After Li An returned from the United States, he stayed in Baodao and Xiangjiang for more than half a month and contacted many professionals in the industry.

This time, the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was formed, mainly composed of the production team of Xiangjiang, as well as the team he brought from Hollywood and acquaintances from Treasure Island. As for the mainland, Lin Zixuan is responsible for it.

This is a cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three regions.

Due to the different working methods and living habits, it takes a period of time to get started.

As a director, Li An needs to coordinate from it. He needs to figure out the abilities of these people and how to let these people follow their own ideas to complete the martial arts films in his mind.

The production team of Xiangjiang may have made many martial arts films and have mature experience.

But if Li An wants to make a different martial arts film, he needs to communicate with them continuously.

For example, in photography, Li An wanted to use the tones of traditional ink paintings to show the martial arts world. Ink paintings are simple and elegant, without thick ink and rich in color, and exudes a literary atmosphere, which is quite different from the commercial martial arts films in the past.

Let’s talk about art styles, the style of martial arts films is very important, and the style of each actor must be designed.

What clothes do heroes wear and what clothes do officials wear, not only should they look in line with their respective identities, but they should also have a beautiful feeling.

Xiangjiang stylists prefer exaggerated styling, which can attract audiences, so you can always see some strangely dressed characters in Xiangjiang martial arts films.

Li An prefers realistic, respects history, and does not like fancy styles.

Take Yu Jiaolong's clothing as an example. As a child of a high-ranking official, his clothes are gorgeous and he must be embroidered manually. He cannot fool him with a piece of clothing. It is different from filming movies and TV series.

Just a few pieces of clothes were embroidered in the mainland for two months to complete, so it goes without saying that the cost was.

Moreover, the clothing embroidered now is definitely different from the ancient ones. Even if the embroidery work is not different, it lacks a meticulous taste, or it does not have the historical heritage.

Li An wanted something simple and realistic workmanship and style.

He communicated his ideas with the filmmakers in Xiangjiang. Some people could not accept his ideas, thinking that shooting like this was not a martial arts film, but more like a historical film, with no prospects.

This is how it is to shoot a movie. You must find a team that is as consistent as possible in terms of creative concepts. You must unify your thinking before shooting, otherwise you will definitely be in a mess during the shooting process.

During this period of time in Xiangjiang, Li An communicated with different people, which caused quite a response in the circle.

Xiangjiang's movie circle is not big. Everyone knows how Li An wants to make an alternative martial arts film. Everyone hears different ways, but they generally don't like this film.

One is that the Chinese-language film market is in a downturn, and the other is that they think Li An is an amateur in making martial arts films.

Li An’s art films are beyond words, and he has won many awards, but martial arts films are the world of the people of Xiangjiang, and not everyone can shoot them well.

Although I don’t like this film, there are still people who are willing to work with Li An, because Li An is famous in Hollywood, and working with Li An may enter the Hollywood film market.

What's more, the film market in Xiangjiang is not very good now, and it's also good to be able to participate in a drama with such a large investment.

In this way, Li An is very popular in Xiangjiang, and both the actors and the staff behind the scenes are very enthusiastic.

Jiang Zhiqiang led Li Yan to the traction line and was responsible for negotiating contracts and salary.

Since the funds for this movie are limited, all funds must be used for filming the film first, and the staff's salary will not be paid until the movie is sold. This must be explained in advance.

Li An roughly agreed on the production team in Xiangjiang and then came to the mainland.

Lin Zixuan and Feng Xiaogang went to pick him up and expressed their importance to Li An. Moreover, Li An came to Beijing this time not only for the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but also had to participate in some exchange activities.

This is a very difficult thing to avoid.

After all, Li An is a successful director in Hollywood. Mainland filmmakers always want to know what Hollywood looks like, what operating model it is, and what tricks it has.

The most important thing is that they want to know how to successfully enter Hollywood.

Including the leaders of the Film Association, Han Sanping, the manager of Huaying Company, professors of the Film Academy and many directors, they greeted Lin Zixuan and asked for an exchange activity in the industry.

Lin Zixuan had no choice but to listen to what Li An said, at least he could let mainland filmmakers understand the real situation.

In fact, Li An's movies are not pure art films, but also have commercial attributes.

His films have good box office worldwide and can bring considerable returns to investors. If he were a purely art film director, he would not have entered the mainstream film circle in Hollywood.

How to grasp the balance between business and art is also a concern for everyone.

Lin Zixuan took Li An to the hotel for a rest, and held an internal exchange meeting at the Beijing Film Studio the next afternoon.

The atmosphere at the scene was quite warm, and Li An talked about his experience in filming in Hollywood.

According to him, there is no trick. Hollywood has a mature operating system. Each film will undergo detailed market research before it starts filming, and the director plays a limited role in it.

This does not mean that the director has no contribution, the director’s work is mainly placed on the film itself.

"When filming, I had a producer who helped me take care of everyone's affairs. I told him what I wanted and he was responsible for doing it. I just need to concentrate on filming." Li An said.

This involves the differences between the mainland and Hollywood film systems.

In Hollywood, the producer is dominated by the producer. The producer's status is higher than that of the director. He is responsible for all the affairs of the crew, and he can even change the director and have a dominant position.

The mainland is a director-centered system, and the producer has little effect. Sometimes, the director will take the position of producer as a part-time producer.

Therefore, it is difficult for mainland directors to adapt to Hollywood's operating model.

If you want to enter Hollywood, you have to follow the rules of Hollywood and adapt to it, rather than letting Hollywood adapt to you.

"How to balance the relationship between art and business?" someone asked.

"I think art is not something that I admire. A good film must be responded to by someone. Otherwise, it will not make much sense. So don't regard business and art as two opposite sides, and it will be the best." Li An replied.

After finishing the exchange and talking privately, Li An thought that the mainland directors took him too seriously.

When a director makes a movie, it doesn’t mean that the audience must watch what I shoot. There is no such statement.

Audiences have the right to choose to watch and not to watch, so the director cannot be too self-centered. Too self-centered is not art. You must lower your posture and learn in every play to make progress. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!