Chapter 384: One word becomes a prophecy
Speaking of Korean movies, we have to talk about the development of Korean movies in the past two years.
The progress is really rapid, the same every year.
Take a look at the number of Korean local movies 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 thanks to South Korea's entry into the WTO in 1998.
The South Korean government has done two things. One is to liberalize foreign film quotas, and the other is to implement a film classification system nationwide.
The former caused widespread complaints and triggered the famous "Baldhead Operation" in the Korean entertainment industry.
After Operation Baldhead, the South Korean government, under pressure, decided to continue to implement a film quota system, which means that each cinema must screen domestic films 146 days a year, thus protecting the local film market.
Movie classification is really a good thing. The Korean government divides movies into five levels: everyone, over 12 years old, over 15 years old, and over 18 years old can watch and restrict screenings.
Without the constraints of the film editing system, Korean filmmakers have more free creative space. During this time, many high-quality genre films have emerged.
"My Sassy Girl" became popular throughout Asia, like a nuclear bomb, and achieved good box office success in many Asian countries.
"Color Is Empty" is South Korea's first sex comedy. Its status in South Korea is similar to that of "American Pie" in the United States.
These two films are almost certainly seen by those born in the 1980s who have spent time in Internet cafes.
Other films such as "Oldboy" and "Memories of Murder" are also pioneers of genre films.
It can only be said that without big scissors, Korean movies have allowed a hundred flowers to bloom.
You can shoot anything, which makes Korean filmmakers dare to shoot anything.
During this period, a lot of excellent works emerged, and Zhang Chenguang was deeply impressed by no less than ten of them. These are all ready-made resources.
The main reason is that a large part of them are only available in South Korea, which is the so-called down-to-earth style.
Even if the film is modified and the background is placed in China or the United States, the effect will be greatly reduced.
For these works, the best choice is to return to their birthplace and harvest the wool of Korea.
Zhang Chen initially wanted Chen Xi to help him handle Korean affairs, but he changed his mind after thinking about it.
From the negotiation with CJ Entertainment just now, it can be seen that South Korea does not have much respect for China, and negotiating with China as a company can only achieve twice the result with half the effort.
The best option is to find Diane and use your identity as an American dad to talk to those stick guys. Maybe it will work wonders.
……
Star Entertainment
When Guo Fan found Lu Yang, the latter was watching DVDs in front of the computer, and the sound of shouting and fighting could be heard in the office.
In the computer, a yellow figure ran quickly, then rolled over the football goal, followed by a fierce fighting scene.
That's right, what Lu Yang watched was "Slaying the Wolf", and in keeping with his usual style, it was a pirated version.
Guo Fan leaned over: "What are you looking at?"
Lu Yang looked up and saw that it was Guo Fan. He stepped aside and gave up half his position.
"It's nothing, let's study. Although "Slaying the Wolf" may not be our opponent, but to be fair, the film was really good."
Guo Fan also felt the same. On the screen, Donnie Yen and Wu Jing were fighting with each other with a short stick and a short knife.
“Very practical~”
"Sha Po Lang" is a standard Hong Kong martial arts style, which is very different from "Kowloon Walled City".
Strictly speaking, "Kowloon Walled City" doesn't look like a Hong Kong movie, it's too violent.
"Who is this one-on-one with Zhen Zi? He looks very good in kung fu~"
Guo Fan pushed up his glasses and pointed at Huang Mao, who was waving a short knife 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 younger brother, he is the male protagonist in "The Master of Tai Chi" I just mentioned, his name is Yang Yuqian~"
"Jet Li's junior brother? No wonder he is so good at acting. I think he is no worse than Xie Miao~"
"Absolutely, both of them are from the martial arts team~"
Lu Yang has loved action movies since he was a child and knows them very well.
In comparison, Guo Fan is a 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 is for the second week?"
Speaking of this, Lu Yang immediately became excited.
"25.2 million, almost double the first week."
"Sha Po Lang" was suddenly banned, and "Kowloon Walled City" suddenly had no rivals, and its box office doubled in the second week.
13.5 million in the first week, 25.2 million in the second week...
"Doesn't it mean that we can complete the bet with Director Zhang in just one week?"
"Hey~"
Lu Yang patted his head proudly, "Thanks also to the fans of "Hurricane", those guys really spent real money to support me in order to watch the "Hurricane" extras~"
"Yes, I saw in the news that someone swiped the swipe card three times and called on their relatives and friends to support him~"
"This is the true fan that Director Zhang said~"
The two people chatting were a little embarrassed. They never thought that there would be such a high level of fan loyalty for a movie.
"Then have you thought about how to shoot "The Lonely Agent"?"
Lu Yang shook his head: "I haven't read the complete script yet. I asked for it from the screenwriting department. They said that Director Zhang had ordered that the script would not be released to us until the box office exceeded 40 million and we won the bet. ~”
Lu Yang could even think of Zhang Chen's face when he said this, which was definitely a joke.
Guo Fan grinned: "Actually, what I want to ask is, can I get the position of assistant director on "The Lonely Agent"?"
Lu Yang reacted: "Of course, we work together so well. I am Yang Guo and you are my little dragon girl. With our two swords together, we are invincible."
What kind of bullshit metaphor is this?
Guo Fan only felt a chill.
"Okay, let's not talk anymore. I have to go to class."
Beijing Film Academy
At this time, Lu Yang was walking in the film school, his whole body was floating.
"Senior Lu~"
"Hello, Mr. Lu~"
Many people greeted him along the way.
With one movie, Lu Yang achieved something—a small degree of fame.
In the entire directing department, besides Zhang Chen, he, 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 techniques as usual. Instead, he looked at Lu Yang with a smile and said, "Lu Yang, your movie is showing now and it's very popular. Otherwise, we won't teach this class." For the rest, how about you share your filming experience?”
When Lu Yang heard this, he was stunned at first, and then became a little eager to try.
He had listened to Zhang Chen's experience sharing class, but he didn't expect that he would be the protagonist of the sharing in a blink of an eye.
"Come on, come up and tell us~"
Teacher Fu gave up his seat and found a place to sit down below. Lu Yang didn't show any stage fright when he saw this and walked directly onto the podium.
He has directed a crew of more than 100 people, how could the few people in front of him give him stage fright.
Looking at the students below, Lu Yang wanted to tell them that the experience is very simple, just hold your thighs tightly and it will be fine.
But if he really dares to say that, he will definitely be beaten to death by Teacher Fu, so he still has to pay for some work.
"Since the teacher asked me to share, let me talk about the difficulties I encountered while filming "Kowloon Walled City"."
After hearing what Lu Yang said, the people below immediately became interested.
That's all they want to hear.
Lu Yang looked deep in thought, and then said: "First of all, let's talk about how to manage people. Everyone should have watched "Kowloon Walled City", right?"
The people below nodded.
Lu Yang held a test screening inside Nortel before it was released to the public. 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, and it inevitably uses a lot of martial arts.
Moreover, this drama tells the story of the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, so the martial arts are basically brought in from Hong Kong.
Here I have to talk about the martial arts group.
I don’t know if you have ever come into contact with people who practice martial arts. How should I put it? They are rude, snobbish, and cliquey.
They are said to be rude because these people are generally not well educated, and many of them are practicing practitioners who like to use violence to solve problems when they encounter problems.
The snobbery is that these people really bully the weak and fear the strong.
If you behave well and speak well, they will push you further and make excessive demands.
If you agree to them, you will go even further next time.
They don't know when enough is enough.
Of course, it's more likely that they are pretending not to understand. I don't believe that local Hong Kong crews would dare to do this when filming.
At that time, on the set of "Kowloon Walled City", the martial artists were very arrogant and often acted against their will.
In fact, if I had just killed the chicken to scare the monkeys, maybe the situation would have been better, but it was also my first time as a director and I didn’t know what to do, so I chose to give in a lot 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 news, you must know that in the early days of the filming of "Kowloon Walled City", martial arts conflicts broke out in Hong Kong.
How did it break out?
At that time, Zou Zhaolong brought people to the set to cause trouble, and directly injured the leading actor on the grounds of a martial arts competition.
Zou Zhaolong is Hong Jinbao's apprentice.
Because senior Zhang Chen and Hong Jinbao had an unpleasant incident during "Hurricane Rescue", Hong Jinbao was kicked out.
So when "Kowloon Walled City" was being filmed, Zou Zhaolong brought people to cause trouble.
The crew at that time had many people from Hong Kong and few from the mainland.
Those Hong Kong martial arts practitioners did not help at all when they saw this situation. They just stood aside and watched the show.
Even the Jianghu consultants hired by the crew chose to stand by and watch.
What does a quack consultant do? He just deals with these troublesome matters.
But that's what the other party did.
Even if we are investors and the father of the funder, it is of no use.
These guys chose to watch the show from the sidelines, hoping to see the mainlanders make a fool of themselves.
We were so passive at the time, I didn’t even know what to do?
How did you solve it later?
Director Zhang Chen and Emperor's boss Yang showed up and fired the Jianghu consultant on the spot.
As for Zou Zhaolong, the way to deal with it was also very simple, just let our martial arts instructor at the time take action.
The martial arts instructor was very good at fighting and sent Zou Zhaolong directly to the hospital.
This suppressed the scene.
Since then, the crew has never been uncooperative.
Those Hong Kong martial artists who were originally unruly and unruly have all turned into obedient boys since then.
”
They had actually heard what Lu Yang said from some reports, but they were just words.
This is the first time I heard such a complete story.
The class suddenly became quiet, and the directing students put themselves in their shoes and thought about whether they could have handled it if they had been at the scene.
The answer is no.
Lu Yang concluded: "When I say this, I actually want to talk about one issue - the director's authority.
China implements a director-centered system. The director belongs to the soul of a play, and it is true that the director is the soul of the play.
When something happens, just deal with it how you want to deal with it, don't hesitate.
Teachers always tell us that the crew is like a small society, with people from all walks of life.
I didn't have any intuitive feelings before.
But after directing it myself this time, I found that what the teacher said was absolutely correct.
When the three religions and nine streams from all over the country come together, all kinds of ideas and personalities will definitely breed all kinds of things.
As a director of a drama, if you can't control the scene at the beginning, then the later shooting will definitely be very difficult, and maybe it will become the second "Looking for a Gun"~"
Everyone laughed when they heard "Looking for a Gun", and the somewhat serious atmosphere just now relaxed.
It is no secret in the industry that Lu Chuan was made to cry by Jiang Wen on the set of "The Gun".
It is often used as a metaphor by teachers to teach directing students to understand the importance of controlling the crew.
Bang bang bang~
Teacher Fu was the first to applaud, and other students followed suit.
"Thank you, classmate Lu Yang, for sharing. I think this kind of sharing will be more useful and practical for you~"
Nortel has no shortage of talents, and there are countless great directors who have gone global.
From time to time, celebrities will come back to their alma mater to visit and support the younger students.
Therefore, Nortel students have come into contact with many experts in the industry, listened to many lectures, and shared countless similar things.
But for directing students, Lu Yang’s sharing may be more useful than those of famous directors, because they are of the same age and have the same starting point.
Many of the things Lu Yang mentioned can resonate with them. They can learn a lot by simply thinking from their perspective, which is also more practical.
Lu Yang sat back in his seat, having really enjoyed himself today.
But when it comes to being at the forefront, it has to be Zhang Chen.
Throughout Nortel, Zhang Chen is obviously not here, but his legend is spread everywhere.
In fact, not only Nortel, the entire circle has been talking about Zhang Chen in recent days. Without him, his title of 'Prophecy Emperor' has been confirmed in these two days.
On March 6, the 78th Academy Awards were held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Ang Lee successfully won the statuette for Best Director for "Brokeback Mountain", which caused a sensation in the Chinese entertainment industry.
Who is Ang Lee?
It previously won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
It triggered a series of blockbusters to follow suit.
"Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Seven Swords" and "The Banquet", to put it bluntly, are all trying to replicate the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
At the Venice Film Festival before, Zhang Chen predicted that Ang Lee would win the best director.
One word becomes a prophecy.
Later, he predicted that "Brokeback Mountain" would win the Oscar for Best Director, and he was right again.
(End of chapter)