After "Shaolin Temple" was broadcast around the world, the first reaction in the film industry was Hong Kong, Liu Jialiang borrowed the good relationship between Shaw Brothers and Wang Xiaohu to grab Jet Li to shoot "North and South Shaolin" for him, and the second reaction was Zhang Xinyan, the director of the real "Shaolin Temple" in his previous life. 【Reading.com】

Director Zhang Xinyan saw that there was a martial arts boom in Chinese mainland, and felt that the theme of Shaolin Temple still had more potential to be explored, so he asked the company's screenwriter to produce a script and quietly send it to the Ministry of Culture of the mainland for review.

This script was later widely known as "Shaolin Kid".

It's just that when Zhang Xinyan proposed to use the original cast of "Shaolin Temple", the Ministry of Culture was very sorry to say that the original cast of "Shaolin Temple" had been booked in advance by another film company in Hong Kong, and it was also Wang Xiaohu's relationship.

When he returned to Hong Kong, he inquired carefully and found out that it was Liu Jialiang who robbed his business, which made Director Zhang Da very depressed, and thought of a way to ask Liang of the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency to go to Wang Xiaohu's house to intercede, but Wang Xiaohu had been talking about it all this time.

Wang Xiaohu finally returned to Hong Kong, and as soon as he went out to visit Jet Li, Zhang Xinyan and President Liang immediately came to visit when they heard the news, and they didn't want to pounce.

Sitting on the sofa and drinking the tea brought by Zhao Yazhi, Zhang Xinyan and President Liang were embarrassed, they originally thought that Wang Xiaohu would be able to go home after going out for a while, but they didn't know that the wait was two hours, and the tea was changed twice, Zhang Xinyan had to get up and say goodbye when he saw this.

As soon as the buttocks of the two left the sofa, the voice of the bodyguard came from the door: "Brother Tiger, you are back." ”

Zhang Xinyan was so excited when he heard this, he came, the busy man finally came home, and the two hours were finally in vain.

Zhao Yazhi went up with a smile and hung the coat that Wang Xiaohu took off on the hanger, and complained slightly: "You don't look at the time when you go out, Director Zhang and President Liang have been waiting for two hours." ”

When Wang Xiaohu heard his wife say this, his brows couldn't help frowning, but he quickly put on a smiling face and greeted him.

After greeting each other politely for a while, Zhang Xinyan explained his intentions, while Wang Xiaohu held his chin and groaned.

"Ah Hu, we know that Liu Jialiang is already preparing to shoot "North and South Shaolin", in fact, we have no other meaning to come today, I just want you to help communicate with Liu Jialiang, and see if the two films can share a group of actors and complete the filming at the same time."

Zhang Xinyan's words made Wang Xiaohu cry and laugh, he shook his head, and said very cautiously: "Director Zhang, we are also old acquaintances, and you entered the industry earlier than me as a director, I believe you should also know that there are many inappropriateness in doing so, right?" ”

"So what do you say?" Zhang Xinyan was in a hurry.

"It's better to do this, Liu Jialiang will shoot "North and South Shaolin" first, and let the actors rest and adjust a little after the completion of "Dragon and Phoenix Village". Wang Xiaohu thought about it and said: "After all, a group of actors rushing two scenes puts too much pressure on the actors, and it affects the filming schedule very much, and if it is forced, the quality of the two films is not good." ”

"Ruined the script, couldn't make money, and the most important thing is that Jie Zai's body has just recovered!"

Wang Xiaohu said this is also decent, after all, in the glory days of Hong Kong films, there were also actors who set a record of catching up with 9 scenes a day, and the end result of this is that the actors are too stressed to fully devote themselves to the filming of each scene, and it is also very harmful to the health of the actors.

Wang Xiaohu doesn't want Jet Li to engage in such high-intensity filming as soon as his body recovers, how to say that Jie Zai is also a trump card in Wang Xiaohu's hands, and it is also an excellent potential stock, and Jie Zai's family is not short of money, even if he is really short of money, Wang Xiaohu will not sit idly by.

Wang Xiaohu tactfully rejected Zhang Xinyan's very paranoid request from several aspects, Jet Li is now his person, as Jie Zai's boss, it is reasonable for him to make such a request.

When Zhang Xinyan heard this, he was immediately embarrassed, he helped his eyes and frowned and said, "Ah Hu, is there no other way?" ”

"Yes, why not?" Wang Xiaohu pondered for a while, and immediately said: "I recommend a few actors to you, such as Xiong Xinxin, Yu Rongguang, Zhao Changjun, and a few of them. ”

"Xiong Xinxin, I know, who are Yu Rongguang and Zhao Changjun?" Zhang Xinyan asked in confusion, but soon he shook his head and said: "Now the audience recognizes the original cast of "Shaolin Temple", what do you recommend some unknown people to me to do." ”

"Humph!" Wang Xiaohu snorted coldly, his face was a little unhappy and said: "If you think I'm eccentric, I don't need to say anything, everything is on a first-come, first-served basis, Liu Jialiang proposed cooperation 3 months ago, and I also asked him to wait for Jie Zai's physical recovery before turning on the machine, Jie Zai is my person, he is an artist, not a money-making machine!" ”

Zhang Xinyan chuckled in his heart, and then realized that the tone of what he had just said was wrong, which provoked this ancestor, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Ah Hu, I, I didn't mean that!" ”

"Okay, either you wait for Liu Jialiang to finish filming, or you go to the mainland to choose athletes by yourself according to my second suggestion, for the sake of friends, I will remind you, if you shoot any subject together, there will only be one end, just like Bruce Lee II a few years ago."

Wang Xiaohu went upstairs expressionlessly after saying this, to be honest, he really didn't expect to encounter such a thing today, it is said that Zhang Xinyan is his guide, if there is no Zhang Xinyan and President Liang, there is no such good cooperative relationship between him and the mainland now, but he doesn't like the other party's health for money.

Is it only you, Director Zhang Da, who knows who grabs the original cast of "Shaolin Temple" first, who can win the initiative at the box office? You are not a fool, Liu Jialiang is not stupid, how do you ask me to talk to Liu Jialiang!

Speaking from the heart, the script of "Dragon and Phoenix Village" (that is, "Shaolin Kid") is much stronger than "North and South Shaolin", and now is the most lively time for Shaolin kung fu films.

And in Wang Xiaohu's original intention, after letting Jet Li finish filming "North and South Shaolin", he can't be in the Shaolin theme, after all, filming again is a phenomenon of eating the old book, which is very unfavorable to the growth of an actor, and it is easy for the audience to have aesthetic fatigue, so Jet Li's box office appeal and popularity will plummet.

The memory of Jet Li left the United States after the failure of the Shaolin theme, knowing that he returned to the audience's sight in the early 90s with "Once Upon a Time", with this film, Jet Li's charm reappeared and became the most box office appeal actor in Hong Kong.

Wang Xiaohu will never allow Jet Li to waste his good youth on the image of a bald monk, so he plans to turn things around and stop Jet Li's development as a box office poison.

And "Kung Fu Emperor Fang Shiyu" can continue Jet Li's simple and naughty kung fu boy image in "Shaolin Temple", so that filming a feature film and several sequels is enough to make Jet Li's popularity always show an upward trend, and it can also give full play to his young advantages, the key is to cultivate Jet Li's self-confidence.

It's a pity, it's a pity that people nowadays can't see that long-term. Not long after Wang Xiaohu returned to the study, Zhao Yazhi pushed the door in, handed him a bowl of red bean soup and said, "Drink it while it's hot, as soon as you came up, Director Zhang regretted it to death, and explained to me several times that he didn't mean that, please don't misunderstand." ”

Wang Xiaohu drank the red bean soup, wiped his mouth and said: "I also know that he didn't mean that, but if you make three movies of the same type, the actor's image in the audience will be stereotyped, which is not good for the box office and for the actor." ”

Zhao Yazhi nodded, when her husband is no longer in Hong Kong to preside over the company's affairs, she will often come to the company to help, lest Yuan Biao be in a hurry and make any mistakes, in terms of company management, Zhao Yazhi is far more experienced than Yuan Biao, and she naturally understands these truths.

However, she didn't want her husband to offend people because of this, so she said, "How do you think this matter is handled? You can't let Director Zhang and them work in vain, right? Besides, everyone is in the circle, and they don't see anyone who looks down and doesn't look up, so it's not good to offend like this. ”

Wang Xiaohu sighed and said with a wry smile: "So I recommend a newcomer to him, but he still thinks that I hurt him, what can I do, in short, I will not allow Jie Zai to make a third-step Shaolin movie." ”

Zhao Yazhi sighed with emotion when she heard this, shook her head and said: "You, sometimes you are stubborn, once you admit the reason of death, the eight cows will not be able to pull it back!" ”

The two sighed for a long time, and Zhao Yazhi suddenly said: "Qingxia's scene is finished, I have been idle and bored at home for the past half a month, and today I was asked when I would shoot "Mulan". ”

Wang Xiaohu patted his forehead and said: "Well, in fact, I really didn't expect Tsui Hark's "Xinshu Mountain" to be completed so quickly, and I originally planned to leave them more time to rest, but I didn't expect her to wait first." ”

Zhao Yazhi said with a smile: "I don't know what's wrong with her recently, she is very irritable and always clamoring for filming." ”

"You didn't ask her what's going on?"

Zhao Yazhi pouted and said: "I've asked, don't people tell me, I asked Gillian, she has been busy filming "The Wrong Car", and she is like glue with Aaron all day long, how can she have time to care about her best friend." ”

Wang Xiaohu touched his nose, frowned and thought for a long time, then blinked and said, "Ah Zhi, did you say that Qingxia is the one who came, so"

"Poof~" Zhao Yazhi didn't wait for her husband to finish speaking, and immediately picked up the powder fist and hit it, "You, you're not serious, I don't think Qingxia should be a physical problem." ”

"Oh, if it's not the one who came, it should be a relationship problem."

(To be continued)