Bruce Lee was a martial idiot, and under the pretext of talking about cooperation with Wang Zijun, he was stunned to live in Wang Zijun's house. Pulling Wang Zirong to practice all day long, I want to figure out something new from the use of Yanqing boxing.

It's a pity that Wang Zirong is also practicing a castrated version, and Wang Xianzhi refuses to talk about martial arts with Bruce Lee, which makes him quite boring.

Before Bruce Lee left, Wang Zijun received another call from Bai Muyang: "Boss, Director Hu Jinquan wants to meet you." ”

"Hu Jinquan? What did he ask me to do? Wang Zijun was very surprised, Hu Jinquan, the originator of new martial arts movies.

Wang Zijun brazenly called "Meteor Butterfly Sword" a new martial arts, which is purely to put gold on his face, and the new martial arts elements in Hu Jinquan's "Chivalrous Girl" can be seen in the later "New Dragon Gate Inn" and "Hero", which can be said to have influenced later generations for decades.

Wang Zijun just cheated and introduced later technology to make the action picture more smooth and shocking.

Bai Muyang said: "Director Hu wants to cooperate with our company to make a movie. ”

Wang Zijun asked, "Isn't he from Federal Pictures?" How did you find our Wang? ”

"That's ......"

After Bai Muyang's explanation, Wang Zijun figured out that the famous director is now at a low point in his career. Its filming lasted more than three years, cost countless dollars, and the three-hour martial arts masterpiece "Chivalrous Girl" was coldly received by the audience when it was released.

Only this defeat lost all the money Hu Jinquan made for Federal Pictures a few years ago, and Federal Pictures, which was already facing difficulties, was greatly damaged this time, and Hu Jinquan was beaten into the cold palace since then.

The funny thing is that according to the normal development trajectory, "The Heroine" suddenly won the international award in 75, and after the news came back, this movie that was originally on the street actually became hot again, and the box office rose again after three years, and Hu Jinquan also came out of the trough, and became famous in the world film industry.

This Nima is a classic case of export to domestic sales, as if a movie can leap forward in quality if it is recognized by foreigners.

Wang Zijun said hello to Bruce Lee and hurried to the company.

"Hello Mr. Hu." As soon as Wang Zijun entered the door, he saw a tall but burly middle-aged man sitting in the company's office hall.

Hu Jinquan shook hands with Wang Zijun and said, "Hello, hello, I'm really sorry, it's almost the New Year and I'm still bothering Director Wang." ”

"Where, Mr. Hu can come to Wang's company, it is really brilliant." Wang Zijun said politely, "I'm a fan of Director Hu, and "Meteor Butterfly Sword" is stealing a lot of things from your "Chivalrous Girl". ”

Hu Jinquan said: "Success or failure is a hero." "Chivalrous Girl" failed miserably at the box office, but "Meteor Butterfly Sword" became popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and you are more powerful when it comes to it. ”

Wang Zijun said: ""Chivalrous Girl" is definitely a masterpiece in martial arts movies, but it was born at the wrong time. ”

"Oh, how do you say?" After the fiasco of "Chivalrous Girl", Hu Jinquan often found the reason for the failure, but the outside world questioned and scolded him, and he himself was a fan of the authorities, and now he still can't believe that the work he has produced for three years will fail.

If there is any reason, it is that "Chivalrous Girl" and Bruce Lee's "Tangshan Big Brother" collided.

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "It's very simple, when "Chivalrous Girl" hit the street, it was when Bruce Lee's kung fu films were rising and prospering, and the audience fell in love with kung fu movies that were killing and had a strong sense of reality, so they naturally didn't want to see martial arts movies. What's more, your movie happened to be screened after "Big Brother Tangshan", which was suppressed from the beginning, and the box office has not been able to raise its head. And when "Meteor Butterfly Sword" was released, it was the moment when a large number of shoddy kung fu films made the audience aesthetically fatigued, and it can be said that the time and place were favorable. ”…,

"You're right." Hu Jinquan sighed slightly, "But I think the biggest key to the success of "Meteor Butterfly Sword" is those 'flying' shots. This is also the main reason why I came to cooperate with Boss Wang. ”

There are also high-flying shots in "Chivalrous Girl", but they are very primitive, in which the protagonist jumps from the ground to the branch and flies to other places in just a few minutes of fight scenes, it took nearly a month to shoot directly.

Wang Zijun asked, "Isn't Mr. Hu from the Federation?" They don't limit you? You must know that our Wang clan is now in competition with the Federation. ”

Just like today's Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, they will never allow their own people to film in each other's companies. Of course, Wang's Films and Federal Pictures have not yet reached the point where you are alive and dead, but Wang's rapid transcendence has made the Federation quite resentful.

In Wang Zijun's eyes, Federal Pictures is just a dying patient, if there is any difference from other patients, it is that this patient is more burly.

Hu Jinquan said: "There is no problem, I am free." ”

Wang Zijun asked: "How does Director Hu want to cooperate?" ”

Hu Jinquan said: "Wang is responsible for the funding, technology, and distribution of the film, and I am responsible for the rest." I only need 10 directors to share. ”

"Are you sure it's 10?" Wang Zijun asked in surprise that at this time, the division of directors in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industry has always been low, and some rookie directors even directly calculate their salaries, but with Hu Jinquan's weight, it is possible to get 30% or even higher.

Hu Jinquan smiled bitterly: "Don't forget, I still carry the name of the director of the street." As long as you're not afraid of losing money, it doesn't matter how much I take. ”

Wang Zijun agreed: "Then it's decided, does Mr. Hu have any ideas now?" Who will be the protagonist? ”

Hu Jinquan said: "The script has already begun to be written, and I am going to invite Zheng Peipei to play the heroine, and the actor has not yet been decided." ”

"Zheng Peipei? That's good. Wang Zijun clapped his hands and said.

Who is Zheng Peipei? is now a sister in the Hong Kong film industry.

Zheng Peipei was originally the head of the Shaw Brothers, and later left the Shaw Brothers with Ding Pei and other actresses. However, Zheng Peipei left for a more grandiose reason, that is, marriage.

Zheng Peipei's marriage caused a lot of fans to sigh, and then she gradually withdrew from the entertainment industry, but she will probably still star in a movie a year. The status of his first sister is still unshakable.

However, now Zhao Yazhi has a tendency to surpass Zheng Peipei after the release of "Meteor Butterfly Sword". The reason why it has not exceeded is mainly because Zhao Yazhi has been filming in Taiwan all the time and rarely returns to Hong Kong.

Zheng Peipei is Hu Jinquan's popularity, and Hu Jinquan wants to invite her out of the mountain, so it is naturally effortless.

After the two finalized some details, Hu Jinquan said that he wanted to meet the martial arts instructors of Wang's Film Company and Weiya equipment. The martial arts fingers all went home for the New Year, and Wang Zijun had to take Hu Jinquan to Wang's Cinema for a visit, and explained the use and effect of Weiya by the way.

Hu Jinquan looked at the large-scale ancient city, gardens, as well as the quiet and leisurely woods and bamboo forests around him, and exclaimed: "This is simply a blessed place for shooting martial arts movies, all the scenes are complete." Is it an artificial lake over there? ”。

The place Hu Jinquan was referring to was a large lake that had been dug out, but now there is only some water in the lake caused by the rain, and it looks bad.

Wang Zijun explained: "In the coming year, we will have people dig ditches to bring water in, and some pavilions will be built on top of the lake. ”

Hu Jinquan said happily: "That's even more perfect." Then plant some willow trees on the embankment and some lotus flowers in the lake, which can be used as a photograph of the West Lake. ”

Wang Zijun thought to himself that when Lao Tzu was about to dig the lake, he was thinking about filming "The Legend of the New White Lady", of course he could shoot at the West Lake.

It's just that the area is a little smaller. …,

"By the way, I saw that when Director Zheng Tai was interviewed, he said that those ideas in "Meteor Butterfly Sword" were all from Director Wang. How did you come up with the idea? Hu Jinquan suddenly asked, this is the main purpose of his coming to see Wang Zijun, he wants to discuss martial arts movies with Wang Zijun, otherwise he will talk about cooperation and go directly to Bai Muyang.

Without him, just because many things in "Meteor Butterfly Sword" are the same as Hu Jinquan's ideas, I really can't help but come and discuss with the creator.

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "The original idea actually came from Mr. Hu's "Dragon Gate Inn", and later it was extended to blend dance, calligraphy, and martial arts, adding traditional Chinese elements such as silk and bamboo, and then combining the effects of explosions, and finally became such a movie." ”

Hu Jinquan said: ""Meteor Butterfly Sword" is good-looking, but there is one thing I am not satisfied with. That is, this movie is a purely commercial film and does not have a main proposition of its own. or punish the evil and promote the good, preach one's own way, or inspire people to forge ahead, or provoke people to reflect, or pay attention to the weak...... I've watched your first few movies, and each one has something to say, and this "Meteor Butterfly Sword" is pale in comparison with those movies. ”

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "So, in addition to the actual shooting, although 70% of the work of this movie is done by me, I don't even have the title of assistant director." ”

If you really let some people in the industry compare, most of them will think that "Dragon Gate Inn", which is relatively rough in technology and graphics, is stronger than "Meteor Butterfly Sword". Because "Dragon Gate Inn" has Hu Jinquan's thoughts and cognition, and "Meteor Butterfly Sword" is just a good-looking movie.

Hu Jinquan listened to Wang Zijun's explanation and immediately laughed.

The two are very close to the concept of martial arts movies, Hu Jinquan has a deeper foundation in traditional opera and allusions than Wang Zijun, while Wang Zijun has a lot of novel ideas, and when the two chat, they can be said to have their own gains. talked from the movie to the novel, the more he talked, the happier he became, Hu Jinquan simply watched Wang Zijun as a confidant.

In fact, the directorial experience of the two is really similar.

Hu Jinquan's directorial debut "Children of the Earth" eight years ago was filmed with an anti-Japanese theme, and it was cut when it was released in Southeast Asia, but it was favored by the Taiwan authorities and became a strong support for political propaganda films that year. The same is true of Wang Zijun's first film "Bloody Lonely City", both of which were secretly supported by the Taiwan authorities.

In terms of martial arts, Hu Jinquan can be said to be a hardcore martial arts fan, and when he was a child, he often sneaked to the house of the owner of Huanzhu Mansion to listen to his stories. At the beginning, the owner of the Pearl House did not dump him, but Hu Jinquan, who was still a little child, actually stole opium at home and bribed the owner of the Pearl House, just to listen to a good story.

So, the owner of the Pearl House got opium, Hu Jinquan listened to the story, and the transaction between the two lasted for a long time.

Now Hu Jinquan is in his forties, but when watching Wang Zijun's "Sou Shen Ji", the magical desolate world makes Hu Jinquan involuntarily remember the situation when he was a child listening to Huanzhulou lecture "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman".

In Hu Jinquan's words, as soon as I saw Wang Zijun, I remembered the owner of the Pearl Returning Mansion back then.

Wang Zijun thought to himself, Lao Tzu is not an opium ghost.

"Zijun, how about you being the leading actor in my new movie?" Hu Jinquan asked. The two talked from morning to afternoon, and the relationship was so good that they hooked shoulders.

"Okay, as long as I can find time then." Wang Zijun didn't say anything to death.

"That's it." Hu Jinquan did not allow Wang Zijun to slip away.

"Okay." Wang Zijun said helplessly, "My movie will be released tonight, do you want to go and see it together?" ”…,

"That Chinese New Year film "Unparalleled in the World"?" Hu Jinquan laughed and said, "I'm afraid your publicity fee can be compared to the budget of someone else to make a movie." These days, whether you are at home or on the street, reading books and watching TV, and going to the toilet outside, you can see the advertisement of "Unparalleled in the World". ”

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "How can it be so exaggerated, it's not an advertisement for the treatment of gonorrhea, even in the toilet." Chinese New Year movies, of course, have to be lively. ”

The so-called Chinese New Year movies in the Chinese world are generally released between New Year's Day and the Spring Festival. According to this statement, the release time of "Meteor Butterfly Sword" is just right, but "Unparalleled in the World" was placed less than a week before the Spring Festival, and the release time is a little weird.

On the one hand, it is because of the tight production time, and on the other hand, Wang Zijun asked people to do street surveys, and 70 people said: If it is a movie to celebrate the New Year, he will enter the cinema around the Spring Festival.

Nowadays, when there are not many entertainment activities, it is really a good choice to go to the cinema during the Chinese New Year.

In this regard, the promotional slogan put forward by Wang's Film Company is: The whole family will celebrate the New Year in the theater.

With the hot screening of "Meteor Butterfly Sword", there is a line of words written on the posters at the door of each theater, movie ticket stubs, and many newspapers, magazines, and TV advertisements, and there are xx days before the release of Wang's New Year drama "Unparalleled in the World".

Many people walk on the road, and what they see at a glance is the countdown to the premiere of "Unparalleled in the World".

Not only that, but Wang Zijun also played the New Year's lucky event disgustingly. On the movie ticket stub of "Unparalleled in the World", you can also scratch the prize, a total of a car, ten signed photos of Wang Zijun and Lin Qingxia, 30 TVs, 100 boxes of instant noodles, 1,000 wall calendars, 10,000 New Year greeting cards and many other prizes.

As soon as the advertisement for this lucky event came out, many filmmakers were immediately thundered, and they had never seen such a shameless one

Chinese spend money more generously during the New Year, and it is not a problem to buy a few movie tickets. And you can watch movies and entertainment with the whole family, and have the opportunity to win the jackpot, the temptation for those housewives can be imagined.

Of course, for more fashionable young people, the most attractive thing for them is the poster.

Wang Zijun, Lin Qingxia, Lin Fengjiao, and Liu Dan The four protagonists stand at the front with very spoof styles, and there are Zhao Yazhi, Liu Jiachang, Teresa Teng, Ke Shouliang, who has just become popular, and even Qiong Yao has been pulled in to make cameos, and there are twenty or thirty other second-tier stars.

Star-studded, how many stars you can watch with one movie ticket is definitely worth it.

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It's the New Year, some things have to be dealt with, and the update is a little slow.

In the past two days, I started to carvin again after my leisure, so I ran the Internet to search for movies to watch, and I haven't watched movies for a long time......

Yesterday, I watched the legendary box office beast "33 Days of Broken Love", and I feel average, but I'm a little sorry for its box office numbers. But when you think about those so-called blockbusters, hey, "Broken Love" is okay.

Today I watched Wang Baoqiang's "Hello, Mr. Tree", Nima, brother was shocked on the spot. Heavy taste, heavy taste in literary films. Lao Wang, I knelt down, I didn't expect that this kind of magical reality subject movie could really be made in this land of Chinese mainland.

Today, I watched "Mr. Tree" five times in a row, the first time I was depressed, the second time I smiled, the third time I reflected on myself, the fourth time I was helpless, and the fifth time I was full of cows.

Those students who are not familiar with rural or grassroots life don't need to look at it, and they can't understand it.

Kneel down to the director here, although there are many flaws, such as Wang Baoqiang's pit dad accent, but this is definitely the greatest Chinese movie I have seen in recent years......