Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1293 Ask him for advice?

He Guanchang did not expect to meet Tsui Hark here. He had heard that Tsui Hark was preparing a martial arts movie recently.

For Tsui Hark, He Guanchang was actually very optimistic at the beginning.

However, after Bao Shaogang's "New Shushan Swordsman" hit the market, He Guanchang's perception of him will naturally not be much better.

Afterwards, Tsui Hark went to Dibao, where he was doing well, and then he returned to New Art City.

He Guanchang might have thought about poaching people in the past, but it is almost impossible now.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that staying in New Oriental is definitely many times better than staying in Golden Harvest, and the future is even more limitless.

Unless Tsui Hark's brain was flooded, he would definitely not choose to transfer to Golden Harvest.

"Director Xu, Miss Shi, long time no see."

Although there is no possibility of poaching the other party, since we have met, it is good to have a good relationship.

He Guanchang took the initiative to say hello.

Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng saw that it was He Guanchang, and immediately stood up from their chairs.

"Mr. He, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Tsui Hark hadn't noticed He Guanchang before, if he had seen it earlier, he would never have waited for the other party to come over, but would have walked over to say hello to him, after all, He Guanchang is also an elder.

"I just came over to drink tea. I saw you so I came to say hello."

He Guanchang noticed that there were three cups on the table, and it seemed that there was one more person at their table.

Although New Oriental and Golden Harvest did not deal with each other, the main conflict still centered on Dibao.

For Lin Daoqiu, Jiahe is not the main enemy. In his opinion, Jiahe can only be said to be Dibao's follower at this time.

"If Mr. He doesn't mind, how about sitting down and having a cup of tea together."

Leslie Cheung had already left, Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng wanted to leave too, but they didn't expect to meet He Guanchang.

Besides being polite, Tsui Hark had another idea to invite the other party to sit down and have tea together.

"Oh... that's fine too."

He Guanchang did not expect that Tsui Hark would take the initiative to invite him to sit down and drink tea together. He originally thought that Tsui Hark would be embarrassed when meeting him, but it seemed that he was thinking too much.

After He Guanchang sat down, Tsui Hark took the initiative to pour tea and water for him.

"Director Xu has always been a director I admire very much. It's a pity that our cooperation time is too short."

That's all He Guanchang said. If "New Shushan Swordsman" had been a big success at that time, then Tsui Hark might not have been released to Di Bao.

Tsui Hark is not stupefied, just listen to He Guanchang's words, if he takes the other party's words seriously, then he is really too stupid.

"Actually, I have been able to work with Golden Harvest, and I am already very satisfied."

He Guanchang also just casually said that he did not expect Tsui Hark to be grateful to Golden Harvest, after all, the two sides did not bring any actual benefits to each other.

If it wasn't because Bao Shaogang invested in "New Shushan Swordsman", but Golden Harvest invested in it himself, He Guanchang probably wouldn't give him a good face when he saw Tsui Hark.

In the previous life, after Tsui Hark went to Golden Harvest without telling New Arts City to co-produce "New Shushan Swordsman", the two parties re-cooperated in the "Huang Feihong" series in the 90s.

While chatting, He Guanchang inevitably wanted to talk about the martial arts movie that Tsui Hark was preparing to shoot.

Originally, it was just looking for something to talk about. He Guanchang didn't have too many thoughts about this martial arts movie at the beginning. After all, Tsui Hark is also from New Oriental.

The relationship between Golden Harvest and New Oriental has naturally been better than that of Dibao since they collaborated with Uncle Liu to engage Lin Daoqiu.

"I heard that Director Xu is preparing a martial arts movie recently?"

This news is not really a secret, but there is not much news released, everyone only knows that Tsui Hark's next film will be a martial arts movie.

"Mr. He is really well-informed, but I'm just playing around."

Tsui Hark doesn't seem to want to reveal too much about this aspect. After all, "Swordsman" has undergone too many changes. Once the news spreads, I'm afraid that headaches will follow one after another.

"I have always been optimistic about Director Xu's strength. Since Shaw Brothers withdrew, there have been fewer and fewer martial arts movies in Xiangjiang."

Before that, Shaw Brothers made the most martial arts movies, and several of them were released almost every year, most of which were adapted from the novels of Jin Yong and Gu Long.

But since Shaw Brothers withdrew, the output of martial arts movies has become less and less in the past few years, that is, New Oriental has filmed some of them before, but it is still far behind Shaw Brothers' output in the past.

"Mr. He is right. In fact, martial arts novels and movies have influenced more than our generation. Although the box office of martial arts movies was not as good as expected, in the final analysis, there is still no new idea."

Once talking about movies, Tsui Hark becomes a chatterbox.

He Guanchang also agrees with Tsui Hark's remarks, but as for how to shoot the novelty of martial arts movies, I'm afraid it won't work just by talking about it.

"Currently the best-selling movies in Xiangjiang are comedy and action movies. Movies like kung fu comedies are becoming less and less popular with audiences."

He Guanchang shook his head while talking, he felt that most of the reasons for the change in the style of Xiangjiang movies had to be attributed to Lin Daoqiu.

Back then, the comedy films of the Xu Brothers dominated Xiangjiang, which can be said to be superior to the crowd.

But after meeting Lin Daoqiu, Xu Guanwen was not as invincible as before.

"The types of movies have been changing, and the audience's tastes have also changed. I think this change is a good thing. Encouraging everyone to innovate can make movies have a steady stream of vitality."

Tsui Hark is obviously on the side that supports change. In the era when Lin Daoqiu did not travel through, he was the first person to spend a lot of money to make special effects movies in Xiangjiang.

For Tsui Hark's statement, He Guanchang mostly agrees.

But for him, compared to innovation, he still feels that making any movie that can make money is the safest way.

After all, Golden Harvest is a film company, and so many employees and actors depend on the company for food, so it is necessary to be cautious about this aspect.

At this time, He Guanchang got up to go to the bathroom. After he left, Shi Nansheng suddenly whispered to Tsui Hark.

"Old Xu, Mr. He is a veteran in the industry. If you are really troubled about the male lead, you might as well ask Mr. He for advice. After all, he has a lot of experience and knowledge, and he might be able to help us find a suitable candidate."

Shi Nansheng's proposal made Tsui Hark's eyes widen in surprise. Is it appropriate to ask He Guanchang to help choose the leading actor?

(End of this chapter)