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"I'm Mai Zhaohui. I'm in the capital with Zhuang Qiang. I want to ask you when you'll be free. We've already written the script of Infernal Affairs and I want to show it to you."

"Really, great. Where are you now, I'll pick you up."

"we are at……"

After hanging up the phone, Wan Xiaohu immediately went out and hailed a taxi to pick up Zhuang Qiang and Mai Zhaohui.Sitting in the taxi, Wan Xiaohu was a little awkward. The Dandelion Film Company he runs doesn't have money in his account, but he is not willing to allocate two cars. It is too shabby.

Su Ya's Volkswagen has now become Li Xia's exclusive car, and it is shameful not to have a single car for him to be a channel.

This directly led to Wan Xiaohu having to take a taxi by himself when going out.

No matter how poor you can't be poor, it's time to buy a car!

Wan Xiaohu made up his mind.

When they arrived at the field, they took Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang to the company. Wan Xiaohu said shyly, "The company has just been established, and the office building is being renovated. The environment is a bit crowded at the moment."

After a brief walk around the company, the three of them went to the next door. Li Xia and Wan Xiaohu lived together. It was quite spacious, and staff from the company's public relations department such as Li Yumin would come to clean it from time to time.

After asking Li Yumin to make tea for Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang, Wan Xiaohu began to read the script.

The script of "Infernal Affairs" was done with great care, down to the detail behind the actor's dialogue, and there is also a subtle description of the demeanor.As well as what lighting and lens to use for each scene, there are detailed descriptions.

It took half an hour to finish reading the script, Wan Xiaohu frowned and fell into deep thought.

Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang looked at Wan Xiaohu nervously.

"The script has a lot of flaws." Wan Xiaohu didn't give his face as soon as he opened his mouth.

"how?"

Wan Xiaohu spread the script on the table and began to explain bit by bit why he felt there were many flaws.Anyone who has watched "Infernal Affairs" knows what the film is like. It can be called the most exquisite, sincere and in-depth gangster film in the new century in Hong Kong.

Wan Xiaohu remembered the last track. He had seen Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang, and talked about the script of "Infernal Affairs". It was finally finalized after countless revisions.

Now this time "Infernal Affairs" already has the taste of a movie, but it is not enough, far from enough, many lines are not refined enough, and the blank space is not enough, it is very immature.Wan Xiaohu had too high expectations for "Infernal Affairs", but he didn't want to make such an excellent movie with a poor standard.

Therefore, he has no reservations about his opinions on the script, and if there are bad points, he directly points them out without ambiguity at all.

At the beginning, Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang were a little unhappy. They had their arrogance, and they came all the way to the capital to deliver the script.Now, this young man who is only 20 years old is blatantly accusing, and everyone will inevitably be angry.However, with Wan Xiaohu correcting and improving one by one, the temper of the two of them also faded away bit by bit.

Wan Xiaohu's pointers are often straight to the point, and the revision suggestions given, after careful consideration, are completely beyond the original idea by countless times.

After that, the two of them didn't dare to be arrogant at all. They listened respectfully, thought seriously, or had heated discussions.

Before I knew it, it was twelve o'clock.

Li Yumin came over and shouted: "Mr. Wan, the dinner has been arranged, do you see?"

Only then did Wan Xiaohu feel that his belly was already deflated, he stood up, stretched his waist, and said to Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang: "You two, since I took you over, you have been busy discussing the script, without even saying a word of courtesy. Let's go, let's put the script away first, go to the restaurant to have a good meal, and then continue to study when we come back."

After speaking, he asked Li Yumin again: "Where are Li Xia and Su Ya?"

"Boss Su just got out of class and is on his way. Li Xia arranged a few dinners for several filmmakers, so he rushed back."

"Well, you and Wang Qianqian, go to the hotel to prepare the meals first, and we'll go there right away."

After locking the script in the office, Wan Xiaohu went downstairs with Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang, discussing non-stop while walking.When I arrived at the gate of the community, I saw Su Ya get off the taxi.

"Su Ya."

"Wan Xiaohu." Su Ya was wearing a light pink woolen coat with a ponytail today. She is capable and refreshing, very eye-catching. "These two are the two screenwriters from Hong Kong, right?"

Wan Xiaohu smiled and introduced: "Director Mai and screenwriter Zhuang, this is Su Ya, the boss of Dandelion Film Company. Like me, they are both college students who came out to start their own businesses. They are from the Department of Economics of Peking University. Su Ya, this is Mai Zhaohui Director, this is Director Zhuang Qiang, they wrote the "Infernal Affairs" I told you about earlier."

"Hi Mr. Su, you don't know what Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is until you arrive in the capital. It turns out that not only Director Wan is young and promising, but Mr. Su is also young and promising." Mai Zhaohui sighed.

The Hong Kong film industry has a seniority-based structure. Few young people start a film company from scratch. After all, the Hong Kong film industry has become a stable system after more than 100 years of development. Newcomers have to go through too much training. Only then can we fight for the top.For a 20-year-old young man like Wan Xiaohu, not to mention making movies, he doesn't necessarily want to play tricks.

Looking at Hong Kong directors, which one has not experienced various positions in the crew, starting from the set, and climbing up layer by layer.

In mainland China, although directors are not easy to get ahead, there are no restrictions after all. With such a large population base, it is normal for some monsters to appear.Especially for Nortel, many directors became famous after graduation. For example, Brother Chen Kai spent two years fooling around after graduation, and then went to Xiguang Film Studio to shoot "Yellow Earth".

One "Yellow Earth" made Chen Kaige the fifth generation director, and then "Farewell My Concubine" shocked the film world.

Another example is Ning Hao, who shot "Green Grassland" right after graduation, participated in a film festival and won an award.

This kind of transformation from student to director is unimaginable in Hong Kong, but it can be easily realized in mainland China.According to Wan Xiaohu's own feelings, Hong Kong's entertainment industry was too developed and there was no shortage of talents, so the competition was fierce, and newcomers should not stand out.There has been a gap in the entertainment industry in mainland China for too long. No matter how hungry the market is, there are not many people who can fill it. It is not surprising that newcomers make a big splash.

It is precisely this mutual advantage and disadvantage that will allow Hong Kong films to integrate into mainland films in the future without separation from each other.

We flattered each other for a while on the road, and arrived at the restaurant.

Li Xia arrived within a minute of being seated, accompanied by a series of apologies: "Sorry, I'm late, I'm late."

Because the script was still to be discussed in the afternoon, there was no drink at the dinner table, and some drinks were served.

"This time I came to the mainland, and I saw the news in the newspapers. Wan Dao's "Butterfly Effect" is very well publicized, and has an excellent reputation. The mainland has performed well at the Golden Rooster Awards, and the Hong Kong media has also done well a while ago. It has been reported. It seems that after the release, it will create a high box office again." Mak Siu-fai said a little enviously.

Wan Xiaohu took a bite of food and said, "I didn't expect much from the box office performance of this movie. The mainland market is too small, and the piracy is so strong. I'm thankful that it can reach 3000 million. To be honest, I have a plan. , but not here, but in North America, if there is a suitable opportunity, I would like to go to the United States to see if I can earn some US dollars from the US emperor or something."

Zhuang Qiang sighed: "In this era, the film industry is in decline, and Hollywood has passed its heyday and began to decline. This is especially true for Hong Kong films. In the past, some films could be released in the United States, but now many companies are afraid to operate. If you lose money, you can’t even get back the money you yelled at. You don’t even want to make movies anymore, and it feels like the movie industry has become a sunset industry.”

"The movie industry will not become a sunset industry." Wan Xiaohu shook his head, "With the development of material civilization, spiritual civilization will be more and more pursued. The movie industry still has a lot of potential. You and I can't be discouraged."

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0110【Talk to Girl】

After dinner, discuss the script in the afternoon.

For the next two days, Wan Xiaohu discussed with Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang how to improve "Infernal Affairs".Time passed in a blink of an eye, and after a day of playing in the capital, Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang took the script back to Hong Kong to revise it.

After seeing off Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Qiang, Wan Xiaohu picked up the script of "My Sassy Girl" and began to study how to conceive it and prepare it.

On the week of October 2000, 10, Dandelion Film Company, most of the employees who were supposed to be on vacation, all gathered in the Lihuayuan Community, busy moving things upstairs and downstairs.

Today is the day when the decoration of the office building of Sitong CBD Building leased by the company is completed, and it is also the day when Dandelion Film Company officially changes its office.We are about to bid farewell to the era of snail dwellings and live in a brand-new office building of 600 square meters. Every employee is smiling, and the boss Su Ya has decided to go to the big hotel in the afternoon. Please take a nap.

Wan Xiaohu's director's studio was the first to start moving. After going back and forth, all his things were moved.

"Su Ya, take everyone here to move. I'll go to Baojianfeng to see the relocation work of Novel.com." Sitting on the big truck, Wan Xiaohu stretched out his head and shouted to Su Ya who was doing command work .

Su Ya waved her hand: "Go, go."

When they arrived at Bao Jianfeng's house, several people had already packed all the things that should be packed, and they were waiting to load the car and leave.As an online website, in order not to delay user login, but also for future development, a new set of servers has been repurchased in the office building of Sitong CBD, and the preparations have been debugged, and the data can be switched there at any time.