Chapter 184: Finally On
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Yes, one of the seriously supervised producers by Li Xu that converts Hollywood movies into Hong Kong movies is "50 First Loves", which can be called a classic love sketch.
The original story goes like this, the playboy-like male protagonist studies marine animals in a marine park in Hawaii and takes care of them by the way. His dream is that one day he will be able to sail to Alaska and study the walruses there.
However, on the day he was finally able to sail, he had not gone far when the wind blew off the mast of the cruise ship, and he had no choice but to find an island to dock and rest in the harbor while waiting for rescue.
In the restaurant here, he meets a lovely and beautiful girl who makes him fall in love at first sight. At first, the playboy-like male protagonist just soaked her like other women, but after a few contacts, he began to be attracted to her, and then discovered a secret.
It turned out that the heroine suffered a car accident a year ago, and after a head injury, she couldn't accept new memories, so her daily life was frozen in the day before the car accident, and the family kept repeating that day with her in order not to worry her.
The actor wanted to give up for a while, but when he was dating a new girl, he found that he couldn't forget the heroine, so he finally made up his mind to chase her down, so all kinds of ridiculous scenes began to be staged one by one.
The classic thing about this love sketch is that the ending is both sweet and not satisfying for the sake of perfection, although there are regrets, but it is extremely emotional.
The original Hollywood version was filmed in 04, the cost was 75 million, and the global box office was almost 200 million, which seemed to be a loss, but the Hollywood production company at that time had done a very good job of fake accounts. And Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, who played the leading roles, were in the limelight, and their respective studios were also involved in the production of the film, so it is understandable that they were tired.
The artificiality of the Hong Kong film industry in this era is not even comparable to Hollywood in this era, let alone Hollywood in 20 years, so even if Li Xu gives an unlimited budget, unless there are any natural and man-made disasters, the cost will generally not exceed 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
Wang Fatzi is not a fool, he really dares to squander his life? Even if he doesn't care about Li Xu's feelings, he must always think about his reputation, right?
In front of the long table put together, Wang Jing held Changxiang and bowed to the roast suckling pig and a few plates of fruit on it, and immediately announced that the movie could start filming.
This is the unique style of worshipping God in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, superstitious, I always feel that if I do this, the subsequent filming will definitely go smoothly.
Of course Li Xu won't stop it, he is not interested in changing the atmosphere of this small pond, but he is also not interested in participating, so the worship ceremony will be handed over to Wang Fatzi to preside. Anyway, he won't follow all the time, and the director basically has the final say on the crew's side.
After that, it was turned on, and the first shot of the shooting was the male protagonist who had to stop in Tai O and wait for rescue because the mast of his ship was blown off, and then went to a small restaurant to eat, of course, this is also where he met the heroine.
It went well, this shot passed at one time, which made the whole crew applaud.
Whether this is for a good fortune or really good, Li Xu can't judge. After all, he has never studied directing, and there is a difference between acting on the big screen and live performance.
But since the crew was handed over to Wang Jing, he didn't plan to interfere too much, so he had to give full play to their subjective initiative. Moreover, before this, Wang Jing did do what he said, and took out a sum of money and randomly found some extras to shoot some shots and cut them out, Li Xu thought it was good after watching it, at least the composition was fine.
The actor's role was quickly completed, and the small restaurant immediately began to shoot the heroine's shots, and the number of NGs began to increase. It stands to reason that it shouldn't be like this, Zhang Guorong has four TV series and three movies, but Zhong Yihong also has two movies, and he has also received targeted training in the United States, even if there is a gap, it shouldn't be very big.
However, Li Xu, as a bystander, obviously noticed that she was a little nervous, and even went to NG once, and glanced at him.
Well, fortunately, Zhao Yazhi and Deng Lijun didn't really come to participate in the start-up, otherwise she would definitely be more nervous.
I really don't know what to say about her, I've usually rehearsed, but I've never seen her look like this, why did she officially start the film, and it became twisted?
When they rested for a while and were ready to continue, Li Xu left the filming site and found Zhang Guorong, who was reading the script and reviewing.
"Well done, Ah Rong. He said with a smile as he sat down next to him.
"Thank you, Mr. Lee. Zhang Guorong immediately became restrained.
"Don't be so nervous," Li Xu patted him on the shoulder, "Modesty is a good thing, but excessive modesty is pride." ”
Zhang Guorong couldn't cry or laugh: "I'm not being modest, Mr. Li, but ...... Thank you so much, thank you for the songs you gave me, and thank you for your support. ”
After a pause, he cautiously asked, "Can I know why?"
"It's simple, I like you. Li Xu put on a serious look.
Zhang Guorong's eyes immediately widened, with a chilling look, well, it seems that it should not be a natural base, and it is very likely to be corrected.
Li Xu immediately laughed: "Just kidding, you know, I just joined the TV station at that time, although I didn't care about the operation here, but I also needed to do some achievements to prove myself, so I picked someone at random, and it was you." ”
Can't tell you you're going to bend off, can you? And I'm here to help you, right?
Of course, in addition to this, there is indeed a reason for luck, just like the Hong Kong version of the actor in "50 First Loves", he is the only suitable actor in Li Xu's memory.
Zhou Runfa? It's not filming "Diary of a Big Husband", let's play the promising role of Xiaosheng first, Playboy is not suitable for you. Liu Dehua and Liang Chaowei? Let's not talk about whether the appearance and acting skills are suitable, at this time, one of them has just debuted, and none of them have debuted yet, where to find it.
However, after Wang Jing proposed that the supporting actor could let Zhong Zhentao come, he remembered that the guy was indeed very suitable for this kind of cheap playboy and could play against Sandler's original version. But Zhang Guorong had already been determined at that time, and with some off-the-field factors, he had no intention of replacing him.
You must know that Zhang Guorong is also one of the few artists worthy of support, at least, in the concert in Happy Valley 8 years later, he was one of the few Hong Kong singers who refused to participate. At the same time, two years after that incident, there are not many Hong Kong actors who took the initiative to go to the mainland to make movies.
This kind of thing cannot be as self-respecting as arguing on the Internet, and anyone who does not conform to one's own mind is an enemy, and one must not agree with any point of view of the other party. It is necessary to unite all possibilities, to make as many people on your own side as possible, and as few as possible on the opponent's side......
Damn, if this situation continues, if I die according to my goal, I will become a pirate in the future...... Wrong, do I want to take over the banner of propaganda after the X Propaganda Department becomes the US X Department in the future?
However, the sarcasm is good, the stronger the sarcasm, the better, if the force is not enough, how can the absurdity of things be shown?
"Okay, Ah Rong, don't think about it so much, try to finish the movie and think about something else. Li Xu patted him on the shoulder again at this time.
After he left, the shooting became a little smoother, and it took two more NG passes, and then in the midst of this bump, the first day's footage was basically completed, and it was still in the planned schedule.
"It's the first time I've been so formal, and it's inevitable to be nervous. In the face of Li Xu's inquiry, Zhong Yihong replied, the appearance of shrinking his neck is very cute.
It's also true, before "50 First Loves", when Hong Kong films were being produced, there was no director who called the actors together, had a meeting to communicate, and then read the script for the lines.
"I shouldn't be nervous now," Li Xu smiled, "But from tomorrow, I'm afraid I'll have to work overtime, and I'm going to prepare to go back, take care of myself." ”
"I know. Zhong Yihong smiled slightly.
"Do you need a nanny and an assistant?" Seeing her smile cute, Li Xu immediately asked teasingly.
"Then don't use it. Zhong Yihong stuck out her tongue, "I'm not a big-name star like Sister Qingxia." ”
Reserved girl, why bother? Li Xu reached out and scratched her nose and didn't tease her again.
It's okay not to have a nanny and an assistant, but the car pick-up and drop-off is absolutely indispensable, and it's all his women. So, I really thought that those crew members wouldn't gossip behind their backs? Why did they all learn from Teresa Teng.
However, Zhong Yinhong's smile is really infectious, although there are many women around her, and they have their own styles, but the smile can be as sunny as hers, full of vitality and style, and extraordinarily feminine, there is no one yet.
Of course, here is about Zhong Yihong 10 years later, now, although he has moistened it, but it will take at least three or four years to reach the kind of style that inadvertently flows out of his eyebrows everywhere.
So, if you can make her smile more, Li Xu doesn't care about these little things.
"50 First Loves", which has been in preparation for a long time, has been officially launched, but unfortunately Li Xu is about to leave again, who will let him still go to school? As mentioned earlier, the brand of Harvard alumni is sometimes very effective.
However, there are still some things to do before leaving, not to eat Hu Huizhong, he didn't eat Shuanglin as soon as he was sent to him, why was he so anxious to eat her?
Don't you see that after the cat catches the mouse, it takes a few minutes to play with it before putting it in its mouth?
So he just wants to find two exclusive musicians to help make music after training.
"Now it's just you two young ladies, and to be honest, I'm embarrassed. In the living room of the villa, looking at the two beautiful girls in front of him, Li Xu grabbed his head and said.
The two girls standing respectfully, the one on the left is called Gong Yanen, and the one on the right is called Xie Ning.