new kung fu king

Chapter 585

Maybe it's because the plot of "Shaolin Temple" is a bit too simple, maybe it's because the star lineup watched by the audience in Hong Kong is not suitable for actors from all over the mainland.

In short, "Shaolin Temple" directed by Wang Xiaohu only earned 1650 million at the box office, surpassing Jackie Chan's "Dragon's Heart", and could not break the box office record again.

Although the outside world said that Wang Xiaohu's golden body that had been maintained for many years was broken, but he was quite calm when he was interviewed. He told reporters: "As a film worker, breaking the box office is no longer the only goal in my life."

"Then what is your goal in life?" the reporter asked.

"Of course it's a variety of interesting attempts, such as this cooperation with the mainland, such as the Hong Kong film's three-month publicity plan in the mainland soon, these are the things I'm currently promoting."

Wang Xiaohu smiled and spread his hands and said: "Besides, you have seen it on the screen every year. After a long time, you will get aesthetic fatigue. I still work behind the scenes. It is better to recommend more newcomers for everyone to get to know."

The reporters all laughed. In fact, Wang Xiaohu is a guy that people love and hate. With the increase in his fame in the past few years, the opportunities to deal with the media have become less and less, whether it is promoting a new film At the premiere, Xu Junlong, the press spokesman of Xiehe, did it.

Even when "Mythology" was released and the major newspapers condemned him, he avoided seeing him and kept silent, so to a certain extent, the media reporters hated Wang Xiaohu so much.

However, during this interview, Wang Xiaohu was very cooperative, just like a few years ago, he chatted with the reporters in a friendly manner, and didn't want other film company bosses to put on a "I'm the big boss" style, so most of the reporters were right. He still prefers it.

"Ah Hu, can you tell me what kind of movie Xiehe will make next?" a reporter from "Film Biweekly" asked.

"In terms of movies, it seems that there is only one work. Like the "Myth" and "Shaolin Temple" that you have seen, they are all co-produced with mainland China." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "The subject matter must be my old line of work. Kung fu movies, but this time it will be very different, the protagonist of the story is a woman."

"Wow!"

"No way, will it hit the street? After all, the current screens are dominated by male stars."

Everyone remembers to look at Wang Xiaohu in astonishment. It is not without reason that they are so surprised. The movie era when actresses were the masters was from the late 40s to the end of the 60s. At that time, being an actor was a very shameful thing, and it was rare to see men on the screen. Acting, and generally male roles are completed by women disguised as men.

Filmed in 1967, "Seven Princesses" is famous for the popular Cantonese film actresses Chen Baozhu, Xiao Fangfang, Feng Baobao, Xue Jiayan, etc. at that time.

In that era, literary and artistic romance films, musicals, Huangmei tunes, and martial arts films were all female stars, and male stars were reduced to foils.

Even director Hu Jinquan, who created a new era of martial arts, loves to use actresses as his favorites. For example, it was not Yue Hua who became popular in "The Drunk Man", but "Golden Swallow" Zheng Peipei. Later, he simply made "Xia Nv".

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Che proposed the male masculine revolution, and introduced various sportsmen such as Wang Yu, Jiang David, Ti Lung, etc. The male stars sighed and turned around. Stars dominate the dominance of the screen, while female stars gradually decline and become vases, which are reduced to foils on the screen.

Now that Wang Xiaohu openly said that he would shoot a movie featuring female stars, the reporters were naturally astonished to death, and looked at Wang Xiaohu again in puzzlement, trying to guess from the face of this young Hong Kong film tycoon why he made such a film. unexpected decision.

After a long time, they saw that Wang Xiaohu didn't speak, so they rushed to ask questions.

"Is Azhi going to play the leading role?"

"Didn't Ah Zhi announce her retirement?"

"Is Bruce Lee's former confidante Miao Kexiu invited to play?"

"Zheng Peipei or Yang Panpan?"

When the reporters saw Wang Xiaohu shaking his head and smiling wryly, someone raised his hand and said, "Could it be Pan Yingzi?"

When the reporters heard it, they suddenly realized, yes, Pan Yingzi performed very well in "Hong Xi Guan", and besides Zhao Yazhi, she was Wang Xiaohu's only co-actress. All the reporters looked at Wang Xiaohu hopefully, hoping that he could say answer.

Wang Xiaohu laughed, waved his hands and said, "Don't make wild guesses, this is a commercial secret."

"It's a commercial secret again!" All the reporters complained one after another, this Wang Xiaohu is good at everything, Guan has completely aroused everyone's curiosity, and selling Guan Zi at critical moments is killing people.

After the interview, Wang Xiaohu asked Xu Xiaoming to come to his office.

"The mainland has allowed our scripts to be filmed in Tianjin, Shanghai and other places. During this period, you organize the actors and let them understand the script thoroughly, because the shooting conditions in the mainland are relatively difficult. It is good for everyone to finish the shooting one day earlier. of."

After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he tilted his head and thought for a while, then took out some papers from the drawer, handed them to Xu Xiaoming, and said, "Although the progress of filming may be a little tight, I still hope that you will finish the work of the past few years first when you arrive in Tianjin." .”

Xu Xiaoming looked at what was written on the paper, frowned and said, "Why do you want to visit Huo Yuanjia's tomb first?"

"Of course it shows the sincerity of our crew."

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "After all, what we are going to film is Huo Yuanjia. He is a great hero, and he has provided us with a lot of inspiration for the filming of TV dramas. Not only are we going to visit the grave, it is best to take the leading actors and the Huo family with us. Communicate with future generations to see if they have any objections to the content of the script, and if there are objections, try to make some changes."

Xu Xiaoming asked puzzledly: "Will it be troublesome if they come up with some unreasonable ideas, such as asking us to pay for it?"

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "You don't need to worry about these things, the Ministry of Culture will take care of them, you can intuitively follow what I said, and I originally planned to cooperate with the Huo family to build a ancestral hall for them, Huo Yuanjia The former residence and so on are all within the scope of my plan.”

"Ahu, can you tell me what exactly you want to do?" Xu Xiaoming really didn't understand what Wang Xiaohu was going to do now.

"Do something interesting." Wang Xiaohu stood up, walked over and patted Xu Xiaoming on the shoulder and said, "Some things are not about movies. I need the support of the Huo family."

Xu Xiaoming didn't get an answer, he shook his head bitterly and said, "Okay, I'm only in charge of filming."

"Hehe, the detailed precautions are all written on these few pieces of paper. If you encounter any unsure things, remember to contact the phone number on it. It's from Minister Huang of the Ministry of Culture. He will notify me as soon as possible." Wang Xiaohu Said: "Come on, do it. After filming this TV series, I will consider making a movie for you. You can make more money doing movies than TV series."

Xu Xiaoming smiled wryly when he heard the words. In fact, even if Wang Xiaohu didn't make the request, he still planned to talk to Wang Xiaohu after filming "Huo Yuanjia". After all, Xiehe is a film company. , It's all right now, Ah Hu opened the golden mouth, and he just needs to follow suit.

That kind of kindness and approachability made Xu Xiaoming feel very warm. The rumors about Xiehe Company from the outside world are indeed true. In Xiehe, you can enjoy the high attention that other companies cannot get. After nodding excitedly, Xu Xiaoming left satisfied.

Although "Shaolin Temple" did not break the box office myth maintained by Wang Xiaohu in Hong Kong, it achieved very high box office results in Southeast Asia.

As of June 6, box office statistics came from the mainland. The cumulative box office in the country reached 10 million yuan in one month. This number may seem a little small at first glance, and Wang Xiaohu also knows that the mainland must have manipulated the box office. There is only one purpose, which is to distribute as little money as possible to himself, but for Wang Xiaohu, this data is quite satisfactory.

Generally speaking, mainland audiences like "Shaolin Temple" far more than "Myth". On the one hand, Wang Xiaohu only has a rough impression of the box office of "Myth". The martial arts dream hidden deep in the hearts of young people is a very crucial item, and it is also the main reason why "Shaolin Temple" can be successful in mainland China.

The Yanyu Building in Xiehe Film and Television City has become a temporary crew of "Shooting the Condors". The actors who have no schedule will go to the Yanyu Building to have afternoon tea every day. While discussing the script, they will start auditioning according to the script. At present, it mainly pesters Zeng Jiang and Liu Dan to play against each other.

Occasionally, he would teach Huang Rihua as a senior sister. Huang Rihua usually has awe of this senior sister, but after being taught by Weng Meiling again, the image of that stupid idiot is even more vivid.

Yuan Heping has not been idle either. He has been busy working on the action routines for "Shooting the Condor" during this period. You must know that this is the first time he has designed actions for such a large-scale TV series. Apart from gnawing at scripts and novels every day, I just want to drink tea with Jin Yong and have a heart-to-heart talk, hoping to find inspiration from the original author.

Helpless, the hero Jin Yong can write martial arts novels, but asking him to help design the action is definitely an impossible task, so he simply pushed this difficult task to Wang Xiaohu.

Wang Xiaohu took a rough look at Yuan Heping's embarrassment, curled his lips and said, "Hey, Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms? I will do this!"

After all, under the attention of everyone, Wang Xiaohu made a stabbing step, raised his palm upwards from his lower abdomen, and pushed it out suddenly when he reached his chest. !"

"puff!"

Weng Meiling, Zeng Jiang, Yuan Heping, Huang Rihua and other people in the Misty Rain Building spouted out a mouthful of tea, wondering if this was a move designed by Hong Kong's No. [-] martial arts instructor, why is it similar to a child's random dance?
After Wang Xiaohu finished playing, he smiled and thought he didn't understand. This is the 83 version of "Shooting the Condor", which has been tried and tested. The Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon and the Dragon Has Regrets. Learned it in a month! -
This chapter has been added, and I will go to sleep.

(End of this chapter)