1979 Golden Age

On October 29, a major event happened in China.

The State Council approved the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation of the Economic Responsibility System for Industrial Production", and the "contract system" began to appear in urban state-owned and collective enterprises.

The key points of this thing are: fixed base numbers, guaranteed submission, more over-collection, and self-sufficiency. Ownership and management rights are separated. Later, as policies became more relaxed, China's earliest group of star entrepreneurs were nurtured in this system.

For example, Zong Qinghou contracted a school-run enterprise in 1987, and gradually grew it, and then there was Wahaha - unfortunately, after he passed away, his daughter and Wahaha made a mess, and rumors spread everywhere, and it was unknown whether they were true or not.

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"Ding Di!"

In the early morning, the crew's motorcade drove into a villa area and stopped in front of a large house with a swimming pool.

Fu Qi came in person, shook hands with a man in his 30s, and said, "Mr. Huo, thank you for your help! I really need such a scene, so I shamelessly troubled you."

"No, no, it's just a piece of cake!"

The other party responded with a smile, and said in a very friendly manner, "You have made great achievements this year. My father and I are excited. Hey, where is that friend Chen Qi?"

"Little Chen, come!"

Fu Qi called Chen Qi over and introduced him. This is Huo Yingdong's eldest son Huo Zhenting, and his son is Huo Qigang, who is only 2 years old this year.

"It's really a young talent. I heard that this play is going to be sold to the United States?"

"Yes, I found two American actors. When it is released, please come and see it."

"Of course, of course, I wish you all the best!"

Huo Zhenting stayed for a while and then left.

The original version of "Orphan" was set in Canada, with ice and snow. In the last scene, the heroine and Esther were fighting on the ice, and the heroine kicked Esther into the ice lake.

Now it's Hong Kong, which doesn't have the geographical conditions.

So the two of them fought in the villa, broke the glass, and fell into the swimming pool downstairs. After all, the heroine has an adult body and strength, and is more durable. She climbed up first, and when she saw Esther was still trying to struggle, she kicked her down and drowned...

The house was found with the help of Ho Ying-tung.

Needless to say, the Ho family, Mr. Ho Ying-tung also engaged in gambling and real estate, but it did not prevent him from transporting supplies to the troops during the Korean War, and made various contributions after the reform and opening up. When he died, he was covered with the national flag.

The crew here is preparing for filming.

Ed Harris and Amy Madigan stood in front of the French window, comparing themselves repeatedly. Amy's face was not good, and she kept asking: "I want to break this glass and jump into the pool with that little girl?"

"No, not you, but a stunt double."

"Stunt double? How can a little girl be a stunt double?"

"Come here!"

Tsui Hark waved his hand, and two male martial artists, one big and one small, came over. The big one was an adult, but the small one was really small, and his body was about the same size as Qiu Shuzhen.

"Oh my God! He's still a child!"

"You let him do such a dangerous action?"

The two foreigners started screaming.

Tsk!

Chen Qi rolled his eyes. Child labor and child marriage are still legal in your country, and you haven't protested?

But he still explained: "He is already 18 years old, but he is born short, so he often acts as a stunt double for children. He is very professional and has more experience than you."

The two foreigners were skeptical.

The person concerned looked confused. Chen Qi patted him and said with a smile: "It's okay, go and prepare!"

"Mr. Chen, I will definitely perform well!"

The other party left without any burden or thoughts. Hong Kong does not treat martial artists as human beings. They have to fight hard to make a living. If you don't dare to fight, others will dare to fight, so they will come out first.

Moreover, Hong Kong has all kinds of stand-ins for all kinds of actors. For example, Zeng Zhiwei was also a martial artist when he first debuted. Because of his short stature, he often served as a stand-in for female stars.

The original large glass had been removed and replaced with a very thin prop glass. Chen Qi ran downstairs and stood by the swimming pool looking up. Qiu Shuzhen followed him and looked eagerly.

Tsui Hark directed from above: "Jump once and see the effect!"

"Are you ready?"

"3, 2, 1, start!"

With a crash, the large glass shattered, and the two martial artists entangled together, jumped from the height of the third floor, and fell into the swimming pool with a splash, splashing high water, and faintly accompanied by the screams of two foreigners.

Qiu Shuzhen couldn't help but shudder, and suddenly felt lucky that it wasn't her who jumped.

"How is it? Are you okay?" Tsui Hark shouted from above with a loud speaker.

The two martial artists showed their heads and waved their hands: "It's okay, it's okay!"

"Then try again. There's something wrong with your posture just now. You have to press him down, so that he will be seriously injured and you will be alive."

"No problem, director!"

The two ran upstairs again wetly.

Chen Qi shook his head. Even though he didn't like the Hong Kong circle, martial artists really made money with their lives. Without them, there wouldn't be so many good-looking action movies.

"It's crazy! You are really crazy. You just jumped down from such a high place!"

The two foreigners were still excited. They had been shooting here for nearly two months and deeply felt the rough temperament of Hong Kong movies, which was even more rough and bold than Hollywood B-level movies.

In fact, the left is really not like this. It's mainly brought by Tsui Hark.

The shooting started soon. The two martial artists jumped again, wearing women's clothes and wigs, smashing the glass and jumping down. Their posture was that the big one pressed the small one down as a buffer, so the little girl was seriously injured...

With a plop, they crawled out again wetly. This scene was OK. No one paid attention to them and they cleaned themselves up.

Qiu Shuzhen and Amy had put on makeup, with bloodstains on their faces and bodies, soaking in the swimming pool.

"ACTION!"

Amy popped her head out first, took a breath, and thought the little devil was dead, so she swam to the shore.

She supported the edge of the pool with both hands and climbed up. Suddenly, Qiu Shuzhen came out from behind, her hair was wet and sticky, blood and water mixed on her face, she looked crazy, and rushed over to hug her legs tightly.

"Mom, save me!"

"Mom! Save me, don't let me die, I don't want to die!"

Amy's character was a little soft-hearted before, but her husband and son were dead, and her little daughter and herself were threatened, so she finally hardened up, cursed fiercely, and then kicked.

Here we will make a dummy, shoot the back, and let Amy kick hard in the face, of course, you can't kick a real person.

However, Qiu Shuzhen's scenes were shot continuously. She suddenly raised her head, bit the blood bag in her mouth, and pretended to be kicked in the face...

"Kacha!"

"OK!"

Tsui Hark shouted, and Qiu Shuzhen crawled out. Chen Qi had already wrapped a big bath towel around her. She raised her face tremblingly: "Master, how was my performance?"

"50 points!"

"Ah? Why didn't I pass?"

"I kept 10 points because I'm afraid you'll be proud. Go take a shower and change clothes. Hey! Don't smile at me. Your face is full of blood..."

"Can't you praise me seriously for once!"

Qiu Shuzhen pouted and ran away wrapped in a big bath towel. When she got to the bathroom, she took off her clothes in a few seconds and started taking a hot shower. Suddenly, she snorted: "He is just stubborn. He obviously thinks I acted well, but he won't say it. I will make him say it sooner or later!"

...

The crew shot the last week in the villa.

In addition to the fighting scenes, there are also some life clips. Because the male and female protagonists are very rich, this villa is their home.

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed since the filming of Orphan.

After finishing a daily scene, everyone stopped automatically. No matter where the crew is, there is a similar sense of ritual. Tsui Hark and Chen Qi pushed each other and finally said together:

"I declare that Orphan..."

"Filming is finished!"

(No more today, but there will be four more tomorrow!)