Chapter 6 "A Tiger"
Came to Xu Anhua's home with the secretary and wanted to introduce each other, Duan Hu sat on the chair and said straight to the point: "Ms. Xu, that's the case, our company has just been established, and there is a lack of a large number of talents.
"As a director?" Xu Anhua was strange, he was just a small director, and he had only made two feature films, and he didn't know why Duan Hu suddenly found himself and asked him to be the director, so he said: "With all due respect, I don't know why Mr. Duan asked me to be the director?" ”
"That's right, I have seen Ms. Xu's feature films and promotional TV films, and I think Ms. Xu's shooting is very innovative and a rare talent, so I would like to invite you to my company as a director." Duan Hu explained that in fact, he had watched these two films there, but he knew from his previous life that she returned to Hong Kong three years ago, worked as a writer and director with Hu Jinquan, and helped the ICAC to shoot a TV promo to promote anti-corruption last year.
Speaking of which, Xu Anhua is not too satisfied with his work recently, and is planning to transfer to work at Xiangjiang Radio, when he heard Duan Hu invite him to be the director, he was also very moved, but he was a little worried about his lack of talent, so he said: "Thank you Mr. Duan for your appreciation, but I have never been a director, and I don't know if I can do it."
When Duan Hu heard this, he knew that there was a play, so he smiled and said, "Ms. Xu, don't worry, if necessary, our company will find someone to assist you." And there will be many firsts in life, whether you succeed or fail, only if you do it, you will know whether you are doing it right or wrong, and what you should do in the future.
After thinking carefully for a while, Xu Anhua finally made a decision and said, "Okay, Mr. Duan, I agreed."
There is a bigger stage in life, why not go ahead!
After finalizing the director Xu Anhua, Duan Hu returned to the company with his secretary to prepare for the next thing. Now the company has just developed, and directors don't need to recruit them all at once.
Speaking of which, during this time, Duan Hu's Huaxia Film Company also recruited some talents, whether they were ordinary actors, stuntmen of the crew, or company managers.
"Ah Hu" is a movie starring Andy Lau in 2000 in the time and space of the previous life, the film mainly tells about the emotions and mental journey of the protagonist Ah Hu, and tells the story of the protagonist Ah Hu's continuous efforts, changes, pursuits, and dedication for his love and family affection.
And what Duan Hu wants to make this time is this movie, and he asked Zhao Yazhi to play one of the heroines in the film, the nun (the director of the orphanage). In addition to the heroine of the nun, there are three other main roles in the film, the first is the protagonist Ah Hu, this role Duan Hu plans to play by himself; The second is Ah Hu's daughter Poly, Duan Hu can't find a suitable candidate for this role after thinking about it, and plans to openly audition and recruit. The third, Ah Hu's female photographer Ah Ping (i.e., Poly's mother) who met in the boxing match when he was young, this role Duan Hu plans to let Zhong Chuhong play, and the reason why Zhong Chuhong is played is to cultivate newcomers. The second Duan Hu felt that she was indeed capable of this role. Because there are a lot of things that are ahead of the times in the film, Duan Hu has given these things a makeover with other concepts, such as the filmmaker A Ping, who was changed by him to a reporter.
returned to the company, Duan Hu took the relevant personnel, found a relatively crowded area, and began a public audition to recruit candidates to play Ah Hu's daughter Poly.
just didn't audition a few times, but those reporters and media soon knew that he was going to audition to recruit actors and shoot a new film, so they came to interview.
Looking at the noisy and noisy group of reporters around him, Duan Hu was a little speechless, he just wanted to recruit an actor and make a movie, did he need so many reporters.
But he had to deal with them honestly, otherwise once he offended them, he didn't know that he would be given a few miscellaneous flowers by them.
"Mr. Duan Hu, what type of new film do you plan to shoot this time? Is it a comedy like Home Alone? A reporter asked in a loud voice.
Duan Hu glanced at the reporter, he remembered that this person was a reporter from "Ming Pao", so he smiled and said: "What I am going to shoot this time is a film about love and family affection, not a comedy, on the contrary, this film can be called a tragedy."
Seeing Duan Hu answer, another reporter asked, "Mr. Duan, why don't you continue to shoot comedies, but make tragic films?" Aren't you afraid of shooting to death?
"Because I want to challenge myself, and at the same time, I want to tell the audience that in addition to comedy, I can also make tragedy films, and even more films." Duan Hu said.
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After dealing with this group of reporters again, I saw that they seemed to have endless situations, so I had to helplessly say to them: "Fellow reporters, I came this time to recruit actors, and now that you have got the news you want, can you also let me audition to recruit actors?"
When the reporters saw that Duan Huhu had begun to give the order to evict customers, they no longer entangled, except for a few reporters who continued to squat on the side and stay, the others dispersed.
After dealing with this class of reporters Duan Hu's audition started again, unfortunately, his luck didn't seem to be very good, and he was recruited until the evening, but he didn't find a suitable one, so he could only go back to rest first and continue the next day.
The next day, Duan Hu was about to start filming his first film after returning to Hong Kong, and at the same time, he was going to publicly audition to recruit the heroine, which was reported by newspapers and media.
"Duan Hu, a talented man in Xiangjiang, does not make comedies, but makes tragic films, will he make tragedy into a comedy, or a tragedy into a tragedy? Oriental Daily News
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For these, Duan Hu didn't have the heart to pay attention, because he had to continue to look for girls who were suitable to play the heroine Poly.
I don't know if it was with the help of media reporters to publicize, or what, the next day after only two hours of audition, Duan Hu found a suitable candidate to play Poly, a fifteen-year-old middle school student, very beautiful, and very aura, his name is Li Sisi.
On the afternoon of the same day, Zhong Chuhong also found the company with Zhong's mother, signed a contract, and became the company's first signed artist.
After all the crew, actors and other personnel were prepared, Duan Hu announced in the company that he would go to Thailand on March 22 to start filming, and asked the drama to go to Thailand to select the scene first. At the same time, he wrote two scripts and handed them to Xu Ke and Xu Anhua, so that after they were familiar with the scripts, they went to the company's finance department to calculate the cost and start shooting.
Later, Duan Hu thought that his new film "A Hu" would be directed and acted by himself, so he called Xu Ke into the crew and asked him to serve as the assistant director first.
"Jingle bells... Jingle bell.... That night, Duan Hu's phone suddenly rang.
Zhang Tong, who was closest to the phone, picked up the microphone and put it to his ear and said, "Hey, hello."
There was a moment of silence on the other side of the microphone, and then a man said in English: "Hello, I'm Lucas, looking for Mr. Duan Hu."
English, although Zhang Tong is not very proficient, he can still barely understand it, and when he heard this, he turned to Duan Hu who was sitting on the side and said, "Ah Hu, a man named Lucas is looking for you."
"Hi Lucas, long time no see, how's it going? Taking the microphone, Duan Hu said to Lucas, who was on the side of country M.
"Haha, Mr. Duan Hu, I'm fine, I'm okay, I'll tell you two good news, which one do you want to hear first?" Lucas smiled when he heard Duan Hu's voice.
Duan Hu was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, and then figured it out, so he laughed and said, "Hahaha, Lucas, you don't mean to tell me that my "Home Alone" was nominated for an Oscar. After Duan Hu finished speaking, Duan Yiming and Zhang Tong, who were sitting next to him, looked over in surprise. As for the little sister Duan Zixin, because she couldn't understand English, she didn't respond.
"Oh, Mr. Duan Hu, how do you know? I'm just learning about it. Lucas said in surprise.
Duan Hu smiled a little smugly and said, "Guess, I don't know what nominations my film received?"
Lucas said with a smile: "It's the two awards for Best Score and Best Original Song."
"Isn't this the same as the one in my previous life!" Duan Hu secretly said a little disappointed, but soon he didn't care about it, and said, "Then what's the other good news?" Is "First Blood" going to be released in North America?
Lucas on the other end of the phone shouted loudly, and then said: "Yes, Mr. Duan Hu, you are really amazing, you guessed it all right, are you free to come over to attend the Oscars then?"
"Hehe, I'm going to Thailand in a few days to shoot a new film, but I don't have time. Duan Hu smiled.
When Lucas heard this, he sighed with some pity: "I really don't understand why you are developing well in Hollywood, but you have to go back to Xiangjiang to make movies."
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After a few more days, Duan Hu finished the company's affairs according to the arrangement.
On March 22, he took a group of crew and other personnel and boarded a plane from Xiangjiang to Thailand.
Thailand, Bangkok, within a hotel.
"Applejack, have you contacted the venue you contacted? Duan Hu said to Huang Xujie, who was sent by him to Thailand a few days ago to deal with scenes and attractions.
Huang Xujie replied: "It's all been contacted, boss, and the two Muay Thai champions you asked me to invite have been waiting in Bangkok for a few days."
Duan Hu was very happy when he heard this, and said, "Well, it's a good job, Ajie, I'll give you a big red envelope after the play is finished."
Huang Xujie was also very happy when he heard Duan Hu's appreciation, and thanked: "Thank you boss, I will redouble my efforts in the future."
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Early the next morning, after Duan Hu got up, he began to instruct the crew to prepare sacrifices to worship the gods, and then found a secluded place to practice martial arts.
"Wow, Brother Tiger, it turns out that you can also do kung fu!" Just as Duan Hu was practicing martial arts, a beautiful girl ran over and exclaimed.
Duan Hu, who was practicing martial arts, turned his head and found that it was the little beauty Li Sisi who played Poly who was walking towards him with Zhao Yazhi and Zhong Chuhong. He smiled and did not speak, but continued to concentrate on martial arts.
Seeing this, Li Sisi and the three of them did not continue to talk and bother, but just watched from the sidelines.
"Whew", after a long or twenty minutes, Duan Hu let out a long breath, and then looked at the third girl who was sitting on the grass not far away and watching him chat, and said a little strangely: "You have been watching there for so long, do you also want to learn martial arts?"
"We don't want to practice martial arts, it's so hard." The three girls shook their heads in unison, Zhao Ya's way.
Duan Hu smiled when he heard this: "Although practicing martial arts is a little harder, there are still many benefits, not only can you temper your body, but you can also maintain your health, if you can cultivate to the realm of Dan Jin, it is not difficult to live a hundred and thirty or fifty years old."
"One hundred and thirty fifty years old? Really? You're not bragging, Brother Tiger. Li Sisi said in disbelief.
When Duan Hu heard this, he turned his head to look at Zhong Chuhong and Zhao Yazhi, and saw that they also looked unconvinced, so he was immediately unhappy, and protested loudly, "How can I blow water, this is true, it's just that the vast majority of martial artists will encounter a lot of battles in the process of martial arts, excessively consume themselves or leave secret wounds, so it will create a false impression that the lifespan of a martial arts practitioner is no different from that of ordinary people."
The three girls were skeptical, and at the same time very curious about what Duan Hu said.
Zhong Chuhong asked with a smile: "Then what Danjin realm you just said and what realm is it?" ”
"Dan Jin is the fourth realm of a martial artist." Seeing that the three girls looked like they wanted to continue listening, Duan Hu said again: "The cultivation of martial artists is divided into several realms, from low to high, Ming Jin, Dark Jin, Hua Jin, Dan Jin, Gang Jin, and according to ancient books, there are several realms on top of this, but I don't know the authenticity."
Although the three girls didn't believe it when they heard it, they were still amazed when they heard it, and Li Sisi asked again, "Brother Tiger, what are the realms behind?"
"Unity, Jindan, Xeon, Broken Void." Duan Hu said with some fascination.
Li Sisi's three daughters didn't believe it when they heard this, how could such a thing as a broken void exist, and Li Sisi said directly: "Ah, broken void? Brother Tiger, you don't think too much when you write martial arts novels, how can you have this kind of realm. ”
"I said it all, the realm behind it is recorded in ancient books, I don't know if it's true or not." Duan Hu said.
"Oh, then Brother Hu, what level of your martial arts cultivation has reached?" Li Sisi responded. The other two girls also looked at him curiously.
"I'm just at the peak of my dark energy." Duan Hu said, but he said so, but his face was arrogant and proud.
Seeing Duan Hu's arrogant and proud appearance, Li Sisi suddenly became unhappy, shook his head and said, "Brother Hu, look at your smug appearance, it's true, you've only reached the penultimate realm, really."
Duan Hu choked when he heard this, but thinking that they didn't know the situation, he didn't care, and explained: "You don't understand this, in today's martial arts world, Hua Jin can already be called a grandmaster, and Dan Jin is estimated to be few in the world."
"Why? There are many realms up there! Isn't there anyone who can do it? Zhong Chuhong asked.
Duan Hu nodded and said, "Yes, I don't know why, as time passes, the cultivation of martial artists has become more and more difficult, like the Gang Realm martial artists, according to records and rumors, no one has reached it for one or two hundred years.
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Just as Duan Hu was chatting with the third girl, a crew member ran over and said, "Boss, the sacrifices are ready."
"Hmm". Duan Hu responded, and the three girls followed him to the place where the altar was placed.