new kung fu king

Chapter 213 1000 Box Office Records
The well-received "Ip Man" lived up to expectations. In just two weeks, the box office revenue reached 432 million, surpassing the same period of "Way of the Dragon", and the results directly caught up with the 500 million box office of "Fist of Fury" at the beginning of the year.

During the filming of "Warrior", Bruce Lee asked Wang Xiaohu: "Xiaohu, your "Ip Man" box office is very enviable, can you tell me the secret of this?"

Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile: "No matter how jealous you are, isn't it all the result of our Xiehe Company?"

"Hehe, Xiaohu, you may have misunderstood me. I'm not jealous, I'm really happy for you." Bruce Lee nodded and said, "Yes, the better the box office is, the best proof of our company's overall strength is rising. The quality of every film in the company can stand the test, and you are the biggest contributor.”

Wang Xiaohu was a little embarrassed by what he said: "In fact, if you think about it seriously, how can you say this kind of success is a bit tricky!"

"The quality of the film is very good, why don't you emphasize the subjective factors and insist on presenting the objective factors of existence?" Bruce Lee was puzzled by such an answer, he frowned and asked puzzledly.

"It's very simple. The success of "Ip Man" is based on many aspects. First of all, we have done a lot of charitable activities in June [-]th. Don't underestimate these activities. They will make Hong Kong people feel good about you." Wang Xiaohu laughed He said: "The other thing is our publicity methods. You have participated in the whole process, and there is nothing unusual about it. The reason for the success of "Ip Man" is the same as "Jing Fu Men". From the comments in the newspaper It's not hard to see that both Chen Zhen and Ip Man are promoting a dominant idea: hit the little devil!"

It was very interesting for Sammo Hung to thank Dragon and Tiger for their conversation. He came over and interjected, "Huh? It seems that the script of "Cold Faced Tiger", which was released at the same time as us, is also about fighting devils. Why is its two-week box office only 100 million ?”

Bruce Lee tapped Hong Jinbao and said: "Sanmao, don't elevate Luo Wei to the same level as Xiaohu. Their fighting devils is personal hatred, while Ye Wen is elevating to the height of the rise and fall of the nation. Comparing the two Judgment shall be judged."

"That's right, Ah Hu once said that fighting should be justified, and only when there is a good reason can the fight be enjoyable!" Sammo Hung thought for a while as he touched the place where he was knocked.

These words are the theoretical knowledge that Wang Xiaohu once told the Seven Little Fu brothers, just as Wang Xiaohu emphasized before, "What to fight, why to fight, and how to fight."

Wang Xiaohu added: "Brother Sanmao is right. The three fights are closely integrated. Only when the reason for the fight is sufficient, the audience can be fully involved. They think that the protagonist will be unhappy if he doesn't beat the villain to the ground. That's the beauty of 'why fight'."

After shooting several films together, many of the Seven Little Fortunes have become pioneers in the industry, but they do not have the rich "experience" of Wang Xiaohu's previous life, so they cannot understand when a film will get the best box office and attract attention. audience approval.

Take this "Ip Man" for example. Although it made a box office of 21 million in the previous life, it received a lot of praise and criticism. The script, the martial arts design, and the cast have all attracted criticism, because people in the [-]st century have experienced all kinds of things. They have formed their own aesthetics after being influenced by the big movies, and their minds have reached a level of calm enough. It is impossible for them to fully appreciate a movie.

But now it is Hong Kong in the 70s, and the audience’s only entertainment methods are movies, nightclubs, TV, etc. Their current aesthetic point of view is far from the saturation in Wang Xiaohu’s memory, so "Ip Man" is a success, Although "Ip Man" has only received 420 million box office for two weeks, it is believed that this number will increase as Shaw Brothers expands its theater chain in Southeast Asia.After all, the contract signed between Wang Xiaohu and Shaw Brothers is not only limited to theaters in Hong Kong, theaters in Southeast Asia are also the battlefield for Hong Kong movies.

Thinking of Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, Wang Xiaohu feels that everything he has done is still too small. If he wants to make Xiehe a big company like Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, he still needs to work harder! "Okay, have you rested enough? Let's continue filming! The third floor of "Warrior", Stick Demon."

Ilusanto did not leave Hong Kong immediately to go to the Philippines. In fact, he was forced to stay in Hong Kong after the June [-] heavy rain. In order to better help his master Bruce Lee to shoot videos, he has been practicing hard during this time, and After watching "Ip Man", he admired his little brother very much, and he cooperated with the filming progress of "Warrior" very well.

According to the requirements of the script, the main point of this fight scene is the nunchaku VS nunchaku. In the beginning, Bruce Lee used a green bamboo stick to deal with Illusanto's two-handed short stick, interpreting the lightness and harmony in Jeet Kune Do. work around.The nunchaku battle is to tell the audience that the same weapon has different powers in different hands, so don't memorize it by rote according to Master's textbook, otherwise you will suffer a disastrous defeat after the end.

During the filming process, Bruce Lee encountered many difficulties. He is an actual fighter. The application of the nunchaku is limited to fighting, but he seems a little powerless when it comes to acting. Several sets of movements designed by Wang Xiaohu are done in one go, which makes him somewhat embarrassed. up.

In the 5th shot, Bruce Lee was NG when changing hands, his yellow sweatshirt was completely soaked, he turned on the fan to blow off the heat from his body, and said to Wang Xiaohu with some depression: "Hey, Xiaohu, Isn’t the design of this set of movements a bit cumbersome?”

Wang Xiaohu took the nunchaku and stood in front of the camera. After the very coherent demonstration, he said: "Why do I feel very smooth, the camera sense is no problem!"

"Yes, there is no problem with the sense of camera, but you should know that I use nunchucks to beat people, and I always criticize such routine things!" Bruce Lee said, rolling his eyes.

"Hehe, there is no other way, brother Xiaolong, please continue to practice a few more times!" Wang Xiaohu threw the nunchaku to him, and then said to Yi Lushandu: "Dan, remember not to dance the nunchaku in place when the machine is turned on. Snout stick, you must move your steps all the time, otherwise you will be like a human sandbag!"

"Alright Tiger, I'll remember!" Ilusandu lowered his head and began to ponder.

In the next few days, Wang Xiaohu has been helping Bruce Lee to shoot "Warrior". At this time, he has completely become the director of the crew, and Bruce Lee has completely relaxed and devoted himself to it as an actor. The progress of the filming is not bad, but occasionally Bruce Lee After the momentum of "pursuing perfection" came up, everyone would inevitably have to shoot a few more sets and go back to edit.

When he returned home at night, Li Shaonan came over with a notebook and said, "Master, there are 28 calls for you tonight, including a call from the secretary of the Shaw Group. I want to ask if you have time to talk to President Shao recently." Drink tea and chat."

"Well, I see. Who made the remaining 27 calls?" Wang Xiaohu nodded. Since "Ip Man" was released, he and Run Run Shaw have never met each other. It seems that the film has been released for more than ten days. Yes, this box office record has reached 675 million, Run Run Shaw must be happy to jump out and talk about his life with him.

"Oh, there are 25 calls from some movie fans, most of whom want to learn Wing Chun from you." Li Shaonan said with a wry smile, "I sent them to sign up at the Wing Chun Association."

"Very good, we should deal with such situations in the future. Who made the other call?" Wang Xiaohu asked while sitting on the sofa after taking a sip of water.

"The other one? It's a call from a very arrogant guy!" Li Shaonan said here, putting the notebook on the sofa and imitating the tone of the other party, saying: "I'm looking for Wang Xiaohu, tell him, don't think that you have collusion with the Hong Kong police. The world is peaceful, although there are people in your newspaper office, there are people in Lao Tzu!"

"No more?" Hearing this, Wang Xiaohu suddenly saw a blurry figure in his mind. The reason why it is called blurry is that he only knows the voice of the other party. Judging from the tone that Li Shaonan imitated just now, that person is the one who helped Bruce Lee last time. The challenger who was sent away, I just frightened him at the beginning, and didn't really tell Deng Sheng about this matter, unexpectedly he was serious.

"It's gone!" Li Shaonan frowned and said, "Master, who is this person?"

"It's just a psychopath, you don't need to pay attention to him! If he calls again in the future, you can still let him talk." This guy is really sticky from cowhide plaster. I thought it would be something if he called. What's the matter, is this kind of innocence a greeting, just telling me that you are safe and that the police have not caught it?ill!

Wang Xiaohu was not in a hurry to drink tea and chat with Run Run Shaw. He waited for another four days. When the first round of "Ip Man" was released in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and other theaters, and the box office reached 1021 million, he let the "Warrior" The filming stopped. On the one hand, he believed that the box office results had achieved the expected results. On the other hand, the filming had to stop because the actors for the two-story tower and the four-story tower were not yet in place.

After the box office statistics of 1021 million Hong Kong dollars came out, the entire Xiehe company was immersed in madness. Wang Xiaohu shook hands with every company employee to celebrate, and even hugged Zhao Yazhi for several laps. This result has already refreshed " The 700 million box office of Raptors Crossing the River became the first film to break the [-] million box office since the opening of Hong Kong.

"We're going to hold a patty to celebrate the success, and invite friends from all over Hong Kong to participate!" Bruce Lee shouted excitedly!

"Second!" "Agreed!" "Good idea!" Everyone shouted happily.

In the same period, "Cold-faced Tiger" was very bleak in overseas markets under the impact of "Ip Man", and finally got out of theaters with 330 million hastily.

When Xiehe and Shaw Brothers were preparing for the celebration party, Golden Harvest's Zou Wenhuai was sighing with Luo Wei——
Uh, why do you keep making mistakes lately? Friends who are still scolding me after reading the white book in the post bar waiting for Chapter 219, you have worked hard!I beg you guys, can you take screenshots later, please don’t take screenshots to share my book, please, give me a bite to eat, please?I’ve been very depressed recently because of your troubles. Subscriptions keep dropping, so I don’t want to write anymore. Is this what you want to see?

(End of this chapter)