063 Jackie Chan's "Avenue of Stars"
When Wang Xiaohu came to the site of "Bruce Lee's Restaurant" in the Kowloon Garden District, it was undergoing intense renovation, and 14-year-old Yuan Biao put his hands behind his back, pointing at the workers who painted the walls from time to time, and looked like a little overseer.
Wang Xiaohu walked into the store and patted Yuan Biao on the shoulder and said kindly: "How is the construction progress of Ah Biao?" ”
Yuan Biao raised his head and said: "With me here to watch, these guys don't dare to be lazy, I discussed with their foreman just now, and it should be all renovated by the end of this month." ”
"Hehe, great, at the end of the month, it will enter the wax moon, just release the harmful gases in the room during the Spring Festival, and we will open after the Spring Festival." Wang Xiaohu looked in the room, and the current decoration of the store was basically completed in accordance with his own design drawings.
The theme of "Bruce Lee Restaurant" is to use Bruce Lee's fame to open a store, and the store is naturally mainly to promote Bruce Lee.
The storefront on the first floor is mainly a hall, with white walls and glossy black wall skirts representing the black and white structures of Jeet Kune Do. Wang Xiaohu plans to place some imitations from Bruce Lee's home here, and basically follow the decoration plan of Bruce Lee's home, giving people a feeling of "this is Bruce Lee's home", and you can come to Bruce Lee's home at any time as a guest.
The second floor is divided into six single rooms, one of which is named after Bruce Lee's famous work "The Sea of Lonely Heroes" in his early years, and the decoration in the room is also based on more than a dozen Cantonese films filmed by Bruce Lee in the early days, and the other five rooms are "Tangshan Brother", "Jingwumen", "Raptors Crossing the River", "Game of Death", "Enter the Dragon", from the name, you can see what kind of abacus Wang Xiaohu played, that is, according to the plot and style of each film, it will be based on some classic scenes in the film, If it weren't for the fact that the camera was too expensive, he would have bought a camera in the restaurant, so that every guest who came to the restaurant to eat could pose in a few poses in the costume in the play to record.
I can't afford a camera, and I can't afford to waste film, but Wang Xiaohu still bought a camera, and I can't get a documentary, so let's take a few sets of photos, and the price of the photos will be deducted from the meal. This idea was called "insidious" by Yuan Biao, and he was scolded as a "ghost guy", Wang Xiaohu did not refute it, anyway, as long as he can make money, he doesn't care if he is a ghost or not.
Wang Xiaohu told Yuan Biao a few words before leaving the "Bruce Lee Restaurant", and the next stop was to go to a sporting goods processing workshop in Kowloon, but he signed a contract with this processing workshop during the filming of "Jingwumen", asking them to provide 2,000 wooden and 200 rubber nunchucks after the release of "Jingwumen".
He had expected that when "Jingwumen" swept Xiangjiang, the humble weapon nunchucks would be very popular with Hong Kong citizens, especially young people, they would definitely think of getting a clip under their armpits, and learn from Bruce Lee's appearance to play a few times, in fact, as he expected, Chen Zhen used nunchucks twice in "Jingwumen", respectively, in the angry Hongkou Dojo and the ending with Fujita Gang, there are not many fight scenes, but many young people are dazzled, Many young people say that just watching Bruce Lee's nunchucks show is enough for ticket money, which shows how popular this gadget is.
The golden wooden nunchucks are engraved with two soaring dragons, one with the words "Jingwumen" on it, and the other with the words "Bruce Lee special" on it, the nunchucks are not very heavy, and they are as if they were in Wang Xiaohu's hands, but this is enough for those young people to play a few times. As for the black rubber nunchucks, it is printed with a golden flying dragon, the texture is solid and heavy, don't underestimate this black thing, if you are hit hard by it, you may have no problem at that time, but after a few days you will feel bruises, swelling and pain in the wound, this thing is definitely a sharp weapon for fighting, specially used to hit people with internal injuries, it is because of this, Wang Xiaohu ordered two hundred.
Wang Xiaohu was warmly welcomed by the owner of the processing workshop, knowing that Wang Xiaohu is now their big customer, and their company has not received such a large number of orders for two years.
After Wang Xiaohu saw the beautifully packaged and neatly placed nunchucks in front of him, he nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, Boss Zhang really values his reputation and processes these nunchucks in such a short period of time." ”
"Whereever, thanks to Mr. Wang taking care of us, otherwise we wouldn't be able to pay wages to workers during the Chinese New Year." Boss Zhang's face was like a blooming chrysanthemum, and he said with a smile on his waist.
Wang Xiaohu smiled, it seems that Boss Zhang is about to ask for money, "Well, this batch of nunchucks is of good quality, I am very satisfied, I will take the remaining funds tomorrow, I hope we have more opportunities to cooperate." ”
"Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Wang." The smile on Boss Zhang's face is self-evident, you must know that these 2,500 nunchucks are close to 15,000 Hong Kong dollars, which can be used to pay wages to workers for the New Year, and maybe there will be a lot of profits.
He didn't know that Wang Xiaohu's 30,000 Hong Kong dollars would be exchanged for more value, with Bruce Lee's personal endorsement, plus Bruce Lee's autographed book called "Nunchucks Technique" textbook, these three bundled together, each set of nunchucks will be sold for more than 30-50 Hong Kong dollars, which is definitely three to four times the cost price, the key is that after this publicity model opens the market, with the improvement of Bruce Lee's fame, the sales of nunchucks will get more room for improvement.
In fact, what Wang Xiaohu wants to process most is the kind of stainless steel nunchucks in his previous life, the material is light, the dancing is shiny, and there is a bell, which is absolutely windy, but unfortunately there is no argon arc welding process in Hong Kong now, so fine things cannot be processed.
When Wang Xiaohu returned to the rental room, it was already dark, and there were three single beds in the still dark and damp small room, which were the beds of himself, Yuan Biao, and Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan was frowning and sitting on the bed thinking about something, not even knowing that Wang Xiaohu came to him.
"What is Aaron thinking?" Wang Xiaohu sat beside Jackie Chan and shouted softly.
Jackie Chan seemed to be taken aback, "ah" and then found that it was Wang Xiaohu who breathed a sigh of relief, he stretched his waist and pillowed his hands, just lying on the futon and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I can't pay attention to a problem, and I'm worried." ”
Wang Xiaohu touched his nose and said, "If it is difficult for you to decide, you might as well speak it and listen to it, maybe I can help you with your advice." ”
Jackie Chan suddenly came to his senses when he heard this, he stood up and said happily: "Ah Hu, in fact, I have wanted to discuss with you for a long time, but you are now a five-million box office screenwriter, and you are a busy person sought after by other film and television companies and film companies, I can't see your figure all day long, so I can only worry about myself." ”
After Wang Xiaohu heard Jackie Chan say these complaining words, his face couldn't help but become embarrassed.
Jackie Chan is right, although "Jingwumen" has been released, and the box office is good, and the Spring Festival is approaching, everyone rarely has some free time, but he is still busy, and naturally he is estranged from Jackie Chan.
Wang Xiaohu grinned and said, "Hehe, I've been really busy lately, I'm sorry, Ah Long, you better tell me what the hell is going on." ”
Seeing that his tone was sincere, Jackie Chan also meant to apologize, and he didn't dwell on this matter at the moment, but bit his lip and said: "Ah Hu, a film and television company has come to me to sign a contract these days and asked me to go to their company to be the actor, you know that I have been a dragon and tiger martial artist for two years, and I have never had the opportunity to be the actor, but I am reluctant to leave everyone, so I am very embarrassed." ”
It turned out that when "Jingwumen" was released, it quickly caused a kung fu boom in Hong Kong, and most film and television companies were very optimistic about the prospects of kung fu films, so they naturally followed suit, and after they failed to dig Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu, they quickly adjusted their plans and began to dig out the dragon and tiger martial artists who participated in the filming of "Jingwumen", and the most invited were the members of "Seven Little Blessings".
Because they have received a month and a half of intensive training from Wang Xiaohu, coupled with the enrichment of some theoretical knowledge, their current cognition of kung fu films has transitioned from the perfect stage of the drama stage to the era of kung fu films, and among the Seven Little Blessings, Sammo Hung signed a three-year long contract with Golden Harvest, and will definitely not break the contract and go to other companies, Yuan Biao is still young, and refuses to leave Wang Xiaohu's left and right, and the appearance of other personnel is not very passable, so Jackie Chan has become the primary target of other companies.
Jackie Chan since graduation at the age of 16, has been running tricks in the film, his surname is active, like this noisy and enthusiastic industry, in "Jingwumen" he played the Hongkou Dojo of the Ronin, with a 360-degree empty leg method to kick Bruce Lee, but was kicked out of the camera by Bruce Lee's kicking volley, it is this difficult action that made many people pay attention to Jackie Chan, so Zhu Mu, the boss of Dadi Company, personally came to talk to Jackie Chan for a long time, and promised that as long as Jackie Chan joined Dadi Company, he would definitely make them popular, Let them be the male lead.
This is definitely a pleasant surprise for Jackie Chan, who has always been eager to play the male lead, he was excited to toss and turn in bed that night and couldn't sleep, he had the heart to tell Yuan Biao and Yuan Hu, let them help with advice, or share his joy, but these two guys have been busy these days and can't see people, this can suffocate Jackie Chan to death, and he can't make up his mind at home alone, and he is worried like that.
Wang Xiaohu touched his nose and didn't speak after listening, he was not very familiar with Jackie Chan's early experience, if he had an impression, it should be the "New Jingwumen", Wang Xiaohu remembered that it was after Bruce Lee's death, guided by Luo Wei, and used the original team of "Jingwumen" that year, and the protagonist also changed from Chen Zhen, the fifth junior brother of Jingwumen, to a gangster Jackie Chan.
As for the general plot of this film, Wang Xiaohu doesn't remember it very clearly, but the box office is still so-so, plus Jackie Chan once made a film with Bruce Lee, and a few nunchucks were also revealed in "New Jingwumen", anyway, the gimmick is still full of appeal, but this film did not become popular Jackie Chan, and then Luo Wei kept trying new scripts, and once went to Gu Long to write a tailor-made script for Jackie Chan, who knew that Gu Long, who was proud of his name at the time, once said to Jackie Chan in person: "My novel is for Dillon and Jiang David, Not for you. ”
Even as a master writer of martial arts novels, it is too much and rude to speak like this, but Gu Long's words also have his vision and reason. Jackie Chan has a fierce and rugged appearance, which is not suitable for filming costume dramas. It's really hard to find yourself by following others. The Dillon and Jiang David mentioned by Gu Long are the leading martial arts stars of "Shaw Brothers". Jiang David is not tall, known as the "shrinking actor", and has a brave and rebellious temperament. Dillon is handsome and steady, with the demeanor of a general. Both of them have been popular in the film industry for many years and are very popular with the audience.
Jackie Chan's failure to become popular gradually became Luo Wei's heart disease, and in the end, dozens of films were made, but they did not become popular. This is Wang Xiaohu's only memory of Jackie Chan's early adventures in the film and television industry, in fact, it can't be said that Jackie Chan can't do it, he has good skills, and he also loves the film industry, if you really want to say it wrong, you can only blame the audience's tastes at that time were raised by Bruce Lee, they are used to Bruce Lee's style, no one can surpass Bruce Lee in the 70s, even Jackie Chan is so.
"Ah Hu, don't be stunned, what should I do now? To sign or not to sign? I'm going to die! Jackie Chan pounded the bed board anxiously.
Wang Xiaohu exhaled, sorted out his thoughts and said: "Ah Long, what I want to say is that if you choose to sign a contract with Dadi Company, you can get the opportunity to play the leading role, but at present, Bruce Lee's family is big, and others have no chance to get ahead, do you understand?" ”
"I know, but I've been a Dragon and Tiger martial artist for so long, isn't it just to become a starring role like Bruce Lee?" Jackie Chan said excitedly: "This is an opportunity, maybe I will regret it for the rest of my life if I miss this opportunity, maybe I may fail, but I want to try." ”
"Haha, you've already made up your mind, what else do you need me to help you with?" Wang Xiaohu stood up with a smile and said: "Ah Long, it's not a bad thing to go outside, I support you, remember, when you come back to us when you encounter a low point in your career, we are still good brothers." ”
"Well, thank you, Ah Hu!" After Jackie Chan finished speaking, he couldn't wait to jump up from the bed, put on his clothes and was about to go out.
"Hey, Aaron, what are you going to do?" Wang Xiaohu asked puzzled.
"I'm going to buy some food and drinks, and then we'll get drunk." Jackie Chan's voice came from outside the door.
Wang Xiaohu looked at Jackie Chan in the distance and shook his head with a wry smile, not that he didn't want to help Jackie Chan shoot a comedy kung fu movie, but now is not the time, under the aura of Bruce Lee, anyone has to avoid it, and he is the driving force that makes that halo more dazzling and dazzling.
"Maybe this is a good thing for him, as he sang in his previous life: how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain"