Wang Xiaohu originally wanted to ask Xiahou Mo about the post-recording and production of the song of the same name of "Shaolin Temple" and its episode "Shepherd's Song", but he heard the catchy "Shao Beach" as soon as he walked into the door of the recording studio. [No pop-up novel network]

Although Wang Xiaohu had listened to this classic song a lot in his previous life, it sounded very different at this moment, and to be precise, there was a sense of pride.

Since the crew of "Shanghai Tang" returned to Hong Kong, Zhao Yazhi rushed to Concord Film and Television City with the crew to shoot the remaining part, fortunately, there are a total of 25 episodes, and most of the dramas have been filmed in Shanghai, and the rest have to go back to the film and television city to shoot because the weather and scenery do not meet the requirements.

The song of the same name of "Shanghai Tang" was also created at this time, this time Wang Xiaohu did not write the lyrics, but directly pushed it to Huang Zhan, and the composition was completed by his old partner Gu Jiahui. Zhao Yazhi just told the plot for an afternoon in the past, Gu Jiahui was immediately inspired, wrote the song freely, drove the car to Huang Zhan's house with the composition, and vowed to ask Huang Dacai to write the lyrics within two hours.

These anecdotes are all Zhao Yazhi went home after filming every day's scenes and told Wang Xiaohu that if his wife hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known that "Shanghai Tang" was born in such an environment.

Thinking that "Shanghai Tang" will be sung by the world in the future and become a classic film and television golden song that has lasted for decades, Wang Xiaohu has a sense of pride in his heart!

After Ye Liyi finished singing "Shanghai Tang", Wang Xiaohu pushed open the door and clapped his hands and walked in.

"It's a good song! Very imposing! This is the big truth in Wang Xiaohu's heart.

"Ah Hu is here!"

"Brother Tiger is here!"

"Mr. Wang."

There were not many people in the recording room, Xiahou Mo, Gu Jiahui, Huang Zhan, Ye Liyi, plus two staff members, and after Wang Xiaohu entered, everyone greeted him one after another.

"Mr. Wang praised it falsely, it was Uncle Hui's song, and of course, Uncle Zhan's lyrics were good!" Ye Liyi pursed her lips and smiled.

Ye Liyi is only six years older than Wang Xiaohu, with short hair and a slightly chubby face, like Luo Wen, Zhen Ni, Wang Mingquan, Kwan Zhengjie, Ye Zhentang, etc., Ye Liyi is the first generation of Cantonese pop singers in Hong Kong, and she became popular in Hong Kong in the early days by singing the theme song of the TV series.

Yip Liyi has been a singer since childhood, and after being discovered as a record and TV singer in 1969 on the TV show "Sound Treasure Night", she went to London in 1974 to sign with EMI, becoming the company's first Asian singer with an international surname contract, and also began her acting career.

Today's Ye Liyi has released two Cantonese albums, and Wang Xiaohu commissioned Long Zichen to be specially invited from EMI to record the song "Shanghai Tang".

"Ah Yi, don't say that, you see the corners of Huang Zhan's mouth are upturned, he will die of smugness if you say this!" Gu Jiahui said to Huang Zhan.

The latter nodded as a matter of course and said, "Of course I'm proud, it only took more than two hours to get the lyrics, do you have this level?" ”

The two of them have been friends for many years, and Gu Jiahui didn't care, and said with a smile: "I don't have this level, but I know that Ah Hu definitely has this level!" "Men should be self-reliant" back then"

As soon as he mentioned this, the smug smile on Huang Zhan's face immediately disappeared, and he said with affection: "That's Ah Hu's requirements are too high!" ”

Xiahou Mo, who was laughing and bored on the side, suddenly said: "Brother Tiger, why don't you sing this song, I feel that if you sing it, it will definitely have a different taste." ”

"Yes, yes, Ah Hu will try it too." Gu Jiahui, Huang Zhan, and Ye Liyi all smiled and applauded in agreement.

"Comrades, you know what a classic is, I think Miss Ye sings well enough, majestic and mellow, surging atmosphere, if a man sings, he will lose that charm."

"Sing, sing, I didn't say I wanted to use your version!" Xiahou Mo was coaxing here, and everyone looked at Wang Xiaohu with great interest.

In desperation, Wang Xiaohu walked to the microphone, took a few glances at the lyrics, put on headphones, and made an OK gesture to Xiahou Mo and the others who were ready outside.

Then, Wang Xiaohu closed his eyes, and the strong accompaniment of "Shanghai Tang" came from his ears, and at the same time, Wang Xiaohu opened his mouth and sang

"Ah Hui, have you noticed that Ah Hu sings more domineering than Miss Ye!" Huang Zhan hugged his shoulders, looked at Wang Xiaohu, who was very engaged in the recording studio, and said to Gu Jiahui, a friend who was lost.

Gu Jiahui nodded and said: "When Ah Zhi first talked to me, my first reaction was to compose music with the unique image of a singer on the beach, and when I saw the lyrics you wrote, I wondered for a long time, what did I do with such a domineering writing." ”

"I also wrote according to Ah Hu's temper." Huang Zhan said a little depressedly: "I, like you, also have a big opinion about a woman singing "Shanghai Tang", but after Miss Ye sang it, my opinion disappeared, and I feel that Ah Hu knows very well what kind of singer he needs to sing." ”

"I feel that way, too." Gu Jiahui sighed and said: "He told me a few days ago that he has a big list next year, and a bunch of songs will be asked for me to write." ”

"Hey, could it be that he has a big plan?" Huang Zhan frowned and said, "Why don't I know. ”

"Haha, I feel like he's going to look for you soon, I heard Ah Zhi say that it seems to be a costume drama, a certain novel by Jin Yong!" Gu Jiahui raised his eyebrows, and said with some expectation: "I really hope that kid can give us more tasks at once." ”

"He eats meat, and we drink soup." Huang Zhan smiled evilly and said, "But it feels good to be a partner like this, at least Ah Hu has never lost a penny." ”

"Hey, you two old guys, can you be quiet, this is my territory!"

The two godfathers of the Hong Kong music scene chattered here endlessly, and finally provoked a certain aunt and grandmother of Concord Company.

"Hey, let's go, let's go to the lounge to smoke a cigarette and celebrate Ah Hu's singing of such a domineering Shanghai beach!" Gu Jiahui dragged Huang Zhan out of the recording studio

With the end of the accompaniment of "Shanghai Tang", Wang Xiaohu also woke up from the spiritual world he had constructed, this feeling was very wonderful, especially when he put on the headphones, the whole person was immersed in the atmosphere of the big era, and he was very relaxed when singing, unlike before when he had to watch the lyrics or rehearse many times to keep up with the rhythm, this feeling is great for Wang Xiaohu.

"Wow, Brother Tiger, you're singing awesome!" Xiahou Mo was the first to applaud, Ye Liyi also applauded, she said with a smile: "I really didn't expect Mr. Wang to sing so well, I knew that I wouldn't be ugly." ”

"Ha, Miss Ye, don't be careful!" Wang Xiaohu said at the moment: "The TV series is still played according to the songs you recorded, and you and I are here to make soy sauce." ”

"Soy sauce?" Ye Liyi's brain didn't turn around for a while, and then asked Xiahou Mo: "What does soy sauce mean?" ”

Xiahou Mo shook his head, "I don't know, it should be similar to playing tricks." ”

Wang Xiaohu didn't bother to explain, and said to Xiahou Mo: "Xiaomo, you take Miss Ye to the financial department to receive the salary first, and then come to my office later." ”

"Okay."

In the office of the president of Concord, Wang Xiaohu was waiting for the arrival of Xiahou Mo while checking the list of Spring Festival movies submitted by his theaters.

There are fewer and fewer movies produced by Concord this year, and the only blockbuster should be Xu Guanwen's "Modern Bodyguard", as for Jackie Chan's "Young Master Dragon", it avoids the Spring Festival stalls and arranges to be released anytime and anywhere, anyway, he now has a high box office appeal.

Yuan Heping's side because of the death of his father at the end of the year, the two films he supervised had to be stranded, and he was busy with the post-production work of "Shaolin Temple" in the editing room of Concord for the past few days, and called Hu Jianqiang, Yu Chenghui, and Jet Li, who were performing in Hong Kong, together to reshoot several scenes of drunken sword and drunken stick.

Wang Xiaohu also once took a look, after Yuan Heping's processing, the drunken sword and drunken stick action are more ornamental than before, which shows that Yuan Heping was greatly inspired during Yuan Xiaotian's hospitalization, in a sense, the action design of the "drunk" series in "Shaolin Temple" carries a lot of hard work of Yuan Heping's extremely deceased father.

Sammo Hung and Huang Baiming, Mai Jia, and Shi Tian formed a struggle group, and the four movies they collaborated on last year have already had a "Tiger and Chicken" released, and the box office results are not bad, and they have received more than 6 million.

This data is not very satisfactory for Concord, but Wang Xiaohu thinks that he is still relatively satisfied, he knows that this is only temporary, and after a period of running-in period, the two major companies of Xinyicheng and Debao will regain their foothold in the Hong Kong film circle.

"Brother Hu, Miss Ye has already taken her salary." Xiahou Mo knocked on the door and came in, and when he faced Wang Xiaohu alone, this little aunt and grandmother would behave very well-behaved.

"Hmm." Wang Xiaohu lowered his head and continued to look at the script submitted by the company this year, "How is the preparation for the recording of "Shaolin Temple"? ”

"What are you referring to, the song of the same name of "Shaolin Temple" and "Shepherd's Song" have been recorded, but" Xiahou Mo said here and stopped.

Wang Xiaohu raised his head to look at her and said, "But what? ”

"But there were minor problems with the actors' voiceovers." Xia Houmo said: "The Chinese dubbing of those actors in the mainland makes people dare not compliment, and some people's pronunciation will give people goosebumps. ”

Although "Shaolin Temple" also uses the effect of live recording, the local accents of the athletes of each martial arts team are relatively thick, and in order to take care of most of the domestic audience, it is inevitable to use too much dubbing.

"Haha!" Wang Xiaohu laughed when he heard this, this phenomenon that Xiahou Mo said does exist, he remembered that when he watched "Shaolin Temple" in his previous life, he was particularly dissatisfied with the dubbing of several actors in the film, especially Jet Li's sentence "Master" at that time, measured by the standards of his previous life, it is "hey", goosebumps are inevitable.

Today, I heard this old question from Xiahou Mo's mouth, which somewhat evoked the memories of Wang Xiaohu's previous life.

"Don't dwell on this issue, and find a professional to dub it when you encounter something that doesn't work." After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he thought for a while and continued to ask: "How is the English version of the recording?" ”

"It will take half a month, and the other version may take more than a month, our company does not have a special voice actor in Mandarin, and Brother Hu, you don't let Yue himself dub by himself."

Xia Houmo said that she was a little resentful here, because she knew that most of the movies produced by the company, except for Wang Xiaohu's special advice, were recorded by the studios of various countries, and even the copies sold by Shaw Brothers to the book were not responsible for recording and subtitling.

Wang Xiaohu's brows furrowed slightly, "It's not that I deliberately added workload to your recording team, you may not know it, a few years ago, "Jingwumen" starring me and Brother Xiaolong was revised by this film company, and it was very annoying in many places. So it's not just "Shaolin Temple", all the movies that the company will distribute to Yuben in the future must be recorded by the company in person, and you can hire some professional broadcasters or voice actors in Yuben to set up a special agency, or go to Yuben to directly hire a group of voice actors. ”

Wang Xiaohu's idea is not just so simple, he thinks about it very comprehensively, since Zong Yougui called to confirm the matter of "Shaolin Temple", he waited for Zong Yougui and his party to come to Hong Kong to sign the contract, at that time he will dub and subtitles shall not be modified without authorization in the book and list them in the contract, if there is a breach of contract, in addition to pursuing the corresponding laws and regulations, he also requires the studio to compensate for economic losses.

Either do it in accordance with the requirements of Concord, or don't talk about any agency, brother is not bad for money, this is Wang Xiaohu's tough attitude!

After Xiahou Mo left, Wang Xiaohu continued to look at the scripts submitted by the company, and after these uneven scripts, he suddenly found "Modern Heavenly Master" and "Heroes" written by Wu Yusen, and saw the corners of Wang Xiaohu's mouth curled up here.

"Hey, John, come to my office."

Hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaohu raised his hand and flicked lightly on the script of "Heroes", what do you want "Heroes", just open "The True Colors of Heroes"!

The memory of "The True Colors of Heroes" was planned by Tsui Hark, and John Woo fully implemented the director's work, and John Woo also acted as a screenwriter, but when filming "The True Colors of Heroes", Tsui Hark was full of pride, while John Woo and Chow Yun-fat were full of ambition.

John Woo was kicked out by Golden Harvest Company, New Arts City took in John Woo, Chow Yun-fat was used as box office poison at that time, and two depressed men created an enduring theme in the history of Chinese films with "The True Color of Heroes", and they are also the originators of hero streams.

If Wang Xiaohu is now acquainted with John Woo, he will definitely let John Woo shoot works such as "Iron Man Tenderness" and "Hero" first.

But Wang Xiaohu and John Woo have known each other for five or six years, and first let John Woo help Xu Guanwen toss for a few years of comedy and accumulate a lot of directing experience, and then let him serve as an assistant director in "First Blood", which comprehensively cultivated John Woo's ability to control firearms.

And "First Blood" will also premiere in North America in the near future, and I believe that John Woo will be favored not only in the Hong Kong film industry, but also in Hollywood's director circle.

Based on these experiences alone, Wang Xiaohu believes that John Woo already has the ability to support "The True Color of Heroes", since there are such mature conditions, why shoot "Heroes", for Wang Xiaohu is simply redundant.

When John Woo appeared in Wang Xiaohu's office, he looked a little nervous, because he knew that the boss must have called him for the script.

"Ah Hu, is the script not in line with the company's requirements?"

Wang Xiaohu shook his head and said: "I've read the script, let's talk about "Heroes" first, a typical Kurosawa style, do you want to shoot it into works like "Heart Stick" and "Seven Samurai"?" It's not good to be too ambitious, you have to talk about benevolence and righteousness, and you want to talk about feelings, you must know that you are writing a costume martial arts film, and the dialogue is too modern and incongruous. ”

Wu Yusen was silent when he heard this, because Wang Xiaohu was not open-mouthed, Wu Yusen put far more effort into "Hero" than "Modern Heavenly Master", he was like shooting a completely different martial arts movie, but after Wang Xiaohu said this, his heart began to waver.

That's right, as Wang Xiaohu said, the script of "Heroes" is full of too many ambitions, and it has to talk about this and that, which makes the whole movie look quite complicated, and it is completely conceivable how pitiful it is that there are few commercial elements in a complex movie.

"The script of "Modern Heavenly Master" is good, but do you still want to film for Xu Guanwen and them? This movie can be directly thrown to Xu Guanwen for filming, and you can name the screenwriter and collect a part of the dividends. Wang Xiaohu threw the two scripts on the table.

In fact, he can understand John Woo's mood at this time, "Modern Heavenly Master" is completely influenced by Sammo Hung's "Ghost Fight", and wants to shoot an absurd and funny comedy, but Wang Xiaohu doesn't want John Woo to follow such a routine, although there is no risk in this, seeing John Woo's face like earth, he couldn't help laughing.

"Ah, John, don't look like this, I didn't say there was nothing to be done in the script." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "I think you can take out the brotherly feelings in "Heroes", add something you think is appropriate, and try to go through the shootout if possible."

Wang Xiaohu saw the shadow of "The True Colors of Heroes" from "Heroes", so he focused on this part to Wu Yusen, after all, the story of "The True Colors of Heroes" should be instilled two or three years in advance, and Wu Yusen himself has not experienced a trough in history, but fortunately, Wu Yusen was naturally interested in this kind of theme and quickly grasped the trick.

"Okay, go back and think about the script slowly, don't worry about how much it costs, the problem of hiring actors, I will do it for you, your task is to get the script, you want a good script!" Wang Xiaohu gave Wu Yusen an order: "You can write the outline of each script and hand it over to Li Shaonan and them to deal with, the company doesn't eat dry food to support a group of contracted screenwriters, and you can screen it after they make the script." ”

"yes, I see."

(To be continued)