Chapter 1035 We are all businessmen (asking for monthly tickets)
As a career-oriented man, it is impossible for me to stay at home all day long.

There are always many things that force Hao Yun to go out of the house.

For example, the “Annual Exchange and Commendation Conference of the Directors Association of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan”, referred to as the Directors Association Conference, was an event initiated by Hao Yun. Many people responded for his sake, so he had to participate in it.

This can also be regarded as a reflection of one’s status in the underworld.

When you reach a certain level, it’s not as simple as just making movies and winning awards.

It is necessary to participate in the formulation of rules.

It is also because of Hao Yun’s leadership that the “Directors Association Conference” has received support from many film companies, with sponsorship fees alone amounting to millions.

Because of the name of “Two Sides, Two Sides and Three Places”, relevant departments also strongly support it.

Although they didn’t give much money, they provided the venue, personnel and everything else, which saved Hao Yun a lot of trouble.

The conference will last for seven days, starting on August 2010, 8 and ending on September 31. On the last day there will be a red carpet event and an awards ceremony… no, a commendation ceremony.

During this period, Hao Yun would make calls according to the list whenever he had time.

Of course, those who are worthy of his personal phone call and invitation must be very prestigious filmmakers.

When these people receive the call, they will basically come to participate.

By August 8, the booked hotel was almost full, so Heidou Media had to arrange other accommodations nearby.

This money is basically paid by sponsors, and if it is not enough, Black Bean Media will pay.

Heidou Media is specifically responsible for providing a safety net.

There is no way to count on the Directors Association, they are so poor that their eyes are full of tears.

Aunt Hua was much more generous this time. They took half of the sponsorship fee. After all, the Wang brothers cleverly missed “Let the Bullets Fly” before, which made them a laughing stock in the industry.

This time their new movie “Aftershock” was a big hit, which finally made them feel proud.

Can’t wait to show my presence.

This fish pond…is contracted by our Aunt Hua, so let’s all fish as hard as we can today.

As for Hao Yun’s “Source Code”, its global total box office of 2.4 million US dollars, which is equivalent to nearly 16 billion RMB, is a result that Hua Yi and her group can never achieve even if they work themselves to death. The Wang brothers chose to ignore it.

They felt that Hao Yun was no longer a normal human being.

It does not belong to the mainland film circle either.

Moreover, Black Bean Media also participated in the investment of their “Earthquake”, and people from Black Bean Media also participated in the performance, so there is really no need to make such a clear distinction.

At this conference held by the Directors Association, Ma Dagang, as one of the vice presidents, was busy under the command of Hao Yun.

I didn’t want to listen to him, but he called me Uncle Ma!
Mist grass!

The brain just won’t listen.

“Du Sir!” Hao Yun took a few steps forward and met Du Qifeng.

Hao Yun is also the vice president. He is very busy today as there are too many people who need him to come forward to receive them.

“Hao Yun!” Du Qifeng didn’t have any extra words, but he held Hao Yun’s hand tightly. As a big director who doesn’t even care about the Academy Awards, he rarely showed his arrogance.

There’s nothing we can do about it; the Academy Awards have already been ruined by him.

There’s really nothing new about it.

He has already won all the awards he deserved, and even if he doesn’t participate now, he will still be awarded.

Hao Yun is different.

He is the sponsor!

Black Bean Media has almost taken over all the film investment issues of Milkyway Image. Although the budget is a bit tight, at least Du Qifeng and his team don’t have to worry about not being able to find investment.

Moreover, Heidou Media does not have such high requirements for commerciality.

They only asked Milkyway Image to make movies with a unique style, as if their boss liked Milkyway Image’s movies and made the request like ordering dishes.

The Milkyway image may not be that important to the film industry, but it is important to have the Milkyway image.

Allowing multiple types of films to coexist and flourish is what a healthy market should have.

Even Du Qifeng has to restrain himself in front of his financial sponsor.

When Du Qifeng filmed “Gunfire”, he was clearly alluding to the Xiang family, satirizing the society model that was passed down from father to son, as well as the closed internal promotion ladder of the organization caused by this model, and the oppression of society members after the closure.

Uncle Deng said, your father came to Hong Kong from Shantou, and we worked together in the city to make a living. From a flower stall to a head stall, we all put in a lot of effort. There is one thing I don’t understand, why is this business now managed by you, Hong?
Then the movie also features a plot about the eldest sister-in-law being fickle.

It can be said to be extremely vicious.

But in “Black Society”, the new story in it obviously corresponds to the Xiang family.

However, in this movie, Du Qifeng’s attitude is completely different. He fights to the death with Lian Sheng, while Lin Xue is holding a dragon head stick and reciting gang rules while being beaten up by Dongguanzi.

In the film over there, whenever Xinji and Lao Xu are mentioned, there is absolute harmony.

In fact, the reason is very simple.

When filming “Gunfire”, Milkyway Image was working for Shaw Brothers. When filming “Infernal Affairs”, they received investment from Xiang Brothers. The cooperation was very pleasant, so for the next “Black Society”, they naturally had to stand on Xiang Brothers’ side.

So, there is no such thing as being aloof and arrogant, it’s all just business.

Du Qifeng is also a businessman!
Or in other words, we are all businessmen.

“Mr. Du, please go in and take a seat first. I got a batch of high-quality cigars not long ago. I’ll have someone bring them to you after today’s exchange meeting is over.”

“Don’t be so polite, haha…” Du Qifeng patted Hao Yun’s arm and said, “I understand.”

Hao Yun was left standing there with a bewildered look on his face.

I’m just giving you some benefits. It’s not something I prepared myself anyway. What on earth do you understand?

Is there anything here that you don’t know?
Filmmakers from Hong Kong and Taiwan kept showing up, and Hao Yun’s cheeks ached from laughing so hard.

Soon Zhou Xingxing arrived.

“It’s a great honor to have Stephen Chow here!” Hao Yun looked very excited.

Then the next second, he was surprised again: “Director Wu, I didn’t know you would come. This is such a surprise.”

It turns out that there is another Wu Yushen behind Zhou Xingxing.

It is rumored that Wu Yushen is expected to win the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Venice Film Festival. He will be the first Chinese to win the Venice Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Venice International Film Festival even set aside a day for him called “Wu Yushen Day.”

Seeing that the Venice International Film Festival was about to begin, Hao Yun thought that he would miss the exchange meeting, and the organizing committee did not receive any information that Wu Yushen would attend.

“How can I not come to such a grand event?”

Wu Yushen felt a little jealous when he saw so many filmmakers.

He decided to return to the Chinese-language film industry from Hollywood, but found that his hometown was gone.

Hong Kong films have declined.

He even wants to make a living in the mainland film industry.

Since the start time of this conference is different from that of the Venice International Film Festival, it is natural to make an appearance on the opening day.

The purpose of the Directors Association Conference is communication. It selects some of the best films of the year from around the world and invites well-known filmmakers (usually directors) to express their views on the films.

Everyone shares their insights, thus achieving two goals.

One is to promote mutual improvement among directors, and the other is to provide theoretical support for the training of young directors.

This exchange will continue for seven days.

These big directors who showed up today definitely don’t come here every day.

“I can say that I grew up watching your movies. It’s not an exaggeration to say that I am your student. I really hope to listen to your lectures at this exchange conference.”

If Hao Yun wants to promote someone, he can definitely make that person feel very comfortable.

He is well aware of the principle that “a man lives by his face and a tree lives by its bark”, and at a young age he is very good at psychology.

These old guys were so confused by him that they didn’t know which way was which.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to convince so many big names to come and attend this Directors Association Conference just for the sake of benefits.

If it were Huang Jianxin, he would probably only be able to invite those people he was familiar with.

Hao Yun invited not only Wu Yushen and Zhou Xingxing, but also Xu Ke and Wang Jing.

In 1986, the movie “A Better Tomorrow” came out, which made Wu Yushen and Xu Ke famous, but also made them go their separate ways.

A man who laid the foundation for his martial arts dream through martial arts works such as “New Dragon Inn” and “Huang Feihong” series.

The other has also become famous internationally with films such as Face/Off and Mission Impossible 2. Despite their success in the film industry, they have not collaborated again for more than years.

Last year, Wang Jing was still complaining about Stephen Chow being “difficult to communicate” and having a high pay. Stephen Chow couldn’t help but fire back, urging him to do his job well and make more good movies.

Now, they are in the same venue.

There are many similar situations.

Sooner or later, you will have to pay for your misdeeds. Who doesn’t have a few enemies?

Hao Yun was surrounded by people on both sides, no, he was having the best of both worlds, holding Wu Yushen in one hand and Xu Ke in the other. I wish them all can shine at this year’s Venice International Film Festival and win honor for the Chinese.

Xu Ke’s “Detective Dee: The Empire” and another Chinese-language film “Jiabiangou” were both shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Xu Ke and Wu Yushen laughed loudly, as if they were ready to put aside their grudges.

As for Wang Jing and Zhou Xingxing, Zhou Xingxing is the kind of person who would find a corner to sit down and meditate.

He is not good at, or simply doesn’t know how to communicate with people.

Or maybe when you reach a certain stage, you are too lazy to bow your head like you did when you were young.

The reason why he appeared with Wu Yushen.

This was because Wu Yushen founded a new company that year and met Stephen Chow in his first movie “The Heroes (Dragon and Snake Battle)”.

In a sense, he also trained Zhou Xingxing.

Is Zhou Xingxing lonely and cold?

That’s not possible. Guo Fan had already seized the opportunity and went there with Huang Bo.

Huang Bo has secured a role in Stephen Chow’s new film, while Guo Fan has agreed to make a cameo appearance in the future.

It was impossible for Hao Yun to welcome everyone.

Without noticing, he discovered that Li An had already entered the venue.

Chief Jia and a group of directors surrounded him, and the smiles on their faces were almost wrinkled.

Section Chief Jia once said that he also likes to watch Stephen Chow.

But if he really has to say who he admires, he definitely admires Li An, an international director recognized by Hollywood.

He doesn’t like people like Wang Jing.

Because that idiot Wang Jing publicly stated that he likes Wang Jiawei the most and bluntly said that Chief Jia’s skills are not good enough.

How can a man say no?

So Section Chief Jia didn’t have a good face towards Wang Jing.

Fortunately, the Directors Association has many vice presidents and a group of executive committee members, so Wang Jing will not be neglected.

Not only Hong Kong and Taiwan, but directors from the mainland also flocked to this Directors Association event which took place at home.

It’s not just directors, but also students from directing departments all over the country, or young people who aspire to become directors.

Such people only need to show their corresponding student ID or submit a written application to get an invitation letter to enter the venue.

While dealing with a group of directors, Hao Yun also had to face the enthusiastic approaches of these young people.

Hao Yun, who has written a large number of scripts, promoted Rao Xiaozhi, Lu Yang, Han Yan, Guo Fan and others, and took the lead in establishing the “Young Directors Program”, is simply a super talent scout in their eyes.

Hao Yun demonstrated his ability to chat and laugh with anyone.

It was a pleasure to communicate with these rookies.

They were like people who had been given an injection of chicken blood, and vowed to work hard according to the career path planned for them by Hao Yun.

Almost everyone has arrived.

The exchange conference officially began, with hundreds of directors, students and director enthusiasts sitting on the scene.

Huang Jianxin went up first and said a few words.

He is the president, so he must speak first.

Then the leader was invited to speak, which was only natural, and then it was the turn of Vice President Hao Yun.

Huang Jianxin praised Hao Yun highly in an impassioned tone.

It can be said that he is the hope and pride of Chinese-language films, and will also be the future leader of Chinese-language films.

This is quite a boast!

But it’s not an exaggeration.

When Hao Yun stood up, the audience burst into warm applause.

This exchange meeting was organized by Hao Yun. Naturally, he would not do a lot of things and then hide his achievements and fame and retreat behind the scenes.

status!

It will also inevitably be reflected in the surface.

You have to pretend to be cool even if it means crying.

What’s more, he felt very happy at this moment, riding a horse at a gallop, and seeing all the flowers in Chang’an in one day.

“I am twenty-eight years old…” This is what Hao Yun said when he came up.

His speeches often make people feel novel, so no one is worried about his failure now.

“But I have been in the film industry for almost ten years. In these ten years, I have witnessed the earth-shaking changes in Chinese-language films, and have seen the birth of classics such as “Infernal Affairs” and “Hero”… “

Hao Yun did not omit anything, and recited dozens of them in one breath, just like the crosstalk in Tianjin where people name dishes.

This kind of flattery would confuse anyone.

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and those whose names were called felt extremely honored.

Flattery is a technical job.

If it was Feng Jie praising someone for being more beautiful than her, then people would probably just laugh. But if it was An Xiaoxi praising someone for being more beautiful than her, then everyone would definitely want to take a look.

These big directors are tired of hearing the flattery of ordinary people.

And now standing on the stage to praise them are the best screenwriters certified by the three major European awards, the Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Image Awards, talented musicians who have won the Best Original Score Award many times, international directors with multiple films grossing over 100 million US dollars worldwide… and so on. They have more titles than the nobles in medieval Europe.

Hearing Hao Yun praising them, they felt their bones go soft.

Guo Fan almost took out his notebook to take notes, it was full of knowledge points.

It seems that my cultivation is still not enough.

Then Hao Yun changed the subject and began to analyze the overseas film market, helping the filmmakers on the scene to sort out the situation in a very systematic way.

His remarks were very objective.

In addition, he has extensive experience in overseas market development and has even established a film company in Hollywood that is capable of distributing films globally, so everyone at the scene nodded in agreement with what he said.

This is where Hao Yun is smart.

If he stood there and talked about how to make a movie, there would definitely be some older generation directors who would not accept it.

I think his theory is heresy.

Moreover, there are always points for rebuttal. If everyone is allowed to speak freely, the scene might immediately turn into a vegetable market.

Hao Yun takes a different approach. He doesn’t talk about how to make a movie.

He used facts and data to systematically explain some things that everyone seemed to understand but not quite.

What’s more, his words were full of respect and reliance on the older generation present.

Young people like me need to grow up and we need the successful people here to share their experiences to avoid a lack of successors in Chinese-language films and to avoid our audiences’ film aesthetics being led astray…

Anyway, I just can’t do without you.

There were waves of applause at the scene, and those big directors who were invited to host film exchange meetings during this period were not so resistant anymore.

As long as one is a human being, there is a side that likes to teach others.

Even casual critics would give advice and talk about life lessons afterwards, not to mention these truly successful directors.

I don’t know who started it.

Everyone began to have a vague idea in their hearts.

What kind of prince will Xiangning?

Oh, no, it’s the vice president Hao Yun. Why can’t you remove the annoying word “vice”?

(End of this chapter)