Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 181: Big Water Hose Passing Through the Harbor

Do you know what the Hong Kong media thinks of Li Qiutang's arrival in Hong Kong to film?

"Young mainland director arrives in Hong Kong, transforming mecha bombs the whole city!" The word "bombing" was magnified and very eye-catching. This media outlet must have taken pictures of the robots and robot dogs brought by the crew.

"Li Qiutang arrived in Hong Kong for filming and angrily accused Jeffrey of fraud, challenging the nerves of the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry!" Jeffrey is Liu Zhenwei's English name. It is a bit too exaggerated to say that Li Qiutang challenged the nerves of the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry.

"A big water pipe from the mainland is coming through Hong Kong, and all Hong Kong stars are waiting seriously!" The Hong Kong media really dares to write any words.

However, Li Qiutang angrily denounced Liu Zhenwei and "Robot" on the eve of arriving in Hong Kong. Those remarks were only brought up by Hong Kong media in recent days and sparked discussion. They were all made by ordinary audiences. So far, no one from the Hong Kong entertainment industry has commented on this.

"I don't think mainland films are good. I don't know this director named Li Qiutang, and I haven't seen any of his films."

"When Jeffrey was filming, he might not have been born yet. I think we should still be humble to our seniors."

"I've seen the film 'The Sound of Wind' directed by Li Qiutang, and I don't think it's good."

"I haven't seen mainland movies. They should still be making rural dramas, right?"

"If he doesn't think it's good, he shouldn't come to Hong Kong to film."

"Chinese people probably don't know how to make movies yet. I only watch Hollywood movies." This guy's butt is already crooked.

There are only a few people in Hong Kong entertainment filming, and that's all. Now a mainland director has arrived in Hong Kong to film, which has brought too much news to the Hong Kong media.

There were many Hong Kong media reporters parked outside the hotel where the "In Time" crew was staying, and there were also many reporters waiting on the set to shoot footage.

So what if the Cheng family team is co-producing the film? The Cheng family team is a local boss, but they are not omnipotent.

That day, Li Qiutang walked out of the hotel gate and took a car to the set to start work. Reporters swarmed in front of the hotel, holding microphones and recorders:

"~@#&*（*……￥#"

“（￥@%&￥&&&+*%”

Cantonese is spoken quickly, and the most Li Qiutang could hear was someone politely calling him Director Li, but he didn't understand anything else.

"I'm sorry, my Cantonese is not very good." Li Qiutang stopped.

One reporter switched to English and asked: "Director Li, what advantages did you see in Hong Kong when you came to film this time?"

Li Qiutang understood, but he said, "I'm sorry, my English is not very good either. Please speak Mandarin."

Then he ignored the reporters, got in the car, closed the door, and left.

The reporters were left standing there awkwardly. It seemed that Director Li had come with bad intentions.

Can't you write an article if you don't have an interview? You underestimate Hong Kong media reporters.

"The battle was fierce late at night, and the Yankee director started working with a dark face!"

Spreading rumors? Go ahead and sue me.

Li Qiutang is filming in Jackie Chan's villa in Repulse Bay today, and he also welcomed his first visitor in Hong Kong, Wang Jing!

Li Qiutang and Wang Jing had met a few times and chatted a few words, but they were not particularly familiar with each other.

When writing the role of Zheng Qianli in "To Become Famous", Li Qiutang informed Wang Jing in advance, but he didn't care.

Wang Jing brought a few boxes of pineapple buns for Li Qiutang to try, and then sat behind Li Qiutang. The two of them communicated while watching the monitor.

“Is your camera easy to use?”

"It's easy to use." Li Qiutang asked the director of photography Cao Dun to tell Wang Jing, "It's much lighter. It's fully digital and can produce the feeling of 35mm film."

Li Qiutang also said: "This camera has not yet been officially launched on the market. We should be the first crew in the world to use it for filming."

Li Qiutang wanted this machine, and Ale Company wanted to find a suitable test crew for this machine, and the two parties hit it off.

"Alai and two other engineers are following us." The two foreigners were sitting in the director's studio.

Wang Jing asked again: "How many KB does this camera produce?"

“2K, but the color and noise are very well balanced.”

Wang Jing looked at the monitor and asked, "How many special effects shots are there in your film?"

"About eight or nine hundred." "That's a lot."

"Yes, there are a lot of them." Li Qiutang looked behind him and said, "These are from the Korean special effects company, and they are with the crew."

The two Korean staff members stood up and nodded slightly to Wang Jing.

"Okay, click." Li Qiutang finished taking one shot, "Let's go to the set and take a look."

The two entered the set together.

Wang Jing was also very curious about Li Qiutang's crew and looked around.

"I also shot a science fiction film last year with Andy Lau."

Future Police.

Wang Jing also laughed and said, "Don't scold me then."

Li Qiutang smiled and said nothing.

"Your machine..." Wang Jing started communicating with the crew members.

Seeing Liu Yifei on the set, Wang Jing praised her: "She is so young and yet she can act in such a blockbuster. We should work together on one if there is a chance."

Of course Liu Yifei agreed with a smile.

After coming out of the set, Li Qiutang took Wang Jing to the other side to visit the QC control of the crew.

This department was not available in domestic film crews before. Li Qiutang learned it from Weta Digital and paid a considerable amount of tuition to Weta Digital for it.

"The footage we shoot will be synced here and checked immediately. If there are any problems, we will give feedback to the crew right away."

"Real-time sync?"

"It was about 70 minutes late. We checked it on the same day and reshot or re-shot it if there were any problems."

“Can I see the special effects too?”

"The special effects are not visible. The real-time special effects rendering system is too expensive. One system of it is equivalent to our entire crew."

After visiting the crew, Wang Jing and Li Qiutang returned to the director's studio.

It is true that Wang Jing visited the crew and it is also true that he came to talk about something. What else could it be but Li Qiutang angrily scolding Liu Zhenwei.

This matter was instigated by the Hong Kong media and became a big name.

But Wang Jing didn’t come here to say nice things. In the entertainment industry, can’t you stand a few insults?
Wang Jing said he had also watched "Robot" and thought it was a bad movie. At the same time, he also agreed with what Li Qiutang said, that investors can chase popularity and shoot whatever is popular, but directors cannot.

However, he added: "Following trends is in the bones of Hong Kong films and cannot be changed."

He also cited the Wong Fei Hung series, zombie films, and gambling films as examples.

"Hong Kong movies are like this. When a theme becomes popular, everyone will make it, and when the audience gets tired of it, they will move on to the next one."

Wang Jing actually realized very early on that it was impossible for Hong Kong films to be revived. All they can do now is to survive and occasionally produce a masterpiece to keep them going.

Wang Jing also admitted that the thinking of many Hong Kong directors has not kept up with the market and they do not understand what today's audiences want to see.

"But each generation has its own stories, and they won't film anything else."

Just as readers cannot ask Yu Hua and Mo Yan to write about cities, that is not their story.

Everyone will grow old, and Li Qiutang cannot guarantee that his thinking and his stories will still satisfy the audience in thirty or forty years.

It seems like he is still speaking well of Liu Zhenwei.

Li Qiutang said, "Other themes are fine, but science fiction really can't stand this kind of tossing."

Wang Jing guessed correctly. Li Qiutang was worried that "Robot" and other films would ruin the domestic science fiction industry.

Li Qiutang didn't seem to be persuaded by Wang Jing, and Wang Jing didn't expect to be able to persuade Li Qiutang. Before leaving the crew, he invited him to have tea when he was free.

(End of this chapter)