new kung fu king

Chapter 476 Qingxia Arrives
Wang Xiaohu never expected that Jackie Chan would reject him, so he didn't turn the corner for a while, and after watching Jackie Chan for a long time, he frowned and asked, "Now you feel more interested in pushing the track car than in starring in it?"

Seeing Wang Xiaohu frowning, Jackie knew that what he said just now made him unhappy, so he quickly waved his hand and said, "Ah Hu, don't get me wrong."

"Oh, I didn't misunderstand." Wang Xiaohu smiled, and leaned on the back of the chair with his arms folded, "Tell me what you think."

"It's like this. Our Qi Xiaofu brothers all came from behind the scenes to the front stage little by little. Whether it's Sanmao, A Biao, or even you, Ahu, everyone started as a dragon and tiger martial artist and then rose to martial arts instructor. Only me I chose to start my career as an actor, but ended up going the wrong way. I thought about it for a long time and found that it was not solid, and I also found that there is a lot of happiness behind the scenes. It’s still very rewarding.”

Jackie Chan lowered his head, and intermittently expressed his feelings about returning to Seven Little Fortunes in the past two years.Wang Xiaohu listened very carefully. He found that Jackie Chan has changed a lot now. The most commendable thing is that Jackie Chan's current mentality is very stable. What does this mean? When he heard that he was back in front of the stage, how should he say it, or should he be said to be afraid.

That’s right, Jackie Chan is indeed a little scared. In the past six years, he has witnessed too many amazing things about Ahu. Not to mention anything else, just whoever he praises becomes popular, and whatever genre he shoots is popular. This is enough to make people feel deeply. Unfathomable.

Now, Ah Hu said that Jackie Chan would star in a movie, his first reaction was excitement, yes, he has been away from the big screen for many years, it is not that he does not want to be a star, but he is afraid, he is afraid of becoming a star In the end, I will get carried away again, and I will be so arrogant that I can't find the south, east, north, and south.

On a deeper level, Jackie Chan was worried that he could not control his ambition!

Wang Xiaohu grasped Jackie Chan's contradictory thoughts very accurately. To put it bluntly, Jackie Chan's heart knot has been broken. If the heart knot is not resolved, Jackie Chan will not dare to take this film.

Wang Xiaohu rested his chin and pondered for a long time before saying: "In this circle, it is difficult for anyone without ambition to develop. I know what you think, and you don't have to worry about it. This is the script of the new film. You go back to Study it carefully later."

The script was placed on the table, and Jackie Chan read it again and again, but he still didn't dare to reach out to take it, but there were hundreds of little bugs tossing in his heart, Wang Xiaohu took all this into his eyes, and suddenly felt amused, "How about this, this movie I didn't design the action for the script, since you like to be behind the scenes, you can design the action of the script for me to see."

Jackie Chan raised his head and looked at Wang Xiaohu in a daze. Seeing the look of expectation on Wang Xiaohu's face, he finally plucked up the courage to reach out and pick up the script. When he opened the first page and saw the name of the new film, he immediately widened his eyes. Eye.

"Police story?"

"That's right, it's a police story." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile, "You should be aware of the weight of the script that the governor of Hong Kong Sir MacLehose entrusted to our company, right?"

Jackie Chan nodded vigorously. Not only that, but he also heard that people in the industry were afraid to take up this task. It doesn't matter whether the filming can satisfy the Governor of Hong Kong. If the audience doesn't buy it, that is the most terrible thing!

"Ahu, you asked me to design actions for this script?" Jackie Chan was still a little unsure, "If so."

"There are not so many hypotheses!" Wang Xiaohu raised his hand and interrupted, "Yuan Kui and Yuan De also made such assumptions last year. Don't you see that "Hong Xi Guan" is selling well?"

Seeing that Jackie Chan was a little moved, Wang Xiaohu continued to be confused: "To do this script well, you must not be influenced by our brothers, whether it is my style, or the style of Yuan Kui, Yuan De or San Mao, etc., you cannot imitate."

"Then" this made Jackie Chan a little embarrassed. After all, we are together every day, who knows who's style, whose style occupies a large market share, and whose actions are more attractive to the audience. These are all well-known, Ahu proposed Isn't such a requirement forcing you to innovate?
Wang Xiaohu pointed to his own head and said: "Use your brains more and create an action style that others cannot imitate is the kingly way. Only by walking ahead of others can you gain a firm foothold in the market. Remember, asking for others is better than asking for yourself." !"

Jackie Chan walked out with the script in his hand, he didn't know much about it in his heart, when he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and said, "Ah Hu, doesn't it matter how big the scene is?"

"En." Wang Xiaohu nodded: "Let me give you a little hint. If you want to open up a new path, you must combine the script and reality. Also, more hints are waiting for you to dig out in the script. Good!" Go think about it, and remember to come to me when you encounter uncertain places.”

"Oh." Jackie Chan left the office full of thoughts.

"His grandma, I never thought that Jackie Chan would be so restrained after a setback." Wang Xiaohu waited for Jackie Chan to leave, and said dumbfoundingly: "It's like I begged him for nothing. It seems that this so-called commander's medal is still a little deterrent. It works."

"Hong Xiguan" was released at the end of February, but it was suspended for half a month because of the "corrupt government incident", which shortened the original 2-day release period by half, which greatly affected the box office results.So when the painting was finished, "Officer Hong Xi" was worthy of 35 million Hong Kong dollars.

No one would laugh at Wang Xiaohu’s failure at the box office because the box office of films released during the same period has shrunk even more. Take Shaw Brothers’ great director Chu Yuan as an example. He has been cooperating with Gu Long in recent years. Shang Wang Xiaohu has a good policy of discounting ticket prices, so after it was released, it won a good score of 160 million Hong Kong dollars in seven days, but after the "clean government storm", the box office of this movie never rose again.

There are other companies in the same situation, such as Fengyue films "Merry Bohu Dangqiuxiang", "A Dream of Red Mansions", "The Mirror of the Art World" and other box office results are not satisfactory.

However, the Southeast Asian market other than Taiwan is very hot. Wang Xiaohu’s signature still has box office appeal. As of mid-April, the Southeast Asian box office of "Hong Xi Guan" has reached a good score of 4 million Hong Kong dollars, allowing Run Run Shaw, Wu Siyuan, Shen Zhongdu was shocked!

"The box office list can no longer stop Wang Xiaohu's progress!" Run Run Shaw sighed.

"How wonderful it would be if I could have half of Wang Xiaohu's strength!" Wu Siyuan said jealously, and at the same time made up his mind to follow in Wang Xiaohu's footsteps. As long as Wang Xiaohu makes a blockbuster movie, he will definitely follow the trend and promote It is a glorious tradition that others explore the way ahead and step on the heels to get rich.

Only Jin Yong smiled mysteriously after learning about the box office list. He knew what Wang Xiaohu was busy with recently. Making money from making movies was no longer Wang Xiaohu's hobby. Crazy goals never thought of.

After being attacked by the whirlwind of ancient costume martial arts in "Hong Xiguan", some Hong Kong filmmakers regained their confidence in ancient costume martial arts films.Run Run Shaw had talked with director Liu Jialiang for a long time. After pondering for a long time, Liu Jialiang carefully took out the script that had been kept for several years. It was "House 36 of Shaolin"!
This script was given to Liu Jialiang by Wang Xiaohu a few years ago, but at that time Liu Jialiang thought that his director level was not enough to shoot this script. After the baptism of the film, Liu Jialiang thought it was time to make this good book.

In fact, from a certain point of view, Liu Jialiang benefited a lot from cooperating with Wang Xiaohu in the filming of the TV series "Fist of Fury", especially in terms of action design. Wang Xiaohu has always advocated Liu Jialiang to follow the southern style of kung fu, and it is also Liu Jialiang's wish to carry forward Lingnan martial arts The goal, but this person is a bit stubborn, thinking that the movements of "Hong Xiguan" are chic and unrestrained, but the feet don't take root, so it can't be regarded as an orthodox kung fu movie.

"Do it well!" Run Run Shaw can only encourage him. There is no other way. Ever since Zhang Che was ordered to go to Taiwan to form Zhang Gong Films, Shaw's current kung fu film directors are only Liu Jialiang and Chu Yuan. Gu Long's works began to show signs of decline. Only Liu Jialiang's one movie a year was still a hit, barely supporting the Shaw Brothers.

"Fortunately, I have shares in Xiehe!" Run Run Shaw knew very well that the Shaw Dynasty had gone downhill, and was replaced by Xiehe Film Company, the kung fu dynasty founded by his godson Wang Xiaohu. This dynasty has grown rapidly in recent years. The pace of output is getting bigger and bigger, and the influence and coverage produced are getting wider and wider.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, Shaw still maintains the status of king, but Run Run Shaw will not deceive himself like this. Although a thin camel is bigger than a horse, Wang Xiaohu is not a horse, he is clearly a tiger!

"The general trend is over, the general trend is over!" Run Run Shaw had to accept his old age, after all, time is not forgiving, and sooner or later the world of Hong Kong movies will change.However, the gradual rise of the TV industry over the years has more or less allowed Uncle Liu to get a balance in his heart and no longer worry about gains and losses.

In fact, even Run Run Shaw himself may not know that it is because of his sudden emotion that the Shaw Brothers film dynasty is gradually declining.

After the "clean government storm", MacLehose immediately reported the whole process of the incident to the British government, and asked the domestic police service inspection team to come to help rectify the Hong Kong police organization. At the same time, he conducted a profound review of his career as governor in recent years.

The British government attaches great importance to this. Her Royal Highness personally called Sir MacLehose. During the call, the Queen did not reprimand him at all, but encouraged him to boldly rectify the Hong Kong police.

Now MacLehose, as if he had taken a big pill, immediately called the senior police in Hong Kong to hold a meeting, and formed an investigation committee from the ICAC, the police force, and the government to conduct a large-scale investigation of the registered police officers in Hong Kong. , and asked them in detail if they had any demands or opinions on the police.

The investigation has been carried out for nearly two months, and the final survey results are mainly reflected in two aspects. One is that the current salaries, benefits and treatment of police officers must be improved, and the other is that the ICAC must conduct self-inspection and not randomly arrest people.MacLehose agrees with this very much, so the five-year-long Hong Kong police rectification kicked off.

In the past two months, Wang Xiaohu has not been idle, while perfecting the script of "Mythology", while waiting for news from the mainland.

The situation in mainland China is progressing with difficulty according to the annual rings of historical development. Wang Xiaohu also knows that he has nothing to do at this time. Who makes himself just a filmmaker, and he is also a Hong Kong filmmaker. Those things are too heaven-defying Do less is better.

After doing a good self-examination in his heart, Wang Xiaohu continued to design the storyboard script of "Mythology" with full passion.

In the past two months, Wang Xiaohu has finally realized the difficulty of "modifying the classics". It is even more difficult to overthrow some preconceived things. He has too much ambition, too many ideas, even with Li Bihua's perfect emotional line, it still makes him feel overwhelmed!
In order to reflect the huge cultural heritage of China, and to shoot that kind of epic scene, and to keep the emotional line from the cliché, it is obvious that the short time of 120 minutes cannot reflect the whole of "Mythology".

Having too many ideas is not a good thing. After all, Wang Xiaohu made a difficult choice and compressed the emotional line that occupies the entire film. The main focus is on showing the epic and reflecting the 5000-year Chinese culture.

"After all, I want to promote this movie to Hollywood. There are some oriental elements that foreigners may not be able to understand, why not." Wang Xiaohu was thinking like this, and suddenly a thought popped up in his mind, and a smile appeared on his face: "Why don't we just divide the story into two parts, one is to shoot "Myth" according to my plan, and the other is to shoot "The Love of Terracotta Warriors" according to Li Bihua's original work?"

Wang Xiaohu felt that this method was good. It could accomplish his goal and prevent a classic from dying because of this. He wanted to call Li Bihua when he was in a good mood, but the phone rang.

"Hey, Xiaohu, come to my side, your favorite Brigitte Lin has come to Hong Kong."

(End of this chapter)