The development of Hong Kong films is inseparable from the Seven Little Blessings, and it is with the unremitting efforts of Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuan Hua, Yuan Biao, Yuan Bin and others for decades that the changes brought by Chinese action directors to the Western action movie world will be dazzling. [No pop-up novel network]

Whether from a commercial or artistic point of view, action directors, as a cultural "double-edged sword", will surely narrow the distance between Eastern and Western action film culture at a deeper level. Wang Xiaohu will not be arrogant enough to bring Hong Kong cinema to the glorious 80s and 90s on his own, and his role in this transition is to guide the way, and the Seven Little Blessings brothers around him are the best candidates.

How about you Jackie Chan, a pretentious mortal, going to a high place? Will Concord fall after you leave, will Concord lose its core? Obviously, this is not possible!

When Bruce Lee was alive in the past, others said that Wang Xiaohu followed Bruce Lee's aura to the top, and when Bruce Lee died, Wang Xiaohu not only did not languish, but took the opportunity to reverse the weather vane of the entire Hong Kong film, and made it transition to the route of kung fu comedy in the shortest possible time, without letting kung fu films fall into an embarrassing situation where no one supported the beam.

After walking a Jackie Chan, I can still let Yuan Biao go further, and I can also hold Sammo Hung and even others. This is Wang Xiaohu's idea, he has this kind of self-confidence, because although the current Jackie Chan is infinitely beautiful, he can't be compared with the deceased Xiaolong after all, and Jackie Chan still needs many years of experience accumulation from the real popularity, so it is not without benefit for him to be frustrated in Jiahe, if he can take this opportunity to find a development route that suits him, if he can't find an innovative route, you have to run back in disgrace.

It's not that Jackie Chan hasn't done such a thing before, to be precise, a total of twice, the first time was when he was appreciated by Brother Xiaolong, he moved into the simple and dilapidated house he shared with Yuan Biao with a dead face, and the second time he saw that "Righteous Hero" was booming at the box office, and Qi Xiaofu emerged in the circle and came back in disgrace. It's just that this kind of thing has been repeated again and again, and if Jackie Chan wants to come back, I'm afraid it won't go so smoothly.

So Wang Xiaohu was not in a hurry at all, and even put forward the idea of letting Sammo Hung and others read on this occasion.

There was a dead silence in the office, Sammo Hung, Yuan Biao and others looked at Wang Xiaohu in surprise, wondering if Ah Hu was suddenly mad and said such surprising words.

Yuan Biao hurriedly said: "Ah Hu, don't be like this, we are all willing to sign this contract with you!" ”

"Yes! Ah Hu, you can sign, brothers can have today is all your help, not only do we have food and a house, but our family also has something to do now, Ah Hu, you just treat us like Fa Zai, Shi Tian, and Mai Jia! Yuan Bin hurriedly took out a contract from behind him and said.

In the entire Concord Company, the only people who really enjoy the treatment of the deed of sale are Chow Yun-fat, Shi Tian, Mai Jia, Huang Baiming, and Stallone. These are all things that Qi Xiaofu knows, so after learning that Jackie Chan jumped ship, Sammo Hung and others discussed overnight, and finally asked Li Shaonan to print out such a contract, so as to stage the scene just now.

"Hehe, everyone will be mistaken!" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "I can understand everyone's intentions, and I understand everyone's affection for my Ahu." I'm not afraid of your jokes, I regret letting them sign the deed of sale now, and I'll find a chance to break the contract with them later. ”

Sammo Hung asked puzzledly, "Why?" With that contract, we can sue them if they change jobs in the future! At the very least, they can get a significant amount of compensation. ”

"I used to do this because Concord was still in its infancy, and those people were talented in acting, so I was afraid that they would be poached by other companies." Wang Xiaohu touched his nose a little embarrassed when he said this: "And now our Concord Company still can't be compared with Shaw Brothers in terms of scale, but our company has always taken the high-quality route, have you ever seen a film we have a bad movie?" Have you ever seen the person I want to hold that is not popular? ”

Everyone shook their heads, if it wasn't for Wang Xiaohu's reminder, they really hadn't thought about this problem, so they shook their heads in unison, and then asked neatly: "Yes, why?" ”

"Why?" Wang Xiaohu laughed: "Because Zhou Gongtuo dreamed of me, he would tell me who would be popular, and what films would be popular at the box office." ”

"Cut! Fooling us again! Everyone looked at Wang Xiaohu with disdain.

"Believe it or not." Wang Xiaohu shrugged indifferently: "Sometimes you tie someone up with a contract, it's not good, even if he can get a lot of compensation after he changes jobs, but the relationship between the two sides will also crack, and, in fact, Hong Kong is really small, there are no real enemies, only friends in interests." So in the long run, I don't advocate that companies learn from the Shaw model. ”

"How can you do it without a contract!" Sammo Hung is still a little worried, for fear that Wang Xiaohu will suffer in this regard.

"There is a contract after all, but it is not a dead contract, but a short-term contract that pursues the maximum interests of the company." Wang Xiaohu said: "The kind in three or five years, and I won't restrict my artists from going to other companies to take over the show, after all, some actors are all-rounders." ”

After a year of wandering in Hollywood, coupled with Wang Xiaohu's outlook for the future of Hong Kong films, he is more open to artists jumping ship, especially when Zhang Che went to the crew of "Ghost Horse Double Stars" a year ago to find himself and entrusted himself to take care of John Woo, Wang Xiaohu was deeply inspired, so he made such a decision.

"Alright, alright. You don't have to worry about anything, go about your business. Wang Xiaohu smiled and urged them to leave, leaving Yuan Biao alone.

"Ah Biao, did Jackie Chan say anything when he left?" Wang Xiaohu frowned and said: "For example, in terms of salary and dividends, I always feel that there is something wrong with him saying that he is going to Golden Harvest to be a big director and shareholder. ”

Yuan Biao scratched his head and thought about it for a long time, and said with some uncertainty: "It seems that he asked me how much the dividend was last time, but you also know that I won't tell him this kind of thing, his face was not very happy at the time, and he didn't talk to me much after that." ”

Wang Xiaohu nodded: "I know." ”

Wang Xiaohu knows, because no one knows the amount of dividends better than him, among the Seven Xiaofu brothers, Yuan Biao got a dividend of 1.5 million, Jackie Chan followed with 1 million, and Sammo Hung 800,000. It is said that these numbers are definitely beyond the box office dividend regulations, but Wang Xiaohu has his reasons for doing so.

Wang Xiaohu and Yuan Biao are brothers in life and death, if Yuan Biao was not by his side when he was reborn and took care of himself on the ship for more than 40 days, it would be impossible for him to recover in the shortest possible time, and in the Temple Street incident, Yuan Biao showed the kind of love that is not a brother but a brother, so he was deeply moved, plus the subsequent films such as "Righteous Hero" and "Ip Man", Yuan Biao's performance is remarkable, and he does not feel wrong to give him 1.5 million in public and private.

"Jackie Chan, you just go in a daze!" Wang Xiaohu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

In the three months since leaving, the post-production of "Miscellaneous Boy" and "Ghost Horse Double Star" has been basically perfect, since Wang Xiaohu re-examined the high-quality route, everyone was also very careful and careful when shooting, and the shooting progress naturally slowed down a lot.

After a short break, Wang Xiaohu found Xu Guanwen and John Woo to check the sample of "Ghost Horse Double Star", and it was after watching the sample film that Wang Xiaohu knew what role Ding Pei played in the film, in civilized terms, it is called a courtesan, and the vulgar is a high-end girl, who is Xu Guanwen's concubine in the film, and the two often cooperate to cheat money.

"Ah Sam's singing is good!" Wang Xiaohu praised the theme song and interlude when he heard it, Ah Sam refers to Xu Guanjie, the eldest of the four Xu brothers, he is the starring role in the film, and he also sang two very nice Cantonese songs, the theme song is called "Ghost Horse Double Star", and the episode is called "Double Star Love Song", which is very in line with the theme of the film.

Xu Guanjie grinned and said: "Boss, don't laugh at me like this, who doesn't know that you write songs and compose music, I am a little shrimp in front of you." ”

"Hehe, Ah sam, you are still too modest, after all, I am playing with the surname of the ticket, not as professional as you." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "This opening animation is also good, very Disney-like." ”

"I got this animation from Zhang Yaozong." Xu Guanwen didn't lie, and directly said the answer.

"Well, when did Zhang Yaozong help you do things?"

"Ah Hu, have you forgotten, Jiahe was bankrupt by you last year, and many people came out to find something to do in a panic, and my company was just established, so I took the opportunity to arrest him." Xu Guanwen said with a smile.

"Holy! Zhang Yaozong is the chief editor of Golden Harvest, and he was actually recruited by you, Brother Wen, you are not very ambitious. Wang Xiaohu scolded with a smile.

For Zhang Yaozong, he has something to do with Wang Xiaohu, he is not only half of Wang Xiaohu's teacher in editing, but also helps Jackie Chan complete the editing work of many works in the future, such as "Who Am I", "Serious Crime Team", etc., and even "Rouge Buckle", "Overlord Flower", "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" have his editing figure, it can be said that he was still a little famous from the 70s to the late 80s.

"Ah Hu, the film is done, when will I be scheduled to release it?" Xu Guanwen asked.

"Well, I'll get it for you as soon as possible, and I'll let "Miscellaneous Kid" be released a month later." Wang Xiaohu thought about it and said that he didn't want the two films to be released at the same time, so that there would only be a phenomenon of himself beating himself

(To be continued)