Run Run Shaw is very refreshed now, and by buying all the theaters of Concord Company in Taiwan at a price two percent lower than the market, and then changing the name of Shaw Brothers to fully support Zhang Che's self-organized Longbow Film Company. [No pop-up novel network]

When Wang Xiaohu expanded his territory in Taiwan to acquire theaters, Run Run Shaw also learned the same thing, just when Zhang Che's contract expired, others were about to get along, who expected that Run Run Shaw would secretly fund Zhang Che to set up a Longbow Film Company in Taiwan and begin to harvest the Taiwanese market.

Longbow Films' business in Taiwan is not very prosperous, mainly because Concord's kung fu films have a wide coverage of the entire Southeast Asian region, and everyone is accustomed to Concord's style, and they gradually lose interest in the films of the older generation of great directors Zhang Che.

Anyone who writes novels knows that if you rashly change your style, you will lose a fixed readership, and the corresponding truth is the same as being a director, Zhang Che's kung fu film style is masculine and violent aesthetics, cherishing heroes and valuing heroes, and emphasizing the friendship between brothers.

And Wang Xiaohu's style is awe-inspiring and does not lose his viewing surname, and the female lead in each film he starred in is definitely not a vase, and even plays the role of the finishing touch, adding a lot of color to the film, and the collocation of literary drama and martial arts drama is beyond the reach of his peers, so this also declares that Wang Xiaohu's movie cannot be copied surname, because you never know what style his next one will be.

Zhang Che has been in Taiwan for the past two years, and all his five apprentices were stuffed into the cinema by him to watch the movies starring Wang Xiaohu, from "Righteous Hero" to "Ip Man" and then to "Ah Hu", during which there were also "Jingwumen" and "The Journey of the Warrior", the five movies made Zhang Jiaban watch it dozens of times, and gradually found some characteristics in martial arts design.

So Wang Xiaohu was very surprised when he saw this "Shaolin Five Ancestors" in the cinema!

"Not bad! There is a big breakthrough in action design, this movie is different from the usual style of the great director Zhang Che! Even Wang Xiaohu, who is so picky, admires Zhang Che at this time.

The artistic effect of this film is very popular, the color and brightness are outstanding, and the bright and dazzling golden light is different from Zhang Che's other works. And Zhang Che is also racking his brains in terms of action design, Hu Dedi, Cai Dezhong, Ma Chaoxing, Li Shikai, Fang Dahong's kung fu has its own characteristics, and several kung fu coefficients that are circulated in Southern Shaolin are deduced, and the plot of practice upgrading is very interesting.

Zhang Che's five proud disciples, Jiang David, Dillon, Fu Sheng, Qi Guanguan and Meng Fei, played the five ancestors. This movie mainly highlights Fu Sheng, followed by Qi Champion, but from the film itself, the roles of the five protagonists are still average, and the plot mainly tells the story of the five ancestors who went north to the Central Plains to contact the heroes of all parties to fight against the Qing court after the burning of Southern Shaolin.

"How? I said yes! ”

can be appreciated by a picky person like Wang Xiaohu, Run Run Shaw felt that he had face on his face, and his mouth couldn't help but close: "According to your estimate, how much can the box office of "Shaolin Five Ancestors" be?" ”

"Our two companies have a total of 173 cinemas in Hong Kong, and according to the statistics of "Film Fortnightly", the publicity effect in the early stage is not bad, and 1.37 million movie tickets were sold before the release.

Wang Xiaohu thought about it for a while and said, his data is very reliable, you must know that although Zhang Che has not released new works for two years, his reputation in the circle is still there, plus the box office appeal of Jiang David and Dillon in Southeast Asia, as well as the finale of Fu Sheng, who was popular with "God Hit", can have 13 million is less.

"Hey! After all, it's still not as perverted as you kid! After listening to this data, Run Run Shaw sighed, who made Wang Xiaohu's "Ip Man" hit the highest box office that year, and no one could surpass it in a few years! This sum is only 2 million more than the box office figures of "Ip Man" in Hong Kong.

There really can't be compared between people, Run Run Shaw shook his head depressedly, he was hit!

He didn't have a deep association at all, the release of "Ip Man" was not only because of the excellent quality of the film, but also because of many other superimposed factors, such as the endorsement of the grandmaster Ip Man, such as the light of Bruce Lee, such as the various charity performances of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union in the June 18 rain disaster, such as the good impression left by Wang Xiaohu on the audience, etc., these preludes are the result of Wang Xiaohu's careful arrangement, and it is no wonder that the box office results are not hot.

Shaw didn't understand these truths back then, and he doesn't bother to figure them out now.

If it weren't for Bruce Lee's sudden death, Wang Xiaohu's main movie would have set a new record for Hong Kong films. Through various aspects, you can come to a conclusion: the real kung fu era has indeed been affected to varying degrees because of Bruce Lee's departure, and the box office is the best proof of this.

This has something to do with Wang Xiaohu's new ideas for broadening Hong Kong kung fu movies in the future, and his comprehensive praise of Seven Little Fortunes Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuan Biao also has a certain relationship, of course, more importantly, Wang Xiaohu is deliberately controlling this line, if he wants to refresh the record, it is extremely easy, but if it is too rebellious, it will make a terrible fault in the development of Hong Kong films.

"Sixth uncle, don't sigh for a long time, two years ago, Sir MacLehose, the Governor of Hong Kong, personally presided over the award of the CBE awarded to you by the Queen of England!"

Wang Xiaohu said enviously that he did not understand the meaning of this so-called CBE medal, in short, since then, Run Run Shaw has taken a broader step in Hong Kong's high society.

"What do you envy!" Run Run Shaw said with a bitter face: "You kid is almost there!" ”

"Oh?" Wang Xiaohu was stunned, will this thing be related to himself? "Unlikely, right?"

"How could it be? It is said that when you won the Oscar for Best Director, you should have received this medal, after all, you are the only Hong Kong person who won the highest honor at the Oscar, but some of the remarks you made at that time made some people in the British political axe not like it very much, so this medal was not awarded to you. ”

Run Run Shaw smiled and said, "Otherwise, we would have both been awarded the medal at the same time." These words were secretly told to me by MacLehose. ”

"Hehe, since they don't like it, why do you still say that I'm about to be awarded?" Wang Xiaohu asked puzzled.

"Do you really think that the mainland will completely bury your role in the Tangshan earthquake?" Shaw frowned and said: "The mainland will treat you so badly, but the British political axe will not!" There is no impermeable wall under the sky, and the British embassy on the mainland is all blind? ”

"Well, I have a share in that!" Wang Xiaohu was stunned.

"Well, if I'm not mistaken, the medal you have to accept should not be as simple as the commander's medal, and it is not too much to give a knight according to your contributions." Run Run Shaw said with a smile.

"I don't understand this set of titles." Wang Xiaohu pursed his lips and said, "Love to give it or not, anyway, this thing can't be eaten!" ”

Shaw raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and scolded with a smile: "The boy who doesn't grow up! ”

The two gossiped about kung fu, "The Five Ancestors of Shaolin" has been screened, Wang Xiaohu said goodbye to Run Run Shaw and returned home, was urinated when he was playing with his son, and clumsily helped his son change his diaper, but he didn't want to be criticized by Zhao Yazhi for a few words, the reason is that our Xiaohu classmates changed diapers very unruly, and hurriedly made a few grimaces on his son and fled back to the study.

In "Hong Xiguan", Wang Xiaohu is about to play a bit of "cold-blooded and ruthless" Hong Xiguan, he has consulted relevant historical materials, and knows that Hong Xiguan is a Shaolin disciple and the founder of Hong Boxing, and under the recommendation of relatives, he and Fang Shiyu, Fang Xiaoyu, Fang Meiyu brothers and Liang Yasong and others worship Cai Jiuyi as a teacher to learn Shaolin martial arts, and later called "Shaolin Ten Tigers".

In the movie, Hong Xiguan, who took his son Hong Wending to avoid being chased by the government, is obviously a little different from the historical record, but after all, it is still entertainment, and the requirements of the movie are not very strict, so Wang Xiaohu did not spend much time grinding in this regard, but directly created the script.

I haven't written a script about a martial arts kung fu movie for a long time, so Wang Xiaohu is really a little at a loss when he comes up, because while he is writing the script, he is also thinking about the selection of actors in his mind.

As mentioned earlier, Hong Xiguan, Hong Wending, Shaolin Five Ancestors, and Ma Dashanren have been finalized, and now what we have to solve is the candidate for the villain Ma Ninger in the film, according to Wang Xiaohu's memory, Ma Ninger in the original version was played by Ji Chunhua, this master was born to be a villain.

After Wang Xiaohu thought about it, he determined that Zhou Billy was the best candidate in the Hong Kong circle, if nothing else, Zhou Billy and Ji Chunhua are still similar in some aspects, for example, they are both regular guests who make cameo appearances as villains, for example, both of them are more "fierce" in appearance, which makes people know at a glance that they are not good people, and more importantly, the martial arts attainments of the two are very good.

"That's him!" Wang Xiaohu added a bracket after Ma Ninger's name - Zhou Billy continued to create, but this time he was quickly stuck, the reason is very simple, who will play the mother and daughter of Hongdou?

The original version of Hongdou is played by Qiu Shuzhen, and this heroine has two impressions left by Wang Xiaohu: annihilation, charming, and deceitful in several rival scenes between her and Hong Xiguan.

(To be continued)