Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 384: One word comes true

When talking about Korean movies, we have to talk about the development of Korean movies in the past two years.

The progress is really rapid, one thing after another every year.

Take a look at the number of Korean local films released in recent years:
2000, 19

2001, 20

2002, 33

2003, 21

2004, 29

2005, 36

2006, 35

It can be seen from the quantity that the film industry is developing rapidly, all of which is due to South Korea's accession to the WTO in 98.

The South Korean government did two things: first, it relaxed the quota for foreign films, and second, it implemented a nationwide film rating system.

The former caused widespread complaints and also triggered the famous "Bald Head Movement" in the Korean entertainment industry.

After the "Baldhead Operation", the South Korean government was under pressure and decided to continue to implement the film quota system, that is, each cinema must show domestic films for 146 days each year, thereby protecting the local film market.

Movie ratings are really a good thing. The South Korean government divides movies into five levels: universal, over 5 years old, over 12 years old, over 15 years old, and restricted screenings.

Without the constraints of the film editing system, Korean filmmakers have more freedom in their creation, and many excellent genre films have emerged during this period.

"My Sassy Girl" became popular throughout Asia, like a nuclear bomb, and achieved good box office results in many Asian countries.

"Sex is Zero", South Korea's first sex comedy, has a similar status in South Korea to "American Pie" in the United States.

Almost everyone born in the 1980s who has spent time in an Internet cafe has watched these two films.

Other films such as "Oldboy" and "Memories of Murder" are also pioneers of the genre.

All we can say is that without the big scissors, Korean films have achieved a flourishing of all flowers.

They can shoot anything, which has led to Korean filmmakers daring to shoot anything.

A large number of excellent works have emerged during this period, and Zhang Chen has been impressed by no less than ten of them. These are all ready-made resources.

The main reason is that a large part of these products only have a market in South Korea, which is what we call being down-to-earth.

Even if some magical changes are made and the background is moved to China or the United States, the effect of the filming will be greatly reduced.

The best option for these works is to take them back to their birthplace and fleece South Korea.

Zhang Chen initially wanted Chen Xi to help him deal with Korean affairs, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind.

From the negotiations with CJ Entertainment just now, it can be seen that South Korea does not have much respect for China, and negotiating in the name of a Chinese company will only result in half the effort and twice the result.

The best option is to find Diane and talk to those Koreans in the identity of an American father. Maybe it will work.

……

Star Entertainment
When Guo Fan found Lu Yang, the latter was watching a DVD in front of the computer, and the sound of shouting and fighting was heard in the office.

In the computer, a yellow-haired man was running quickly, then flipping sideways and over the football goal, followed by an intense fight scene.

That’s right, what Lu Yang was watching was “SPL”, and true to his usual style, it was a pirated copy.

Guo Fan leaned over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Lu Yang looked up and saw that it was Guo Fan. He moved to the side and made half of his seat available.

"Nothing, just learning from it. Even though SPL is our rival, it's a really good film to be honest."

Guo Fan felt the same way. On the screen, Zhen Zidan and Wu Jing, one with a short stick and the other with a short knife, were having a lot of fun fighting.

"Very practical~"

"SPL" is a standard Hong Kong-style martial arts film, which is very different from "Kowloon Walled City".

Strictly speaking, "Kowloon Walled City" doesn't look like a Hong Kong movie because it is too violent.

"Who is this guy fighting against Zhen Zi? He looks like he has some pretty good kung fu skills~"

Guo Fan pushed his glasses and pointed at the yellow-haired man waving a dagger on the screen and asked.

"Wu Jing, haven't you seen Tai Chi Master?"

"Should I have seen it?" Guo Fan shook his head blankly.

"Jet Li's junior fellow student. He is the male lead in the movie Tai Chi Grandmaster that I just mentioned. His name is Yang Yuqian~"

"Jet Li's junior fellow apprentice? No wonder he's so good at fighting scenes. I think he's not worse than Xie Miao~"

"Almost the same. Both of them are from the martial arts team~"

Lu Yang has loved action movies since he was a child and knows a lot about them.

In comparison, Guo Fan is a little bit worse. What he really likes is science fiction movies.

"By the way, why did you come to me?"

"Oh, let me ask what the box office was in the second week?"

Speaking of this, Lu Yang immediately became excited.

"2520 million, almost double the number from the first week."

"SPL" was suddenly banned, and "Kowloon Walled City" suddenly had no rivals, and its box office doubled in the second week.

1350 million in the first week, 2520 million in the second week...

"Doesn't that mean I only have another week to fulfill my bet with Director Zhang?"

"Hehe~"

Lu Yang rubbed his head proudly, "It's all thanks to the fans of Taken. Those guys really gave real money to support us in order to see the sequel to Taken~"

"Yeah, I saw in the news that someone watched it three times and even asked his friends and family to support him~"

"This is what Director Zhang calls a true fan~"

Both people who were chatting were a little sad. They never thought that the fan loyalty of a movie could be so high.

"Have you figured out how to shoot The Man from Nowhere?"

Lu Yang shook his head. "I haven't even read the complete script yet. I asked the screenwriter department for it, and they said Director Zhang had instructed us to wait until the box office exceeds 4000 million and we win the bet before the script is released to us."

Lu Yang could even imagine Zhang Chen's face when he said this, which was definitely full of mockery.

Guo Fan grinned: "Actually, what I want to ask is, can I get the position of assistant director for "The Man from Nowhere"? "

Lu Yang responded: "Of course, we work so well together. I am Yang Guo and you are my Little Dragon Girl. When we combine our swords, we are invincible."

What kind of bullshit metaphor is this?
Guo Fan just felt a chill.

"Okay, I have to go to class."

Beijing Film Academy
At this moment, Lu Yang was walking in the Film Academy, and he felt like he was floating.

"Senior Lu~"

"Hello, Senior Lu~"

Many people greeted him along the way.

With one movie, Lu Yang achieved success—he became a little famous.

In the entire directing department, besides Zhang Chen, Lu Yang is the second most famous.

Today is Teacher Fu’s class.

Teacher Fu walked into the classroom and did not start talking about film techniques and skills as usual. Instead, he looked at Lu Yang with a smile and said, "Lu Yang, your movie is being shown in theaters and it is quite popular. How about we not talk about other things in this class? How about you share your experience in filming?"

When Lu Yang heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he became eager to try it.

He had listened to Zhang Chen's experience sharing class, but he didn't expect that he would be the protagonist of the sharing session in the blink of an eye.

"Come on, come up there and talk~"

Teacher Fu gave up his seat and found a place to sit down. Seeing this, Lu Yang was not afraid of the stage and walked directly to the podium.

He had directed crews of more than a hundred people before, so how could he be nervous about the few people in front of him?

Looking at the students below, Lu Yang really wanted to tell them that the experience was very simple, just hold your thighs tightly.

But if he really dared to say that, he would definitely be beaten to death by Teacher Fu, so he had to pay some money to do the work.

“Since the teacher asked me to share, I will talk about the difficulties I encountered when filming Kowloon Walled City.”

Hearing Lu Yang say this, the people below immediately became interested.

That’s what they want to hear.

Lu Yang pretended to be in deep thought, then continued, "First, let's talk about how to manage people. I think everyone has seen the movie 'Kowloon Walled City', right?"

The people below nodded.

Lu Yang held a preview screening at the Beijing Film Academy before the public release. In theory, everyone in the directing department should have seen it.

Seeing that everyone said they had seen it, Lu Yang continued: "Kowloon Walled City is an action movie, so it inevitably uses a lot of martial arts.

Moreover, this drama tells the story of Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, so the martial arts actors were basically all invited from Hong Kong.

Here I have to talk about the group of martial artists.

I don't know if you have ever come into contact with people in the martial arts industry, but how should I put it? They are generally rude, snobbish, and they stick together in groups.

They are said to be rude because these people generally have low educational levels, and many of them are martial artists who like to use violence to solve problems when they encounter problems.

These people are snobbish and really only bully the weak and fear the strong.

If you act nice and easy to talk to, they will become more aggressive and make excessive demands.

If you agree to them, they will go even further next time.

They don't know when to stop.

Of course, it is more likely that they are pretending not to understand. I don’t believe that the local Hong Kong crew would dare to do this when filming.

At that time, the martial artists in the crew of "Kowloon Walled City" were very arrogant and often pretended to obey orders but actually disobeyed them.

In fact, if I had made an example of someone to scare the monkeys, the situation might have been better. But it was my first time as a director and I had no idea what to do, so I chose to back down most of the time.

The result of giving in is that they will become more aggressive and look down on you even more.

If you pay more attention to gossip, you will definitely know that in the early stages of filming of "Kowloon Walled City", a physical conflict broke out while shooting in Hong Kong.

How did it break out?
At that time, it was Zou Zhaolong who brought people to the set to cause trouble, and directly injured the leading actor on the pretext of a martial arts competition.

Zou Zhaolong is Hong Jinbao's apprentice.

Because senior Zhang Chen and Hong Jinbao had a disagreement during the filming of "Taken", Hong Jinbao was kicked out.

So when "Kowloon Walled City" was being filmed, Zou Zhaolong brought people to cause trouble.

At that time, there were more people from Hong Kong in the crew and fewer people from the mainland.

When the Hong Kong martial artists saw this situation, they did not help at all, but just stood by and watched the show.

Even the underworld consultant hired by the crew chose to stand by and watch.

What does a Jianghu consultant do? He is responsible for dealing with these troublesome matters.

But the other party did just that.

Even if we are the investor and the financial sponsor, it will be useless.

These guys just chose to watch the show from the sidelines, wanting to see the mainlanders make a fool of themselves.

We were very passive at that time, and I didn’t even know what to do?
How was it resolved later?
Director Zhang Chen and Emperor Entertainment Group's boss Yang showed up and fired the consultant on the spot.

As for Zou Zhaolong, the way to deal with it was also very simple. We just let our martial arts instructor at the time take action.

The martial arts instructor was very good at fighting and beat Zou Zhaolong directly into the hospital.

This brought the scene under control.

Since then, there has been no non-cooperation from the crew.

Those originally unruly Hong Kong martial artists have since become good boys.

"

They had actually heard about what Lu Yang said from some reports, but they were only fragments.

This is the first time I have heard such a complete story.

The class suddenly became quiet, and the students from the directing department put themselves in the other students' shoes and thought about whether they could handle it if they were there.

The answer is no.

Lu Yang concluded: "Having said all this, I actually want to talk about one issue - the authority of the director.

The director-centered system is implemented in China. The director is the soul of a play and has the final say.

When you encounter something, deal with it however you should, don't hesitate.

Our teachers always tell us that a film crew is like a small society with all kinds of people.

I didn’t have any intuitive feelings before.

But after directing it myself this time, I found that what the teacher said was absolutely right.

People from all walks of life from all over the country gather together, with all kinds of ideas and personalities, which will definitely lead to all kinds of things.

As a director of a play, if you can’t control the situation at the beginning, then the later filming will definitely be very difficult, and it might turn into the second "Looking for the Gun"~"

When they heard "Looking for the Gun", everyone laughed and the serious atmosphere just now relaxed.

It is no longer a secret in the circle that Lu Chuan was made to cry by Jiang Wen on the set of "Looking for the Gun".

It is also often used as a metaphor by teachers to educate students in the directing department to understand the importance of controlling the crew.

Bang bang bang~
Teacher Fu was the first to applaud, followed by other students.

"Thank you Lu Yang for sharing. I think this kind of sharing will be more useful and practical for you~"

Beijing Film Academy has no shortage of talent, and countless great directors have come out of it.

From time to time, celebrities will return to their alma mater to visit and mentor the younger generations.

Therefore, students of Beijing Film Academy have access to many experts in the industry, attend many lectures, and receive countless similar sharing sessions.

But for students in the directing department, Lu Yang’s sharing may be more useful than those of famous directors because they are of similar age and have the same starting point.

They can resonate with many of the things Lu Yang mentioned. Simply by putting themselves in other people's shoes, they can learn a lot, which is also more practical.

Lu Yang sat back in his seat, having really had a blast today.

But when it comes to being at the center of the storm, it’s still Zhang Chen.

Throughout the entire Beijing Film Academy, although Zhang Chen is not here, his legend is spread everywhere.

In fact, not only Beijing Film Academy, but the entire circle has been discussing Zhang Chen in recent days. It's because his title of "Emperor of Prophecy" has been confirmed in the past two days.

On March 3, the 6th Academy Awards was held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Ang Lee successfully won the Best Director award for "Brokeback Mountain", which caused a sensation in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Who is Ang Lee?

He previously won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

It triggered a series of follow-up blockbusters.

"Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Seven Swords" and "The Banquet", to put it bluntly, all want to replicate the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

At the previous Venice Film Festival, Zhang Chen predicted that Ang Lee would win the Best Director award.

A prophecy.

Later, he predicted that Brokeback Mountain would win the Oscar for Best Director, and he came right again.

(End of this chapter)