"Actually, if you want to make an art film that's going to win awards, I suggest you wait a little longer.

It's not that I'm jealous of you winning awards. When an art film wins awards at three major film festivals, the price of the copyright sold increases exponentially. According to the company's shares, I get much more money than you do.

The Fault in Our Stars was entered into the Cannes International Film Festival, and I was able to win the Best Director Award, which was really a surprise.

Because China's economic strength is not as strong as those of the big countries in Hollywood, there are often some biases and inclinations in the awards at international film festivals.

Unless the script and the film itself have extremely high artistic value and uniqueness, can transcend cultural and regional boundaries, and deeply touch the hearts of judges and audiences, there is only a slight chance of winning the award.

This time, I am trying to compete in the Berlin Film Festival for the film "Love". One reason is that I won the Best Director Award at Cannes and have some international reputation. In addition, the quality of the script gave me the courage to try for a higher award.

But to be honest, I was not sure about it. After all, the Berlin Film Festival also brought together many excellent films from around the world, and the competition was extremely fierce.

"The reason I asked you to wait a little longer is so you can shoot other films, improve your professional skills, and polish the script," Zhang Qiurui said earnestly.

However, after hearing what Zhang Qiurui said, Zhang Yimou and others fell into deep thought.

They understood that Zhang Qiurui had already made a successful film and won a major award at the Cannes Film Festival, so the advice she gave must be based on her experience.

"Qiu Rui, do you mean that we should shoot some other movies first, accumulate experience, improve our skills, and then consider shooting award-winning art films?" Zhang Yimou asked knowingly. His eyes showed both persistence in his dreams and consideration of reality.

"Not bad." Zhang Qiurui nodded affirmatively.

"In that case, I don't have any other ideas for my first film. The only requirement is that it must be a script written by you, Qiurui." Zhang Yimou's words were full of trust and expectations for Zhang Qiurui.

He knew very well that a good script was the cornerstone of a successful film, and Zhang Qiurui's talent in screenwriting had already been fully demonstrated in her award-winning film.

In addition, she has written many popular novels, which undoubtedly made Zhang Yimou more confident in her screenwriting ability.

“That’s no problem, I’ll arrange a movie for each of you.

After I finish filming this movie, I'll try to have each of you make a movie and release it next year." Zhang Qiurui was also a little excited.

She seems to be ushering in the era of horror films in Hong Kong.

After Zhang Qiurui finished his meal and washed up, he immediately went back to his room, turned on a movie, and started writing the script.

The computers in 1979 were bulky white computers with very little memory and slow running speed. If Zhang Qiurui only used it to write scripts and novels, it was enough for her.

Before classic ghost movies such as "Mr. Vampire", "Uncle Vampire", "The Taoist Priest", "Mr. Vampire", "Zombie Family" and "Zombie Supreme" appeared in later generations, these movies were given to Zhang Yimou and others to shoot, creating a wave of ghost movies in Hong Kong.

Zhang Qiurui sat in front of the bulky white computer, his fingers jumping on the keyboard, his thoughts flowing like a spring.

She decided to start with "Mr. Vampire", which would serve as the first film in her ghost film series. In later generations, this film became a classic among many zombie films.

She likes this movie very much and has watched it more than a dozen times. Although she knows the plot of the movie very well, every time the atmosphere of the movie is set and the music is matched, when the zombies appear, Zhang Qiurui will still be frightened by the sudden sense of horror, as if every viewing is a new experience.

Zhang Qiurui knows that the reason why this movie has become a classic is not only because of its unique zombie setting and exciting fighting scenes, but also because it cleverly combines horror and comedy to create a movie that is both scary and funny.

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Three days passed in a row.

Jiang Zhiqiang was very quick and registered Zhang Qiurui's film company within three days. The company was located in a temporary office in Tsim Sha Tsui as the company's registration point.

The registered capital is 1 million.

This money is the royalties and fees that Zhang Qiurui paid to Zhang Guorong for writing songs and publishing his basic novels in Hong Kong.

Zhang Qiurui had previously realized that the royalties from writing songs for Zhang Guorong were too high, so he asked Cheng Shufen to open a bank account for him in Hong Kong specifically to manage and store these creative income. The 1 million yuan used to register the film company was transferred from this account.

Three days passed, and Zhang Qiurui had almost finished writing the script for the movie "Mr. Vampire", and all that was left was to fill in some details.

That day, Gu Changwei and Xie Xiaojin drove a car and took them to Jiahe.

During these three days, Gu Changwei, Xie Xiaojin and others not only learned to drive, but Jiang Zhiqiang also helped them get their driver's licenses. Golden Harvest has completed the registration of Zhang Qiurui's script and obtained a filming permit. The behind-the-scenes staff of the crew are basically in place. As for the filming location, Ho Kwun-chang also provided them with a villa in Repulse Bay for filming.

The two leading actors have also coordinated their schedules.

Zhang Qiurui is waiting for them at Golden Harvest today, and is preparing to start the first script reading and subsequent preparatory meetings.

"You guys go meet the behind-the-scenes team first, get familiar with them, and see if everything needed for filming is in place. Sister Hong, let's go." After arriving at Shaw Brothers, Zhang Qiurui instructed Zhang Yimou, Xie Xiaojin and others.

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