Governor MacLehose did come, but it wasn't just the Governor who arrived. 【Reading.com】

After the car with license plate number 0 was parked outside the crowd, Wang Xiaohu saw MacLehose hurriedly get out of the car from a distance, ran to a car behind him, and stood as upright as a telephone pole.

Wang Xiaohu couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart that only MacLehose is the biggest in Hong Kong, why haven't he heard that there is an official bigger than the governor of Hong Kong? At that moment, he whispered to Run Run Shaw who was sitting in the guest seat: "Old Bean, who do you say MacLehose will open the door to?" ”

Run Run Shaw squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then jumped up from his seat in shock, and hurriedly said: "It's bad, it's bad, there's really a big guy here today, Xiaohu, hurry up and drag your costume down and follow me to meet the big guy." ”

The person who can make Run Run Shaw look flustered, and the person who must be very big, Wang Xiaohu saw that he was not joking, so he quickly ran to the backstage to change his clothes, and followed Run Run Shaw and walked out of the crowd.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony stopped at the beginning, and the audience talked a lot and turned their eyes to the cars.

"It's the Governor!"

"Oh my God, the Governor of Hong Kong is willing to be a doorman to open the door for others!"

"Who do you say is in the car, so noble."

"In my opinion, it may be the return of the Lord of Arisa and his wife." Some people guess that the county lord and his wife visited Hong Kong last year, so everyone subconsciously thinks that the county lord drove there.

"Look, Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw also rushed over, and Jin Yong and Yu Zhanyuan also ran over, it doesn't seem that they are the county lord of Yalishan!"

Everyone speculated here that Wang Xiaohu and others had hurried to the front of the car, and looked through the window for a long time and didn't know who was sitting inside, and wanted to ask Run Run Shaw, but found that Lao Shao was standing two meters away from MacLehose, and he also posed as a telephone pole.

"Xiaohu, come and stand by my side." Seeing Wang Xiaohu's mentality of watching the play, Run Run Shaw hurriedly reminded in a whisper.

Wang Xiaohu stood over in wonder, lowered his head and asked, "Old Dou, who is so face-saving?" ”

"Don't make a sound, you'll find out later." Run Run Shaw said.

Standing like this for more than a minute, the window was slowly lowered, MacLehose hurriedly bent down and bowed his head, and a more dignified old woman's voice came from the car, what Wang Xiaohu didn't hear, only saw MacLehose nodded, and then the car turned around and left under the escort of a large group of police.

After the car left, MacLehose breathed a sigh of relief, and the nobles behind him also breathed a long sigh, MacLehose walked over with a smile and said to Wang Xiaohu: "Tiger, it seems that I missed a good show, didn't I?" ”

"Hehe, it seems like this, sir, the one just now is," Wang Xiaohu said.

"Hey, Xiaohu, you're stupid, that's Her Majesty the Queen of England." Run Run Shaw was in a hurry.

"Her Majesty the Empress has come to Hong Kong?"

Wang Xiaohu's tone of voice may be a little disrespectful, but MacLehose knows him a little bit and does not pursue it. Instead, he nodded and said, "Yes, I was going to come over this morning, but"

No need to ask, it must be that he is busy picking up Elizabeth II often and delays, Wang Xiaohu understands very much.

"Her Majesty heard that the ribbon cutting was going to be cut in the film and television city on your side, and she was very curious, so I came to watch it, but unfortunately your performance ended when I came." MacLehose continued: "Tiger, there are some things that are inconvenient to say on this occasion, so let's do the ribbon-cutting ceremony first. ”

Wang Xiaohu's mind was full of the empress and empress, and he didn't hear what MacLehose was saying at all, so he subconsciously nodded and followed MacLehose over to cut the ribbon.

There was another burst of firecrackers and thunderous applause, after all, the Hong Kong Governor rarely participated in such occasions after coming to Hong Kong, so everyone could see that Wang Xiaohu was very popular in front of the Hong Kong Governor

What the Governor of Hong Kong wants to tell Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw is that Her Majesty the Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, are mainly visiting Hong Kong this time, and at the same time, by the way, they will present the KBE Commander Medal to Run Shaw and Wang Xiaohu, two outstanding representatives who have made contributions to the world film industry. (Historically, Elizabeth II actually came to Hong Kong from October 21 to 23, 1986, 8 years in advance, don't be surprised.) "Commander of the Knighthood" Wang Xiaohu was stunned for a long time, and Run Run Shaw said with a smile: "It's a knighthood, it should have been awarded to you and me last year, but a clean government storm broke out, and Hong Kong's public security is poor, so the queen didn't come." ”

"In fact, according to my analysis, it should be that MacLehose handled the integrity storm in a timely manner, and the queen was very satisfied with the various measures taken by MacLehose, so she specially came to Hong Kong to inspect it, which can be regarded as encouraging MacLehose's work, and our knighthood is only incidental."

"Oh, I see." Wang Xiaohu said: "It seems that tonight's dinner should be very grand, and I want to wear that grand British gentleman's uniform again?" ”

"If you feel troublesome, you can go bare-assed, but then you will definitely be beaten to death by the empress's bodyguards, and then you will be convicted of blasphemy against the empress, haha, and then you will be world-famous." Shaw joked

At the end of July 1978, the crew of "Myth" announced the start of filming in the newly built Concord Studios, and the scene of participating in the opening ceremony was full of big names.

How to say that Wang Xiaohu is also a knight canonized by Elizabeth II a week ago, the KBE medal is still very appealing, and the newspapers in Hong Kong in those days in addition to reporting the queen's trip to Hong Kong, the rest of the plates are talking about Wang Xiaohu's knighthood.

The media that had speculated, slandered, and talked nonsense about Wang Xiaohu earlier immediately changed their voices, used a lot of space to praise Wang Xiaohu, and even turned out his report a few years ago and reprocessed it.

The latest issue of "Film Fortnightly" is mainly based on Wang Xiaohu, which reports in detail on all of Wang Xiaohu's films from the film, and even gives a set of posters of Wang Xiaohu's movies for free with the book.

As soon as the publication was put on sale, it was snapped up in just half a day, and Yu Yongjian sent someone to print another 5,000 copies, but it was still sold out.

With the festive energy of the knighthood, Wang Xiaohu immediately announced the start of "Myth", as the first film shot in Concord Film and Television City, Wang Xiaohu and others were extremely serious.

Before the arrival of the industrial light and magic brigade, Wang Xiaohu asked Wang Jiaxin, Zhang Yuan and others to start the scene layout of the "suspended palace" with the help of two terracotta experts, of course, only the terracotta warriors, chariots and other simple scene layout, the model of the palace had to be completed by industrial light and magic.

By mid-August, the ILM boys were finally in Hong Kong under the leadership of Grant McQueen. Grant McQueen is the chief special effects artist for "Jaws" and "Star Wars", and after getting off the plane, the big man with a cap and a curly beard held hands tightly with Wang Xiaohu.

"Hey, Tiger, my boss, we're meeting again!"

"Grant is glad to see you again!" Wang Xiaohu patted Grant on the shoulder and said, "George, are they okay?" ”

"They're wonderful! At present, "Star Wars" has entered the post-production stage, and I believe that it will take less than a month to arrange a small-scale test screening. Grant said with a laugh.

"Wow, I can't help but say that this is very exciting good news, George hasn't been mad anymore lately, has he?"

To be honest, Wang Xiaohu is still very much looking forward to the release of "Star Wars", after all, since the movie was remade last year, it has burned him more than 1,000 US dollars, so it's no wonder if he doesn't feel distressed, but he thinks the money is worth it.

"Of course not, he's in a good mood now, and we found that he occasionally hides in his room when he's in a bad mood, and secretly plays Tai Chi, aha, can you think about the interesting scene of George playing Tai Chi?"

"I think you should secretly shoot it and make special effects, I believe it will sell for a good price!" Wang Xiaohu joked.

"Oh my God, that's definitely a good suggestion, why didn't I think of it earlier." Grant McQueen was annoyed as the two left the airport as they spoke.

After getting into the car, Grant McQueen said, "Boss, I wonder if you have any interesting things for me to do this time, will it be as exciting as it was in Thailand two years ago?" ”

"Grant, I assure you, this time it's much more fun than playing earthquake every day, because we're going to show Chinese kung fu in a space-like place this time." Wang Xiaohu said with his eyebrows fluttering.

"Yes! Sounds great, but I'm looking forward to it now. ”

"Don't worry, you must have a general idea of the script before that, since you can provide good special effects services for big productions like "Star Wars" and "Jaws", you must also do a good job of "Mythic" special effects this time!" Wang Xiaohu said solemnly.

"The boss's requirements are my goal, don't worry, boss, I won't be ashamed of Industrial Light and Magic." Grant McQueen swears.

As long as you can provide them with accurate goals, organize all the information and explain it in words that they can understand, they will get what you need according to your requirements.

"There are only ideas that you can't think of, and there are no special effects that Industrial Light & Magic can't do." This maxim is still Wang Xiaohu's response to George. What Lucas said has now become the tenet of the entire Industrial Light & Magic -

Ahem, Weibo is very powerful, today I saw Mr. Jin Yong on Weibo for the second time "died", that, I feel very embarrassed, and I am sad for a long time.

(To be continued)