Wang Xiaohu still has plans for Shaw Brothers, otherwise he would not have a partnership relationship with Run Run Shaw, and in the near future, Shaw Brothers will come out of the backbone of a large number of Hong Kong films, those stars, those directors are the envy of Wang Xiaohu, one of them is John Woo. 【】

It's not that Wang Xiaohu can't direct "The True Colors of Heroes", nor does it mean that he didn't study gunfights and the era of "hero films", it's just that in his previous life, he focused all his energy on the field of "kung fu films", focusing on the action styles of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen and other four people, he can shoot "The True Color of Heroes", but he can't shoot the artistic conception of John Woo, which may be a limitation of personal style and talent.

Wang Xiaohu believes that some classics must be slashed by the original creator in order to show the taste of classics and become classics, and "The True Color of Heroes" is one of them!

So for John Woo, he is determined to win! It's just that he didn't dare to say these words in front of Run Run Shaw, otherwise Uncle Six would definitely kick himself a few times, and then pointed to his nose and jumped to his feet and scolded angrily: You stinky boy has been thinking about the Shaw Brothers, sooner or later, one day my Shaw Brothers will have to be hollowed out by you!

In the gap between the filming of "Jingwumen", Wang Xiaohu took the time to write the rough script idea of "God Fight", and then threw it to Li Shaonan and other four apprentices to improve, and Ni Kuang, Gu Long, Chu Yuan and others have always dominated the Hong Kong screenwriter circle, and some even the director personally went into battle to revise the script, such as Wang Xiaohu, a team of one-stop script operation is really rare, and these four baby apprentices are all excellent "fast gunners", and they are working hard behind the scenes with the master's name. Although the perfect script still needs to be reviewed and revised by Wang Xiaohu again, its efficiency and quality are among the best in the screenwriting industry.

It was already the third day when the script of "Divine Strike" was handed over to Run Run Shaw, and after a quick glance, Run Run Shaw nodded with a smile and said: "The speed of your script is indeed first-class in Hong Kong, even Ni Kuang can only write a large frame of the script in three days, but you have perfected the story as a whole and completed the storyboard script." If this continues, Ni Kuang will find you desperately sooner or later! ”

"That's a matter of your heart, Sixth Uncle, who made Ni Kuang the great queen screenwriter of your Shaw Brothers!" Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have already given you the script, when will you send the person I want back?" ”

"Uh, it takes some time!" Run Run Shaw didn't expect Wang Xiaohu's script to be sent so quickly, and he hadn't communicated with Zhang Che about many things, so it was inevitable that he would be a little embarrassed to face Wang Xiaohu's questions.

"Hey, the calamitous "Jingwumen"!" Wang Xiaohu sighed and said, "Since there is a shortage of personnel, it is better to stop temporarily!" ”

"Stop, if you preach it, what will be the face of Uncle Six!" Shaw strongly disagreed with this suggestion.

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "Ha, it's still the same sentence, this is the category of your heart, Sixth Uncle." ”

"What are you going to do? You are the director and star of this show! ”

"Me?" Wang Xiaohu stretched out his finger and pointed at himself and said: "Naturally, I am preparing for the release of the new film, and you also know that "Drunken Fist" is almost perfect, and I must arrange the release." ”

"Hey, stinky boy, sometimes I really envy you, your Concord is small, plus you have only three directors in total, but the annual output is more than twice that of our Shaw Brothers!" Run Run Shaw is a little frustrated every time he thinks about it, the same company, the same director, why can Concord make three movies in half a year, and one is more popular than the other!

"Sixth uncle, don't bring such a comparison!" Wang Xiaohu was a little embarrassed when he heard this, how can we say that we are also reborn, we have spent a lot of time on the development and research of Hong Kong films, especially kung fu films, from the perspective of foresight, if we don't make more films to make money, how can we get a piece of the Shaw Brothers pie like you!

Run Run Shaw said disapprovingly: "Why can't it be so compared? You see that I have a lot of actors and directors under my hands, and the combined films I shoot are not as much as your three films, and I feel very pressured to talk about the box office or something in front of you! Boy, tell the sixth uncle the truth today, how did you create such a high profit with Concord? ”

"I don't know what you think, Uncle Six." Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile: "There is no comparable surname at all, the reason why I succeeded is because I grasped the psychology of the audience, wrote a script that made them look cool and resonated, and then concentrated all my energy on filming, and never got stuck in terms of personnel deployment and props." ”

"On the other hand, Uncle Six, your family has a big business, spanning the two major industries of film and television, it is inevitable that there will be a feeling of inadequacy in terms of personnel allocation, and the root cause is that Uncle Six, you don't know how to delegate power!"

Run Run Shaw's face suddenly turned red, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said with some displeasure: "You said that I would not let go of power to lead to the current embarrassing situation?" ”

The decline of the Shaw Brothers film dynasty has a greater relationship with Shaw's refusal to let go of power and dictatorship, which is the conclusion reached by many people in the industry after research in the previous life, Wang Xiaohu just retold the original words, and at the same time used his own example to make a comparison, he knew that Shaw would definitely be unhappy after hearing it, but since the relationship between the two has developed to this point, he doesn't want Shaw Brothers to go down the road of decline again, so he nodded and said boldly: "Yes." Just like when filming "Jingwumen", you didn't worry about the martial arts movements I designed, and arranged two martial arts instructors, as well as costumes and props or something, you arranged your own people to supervise me, and you had to go to the set every three days to inspect, although there is nothing wrong with this, but Uncle Six, don't you feel too tired? ”

"But you're doing it yourself!" Run Run Shaw said unconvinced: "The two of us are also the CEOs of the company, and it is said that we are now on an equal footing, and you still work the set." Speaking of which, you're more tired than I am! ”

"Hehe, it's different!" Wang Xiaohu laughed: "I never ask again after I finish arranging things, because I know that they will definitely be able to do a good job, I trust them, in fact, whether it is Yuan Heping or Sammo Hung, they are doing very well now." ”

Wang Xiaohu leaned over and said to Run Run Shaw very seriously: "So, I hope that Uncle Sixth will try to delegate power in the film "God Fight" this time and hand it over to Liu Jialiang to work alone. ”

Shaw frowned and fell into contemplation, he did not dare to rashly agree to such a suggestion now, in the final analysis, he has been using his decades of experience in the management of the Shaw Group, at first glance he heard Wang Xiaohu's ruthless analysis and summary, he couldn't accept it, after a long time he shook his head in embarrassment and said: "Xiaohu, I understand what you said, but such a management concept is deeply rooted in the Shaw Brothers, and I am afraid that it will cause criticism if you revise it rashly, and when your Concord is as large-scale as the Shaw Brothers, You will be able to understand the difficulties of the sixth uncle. ”

It is undeniable that Run Run Shaw's words are very reasonable, and the current scale of Concord Company is indeed a little smaller, but Run Run Shaw does not know that Wang Xiaohu is a reborn person, and he has many successful cases and experiences of the company in his head, and Wang Xiaohu will definitely solve the problems of the company before they occur, and will not be stupid to wait for the arrival of disintegration.

Although he couldn't wait for this classic action drama to be shown on TV, the Shaw Brothers' non-cooperation made him have to temporarily withdraw his mind to work on the release of "Drunken Fist". At the same time, he felt that the difficulty of co-shooting was not as direct and efficient as the shooting of his own company, but if he entered the mainland in the future, he would definitely have to co-produce with mainland film and television companies, so he should be accumulating relevant experience now.

These days are idle, Wang Xiaohu stayed in the company's small screening room and watched the fine-cut film of "Drunken Fist" repeatedly, watched it over and over again, and always felt that something was wrong, the actors were basically the original cast, and Yuan Xiaotian and Jackie Chan were still playing partner roles. Yuan Heping and Jackie Chan have the foundation of the previous play, and this time it is even more tacit. Wang Xiaohu completely let go of his hands and feet, and only designed the brilliant moves at the end, and handed over the rest to Yuan Heping and Jackie Chan to play.

Jackie Chan did not disappoint Wang Xiaohu, on the basis of the actions designed by Yuan Heping, he gave full play to the advantages of his strong sense of rhythm, showing the solid "children's skills" he practiced when he was learning Peking Opera, and he also had a clear eye when he played, and the overall action style was a little more exciting than the original version that Wang Xiaohu had seen. ”

"Chen Xunqi, last time you said that he was very talented in music, I chatted with him privately for a long time, and found that he was indeed the material for the soundtrack, so this time I asked him to do it in order to save costs." Yuan Heping said with a big wink.

"I'll just say it!" Wang Xiaohu patted his thigh and said: "The overall style must change, but this part of Ah Long's drunken boxing must be replaced, let me think about what style to use, oops, it stands to reason that it is best to use "General Order", but "General Order" is not as direct as "Drunken Fist"!" ”

The soundtrack of the original "Drunken Fist" is from the ancient music "General Order", which sounds exciting and inspiring to the crowd, and later Huang Zhan wrote the lyrics for "General Order", and Jackie Chan/Lin Zixiang sang "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" and was sung as a classic at once, but Wang Xiaohu felt that "Drunken Fist" sung by Jackie Chan was more in line with the theme of the film, so he put his hands together and sang in a whisper: "I am upside down and upside down, like waves, there are thousands of grievances, pay a smile." I'm low and I'm high, staggering and refusing to pour, I know best what is in the wine."

(To be continued)