Back to the Republic of China as a director

Zhou Siyin entered the door with a stack of newspapers in his hands, saw Ji Shuangyu was still calculating the shooting parameters at his desk, touched his cold cheek, and immediately closed the window, "What should I do if I catch a cold?"

Ji Shuangyu took a sip of hot water, Zhou Siyin opened his coat very intimately, and wrapped him completely in his arms.

Ji Shuangyu leaned in his arms for a while, and her whole body felt warm, and she was still reading with a notebook in her hand.

"Would you like me to read the newspaper to you?" Zhou Siyin unfolded the stack of newspapers in his hand.

"Why don't you read the quotation to me." Ji Shuangyu said leisurely.

"Ancient Capital" has opened at the overseas box office. At the beginning, Ji Shuangyu and Bai Liyan let go of asking for a high price for "Ask the Blue Sky".

"Ask the Blue Sky" was directed by Ji Shuangyu's student, and he took the pictures himself.Of course, even if there is no "Ask the Blue Sky", there will be other Chinese films, and businessmen will definitely want to catch up with this sudden wave of Chinese style.

Zhou Siyin smiled, "Yeah, Bai Liyan is anxious to invite you to dinner, I'm afraid I want to talk about the most urgent peripheral expenses, and all the rights to introduce in the future. There are also some other production companies... In the name of the actress, I want to invite you to dinner."

He spoke the second half of the sentence slowly, but it was not hard to hear the sour meaning, and he even said: "This circle is really messed up."

"Isn't that right, your circle is in chaos." Ji Shuangyu laughed, grabbed Zhou Siyin's coat collar, and kissed him upwards, "This director will be the unspoken producer tonight! Again!"

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"Strange Tales of Things in the Ancient Capital" is a hit at the box office in Oxi, and the tour performances of Chunlei Drama Club and Hanxi Troupe have also attracted a lot of attention. Various companies are eager to catch up with this Chinese trend and make some money.

Apart from the eye-catching production companies, Oxi merchants who want to make money have already contacted Chinese merchants, wanting to purchase and sell.

Although Huaxia's factories are not yet developed, there are many handicrafts. In the world's expositions, Huaxia's handicrafts have won awards. Merchants at home and abroad know this.

They don't have the right to produce the peripherals of the film, and what they see is the oil-paper umbrella used by Liu Ye'er in the film, such as the fluffy ethnic-style velvet carpet in their home.

This kind of handmade carpet is in China, because the market of cheap machine-woven carpets has been greatly affected.When Ji Shuangyu first used it, he liked the pattern, and it was thick enough to spread on the ground for children to climb on.

Later, it was also used in filming. Even he himself didn't pay special attention to it, and it didn't attract much attention in China. After all, everyone is used to it, and even prefers machine-woven carpets.

As a result, due to the overseas screening of "Ancient Capital", a large number of orders were received for hand-padded carpets, oil-paper umbrellas, etc., and they even competed for deposits. Fu.

Later, under the hype of the merchants, these items did sell well overseas.

——It even caused many foreigners to have another impression of Huaxia, that is, they especially like handmade carpets.

It wasn't until I went to China that I realized that, at least in the filming locations of the ancient capital, people in the capital seldom use carpets. In fact, it's a concept marketed by merchants...

From such a situation, one can also imagine how anxious Baker Films would be.

Earn money early!

If we don't get the screening rights and peripheral production rights of "Ask the Blue Sky", others will lose all the money.

In fact, Ji Shuangyu still preferred to cooperate with Baker Films, but he still hung up Bai Liyan first, contacted other companies, and then went to talk to Bai Liyan.

At this time, Bai Liyan was about to be tortured to the point of madness. He wished he could throw money at Ji Shuangyu's face, and then took his hand to sign the contract immediately.take away!Take my money now!

As soon as he saw Ji Shuangyu, Bai Liyan put his hands on the table and said excitedly: "Mr. Ji, this is not the first time we have cooperated. We have worked hard to promote "Ancient Capital" overseas. My company is really sincere! This This time is the same, we are willing to open up to 15 US dollars for "Ask the Blue Sky". There is also the priority screening rights of your own future works, including peripheral production rights, we will calculate them separately, and you can split the account!"

Baker's overseas theaters are quite large, and Bai Liyan said that he could dismantle the accounts, which is indeed quite sincere.

Ji Shuangyu was originally playing with Bai Liyan's mentality, and now he said slowly: "This time I will only talk about "Ask the Blue Sky". I can't just give you priority in the next works. You know we are going to hold a film festival, and the new film is currently in progress It’s not fast, but if I finish filming and release it before the film festival, and if I win an award again, then my value will increase.”

Bai Liyan: "..."

Bai Liyan almost went crazy, then you are the one who wants to hold such a film festival...!

What's the chance of winning a prize? Damn, what's the chance!

Ji Shuangyu didn't finish, and said with a smile: "And now I have to separate the copyrights. One country sells the copyrights of another country, and overseas copyrights cannot be packaged together. If you want to show it in Paris, you can buy the French screening rights alone."

Bai Liyan almost passed out, thinking frantically about his budget limit.

"However, I can authorize the peripheral production to you. I will suffer a little loss. You can just bring the drawings back and give me 20.00% of the account later."

Ji Shuangyu has worked hard in modern times, and has seen all kinds of business traps and negotiation skills. He not only masters the secrets of wealth, but also gives some benefits, such as peripherals, such as giving them the right of first refusal in the future, which Bai Liyan can't refuse at all. .

It was cheap because Ji Shuangyu also wanted to prevent them from being pushed too far, playing tricks, and it was too difficult to enforce the law across the sea.

Bai Liyan didn't think too much about it. He was afraid that other film companies would grab the orders at the moment, and all the advertisements they put up for Ji Shuangyu in Europe and America would be making wedding dresses for others.

The two struggled for a while, and finally won the screening rights in all overseas regions at a price of 16 US dollars, and the peripheral production rights were obtained by dismantling accounts.

He signed the contract at the speed of light, forcing the lawyer to sweat while reviewing the contract. As soon as he got the copy, he immediately sent it to the plane, in order to reach the other side of the ocean as soon as possible.

Airline tickets are expensive, but compared to the follow-up income, the high transportation costs are totally worth it.

This release completely exceeded Xu Yunru's imagination.He was stupefied, at most he thought of showing his film in Nanyang.Unexpectedly, Ji Shuangyu not only sold the screening rights to European and Western countries, but also charged a high fee.

So in the public class, Ji Shuangyu's words were really expected!

Besides, the copy of "Ask the Blue Sky" was transported to Oxi by plane. At this time, "Ancient Capital" was still in theaters, and another good film was released. It is said that director Ji Shuangyu served as the photographer. The works of his students naturally attracted audiences, even Can't wait.

Compared with "Ancient Capital", "Ask the Blue Sky" shows another perspective of China, the wanton and unrestrained Jianghu culture in the ancient background.

China's "Xia" is similar to Western characters such as knights, thieves, and cowboys. They all help the weak, but there are differences and styles that are quite different.

Regardless of the different cultures, if the story is well told and the pictures are beautiful, the audience will like it very much.

The fast pace of this film is exactly the same as "Ancient Capital", which completely stands out among the films released in the same period - or not only in the same period. For some audiences who have become loyal fans, it is simply the best paced film they have ever seen. .

This fight is so fairy-tale!

The Huaxia Kungfu in the film is so beautiful and fierce that it is almost difficult to tell the real from the fake.

"Are Chinese people so good at kung fu? People can fly on water?!"

"God, have you seen how they use the sword? And the thorn, how it turns in the hand..."

"I feel like they can use anything as a weapon! It's so beautiful!"

"Director Ji's photography style is simply too good-looking, and his apprentice is also very good at shooting."

Many directors who watched this film thought of Chinese opera, that is, the works of Han Xiban, which is currently on tour in Europe and the West, but they only said that it brought an oriental feeling to people, not theatricality.

The director integrated the oriental poetic and distant beauty into the film.

——This kind of aesthetics has influenced many directors of this period to a certain extent, and even some future masters who are still in the growth stage, it really left a deep impression on them.The shock of beauty and beauty on the screen is shocking.

Therefore, traces of the integration of freehand brushwork can also be seen in many excellent Western works in the future.

As soon as the surroundings are out, it is even more lore.

In the drawings given by Ji Shuangyu, in addition to dolls of various sizes, there are imitation animal images made into warm gloves and U-shaped pillows. The children don't know how much they like them, and they want them when they haven't seen the movie.

After watching the movie, even the parents want it!

Although the U-shaped pillow has been invented for a while, it has not been made into such a shape as the surrounding area. It is really cute, commemorative and practical.

For a period of time, the foreign police will go to the pond to guard, just to prevent the young people from getting high and imitating the light kung fu, trying to "float on the water"... As for imitating knights on the street, researching and discussing "internal force" and "acupuncture points", then more common.

The Chinese people in Oxi were also inexplicably asked: "Do you know Kung Fu? Have you ever seen a swordsman with your own eyes?"

It made these Chinese compatriots abroad dumbfounded, wanting to scratch their heads crazily, but also a little proud.The videos from the motherland let them be in a foreign country, and they suddenly gained a lot of friendship.

I also meet people I don't know come up to say hello and invite them to dinner.This really has never happened before...

The most coincidental thing is that there was a robbery on the streets of Europe, and the target was a thin Chinese student studying abroad.Unfortunately, this foreign student has really studied physical strength for several years.

Although it is not as amazing as in the movie, he brought the robber down with his bare hands, was seen by passers-by, and walked around the police station. When he came out, he was surrounded by reporters.

After such a report, well, "Ask the Blue Sky" is a real documentary film!

From then on, Chinese people outside will receive all kinds of love and care once they are shy. Everyone agrees, don't forget to respect the word when you see a Chinese who looks shy and weak.

Don't judge people by their appearance, think about Bai Wu, the number one assassin in the world!

A businessman with a quick mind hired a Huaxia person who could punch and kick overnight, and started a kung fu training class. Although he couldn't swim on the water, he could still do some sword fighting, so he was very popular.

It is even more natural for a follow-up production company to introduce other Chinese martial arts films.

In terms of quality, in fact, under the influence of Ji Shuangyu, everyone's shooting technology has improved a little bit. Maybe it is far from the two films of "Ancient" and "Question", or it is not as good as the western ones, but the audience is mainly curious about the Oriental knight. For genre films, I'm curious about the world of Chinese martial arts, so some of the imported films followed the trend and also got broth, at least I haven't heard of any losses.

In addition to importing, these overseas production companies have another trick, which is to shoot themselves.

From the imitation works made by Chinese actors, to the addition of creativity, some European and Western people learn martial arts from teachers, bravely venture into the world, chivalrous women are invited overseas to assassinate high-ranking officials, and even Kung Fu vs. guns... All kinds of messy themes have been turned on.

The quality can be said to be uneven, there are good works and some bad ones, which is normal.But after all, it was popular for a while, and it also had a profound impact on later film and television works. For example, for a long time, Oxi’s action movies would have popular protagonists going to the East to learn from teachers. Decades later, some people are spoofing this stalk...

This is all something later, the most dumbfounding thing is that a rumor was also inexplicably spread during the screening of "Ask the Blue Sky":

Ji Shuangyu is also a master of Chinese Kung Fu.

you ask why?

It may be because those professional film magazines are analyzing Ji Shuangyu's photography skills at length, and even drawing demonstrations to guess how he completed some magical shots.

Entertainment reporters with little knowledge added their own descriptions or imaginations when reposting.

So the last analysis was passed on, and it became: Being able to clearly photograph the movements of those martial arts masters proves that the photographer is also very good, running fast and jumping high!

Do not believe?Think it might be mechanical assistance?

But look at Ji Shuangyu's young age, her hair is all white, doesn't it look like a sign of practicing some oriental unique art?

Although there are no associations such as being trapped by love, filial piety and white hair, the facts prove that human beings everywhere have amazing brains.

In the end, the young people in Oxi even came up with a "World Film Directors Power Value Ranking", which gathered all kinds of directors who shoot action movies or who are said to love fitness, or even simply rumored to have a bad temper... for comparison.

Under inexplicable circumstances, Ji Shuangyu won the championship for many times in a row. Rumors have been rife for many years, causing Chinese people who are new to Europe to hear about this list every year, and they will have question marks on their faces.

This is also a later story.In short, through several works, the name Ji Shuangyu has gone from being unknown in the world film industry to gaining a place in a short period of time, and has won loyal fans from all walks of life, professional or non-professional.

Whether it is a commercial film or an art film director, the more he studies the shooting techniques of "Ancient Capital" and "Ask the Blue Sky", the more he becomes curious about China and Ji Shuangyu, and wants to talk to him and ask him for advice.

Especially those directors who originally insisted that silent films are more artistic, they are going crazy, what do they think, they are suddenly left behind by the times!

With sound or without sound, which one is better and which is worse, it was originally a controversial issue, but it was suddenly solved by the Huaxia people, and it was simply confusing.

It is true that many people already want to contact Ji Shuangyu through the production company with an office in Shanghai, get to know him, and want to know what he is doing now.

These production companies are actually clear, and have already inquired about it!

The reporters over there in Shanghai followed closely, reporting every day that Ji Shuangyu seemed to be filming a sci-fi movie.

There are already science fiction novels in the West, as well as sci-fi movies made by filming, and special effects shooting techniques are even used to make films about human beings going to outer space.

Although Ji Shuangyu's sound films are exemplary, Chinese films, let alone science fiction films, lack even scientific knowledge... Ji Shuangyu applied some knowledge in "Ancient Capital", but it was all psychological.

With China's weak foundation, will it really be difficult to shoot sci-fi films?As we all know, although science fiction is fantasy, it must look like that.

Director Anatole, who especially wanted to get acquainted with Ji Shuangyu, thought over and over again when preparing his letter, and attached a sentence at the end: If necessary, I can collect textbooks on physics and other subjects for you!

The author has something to say:

Ji Shuangyu: Do you mean the textbooks on the shrine of our Ling Dang’er family?

Zhou Baoduo: It has been said that our Year of the Crane is the most sci-fi!Parallel universe people!