new kung fu king

Chapter 285 Let them toss
Sammo Hung opened his mouth without thinking, "If I were Zou Wenhuai, I would definitely take Dong XZ to a hidden place first, and then to show my innocence, I would open the door to welcome the police to search."

After Hong Jinbao finished speaking, he scratched his head, looked at Wang Xiaohu's smiling expression, and suddenly came to his senses, he opened his mouth wide and said, "Oh, I understand, Ah Hu, you are afraid that Zou Wenhuai will not admit it, so you took the opportunity to bite back, right?"

Wang Xiaohu shook his head and smiled and said: "You are half right. According to my understanding, Zou Wenhuai was kind to that thief back then. Even if he was instructed by Zou Wenhuai to steal the film, he would not recruit him after he was caught by the police. Zou Wenhuai, when Zou Wenhuai refuses to admit it, what can you do?"

"Then we can't watch them get away with it, can we?" Sammo Hung clenched his fists depressed and said, "Damn it, this Jiahe is too shameful, so we have nothing to do?"

"Yes, yes. But."

"But what!" Everyone asked in unison.The heart said that it has reached this point, Ahu, don't you see that everyone is so anxious, why are you still playing tricks?

"But you'd better do your job well first!" Wang Xiaohu burst out laughing suddenly, then changed the topic and said, "I have to see the sample the day after tomorrow, if you don't do well, you don't want to get a box office bonus from me! "

"Let's forget it? We have to do something, right? For example, hire a lawyer to sue them!" Sammo Hung still didn't give up.

"We and you guys are free! Just do whatever Jiahe and the others like!"

"Hey!" Sammo Hung still thought he was "just" what, he didn't expect to ask for post-finishing in the end, anyway, Wang Xiaohu now looks stable and unhurried, everyone thought about it and shook their heads and left .

"Hey, it's getting more and more interesting, Zou Wenhuai, Zou Wenhuai, don't let me down!" Wang Xiaohu smiled wickedly, put his hand in his trouser pocket and left whistling.At the same time, on a plane bound for Los Angeles, Zou Wenhuai also had a smug smile on his face, but his smile was more sinister and uglier.

Two days later, Wang Xiaohu was watching the fine-cut sample of "The Snake-Shaped Hand" in the company's small auditorium. Yuan Heping and Jackie Chan sat beside him nervously, one looking at the screen and the other staring at his expression. After all, this is their It was the first time to direct and star in a film alone. Although it was shot according to Wang Xiaohu's script requirements, as for the quality of the film, they had no idea about the quality of the film. They would only know the result after the master watched it.

Wang Xiaohu didn't make a single sound during the whole process, until the end of the film, he frowned in contemplation, Yuan Heping's heart twitched when he saw this, he tilted his body sideways, wishing he could put his face in front of Wang Xiaohu, Hope to get the answer from Wang Xiaohu's expression.

After a long time, Wang Xiaohu finally sighed: "Hey! Let me tell you how you are doing?"

"Ahu, isn't it terrible?" Yuan Heping asked in a low voice with a bitter face.

"Hurry up, tell me, how is this film?" Jackie Chan also hurriedly asked.

Wang Xiaohu nodded and said: "Generally speaking, you did it strictly according to my requirements, and your martial arts movements are pretty good, but Aaron, your acting skills are still a bit jerky, far less familiar than Uncle Yuan's, but it's still passable. After all, this is your first starring role."

Yuan Heping and Jackie Chan breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words, as long as Wang Xiaohu said there was no problem, then basically there would be no problem!As for his point that Jackie Chan's acting skills are jerky, this is not a problem at all, after all Jackie Chan has not been trained as an actor, besides, kung fu movies are mainly based on skill, and acting skills are still in the second tier.

"Ah Hu, how much do you estimate the box office of this movie will be?" Jackie Chan asked suddenly with beaming eyebrows.

Wang Xiaohu pondered for a while, and immediately said: "It should not be less!"

"How much is that?"

"Hehe, you are a newcomer. Let everyone accept you first. After you become famous, you will naturally have box office appeal." Wang Xiaohu patted Jackie Chan on the shoulder and said, "But 500 million is still guaranteed!"

The reason why Wang Xiaohu said so vaguely is because he can't remember the box office data of "The Serpentine Hand". In short, this is Jackie Chan's famous work. In this regard, Wang Xiaohu is still very confident.

"Brother Ping, later, you can edit the funny movements of Aaron and Shi Tian wiping the floor in the Hongquan Martial Arts Hall. I feel that those scenes are not very smooth, and there are still cat fists and snake palms in Ah Long's hands. The montage of the transformation on the dragon is too bad, edit it again, and if the film is not enough, just reshoot it." After Wang Xiaohu praised him, he immediately criticized it severely, and you must know that these scenes are all classic scenes of "The Snake". , If the classics are not handled well, it will inevitably increase regrets in vain.

If there is any difference between this version of "The Snake-shaped Hand" and the original version in memory, it is in terms of martial arts action. At that time, it was undoubtedly groundbreaking and explosive. Generally speaking, the innovative work was only adding some comedy to the action scenes, and the overall structure was still the typical vendetta type in the 70s: being bullied, meeting nobles , Practice martial arts hard, and finally stand out!This seems to be a pattern!But the same model can also present different wonderful!Yuan Xiaotian's snake boxing is very handsome, while Jackie Chan is a little more vigorous and energetic!
From this, Wang Xiaohu can see that Yuan Heping and Jackie Chan are really working hard on the filming, basically applying the action design method taught by him, adding Jackie Chan's flexible skills and juggling funny moves, the overall strength is a level stronger than the original version, Moreover, this is the first time they have cooperated, and it is already commendable to be able to shoot at such a level.Moreover, this film can be regarded as a watershed in Jackie Chan's acting career. Small characters, small roles, no distinctive personality, no significant identity and status, but Jackie Chan played vividly, and the director wanted to change the bloody and violent characteristics of action movies. , some gag scenes were added to the film to make the audience look more relaxed.It is a milestone for Jackie Chan.

Of course, Wang Xiaohu will not say these things in his heart. He can only be strict with them and let them strive for excellence in order to broaden more development paths.

Wang Xiaohu firmly believes that the more people's potential is squeezed, the more they are squeezed out. At this time, it is absolutely correct to use a high standard to strictly demand Yuan Heping and Jackie Chan!
Compared with "The Snake", the post-production of "The Prodigal Boy" is relatively slow. Up to now, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao are still busy there. Seeing Wang Xiaohu coming to check the work, Sammo Hung felt a little guilty.

Wang Xiaohu admired Sammo Hung’s egalitarianism in his previous life. In many films directed by Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan played the policeman as the protagonist. Apart from Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, there were also drama stars such as Zeng Zhiwei, Wu Yaohan, Qin Xianglin, etc., which made the action of Sammo Hung’s films The style has an obvious egalitarian tendency.As he said in an interview: "Personally, I am not heroic. I like drama, I like to think about the drama in each character, and I like to design different actions for each character." "Cartoonized" boxing, as well as Wu Yaohan's "classical" tiger and crane double shape.

In Sammo Hung's star-studded films, the purpose of using actions to portray characters has never changed. Different people have different actions, which is exactly the "play" of "fighting drama".He is good at discovering the details of each character, making character actions unique.

From this point of view, Wang Xiaohu has always admired Sammo Hung, so when filming "Ip Man", he told Sammo Hung a lot about the essence of Wing Chun, so when Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao filmed "The Prodigal Boy" , The martial arts action design is relatively familiar.

Wang Xiaohu roughly checked the progress of the post-production of the two, and focused on the passage in which Lin Zhengying taught Yuen Biao the "Bridge Hand". , and strive to let more audiences see the secrets of traditional martial arts."

"Ah Hu, will others make irresponsible remarks if you do that?" Yuen Biao said a little uneasy.

"What can they say?" Wang Xiaohu was taken aback.

Yuen Biao scratched his head and said, "I always feel that what we are shooting is not a movie, it seems like we are teaching others how to fight."

"Haha, wouldn't it be better that way, after they finish watching it, they will go to the streets to practice, if they win, they will praise Wing Chun, if they lose, they will go back to the theater to continue learning, this is a great promotion for Wing Chun Timing!" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile, "It's just a good time to use the residual heat of "Ip Man"."

"By the way, remember to ask Chen Xunqi to do the background music of this movie." Wang Xiaohu dropped this sentence before leaving.

At the same time that "Snake-shaped Diao Hand" was perfected in the later stage, Wang Xiaohu sent people to start promoting the film immediately. Considering that Jackie Chan was still a rookie, he did not adopt a promotional plan for the trailer. After all, the current Jackie Chan does not have much box office appeal. I didn't see much effect, so I only promoted it through posters. After two passes, the film was decided to be released on April 4, which is the birthday of Wang Xiaohu in the previous life.

Hong Kong is preparing for the release of "The Serpentine Hand", and far away in Los Angeles on the other side of the ocean. In the office of the president of Warner Bros., Zou Wenhuai and Ted Eisley also reached a consensus on something. When Zou Wenhuai left Los Angeles , Ted Eisley personally sent him to the airport, he held Zou Wenhuai's hand kindly and said: "Raymond, don't worry, we at Warner will fully cooperate with your actions in Hong Kong, I believe this will be a good news for us." The beginning of cooperation!"

Zhou Wenhuai also shook Ted Eisley's hand and said: "I think the cooperation between us will definitely be successful, and I will start action immediately after returning to Hong Kong."

(End of this chapter)