These well-reasoned news and pictures kept spreading to the mainland, in addition to causing concerns among Li Xiaole's fans, Han Sanpin in China Film Group was even more uneasy. He did not know the specific situation of Li Xiaole in Taiwan. This time it was a task released by the Film Bureau. He did not expect this strange-named movie to make any money. He just hoped that Li Xiaole would not be hit too much for this.

Zhu Yanping, who was promoting "Two Birds of One Stone" in the mainland on this day, brought him a surprise. The Taiwanese director brought the hard drive of the recent filming record of "Sedek Barre". Zhu Yanping is a Taiwanese representative of cross-strait filming and cultural exchanges. He is also a friendly representative of cross-strait films and specializes in discussing related work at China Film Group.

In the afternoon, Han Sanpin and Zhu Yanping watched this video in the China Film Reflection Room. While watching Zhu Yanping, they also helped Han Sanpin introduce some information about the filming of the film. After the filming of "Sedek Barre", many Taiwanese directors were moved and went to the scene to visit the filming process of this mainland director, and Zhu Yanping was one of them.

However, during several conversations, the two directors, who were a few decades apart, appreciated each other and trusted each other. Since the video was kept confidential and the network transmission was not safe, Li Xiaole asked Zhu Yanping to take the hard drive of the video back to Zhongying.

"Director Li asked me to tell you that he has filmed four of ten major scenes, the first battle of the Fushoushan tribe failed, the scene of Shiyu Waterfall, the bloody battle of the Wulai tribe, the battle of the sneak attack on the Japanese army in the Taoyuan Fairy Valley......

I watched it on the spot and all the films were very exciting. This time, Director Li not only filmed every scene very carefully, but also used many new technologies. For example, using line tracks in the valley is very novel. The more rare film is used 35 cm. You can look at the picture and the colors are really good..."

Han Sanpin listened to Zhu Yanping's introduction and looked at the thrilling scenes, and couldn't help but be amazed. He was not an outsider. He saw not only the shooting results, but more about the shooting difficulties.

In the first scene alone, in order to film the young man Mona swimming in the surging stream, it was very difficult. Because the stream was smooth and did not meet the surging speed required by the movie, the crew not only used a yacht propeller to create water waves by the water, but Li Xiaole also personally led the action team to jump out of the stream, holding a plastic baffle in the stream, blocking the stream with his hands, leaving only a small hole, causing the surging water effect. The You Daqing, who played the young man Mona Ludao, soaked in the water for a whole afternoon, and almost fainted when he came up... You know, it's winter now...

In the scene of Fushou Mountain, it is even more exaggerated. In order to shoot the scene where the tribe surrendered to the Japanese, a group of old tribes braved subzero temperatures and filmed naked. Everyone was snot and trembling in the first scene, but no one interrupted the shooting. This scene was as shocking as the plot of the movie itself.

It is common for actors to be injured. All the Seedk Warriors in the movie have to run barefoot in the woods and in the streams. In every scene, almost the extras' feet are cut by branches, screws, and various small stones... The scene is full of blood, which makes people gasp.

"I heard that southern Taiwan is sunny now, and the scenes they shoot are cloudy. How did the lighting be done? There are still a few days when it rains heavily. The scene in your Mahpo is so low that it is not flooded?" Han Sanpin himself has been a producer of countless movies and has countless questions in his mind. There are too many technical problems in this movie. How did Li Xiaole solve it?

"Haha, you are really an expert, so you can ask these technical questions. I have to admire Director Li. He is really very good at it. On sunny days, he asked the prop team to make a huge white curtain. When shooting, it was covered with the entire forest, and it turned into cloudy days. When it rained, Mahpo drowned. Director Li also contacted the construction team early in the morning and used an excavator to dig a canal to divert water... Sometimes I can't understand how to coordinate such a complex shooting work with his age? He seemed to have followed many Hollywood crews...

What I admire even more is that he has many wonderful ideas. He knew that the red-burned charcoal would smoke when it encounters white wax. The color in the camera is very beautiful and not choking. Jiang Wen's thick black earrings were never fixed, and the glue spring was useless. As a result, he asked a magnet to add an earring to the prop set. Guess what? Jiang Wen would not fall off whether he jumped or ran.

Zhu Yanping sighed and praised Li Xiaole, which made Han Sanpin feel a little confused... What's going on? Li Xiaole's shooting level is indeed good, but is it so high? Zhu Yanping talked about Li Xiaole's tone, just like when Quentin Tarantino came to Beijing to film "Kill Bill 2", the director of Beijing Film Studio talked about his appearance...

But no matter what, after watching this behind-the-scenes, Han Sanpin felt much more at ease. It seemed that the movie was far less bad than what Taiwan media reported, and even far better than he expected. He couldn't help but be curious and asked Zhu Yanping tentatively:

"Director Zhu, you are an expert in Taiwanese films. Can you predict the box office of "Sedek Barre" in Taiwan?"

"This... is hard to say..." Zhu Yanping immediately started to be careless when he heard this.

"Tell me, so that I can have a clear mind and I can prepare early." Han Sanpin's tone tried to relax as much as possible, so that Zhu Yanping could answer directly.

"That's right. I heard that director Lee expects "Sedek Barre" to be released in July this year. I also watched the expected schedule of theaters. There are two very good movies in the end of June. One is "Batman: The Mystery of the Shadow", and the other is "Initial D" by Jay Chou, and the most popular Taiwanese movie fans in July, "Mr. Smiths" by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and the animation masterpiece "Madagascar". "Seven Swords" directed by Xu Ke is also a very large production. There may be Spielberg's "War of the World" at the end of the month..."

Zhu Yanping reported a series of movie names. The more Han Sanpin heard it, the more he frowned. Zhu Yanping predicted in a comforting tone: "I see Director Li's film...it should be NT$200 million in Taiwan..." After all, so many strong enemies are looking around and confronting several major Hollywood productions head-on. "Sedek Barre" really has little hope...

"Only 200 million..." Han Sanpin smiled bitterly in disappointment, which means that it is about 50 million yuan in the box office, so in the mainland, it will take at least 300 million yuan to ensure the capital... This is really difficult for a movie with this theme...

"There is no way. In Taiwan, we fight with Hollywood movies equally. Local movies do not have any protection policies. Otherwise, so many Taiwanese filmmakers would not have to go to mainland Hong Kong to find a living..." Zhu Yanping said with a wry smile.

Han Sanpin certainly knows what Zhu Yanping is talking about. Since the Hollywood League was established, no film industry in the world can match it. There is only one killer weapon for countries to control Hollywood movies and eat away at their own country's movies, that is, the distribution channel.

No matter how awesome Hollywood movies are, as long as I don’t introduce them, you will not be able to eat up the domestic film market. Even if they are introduced, you can compress the filming schedule, limit the number of screen playback, increase ticket prices, limit your publicity, and not allow Hollywood movies to be promoted through channel. Film departments in various countries have various ways to suppress the flood of Hollywood.

For example, the Mainland China Film Group has the most powerful distribution channel resources, and only allows the introduction of Hollywood movies every year, and suppresses them in various links...

But even in this case, Hollywood movies still occupy the mainstream of the box office in the mainland, greatly eroding the domestic film market, and domestic movies were once on the verge of collapse...

This situation is not only true in China, but is the case in almost all countries in the world. Hollywood movies are invincible all over the world. Even Britain, a powerful country in the old movies, is a cultural power that once produced hundreds of movies a year in the golden age. Now it has not been filmed a few movies a year.

Now the people in the UK who can pick up cameras are at least 50 years old, and those new photographers cannot enter this industry at all... The entire industry is in a desperate situation.

The only one who can maintain the strength of his own movies... I'm afraid that only India, where the local religious culture is infinitely powerful... In the context of the erosion of the world's American culture, filmmakers from other countries do not have this cultural foundation to compete with Hollywood...

Taiwan's film market policy is even more disastrous for local filmmakers... In 1989, the Administrative News Bureau actually made unlimited opening of Hollywood movies on the basis of restricting the release of mainland movies in Taiwan. In 1993, the super blockbuster such as "Jurassic Park" was launched in Taiwan, and Hong Kong movies that originally dominated the market were immediately crushed into powder and never recovered from then on...

The crucial point of Li Xiaole's movies being able to achieve such great success in the mainland is that behind him is the towering tree of China Film Group, which has an absolute advantage in distribution channels. Just like Li Xiaole is driving a Mercedes-Benz and competing with a group of Hollywood directors riding tricycles.

But in Taiwan, the situation is completely different. His movies must face-to-face with Hollywood movies. There is no publicity advantage, no theaters' schedule advantage, no all the support in the distribution channel, he wants to stand on the same starting line with Spielberg, Brad Pitts and others...

No matter how powerful Li Xiaole's "Sedek Barre" is, it only has an investment of less than 200 million yuan. Compared with the big productions of Hollywood that cost hundreds of millions of dollars... it is not the first order of magnitude. In the summer season, Li Xiaole vs. Spielberg... This is simply a competition between Phoenix bicycles and F1 racing...

These well-reasoned news and pictures kept spreading to the mainland, in addition to causing concerns among Li Xiaole's fans, Han Sanpin in China Film Group was even more uneasy. He did not know the specific situation of Li Xiaole in Taiwan. This time it was a task released by the Film Bureau. He did not expect this strange-named movie to make any money. He just hoped that Li Xiaole would not be hit too much for this.

Zhu Yanping, who was promoting "Two Birds of One Stone" in the mainland on this day, brought him a surprise. The Taiwanese director brought the hard drive of the recent filming record of "Sedek Barre". Zhu Yanping is a Taiwanese representative of cross-strait filming and cultural exchanges. He is also a friendly representative of cross-strait films and specializes in discussing related work at China Film Group.

In the afternoon, Han Sanpin and Zhu Yanping watched this video in the China Film Reflection Room. While watching Zhu Yanping, they also helped Han Sanpin introduce some information about the filming of the film. After the filming of "Sedek Barre", many Taiwanese directors were moved and went to the scene to visit the filming process of this mainland director, and Zhu Yanping was one of them.

However, during several conversations, the two directors, who were a few decades apart, appreciated each other and trusted each other. Since the video was kept confidential and the network transmission was not safe, Li Xiaole asked Zhu Yanping to take the hard drive of the video back to Zhongying.

"Director Li asked me to tell you that he has filmed four of ten major scenes, the first battle of the Fushoushan tribe failed, the scene of Shiyu Waterfall, the bloody battle of the Wulai tribe, the battle of the sneak attack on the Japanese army in the Taoyuan Fairy Valley......

I watched it on the spot and all the films were very exciting. This time, Director Li not only filmed every scene very carefully, but also used many new technologies. For example, using line tracks in the valley is very novel. The more rare film is used 35 cm. You can look at the picture and the colors are really good..."

Han Sanpin listened to Zhu Yanping's introduction and looked at the thrilling scenes, and couldn't help but be amazed. He was not an outsider. He saw not only the shooting results, but more about the shooting difficulties.

In the first scene alone, in order to film the young man Mona swimming in the surging stream, it was very difficult. Because the stream was smooth and did not meet the surging speed required by the movie, the crew not only used a yacht propeller to create water waves by the water, but Li Xiaole also personally led the action team to jump out of the stream, holding a plastic baffle in the stream, blocking the stream with his hands, leaving only a small hole, causing the surging water effect. The You Daqing, who played the young man Mona Ludao, soaked in the water for a whole afternoon, and almost fainted when he came up... You know, it's winter now...

In the scene of Fushou Mountain, it is even more exaggerated. In order to shoot the scene where the tribe surrendered to the Japanese, a group of old tribes braved subzero temperatures and filmed naked. Everyone was snot and trembling in the first scene, but no one interrupted the shooting. This scene was as shocking as the plot of the movie itself.

It is common for actors to be injured. All the Seedk Warriors in the movie have to run barefoot in the woods and in the streams. In every scene, almost the extras' feet are cut by branches, screws, and various small stones... The scene is full of blood, which makes people gasp.

"I heard that southern Taiwan is sunny now, and the scenes they shoot are cloudy. How did the lighting be done? There are still a few days when it rains heavily. The scene in your Mahpo is so low that it is not flooded?" Han Sanpin himself has been a producer of countless movies and has countless questions in his mind. There are too many technical problems in this movie. How did Li Xiaole solve it?

"Haha, you are really an expert, so you can ask these technical questions. I have to admire Director Li. He is really very good at it. On sunny days, he asked the prop team to make a huge white curtain. When shooting, it was covered with the entire forest, and it turned into cloudy days. When it rained, Mahpo drowned. Director Li also contacted the construction team early in the morning and used an excavator to dig a canal to divert water... Sometimes I can't understand how to coordinate such a complex shooting work with his age? He seemed to have followed many Hollywood crews...

What I admire even more is that he has many wonderful ideas. He knew that the red-burned charcoal would smoke when it encounters white wax. The color in the camera is very beautiful and not choking. Jiang Wen's thick black earrings were never fixed, and the glue spring was useless. As a result, he asked a magnet to add an earring to the prop set. Guess what? Jiang Wen would not fall off whether he jumped or ran.

Zhu Yanping sighed and praised Li Xiaole, which made Han Sanpin feel a little confused... What's going on? Li Xiaole's shooting level is indeed good, but is it so high? Zhu Yanping talked about Li Xiaole's tone, just like when Quentin Tarantino came to Beijing to film "Kill Bill 2", the director of Beijing Film Studio talked about his appearance...

But no matter what, after watching this behind-the-scenes, Han Sanpin felt much more at ease. It seemed that the movie was far less bad than what Taiwan media reported, and even far better than he expected. He couldn't help but be curious and asked Zhu Yanping tentatively:

"Director Zhu, you are an expert in Taiwanese films. Can you predict the box office of "Sedek Barre" in Taiwan?"

"This... is hard to say..." Zhu Yanping immediately started to be careless when he heard this.

"Tell me, so that I can have a clear mind and I can prepare early." Han Sanpin's tone tried to relax as much as possible, so that Zhu Yanping could answer directly.

"That's right. I heard that director Lee expects "Sedek Barre" to be released in July this year. I also watched the expected schedule of theaters. There are two very good movies in the end of June. One is "Batman: The Mystery of the Shadow", and the other is "Initial D" by Jay Chou, and the most popular Taiwanese movie fans in July, "Mr. Smiths" by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and the animation masterpiece "Madagascar". "Seven Swords" directed by Xu Ke is also a very large production. There may be Spielberg's "War of the World" at the end of the month..."

Zhu Yanping reported a series of movie names. The more Han Sanpin heard it, the more he frowned. Zhu Yanping predicted in a comforting tone: "I see Director Li's film...it should be NT$200 million in Taiwan..." After all, so many strong enemies are looking around and confronting several major Hollywood productions head-on. "Sedek Barre" really has little hope...

"Only 200 million..." Han Sanpin smiled bitterly in disappointment, which means that it is about 50 million yuan in the box office, so in the mainland, it will take at least 300 million yuan to ensure the capital... This is really difficult for a movie with this theme...

"There is no way. In Taiwan, we fight with Hollywood movies equally. Local movies do not have any protection policies. Otherwise, so many Taiwanese filmmakers would not have to go to mainland Hong Kong to find a living..." Zhu Yanping said with a wry smile.

Han Sanpin certainly knows what Zhu Yanping is talking about. Since the Hollywood League was established, no film industry in the world can match it. There is only one killer weapon for countries to control Hollywood movies and eat away at their own country's movies, that is, the distribution channel.

No matter how awesome Hollywood movies are, as long as I don’t introduce them, you will not be able to eat up the domestic film market. Even if they are introduced, you can compress the filming schedule, limit the number of screen playback, increase ticket prices, limit your publicity, and not allow Hollywood movies to be promoted through channel. Film departments in various countries have various ways to suppress the flood of Hollywood.

For example, the Mainland China Film Group has the most powerful distribution channel resources, and only allows the introduction of Hollywood movies every year, and suppresses them in various links...

But even in this case, Hollywood movies still occupy the mainstream of the box office in the mainland, greatly eroding the domestic film market, and domestic movies were once on the verge of collapse...

This situation is not only true in China, but is the case in almost all countries in the world. Hollywood movies are invincible all over the world. Even Britain, a powerful country in the old movies, is a cultural power that once produced hundreds of movies a year in the golden age. Now it has not been filmed a few movies a year.

Now the people in the UK who can pick up cameras are at least 50 years old, and those new photographers cannot enter this industry at all... the entire industry is in a desperate situation.

The only one who can maintain the strength of his own movies... I'm afraid that only India, where the local religious culture is infinitely powerful... In the context of the erosion of the world's American culture, filmmakers from other countries do not have this cultural foundation to compete with Hollywood...

Taiwan's film market policy is even more disastrous for local filmmakers... In 1989, the Administrative News Bureau actually made unlimited opening of Hollywood movies on the basis of restricting the release of mainland movies in Taiwan. In 1993, the super blockbuster such as "Jurassic Park" was launched in Taiwan, and Hong Kong movies that originally dominated the market were immediately crushed into powder and never recovered from then on...

The crucial point of Li Xiaole's movies being able to achieve such great success in the mainland is that behind him is the towering tree of China Film Group, which has an absolute advantage in distribution channels. Just like Li Xiaole is driving a Mercedes-Benz and competing with a group of Hollywood directors riding tricycles.

But in Taiwan, the situation is completely different. His movies must face-to-face with Hollywood movies. There is no publicity advantage, no theaters' schedule advantage, no all the support in the distribution channel, he wants to stand on the same starting line with Spielberg, Brad Pitts and others...
Chapter completed!