In fact, Xiao Ran has always focused all his energy on how to achieve a career, how to found a film company to lead Hong Kong films, and bring Hong Kong films back to life. But in the end, he still ignored one point, a very important point. In addition to his own advantages, he now
, and never had anything else.
If I have to be harsh, Xiao Ran is too wishful thinking. He has just emerged in the film industry and has not even made a name for himself, so why should he set up a company? Besides, he doesn't even have a company yet.
He had already begun to imagine what the future would be like, which naturally made him extremely confused.
To put it simply, his goal is too ambitious, and currently he does not meet the conditions for this ambitious goal. Naturally, it will inevitably produce a huge contrast and a sense of loss. It is like a fat man cannot eat in one day.
He needs to do something else to accumulate capital.
In fact, when Xiao Ran first came to this era, the idea of becoming an actor and director was very good. At least it was very real and not a fantasy. In this era, the people who really have the say are either big bosses with strong capital or famous people.
A director, or an actor like the great comedy master Xu Guanwen.
What does a small screenwriter mean? Why should he set up a company? He has no money and no power, so why should other actors and directors accompany him crazy? After thinking about all this, Xiao Ran finally calmed down his agitated mood.
Come down.
What to do in the future? Xiao Ran has already made a rough plan. He wants to do a good job as a screenwriter first and look for opportunities to be a director. As long as he finds investment, he will be able to make a truly outstanding film. This is his advantage.
An irresistible advantage. Of course, I can occasionally become an actor to enjoy the drama.
As long as you can become a director, the rest will be simple. You only need to keep making movies, auctioning films, and winning award-winning films to achieve your reputation in the industry and make friends with the people you must make friends with. When your reputation reaches a certain level,
, the establishment of the company became a matter of course.
Where to start? Xiao Ran lay on the bed and stared for a long time, thinking that it was not impossible to have fun in New Art City, but New Art City mainly focused on comedy, so it was difficult to achieve greater performance. Xu Ke's film studio is a
A good place to go, but Xiao Ran knew that Xu Ke was very arbitrary in making movies, and many directors and actors who had worked with him were unwilling to work with him again.
It's like the director of "The Swordsman" was originally the senior master director Hu Jinquan. Unexpectedly, only half of the film was shot. Xu Ke, as the producer, intervened in the film and Hu Jinquan angrily left the crew, unwilling to say anything.
Keep filming. Therefore, the films I saw later were basically completed by Xu Ke. And Li Lianjie, who was single-handedly popular by Xu Ke, was also unwilling to cooperate with him again in the future, just because he was very dictatorial when making movies.
In fact, New Art City has had a system since its establishment that is unique in the world - the supervisory system! On the set, the person who can really perform the director's duties is not the director, but the supervisor. Although it is difficult to say this
The director becomes a puppet, but there is really not much room for him to perform.
Xiao Ran remembered that Huang Baiming, one of the three giants of New Art City, wrote a long article in the future to commemorate the glorious ten years of New Art City. The article mentioned that during a certain filming, a director repeatedly
The director was not filmed according to the script. As a result, the top management of New Art City immediately fired the director in anger and sent Lin Lingdong to take over.
Xiao Ran is not a fool. Under such a supervision system, of course he knows that even if he has great skills, he will not be able to do any tricks. You must know that many directors have suffered from this.
As for whether he can complete the accumulation of fame and capital before the 1990s, Xiao Ran knows that these are definitely not what he can think about now. He should think about how to go higher and further, rather than imagining ethereal things.
A week later, Xiao Ran contacted Wei Jiahui who happened to be free. He planned to visit TVB. When he arrived at the TVB building, he quickly found Wei Jiahui who was working in the office. You Zhi was also there and wanted to meet this person whom he had not seen for a long time.
friend.
"Where do you want to visit?" Wei Jiahui said to Xiao Ran with a smile: "The TVB building is not small, and there are many program groups!"
Wei Jiahui's office is not small, and it seems to be quite popular in wireless. It's no wonder that he only entered the movie in the 1990s. Xiao Ran just turned this idea in his mind, and almost thought of it at an almost crazy speed.
Actor, a real actor!
Zhou Xingchi! When Xiao Ran thought of him, he felt indescribable excitement. He was truly a talented actor, and he was also a very good director. When he came to the Wireless Building, if he didn't see him, Xiao Ran would not be willing to die even if he didn't see him.
He is convinced that if his memory has not deteriorated, then Zhou Xingchi is currently working as a program host on the 430 shuttle. Isn't this shuttle the same as Zhou Xingchi in "The Tricky Expert" who was so shocked that he sang: "Flying to the sky, flying to the sky"
Go, little shuttle" that shuttle.
But don’t underestimate that children’s program. The hosts there include Lan Jieying, Liang Chaowei, Zhu Ying, Zheng Yijian, and Zeng Huaqian. These are all famous figures in this era or in the future. Of course,
The most famous ones are undoubtedly Zhou Xingchi and Liang Chaowei.
"Can you go visit the 430 shuttle first!" Xiao Ran smiled mysteriously, which made Wei Jiahui and You Zhi feel weird. Xiao Ran couldn't wait to take a few steps forward, then he remembered that he didn't know the way, and he laughed dryly: "
Well, you should lead the way!"
"Haha!" Wei Jiahui burst out laughing. You Zhi was obviously amused by Xiao Ran's actions and laughed together. After Wei Jiahui stopped laughing, he finally asked: "Have you seen the 430 shuttle? It's unlikely.
, that’s a children’s program!”
As Wei Jiahui spoke, he looked at Xiao Ran with a teasing look. Xiao Ran patted his head in annoyance, blaming him for being too obvious. Wei Jiahui and You Zhi joked while taking Xiao Ran to the third studio on the eighth floor.
In the hall, at this moment, Nuo Da's studio was deserted, and Xiao Ran then remembered that it was obviously not the time to do a show.
"You really came to the right place this time!" Although Wei Jiahui does like movies more, he still regards television as his main business. No, he is now proudly introducing to Xiao Ran: "Wutai Mountain is the most famous and best
, and at the same time, the most representative TV station is none other than TVB!”
"Mount Wutai?" Xiao Ran was completely unable to associate Wireless with Mount Wutai. He blinked and asked, "What does this mean?"
"Mount Wutai is the Broadcasting Channel!" You Zhi and Wei Jiahui had evil smiles on their faces, basically mocking Xiao Ran for not even knowing this: "There are five TV stations on the Broadcasting Channel, including Radio Hong Kong, Commercial Radio, TVB, Asia Television and Jia.
Art TV, so it is called Mount Wutai! I doubt if you are from Hong Kong, and you don’t even know Mount Wutai!”
Xiao Ran kept laughing and stretched out his right hand to scratch his head to cover up his embarrassment. Wei Jiahui ended his teasing to Xiao Ran and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm quite interested in the host of this show! So I stopped by to have a look!" Xiao Ran shrugged and spread his hands, and said calmly: "Since he's not here, forget it! Let's go somewhere else!"
"Do you want to meet Xingzi?" Wei Jiahui seemed to know Zhou Xingchi, but he thought for a moment: "He should be at the Qingshui Bay studio now. If you are interested, you might as well go there first! Anyway, I have time today!"
"
After walking around for a few times, he met a few people, but Xiao Ran couldn't cheer up. He didn't see anyone he wanted to see, so how could he cheer up! After walking around the TVB building, they
Then they rushed to Clear Water Bay together.
Although the future Clear Water Bay will not be as affluent as Saigon, many wealthy people will buy real estate villas here, and it is close to the sea and has great scenery. Along the way, Wei Jiahui and You Zhi introduced the Clear Water Bay studio to Xiao Ran
situation.
Clear Water Bay Studio is one of the two major studios in Hong Kong, the other being Golden Harvest Studio on Ax Hill Road. Unlike Golden Harvest, Clear Water Bay Studio has gradually become a filming location for TV series due to Shaw Brothers' deliberate reduction of film investment in recent years.
The main venue. After hearing this, Xiao Ran understood that this place is not called TV City now, but because it gradually became a wireless base after Shaw Brothers completely withdrew from the film industry in 1987.
Film shooting today is different from that in the future. Most of the film shooting in the future will focus on real scenes. But most of the movies today are shot indoors or in places such as large studios. To put it simply, we
In the films I saw in the 1980s, most of the backgrounds were artificial scenes.
If we go back to the 1950s and 1960s, the filming of this movie would be even more interesting. Filmmaking at that time was very simple, but it was not easy either. The simple part was that the shooting technology and scenery were extremely rough and rough.
It's beyond our imagination.
Most of the movies made in those days were shot indoors, using a hand-painted board as the set. Interestingly, in those days, if it took a week to shoot a movie, it was 10% considered a big production.
Compared with later Hollywood, which would often shoot for one or two years, it was a world of difference.
But the difficulty lies precisely in the lack of various technologies and props, which makes film shooting particularly difficult. However, in this difficult environment, Hong Kong was still able to produce Cantonese films that are still classic today, which is really commendable.
After listening to these introductions from Wei Jiahui and You Zhi, Xiao Randun felt like he had a lot of knowledge. But, having said that, the only things he knew about before the 1980s were Bruce Lee and "Once Upon a Time" which had more than a hundred episodes.
series. Of course, this Huang Feihong is not Li Lianjie’s Huang Feihong, but this cannot be misunderstood.
Of course, a studio as big as Clearwater Bay is not only used by Shaw Brothers. Some medium-sized film companies are not as wealthy and powerful as Shaw Brothers, and cannot afford to build such a huge studio, nor can they compare with some small studios that don’t pay much attention to their scenery.
company. Therefore, sometimes I would come here to shoot a movie. Of course, the rent must always be paid.
Going straight into the office building of the studio, Wei Jiahui looked regretful: "Unfortunately, the company has decided to give up on the film business. It would be a pity that such a large venue is only used for filming TV series!"
Xiao Ran smiled slightly, this was inevitable. According to the history he understood, Shaw Brothers must have announced their withdrawal from the film industry in 1987. What was left was the three-legged power of Jiahe, New Art City and Debao. Because no matter where it is,
From one aspect, the gap between Shaw Brothers and the other three major companies is not only a technical one, but also a problem of rigid systems, and there is no competition at all.
However, it is not true that such a large studio should be wasted. Xiao Ran knew that in 1988, one year after announcing the suspension of production, Shaw Brothers Film Company merged with Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (i.e. Wireless) to form Metropolis.
Film company. However, this metropolitan company did not make any big moves in the 1980s. It was only in the early 1990s that it overtook its strong rival Golden Harvest and became a powerful force.