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    In 1960, "A Chinese Ghost Story" was set in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Director Li Hanxiang had high attainments in ancient historicization and classical arts. The costumes, scenery, props and other details in the film were carefully studied to reflect the antique flavor and elegant style.  , several scary and tense scenes gave people greater dramatic tension in terms of lighting and color control, soundtrack, and dubbing at the time, which fully demonstrated Director Li's masterful style.  Word

    Ning Caichen, directed by Li Hanxiang, is upright and upright, not obsessed with women or wealth. He not only reflects the social style of that era, but also carries the spiritual sustenance of director Li Hanxiang. However, the makeup of Leti's female ghost Nie Xiaoqian is too realistic.  It lacks a sense of mystery. From the perspective of an audience in the 1980s, it has become divorced from reality and has lost the fun of watching movies.  .

    At first Zhou Cai wanted to collaborate with Xu Ke on "A Chinese Ghost Story", but Xu Ke fell into the pit of "A Better Tomorrow" and was obsessed with filming a prequel to establish the status of the film studio. As a last resort, Zhou Cai and Xu Ke often  They exchanged opinions to make each other's directorial ideas consistent with what they had seen in previous lives. Even so, "A Chinese Ghost Story" also had some changes under the two different directorial styles.

    The era and background are blurred to better implement the overall idea of ??borrowing from the past to satirize the present, brand-new costume modeling and costume design, Xu Ke's story line, and Zhou's science fiction action style. These are all things that Zhou needs to integrate in the actual shooting.  Practical content.

    The original plot, story, characters, and actors' acting skills are classics. There is nothing Zhou needs to change. The only thing he can do is to enhance the computer special effects and action style of the entire film to make it a brand new and French-Vietnamese "A Chinese Ghost Story."  .

    ??Costume films are not like hip-hop films.  Strictly speaking, hip-hop is an imported product. It is a genre film that Zhou selected from the advanced and perfect hip-hop in his previous life. It is a completely new genre for Hong Kong or Hollywood today. It needs a process of adaptation and acceptance for the public. It can be mass-produced and produced.  After filming multiple sequels, as soon as Hong Kong shows signs of saturation, Zhou will immediately move the hip-hop genre film to fully promote it in Europe and the United States. After all, that is where hip-hop is truly popular.

    ??And costume films and martial arts films are local specialties, after twenty years of martial arts and film and television accumulation.  It already has a very deep foundation. For some Hong Kong films, one is enough, but too many will make it look like the tail end. Besides, the Hong Kong market is only so big, and there is always some soup left for others to share. It can also be said that after filming this "A Chinese Story"  After "Ghost", Zhou had no plans to make a sequel.

    The chubby Wang Jing smiled and held a bowl of wonton noodles. She gently pushed Zhou, who was holding his chin in trance, and said, "Brother, what are you thinking about? You are so absorbed in it. Let's eat a bowl of wontons after a hard night."

    Zhou nodded.  Naturally, he would not tell Wang Jing what was in his heart. After saying thank you, he took the wonton and ate it up three times, looking at Wang Jing who had only eaten half of it.

    Wang Jing pushed the bowl forward and said, "Is that enough? If you don't mind it, half of my bowl will be yours too."

    "Thanks, no need." Zhou shook his head, looked at the fat man eating wontons with a smile, and suddenly said on a whim: "Wang Jing, do you want to come to Zhou's Exhibition?"

    "Think about it, even in your dreams!" Wang Jing, who was eating wontons, almost choked when he heard this. After coughing twice, he said in an urgent tone: "Brother, do you Zhou family really need someone?"

    "Of course." Zhou nodded and said, "The Zhou family currently lacks two types of people, one is senior management, and the other is talented directors."

    "Well, it seems like I don't have much talent." Wang Jing curled her lips and looked a little disappointed.  He sighed and said, "Brother, I'm not afraid of your jokes. My old man always criticizes me, saying that I am opportunistic and plagiarism. Let him be embarrassed in front of his old friends."

    "That's how the older generation sees it." Zhou smiled slightly. He could understand Wang Jing's pain to some extent. There was an old man in the industry at home. If he was not in the circle, he might not feel the hope that his son would succeed and inherit his father's business.  Wang Tianlin, the old man, is considered to be the Big Dipper in the television industry. He also had a good reputation in the film industry in his early years. Since Wang Jing entered the industry, he has been making small-scale romance films, comedies and the like. He will definitely be able to catch the eye of the old man.  It would be strange if we don¡¯t teach lessons often.

    "The old man stood at a high position, so the scenery he saw was naturally very different from ours. But in my opinion, movies are first and foremost entertainment products for the audience. Only when they cater to the audience's taste will people be willing to spend money to watch them.  It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, it's what the market needs to do what it likes. Regardless of how film critics and the Academy Awards organizing committee rant, there is no difference between good and bad movies as long as they make money.

    As Zhou's truth came out, Wang Jing looked at him with more and more admiration. After he finished speaking, Wang Jing slapped his thigh and said, "Brother, you really spoke to my heart. I will definitely invite you to my home someday."  I am a guest and let the old man hear this insight."

    Zhou Wei.  "

    "It's different, absolutely different"In this way, the old man often praises you, saying that you are good at making movies and planning TV programs.  "Wang Jing said for a long time with her smiling face full of joy.

    Half a day later, Wang Jing suddenly sighed and said, "Butbrother, I can't go to Zhou's now."

    Zhou frowned and asked in confusion: "Why? Do you still have a contract with Shaw Brothers?"

    Wang Jing shook his head and said: "Shaw Brothers has stopped production a long time ago, so there is no contract left. However, I promised the investors that I would help them finish the filming of "Chasing Girls", and the other party was very generous. Not only did they not mention the investment, but they also didn't point fingers.  It gave me a lot of freedom.¡±

    Zhou Yiwei was stunned, frowning and said: "Are you saying that besides me, Jiahe and Eric Tsang, there are other people investing in "Girls in Hardcover"?"

    Wang Jing nodded naturally and said, "Yes, don't you know?"

    "What do I know?" Zhou smiled bitterly.

    This time it was Wang Jing's turn to be surprised: "No, the other person has a good relationship with you. Brother Amen often brags about how good his relationship with you is. I never thought you wouldn't know!"

    "Yongsheng!" After hearing the three words from Brother Amen, Zhou immediately thought of Jin Shaoyang.  He even thought of Yongsheng. He never thought that Yongsheng would be hiding behind the scenes of "The Girl Chasing in Hard Cover". It was really unexpected.

    Wang Jing didn't understand Zhou's surprise. He said, "I thought you knew these things a long time ago. Yongsheng is not only an investor in this movie, but also in the previous films "Heroes" and "Death Love".  They also invested, but the producers only mentioned Golden Harvest and McDonald's Pictures."

    Damn it!  The underworld's infiltration into the entertainment industry has finally shifted from the underground to the public. Zhou raised his eyebrows. It seemed that the entertainment industry was going to be lively in the future.

    "If you hadn't told me this, I really wouldn't have known that Yong Sheng was the big boss behind the scenes. Haha, interesting." Zhou smiled to cover up his thoughts and said, "In this case, you have to wait until the film is finished before you can go to Zhou's  reported?"

    "Yes, brother, I'm sorry to have to keep you waiting." Wang Jing said awkwardly: "As soon as post-production begins over there, I will come to Zhou's immediately."

    "Well, there's no rush! Shoot well, I've read the script of "Fine Covers Chasing Girls", and I predict that the box office results will be very good!" Zhou patted Wang Jing's shoulder and encouraged.

    "Really? Ha. With my brother's good advice, I will work harder." Wang Jing seemed to have been injected with blood.  Full of motivation all over.

    This is a very weird scene. Wang Jing, who grew up on the set, was encouraged by Zhou, who was eight years younger than herself. Not only did she not feel any discomfort, she even felt it was natural

    ¡­¡­Dividing line¡­¡­

    Most of the shooting at night caused the crew to reverse black and white. They were energetic at night for filming and were groggy and resting during the day. This is something that can't be helped. Who makes "A Chinese Ghost Story" a ghost film? In order to set off the mysterious and gloomy atmosphere, it can only be shot at night  Shoot.

    It has been half a month since we entered Lantau Island.  Zhou was not very satisfied with the progress of the filming in the past half month, because he encountered many things that are very difficult for current filmmakers.

    To put it bluntly, the filming of the movie's special effects scenes seriously delayed the progress of the entire crew. If it were replaced by Xu Ke's film studio to complete the special effects, they would try to let the crew use local methods to shoot, just like the plan adopted by Zhou and Yuan Bochu at the beginning  , and in order to reduce the workload and difficulty.  They only shoot the simplest and least labor-intensive items in the plan, because this way of shooting can easily highlight work efficiency.

    The special effects team of the film studio adopted such a labor-saving work spirit when they completed the post-production and are about to enter the publicity stage of "The Legend of Wesley".  For them, there is no need to compare with Hollywood. As long as the special effects exceed Hong Kong's standards, it is considered an overall victory.

    But if you don¡¯t do it, you have to use all your energy to achieve perfection. Even if you can¡¯t reach Hollywood standards, you must at least use all the resources at hand to make the special effects of "A Chinese Ghost Story" reach the extreme. It is because of excellence that we can achieve perfection.  The filming progress of the crew was extremely slow.

    While Zhou was out promoting "The Legend of Wesley", something happened to the crew. The Yuan family's martial artists almost came to blows with the five-person special effects team led by Zhou Qian.

    "Ah, I can't do this as an action director!" Yuan Bochu came to Zhou Pingli angrily and said as soon as they met: "I have been doing martial arts for more than ten years and made dozens of movies. Even big directors can't cooperate with me."  You're being polite, who is that cousin of yours? It's okay for a special effects guy to point fingers at me, and he's still claiming that I don't know how to make movies. Damn it, if it weren't for your sake, I'd be fine.  I should have kicked him to death, what the hell!"

    Zhou frowned and listened carefully without saying a word.

    Seeing this, Zhong Chuhong hurriedly gave him a cup of herbal tea and said, "Brother Chu, please wait."Good luck, everyone is here for work, don't make trouble like your enemies. Otherwise, I will set up a table and have a drink at Zhouji in the evening, and we can discuss everything we have.  "

    "Honggu, this is not a problem that can be solved by having a drink." Yuan Bochu said loudly: "The key is that Zhou Qian and his gang are too arrogant and don't take the brothers seriously. They rely on their special effects skills to act like an uncle.  , when Ah is here, they can be more restrained, as long as Ah is not present, those guys will"

    The martial artists in Yuan's class have never been exposed to computer special effects before. They are better at movie special effects, such as explosions, hanging wires, beds, borrowed camera positions, etc. to complete special effects picture production. However, the special effects team led by Zhou Qian is familiar with them.  Some brand-new gadgets have been added to the tools, such as adding a few optical and electronic devices to capture movements in the Wia server, or applying light-sensitive sources to weapons

    That¡¯s not all. What troubled Yuan Bochu the most was.  The originally planned two dragons crossing the river became four. In the past, when shooting action scenes, it was entirely up to the martial arts director. The martial arts director said to raise the wire, and the dragon and tiger martial arts masters pulled the wire hard. The martial arts director said to stop, and the martial artists  Stop, you definitely have the right to speak on the set.

    But now, Yuan Bochu realized that it was not his fault. There were some moves that he felt were great and no problem, but Zhou Qian said no.  I have to push it to start over. It's okay if it happens once or twice, but it happens every time. Even the mild-tempered Yuan Bochu is furious. If Zhong Chuhong hadn't been on the set, the five combat effectiveness of the special effects team would have been wiped out by Yuan's team.  Eight times.

    "Yeah." After listening to Yuan Bochu's narration, Zhou Ji sorted out the cause and effect of the incident. Objectively speaking, there was a communication barrier between the Yuan family class and the special effects team, and most of the Yuan family class were locals.  The five members of the special effects team are all returnees from overseas, and the two parties lacked necessary coordination during the filming process.  There are contradictions in tacit understanding.

    Subjectively speaking, the five special effects team despise the backward conditions of Hong Kong movies from the bottom of their hearts. They believe that the environmental laws of Hong Kong movies are the same as those of Hollywood. Their sense of superiority makes them unwilling or disdainful to communicate with Yuan Jiaban at work.  , the conflict between the two sides was fierce in the struggle for dominance. When Zhou was on the set, Zhou Qian and others did not dare to show off. Less than three days after he left, Zhou Qian and his gang started causing trouble.  It cannot but be said that he had neglected this issue in the past.

    "Brother Chu, I understand the question." Zhou nodded and said, "It's all my fault that I didn't realize this problem before. You have worked hard on the set these days. Please inform the crew to let everyone rest for three days In addition, Zhou Qian's  I'll take care of it, and from now on when I'm not on set, you and Brother Ren will have the final say."

    Yuan Echu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Zhou did not favor his relatives.  Instead, he analyzed the key points of the problem very rationally and continued to maintain the dominant voice of him and Yuan Xiangren. From this point, it can be seen that Zhou was not carried away by the change of status. At least he remained calm while analyzing the problem.  and quickly find the key to the problem.

    "Okay, I'll go make the announcement right away." Yuan Bochu stood up and left.

    After he left, Zhou's face became more solemn, which made Zhong Chuhong, who was about to speak, pause subconsciously.

    "Honggu, what do you want to say?"

    Zhong Chuhong said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect to encounter so many problems while making a movie."

    "Haha, the conflict between old and new ideas is inevitable. In the past, I only considered the quality and progress of the shooting, but ignored the company's management. This suddenly exposed my weaknesses in this area. It seems that management and integration will need to be strengthened in the future to avoid internal hidden dangers.  If we deal with it thoroughly, conflicts will become more and more intensified in the future, and a thousand-mile embankment will be destroyed by an ant nest." Zhou said with deep emotion.

    "Then have you thought of a solution?"

    Zhou shook his head and said: "There is no way to do this kind of thing, we can only run in, let the executive director, martial arts director, special effects team, and actors run in with each other. Only by repeatedly running in to promote tacit understanding and mutual trust can the special effects shooting be successfully completed."

    While the young couple was discussing, Zhou Qian and the other four people walked in aggressively and with angry expressions on their faces, "Ah, I can't do this special effects team anymore. The Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Masters don't listen to our arrangements and drag us down every time."  Not to mention the hindrance, it's quite unreasonable. If my brothers and sisters hadn't stopped us, we would have half our lives left. What do you think we should do about this!"

    "Then what do you think we should do?" Zhou raised his head and glanced across the faces of Zhou Qian and the others one by one.

    "Let me tell you, their dragon and tiger warriors must listen to our instructions. If they move too fast, our old equipment will not be able to capture the footage, and the CG images produced by computers later will be very blurry." Zhou Qian is very professional.

    "What else?" Zhou asked, raising his eyebrows.

    ¡°There are also requirements to adjust working hours. Working hours cannot exceed 8 hours a day. You must have a vacation every week. If you work overtime, you will enjoy double pay!¡±

    ¡°Well, is there anything else?Zhou asked, narrowing his eyes.

    "There's moreno more." Zhou Qian had to put the words back on his lips because he saw that Zhou's face was not very good.

    "If it's just that simple, I understand. You guys should pack your things and go back to the company first. You can take advantage of the three days' rest to adjust your mentality and consider ways to increase shooting efficiency. In addition" Zhou paused here and saw  After the five people listened carefully, they said in a more serious tone: "In addition, I paid a high salary to hire you, not to let you come on vacation. Eight hours a day is fine, and vacation is fine, but what if the workload is not completed on time? Shouldn't it be?  Double compensation for the company¡¯s losses?¡±

    "Boss, you are trying to make excuses. In the United States" Zhang Hao, one of the five people, immediately retorted.

    "This is Hong Kong! Do as the Romans do when you come to Hong Kong, you know? When you come to Hong Kong, you must follow the rules of the Hong Kong film industry and don't show off your so-called returnee status at every turn. What I need are staff who are completely obedient to the company's deployment. They are not threatening me with their professional expertise."  uncle!"

    Zhou¡¯s face was gloomy, just like his mood was very depressed.

    I think that when new wave directors such as Xu Ke, Xu Anhua, Guan Jinpeng, Makka, Ishida, and Fang Yuping returned to Hong Kong to exhibit, they also went through a long adaptation period. In the end, they chose to adapt to the local area. If they are like Zhou Qian and Zhang Hao,  If it is not acclimatized in this way, the Absolute Law has achieved the dazzling achievements it has today.

    What Zhou needs are obedient soldiers, not arrogant and domineering soldiers who show off their superiority at every turn. To put it bluntly, even though Zhou Qian is his cousin, even if he is a brother, as long as the other party does not obey his management, he will still kick him.  go out.

    "Ah, don't be so angry. We, we understand, we will pay attention to it in the future. If there is nothing else, let's leave first." Zhou Qian winked at the other four people and left angrily after seeing Zhou nod.

    "Hey, to be honest, this is too awkward. I don't like the bastard's Qi leak detection." Zhou rubbed his painful temples and said something that made Zhong Chuhong feel very confused.

    "Everything is difficult at the beginning. I think after the movie is finished, everyone will respect each other and have a tacit understanding with each other." Zhong Chuhong sighed and said, "Don't be too anxious. In fact, if you think about it from others' perspective, I feel that Zhou Qian and the others  The request is not too much. After all, they are deeply influenced by the Hollywood model, and they will inevitably be acclimatized when they first come here. You have also said before that you should try to let Zhou follow the Hollywood model. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to let the two parties integrate with each other and find a better way?  Let¡¯s find a reasonable way.¡±

    "Haha, I thought so too. Zhou Qian once worked in Industrial Light and Magic, so he can barely share some experience. As for the remaining four guys, they are completely the bottom of Hollywood. It's okay to help Zhou Qian, hehe"

    Zhou Qian led the other four people back with concern. Zhang Hao, who had previously refuted Zhou, said: "Brother Qian, I don't understand. Didn't we discuss the bargaining chips? Why did you swallow your anger in the end? Here  If we don¡¯t stay, we will have a place to stay. I don¡¯t believe that we can¡¯t find a bowl of food in Hong Kong with our ability.¡±

    "That's right, why bother to act based on Zhou's face." Lian Feng agreed.

    Zhou Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, rolled his eyes and said: "I tell you guys to stop here. Let me ask you, do you really think there are companies in Hong Kong that are more prosperous than Zhou's? Let's not talk about Zhou's. Ask yourselves and use your own skills to succeed in Jiahe  How much salary can you get?¡±

    Zhou Qian's words made the four of them fall into silence. To put it bluntly, Zhou Huan really saw it right. The level of these four guys was not a quarter and a half behind Zhou Qian. The reason why Zhou Qian chose them as partners was not  They had helped each other when they were in the United States, and they felt that they were familiar with each other and worked together to find a way. If they were not under the leadership of Zhou Qian, the four of them would be successful, because only Zhou Qian can play with those equipments, and they that is  Just a slap in the face.

    "Wake up, three-legged toads are hard to find, and two-legged people are all over the streets!" Zhou Qian snorted coldly and said, "Do you know why I stayed?"

    The four of them shook their heads.

    "Because A has a deeper understanding of computer special effects than I do. His vision, strategic goals, and development model convince me. Even if our equipment cannot keep up with Hollywood, let me tell you, at least for now, as long as we fully  In line with A's idea, after the filming of this movie is completed, our five-person special effects team will surpass that movie studio and become the strongest special effects team in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and even Asia."

    Zhou Qian finished these words in one breath, looked at the expressions of the four of them and said, "That's all I'm saying. As for whether to stay in the Zhou family, it all depends on your personal wishes. I won't force you, let alone beg you. Everyone go back and be nice."  Think about it, hey!"
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