Chapter 459 Recruiting Troops

Give me a hairy face...

On the surface, Huang Baiming said it was a meeting, but in fact it was a money transaction...

It means pimping.

Everything in the Hong Kong entertainment industry can be calculated with money!

If you are accompanying a guest, it was arranged yesterday, so there is no need to stress it again...

Shen Xudong’s principle: never involve money transactions!

What about Hong Kong actresses (local chickens)?

This is the bottom line.

Therefore, he flatly rejected Huang Baiming's proposal, and then... still suggested that Huang Ziheng write a script.

As for the character arrangement, we will wait until the end of the year. "Ip Man" is just a concept and is still early in development!

Donnie Yen still has "The Fuse" to shoot.

Afterwards, Huang Baiming talked about Xu Ke's "Deep Sea" - this film was terrible, with a mess at the box office and reputation. Huang Baiming also stopped investing in Xu Ke after "Deep Sea"!

Of course, Huang Baiming still trusts Xu Ke now.

The reason why Xu Ke shot "Deep Sea" was actually to experiment with underwater shooting. He made up a ridiculous ghost story, and the narrative was copied from "Mulholland Drive"...

Of course it failed at the box office and word of mouth!

Known as Xu Ke’s Waterloo…

Therefore, "Deep Sea" is a big pit. Knowing that it is a pit, how could Shen Xudong jump into it?

He decisively rejected Huang Baiming's proposal to jointly invest, saying by the way: "Unless Director Xu makes martial arts, I will never invest in other genres!"

"Martial arts..." Huang Baiming waved his hand: "Hong Kong people have stopped watching martial arts a long time ago!"

"There is still a market for martial arts overseas... There are also many fans of martial arts movies in the mainland..."

Huang Baiming thought for a while: "Let me talk to him."

Hearing this, Shen Xudong said: "If Director Xu wants to make a martial arts film, I have a few scripts for him to try."

"Oh, ready-made script?"

"right…"

"Xiuchundao" and "Sword Rain Jianghu"...

If Xu Ke is willing to film, he should be responsible for it.

…

After the meal, Shen Xudong and Huang Bin prepared to walk directly back to the hotel. On the way, they bought two gossip magazines. Shen Xudong saw 'Resist Young Model Culture'...

I couldn't help but sigh: "Tsk, tsk, these entertainers in Hong Kong are so boring, they actually criticize the young model culture!"

"...Can't you criticize?"

"Look who is resisting...Eric Tsang, Anthony Wong...have all made Category III films, but now they stick garlic in a pig's nose to pretend to be an elephant? Do you think you are a senior and have high moral standing and can educate others?"

Hearing this, Huang Bin nodded: "...Yes, it's such a double standard!"

"There are many film and television companies in Hong Kong that specialize in Category III films, to be exact, they specialize in cyan films... It's very chaotic. Instead of saying this, they criticize the young models. They are so idle!"

“…”

Huang Bin didn't say anything. He felt that Shen Xudong was dissatisfied with Hong Kong Entertainment...

Fortunately, Shen Xudong did not continue and changed the subject: "I will meet Director Chen Musheng later, so you don't have to go!"

"I dont go?"

"It's just a chat with old friends... You've been tired these past few days, so go back and rest."

Shen Xudong has said this, and Huang Bin has nothing to say - he has to go to TVB tomorrow to talk about the sale of the broadcast rights of "The Ultimate Butler" and "Wulin Gaiden"...

Huang Bin really came to work.

…

"Baby Project" is scheduled to be released during the National Day this year and has been filmed...

Chen Musheng's next plan is to help Media Asia make a pure action film.

After all, they had signed two film contracts before, and "Sanchakou" caused Media Asia to lose a lot of money. It hopes that the next action film can recover a little bit.

In the original time and space, what he took out was "The True Colors of a Man"...

"A Better Man" is very cliché in terms of plot.

You can piece together a few random scenes from TVB's various dramas. The action scenes are like martial arts movies, completely ignoring gravity and the strength of human bones. There are all kinds of flying over cliffs and walls, and all kinds of weak characters who can't be hurt or killed by falling.

The story... I can't help but analyze it in detail: Since only a certain police superintendent knew the escort route back then, why didn't others doubt him?

Xie Tingfeng and Yu Wenzhen had no psychological burden when they killed the traitor superintendent, just like crushing an ant. Later, they remembered that they were police officers and couldn't kill Wu Jing?

What about logic?

But... the fighting in "A Better Man" is so exciting, especially Wu Jing's Tian Yangsheng, with his windbreaker and sunglasses, sharp movements, fast and accurate...

It's a pity that this film was scheduled on the wrong schedule, which allowed "The Iron Triangle" to get a bargain - it should have been on the 11th slot, and it would have made at least 50 million at the box office!

In the summer movie, along with "The Fuse", I encountered "Harry Potter 5" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3".

However, Chen Musheng's appointment with Shen Xudongdong was mainly because he hadn't seen each other for a long time, to reminisce about old times and... to ease the conflict between him and Johnnie To.

"...Director Chen, we are all in the movie business. We should abide by the rules wherever the movie is released. Do you object to this?"

"Is there no room for relaxation?"

"It's unlikely... At that time, the Hong Kong film industry just took the best actor Tony Leung Ka Fai to set up a stall in order to force the Taiwan market. I heard that some big-name movie stars were filmed with guns pointed at their heads. But at that time, there were people in Hong Kong There is freedom of creation. Why is there no freedom of creation now? You rely on the mainland market for your livelihood, so you should make some films that are accepted by the mainland audience...If you don’t have the ability to adapt to the environment, don’t make such nonsense! I look down on him!"

The objective reality is that there is no audience for a movie made entirely along the lines of Johnnie To!

No matter how good "Underworld" is and how wonderful "The Big Tree" is, in fact, the box office of these movies in Hong Kong is average, and the box office in other places is almost zero.

"Film has never been a field of personal expression. If you don't have money, no one will participate in your "artistic pursuit"! The new wave is also picking up leftovers from Europe. Hong Kong movies conquered Asia with action films, and they have little to do with Johnnie To."

Chen Musheng nodded: "There are also police movies!"

Hong Kong has natural advantages in making police and gangster movies. The special geographical environment, coupled with...these themes cannot be shot in the mainland: there can be no gangsters, no magic police, and no gangsters running into high-level police officers to work as undercovers...

Naturally, it has the advantage of shooting police and criminal films.

Moreover, police movies have simple drama conflicts and clear black and white characters. The action scenes are exciting and can easily bring pleasure to the audience. Many elements can be incorporated.

Shen Xudong: "Yes, gangster films, police and gangster films...I plan to continue to work with Zheng Baorui on two police and gangster films, "The Chaser" and "Blind Witness"...after he finishes filming "Dog Eat Dog"..."

"Are you still cooperating with Zheng Baorui?"

"...He is willing to cooperate and has strong execution and scheduling skills...By the way, there is also a director named Lin Chaoxian. Can you introduce me to him?"

Chen Musheng nodded: "No problem, he is looking for a job recently!"

Lin Chaoxian... did not catch up with the good times. He made his first movie in 1997. At that time, the golden period of Hong Kong movies had come to an end...

And he has always filmed police and criminal themes.

Why look for a job?

Even his master Chen Jia Shang has no job...

"...It's a bit like "Streets of Rage"..."

Shen Xudong looked through the script outline of "A Better Man" and made a comment.

Chen Musheng nodded: "Cops and gangster movies all have this routine..."