The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 113 Tiger Frog
Seeing the "bald guy" with long shawl hair and a beard on his mouth, very unkempt, like those wandering singers in later generations, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but feel a sense of time confusion.

He blinked his eyes hastily, and calmed down, "Your Excellency is Mr. Mai?"

"You can just call me Mai Jia, Mr. Xu!" Mai Jia smiled, and without waiting for Xu Guanwu to greet him, he sat down on the seat with great determination.

Seeing this, Xu Guanwu smiled slightly, "I know Mr. Mai, you grew up in the United States, and you like to be called by Westerners, so you can just call me Stanley from now on."

Mai Jia's eyes lit up, "Okay, Stanley, I just hid at the door and listened, and you seem to have great confidence in me."

Xu Guanwu nodded, "I know you are a very talented person."

"You haven't seen me before, do you have the ability to predict?" Mai Jia said with a smile.

"That's right." Xu Guanwu nodded and admitted directly.

Mai Jia was stunned for a moment, "A prophet?! Then guess what will happen to me in the future?"

"Really want me to say it?" Xu Guanwu smiled, "I said it, I'm afraid it will scare you."

"After all, I'm very bold, and I have nothing to be afraid of." Mai Jia laughed.

"Since this is the case, then I will tell you a word, 'Is the golden scales a thing in a pool, the seven stars gather to change the dragon'." Xu Guanwu laughed loudly after finishing speaking.

"Is the golden lin a thing in a pond? The seven stars gather to change into a dragon. What is this?! A gatha or a poem? What's the meaning?" Mai Jia couldn't figure out the mystery of it at all.

"Remember it well, and slowly realize it when you get home." Xu Guanwu didn't explain too much.

Seeing this, Mai Jia also knew that Xu Guanwu would not talk any more, so she didn't ask any more questions.

"Stanley, I heard that you want to find me as a director." After the gossip, it was time to get to the point, Mai Jia suddenly put on a serious face and said seriously.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "How about it, are you interested?"

"How much is the investment?" Mai Jia asked directly without answering.

"You can have as much as you want." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"Okay, I want 500 million!" Mai Jia stretched out five fingers and said.

"Pfft!" Xu Guanying spit out a mouthful of water.

"Okay, I'll give you 500 million!" Xu Guanwu agreed without hesitation.

"Cough, cough!" Xu Guanying choked and coughed violently.

Mai Jia was also taken aback, "Mr. Xu, do you really dare to pay me 500 million to make a movie?"

"As long as you dare to speak, why don't I dare to give it." Xu Guanwu smiled.

Mai Jia scratched her head, "Mr. Xu, it was just a joke, just to try you. Even if you give me 500 million now, I don't know what to shoot."

Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Except for a few joint venture films in Hong Kong, the investment in other films is not very high. Hundreds of thousands is already a big investment. Generally, 10,000+ for kung fu movies can be done.

500 million investment in local films has never appeared in the history of Hong Kong.

Although Mai Jia dared to ask for 500 million, but when he got the money, he had nothing to spend it on.

A-list celebrities like Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao only paid HK$[-].

500 million, enough to invite first-tier and second-tier stars in Hong Kong.

"Stanley, 500 million is too big a sum to spend in Hong Kong. Why don't we play a little bit first?" Mai Jia said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "Do you already have a project in hand?"

"It's just a simple story." Mai Jia laughed, "There is no script yet."

"Well, when you have the script ready, come to me for investment. I welcome you at any time." Xu Guanwu nodded.

Mai Jia nodded and walked lightly.

Xu Guanying looked at Xu Guanwu with a depressed face, "Second brother, can he do it?"

"Of course, Ah Ying, this person is not simple." Xu Guanwu smiled, "He didn't ask me after he entered the room, he just sat on the chair and called my name carelessly, just to test my heart. And The one-off price of 500 million is also a test of how much I value him. This person seems carefree, but in fact he is as careful as a hair."

"Oh, what I said, he was not like this when chatting with him in the crew. So that's the case, no wonder." Xu Guanying suddenly realized.

Xu Guanwu was very happy to be able to take Mai Jia, one of the three giants of New Art City in the future, under his banner. As long as two giants, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, were recruited, a new New Art City could be formed.

Of the two, Ishida is the easier to find. He graduated from the Shaw Brothers Southland Performing Arts Training Center, and because of his slightly weird appearance, he often plays supporting roles.

Now he is a freelance actor, working between Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and Xu's three companies, such as "Laughing Boxing", "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars" and the new film "Genius and Idiot".

But Huang Baiming, a talented screenwriter, is hard to find. Xu Guanwu only knows that he was a manager of a foreign company before, but later he gave up this lucrative job and devoted himself to the entertainment industry that interests him most.

But there are so many foreign firms in Hong Kong, and it takes at least two or three years to find them one by one.

Without Huang Baiming as the screenwriter and storyteller, the glory of New Art City would probably cease to exist.

In fact, after the disintegration of New Art City, both Mai Jia and Ishida's development in the film industry has been much sluggish. Only Huang Baiming has persisted. In the future, he will enter the mainland market more aggressively and become a frequent visitor to the Lunar New Year stalls.

Although the quality of the film is uneven and arousing criticism, the box office results are quite good. After the decline of Hong Kong film in 97, one of the few filmmakers who can live a chic life.

"Huang Baiming, Huang Baiming, where is your brother hiding now?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help muttering.

……

A few days later, Mai Jia handed in the script she had conceived.

When Xu Guanwu took a look, he saw that the title of the film was "Tiger and Frog". He opened the story and took a look. Although it was a little interesting, it was also absurd and uninhibited, which seemed to be the commonality of the stories of small production companies.

Screenwriters often pursue novelty and fun, only trying to make the audience laugh, while ignoring the basic story structure, making the plot inevitably absurd and illogical.

Several films such as "Crazy Big Brother" and "Tiger Frog" produced by the predecessor company of New Art City have this problem.

Xu Guanwu originally wanted Mai Jia to take it back, but he was thinking of a new idea, fresh and interesting like "Best Partner".But thinking that Mai Jia is just a newcomer and still in the stage of groping and practicing, it would be difficult for him to ask him to come up with a good story like "Best Partner".

"Forget it, let's just spend money to raise newcomers. Anyway, the company will train newcomers in the future, so let him try first." Thinking of this, Xu Guanwu didn't refuse, and directly signed the script, asking Mai Jia to find The production department takes money.

Mai Jia didn't expect Xu Guanwu to give the money so happily, without even blinking his eyes, he couldn't help being very happy.Such a generous boss, not to mention in Hong Kong, is rare even in the world.

Mai Jia rejoiced that she did not vote for the wrong person, and at the same time received the money and started filming.

Although the story of "Tiger Frog" is absurd and the plot is exaggerated, it also has merits.The two people in the film, the tiger and the frog, help each other and guard against each other, making many jokes, quite like the classic film "Best Partner" in later generations.

Maybe this is the shrunken version of Kung Fu in the early Republic of China with the bald man and King Kong.

(End of this chapter)