new kung fu king

Chapter 100 The little boy who stole the family money
Originally, according to Wang Xiaohu's original intention, all the actors in "The Righteous Hero" were played by members of the Seven Little Fortunes, but after studying the script over and over again, he found that his group could not play a role, that is the girl in the film, Little Cricket.

As a bright spot in this film, the innocent character of Little Cricket has irreplaceable actions, because after seeing Tang Shan and Abang fighting with the ax gang, she had the idea of ​​learning martial arts from Abang, and frequently used the little adult With the extension of the plot, the little cricket disappeared, and Tang Shan and Abang tracked it down. In the end, Abang found out the truth, but was brutally killed by Yu Laoqi.

It is the role of the little cricket that drives the development of the whole plot, and makes Abang's image more plump, and his brother Yuen Biao plays the role of Anbang, so Wang Xiaohu had to choose a small extra actor in Temple Street to win the red yuan. Biao made silent preparations.

When he received this notice, Zhang Yuan asked with some puzzlement, Hong Kong is so big, why did Brother Hu stipulate to choose an actor in Temple Street, and he was still a half-grown child?
Wang Xiaohu said with a smile at the time that Temple Street itself is the most distinctive street in Hong Kong. It belongs to the civilian area of ​​Kowloon. The people living in Temple Street are also some grassroots poor people. This is similar to the Zhabei District of Shanghai described in the film. , not to mention that the children who grew up in Temple Street are very clever and sensible.

The "Bruce Lee Sporting Goods Store" is not very far from the restaurant. Since the restaurant opened, the business here has also become booming. Many dragon fans have come here to buy "Bruce Lee Martial Arts" and various styles of double festivals. The two-week textbook "Bruce Lee's Mighty Nunchakus" planned and edited by Chou and Wang Xiaohu.

Yuan Xiang, one of the Seven Little Fortunes, is in charge of taking care of this specialty store. This senior sister is tired of working hard, so she took the initiative to discuss with Wang Xiaohu for a job. Xiang is sitting here, anyway, Ah Hu's salary is higher than that of the studio, which makes Yuan Xiang satisfied.

There were relatively few customers at noon, and Yuan Xiang was dozing off with her chin resting on her chin, when she heard a timid voice: "Sister, how can I sell the textbook "Bruce Lee's Mighty Nunchaku"?"

Yuan Xiang opened her eyes and looked around for a long time, but she couldn't find the owner of the voice, so she frowned and asked, "Who was talking just now?"

"Sister, it's me."

Only then did Yuan Xiang see the person under the counter. To be precise, it was a child who looked only ten years old. Can a child have spending power?Obviously not.So Yuan Xiang frowned again and said, "Little friend, this textbook costs 50 Hong Kong dollars, which is very expensive."

The little boy let out an oh, then lowered his head and didn't know what to think about. After looking at the textbook with Bruce Lee's photo on the cover again, he left silently, but he didn't go far, but outside the specialty store, separated by The window stared at the book.

After a while, many dragon fans started to buy books, nunchakus and teaching materials at the specialty store. Whenever someone bought a teaching material, the little boy would show an envious expression on his face and quickly turn his head away. Looking at the remaining quantity on the shelves, this situation continued until Yuanxiang closed in the evening, and the little boy reluctantly left, as if he had made an important decision when he left.

"Hey, the kids these days are real." Yuan Xiang shook her head and rushed to the restaurant to help.

Since most of the exterior scenes were to be filmed in Temple Street, Wang Xiaohu simply arranged for Zhang Yuan to rent a few temporary houses, which can be used for filming on the one hand and as a temporary office on the other.

The interviews for the extras of "The Righteous Hero" were held here. Wang Xiaohu and others came here early in the morning, and Zhang Yuan was extremely busy organizing applicants to line up and registering applicants' information.

Temple Street was recorded on the map of Kowloon as early as 1887. At that time, Temple Street was divided into two sections, bounded by Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei. The north section was called "Miaobei Street" and the south section was called "Miaonan Street ".Until 1968, the Hong Kong government built the Liang Xianli Community Service Center near the square of Tin Hau Temple, which caused dissatisfaction with the demolition of more than 200 mobile hawkers operating there. The stalls are used for resettlement, and the street has prospered for several years.

Wang Xiaohu walked slowly on the streets of Temple Street, checked the terrain from time to time, and made a comprehensive evaluation in his mind to see which scene was suitable for filming, so that he could arrange Zhang Yuan to negotiate the price with the store for filming use.

Just as he was walking in front of Tianhou, Wang Xiaohu saw a little boy running over in a panic. The boy was wearing a beige plaid shirt, which looked a little gray due to washing too many times. The eyes are very cute.

Because he ran too fast, he had to keep looking back, so he didn't see any potholes under his feet, so he heard "Oops", and the little boy fell down all of a sudden.

Wang Xiaohu hurried forward to help the little boy before he fell down, and said with a smile: "Little friend, are you okay, what are you doing in such a panic?"

After the little boy saw outsiders, the panic on his face became more obvious. He covered his trouser pockets tightly with his hands and looked at Wang Xiaohu with vigilant eyes. Then he pushed Wang Xiaohu away and ran away.

"Uh, do I look like Uncle Li? Why is this kid scared when he sees me?" Wang Xiaohu shook his head bitterly and continued to look for the location he liked.

When he found several satisfactory locations and returned to the temporary office, the interview here was coming to an end, and there were more than a dozen parents accompanying their children to the interview. He saw Zhang Yuan shaking his head and sighing, so he walked over and asked: " Ah Yuan, how did the interview go?"

Zhang Yuan squeezed out a wry smile and said, "There were several rounds of interviews, but there were no actors who met Brother Hu's requirements, and they made me very depressed."

"Haha." Sitting next to him, Wang Xiaohu picked up the interview record. After looking at it for a while, he finally understood the root of Zhang Yuan's depression. This interview record form was made by Wang Xiaohu based on the memory of his previous life, and his name and age were written on it. , basic information and remarks, the basic information is to see if there is any filming experience, if there is any, it will be the key observation object, and the remarks column is to record the interviewer's salary and role requirements.

The people in Temple Street are all from poor backgrounds, they have very little experience in filming, and in their impression, this is the first company to come to Temple Street to make a film, so they are all excited to watch the excitement, if their own If the children meet the requirements of others, they can earn extra money.So they didn't make any demands on salary, roles or anything.

"Well, it's indeed a question. Is there any interviewer who meets the requirements?" Wang Xiaohu asked with a frown.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Yuan shook his head and said, "No, there are a few smarter girls, but they are all about 18 years old, obviously they don't meet Brother Hu's requirements."

"Damn it, can't you find a little girl who meets the standard in the whole temple street?" Wang Xiaohu didn't believe it.

"It seems, it seems that it is true at present."

"Continue to post job advertisements, and postpone the interview until the afternoon." Wang Xiaohu said depressingly.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuan nodded vigorously and said, "Okay!"

After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he told him about the stores that he valued, and asked him to go there at noon to discuss the price with the store owner, and then returned to the factory to participate in the action rehearsal.

In one afternoon, Wang Xiaohu and Yuan Heping arranged several sets of fighting scenes. The male protagonist Tang Shan's movements are positioned in free combat, mainly good at legwork and grappling. And a small amount of muay thai elements, the second master of the ax gang, the character played by Yuan Heping uses the northern school serial push, while the Abang played by Yuen Biao uses Wing Chun short fight.

In short, in order to make the fighting in this movie brilliant and innovative, Wang Xiaohu racked his brains to design actions, and Yuan Heping also put forward his own suggestions on the sidelines.

After finishing work here, Wang Xiaohu took a taxi to Temple Street.Temple Street is sparsely populated during the day, and it takes only a few minutes to walk through the short street. However, every evening, the stalls on the side of Temple Street will open for business. The items sold at the stalls are quite diverse, including men's clothing and handicrafts. , tea sets, jade wares, and even cheap electronic products are involved.

It took half an hour longer than the daytime, and Wang Xiaohu came to the temporary office with sweat on his forehead.

"Brother Hu, you are finally here. I finally found two satisfactory interviewees." Zhang Yuan happily took the registration form and said, "This one is just 10 years old, and now he is taking care of his younger siblings at home. This one is already 12 years old." Yes, I rushed over as soon as I heard the news after school."

"Really, A Yuan really troubled you this time." Wang Xiaohu was also very happy to hear that there were qualified interviewers, and patted Zhang Yuan on the shoulder and said, "Let's go to the restaurant later, how much do you drink with A Biao and the others?" Cup to relieve fatigue."

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Hehe, fortunately, it's not very hard. Being an interviewer is quite cool. I can directly grasp other people's star paths. I'm addicted to everything I do."

"Haha, from now on, I will arrange for you to do more errands like this, which will make you feel so happy."

"Thank you Brother Tiger."

Just as Wang Xiaohu was about to read the information on the registration form, he heard a burst of yelling and cursing from not far away, as well as the cry of a child. When he approached, he found that the child looked familiar.

"A Xing, you bastard, do you think you stole money from the family?"

"Mom, I didn't. I really didn't steal money."

"You still said no. Could it be that the 50 Hong Kong dollars will run away?" The woman cursed again angrily, picked up the cane in her hand and beat the boy.

"Isn't this boy the one I met this morning? No wonder he was in a panic. It turned out that he stole money from the family." Wang Xiaohu thought.

————I still need to say, do you know who this child is?
(End of this chapter)