new kung fu king

Chapter 416 A Rare Free Month
No matter how bad Wang Xiaohu is, he can't adapt the fate of Hong Kong movies and literary films in the mid-70s. In the real kung fu led by Wang Xiaohu and Liu Jialiang, the urban comedy played by Xu Guanwen brothers, and the three major kung fu comedies represented by Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao Under the pressure of the trend, the fate of literary and artistic films seems so wasted and pale.

When "Seven Little Fortunes" was released in early October, the local box office in Hong Kong reached 10 million, and Taiwan's box office totaled 180, which was almost the same as the 75 in Southeast Asia and other places. For a few days, Sammo Hung had a dejected face and was extremely lacklustre. Even the post-production of "Lin Shirong" seemed listless and procrastinated.

After Wang Xiaohu finished "A Lang's Story", he specifically found Sammo Hung. At this time, Sammo Hung was squatting in the editing room of Xiehe and smoking.This was the first time Wang Xiaohu saw Sammo Hung smoking, so he walked over with a wry smile and reached out to clamp the cigarette butt in Sammo Hung's hand. "Didn't I tell you a long time ago, don't deny your ability because of the gains and losses of literary films?"

Sammo Hung raised his panda eyes. It was obvious that he hadn't had a good rest during this period of time. When he opened his mouth, he could only smell the stench and the smell of smoke oil, which made Wang Xiaohu frown.

"But, but the gap is too big! "The Prodigal Boy" and "The Miscellaneous Boy" are at worst more than 600 million. I just can't bear the blow of this gap."

Hong Jinbao's voice was a little hoarse, his tone a little angry, and even a little anxious. Wang Xiaohu sat down opposite him, sighed and said: "Sanmao, you have been in the circle for a long time. Everyone is quite different in real life. Nervous and boring, walking into the cinema is looking for joy and visual stimulation, so urban comedies and kung fu movies are popular.”

"Some things you should think about differently. Do you know what 340 million means?"

Sammo Hung raised his head, opened some dazed eyes, and asked, "What does it mean?"

Wang Xiaohu chuckled, picked up this morning's "Ming Pao Weekly" and handed it to him, saying: "340 million means that "Seven Little Fortunes" is the box office myth of literary films since the opening of Hong Kong film industry!"

"Ah?" Sammo Hung showed surprise, and hurriedly grabbed the newspaper and flipped through it.

Wang Xiaohu added: "Literary and artistic films are not very popular in Hong Kong. If you look at Taiwan, where literary and artistic films are popular, there are 75 records, which shows that there is a paradise for literary and artistic films. We in Hong Kong only have a score of 94, but in Taiwan it was the grand slam of the year, and literary films such as "Rapunzel", "Dangerous 17", "Cohabitation" and other Hong Kong local box office did not do well in Taiwan. It sold well."

While listening, Sammo Hung looked at the newspaper one day. The data listed in the newspaper was exactly the same as what Wang Xiaohu said just now. When he saw the comprehensive evaluation of "Ming Pao Weekly", the decadence on his face disappeared immediately.

"The story of "Seven Little Fortunes" is very malleable. Its box office performance has reached an astonishing 180 million, which is already commendable. This is a major breakthrough for Hong Kong literary films, and it also allows Hong Kong people to see what Concorde has done in the field of literary films The positive contribution of the film has greatly encouraged the small local film production companies that rely on literary films to survive. It is expected that Concord can lead the revival of Hong Kong literary films while maintaining a good harvest of comedy and kung fu films. -- Yi Xiujia."

"Hey, hey!" Sammo Hung read the newspaper again and again, and suddenly grinned silly, stroked his prickly beard with his hand, and said with joy in his eyes: "Grandma, so we broke a box office invisibly." Record?"

"That's right, so you shouldn't feel depressed now, on the contrary, you should be proud. You may not know it. Master, the old man, took his friends to the theater to watch it every day for a month. He watched it more than 30 times. It's not fun." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

Indeed, Yu Zhanyuan liked "Seven Little Fortunes" to the point of insanity. The film was played locally in Hong Kong for a month, and Yu Zhanyuan took Fen Juhua, Yuan Xiaotian, Han Yingjie and other colleagues to stay in the theater every day.

And you must have tea before watching the movie. After the movie, go to Bruce Lee's restaurant for dinner. Several times, he gritted his teeth and said: Zhanyuan, your apprentices and grandchildren are really good, and my apprentice Lin Zhengying is still living with your apprentices, why not let them join my sect some other day.

Yu Zhanyuan's eyes would definitely widen at this moment: I want my disciples to take it away by themselves, Xiaohu and the others are my treasures, and no one will try to snatch them from me.That cute look of being in a hurry with others made everyone laugh.

With the retreat of the Peking Opera craze, several old friends either went to the United States to develop the market like Yu Zhanyuan, or joined the film industry as martial arts instructors or dragon and tiger fighters like Yuan Xiaotian and Han Yingjie, but no one wanted to be Yu Zhanyuan. Such a blessing, in fact, Yu Zhanyuan was not very successful in starting a business in the United States, and was even deceived for a time. It was the Hong Kong Welfare Institute that paid for Yuan Biao and Wang Xiaohu to board the ship back to Hong Kong. Cleaning dishes in restaurants or begging as security guards in supermarkets.

"Didn't Master say that my role was unreal? How could you like it?" Sammo Hung scratched his head and didn't understand.

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said nothing. The reason why Yu Zhanyuan likes this film is largely because his apprentices gave him credit, and Yu Zhanyuan, played by Sammo Hung, is very romantic after artistic processing. At least it is more romantic than Yu Zhanyuan off-screen. Looking at Yu Zhanyuan's 70-year career, he still fulfilled his romantic and beautiful dream in the movie. No wonder he doesn't like it.

"Clean up your mood and complete the post-production of "Lin Shirong" as soon as possible. This film is the subject matter you are good at. When editing, try to discuss with Yuan Heping. He is much stronger than your psychological quality in this respect!"

Wang Xiaohu patted Sammo Hung on the shoulder, cheering him on.

Among the four major satellite companies, Yuan Heping has the most stable development. In fact, according to Yuan Heping's original intention, he is more inclined to work with martial arts directors, and he is not very enthusiastic about directing.This kind of thinking is somewhat similar to Yuen Biao, and Yuen Biao mentioned to Wang Xiaohu more than once the trend of turning to behind-the-scenes work.Regarding the application of the two generals, Wang Xiaohu just smiled and said that it was not yet time.

Yuan Heping and Yuen Biao didn't know when exactly what Wang Xiaohu said. Since Ahu had said so, they could only stick to their original posts.

After entering October, Wang Xiaohu finally had a little free time. While waiting for the approval of the "China Film Academy", he edited "A Lang's Story" slowly and meticulously. As for the Xu Group and New Art City How these guys arrange the release of the movie is no longer his concern. After all, they are already independent, and the company also has professional departments to cooperate with them.

When he was free, he would accompany Zhao Yazhi for a walk in the park near the community, and cook a big meal for his wife. The menus were all from Longfeng Restaurant. Who asked Long Zichen to order the table for dinner that was very suitable for Zhao Yazhi? It tastes delicious, and it is delicious and nourishing. As a new good man, Wang Xiaohu will inevitably have to cook by himself to make his wife fat and fat.

Occasionally, he would go to St. Francis Xavier's College to attend Li Guohao's parent meeting. There is no way, who made Li Guohao fight more and more in school recently. With the improvement of this kid's kung fu, more and more people in the school challenged him. More and more, today either broke someone's face, or kicked someone's child who couldn't go to class for several days, and every time there was a fight, Zhou Xingchi and Shen Moyan would be there to help out. These three boys are almost becoming St. Francis Xade The confidantes of the college teachers are in serious trouble.

For these, Wang Xiaohu never scolded Li Guohao, who made him the son of Brother Xiaolong, and whoever made him go will meet such a fate, as long as the one who suffers is not Li Guohao, he will not take it seriously Much like Bruce Lee's education phalanx: kung fu is accumulated by fighting.It is conceivable that when Li Guohao grows up, his ability to display is far more abundant than that of his father Bruce Lee. The premise is that Wang Xiaohu must create corresponding conditions for Li Guohao.

Of course, not everything is as perfect as Wang Xiaohu planned. The "Industrial Light and Magic" team far away in Thailand encountered many complicated problems when setting up the special effects for "Shattering Earth".

It took Lucas and Spielberg two months to set up the main building according to the drawings provided by Wang Xiaohu. During the period, the weather in Thailand was unpredictable, and there were a few heavy rains from time to time. The overall progress made Lucas and others extremely annoyed. , and the weather in Thailand is relatively hot and humid, these few "spoiled" bigwigs in Hollywood are in a bad mood.

Wang Xiaohu comforted them on the phone many times: "George, be patient. If things don't go your way, you can lead the whole team to spend a few days in Thailand to relax. I believe that will greatly relieve your work pressure."

So, led by Lucas, a group of more than 60 people from Industrial Light & Magic embarked on a one-week trip to Thailand, spending more than 1 yuan per day. Fortunately, Wang Xiaohu's family is rich now, and the money is invested in an investment cost of hundreds of millions. It seems a bit of a drop in the bucket.

But even so, at the end of October, Wang Xiaohu still set off for Thailand to hold the battle. After all, no matter how advanced the special effects skills Ren Lucas and Spielberg had, they still couldn't achieve the overall conception in Wang Xiaohu's mind. , in some places, he had to do it himself.

(End of this chapter)