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Taiwan Entertainment 1971 704 [Wang Zijun¡¯s Movie Dream]

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    The Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards are different from the Hong Kong Film Awards. The former was created to support Chinese films, while the latter is much smaller in style and was created to encourage Hong Kong films.

    Now the Golden Horse Awards are facing a choice, whether to continue to circulate in the Chinese film circle, or to become a global film award like the American Oscars.

    On the day Lizhi, Yang Ziqiong and Ira Claudia landed in Taipei from Europe, Wang Zijun was discussing this matter with the Film Industry Development Foundation and famous producers from major film companies in Taiwan.

    The Film Industry Development Foundation is the organizer of the Golden Horse Awards. This foundation was initiated by the Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan. The chairman of the foundation is concurrently served by the Director of the Information Bureau, and the Deputy Comptroller of the Accounting Division of the Executive Yuan oversees the foundation.

    As for the chairman of the Golden Horse Awards Organizing Committee, he is just a well-known filmmaker hired by this foundation. The chairman of the organizing committee has no power in reforming the Golden Horse Awards.

    Maybe it¡¯s because Taiwan¡¯s film industry has developed too fast in recent years, giving officials in charge an illusion that Taiwanese films are invincible in Asia.

    So this time, not long after Wang Zijun returned to Taipei, he was called by Information Director Zhang Jingyu to listen to his attitude towards the reform of the Golden Horse Awards.  In fact, Wang Zijun's attitude has no impact on whether the reform is carried out. The information director asked him to go, but he was asked to support the reform.

    The Information Bureau means to relax the admission criteria for the Golden Horse Awards, change the competition from Chinese films to Asian films, and also establish a Best Foreign Language Film Award like the Oscars.

    ??You will understand what the authorities are thinking about if you think about it.  It is nothing more than expanding Taiwan's cultural influence, and those officials from the Information Bureau also want to achieve political achievements through this.

    Wang Zijun doesn¡¯t care about this. If it doesn¡¯t succeed, it will just go back to the original state. There is no need to confront the Information Bureau on this matter.

    Today, the Information Bureau has invited influential people in the Taiwanese film industry, mainly to listen to their opinions.  I heard that Zhang Jingyu expressed his idea of ??reforming the Golden Horse Awards.  Those filmmakers immediately went crazy.

    The famous director Li Xing was the first to speak and asked: "If the Golden Horse Awards are changed like this, wouldn't it overlap with the functions of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival?"

    Zhang Jingyu coughed towards Wang Zijun.  Wang Zijun had to say: "It's different. The Golden Horse Awards will always be held in Taipei, and we will always be the host. Moreover, Director Li doesn't think that in the past ten years, the Asia-Pacific Film Festival has had more and more franchise members, but its actual influence has become smaller and smaller.  Have you?" Wang Zijun said with a very contemptuous smile, "In a certain sense, the Golden Horse Film Festival has already replaced the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. Why not take advantage of the situation and reform to allow more foreign films to join in? As for the Asia-Pacific Film Festival,  Film Festival, what does their life and death have to do with us?¡±

    These words are domineering, and when everyone thinks about it, they are really like this.  However, due to the qualifications of the Asia Pacific Film Festival, I am too old.  When the Golden Horse Awards were founded, they also drew on the experience of many Asia-Pacific Film Festivals. Many veteran filmmakers have always praised the status of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival very high.

    Of course, in terms of geographical scope, the Asia-Pacific Film Festival is more influential than the Golden Horse Awards. After all, even some Central Asian and Pacific countries have joined in.  The Golden Horse Awards only review Chinese-language films.

    "Everyone, why can't we make Taipei the Hollywood of the East? Why can't the Golden Horse Awards become the Oscars of the East?" Wang Zijun said with a smile, "Please think about it, movies from Japan, the Philippines, and South Korea are vying to win the prize.  Taipei¡¯s participation in the awards is just like how directors all over the world now want to bring their works to the Oscars. This situation is so exciting! Taipei can definitely become the center of the entire Asian film industry.¡±

    These words made Information Director Zhang Jingyu¡¯s face glow red, and many filmmakers present were also excited. However, if you are a little more rational, you will know that Wang Zijun is completely trying to make everyone¡¯s pie.

    How did Hollywood start?  In addition to the contributions made by American filmmakers, there is also the contribution of the United States to its post-war cultural export around the world.  If Taipei wants to become the center of Asian movies, it must first completely suppress Japanese and Indian movies. That is too difficult and almost impossible to achieve.

    Whether it can be realized or not is one thing. As an official, having such an ambitious goal and slogan is enough.

    Seeing that the authorities are determined to make the Golden Horse Awards bigger, everyone here knows that there is nothing they can do to stop it, so they can only help and make suggestions.

    Reforming the Golden Horse Awards is not just a matter of one sentence.  Countless matters such as manufacturer cooperation, peripheral activities, media promotions, invitations to films and filmmakers, translation issues, copy shipping, etc. all have to be adjusted.  In addition, it will take at least ten or eight years of unremitting efforts to include Asian films in the Golden Horse Awards and truly achieve the influence of the Golden Horse Awards in Asian countries. It cannot be achieved overnight.

    This meeting lasted for two days, and Wang Zijun and other filmmakers were racking their brains to come up with various ideas.The proposal roughly determined the content and preparatory work for some reforms.

    Coming out of the Information Bureau, Huang Hanzhuo asked Wang Zijun: "Do you really want to make Taipei the Asian film center?"

    Wang Zijun shook his head and said: "My plan is to involve Hong Kong and build a Taipei-Hong Kong film base. But now, we have to add Tokyo. Although Japanese films cannot repeat the glory of the past, their influence  Our power should not be underestimated. It would be even better if we could also bring in Mumbai. If the film resources of Taipei-Hong Kong-Tokyo-Mumbai can be mutually assisted and shared among the four places, we can completely drive the power of Hollywood out of Asia."

    "" Huang Hanzhuo was speechless after hearing this. He just asked casually, but he didn't expect that Wang Zijun not only involved Japan, but also wanted to cooperate with Bollywood.

    Mr. Ming Ji, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, came over and sighed: "Listening to what you said, why do I feel that I am too petty?"

    Wang Zijun said with a smile: "I'm just saying it casually. Not to mention that Japanese and Indian filmmakers can't cooperate with us. Even Hong Kong film companies want Hong Kong films to sell well in Taiwan. Taiwanese films are the most popular.  Don¡¯t even sell a good one to Hong Kong. If you want them to cooperate sincerely, you can¡¯t let Japanese and Indian filmmakers taste the sweetness of our cooperation first. You must first get what you want, reform the Golden Horse Awards, and open up Chinese films  The market is for Japanese and Indian films. In pursuit of profits, they are naturally willing to deal with us Haha, don't look at me with that look. This is just my whimsical idea. If it gets out, I'm afraid many colleagues will scold me.  Luring the wolf into the house.¡±

    Ming Ji remained silent. Chinese-language films have a fatal weakness, which is the problem of market capacity.  This makes Chinese-language films afraid of large-scale productions, because if they are not good, they will lose money, and the films produced in this way will inevitably be petty.

    Wang Zijun said: "Hollywood directors can film stories in Egypt or India, but no matter where they are filmed, there is not even an American in it. This is a story that belongs to Hollywood. "Three Heroines of the East" is just me  This is the most preliminary attempt. I hope that one day I can make a film that does not include Chinese people but is recognized as a Chinese film. It is not just a Chinese director going overseas to shoot"

    Wang Zijun¡¯s nonsense made Ming Ji and Huang Hanzhuo look at each other in confusion. It wasn¡¯t until Wang Zijun got in the car and left that Huang Hanzhuo shook his head and smiled bitterly.

    Everyone can dream, but few can realize it.

    Wang Zijun¡¯s film dream cannot be realized by himself alone. It must be supported by a good economic environment and a stable film market.  Neither Hong Kong nor Taiwan can be relied upon by Wang Zijun to realize his dream. The mainland will be about the same 30 years later.

    Wait another thirty years?  Wang Zijun was already in his sixties at that time!

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    Returning to the chairman's office of Wang's Pictures, Wang Zijun asked the doorkeeper female secretary to call Cheng Xiaodong, and then threw a script in front of him: "Lao Tu is going to direct a movie by himself, and you will be my assistant for this movie.  .¡±

    ""A Chinese Ghost Story"? Boss, you want to make a ghost movie!" Cheng Xiaodong was shocked when he saw the name. Li Hanxiang had filmed "A Chinese Ghost Story" more than 20 years ago. At first glance, Cheng Xiaodong thought that Wang Zijun was planning to remake the old movie.  Movie.

    Wang Zijun said with a headache: "I really want to make a literary film, but will those ghost guys spend money to go to the theater to watch Chinese literary films? To them, zombies and female ghosts, this is Eastern culture. You haven't seen it  By the time "Mr. Zombie" was released in the United States, those Americans who didn't know what the glutinous rice yellow talisman was actually screamed with excitement."

    Cheng Xiaodong was both excited and distressed. He had never played a ghost movie before.

    Wang Zijun continued: "I have already decided on the male and female protagonists, and let Leslie Cheung and Wang Juexian play them. By the way, there is a newcomer named Yip Jintian over there at Xinyi City. You can borrow him to do art. There are also designs by me here.  Bring some character designs to him together, and try to complete the preparations before the Chinese New Year. I will start the production directly after the New Year."

    Cheng Xiaodong almost sweated on his forehead. There are still four or five months before the New Year. It takes such a long time to prepare. Is this called careful preparation, or does it mean that he does not trust his ability?

    "Okay, you should take it down first and familiarize yourself with the script." Wang Zijun rubbed his brow and said, talking nonsense with his colleagues in the Information Bureau in the past two years has made his head dizzy.

    Wang Zijun ran to Liliang's lounge to take a nap, but Cheng Xiaodong took the script and left while reading it. When he walked to the office hall, he suddenly took a picture of the script in his hand and shouted: "This is a wonderful episode!"

    The Wang employees in the hall all turned to look at him, and a young man asked: "Director Cheng, why are you so happy?"

    "The boss's new script." Cheng Xiaodong replied casually.

    ?In Wang¡¯s Pictures, there is only one person called the boss, and that is Wang Zijun. This is a habit passed down by old employees.

    "What type is the boss's new script?"

    "Director Cheng, show me."

    "Is it "The Three Heroines of the East 2"?"

    "Wow, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a ghost movie!"

    ""

    The office hall was in a state of excitement, and everyone dropped what they were doing and ran over to get a sneak peek.

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    ???????????????????? I went to work after the holiday and had some unpleasant troubles with my boss over some issues.

    I want to quit my job and write a novel, but I am afraid of starving to death.

    The new book has been prepared for more than three months. The opening chapter has been overturned and rewritten seven or eight times. Now it has only been decided on 10,000 words, and it is estimated that it will most likely be thrown out of print.

    Lao Wang is so confused.

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