new kung fu king

Chapter 737

In Wang Xiaohu's memory, after "The True Colors of a Hero" became popular, followers flocked to it, setting off a wave of "hero movies" with great momentum.

Not to mention those superficial and shoddy works, in 1987, John Woo and Tsui Hark collaborated in the sequel.Although this sequel was still successful in that era, in Wang Xiaohu's opinion, it is quite different from the first one. It can be said that it is a work of Wu Yusen's madness and random play, not to mention "The True Colors of a Hero 3 Song of the Sunset" which is a dog-tailed sequel.

Zhang Che took the initiative to bring it up today, which somehow made Wang Xiaohu feel a little overwhelmed.

Indeed, following the trend is one of the biggest characteristics of Hong Kong movies, especially in the golden age when commercial films were the mainstream. Often, after a genre movie hits the box office, it will inevitably trigger a frenzy of following the trend.

If a good genre is filmed too much, the audience will be tired of looking at it, and then this genre will be declared over.

"This question has troubled me for a long time, and I have thought of many ways, but after all, I can't completely adapt the question of following the trend." Wang Xiaohu pondered: "But since Mr. Zhang asked, I will talk about my immature thoughts first. I hope Mr. Zhang will forgive me."

"Listen carefully." Zhang Che clasped his hands on his knees, like a student listening carefully.

Once upon a time, Zhang Cheh was one of the most influential figures in the Hong Kong film industry. With the emergence of a group of new directors in the Hong Kong film industry, in just a few years, these new directors and their works have set off a wave in the film industry with an unstoppable momentum. huge waves.

Under the impact of the new wave, Wang Xiaohu not only has not suffered any blows, but has even expanded Concord International to a scale beyond the reach of all filmmakers. His thoughts and experience are definitely worth listening to.

"From a business point of view, following the trend is an inevitable product. After all, investors are now focusing on the box office. If there is no box office report, who would come to Hong Kong to invest in filming?"

While sorting out his thoughts, Wang Xiaohu said: "Following the trend has advantages and disadvantages. The positive factor is to promote the prosperity of genres and trigger the scale effect of production. The negative factor is the lack of pioneering and innovation in creation, and the endless shoddy works, which in turn lead to led to the rapid decline of a genre."

Zhang Che nodded frequently: "That makes sense."

"If this bad habit can't be properly dredged, it is conceivable that Hong Kong movies will follow in the footsteps of Taiwanese movies in a few years." Speaking of this, Wang Xiaohu looked at Zhang Cheh and continued: "Mr. Zhang is now developing in Taiwan. You can't understand the situation on the border, can you?"

"Hehe, the situation over there is very bad now." Zhang Che smiled bitterly when he heard the words, "At the beginning of this year, Taiwan's production and distribution volumes were large, such as Xuefu, Longzu, Belvedere, China Film, Shangshang, Beilun, Xinchuan, Jinchuan, etc. Due to various factors, the output of various companies such as Li, Xue, Longxiang, etc. have shrunk, and their production volume has been declining. Not only that, the industry focus of several companies that maintain the film industry has also shifted to the film and television industry such as cable television, and Taiwan's Seeing the prosperity of the Hong Kong film industry, the filmmakers invested in Hong Kong on a large scale, hey."

"So, apart from coming to see John this time, I have other things to ask for Mr. Wang's help." After Zhang Che finished speaking, his expression was not very natural.

Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhang, please tell me if you have anything to do. As long as Xiaohu can do it, he will go all out."

"Not busy, not busy, let's talk about the serious stuff first." Hearing Wang Xiaohu's willingness to agree without hesitation, Zhang Che was in such a good mood that he pretended to be tricky.

Wang Xiaohu chuckled, and didn't mind, continuing to continue the previous topic: "If you want to alleviate the current situation of following the trend, you can do nothing more than start from several aspects."

Stretching out his index finger, Wang Xiaohu said: "The first aspect is: the standardization of the industry. It seems that except Concorde International, other film companies are not very formal. For example, a special packaging system for newcomers, such as a professional martial arts director training institution, of course, is more critical What matters is the overseas distribution industry chain.”

"That's right." Zhang Che said: "These are the envy of others, especially Concorde International's overseas distribution industry chain, which spreads all over the world, which is beyond the reach of others."

"The second aspect is to take the script lightly. When everyone sees that others are popular, they directly recruit a vote of stars to come and shoot without serious thinking and research. As a result, the script is a mess. Some films do not have scripts after they start shooting, and they rely entirely on the actors themselves. Playing and directing on-the-spot creation." Wang Xiaohu sighed heavily, for him, this is the real sad thing.

"Is there a good recipe?" Zhang Che took the opportunity to ask.

Wang Xiaohu shook his head, "No, although Concord International has an assembly line for script creation, according to my understanding, except for New Art City, which has established a similar struggle room, other companies don't pay much attention to scripts."

"Maybe it's not that they don't pay attention, but that they don't have the courage of Mr. Wang." Zhang Che said with a smile: "After all, they don't have spare money to support a group of screenwriters. Has Mr. Wang never thought of setting up a Hong Kong-wide screenwriting training class?"

"It's not that I haven't thought about it, it's too difficult."

Hong Kong is a tiny place, and Hong Kong people have never had cultural belonging. Especially during the Sino-British negotiations, the shadow of the "[-] Deadline" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Most filmmakers seize this opportunity to make money. Who will think about the future of Hong Kong movies? A matter of life and death.

"What about the third aspect?" Zhang Che listened with interest.

"Genre films and star effects are inconsistent"

"Master, boss, drink tea." At some point, Wu Yusen and Ti Lung came over with two cups of hot tea.

"Thank you." Wang Xiaohu finally took a sip of tea, and said to Zhang Che: "These are the problems I have seen so far. Maybe some places are too extreme. I hope Mr. Zhang will stop laughing."

"Where are you talking?" Zhang Che waved his hand and said, "After listening to what you said, Zhang suddenly realized, and regretted that he didn't communicate with Mr. Wang much back then."

"It's not too late to communicate now." Wu Yusen suddenly said: "Master is planning to come to Hong Kong to develop, and there will be many opportunities for everyone to communicate in the future."

"Oh?" Wang Xiaohu was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he understood. No wonder Zhang Che just said that he had something to ask for, so it turned out to be such a matter.

Immediately got up, took Zhang Che's hand and said, "Oh, welcome, welcome. It would be great if Director Zhang could come back. I believe that with Director Zhang's influence, his colleagues will be happy."

"I'm old, I'm old, how can you young people be so energetic." Zhang Che said with a smile: "Now Hong Kong is the world of Concorde International, how dare I share the food here."

"You're still old? You're old!" Wang Xiaohu chuckled, "It's rare to meet Director Zhang, so tonight I'll take care of you, John, go and call David Jiang, Li Xiuxian, and Chen Guantai. Come here, it's in Zichen Hotel, our private room in Xiehe all the year round."

"Okay!" Wu Yusen responded loudly, not to mention the joy in his heart.

Originally, he was very happy that Master came to see him today, and Brother Hu also agreed to Master's return to the Hong Kong film industry to ask for help.

The news that Zhang Che returned to Hong Kong to visit the crew of "The True Colors of Heroes" was quickly discovered by media reporters. After hearing the news, the reporters squatting at Xiehe Film and Television City immediately rushed to the "Zichen Hotel" to wait, hoping to catch some breaking news.

Before Wang Xiaohu and the others left for the hotel, they received a call from Long Zichen.

"Hey, Hu, there are a lot of reporters squatting in the hotel here, you better not come over, I've got people ready at the Victoria Peak Hotel, and you can go directly there later."

"Well, I've troubled you." After handing over the big brother to Zhao Gang, Wang Xiaohu shrugged helplessly and said, "Director Zhang, you were targeted by those reporters as soon as you came to Hong Kong, we have to change places for this meal. "

"Uh, I didn't expect to cause you trouble." Zhang Che was a little embarrassed when he heard this. As a veteran in the industry, he certainly knew that "The True Colors of Heroes" was now the focus of the media's attention.

"Those guys are born to eat this bowl of food, so feel free to scribble." Wang Xiaohu smiled and asked Zhao Gang to go out to arrange the car and security.

"Director Zhang Cheh arrived in Hong Kong, and asked Wang Xiaohu Xingshi to question him aggressively!"

"The boss director had a heated argument when they met, and Zhang Che angrily blamed Wang Xiaohu."

""The True Colors of Heroes" attracted Zhang Cheh, and the two sides turned against each other on the set."

"Zhang Cheh will join "The True Colors of a Hero" to fully escort his lover."

Just as Wang Xiaohu and Zhang Che guessed, the reporters who spent the night at the "Zichen Hotel" without any results, went into a rage the next day and vented all their anger on the negative reports.

As soon as the newspaper came out, it immediately caused an uproar. Originally, Hong Kong people were not very optimistic about "The True Colors of Heroes". Zhangjiaban news.

Combining [-]% is true, and [-]% is false. Look at the meaning, Zhang Che came to Hong Kong this time to find trouble with Wang Xiaohu. Come out, who knows that Wu Yusen's development has been mediocre in the past few years, and his master must have come to scold him."

The reports from the outside world were full of seriousness, and the public's attention to "A Hero's True Colors" was immediately raised several levels.

After all, both Zhang Cheh and Wang Xiaohu are influential figures in the Hong Kong film industry. Although the former has developed in Taiwan in recent years, he is a veteran after all.

Every day outside the second set of "The True Colors of Heroes", dozens of reporters squat around, but the security forces on the set are very tight, they can't get in, they can only hope.

On the set, Wang Xiaohu put on a MiG suit and toad sunglasses, and was sitting in the seat of the "theatre".

"Pfft, Ahu, your outfit is so vulgar!" Long Zichen, who also came to visit the class, laughed when he saw this.

"Hey, who would have thought that Wu Yusen would temporarily arrest young men." Wang Xiaohu curled his lips, but he couldn't help it. According to the shooting plan, what will be filmed today is the scene where Leslie Cheung and Zhu Baoyi come to the "theater" for an exam.

The music examiner's actors found a few, but the chief examiner was not found. Wu Yusen improvised, grabbed Wang Xiaohu for a while, and forced Wang Xiaohu to make a cameo.

So Wang Xiaohu reluctantly changed into costumes and became an extra.
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