It is difficult to win Du Qifeng.

There are two movies Du Qifeng will release in 2004, that is, next year, one is "Dragon and Phoenix Fight" and the other is "Big Event".

"Dragon and Phoenix Fight" tells the story of a couple of thieves, starring Andy Lau and Cheng Soo-wen; "The Big Incident" is a battle between the police and the big thief and the killer in new media.

Both movies are very interesting, both in terms of story structure and shooting techniques, they are full of Du's style.

What is Du's style?

In fact, the Du style in Shao Yingxiong's eyes is a unique story rhythm. Du Qifeng's movies are always driven by a unified rhythm. For example, he is very good at shooting events or characters related to the protagonist of the movie using the perspective of looking down from a high altitude; for example, he likes to use highlight beams to present the loneliness of the characters; for example, in some specific movies, he likes to use characters under street lights to create a layer of light and shadow light that is bright and dark around the center.

All of this is Du's style, but this is just Du's style in shooting techniques.

The Du style of the story structure is very unique. In Du Qifeng's movies, there will always be sudden violence. The violent incidents occur very simply. For example, after several bodyguards in "Gun Fire" caught the killer in a abandoned building, the killer was still sympathetic with Zhang Yaoyang. When a phone call came, Huang Qiusheng raised his hand and killed the killer. For example, in "Black Society", Ren Dahua and Liang Jiahui were talking by the river, and suddenly Ren Dahua killed Liang Jiahui. Although these were all paved, the last actions still made people feel sudden.

The most interesting thing is that Du Qifeng likes to leave blank space in the movie. In the gunfire, Lu Songxian drives the eldest woman. When this plot is revealed again, he has become Gou Ersao; he also makes the relationship between the characters in the movie very restrained, and Andy Lau and Meng Jiahui in "The Secret War" are the best examples.

Shao Yingxiong, who returned home from Huayi, locked himself in the study. He was analyzing the trend of Du Qifeng's movie next year. Since the two sides had already said that they had broken up due to unhappiness, then the face was not something that should be taken seriously now. Once the partners made a harsh statement and became opponents, there was only one way left for Shao Yingxiong - win.

If you want to win, you have to know your opponent. Not only do you know your opponent's movies, but you also have to know your opponent's people.

Du Qifeng is a man named Shao Yingxiong, and once upon a time, he highly praised the Du family style, even if the two really became opponents.

Shao Yingxiong has read the information of Du Qifeng. This is not a genius who has been very popular since his debut. He has also experienced ups and downs. After the first movie suffered a box office Waterloo, this man chose to endure, hide back to TVB and learn skills, gritted his teeth and wanted to make a comeback. It was Xinyi City that gave him a second chance. He walked out of TVB and got to where he was today with the support of Xinyi City.

This approach is very similar to Shao Yingxiong, and even made Shao Yingxiong realize the mutual appreciation between the killer and Zhang Yaoyang in the movie "Gun Fire".

However, if you want to win an opponent like Du Qifeng, you must not just start from the understanding level, and you must also know the preferences of Xiangjiang movie audiences.

The success of "Infernal Affairs" tells Shao Yingxiong. Xiangjiang movie audiences have lost interest in the actors' exaggerated performances. The gritting teeth and fighting are far less than creating a tense atmosphere in a certain atmosphere. This is why the restrained performances of all actors in "Infernal Affairs" can be recognized by the industry, and several of them are regarded as classics. If you want to be loved by the audience in the performance, a set of Xiangjiang team is definitely needed, that is, even if Du Qifeng leaves, the team that "Accident" has decided in the meeting will not need to be moved.

Thinking of this, Shao Yingxiong wrote down the first point on paper.

The second point is the atmosphere of the whole movie.

In addition to the rhythm that must be mastered, atmosphere setting is the top priority. Without atmosphere, Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Qiusheng will definitely not be good at the scene of striking the police station in "Infernal Affairs". You can imagine that the scene of the minions behind these two people being removed and leaving them two big bosses alone. If these two people perform alone, even if their acting skills are soaring to the sky, the momentum will be half weak. The movie "Accident" cannot use more people to set off the atmosphere. The murder method in "Accident" is a hidden murder method that is known as the fewer people, the better. Then, Shao Yingxiong decided to set the atmosphere to the natural environment.

The cloudy sky before a rainy night and the storm and storm during murder can bring uneasiness to the audience. The lightning that suddenly flashes in the dark after a person dies will pull out the mysterious aura, just like a hand is controlling it.

With good performances and atmosphere set off, the rest is the rhythm of the entire movie.

Rhythm is the most difficult part of the movie to control. Even Zhang Yimou's control over rhythm in "Heroes" only divides the whole story into three paragraphs and talks over and over again, which is called avoiding the important thing.

If you want to control the rhythm, good editing skills, good photography, good scripts and performance, and the setting of the atmosphere are indispensable. Once the rhythm in the movie is unbalanced, the whole drama will either be too depressing or too exciting, and these two points will make Shao Yingxiong lose the box office.

Rhythm, rhythm!

Shao Yingxiong thought of someone from this word, Wei Jiahui, the director of "Infernal Affairs".

This is a person who is not inferior to Du Qifeng in rhythm control. This can be seen from the success of "Infernal Affairs". Wei Jiahui used an old song and the soundtrack in Infernal Affairs to stretch the tension and relaxation very carefully. If this person can help him control the rhythm of the entire movie and take the position of director, this movie may not be able to make his name in the film market.

Wei Jiahui...

Shao Yingxiong searched on his computer, and when he found Wei Jiahui's personal information, he was a little disappointed. Wei Jiahui has been with Du Qifeng's Galaxy Image for seven years since he joined Du Qifeng's Milky Way in 1996. It is no need to say how the friendship between the two has developed in the seven years. How could such a person help him kill his old boss in the Xiangjiang market?

As she continued to read, Shao Yingxiong became suspicious again.

Because Wei Jiahui left the Galaxy in 2004!

What is most unintelligible is that at this time Wei Jiahui did not choose the type of movie he was good at. Instead, he filmed two almost nonsense movies, "Himalayan Star" and "Shoppermanent", and announced to the media that he would not consider the films with a strong personal style for the time being.

But the following reports gave Shao Yingxiong hope, because Wei Jiahui said in an interview with the media: "The Xiangjiang movies are very unoptimistic now. I think we need some changes."

This sentence shows Wei Jiahui's vision. He does not think that "Infernal Affairs" can save Xiangjiang movies, nor does he even think that there is a so-called "quality era" in the Hong Kong movie market. Instead, he is actively seeking changes and wants to find the balance between the market and the movie through style changes.

He said: "In the past, I made some personal-style movies; now the film market is so bad, and the audience is unwilling to buy tickets to watch Hong Kong films. At this time, I would rather give up my style and consider the needs of the audience more. Otherwise, in the future, Hong Kong will become like the island and the island country, with some very stylized movies, but they will lose most of the audience. Of course, if I can add some personal ideas without affecting the entertainment of the film, it is exactly what I strive for."

This is the person who understands the truth. He knows what movies need. Understanding what movies cannot do without the most.

Movies are just like football. The important factor that supports the entire industry is very simple, that is, the audience. If the audience is unwilling to buy tickets, what can you do if you have a strong personal style?

How can the movie make the audience buy tickets?

I'm afraid there are as many filmmakers as there are many opinions on this point, but in the future, the film market has frequently seen more than 100 million yuan, and even several movies with more than 1 billion yuan have appeared for the first time. The answer to why the audience bought tickets is about to come out. In fact, it's just two words, which is great!

The audience went to the cinema to watch science fiction blockbusters because the visual experience was pleasant enough. Even if the plot was always Ultraman defeating the little monster, it would be fine if it was fun. The audience was willing to buy tickets for "Journey to the West" and "Lost in Thailand" because it was happy enough. Stephen Chow's status and reputation of "Lost in Thailand" were enough to make people believe that these two movies could make them come out of the movie with a smile, so happy that they could feel good.

But Shao Yingxiong is taking the third path, which is to use a sense of urgency and depression to find the pleasure after watching the movie. This is also something that mainland filmmakers often appear in high-box movies and only start to consider after ten years of more and more bad movies on the market. "The Master of Hypnosis" is a kind of movie that tests the degree of acceptance of the audience after changing the rhythm.

This kind of movie may not be a horror movie, and there may be no laughing points in the audience, but the whole movie must firmly grasp the audience's attention in the first act after the opening, and never let the audience leave at all. Even when going to the toilet, you are afraid of skipping the plot.

Perhaps the script of "Accident" has not reached this level, so Shao Yingxiong has to add some shots that can tell the whole story of the whole movie, such as the establishment of a gang, such as the squandering after transferring money. These are all exciting things. Making money is used to spend it, and there is no need to consider the issues of the next generation in the movie.

Shao Yingxiong called Wang Zhongjun and said without caring about what time it was now: "Mr. Wang, can you dig Wei Jiahui over?"

"You wait."

The sound of slippers came from the phone, and the door was ringing. Then Wang Zhongjun asked, "Do you ask me to dig Wei Jiahui over?"

"That's right." Shao Yingxiong explained: "With him, maybe we can't need Du Qifeng."

Wang Zhongjun smiled: "Do you know what are the two miracles in the post-golden age of Xiangjiang movies?"

"What two miracles?" Shao Yingxiong didn't understand.

"These two miracles are that Xiangjiang has produced the King of Sunglasses and Galaxy. Now, when we have a breakdown in our conversation with Du Qifeng, you are going to dig up his golden partner? Xiao Shao, are you not awake yet?" Wang Zhongjun certainly knew that Wei Jiahui was a rare talent. The film "Infernal Affairs" has proved his value, but this matter is like Wang Zhongjun who had contacted Zhang Yimou privately. It is almost impossible to complete. Without getting any information, who can guarantee to dig up Du Qifeng's seven-year old partner? Isn't this a joke?

"Mr. Wang, listen to me, do you remember that I went to Xiangjiang to participate in the filming of "Infernal Affairs"?" Shao Yingxiong could only reveal the news to Wang Zhongjun in a different way: "Recently, my friend in Xiangjiang called me and said that Wei Jiahui wanted to change the environment and shoot some movies that cater to the market. In the Galaxy Image, there is no living space for such movies, and he already has the intention to change jobs."

Wang Zhongjun was moved. If there was really hope, every company would like to have people like Wei Jiahui: "What friends told you? Is the news reliable?" Wang Zhongjun believed in Shao Yingxiong's ability to make friends, otherwise the whole company would not be able to protect him so much. Sometimes, as his boss, he wanted to help him out of selfishness.

"Can I not tell me?" Shao Yingxiong wanted to fool this question because he was too anxious to call and he had not thought of a solution.

"No." Wang Zhongjun said firmly: "Xiao Shao, it's not that I'm forcing you. You don't know how many resources we need to use to dig Wei Jiahui now. I don't deny that Wei Jiahui is worth using so many resources, but I have to be sure whether it's worth taking risks. Do you understand what I'm talking about?"

Wang Zhongjun was talking about Zhang Yimou's affairs, and he didn't want to take unnecessary risks. Now the relationship between Huayi and Galaxy Image has not been reached at most. If the negotiation collapses, it would be fine if Wei Jiahui was dug up after the negotiation collapses. If he couldn't do it, he would let others know. Then he would definitely become a mortal enemy in the box office market in the future. The two companies would face a head-on battle in the same period.

"Zhuang Wenqiang told me." Shao Yingxiong could only sell Zhuang Wenqiang, who had left each other's phone numbers, otherwise he would not be able to justify himself.

"Is it really what Zhuang Wenqiang said?" Wang Zhongjun asked more. This matter is too big and he must ask clearly.

Shao Yingxiong defended himself: "Mr. Wang, can I lie about such a big thing?"

In Wang Zhongjun's impression, Shao Yingxiong seemed to have never said anything about panic. Once an actor who never said panic would make people feel particularly credible.

"I believe you." Wang Zhongjun said this and said to the phone: "Do you have any ideas?"

"What Wei Jiahui wants is different from what Du Qifeng wants. One is to find a way to get the audience back to the cinema to buy tickets, and the other is to be proud of his Du style. This is their differences and the reason why Wei Jiahui can't stay in Galaxy. Because he doesn't have enough voice, he can no longer get a certain amount of investment every year to shoot the movie he wants." Shao Yingxiong continued: "As long as we copy a similar version according to my contract with the company, let Wei Jiahui prove himself in the mainland market first, and then give him money to shoot the movie he wants to shoot, Wei Jiahui will definitely be moved!"

Wang Zhongjun was silent for a long time, as if he was making the last struggle in his heart. When everything was settled, five minutes passed.

He said, "Okay, I'll let Wang Jinghua go to Xiangjiang tomorrow."
Chapter completed!