Episode 1: Dancing with Dragons] 798 Thousand Years and Wait for a While-

798 millennia and so on

After Wang Xiaohu returned to Hong Kong, he only rested for two days and immediately started the filming plan of "The Legend of the New White Lady".

Fortunately, the script has been slowly polished and completed for more than ten years, during which there are Wang Xiaohu's personal memories, and relying on "The Complete Biography of the White Snake", "The Legend of Leifeng Tower", "The Legend of the Righteous Demon", etc., the play has been adjusted, and even Jin Yong has asked for help many times, otherwise it would be difficult to complete this masterpiece with his personal memory alone.

The first thing Wang Xiaohu did was very simple, looking for famous music creators such as Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui to compose music, Huang Zhan has studied a lot of ancient music, and has been addicted to working with Wang Xiaohu for many years.

In fact, several popular songs in the film, such as "Waiting for a Thousand Years", "Crossing Love", "Past and Present Life", etc., have been composed and lyrics by Wang Xiaohu, and what he needs Huang Zhan and others to do is to create a new Huangmei tune according to the plot.

It can be said that Wang Xiaohu's version of "New White" is largely not exactly the same as the original. However, the excitement of the plot, songs, Chinese etiquette, medicine and other aspects still maintain the essence of the original work.

After arranging the music, Wang Xiaohu discussed other aspects with his wife at home.

"The costumes let Zhang Shuping and others be responsible, Shuping performed well in "Shooting the Condor", and I believe that the White Lady and Xiaoqing and the costumes in the play can be restored."

"Hmm." Ah Zhi nodded and said, "It's good for the action director to let the big eyes come, Yuan Jiaban is now highly praised in ancient costume martial arts." ”

"I'm not worried about someone else." Wang Xiaohu smiled.

From the very beginning, Wang Xiaohu asked him to specialize in martial arts instruction and action director work for large-scale costume movies and TV series, with only one purpose: to let him accumulate enough experience in big productions such as ancient costumes and the Republic of China, and become the leader of the action director category of Chinese films.

Ah Zhi is biting the pen, as the producer and star of "New White", she is now more motivated than ever.

"Come on, let's talk about actors, I'm more concerned about this."

"Isn't the starring cast already decided? You play Bai Suzhen and Hu Meiniang, let Qingxia play Xu Xian and Xu Shilin, Ah Weng plays Xiaoqing, Zichen plays Li Bilian, and I play Qi Baoshan. Wang Xiaohu raised his head and said.

"There is also Fahai, Guanyin, Xu Xian's sister Xu Jiaorong, his brother-in-law Li Gongfu, the five ghosts of Xudu, black and white impermanence, the golden armor god, the door god, and the Zhenwu Emperor"

Ah Zhi pointed his fingers, and dozens of names were reported one by one, and every time he reported a name, Wang Xiaohu's cheeks twitched.

"This, this is indeed something I don't think about, but there are too many roles, and I can't be sure for a while, so I'll study this issue in a few days."

There are not fifty but eighty roles in "New White", and if you really want to implement it in detail for every actor, it is definitely a lot of work.

"Okay." Ah Zhi raised her eyebrows, she also knew the immensity of the entire series of "Xinbai", from actors to actions, from stunts to special effects, from scene selection to opera, not to mention costumes, props, fireworks, Wia and so on.

She can even imagine that a husband who strives for perfection and pursuit of quality may take a year or even two to complete the shoot.

"Don't be unhappy." Wang Xiaohu noticed that his wife was in a low mood, and comforted him with a smile: "That's it, let's go to China in a few days to choose a scene, bring Qingxia and Zichen with them, just travel at public expense, scatter your mind, find out the feeling, don't be too nervous, there is a lot of time left for us, and we don't have to make movies, so we don't have to rush the schedule." ”

"Okay." When it comes to traveling, Ah Zhi is in a good mood, and he actually throws the script aside, "I'll go tell them and let them be prepared." ”

"Hey, don't worry, I haven't decided on the teacher of Chinese etiquette and Huangmei yet!"

"Do your own work!"

"Hey, I'm going to have to be alone."

When Wang Xiaohu took Sanmei to China to inspect and select scenes, the Xiangjiang entertainment circle was in full swing.

Stephen Chow, Tony Leung, Huang Rihua, Weng Meiling, Andy Lau and other new seven Xiaofu starring "Double Sky Supreme" began to premiere on TVB and Phoenix TV, as the first youth idol drama series based on gambling, it was loved by audiences in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia as soon as it was broadcast.

This series became popular with Stephen Chow, Tony Leung, and it was the first time that the new Seven Little Fortunes joined forces to appear in the entertainment industry.

Immediately afterwards, Zhen Bullet's "Ip Man Prequel" was released, with the foundation of the international action blockbuster "Seraph", plus he went to the United States to participate in the Huayang boxing tournament and drew with the American boxing champion.

Later, Phoenix TV announced that Andy Lau and Chen Yulian starred in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and "The Legend of Deer and Ding" starring Stephen Chow, Tony Leung, Carina Lau, Zhong Chuhong, Maggie Cheung, Guan Zhilin, etc.

Two Jin Yong martial arts are broadcast in a year, so that Jin Yongle does not spend money, and wrote an article in the Ming Pao column: "Andy and Chen Yulian's Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu are good, very good!" Xingzi's Wei Xiaobao has won the essence of the original work, I am more satisfied! ”

Anyone can see that this is Wang Xiaohu deliberately praising Stephen Chow, otherwise he would not let a bunch of Hong Kong sisters and actress rookies set off him.

Xingzi is also competitive enough, otherwise Jin Yong would say that he is the realistic version of Wei Xiaobao

"Whew! It's finally back! Wang Xiaohu carried a large bag and followed behind Zhao Yazhi, Lin Qingxia, and Long Zichen, and got rid of a small follower.

This is a scene after the four of them completed the domestic investigation and selection of scenery and returned to Hong Kong.

Sanmei walked happily in front and said something from time to time.

"I said, a few beauties, can you help me share some of the first?"

Zhao Yazhi turned her head and smiled charmingly: "Official, you have now reached the point of turning into strength, your whole body is full of strength, and your strength is infinite, these burdens add up to less than two hundred catties, and they won't tire you out, aren't they, Qingxia and Zichen." ”

"yes." Lin Qingxia nodded and agreed: "Come on, Ah Hu, I believe in you!" ”

However, Long Zichen was a little worried, and wanted to go over to help, but was stopped by Zhao Yazhi: "Zichen, this guy is pretending to be pitiful, don't worry about him, let's discuss what to eat tonight." ”

"Oh, when it comes to what to eat, I always feel that the chefs of those hotels in China are not as good as Ah Hu's craftsmanship." Lin Qingxia smacked her lips and suggested, "Ah Hu, why don't you work hard tonight?" ”

"Ugh!" Wang Xiaohu looked aggrieved: "You guys are absolutely deliberate, you colluded to bully me." ”

"Haha~~" Sanmei laughed.

"It's the hardest thing to be graced by a beauty!" Wang Xiaohu sighed and continued to work as a coolie.

When I finally returned home, I found more than a dozen luxury sports cars parked in front of the door.

Wang Xiaohu touched his chin and said to Sanmei: "There is a distinguished guest at home today." ”

"Hey, a lot of cars are new, who is so interested in coming to our house and driving show?" Lin Qingxia was also puzzled.

Just when the four of them were wondering, a bunch of people rushed out of the house.

"Master is back."

"The boss is back!"

"Ah Hu, you're finally back!"

Stephen Chow, Tony Leung, Andy Lau and others rushed out first.

followed by Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Dillon, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Lin Zhengying, Wu Mengda and others.

Finally, there are a bunch of old drama bones such as Zeng Jiang, Qin Huang, Qin Pei, Shi Jian, and Xie Xian.

There are also Weng Meiling, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Aijia, Guan Zhilin, Zhong Chuhong, and Wang Zuxian, who has just been poached from Sun Moon Island by Concordia.

At the end are Run Run Shaw, Jin Yong, Huang Zhan, Gu Jiahui, Yu Yongjian and others.

Good guys, the three generations of stars from the old, middle and young generations have come to gather.

"I say, what are you guys doing?" Wang Xiaohu pointed to those sports cars and said, "You still drive such a good car, show off?" ”

"No, no, we're here to play tricks." Chow Yun-fat said.

"Ah Hu, I heard that you have a new drama, give me a role." Zeng Jiang smiled.

"That's right, the next child, give the bowl of rice first."

"Master, it's okay to give a few people who don't have lines, only have their backs." Stephen Chow and others said pitifully.

Everyone was gossiping, and after a long time, Wang Xiaohu finally figured it out.

During the time he left, Huang Zhan's big mouth let out words: "Ah Hu is going to shoot a costume romantic love mythological drama, this may be a golden basin washing drama between him and Ah Zhi, and he will retire in the future." ”

What kind of costume romantic love mythological drama in front of him, everyone in Rory's chatter didn't listen to it, but they heard two key words clearly: "washing hands of gold basins and retiring".

Now everyone is gone, Wang Xiaohu is only 30 years old this year, it is the year of establishment, whether in the entertainment industry or the martial arts world, it is a great time to be in full swing, why can't you think about retiring at a young age?

So a group of people went to Concordia International to find Yuan Biao, the temporary head of the family, and inquired about it.

Yuan Biao didn't know the reason, but said that Ah Hu attached great importance to this drama, and the script alone had been written for nearly ten years, and the scale of production and the cast were the largest since the establishment of Concord International.

I didn't investigate why Wang Xiaohu retired, but I knew that this retirement drama was a big production. Everyone discussed for several days, and finally reached an agreement to find Wang Xiaohu to play a role and a supporting role, and persuade him not to retire so early.

"Hu, how did you think of retiring?"

After everyone was seated in the courtyard, Run Run Shaw opened the topic and said: "You see that I am almost 80 years old this year, and I am still dedicated to my job, you are only 30, at least at my age, I will consider retirement." ”

"yes, yes."

"Ah Hu, you still have fifty years of good time."

As soon as Shaw spoke, the stars agreed.

Wang Xiaohu had already guessed that a bunch of people suddenly came to the house, and it was definitely not as simple as asking for a trick or filming.

After smiling, Wang Xiaohu said: "After returning from the United States, I found that the joy of life is not limited to filming, in the past ten years, I have been working hard, I am tired, and I want to change my lifestyle." ”

"Ah Hu, wouldn't it be a big loss to the Xiangjiang film and television industry if you retired?" Yu Yongjian, editor-in-chief of "Film Fortnightly", immediately became anxious when he heard this, he pointed to the old, middle-aged and young stars in the courtyard and said: "Look at it, everyone here has more or less received your favor, and Xiangjiang Film and Television has only received attention in the world under your leadership, and now is the most glorious time, how can you be willing to leave it." ”

"In short, I don't approve of your retirement!" Yu Yongjian said in an accentuated tone.

"I don't approve of it either!" Yuan Biao stood up and said: "Ah Hu, I'm not a material for management, Concordia's stall is too big, I can't get it, aren't you afraid that I will ruin Concordia's family business?" ”

"You're coming!" Wang Xiaohu scolded with a smile: "During my absence in Hong Kong, isn't Concord running very well, the company's management has been running in for seven or eight years, and it has been operating stably for a long time. ”

Seeing that someone was going to say something, Wang Xiaohu raised his hand to stop him and said, "I have made up my mind, so you don't need to persuade you." ”

"Ah Zhi, hurry up and say something!" Seeing this, Yuan Biao hurriedly asked Zhao Yazhi for help.

Zhao Yazhi chuckled and shook his head and said: "Everyone knows Ah Hu's temper, what he decided is that ten cows can't be pulled back, as his wife, no matter what decision he makes, I fully support it!" ”

"Hey!"

A burst of sighs and regrets poured in.

The two of them have talked about this, and everyone is not good at saying anything.

So I moved on to the next link, which was to have a trick and a role.

As soon as she heard this, Zhao Yazhi came to her senses, she asked people to take out the script and shooting outline, stood in front of everyone, and said: "First of all, determine the main cast, the first one is Li Gongfu, Xu Xian's brother-in-law in the play, Yamen catches fast, has a bit of cold humor, is good at gags, is a green leaf character with an active atmosphere, if anyone thinks it is appropriate, please raise your hand!" ”

Look at me, people, and I'll look at you.

"I, I'm coming!"

Wang Xiaohu looked up, hey, it turned out to be Wu Mengda who took the initiative to ask Ying, the king of green leaves.

"Okay, that's you!" Zhao Yazhi patted the table and said.

Chow Yun-fat and others hurriedly congratulated: "Congratulations, this is a big supporting role!" Ada plays well. ”

"Rejoice and rejoice". Wu Mengda bared his teeth and returned the salute.

Good guys, this is an open casting, it's clearly an auction.

"The next supporting role, Xu Jiaorong, Xu Xian's brother-in-law, Li Gongfu's wife, a virtuous and virtuous and kind-hearted woman who runs a good family, the two generations of the Xu family have been carefully taken care of by her and taught hard, which is better than the former Meng mother. There are a lot of plots, who will come? ”

The actresses stared wide-eyed, especially rookies such as Guan Zhilin, Maggie Cheung, and Wang Zuxian felt that their acting skills were not enough, even if they wanted to act, their qualifications could not be burdened, so they had to make eye contact.

"I'm coming!"

At the critical moment, Zhang Aijia, the first female artist to sign a contract with Concordia International and became popular with "Best Partner", stood up and said: "I feel that I need to broaden my way of playing, and I will act well." ”

"Good. Next, the villain in the play, Fahai! Zhao Yazhi made a decision and entered the next role introduction: "The actor is required to have a serious sense of justice, well, it's a bit annoying, but he admits to death, doesn't know how to be flexible, breaks up the husband and wife and moves out of a big truth of 'I'm good for you', and wants to recover the white lady all the time in the play." ”

"I, I'm coming!" Shi Jian, the old drama bone, was the first to raise his hand and said: "I like villains or something, hehe, I've played a traitor for a lifetime, I don't let this go!" ”

"Nope." Wang Xiaohu interjected and said, "Uncle Jian, this role is not suitable for you. ”

"Huh?" Shi Jian didn't expect that he would lose the election, and he was a little embarrassed.

Wang Xiaohu looked around the audience and suddenly found Lin Zhengying sitting there, with a serious face and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Zhengying, are you afraid that shaving your head will affect your image?" Wang Xiaohu said.

"Well, I'm not afraid." Lin Zhengying replied in a daze: "What do you mean?" ”

"Zhengying, you are so slow to react, Ah Hu wants you to play Fahai." Sammo Hung said with a smile.

"Well, although your Taoist is wonderful, he has recently entered a bottleneck, and he must broaden his acting path, otherwise he will have no status in the circle in the future." Wang Xiaohu said.

"Well, isn't it Fahai, the Buddha family." Lin Zhengying also let it go.

Next, many role candidates were determined, such as Zhen Bullet playing Fahai's previous life, and the mountain hunter who caught the White Snake at the beginning. The villain Liang Xiangguo asked Shi Jian to play, and Mrs. Liang was snatched away by Xiao Fangfang.

Maggie Cheung plays the girl next to the Jade Rabbit Essence Hu Meiniang, and the standard newcomer Wang Zuxian actually plays Guanyin, which is more or less surprising.

This is decided by Wang Xiaohu, in fact, in his mind, the best candidate for Guanyin is Zhao Yazhi, but unfortunately she has already played Bai Suzhen and Hu Meiniang in the play, and she can't have one more role, so it is better to directly let Wang Zuxian, who also has an amazing performance in costume films, take on it.

Now that "The True Color of Heroes" has entered post-production, Wang Xiaohu left Concord International in the development plan for the next ten years, and specially proposed to let Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian star in "A Chinese Ghost Story", which can be regarded as letting Wang Zuxian meet the audience in advance.

Qin Huang, an old urchin with an outstanding performance in "Shooting the Condor", also grabbed a role in "Xinbai", that is, the predecessor of Hu Meiniang in the mountain, the old man of ginseng who plucked a few beards and was an immortal medicine, was definitely acting in his true colors.

The most spoofed and unlucky are Chow Yun-fat, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and others, such as Huang Baiming, Mai Jia, Shi Tian and others, who also robbed a few immortals, land lords, shopkeepers, shopkeepers and other characters.

Sammo Hung directly took over the dragon set of a boatman and a captain, and Chow Yun-fat and Jackie Chan fell into a big trick of black and white impermanence and door gods.

The stars who get good roles are overjoyed, the stars who get villains or spoofs sigh and steal fun, and the atmosphere in the courtyard is extraordinarily harmonious and relaxed, as if a grand patty is being held.

Wang Xiaohu looked at the stars in the courtyard and sighed.

He knows that "The Legend of the New White Lady" can allow dozens of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars to join, which is definitely enough to give himself face.

Stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places joined together, Industrial Light and Magic provided guarantee for the special effects in the film, several masters of Chinese culture from Riyue Island, Xiangjiang and the mainland provided comprehensive support for Chinese culture etiquette, and many drama old-timers provided free consultation on music and music.

With such a strong lineup, it can be said that it is a unique prosperity in the past 100 years, and it really responded to the theme song of "The Legend of the New White Lady" "Wait for a Thousand Years"!

At that moment, Wang Xiaohu was full of gratitude, and his heart flew to the sky

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