China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 640 Unparalleled
Although Li Yu has seen the correct version of the answer, he only remembers those works that have been popular.

How many TV series can become popular in a year?

At the most exaggerated time, the mainland alone could produce more than a thousand TV series a year.

Among these more than a thousand TV dramas, most of them don’t even have the chance to be broadcast on TV.

Even if they appear on TV, very few of them can become popular.

Excellent TV dramas are in themselves a minority.

To put it bluntly, most of the TV dramas produced in a year are meaningless garbage.

Among the pile of scripts that Da Tiantian sent to Li Yuyu, there were a lot of junk.

Li Yulian read several scripts, but he couldn't get past the fifth page of each one.

He finally got a taste of what it feels like to pan for gold in shit.

……

Hong Kong Island.

Not long after Wang Jing came back, a guest came to his door.

This customer was the one who had been cheated by Liu Dehua not long ago.

"Hua Zai, you are so well-informed. I was just looking for you. I went to the mainland and brought back a good script and funds.

The story is about a series of murders that occurred in an area, causing headaches for the local police officers.

One day, the local gangster boss was also attacked by someone.

In order to seek revenge and save his reputation on the street, the gangster boss decided to join forces with the police.

The combination of one good and one evil brought out the serial killer hiding in the dark, only to find that the killer they were facing was much more sinister than they had imagined.

How is it? Although it is an old-fashioned police and gangster movie, the setting is still quite novel. "

Wang Jing patted Liu Dehua on the shoulder, trying to trick him into joining.

Just as Liu Dehua was about to speak, Wang Jing said, "Wah Tsai, I'm definitely not going to trick you this time. This is a good script. You know me. I've made a few bad movies. It's time to make a good movie to restore my reputation."

"Director Wang, since you've called me over, I'll definitely give you face. Just don't trick me into playing a cameo role, and then have more scenes than the leading male role from the beginning to the end."

Andy Lau complained about Wong Jing's unkind behavior.

Then, Liu Dehua said, "Director Wang, you are very close to Director Li and Miss Jing. Can you help arrange a meeting between them and Director Zhuang?"

Wang Jing naturally knew Director Zhuang mentioned by Liu Dehua.

This Director Zhuang is Zhuang Wenqiang, a very famous director and screenwriter in Hong Kong.

Zhuang Wenqiang has an extremely impressive resume. When he was a screenwriter, he wrote scripts such as "Sunny Police", "Tokyo Raiders", "Young and Dangerous", "Infernal Affairs", "Initial D", etc.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is one of the most awesome screenwriters in the golden age of Hong Kong films.

What’s more amazing is that he is not just satisfied with being a good screenwriter.

Since 05, he has switched career to become a director.

"I Know My Love" was his directorial debut, and he later directed works such as "The Big Detective Girl" and "Overheard".

The pinnacle of Zhuang Wenqiang's writing and directing work is the crime drama "Wushuang" starring Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok.

Wang Jing could guess the general situation after hearing what Liu Dehua said. He asked in return: "It's been almost ten years, and Director Zhuang still refuses to give up his old script?"

“No, the complete script of Wushuang was written in 2011.

Because the subject matter was too sensitive, it wasn't until 2014 that we got the permission to shoot.

The experience of this script was full of twists and turns, and every step was difficult.

It was not easy to start filming, but because there were too many action scenes and large-scale scenes, a lot of money was needed.

Investors feel that the risk is too great and no one is willing to invest.

The people around him advised Director Zhuang to delete most of the big scenes and action scenes and shoot them in a cheaper way, but Director Zhuang was unwilling to compromise. "Andy Lau shook his head.

Doesn’t it sound a bit outrageous that the person who wrote "Infernal Affairs" and filmed "Overheard" has no one investing in him?

Although it's a bit outrageous, this is the reality.

In Hong Kong Island, Zhuang Wenqiang was unwilling to compromise and modify the script to shoot it cheaply, so no one was willing to invest in him.

In the end, Zhuang Wenqiang invited Chow Yun-fat, and using Chow Yun-fat's fame, he went to the mainland to ask Bonara for investment to make the movie "Wushuang".

"Wushuang" is a rare masterpiece after the decline of Hong Kong films.

Ironically, this masterpiece of Hong Kong film in the last days was actually made with funds from the mainland.

Zhuang Wenqiang and Andy Lau have a good personal relationship. They are old partners and have collaborated on many films.

The filming of "Infernal Affairs" was made possible with the strong support of Andy Lau.

Liu Dehua and Wang Jing have a very good personal relationship.

Wang Jingze and Li Yuda have a very good relationship.

Therefore, Zhuang Wenqiang took the route of Liu Dehua and Wang Jing and tried to contact Li Yu and Da Tiantian to see if he could get investment from them.

Investor Zhuang Wenqiang from Hong Kong has given up hope.

He has been clamoring in Hong Kong for so many years. If anyone wanted to invest in him, they would have done so a long time ago.

He could only try his luck in the mainland, hoping to find someone who knew what he was doing.

Wang Jing is a very smart person, so he can naturally think of these things.

"He wants to get investment from the mainland through my meeting with Miss Li Daojing, right?"

"Yes, that's what Director Zhuang thinks."

Wang Jing hesitated for a few seconds and said to Liu Dehua: "Hua Zai, since you have come to me, I will definitely help you out of my honor.

But I have already said that all I can do is let him meet with Director Li and Miss Jing. Whether it will work out depends on him. I can't guarantee it."

Liu Dehua said: "Director Wang, your words are enough. Whether it succeeds or not, Director Zhuang will thank you."

……

Tonight, Wang Jing called Li Yu.

"Director Li, you should be free in the next two or three days, right? If you haven't been to the United States yet, I want to bring two people to Beijing to meet you."

"Oh? Who?"

"Zhuang Wenqiang, Director Li should have heard of this person, right?"

"Of course he is. He is a very famous screenwriter in Hong Kong Island. After he became a director, he also made some very good films. I grew up watching Hong Kong films. I know almost all the famous screenwriters, directors and actors there."

"I've heard a little bit about this. Director Li has mentioned this more than once in public."

"By the way, what does Director Zhuang want to see me for? Director Wang, please stop keeping me in suspense."

"He is a director who only wants to ask you for some investment. He wrote a script a long time ago. Because the subject matter is somewhat sensitive, he also wants to shoot a lot of action scenes and large-scale scenes.

He was unwilling to compromise with investors in Hong Kong Island, so investors in Hong Kong were unwilling to invest in him.

So the only option left for him was to go north to the inland area to find a breakthrough. It was that simple."

Hearing this, Li Yu was already interested: "What's the name of the script he wrote?"

"Hua Zai told me today that his name seemed to be something like Wushuang." Wang Jing recalled for a few seconds.

"Unparalleled!!!" Li Yu was a little surprised.

Sure enough, it is beneficial to frequently invest in directors who are unable to attract investment.

Well, if you have a good reputation for being philanthropic, good projects will come to you.

(End of this chapter)