Chapter 27: The Shaw Brothers Studio

It is estimated that the people in New Arts City had a disagreement about the release time of "The Best Partner: The Queen's Secret", which led to the fact that until the filming schedule of "Shanghai Night" ended today, Tsui Hark still couldn't come back.

"Yan Zai, then I'll go first." After changing his clothes, Zhong Zhentao was the last to leave.

For actors who are in a hurry to shoot, such a life is fast-paced and busy. Although it is hard, everyone still insists on doing what they love.

"Brother B, how was the shooting over there?" Lu Yan also had a sudden whim, and suddenly wanted to follow Zhong Zhentao to the Shaw Brothers set to have a look.

"It's almost there, but fortunately, I shot the location of the United States first. Otherwise, I really wouldn't dare to take this play! ”

"Oh?" Lu Yan didn't inquire about which film Zhong Zhentao was filming now, but when he said this, he became interested: "What film?" ”

"The rich family's funny romance film has the same theme as "Flower Heart". It's called "The Frog Prince"! ”

"The director, it's Wang Jing!?" "Flower Heart" is a film that Wang Jing opened up the situation in Shaw Brothers, and although the box office did not reach 10 million last year, it ranked 14th in the total box office in Hong Kong.

"Bad movie director" seems to be Wang Jing's most common title, and related words include gambling, pornography, and low-grade fun, but the corresponding positive figures are his astonishing number of works and super high movie box office, which has since been directed, produced and invested in by Wang Jing to shoot more than 200 films, with a total box office of more than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars from 1985 to 2005. 95% of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars have shown their faces in his movies to a greater or lesser extent, and now many big-name actors and even international superstars in Hong Kong have become popular with gambling films and comedies directed by Wang Jing - Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Tony Leung, Shu Qi, Qiu Shuzhen, and the new actor Zhang Jiahui at the later Academy Awards.

This fat man, who is often criticized as a "vulgar director" and has a smiling face like a four-happiness pill, his background in a literary family is enough to make many literary film directors ashamed of themselves.

It is never an exaggeration to call Wang Jing the "director of the gambling king", but he thinks that he is not particularly fond of gambling, and he rarely gambles, and the reason why he loves to make gambling films is to consider the market. His emphasis on the entertainment surname and commercial elements of the film has been evident since his debut, and he has never planned to transition to pure literary films in the turbulent era of Hong Kong gambling films set off by him.

Wang Jing's films have a kind of business surname that does not care, and the obscure pornography, the casinos that should be gloomy, and the vulgar jokes are the constant focus of his films. Just like his smiling face with a worldly taste that has not changed for decades, he has the homely style of wine and wealth and the cunning of knowing everything.

Seeing Zhong Zhentao nodding, Lu Yan decided to go to the Shaw Brothers set with Zhong Zhentao today. For Wang Jing in this period, Lu Yan still wants to know very much.

"Anyway, I'm idle, why don't I go to Shaw Brothers with you?"

How could Lu Yan be fine, he just wanted to go to the Shaw Brothers set up, so he just made an excuse.

Zhong Zhentao couldn't see Lu Yan's thoughts, and nodded indifferently and smiled: "Okay!" I'm just afraid that I'll be bored alone! ”

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When Lu Yan and Zhong Zhentao rushed to the Shaw Brothers set, Wang Jing was picking other scenes to film. Although he has a headache for the actor Zhong Zhentao to shoot in a hurry, most of the current actors are running around in order to get more appearances and make money.

"Shaw Brothers is really willing to spend money for Wang Jing, and it seems that they have quite high expectations for this movie." Lu Yan said secretly in his heart, although Maggie Cheung and Guan Zhilin are not very popular now, they will all be popular actors in the future. As for Chen Baixiang and Zhong Chuhong, not to mention them, this will really be like Zhongtian.

Of course, there are other movies on the Shaw Brothers set, but they do have a lot more lineup than "The Frog Prince".

The 80s were a very prolific era for Hong Kong films, with a high number of films, a large number of actors, and a wide variety of film genres. Comedies, zombie comedies, literary films, action films, costume martial arts films, romance films, in short, you can have ten if you want it, and audiences who like different types of movies can always find something suitable for themselves. In such a high-yield era, the movies produced can still be guaranteed in quality and quantity, Lu Yan can't be unimpressed.

It is precisely because of such an environment that so many movie wizards have been created. Wang Jing, who is directing the shooting, is one of them.

"Huh! Brother B, why did you rework so early today! Shooting so fast over there today? It just so happened that there was no Zhong Chuhong in this section, so she rested quietly on the side.

Zhong Zhentao sat down next to her casually, and greeted Lu Yancai with a smile: "Yes! Today's shooting went well, so I'll come over early. ”

"Oh! By the way, he's ......"

In fact, artists in this period are busy, and not everyone will occasionally pay attention to gossip weeklies like Zhong Zhentao. As for the report that Cao Dahua thinks of Qi Zai, the space for introducing Lu Yan is equivalent to nothing. It's no wonder that Zhong Chuhong looked at Lu Yan curiously at this time, obviously not recognizing it.

Zhong Zhentao was about to introduce Lu Yan, and Lu Yan had already stretched out his hand and said with a sunny smile: "Honggu, hello!" I'm Yan Zai, and I'm going to take a look with Brother B today. ”

The chief actress of the 80s, Chung Chuhong, was still a Shaw Brothers actor in 83, and the boldness of the 'male and female' caused an uproar in the outside world, but this year was a milestone in Honggu's career. For her, how could Lu Yan not recognize her.

"Yanzai, it's a pleasure to meet you." Zhong Chuhong gently shook Lu Yan's hand.

"Ha, you're here." Behind Zhong Zhentao, someone suddenly appeared and hugged him and said, "People have been missing you so much lately, but you often avoid others." ”

Listening to these strange words, Lu Yan couldn't help but get goosebumps. And Zhong Chuhong smiled with flowers.

When he turned around to look at the other party clearly, Lu Yan recognized this person who was a little arrogant.

Zhong Zhentao let him hold him, pouted and said, "Lakzai, you can just mess with me." If it's ng, ng, I can't spare you. ”

"Come on! Even if it is ng a hundred times, it will definitely not be my relationship. If you want to know my acting skills, it's not a piece of cake to deal with this kind of movie. ”

When Zhong Chuhong heard this, he smiled even more happily and said, "Come on, you!" I don't know who it was yesterday that made our director Wang Da angry. Little girl, I'm really afraid. ”

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