new kung fu king

Chapter 316 Ah John-Wu Yusen

"You should know that Jia Liang has always longed to be a director, and he is unwilling to go to Taiwan with Zhang Che!" Sitting in a secluded corner, Run Run Shaw said to Wang Xiaohu: "In fact, it is Jia Liang's desire that indirectly It caused Zhang Che to leave Shaw Brothers."

Wang Xiaohu squinted his eyes, and was deeply curious about Shaw Brothers' current structure. For example, it was only natural for Liu Jialiang to want to be a director. After all, a martial arts instructor who does not want to be a director is not a good martial arts instructor, not to mention that Liu Jialiang has always advertised himself as Huang Feihong's four The authentic heir.

"How to say?"

Run Run Shaw said with a wry smile: "The trigger is "God Strikes". Since Jialiang read your script, he has approached me alone several times. Now he can't wait to shoot "God Strikes". He even disassembled the script. Divide it into several parts, let me tell you how to shoot this film with a sense of comedy, how to visualize the kung fu of the gods, well, this is the inspiration he inspired after watching "Drunken Master."

Run Run Shaw took a sip of red wine and continued: "You also know that Zhang Che's shooting of "The Thorn" has entered a critical moment. The importance of Liu Jialiang as a martial arts instructor is self-evident. He is now focused on shooting "God Fighting". The enthusiasm for "Assassination of the Horse" was greatly reduced, and Zhang Che lost his temper with me for a long time because of this, hey, so he proposed to leave Shaw Brothers."

"Why do I hear Sixth Uncle's tone seems to be blaming me?" Wang Xiaohu looked a little embarrassed.

Run Run Shaw chuckled: "You didn't invite yourself. In fact, I can't blame you. Zhang Che wanted to leave Shaw Brothers for a long time. It's just that you suggested Liu Jialiang to be the director. He will also leave Shaw Brothers next year. His contract with Shaw Brothers has already expired and he has no plans to renew his contract."

When Run Run Shaw said this, the sense of guilt in Wang Xiaohu's heart disappeared immediately, "It's perfectly normal for people to go to high places and water to flow to low places. Anyway, he won't be able to go for a while anyway. Uncle, you happen to train Liu Jialiang to be your successor."

"But Jia Liang may not be reliable." Run Run Shaw slightly pointed out that Liu Jia Liang was not a quiet master back then, and he took on a lot of private work outside without telling Run Run Shaw, but unfortunately none of them succeeded. If he succeeded, Will Liu Jialiang return to Shaw Brothers?

"Don't be suspicious of employing people, and don't be suspicious of people." Wang Xiaohu threw out this sentence directly: "Now is the critical time for the transition from old to new. You should stabilize Liu Jialiang, give him confidence and encouragement, give him more opportunities to direct alone, increase His experience, this is the best policy."

Run Run Shaw nodded and sighed, "I took the risk because you strongly recommended him. I hope your vision is still reliable. Hey!"

"Don't worry, Uncle Six, Liu Jialiang will definitely succeed." Wang Xiaohu took another sip of the red wine, but he didn't feel satisfied after all, so he drank it down in one gulp. The sour feeling in his mouth made him smack his lips hard.After a while, he raised his head and asked, "Where is Wu Yusen?"

"Him? He seems to be restless right now!" Run Run Shaw didn't pay much attention to John Woo. In fact, he was right when he thought about it. John Woo is really not doing well in the Shaw Brothers now. He is just Zhang Che's second-in-command. level of concern. "Xiaohu, you need to write some good books for me."

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Wang Xiaohu promised, saying that he has accelerated the development of Hong Kong films for at least five or six years this time, and directly transitioned from the hesitant imitation period to the kung fu comedy period. The biggest beneficiary is naturally himself, while other film and television companies It falls into a blank space where the old and the new alternate.After all, these were created by myself, and Shao Liushu had to be compensated in order to feel at ease.As for good scripts, there is no need to worry too much about them. Anyway, there are not a few Kung Fu films shot by Shaw Brothers in the late 70s, and many of them are classic productions that can be produced.

After receiving Wang Xiaohu's promise, Run Run Shaw obviously felt a lot more relaxed. He asked Wang Xiaohu's next plan while drinking red wine: "What will you do after Drunken Master?"

"I haven't figured it out yet. I want to train Sanmao and Yuan Heping. It always makes me busy and tiring. After all, I will get bored of doing the same type of filming for a long time." Wang Xiaohu pondered.

"Your words are too much to beat! You don't know how many people want to reach your height, even if you follow the trend and shoot your style of film, you will make a lot of money, but you are not satisfied!" Run Run Shaw laughed and said: "You don't want to mess around with Sanmao and the others, do you?"

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "Hehe, that's not bad. In fact, that's what I thought. If you can't cut a jade, you can't make it. Besides, they have to find their own development path."

"How about this, can you introduce a few of your senior brothers to the Shaw Brothers. This time the Shao Brothers have suffered a lot." Run Run Shaw suggested with a smile: "Of course, I will not dig your main personnel, I will It refers to Yuan Bin, Yuan De, and Yuan Wu, they have at least received your professional training, and if you work as a martial arts instructor at Shaw Brothers, you shouldn’t feel wronged, right?”

Wang Xiaohu squinted his eyes and thought about it for a long time. It's not that he hasn't thought about this issue. In fact, when filming "Fist of Fury" two years ago, he once encouraged Yuan Bin and others to go out and make a living, but they were not well-known at that time. , neither Golden Harvest nor Shaw Brothers are willing to pay high prices to hire them, and now these senior brothers have all emerged. Since Run Run Shaw proposed an invitation, he thinks it over and over again and feels pretty good.

After all, Seven Little Fortunes became famous in various fields. Yuan Bin and others are well-known martial arts instructors in Hong Kong, and Yuan Bin is even considered a well-known action director in Hollywood.Run Run Shaw was facing a difficult situation at this time, and his strategic partner had to help no matter what! "Well, okay, but you have to pay them according to Concord's salary standard, otherwise I firmly disagree."

"It's easy to say! Uncle Six is ​​not as stingy as some people!" Run Run Shaw aimed at someone in every word, and that person naturally meant Wang Xiaohu.

Wang Xiaohu didn't care too much: "I'll discuss it with them later, and if they have no objections, I'll let you know."

In Shaw's dormitory, Wu Yusen with long hair was sitting by the bed, holding a bottle of wine in his hand, he would sigh for a long time every time he took a sip of wine.After looking at the time, Wu Yusen became even more irritable, and muttered, "Why hasn't John come yet?"

Ah John is Jiang Dawei. In the Shaw Group, there are two Ah Johns in the Zhang family class, one is Jiang Dawei, and the other is Wu Yusen.When David Jiang became famous, Wu Yusen had just come to Shaw Brothers to do a small scene. The two had the same English name, and happened to have a lonely personality, and they had a lot in common with each other in thought. Over time, both of them admired each other. The other party became good friends.

According to the regulations of Shaw Brothers, Wu Yusen is only an assistant director and is not qualified to live in the Shaw Brothers dormitory. David Jiang has already become a superstar, so he gave up the room in the dormitory to Wu Yusen, and helped Wu Yusen many times in life. Put the money in a bamboo tube, and pour out all the money inside without saying a word after seeing Wu Yusen.The two Johns cherish each other dearly. Wu Yusen now hears that his master Zhang Che is leaving Shaw Brothers, he is at a loss as to what to do. The future is very uncertain, who will hire him?

So he is waiting for David Jiang, hoping to hear David Jiang's suggestion. If possible, he would like to ask David Jiang to help him introduce a job. After all, David Jiang will go to Taiwan with his master, and he must have a job to eat.

David Jiang didn't come as promised, but another person pushed the door in. "Ah John drinking by himself?"

"Mr. Wang Wang, why are you here?" Wu Yusen looked up and saw Wang Xiaohu was holding a hanging basket in his hand. In the hanging basket lay several bottles of French red wine covered in ice cubes. colored cigarettes.

"Uncle Liu said that you are very bored recently, so I came to take a look." Wang Xiaohu put the hanging basket in his hand on the table as if he was familiar with himself, and handed over the blue cigarette and said, "No I know what brand you like to smoke, so I took one casually."

Wang Xiaohu's actions made Wu Yusen stunned on the spot. In Zhang's class, he had a nickname called "French Fly".

It is said that Woo Yusen had very long hair at that time, he often smoked French cigarettes in blue boxes, and liked to drink alcohol.David Jiang and others thought that he had returned from studying in France, but it turned out that he was not. He just likes to smoke French cigarettes, drink French wine and watch French movies.

This clue was overheard by Wang Xiaohu and immediately remembered in his heart, so when he came to visit Wu Yusen this time, he focused on bringing these two things. Wu Yusen was a little touched by such carefulness. "Mr. Wang, sit down and I'll make you some tea."

But Wang Xiaohu waved his hand and said: "No need, let's drink this today." He took out the French red wine in the hanging basket, and he didn't need a wine screwdriver. Done, then picked up the goblet on the table and said: "Last night, I drank some red wine with Uncle Six. Years of history, an old man like me can't drink it, why don't you come and taste it."

Hearing this, Wu Yusen immediately picked up the wine glass and shook it a few times, then took a small sip, smacked his lips and savored for a while before saying: "Mr. Wang, you have been deceived. This red wine is only 50 years old at most."

"Ugh! You're still amazing, you can tell the age right away. Why don't we sit down and chat while drinking." Wang Xiaohu suggested with a smile.

Wu Yusen loves wine, and loves French red wine even more. He sat down unceremoniously, took another sip of red wine greedily, shook his head and sighed: "50 years is also good." After he woke up from the intoxication, he asked Said: "Mr. Wang came to see me today, what's the matter?"

(End of this chapter)