new kung fu king

Chapter 618 Something Happened to the Crew of "North and South Shaolin"
At this time, Hua Mulan is not a hero, she is an ordinary girl. It is the first time she stands on the battlefield to kill with her own hands. On her face, her pupils were wide open, and the expression of fear and wanting to escape was ready to come out.

Hua Mulan raised her head and looked blankly at the new barracks full of corpses and injured companions. A month ago, everyone was talking and laughing, although they laughed at themselves for being a sissy, walking, talking and even eating like a woman, although they also She once deliberately made things difficult for herself. Although she was reprimanded many times by the battalion commander and deputy battalion commander every time she carried out weight-bearing exercises, some of them had died in battle, and some were lying on the ground crying.

Lin Qingxia's eyes in the camera were full of doubts. She threw away the long sword in her hand, ignoring the excitement of Zhou Xingchi who rushed over excitedly and shouted: "Sister Mulan, we are still alive, we are still alive", she suddenly lay on the ground. I retched on the ground, but I couldn't vomit, so I had to gasp for air to vent my fear.

The cheering soldiers all stared at her blankly, some admired, some sympathized, some were puzzled.
It can be said that Lin Qingxia's performance is very good now, even a director as picky as Wang Xiaohu admires her superb and good acting skills. After shouting "OK", Wang Xiaohu ran to the top of the hill, looked at the pale Lin Qingxia, and said: "Qing Xia, you really vomited it, didn't you?"

Brigitte Lin frowned and gave him a blank look, stroking her chest and panting non-stop.

Wang Xiaohu chuckled, raised his hand to scrape off the coagulated blood from her face, put it into his mouth and licked it, and said, "This is made from Chuanbei Pipa Gao, it's very sweet!"

"Ouch~" Brigitte Lin tilted her head and really vomited.

Zhao Yazhi who rushed over beat Wang Xiaohu angrily, and said, "Why are you like this? You know that Qingxia is about to vomit, and you want to add fuel to the fire!" Help Brigitte Lin to wipe it.

Wang Xiaohu shrugged innocently and said, "It's hard to see her enduring it. It should be easier after she vomits it out."

"You've always been wrong!" Zhao Yazhi snorted, and Brigitte Lin shook her head after drinking the water and said, "I think Ah Hu is right, it's really much easier to spit it out."

"Oh, see, I didn't trick Qingxia." Wang Xiaohu said innocently.

"Go, ignore this lunatic, let's go shopping in the afternoon to change our mood." Zhao Yazhi helped Lin Qingxia up, ignored Wang Xiaohu's explanation, and just went to the dressing room to change her costume.

"Brother Hu, Sister Qingxia is gone, shall we still shoot?" Zhang Yuan ran over with a bunch of arrows in his arms and asked.

Wang Xiaohu curled his lips, looked at everyone's tired eyes, showed his white teeth and said with a smile: "Okay, everyone has been busy for ten days, so let's take a rest this afternoon."

Everyone cheered and shouted: "Brother Hu is wise." The speed of cleaning up the battlefield became more diligent.

Throughout the previous versions of "Mulan", whether in Hong Kong or the mainland, they all reflect a strong "equality between men and women", especially Chang Xiangyu's "Who says women are not as good as men" is discussed from the perspective of social gender division of labor The value of women has clearly played the banner of "equality between men and women", which is a high degree of affirmation of women's status and value.

Even though Uncle Sam’s cartoons are filled with American culture, after all, through Mulan’s success, they show a woman’s struggle process from a dependent position to an independent and free one. Struggle is a confirmation of women's self-identity, value and meaning.

In this regard, Wang Xiaohu agrees very much, but the 2009 version of "Mulan" seems a bit awkward in conveying female consciousness.The film aims to surpass the stereotypes of "intersex" or "neutral" heroines in the past, and portrays Hua Mulan as a rather feminine image. She hates war, blood and killing, and always reveals women's sensitivity. And vulnerable, easily emotional.

The film also endows Hua Mulan with more "friendship", which includes filial piety to her father, love for her brothers, and love for her "confidant".Although these feminine characteristics can shape Mulan's beautiful female image from the perspective of morality and emotion, they have dissolved and contradicted her heroic identity.

In order to resolve this contradiction, the film positioned Mulan as a growing female hero. Wang Xiaohu did not object to this, but let the male heroes around Mulan take on the role of guiding her, but this design made women Returning to the position of dependence on men is undoubtedly a regression in the transmission of women's consciousness.

Faced with such doubts, the 09 version of "Mulan" adopted another method of explanation: "Our film conveys anti-war!"

But Wang Xiaohu believes that although war has its cruel side, it should also have its reasonable side, and there should be a distinction between justice and injustice.

Whether a war is reasonable depends on whether it is just.A just war eliminates evil forces and allows the people to live a happy life; an unjust war is waged by rulers for their own interests and will only bring pain and misfortune to the people.

All anti-war films reveal the cruelty and evil of unjust wars, and their critiques point to unjust wars rather than just wars.

In a just war, there have been many warriors who sacrificed their lives for righteousness and never turned back for the ideal of peace since ancient times. These heroes are the objects of praise and praise in literary works and film and television art.

This is the "anti-war" thinking that Wang Xiaohu wants, not the kind of film that repeatedly exaggerates the cruelty of this just war and highlights the theme of anti-war. Doesn't that kind of film ask people to give up resistance in the face of aggression?
Moreover, Wang Xiaohu also compressed the desolate scenes and many crying scenes deliberately created in the 09 version, so that the plot closely revolves around the fresh and lively style of "Mulan Song".

As for the kind of tragic and anti-war thoughts, it is expressed through the military badges that appear in the film, Hua Mulan's longing for her father in the early scenes, and the longing of several recruits for life after the war. There are not too many tragic scenes in the film, but it can play its due role.

"Full of pride, with a touch of sadness." This is what Wang Xiaohu thinks is the most perfect image of Hua Mulan. Wang Xiaohu's plan has completed 11% of the shooting.

"Zhang Yuan, have you decided on the location of the restaurant in the film and television city?" Wang Xiaohu said to Zhang Yuan while packing up the equipment.

"Brother Hu, everything is settled. We have reserved all the open space on the fifth floor. Erguotou, red wine, champagne, soda and so on are also ready to go, just waiting for us to kill them." Zhang Yuan rubbed his hands and said.

Wang Xiaohu nodded, picked up the director's microphone and said to everyone who was still busy: "Brothers, speed up the progress. After cleaning, gather on the fifth floor of the restaurant. Congratulations to our crew for completing two-thirds of the filming."

Nervous shooting when starting up, crazy relaxation when free, everyone enjoys the fun of filming with Wang Xiaohu very much, because you can not only get a higher salary than other crews, but also learn a lot of knowledge, and even get to know more friend.

Everyone rushed to the largest "Zichen Restaurant" in Xiehe Film and Television City one after another. Just by the name, they knew that this was the restaurant opened by Long's family, and it was Girl Long who independently invested in opening a film business in the film and television city.

Speaking of it, Long Zichen doesn't seem to put a lot of energy into Lifeng Records, but is very interested in running the catering industry. For example, the restaurant on the top of Victoria Peak was written by her, and this "Zichen Restaurant" is the same. The interior decoration echoes the film and television city, and entering here is basically a step into the dynasty of Hong Kong movies.

From the first Hong Kong movie "Zhuangzi Tests His Wife" to the recent popular "Shaolin Temple", you can see exquisite posters, except that the first floor is a food stall for dragon and tiger martial artists and extras, starting from the second floor Up to the fourth floor, each room is named after the movie, which was learned from the "Bruce Lee Restaurant" that Wang Xiaohu ran in his early years.It's just that Long Zichen's actions on the scene are more bold than Wang Xiaohu's.

Dozens of crew members of "Mulan" have arrived at the open-air restaurant on the roof. Lin Qingxia, Zhao Yazhi, Chow Yun-fat, Qin Pei, Stephen Chow, Xiong Xinxin, Weng Meiling, Yu Rongguang and others are all waiting for Wang Xiaohu to give a speech.

But after waiting for a long time, there was still no sign of Wang Xiaohu.

"Azhi, do you know what Ahu is going to do?" Brigitte Lin asked in a low voice.

Zhao Yazhi said: "He was called out by Zhao Gang just now, maybe there is something important to deal with, I don't think it will be finished in a while, everyone should start first."

"Isn't that good?" Brigitte Lin said.

"Hehe, what's wrong." Zhao Yazhi said with a smile: "Anyway, I can be half of the Xiehe company, and I'll start as soon as I say."

As for Wang Xiaohu himself, he and Zhao Gang took a taxi and rushed home.

Inside the car, Wang Xiaohu frowned and said, "President Liang really said that just now?"

Zhao Gang nodded vigorously and said, "Well, that's right."

"It's not because he couldn't grab Jiezi, so he lied on purpose?" Wang Xiaohu still didn't believe it.

Zhao Gang smiled wryly and said, "Impossible, I know a little bit about that guy, Lao Liang, and he wouldn't do such a petty thing."

Just 15 minutes ago, Wang Xiaohu and Zhao had just walked to the door of "Zichen Restaurant". A staff member who claimed to be from the Hong Kong Branch of Xinhua News Agency stopped Zhao Gang and whispered something in his ear. Wang Xiaohu said: "There is an accident on the mainland, it is the crew of "North and South Shaolin"!"

It turned out that after "Mulan" was officially launched, Liu Jialiang also brought the recovered Jet Li to the mainland to film "North and South Shaolin". Knowing why, Jet Li and Liu Jialiang quarreled, the two sides even fought, the situation was very tense, and the crew was forced to shut down.

Seeing that the matter could not be dealt with, the mainland had no choice but to contact the Hong Kong side and call Wang Xiaohu's home, but the special line was arranged in Wang Xiaohu's study, and Aunt Xiang and the security guard Abao were not eligible to enter the study on weekdays.

So the Ministry of Culture tried every means to contact Liang, the director of the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency, and asked him to help find Zhao Gang and Wang Xiaohu.

At first, Wang Xiaohu thought it was because President Liang and Zhang Xinyan couldn't get Jet Li to shoot "Dragon and Phoenix Village", deliberately fabricating questions to frame Liu Jialiang and others. After all, Wang Xiaohu rejected them mercilessly.

But after seeing Zhao Gang's serious expression, Wang Xiaohu began to realize that the matter was not that complicated. Maybe the problem really came from the crew of "North and South Shaolin". The problem is a bit tricky.

After arriving at home, Aunt Xiang and A Bao just wanted to say something, Wang Xiaohu went upstairs quickly and said, "I know everything."

After opening the door of the study, Wang Xiaohu took a few deep breaths to calm down his breathing. Seeing that Zhao Gang was about to light a cigarette, he frowned and said, "My study is full of important things, and no fireworks can be seen."

Zhao Gang saw that his expression was very solemn, and looked at the study room except for a large number of books and manuscripts. He curled his lips and put the lighter in his pocket, nodded with a cigarette in his mouth, and he was quite abiding by Wang Xiaohu's rules. He knew that there were books or manuscripts in the study room. To Wang Xiaohu, they are all treasures.

After dialing the number of the Ministry of Culture, Minister Huang at the other end breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Wang Xiaohu's voice: "Oh, Mr. Wang, I finally got in touch with you!"

"I'm sorry, the current communication equipment is not very developed. I will go to the United States to buy a batch of portable phones in the near future." Wang Xiaohu first apologized, and then said seriously: "What exactly happened to the crew of "North and South Shaolin"?"

Minister Huang said: "I'm not sure about this matter, let Jet Li tell you, he's by my side."

After Jet Li answered the phone, the first sentence was: "Master, I listen to you very much, I have been patient enough, but a lot of things did happen during the filming, full of many complicated struggles, I couldn't help it Already!"

"Aren't you injured?" Wang Xiaohu asked, and when Jet Li said he was fine, he nodded, "Talk slowly."

Jet Li hummed, and began to tell the ins and outs of the matter.

Before Jet Li's statement, it is necessary to explain the crew of "North and South Shaolin". First of all, this film is a co-production between Hong Kong and mainland China. The actors used in the crew are all the original cast of "Shaolin Temple" (except Xiong Xinxin). The staff members were brought by Liu Jialiang's own team, and were not accompanied by any film company in mainland China.

The shooting of the film was surprisingly smooth at the beginning. Liu Jialiang found that he didn’t need too many routines. These athletes can create very realistic and entertaining movements by themselves. Normally, he should be satisfied. The problem is that he feels like this The fighting style of "Shaolin Temple" is no different from that of "Shaolin Temple". The audience will say after watching it: Oh, this movie is not interesting.

Liu Jialiang is a well-known action director in the Hong Kong film circle. He didn't want the obvious "Wang Xiaohu label" to appear in his films, so he repeated the tricks on the athletes and asked them to shoot according to the actions he designed.

Hu Jianqiang, Yu Hai, Yu Chenghui, Ji Chunhua and others are also reasonable. After all, they can fight whatever the director asks them to do. They rely on their kung fu to make a living. It is already a face for the director to invite him to film, not to mention the relationship between Director Liu and Brother Hu. Not bad.

But after the filming in Songshan, Yu Hai and others began to discover a problem. They are also Hong Kong directors. The treatment given to everyone by Director Liu and Brother Hu is completely different!
When filming "Shaolin Temple", besides remuneration for the sports teams, Wang Xiaohu also subsidizes everyone's salary, which is paid according to the standards of Hong Kong actors. If they work overtime when filming, they will also get a lot of money overtime pay.

But "North and South Shaolin" is completely different. Apart from Jet Li, Yu Hai, Hu Jianqiang, Ji Chunhua and others are paid two yuan a day. Such a huge gap makes the athletes unacceptable!

So after completing the North Shaolin filming project, many athletes had the idea of ​​not wanting to continue filming. Jet Li went to Liu Jialiang on behalf of everyone to ask why this happened.

Liu Jialiang said confidently: "These are written in detail in the contract. The leaders of their sports teams did not make such unreasonable demands when they signed the contract!"

"But it wasn't like this when my master was filming!" Jet Li said: "We are all paid according to the standards of Hong Kong actors!"

Lau Ka Leung frowned, pulled Jet Li aside and said, "Jie Tsai, you are Ah Hu's apprentice, you are half a Hong Kong native, don't you know that you need to save money for filming?"

"Then you can't treat everyone like this." Jet Li said dissatisfied: "If this continues, everyone will feel dissatisfied and affect the progress of the filming. What if they go on strike!"

"I don't care anyway, it's clearly written in the contract, if they go on strike, I'll ask their leader to ask them to refund the money and compensate me for the loss!"

So Jet Li came back in disgrace and told everyone the result of the negotiation, and everyone was immediately angry when they heard it.

"They earn 15 yuan a month, and even the extras who play dead bodies on the set without even a single shot are paid 50 yuan a day! But they only give us 2 yuan a day, and in fact, when they don't do anything , we will carry the heaviest and most tiring words, why not!" Ji Chunhua said angrily on the spot, and several other athletes echoed.

"It's also a Hong Kong director, but why is there such a big gap? Look how righteous he is, and look at this authentic descendant of Huang Feihong. Damn, there is no one more stingy than him!" Hu Qiangqiang said depressedly. If you throw it away, you will leave.

Yu Hai and Yu Chenghui hurried up to stop him and said, "Everyone, don't argue, otherwise our martial arts teams will face lawsuits!"

　It's very cold. I can't even type a word. Can I ask for a monthly pass? It's the end of the month.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)