"As for the assistant director you need..." Huang Baiming took out a stack of information and handed it to Xiao Ran without hesitation: "You can choose it yourself. Most of the above are experienced assistant directors!"
Xiao Ran's eyes lit up, and he might be able to find a few great people among them. He took the information and looked through it page by page. When he saw another name named Lao Jianhua, he was slightly stunned. If he hadn't
If I remember correctly, this person is quite talented and has served as an assistant director in many films, but he has never been lucky enough to be promoted.
Based on this information, he failed to find any future great directors. As for ordinary directors who would be able to produce independently in the future, he did not need to train them at all. After paying attention, he finally had no choice and had to pick randomly.
Among them is Luo Wenqiang, a young director with more seniority, and Lao Jianhua.
After telling Huang Baiming the two assistant directors he wanted, and discussing some specific matters, Xiao Ran left. As for filming, it will take about a week to start filming. After all, some equipment needs to be prepared.
Taking advantage of the free time in the past few days, Xiao Ran happened to complete the post-dubbing part of "Daoma Dan", and by the way participated in the midnight preview of "Happy Ghost Collision". The effect of the preview was very good, and Du Qifeng was in a very happy mood at the time
.Prior to this, Er Dongsheng's directorial debut "The Story of a Mad Man" had just been released for a few days.
The day before meeting with the main creative staff, Xiao Ran thought of A Biao. So, he made a phone call and asked Xiao Yi and A Qiang to come out to visit A Biao. Most of the felons imprisoned in Stanley Prison, A Biao
Biao obviously deserves the title of felon.
Under the escort of the prison guards, the slow-moving Chen Biao appeared in the sight of the three of them. When he saw Xiao Ran and the others, they looked surprised: "Aran, Aqiang, Xiaoyi, why are you here?"
In fact, Xiao Yi and A Qiang come often, but Xiao Ran either can't remember A Biao's affairs at the moment, or is too busy to come. Therefore, this time it was Xiao Ran who mainly spoke.
He looked at A Biao with a heavy and apologetic expression: "A Biao, I'm sorry, I didn't come to see you until now! Actually, I..."
"You don't need to explain!" A Biao burst into laughter, which made the prison guard angry and scolded him: "Don't you often ask Xiao Yi to bring things to me? It doesn't matter whether you come or not. And
, you still have your own career, work hard, and I will hang out with you when I get out of prison!"
This must not work! Xiao Ran complained secretly, fearing that A Biao's idea would become a reality. He originally planned to use A Biao to rise up in the underworld in the future and get enough benefit protection from it. If A Biao suddenly stopped being in the underworld, he said
If Xiao Ran changed his ways and returned to the right path, all his previous efforts would be in vain.
"By the way, the method you mentioned to me is really effective!" A Biao's expression became somewhat mysterious and strange: "It was the method you taught me last time. I relied on your idea to save myself.
My fate. Now the boss values me very much and said he would give me a good position when I get out."
"Let's talk about the future in the future!" Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes slightly. Seeing A Biao's appearance, he suddenly felt that he was an instigator who was so bad that the soles of his feet were bleeding. Especially since A Biao acted so complacent.
His happy look made him feel even more guilty: "By the way, how many more years will it take for you to come out?"
Mentioning this, A Biao's expression became a little sad, and he slowly spit out a heavy number: "Five years, but you don't have to worry about me, I live a good life here. As long as I do better than others,
There is a chance to come out early!”
Having said this, A Biao's expression suddenly became active, and he gave A Qiang and Xiao Ran a strange look: "Did you bring that?"
Xiao Ran was suddenly confused, what was that? But Aqiang chuckled and glanced directly at Rong Xiaoyi. Rong Xiaoyi obviously knew what A Biao wanted, and his pretty face suddenly turned red and cursed: "
A Biao, you damn gangster, if you ask for these in front of me, I will kill you!"
"Put the things in the package. You can see it after the prison guard checks it!" Aqiang smiled so lewdly, and his eyes couldn't help but drift towards Xiaoyi.
This situation made A Biao burst into laughter, and even whispered: "Xiaoyi, I didn't expect you to blush, it's really rare!"
After continuing to talk for a while, the visiting time came. He watched A Biao being sent back from a distance. Xiao Ran had countless thoughts running through his mind. So far, he had not seriously encountered the underworld. However, he also knew that
, this is because I haven’t been in contact with this circle long enough and haven’t gone deep enough yet.
He will soon start working as a director, and he cannot escape the problem of the underworld. At present, the only thing he can hope for is that A Biao will be released from prison early, and then he will have a force to use. But this will still take five years.
That means it will be 1991. By then... Xiao Ran thought about it and sighed softly.
"What was A Biao referring to just now?" On the way to leave, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered what happened just now and quickly asked A Qiang: "Isn't it something forbidden?"
"Of course not!" Aqiang was very surprised. Every time he mentioned this matter, his eyes would glance at Xiaoyi's face. Xiaoyi pretended not to know what he was doing, and Aqiang paid attention to Xiao Ran's ear.
Bian said: "What A Biao wants is a poster of a woman. This time I got him a great one. He will definitely be satisfied!"
It suddenly dawned on him! What Xiao Ran was showing now was the understanding smile of a man. Why would a man want posters of women when he was locked up in a miserable prison? The answer is, of course, needless to say. No wonder Xiao Yi had a strange look on his face.
That night, he finally wrote the prequel and sequel of "A Better Tomorrow". Forget this sequel, he just plagiarized "A Better Tomorrow 2" and only slightly changed some plot points to make it a series. That's all.
The prequel once left him scratching his head, but fortunately he managed to write it intermittently.
"Saving the Chapo", "Mr. Zombie", "Police Story", "Happy Ghost Collision", "A Better Tomorrow", "Police Story 2" and "Swordsman", plus "The Good News"
" and "Hardcover Chasing Girls". Xiao Ran did a rough calculation and found that there were ten completed and unfinished scripts. And among the films produced from these eleven scripts, except for "Happy Ghost Collision", only one had a box office.
Except for 15 million, the other ten have reached the figure of 20 million.
There is no need to continue plagiarizing, these are enough! Xiao Ran quickly came to this conclusion. Although several scripts have not yet been filmed, he knows that box office success is certain. Eleven scripts, eleven blockbuster films
, this 100% result is definitely a shocking figure in the world.
To put it simply, except for these scripts, Xiao Ran no longer needs to plagiarize and sell future scripts. Of course, if he becomes a director himself, he will naturally have to plagiarize a lot. However, he thinks it is necessary for him to plagiarize a script to win an award.
script, and directing an award-winning film.
It's very easy to write an award-winning script. If you want to win the best director and best picture, I'm afraid... Xiao Ran racked his brains and thought for a long time. This year there will be "A Better Tomorrow", so he has no hope. Next year, he will have no hope.
Even more powerful, "An Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Dragon Tiger" won Best Picture and Best Director respectively, and even such a classic film as "Prison" came up empty-handed.
If he had to wait until the year after next, Xiao Ran thought it would be better to gamble with all his strength. However, what to gamble with? He really didn’t know. Of course there will be many classics in the future, but those who can win prizes in the future may not be able to win today.
Get the prize. Sometimes, environmental factors are extremely important.
The most typical example is "Eight Star Announcement". Historically, this film was a Lunar New Year film and was released during the Lunar New Year period. This time Xiao Ran plans to advise Huang Baiming no matter what, and it must be released during the Spring Festival, otherwise it may not be released.
If it can be as popular as imagined, the environment is changing, and the cause and effect will naturally change.
Another example is "Gunfire". Everyone knows that this is a classic and the pinnacle of gangster movies. However, if Galaxy Pictures had not first produced "One of Two" and "One Word",
"The Birth of the Head" and "The Dark Flower" and other classics. If gangster movies had not yet emerged, Xiao Ran would have perfectly reproduced this movie on the screen, and the result would most likely be a disastrous failure.
After all, things take time to develop. It took more than ten years for gangster movies to develop before "Gunfire" and "Dark Flowers" appeared. And new-school action movies also needed a period of development before there were "New Dragon Inn" and "Swordsman".
"Jianghu". When doing anything, you can directly achieve the goal by skipping the process.
After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Ran finally figured it out. He didn't become a director just to be a director, but he became a director and screenwriter in order to start his own company. His advantage is that he has a far broader vision than current filmmakers, and he knows what
But why can't it be done?
Being a director and screenwriter is just a preparation, a necessary preparation for pushing him to the position of leader. Therefore, he does not need to be obsessed with any awards, but should focus on how to discover outstanding filmmakers and guide Hong Kong films to move in a beneficial direction.
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People are always greedy for fame and fortune. It is good that Xiao Ran can figure this out. At least it proves that it is difficult for him to be confused about so-called awards and the like. This is an improvement for him, and it also proves that his vision is more broad.
Long term.
The next day, New Art City invited the leading actors such as Zhang Xueyou and Zhou Runfa to the company. They had to meet with the director as a matter of routine to confirm whether their interpretation of the characters was in line with the director's ideas. In fact, it might as well be called an audition.
However, this time Xiao Ran gained the power of casting, and this group of actors was able to avoid this step.
It cannot be said that this routine is redundant, but for a family comedy like "The Good News", it is obviously impossible to have too high requirements for actors. In fact, the film industry has always believed that acting in comedy does not require acting skills, but looking at Xiao Ran
, just the opposite. Zhou Xingchi is an excellent example. Without superb acting skills, it would be impossible to perform so many classics.
After exchanging ideas with the main actors, Xiao Ran was sure that the actors' performances would not deviate from what he knew, so he felt relieved. The more difficult one was the child actor Huang Kunxuan, who was very talented in acting.
The points were chosen by Huang Baiming.
However, Huang Kunxuan was very smart and quickly understood what Xiao Ran meant. Xiao Ran secretly sighed for a while, thinking that some actors in the 21st century may not be so dedicated and know how to perform. No wonder this kid can be in "A Lang"
She cried so sincerely in "The Story". It's no wonder that when this kid grew up, Huang Baiming often promoted him to act in TV series.
When Xiao Ran finally set his sights on Zhou Runfa, a problem arose. The current Brother Fa was very confused and raised the script and asked: "Aran, I think the character Lao Er should not be effeminate, but relatively powerful.
A little more, so that you can attract women!"
(I continue to collapse... The protagonist has nothing now, so let him plagiarize foreign language films? That is asking for death. Xiao Ran just wants to write or direct scripts and films based on his own ability, but that is definitely not something he can do immediately. He
I'm just a movie fan, not that God. Brothers and sisters, YY also needs to have a program and it needs to be reasonable. Please give me a break, okay. The worst I can do in this life is to repay everyone 55555555)