Chapter 118: Chivalrous Tenderness

When Wang Jie accompanied his daughters for Christmas, the release of a movie by Xiangjiang DreamWorks caused a huge trend.

At the beginning of this year, the Xiang brothers' Yongsheng Film Company was established, which was half a year later than the original time and space, and the two brothers specially visited Wang Jie before the establishment of the company, hoping that DreamWorks could give some help, especially in theaters. Now the first cinema in Xiangjiang is DreamWorks Cinema, followed by Jiahe Cinema, as for the original time and space Debao Cinema, due to Wang Jie's early intervention to buy the Shaw Brothers Cinema, the scale is now much smaller, but after Pan Disheng's efforts, it is now ranked third.

After careful consideration, Wang Jie finally agreed, although the Xiang brothers have a bad background, but they really like movies, and they also know the rules better, Wang Jie let Yongsheng Company participate in the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang, and it is also an invisible constraint on the filmmakers with a black background. The next day after the Xiang brothers left, they sent Wang Jie "a big gift" , They sent three young and beautiful girls to Wang Jie, namely Li Saifeng, Yuan Jieying and Zhang Min, Wang Jie originally did not plan to accept the three daughters, because the evening scene of the three girls in the original time and space was not very good, and the luck seemed insufficient, but when Wang Jie carefully observed the three daughters and overturned the previous idea, although Wang Jie is not a master of metaphysics, but he is still relatively proficient in feng shui physiognomy, although the three daughters seem to have a bad fate, but their faces are mainly wangfu, plus the three daughters are not broken, Wang Jie also accepted them, but for the Xiang brothers, this favor has to be repaid, so it willThe copyright of "God of Gamblers" was sold to Yongsheng Company for one Hong Kong dollar, which made the Xiang brothers excited, and immediately hired the original team to shoot the second part, which won 31.5 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in one fell swoop when it was released in June, and Yongsheng Company became famous.

Li Saifeng, Yuan Jieying and Zhang Min entered the door soon after Wang Jie and their two sisters combined with each other, and sure enough, the help to Wang Jie's cultivation was remarkable, since he became his own woman, Wang Jie naturally couldn't treat them badly, he immediately called Xu Ke and gave Xu Ke a script, in addition to assigning Li Saifeng, Yuan Jieying and Zhang Min entered the crew, and the rest was left to Xu Ke to play, this script is the original time and space that made Xu Ke infamous "Smiling Proud Jianghu".

Xu Ke liked the script very much after reading it, and he didn't be polite to Wang Jie, so he directly asked for 20 million Hong Kong dollars in production funds, and named Li Lianjie to play the actor Ling Huchong, Wang Jie agreed without thinking about it, and let Shi Nansheng be the producer.

This film also lived up to expectations, as soon as it was released, it triggered a movie-watching boom, because it was filmed in mainland China, coupled with sufficient costs, this version of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is more majestic than the original, and the box office is naturally good, and the box office in Xiangjiang alone in the first week set a box office result of 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

"Smiling Proud Jianghu" has also been praised by film critics and the media.

"A laugh in the sea, surging tide ...... on both sides of the strait" Every time I hear this song, I always think of its songwriter Director William, whose talent is really amazing. Although the success of the film is largely due to Tsui Hark and Cheng Xiaodong, the wonderful performances of the leading actors Li Lianjie, Li Saifeng, Zhang Xueyou, Zhang Min, Liu Xun and Yuan Jieying in the film have undoubtedly added countless highlights to the film. In particular, Li Lianjie's suave and prodigal wreckage in the film reproduced the prodigal son of Ling Hu Chong. In addition, the images of the eunuchs of Dongchang played by Zhang Xueyou and Liu Xun in the film can definitely be described as three points.

At the end of this article, I wanted to recommend one of the most exciting fight scenes in the film, but after thinking about it for a long time, I found that what came to my mind was the scene of Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang sitting in the boat, with the surging tide on both sides of the strait, accompanied by the fragrance of wine in the pottery urn, and playing and singing the song "Smiling Proud Jianghu". Perhaps, this is the finishing touch of the film!

In addition, let's talk about some things that seem to have nothing to do with the theme: I don't know if you have noticed that the friends around you who learn guzheng seem to have begun to learn from this beautiful song "Smiling Proud Jianghu", at first I also felt strange, and then after inquiry, I learned that Director William said that he realized "great music must be easy" when creating Xiaoao Jianghu, that is, great music must be easy. Therefore, the composition of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is just a reversal of the scale of Chinese music, that is, "Gongshang Jiao Zhengyu". However, this seemingly simple scale and truth have existed for more than a thousand years - the scum column of "Ming Pao".

This is based on Mr. Zhayong's original martial arts novel, adding the Jianghu-style Dongchang eunuch framing Zhongliang's story, and at the same time has the political criticism of court-style cynicism, as well as Cheng Xiaodong's dazzling martial arts design scene, "Smiling Proud Jianghu", which has been recognized by Xiangjiang fans after its release, and can be called a model of "new martial arts movies". Xu Ke romanticized martial arts to the extreme, and Li Lianjie's character in the game world and Yue Lingshan, the little junior sister played by Li Saifeng, are matched together, which is full of tacit understanding and spark. The film can be hailed as "the pioneering work of new martial arts films". Xu Ke has a thorough understanding of the original work, not only showing Chinese Confucianism and Taoism with poetic images, but also emotionally and profoundly portraying living characters, and discussing the problems of life. Another highlight of the film is the wonderful performance of Li Lianjie, Li Saifeng and others, Li Lianjie plays Ling Hu Chong, which can be called "the most successful Ling Hu Chong so far" - he perfectly blends Ling Hu Chong's heroic spirit with the uninhibited atmosphere of the market. The eternal swan song "A Laugh in the Sea" created by director William was born with the movie, and the lyrics of this theme song ran through the entire movie, which played an immeasurable role in the success of the movie. "Oriental Daily" Li Bihua column.

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In a presidential suite at the Hilton Hotel in New York, Sophie Marceau sat on the sofa wrapped in a windbreaker, with a rugged-looking bald head next to her, and the two were listening to Wang Jie talk about the next scene.

"Diesel, you don't need me to say much about your play, just remember to act as a pervert, the more perverted the better......," Wang Jie said, and kept reminding Sophie Marceau what she needed to pay attention to.

The big bald man standing with Sophie Marceau is Vin Diesel, who was born with a light black, mysterious face and a deep voice, and looks more like a football player than an actor. He himself described himself as "definitely a person of color" and believed that "it was possible to have Italian or other ancestry." Diesel never met his biological father and was raised by his African-American stepfather, Owen, a theater manager and actor, and his mother, an astrologer.

When "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was casting, Vin Diesel happened to be traveling to New York, and somehow became this bald pervert who only lasted a few minutes.

After Wang Jie finished speaking, all departments of the crew had already prepared.

The door to the presidential suite was opened, and Sophie Marceau, dressed in a black leather trench coat, pushed the door in, smiled seductively at Vin Diesel on the bed, and hung her tote bag on a hanger.

Vin Diesel was lying on the bed in a trouser shirt with a thick gold chain around his neck and a red wine glass in his hand with several gemstone rings.

If you change to that handsome face, Vin Diesel is a successful person in this dress. It's just that he has this big bald head, and his face is also very vicious, and at first glance he looks like a gang boss who kills people without blinking.

Sophie Marceau took off her black leather trench coat and instantly turned into an SM queen. The black leather vest outlines the chest and waist amazingly sexy, and the legs are wearing black fishnet stockings, and the leather whip in Sophie Marceau's hand is shaken, and many male employees in the crew can't help but swallow.

The ferocious-looking Vin Diesel put down the red wine, got off the bed and walked to Sophie Marceau, and suddenly took off his shirt to reveal his tendons and flesh halfway through, and then knelt down in front of Sophie Marceau obediently like a kitten: "Anti-Muang, Babe!"

Sophie Marceau's whip touched Vin Diesel lightly, and the big bald head immediately let out a moan of ecstasy, and a perverted and intoxicated expression appeared on his face.

"Do you dare to skip class in the future?"

"Don't dare, teacher, punish me. ”

"Bang Bang!"

"Oh, it hurts, I'm a bad student. ”

“……”

Suddenly the whipping from the teacher stopped, and Vin Diesel turned around and asked, "Teacher, why don't you continue to ......"

Sophie Marceau threw away the whip and held Vin Diesel's chin with her palm, pressed the top of his head with the other, and twisted her arms so hard that Vin Diesel cooperated to twist his head at a strange angle and then threw himself straight to the ground.

"Click!" Wang Jie shouted happily, he liked this kind of wonderful performance in one shot to the end, without NG at all.

The next shot is of Vin Diesel's younger brother who realizes something is wrong and breaks down the door, while Sophie Marceau jumps out of the hotel window like a female snitch and escapes.

Vin Diesel threw himself on the ground and played the corpse until Sophie Marceau jumped out of the window. The rest of the high-altitude jumping scenes need to be prepared in advance, but they can really be filmed, at least they have to wait for more than half an hour.

"OK, the hotel indoor scene is over, you get up. Wang Jie clapped his hands and signaled that everyone could evacuate, leaving only the photography team to stay here and wait for a while to shoot Sophie Marceau's jumping scene.

Vin Diesel got up from the ground, wiped the ketchup off the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Director William, how am I acting?"

Before Wang Jie could speak, Sophie Marceau, who put on the trench coat again, said: "You acted so well, you are simply a dead pervert, I can't wait to give you a few whips." ”

"Hehe," Vin Diesel touched his bald head and said flatteringly, "Director William, if there is a role suitable for me in the future, you must give me a chance, no money." ”

Half an hour later, the props staff carefully checked the safety equipment on Sophie Marceau, and then made an OK gesture to Wang Jie and Wu Baige.

This kind of dangerous scene can be directly used as a stand-in, but Sophie Marceau insisted on going into battle herself, and Wang Jie did not persuade him more.

After the groups were ready, Wu Baige played the clipboard, and the action director Yuan Kui shouted: "Jump!"

Sophie Masora pulled the metal bracelet on the handbag, and the plastic "wire" was getting longer and longer, and she jumped out of the hotel window under the pull of Wia.

With her excellent skills, Sophie Marceau landed smoothly and stylishly for the first time.

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"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is still being filmed, after the filming of the New York scene, Kang Jianfei will take people to the desert on the border between the United States and Mexico to film, and after rebooking the shooting plan, the scene where the protagonist and his wife assassinate a target at the same time was chosen to be filmed.

When the desert scene is filmed, the rest only needs to go to Rome and Paris to make up the shots.

New York International Airport.

All the crew members of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" who were about to board the plane, after spending a few days in the Sonoran Desert, their skin was tanned as a whole.

Sophie Marceau looked in the small mirror from time to time, obviously afraid that her complexion would not recover, and complained to herself: "Sunscreen is useless." ”

"Don't worry, it will turn white again in a few days. Wang Jie affectionately twisted the face of the French rose.

After filming the desert scene, the crew was about to be split into two, Wu Baige led the team and Sophie Marceau to Rome for filming, and Wang Jie went to Paris for filming. Finally, I came back to Los Angeles to make up some shots, and the whole movie was ready.

Three days later, on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

This famous international fashion avenue is very different from Wang Jie's impression. The scenery is very beautiful, but many ancient buildings have been damaged a lot, and it is not a traffic jam, and visitors can only enjoy the beautiful scenery in the sound of the horn.

The most speechless thing is that the picturesque walking paths on both sides of Houshi Avenue are completely chaotic roadside "parking lots" at this time, and there are all kinds of vehicles parked at random everywhere, and pedestrians have to walk around from time to time if they want to enjoy the scenery.

There have been calls in France to protect the Champs-Élysées, but after decades of shouting, a committee was finally set up a few years ago, but this committee has just begun to follow up on the damage to the Champs-Élysées, and it will take years for the real restoration and protection.

After the rush hour at work, the crew chose a place with a little less vehicles on the Champs-Élysées and officially started filming.

Wang Jie was dressed casually, wearing a pair of sunglasses and leading a dog, strolling under the elm trees on the avenue.

The hair dryer blew a "breeze" that blew up the elm leaves that the crew had sprinkled on the ground. A man and a dog walked in the breeze, and the bright sunlight spilled through the gap in the canopy, forming a poetic halo on Wang Jie's body.

Just such a cool walk, Wang Jie walked back and forth for more than half an hour, and repeated filming many times before he was satisfied.

The next one was filmed in the Champs-Élysées Circular Plaza, where Wang Jie took his dog for a walk to the periphery of the square. His hand was holding the dog's chain in his trouser pocket, and the puppy was peeing on a large tree, just like a normal passerby.

Suddenly, a car drove to the circular square and stopped, and a handsome European guy got out of the car. The handsome man came to a female painter in the square with a suitcase and said, "Paint a portrait for me." ”

"Yes," asked the French painter, "have you brought the goods?"

"It's all here. The half-race dude pushed the box over.

The female painter also pushed the painting box at her feet, and the handsome half-race guy opened the box and saw that it was full of green dollars, and immediately closed the box and got up to leave.

As soon as the handsome guy turned around, he saw Wang Jie, who was leading a dog, smiling and walking over.

The handsome guy subconsciously nodded and smiled at Wang Jie, and the moment the two staggered by, Wang Jie took out a silenced pistol and put it at each other's hearts.

The painting box slipped from the handsome guy's hand, Wang Jie caught it and continued to move forward, and when other tourists found the handsome guy on the ground, Wang Jie had already walked out of the square and slipped away in the car that answered.

"Click!" executive director Wu Baige shouted loudly, and the crew's filming task in France was successfully completed.

A few scenes filmed in Paris and Rome were not in the original version, and the reason why Wang Jie added it was to make the movie more reasonable.

Because in the final script, the hero and heroine belong to two international killer companies. In this way, it is impossible to stay in Rome every day, after all, many assassination targets are abroad, and the addition of this plot will make the story even fuller.

In addition to this, the film's action scenes have also completely overturned the redesign. After all, the action of the original version is too LOW.

Of course, the kung fu drama will not be too outrageous, and the kung fu of the hero and heroine is more inclined to modern fighting, and they can't jump three feet high by jumping off the wall.

"William, is the filming over?" asked the "female painter" in the square just now.

"It's over, we'll fly back to Los Angeles tomorrow," Wang Jie asked, "Let's have dinner together tonight!"

"Okay, I'll ask Sophie what she wants to eat in a moment. The female painter laughed.

The guest appearance of the female painter is none other than Yulia Tymoshenko, who came to report to Wang Jie, who is much more capable than a few years ago.