Chapter 216 Huo Huo Jiahe
After some discussion, the three of them finally unanimously decided to have a project for the auction of "Happy Ghost Summer Vacation" and "Mr. Zombie: The Legend of Immortality". In terms of actors, the former is played by Liang Yonghui in the role of "Kang Xingui", and the rest of the actresses are preparing to have an open audition to discover potential new stars and supplement the new blood of the company's artists.
However, now, Gao Zhisen, Lan Naicai, Luo Lixian, Zhang San and others took 19 months to produce the first part of "King Kong Gourd Baby", although it is nearing completion, the production is complete. However, it will still take some time for the post-dubbing, soundtrack, editing, etc. to be completed. Now at a critical moment, it is naturally impossible to serve as the director of "Happy Ghost Summer Vacation", and in the end, the three unanimously decided to be directed by Chen Jiashang.
As for "Mr. Zombie: The Legend of Immortality", the protagonist is starring Zhang Guorong, the heroine is let Li Lizhen and Li Yuanfeng play him, the villain is played by "professional households" Shang Ge Yunton, Chen Kuian and others, and the director is directed by Lin Zhenying's younger brother Dong Wei. In this way, the starring personnel of these two films have been decided. Then the heads of various departments were convened and a meeting was held on the start of filming of the two films.
After discussing the project and starting filming of these two films, Gu Weiqi came up with five scripts: "The True Colors of Heroes", "Police Story", "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", "Chainsaw Horror" and "Truant Weilong". The five films include gangster hero films, police films, costume films, horror films and campus comedies, some of which he wrote before, and some of them were concocted during his recuperation in the mainland.
And these five films are still classic films of these five genres. In particular, "The True Color of Heroes" is the first of the top 100 films in Xiangjiang, and the original time and space is a gunfight movie invested and filmed by Xinyicheng Pictures Co., Ltd., directed by Wu Yusen, starring Zhou Yunfa, Zhang Guorong and Dillon. The film uses Song Zihao, Mark, and Song Zijie as the main characters, bringing together the contradictions between brotherhood and brotherhood, reflecting their different setbacks, failures, repentance, and revenge.
The film was released in Hong Kong in 1986 and was the box office champion of Hong Kong that year. In 1987, the film won Best Picture and Best Actor at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards. Prior to this, in 1983, Wu Yusen filmed the movie "Heroes Without Tears", but when filming in Taibang, in order to pursue the violent aesthetic effect of the real stone bullet, he used the real light, which injured an actor and was hidden, and the film was not allowed to be released until 1986.
At that time, it can also be said that Wu Yusen's career was at its lowest ebb, and the "ghost talent" Xu Ke found him and decided to remake Long Gang's 1967 film "The True Color of Heroes". However, when designing the film, Xu Hark gave Wu Yusen a lot of inspiration, and the film was originally a relatively ordinary police film about brotherhood. Xu Ke suggested that Wu Yusen put his true personal emotions in the movie.
As far as Gu Weiqi knows, Wu Yusen was very financially constrained when he filmed this film, and the actor Dillon was fired by Shao's squid; Zhou Yunfa bears the title of "box office poison"; Although Zhang Guorong has made achievements in the music industry, he has little influence in the film industry. However, after joining the crew, he got an investor who was willing to pay for a popular star, which can be regarded as a great contribution to Wu Yusen's filming of this film.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Yusen only had one story outline when filming "The True Colors of Heroes", and the movie was shot by Wu with feelings and feelings. In the film, he makes full use of Wu's "aesthetics of violence", "brotherhood", "double guns" and other label film vocabulary, revealing the human nature that oscillates between good and evil. The film is not an exposure of the inside story of the gangsters in Hong Kong and Taiwan, nor is it a reflection of social reality, but a reconstruction of the heroic myth, which is completely the subjective desire of the creator and the projection of feelings.
The film was an unprecedented hit after its release, starting a movie trend of gangster hero films. As a result, there was a boom in "hero films" in Hong Kong films. It ranked first in the Hong Kong Film Critics' selection of Hong Kong's 100 best films, which shows that it has a far-reaching impact on Hong Kong films. Since then, there have been countless follow-up films, such as "Dragon and Tiger Fight", "Jianghu Love", "Bloody Heroes", etc., all of which can see the shadow of "hero's true colors".
And the film is not only a turning point in Wu Yusen's life, but also a milestone in the history of Hong Kong films. This is a film that has never been seen in Xiangjiang, the man in the film has gone through hardships, but never gives up the pursuit of "righteousness, status, and dignity". Wu Yusen is full of pride, and the frustration and revenge that have accumulated in the film industry for a long time are soaked in every movie picture, and the smooth editing like a song is impeccable.
And the film does not have too much love for children, what is advertised is the brotherhood that makes men's blood boil. Wu Yusen's contribution lies in sublimating the love between men and showing it to others through violence, and this film also officially established the film style of "Wu's" violent aesthetics. What is particularly rare is that the film also discovered a group of talents for Xiangjiang Films, such as Xu Ke, Zhang Guorong, Pan Hengsheng and Zhou Yunfa, who was called "box office poison" back then. Once this film was released, not only did Zhou raise his eyebrows, but the "Little Brother" he created also became a classic idol in the hearts of fans.
In addition, the film also became the annual box office champion of Xiangjiang with a high box office of 34.65 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the box office record of Xiangjiang. It can be said that it is applauded and applauded. Especially what Gu Weiqi is now taking out is a complete storyboard script, and after everyone has read it, they all admire him. However, for the director of this film, he still means to use Wu Yusen, because if there is no film, he doesn't know if Wu can become a future international director, so he decided to give him a chance.
In fact, although Wu Yusen was dug up from the "Oriental Charm" by Xinyicheng, his life was not easy. Because Gu Weiqi drummed up all the blockbuster films of Xin Yicheng in advance, many of the films that Xin Yicheng has made now are not very popular. Some even lost money, and the big money behind Lei Juekun was not having a good time, because the stock market plummeted last year, and his Lei family also suffered heavy losses, and the market value of the Kowloon Bus Group and real estate under his name has shrunk significantly.
Especially in the movies released during the Spring Festival some time ago, under the strong pressure of "Jingwu Heroes", they didn't make any money. Life is not good, and Lei Juekun does not have much liquidity in his hands now. As a result, not only Wu Yusen has no films to make, but even the three giants of "New Yicheng" Huang Baiming, Mecca and Shi Tian are not having a good time.
Everyone expressed different opinions on the director of this film, after all, Wu Yusen is now a "new artist", such a good script should be directed and filmed by the director of his company, and Donglai Company is not without a director now. But Gu Weiqi tried his best to disagree and decided to use Wu Yusen. And in order to show his attention, he also asked Chen Xunqi to call the other party and make an appointment to meet the other party in person without talking.
Seeing that Gu Weiqi was so persistent, it was difficult for everyone to say anything. After discussion, everyone has always thought that it is more appropriate for the actor to let Zhou Runfa play the role, after all, Zhou Runfa has already taken off the hat of "box office poison" after starring in "God of Gamblers". Especially after filming the "Eight-Star Annunciation", the superb acting skills he showed made his popularity rise again.
With him as the starring role, the box office can be guaranteed first; His acting skills are indeed good, and there should be no problem in taking the lead. And the role of "Song Zijie" was also played by Gu Weiqi and Zhang Guorong. "Song Zihao" let Li Xiuxian, who has now signed into China Entertainment International Superstar Entertainment Agency, play. Of course, in Gu Weiqi's heart, the "Song Zihao" played by "Dillon" in the original version is very good, but the other party is now a person from the Shao family, I'm afraid I can't invite it now, so I can only let the artists of my agency play it.
The villain "Tan Cheng" is played by Shang Ge Yunton, and the reason why he is used is because Gu Weiqi is considering impacting the Hollywood market. If you only use Chinese, it is difficult to arouse the interest of Europeans and Americans. Although this movie is indeed good for Orientals, it will inevitably be discounted in cultural differences when it is released in Europe and the United States. The use of some Westerners to play can arouse the interest of European and American audiences to a certain extent.
After discussing the general situation of the film, everyone discussed the "police story". This film was once regarded as a key masterpiece of Cheng Throat and a milestone for Heung Kong action films. The film is also the culmination of a throat action movie, in which the throat and its family class break through the limits of the human body again and again to stage difficult actions that are breathtaking.
The film also won two awards at the 5th Xiangjiang Film Awards for Best Film and Best Action Design. And it is extremely rare to win the Academy Award for Best Picture with an action movie. This has also become a characteristic value of filming movies after Cheng Throat, and the performances of the heroines Lin Qingxia and Zhang Manyu in the film also have their own merits. And the theme song of the movie sung by Cheng Throat is still the representative song of the Xiangjiang Police Investigation.
After Gu Weiqi made Xinyi almost crippled, he began to make peace with Huo Huojia. However, the actor decided to give Cheng Throat a chance, and it was up to him whether he could seize this opportunity. If the heroine is the heroine, Lin Qingxia still lets her play the role of "Sarina", but "Ami" plans to let Chen Yulian play, Dong Bi in the original version of "Uncle Dart" is now an artist of "China Entertainment International Superstar Entertainment Agency", and naturally let him play.
The villains "Zhu Tao", "Lawyer Zhang", "John" and others were played by Chu Yuan, Liu Zhirong and Charlie Cao in the original version. After discussing with everyone, it was decided to let Qin Pei, Hu Feng and Lou Nanguang make cameos.
Many people may not know Hu Feng, an old drama bone, but in fact, he is the famous "green leaf" of Xiangjiang. Known as "Brother Xiu", he is the godfather of Zhang Xueyou, Lin Yilian, and Li Ming, who starred in many literary films in the fifties and sixties, and was very popular with Xiangjiang audiences. After the seventies and eighties, he mainly made wireless dramas and starred in supporting roles in some movies. and Lin Shangyi both wore a pair of glasses, thin and spirited, and admitted their mistakes accidentally.
Among the many actors in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, Hu Feng is a very representative artist, who can be harmonious, shoot the right drama, meticulously portray the characters, shoot comedy, and laugh and laugh, which can also make you remember. In the 8th Xiangjiang Golden Jing Award, he also won a lifetime achievement award. Signature characters, such as the funny sheriff in "The Ghost Mansion", and the father of Huang Jiaju, a serious police officer, in "Caged People". The cautious supervisor in "Across the Seas" who is in charge of the key to the safety and so on.