new kung fu king

Chapter 635 Using the Concert to Promote a New Movie
Wang Xiaohu took advantage of his foresight and Long Zichen's strength as Lifeng Records to jointly plan a prosperous chapter that would affect the future development of the Chinese music scene.

In the next few days, Wang Xiaohu devoted himself to the post-finishing work of "Mulan", and used the company's special effects editing room to fine-tune the film. Lucas and others did not need to come to Hong Kong to do these in person, because Wang Xiaohu In the past few years, they have also infiltrated their own team there, and now they have grown up and brought over the cloning technology that Lucas just used in "Star Wars 2".

As a result, Concord Special Effects Studio was listed for business, and "Mulan" became the first Chinese film to produce special effects. Not only that, as long as Industrial Light and Magic has advanced hardware and software, or has major updates to special effects films For the shooting method, Wang Xiaohu will move to Hong Kong as soon as possible.

As for why ILM people are no longer allowed to intervene in the post-production special effects of Hong Kong movies, the reason is actually very simple. Wang Xiaohu must ensure the uniqueness of the special effects techniques of action movies and kung fu movies. It is the same reason to produce a sci-fi blockbuster like "Star Wars". He does not want Americans to learn the means that Hong Kong movies rely on to survive.

Of course, this is a bit of a villain, even if Wang Xiaohu wants Lucas and others to learn, they are not interested now, whether it is Lucas or Spielberg and other Hollywood people are immersed in the ocean of science fiction and cannot get out.

"Zong Yao, stop the picture first." Wang Xiaohu said to Zhang Zongyao: "Freeze the picture on the close-up of Qingxia's face, yes, it is here, stop!"

Zhang Zongyao lightly touched the keyboard with his fingers, and the screen stopped at the position Wang Xiaohu needed. "Brother Hu, what do you do next?"

Since the bankruptcy of Golden Harvest Company, Zhang Zongyao first worked as an editor with Xu Guanwen for a while, and was later sent directly by Wang Xiaohu to Industrial Light and Magic to learn about special effects editing. Stay in the traditional editing operation method.

Thinking that Wang Xiaohu was still his apprentice 10 years ago (when he edited "Fist of Fury", see Chapter 053 of this book for details), but now he is his boss, Zhang Zongyao is always full of emotion.

"Can you use Qingxia's eyes to make a camera transition? Some small battles don't need to take too long, it will only make the content of the film procrastinate." Wang Xiaohu was thinking, while gesticulating: "Two small battles in the back The battle is directly transformed through Qingxia's eyes, remember that every time you switch, Qingxia's eyes will change, from the initial fear of war, to hesitation and then to perseverance."

"I understand. Brother Hu means to speed up Qingxia's growth. This might not be a good way to deal with it. I'll try it first." Zhang Zongyao understood. What is operating on it.

"The early scenes are very good. I don't want war to become the main content of the film. Just like "Myth", we are not only a commercial blockbuster, but also an artistic beauty. After all, we also want to show the world Mulan's beauty Spirit."

Wang Xiaohu expressed his inner thoughts. Looking at the whole process of filming "Mulan", the main idea of ​​the film also quietly changed with his perception of Hua Mulan. Although these plots and scenes may not all be used in the film, they have provided great help for him to continuously enrich the full-bodied role of Hua Mulan.

To put it bluntly, it is burning money, even if it is burning money, "Mulan" burns much less than "Myth". After all, there are not so many special effects scenes, and there is no need to borrow special effects studios, so the money saved, Wang Xiaohu One brain is used for research, on the one hand, it makes Concorde's special effects team more mature, and on the other hand, it studies how to balance the commercial and artistic qualities of movies.

"Mulan" is his current experimental product. For this reason, he has prepared several versions. For example, the commercial version is mainly used to attract box office around the world. At that time, it will cooperate with the global promotion strategy and cooperate with various countries.Another example is the coexistence of business and art currently in operation, which is used to cope with the Cannes Film Festival held in France in May.

In fact, according to Wang Xiaohu's idea, there is no need to participate in any film festivals or award ceremonies in the world, but Winterdur insisted on doing so. He said that since we have lost the Oscar, the next step should be to focus on other awards. , such as the annual Golden Globe Awards and the Cannes Film Festival, and to register for "Mulan" at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

However, it is clear that Wang Xiaohu does not have any hopes for the Cannes Film Festival. Who made him a director of commercial films and dominated N global best-selling films. It would be terrible for him to play pure art. This is what Wang Xiaohu is currently experimenting with. main purpose.

"A dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor, maybe a blind cat will meet a dead mouse!" Wang Xiaohu slandered in his heart: "I am not paranoid like Wong Kar Wai, I only pursue box office, I only want the Hong Kong Film Awards to be recognized internationally. It has a place in the film industry, and even has a huge influence."

Time passed by little by little, while Wang Xiaohu was busy, Long Zichen and Zhao Yazhi were also busy. The former was busy with the "Teresa Teng Asia Tour Concert" Hong Kong station, and the latter was devoted to "Phoenix TV" "Going under construction.

Elizabeth Stadium, also known as Xinyi Stadium, is located in the East of Queen's Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Island. It opened on August 1980, 8. It has 27 seats. It is the first sports and entertainment venue in Hong Kong that can be used for multiple purposes. Basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, gymnastics, fencing, boxing, judo and other sports competitions and concerts, concerts, exhibitions, etc.

At this time, there was still a day and a half before the opening of "Teresa Teng's Asia Tour Concert", Wang Xiaohu was dragged here by Long Zichen to help give advice.

"Ahu, do you want to modify this stage?"

Wang Xiaohu glanced at it. The gigantic stage was divided into two symmetrical semi-trapezoids, with a long step in the middle. A bright red carpet was laid on the step. The camera of the steps was placed with a tall curtain. lighting design etc.

"This stage is okay, there is no need to modify it!" Wang Xiaohu expressed his opinion. After all, Long Zichen is in charge of Teresa Teng's Asia tour, and he must have his own plan in terms of stage construction. fit what.

Long Zichen smiled and said, "By the way, you will be on stage as a special guest to sing a song tomorrow night."

"No, I remember I was just making soy sauce!" Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile while staring.

"Hehe, you are Liyun's benefactor, the vice president of the club, and the investor." Long Zichen put a lot of hats on Wang Xiaohu.

"Okay, which one?" Wang Xiaohu hastily raised his hands in surrender.

""Shanghai Beach", "Beautiful Mythology"." Long Zichen said slyly: "If you were not worried that you would steal Liyun's limelight, you should still sing "I Am Bruce Lee", "True Hero", " When I Met You", "Your Look".

"Then what's the difference if I hold a solo concert?" Wang Xiaohu looked at Long Zichen dumbfounded, and the latter immediately clapped his hands and said, "Wow! In fact, I've been packing you for a long time. Classic Movies holds a grand concert for clues, wow, I think it must be quite hot!"

"Ahem!" Wang Xiaohu coughed twice, and said with some embarrassment: "It will be exhausting to have a concert, jumping and singing on the stage, after the June [-] rain relief charity performance, I will no longer Never thought about it.”

"Speaking of which, there is also a donation project for this concert." Long Zichen said helplessly: "Who told the Elizabeth Stadium to be invested by the British Hong Kong government? We are also the first to hold a concert here, so we must apportion it Give us some tasks."

"What is the reason for this donation?"

"Hehe." Long Zichen laughed: "I don't want to tell you anymore, I'm really afraid that you will go all out with Sir Mai."

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No need to ask what kind of messy reason it must be. Hey, the British Hong Kong government is also a vampire. Even holding a concert has to add these messy things. Isn’t this a clear commission?

"Will Su Rui be a special guest?" Wang Xiaohu asked.

"Yes." Long Zichen nodded hurriedly: "Arrange for her to appear on the stage and sing "If the Wine Dried If You Sell Nothing"."

"Oh, then it's okay to add another song "Mulan Star", right?" Wang Xiaohu said with a smirk, "Just think of it as an advance promotion for "Mulan"."

Long Zichen suddenly realized when he heard the words: "Ahu, did you want to hitch a ride from the beginning? You're so cunning."

"No, absolutely not." Wang Xiaohu assured: "This song is a new song that Uncle Hui and Uncle Zhan worked overtime two days ago. I listened to it in the company's recording studio yesterday. It shouldn't be a problem to package Su Rui and promote it by the way."

Seeing that Long Zichen was still thinking, he hurriedly said, "Why don't you take one of my songs and replace it with "Mulan Star"."

Long Zichen shook his head vigorously and said, "No, your two songs must be kept, and "Mulan Star" must also be sung."

Long Zichen's attitude was quite firm, and he gave the answer almost without any time to think about it.

Wang Xiaohu said: "Hey! Then you can communicate well with Liyun, lest she complain that we stole her limelight."

Long Zichen rolled his eyes at him and said: "You are her noble person. She is already very excited to be able to sing "Beautiful Myth" with you, so she has no intention of complaining about you."

(End of this chapter)