Chapter 405 Talent Delivery

From the time when China first shot a feature film in 1921 to the time when Zhang Yimou and other students from the 78 directing department graduated in 1982, China's director training can be said to have gone through five generations. The fifth generation of directors is indeed very representative in the history of Chinese cinema.

The fifth generation of directors represented by Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Huang Jianxin and others are considered to be the leading figures in mainland films around the new century.

Among them, the one with the highest achievements and influence is undoubtedly Zhang Yimou.

There is a saying that goes, there are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames.

Zhang Yimou has been given the title and nickname of "National Master" by movie fans and netizens. Some of them are joking and some are mocking, but more of them are recognition of his achievements in films.

No matter how those public intellectuals or those who claim to be sober-minded look down on Zhang Yimou, it does not prevent the official and foreign colleagues from regarding him as a Chinese film master.

Because, they are really qualified!

To be fair, Zhang Yimou is to China what Kurosawa Akira is to Japan and what Hitchcock is to the United States.

This may be a little bit exaggerated, but looking around, there is really no one more qualified than him.

As for Ang Lee, he is an American director, or Wong Kar-wai, they are very popular in the literary circle, but their influence outside the circle is far less than that of Zhang Yimou.

In his early years, Zhang Yimou won all three major European film awards, and his artistic achievements were obvious to all.

As for the subsequent decline, he was somewhat wrongly criticized.

As we all know, as a director, Zhang Yimou's screenwriting ability is very average, and his vision for selecting scripts is not that good. In the early days, he was very comfortable shooting scripts adapted from novels by well-known writers. But after the new millennium, with the rise of commercial films, he had to follow the commercialization path. However, he met Zhang Weiping, and the films he made were really eye-catching.

Everyone can criticize that the movies he made during his collaboration with Zhang Weiping are all crap, and there's no way to deny it. After all, without a good script, he couldn't escape Zhang Weiping's interference in casting and filming. Is it useful to just rely on beautiful movie pictures?
Therefore, although many people scold him for making bad movies, no one has ever scolded him for having bad movie pictures.

It can be said that Zhang Yimou is the photographer with the highest artistic and technical level among all the photographers in mainland China, without a doubt.

Now, how could he not try his best when he is determined to slap the people of Hong Kong in the face?
During the morning's shooting, Zhang Yimou was in control of the main camera for most of the time.

At the beginning, every time a shot was taken, cinematographer Huang Zhongbiao would check and find mistakes with Tsui Hark in front of the monitor.

But Zhang Yimou did a great job, and no matter how the two of them found fault with it, they couldn't find any excuses.

As the shots were taken one after another, the questioning voices beside them became smaller and smaller, but the focus officer's face became darker and darker.

Huang Zhongbiao was surprised, while Tsui Hark's eyes lit up.

At lunch time, Tsui Hark directly called Zhang Yimou to have lunch with him. He planned to build a good relationship with this mainland photographer.

It only took Zhang Yimou one morning to silence all the doubters and inadvertently elevate his status in the eyes of other directors.

While eating, he felt a sense of refreshment running through his whole body as he watched the people around him change from being indifferent to him at the beginning to smiling and being cautious now.

Of course, after a morning of use, he had mastered most of the functions of the ARRI camera and finally got his fill of using the equipment.

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Ever since Fang Hexuan slept with Lin Qingxia on the night of the 5th, he has been avoiding this beautiful lady.

Although the other party was filming on his own movie set at the time, he never went to express his condolences.

This may sound a bit heartless, but he is not a real thief after all. He is too shameless to sleep with someone else's girlfriend and want everyone to know about it. As for meeting Zhang Yimou, he has no intention of doing so. Although he asked DreamWorks to invite him, he still needs to choose the right time to show respect to others.

Zhang Yimou has just graduated and hasn't even had the chance to play with a handheld game console. Wouldn't it be like forcing something to grow too fast if he is suddenly given such a courtesy?
While I was looking at the recent market reports of various subsidiaries in the office, the phone on the desk rang.

He picked up the phone, listened for a while, and when he realized it was not a big deal, he continued to look at the documents.

At two o'clock in the morning today, Lan Kwai Fong was visited by a thief.

To be precise, it was a daring thief who targeted the safe in the finance office of Lan Kwai Fong.

Lan Kwai Fong Cultural and Creative Company has an office on D'Aguilar Street in Lan Kwai Fong. In addition to being responsible for daily management, it also collects the daily turnover of each store.

There are nearly 100 shops in the entire Lan Kwai Fong entertainment and leisure area. It is estimated that once it is fully open for business, the total daily turnover will start from at least HK$ million.

According to the original idea, these business flows would be deposited in a nearby designated bank only on the last day of every weekend.

In other words, the safe in the finance department will be able to accumulate at least HK$35 million per week in the future.

Although it is still in trial operation, five to six million Hong Kong dollars are still deposited every week.

Fang Hexuan couldn't be sure whether there was a traitor in Lan Kwai Fong Cultural and Creative Company. Even if there wasn't, the outside world could make a rough guess based on the current customer flow.

Money is a tempting thing, and some people who like to do business with no capital have set their sights on Lan Kwai Fong.

But what they don’t know is that the finance office, which looks ordinary on the outside, is actually full of mysteries.

Fang Hexuan contacted the Swiss Bank directly and ordered a security monitoring system with the latest technology from the manufacturer that provided them with security equipment.

It can be said that this system is more advanced than the equipment currently used by most banks and financial companies in Hong Kong.

However, it must be said that this thief who wanted to fleece the richest man was indeed quite capable.

He successfully cracked the system's alarm and unlocked the safe.

But his facial features, fingerprints, shoe marks, etc. were eventually recorded.

The call that just came to Fang Hexuan was from the general manager of Lan Kwai Fong Company, who told him that the finance office had been robbed last night.

Moreover, the call also revealed that the police had arrived at the scene and were collecting all the evidence.

It was precisely because he knew that the thief was clearly captured by the hidden camera that Fang Hexuan acted as if nothing had happened.

He was sure that the thief would be caught soon.

However, thinking that this guy had actually cracked the alarm device and the combination lock successively, Fang Hexuan felt attracted to his talent again.

At the very least, could he send this fellow who was trying to take advantage of him to Europe to help Da Yanming?

The more I think about it, the more feasible it seems. This can be considered an alternative form of talent delivery.

(End of this chapter)