new kung fu king

Chapter 264 "Rocky" Starts Up

The preparation for "Rocky" was a few days slower than Wang Xiaohu expected. Originally, he planned to rush to shoot immediately on the third or fourth day after arriving in Philadelphia, but things in the world always backfired. There was a blizzard, and the transport vehicle responsible for delivering the filming equipment was stuck on the way to Philadelphia, and the crew borrowed from Warner also lagged behind in arriving in Philadelphia.

For this reason, Wang Xiaohu can't complain about Winterdur, after all, no one would have expected that God would not be beautiful at this time, right?Taking advantage of this buffer period, Wang Xiaohu told the five main actors about the characteristics of each role. Of course, except for Chuck Wipner, these five people are all Hollywood professional actors. Even the rookie Stallone knows some acting skills, which saves Wang Xiaohu spent a lot of time.

On December 12th, Winterdur, who hurried from Los Angeles, finally arrived in Philadelphia with the crew. Old Wen, wearing a thick down jacket, got out of the car with difficulty like a penguin: "Hey, Tiger , I'm so sorry the damn weather kept us on the road for three days, I hope you don't feel left out."

"Old man, I can understand, you have worked hard along the way!" Wang Xiaohu smiled and went to hug him, and then saw that the crew members who got off the car were very familiar: "Old man, this is the original cast of "Enter the Dragon" huh? Oh, that's just amazing!"

"Yes, I think they were already familiar with your directing skills when they were in Hong Kong. Except for Zu En Hopps who couldn't come because of the schedule, these are all your old subordinates." Winterdur said with a smile.

"Hello, guys! I'm glad we're working together again. I hope you can get used to my bad temper." Wang Xiaohu greeted them with a smile. Although the 12-member crew is not the best team in Warner Bros., they have a good relationship with Wang Xiaohu. They have a tacit understanding, and they also admire Wang Xiaohu very much. They belong to the kind of good babies who point and hit wherever they want. Everything is no problem!

"Tiger, there are some things I have to explain to you. In fact, it's not that Zu En doesn't want to come, it's just that the company has other arrangements for him." Winterdur panted and said, "When these children heard If you want to employ people, they all sign up immediately, they like the atmosphere of working with you very much, and think that following you will learn a lot of useful knowledge.”

Wang Xiaohu chuckled. He knew better than anyone why these guys liked to hang out with him. Of course there was something to learn, but the main reason was that his salary was higher than that of Warner.The premise is that these guys can adapt to their filming schedule.

"If there is no photographer, I'm afraid I have to do it myself." Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile. This kind of thing is common in Hong Kong, but it is definitely a very despised thing in Hollywood. What they advocate is a perfect mechanism and trust in all departments. Only in order to exert the greatest efficiency.Winterdur stopped after hearing his half-serious and half-joking words, and he said to Wang Xiaohu very seriously: "Tiger, you must follow my arrangement on this matter, the 12-member team is already weak enough. Now, you can’t even hire a photographer, this will make that guy Golos take advantage of the problem again, I have already contacted two people for you in the photography union in Philadelphia, don’t worry, our team will not be bad!”

After resolving their conflict with Wang Xiaohu, Winterdur was extremely proactive. It can be said that he managed and supported Wang Xiaohu painstakingly in order to help Wang Xiaohu gain a firm foothold in Hollywood and at the same time lay the foundation for his own future.

"Really, old man, you have given me too many surprises!"

Winterdur looked at his watch and said, "Let's go, let's go to the office and have a cup of hot coffee first. The two photographers of the film will be here soon."

The so-called office is actually a branch of Warner in Philadelphia. Of course, this branch is not eye-catching at all. It has been idle for half a year. Winterdur uses it as a temporary office for Wang Xiaohu's crew. Otherwise, everyone will be frozen to death.

The office was full of people sitting and standing. According to the previous cooperation method, Wang Xiaohu first gave each employee an ideological and political class to let everyone know the type of film to be shot, as well as the required props, costumes, sets, and rentals. place.

There are a total of six places rented in the film "Rocky", namely the boxing club, ice rink, gymnasium, Rocky's kennel, the pet shop where the cashier Dai Lisi. small bungalow.

Rocky's kennel, the rooms of the Dai Lisi brothers and sisters, the skating rink, and the boxing club are all easy to solve. You can directly use the youth hostel and Stallone's dilapidated property in Philadelphia. The only thing that needs to be coordinated by Winterdur is the contact Old Wen was familiar with the lease of the Philadelphia gymnasium, so he naturally took care of it all.

While the whole room was talking, the door of the office was knocked, and two people, one tall and one short, came in. Their hats and clothes were covered with thick snow, and they came in after shaking off the snowflakes in front of the door.

"Hello, gentlemen, do you need a photographer here?" the tall tall man asked softly.

"Hey, Tiger, they are the people I hired." Winterdur raised his eyebrows, turned to him and said, "Yes, gentlemen, you have found the right place, that is, we need photographers."

Other irrelevant personnel left one after another, only Wang Xiaohu, Winterdur and two photographers who came to interview were left in the room. After everyone left, the tall man obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and dragged the young man forward with his hands. Respectfully said: "Is there anything we need?"

Wang Xiaohu felt that this person's voice sounded familiar, and when he looked carefully, he found that he was really an "old acquaintance", so he said with a smile: "Old Xie, I never thought we would meet again."

It was Xie Dongchen who was caught by Wang Xiaohu a few days ago to ask for directions, he did not expect to meet Wang Xiaohu on such an occasion, and with an excited smile on his face, he asked in Cantonese: "Mr. Wang, why are you here? "

Wang Xiaohu laughed loudly, asked the two to sit down, sent someone to bring two cups of hot coffee, sat beside Xie Dongchen and said: "I really didn't expect you to come back for an interview today, it seems that we are really destined. "

"You mean, you are the one who recruited the photographer?" Xie Dongchen frowned and asked a little at a loss.

"Of course, I came to Philadelphia this time to shoot a movie. The photographer I booked earlier couldn't come because of the schedule, so Winterdur helped me make an announcement in Philadelphia's photography union." Wang Xiaohu said the ins and outs of the matter After finishing, Tan Tanshou said: "So, do you think there is a fate between us?"

"Yeah, it's really destined." Xie Dongshen said with emotion: "At the earliest time, I was worried that the director was a ghost, so I didn't have much hope for this interview."

"I remembered who you are here! You are Wang Xiaohu, right!" The young man who had been sitting quietly behind Xie Dongshen suddenly jumped in front of Wang Xiaohu, pointed to his face and said excitedly: "You are cooperating with Bruce Lee to film "" Wang Xiaohu from Fist of Fury, right!"

Stars were shining in the young man's eyes, and Wang Xiaohu felt a little embarrassed by the hot eyes, nodded and smiled and said, "It's me, I am Wang Xiaohu."

"Master, he is really Wang Xiaohu, haha, we really have hope this time!" The young man suddenly became incoherent, Xie Dongshen immediately pulled him back when he saw this, and shouted in a low voice: "Qingsheng, what are you doing?" Let me be honest, how can I be rude in front of Mr. Wang?"

"Master, he is Wang Xiaohu!" Li Qingsheng said aggrievedly.

"Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, my apprentice has been stimulated for a few years." Xie Dong said in a deep voice and sighed here. It was only later that Wang Xiaohu found out that both master and apprentice are talented in photography and are good at post-production special effects. Of course, their special effects skills may not be as strong as Wang Xiaohu, but they have a high level of comprehension, but it is difficult for such talents to move forward in the United States, because Americans in this era do not pay much attention to Chinese people, and they are suppressed and insulted everywhere. However, the young Li Qingsheng simply gave up on himself and drank himself drunk all day long, but it hurt Xie Dongchen in this way. The master and apprentice barely managed to make ends meet. get off work.
After Wang Xiaohu asked a few general questions about shooting, he felt that the level of the two was not bad, so he happily passed their interview and asked Winterdur to arrange for the two to familiarize themselves with the camera.When Wang Xiaohu was left in the office, he could not help but sigh when he saw the snowflakes outside through the window. It seemed that most of the Chinese who worked hard abroad did not have a good life.

The snow did not stop, but it was much smaller. Wang Xiaohu announced the opening ceremony of "Rocky" on the second day. There was no grand scene of worshiping gods in Hong Kong, and there was no interview attention from local media reporters. Wang Xiaohu only briefly said After a few words, he started the machine in a bland manner.

"Guys, if you want to have a comfortable Christmas, cheer up and fight hard with me these few days! We are the invincible Rocky!"

"We are the invincible Rocky!" Both the crew and the five main actors responded loudly.

The first scene of the filming was to shoot Stallone on his way home after a fight in the boxing club, the quiet and dirty streets of Philadelphia, the smoking manhole covers, the stinking trash cans, the idle youths in twos and threes, everything They are full of a strong sense of vicissitudes, and the social security here is very poor.
(End of this chapter)