331 The magnificent blue of Concorde Studios
The dividends given by Wang Xiaohu exceeded the expectations of Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and others, and they all raised their heads to look at Wang Xiaohu, not knowing how to express their gratitude and excitement in their hearts. 【】
Wang Xiaohu had long expected them to have this expression, and said jokingly: "Why, did I give each of you another sports car, so that you are satisfied?" Don't hurry up and take it back! ”
"Haha, content, content!" Yuan Biao was the first to jump out, found his red envelope and took the set of keys, first peeked at the number of checks in the red envelope, nodded and couldn't put it down, and said with the key to the villa: "Ah Hu, I dreamed about when I could live in the villa, I thought I would work hard for decades, but I didn't think that my dream would come true now." ”
Several other people also smiled and came over to take their respective red envelopes, Sammo Hung and Yuan Heping let out a scream of surprise, and then immediately put the red envelopes into their pockets, and then stretched their necks to look at Jackie Chan's red envelopes.
provoked Jackie Chan to ask a little overwhelmed: "Hey, hey, what do you see, everyone has a share, don't want to know my number." Although he said it, when he saw the amount of the check, he immediately widened his eyes and closed his mouth: "No, it's a few zeros." ”
"Hey, I said you guys don't be embarrassed here, go home and count them yourself!" Wang Xiaohu scolded with a smile: "I really have to send you to study when I go back, otherwise I really don't know if I will be deceived in the future!" ”
The Seven Little Blessing brothers laughed heartily, only Wang Xiaohu has some culture in these brothers, although he was more illiterate than them before, but this year his knowledge in all aspects has soared, when asked the reason, he attributed it to Bruce Lee, saying that learning kung fu with Brother Xiaolong also made up for all aspects of cultural knowledge.
"If there's nothing to do, let's all go and see the new house, I haven't helped you buy the furniture yet, anyway, you have all received dividends, so let's see and buy it yourself." After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he left Yuan Bin, Yuan Tai, Yuan Wu and others.
"I left the three senior brothers for another reason, I want you to study at Shaw Brothers and try different creative styles to complement each other's strengths, I don't know if you have any opinions?" Wang Xiaohu said.
Yuan Bin, Yuan Tai, and Yuan Wu glanced at each other, these three people didn't like to show their heads in the Seven Little Blessings, so they have been willing to do behind-the-scenes work for two years, and the progress is very fast, hearing that Wang Xiaohu wants them to go to the Shaw Brothers to work hard, the three brothers don't know how to feel it.
Yuan Bin said first: "Ah Hu, what you say let's do, we'll do it!" ”
"Well, it's not that I don't need everyone, but you have also seen that it is easy to create bottlenecks in our martial arts instructor industry, and it is difficult to transform after shooting a few films in a style type, so I need you to go to Shaw Brothers to learn and practice, enrich your experience, and increase your knowledge."
Wang Xiaohu's words were very reasonable, and the three brothers nodded to eliminate the doubts in their hearts. "If you don't have any opinions, I'll arrange for you to meet with Uncle Shao Liu tomorrow to see if you can find a crew that suits you, remember one thing, you are all members of the Seven Little Blessings, no matter where you go, you must maintain your current quality, don't quarrel with people, and convince people with virtue."
"What if someone deliberately stirs up trouble?" Yuan Tai asked.
"Do you still need me to teach you? I can't bear it anymore and beat him directly until he is convinced! Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes and said, causing everyone to laugh.
After sending off the three senior brothers, Wang Xiaohu hadn't yet sat on the hot buttocks, Li Shaonan pushed the door in and said, "Master, there is a person named Wu Yusen looking for you." ”
"Oh? Hurry up, please! Wang Xiaohu was happy in his heart, it seems that yesterday's ideological work was done, otherwise Wu Yusen would not have come directly to find him.
In less than a minute, Wu Yusen, who was carrying simple luggage in his hand, walked into the office a little timidly, and without waiting for Wang Xiaohu to speak, he had already preemptively said: "Brother Tiger, I'm here to join you!" ”
The words were clean and neat, which made Wang Xiaohu feel comfortable to listen to, as if at this moment, he was very much like Chao Tianwang (not to mention Song Jiang) who was king in Liangshan, and he was overjoyed to see future big directors and big stars coming to take refuge. "John, sit down."
John Woo is mostly not good at talking, he sits on the sofa and looks very restrained, his hands on his knees looking extremely nervous, as if thinking about what to say.
Wang Xiaohu smiled secretly when he saw this, among these directors in Hong Kong, only John Woo is a person who is quiet and does real things, he prefers to use practical actions to prove whether his views are correct, which is one of the reasons why he can gain a firm foothold in Hollywood earlier than other Hong Kong directors. From this point of view, his temper is somewhat similar to Wang Xiaohu, but Wang Xiaohu is more active and sunny than him.
"Ah John, you don't have to rush to work these days, go back to the company's dormitory to rest and rest, and follow me to Los Angeles at the end of the month." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile. He originally thought that Golden Harvest and Warner would be busy with the global release of "Game of Death" in early August, but he didn't expect that Golden Harvest was extremely calm this time, and there was no news of the release for a whole month, and he learned from the international call from Winterdur last night that Golden Harvest and Warner will be released at the end of August, and the publicity work has been launched.
After Jiahe had a move, Wang Xiaohu naturally had to carry out a series of actions, of course, in order to gain greater influence and persuasion, he decided to start the propaganda work a week later than Jiahe.
Wu Yusen used to be under Zhang Che, tired and tired to get into the position of assistant director, although this apprenticeship model allowed him to master a lot of experience than others, but for this he also offended a lot of people in the Shaw Brothers company, when he first arrived at Concord Company, he thought that he had to start from scratch, but he knew that Wang Xiaohu would not let him work, and he would go to Los Angeles to see it as soon as he got to work, which made him a little excited, biting his lip and saying: "Brother Tiger, I, I will do a good job." ”
"Hehe, keep your current rigorous attitude towards work, Concord will provide you with a broader platform to let your dreams fly." Wang Xiaohu rummaged through the drawer for a long time, then took out a key and said, "Well, this is the room where Stallone lived in the dormitory before, you can go there for a few days first, and when you come back from Los Angeles for a while, I will arrange a better place for you to live." ”
"Thank you, Brother Tiger." Wu Yusen no longer knows what words to use to express his inner gratitude, in Concord not only did he not be discriminated against by job hopping, but even directly enjoyed the treatment that he had never had in Shaw Brothers, which made Wu Yusen's heart warm, and he always felt that he went to the right place and followed the right boss this time!
"Hey, sometimes it is more direct to buy people's hearts by relying on material things!" Wang Xiaohu was full of emotion, in this extremely realistic society, no matter how sincere you say, it is far better to give the other party something that can be seen immediately, such as salary increases, promotions, and houses, Wang Xiaohu used to express his disdain for this, but now he has believed in this law. Little did he know that when he returned from Los Angeles a month later, he would also face such an embarrassing situation
The blueprints on the set of the Concord Films, which had been designed for three months, were finally released, Wang Xiaohu stared at the design blueprint for half an hour, and in front of him stood several senior designers who had designed the set for Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and saw Wang Xiaohu mark the blueprint with a red pencil while watching, and finally he handed the blueprint to several senior designers and said: "Oh, first of all, your blueprint is basically good, but there are some deficiencies in the design of several sets, and the palace I ask for should be luxurious and real. It's not a few pieces of wood and a few rotten bricks that can cope with business, and there must be a man-made rockery in this area, the height of the rockery should be staggered, and a majestic mountain gate should be set up at the end of the rockery. ”
"Mr. Wang, are your requirements a little too advanced, according to our experience, other sets require a general scene, without such a complex and luxurious configuration." Said a senior designer.
"Hehe, they are their requirements, my requirements are not to build, to build the best, you don't have to worry about the design fee, I will calculate this for you according to the market price." Wang Xiaohu really wanted to copy the Hengdian Film and Television City, Jiuzhaigou and other large studios in his previous life, but Hong Kong's geographical conditions were limited, so he could only make some simple cloning, even these simple things were quite luxurious in the eyes of the designers at that time, because the studio of Concord covers an area far larger than the 200 acres of Shaw Brothers, and the supporting facilities are more perfect, and Wang Xiaohu himself is also very particular about the construction of the scenery and scenery of each set.
Although the designers feel that this is a bit of a waste, but Mr. Wang has already said, it's not bad money, what else do they have to say, just do it, isn't it just hard to work a few shifts? The person in charge recorded Wang Xiaohu's requirements in detail, and then said enthusiastically: "Mr. Wang, we will bring the revised blueprint to you as soon as possible, and if you nod and pass, we will send you detailed drawings of each set at the end of next month." ”
An engineering drawing involves many aspects, including general plans, architectural drawings, structural drawings, decorative drawings, and even many water, electricity and heating corresponding supporting facilities.
The construction of such a large-scale film and television base is definitely a money-burner, Wang Xiaohu is not soft in this regard, and decided to invest 150 million Hong Kong dollars in the early stage, such a big sum and courage Even Run Run Shaw secretly smiled at the senior management of Shaw Brothers and said: This kid is purely a loser!
The derogatory word of loser boy was buckled on Wang Xiaohu's head, and he shot back disapprelicly: It doesn't matter if I am a loser now, after the film and television city is established, Lao Tzu will collect your rent!
(To be continued)