Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 652 Is There Hollywood Level?

The entertainment industry can be regarded as the Vanity Fair where rifts are most likely to occur. Today, brothers and best friends may turn against each other tomorrow.Even if the parties want to stay calm, it is very difficult for them to fear that the world will not be chaotic and the media will make noise and sow dissension. Dillon and David Jiang are the most obvious examples.

Grabbing the show and grabbing the limelight is undoubtedly the main source of conflicts, but Zhou Runfa's "revealing his shortcomings" only attracted the hearty laughter of John Woo, Ti Lung, and Leslie Cheung, which made Tang Huan playfully examine the situation. They didn't seem to mind at all, and they thought to themselves: "Could it be that the current smooth career development has allowed these people to live a new realm and be more open-minded?"

"After Ah Fa entered the film, he was very selfless. Everyone will only admire him." Ti Lung, the leading actor of "A True Colors of Heroes", was the first to express his opinion.

"I can't help but admire him. For the next play, he sleeps in the same room with a dog so as to cultivate a relationship. He doesn't even want a wife." Leslie Cheung, who laughed and continued, made a gesture, "How should I describe it?" ..."

Tang Huan nodded softly, "If you are not crazy, you will not survive."

"Yes!" Leslie Cheung seemed to have been touched by a certain nerve, and he slapped his thigh deeply, "It's just that if you are not crazy, you will not survive!"

"Are they the three Akita dogs that DreamWorks found?" Tang Huan turned to Zhou Runfa.

"It's Chico, Layla, and Forrest." Zhou Runfa scratched his head embarrassingly, "In order to cultivate a tacit understanding, I had to use stupid methods."

"It's hard work, isn't it?" Tang Huan had a smile on his lips. He remembered that this project was an idea he had brought over from Japan - a story about a legendary loyal dog in Japanese history.

This Akita dog named "Hachi" was born on November 1923, 11. In 10, Professor Ueno Hidezaburo of the Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo Imperial University began to raise it.

Every day, Hachi will watch Professor Ueno go to work at the door of his house, and in the evening, he will go to Shibuya Station to meet his master after get off work.

In May 1925, Professor Ueno died suddenly of illness.However, Hachi still went to Shibuya Station every day to wait for the return of his master, until he finally died, waiting for a total of ten years.

During this period, Ba's situation can be described as ups and downs, very pitiful.Since the station staff and the surrounding people did not welcome Ba at that time, he was beaten, scolded and bullied from time to time.

Until 1932, Saito Hirokichi of the Japanese Dog Preservation Association wrote an article about Hachi waiting for his master at Shibuya Station, and sent it to Tokyo's "Asahi Shimbun" as "いとしやOld Dog Story"-"The Lovely Old Dog Story" It was published in the newspaper as the title of "A Dog Story", which caused a sensation. Hachi became famous, and then he was called "Hachi Gong" - "Hachiko the Faithful Dog". The attitude of the station staff and residents towards this poor old dog changed. Be friendly.

On March 1935, 3, Hachiko died at the entrance of the road on the north side of the Takizawa Hotel at the age of 8.

To commemorate this legendary loyal dog, a bronze statue of Hachiko was erected in front of Shibuya Station, but it was recovered by Japan, which was short of military supplies during World War II, and it was rebuilt several years after the end of the war.

Through operation, Tang Huan won the original and suppressed possible activities in Japan, and then handed it over to DreamWorks to adapt it into a script with the local background of Xiangjiang-"The Story of Hachiko the Faithful Dog".

Of course, no matter how it changes, the themes of trust and loyalty will always remain.

With the secret help of Tang Huan, a Hollywood tycoon, the Japanese film "The Forgotten", which is themed on Japanese orphans, finally won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the Oscars in late March this year, filling several A ten-year gap.

Naturally, through this tacit cooperation, Tang Huan's influence on the field of Japanese film has virtually increased.

Therefore, Tang Huan attached great importance to this project and personally named Ang Lee as the director, hoping to take advantage of this good situation and let Hong Kong films further win the Japanese market.

As for the further subtle operations, he didn't ask about it. Only now did he know that Zhou Runfa was selected as the prototype of the male protagonist-Eisaburo Ueno.

"Akita dogs are large dogs. Even the puppy is very lively. The range of activities of adult dogs is even wider. Playing together for a long time is really too much." Zhou Runfa replied with a wry smile.

Tang Huan nodded slightly, picked up the wine glass and shook it, "You all belong to the well-known figures in the literary and art circles of Xiangjiang, and many of them made their names early. I am willing to help everyone build a bigger stage, but what is the effect? We still need to work together.”

Everyone hurriedly raised their wine glasses and said sincerely: "With Tang Sheng leading the way, our life will be easier."

After toasting, Ti Lung asked Li Lianjie, who had collaborated twice, "I heard that "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" is about to wrap up, do you have any plans for filming in the second half of the year?"

"In the second half of the year, we will make a fashion kung fu film." Li Lianjie nodded, but did not disclose too many details.

No matter how familiar the two are, in front of the big boss, they still have to abide by the minimum business confidentiality rules. As for possible employment recommendations after confirming the news, they can communicate in private.

However, Tang Huan, who was a little drunk, took over the conversation, "Is it that "Zhongnan_Hai Bodyguard"?"

Originally, this movie was going to contain some private goods and make a soft advertisement for Tang Huan's high-tech products in the security field; Wave advertising offensive.

No matter what, the project of this movie has been approved, and it will continue to be filmed as usual, and the cast will not change. The heroine is Zhang Manyu.

Since "The Frog Prince" directed by Wang Jing appeared on the big screen for the first time in 1984, Zhang Manyu began to consciously shift the focus of her career to the film field, and has taken on many plays in recent years.

Although most of the participating roles are pure and charming girls, which belong to natural performances and do not require much acting skills, Zhang Manyu still attracted the attention of a large number of audiences and film critics with her outstanding appearance and unique fresh temperament.

Still in 1984, after "The Frog Prince", Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung, Chen You, and Anita Mui co-starred in "Fate".Zhang Manyu and Anita Mui, who are both newcomers in the film industry, have been affirmed by the critics for their performance.

Of course, the most classic role during this period is May, the girlfriend of the actor Chen Jiaju in "Police Story".

Because this pure and lovely character is particularly eye-catching in Cheng Long's style of martial arts comedy, Zhang Manyu became one of the most popular foreign actresses voted by Japanese fans that year through the release of "Police Story" in Japan.

It is precisely because of this success that Zhang Manyu was assigned to act as the heroine in the new version of "The Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai". The state in the story is enough.

"Yes." Li Lianjie nodded, "It just so happens that Zhang Manyu's schedule is about to be free, and the new crew can start working."

"Zhongnan_Hai Bodyguard, what a strong aura!" Leslie Cheung smiled and made a gesture, and asked curiously: "Is it the Ouchi expert above?"

"Probably." Li Lianjie smiled knowingly, "Actually, this name can only be used outside. According to the boss's intention, when it is released in the mainland, it will be under another name, otherwise it will not even pass the review. "

"It's only because Mr. Tang has the ability to open up the mainland market that he doesn't have to worry about happiness." Ti Lung, who often goes to the mainland to film, said with emotion: "Actually, the mainland film market is quite good now. One US dollar can be exchanged for 7.8 Hong Kong dollars. The price is more than NT$30, while the RMB is just over two dollars. There are movie theaters in the small counties I have been to, and Kung Fu movies like ours are very popular. It all depends on their operational capabilities."

"Ginger is still old and hot, you just mentioned the secret of my business." Tang Huan laughed loudly, "Even if we only consider the urban population with high consumption capacity, more than 10 million people can be gathered in 500 billion miles. Xiangjiang's large consumer market is ten times larger, depending on whether you have the ability to take it from this cornucopia that is close at hand."

Everyone said yes again and again, and respectfully raised their glasses.

After drinking the wine in the glass, Tang Huan stood up, "I have been staying here, and you are not comfortable, and it is difficult to enjoy yourself, so I left the table early."

While saying "where" and "how come", everyone sincerely sent Tang Huan away, and then began to eat freely.

……

In fact, Tang Huan left in such a hurry because he remembered from the topic of "Zhongnan_Hai Bodyguard" that it was Zhang Manyu's turn to be "on duty" tonight, so he couldn't help but want to go back to his residence early.

Zhang Manyu has been waiting for a long time. Looking at the other party's clothes, Tang Huan couldn't help but his eyes lit up, because she used to be a delicate girl, but now she shows a young woman's style.

"Your image change is very interesting." Tang Huan praised sincerely.

Zhang Manyu turned around lightly in front of the mirror, and then smiled sweetly, "Maybe it has something to do with a recent drama."

Tang Huan frowned, and urged with great interest: "Then let's talk about it."

"In the first half of the year, I took on a literary film. It was adapted from Yi Shu's novel "The Story of Rose". It tells the story of the heroine Rose, the daughter of a wealthy family, from a young girl to a young woman. Of course, I have to adapt to the requirements of the script." Zhang Manyu said. He brought some sugar water and explained it carefully.

Tang Huan nodded and joked casually: "Don't look at me asking DreamWorks and Xiangjiang Cinema Group to support the development of literary and artistic films in Xiangjiang, but almost all the literary and artistic films in Xiangjiang are inseparable from intimate scenes, which really annoys me. I guess it annoys me. This routine is also indispensable in "The Story of Roses", how do you deal with it?"

"Technical processing." Zhang Manyu gave Tang Huan a blank stare, "Otherwise, if you lock up director Yang Fan, leading actors Liang Jiahui, and Zhang Jianting, then you can rest assured."

Tang Huan laughed loudly, put down the spoon, and asked, "Is the cooperation with Liang Jiahui going well?"

In 1980, Liang Jiahui, who was admitted to the 10th phase of TVB artist training class and became a classmate with Andy Lau, was kicked out by TVB before finishing his studies. As a result, he was dragged to the mainland by old director Li Hanxiang by accident. He shaved his head and played the role of Emperor Xianfeng. "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government Behind the Curtain".

Although the response of these two films was not small, Liang Jiahui was also blocked by Baodao to make an example of others, almost cutting off the possibility of participating in commercial films.

Fortunately, the richest man supported the development of Hong Kong's literary and artistic films, Liang Jiahui did not run a small business as bleakly as in the original time and space, and had a place to display his strengths.

"I'm not necessarily qualified to comment on someone's professional quality." Zhang Manyu pretended to be modest.

"That's true. Whether you're playing a girl or a young woman, you are acting in your true colors now, and it's all thanks to my hard work. Come on, I'll continue to help you improve." Tang Huan hugged Zhang Manyu horizontally.

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The next day, Woo Yusen sent over the porn of "The True Colors of a Hero" with bloodshot eyes.In fact, its progress is almost finished, but it's just that he is once again independently directing a star-studded movie, which makes him carefully strive for excellence.

To be honest, "The True Colors of a Hero" is not original. Like "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Four Thousand Gold" that DreamWorks is planning, they are all in old bottles with new wine. Book.

As early as 1967, Long Gang directed a film called "The True Colors of a Hero".

This version describes: After being released from prison, the habitual gangster Li Zhuoxiong, played by Xie Xian, decided to change his ways and no longer get involved in the world. So with the help of the Prisoners' Association, he found a job and settled down.Li Zhuoxiong did not want to have a bad influence on his younger brother Li Zhichen, so he kept concealing his imprisonment.The gangster Cyclops, played by Shi Jian, saw that Li Zhuoxiong refused to join the gang again, so he planned his brother Li Zhichen to blow up the insurance company and force him to submit.But Li Zhuoxiong was unyielding, and in the end, in order to protect his brother's innocence, he took on everything alone and went to prison again.

Tsui Hark and Woo Yusen were inspired by this movie, and now they have "The True Colors of a Hero".

It is conceivable that Tang Huan asked DreamWorks to pay attention to this theme, and the success of the film depends entirely on the personal ability of director John Woo.

Anyway, Tang Huan, who was not short of money, could easily bear the risks. Based on the principle that the meat would rot in his own pot, he ordered DreamWorks, John Woo, and Tsui Hark to directly sign three "The True Colors of Heroes" contracts.

In this way, this version of "The True Colors of Heroes" has a comprehensive consideration in the structure of the story, and the first part paves the way for the next two parts.

Wu Yusen, who was entrusted with important tasks, was also under a lot of pressure.Tang Huan said that he wanted to see the existing shooting results of "The True Colors of a Hero". He sorted them out overnight and sent them to Mr. Richest Man.

In fact, Tang Huan just wanted to confirm one thing, that is, whether the "The True Colors of Heroes" produced by Wu Yusen is as good as Hollywood's standard in the same period as the original comment on Time and Space.

If he is really that bullish, then he should take advantage of the current sluggish Hollywood opportunity to operate well.

(End of this chapter)