The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 314 First Issue

Their own editors dare not talk nonsense, and the movie reviews they write seem to be soft advertisements, praising how good they are, both openly and secretly.As for the films of other companies, such as Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, they are nitpicking, trying their best to sarcastically smear and find fault.

Xu Guanwu who watched it was very depressed. His purpose of running a movie magazine was not to get an extra copy of "Daily Daily".If so, why bother?But after talking about it many times, these editors didn't understand, which made Xu Guanwu a little speechless.

In-house editors can't help, and outside writers can't point them out either.In addition to the magazine "Big Close-Up", these film critics actually have regular contributors.For example, Luo Weiming contributed articles for Ming Pao, while Shu Ming wrote articles for South China Morning Post and Xinbao.

Of course, not all contributors did not write for "Oriental Phantom", but the key point is that few of them are well-known, so their influence is not as good as those of Shu Ming and Luo Weiming.

The status of Shu Ming, Luo Weiming and others in the film industry is relatively detached. They have always maintained a fair and unbiased image, so many movie fans choose to watch movies because of their introductions.But whether it is really fair and just is another matter.Anyway, there are two skins in one's mouth, and it is reasonable anyway.

Among the manuscripts received, there are also many criticisms of Xu's current movies. Some criticize that it is a kung fu movie in the early Republic of China, and they really don't want to watch it anymore; There are various discrepancies with Gu Long's original work, but in fact it is just a sword movie with the skin of Gu Long's novel; some criticize Mai Jia's comedy film as vulgar and naive, and corrupt the social atmosphere; I don't know what a good movie is...

When "Oriental Phantom" reviewed these manuscripts, it was natural to take drastic measures, remove all these manuscripts, and throw them into the trash can.There are only a few articles praising Xu's films left.

Although Xu Guanwu felt a little uncomfortable when he saw these critical articles, except for the harsh wording, they actually had something to say.Xu Guanwu has also said how many times, especially the proliferation of Kung Fu movies in the early Republic of China, and the problem of Gui Zhihong playing bloody violence.

But Hong Kong society is actually like this. Theory belongs to theory, and practice belongs to practice. Those who insist on art all go crazy in the end, similar to Van Gogh and Kafka; made a fortune.

Those film critics are more often just addicted to their mouths, and there are very few who can really transform from film critics to successful directors.It is in line with the old Chinese saying that it is easy to see that others carry the burden, but it is difficult to carry the burden yourself.

Under Xu Guanwu's insistence, articles criticizing the proliferation of kung fu movies in the early Republic of China and Gui Zhihong playing violent and bloody games were finally included in the inaugural issue of "Phantom of the East".

When the original employees of the newspaper did not do anything, Shu Qi, a newcomer who had just joined the magazine before graduation, wrote several pertinent articles, among which were praises for Xu's films, There are also criticisms of Xu's films, each of which has something to say.There was neither exaggeration nor taboo. After submitting it, he was immediately praised by Xu Guanwu, and he was quickly promoted to be the chief writer of "Phantom of the East", responsible for writing commentary articles on Xu's films.

When these old employees saw that this brat was the chief editor, they couldn't help but regret that their guts were green.If I had known that the boss was serious, I would have scolded him long ago.Who would have thought that this kid would climb onto his head now? !
The reason why these editors and reporters didn't dare to write scribbles was not only because they were afraid that they would offend the company if they wrote them, but also because the Tiantian Newspaper's treatment was really good.The salary is [-]% higher than that of other newspapers, and there are vacations, allowances, and benefits. I am much happier than my peers in other companies.In this way, who else would dare to risk the world's disgrace and touch the boss's tiger's ass? !
And Shu Qi is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. She is young and vigorous at the age of drive. Naturally, she will not be like these old employees who think so much about what she has.And Xu Guanwu appreciates his courage and courage.

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The cover photos are done, the movie reviews are done, and the film and television dynamics are done, and the rest is the introduction of new filmmakers, which is a link with film history.

In terms of film newcomers, Xu Guanwu selected newcomer Wang Lu Liangwei. He won millions of Hong Kong dollars at the box office in one fell swoop with his performance in "The Man Thief and the Girl Sings" last year, becoming one of the most famous movie stars in Hong Kong.The popularity is enough, and Lu Liangwei is also handsome, and she is quite photogenic as a character in the magazine.

In fact, there are other candidates for film newcomers. For example, Er Dongsheng, who just starred in "The End of the World" last year, also starred in "Chu Liuxiang" for the first time this year, and he is also quite a topical character.

Like Er Dongsheng, there is also the Winner Band. Last year, the movie "Café de Coral" was also a hit at the box office, and they are also one of the most popular idol bands in East Asia. Their records have achieved very good sales in the Japanese market.It also has considerable popularity and topics.

But Xu Guanwu finally made a decision, and Lu Liangwei will be the newcomer king of the first issue.The reason why he was chosen was that Lu Liangwei was a newcomer who was completely cultivated by the Xu family, unlike Wen Na who already had a certain reputation before joining the Xu family.It's not like Er Dongsheng's half-year run in Shaw Brothers before.

Moreover, the Xinghui Art School is about to start a new round of enrollment. This time is the first enrollment after the merger of the Xinghui Art School and the wireless artist training class, so Xu Guanwu really wants to recruit a group of capable students.The last thing is to recruit those future superstars in advance, then Xu will really not worry about not having any artists to use in the future.

The students enrolled in the previous year have now officially graduated. After a year of internship in Xu's, some people have shown their talents and have been promoted one after another, becoming photographers, assistant directors, supporting roles, etc.; And chose to leave; there are still people who are suffering at the bottom, hoping that one day they will become famous...

All in all, the performance of the first batch of students was recognized by the whole company.I feel that Xu Guanwu spent money to train them, and his hard work was really not wasted.

The students recruited last year, after a year of study, will also start to enter the company for internship this year.This year, these students can not only enter Xu's, but also work in TVB TV station.But whether their performance can be better than their predecessors, everyone is waiting to see.

The recruitment of the third batch of students this year will also start, and Xu Guanwu has expressed great expectations for it.

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In terms of film history, Lian Mosheng plans to explain the origin of Hong Kong films in several installments.It starts with the first film released in Hong Kong, talks about the first film made by Hong Kong people, tells about the development of Hong Kong films after the Anti-Japanese War, tells about the origin of the Cantonese "Seven Days" movie, tells about the struggle between leftists and rightists, tells about The dispute between Shaw Brothers and MP & GI, about the dispute between Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers...

The content is roughly the same, and the grammar follows the example of romance novels. It must be written to appeal to both refined and popular tastes, and it is full of fun.It can't be dry like memorizing materials.

After telling the general history of this development, Lian Mosheng plans to gossip about some interesting facts about film history, such as the first female character in a Hong Kong movie, who was actually dressed up by a man; Lie on the sofa and smoke big cigarettes and so on...

Although Xu Guanwu issued a ban, it is absolutely forbidden to publish gossip news about celebrities.But gossip about the interesting stories of film history in these old papers is harmless.Anyway, the protagonists in these stories are either dead or long forgotten.

Xu Guanwu was very satisfied with Lian Mosheng's arrangement. Although it was an introduction on film history, he didn't want those articles to be old-fashioned, like zombies crawling out of old papers.And Lian Mosheng's way of writing it into a romance novel really followed Xu Guanwu's mind.

Xu Guanwu was even more surprised by the person Lian Mosheng found to write this film history.The person Lian Mosheng was looking for was Huang Ying!
Huang Ying can be regarded as a genius in the Hong Kong screenwriting circle. He is the best ghost and god. He became famous for imitating Gu Long in writing "Six Chapters of Cry", and later wrote the "Heroes Shen Shengyi" series, "The Change of Silkworms", "Zombies" "Series and other novels.Because there are many stories about ghosts and gods in his works, and there are blockbuster movies such as "Mr. Zombie", he is also known as the king of ghosts.

Huang Ying has always been regarded as the writer who imitated Gu Long the most. His beautiful writing, elegant artistic conception, fantastic imagination, and bright rhythm all directly match the famous works of Gu Long in his heyday.But it is a pity that the old saying goes, "Those who learn from me live, those who imitate me die!"

With Gu Longzhuyu in front, no matter how much Huang Ying imitated, he couldn't surpass Gu Long, so he could only hide behind him.So everyone knows that there is Gu Long, but they don't remember that there is Huang Ying.Moreover, the ghost stories he wrote are extremely unpopular in the eyes of Hong Kong people.Compared with the martial arts novels of Jin Yong, Gu Long and others, the style is much worse.This is also one of the reasons why Huang Ying's reputation is so weak even though he bears the title of ghost king.

Although Huang Ying became the screenwriter of "Mr. Zombie" later, he really took advantage of the popularity of zombie movies.But the popularity of zombie movies quickly declined, and they passed away in just two or three years.Even Lin Zhengying, the leader of the zombie Taoist, has to support it, not to mention Huang Ying, the behind-the-scenes screenwriter.

But it's a pity that everyone knows that the craze for zombie movies has subsided, but Huang Ying is still a little ignorant of current affairs, and insists on borrowing usury to make zombie movies.As a result, he suffered a crushing defeat and was severely injured by loan sharks. He died miserably at home, and was not discovered until his body became moldy. It was really pitiful.

Xu Guanwu had also read Huang Ying's novels before, whether it was ghost stories or "The Hero Shen Shengyi", to be honest, they were all very good novels, even from the current point of view, they were all of high quality.It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time and ended up tragically dying at home.

So seeing Huang Ying himself now, Xu Guanwu couldn't help feeling a little emotional.Now Huang Ying is still a student in the university, but he has been writing martial arts novels for several years. He has been writing them since middle school, and they have even been serialized in newspapers.

His "Heroes Shen Shengyi" series is now being serialized in "Daily Daily". Each issue has a chapter of about [-] words, which is regarded as the predecessor of daily writers.

Lian Mosheng invited Huang Ying to write about Hong Kong's film history and performing arts, because he also liked his talent, so he offered a price of [-] yuan for a thousand words.That's a high price for a novelist.

As a gold medal screenwriter of Shaw Brothers, Ni Yu has written countless blockbuster novels, and his serialized novels in "Ming Pao" are only [-] words per thousand.However, at the speed of writing [-] words per day, Ni Yu can still make a lot of money.

After Huang Ying saw Xu Guanwu, he was not as arrogant as ordinary Confucians, but rather humble.This is probably the generality of martial arts novel writers. They write martial arts novels to make money. If they are arrogant, no one will like them.

"Mr. Huang Ying's "The Hero Shen Shengyi" is now being serialized in our newspaper, and the response is very good." Lian Mosheng helped Huang Ying introduce it.

"Mr. Huang Ying is a great talent." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "By the way, have you sold the film and television adaptation rights of "The Hero Shen Shengyi?"

(End of this chapter)