Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 3198 Liu Zhenwei’s suffering
"The Haunted Man" is not an easy movie for Lau Chun-wai and Wong Kar-wai. The trick they played on Jacky Cheung was discovered by Lin Daoqiu. The final punishment was that if the box office of the movie did not reach 500 by then, If they pay [-] Hong Kong dollars, these two guys will not be allowed to make movies.

Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai didn't think that Lin Daoqiu was joking with them at that time, so these two guys really tried their best to make this movie a good one after they started filming "The Ghost Club". It can be said that they really struggled. Use your brain.

As for Ng Mang-tat and Stephen Chow who were brought in by Lin Daoqiu, Liu Zhenwei still has a little understanding of how capable these two people are. After all, they have collaborated in "The Gambler" before. Although the film was not released because the quality was not up to standard, Ng Mang-tat I still saw some of Stephen Chow's comedy talent and Liu Zhenwei's talent.

This time, at the beginning of "The Ghost Club", Liu Zhenwei did not think about giving these two guys multiple roles. After all, they were added later, and the protagonists of this drama are Jacky Cheung and Xu Guanying. These two people are famous in At this time, he was much older than Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat, so at the beginning, Liu Zhenwei focused the main scenes on these two leading actors.

As for the heroines Maggie Cheung and Ng Man-tat, they are actually the same. They were both inserted by Lin Daoqiu. But what is better than Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat is that although Maggie Cheung is not good at acting, at least she is beautiful and can be a There is absolutely no problem with vases. After all, most of the heroines at this time are playing the role of vases in movies. Basically no one expects them to have high acting skills. It is obviously unrealistic to have such expectations.

But what troubled Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai the most was that even if Lin Daoqiu stuffed Maggie Cheung in, he actually asked them to teach Maggie Cheung to act. This was really hard for Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai.

As a result, the filming of "The Ghost Story" made Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai very tired, but they had to continue filming seriously.

After several months of hard filming, from the initial torment, the creators and actors gradually developed a tacit understanding, which somewhat pleased Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai.

The film's post-production has been completed, and the test screening has been broadcast in the screening room of New Oriental Pictures. The reputation is neither bad nor good, which makes the two of them even more uneasy.

Now that the schedule has been determined, they can only resign themselves to fate.

"bell……"

Liu Zhenwei, who had taken a rare break at home after filming "The Ghost Job", was writing a script when suddenly the phone in the living room rang. When he looked at the time, he realized that it was already so late, so why was there still someone calling him?

With some doubts, Liu Zhenwei came to the living room and picked up the phone.

"Is it Director Liu? I'm Lin Daoqiu."

"Hello Mr. Lin, Lin, do you have any business with me at this late hour?"

Liu Zhenwei, who didn't pay much attention at first, heard that the caller was Lin Daoqiu. He was so frightened that he sobered up a lot in an instant, and then began to think blindly.

Could it be because Li Maowen had watched "The Ghost Story" and felt that he failed to shoot well this time, so after reporting to Lin Daoqiu, the other party made this call specifically to reprimand him?If that were the case, wouldn't he be doomed?
"I heard from Melvin that the filming of "The Haunted Mansion" has been completed and the schedule has been set?"

"Yes, Mr. Lin, the filming of "The Ghost Story" has been completed, and a preview screening was held at New Oriental. Manager Li also participated in the preview."

Liu Zhenwei was very uneasy at this time. Lin Daoqiu called him so late. He must have something important to tell him. Apart from the fact that he had ruined the movie, Liu Zhenwei couldn't think of Lin Daoqiu calling him so late. What other possibilities exist for the phone. "How was the movie going?"

Lin Daoqiu was not in Xiangjiang, so he had not seen the sample film of "The Ghost Story". He just asked casually, but in Liu Zhenwei's ears, it turned into an indictment.

"Mr. Lin, I'm really sorry. Wong Kar-wai and I really wanted to make the movie well. We really tried our best and were definitely not lazy. During the filming period, Wong Kar-wai and I almost regarded the set as our home. We worked hard every day. We were discussing how to make a movie, and I don’t know why this happened. I..."

The more Liu Zhenwei talked, the more excited he became. He didn't know how to explain it to Lin Daoqiu. He took it for granted that Lin Daoqiu was dissatisfied with "The Ghost Story" so he called to reprimand him.

Lin Daoqiu listened to Liu Zhenwei's words of self-blame and remained silent. After the other party finished speaking, he slowly spoke.

"I haven't seen the sample film of "The Ghost Story", and I don't know how the filming of this movie went. The final result will not be seen until it is released. Don't get excited now, wait until the final result comes out. From now on, you and Wong Kar-Wai will have to bear the consequences for good or bad, do you understand? And I’m not looking for you today because of the matter of "The Ghostbusters"."

"Ah... Isn't it for the drama "The Ghost Story"?"

Liu Zhenwei, who was about to cry with excitement, immediately stopped his emotional fluctuations when he heard what Lin Daoqiu said, and then quietly waited for Lin Daoqiu to continue.

"I'm calling you to ask you how Stephen Chow and Ng Meng-tat performed in "The Bad Man". What do you think of their acting skills?"

Liu Zhenwei did not expect that Lin Daoqiu made a special call to him so late to ask about Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat, but it is understandable after thinking about it. After all, these two people were the crew of "The Ghost Story" that Lin Daoqiu inserted into at the time. In that case It's understandable that he wants to know about these two people.

And Liu Zhenwei also knows very well that the original drama "The Gambler" was written by Lin Daoqiu to praise Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat. It was only because they failed to film it that it was not released. Otherwise, Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat might have already He has become a popular fried chicken in the Hong Kong film and television industry.

"The two of them actually perform very well, and they often come up with these nonsensical things, which look quite funny, and the final effect is also good, but these are our feelings. I don’t know what the audience will see. What will be your reaction after this?"

Liu Zhenwei honestly expressed his thoughts. As for what Lin Daoqiu would think, he couldn't control it.

"I know, it's so late, you should go to bed early. Also, I hope "The Ghost Story" will have good box office results by then."

"Thank you, Mr. Lin. I certainly hope to get good results."

After Lin Daoqiu hung up the phone, Liu Zhenwei breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)