Chapter 130: Digging into the Corner
"It's not me looking for it, it's Brother Xiaodong who said that he misses you Director Wang every night. No, he was thin-skinned, so he had to send me over and invite you to reminisce about a stormy night......"
"Yan Zai, you are more ruthless!"
"Holy! I don't see it!! ”
"Haha...... Director Wang, it turns out that you and Cheng Xiaodong still have a leg!! ”
It was Wang Jing, although she was thundered by Lu Yan's words, but her eyes lit up and said: "Yan Zai, are you interested in being my hero?" As long as you nod your head, I'll immediately delete all the footage of Ah B and reshoot it......"
"Director, you're too direct! Anyway, I'm not here! When Zhong Zhentao heard this, he immediately pretended to be aggrieved.
"I think what you're acting now is even better than the official start of filming......"
"Lak, are you looking for death!!"
Fortunately, under the circumstance of being deceived, Lu Yan finally got Wang Jing to his shooting site.
In fact, Wang Jing originally had the intention to come to the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" to take a look, in fact, he was more interested in Lu Yan than anyone else. Both are directors, but this young man can create such a big sensation every time he shoots a new movie. Especially about the rumors some time ago, it cast a veil of mystery over Lu Yan.
"Oops! Wang Fatty, I'm really worried that Yan Zai won't move you! It's good that you're here, Yi Zai, quickly let someone change Director Wang's costumes!! Seeing Wang Jing's arrival, Cheng Xiaodong immediately stepped forward with a smile to say hello and began to instruct the staff to prepare to change clothes and makeup for Wang Jing.
"Xiaodong, how long do I ......" Halfway through the words, Wang Jing suddenly reacted and said: "Change into clothes??" ”
A pair of eyes looked at Lu Yan and Cheng Xiaodong curiously, obviously not knowing what was going on.
"You didn't tell him?" Cheng Xiaodong asked.
Of course, Lu Yan waved his hand and said: "I am only responsible for helping you help Director Wang invite me over, if there is anything you can solve privately......"
"Damn!" The corners of Cheng Xiaodong's mouth twitched and scolded, Lu Yan clearly took revenge on himself for deliberately letting him play tricks!
In the end, Cheng Xiaodong, who was helpless, had to start explaining the whole story for Wang Jing, and finally knew that Lu Yan had invited him over to play tricks, Wang Jing's expression began to be exciting.
"Yan Zai, it turns out that my position in your eyes is so low! Anyway, I just said that you should be my hero, and I will become a trickster when I come to you! ”
When these people in the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" heard Wang Jing's words, they immediately burst into laughter.
Lu Yan also scratched his head as if he was distressed: "Don't you see it's too late, if there is an emergency, I think only Brother Wang can solve it!" Right? ”
I have to say that Wang Jing's mastery of the scene is still very fast, but it may be that he is used to making ghost horse comedy films. So it's always so exaggerated when performing, but the effect finally comes out. In Lu Yan's opinion, the current Wang Jing really can't talk about any acting skills. Unlike some later cameos, a lot of things can be conveyed between a few glances.
“cut! Brother Wang, I'm really bothering you today. ”
Although the filming was barely possible, this scene was finally over. However, Lu Yan was not ready to let Wang Jing go so soon, but pulled him to the side to chat.
"I heard that Shaw Brothers is about to stop production, Brother Wang, is this true?" Lu Yan suppressed his voice, showing great curiosity. In fact, such a knowingly asked thing made Wang Jing a little funny.
But since people asked, of course they had to pretend to be helpless on their faces: "There is such a thing!" I don't know when. ”
In fact, although the current Shaw Brothers film production has decreased, it attaches importance to modern themes in its creation. Representative works include "Men and Women", "Love in a Fallen City", "Seven Wrong Loves", "Women's Heart", etc., all of which are remarkable. In the 80s, Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. had an annual output of 20~30 units. After that, the TV show became more and more exciting, stealing a large number of moviegoers. The pace of life is getting more and more rushed, and people don't have the leisure and leisure to go to the cinema.
The previous Shaw Brothers directors left the studio one by one, and the Shaw Brothers movies gradually lost their previous characteristics, and the golden signboards no longer had the same radiance as before. Then, it reduces production, or even comes down to a halt in production.
After getting Wang Jing's reply, Lu Yancai nodded and said, "Now the Shaw Brothers are engaged in some small costs and small productions. I don't know Brother Wang, are you interested in filming some big cards? ”
"Big Kashi?" Wang Jing's eyelids couldn't help jumping.
His father is Wang Tianlin, one of TVB's most awesome ace producers. And he also inherited the mantle early and began to mix in the entertainment industry. Later, he has been working as a director at Shaw Brothers Film Company, although the movies he has made have also failed to do well at the box office, but after all, they are all small fights. If it really compares to the production of big casters, it is far inferior!
Every director wants to be able to shoot his own blockbuster, so why wouldn't Wang Jing!
And Lu Yan's current intentions have been very naked. These words inadvertently represent that Dongcheng Imaging threw an olive branch to Wang Jing.
If you were Wang Jing in the past, you might not consider it at all. Because Shaw Brothers Films has not reached this point, and Dongcheng Pictures is just a small reading power production company. Compared with other film companies, he is indeed inferior.
But now it's different, because the boss of this company is Lu Yan. This rookie director, who is only in his early twenties, is known as a genius director. At least from the point of view of "The True Color of Heroes", this is indeed the case. Wang Jing also thinks that she can't make such a type of movie.
Lu Yan looked at Wang Jing with a strong smile, this controversial director who will become famous in the future.
"Bad movie director" seems to be Wang Jing's most common title, and related words include gambling, pornography, and low-grade fun, but the corresponding positive figures are his astonishing number of works and super high movie box office, which has since been directed, produced and invested in by Wang Jing to shoot more than 200 films, with a total box office of more than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars from 1985 to 2005. 95% of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars have shown their faces in his movies to a greater or lesser extent, and now many big-name actors and even international superstars in Hong Kong have become popular with gambling films and comedies directed by Wang Jing - Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Tony Leung, Shu Qi, Qiu Shuzhen, and the new actor Zhang Jiahui at the later Academy Awards.
It is never an exaggeration to call Wang Jing the "director of the gambling king", but he thinks that he is not particularly fond of gambling, and he rarely gambles, and the reason why he loves to make gambling films is to consider the market. His emphasis on the entertainment surname and commercial elements of the film has been evident since his debut, and he has never planned to transition to pure literary films in the turbulent era of Hong Kong gambling films set off by him.
Wang Jing's films have a kind of business surname that does not care, and the obscure pornography, the casinos that should be gloomy, and the vulgar jokes are the constant focus of his films. Just like his smiling face with a worldly taste that has not changed for decades, he has the homely style of wine and wealth and the cunning of knowing everything.
This fat man, who is often criticized as a "vulgar director" and has a smiling face like a four-happiness pill, his background in a literary family is enough to make many literary film directors ashamed of themselves.
And Lu Yan is preparing to take advantage of the imminent suspension of production of Shaw Brothers to officially bring Wang Jing under his command. Dongcheng Image is now short of major generals, and if there is a chance, of course Lu Yan will seize it.
Seeing that Wang Jing's originally funny face began to become solemn, Lu Yan waved his hand with a smile and said, "Brother Wang, don't rush to give me an answer." The door of our East City Image is ready to open for you. As for now, we're still rivals! I hope your "Ghost Horse and Flying Man" can have a good box office! ”
"Yan Zai, you are terrible in the future!" Wang Jing sighed before leaving the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story".
Obviously, Wang Jing did start to think seriously about this invitation from Lu Yan. It is precisely because of this that he behaves so entangled. Perhaps, this director Wang Da probably has long had the idea of leaving Shaw Brothers. Whenever he wanted to ask for more investment to shoot the script he wanted, he would always be rejected by some of the Shaw Brothers executives. In the long run, Wang Jing will inevitably be resentful.
Wang Jing pondered and left like this, which of course aroused Cheng Xiaodong's curiosity.
"Yan Zai, is Wang Fatzi unhappy that we have brought him over to run so many tricks?"
"No, I just asked him if he would like to come to Dongcheng to reflect it!"
Seeing Lu Yan say so indifferently and easily, Cheng Xiaodong suddenly exclaimed: "You really dare to ask anything!" Although he Wang Jing is not a veteran of the Shaw Brothers, he is a member of TVB of Miao Genzhenghong. You're so direct......"
"Look at what you say, it seems like how wicked I am! I just saw that the big tiger of Shaw Brothers was about to fall, and I thought that Brother Wang was quite talented, so I just invited it. As for whether he wants to or not, it's not all his own business! Although he said that, the expression on Lu Yan's face was quite confident.
When Cheng Xiaodong saw this scene, he immediately muttered: "Big flicker, flicker!" Look at the expression of the fat man leaving, so dignified. Yanzai, you're going to fool a right-hand man again!! ”
"I'll your ......"
Before the words fell, Lu Yan, who was originally smiling and scolding Cheng Xiaodong, suddenly rushed towards the filming site. Although he and Cheng Xiaodong were chatting, the next shooting was being prepared. And the scene that Lu Yan saw was that Wang Zuxian, who was hanging Weiya, suddenly fell down like a kite with a broken string.
He didn't have time to react to what was wrong, so he jumped over like a leopard.
(To be continued)