new kung fu king

Chapter 544 The Original Cast of "Shanghai Bund"

In fact, even Wang Xiaohu himself didn't know that the butterfly effect after his rebirth not only broke out in the Hong Kong film industry, but also deeply affected the development of Hong Kong's TV industry.

So when he wanted to ask Run Run Shaw to talk about the TV series plan to be filmed in the next three years, he was told that Li Xiaohe, one of the three veterans of TVB, had died of a heart attack, and Run Run Shaw and others were busy with funerals and had no time to spare.

Although he is no longer a shareholder of TVB, Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi still went to Li Xiaohe's memorial service. Run Run Shaw presided over the memorial service and delivered a eulogy. After Li Xiaohe was buried, Shaw and Wang Xiaohu sat down in the teahouse to discuss business in peace.

"Xiaohu, I'm going to transfer the main force of my life to TVB." Run Run Shaw said with a serious face: "The Lily Hysan family has talked with me these days, and their family will gradually fade out and still occupy a part of the board of directors." seat."

Wang Xiaohu nodded, which meant that Run Run Shaw had let go of the film industry and focused on the TV station business. He couldn't say anything, and he couldn't say anything, so he could only nod silently.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "What are your plans for the future?"

"When Xiaohe was here, I didn't have to worry about the TV station, but now I have to take it seriously." Run Run Shaw said: "I plan to bring out the graduates of the artist training class and let them work in several dramas. Focus on exercising."

"This is a good thing!" Wang Xiaohu said with a slight smile: "After all, there are many young people in the training class who are very motivated, and you always have to give them a chance to make their mark. What drama do you plan to shoot?"

"Gu Long's "Legend of Chu Liuxiang" is ready to launch, and I plan to let Taili focus on this one in the near future."

Run Run Shaw's words stunned Wang Xiaohu for a moment, and then he said in relief, "Qiu Guan and Sister Quan are very attractive as a partner. My brother, your TV station is about to develop. By the way, has Su Rongrong been selected?"

"Actually, the preparations for this drama started last year. Tianlin meant to let Azhi play Su Rongrong. After all, she hasn't acted in it for many years, but I feel that this will make Azhi feel wronged. Plus you and The mainland is busy filming "Mythology." Run Run Shaw smacked his lips and said, "So we let Pan Yingzi play."

"Oh." Wang Xiaohu is very satisfied with this answer, since he has already missed it, it doesn't matter.

Earlier he was entangled in this matter, entangled that his wife missed the opportunity of a classic character because of his delay, but now that he missed the schedule, he felt much more at ease in his heart. "Anyway, I won't tell it. No one in this world knows, right?"

"You said earlier that you would talk to me about a few drama series. To be honest, I am looking forward to it." Run Run Shaw raised his head and said, "I have just taken over TVB, and I still need your help."

A generation of movie tycoons have almost lived in the shadow of Wang Xiaohu for these years. Making movies is not as aggressive as the younger generations. As a TV station, the series produced have never been able to surpass the ratings set by "Fist of Fury".

"I will fully support it." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "I want a few people by name, you must pull them over without any conditions, and you can't have schedule problems like "Jing Fu Men"."

Originally, Run Run Shaw thought that Wang Xiaohu would cast a shadow in his heart because of the matter of TVB shares, but he did not expect that Wang Xiaohu would agree so happily, and immediately promised: "You say the name, if I don't provide enough, you can ask me for compensation."

"Ouyang Peishan, Lu Liangwei, Tang Zhenye, Jing Daiyin, Lin Jianming, Huang Xin."

Wang Xiaohu uttered a string of names, which caused Run Run Shaw a big headache. He quickly interrupted and said, "Wait, I'll ask the secretary to write it down and check their schedule."

After the secretary counted up the list of these personnel and sent them over, Run Run Shaw's face immediately turned green. Why, because among the actors Wang Xiaohu said, Ouyang Peishan, Jing Daiyin, and Tang Zhenye were all filming "Legend of Chu Liuxiang" , I just promised full
"Little Tiger, there is a conflict in the schedule! Can you delay it?" Run Run Shaw said in a difficult way.

"Okay, anyway, I'll work on the script first, and when you have no problem with the actors, I'm going to start." Wang Xiaohu suppressed a smile, and Run Run Shaw's embarrassment made him feel amused.

Suddenly he remembered something again, waved his hand and said, "Who is that, Tang Zhenye should let it go, I don't like him."

"Why?" Run Run Shaw asked puzzled, "A very handsome young man, very motivated."

Wang Xiaohu snorted, "I just don't like him very much anyway, so don't ask so many questions, the others haven't changed."

Run Run Shaw snorted and asked, "Xiaohu, what's the name of the drama you want to shoot?"

""Shanghai Bund"." Wang Xiaohu said without hesitation, as if the classic music of "Rangrun, Wandering" sounded in his ears for a moment, as well as the classic images of Xu Wenqiang, Ding Li, and Feng Chengcheng.

"Oh, by the way, let me use Gu Zhaofeng, your gold-medal TVB screenwriter, for a few days." Wang Xiaohu almost forgot about the original creator of "Shanghai Bund". It would be better for Zhao Feng, a gold medal screenwriter, to be in charge of the script, at least he can relax a lot.

When watching "Shanghai Bund", many people remember the actors in the play. But the editor of the story is ignored, and not many people know the original author Gu Zhaofeng.Even Wang Xiaohu himself knew about this person from a novel he occasionally read in his previous life, and he also knew that Gu Zhaofeng was Wei Jiahui's apprentice.

"what!"

Run Run Shaw couldn't react to Wang Xiaohu's nonsensical words. He sipped his tea and said with a smile: "It's true that he is a screenwriter of a TV station, but he is not a gold medal screenwriter. You must know that no one in Hong Kong except you, Wang Xiaohu, dares to use a gold medal screenwriter." title."

Wang Xiaohu scratched his head with a dry smile and said, "Old Dou, you also like to tease me."

Run Run Shaw didn't get entangled in this issue, but said to Wang Xiaohu with a strange expression: "I know Gu Zhaofeng, maybe even you. I have a strong interest in the subject matter, and it seems that I have written a novel about Shanghai Bund Romance in the past few years, and the thread is very tight."

Wang Xiaohu suddenly became interested, and barely suppressed his surprise and asked, "Why doesn't Laodou adapt his novel into a TV series?"

"Now Taili mainly promotes ancient costume dramas. No one can make this kind of TV series with the style of the Republic of China well, and only you are interested in the themes of the Republic of China." Run Run Shaw said with a smile: "That's fine, you two have a good relationship with Shanghai Bund." Interested people should be able to collide with sparks.”

Wang Xiaohu also smiled, showing his white teeth, urging Run Run Shaw to say, "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and call Gu Zhaofeng over for afternoon tea."

"You, having a quick temper is worse than anyone else." Run Run Shaw sighed helplessly, stood up and left: "There are a lot of messy things in the stage to deal with, you wait here for Gu Zhaofeng, I will let The driver brought him here."

"Okay!" Wang Xiaohu didn't send him off, and drank tea on his own, and suddenly grinned. The 80s was the era when Hong Kong's drama production was booming. Young people, crazy creations and ideas of transcendence, had This eternal "Wandering and Wandering".

While Wang Xiaohu was feeling emotional, he also felt very lucky in his heart. When he was thinking wildly, the door of the room was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with long hair came in.

The person who came was polite, and as soon as he walked in, he said politely: "Brother Hu, what do you need from me?"

No need to ask, this person is Gu Zhaofeng who Wang Xiaohu was looking for.

After patting the seat next to him, Wang Xiaohu said, "Come on, do it here, I have something to talk to you about."

Gu Zhaofeng sat down obediently. Although he has already reached a considerable level in TVB and is one of the teachers of the TV screenwriting training class, the person in front of him is the most powerful figure in the scriptwriting circle in Hong Kong. He is still very excited Very tense.

"Brother Hu." Gu Zhaofeng said somewhat awkwardly, "What is it?"

Wang Xiaohu smiled slightly, avoiding Gu Zuo's fiery eyes, lifted the teapot with his right hand and poured him a bowl of tea, and then said: "I heard that you wrote a novel called Shanghai Bund Romance in the stage?"

"Yes, there is such a thing." Gu Zhaofeng was surprised at first, and then said embarrassingly: "Actually, after Brother Hu's "Righteous Hero" was released, I was very interested in the vendetta of the gang in Shanghai. , Later, I wanted to go to Brother Hu's screenwriting training class, but the station didn't let it go, so I wrote it myself, if doing this makes Brother Hu unhappy, I, I won't write any more."

Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but smile wryly when he heard the words, Gu Zhaofeng, a sentimental person, today regarded himself as a teacher to indict him, no wonder he was so nervous when he came in.

"What's wrong with me?" Wang Xiaohu patted Gu Zhaofeng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I came to see you today, mainly to talk about how to adapt your novel into a TV series."

"Ah?" Gu Zhaofeng was taken aback, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and asked excitedly, "Brother Hu, you didn't lie to me, did you?"

"How could I lie to you?" Wang Xiaohu laughed loudly, raised the cup of tea and took a sip, and said, "Come on, tell me the general plot of the novel."

In fact, "Shanghai Bund" is a legendary novel written according to the special social background at that time. In addition to the almost similar social background, it also reflects the tycoons in Shanghai at that time. Among them, Xu Wenqiang is Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao is the prototype of Huang Jinrong.

But obviously, the plot of Gu Zhaofeng's novel is very messy, far less smooth and attractive than the plot in Wang Xiaohu's memory, but Wang Xiaohu still caught the spirit of the original "Shanghai Bund" from Gu Zhaofeng's three-hour narration.

"Maybe the screenwriters of TVB back then extracted these dramatic things to create classic scripts."

Wang Xiaohu thought to himself, after Gu Zhaofeng finished talking dryly, he motioned for the other party to drink tea to moisten his throat first.

"Oh." Gu Zhaofeng nodded confusedly, the excitement in his heart was hard to add, and the hand that held the teacup began to tremble.

After he drank the tea, he looked at Wang Xiaohu with hope on his face, and his heart was beating wildly, feeling very uneasy.

After all, these things are all my own cranky thoughts over the past few years. After all, it is not a mature script and cannot be put on the stage. In front of Hong Kong's gold medal screenwriter, his nervousness and apprehension can be imagined.

"That's it." After thinking for a while, Wang Xiaohu said: "I have also listened to your novel in detail. Generally speaking, it is still very thoughtful, but it is too messy. I have roughly summed it up. We don't want those complicated things. , a single excerpt of the struggle process of Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li, two college students from Peking, with different cultural backgrounds, for their own future and love"

Wang Xiaohu recalled the general plot of "Shanghai Bund", combined with the plot of Gu Zhaofeng's novel, and began to sort out a clearer idea. After all, this TV series has a long history, and he is also very vague about some plots. He did this just to give Gu Zhaofeng had a general idea and general outline, and asked him and Concorde's screenwriter team to recreate the classic "Shanghai Bund".

Gu Zhaofeng listened verbatim, the admiration in his heart could no longer be expressed in words, if he had to use words to describe his admiration for Wang Xiaohu at this time, there was only one word: strong!

After waiting for Wang Xiaohu to finish speaking, Gu Zhaofeng respectfully poured tea for Wang Xiaohu, offered it with both hands and said, "Brother Hu, I have learned a lot from you today, thank you for teaching me alone."

"Hehe. Don't be so polite." Wang Xiaohu took a sip of the tea and said to Gu Zhaofeng: "If any of your friends are interested in adapting this novel, you can definitely invite them in. I plan to shoot this film this year. play."

"That's really great!" Gu Zhaofeng's hands trembled excitedly, and the tea spilled all over his body. He didn't care about these things, and danced his hands: "I discussed this novel with five or six friends in Taiwan, but Everyone can't find investment, if Brother Hu invests now, they must be very happy."

Looking at the cheerful Gu Zhaofeng, Wang Xiaohu was also happy for him in his heart. After paying for the tea, he asked Gu Zhaofeng to go back to prepare and bring his friends to Xiehe Company to report tomorrow. Let Gu Zhaofeng worry.

After returning home, Wang Xiaohu hummed the song "Shanghai Bund", opened the bedroom door happily, and saw his wife was teaching his son to speak English.

"Prince, how many words did you learn today?"

Seeing his father coming back, Wang Jiaen rushed over at a trot, hugged Wang Xiaohu's thigh and said, "Daddy, you finally came back to save me. I'm about to be driven crazy by Mommy."

"Ah?" Wang Xiaohu coughed twice: "Why did Mommy force you?"

"She asked me to recite a lot of foreign language, I don't like it." Wang Jiaen said aggrieved.

"Children always have to learn foreign language, so they can study abroad in the future." Zhao Yazhi sighed.

Wang Xiaohu said helplessly: "Son, I feel that what my mother said is very correct. Now you not only need to learn foreign languages, but also learn Mandarin with your father."

"." Wang Jiaen looked at this pitifully, then at that, and finally lowered his head in aggrieved manner.

"Okay, don't pretend to be pitiful here, Daddy is giving you a holiday now, go downstairs and play."

"Long live Daddy!" Wang Jiaen jumped up and ran out happily.

Zhao Yazhi said depressedly: "You, this will spoil him."

"It's okay, a child's childhood should be carefree." Wang Xiaohu hugged his wife and said, "By the way, Ah Zhi, I'll find you a good script, it's very challenging."

(End of this chapter)