Xiangjiang old events [entertainment circle]

After throwing out such a sweet date that "you don't have to worry about filming funds", and adding the promised series of future historical movies, Su Yun can clearly see that Li Xuexiang's expression has changed a little.

Undoubtedly, he was motivated.

But this can't be blamed on the lack of willpower, but because of Su Yun—she gave too much...

According to Su Yun's historical records, most of her films are at the level of co-productions, which are intended to enter the Hollywood market and can enter the Hollywood market.

Therefore, Zhao Rifu, who knows well that the local Hong Kong films can save money, is difficult to mix into the Hollywood film production level, the money offered to Su Yun to form a crew is surprisingly large: the title is big production The thought of making a lot of money is as bold as he resolutely invested nearly a year's worth of Hong Kong film production funds in "Blade Runner".

Therefore, although picking and saving what can be saved is the normal state of Zhao, especially Zhao Rifu, but once Zhao is determined to be ruthless, even Hollywood will call him a fool with a lot of money...

For example, after missing Lu Shaolong back then, Zhao Rifu once wanted to sell a sky-high price of 200 million Hong Kong dollars to lure Lu Shaolong, who had created box office miracles one after another, from Jiahe. For the freedom of the film, I also gave a discount, the two films only received 2 film remuneration...

If Zou Yunhua hadn't rushed to launch the satellite company countermeasure that Lu Shaolong urgently needed at that time, making Lu Shaolong give up the sky-high salary for the freedom of film production, maybe Zhao's move would have directly sniped Jiahe's glory in the 70s Expect.

After all, whether Jiahe was back then or Jiahe is now, its background cannot bear the impact of a big loss.

That is to say, Zhao's ability to take down "Blade Runner" has only earned a little word of mouth, and the rest of the situation is a huge pit of the century.

However, every loss comes with its own gain. The Zhao family, who missed Lu Shaolong and Su Yun one after another and always invested in crooked investments, finally abandoned his prejudices in the late 70s and rediscovered the "political asylum" in exchange. Su Yun, a box office storm that has been silent for a long time.

And since Su Yun, a special production consultant who can control the fusion of Chinese and Western styles to the greatest extent, got started, the co-production films produced by Zhao's immediately turned around and turned profitable, and the "small profit" in the North American box office market was converted into Hong Kong dollars. Looking at it, it is a number that the box office of a single film of Xiangjiang movies can't be reached by adding up the other figures.

With the addition of overseas markets, especially the North American box office market, even if Su Yun occasionally returns to Hong Kong to shoot Hong Kong films, the amount of investment she can get is basically as rich as she can get. This situation is caused by, firstly, Su Yun is Zhao's real person, and the other is that Su Yun is also rich. If she can't get Zhao's wool, she can make up a piece of work that can definitely be called a big production in Xiangjiang. Hollywood can also be called a medium-level film shooting funding.

"You really don't look like Boss Zhao, but rather like Boss Lu." Li Xuexiang naturally recalled that back then, Lu Yuntu, the big boss of the Lu Group who supported him to leave the Zhao Corporation, was such a rich and powerful person. .

"My father is the self-made generation, and Boss Lu is the second generation who has achieved success, so it is naturally different." Su Yun replied with a smile, "Although the Zhao family is not as good as the Lu family now, my state of mind And vision, is also closer to the people who are the second generation."

"Interesting." Hearing Su Yun's explanation, Li Xuexiang couldn't help nodding his head in agreement: Indeed, the self-made generation will always "save as much as they can" habitually, and the second generation who have never been short of vulgar things like money since childhood, It is "do as much as you can" with infinite confidence.

But he himself felt that Zhao Rifu was too picky and harsh, so he broke the contract and left the Zhao family. With the support of Lu Yuntu, he went to Taiwan to form the "United Nations" film industry, spending crazily for the construction of the studio.

As for the experience that Zhao Rifu told him before he left, "Your company must make good calculations everywhere, and don't make too much expenses, the smaller the easier it is to turn around", he threw it away. the back of the head.

As a result, the facts seem to prove that position always determines thinking.

Even Lu Shaolong, who was so annoyed by Zhao's bargaining back then and directly switched to Jiahe to fight against Taiwan, would begin to understand the shackles behind the leader after he formed his own company later.

Li Xuexiang asked himself, he is a kind of lucky but unlucky person: Although he cannot be like Luo Wei, a director who is admittedly inferior to him but very lucky, he missed a Lu Shaolong and a Chen Xuanlong; but, at least because of his schedule, he did not Get on the crashed plane that directly sent Lu Yuntu's family away.

Without Lu Yuntu's financial support, even though he had lost his big backer and the company's finances were not making ends meet, after fleeing from Taiwan and returning to Xiangjiang, he happened to meet the time when Zhao's and Jiahe's fight was dark, prompting Zhao Rifu Abandon the previous suspicions and let him return to directing films directed by Zhao.

"Then after a few years of filming, you broke the contract and fled to the inland to engage in literary and artistic creation..." Thinking of Zhao Rifu and Li Xuexiang's "partition and reunion", Su Yun also supported her forehead.

"It was in vain that my father paid for the heart surgery for you back then, but as soon as you recovered, you ran away without even saying hello."

"Didn't I go back and tell Boss Zhao that I still hope to go back to the inland to shoot films with cultural heritage - and he finally agreed to me!" The ending is right. Then the process can be a bit tortuous" like a bachelor.

After speaking this explanation confidently, Li Xuexiang suddenly thought of something again, and asked a little warily: "You don't want to follow Boss Zhao's example and give me a 'three catches and three moves'?"

He left for the first time because of the disparity in treatment back then. Zhao Rifu couldn't handle his temperament, insisted on the contract, and then asked Zou Yunhua, who had already secretly "disagreed" at the time, to do it. Lobbyists... So, Li Xuexiang turned around and approached Lu Yuntu, his big backer, directly paid the liquidated damages, and by the way, pried more than 20 small partners who also worked in the Zhao family to go to Taiwan for development.

This time the rebellion was no less influential than Zou Yunhua's leaving to form Jiahe. It can even be said that it indirectly caused Zhao's name as "the training base for Hong Kong film front and rear personnel". It was when Li Xuexiang was in trouble that he stopped attacking.

And Li Xuexiang is also able to bend and stretch. After the development of Taiwan and Island was unfavorable, he returned to Xiangjiang Zhao to make comedies and romantic films, and left for his dream in the middle of the way-after lack of funds, he was still cheeky. After two years, in the end, I don't know whether it is Zhao Rifu's nostalgia for the past or he is too lazy to care about this guy who is repeatedly jumping around. This is the end of the two-year contract, and Li Xuexiang let Li Xuexiang go back to the inland with the funds to pursue his dream.

Recalling the "struggle history" between himself and Xiangjiang's Zhao family, Li Xuexiang looked at Su Yun who came to invite him, and somewhat murmured in his heart: After this father's "three captures and three attacks" is over, his little girl still wants to come and fight with him. Play by yourself?

Su Yun waved her hands again and again: "I'm not as patient as my father, and I only have a lot more cards than he did back then. It would be best if you could come, lest I find someone else..."

"If you can't come, I don't want you to..."

Let’s not talk about it, let’s talk about the other three "Four Directors of the Zhao Family" who are as famous as Li Xuexiang back then, but they are all related to the Zhao Family!

That is to say, Li Xuexiang's style itself is similar to Su Yun's, which can minimize the early adjustment, so it became her first choice.

Su Yun's move is to retreat, and Li Xuexiang's original look of wariness suddenly turned into the previous entanglement.

After a long time, he just said: "Back then, I was promoted by Boss Zhao, and I was also a person who followed Boss Zhao to conquer the world. In terms of age, I can be regarded as your uncle."

"So, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth——I'm really short of money recently."

His movie was not mainly commercial, and it was banned by Taiwan, and it didn't have as much energy as Su Yun, so the box office profit didn't return to him much.

With his current net worth, let alone the copyright adaptation of "The First Half of My Life", even the small-produced movie on hand is almost unable to survive.

""The First Half of My Life" has been favored by Bertolucci, and he plans to contact multiple parties to cooperate to create a super international blockbuster "The Last Emperor". I really can't help you with this." Su Yun shook her head, "Don't say Funding is not comparable, and other aspects such as human connections and policies are also not comparable."

During this period, relevant departments still valued foreign talents, and if Bertolucci led the film production, this co-produced blockbuster could take advantage of European films to compete for Oscars.

In this way, even if Su Yun has favorable policies and the favor of her compatriots, she cannot compare with such a natural advantage.

"I also understand this problem, so I didn't plan to compete for the right to shoot movies, but took a step back and chose the way of displaying TV dramas..." Li Xuexiang sighed, "But now it seems that instead of being so helpless, I have to settle for the second best. , it’s better to give up the obsession with adaptation and try to make a work of your own again..."

No matter how hard he is, a famous director who is used to making movies and getting used to the big screen will find it difficult to accept retreating to the small screen of TV dramas.

Not only may there be problems such as acclimatization, but Li Xuexiang also knows his problem of pursuing quality and disregarding financial budget. It will be very troublesome if he has no money for half of the filming...

"Then you are?" Su Yun raised her eyebrows.

"When I finish filming the movie I'm working on, I'll go back to Xiangjiang and re-sign the contract." Li Xuexiang said.

As the saying goes, the horse dies and lands. Go back to Xiangjiang and work for a few years. It is best to spend other people’s money to make movies to pursue your own dreams. Journey——With Li Xuexiang's gossip character, it is natural to find out that Su Yun's treatment has always been relatively fair.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in Xiangjiang." After a long talk, they finally achieved a goal, and Su Yun toasted to each other.

After making a simple verbal agreement with Li Xuexiang, Su Yun made another trip to the athlete's dormitory building while she still had time, to visit those who had returned from Los Angeles.

Seeing Su Yun coming, Liu Xiangchun was very happy, and even his spirits improved a lot: "Thanks to you, I can finally see the red flag of the motherland raised in the Olympic stadium!"

Su Yun repeatedly said that what she didn't do was the result of the athletes' own efforts.

"It is precisely because of your logistical support that they are able to meet the competition in the best condition." Liu Xiangchun has suffered from a loss in form, so the support for Su Yun is so important: without it, it can be regarded as half of the organizer With Su Yun playing around, Huaxia's team will still suffer some small losses secretly.

And it's not that the people on their own are too unsuspecting, it's just that outsiders are too dark-hearted, and they want the benefits of their support, but they don't want to share any benefits in exchange.

Su Yun talked with Liu Xiangchun for a while, and then followed Liu Xiangchun, who had retired and was promoted to Mr. Liu, to the dormitory building.

In addition to getting a lot of warm greetings and hugs, Su Yun, who got in the car, was already full of bags of souvenirs and gifts, and the back seat was filled with hands, and finally she could only squeeze into a corner with difficulty, rushing to express her enthusiasm. Liu Xiangchun, who saw her off, waved goodbye to the athletes.

When getting off the car and "unloading" at the entrance of the hotel, Su Yun saw Zha Lan and the translator who came back to the hotel by bicycle from afar.

Compared with the usual self-confidence and enthusiasm, today's Jalan is a bit downcast like a peacock whose feathers have only been plucked.

"What's wrong with him?" Su Yun looked at the translator uncle.

The translator shrugged, and briefly told Su Yun that Zha Lan wanted to apply to see pandas in other places, but was rejected by the relevant department because of her status as a foreigner.

Remembering that Zha Lan liked animals very much, Su Yun stretched out her hand to touch the gift for a while, and finally found a few tickets for wild animals and forests that were given by athletes in Wudu City, a mountain city...

And on these admission tickets, the cute and naive appearance of the fat man in black and white that Zha Lan was thinking of was printed on.

Seeing that the date is still ten days away from the TBB celebration, Su Yun greeted the dejected Zha Lan, "Hey, I have a way to take you to see pandas..."

"Tomorrow I will call my agent and ask him to adjust the itinerary and draft the contract. After watching the pandas, we will sign together!" Zha Lan squeezed into Su Yun's car in an instant, fearing that she would regret it if she moved a second later.