new kung fu king

Chapter 236

"Cha Liangyong?" The name flashed through Wang Xiaohu's mind, and then he jumped out of the editing room, muttering while running: "Oh my God, why did Jin Daxia call me? ?”

"Is Cha Liangyong famous? How come I don't know?" Li Shaonan scratched his head, a little confused by Master's reaction, then shook his head and went about his own business.

"Hello, Mr. Cha, hehe, why are you always calling me when you have time?" Wang Xiaohu was very polite to Jin Yong, who let his fourteen novels accompany him to grow up.And he also knows a habit of Jin Yong, that is, when someone calls him Mr. Jin, he will pretend not to hear it, and he will only pay attention to you after you call him Mr. Cha.

Jin Yong's voice came softly and clearly from the phone: "Mr. Wang is the most busy person in Xiangjiang now, it is very difficult to ask you out for a cup of coffee."

"Don't hurt me, who doesn't know that you have been writing novels during the day and writing reviews at night for more than ten years. This kind of perseverance makes Xiaohu admire to death. No matter how busy Xiaohu is, can he be as busy as you?" Wang Xiaohu's mind turned quickly. From what Jin Yong said just now, he heard a bit of reproach. After thinking about it, it should be the film review question written by Jin Yong after "Ip Man" was released.

Wang Xiaohu still remembered that Jin Yong seemed to have said at the end of the film review that he wanted to find a chance to talk to himself, but he has been so busy recently that he had long forgotten about this matter. I'm guilty.

"I don't know if Mr. Wang welcomes me, an old man, to disturb you? I heard that your film company is near my newspaper office. It would be wrong to not visit after being a neighbor for several months." Jin Yong said with a smile on the phone Said, this made Wang Xiaohu feel embarrassed, he coughed twice and hurriedly said: "The company is too small now and there is no special reception room, I think it's better for us to go to the Han Palace Tea House, I don't know how you always feel ?”

"When Ming Pao was first published, there were only a few dilapidated buildings. Mr. Wang, don't shirk. I'll be there in 10 minutes." After speaking, Wang Xiaohu closed the line without giving Wang Xiaohu a chance.

Wang Xiaohu was stunned for a long time, and then realized that Jin Daxia was coming to kill him. He hurriedly arranged for Li Shaonan to tidy up his office, and asked Yuen Biao to go out to buy some high-grade tea and coffee. Has knocked on the door.

"Hi, Mr. Cha." Wang Xiaohu went up to him, holding Jin Yong's hand tightly with a smile on his face, but he had mixed feelings in his heart. He admired Jin Yong in his previous life, and Jin Yong's novels have been adapted into movies and TV series for five or six times. There are different versions, and each version has different advantages and disadvantages. If he can win the right to adapt his novel, it will definitely bring a lot of benefits, right?

After the two sat down, Jin Yong looked at the layout of the office. There was a desk, two simple sofas, and the walls were covered with movie posters shot by Xiehe Company. Behind the sitting boss chair, Wang Xiaohu in the poster is holding a long stick, with solemn and unrestrained eyes.Jin Yong pointed to the poster and said, "Among the films you made, I like this one the most."

In fact, judging from Jin Yong’s ability to write a [-]-word long commentary for "Ip Man", this film has something in common with his novel. Wang Xiaohu understood that what Jin Yong said probably referred to Ip Man after a little thought. The heroism shown has something in common with the heroes in his writing, so he likes them all. "It's Xiaohu's honor to make Mr. Cha like it. Mr. Cha didn't come here today to tell me this, did he?"

Jin Yong smiled slightly and said, "You asked knowingly."

Wang Xiaohu shrugged: "I would like to hear the details."

"It's a little presumptuous to disturb Mr. Wang today. In fact, I have watched all the films directed by Mr. Wang in the past six months. I found that Mr. Wang's control of the script is extraordinary. "Ming Pao" wrote an article about making friends, but I didn't know that Mr. Wang turned a blind eye, which made me very sad." Jin Yong still spoke as calmly as he did on the phone, and even when he asked the teacher to ask for a crime, he did not show the slightest sign of anger.

"Mr. Cha, please call me Xiaohu." Wang Xiaohu felt awkward calling me Mr. Wang, so he scratched his head and said, "It's Xiaohu's fault. It's just that Xiaohu has been busy with marriage recently, and he's so busy that he forgets himself, so."

"Are you going to get married?" Jin Yong's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he asked curiously, "Which girl is so blessed?"

"Zhao Yazhi." Wang Xiaohu continued to explain with a smile, "It's the actress who played Zhang Yongcheng in "Ip Man."

"Oh?" Jin Yong was slightly taken aback, nodded after taking two sips of tea, and said, "Amphibious double-flying on the screen is also worthy of the words "talent and beauty". In this way, I misunderstood you."

Wang Xiaohu smiled wryly, and said in his heart that if he didn't use this reason to accept it, he might not be able to forgive himself, and if he said that he was young and arrogant, he might not be able to accept it.

Jin Yong half-closed his eyes and said, "That's what I thought. I wanted to invite Xiaohu to choose one of my fourteen novels and make it into a movie."

Wang Xiaohu had long expected that Jin Yong would say this. In fact, it is normal for Jin Yong to have such an idea. After all, most of his friends in the circle, such as Gu Long and Ni Kuang, wrote scripts for film and television companies, but he guarded the industry of "Ming Pao". It is inevitable to say something when Chinese friends gather.

"Is that so?" Wang Xiaohu raised his chin, frowned slightly, and said with a little embarrassment: "Mr. Cha, why didn't you find Mr. Ni to adapt it? After all, I am still a novice in the screenwriting circle. Although I have read Mr. Cha's works years, but I am not sure that it can be adapted into a movie script."

This is a very real problem. Although Wang Xiaohu also wants to adapt Jin Yong's novels, it is definitely a very large and complicated work. First of all, his novels have a grand background and cannot present the main points of the story in just 90 minutes. Moreover, the citizens of Hong Kong are already familiar with the plot of his novel through its serialization in "Ming Pao", so it may be thankless to adapt it at this time.

There is a saying that is preconceived, and there is another saying that "a thousand readers have a thousand Hamlets in their hearts." This is the truth. In Hong Kong in the 70s when entertainment activities were lacking, most citizens would read newspapers and movies. To pass the time, since Jin Yong started publishing "Ming Pao" in 1955 and began to serialize "Sword of Enmity and Enmity", buying "Ming Pao" every day and reading Jin Yong's novels has become the habit of Hong Kong citizens for more than ten years. It can be said that they are very fond of Jin Yong's novels It's so familiar that it can't be more familiar!

Everyone has their own martial arts in their hearts. In Wang Xiaohu's previous life memories, the performance of film adaptations of Jin Yong's novels is always not satisfactory, and there are almost no successful examples.Some friends may say "Swordsman", but "Swordsman" almost changed the original novel beyond recognition. Jin Yong was very dissatisfied with Tsui Hark's adaptation of his work.To this end, this dissatisfaction has been publicly disclosed.Just imagine if Wang Xiaohu is now adapting a novel by Jin Yong, which one is more suitable for you to ask him to make?
No choice!Even the original version of Tsui Hark's "Swordsman" did not conform to the general environment at the time, but there is a "Deer and Ding Tale" that can cater to the Hong Kong market. You can't just grab someone to be Wei Xiaobao, can you?It is not unreasonable for some things to become classics. This makes Wang Xiaohu very embarrassed. Sometimes he worries in his heart. If he was reborn in the 80s, the film market would have matured, and those familiar stars would also be active. Only the 70s The most embarrassing era!

Just when Wang Xiaohu was worried, Jin Yong said: "If even you, a million screenwriters, dare not write, I am afraid no one else will dare to touch my novel." Jin Yong sighed and continued: "Hey, originally I was full of hope, but I didn't expect Xiaohu that you couldn't do anything, it seems that my novel can't be sold!"

"Mr. Cha, please don't say that!" Seeing Jin Yong's lost expression, Wang Xiaohu couldn't bear it, and comforted him, "I've read all of your novels, and the plots and charms in them have greatly impressed me, but your novels are huge. , if it is shown in a movie, it will be very difficult, and I am afraid it will be completed in a series.”

"Then make it into a series!" Jin Yong looked at Wang Xiaohu and said with a smile, "If it's not difficult, why would I come to you."

"Mr. Cha was joking, I just mentioned one of the difficulties just now, starting from your first "Book and Sword Enmity Record", every novel has some mythical scenes, such as the old urchin fighting a group of sharks, Yang Guo The roar of the lion to subdue the myriad beasts, etc., all of these are accomplished by advanced computer technology, even if such technology is available now, its value is very expensive, besides all these, a novel wants to be fully reproduced Screen, the difficulty to go through is unimaginable for ordinary people.”

Jin Yong's expression was gloomy again, he was in a very bad mood, and Wang Xiaohu had nothing to do about it, what he had to do now was to cater to the market and shoot commercial films, instead of going out of his way to make an unflattering film. It was a fatal blow to the Concorde who stayed on its heels.However, he didn't want to miss out on Jin Yong's cash cow. After pondering for a while, he said, "How about this? Since Mr. Cha values ​​Xiaohu's adaptation skills so much, then Xiaohu will try to write a book."

"It couldn't be better, I don't know which book you want to adapt?" Jin Yong's gaze focused on Wang Xiaohu again.

"Mr. Cha may have misunderstood. The script I'm talking about is not a movie script, but a TV drama script." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)