What Can Save the Film Industry

Author: Wen Jun
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: He is a screenwriter, writer, director, radio host, and possesses many astonishing identities! He recognized and supported Jiang Wen in directing In the Heat of the Sun, which made a stunning debut. In three years, he wrote and produced nine films in the A Chinese Odyssey series, creating a wave in the Hong Kong film industry. He invested in the domestic film My Brother, "cutting a tree with a knife," achieving over 20 million yuan in box office revenue nationwide in 2001. He brought Shu Qi from Taiwan into the Hong Kong film industry as his manager, creating a miracle. He is also the president of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association, to public affairs, and. His name is Wen Jun. And see him—What Can Save the Film Industry.
Apart from his charm, Wen Jun truly has inner virtues and abilities. For example, he was the first to invest in In the Heat of the Sun! The script was written long ago but hard to find. A normal person would have some normal worries and doubts: no stars in the film, an inexperienced director, an unfashionable story, etc. But no one could see why he was so abnormal to participate in In the Heat of the Sun. Yet, it turned out to be true. What happened next was that Xia Yu won the Venice Film Award, the film became a box office champion, and I was often called "Director Jiang" by acquaintances or strangers.
—Jiang Wen (Famous Actor and Director)
Wen Jun is a person you can never fully understand. A film critic, screenwriter, producer, director, joke-telling old man, president of the Hong Kong Film Awards, a Beijing expert, a golden manager, a wise boss, a man who is always on the go and never at home. A short man in height but a big man in spirit.
—Wang Jing (Famous Hong Kong Director)
I got to know Wen Jun because he is a very famous film producer and manager in Hong Kong. A film producer or manager is a person who is always talking to all kinds of people, making and receiving calls, like a TV that constantly switches channels, broadcasting many programs simultaneously. They do many things at once because they are important and because they are energetic. My friend calls them "social joints." Without them, many aspects of society would be stiff.
—Xu Jinglei (Famous Actor, Screenwriter, and Director)
Wen Jun has his own way of doing things. Reading Wen Jun's articles, I admire his straightforwardness and rationality, always saying something meaningful. Wen Jun is not a person who plays with words but a filmmaker and social activist. His words are the expressions of his emotions as both a filmmaker and a social activist. Without hesitation or subtlety, he speaks without the need for the Spring and Autumn Annals or the Wei and Jin dynasties. This is what is called "Brother Jun."
—Zhao Jun (Film Planning and Distribution Expert, Manager of Guangdong Film Company)
Wen Jun's words are indeed "profound" in meaning. He can always convey deep significance with just a few strokes. Every word of his is closely watched. Now, many entertainment reporters in mainland China have taken Wen Jun's column articles as news sources. What he reveals in his articles, who he criticizes, and what he comments on are all topics that are heavily discussed and sensationalized. It can be said that Wen Jun is now one of the most exposed behind-the-scenes figures in the entire entertainment industry.
—Bo Ming (Entertainment Column Editor of Southern Metropolis Daily)
After getting to know him, I realized that Wen Jun is a man of outstanding talent. Despite his unremarkable appearance, especially his lack of the "heroic tall and large" physique, he has a lot of the demeanor of a true man in life. When passed away, and was buried, I saw Wen Jun on TV, reversing his usual clumsy manner, with a sorrowful expression and tears streaming down his face. I praised him in my heart for being a man with feelings, kindness, and integrity. Later, while reading the newspaper in my free time, I discovered that Wen Jun's writing was exceptionally skilled, with a divine touch and a smooth flow. His words and descriptions were full of emotion, scenery, and people, as if making one read a chapter of a novel, often unable to put it down.
—Jiang Ping (Deputy Director of the National Film Administration)
The title of the book What Can Save the Film Industry is inscribed by Andy Lau, while the content exposes many secrets of the industry that few people know, such as: "Principal Tan has a son named Tan Xiaofeng," "Zhang Xiaohui and Tony Leung's love-hate story," "Peng Fei's romance, please do not disturb," "Supporting Liu Xiaoqing's plastic surgery," and "Managers ruined Tian Liang." Interestingly, the book has as many as eight prefaces, in addition to Wen Jun's self-preface, there are prefaces by Jiang Wen, Xu Jinglei, Wang Jing, and others in the industry. Among them, Jiang Wen's Not a Preface is particularly interesting. He writes: "Wen Jun has grown up, but the appearance of a young pet remains unchanged." "The appearance of a little panda after all hides a ripe man's heart! It's inevitable to flirt and charm." "Ask yourself, when faced with a young, round little person like Wen Jun, who would still take losing their virginity and being scolded seriously?" Guangdong film and music figure Zhong Luming, in his preface Learning from Brother Wen Jun, bluntly describes Wen Jun as having the reputation of a "fierce little dwarf" in the Hong Kong film industry and "roaring like an African lion."
Readers can use What Can Save the Film Industry to peer into Wen Jun's "entertainment expressions" and see his skill in "entertaining himself by listening to and solving gossips."
8 Prefaces by Renowned Figures
As the president of the Hong Kong Film Awards, Wen Jun's new book naturally attracts many big names to support it. This time, Wen Jun not only had Andy Lau inscribe the title but also enlisted Jiang Wen, Wang Jing, Xu Jinglei, and other big names to write prefaces for his new book, resulting in a total of eight prefaces for one book. Everyone seized the opportunity to write prefaces for Wen Jun, unhesitatingly "putting him on stage." Jiang Wen wrote "without reservation," saying: "Wen Jun has grown up, but the appearance of a young pet remains unchanged." "The appearance of a little panda after all hides a ripe man's heart! It's inevitable to flirt and charm." "Ask yourself, when faced with a young, round little person like Wen Jun, who would still take losing their virginity and being scolded seriously?"
Major Revelations in the Book
In the book, Wen Jun uses the pretense of "saving the film industry" to expose many secrets of the industry's red carpet personalities, such as: "Principal Tan has a son named Tan Xiaofeng," "Zhang Xiaohui and Tony Leung's love-hate story," "Peng Fei's romance, please do not disturb," "Supporting Liu Xiaoqing's plastic surgery," and "Managers ruined Tian Liang," among which many secrets are little-known. In the article Andy Lau's Pain, Wen Jun bluntly writes: "Yu Kexin is actually quite pitiful. Her only achievement in life seems to have been once being Andy Lau's girlfriend." In Why is Zhou Xingchi "Difficult to Work With"?, Wen Jun writes: "Zhou Xingchi gives the impression that the people around him are not very good. Because they are not very good, it's only then that they can tolerate Zhou Sir's temper and have the conditions to get along." He points out the reason why the "Star Lord" has bad relationships in just one sentence.
Additionally, Wen Jun does not forget to diagnose the film awards, publicly questioning the credibility of the Hong Kong Film Awards, and analyzing questions like "Which is more important—Golden Horse, Golden Rooster, or Golden Bauhinia?" His new work blends gossip with depth.