Wang Xiaohu found that he was not idle now, and it was said that after the five major satellite companies of Concord were re-broken by him, he should be very idle, and after he returned to Hong Kong on the third day, he realized that it was not at all such a moment. [No pop-up novel network]

First of all, we have to deal with the company's affairs, and after finishing all aspects of "Shaolin Temple", there are two shooting plans in front of Wang Xiaohu, one is "Mulan", which is understandable to become a big production of Concord Company in the future.

Immediately after "Mulan", it is the "Condor Shooting" trilogy that Wang Xiaohu has been brewing for nine years.

Originally, he wanted to arrange these two films to be filmed next year, but it took Tsui Hark less than two months to finish filming "Xinshu Mountain", and now it is entering the post-editing stage.

So under Lin Qingxia's expectant gaze, coupled with his wife's pillow wind, Wang Xiaohu decided to choose a good day to start shooting.

Another thing that needs him to be busy is about the post-production of special effects in "Xinshu Mountain", Tsui Hark went to Concord Company early this morning to find Wang Xiaohu, and very politely proposed to let "Industrial Light and Magic" help improve the post-production special effects.

"No problem." Wang Xiaohu nodded very happily, "Actually, after I learned that your movie was finished last night, I arranged for the people of Industrial Light and Magic to gather in Hong Kong." ”

"Thank you so much, Brother Tiger." Tsui Hark was full of smiles, Wang Xiaohu borrowed actors and studios, and let his Hollywood special effects team help him for free, such kindness made him unable to repay.

After rubbing his hands, Tsui Hark said a little embarrassed: "Brother Tiger, there is one more thing I want to trouble you." ”

Wang Xiaohu sighed, then spread his hands and smiled: "If you have something, just say it, what do you want to do with me so politely." ”

"I don't know if you have time to look at the rough cut of the dailies, help me point it out." After Tsui Hark finished speaking, he smiled and patted his ass: "In Hong Kong, only Brother Tiger has studied martial arts special effects films, and I don't have much confidence in my own heart, I don't know if the film will be popular in Hollywood." ”

In the small screening room of Concord Company, Wang Xiaohu saw the rough cut sample of "New Shu Mountain" brought by Tsui Hark.

Because it is a rough cut, the film is 4 hours long, and in these 4 hours, Wang Xiaohu enjoyed with great interest the first martial arts commercial film of the new wave director and future geek "Master Xu".

I have to say that this is a movie with a lot of big stars, not to mention Sammo Hung , Yuan Biao , Lin Qingxia and others, Li Saifeng , Zheng Shaoqiu , Liu Songren , Weng Qianyu , Xu Shaoqiang , Meng Hai , etc. are all one of the best stars in Hong Kong and have great box office appeal.

For example, Zheng Shaoqiu's swordsman appearance and demeanor are biased, Lin Qingxia's fairy style is spotless, Liu Songren's Kunlun faction head is straight and jealous, and Xu Shaoqiang's heavenly sword carries a big stone.

As the leading actor of the film, Di Mingqi, the scout of the Western Shu soldiers played by Yuan Biao, leads the audience into the perspective of the divine Shushan fairy and demon world, which runs through the whole film and becomes the protagonist of the end of the war.

Tsui Hark used him to express a lot of concepts beyond the ontological cognition of the characters, such as the criticism of the righteous fairy world represented by Zheng Shaoqiu, pointing out that their inaction is an important reason for the rampant chaos and disasters in the world, and their selfishness of not uniting but fighting separately is also the fundamental reason why the demons have the upper hand.

The passage where Yuan Biao catches fish in the water, as well as the humorous passages where he and Meng Hai and the female disciples of Xianbao take off their pants and play tricks on each other are naturally an appropriate adjustment of the solemn and serious theme of the film, which is also a major feature of Hong Kong films with strong commercial surnames, that is, no matter how serious the theme is, there is always a little similar humorous or even low-level gimmick to please the audience.

After watching more than half of the film, Wang Xiaohu secretly praised the film's art director Zhang Shuping, "Zhang Shuping is good, those female disciples are fluttering, flying in the air, tsk, the costumes, shapes, and props are all just right, Ake, you have caught a good assistant." ”

In his previous life, Cheung Shuping was a famous art director in the Hong Kong film industry, and won the honor of Best Art Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards for many times, but since "Mong Kok Carmen", he has been a full-time art director for the famous director Wong Kar-wai, and since "East Evil and West Poison", he has also worked as an editor for all Wong Kar-wai films.

Talent, a palace-level art director in the Hong Kong film industry, if he hadn't seen the rough cut version of "Xinshu Mountain" today, Wang Xiaohu would have almost forgotten this bull.

In the Hong Kong film industry, if Sammo Hung , Yuan Heping , Cheng Xiaodong , Yuan Kui and others can be called the most outstanding martial arts instructors, then Zhang Shuping is the overlord in the field of art direction, and Christopher Du is the best candidate for cinematographer.

At present, Concord Company lacks such a talent with advantages in art, especially during the filming of "Myth", Wang Xiaohu deeply felt the tragedy of not having a good art director, not that Concord's current art director business ability is not good, but it lacks Zhang Shuping's smart surname, so he did many things himself, and he was tired.

Tsui Hark didn't know that Wang Xiaohu was beating Zhang Shuping's idea now, and said with some embarrassment: "Brother Tiger, didn't you find that these actions of mine are imitating "Mythology"? ”

Wang Xiaohu laughed: "Needless to say that the imitation is so explicit, you are borrowing, the focus of "Mythology" is not to fly around, but to inlay the background of the story into that special era, so I can't write about this kind of flying action." ”

Tsui Hark couldn't help but feel a little happy when he heard Wang Xiaohu praise himself like this, scratched his scalp and said: "Brother Tiger, don't keep praising me, criticize me, I know that this film can't be compared with "Mythology". ”

"Huh." Wang Xiaohu looked at Tsui Hark with a smile and said, "Then I really approve it, you have to be a little mentally prepared." ”

Tsui Hark nodded hurriedly: "Well, you just need to approve it, I can bear it!" ”

Wang Xiaohu admired Tsui Hark's spirit of not being afraid of death, and after thinking about the plot carefully, he thought about it for a while before he considered it and said: "Ake, have you found a phenomenon, your requirements for the actor's demeanor and temperament are probably greater than the requirements for performance, your editing style is very fast, and you often ignore the auxiliary role of costumes, modeling, and props." ”

Tsui Hark bit his lip and reflected in his heart while listening to what Wang Xiaohu said.

"Let's take a simple example, although Lin Qingxia has never made martial arts films, she has the acting skills of Qiong Yao's several literary films, and you give him too little room to play freely in the film, as far as I think, just find an actress to change into her outfit, and under the stormy editing, the effect will not be bad."

"Uh" Tsui Hark grew his mouth and looked at Wang Xiaohu very embarrassed, he really didn't expect that Wang Xiaohu didn't ask questions in terms of lighting, cameras, and martial arts actions, but raised some trivial aspects.

"There are still a lot of highlights in this movie, you at least shot the fairy flavor of the original book, and shot the magnificent momentum of Shushan, but I feel that the narrative of the film is a little regretful, I always feel that you are too accommodating, and even give in and pursue those amazing audio-visual spectacles and Pegasus actions, and restore the strange imagination, which is of course your strength, but it is too much, so that the film as a whole has to be pulled to the next level."

Wang Xiaohu looked at Tsui Hark's rough cut version very carefully, so he found a lot of problems after counting them, and these problems are difficult for the current Tsui Hark to reach, after all, the eyes of the two are very different, one is an "old goblin" who is reborn and crossed, and the other is a little newcomer who has just emerged in New Wave movies.

So after Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, Tsui Hark frowned and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Tsui Hark didn't find a solution, and said with a bitter face: "Brother Tiger, what should I do?" ”

"Simple, break the narrative of the story, just reshoot it in a few places, of course, in the wonderful picture of the fighting method at the end, don't be so powerless, by the way, don't be so shabby with the purple and green double swords, how can you give me a feeling of a remake of the "Star Wars" lightsaber."

Wang Xiaohu looked at the model of the Ziqing Twin Swords, shook his head with a wry smile, couldn't help but criticize a few more words, and saw that Xu Hark's face was as red as the Big Apple, so he hurriedly patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Ake, it's right to have the courage to be enterprising and innovative, I'll design the template of the Ziqing Twin Swords for you when I go back, and then let the industrial light and magic replace it with special effects." ”

"Really?" Tsui Hark was overjoyed when he heard this, to be honest, he was really a little lazy like Wang Xiaohu said at the beginning, he wanted to make the purple and green double swords into two purple and green beams, which could not only save the trouble of post-production special effects, but also give the American audience a sense of familiarity with the "lightsaber".

How do you know that being pointed out mercilessly by Wang Xiaohu is the same as a primary school student being caught cheating by a teacher, that kind of shame and embarrassment are mentioned.

Since Wang Xiaohu has now proposed further help, Tsui Hark is naturally very happy, how to say that Wang Xiaohu has come to the front in this regard, then the problems and shortcomings he pointed out must be the main factors affecting the box office, if Tsui Hark does not seize this great opportunity to learn more, it will be a big loss.

After watching the sample film, Wang Xiaohu suddenly asked casually: "Ake, when you were filming, did you notice any differences between Lin Qingxia before and after?" ”

Tsui Hark thought about it for a long time and said: "It doesn't seem to be anything unusual, I was very emotional during the filming, everyone would go out for supper every day after filming, oh, by the way, it seems that in the days when it was almost finished, two people asked her out to eat." ”

(To be continued)