Chapter 463 Restarting "Shushan"?

Chapter 463 Restarting "Shushan"?

Chapter 463 Restarting "Shushan"?
"Come on, Director Xu, drink!"

"Director Xu, congratulations!"

"Director Xu, toast to you!"

At the celebration party for the 10 billion box office of "The Taking of Tiger Mountain by Strategy", everyone surrounded director Tsui Hark and raised their glasses to toast and congratulate the great director. The atmosphere was lively and bustling.

Wang Hao sat at the main table, watching the scene not far away with a smile on his face. Others actually wanted to come over and toast him, but they were intimidated by the vague aura of a superior and did not dare to step forward.

Only a few people sitting at the main table and some contracted artists of Galaxy Group could chat with Wang Hao.

By the time Tsui Hark finished toasting and returned to the main table, his face was flushed and his speech was a little slurred.

However, he still held up the wine glass and toasted Wang Hao again, with an exceptionally bright smile on his face and a strong sense of intimacy in his words.

"Boss Wang, I really want to thank you for this time. Without you, there would be no me... I won't say more, it's all in the wine!"

Tsui Hark tilted his head back and drank the whole drink in one gulp, his cheeks becoming even redder.

Wang Hao also drank it all in one gulp, then patted his shoulder with a smile.

"Director Xu, this is just the beginning. The good times have just begun. The domestic film market broke 300 billion last year. The future will only be better and there will be more opportunities."

When Xu Ke heard this, his hand that was pouring the wine shook and some of the wine spilled out, but he was completely unaware of it and the smile on his face grew even wider.

He knew that the other party's words already represented that the mainland entertainment industry headed by Wang Hao had completely accepted him.

Although he had been doing quite well in the mainland before and could still live off his previous capital, as the mainland market grew bigger and bigger, the share of the Hong Kong circle in it became smaller and smaller.

Especially after the recent incident, coupled with the Galaxy Group's suppression of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists, it is actually becoming increasingly difficult for them to survive.

Tsui Hark knew very well about this matter. This was just a way of paying respects in Hong Kong in the past.

If he wants to make a better living here, he has to quickly choose a team, otherwise his identity as a big director in Hong Kong will only become less and less useful.

As for choosing sides, he had done it many times before, and he was very familiar with it, and he had no objection to it.

Xu Ke and Fatty Wang are actually on the same side. They are flexible enough and can see the situation clearly and know which side has more prospects. Therefore, they are naturally very positive about choosing Galaxy Group.

This result now can be regarded as a reward for his correct choice.

The key point is that after cooperating with Galaxy Group on "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", there is a saying that goes like this?

Really fragrant!

The Galaxy Group's film industrialization system and its own mature special effects team are exactly what he wants.

Among the directors of Hong Kong's golden age, if we were to say who was the most innovative and exploratory, who was at the forefront of the times and who was keen on new film and television technologies, it would be none other than Tsui Hark.

You have to know that in 1983, when the big directors in Hong Kong were still obsessed with street comedies and action kung fu films, Tsui Hark had already directed "New Shushan Swordsman", a fairy tale film that was extremely special in that era.

Even today, this movie is still very eye-catching and innovative, with China's unique classical beauty. It is even better than many future fantasy movies.

In order to make the film produce that dazzling visual effect, Tsui Hark even attracted an investment of 2000 million Hong Kong dollars at that time, hired some stunt experts from the United States, and trained a group of local Hong Kong film stuntmen, which also laid the foundation for the future development of Hong Kong action special effects.

Although "New Shushan Swordsman" failed to recoup its costs because it was too trendy and had too small a market, Tsui Hark never stopped exploring technology.

Both the later "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Green Snake" can be seen as his exploration of the combination of oriental fantasy culture and modern film and television technology.

This kind of pioneering spirit and craftsmanship is extremely valuable in the Chinese-language film industry, and is exactly what Wang Hao values.

Especially after this, he once again raised 8000 million Hong Kong dollars for his dream and spent three years filming "The Legend of Zu".

Wang Hao can only say that this movie was born at the wrong time, and some shortcomings of Tsui Hark as a director delayed it.

It can be said that although the movie "The Legend of Zu" has some problems in plot structure and character design, thanks to the contrast with its peers, it has become the pinnacle of domestic fantasy film and television works since its appearance.

Especially the scenes of flying with swords, floating fairy mountains, and the classical aesthetics are enough to put all subsequent fairy tale and fantasy dramas to shame.

Moreover, the more similar works there are later, the higher the evaluation of "The Legend of Zu" will be. Even in China before Wang Hao's rebirth, there has never been another fairy-tale movie that can surpass "The Legend of Zu" with the unique classical beauty and elegant beauty of China.

Movies like "Painted Skin", "Zhu Xian", "Eternal Love", and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" are all no match for him.

"So Director Xu, what are your plans after the film Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy? Will you take a break for a while or continue to work?"

"I wonder if Mr. Wang has any good suggestions?"

Tsui Hark was no fool. Even though the alcohol had begun to paralyze his brain, he still understood the hidden meaning in Wang Hao's words and immediately acted as if he was obeying his orders.

Wang Hao did not try to hide the secret and said directly:
"Speaking of which, Director Xu, I have seen quite a few of your movies, and my favorites are the two Shushan movies. I just don't know if Director Xu still has the courage to fight again?"

When Wang Hao said this, the meaning was self-evident.

Lian Po is old, can he still have food?
The people sitting around had actually been paying attention to the conversation between the two. When they heard that Wang Hao was interested in starting a new project for Tsui Hark, they all pricked up their ears.

And when Wang Hao asked this question, he was even more surprised.

As for Tsui Hark, his hand holding the wine glass shook, and a little of the full glass of wine spilled immediately.

But he didn't bother to wipe it, let alone drink it. He asked in a slightly trembling and uncertain tone:

"Boss Wang, what do you mean? Are you going to make another "The Legend of Zu Mountain"? "

The failure of the two Shushan movies is undoubtedly a permanent pain in Tsui Hark's heart.

People always miss the things they love but cannot get, and he is no exception.

However, the two previous failures had dealt a heavy blow to Tsui Hark's confidence, causing him to have deep doubts about the subject matter of the project "Shu Mountain". Is this project simply not suitable for adaptation into a movie?

However, Wang Hao's words now seemed to tear a hole in the gloomy sky, allowing some golden sunlight to shine into his heart.

It is so exaggerated and so wonderful, because the person who said this is Wang Hao, currently the top commercial film director in China, even better and more powerful than Tsui Hark.

People always believe in authority, and Wang Hao is an authority in the field of commercial films today, so no matter who said this, Tsui Hark would not be surprised or moved. But when Wang Hao said this in front of him, his passion and dreams from his youth, which had gradually faded with age, suddenly rose up from the bottom of his heart.

Perhaps in this era, only Wang Hao could make the "Shushan" movie and achieve success.

"Why, can't it?"

Wang Hao looked at Tsui Hark who had not responded for a long time and asked again, his eyes seemed to say "Don't you believe it?"

Of course Tsui Hark would not disbelieve it. He immediately pulled himself out of his mixed feelings and nodded quickly.

"If Mr. Wang says it's okay, then it must be okay! Right, Director Zhang?"

Zhang Yimou was sitting next to Wang Hao. His movie "The Great Wall", which was invested by Galaxy Group, had been completed and was currently entering the post-production stage, so he had time to be invited to attend this celebration party.

When he was suddenly called by Tsui Hark at this moment, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded in response.

"Director Xu is right. If the film industry system you created, President Wang, can't make a good movie like "Shushan", then this is really impossible."

Tsui Hark said repeatedly:

"Yes, yes, yes! Mr. Wang, your company's film industrialization system and special effects production level are like this!"

He gave Wang Hao a thumbs up.

"I've actually been wanting to say this for a long time. This feels different from the special effects production companies I've worked with before. It's very comfortable and smooth, and I feel like I can use my own hands as I wish. The results are always what I want."

“But it’s not easy to take pictures of Mount Shu.”

Feng Xiaogang, another famous director sitting at the other side of the table, threw a bucket of cold water on the situation. He said unhappily:
"Look at the audience now. If you make something good, they won't be able to watch it. But if you just mess around, they will be interested. The market has been ruined by these bad movies."

Feng Xiaogang's unhappiness was not directed at Tsui Hark or Wang Hao, but was purely out of his own feelings.

He had some artistic pursuits before, and the movies he made seriously and down-to-earthly, but the box office were not very good and the audience did not buy them.

On the contrary, those works that are just casually made to make money have better box office results.

Wang Hao ignored his complaints and continued to look at Xu Ke and said:

“I have the idea of ​​restarting the Shushan movie, and it’s not just a Shushan movie.

To be precise, what I want to create is a [Shushan Movie Universe] that is based on the novel "Shushan Swordsman" and can showcase the classical Chinese fairy tale culture."

Bang!

Someone at the main table knocked over a wine glass, causing a bit of a commotion, but no one paid any attention to it and just looked at Tsui Hark with envy.

[Shushan Movie Universe]!
This is another brand new movie universe series!
Although since the emergence and popularity of Galaxy Group's [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] and Marvel's [Marvel Cinematic Universe], there are countless similar movie universe concepts that have appeared in recent years.

Even in Hollywood, it's a popular term.

Although the concept of "cinematic universe" is wonderful, there are not many truly successful cinematic universes. The most well-known ones at present are "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", "Marvel Cinematic Universe", and "Spider-Man Cinematic Universe", two of which have a deep relationship with Wang Hao.

So when Wang Hao said he wanted to create another [Shushan Movie Universe], no one doubted whether he could accomplish it.

The first thought that came to everyone's mind was whether they could get a piece of the pie in such a new movie universe project.

Of course, since Wang Hao said this to Tsui Hark, then Tsui Hark must occupy a certain position in this project.

But that is a movie universe, and Tsui Hark alone cannot handle it.

You see, as the scale of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe becomes larger and larger, more and more film and television practitioners are participating in it, and even Zhang Yimou has been assigned a part of "The Great Wall".

Feng Xiaogang came to attend the celebration banquet of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" this time, in the name of celebration, but in fact he wanted to do the same as Zhang Yimou and see if there would be any opportunities.

Although he has a close relationship with Huayi, that would not impose any restrictions on a great director like him.

Wang Hao was very satisfied when he saw the reactions of everyone present, and felt a sense of pride that all the heroes in the world were within his grasp.

The reason why he told this matter to Tsui Hark in such a public occasion was to achieve the effect of "buying horse bones for a huge sum of money".

Just relying on the movie "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" cannot be regarded as a reward for Tsui Hark's active approach.

Only a new movie universe can tell those in the entertainment circles of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea that only by following Wang Hao and Galaxy Pictures can they get a piece of the big cake.

Even for a role model like Tsui Hark, Wang Hao would not just promote one. Wang Jing's performance in the recent period was very outstanding, and he was very good at speaking and doing things, so a reward for him is already in the plan.

In addition, regarding the matter of the [Shushan Movie Universe], Wang Hao did not do it simply to reward Tsui Hark, he really thought it over carefully.

Only the Chinese people can understand how attractive it is to fly in the vast sky, with sword energy flying everywhere, chasing the wind and the moon.

The green snake in the sleeve is brave and daring, traveling to Beihai in the morning and Cangwu in the evening. This is the romance that belongs only to the Chinese people.

With the rapid development of China's economy, after watching all kinds of Hollywood movies that fill the cinemas, Chinese people will eventually find that what belongs to them is the best.

Under such circumstances, fantasy films that have Chinese classical culture and are more expressive than martial arts films will undoubtedly usher in their own spring.

This can actually be seen just from the popularity of ancient fantasy idol dramas such as "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Coupled with the expansion of the film market, the market has successfully exceeded 300 billion last year. With the current size of China's film and television industry, it is enough to support high-cost film themes such as fantasy.

Therefore, both in terms of the market and demand, the conditions for shooting, producing and launching "Shushan Movie World" are ripe.

The only pity is that even though the market was mature in Wang Hao’s previous life, no work that could surpass this movie has appeared since "The Legend of Zu".

In the end, this fantasy film, which was supposed to promote China's classical culture, turned into a paradise for traffic stars to increase their presence and maintain their popularity.

Of course, the situation is different now that Wang Hao is in this world.

(End of this chapter)