They were all convulsed, technology was Xi Chengxiong¡¯s only idea and dream, the factory suddenly had two more cooperative companies in Fu Nian, but Yongjia and Xu Ke Studio were different from other small companies. They said they wanted to cooperate and almost joined. DreamWorks, this will double the size of DreamWorks. With the joining of two companies, DreamWorks will be twice as powerful as before, unmatched by anyone in Hong Kong. ()
But this time, Mak Cheng-hsiung was in trouble. The first point was that suddenly two people gave him the company. One wanted to be a screenwriter, and the other wanted to be a director. How to deal with this? It is obviously impossible to merge into a large company, and it will be very complicated if it is done this way. After all, the company is the hard work of the two of them, and the people under them are their confidants. It is estimated that Mak Chengxiong will not be able to do it for a while. They couldn't surrender for a moment, which would cause chaos. Finally, everyone sat together to discuss, and the two companies became subsidiaries of DreamWorks. The funds were separated and managed independently, and a large company was formed externally, called DreamWorks Movies. Production Co., Ltd., because DreamWorks has a Dream Cinema chain, so this alliance is also called the Dream Alliance.
When other companies heard the news, everyone was surprised. After all, this happened. The scale of DreamWorks has become stronger. Although the two companies have not been merged into DreamWorks for the time being, it will only happen sooner or later. DreamWorks has transformed into the real number one in Hong Kong. You must know that although Yongjia Company¡¯s performance is mediocre, there are still many people on the set. Although the several locations are not as good as Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay and Jiahe's Busan Road, they are still very good. In this way, DreamWorks also has a filming studio, so there is no need to travel around. Yongjia's joining can give DreamWorks The factory is even more powerful.
Although Xu Ke's studio is very large, Xu Ke brought a lot of talents when he came. The film dubbing includes Huang Zhan and Wang Songling, and there are also many actors, including the four major villains of later generations, and the crew members are even more They are some experienced talents, this way. It brought richer blood to DreamWorks. What¡¯s more valuable is that there is also a female supervisor Shi Nansheng. Her management experience is very rich. In this way, DreamWorks is almost handed over to the two housekeepers Weng Meiling and Shi Nansheng. .
Xu Ke thought about it for a long time and finally listened to Shi Nansheng's words. He chose to join DreamWorks. This was the best way for him to develop. His talent was all about directing, and he was destined not to be a big boss. He didn't have the least ambition, and he was even more delusional that he couldn't survive in the intrigues of the market economy, so he simply became a hands-off shopkeeper, which was the most suitable for him.
So although both companies are affiliated with DreamWorks, Xu Ke¡¯s studio has been merged into DreamWorks, but the name has not been revoked. ()
The cooperative companies of DreamWorks and Dream Cinemas have also increased from the initial three last year to the current number. These companies are large in size. Mak Chengxiong has no other requirements for them, just the quality of the movies. I believe that with the three companies of Hong Kong Sound, Xu's and Xinyi taking the lead, they will slowly improve, so among the companies in these cooperative relationships, the three companies have become their leaders.
Xu Ke's new film "Invincible East", which was carefully produced by Xu Ke and took three months to complete, has also begun to be screened at this time. After Xu's company's "The Real Wei Xiaobao" was released, the cumulative box office reached 00,000 yuan, which is a Astonishing figures, you must know that the box office of New Art City's New Year's film "The Best Partner: Saving the Chapo from Thousand Miles Away" was not satisfactory. Only 10,000,000, this film also made Xu the first company among small companies to exceed 20 million in box office, and became the leader of small film companies.
The two films "Happy Ghost Collision" and "Zombie Family" released at the same time by New Art City and Debao Company have already been canceled at this time, and were replaced by films from small companies under their cooperation. The final box office It's not very high. The box office of "Zombie Family" is slightly higher, ranking ninth in the rankings so far this year with the score of "Kiss 10,000". New Art City's "Happy Ghost Collision" has also dropped to tenth at this time. Bit. The box office is no more than Xu Wan.
In this way, the top ten box office of the year as of August has been released. The first one is of course DreamWorks' "The Deer and the Cauldron", as well as "The Gambler", "A Better Tomorrow", and "Once Upon a Time" and "The Real Wei Xiaobao" were ranked 36th and 8th respectively, Golden Harvest's "Eagle Project" and "Wealth Train" were ranked second and fourth respectively, and New Art City's "Best of the Best" "Partner: Save the Chapo" and "Happy Ghost Collision" were ranked fifth and tenth, Debao only had one film "Zombie Family" ranked ninth, and the top nine in the box office rankings were occupied by these four films. This year's performance is somewhat unsatisfactory. Compared with last year, Debao's results are much different.
This does not include the upcoming "Invincible East". This film is Xu Ke's favorite work and the box office is naturally good. It is estimated that after this film is released, this ranking will change a lot.?
On the day "Invincible" was released, DreamWorks and now Dream Alliance also held an internal celebration to celebrate the establishment of the alliance. Fourteen companies, large and small, came together to celebrate the establishment of the alliance. This is something that the Hong Kong film industry cannot ignore. a group.
After the celebration, everyone watched Xu Ke's "The Invincible East". The theme of Xu Ke's martial arts is romance. This movie gives people a romantic feeling just from the beginning. Just like "Once Upon a Time", Xu Ke puts it right at the beginning. The use of color tones is very successful. The beach, sea water and bamboo forest are mixed together to shock everyone. At the same time, it is also a visual enjoyment. The production cost of this film is not very high, only 10 million, but the effect is really impressive. Surprisingly, the directors within DreamWorks are better. After all, many people have tried this kind of hard-quality production, but the directors from other companies are not like this. I calmed down immediately. This is the quality that Mai Chengxiong has always emphasized.
Not only that, otherwise Xu Ke would not be called a master of the generation. The fight design in the film is even more refreshing. Li Lianjie is the action director and martial arts designer of the film. He combines traditional martial arts. Combining Xu Ke's romantic martial arts elements, the fighting becomes as beautiful as poetry and painting. It is also the first time that new martial arts are shown to everyone.
"Old Wu, what do you think of this movie?" Mak Chengxiong tilted his head and asked John Woo next to him.
Since the beginning of the film, John Woo's eyes have not left the screen, and he once joked. As long as Xu Ke's martial arts film replaces swords with guns, it will be his "A Better Tomorrow." The action design and martial arts effects here surprised even John Woo. He smiled and said to Mak Chengxiong: "Needless to say? This time Xu Keke has found his own path on the martial arts road. I guess this movie The film will be the most popular Hong Kong film, and it is definitely a martial arts film. But it will no longer be about old wine and new wine. Old Monster Xu has changed all the bottles this time.
Faintly hearing Wu Yusen shouting the nickname "Old Monster Xu", Xu Ke suddenly turned his head and stared at this with a pair of eyes. He didn't know what the two people were talking about. Both Mai Chengxiong and Wu Yusen cast admiring glances at him.
The film "Invincible East" is indeed as expected. It attracted a huge response immediately after it was screened. Fans gave rave reviews and were intoxicated by Xu Ke's carefully sketched scenes. Even those who The martial arts masters couldn't sit still and wrote praising articles one after another. Everyone thought that Xu Ke was a very outstanding martial arts director, and after the 1960s and 1990s, the third generation of martial arts film directors in Hong Kong was born. Every time martial arts directors After the film generation changes, it will lead to the popularity of martial arts films. The first generation was in the 1930s and 1940s, and Hong Kong films relied on martial arts films to become popular. The second generation was in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During this period, Many martial arts directors and kung fu actors such as Bruce Lee have appeared, pushing kung fu movies to the top. This time Xu Ke's new martial arts film is released, which will inevitably attract more learning and imitation, and martial arts movies will become popular again.
Xu Ke was very proud. This success finally brought him the honor he had won. The effect he wanted to shoot was finally achieved. At this time, he was even more obsessed with shooting martial arts movies, which had just been released. So I continued to ask Mak Cheng-hsiung for the script.
Mak Cheng-hsiung is currently too busy with DreamWorks to do anything else. At this time, he is still in the mood to write a script. Xu Ke said nonchalantly: "If you can't write it, that's okay. You can also recommend a work this time." ,how?.
This Xu Ke is really addicted. He has just completed a movie and will be busy filming the second one so soon. Mak Chengxiong is really helpless. There are so many martial arts, if he wants to shoot them. You can take out one at will.
However, Mak Cheng-hsiung suddenly thought of the film "New Dragon Inn", because although this film has a very high reputation in the film industry and movie fans, its box office is very low. It is not even among the top ten in the annual box office. Mai Chengxiong is also not worth it. If he joins the launch at this time, it is estimated that the box office will be much more. Thinking of this, Mak Chengxiong said directly to Xu Ke: "Old Xu, why not do this? Since everyone is pushing you now As the pioneer of new martial arts, how about you make "Dragon Gate Inn"? This film is a milestone in martial arts movies, and it is also a masterpiece of master Hu Jinshuan, how about it?"
As long as fans who like martial arts films, especially those of this era, Hu Jinquan's "Dragon Gate Inn" will be inextricably missed. It is this film that embodies humanity in martial arts films and makes everyone more aware of it. Accepting martial arts films, so it is very appropriate to call it a milestone in martial arts films.
Xu Ke frowned and said to him with a smile: "Ah Xiong, do you know what people in Hong Kong are called now?"
Mak Seng-hsiung¡¯s nickname? There are so many of them that even Mak Cheng-hsiung himself has not counted them. What God?There are no less than ten titles such as best actor, gold medal screenwriter, best performer, etc. I don¡¯t know what kind of title the Hong Kong movie fans will give him this time. Mak Chengxiong listened quietly to Xu Ke¡¯s words.
Xu Ke burst out laughing, and with admiration for Mak Cheng-hsiung in his eyes, he said: "Now, Hong Kong people know that their gold medal screenwriter is not an honest person. The most detailed thing for you is the remake of a famous movie. It's really Let them get it right, but this opinion is very good. I just hope I won¡¯t be scolded by Mr. Hu this time.
Xu Ke said with some self-deprecation, he was still a little afraid in his heart, because although the "Invincible East" just filmed is very good in everyone's eyes, it is not perfect in one person's eyes, that is the original work The author is Mr. Jin Yong, because Xu Ke actually directly used Brigitte Lin to play the role of Dongfang Invincible this time, and Jin Yong believed that Dongfang Invincible should be a man, and Mr. Jin Yong was very dissatisfied with this. "By the way, this "New Dragon Inn" also needs some changes in the plot, otherwise it will be difficult to adapt to your style. Try to add some Western style, which will match your style. You can discuss the script with the screenwriter Let's discuss it with the group. It is estimated that their script is almost finished. Mak Cheng-hsiung, who will definitely help you create a good script, suddenly thought of one thing at this time, that is the success of "New Dragon Inn", and another important point, That is the change in the plot and scene of the story, and Xu Ke was reminded immediately.
Xu Ke turned around, smiled at Mai Chengxiong and said: "It's a bit difficult this time, why don't you just finish it and leave it to me. In the editorial team, Ah Wei is also very busy now, and he probably won't have time to help me. Got it
Is Wang Jiawei busy? It's just that "Tomb Raider" has a lot of things that need to be revised, and it's been so long, they should end it.
Looking at Mai Chengxiong's puzzled eyes, Xu Ke said with a smile: "Haha, this Ah Wei is now enlightened. By the way, he may not have told you yet. I heard that he is preparing a new script recently, this But I prepared it for him. I guess he is not ready yet. Just know it in your mind. Don¡¯t sell me out. You don¡¯t know that the screenwriting team is now a piece of cake.
Soon, Wang Jiawei and Lin Lingdong found Mak Chengxiong together. They both had their own new scripts in their hands. They were preparing to shoot a new film. Lin Lingdong's script was "Prison Storm", which is a very famous drama in the "Prison Storm" series. It was a wonderful film, and it had been discussed and revised among the screenwriters for a long time. Mak Cheng-hsiung felt that he had no objections and quickly agreed.
While reading Wong Jiawei's new script, which is also his first directed film "Carmen", it is a gangster film about grudges and grudges. Mak Seng-hsiung briefly read the script. This time the script is very simple and has a simple plot. It's not very complicated. It seems that Wang Jiawei also designed it this way because he was afraid that he would not be able to grasp the overall situation.
At this time, Wang Jiawei said to Mak Chengxiong: "Ah Xiong, this is my first time filming a film, and I feel uneasy. How about this, let Lao Wu help me check it. The style of this film is greatly influenced by him. If it¡¯s affected, there¡¯s probably no problem.¡±
Mak Cheng-hsiung shook his head and said with a smile: "Every director must have his own style and ideas, so the filming can only be completed by himself, otherwise he will not become an excellent director, so this time I will not Let Lao Wu help you. You can only do it by yourself, but you don¡¯t have to put too much pressure on it, you just need to shoot what you want.