Chapter 21 Interview (Part 1)
Xu Hui nodded without hesitation.
"The market needs commercial films?"
Yang Lan looked at Xu Hui with doubts in her eyes.
"The current film environment is not like ten years ago, twenty years ago, when we can talk about ideals and art. As a newcomer in the film industry, I must first have audiences and audiences like me to continue filming. Therefore, my first few works must enter the market in a commercial manner. Only by winning the box office can I survive."
"But I saw that your first film had a strong humanistic sentiment, and I focused my attention on the three ordinary Jinyiwei who changed dynasties."
“That’s all commercial packaging.”
Xu Hui paused: "It's like my "Those Years" this time. From the perspective of genre films, it belongs to a youth film, telling the youth of the post-80s..."
"The youth of the post-80s?"
"Yes, we have done research on the market and are interested in my own works. Most of the audiences who are willing to watch movies in the theater are from the 1980s and 1990s. In fact, the most mainstream Chinese movie viewing group is very young, with an average of only about twenty years old..."
“Are these your fans?”
Yang Lan asked with a smile.
"How is it possible? I don't have so many fans. But to be honest, if it weren't for a group of fans, I wouldn't dare to make movies. As a director, I would have dared to make an action movie in the first movie with their support!"
"So, what you earn is actually the money from your fans?"
MMP, do you need to be so straightforward?
"It's almost the same. Of course, it's not enough to make money from fans. Therefore, my movie must be accepted by the public. First of all, its three views must be correct, and secondly..."
"Justice defeats evil?"
"Um."
Xu Hui nodded and added: "About 2003, many filmmakers have begun to talk about feelings, thinking that movies must have feelings, I think..."
"Do you think it's wrong?"
Yang Lan asked in anger.
"It's not right, right? However, I always think that classic movies are qualified to talk about feelings. The movies I've made now can only be considered good movies at most. They are too far from classics. Maybe it's not too late to talk about these things when I'm thirty or forty."
"Actually, I'm very curious about you, because I also went to the cinema to watch your first movie "The Embroidered Spring Sword". I really didn't expect that this was taken by you when you were twenty-four years old!"
Yang Lan stared at Xu Hui, not knowing what she was thinking, and then heard her ask: "I believe many viewers are very curious. Why do you want to make a movie? What experiences have you dream of Director Le?"
"…My parents are both teachers and dual employees. I grew up with my grandma since I was a child. My grandma has a tea mountain at home. She is very busy and has no time to take care of me. Fortunately, not far from my house is a Kunqu Opera Theater, so I found a master at home..."
"So, have you learned Kunqu Opera?"
"Well, after studying for six years, I grew up under the influence of Kunqu Opera. It should be when I was nine years old. I remember that it seemed like an interview on the TV station. An uncle was carrying a camera. It was probably at that time that I became interested in camera. I slowly watched a lot of movies. Since then, I have decided to be a film director!"
Xu Hui probably sorted out the memories of this life.
Chapter completed!