The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 399
When he learned that Li's visitor wanted to see him, Xu Guanwu was busy furnishing the bedroom at home.

I don't know if Fengshui in the mainland is too nourishing. After recuperating there for half a year, Xu Guanwu's ability in that aspect is so strong that it often takes an hour to complete the work, which makes Zhao Yazhi often in a state of joy and pain. edge.

After the end, she needed to rest for a long time before she could move freely, which also made Zhao Yazhi grit her teeth with hatred.Why are two people happy, but it is the woman who suffers in the end?So she discussed with her husband Xu Guanwu that she was only allowed to come once a week, and absolutely not allowed to come more.

So Xu Guanwu lived a life of breaking his finger, and today is the day of breaking his fast.Xu Guanwu started preparing early in the morning, planning to surprise his wife and spend the night happily.

Therefore, he didn't go to the company today. Unexpectedly, someone from Li's TV station came to the company to find him, and this person was Xu Guanwu's favorite person - Mai Dangxiong.

McDonald is a hero in the Hong Kong film industry. He has made many high-quality films. The more famous ones are "Pretty Girl", "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" series, "The Lame", and "Black Gold". "etc.In the films he produced, most of the male characters are robbers, killers, criminals, etc., such as "The Banner of the Province and Hong Kong", "The Lame Man", "The Strange Case of Three Wolves" and so on; while most of the female characters are female characters , prostitutes, crotch women, etc., such as "Pretty Girls", "Treasures of Stealing the Sunshine from the Yupu Tuan", "Inside the Law" and so on.So it is also called "men steal and women sing".

Xu Guanwu watched the biopic "The Lame Man" produced by McDonald, which lasted more than two hours, but he couldn't pick out a single extra shot.After watching the whole movie, the meaning is still unfinished, giving people a feeling of endless aftertaste.This shows the depth of McDonald's skills.

Moreover, the box office of the movie "The Lame Man" in Hong Kong was as high as 3000 million Hong Kong dollars, and it set off a climax of biopics in the Hong Kong film industry.After that, Yongsheng Film Company immediately followed suit and filmed "The Legend of Five Billion Inspector Lei Luo", and then biopics such as "Four Inspectors", "Four Families: Dragon and Tiger Brothers", "A Generation of Heroes: Three Banners" and other biopics also followed suit. Come out one after another, good and bad are of different quality.It ruined the very good movie subject of biopic for nothing, and then even if Macdonald returned and shot the very high-quality "Shanghai Emperor" Part [-], it was difficult to turn things around. Although the film was good at the box office, it was not ideal. Missed McDonald's pride.

Later, after filming "Black Gold", which criticized the political shady scenes of the Gulf authorities, McDonald officially disbanded his Maijiaban.And his Mai Jiaban can be said to be full of talents. His younger brother McDonald is a very capable director. Many films produced by McDonald are directed by his younger brother, and he himself is the producer behind the scenes. .

There is also the master screenwriter Xiao Ruoyuan, who wrote "Crocodile Tears", "The Change of the Silkworm", and "The Grace of the Earth" at Li's TV station. After producing excellent works such as "The Son of Love", "Love in the Rivers and Lakes", and "The Lame Man", Xiao Caizi later set foot in the field of film production, and there are also many excellent works. It is worth mentioning that Zhou Xingchi's highly acclaimed "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" and " The first and second episodes of "The Deer and Ding Ji" were also produced by Xiao Caizi.

In addition, Huo Yaoliang, who is good at filming women's dramas, and Pan Wenjie, who is excellent in screenwriting and directing, are all members of the Mak's family, and they are also capable of Mak Dangxiong's success in the battlefield.

Maijiaban is different from Hongjiaban, Chengjiaban, Liujiaban and other kung fu teams. He is composed of directors, producers, screenwriters and other behind-the-scenes personnel. Therefore, in terms of the story of the movie, the works produced by Maijiaban have always been All quality assurance.It can be said that it is produced by Max, it must be a masterpiece.

Unlike other directors in Hong Kong who did not have a complete script before filming, but only had a concept or outline of the story, they all relied on "Du Qiao" to collect jokes and use flying paper to film, Mai Jiaban had already written the script before filming.Therefore, their film structure is very solid, which can basically compete with American Hollywood blockbusters.

For example, the two-and-a-half-hour-long "The Lame", and the "Shanghai Emperor" series, which has two episodes of more than five hours. It will give people a feeling of dragging the show, on the contrary, after watching it, there is always a feeling of unfinished and endless aftertaste.

It can be said that it is precisely because of this emphasis on screenwriting that Mai Jiaban's works are so good-looking.In fact, when Mai Jiaban cooperated with major film companies, he also firmly held the screenwriting rights in his hands, because they knew that the soul of a movie was the story.Without a good story, no matter how hard the actors act, no matter how hard the director directs, and no matter how hard the martial artist works, it's just the opposite after all.

The soul of a movie is the story, and the soul of Mai Jiaban is McDonald.This man has led many generals under his banner, galloped in the Hong Kong film industry for many years, and has really achieved a great reputation. He can be regarded as a legend in the Hong Kong film industry.

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Xu Guanwu has watched many films produced by McDonald before, whether it is the grandeur of "The Lame Man", the violence and ferocity of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", or the boldness of "Black Gold", all of them made him very happy to watch.And tripolar films such as "The Stealing Qing Baojian" and "Three Degrees of Temptation" also made Xu Guanwu's blood flutter.It can be said that among the Hong Kong directors, apart from the famous Mr. Xu, the person Xu Guanwu admires the most is McDonald.

Of course, other directors such as Wang Jing, Hong Jingbao, Xu Guanwen, Lin Lingdong, Wu Yusen, etc. are also his favorite directors, but Wang Jing's films vary in quality, and good films are enjoyable to watch, such as "God of Gamblers" ", "Hardcover Chasing Girls", "Fight Back to School", etc., but bad movies are also easy to see vomiting blood, such as "My Wife is a Gambler", "The Sparrow", and "The Big Uchid" which was co-produced in the Mainland "Secret Agent Zero Dog" these fried rice movies and so on.

Hong Jingbao's films are mostly kung fu and martial arts films. In the 80s, he was the number one director in Hong Kong. Baohe Company, founded by him, is Golden Harvest's satellite company that produces the most blockbuster films.Originally, he was supposed to make a lot of money, but according to Hong Jingbao himself in an interview, although he made a lot of blockbuster movies at that time, he still lost a lot of money in the end.A movie that could have sold for 500 million yuan, but Golden Harvest only sold it for one yuan. On the surface, it only sold for one yuan.

In fact, the takeaway copyrights of large film companies will not be sold in pieces, but several films will be sold together.It seems that blockbuster blockbusters are paired with some unpopular films, or shoddy films and so on.Although Golden Harvest lost money on blockbuster movies, it could make money from bad movies that didn't hit the blockbusters. After all, it still made money, but it lost money from collaborators like Hong Jingbao.

Of course, the movies produced by Hong Jingbao are very good-looking, such as the "Five Lucky Stars" series, "Scary People" series, "Rich Train" and so on. The movies produced by him are very guaranteed in terms of drama.But in terms of storytelling, because there are too many movies produced every year, even the bridge king Huang Bingyao can’t handle it, so most of the Hongjiaban’s movies are based on scripts, so the storytelling aspect is greatly reduced, such as "The Overlord Flower" series, "Five Lucky Stars" series, etc., all have problems of top-heavy and loose structure.

Xu Guanwen's self-written, directed and acted ghost horse comedy can be said to have dominated the Hong Kong film industry at that time, and it has been the number one box office for many years, and it is definitely not based on bragging.Xu Guanwu also appreciates his comedic way of truly reflecting the lives of ordinary citizens.It's just a pity that in the 80s, Xu's ghost horse comedy began to decline. Although the works he produced were still good-looking, they were no longer amazing.In the 90s, Xu Guanwen still played the previous trick, and he would inevitably give people a suspicion of frying cold rice by following the stingy boss to the end.

Wu Yusen, on the other hand, is a typical late-season failure. The early filmings of "Fat Qian Han" and "Money's Mischief" are not bad. "was so good to watch that it exploded, and the later films such as "Red Cliff" and "Sword Rain" were so bad that they were heinous.He seems to have the same problem as Wang Jing. When the film industry was booming, he was creative in all kinds of ways. After the film market was depressed, he only knew how to make bad movies.

And Lin Lingdong's "Feng Yun" series can really be regarded as a wonderful flower in the Hong Kong film industry. The "Feng Yun" series is really a work with a strong personal style, basically no director can imitate it. .And Lin Lingdong can also rely on this "Fengyun" series to make his name in the Hong Kong film industry.It's just a pity that his works are still too few, otherwise Xu Guanwu's favorite Hong Kong directors are destined to have his vote.

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So when Xu Guanwu heard that Mai Dangxiong was looking for him, he immediately jumped up happily, then immediately changed his clothes and drove to the company by car.

When I went up to the top floor, as soon as I got out of the elevator, I saw a man sitting on the other side of the sofa. His appearance did not give people a feeling of being tall, but there was indeed some rebelliousness in his eyes.

"That's right, this should be the famous Mai Dangxiong, it's better to be famous than meeting him." Xu Guanwu thought in his heart, originally he thought that Mai Dangxiong should have a strange appearance, weird bones, and a pair of horns His demeanor is like that of "The Lame Man" in the movie, but he didn't expect it to be such an ordinary man.Of course, the lame man in reality looks more ordinary, not as handsome as Lu Liangwei at all.

"Boss, this is Mr. Mai Dangxiong from Li's TV station. Mr. Mai, our boss, Mr. Xu Guanwu." At this time, the secretary introduced with a smile.

This time, in order to avoid trouble, Xu Guanwu specially changed to a male secretary, and he was not the kind of creamy kid, but an experienced assistant to the president who was over forty years old.

"Mr. Xu, hello." Mai Dangxiong stood up, looked at Xu Guanwu, and said neither humble nor overbearing.

But in comparison, Xu Guanwu is much more enthusiastic. This unattractive man in front of him is a first-class film wizard in Hong Kong, and he is also one of Xu Guanwu's favorite directors. Yu entered Baoshan but returned empty-handed.

"Oh, Mr. Mai, you really have known him for a long time. The TV series you filmed such as "Ten Strange Cases" and "Big Man" are really good, and I like them very much." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

Seeing Xu Guanwu's enthusiasm, Mai Dangxiong couldn't help being taken aback.To be honest, he came here today to ask for something, so his attitude should not be too enthusiastic, which is why he appeared so cold.

But I didn't expect that Xu Guanwu, as the big boss and the head of the Xu's media empire in Hong Kong, would be so unassuming. Not only did he not change his face because of his indifference, but he seemed to be quite enthusiastic.This makes Mai Dangxiong somewhat unpredictable, is Xu Guanwu too kind-hearted, or is he too deep in the city? !

"Forget it, no matter what kind of person he is, it's important to deal with serious business first." Mai Dangxiong threw away some distracting thoughts in his mind, and began to prepare for the next negotiation with all his strength.

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"What, you said that Lidi wants to form an alliance with my wireless?" Xu Guanwu stared at Mai Dangxiong in a daze and said.

(End of this chapter)