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Director Wei chuckled, and Janice Man naturally poured a cup of tea for the three directors as the hostess, and then sat down next to Director Wei naturally.

Director Wei, Director Liang, and Director Lu were not surprised by this.

Director Wei took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Director Liang, even without me, Cold War 3 probably wouldn't have gone so smoothly."

Director Liang nodded and said, "That's true. When we were filming Cold War 2, Lao Lu and I spread ourselves too thin. That's why filming Cold War 3 was difficult, and it was also difficult to pass the review."

Director Lu also nodded and said, "Don't worry about Director Wei making fun of you. Lao Liang and I even feel that we can no longer control the Cold War series.

Our abilities are limited and we cannot express the meaning of the script."

Director Wei thought to himself that this was nonsense.

You two wrote the script yourselves.

If you really don't have the ability to make the movie you want, then just change the script.

The reason these two people said this was to trick Director Wei into becoming the scapegoat.

As for giving up the film series that made them famous, it is actually no loss for them because Director Wei is a well-known good guy in the circle and has never had the precedent of usurping the throne. Instead, he is very generous. If Director Wei really takes on "Cold War 3", he will definitely only shoot one and will hand over the sequel to them.

When the time comes, they will stand on Director Wei's shoulders and continue filming. Maybe they will gain both fame and fortune just like Wu Jing did with the second part of the Future series.

In their opinion, the huge popularity of "Operation Red Sea" is also the legacy of Director Wei.

In their opinion, if director Wei's "The Age of Contenders" had not opened up box office space for military films, especially naval films, "Operation Red Sea" would not have achieved such a high box office.

When the Navy was filming "Operation Red Sea", they also wanted Director Wei to shoot it, but Director Wei was too lazy to take it, so he gave the director position to Dante Lam.

Dante Lam is also a Hong Kong director, an old friend and competitor of theirs.

As fellow Hong Kong directors, we are enemies in the same industry.

Directors Liang and Lu believed that although Lin Chaoxian had the ability, the most important thing was that he was lucky and accepted Director Wei's offer.

They also want to have this kind of good luck.

So they really hope that Director Wei will give them a chance to take over.

pity.

Director Wei firmly rejected their request.

"I have great confidence in the abilities of both directors."

Guide Wei said.

Director Liang and Director Lu smiled bitterly together.

Director Lu: "Director Wei, you can look down on us."

For the first time in their lives, he and Director Liang both hoped that the young man sitting opposite them would look down on them.

But Director Wei is very humble and polite.

"Before these two directors, Hong Kong films about gangsters and their underworld were always confined to the underworld and the gangsters. No matter how ingenious the plot was, it could never break through this shackle.

It was not until the emergence of two directors that Hong Kong's gangster films were elevated to a new level, which was an improvement in the overall pattern.

So the Cold War series still has to be left to you guys to shoot, outsiders can’t capture that feeling.”

Director Wei said seriously.

This is half true. The reason why the "Cold War" series is so surprising is that the first film basically perfectly inherited the essence of Hong Kong gangster films, while the second film expanded the pattern and transformed the conflict between the gangsters and the gangsters into a political conflict.

The struggle between the gangs and the bandits was escalated into a political struggle.

The struggle against bandits is just a means.

Political struggle is the goal.

This is a breakthrough in the structure and also opens up a new model for gangster films.

So in Director Wei's opinion, these two directors deserve more praise.

But to be honest, the reputation of Cold War 2 is not as good as that of Cold War 1, even though it was 2 that achieved the breakthrough. It is easy to lose sight of the big picture when you want to express too much.

So breakthroughs are not always a good thing.

As the two directors said, their abilities may not necessarily support their ambitions.

But this kind of thing has nothing to do with Director Wei.

I can help, but I can't take over.

Director Wei has no interest in being a nanny and doing everything himself.

and so.

"Both directors, keep going, many fans are waiting for you."

Guide Wei said.

Director Lu sighed to the sky.

Director Liang knew that Director Wei would definitely not give them another chance to take over after saying so much, so he could only accept the reality and plead, "Director Wei, can you please collaborate your new Hong Kong film with the 'Cold War' series? We can help you contact any plot or actors you need."

“This is something you can consider.”

Director Wei did not refuse.

In terms of linkage, both parties benefit mutually.

Of course, in the final analysis, it is Director Wei who is willing to let them take advantage of the popularity.

After all, the lower limit of box office revenue for Director Wei's movies may be higher than the upper limit of the "Cold War" series.

So the result will definitely be that Director Wei will bring more box office to "Cold War 3", which has not yet been released.

"But I have a condition."

"What conditions? You tell me."

Director Liang and Director Lu both looked at Wei Jun seriously.

As long as Director Wei's conditions are not too excessive, they will agree.

After all, they are the ones asking for help this time.

They are also taking advantage.

However, Director Wei's request was beyond their expectations.

"When you film Cold War 3, you must do it well and don't let down the audience I brought in for you."

Director Wei said seriously, "I don't want to trick the audience into watching a bad movie.

If you think you have me, you don't need to polish the plot carefully.

Or use me as a backing to test your personal ideas

Instead of making movies that audiences like to watch

I would be very angry and the consequences would be serious.”

Director Wei wasn't joking at all.

Among literary and artistic workers, there are many who are lazy and even more who are literary and artistic youths.

Apart from himself, Director Wei has never seen a few people in the circle who consider the audience's perspective first when making movies.

Director Wei has many suggestions for this issue.

Because according to his observation, almost all practitioners in the circle are born with a sense of superiority, thinking that they are superior to the audience and need to educate the audience and guide the audience's aesthetic taste.

This is difficult to do.

It's okay to be arrogant, but what's wrong is using tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars to fulfill your arrogance, and causing many people to bear the cost together. Director Wei doesn't like that.

He is willing to help the "Cold War" series because the first two films in the series have good reputation and box office, and are movies that the audience likes very much and even feels gratified.

Director Wei is willing to support excellent works that the audience likes.

This is the awareness that Director Wei, as the number one person in the industry, should have.

But it is very common in the industry to make two good movies and then reward yourself with a bad or experimental movie.

Director Wei doesn't want to become one of the accomplices.

So he said the ugly words up front.

“My bread and butter is the audience, not my peers.

I know that many of my colleagues in the industry consider relationships more important than the audience, but for me it's the other way around.

Two directors, I will give you the support you want, and even the platform. I will ensure that "Cold War 3" will be given the green light and the project will not be ruined because of the fall of your former boss.

But if you don't give me a good work, I can't guarantee that you can continue to make such big-investment movies in the future.

Director Wei didn't care about the changed expressions of Director Lu and Director Liang and told them his thoughts calmly.

When your status and achievements reach a certain level, you no longer need emotional intelligence.

Obviously, Director Wei's words did not give face to Director Liang and Director Lu.

But Director Liang and Director Lu had to have emotional intelligence in front of Wei Jun and did not dare to show any disrespect to Director Wei's impolite remarks.

Director Liang: "One word from you is worth ten years of reading.

From Director Wei, I finally understood the most important qualities of a director."

Director Lu: "Director Wei, don't worry. We will definitely not let down this great opportunity you've created for us."

Director Wei didn't care whether the two were angry or not. He nodded calmly and said, "If you know what's going on, just tell me what you think. We can discuss any plot or character you'd like me to collaborate with."

Be domineering when it is time to be domineering.

Be democratic when it is time to be democratic.

This is democratic centralism.

Director Wei has done quite well in Ideological and Political Theory.

Directors Liang and Lu had clearly considered this question carefully before arriving. Director Liang took the initiative to ask, "You should have seen Director Wei's 'Cold War,' right?"

"of course."

Director Liang continued, "So you should also be aware that in the Cold War series, Andy Lau plays the Security Bureau Director Lu Minghua, who is a candidate from the decent camp vying for the position of Lord of Hong Kong City.

"go on."

"We hope that in your new play, Liu Tianwang's character Lu Minghua can maintain his identity in the Cold War series, and we will write the script for Liu Tianwang's Lu Minghua in Cold War 3 in conjunction with your new play."

Director Wei did not agree immediately, but thought about it.

In the "Cold War" series, although directors Liang and Lu have improved the scale, the foundation is still based on the well bandit films, so the focus is still on the competition and contradictions within the well team.

Lu Minghua, played by Andy Lau, is more of a guest appearance in the "Cold War" series and does not appear many times.

In fact, due to the character setting of Lu Minghua played by Andy Lau, he cannot appear in the film too many times.

Because his grade is too high.

Secretary for Security.

He is the direct leader of the well team leader played by Aaron Kwok.

He is also the first candidate for the next mayor of Hong Kong.

In the capital, people like this have seats.

If this kind of big shot appears too often in the "Cold War" series, it would be a dimensionality reduction attack given his status.

Many plots cannot be developed reasonably.

However, for the film that Director Wei wants to shoot, this is not a problem.

On the contrary, the role of Lu Minghua played by Andy Lau can indeed be filmed as the protagonist.

Anyway, he needs a candidate for city lord in his new play.

Among Hong Kong actors, it is indeed difficult to find one with greater box office appeal and better reputation than Andy Lau.

In this case, why not do it?

"This matter can be considered. Please send me a copy of Lu Minghua's detailed settings. If nothing unexpected happens, I will integrate him into my script according to Lu Minghua's settings."

Guide Wei said.