new kung fu king

Chapter 572 A song "Shanghai Bund" dominates Xiangjiang
According to the analysis of Wang Xiaohu's previous life according to the development rhythm of Hong Kong martial arts movies, it can be divided into four stages of development.

The first period is from the end of the 40s to the end of the 50s, the prosperous period of Cantonese films and the golden age of "Once Upon a Time in China", the representative figure is director Hu Peng.

From the mid-60s to the mid-70s, it was the peak period of Hong Kong Mandarin martial arts films. Directors such as Zhang Che, Hu Jinquan, and Zhang Xinyan directly brought martial arts films from black and white films into the "colorful martial arts century". On October 1971, 10, Bruce Lee's " After "Big Brother Tangshan" was screened wildly in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Southeast Asian regions, the next two years were Bruce Lee's kung fu era. ("Big Brother Tangshan" in this book premiered in early November.)
The third period is from the late 70s to the middle of the 80s. This stage is the transformation period of Hong Kong martial arts movies. Yuen Heping, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao jointly supported Hong Kong martial arts movies, and also contributed a lot of exciting adventures. In this period, only the works of New Art City can compete with these three carriages.

The fourth stage is from the 90s to when Wang Xiaohu was reborn. During this period of time, Hong Kong movies and mainland movies were not very successfully integrated. Co-productions began to become popular. This is the re-glory and "alienation" of martial arts movies. The most obvious representative of traces is Tsui Hark.

From the above four stages, you can see that Tsui Hark will occupy a very large proportion of future Chinese martial arts movies. He did not go to international development like Yuan Heping, Wu Yusen, Jackie Chan and others, but has been developing for decades. Studying his own style and development, trying to break the embarrassing backwardness of Chinese films.

This is what Wang Xiaohu appreciates about Tsui Hark. Tsui Hark has created series such as "The True Colors of a Hero", "Swordsman", "A Chinese Ghost Story", and "Once Upon a Time". Each series is a classic in movies. "Not Bad", "Sword Horse Dan" and "Green Snake" made Tsui Hark develop in a diversified direction. He can shoot dozens of films of different types. His avant-garde thinking made Wang Xiaohu speechless.

Even so, Wang Xiaohu did not have the idea of ​​taking Tsui Hark into his account, because he knew that Tsui Hark would soon become a member of the Fighting Seven Little Monsters. With the gradual decline of the Shaw Brothers, the reorganization plan launched by the Concorde Company was introduced. Hong Kong movies are about to go back to the era that Wang Xiaohu was familiar with.

Even if Xiehe Company is currently the big brother in the Hong Kong film industry, Wang Xiaohu is not arrogant to the point of a dictatorship. The end of doing so is likely to ruin the future of Hong Kong films, so now he is only responsible for leading the way, as long as the direction develops No problem, he just let it go and shifted his focus to the mainland and Hollywood.But the implementation of all plans requires Hong Kong as a base.

That's what I said, but there are some things that Wang Xiaohu still needs to participate in, such as the establishment of the Hong Kong Film Awards, such as making Donnie Yen and Jet Li the two future Kung Fu superstars on the right track, such as the agreement with Jin Yong back then, after all, Jin Yong has tolerated himself so generously for almost 9 years. If he doesn't put "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" on the TV screen, he will still be depressed to death!

However, after meeting with Tsui Hark tonight, Wang Xiaohu wanted to do one more thing, and that was to establish a partnership with Tsui Hark.

As for why it is said to be cooperating with Tsui Hark instead of Wu Siyuan, this has to start with Jackie Chan being encouraged by Chen Ziqiang and Wu Siyuan to leave Jiahe. In a sense, Wu Siyuan poached Jackie Chan from Xiehe. Has been hated by Xiehe company from top to bottom.

After Golden Harvest went bankrupt, Wu Siyuan, Chen Ziqiang and others formed Siyuan Company, and they held new wave directors such as Tsui Hark and Xu Anhua in their hands. If Wang Xiaohu didn't give Wu Siyuan a little surprise in return, it would be a bit unreasonable, wouldn't it?

So Wang Xiaohu said directly to Tsui Hark: "How about selling you a favor?"

"Human favor?" Tsui Hark was a little confused, frowning cautiously, and hurriedly said, "I don't know what Brother Hu meant by these words."

Wang Xiaohu chuckled, took a sip of red wine, and said, "Don't worry, I won't poach Wu Siyuan's corner. I can rent you industrial light and magic and special effects studios for free, and even don't charge a penny. How do you feel about fully directing the script, action and other aspects of the film?"

Tsui Hark was dumbfounded for a moment, his lips moved again and again, he didn't know whether it was because of excitement or nervousness, and the baa-baa beard with his personality also moved up and down, which was very interesting.

"Brother Hu, I still don't understand!" Tsui Hark took a big sip of red wine and swallowed hard, still feeling a little thirsty, no, it can't be said to be thirsty, it should mean that the blood all over his body is burning and boiling!

Wang Xiaohu rubbed his nose with a smile, "I said it before, I won't poach you to quit, just do whatever you want, and I won't let you sign any shameful contract, let alone marry Siyuan What kind of box office sharing agreement does the company have?"

When Wang Xiaohu said this, he stared into Tsui Hark's eyes, and suddenly said in a low voice: "I just need you to help me make a few movies when you have time. Of course, this is a purely personal invitation for friendship and has nothing to do with any company. And you I will also get a salary, and I will not shoot for nothing."

"What movie and when?"

Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and said, "I haven't thought about it yet, but I don't know if you agree or not. It doesn't matter if you don't agree. The things we agreed on before will continue to be valid."

"promise!"

After Xu Hark went through some psychological struggle just now, he readily agreed. After saying this, his heart became brighter. He still has half a year of contract with Siyuan Company. Wu Siyuan has a right He has the kindness of knowing you, he is really afraid that Wang Xiaohu will use this as a threat to make him quit Xiehe, and he will be in a dilemma.

However, Wang Xiaohu did not do this. Tsui Hark was completely relieved, and did not ask Wang Xiaohu how many movies he wanted to make.

As a representative of the New Wave director, Tsui Hark also has his own troubles. For example, due to the intervention of funds and producers in the few films he made in recent years, he was unable to show the content he shot deep in his heart. For example, Siyuan In his eyes, the company's current platform is getting smaller and smaller, making it impossible for him, who is becoming more and more ambitious, to get a stage to display his talents.

In comparison, this request made by Wang Xiaohu is really too simple.

As far as Tsui Hark's current status is concerned, he doesn't think his level is much higher than Yuan Heping, Sammo Hung and others, and Wang Xiaohu's willingness to invite himself to direct a movie shows that he is valued by others, and it has always been a great opportunity to cooperate with a tycoon like Wang Xiaohu. things of your dreams.

Tsui Hark, who is in a state of excitement, admires Wang Xiaohu very much now, not only because of Wang Xiaohu's high status in the Hong Kong film industry, but also because of Concord's perfect, free and independent system, and because of Wang Xiaohu's character!
After Xu Hark happily left, Wang Xiaohu sat on the chair in such a good mood that he didn't notice the faint smirk on his face.

On January 1981, 1, a fire broke out at the Seiko Hair Products Factory in North Point, Hong Kong, resulting in 20 deaths and 11 injuries. It was the most serious factory fire in Hong Kong since 19. The British Hong Kong government once again emphasized attention to fire prevention and theft prevention.

Under the shadow of the fire, the Hong Kong movie business has also been affected to a great extent. After all, movie theaters are places with the largest population concentration. For a while, everyone was panicked and refused to go into the theaters. Seeing the rising momentum of "Modern Bodyguard" at the box office It stopped abruptly, and Xu Guanwen, who was so anxious, ran to Wang Xiaohu's house several times to complain, saying how unlucky he was and so on.

Wang Xiaohu sighed, and that night he and Run Run Shaw made a special trip to the home of Sir MacLehose, Governor of Hong Kong. Wang Xiaohu suggested that all movie theaters in Hong Kong should cooperate with the fire department to carry out a unified inspection in the next few days. Whether it is perfect, whether emergency passages, etc. can play a key role.

MacLehose, the Governor of Hong Kong, very much agreed with Wang Xiaohu's proposal, and held a special meeting with various departments on the second day. Cinemas, teahouses, nightclubs and other public places are inspected.

This joint law enforcement has been tossing for a full week, and the entire Hong Kong film industry has suffered the greatest impact in several years.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Wang Xiaohu sold the completed "Shanghai Bund" to TVB and played it as TVB's opening drama.

The income brought by TV to Wang Xiaohu is not very high, even for TVB, which is rich and powerful now, the first-round copyright of each episode to Xiehe Company is only [-] Hong Kong dollars, and the price is very low.For this reason, many people complained for Wang Xiaohu, and even Run Run Shaw himself felt a little embarrassed.

"Little Tiger, the price I'm offering you this time is the highest in the Hong Kong TV industry. I really can't raise the price anymore, otherwise the rules will be broken."

Wang Xiaohu smiled, and didn't care about these things. He filmed "Shanghai Bund" just to reproduce the classics. As he has always said, TV is just a game for him. As long as those classics in his previous life can be reproduced, he will be satisfied. As for Losing money or not losing money, he doesn't care anyway.

More importantly, Wang Xiaohu did this to cultivate stars. For example, Chow Yun-fat has not met with the audience for two or three consecutive years since "A Lang's Story". The TVB filming before was also a supporting role or to hone his acting skills, such as Liu Dan This kind of old drama has not had a classic image for many years, and then there is Lu Liangwei, he is a standard newcomer. He played a lot of roles in the first few episodes of "Shanghai Bund". Driven by an old actor like Chow Yun-fat, He went straight to the scene and went crazy.

Years ago, the old enemy Li’s TV station has always dominated the ratings with Mi Xue, Wan Ziliang’s version of "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", and Huang Yuanshen's version of "Young Huang Feihong". However, "Shanghai Bund" aired for a week and played an episode every other day, which directly made TVB's ratings The ratings increased by 15 percentage points, and with the familiar melody of "Wandering, Wandering" and the classic three gunshots, a new round of ratings battles also kicked off.

In the first week, TVB managed to snatch the ratings back from Li's TV station. When the fourth episode of "Shanghai Bund" started broadcasting, TVB's ratings had increased by 35 points, and it was still rising rapidly!
Upon seeing this, TVB immediately launched a market survey, asking citizens why this TV series is so good.

"The script is well written, and Chow Yun-fat's look in it is so pretty!"

"The filming of the TV is exquisite. The costumes and acting skills of the actors are very different from TVB's previous TV series, and the plots of each episode are very tense. I love Cheng Cheng!"

"Watching "Shanghai Beach" is like watching a movie!"

"I have a feeling that I watched "Fist of Fury" a few years ago. I think Wang Xiaohu not only did a good job in the film industry, but also shot TV dramas so delicately and carefully!"

"It's filmed in mainland China, it has the charm of big Shanghai!"

""Shanghai Bund" is completely different from other Hong Kong TV dramas. Whether it's the acting skills of the actors or the costumes and props, we can see that the main creators are very hardworking, especially when they went to the mainland to shoot on-site, there is an immersive feeling !"

"Can you broadcast one episode a day!"

"Oh, I'm looking forward to every weekend now, because I can hear "Shanghai Beach" sung by Wang Xiaohu on the weekend, so domineering!!!"

Not only the interview programs on TV stations are talking about "Shanghai Bund", but also the mainstream media newspapers in Hong Kong are also discussing "Shanghai Bund".

All sides are praising "Shanghai Bund", and "Shanghai Bund" has lived up to the expectations of the audience, the ratings are rising steadily, and TVB is jubilant from top to bottom.

And at this critical moment, another explosive news came from within Li: Xu Xiaoming, Li's popular young student and one of the three major martial arts instructors, suddenly quit Xiehe Company.

As soon as the news was reported in the media, there was an uproar in the Hong Kong TV circle. Li's side even severely reprimanded Wang Xiaohu's despicable behavior, saying that Wang Xiaohu did it on purpose, and at the same time condemned Wang Xiaohu's immoral behavior. It directly made Hong Kong's TV industry difficult.

"What are you doing to make TV dramas so classic? Are you showing how rich and powerful your Xiehe company is? Let the TV colleagues develop in the future!"

An unnamed industry insider criticized Wang Xiaohu in a newspaper, saying that Wang Xiaohu deliberately broke the rules of the Hong Kong TV industry and deliberately increased the cost of TV drama production.

After all, even TVB won't spend HKD 200 million to shoot a TV series with only 25 episodes, and each episode is as perfect as a movie!
What is this if it’s not burning buns, what is it if it’s not showing off Concord’s wealth?
But soon someone responded.

"It is true that Wang Xiaohu's behavior has broken the inherent rules in the TV industry, but it is undeniable that "Shanghai Bund" has sounded a wake-up call for colleagues in the TV industry. It has already fully demonstrated Wang Xiaohu's ambition to reform TV dramas, but at that time "Fist of Fury" still adopted simple location and set shooting, and it was only when "Shanghai Bund" was filmed on the spot in mainland China that this superiority was undoubtedly revealed."

"We should not deny "Shanghai Bund" from a critical point of view, because Wang Xiaohu pointed out a brand-new path for the TV industry with "Shanghai Bund": that is, live-action shooting is far more attractive than indoor sets and simple outdoor scenes. Xiehe Company shoots every episode like a movie with high-quality pictures, but it is in the consistent quality line principle of Xiehe Company, not to mention that Xiehe has only shot two TV series so far!"

No need to ask, this response article is from within TVB, and the instigator is Gu Zhaofeng, the screenwriter of "Shanghai Bund". The current popularity of "Shanghai Bund" has greatly benefited all TVB employees who participated in the filming. Through this TV series They have learned a lot of things that they have never seen before, and more importantly, they have found the rigorous, serious, meticulous and careful work attitude from Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi.

At the latest meeting of TVB, Gu Zhaofeng and others made a special trip to make a lot of reasonable suggestions to senior executives such as Run Run Shaw and Fang Yat-wah, such as maintaining a close cooperative relationship with Xiehe Company, relying on the good bridge between Xiehe and the mainland, and suggesting that TVB The TV series went to the mainland for live shooting and so on.

"Little Tiger, thank you for taking revenge this time!"

Run Run Shaw walked into Wang Xiaohu's house on the night of the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, carrying some simple gifts. The revenge he was talking about did not only refer to the one who overwhelmed Li with a big advantage in the ratings, but also to dig Xu Xiaoming over from the bottom of the pot.

At that time, Lidi dug Cheng Xiaodong over, which made TVB flustered for a while. If there were not a few martial arts instructors who graduated from the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union, they would not have achieved success in action in those costume dramas of Zheng Shaoqiu. success.

"But you also gave me a big problem!" Run Run Shaw said good things, and then started to say bad things.

Wang Xiaohu spread his hands and said: "There is no way to do this. I would like to help Laodou to enter the mainland for filming. The problem is that none of you are willing to give up the Taiwan market!"

"Hey! Who said it wasn't!" Run Run Shaw sighed. Only now did he truly realize why Wang Xiaohu was under tremendous pressure to open up the mainland market.

Run Run Shaw knew that it wasn't that Wang Xiaohu didn't care about the broadcast copyright of "Shanghai Bund", but that he was taking care of himself because of the relationship between the two men. His eyes had already been fixed on the mainland, where the cake was several times bigger than Hong Kong. Fat several times.

As for my group of people, they only toss around small areas such as Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Run Run Shaw suddenly changed into a pitiful and flattering tone and said: "Xiaohu, I am doubling the copyright of "Shanghai Bund" for you. I will try my best to help you distribute the TV station in Taiwan, but you have to share it with the mainland." I ordered soup and water."
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