Magic Modified Huayu

There is no sunlight here, but the ground is littered with syringes used by drug addicts.

Thirty years ago, Hong Kong was already the world's largest exporter of clothing, toys, radios, clocks, watches and other goods.

But at the same time, more than 500,000 people still lived in low and simple wooden houses, and their living environment was not much better than that of mainland residents during the same period, or even worse.

At the same time, Hong Kong had four of the world's top ten best hotels selected by the global tourism industry.

At the same time, Hong Kong had four of the transnational criminal organizations on the list defined by Interpol.

Hong Kong is not a city where you can make a lot of money by working hard.

Hong Kong is not a city where you can go to university if you study hard. It is known as the safest city in Asia but has slums with the highest crime rate in the world.

Wealth and civilization, poverty and crime, coexist in this city.

never change.

It is precisely because of this city’s contradictory characteristics that it has created the glory of Hong Kong films in the past.

But times change and the world changes.

Hong Kong films are in decline.

The city of Hong Kong is also changing.

The Chinese impact from the mainland, the Western education received in the past, the international spy capital infiltrated by countries around the world, and the Asian financial center being abandoned by global capital.

Wind and clouds gather and dragons and snakes rise.

In the new era of Hong Kong.

Who is in charge of ups and downs?

In the context of the new era.

How will the current situation and the future situation develop?

Today's Hong Kong films have not given any answers to all of this, and Hong Kong filmmakers are still immersed in the glory of the past.

Perhaps they are unwilling to accept reality, or perhaps they lack the ability to keep up with the development of the times.

But the tide of the times is unstoppable and will not stop for anyone.

Director Wei has entered this field.

He is not here to commemorate Hong Kong films.

He came to chase the times.

All gone.

Counting romantic figures, but also looking at the present.

But the prerequisite for all this is that Director Wei must first have sufficient professionalism and understanding.

Therefore: "What you learn from books is always shallow; you must practice it yourself to truly understand it.

Dudu, please make some arrangements. In the next few days, I will go to the slums in Hong Kong to make records.

I have experienced the extravagance and decadence of Hong Kong's upper echelons. It is time to lower my head and look at the people who have been ignored."

Director Wei’s highest-grossing film is “The Age of Contenders.”

But Director Wei's most acclaimed and influential work is "An Jia".

The grand destiny of the country can certainly arouse the audience's enthusiasm, but it will never be wrong to pay attention to the current situation of the people at the bottom and care about what they care about.

Chapter 154: In-depth investigation, new drama begins filming

three days later.

Director Wei came out of a "pigeon house" and said to Nicholas Tse beside him: "Brother Feng, you will live here for the next month and experience life well.

When the movie comes out, this will be material to promote your professionalism.”

Nicholas Tse knelt down directly to Director Wei.

"Director Wei, please forgive me. Is this a place for people to live? The average person is less than 20 square meters. How can I live here?"

Director Wei patted Nicholas Tse on the shoulder and sighed, "The problem is that most people in Hong Kong live in houses like this."

Nicholas Tse: "

Director Wei can understand Nicholas Tse’s feeling of wanting to cry.

He tried living in the most common "pigeon house" in Hong Kong for three days, but couldn't stand it anymore.

Director Wei originally wanted to go deep into the grassroots and narrow the distance between him and the vast majority of ordinary audiences, so as to avoid becoming more and more separated from the audience.

But Director Wei soon discovered that things were not that simple.

Hong Kong is a luxurious city that is seen as extravagant by mainlanders, but the housing conditions of most ordinary people are so dreadful that they cannot bear to look at them... Director Wei dares to say that it is also difficult for ordinary people from mainlanders to accept Hong Kong.

Housing prices in mainland China are very expensive, so expensive that the TV series "An Jia" became a huge hit, and mainland audiences felt so sympathetic that they almost wanted to cry.

But Director Wei personally experienced the housing standards in Hong Kong and found that mainland audiences can still feel happy about their housing.

Because how much worse is Hong Kong?

Among so many cities in the world, it is no surprise that Hong Kong’s housing prices rank high.

No. 1 in the world.

Hong Kong took the top spot.

And it has been ranked first for a long time.

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen...they are all weaklings compared to Hong Kong.

Director Wei had some understanding of the Hong Kong property market and knew that it would only get worse than the mainland.

After all, what the mainland learned was the Li Paopao model.

Hong Kong is where Li Paopao made his fortune.

Li Paopao is in charge at home, so of course he has to squeeze more players more than he does away from home.

However, there is still a huge gap between the numbers on paper and the actual feelings.

Director Wei only sees numbers on paper.

What comes out on paper is ultimately shallow.

Never know this matter to be practiced.

After experiencing it himself, Director Wei finally understood one thing: "Li Paopao deserves to be killed."

Nicholas Tse and Andy Lau were almost scared to their knees by Director Wei's words.

But in front of a world-class billionaire like Li Paopao, he is also a small man.

Director Wei directly said that "Li Paopao" deserves to be killed. Who can withstand this?

Andy Lau quickly said, "Director Wei, please be careful with your words."

Director Wei shook his head and said, "I can't say anything more. I used to complain about the huge gap between the rich and the poor in mainland China, but after coming to Hong Kong, I found that the mainland is really a smaller country than Hong Kong.

"And mainland tycoons know to cover up their wealth a bit, but you Hong Kong tycoons make fortunes... you really don't even bother to cover up. Especially Li Paopao, who single-handedly sucked the blood of at least a million people. I might be being conservative."

Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse held Director Wei's hands on the left and right.

Nicholas Tse pleaded earnestly, "Director Wei, please retract your magical powers. We still want to live."

Andy Lau nodded vigorously.

If you don’t meet Director Wei, you won’t know how poor your cultivation is.

They still think they can walk around Hong Kong with impunity.

As a result, after just two words from Director Wei, they wanted to cry.

This is really unbearable.

Director Wei sighed to the sky.

“Brother Hua, you also have to experience your pigeon house in Hong Kong with Tingfeng.

Not only you, but everyone in the crew will have to live under these conditions for at least a month.

The purpose is not just to let you experience life and integrate it into the script, but to let you deeply understand the polarity of Hong Kong and let you feel the resentment and anger from the bottom of your heart.

Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse listened very carefully to Director Wei's instructions, even though Director Wei was younger than them.

It does not matter.

The director is naturally a level higher than the actors.

Actors should listen to the director.

This is the rule that everyone takes for granted.

What’s more, the director is Director Wei.

It is an opportunity for them to be able to act in Director Wei's play.

It doesn't matter to Director Wei.

There is only one Director Wei in the entertainment industry.

But there are four heavenly kings.

There are many talented artists.

They can be replaced.

Director Wei cannot be replaced.

So, they have to do whatever Director Wei says.

Besides, they didn't think what Director Wei said was wrong.

"When we make this movie, the main audience for the box office will definitely be mainland audiences, not Hong Kong audiences."

Hearing Director Wei say this, Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse nodded together.

Although Director Wei claimed that he was making a Hong Kong film.

But everyone knows that if Hong Kong films are only sold in Hong Kong, they will not be able to make a profit.

Only by selling well in the mainland can we make money.

Whoever gives money is the one who provides food and clothing.

I want to make movies that my parents, who support me, like to watch.

That's fair enough.

In recent years, Hong Kong filmmakers have been consciously moving closer to mainland audiences.

But the closeness is awkward.

They are used to making Hong Kong films.

Some concepts and patterns that are deeply ingrained cannot be changed simply by saying so.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

Therefore, Director Wei’s willingness to make Hong Kong films is a great thing for many Hong Kong filmmakers.

If Director Wei can blaze a new trail for them, filming will be much easier for them in the future.

Director Wei was also generous in sharing some of his thoughts and opinions.

Although not necessarily correct.

But new paths always require continuous trial and error.

"Since mainland audiences are the main force of the box office, we have to figure out what mainland audiences like to watch the most."

Director Wei said this and looked at Andy Lau.

"Brother Hua, you've been filming a lot these past few years. Do you have any thoughts on the Hong Kong films that mainland audiences enjoy?"

Andy Lau shook his head.

"Director Wei, to be honest, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to understand the market.