new kung fu king

Chapter 364 The King "A Hu" World Premiere

This year's golden summer vacation is destined to be occupied by Wang Xiaohu. Golden Harvest Company has no income for half a year, and Shaw Brothers Company is very wise to let "Lu Acai" be released after "Ahu". In the words of Run Run Shaw Said: They are all from my own family, why bother playing inside bars!
The publicity work in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Thailand and other Southeast Asian places has been in full swing. At the same time, Wang Xiaohu also asked the Los Angeles branch to start publicity work. Originally, Wang Xiaohu did not want to be released in the United States because of the themes of "A Hu" and "Rocky". However, Stallone has not yet finished filming "Rocky II". It can be said that Stallone's performance made Wang Xiaohu feel speechless. Since the start last year, "Rocky II" has been tossing back and forth for almost nine months. , Stallone has procrastinated for so long on something that was supposed to be done easily, which shows that he is not competent for the job of director.

For this reason, Stallone once made a special phone call to apologize, explaining many problems encountered during the filming. When he learned that Stallone was striving for perfection and wanted "Rocky II" to surpass the previous work, Wang Xiaohu almost didn't laugh. "Rocky II" is an obvious example, but he can't say it too bluntly, for fear that it will dampen Stallone's enthusiasm, so just let Stallone do whatever he wants. "Sylvester, if you haven't finished "Rocky II" yet, you should do it carefully and slowly, and release the film after October."

"Boss, why after October?" Stallone asked blankly.

Wang Xiaohu gritted his teeth and said, "Because our two films crashed, if you don't want the film's box office to be affected, you can postpone the release until after October!"

Hearing the slight anger in the young boss's words, Stallone closed his mouth knowingly, and handed the phone to Winterdur.

"Old Wen, prepare for the promotion of "A Hu" in Chinatown, where Chinese and black people are densely populated, because this film is the Hong Kong version of "Rocky", and many American audiences may not be interested in it, so if Fox It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to help, as long as we guarantee that it will be shown in 100 theaters under our company.” Wang Xiaohu said on the phone after some deliberation.

Winterdur said several NOs in a row on the phone, "Boss, obviously you are worrying too much. You know that you have 4 statuettes in your hand now. Even the Hong Kong version of your film is very popular. The American people welcome it, and I think not only Fox will be willing to arrange theaters, but Paramount and Michelle will also be very interested in it!"

What Winterdur said just now contained a lot of subtext. Wang Xiaohu is the four-time Oscar winner. He is now a well-known director in Hollywood. " and "Home Alone", six kung fu films with strong Chinese characteristics, "Ip Man", "Righteous Hero", "Enter the Dragon", "Fist of Fury", "Way of the Dragon" and "Warrior" once again appeared in Los Angeles It set off a frenzy of screenings, and the box office performance of the re-screening directly caught up with the data of the premiere. After two months, the amount of US dollars earned by Xiehe Company shocked Wang Xiaohu when he saw it.

Wang Xiaohu also finally knew what Lucas meant when he said that a statuette can bring in 2000 million box office.

"OK, I will arrange for someone to deliver the promotional posters and trailers later, and try to maintain friendly and cooperative relations with several other companies." Wang Xiaohu hung up the phone, and ran to the recording studio full of energy to record.

During the post-production, Wang Xiaohu divided the ending of "Ahu" into two versions for editing, that is, one version focused on the original version, in which Ahu finally died in the ring, and the other was a modified version. In fact, this modified version did not focus on Ahu. Time is still alive, but it will make everyone feel less uncomfortable after watching the ending. It can be regarded as Wang Xiaohu's opportunistic method.

Due to the increased chances of release in the United States, the workload of post-production has also been virtually increased. Wang Xiaohu also worked with the company's post-production team to record, subtitle, and edit the English version. After being busy, another month has passed. There are only two days left for the release of the summer vacation.

The next day, major media outlets in Hong Kong were invited to interview Wang Xiaohu. When some reporters learned that "A Hu" had invested more than 350 million Hong Kong dollars, they were shocked. Immediately, some reporters raised the microphone in front of Wang Xiaohu and asked: " Mr. Wang, why did you invest such a high cost in making this film?"

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "First of all, the cast of this film is very strong. Muay Thai King Nai Buddha alone has an appearance fee of more than 50. Furthermore, we have worked very hard on the filming. I believe everyone will appreciate the Thai style in the film. Finally, What I want to add is that shooting films in Hollywood these years makes me deeply feel that Hong Kong film investment is insufficient, and many of our films are shoddy due to cost constraints, so this time I rashly use large investment to stimulate the Hong Kong market.”

"I heard that there are two versions of the ending of "A Hu". This is the first time in your directing career. May I ask what influenced you to do this?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohu smiled and stroked Weng Meiling's hair beside him and said, "If I don't shoot the two endings, I'm afraid my daughter will be angry with me."

"Oh!!!" All the reporters were in an uproar when they heard the words, scrambling to point the camera at Weng Meiling and press the shutter. Wang Xiaohu actually has a daughter, and she is already in her teens. Who is the mother of the child!
"That's not the case!" Weng Meiling snatched the microphone with her mouth full of dissatisfaction and said, "Don't listen to my father's nonsense, I only found out later that he was fooling me, and the ending was the same as if there was no filming." After speaking, she stared at Wang Xiaohu With two eyes, Wang Xiaohu shrugged innocently and continued: "Actually, everyone will know after watching the movie tomorrow that the ending is not very important to "A Hu". Maybe some people will have doubts about this ending, so I'll just be lazy." , two films were made for everyone to choose, of course what everyone saw at the premiere was the first ending."

"According to the trailer of "A Hu", in this film, you had many fights with Naifo, the Muay Thai king. May I ask who wins and who loses in the final result?" A reporter asked.

Wang Xiaohu pondered for a while: "It's the same sentence, after watching the video, you will know the real answer."

Many reporters couldn't help sighing when they heard the words. Hong Kong citizens are now very concerned about the results of the martial arts competition. They really want to know whether it is the Muay Thai champion or Wang Xiaohu. After all, in the 60s, many Hong Kong martial artists competed with Muay Thai. Being beaten by a muay thai player without any suspense is really a disgrace in the martial arts circle in Hong Kong. Seeing that Wang Xiaohu is playing tricks, some reporters have already decided to go to Thailand to investigate.

Wang Xiaohu is one of the directors who are good at promoting newcomers. Through the trailers and various promotions, everyone knows that this time he is going to promote his "daughter" Weng Meiling, this little girl who looks like a human elf She has won the favor of many reporters because she speaks very directly at times, directly revealing a lot of tidbits during the shooting, such as Wang Xiaohu forgot to wear a wig during the shooting, such as Wang Xiaohu once took a photo with a local ladyboy in Thailand, etc., which annoyed the audience Laughing loudly made Wang Xiaohu wish he could stop Weng Meiling's mouth, lest she tell more explosive news.

With these news and speculations, more than half of Hong Kong citizens walked into the theater the next night, and all the crew of "A Hu" also entered the theater ahead of time. This is Weng Meiling's debut show on the screen, so she is very special. Pay attention, during the filming, she even called her mother who was far away in the UK, begging her to return to Hong Kong to accompany her to attend the premiere on this day, but unfortunately, her mother had no means to spare, which made Ah Weng unhappy all day long.

Seeing this, Zhao Yazhi shook her head, bought some popcorn and desserts, and asked Li Guohao to accompany her sister. When the video started to play, Weng Meiling's mood finally improved.

The film starts with a black-and-white documentary, telling everyone that Ah Hu is a muay thai fighter. Several scenes are interspersed, which makes all the audience feel an unprecedented narrative style, especially the slightly messy hair and the chiseled face. With a beard, he showed endless vicissitudes and stability, and brought Meng Hu's vicissitudes of guilt, helplessness, and tenderness to the fullest. It can be said that Wang Xiaohu's cold and vicissitudes of life made the audience's eyes shine from the beginning.

And the next few bloody muay thai matches set off the audience's long-lost memories, isn't it? This is the kung fu movie they are familiar with. The real kung fu style they are used to belongs to the atmosphere of Bruce Lee's era. And this, they He found nostalgic sustenance in "A Hu" again, and at the same time, the audience really understood that Wang Xiaohu is still the heir of Bruce Lee's mantle.

The scene at the station is where Ah Hu's identity as a father emerges most clearly.Many viewers couldn't help shedding tears when they saw this, and they deeply felt the strong fatherly love that Ahu burst out at that moment.When the daughter finally yelled "Dad", some audience members started to applaud enthusiastically.

Weng Meiling also clapped her little hands happily, put her arms around Wang Xiaohu's neck and said, "Father, you see everyone approves of me!"

"Yeah, everyone agrees that you seem to be a rebellious, but actually very kind little princess!" Wang Xiaohu smiled and pinched her face and said, "Hurry up and wipe your tears, or you will become a little cat!"

The father and daughter in the film are playing here, and the episode of "When I Met You" plays in the theater. Ahu is sprinting to catch up with the car on the road, sprinting for his love, and sprinting for his love. His new life launched a sprint, a sprint to the critical point of his failed life in the first half of his life.

This section is full of voice and emotion. The scene of the nun played by Zhao Yazhi struggling in the car made the audience in the movie theater unable to sit still, "Stop the car!" "Promise him!" All kinds of voices came and went. When Zhao Yazhi stopped the car and hugged Ahu in the audience's anticipation, the audience was happy, shed tears, and moved
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