The more classic film and television dramas in his previous life, the more Wang Xiaohu did not dare to modify them with a knife, if they were modified, it would definitely be caused by some regrets. [Full text reading]

Throughout every movie directed by Wang Xiaohu since he was reborn, almost all of them have been reprocessed through the experience he summed up in his previous life, with the biggest changes such as "Jingwumen", and the smallest such as "A Hu", "Hong Xiguan", and "Ip Man".

Only a small part of the changes in "Shooting the Condor" have been made, and the rest are in martial arts action innovation, costume props, and breaking through the innate advantages of Hong Kong TV dramas that are stingy and unable to go to the mainland to film, and the icing on the cake is to make the classics into boutiques.

It is true that a lot of money has been spent, but Wang Xiaohu feels that it is worth it and should be, just to pay tribute to the 83 version of "Shooting the Condor", it should be regarded as a filial piety to the deed master Jin Yong.

Everyone enjoyed five or six episodes on Phoenix TV in one go, and near the evening, Jin Yong, who was in a good mood, invited everyone to go out and sit down to express his gratitude to all the crew members.

During the meal, Wang Xiaohu said to Jin Yong: "Lao Dou, as long as the TV series is broadcast in the mainland at the end of the month, your old reputation will spread over there, and your novel will be popular in the mainland for a few years!" ”

Jin Yong smiled: "It's not your credit? Hey, Shaw has been running a TV station for a few years, and he didn't broadcast the TV series to the mainland like you, but you were the first to realize my dream, Xiaohu, I respect you for this glass of wine! ”

Jin Yong is telling the truth, if it weren't for Wang Xiaohu's hot relations with the mainland in recent years, and if it weren't for Wang Xiaohu's good reputation in the mainland, Hong Kong movies or TV series would not have caused such a big sensation in the mainland.

Wang Xiaohu has played a pivotal role in the development of Hong Kong films, and recently made every effort to prepare for the opening of the first Hong Kong Film Awards.

Wealth is nothing, Li Ka-shing is a rich man, right, but they have been busy with their own business, no matter what industry they invest in, it is to satisfy their selfish desires.

Wang Xiaohu is different, he became popular a few years ago, and he did not forget to bring the Seven Xiaofu brothers with the same spirit, and now they are all the backbone of Hong Kong films.

Concord International has opened up the market all over the world, especially Chinese mainland, which has historical ties with Hong Kong, and it took Wang Xiaohu 10 years to get through, he brought Hong Kong movies to the mainland, so that mainlanders can understand Hong Kong and enjoy all kinds of fun brought by Hong Kong movies, which has exceeded the moral concept of ordinary people.

It is foreseeable that with the martial arts movie boom laid in the mainland by Wang Xiaohu's first three films, once "Shooting the Condor" is a hit, Jin Yong's martial arts novels are bound to blow a whirlwind of martial arts literature in the mainland.

It is no wonder that Jin Yong will speak highly of Wang Xiaohu.

"There is no problem on the mainland, what are you going to do on the Hong Kong side?" Jin Yong said: "It should still join forces with Shaw's TVB, right?" ”

"Huh." Wang Xiaohu smiled and took a sip of tea, and after thinking about it, he said: "To be honest, I didn't consider releasing the TV series produced by Concord International in Hong Kong at all. ”

"Why?" Jin Yong asked curiously: "Wouldn't it be that you are still making trouble about the concert half a year ago?" ”

"The wolf is coming!"

Wang Xiaohu replied to the question, and he laughed out loud, "ATV is afraid that I will cooperate with TVB, and TVB is worried that I will disrupt their internal style, so I simply give up cooperation with any of them, and these days it happens that TV stations in Taiwan, Macau, and Southeast Asia are contacting." ”

"Hey, why are they bothering?" Jin Yong sighed, after all, he has a large number of local fans in Hong Kong, and it is somewhat regrettable if such a sophisticated "Shooting the Condor" is no longer broadcast in Hong Kong.

But he had to understand Wang Xiaohu's difficulties, ATV also said that Xiaohu and wireless have cooperated for so many years and are already old guys, ATV is envious, no matter how jealous it is, it is in vain.

The problem lies within the wireless. Although Run Run Shaw is now the president of TVB, Fang Yihua is specifically responsible for the big and small affairs of the TV station, and as the proprietor's Fang Dong, she resolutely resists Wang Xiaohu.

Not for anything else, Wang Xiaohu's TV series exceed all TVB's works, so much so that the TV series with the highest ratings over the years were sent by Wang Xiaohu, TVB is the first overlord of Hong Kong TV dramas, but it relies on Concord and International to support the scene, and the arrogant Fang Yihua can't accept it.

"It's hard for you to be caught in the middle." Jin Yong smiled bitterly and said, "It's really not good, I'll talk to Yifu." ”

Wang Xiaohu shook his head and said: "It's better not to use it, it's like Concord International crying and shouting that it can't find a distribution channel." ”

Jin Yong suddenly secretly screamed bad when he heard this, he is now very clear about Wang Xiaohu's good intentions, it is not that "Shooting the Condor" cannot be broadcast in Hong Kong, with Wang Xiaohu's current resources at hand, not to mention anything else, he can directly open a TV drama channel on Phoenix TV.

But if you really want to do that, it is just in response to the old saying "the wolf is coming", ATV and Wireless will definitely panic, and the Hong Kong TV pattern will have to be reshuffled, and it will even cause a large loss of talents in this industry chain.

Wang Xiaohu didn't want to create such a situation, and in addition, he had to take care of Run Run Shaw's face, so he broke away from the white-hot Hong Kong TV market and developed the mainland market on his own.

Hey, sometimes it's a sin to only produce high-quality products!

Jin Yong picked up his wine glass in distress and said, "Xiaohu, no matter what decision you make, Lao Dou will fully support it." ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled and clinked glasses with Jin Yong.

Even if Wang Xiaohu doesn't say it, Jin Yong has now figured it out that no matter how mature the Hong Kong market is, it is not as big as the mainland's little thumb, and the mainland market will also grow with the reform and opening up.

One is sesame and the other is watermelon.

If Jin Yong was to choose, he would definitely choose watermelon.

More importantly, Jin Yong feels that Wang Xiaohu is like a bridge between Hong Kong and the mainland, and now Hong Kong films must be branded with the trademark of "Concord International" when they enter the mainland and are screened nationwide.

I believe that it won't be long before Hong Kong TV dramas will definitely embark on such a path, Wang Xiaohu is the key hub of it, some things are really not good without him, who made him a celebrity in the mainland now

In late October 1982, major newspapers in Hong Kong began to publish an event of great importance to the Hong Kong people: China and Britain held re-negotiations in Yenching last month on the issue of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher personally went to the Great Hall of the People to meet with Chief Deng, and the two sides had the first heated debate on resolving the issue left over from history.

The headlines of major newspapers reported Chief Deng's words: "Hong Kong is China's territory, and we must take it back!" There is no room for manoeuvre on the issue of sovereignty. ”

The words are cut to the core, sonorous and powerful, and full of power.

Margaret Thatcher, known as the "Iron Lady" in the West, met Chief Deng, who was called the "Steel Company" by [***], and fell while stepping out of the steps of the Great Hall of the People.

Since then, China and Britain have engaged in more frequent negotiations on the future of Hong Kong. The mainland side has also actively done work on Hong Kong, focusing on a series of speeches made by Chief Minister Deng on "one country, two systems," but the effect has been very small, because the entire Hong Kong people have fallen into panic and confusion.

The "return to the motherland" has suddenly become a major political issue discussed by all Hong Kong citizens, and the Hong Kong people, who have always taken the economic process as the mainstream of development, have no political consciousness to reorganize their mentality.

For Chinese mainland, the topic of Hong Kong's return to the motherland means more excitement and eagerness.

For Hong Kong people, however, it means that they have changed from spiritual to materialistic concepts, from not caring about politics to having political plots, from the loss of colonial status to the regain of Chinese identity, and all kinds of worries and uneasiness permeate the hearts of Hong Kong people.

Hong Kong people find themselves in an awkward situation between China and the United Kingdom, and this awkward situation has always affected generations of Hong Kong people, especially young people today.

The focus is on whether the different political systems and the relatively disparity in economic pace after the handover will restrict the free development and prosperity of Hong Kong's economy, and whether it will affect the living standards of the Hong Kong people.

Concord International Corporation also shifted the topic from whether John Woo was competent for "Seraph" to the return, and the young people came to work with sad faces and low spirits all day long, which made Wang Xiaohu can't help but smile bitterly after watching it.

Under the influence of this emotion, the work efficiency is definitely greatly reduced.

Wang Xiaohu felt that this was not a long-term solution, so after eating at noon, he called all the employees of the company to the square, and saw a pair of confused eyes, he coughed lightly twice and said: "To be honest, you guys' expressions are very bad, do you know?" You have been following me Wang Xiaohu for so many years, don't you know what I'm doing at all? ”

Do what? Make movies to make money, do you still need to ask, have you seen whose film company engaged in sauna?

"Use your brains, if you are careful, you will find that I have been thinking about your happiness all these years, if you are stupid, I will give you a direction to think, go to the cinema to see "Myth", "Shaolin Temple" and "Mulan", and then watch "North and South Shaolin" filmed by the Shaw Brothers."

As soon as Wang Xiaohu's words fell, some employees with quick reactions already understood what Wang Xiaohu wanted to do and what Wang Xiaohu had been doing in the past few years.

Yes, at present, Concordia International has carried out various cooperation projects with the mainland, not only limited to co-productions, but also building cinemas in the mainland, participating in the cultural construction of the mainland, and investing in other industries other than films.

Doesn't everything mean that whether Hong Kong returns to the motherland or not has no influence on Concord International, and more importantly, Concord International has now begun to make money on the mainland, and if you have money to make money, isn't everyone's life more stable?

I don't know, I was startled, Wang Xiaohu's few words made the company's employees suddenly open up and feel comfortable.

Compared with Concord International, other film companies are not so lucky.

(To be continued)