When Li Xiaole said this, both the TVB employees and the media reporters at the scene looked at each other and felt amused and laughed.

Like "Infernal Affairs", it brings together the best actors in Hong Kong... and the best singers are needed. It even invites top Hollywood stars to dubbing the English version of the play, using 3D methods to show the martial arts effects that foreigners cannot do...?

Oh my God... Isn't this just talking nonsense... Who has the ability? It's fine to have a movie like "Infernal Affairs". To put it bluntly, there are only two top actors of Liang Chaowen and Liu Dehua, Huang Qiusheng and Zeng Zhiwei, these are just powerful movie stars, not top-notch. Even if they play supporting roles, they only have more than a dozen scenes...

If you film a TV series, even the smallest role will probably have much more scenes than "Infernal Affairs". Will first-line actors be willing to play small roles in TV series? This is not only a loss of time and money, but even if someone has money to afford it, it depends on whether the first-line stars are willing or not.

You should know that Hong Kong people pay the most attention to face. The fact that celebrities are supporting roles is only because the other party is indeed much better than you, such as the movie of Cheng Long, the eldest brother in the circle, or the happy events series of Huang Baiming's family, so that someone is willing to be a green leaf.

Okay, let’s not talk about this for now. Even if you are a big brother like Wong Pak-ming in the circle, you can find those first-line Hong Kong actors to play supporting roles for you, then what if you find Hollywood stars who are willing to dubb you?

Hollywood has no face problem, everything is marked with clear prices, but now in this market, the dubbing fee of Hollywood stars starts from one million US dollars. If this kind of episode is calculated, it will probably cost more than ten million US dollars. Even if such a drama can be filmed, it will definitely be impossible to recover the investment in Chinese and even the hot screens in Asia...

And this is the best situation as expected. If such a drama that gathers all Hong Kong connections fails to view in Asia, then it will not only lose the money of the investor, that is, the self-esteem, pride, and even the last fig leaf of Hong Kong film and television people will be torn off. If that happens, the once glorious Oriental Hollywood will really be at its end... The heroic and high spirit in Hong Kong film and television people's hearts that have been thriving for 30 years will probably completely disappear...

Li Xiaole's words not only made TVB employees and media reporters feel that he is arrogant, but also felt that he is very ignorant. His words are like a student who has just graduated from a certain film and television school, saying something that he doesn't know how to be rich.

"Wow, Director Lee really has a very dream. What do you think of Director Lee's dream? Do you think Director Lee's dream is possible?" The host Cheng Yuling immediately turned the topic to John Woo.

"Actually, I think there is nothing wrong with Director Li's words, and the direction is also good. I heard that Director Li is going to shoot a martial arts drama, which is indeed a good direction." After hearing the host's name, Wu Yusen, who was sitting on the right side of the stage, raised the microphone and smiled seriously:

"But the times are different now. The things in our previous martial arts dramas are outdated. Today, young people all over the world like the Hollywood culture. Now, looking at them, the previous dramas may be too old-fashioned, such as "Huo Yuanjia" and so on..."

Li Xiaole responded to a smile but did not refute immediately. Hong Jingbao, who had his hands wrapped around his chest, looked at Wu Yusheng with his head tilted; and the TVB employees on the seats all nodded silently. The current market no longer likes the old themes of Hong Kong. Whether it is martial arts, kung fu, or gambling movies, they are already products of the old era...

Now is the Hollywood science fiction, superhero, vampire. The era of disaster films being the world... The era no longer belongs to Hong Kong.

"If young people don't like to watch your movie type anymore, then no matter what you do, it will be meaningless." Wu Yusen said with a shrugged action:

"We cannot just stick to our traditions and admire ourselves. The times will not wait for you. You have not yet woken up, you are still frivolous. The times have passed, and you have passed. Now the only thing we can do is keep in sync with Hollywood and innovate some new story series. This is the most important thing, rather than digging treasures in the grave."

Seeing the TVB employees and reporters present nodding frequently, Wu Yusen also paused as he returned to China this time and took out "Red Cliff", which operated in a Hollywood way, although the reputation was not very good, the box office was very popular, which made him understand some new market rules and talked freely:

"We screenwriters, many of our stories and values ​​are very inconsistent with the views of Westerners. For example, heroes like Guan Yu are not understood by many Westerners. They all believe that it is appropriate for soldiers to surrender when they are out of ammunition and food, and they should not disobey the orders of superiors for their own personal feelings. Therefore, we must arrange the characters in our ancient stories in a consistent with the logic of Americans, so that they can be recognized by European and American audiences.

In fact, it is not just China. Hollywood is the 'enemy' of the film and television industry all over the world. Now all the old European film powers have occupied most of the market share by Hollywood movies. They are now step by step and are discussing how to make national films and local films develop healthily."

Speaking of this, Wu Yusen increased his tone, as if he was True Li Xiaole: "To defeat Hollywood, we must learn from Hollywood, change ourselves to imitate him, and then defeat him."

Yes, after Wu Yusen hit a wall in Hollywood, he did change a lot. His movies began to become less and less Hong Kong and more international. The dialogues of the characters in his new film "Red Cliff" were entirely simple lines for English translation. In order to make Americans understand the translation, he even asked Cao Cao to say: "Have you never heard of desire making people younger?" "What else can a failed person do with a frustrated person?"

When these lines were shown in Chinese theaters, they all thought that Wu Yusen went crazy after returning from Hollywood. In fact, on the contrary, Wu Yusen was not crazy. He was dealing with the movie "Red Cliff" from the perspective of Hollywood. He wanted to please the audiences from other parts of the world.

Can you say he is wrong? When Yang Wei was in major overseas film festivals in "Red Sorghum" and "Farewell My Concubine", he failed in overseas box offices. The success of "Hero" proves that simple plot is the key to truly allowing Europeans and Americans to understand oriental works.

Looking at the young TVB juniors in the audience, Wu Yusen finally gave a serious instruction: "We should abandon our original ancient and conservative film and television models and create new themes. I think the hope of the Hong Kong film and television industry lies in young people like you. In the next 10, 20, 30 years, we will one day return to the golden age of the past."

Papa! A lot of applause suddenly sounded in the multi-function hall, and it became deafening again. TVB directors and screenwriters all applauded hard. This is how good it is! It is realistic! Recently, TVB has begun to learn American dramas in full and actively expand new themes.

Li Xiaole felt very interesting when he heard these provocative applause. Although Hong Kong film and television were weak, the arrogance of these people was still there. At least, as a mainland director, they would not give them any face at all when they came here.

I think more than 20 years ago, when Hong Kong and the Mainland first collaborated on film, Liu Xiaoqing, the mainland's number one movie star, could only sleep in the hotel floor with the Hong Kong crew, and the money Hong Kong third-tier actors received was 20 times that of Liu Xiaoqing at that time. It seems that Hong Kong people's natural superiority towards mainlanders at that time has been preserved until now...

He has now landed in Hong Kong as the Oscar Best Director and the Olympic Opening Ceremony Director, but he still has to be treated like this. Hong Kong people really want to do so.

But this is interesting. It is precisely because of this arrogant and unyielding Hong Kong spirit that Hong Kong people have been brave enough to move forward, creating so many miracles in the past, and creating their own culture.

However, Li Xiaole was still feeling unhappy about these people admiring foreigners. These new Hong Kong filmmakers did not know what inheritance they had inherited. Just as Li Xiaole was about to pick up the microphone and talk, he saw Hong Jingbao standing up with anger, picked up the microphone and shouting:

"What are you applauding? What do you know? Do you think what Wu Yusen said is right? He has been filmed so many Hong Kong films. If you are tired of filming, you can understand how to find new themes. If you have filmed any Hong Kong films, learn Hollywood!? Why not shoot your own Hong Kong films yourself?"

Chen Long is called "big brother" in the Hong Kong circle, while "Hong Jingbao" is called "big brother". Their names are not nicknames, but given by people in the circle.

The so-called "big brother" is not only instructing and scolding me, but also trying to pull newcomers in the circle and coordinate the difficulties encountered by the crew. When the gangs controlled the Hong Kong film industry, only Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao dared to pull the martial arts team against the gang. They are the real traditional representatives of Hong Kong. Wu Yusen said that learning Hollywood is OK, but these juniors yelled around here, which made Hong Jingbao very unhappy.

Although he also went to the United States to develop the situation of Hollywood's "invasion of the world", he was very helpless and did not want to see such a world-wide film and television industry landscape.

This pattern is very unhealthy. Every country has its own local cultural temperament, and movies are blooming. For example, Hong Kong movies have a completely different taste from Hollywood. Gangster movies and nonsense are all its glory, but now they are in decline.

In addition to a filmmaker, I hope to see healthy flowers blooming. As a Chinese, the traditional martial artist Hong Jingbao naturally hopes that Chinese-language films can use their own advantages and culture to carry forward Everbright films.
Chapter completed!