Chapter 16 Candidates for Producer
Xia Meng analyzed: "If you had gone to Jiahe half a year earlier, they would have disagreed. But it is different now. After Jiahe was established, it has been crazily suppressed by Shaw Brothers. Later, It was only through Bruce Lee's continuous breaking of box office records that he gained a foothold. But now... Bruce Lee has passed away. You must know that Shaw has always regarded Chow Wenhuai as a traitor, and he will not let go of this opportunity to completely overwhelm Jiahe. br>As for you, you have gained enough fame now, and the script you produced is so eye-catching. You are also a life-saving straw for Jiahe now. No matter what, I will give it a try. Moreover, according to my understanding of Zou Wenhuai, this person is quite generous. As long as your request is not too excessive, he will definitely agree."
Yang Ye smiled while stroking his hands. Said: "It seems that I have found the right person. After listening to your words, I felt an unkind invitation."
Xia Meng stirred the coffee with an iron spoon and looked at Yang Ye with a pair of beautiful red phoenix eyes. , I want to know what thoughts he has.
Yang Ye said sincerely: "If I set up a film company, I would like to ask you to be the director of the company."
Xia Meng smiled: "You just invited me to be the producer of "Shaolin Temple". I haven’t agreed yet. Now you are actually thinking of inviting me to be the director of your company that has not yet opened. It’s a bit over the top.”
Yang Ye said sternly: “I think you are a very sincere person. To be honest, although I have a little reputation now, I am still a newcomer, and it is still difficult to find such a large investment. From your point of view, if you are interested, you should go to a left-wing film company. As long as I take investment from left-wing companies, I can only be tied to their chariot. But you didn’t do that. Instead, you carefully helped me analyze the pros and cons and choose the optimal route, which moved me very much.”
Yang Ye used the supercomputer's "divine power" to control his expression, full of emotions and sincere tone. Even an old drama star like Xia Meng was moved by his sincere attitude and began to think about this matter seriously. Come. She stared at Yang Ye and asked slowly: "Why do you have to find me to cooperate?"
"There are two reasons just mentioned. First, I need a guide in the film industry. Secondly, I think you are very sincere and I will not suffer any loss by cooperating with you. And thirdly, you quit the film industry six years ago not because of a decline in your career, but because you had to leave due to some historical reasons. I think you are right. There are still feelings in the entertainment industry. If you have the opportunity, you will still return to the film industry. Although I am only a newcomer, I am ready to face the challenge. I think our future is bright." br>
Every word of Yang Ye's words spoke to Xia Meng's heart. She does have her heart set on showbiz. Five years later, she will sell the garment factory as start-up capital to create Blue Bird Film Company.
The first film produced by Jade Bird Company, "The Wrath of the Sea", was a hit at the box office and won both the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Since then, Jade Bird Company has produced two more films, both of which have achieved a balance between business and art, selling tickets and winning awards.
This is enough to show Xia Meng's vision in film production, but after she made three movies, she gave up and sold the company.
Yang Ye opened the film company. On the one hand, it needs to produce commercial films that will sell well, and on the other hand, it also needs to produce award-winning literary films to increase its reputation and balance the impetuous commercial atmosphere of the company.
The new wave of Hong Kong movies has not yet arrived, and the well-known filmmakers such as Xu Anhua and Xu Ke have not yet made their mark. Yang Ye has very limited talents to choose from.
All in all, Xia Meng is a very suitable candidate, not to mention she also has a super licking dog Jin Yong.
Those novels by Jin Yong have only been adapted into some movies so far, and have not yet been adapted into TV series. That's a gold mine!
To what extent did Jin Yong lick Xia Meng?
Xia Meng once had a long overseas trip, and Jin Yong published a series of reports on Xia Meng’s travels in Ming Pao.
In addition, the publication opened a column called "Xia Meng's Travel Notes", which published Xia Meng's travel essays for more than ten days in a row.
You know, the purpose of "Ming Pao" is to be a newspaper that mainly reports and comments on world events and social events.
A newspaper like this publishes a short essay about a female star every day...
So, as long as Xia Meng is won over, Jin Yong can dig the mine at will.
After Xia Meng thought about it carefully, he smiled and said, "I have to say, your invitation makes me very excited."
Yang Ye was overjoyed and said, "Did Ms. Xia agree?"
Xia Meng spread her hands: "I can't find a reason to refuse. But I can't start working right away. I still have some things to do at home. Deal with it."
Yang Ye said: "That's natural. I still have to register the company and find an office location. Our company won't be open for a while." Xia Meng said with a smile. What’s the name?”
Yang Ye thought for a moment and said, “How about Baiyang Film Company?”
"Baiyang... is it because your surname is Yang?"
Yang Ye said nonsensically: "On the one hand. Mr. Mao Dun once wrote an article "Praise to Baiyang", which endowed the poplar tree with majesty, simplicity, and upwardness. I think the image is quite meaningful."
Xia Meng dreamed that Yang Ye created the spirit of Lion Rock with just one song, and smiled: "You seem to like to give some things various qualities. "
Yang Ye said: "Everything is determined by people."
Xia Meng liked this name very much and said with a smile, "It's great, my surname is Yang too."< br>
Xia Meng is a stage name, and her real name is Yang Meng.
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As the New Year approaches, Jiahe's theaters are very popular because Bruce Lee's legacy "Enter the Dragon" is being screened.
Everyone went to the cinema to watch Brother Long’s action blockbuster.
The surging crowd made the Shaw Brothers theater next door unusually deserted. The movie being screened by Shaw Brothers was "The Great Sword King" directed by the great director Chang Cheh.
The plasma film that Chang Cheh was so proud of was vulnerable to Bruce Lee's action blockbuster. It was only released for one week and had to be withdrawn due to too few viewers, with a box office of 440,000.
Shaw Brothers changed to a movie called "Tiger Fist", which turned out to be even worse, with a box office of 350,000, and was hastily released a week later.
Although Bruce Lee alone defeated the Shaw Brothers heroes, Jiahe boss Zou Wenhuai could not be happier.
Because Bruce Lee is gone, where is Jiahe’s next breakthrough?
Zou Wenhuai was holding a cigar in his mouth, frowning in thought, when his old partner He Guanchang walked into the office.
"Brother Wenhuai, I got news. That boy Yang Ye is in frequent contact with people. He was seen drinking coffee with Fang Yihua and Xia Meng at the Peninsula Hotel."
Zou Wenhuai's eyes lit up and he said: "This guy wants to make a movie?"
He Guanchang said: "Probably so."
"It's okay for Fang Yihua to see him, but isn't Xia Meng Xiying?"
< br>"This kid has been in the limelight recently. It should be that the left-wing film company also wants to contact Yang Ye and let Xia Meng set up an outpost. After all, their identities are relatively sensitive."
"You said... is this guy a piece of cake?"
"This guy claims to have shaped the spirit of Hong Kong with just one song, and his talent is undoubted. I think we should get in touch with him ”
“Okay, Brother Guanchang, go see him in person. If he really has talent in movies, you must sign him at all costs.”
( End of chapter)