I like to watch movies of different styles, such as "The Godfather" that you can't get tired of watching, such as David Finch's movies, there are too many... "

...

Thomas' interviews basically revolve around the two core cores of Bai Xiaofei and the movie.

He wrote down a lot of content in his notes, but he did not ask about Bai Xiaofei's family background. These information can be found online, after all, it is already the Internet era.

After returning to the hotel, Thomas began editing the content.

After writing down the content of today's interview word by word, he began to summarize his personal views on Bai Xiaofei.

"This is a very confident young man. He has his own aesthetics for movies, and his movies have begun to influence Hollywood. "Trueman's World" has almost booked the best foreign language film for this year!"

"We noticed him because of "Trumen's World", and then Google searched it. His personal assets were close to $3 billion, which is a very amazing number, and even more surprising. These assets were accumulated in just five years!"

"He is different from many well-established Chinese film companies. In North America, he only has a small company he just founded, and the purpose is to make a payment..."

Last year, Fan Ye appeared on the cover of "Time", but only used her as a representative of Chinese films as an introduction to introduce the current situation of the Chinese film market and the process of Chinese companies going to Hollywood to "buy, buy, buy, buy" and "buy".

More spaces are mentioned in companies such as Ali and Wanda.
Chapter completed!