"There are immortal mountains, there are immortal arts; There are fairy castles, there are fairies; There are immortals and demons; There is also fairy feeling. From the unexpected adventure of a mundane soldier, it leads to the magnificent and beautiful world of swordsmanship. The entangled love between the swordsman Ding Yin and the lord of Immortal Castle adds a bit of chivalrous tenderness to this magical masterpiece......"

This issue of Hong Kong's "Film Fortnightly" directly took the promotional poster of "New Shu Mountain Swordsman" as the cover, and made a special column in it, which shows the magazine's love for this movie.

When "New Shushan Swordsman" was officially released, Wang Zijun had already returned to Taipei. is different from the dismal situation of "New Shushan Swordsman" being released in Hong Kong in parallel space, this time it was released more than all the films in the same period. Originally, there were not many movies released in late September and early October, but "The Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" swept the Hong Kong film market and was screened until December. has been screened for three months, which is already a rare longevity film for Hong Kong local films.

The audience who walks into the cinema to watch "New Shushan Swordsman" mainly has the following types: the first is "Shushan" fans or martial arts fans, who have great expectations for "Shushan" to be put on the screen; the second is attracted by Wang Zijun's producer and a 50 million budget blockbuster; The third is the audience attracted by the fame of director Tsui Hark and a group of actors.

The box office of "New Shushan Swordsman" has broken through the 20 million Hong Kong dollar mark in just one month and went straight to 30 million. Until the film was suspended in December, the Hong Kong box office of "New Shu Mountain Swordsman" totaled 35 million Hong Kong dollars.

This data broke a new box office record for Chinese-language films, and even far surpassed the "Best Partner: The Queen's Secret Order" at the beginning of the year, becoming the second place in Hong Kong's annual box office list, and the first place was naturally Wang Zijun's "Titanic".

You must know that September to December is not a hot season for movies, and it can be said that getting this box office has fallen below the glasses of a lot of people.

The success of the film not only greatly increased the influence of director Tsui Hark, but also made the actor Zheng Shaoqiu and the heroine Guan Zhilin become top movie stars. Before that, Zheng Shaoqiu was mostly filming TV series, and his influence in the film industry was very small, while Guan Zhilin was just a big vase. The two of them soared into the sky this time and completed a gorgeous turn.

There is another person who has gained the most, that is, Li Saifeng, the heroine of the next part of "New Shu Mountain Swordsman". Li Saifeng has very few scenes in the upper part, but she has been very amazing in several appearances, and this soft and weak girl has left a very deep impression on the audience, and they have inquired about its details.

When the box office did not exceed 10 million, Tsui Hark saw the momentum of the fire and began to shoot the next part of the movie. Wang Zijun gave him a total investment of 5,000 Hong Kong dollars at the beginning, and now 30 million has been spent on the production and publicity of the first part, and the more ambitious special effects scenes in the next part are estimated to far exceed the original budget in the end.

Not to mention the hit of "The Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" in Hong Kong, after Wang Zijun returned to Taipei, the first thing he did was to submit the thought report he wrote to the National Security Council, and made a very profound self-examination.

As for going to Chiang Ching-kuo to report, I have to wait a few days, after all, the leader is very busy, and he doesn't have time to see you at any time.

At present, Wang Zijun has two plans in his hands, one is to shoot the Chinese version of "ET", and the other is to shoot the Chinese version of "Thunderbolt Jiaowa".

The script for the former has been written, and the casting work will begin soon, but the official start of production will have to wait until ET's prop model is ready. As for "Breaking Bad", then you have to think about it slowly.

Because "Breaking Bad" is adapted from the American drama "Charlie's Angel" in the 70s, Wang Zijun is unwilling to pay Yankees a copyright fee. Therefore, Wang Zijun's version of "Thunderbolt Baby" has to completely subvert the original content, so that people can't see the shadow of adaptation.

Even the title of the film Wang Zijun has been thought of, and it is called "Three Heroines of the East", referred to as "Three Heroes of the East".

Does this name sound familiar? Yes, Wang Zijun's "Three Heroines of the East" is a combined version of "Thunderbolt Baby" and To Qifeng's "Three Heroes of the East".

The general plot Wang Zijun has thought about, and the three women of Lizhi, Michelle Yeoh and Iraqi Laudia will appear as urban hunters.

Among the three women, Iraqi Laudia is a Chinese-British orphan who worked in Scotland Yard and was betrayed by an evil boss who nearly died, and was then rescued by a mysterious man called the king.

Michelle Yeoh plays a Chinese-American detective who is involved in a shocking conspiracy because of her work, and her detective house is destroyed.

Li Chi was a refugee who fled to Hong Kong with her family from the mainland, and her parents died of starvation and disease after arriving in Hong Kong. Just when she was about to starve to death, she saved her life because of an egg tart, and since then she has worked for the "king", and she is a super beauty master who is proficient in traditional Chinese kung fu trained by the "king".

At the beginning, Wang Zijun had already considered making "Three Heroines of the East" a brand series of Wang's Pictures. So after the initial planning was done, he directly handed over the work of writing the script to Wang's screenwriting department, and all he had to do was to revise and adjust the script at the end.

As for the future, there will be "Three Heroines of the East 2", "Three Heroines of the East 3", and "Three Heroines of the East 4...... The starring roles are fixed as three beauties, and then they keep filling the plot into it, completing missions and adventures again and again, until the audience wants to vomit when they watch it for one or two decades.

On the side of Dragon Tiger Film Company in the United States, there is already a "Terminator" series, one of the stable incomes of the successful company. If Wang's Pictures wants to really grow bigger and long-lasting, it is necessary to have its own iconic brand movies, and "Three Heroines of the East" is just the beginning.

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Plum Garden, Wang's Pictures Liuhe Building.

The special effects department where Wang's Film Company is located suddenly opened a separate large room to complete the preliminary special effects preparation for "ET".

There are only three special effects masters invited by Wang Zijun from Industrial Light & Magic, namely Garcia Giles, Rocky Sevink and Mandy Tate. But the entire team of special effects artists, including the miscellaneous ones, is 34, and most of the special effects personnel of Wang's Pictures are in charge of this work, and by the way, they follow a few masters of industrial light and magic to steal the master.

The entire special effects team is divided into two groups, one group of 20 people researches and makes alien models, and the other group of 14 people is responsible for making alien spaceships and related sci-fi props. The special effects team in the Wang's building is making alien models, and the other team is working at the Wang's Studios.

When Wang Zijun walked into the special effects studio, the special effects artists were cheering at the head of an alien.

"Hello chairman!"

"Hello boss!"

"Brother Jun is good!"

“……”

Seeing Wang Zijun coming in, everyone shifted their attention from the alien's head to Wang Zijun, and the names were varied.

"What, did you make a breakthrough?" Wang Zijun asked, but his eyes looked at the strange head in the center of the room. It is slightly different from the ET head in Wang Zijun's memory, but it is generally the same, especially the big clear and deep eyes.

García Giles rejoiced: "King, the alien's head has been successfully made, it can blink and talk like a real person, and even make some anthropomorphic expressions such as sadness and happiness. ”

"Really? Try. Wang Zijun said happily, it has only been less than two months, and they have already done the most difficult thing to do, and it seems that the task of completing the entire alien model within three months should be completed.

Garcia Giles gestured to the staff on the side, and the Wang special effects artist named Li Yang immediately began to work on the controller in his hand, and the alien's head full of wires suddenly opened its mouth, as if it wanted to say something, and then the head supported by the metal rod suddenly fell to the ground, and the eyelids were also half-closed, looking guilty.

"Very good, perfect!" Wang Zijun couldn't help but applaud, this is not a computer special effects in later generations, but something made entirely by electronic, mechanical, makeup and other means. Without long-term experience accumulation and very professional technical means, it is simply impossible to complete.

Appreciated by Wang Zijun, the special effects artists were naturally very happy, and began to explain the various principles of the alien model to Wang Zijun.

After leaving the special effects studio, Wang Zijun called Tu Zhongxun as soon as he returned to his office.

Tu Zhongxun is almost 50 years old, has made martial arts films, gangster films and literary films, and a few years ago, he relied on a "Huanyan" to praise Hu Huizhong as the queen of the Golden Horse, and at the same time made himself a famous director.

"Mr. Wang, do you have anything to do with me?" Tu Zhongxun was inexplicably found by Wang Zijun, although he didn't know the reason, he still had some expectations in his heart. Because of following Wang Zijun, the things he made have always had a great influence, and many people in the circle are looking forward to cooperating with Wang Zijun.

"That's right, I'm going to make a sci-fi film, and the pre-special effects preparation will be completed in more than a month. I have limited energy right now and need an assistant to coordinate and part of the casting work. Wang Zijun handed over the script of "ET" to Tu Zhongxun and asked, "I don't know if Director Tu has a job on his hands now." ”

"I'm just idle." Tu Zhongxun hurriedly said that whether it is the identity of Wang Zijun's boss or Wang Zijun's international celebrity director qualifications, Tu Zhongxun is very willing to be Wang Zijun's deputy. The most important thing is that Tu Zhongxun is almost 50 years old, and he can't be a director for a few years, if he does a good job as Wang Zijun's deputy, he will have the opportunity to transfer from a director to the management of Wang's Pictures in the future.

"Okay, you can take this movie plan and script back first." Wang Zijun nodded. He hasn't made a film in Taiwan for several years, and he doesn't have anyone under him who can use it well. The reason for choosing Tu Zhongxun is that in addition to his ability is sufficient, he also has connections in the Electrical Inspection Department of the Executive Yuan (his uncle is the former director of the Electric Inspection Department, and he also worked as a choreographer and director in the film room of the Information Bureau).

In other words, Tu Zhongxun should have died in a car accident in the second year after filming his most successful movie "Huan Yan", but now he is still alive. The main reason is that he had a car accident because he signed a contract with Golden Harvest for four films, and he had a car accident while preparing to shoot one of them.

And Tu Zhongxun of this time and space entered Wang's Pictures in advance, so it was naturally impossible to sign a contract with Golden Harvest, and he escaped the car accident by mistake, and lived for four more years out of thin air, and it seemed that he would not be able to die in a short time.

After Tu Zhongxun left, Lin Qingxia personally helped Wang Zijun's new secretary Yang Zehui call in the internal line and said, "Chairman, Miss Guan Zhilin's phone number." ”

"Take it in." Wang Zijun threw the document in his hand aside.

"Okay." Yang Zehui said in a relieved tone, it seems that she has suffered a lot from Guan Zhilin just now.

As soon as he pressed the speakerphone button, a scolding voice immediately came from the phone: "Wang Zijun, you big villain, nasty ghost, I hate you to death!" Syllable! ”

After scolding and hanging up the phone, Wang Zijun could only sit there and smile bitterly. Yesterday, after attending the premiere in the morning, he flew away in the evening, Guan Zhilin was "humiliated", and he couldn't even find anyone to be angry. It is estimated that I made a lot of phone calls today before I called his office to scold him and express his anger.

This aunt!

The reason why Wang Zijun resisted Guan Zhilin's temptation was mainly because he was afraid of trouble, and he was afraid that after the eldest lady followed him, she would break up halfway and ask for child support or something, which would be enough trouble and shame.

Wang Zijun had a headache in the office, but Liu Jialing was entangled with the female secretary Yang Zehui outside.

"Secretary Yang, I really have something to do with the chairman." Liu Jialing said with the gift.

Yang Zehui is a graduate of the Department of Chinese at National Taiwan University, and has worked in Wang's Cinema for a period of time, and her work ability is not bad, but she can only be said to be average, otherwise it is impossible to be arranged by Lin Qingxia to be Wang Zijun's secretary. She didn't know what Liu Jialing had to do with Wang Zijun, she only recognized that this was a little star of the Wang family. There are many stars in Wang's Pictures who want to see the chairman, can she put them all in one by one? looked up at Liu Jialing, and said, "I'm sorry, the chairman is working." Do you have an appointment? ”

Liu Jialing said angrily: "Then can I make an appointment now?" ”

"So what do you have to do with the chairman? I can make a note for you first, and I will let you know when the chairman has time. Yang Zehui said.

Liu Jialing put the gift in her hand on the secretary's desk and said, "Then you tell the chairman that her godsister came to visit him." ”

Liu Jialing left angrily after speaking, Yang Zehui waited for her to leave, and the corners of her mouth curled up, and said disdainfully: "What kind of sister, I think it's a vixen." I'm Mr. Lin's henchman, will you let a vixen seduce the chairman? ”

To put it bluntly, Yang Zehui was arranged by Lin Qingxia to be the door god to resist the invasion of all evil demons.

(To be continued)