Xiangjiang old events [entertainment circle]

As an agency company that is new but has an innovative business philosophy far ahead of the times, the current CAA has started their classic one-stop packaging agency model.

From script writing to post-production, a full set of teams can be provided according to customer needs-although this will inevitably divide the power of investors and producers, it is undeniable that such a one-stop package is indeed much more convenient Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, there are still many customers who cannot form their own team due to various reasons, come to sign the agency business.

Therefore, Su Yun, who also lacks time to pay attention to these two new film projects, will hand them over to Ovitz for a very clear reason: firstly, Su Yun is very good at delegating power ; Secondly, Ovitz is also a real old partner with a good reputation. Su Yun is still very relieved that both projects have been handed over to him.

For example, the preparatory work for this kind of sci-fi film is very time-consuming and laborious. Of course, let the two future directors who are still relatively new in the circle to toss slowly. She only needs to fly over regularly to supervise, and then put The main energy is on Zhao's side: he is still a production consultant with a job and high preferential treatment. It is already reluctant to sign another investment project, and it is not good to continue to focus on doing your own things and forget your own tasks. .

Besides, Zhao has cooperated with several Hollywood film companies that can be counted. Backed by Zhao's backing, although distant but with a certain status, her new film project will cooperate with these big companies after the production is completed. When negotiating, you can also get some help.

As for why Su Yun flew back to Xiangjiang in a hurry after investing heavily in two new film projects?

Then I have to mention what Su Yun and Zhuang Long talked about at their home in Kowloon Tong during the Spring Festival this year. In these years, after a long period of diplomatic work between China and the United Kingdom, it is also in the hearts of Xiangjiang people. Already vaguely prepared psychologically to meet the upcoming negotiation of the century.

However, whether there is psychological preparation or not, there is always worry. Therefore, at this time of panic, many capable people are secretly trying to find ways to emigrate.

The rise of another immigration wave has prompted another daily record low in Xiangjiang housing prices.

Considering that it is difficult to buy a house in the middle of the mountain without connections, even though Su Yun has this idea, she still has to ask Zhao Liming for help in finding a suitable luxury house in the middle of the mountain.

Zhao Liming heard the words, but he educated Su Yun with earnestness and earnestness: Most of the buildings in the middle of the mountain area are duplex high-rises, even the few real estates that can be counted are mostly like this, unless you can buy the whole building with your own money Otherwise, although the houses in the mid-levels are close to mountains and rivers, they are still not as comfortable as the single-family villas in Kowloon Tong.

If you really want to develop towards the Victoria Peak, you must choose the single-family villas on Barker Road on the top of the mountain. Taking advantage of the current price drop, if you meet a rich man who needs capital turnover to sell the property, then you can go directly to the top of the mountain ranks.

Su Yun was taken aback when she heard that: The name of Baijiadao on the top of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong is indeed famous, and there are always rumors in later generations that a certain rich man spent hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars to buy a house in Baijiadao... Unexpectedly , Zhao Liming would directly set her goal so high.

But seeing what Zhao Liming said was reasonable, and that Toto's relationship might help Su Yun negotiate an installment payment, so Su Yun calculated the amount of money she could use, and gritted her teeth and agreed.

After agreeing, it wasn't until yesterday that Zhao Liming got the news from a friend that a rich man in Baijiadao on the top of the mountain planned to immigrate his family to Canada, so he wanted to sell all the properties on the Xiangjiang side for money.

After asking a friend to find out the details and confirming that the rich man is innocent and has no enemies, Zhao Liming told Su Yun the news and asked her to fly back to Xiangjiang to see the house. If she is satisfied, sign the contract quickly to avoid missing out. Hilltop Luxury Home Opportunity.

It just so happens that Su Yun doesn't have too much work on hand now, so she can work overtime for the rest of the important ones, and hand over the unimportant ones to the staff in CAA—so, she got Su Yun from the news about the house hurriedly responded.

After being busy for most of the night, she assigned the work at hand in the morning. After Su Yun lay down for a long time to catch up on her sleep, she flew back to Xiangjiang to see the house without stopping.

However, the so-called rich people who will sell the properties under their names before immigrating are those who have just reached the edge of the rich circle on the top of the mountain. Therefore, although this villa looks good, its location is still a little bit remote. The luxury of a famous family's mansion with mountain and sea views.

Four-story detached mansion with a small garden and a swimming pool, each floor covers an area of ​​nearly 2800 square feet, 1000% of which are newly decorated, and the opening price is [-] million Hong Kong dollars.

Su Yun talked with Zhao Liming's friends again and again, and even Zhao Liming asked his two sisters who had returned to Hong Kong for vacation to come and help. After talking for four or five days, they finally reached a price of 880 million.

In the end, Su Yun heartbroken and excitedly signed the contract with three installments: Although her net worth has already been calculated in the word "800 million" and the suffix unit is still US dollars, it is an estimated market value, and some time ago She signed two new film projects and invested part of the funds. Now she is asked to take out more than [-] million in cash at once, but she really can't get it out.

Seeing that Zhao Rifu is sitting on Zhao's Film City and TBB Film City, two big bosses with a combined valuation of over 1 billion. After being paid more than [-] million by "Blade Runner", hasn't he only filmed for more than a year? For small and medium-budget films, you have to cooperate with the opposite party to engage in large-scale productions?

Wealth is just a good thing, if you really want to use cash to show off... Tsk, one is "poorer" and picky than the other.

And new rich people with a weak foundation like Su Yun are definitely not as rich as those rich families with a long history that can be exchanged for money. If you want to buy a house, you must pay for it—even though The rich man who sold the property seemed to be very interested in the shares in her hands, but everyone knew that unless their status and class were at the end of their ropes, they would not sell shares like golden hens, so in the end it was Asking some information that can be asked on the sidelines is also one of the compensations for the discount.

It's a pity that Su Yun's "poor" method, which has temporarily emptied most of the activity funds on hand, is only a tacit fund shortage period among insiders; but in the eyes of most people who don't know the truth , that is the target of a new generation of wealthy men who throw money everywhere, and maybe they can get money from her...

Soon, in the early morning of the second day after Su Yun signed the contract, all the tabloids in Hong Kong reported that she spent a huge sum of money to buy a mansion on the top of the hill. Together with the news that she had cast two new sci-fi movie projects in Hollywood, it was hard to Shengsheng shaped Su Yun, the "wealthy girl" who was still worshiped on the altar by the people of Xiangjiang, into a new water fish full of vigor.

Moreover, because the four male leading actors in "My Three Dead Ex-Husbands" are idols who are popular among thousands of Hong Kong girls, coupled with the feast of male faces in the groom's war, many young people have also begun to learn I worship Su Yun to pray for peach blossoms...

Anyway, as long as she goes out now, no matter how she hides, Su Yun can always meet self-confident little screenwriters and self-confident little directors who bring their scripts and self-recommendations—this kind of art is not bad, and most of them still have to Face, don't get too entangled.

As for those who attract investment, recommend real estate to sell all kinds of luxury goods and strange products, and even sell themselves or relatives and friends... This is hard to guard against and annoying.

No, it was rare that a young man wearing glasses approached me when I was having morning tea with Grandma Su and the Mei family sisters at a time-honored teahouse on weekends.

Because there have been incidents of missing "Terminator" before, Su Yun has a little more patience with this kind of young people who look like they are in their twenties and who are still full of ambitions—although they only missed a little bit. Department, the other self-recommended people seem to have the potential to hit the street, but the opportunity is always the best thing to kill the wrong one.

What's more, the gentle appearance of the young man looks like a jerk, wearing glasses, and his complexion is also TBB's unique high-intensity all-night overtime. The kind of hypocrisy that appears to be high-energy but has a shaky footsteps; The state of the earth, not to mention her direct disciple of the Kung Fu King, maybe even the sisters of the Mei family who have some martial arts skills or the 70-year-old grandmother Su who is still in good health can't beat...

However, Su Yun's bullying and shy nature remains the same as before, so she has more patience with the self-recommended person who looks weak - especially this person who also claims to be Du Lifeng.

But even though he is the future director who won the director award in the future, he is also one of TBB's unknown editorial directors in the new era: strictly speaking, he had already made his film debut in the 80s "Death in the Clear Water and Cold Mountain" "Gold", but after the film was released, I felt that I had insufficient experience and there was no end to learning, so I went back to TBB to film TV series to accumulate experience.

After taking over the script and reading it, Su Yun shook her head and pushed the script back: "Zhao has already filmed one on the theme of the Walled City, and it is still scheduled for release. There is no necessary reason. Six Uncle will not shoot films with the same theme all at once."

Zhao Rifu ranked sixth in his generation, so not only the employees in the station, most people are generally called the sixth uncle, and only on relatively serious occasions would they call him "Zhao Sheng" or "Zhao Sheng". jazz".

Even "Terminator" and "Back to the Future" Zhao Rifu, who will be able to make crazy money in the future, rejected it. Walled City is a subject that is easy to step on the line, sensitive and not easy to make money. It is quite necessary to get its affirmation. difficulty.

He made the film "Out of the Walled City", but because of the sensitive subject matter and plot problems, after the filming, it has been under rectification and cannot be released as scheduled?

"I know, so this script of mine is different from "Out of the Walled City". It combines a lot of my childhood experiences. It is the kind of story that expresses the warmth of humanity in the dark..." Du Lifeng used to be He lives in the Walled City. It is said that he was asked to give advice on the script creation of "Out of the Walled City".

But the difference is that his version of the story is much gentler than the dark and bloody "Out of the Walled City". In contrast, it is probably the difference between the outsiders looking at the Walled City and the insiders looking at the Walled City: Outsiders I think it is the sinful city of Longtan and Tiger's Den, but the people who live in it feel that it is a shelter that once sheltered them from wind and rain.

The most important thing is that Su Yun's film style has always been this kind of commercialization, which reveals hope and warmth from the beginning to the end of the story-so when he wrote this version of the script, he also According to Su Yun's style, the darkness of this subject is greatly weakened, and in turn, the warmth and memories accumulated from his own perception are greatly strengthened.

"To be honest, the theme of the Walled City is the dream of many filmmakers, and the role of 'Rooftop Postman' you chose is quite brilliant..." Su Yun clicked on the column of the main character's profile, and sighed , "However, it seems that everyone who wants to shoot this subject only focuses on the characters related to the walled city, and ignores the most topical key point."

It's as if a visit to the golden age of Hong Kong entertainment would be in vain if you don't take pictures of the theme of the Kowloon Walled City.

But as far as Su Yun has read, whether it is literary copying, merging, borrowing or original stories on the Walled City, most of them are people and things in the Walled City. Waiting for the plot point, it seems that it can become an alternative classic-but in fact, this kind of story can still be filmed in a different location.

Things that are truly unique to the Walled City are rare to see: for example, the character "Rooftop Postman" chosen by Du Lifeng to narrate the story is a magical occupation that appeared because of the special spatial structure of the Walled City, and it often does not take the usual way when delivering letters. Roads don’t even need to be down-to-earth, the mysterious roads such as rooftops, laneways, stairs, illegally built wooden planks by residents, scaffolding made of bamboo poles, and windows of various sizes are far more convenient than taking serious roads and small roads...

It's a pity that even though this unique character is eye-catching, Su Yun is inspired by it.

Among the city walls that have not seen the sun for many years, probably only the character of the postman on the roof can really see and feel the true face of the entire city wall.

But if you want to shoot the theme of the Walled City, why only shoot the people and things inside, instead of the whole building complex of the Walled City?

Especially when it is about to be judged as a prelude to "must be demolished".

"You want to..." Looking at Su Yun's new outline of the story, Du Lifeng's color changed: This story line does not seem to have much bloody violence, but the bone-chilling darkness and coldness are even more serious. Win straight draw three points.

"No matter how you shoot this theme, it is very difficult to achieve great commercial success..." Su Yun looked at him very seriously, "However, its artistry is rare——it is not fishy for the sake of compromise. , it would be better to dig out the true meaning and make it a classic that can never be copied.”

"Although what is being photographed is a human being, the real protagonist is only the Kowloon Walled City, a 'miracle' work that is piled up with flesh and blood exploited by capital and is a combination of deformity and curiosity--if it works well, it will be next year. The final winner of all major awards in the awards season."