Chapter 403: A-Mou's DreamWorks Experience
When Jiu Wenlong heard the word "salvage", he immediately understood his next task.

He rubbed his hands and asked excitedly:
"Xuan Shao, are we salvaging a sunken ship like the Titanic?"

Fang Hexuan shook his head first, then nodded and said:

"In the early days, the main treasure-hunting area for salvage companies was the South China Sea. Once our strength and scale expand, we can also go to any area in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans to show our skills."

Jiu Wenlong became more and more excited the more he listened. When he had just been released from prison, he might have really wanted to live a peaceful life.

But after being sent to Barak by Fang Hexuan and suffering for two years, his temperament became tougher but more restless than before.

Especially after finally getting the 100 million Hong Kong dollars promised by the big boss after all the hard work, he liked exciting work more and more.

The more exciting it is, the greater the risk, but also the greater the reward. This is the revelation he understood.

Now that he knew that Young Master Xuan had arranged another underwater treasure hunt for him, how could he not get his adrenaline pumping?

"Master Xuan, when do I start going out to sea?"

Fang Hexuan was amused by Jiu Wenlong's impatience. He pointed at him and said,

"Don't worry, go home and rest for a month. I have registered a company, rented two large professional salvage ships, and am recruiting professional divers. Now we need to wait for the submarine submersible we have ordered to be shipped back to Hong Kong."

Hearing this, Jiu Wenlong said with some regret:
"I really don't want to be idle right now. I hope the equipment can arrive in Hong Kong soon."

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Since there is currently no organization like the Hong Kong Film Association, several companies agreed after a meeting to entrust the task of hosting mainland film exchange groups to DreamWorks.

It’s not that they are easy to talk to, but DreamWorks is willing to cover many expenses of the exchange group during their stay in Hong Kong, such as meals, transportation, and ticket fees for attractions.

According to the results of prior communication, the exchange group will stay in Hong Kong for seven days.

The first day is for sightseeing, and the next five days will be for on-site learning and exchanges at six film companies, including DreamWorks, Cinema City, Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers, and Silver Metropole. The last day is for free activities, which allows the exchange group members to purchase goods in Hong Kong.

In this exchange activity with mainland filmmakers, DreamWorks Films was definitely the most active, followed by Golden Harvest. As for Cinema City and Shaw Brothers, the former was more of a gesture, and the latter began to decline as Run Run Shaw had decided to reduce investment in films, so the purpose of this invitation was to save face.

I won’t talk about the Yindu Organization. What matters is participation and also the idea of ​​saving face.

In addition to several young filmmakers specially invited by DreamWorks, the exchange group also includes some management cadres from major film studios, such as Han Siping, who is already the director of the Art Center at Emei Film Studio, and Wu Tianming, who is both a director and a Youth League branch leader at Xi'an Film Studio.

On the first day, DreamWorks arranged for a professional tour guide to take everyone in the exchange group to visit all the major attractions in the two core urban areas of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. At the end of the day, although there were cars to pick them up and drop them off, everyone still felt a little tired.

Zhang Yimou and Gu Changwei lived in the same room. After dinner, the two men, tired from a whole day, did not go out for a walk and went straight back to their room.

After taking a shower, Gu Changwei turned on the TV, while Zhang Yimou passed the time with the latest "Film Biweekly".

Perhaps because he felt it was boring not being able to understand Cantonese, Gu Changwei casually asked the student in the other bed:
"Mouzi, which company are you going to tomorrow?"

Zhang Yimou did not stop reading the magazine, but answered while reading:
"Is there another choice? Isn't it DreamWorks?"

Gu Changwei said as if he was presenting a treasure:
"It doesn't have to be DreamWorks. Other companies are fine. I'm quite interested in Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers."

Zhang Yimou then raised his hand and looked at Gu Changwei, and asked doubtfully:
"Didn't DreamWorks pay for our exchange? Are we allowed to go to other places?"

"Anyway, Secretary Wu said we can choose any company we want, so why are you worried so much?" "I'm not worried, but I still choose DreamWorks."

"Hey, never mind. As long as you are happy."

It was around eight o'clock the next morning.

The car sent by DreamWorks to pick up people at the China Resources Hotel stopped at the door.

Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Han Siping got on the car. They all chose to visit DreamWorks today.

After the three arrived at the DreamWorks Film Headquarters in Kwun Tong, Han Siping was personally taken to the office by Liu Tianci for tea, while Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige each chose a crew to follow for a day.

Chen Kaige chose the crew of "To the Wrath of the Sea". Just hearing the name of the movie made him immediately excited. Although the film was about to be completed, Director Chen didn't care at all. He was full of personality.

Zhang Yimou joined the crew of "The New Shushan Swordsman", and Xu Ke finally made this movie that was destined to fail.

However, if he dared to shoot, DreamWorks would dare to invest in the production. In any case, Fang Hexuan made DreamWorks sign a bet agreement with him.

If the final box office does not reach the predetermined number, Tsui Hark will need to sign a "fifteen-movie" contract with DreamWorks.

Although Tsui Hark agreed to make a movie for DreamWorks because of the disastrous failure of his debut film "The Butterfly", the two parties did not sign a formal contract.

In this way, Tsui Hark has a lot of freedom at DreamWorks.

But if he signed this gambling contract, he would have to make 15 movies for DreamWorks if he lost, and DreamWorks would have the final say on what to make and when to make them, and Tsui Hark would be just a tool.

Ever since the failure of the special effects film "The Butterfly Change", Tsui Hark has been thinking about making a comeback, so he has put high hopes into "The New Shushan Swordsman", even if it means taking a gamble.

After Zhang Yimou entered the set area of ​​"Zhu Shan" at Shaw Brothers Studios, he was shocked by the large areas of artificial scenery inside.

Since the world view of Huanzhu Louzhu's "The Legend of Swordsmen of Shu Mountain" is too magnificent, if you want to make it into a movie, whether it is now or with the appearance of CG later, a huge budget is required.

Therefore, the investment in this movie is quite large, tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, at least 60% of which is used for pre-production set design and post-production special effects.

Zhang Yimou just felt that compared with the mainland, filming in Hong Kong really cost a lot of money.

After being led to greet the director, Tsui Hark arranged for Zhang Yimou to follow photographer Huang Zhongbiao.

Huang Zhongbiao is a native of Hong Kong and his Mandarin is very average, so Zhang Yimou had difficulty understanding him.

In desperation, Huang Zhongbiao allowed him not to work and just watch from the side.

Zhang Yimou was not happy, but since others said so, he did not dare to touch the camera casually.

After taking a closer look, he found that many of the equipment were unfamiliar to him, at least he had never seen the three Arriflex III plus movie cameras before.

The more this happened, the more excited Zhang Yimou became.

As a photographer, apart from honing his skills, he is also a picky equipment enthusiast.

The more photographic equipment he had never seen before, the more he wanted to touch and try it out.
(End of this chapter)