Chapter 714 Founding Hong Kong Island Film and Television University (Part 2)

Run Run Shaw and Zou Wenhuai are old men in the Hong Kong film and television industry, and Wong Pai-ming has also been in the film and television industry for a long time. As for Johnnie To, it has only developed in recent years. In 1972, the 17-year-old Johnnie To started working miscellaneously at Hong Kong TVB. The messenger was his first job. In 1974, he entered the Hong Kong TVB Art Training Class and was the fourth student of the artist training class. During this period, he became friends with Chow Yun-fat, Lin Ling-dong and others. Although he was not in the same class, his friendship can be said to be a classmate relationship. During this period, he often played supporting roles such as yamen runners. According to his conditions, he could at most become the third male lead and had no future in terms of actors. Therefore, two months after graduation, because of the personnel changes in wireless, he moved behind the scenes, studied under Wang Tianlin, started as the primary assistant coach, and learned to film...

In 1980, when the new wave of Hong Kong films was booming, Johnnie To entered the big screen at the invitation of his friend Liu Songren, and filmed his first movie "The Deadly Gold of the Green Water and Cold Mountains" for the Hong Kong left-wing film boss Phoenix (later Yindu Agency). Although the film received little response after its release, many film companies still invited him to film, Johnnie To felt that he had not had enough experience and chose to return to TVB to continue shooting TV series.

In the following five years, Johnnie To's career in TV dramas made rapid progress, and he soon became promoted from production assistant to director and supervisor. He produced classic dramas including "The Dream of Beijing", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Deer and the Cauldron". During this period, he met Wei Jiahui, the screenwriter of the TVB.

In 1986, Johnnie To was invited by the boss of New Art City, Huang Baiming, to direct the third part of the series "Happy Ghost". This drama was directed by Tsui Hark, directed the Speed ​​Scene, and Cheng Xiaodong served as the action guide, and the box office was 16 million. Then Johnnie To took advantage of the victory and filmed the comedy works of citizens such as "Seven Years of Itch", "Eight Stars' Good News", and "Good Stars' Light". These comedy generally revolve around the urban middle class about marriage and marriage, through coincidences between characters.

All kinds of carefully designed plots please the audience and enjoyed good box office results. The New Art City was disbanded in 1990. During this period, Johnnie To and Kim Young-hua jointly directed the "City Special Police" produced by Tsui Hark Studio in 1988. Although the box office failed, it was his first time to come into contact with police and gangster themes. In 1989, Johnnie To directed the art film "Arang's Story" for the first time not only won the box office of more than 30 million yuan, but also won him the first Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director nomination.

Until this time, Johnnie To was the first to make a name for himself in the Chinese film and television industry.

"Okay, everyone sit down casually. We are not in a meeting today. We are just solving the problem and say anything you want to say. Don't be afraid." Lin Yu sat on the boss's chair after saying that, and naturally the others followed suit.

"Just Huang just said he wanted to run a Hong Kong Film and Television Academy. I am very interested in this." Lin Yu took the secretary's Longjing Tea, blew, took a deep breath, and said, "Now what I know is the Hong Kong Performance Academy, and the Invasion University. Well, there is also a wireless artist training class. Is it really necessary for us to start a new job and reshuffle the brand?"

"Yes, this is a development need, we have to do this!" Lao Huang did not speak first this time because he had said it in the car just now. It was unexpected that it was not Johnnie To or Lao Gu who specialized in artist training, but Run Run Shaw!

"Haha, Uncle Six, why do you think so too?" Lin Yu looked at him with some confusion.

"There is no way, it's entirely a formal need!" As soon as he talked about this sixth uncle, he became angry and said: "You are known as the largest film company in Hong Kong, but you can't find the screenwriter or the recording engineer in filming... Nothing can be found, but my subordinates were moved away who were preparing to film TV series. Tell me, if I don't cultivate more talents, I will take away all the people in the future. What's the point of doing? "

Everyone was confused by Lao Shao's anger. In the end, Lao Huang laughed and pulled him down, pointed at Lin Yu and said, "Don't worry, I believe he will make the right decision!"

Lin Yu nodded silently and said with a smile: "To be honest, I didn't believe that our company would lack people, but now after listening to everyone's speeches and expressions, I realized that Hong Kong movies are actually short of people to this point."

Lin Yu said while leaning on his fingers: "It is indeed necessary to establish a film academy, because some shooting methods, shooting technology, film technology, and post-production special effects production are indeed far different from those in Hong Kong Island movies. This film academy is a holy place to cultivate reserve talents and study various film technologies. Well, okay, I agree."

"Okay!" Huang Baiming stood up in an instant and shouted loudly, "Boss Lin, you promised to spend money to build our own film academy of Hong Kong people. This is a great thing!"

Lao Huang said excitedly: "I will see who else says that Hong Kong filmmakers are half-baked people who have become monks halfway through the journey!"

"Yes, boss, your move will definitely be recorded in history in the future." Johnnie To clapped and laughed: "When we encounter any technical problems we don't understand in our work in the future, we can also find a professional institution that can explain it clearly. This is really a blessing!"

"Yes, since the emergence of audio movies in the 1930s, the film has become an academic and technical science, and our Hong Kong films have been explored bit by bit, and there is no place to be used for research. Every time they learn secretly, and every time they buy patent rights from others. In this way, it will be a problem to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. But now, we may also see the international patents applied for by our Hong Kong filmmakers in the future." Lao Gu has always been unfamiliar with speaking, but now looking at his face, you can find that he is so excited.

Lin Yu smiled with satisfaction and nodded, "I won't impose some topics on them, because scientific research will be deployed for a day or two." He looked at Run Run Shaw with a smile and said, "The college is going to do it, but I'm just slandering it and I don't know anything about it.

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