new kung fu king

Chapter 458

"Boss, I'm sorry to disturb your rest at this time, but I have to tell you about this!"

The call came from Winterdur, Los Angeles.

"Hey, old Wen, we haven't been in touch for a long time. You didn't disturb my rest. It's afternoon here. You forgot the time difference."

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile, since Lao Wen became the manager of Xiehe Company's branch in the United States, he has been conscientiously busy for the healthy operation of the company. It's just that the pace of development of the Xiehe branch in the United States has not been very large in the past few years. Having mentioned this suggestion, he really wanted to sign a few actors with good acting skills and box office appeal for Xiehe Company, but he rejected them all, because in his subconscious mind, he also wanted to sign actors who would become famous in the future. For example, super potential stocks like Stallone.

This once made Winterdur furious, because Concorde’s branch in the United States has been established for several years and only Stallone has signed an actor. Concorde, which has won four statuettes, turned out to be a leather bag company. Who would believe it?

Wang Xiaohu thought that Winterdur would provide another list of actors this time, and immediately joked: "Old Wen, do you have any potential stocks to recommend?"

"No, that's not the case." Winterdur's voice was a little tired. It was obvious that he was in such a bad mood now that he even forgot the most basic common sense, such as the time difference between Hong Kong and the United States.

"Boss, George has a big problem!" Winterdur was short of breath when he said this, and he emphasized his tone on the phone: "He's sick, hell! And his condition is very bad, "Star Wars The post-production of "has reached a stalemate, and the entire Industrial Light and Magic is now like a headless fly!"

"What did you say? Old Wen, you're not kidding!" Wang Xiaohu said in surprise, "Hasn't three-fifths of the post-production of "Star Wars" been completed? Even if George falls ill, the post-production should be in order It’s the right thing to do.”

"That's exactly what I have to tell you!" Winterdur sighed and said, "May God forgive me. It's not that I want to speak ill of George. In fact, George is still a bit withdrawn in character. Not a director known for being good at communicating with actors and encouraging his subordinates, he is not as good as you, especially in "Star Wars". Mark Hamill once complained to me: If you can make a movie, you don’t need a single actor , I think George will be happy to do it."

"Not only for the actors, when communicating with the special effects department, in order to reduce the need for communication, Lucas specially made three rubber stamps, which were used to knock on the design sketches sent by the special effects department. 'Great' 'Awesome' for sure, 'OK' for 'needs reworking' and 'not great' for 'do it all over again' Boss, I'd love to say it's going to drive people crazy!"

Winterdur's voice continued to be heard on the overseas phone, Wang Xiaohu listened quietly, and his brows gradually frowned. Obviously, our great director Lucas is not in a very good condition now, and even In old Wen's words: it's terrible!So bad you can't think about it.

After a long silence, Wang Xiaohu asked, "Old Wen, when did this matter start?"

"About two weeks ago, when the crew returned to Los Angeles after finishing a set of shots on location in Tunisia, George's temper began to get a little grumpy after he came back!"

"Didn't you ask the specific reason?" Wang Xiaohu asked puzzled.

"I asked, but George didn't tell me the reason. I still got the news from others. It seems that their reshoots in Tunisia were not very smooth. According to George's vision, the first few scenes shot in Tunisia The effect of editing the action scenes is not good, George once said confidently before going: What I really want to do is a modern action fantasy drama.”

"But the shooting plan the day before was disrupted by the sudden downpour of rain. The shooting equipment and even large trucks were washed into the surrounding rivers. Finally, the heavy rain stopped, but the sandstorm followed and lasted for a whole week. The crew The eating and living conditions plummeted, and almost everyone suffered from gastrointestinal diseases to varying degrees. Lucas was also one of the sick members. After he came back, he invited several friends in the industry to watch the first-cut porn, but was criticized. He was useless, and since then he has had a bad temper."

"Star Wars" embodies more than three years of hard work and childhood dreams of George Lucas. The rough-cut version was criticized by friends in the industry, and it is a normal reaction not to accept it for a while.Any other director would not be able to accept such feedback. The more he needs the help and support of his friends at this time.

"Old Wen, how is George's health now?" Wang Xiaohu asked after pondering for a while.

"God bless, after Maria's careful care, his body has recovered, but when I went to visit him last night, I found that his mental state is not very good, maybe he needs to take a good rest for a while." Wen Tedu Earl sighed again and again.

"You're right. George is now in a low ebb and low self-confidence stage, and the successive blows have made him unable to bear the pressure from all sides." Wang Xiaohu thought for a while and said: "So, Lao Wen, you don't want to I'm going to take care of the post-production progress of "Star Wars", and tell everyone to take a good holiday, after all, it will be the New Year soon. As for the so-called movies, let's go to hell first, let everyone have a good year with their salaries. The thing to do now , everyone is too nervous!"

"Okay!" Winterdur had no good way.

"Also tell George that if he can still wander around, let him and Maria come to Hong Kong for vacation. It will be the Spring Festival here soon, and you will convey the invitation for me."

Lucas is the soul of "Star Wars". If the soul is on strike now, then "Star Wars" will fall into a stagnant stage. This is not what Wang Xiaohu wants to see. The more you can't put any pressure on Lucas, the thing to do now is to decompress him and let him regain his passion and state of work.

Instead of letting Lucas stay at home and be depressed, it is better to invite him to Hong Kong for vacation as a friend. There are some things that he must talk to Lucas face to face.The Maria Wang Xiaohu mentioned is Lucas' wife and one of the editors of "Star Wars".

On New Year's Day in 1977, the Spring Festival file of Hong Kong movies began to kick off. "Officials!I Want" won the love of most of the audience as soon as it appeared on the stage. It has to be said that Wu Siyuan is more daring than Li Hanxiang, and the few scenes of Shao Yinyin are also of the third-level high level in later generations.After the first week of release, it has achieved a box office of 120 million. While Wu Siyuan is happy, Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw are also happy. Breaking 120 million in the first week shows that its stamina will be extraordinary. The higher the box office, the more dividends the theaters get More and more, this is what many theater owners are most willing to see.

Theaters in Hong Kong also arranged for the release of several films such as "Jumping Ashes" on New Year's Day. To Wang Xiaohu's shock, this "Dancing Ashes" actually has the shadow of the pioneering school of Hong Kong police and gangster films.

Jumping ashes means retailing drugs. According to the literal meaning, this movie must be related to drugs. After watching it in his theater, Wang Xiaohu became more certain that this movie is the originator of Hong Kong police and gangster movies.The plot of this movie is very simple, it is a big drug lord robbing others for a vendetta, and then the young police officer pursues the drug lord impulsively, but is scolded by his boss, and then bears the humiliation and lies in ambush day and night to finally take down the big drug lord, but The boss took the credit for himself.

Such a plot makes Wang Xiaohu feel so familiar. Isn't Jackie Chan's masterpiece "Police Story" just a reprint of "Jumping Ashes"?
There are still many things that attract Wang Xiaohu to this film. For example, the theme song "Big Man" was written by Huang Zhan, composed by Liu Jiachang, and sung by Guan Zhengjie. These three are old partners.In addition, Xiao Fangfang was named among the director and starring roles. Unexpectedly, "Miao Cuihua" has such a talent, which really surprised Wang Xiaohu.

What made Wang Xiaohu even more surprised was that the killer in "Jumping Ashes" turned out to be an acquaintance——Chen Huimin!
Speaking of Chen Huimin, you may not have much impression, but if you talk about the Dongxing boss Luo Tuo in "Young and Dangerous", the gangster boss in "Dragon in the Rivers and Lakes", and Hong Xingbiao in "Buy a Murderer and Shoot a Man", you still have With the bus boss in "Unforgettable", I believe many people will have a rough outline of Chen Huimin's appearance.

And Chen Huimin's identity is also complicated. He dropped out of school to join Hong Kong as a teenager, and then he worked as a prison guard for several years, and then worked as a Hong Kong Royal Police. When I was a police officer, I was a little bit afraid of Chen Huimin!
Of course, the reason why he became an acquaintance is because Wang Xiaohu once saw Chen Huimin in 14K, and he also has a little-known identity——14K Double Bonus Red Stick, who is currently working hard under Xu Long.And Xu Long is a nail placed by the old man Shen Zhongshen in the Japanese Yamaguchi-gumi, and Chen Huimin naturally has a close relationship with the members of the Japanese Yamaguchi-gumi.

It is such a person with complicated identities who actually became an actor, which makes Wang Xiaohu a little dumbfounded.

Just when Wang Xiaohu was guessing when the Hong Kong Binbin Film Company came out, Shen Zhong brought Wang Hongxing and Chen Huimin to visit.

Seeing Chen Huimin, then looking at Shen Zhong and Wang Hongxing who dared not breathe behind him, Wang Xiaohu frowned, and suddenly a strange thought arose in his mind. Before he could ask, Shen Zhong had already solved the mystery: "Xiaohu, How about the movies we shot in 14K, aren’t they good?”

"Ugh!" Wang Xiaohu thought in his heart, sure enough!Sure enough, club organizations started to enter the entertainment circle, but unexpectedly, the first club to enter the entertainment circle was not Xiang Huaqiang from Xin Ngee Ann, but his old bean Shen Zhong. Could this be the butterfly effect?
"No wonder I feel that the scenes of club fights in this movie are more realistic. At first I thought they were club members hired by the crew. I didn't expect that I was so wrong."

(End of this chapter)