Vol 3 Chapter 132: Don't **** say I didn't do anything for you

> As I said before, the current film market in mainland China is still dominated by big directors, and an outstanding director who can be sold can support a company. In Adrian's eyes, there are currently only two people in the mainland movie circle who have this qualification. One is Feng Xiaogang, and the other is naturally Zhang Yimou who is older than Feng Xiaogang.
Although he has made many in-depth movies in the past decade or so, he can make a keen transition when commercialization comes—whether the transition is stimulated or the supervisor needs it, or No matter his transformation was not very successful, at least it also had a profound impact on the mainland's film market. For one thing, even if he still has problems such as this, he is worthy of admiration.
As for the other directors, the so-called Chapter 132 was born. I do n’t say that I did n’t do anything for you. The eyes of the family are always high, and I always want to express deep meaning in my films. Regardless of the feelings of the audience. Those who went north were unsuccessful, and each time they produced a movie, they were chopped by a certain round. Although Adrian did not wait to see a certain game, he couldn't even make a proper movie under the rules and regulations. Where can he expect his ability to go? With so many great directors in Hollywood, which are not squeezed out by the producers, with the exception of very few people? When Wu Baige arrived in Hollywood, she had to obey the producers.
So although the new screen is a lot worse than Huayi Brothers and Bona Films in terms of funding, Adrian still made a secret investment, which is one of the reasons he is optimistic about Huayi Brothers. Feng Xiaogang is better than Zhang Yimou, but Huayi's capital and connections are stronger than the new picture. It was established earlier and the prospect is naturally brighter-this has been proved by "facts".
As for Bona Films, there are no well-known directors to stand up, and there is no Poly acquisition for the time being, which is not an opponent of Huayi Brothers. Adrian Inter-Access is just for the future, and the other two media companies that can compete with Huayi have not yet been established. Chapter 134: Do n’t say I did n’t do anything for you so this time Bona Films and Yu Dong became complete accompany.
However, he should have no idea in his mind. His family knows that even after Zhang Yimou got Adrian's trip, he took the initiative to return from Jiuzhaigou to the capital, not to mention his new company, which was only two or three years old.
"How do you say? There are no plans for the moment, but I do have the idea." Facing Zhang Yimou's inquiry, Adrian who sipped his tea said with a smile, "From the perspective of the director, I think this can be tried. "
Accompanying Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou did not respond. The presidents of the three companies all exchanged their eyes. Wang Zhonglei previously asked Adrian if he was interested in releasing "Big Bang" in North America. He just wanted to test it, but he got a positive answer. Several of them were surprised and excited. Don't want to enter the US market? But at this moment Adrian said that it was from a "director's perspective", so what does he mean? Is it just talking, or is it just a personal opinion, not a media idea?
Adrian, who took a look at these expressions, chuckled in his heart, and continued speaking to Zhang Yimou: "I have seen Mr. Zhang's new script from Ajie and Zhiling, and frankly. It's very interesting.
After hearing this sentence, everyone in the scene exchanged their own focused eyes, but Zhang Yimou was just more excited, yes, he is now officially shooting in Jiuzhaigou because he was stimulated by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Big production "Hero". This is an ambitious work, so when the collaborators from Hong Kong offered to invite Jet Li to star, he immediately became enthusiastic after confirming that he could be contacted.
At this time, Jeter Lee happened to be filming "The Matrix" here at Adrian, and originally wanted to quit on the grounds of inseparability. But Adrian advised that he might as well follow. Since he had already invested in the stock, he was still concerned about the actions on the mainland side. When Feng Xiaogang invited Donald Sutherland to appear in "Big Wrist", it was the line that he asked Bosworth to draw, and he was also certain about "Big Wrist" investment.
Jet Li also knows that Adrian is thinking about him. In any case, the mainland is his foothold. Since it did not affect the filming of The Matrix, and I had previously refused it, I finally agreed.
Coincidentally, Lin Zhiling received the same invitation shortly after this incident. With her role of Yujiao Long, she is now considered a Chinese circle, and Hong Kong-based Jiang Zhiqiang, who cooperated with the new picture, also participated in the release of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". After Jeter Lee agreed, she suggested to invite Hong Kong and Taiwan The actors participated in the performance, and by the way, recommended Lin Zhiling. Now that Chen Daoming has appeared on the mainland side of King Qin. Well, like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it is appropriate for the cooperation between the three sides of the Taiwan Strait to be repeated, so Zhang Yimou had to put up with her new conspiracy girl and let people contact Lin Zhiling.
However, Lin Zhiling refused even after thinking about it. After starring in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", she was also regarded as an international star. She also has a lot of fame in the United States, and she will inevitably be proud. Coupled with being born in Taiwan, it is natural to dismiss the invitation from the mainland. Fortunately, she has an excellent agent. I have to say that Lin Xilei is very clever. She is really suitable for the agent rather than being an actor. She firmly remembered Adrian's admonition, Lin Zhiling's greatest value is still reflected in the Chinese circle, so she did not refuse the first time as she intended, but took the script to find Adrian, and Adrian naturally let Lin Zhiling promised to come down, and even made her suspend her intention to become an American.
Regardless of how previous people valued the movie "Hero", it is indeed a milestone for continental movies, such as the era of blockbusters in the mainland movie industry, such as getting a pretty good box office in North America, etc., since Adrian wanted to To open the Chinese film market, there is no reason to let go of this movie, isn't it? As for the conspiracy girl, let's continue to mix in the mainland movie circle.
"Excuse me, Mr. Cowell, what do you ... advise me about this script?" Zhang Yimou asked with an open mind.
"You can't talk about advice," Adrian waved. "After all, it's still a script. It takes a lot of work to turn the text into a lens language. It's just a personal analysis and interpretation."
"Really?" Zhang Yimou was very curious. To be honest, the character from the United States, who is both the owner of a large media group and a director who resounds the world, surprised him tonight, what the other party showed. The understanding of Chinese culture far exceeds that of ordinary Westerners.
"Say that, in my opinion, you and Stanley Kubrick are the same type of director." Adrian said after thinking about it.
The others were okay, but Zhang Yimou, who had participated in many film festivals, immediately showed a surprised expression. The Wang brothers, Feng Xiaogang, and others may not know the status of Kubrick, but he could not. But Adrian actually used Kubrick to compare him, and he was also a deadly director. How could he not let Zhang Yimou be flattered, and made a few meaningless gestures and sneered twice: "This is too high I'll do it. "
"I think it's appropriate. You are indeed directors of the same genre." Adrian added to the word "genre" to win. "You know, I directed a film for Kubrick, so I was right He knows it well, and then because of his focus on the Chinese market, he understands all aspects of Chinese filmmakers. Of course, as one of the representatives, you are certainly no less. I think you and Kubrick are similar in many ways. "
After aggravating his authority speech, he paused and glanced at everyone in the sitting room. Adrian only continued: "For example, he is good at using colors, especially particularly brilliant colors, red and rhubarb, which is very good, the composition is very delicate and in place, and it is infectious and impactful. The soundtrack is always just right. You and Kubrick both started with photography. But ... "
He prolonged his voice a little, and his smile became somewhat unpredictable: "The best thing about Kubrick is that he only adapted other people's works."
"You mean ..." After all, Zhang Yimou, who has been touching the camera since the 1980s, couldn't hear Adrian's meaning, but he frowned obviously unacceptably.
"I'll be honest, please don't be angry. But please think about it, Mr. Zhang, what is your best movie so far, the most acclaimed movie, which is not an adapted novel or real thing?" Adrian shrugged. "One of the great benefits of doing this is that people can watch movies better. With the original work as the foundation. It is easier for people to understand what the story describes, and it is easier for the director to improve Frame translates text better into film language. In fact, I personally prefer the ending of the movie version of "Alive."
Despite the lack of interest from the Wang brothers, Zhang Yimou and his partner Zhang Weiping were very enthralled.
"Now talk about the script of" Hero "." Adrian finally said this topic, "In addition to the original script, I had Zhiling fax a few revised ones to me. From the text point of view, it is very good. I can almost draw a picture in my head. But, there are also a lot of feelings that are ... incongruous--don't mind if I say two important words? "
"Of course you don't mind, you're good." Zhang Yimou quickly expressed his position.
"When I saw King Qin turning and revealing his back to Anonymous, after watching the calligraphy of Can Sword for a long time, suddenly came the sentence," I understand it, it is peace, it is no war? "Adrian smiled with eyes full of smile. , "It's as if a nine-day thunder fell from the sky and beat the whole person more than soft. The only thing I can think of is: I rely on it, it's a bit of a blandishment."
On the other side, Feng Xiaogang chuckled suddenly, although he covered his mouth in time, everyone else also laughed. Adrian originally said it was funny, but a Westerner suddenly came up with a Beijing movie in his mouth, and it all seemed a little funny.
Zhang Yimou scratched his head awkwardly, but before he spoke, Adrian continued: "It really gives people a very uncoordinated feeling, and it might as well be a paragraph: Since he took office, he has worked hard to manage it. Although Yan Yan is everywhere, what he is doing is nothing more than Can Jian's word for "Ge". From this perspective, Zhi Zhi's confidant is actually an assassin. "
Some words suddenly changed the eyes of the people present, and they had already looked at this American very high. I did not expect that they could still use two sentences, even though it was a little literary in ancient times. No, but it is an American who speaks, or the boss of a large media group!
"If you can think of it, you can write a little article here, so that King Qin looks like he is gambling, betting on the unknown, so he deliberately turned his back on him and used words to run." Adrian continued indifferently. Going on, "Anyway, the supervisor audience you are facing is still Chinese, you must first make them comfortable. Isn't it?"
"Hmm ..." Zhang Yimou squeezed the bridge of his nose. "I ... I would consider ... I would seriously ..."
"Don't be so nervous, Mr. Zhang," laughed Adrian Haha. "I'm just suggesting. After all, you are the director and producer of the movie. You need to decide how to do it properly. I believe this will be a very A great movie, just like your previous work, like Mr. Feng's "Big Wrist", should deserve to be released in North America.
Hear this sentence. The spirit of everyone was shocked again, and they all listened, and they wanted to know the most. Adrian could not help laughing in his eyes. The situation tonight is basically under control. Looking at their expressions, he knows that the effect is very good. He is not pretentious, although this is a bit of their subconscious. … Something related, but it also has to do with Adrian's full preparation.
That being the case, he changed the subject immediately. Without giving them a chance to intervene, they talked for a few more minutes and then left because the jet lag had not completely gone.
"What does he mean?" As soon as Adrian left, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help asking his elder brother, regardless of Zhang Weiping's presence.
"Don't worry, aren't they going to stay here for two more days? Let's look at the situation," said Wang Zhongjun frowning. "I just happened to find someone to collect some detailed information about Adrian Cowell."
In fact, the time before Adrian and Zhang Yimou chatted was enough for them to analyze, but only so far, no possible results have been obtained. The key lies in Adrian's identity. What does he say as a media boss? Or say this as an international director? Different identities have different meanings. If you can't figure out the attitude of the other party, you can't make a proper response and you will look passive.
Adrian also knew this. This was the situation he had created, how could it not be clear to their depression. In fact, he didn't have any other thoughts, mainly knocking them a little in the mystery, and by the way, he also observed the reaction. Although he has a brief introduction to holdings in several companies, he didn't think about specific matters, but in North America The release of Big Bang and Hero is already set.
Needless to say the latter, memory has proven everything. That was third on the North American box office list of foreign movies. While the former, although showing the appearance of Chinese-style small citizens may not be appetizing for Americans, those funny sections, such as the sarcasm of ubiquitous advertisements, or the last two sections are sarcasm of making websites and real estate. I can't read it. Of course, cracking down on piracy is certainly popular.
It may not be a big sale, but as long as the schedule is appropriate and the propaganda is proper, a few hundred to ten million will be enough, and Adrian will not use Weinstein's bad tricks.
Harvey Weinstein always pays attention to Asian films. Many Hong Kong films in North America are released or bought out by Miramax, but he has a customary tactic for Asian films' North American distribution rights: first offer high prices , Higher than many people ’s tone of heart, so others do not him after seeing it, but he started to delay after giving a little deposit, after the people were burnt out, said no, and then want to sell to others It was late, and then he went to the producer of the movie and sold it at a very low price.
Adrian did not know if "Hero" was the same. Roughly searched in memory and did not find relevant content, only the information bought by Miramax. But now Weinstein is running under his arrangement and has no time to intervene in the mainland, so he is too lazy to look for it again. However, regarding Feng Xiaogang's scolding of Weinstein as a liar, he still had some impressions, and just flipped it out of his memory.
In fact, this is not a big deal. It is not wrong for Weinstein to do so. Every producer tries his best for his own interests. As a mainland film producer, shouldn't it be investigated beforehand? If it ’s Adrian, then you should take the opportunity to use enough movies and try to release them in North America. Let ’s train some fans first, maybe it ’s not appetizing for Westerners ~ EbookFREE.me ~ But there are so many Chinese . Just like the allusion of shoe sales on the desert island, the market can be cultivated. Isn't Hollywood doing this on the mainland now?
Of course, this should be based on the fact that there are enough quality movies on the mainland, but unfortunately there are few people on the mainland who can tell a good story except Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang. Even Zhang Yimou's storytelling is not as good as Feng Xiaogang's, but he is very good at the picture, lens and soundtrack, and Feng Xiaogang's style is too localized. If you come here a few times, you can take a look at it, but Americans will be tired .
As long as most Chinese directors still learn from Europe, the film must have a profoundly unrealistic idea of ​​exposing the theme of society. The above strategy is simply not feasible. Speaking of which, whether it is Zhang Yimou or Feng Xiaogang, they all come from non-science classes, which is ... very interesting.
And Adrian has done this in addition to opening up the Chinese market and laying down various foresights for the future, there is another important reason.
"Don't say I didn't do anything for you," after returning to the room, walking to the window and watching the night view outside, Adrian touched his chin and said in Chinese, "If A Dou doesn't want to stand up, whoever will help Useless. "(To be continued) Q! !! !!