Chapter 185: The Gambling King's Approval

“Cut”

As soon as Wang Jing's neat voice sounded, several staff members immediately helped Lu Yan down. Recently, because the end of "God of Gamblers" is approaching, it will be officially completed after going to Macau to shoot. So he suspended the filming of "Rouge Buckle" in the past two days, and by the way, he also let Leslie Cheung and them concentrate on cultivation again.

As for himself, he was filming on the Shaw Brothers set in Clear Water Bay. fights one after another, and he is really good at filming.

Looking at Lu Yan's somewhat blue face, Wang Jing also smiled helplessly: "Yan Zai, can't you carry it?" ”

"No problem." Lu Yan waved his hand, but his complexion was not so good. It's nothing if he insists on it for a day or two, but he really can't stand it after such a rush to shoot continuously.

"Okay, you can rest first. I'll take a few of the remaining shots of Fa Ge and them first......"

A big reason why Wang Jing is in such a hurry, in addition to rushing to release it in the summer, is because the filming lease period in Clear Water Bay is about to expire. Since the gradual discontinuation of Shaw Brothers Film Company, it has become a place where many TVB TV dramas come to shoot.

Lu Yan naturally knew the reason for this, and he even secretly wondered if it was necessary to quickly develop the hardware facilities of the Dongcheng Image. And gradually improve each department, and thoroughly push it to the table

The Hong Kong film industry during this period was like a martial arts in Lu Yan's eyes, and the film companies were also like different gangs. The same is indispensable, dragon fighting, grievances and hatred. ——Back then, "Shaw Brothers" and "Golden Harvest" Yinhai competed for hegemony, the two major leaders, Run Shaw and Zou Wenhuai, had a deep relationship, but they were the same as fire and water, Lu Yan saw that they had exhausted their organs for so many years, and winning or losing was just a momentary number.

If you let Lu Yan investigate the reasons why Uncle Shao Liu's frequent mistakes are made, it is actually very related to the large-scale studio system that Shaw Brothers has always pursued. It turned out that the company not only required actors and directors to sign a "body contract" for one to several years, but also could not go outside to take on the scene during this period. In addition, there are restrictions on the salary level of employees, and the creative and filming rights are mainly concentrated in the hands of a few high-level executives such as Run Run Shaw. - All this, it is indeed difficult to recruit or retain Bruce Lee and Xu Guanwen, superstars who need to be equal and independent. In contrast, Zou Wenhuai implemented an independent production system, and he changed the employment relationship with the actors to a cooperative relationship, and the film profits were also shared with the actors. What's more, Golden Harvest also established a satellite company contracting system to fund film companies with box office guarantees to make films, Bruce Lee's "Concord", Xu Guanwen's "Hui's", Sammo Hung's "Baohe" in the future, Jackie Chan's "Weihe", are all Golden Harvest's satellite companies. They have decision-making power and a great deal of creative freedom, but the script, budget and filming schedule are still under the supervision of the parent company. In this way, it naturally recruited a large number of box office stars and excellent film creators, and by the early 80s, Golden Harvest Pictures was developing rapidly, and the company's strength seemed to be shoulder to shoulder with Shaw Brothers.

Since the late 70s, the Hong Kong film industry has formed a situation of confrontation between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. The two major film companies have large-scale studios and distribution theaters respectively, Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay Cinema and Golden Harvest's Axe Mountain Road Studio, which are filming every day. Every time it comes to the prime time, the two major theater chains will do their best to fight, while other independent small production companies can only survive in the cracks. This situation lasted until 1981, when Mai Jia, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming formed the "New Art City" film company, which had won the support of the wealthy "Golden Princess" group the previous year

Under the front attack and rear attack of Xinyi City and Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers can no longer hold on. However, the three-legged pattern of the Hong Kong film industry during this period has not been broken, because Pan Dihua's acquisition of Debao Company and Shaw Brothers' cinema chain continued to fight with New Arts City and Golden Harvest.

And just when the three big companies were still three-legged, the independent production company led by Lu Yan began to emerge with the strength of one person. If it weren't for the fact that Dongcheng Imaging was too small, Hong Kong's entertainment media would probably have classified it in the big war.

So, does Lu Yan himself hope to break the deadlock of the three-legged standoff?

The answer to this question is obvious, Lu Yan's Dongcheng image is actually developing rapidly. Whether it is in terms of the recovery of funds or in the staffing. Every move of Lu Yan is derived from a rationalized and streamlined film company model, but the more it develops, the more Lu Yan feels that his steps need to be urgent.

Just like now

Shaw Brothers has the Clear Water Bay set, while Golden Harvest has the Axe Mountain Road set...... Every big company has its own photography studio. As an independent producer, Dongcheng Imaging is obviously not ready now.

Of course, with the current talent of Dongcheng Imaging, although it is difficult to get a photography studio, it is not impossible. It's just that there is a cost-effective problem here, if you produce 2 or 3 films a year, what kind of photography studio will you make? It's really open, and absolutely all of them say that you have a sick brain

Therefore, the development of film companies needs to be gradually improved

"What do you think? It's not like "Rouge Buckle" again......"

Cheng Xiaodong came over and patted Lu Yan's shoulder, which suddenly made Lu Yan startled and reacted: "Brother Xiaodong, can you make a noise and pat me again......

"Is there anything wrong with you thinking about things yourself?"

As one of the partners, Cheng Xiaodong, Lu Yan suddenly poured out his thoughts and said: "I wonder if to get a photography studio"

"Are you crazy?" Cheng Xiaodong hissed a breath of cold air, smiled wryly and waved his hand: "This time, you can't mess with your temperament, we made two movies last year, and there are only four of them this year?" With this amount, if we don't lose money by raising a photography studio, it's good for the company to develop, but we have to come step by step."

"You're crazy, won't I tell you about it?" Lu Yan pursed his lips, and suddenly said with a bitter look: "With my own photography studio, I can shoot as much as I want in the future." It's just that we have to find a way to train some more talents."

Listening to Lu Yannian's chatter, Cheng Xiaodong said helplessly: "Don't think about that first, let's get "God of Gamblers" done first, you are so decent, why do you want to go to Macau to shoot again?" Do you want to go to the Lisboa Casino to shoot? ”

"What we shoot is a gambling film, how can we not go to Macau, especially in a luxurious place like the Lisboa Casino, the shooting is absolutely real. When the time comes, I will rent a private room on the gambling boat......" In Lu Yan's opinion, since he is going to shoot "God of Gamblers", of course, he must try to shoot it perfectly. On the original script, he has repeatedly revised it several times.

"Lisboa does not allow photography, photography ......" Cheng Xiaodong shrugged his shoulders helplessly, in his opinion, entering the Lisboa Casino to shoot is definitely a fantasy.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yan had already considered this level, waved his hand and said, "I have already asked my grandfather to contact Mr. He Hongshen."

"Hmm" Cheng Xiaodong didn't say anything more, but gave Lu Yan a thumbs up and said, "This is the benefit of being well-connected." ”

"It's just the elders taking care of it." Lu Yan obviously didn't want this, but if he wanted to enter Lisboa for filming, he had to pass the nod of approval to get the Macau 'gambling king'. In fact, the so-called Lisboa casino does not allow photography, and the rules of photography have been broken. That is, of course, on a later movie

That movie is "Las Vegas Tycoon" starring Andy Lau and Wan Ziliang

The Xiang Huaqiang brothers have a certain friendship with He Hongshen, and after purchasing the famous gambling ship "Oriental Princess" that made He Hongshen anxious. He secretly negotiated for the ship to withdraw from gambling on the high seas, thus contracting a "Jincheng gambling hall" of Ho Hung-sun in Macau.

In the "Las Vegas Tycoon" filmed by the Xiang brothers, Stanley Ho not only did not object, but also helped to a considerable extent, as evidenced by the "Shun Tak Group" sponsoring and using "Lisboa". And Wang Jing's two dramas highly praised the gambling king, and he did not hesitate to "slander" He Hongshen's opponent "Ye Han" for this reason......

Therefore, this gambling king is actually very 'reasonable'. In addition, the gambling king relied on the emerging real estate business in Hong Kong to become a multimillionaire, and there were some figures of his own old man behind him. If you talk about friendship, it is indeed not shallow, for the grandson of an old friend, you want to make a movie and go to the Lisboa Casino to shoot a scene. The gambling king is an old man, and of course he is welcome. If it were someone else, there would be no chance to talk at all

"I've heard that gangsters are also rampant in Macau, shouldn't we have made some red envelopes in the past? After all, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake...... "Wang Jing, who had just finished shooting a scene, also immediately joined the conversation. In his opinion, everyone is seeking money. Mainly, it is mainly stability.

"What kind of red envelopes are packed, are you still afraid of any mess in the Lisboa Casino? I don't know if Yan Tsai goes to Macau as a strong dragon. But the gambling king must be the biggest snake in Macau, right? ”

Obviously, he only heard that he was going to Macau to shoot, but he didn't hear Lu Yan say that he had asked his old man to contact the gambling king. As soon as he heard Cheng Xiaodong's words, Wang Jing suddenly came to his senses and smiled and said: "Yan Zai, you still went to Lisboa to play before you had your hands and eyes, but you went in to make a movie...... We're all one."

"Is it the only one" Lu Yan touched his chin, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "Then take more shots of Lisboa, and then cut out a film before the release." Even if we thank Mr. He for giving us face and allowing us to shoot, we will also promote Lisboa for him by the way."

"Poof...... He also needs you to promote Lisboa, I'm afraid most people know about it. I think it's you who borrowed Lisboa as a gimmick, and fried "God of Gamblers" Cheng Xiaodong suddenly looked at Lu Yan with laughter, he had learned a lot of tricks from this little boss.

"That's right, but you can't say that" Lu Yan also laughed along, but he knew what "God of Gamblers" could bring. Although "God of Gamblers" has not put much effort into exposing all kinds of thousands, it expounds: ten bets and nine cheats, and ten bets and nine losses

It's just that Lu Yan also knows that this kind of truth can rarely deter people. Because there are always some people who can't stand the temptation of gambling

Wang Jing also suddenly understood, and suddenly realized: "Yan Zai's publicity methods before the release have always been very set. What I remember vividly is the moment of "The True Color of Heroes". Even my dad asked me later what the hell was going on with that movie, and in the end, I took my family to watch "The True Color of Heroes" again......"

"Don't look deceived, "The True Color of Heroes" is already very good. You don't suffer ......"

Cheng Xiaodong, who heard this, also strongly supported Lu Yan and said: "That's it"

How can it not be "The True Colors of Heroes", but it is also mixed with a lot of Cheng Xiaodong's hard work

Looking at the time, after chatting and chatting about the time, Wang Jing once again asked the resting actors and crew to start burying their positions.

"Brother Fa, let's grasp a pass"

Chow Yun-fat tilted his head and deliberately pretended: "I'm fine, it's up to you to do it."

"Why didn't I see that you were so humble" Lu Yan felt the difference between Chow Yun-fat, and couldn't help but joke foully: "In this way, it will be 'NG' later." We asked Director Wang who the problem was. If there's a problem, I'll invite the whole crew to have a meal when I arrive in Macau."

Chow Yun-fat didn't think much about it, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay, no problem." ”

There are only a few people who can go to Macau to shoot, and they can still afford a meal.

"Yan Zai, Fa Ge...... What are you muttering, bury your position, prepare ......" Wang Jing admonished, and then raised his voice and said: "Attention departments...... A”

"Fifth Brother ......"

Unexpectedly, Chow Yun-fat had just spoken, and Wang Jing suddenly said unexpectedly: "Cut"

Chow Yun-fat, who reacted when he heard the words, immediately looked at Lu Yan, but found that Lu Yan was also stunned with a surprised face: "What's the situation?" ”