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Chapter 326 Poaching

In his previous life, Brother Chen Kai filmed "The Emperor and the Assassin", which didn't make much money at the box office, but the Qin Palace built locally made a lot of money. Later, the ticket revenue was calculated in billions a year.

This is a definite cash cow!
"Hmm?" Zhang Yimou felt that Huang Ze seemed to be distracted, and asked curiously, "Old Huang, what do you think?"

"Shoot!"

"A director should shoot whatever he wants to shoot. If he doesn't have any inspiration now, he can make a commercial film when he has some."

"Good!" Zhang Yimou felt very happy. This kind of boss is great.

"Also, I have read the novel of 'Wives and Concubines'. Are you planning to film the oppression of women in the old times by feudal ethics?"

"Yes." Zhang Yimou nodded.

"Then we have to look carefully for this compound. It would be best if the building can give people a feeling of oppression."

"You understand me too well!" Zhang Yimou clapped his hands, a smile on his face, and nodded again, "I plan to look for a well-preserved courtyard to see if I can find a suitable one. If I can't find one..."

"If you can't find one, just build one." Huang Ze said, "If that doesn't work, go to Shanghai and build one."

"But I think you can go to Qi County in Hedong Province first. There is a Qiao Family Courtyard there, which may meet your needs."

"Okay, you can shoot this film. I will let the company's people fully cooperate with you." It was a film with a relatively low cost, and if I remember correctly, it didn't win the highest award in the previous life.

Huang Ze had no hope for him in this life. Zhang Yimou had just won one of the three major prizes, so it was unlikely that he would be given another one. At most, it would be a second prize.

In this case, Huang Ze didn't take it too seriously. On the plane back to Hong Kong Island, he recalled the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" that he had watched in his previous life, and talked to him about composition, color, actors and so on.

"Also, it's best if the master's character doesn't show his face."

"What a bunch of concubines are fighting over is not a specific person, but that identity. So it doesn't matter what the master looks like or who he is. Don't you think it's more interesting this way?"

"A bosom friend!" Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up and he held Huang Ze's hand tightly. "This is a good idea, it's really great. Let's do as you say!"

……

After returning to Hong Kong Island, Huang Ze arranged for Zhang Yimou and others to return to the mainland, while he himself returned home, ready to continue his leisurely life.

"Didn't you bring back an award? Are you the mastermind behind this?" Gong Yu looked at Huang Ze with a smile.

"The prize belongs to Zhang Yimou. I just came back with US dollars."

"Don't worry, I'll get another one back sooner or later."

"Golden Bear?" Gong Xing asked.

"It's hard to say, maybe it's the Palme d'Or?"

"Isn't it just the Golden Bear that's missing?"

"Hey, this is too complicated, so I won't tell you. Well, actually, Golden Bear is not sure." Huang Ze told the truth.

In its previous life, "Farewell My Concubine" won the highest award in Cannes, which shows that it meets the taste of the Cannes Film Festival. If you change it randomly, it may cause problems.

Besides, I am more familiar with the people in Cannes, and I am almost a newcomer in Berlin, so it is better to be safe.

"You mean the Palme d'Or is a sure thing? Who is behind this?"

"Relatively speaking, why do you keep calling me the mastermind?" Huang Ze stretched out his hands, "Look, my hands are very white."

"This is what the newspaper says about you." Gong Xing walked a few steps, picked up a few newspapers and handed them to Huang Ze. The name Huang Ze appeared on each newspaper.

A quick look reveals that the general meaning is very clear. It lists the awards won by Chinese-language films in the three major awards. Then everyone discovered that from Huang Ze's debut to the present, the vast majority of the awards are related to Huang Ze.

If Huang Ze invested in a film, it means it has the potential to win a big prize. After a thorough analysis, these reporters discovered that Huang Ze is always present in the box office hits in Hong Kong Island, from psychological horror films to new martial arts films and gambling films, all of which bear Huang Ze's stamp.

With a pair of feet spanning from art films to commercial films, they have achieved new heights in Chinese-language films.

Therefore, reporters affectionately called Huang Ze, "the mastermind behind the Chinese film industry."

"This nickname is quite nice." Huang Ze put the newspaper aside and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Is this the mastermind behind this?"

“In a few years, they’ll realize this is just the beginning.”

Especially when the Hong Kong film industry collapses, Huang Ze has already imagined that by then, Xinghai will be the real dominant player!
Of course, there are also the memories of the last thirty years. Even if the Hong Kong film industry does not collapse, Huang Ze is confident that he will continue to dominate the market.

However, it seems unlikely to prevent the collapse of Hong Kong films.

I am not the Jade Emperor.

"Where's my son? Hasn't he come back from school yet?"

"I'm watching your Teletubbies in the video room."

"It's already five years old, and you're still watching it?"

"Isn't this perfect? ​​What else can he watch?" Gong Xing raised his eyebrows. "Why don't you make some movies suitable for elementary school students? When he goes to elementary school, he can watch the cartoons made by his father."

"That's exactly what I meant." Huang Ze counted on his fingers, "TV stations, movies, theaters, records, magazines."

"All I need is newspaper cartoons and radio stations. Cartoons are really necessary!"

"What about newspapers and radio stations?"

"It's almost becoming a thing of the past. There's no need for us to be greedy and demand perfection."

"Speaking of this cartoon!" Huang Ze curled the corners of his mouth and couldn't help but smile evilly.

"What are you thinking about?"

“I’m thinking about our hometown.”

"Shanghai." Gong Xing frowned, and then his eyes widened the next second, "You want to poach people from the Shanghai Animation Film Studio?"

"As expected, you are a couple and you understand me." Huang Ze smiled and snapped his fingers.

"The Shanghai Animation Film Studio still has a group of talented painters. I can think of a lot of their cartoons with my eyes closed, including The Magic Brush of Ma Liang, Havoc in Heaven, The Tadpole Looking for His Mother, The Story of Afanti, Nezha Conquers the Dragon King, Tales of the Heavenly Book, Black Cat Sheriff, and Calabash Brothers."

"It would be a pity to let such a group of people continue to stay in the Shanghai Animation Film Studio and waste their time. It would be better for them to be used by me. I will lead them to conquer a bigger world!"

"Hmm?" Gong Xing had a lot of questions in his mind. "Is life difficult at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio?"

"You're wrong. Should it be that domestic film studios are having a hard time?" Huang Ze corrected Gong Xing. "Nowadays, the domestic market is no longer under unified control. How much money a film studio can earn depends on the box office performance."

"Most movies cannot make back their investment without unified purchase and sales. You see, it will become increasingly difficult for those studios."

"Among them, the impact on the Shanghai Animation Film Studio was particularly severe."

"Neon cartoons are given away to TV stations for free one by one. How much money does the Shanghai Animation Film Studio have to fight back?"

"Let alone the box office, adults going to the cinema to watch cartoons? They will be laughed at by others, and children who are too young will watch them on TV at home. If you calculate it this way, the target audience is not that big."

(End of this chapter)