new kung fu king

Chapter 507 Canonization and "Mythology" Startup

The Governor of Hong Kong MacLehose has indeed come, but it is not just as simple as the arrival of the Governor of Hong Kong.

After the car with the license plate number 0 parked outside the crowd, Wang Xiaohu saw from a distance that MacLehose hurriedly got out of the car, ran to a car behind him, stood upright like a utility pole, and waited for the car to stop. , he stood respectfully in front of the car door, as if the person who was about to get off was a big shot.

Wang Xiaohu couldn't help frowning, thinking that only MacLehose is the biggest in Hong Kong, why didn't he hear that there is an official bigger than the Governor of Hong Kong?At that moment, he said softly to Run Run Shaw who was sitting on the guest seat: "Old man, who do you think MacLehose will open the door for?"

Run Run Shaw squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then jumped up from his seat in shock, and hurriedly said: "It's broken, it's really a big shot today, Xiaohu, hurry up and drag your costume down, come with me!" To meet the great man."

The person who can make Run Run Shaw look flustered must be a very big person. Seeing that he was not joking, Wang Xiaohu quickly ran to the backstage and changed his clothes, followed Run Run Shaw and walked out of the crowd.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony just started and then stopped. The audience talked a lot and turned their attention to those cars.

"It's the governor of Hong Kong!"

"My God, the governor of Hong Kong is willing to be a doorman and open the door for others!"

"Who do you think is in the car? It's so honorable."

"In my opinion, Princess Alexandra and his wife may be revisiting their hometown." Someone guessed that Princess Alice and his wife had visited Hong Kong last year, so everyone subconsciously thought that Princess Alice was here.

"Look, Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw also rushed over, and Jin Yong and Yu Zhanyuan also ran over. It seems that it is not Princess Alexandra!"

Everyone guessed wildly here, Wang Xiaohu and others had rushed to the front of the car, looked through the window for a long time and didn't know who was sitting in it, wanted to ask Run Run Shaw, but found that Old Shao was standing at a distance from MacLehose Two meters away, there was also a telegraph pole.

"Xiaohu, come here and stand beside me." Seeing Wang Xiaohu's state of mind while watching a play, Run Run Shaw hastily reminded him in a low voice.

Wang Xiaohu stood over wondering, lowered his head and asked, "Old Dou, who is so proud of you?"

"Keep quiet, you'll find out later." Run Run Shaw said.

After standing like this for more than a minute, the window of the car slowly came down, and MacLehose hurriedly bent down and bowed his head. A more dignified old woman's voice came from inside the car, and Wang Xiaohu didn't hear what he was saying. Seeing MacLehose nodding, the car turned around and left under the escort of a large group of police officers.

After the car left, MacLehose heaved a sigh of relief, and the nobles behind him also let out a long sigh. MacLehose walked over to Wang Xiaohu with a smile and said, "Tiger, it seems that I missed a good show. Is not it?"

"Hehe, that seems to be the case, sir, that was just now." Wang Xiaohu said.

"Hey, Xiaohu, you are so stupid, that's Her Majesty the Queen of England." Run Run Shaw was anxious at the side.

"The empress has come to Hong Kong?"

The tone of Wang Xiaohu's words may be a bit disrespectful, but MacLehose knew him somewhat, so he didn't pursue it.Instead, he nodded and said, "Yes, I planned to come over this morning, but"

No need to ask, it must have been delayed because he was busy picking up phone calls, Wang Xiaohu understood very well.

"Her Majesty the Queen heard that your film and television city is going to cut the ribbon. She was very curious, so I came here to watch it. Unfortunately, when you came, your performance was over." MacLehose continued: "Tiger, there are some words in this It’s inconvenient to talk about it on occasion, why don’t we hold the ribbon-cutting ceremony first.”

Wang Xiaohu's mind was full of empresses, and he didn't hear what MacLehose was saying at all. He nodded subconsciously and followed MacLehose to cut the ribbon.

There was another burst of firecrackers and thunderous applause. After all, the Governor of Hong Kong rarely participated in such occasions after coming to Hong Kong, so everyone could see that Wang Xiaohu was very popular in front of the Governor of Hong Kong.

What the Governor of Hong Kong wants to tell Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw is that Her Majesty the Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, came to Hong Kong this time mainly for inspection. At the same time, they will award the KBE Knight Commander Medal to Run Run Shaw and Wang Xiaohu, two outstanding representatives who have made contributions to the world film industry. . (In history, the Communist Party of China came to Hong Kong for inspection from October 1986 to 10, 21, 23 years in advance. No wonder.)
"Commander Medal of the Knight-level." Wang Xiaohu was stunned for a long time, and Run Run Shaw said with a smile: "It is a knighthood, which should have been awarded to you and me last year, but there was a clean government storm, and Hong Kong's public security is poor, so the Queen did not come. "

"Actually, according to my analysis, it should be that MacLehose dealt with the clean government storm in a timely manner. The Queen is very satisfied with the various measures MacLehose has taken, so she specially came to Hong Kong for inspection. It is to encourage MacLehose's work. Our seal The award of honor is only incidental."

"Oh, that's how it is." Wang Xiaohu said, "It seems that the dinner tonight should be very grand, and I'm going to wear that grand British gentleman's uniform again?"

"If you feel troublesome, you can go naked, but you will definitely be beaten to death by the Queen's bodyguards, and you will be charged with blasphemy against the Queen, haha, and then you will be world famous." Run Run Shaw joked Say.

At the end of July 1978, the crew of "Mythology" announced the start-up in the newly built Xiehe Film and Television City. The scene of the start-up ceremony was full of big names. Hong Kong Governor MacLehose and British nobles attended the start-up ceremony, making the whole scene extraordinarily lively .

How can you say that Wang Xiaohu was also knighted by **** himself a week ago, and the KBE medal is still very appealing. Except for the report on the Queen's trip to Hong Kong, the rest of the newspapers in Hong Kong were in Talk about Wang Xiaohu's knighthood.

The media who had speculated, slandered, and talked nonsense about Wang Xiaohu immediately changed their caliber, and began to praise Wang Xiaohu with a lot of space, and even dug up his reports a few years ago and reprocessed them.

The latest issue of "Film Biweekly" mainly focuses on Wang Xiaohu, which reports in detail all Wang Xiaohu's films from the film, and even gives away a set of posters of Wang Xiaohu's films for free along with the book.

Once the publication was released, it was sold out in just half a day. For this reason, Yu Yongjian sent someone to reprint [-] copies, but they were still sold out.

Taking advantage of the jubilation of the title, Wang Xiaohu immediately announced that "Mythology" was going to start. As the first film to be filmed in Xiehe Film and Television City, Wang Xiaohu and others were extraordinarily serious.

Before the arrival of Industrial Light & Magic's team, Wang Xiaohu asked Wang Jiaxin, Zhang Yuan and others, with the help of two terracotta warrior experts, to start laying out the scene of the "floating palace". The layout of the scene and the model of the palace had to be completed by Industrial Light and Magic.

In this way, in mid-August, the boys from Industrial Light and Magic finally came to Hong Kong under the leadership of Grant McQueen.Grant McQueen is the chief special effects artist of "Jaws" and "Star Wars". After getting off the plane, this big man with a peaked cap and curly beard tightly held hands with Wang Xiaohu.

"Hey Tiger, my boss, we meet again!"

"Grant is glad to see you again!" Wang Xiaohu patted Grant on the shoulder and said, "How are George and the others?"

"They are amazing! "Star Wars" is currently in the post-production stage, and I believe it will take less than a month to arrange a small-scale trial screening. George has been busy running around the venue these days, haha." Grant laughed loudly Say.

"Wow, I can't help but say that this is very exciting and good news. George hasn't lost his temper recently, right?"

To be honest, Wang Xiaohu is still looking forward to the release of "Star Wars". After all, since the remake of this movie last year, he has burned more than 1000 US dollars. .

"Of course not. He is in a good mood now. We found that occasionally when he was in a bad mood, he would hide in the room and practice Tai Chi secretly. Aha, can you imagine the interesting scene of George practicing Tai Chi?"

"I think you should secretly take pictures to make special effects, I believe it will sell for a good price!" Wang Xiaohu joked.

"God, this is definitely a good suggestion, why didn't I think of it earlier." Grant McQueen spread his hands in frustration, and the two left the airport while talking.

After getting into the car, Grant McQueen said: "Boss, I don't know if you have any interesting things for me to do this time. Will it be as exciting as in Thailand two years ago?"

"Grant, I assure you, this time is much more interesting than playing earthquakes every day, because this time we are going to demonstrate Chinese Kung Fu in a place similar to space." Wang Xiaohu said happily.

"Really! It sounds very good, and I'm looking forward to it now."

"Don't worry, you have to have a rough idea of ​​the script before that. Since you can provide good special effects services for big productions like "Star Wars" and "Jaws", you must also do a good job with "Myth" this time. special effects!" Wang Xiaohu said solemnly.

"The boss' request is what I strive for. Don't worry, boss, I won't lose face for Industrial Light & Magic." Grant McQueen said confidently.

People from Industrial Light & Magic have this advantage. As long as you can provide them with accurate goals, sort out all the information, and explain them in words they can understand, they will follow your requirements. Get what you need out there.

"There are only creative ideas that you can't think of, and there are no special effects that Industrial Light and Magic can't make." This motto was said to George Lucas by Wang Xiaohu back then, and now it has become the purpose believed by the entire Industrial Light and Magic.
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Ahem, Weibo is very powerful. I saw Mr. Jin Yong "passed away" for the second time on Weibo today. That, I feel very embarrassing, it made me sad for a long time.

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