:Live Broadcast Life".

The article believes: "The Truman Show" while maintaining entertainment, explores important propositions such as freedom, truth, privacy and the relationship between individuals and society through The Truman's live broadcast life, and is a work with profound social significance.

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After the article was published, it received praise from many intellectuals in Hong Kong and added fuel to the popularity of "The Truman Show".

After "The Truman Show" returned from Cannes with great acclaim, Lin Chaoyang's reputation as a "master screenwriter" became even more famous than before.

After all, in Hong Kong today, no screenwriter has ever won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

In the days before returning to Xiangjiang, Xu Guanwen and other actors were busy, and Lin Chaoyang was not relaxed either. In addition to harassment from the media, the most common ones were invitations from film companies.

After the closure of Shaw Brothers, it seems that only Golden Harvest and New Art City are left competing for hegemony in the Hong Kong film industry, but in fact there are many small and medium-sized film companies.

Behind many well-known film actors, directors, and producers is a film company. These film companies may seem small in scale, but their relationships are intricate and they also have close relationships and origins with several major film companies.

For example, Siyuan Pictures, founded by former Shaw Brothers director Wu Siyuan with the support of Luo Wei after his departure, produced masterpieces such as "Snake" and "Drunken Master" in the 1970s, and it was also famous for a while.

As a result, Luo Wei took advantage of him and forced Cheng Long, who had just become famous, to leave, and Siyuan Pictures fell into a trough.

Wu Siyuan found Lin Chaoyang through Li Hanxiang and offered to pay Lin Chaoyang 800,000 Hong Kong dollars to help Siyuan Pictures write a script. The money can also be used as investment, and the share ratio will be determined according to the investment in the film.

The conditions were not unfavorable, but it was difficult to impress Lin Chaoyang.

Whether he cooperates with Jiahe or New Art City, it is not just for the remuneration for the script, but to take advantage of the opportunity to help the film company run by Tao Yushu gain a foothold in Hong Kong.

Facts have proved that after the success of "The Truman Show", his self-confidence reached

Zou Wenhuai is now trying his best to win over Lam Pictures. New Art City has directly invested an additional HK$2 million in "A Better Tomorrow" while maintaining the same proportion of Lam Pictures' investment in the film, showing full sincerity.

Therefore, Lin Chaoyang mercilessly rejected invitations from many film companies including Siyuan Pictures.

But sometimes, you can't refuse any invitation, just like now.

"Chaoyang, the news that you won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival came back to China, which really caused a big shock in the film industry. Not to mention the people. The common people are all proud of you and praise Chaoyang for bringing glory to the country.

ah!"

"Lao Hu, these are just the polite words. Winning the award is just a coincidence."

The person who was talking to Lin Chaoyang at this time was Hu Qiming, the director of Yanying Factory.

These days, the domestic reporting channels for overseas news are very narrow. After "The Truman Show" became famous in Cannes, the news did not reach the mainland.

It was only after the public opinion in Xiangjiang was completely detonated that the Xiangjiang branch of the New H News Agency spread the news back to the mainland, and it appeared on the pages of many authoritative media. In just a few days, it spread all over the country.

Since the issuance of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, Hong Kong’s return to the embrace of the motherland has become a certainty.

Hong Kong films' success in Cannes is basically equivalent to Chinese films' success in Cannes.

The domestic film industry and people are very excited, especially since there is a name that everyone is familiar with.

Lin Chaoyang is one of his own, and he won the "Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival", so he naturally needs to be highlighted.

As the news continues to spread, a voice has emerged in the film industry, hoping that China Film Company can introduce "The Truman Show" to the country.

The reason for this kind of sound is also very good. Every year, China introduces many foreign films for reference.

Study, there is no reason why we should not introduce films made by our own people and that have won awards.

This is also a rare learning opportunity for domestic film studios.

You must know that in recent years, domestic film studios have been trying to release excellent films that can win awards at some international film festivals in order to achieve the role of cultural promotion.

However, after years of attempts, the results have not been ideal. Most of the films have not even made a splash abroad.

The year before last, Chen Kaige filmed "Yellow Earth" with the support of Guangxi Film Studio, which went around Europe and won many awards.

Although the international influence of these awards is relatively limited, I can't help but think that they are "foreign monks".

And it has indeed won a lot of awards. It has won nine awards, big and small. Let’s not talk about the quality. This quantity is not something that ordinary movies can achieve.

After all, Chen Kaige traveled to most of Europe in order to participate in the exhibition.

With the blessing of these awards, "Yellow Earth" has become a landmark work in the history of Chinese film in the words of many domestic academic filmmakers.

Chen Kaige was even more crowned and became the first director of the new generation in China, and his popularity was unparalleled for a while.

In the eyes of knowledgeable people in the domestic film industry, the awards that "Yellow Earth" won when bundled together are not as good as the Shana Film Festival Jury Award.

"The Truman Show" can win three awards at the film festival, so there must be something worth learning from it.

Especially since this movie is adapted from a domestic literary work, these domestic film studios feel even more aggrieved when they think about it.

This kind of flowering inside the wall and fragrance outside the wall is really depressing.

Hu Qiming came to Hong Kong this time because he volunteered to scout for China Film and Television and talked with Lin Chaoyang about introducing "The Truman Show".

Of course, this is only one of the purposes of his trip.

"The Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, hey, this is the only one in our Chinese film industry!"

Hu Qiming did not stop complimenting Lin Chaoyang because of his humility. He pulled Lin Chaoyang and talked for a while,

The introduction of movies was also mentioned.

This matter was not something Lin Chaoyang could decide. He said, "I will take you to Jiahe tomorrow. I believe they will be very happy."

"Okay, okay, I'll feel relieved if Chaoyang can help you make the connection."

After talking about the introduction of the movie, Hu Qiming started to do his homework again.

"The last time we met was around the time of "The Master of Chess". Speaking of which, "The Master of Chess" was so successful! Oh, tell me, how long has it been since we last met?"

"Yeah, it's been more than a year in the blink of an eye." Lin Chaoyang agreed with Hu Qiming casually. Looking at his appearance, you knew that he must still want something.

Sure enough, after chatting for a while, Hu Qiming asked seemingly casually: "Chaoyang, I heard Comrade Zhang from New H Agency say that Yushu has now opened a film company in Xiangjiang?"

"Yes. She had a baby before and couldn't go to class, so she found something to do for herself."

Hu Qiming smiled again and said: "Yushu has found a good job. It happens to be the right match for our Yan Film Studio. If you have a chance, you can make a co-production with us. Hong Kong will return to the embrace of the motherland in a few years. Promote

Cultural exchange between the two places.”

At this point, Hu Qiming's purpose has been made clear.

Lin Chaoyang pondered for a moment, there are indeed advantages to co-producing a film with Yan Film Studio. For example, it can be shot in the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and the shooting cost is also low.

Lin Chaoyang chuckled and said: "The film company has just been established and has not invested in movies independently. Of course, Yushu and I can only dream of having the support of the big brother of Yan Film Studio."

Hearing his words, Hu Qiming couldn't help but feel overjoyed, "I don't take the support seriously. In the past two years, our Yan Film Factory has also been seeking reform. With the support of you and your wife, we will definitely inject new vitality into our Yan Film Factory."

The two sang and sang together, and the more they chatted, the more enthusiastic they became. They made an appointment to go to Lin's Pictures to discuss it in detail tomorrow after going to Jiahe.

When Tao Yushu returned home in the evening, Lin Chaoyang told her Hu Qiming's idea of ​​seeking cooperation on behalf of Yan Film Studio.

Tao Yushu thought for a moment and said:

‘Of course this is a good thing for win-win cooperation, but there is a problem. If we make a co-production with Yan Film Studio, the Bay Island side might block us, right?

It’s not that I’m afraid of anything else, I’m just worried that when the time comes, people here in Xiangjiang will have scruples and won’t be willing to cooperate with us.”

Lin Chaoyang said relaxedly: "This is not a big problem. However, the blockade implemented by the Bay Island is nothing more than a threat of profit. As long as you can make money by following us, are you worried that no one will come?"

Tao Yushu nodded slightly and agreed with his statement.

"Then do you have any specific ideas? How can we cooperate with Yan Film Studio?"

"I think we can go down the path of artistic films."

Tao Yushu was a little surprised when he heard this, "Literary film?"

She frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "It's a good idea to make a literary film with a small investment and the successful case of "The Truman Show"."

Lin Chaoyang nodded.

"I'm afraid that I won't win the award and the box office will be poor." Tao Yushu said worriedly.

"The investment should be kept as low as possible. As long as it can be shortlisted for one or two influential film festivals, getting back the money is not a problem. If it can win awards, it will definitely make money.

If it can be like "The Truman Show," it will be a huge profit."

Lin Chaoyang's words made Tao Yushu excited. The ability of "The Truman Show" to attract money these days has completely broken Tao Yushu's perception.

In less than two weeks since the end of the film festival, Golden Harvest has negotiated copyright deals with 21 countries and regions. The copyright deal alone has generated revenue of US$9.15 million, which is equivalent to 7320 Hong Kong dollars.

Thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

Currently, copyright contracts in several countries have not yet been signed. It is conservatively estimated that the final overseas copyright income of "The Truman Show" may exceed US$10 million.

This does not include Southeast Asia, the back garden of Hong Kong movies.

In addition, "The Truman Show" was released in Hong Kong for more than a week, and the box office opened like crazy, with a visual estimate of 3,000

Ten thousand Hong Kong dollars is unstoppable.

A rough estimate shows that the net profit generated by a movie may exceed HK$120 million.

Such an exaggeration stuns even the well-informed Zou Wenhuai, let alone Tao Yushu, a fledgling film company boss.

Tao Yushu thought about it and said: "We can stick to the path of literary and artistic films, but we cannot ignore commercial films. We have to walk on two legs."

Lin Chaoyang looked approving and encouraged by him, Tao Yushu continued: "Commercial films have huge investments, so we can definitely continue to try to cooperate with Golden Harvest and New Art City. The literary and art film awards can not only cultivate talents, but also strengthen ourselves."
Chapter completed!