new kung fu king

Chapter 374 Will Come Back Sooner or Later
After returning to Hong Kong, apart from going to Xiehe Company to deal with some of his duties every day, Wang Xiaohu stayed at home to write the script of "Shaking Earth".

That's right, what Wang Xiaohu is writing now is about the Tangshan Earthquake. It's just that the name has been changed to "Shaking Earth". Speaking of earthquakes, this natural phenomenon is indeed earth-shattering. At the very least, Wang Xiaohu is very satisfied with the title. .

Before writing this book, Wang Xiaohu thought for a long time, and always felt that it was difficult to incorporate commercial elements and educational significance.Just for the overall structure of the storyline, he has successively used different versions of content such as "2012", "Tangshan Earthquake", "Havoc", "10.5 Earthquake", since it is necessary to take into account commercial elements, and the largest output The market is still the United States, and he has to learn more or less from the individual heroism of Americans. That is to say, in "Shattering Earth", in addition to showing the shocking effect of a major earthquake at the beginning, he also needs to emphasize the factor of "self-help".

No way, who makes Americans like this tune very much? Didn’t you see that Bruce Lee used this trick to subdue Hong Kong people in a mess? It shows the important position of "individual heroism" in commercial blockbusters.

Disaster films are loved by audiences all over the world. In addition to enjoying the unprecedented visual impact, the rest is to find "crying" and suffer. Every disaster film acts as a miraculous effect. Wang Xiaohu only He saw pictures of the Wenchuan Earthquake on the Internet, and he was so sad that he was dying. He still remembered the scene when he was waiting to watch "Tangshan Earthquake" in the theater. The whole theater was choked up and crying. When Wang Xiaohu saw Xu Fan kneeling in front of Zhang Jingchu , I suddenly felt like something was stuck in my throat, and I didn't recover after watching the movie for several days.

Special effects plus family affection (or love, friendship) plus personal heroism plus tear gas, this is a must-have theme link for a disaster movie, integrating such a hodgepodge together will definitely test Wang Xiaohu's skill, so the script of "Shaking Earth" is very well written. Slow down, Wang Xiaohu has to consider the different appreciation perspectives of audiences from different countries and the effects of the broadcast from time to time, and also to check a lot of common sense about earthquake and disaster prevention. For this reason, he specially obtained a membership card for the Kowloon Library.

After being so busy for more than a month, Wang Xiaohu's study room is already full of various discarded manuscripts and books about earthquakes. The disaster scripts are written separately, and then added, sorted, and modified according to the desired effects, and the commerciality and logic of the scripts must also be considered. In short, he has only produced two versions of the scripts, but he is not satisfied. I continued to write according to this creative mode, but this kind of passionate creation did not continue. When December came, Wang Xiaohu finally welcomed a rare guest at home.

He said he was a rare visitor because this person had never paid a visit to him. He and Wang Xiaohu were either in the company or in a teahouse to discuss matters. This person was Run Run Shaw who maintained a grudge against Wang Xiaohu.

Uncle Six knocked on the study door with a cane, and the first thing he said when they met was: "Stinky boy, I finally found you!"

Seeing the menacing Run Run Shaw, Wang Xiaohu had to stop his creation, carefully put away the fountain pen that Bruce Lee gave him back then, and then asked in confusion, "Uncle Six, who offended you and made you so angry."

Sitting opposite Wang Xiaohu, Run Run Shaw said angrily, "It's you brat!"

"Uh!" Wang Xiaohu rubbed his nose, and asked a little puzzled, "Sixth Uncle, I've been obediently writing scripts at home for a month, and I don't remember anything that offended you old man."

"Hmph! You still say no!" Run Run Shaw raised his crutches and pointed at Wang Xiaohu's nose: "Your boy promised me half a year ago that he would finish the filming of the last ten episodes of "Jing Fu Men", and now half a year has passed. You're either wandering around the United States, or you're bored at home writing scripts, I have to ask, are you still a major shareholder of TVB, why don't you even care about your own company's TV series?"

After finishing speaking, Run Run Shaw poked the ground hard with his crutches, making a bang bang sound, as if he was venting his strong dissatisfaction with Wang Xiaohu in this way.

In the past, the schedules of other actors in the crew were not available, but now those actors are free, but Wang Xiaohu is busy, making this TV series, which was supposed to be filmed in two months, dragged on for almost two years. Speaking of which, it's really Wang Xiaohu's turn now Sorry, he first looked at the elder Run Run Shaw with apologetic eyes, then moved his lips and said sincerely: "Uncle Six, I'm sorry."

"Oh!" Run Run Shaw was shocked when he heard the words, he thought to himself that the sun came out from over there today, this kid found his conscience and started to apologize!

Run Run Shaw, who was used to being squeezed and suffered all the time, couldn't adapt to Wang Xiaohu's sincere apology for a while. After a long time, he blinked, and the anger just now disappeared.

Run Run Shaw sighed, "Little Tiger, Uncle Six knows that you have approached me several times for this matter before, and that you have to travel between Hong Kong and the United States. Uncle Six can understand the hard work during this period, but after more than 50 years Today is the anniversary of your brother's death."

Wang Xiaohu's heart trembled, yes, in more than 50 days it will be the anniversary of Brother Xiaolong's death. Unexpectedly, Brother Xiaolong has been gone for two years before he knew it.

Wang Xiaohu only felt a pang of sadness in his heart. After a while, he woke up from the grief, nodded vigorously and assured him: "Uncle Liu, don't worry about this matter. I will definitely finish the TV series within a month. January 1 next year It will definitely be broadcast on TVB before."

Even though Wang Xiaohu is only 21 years old, as long as he promises to be done, Run Run Shaw firmly believes in it.

After this matter was resolved, Run Run Shaw began to care about Wang Xiaohu's recent situation: "Boy, what are you up to lately, and you are nowhere to be seen, that girl Long Wu came to my house a few days ago to inquire about your recent situation. "

"Oh, it's too bad!" Hearing Long Zichen's name, Wang Xiaohu's expression suddenly became richer, and he patted his head and said, "Oh, I'm afraid I released Zichen's pigeon again this time, and I said I would give it to you." She prepared more than a dozen songs, but it has been delayed until now and has not been fulfilled, alas, it really shouldn't be!"

Run Run Shaw looked at Wang Xiaohu who was full of embarrassment, and said with a smile, "Why, do you owe some romantic debts, do you want Sixth Uncle to help you settle it?"

Another pile of troubles, the fifth girl of the Long family who maintained a good impression of him, Wang Xiaohu now thinks of Long Zichen and feels dizzy, scratching his head and showing the posture of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, sighed and said: "Look six Uncle, what you said, I am that kind of person!"

"Hehe, okay, okay, Uncle Six doesn't care about the affairs of you young people. What have you been up to lately?"

Wang Xiaohu pondered for a moment and said, "I'm working on a script to enter the Oscars next year, and I also want to use this film to build a good relationship with mainland China."

Run Run Shaw was very interested in whether it was entering the Oscars or building a good relationship with the mainland. After he said "oh", he frowned and said, "What kind of script makes you so troubled."

"A disaster movie." Rubbing his temples, Wang Xiaohu handed over two scripts and said, "Sixth Uncle, please watch it first, if you are interested, you can participate in it."

Run Run Shaw took out the reading glasses from his jacket pocket, put them on the bridge of his nose and looked at them for half an hour, then he put the reading glasses aside, raised his head and looked at Wang Xiaohu blankly, his eyes filled with somewhat complicated eyes.

"Xiao Hu, if you want to use this film to enter the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, I don't think it will be a problem." After reading the script, Run Run Shaw thought for a long time before saying: "If you want to use this film to establish a good relationship with mainland China I’m afraid you will waste all your efforts, you should be aware of the current situation in the mainland, I really don’t understand why a smart person like you would do such a naive thing.”

"Childish?" Wang Xiaohu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "How do you say that?"

Run Run Shaw asked with a serious expression: "Let me ask you, what do you mean by building a good relationship with the mainland?"

"For example, to leave a good impression on the mainland, for example to let them know about the development of our Hong Kong films, for example to let the film I shot be released in the mainland," Wang Xiaohu listed them one by one.

As Wang Xiaohu said more "such as", the sense of banter in Run Run Shaw's eyes became stronger. When he heard Wang Xiaohu say "For example, go to the mainland to shoot a movie, set up a branch in the mainland, and open up the mainland market", he finally couldn't bear it. Zhu hit the ground vigorously with his crutches, and reprimanded loudly: "Little Tiger, how long are you going to dream! What you said can't be realized under the current environment. Do you know that the Cultural Revolution is going on in mainland China now? Man said It is impossible to enter the mainland to make a film, even if people agree to let you go in to make a film, your every word and deed will be monitored, and there is no possibility of getting the film you make back!"

Run Run Shaw finished speaking loudly, panting heavily, obviously he was very excited just now.

If it wasn't for the good friendship between the two, Run Run Shaw would have picked up his crutches and hit Wang Xiaohu on the head to make him stop this crazy daydreaming immediately!

Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly, and said with a smile: "Sixth uncle, don't get excited, I know what you said very well, and I also know that this matter is nothing more than daydreaming, but our Hong Kong will return to the mainland after all, and we can't use it." In a few years, the domestic situation will change a lot, and at that time is a good opportunity for us to enter the mainland market. I am just preparing for this matter now."

"How do you know that Hong Kong is going to return!" Run Run Shaw turned pale with shock.

(End of this chapter)