Coquettish Rebirth

The Oscar Organizing Committee, or something like the Academy of Film Sciences in the United States, sent a letter to Jia Hongjian.This letter was sent through the EMS of the Universal Postal Union, which is the international mail delivery service. When Jia Hongjian received it, he opened it, only to see a stack of English documents inside.After a closer look, it turned out that this document was a stack of invitations sent by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Oscar Organizing Committee.In addition to the separate invitation, it also explained in detail which branch Jia Hongjian was invited to join—naturally, the producer branch, and then asked Jia Hongjian to formally register in the organizing committee before September. ".When registering as a member, you need to register your exact delivery address, so that the votes for the annual Oscar selection will be crowded to the delivery address.Then there are various rights and obligations, etc. For example, when selecting Oscar winners, you can watch movies for free with your qualifications, and then participate in various activities held by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

This is of course a very high honor, because there are not many people who are listed as members in the whole of China!There are not even a few in the entire Chinese community!Among the Chinese, Ms. Lu Yan, the righteous daughter of Master Mei Lanfang, is a member, and Chen Chong, who was in the generation of Liu Xiaoqing's grandma, went to university in the early 80s and developed in the American film and television industry after studying abroad. The Chinese actress who participated in the Oscar for the best picture, and then Wu Junmei-this sister participated in "The Last Emperor" filmed by an Italian director in 86, and then came to the United States to study and develop.Joined Oscar's Screen Actors Guild, and then became a Chinese female member.Then there are Zhang Yimou and Cheng Long, and even Li Lianjie has not become a judge yet!Mainly because he hasn't had enough "great" products to be nominated for an Oscar in the US yet!

So is Jia Hongjian awesome or not?Of course, it’s amazing, all of a sudden Jia Hongjian will not only become a person who must be famous in the history of Chinese film, but no matter what, he will become an absolutely famous person in the circle!Now there are only two members in mainland China, and Jia Hongjian is one of them, and he is also the first to become a member as a producer.Although it seems that the producer is not as famous as the director in the eyes of outsiders, in fact, in other developed regions of the world, it is the "producer-in-charge system" or "producer-centered system".In short, joining Jia Hongjian is a professional independent producer.Then he got a notebook.If you are optimistic about such an idea and plan to make a film, then on the one hand, you need to find an investor, rely on his relationship to find someone to invest in, and at the same time guarantee an approximate return on investment at your own level.Then rely on my own understanding of the director's level.Find the right director to shoot.Even actors and so on are determined by the producer and director or a special casting director.

As a producer, the requirements are very high, first of all, you must have keen market insight, planning ability, organizational ability and external coordination ability; secondly.You must understand the knowledge and ability of investment and financing, accounting, marketing, risk control, and film and television related laws and regulations; thirdly, you must also understand the rules of film and television art creation, know the screenwriting, director, performance and film and television production techniques, so as to better carry out film and television Investment and recovery.In some film schools in the United States, directors major in 5 years of study, while producers major in 10 years of study!

In short, it is equivalent to such a producer as the CEO of a temporary company, while the real director is like a project director, responsible for the overall direction of the project, but who is chosen as the director is a matter of choice. The responsibility of the CEO, and the choice of the wrong CEO has caused a certain potential loss at the box office for this film, that is a big taboo!Therefore, the producer has always been placed before the director abroad, and as the biggest hero of the film, he puts his name at the top!

The main reason why the mainland has always been a director-centered system is that at the earliest time it was a state-owned film studio. After the responsibility of the producer was confiscated by the factory, naturally "there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are kings".In later generations, even in 2012, the mainland did not produce any strong producers, and the director was more famous, so in many cases the director directly took over the responsibility of the producer.In many cases, the director sees a good book and wants to make it into a movie, and then he goes around looking for investment, and after finding the investment, he looks for actors or something.But there is a problem here, the book that the director is optimistic about is not necessarily the most suitable for him to shoot!If the producer is in control of everything, he will choose the right director after he has a definition of the overall direction of the film, what market it is targeting, and what consumer group it is targeting.

For example, if you want to shoot and edit very well, be more realistic and slightly challenge your IQ, and the market demand is relatively good, then it may be more suitable to find Nolan.If you want to make a more literary film, Ang Lee may be more suitable.But if the same story is handed over to the director of the American version of "Infernal Affairs", believe it or not, the old man can make hundreds of "fvck" out of any film?Believe it or not, the director will put drugs and leaked scenes everywhere, and the final film will be unsuitable for children?

Every director has his own style, and it's not so easy to get rid of their own style.If a book is handed over to different directors, the style may be completely different, and the market may not be bad, so what kind of director can get the best results?A gangster film made by the director of the American version of "Infernal Affairs" is all kinds of rough and various foul language, but if it is filmed by Ang Lee, it will be as delicate as a romance film, and if it is filmed by Nolan, it may be all kinds of slapstick. The chaotic timeline editing is very dazzling!So relatively speaking, in the mature film and television market, only a position like a producer will not be blinded "just because I am in the mountains", and will not be blinded by my own habits like a director eyes.

So in fact, the recognition that Jia Hongjian got was really awesome!Although domestic movie fans may not know who he is, they may not think he is great at all.But in foreign countries, everyone will know how powerful this buddy is!Especially after several films prepared by Jia Hongjian have been shot in succession, they will find out how strong Jia Hongjian is in choosing directors, and they may even find that Jia Hongjian can make an idea and a script into completely different films. Two versions of a movie—for example, "Infernal Affairs" can be made into two movies with very different plots in the US version and the Hong Kong version!

Of course, Jia Hongjian has this kind of production ability not because he was born a film genius, not because he was born knowing how to run a film, but because he is a reborn person!So he doesn't need to accumulate quite a lot of experience like other producers to make accurate judgments, and he doesn't need to start from the position of executive producer to try to deal with people a little bit like other producers To contact the ability to negotiate with foreign countries.He, Jia Hongjian, is a reborn!He knows how to make a film that can be popular!He knows which directors will be popular in the future!He knows which director makes which film will be popular, isn't that enough?And even if his judgment was inaccurate, he made a mistake, and made a popular film unpopular...he is the boss!It is enough for him to be responsible to himself, who is he afraid of?It's amazing that he begged for more money in exchange for the other three partners of DreamWorks, so that they don't lose money, so that no one can blame him?There is no other boss above him, and his family is a well-known rich man in the world, so he has some money to burn, and some money to do such fun things!

Another boss bought a football team, a basketball team, etc., and bought and sold stars. Can't you?What's more, the current film proves that he is quite good as a producer!Turn back and follow Nolan or something to steal a little bit from the teacher. If you learn too much, then Jia Hongjian might play around on his own. It’s no problem to be a director for fun!He invests by himself, and he is not afraid of losing money. Isn't that okay?

And the most important thing is that after registering in the future, Jia Hongjian will have the right to vote for the Oscars in the future, and Jia Hongjian will have his vote for the best picture Oscar in the future!Isn't that awesome enough?This is not happy enough?Although there is still a need to pay the membership fee every year, Jia Hongjian heard that after this year, next year, he will start to control the number of people who join the membership every year—because it seems that after accepting newcomers this year, the number will reach 6000. The Oscar Organizing Committee The meeting also feels that there are too many people, so if newcomers want to join in the future, they must be nominated by at least two members of each industry guild!That is to say, in the future, for example, if a director wants to become an Oscar member, he must be nominated by two directors who have already become members, and these two people will also need to endorse the director in the future to ensure that he will abide by the rules of the Academy. Time is not fooling around!

So no matter from which point of view, Jia Hongjian and the others are the last ones to join the club this year according to whether they get an award or get nominated twice!Isn't this enough for Jia Hongjian to be proud of?Isn't this enough for Jia Hongjian to be frightened?So Jia Hongjian almost wished he could fly to the United States to register now, okay?And soon Nolan really gave him such an interface to fly over quickly-after Nolan polished the script of "Infernal Affairs" several times, it was finally finalized.He even finished the first script of "Batman" and asked Jia Hongjian if he wanted to read it.Generally speaking, if it is not convenient for Jia Hongjian to go there, he can just ask someone to scan the script and send it directly to Holmes Company. After all, their company has laid transoceanic optical cables for private use by the company!

And Jia Hongjian decided to fly over there to see it for himself. The main reason was not that he wanted to register "by the way". The real reason was that Cheng Long was now at his home in Los Angeles with his wife and children. I want to find Jia Hongjian to co-produce "Who Am I Remake 2"! (To be continued..)