561 The 80s are coming
(I saw that some people said that the appearance of "The Man Who Became a Soldier" in 79 was a bug, but in fact, if you read it carefully, you will know that Wang Xiaohu said to Zhao Gang: "Old Zhao, let your soldiers sing the songs that you have been taught for a while." "Obviously, this is what Wang Xiaohu taught the soldiers to sing, I feel that this explanation is redundant, uh! )
Hong Kong Concord Film Company is no longer as shabby as it was when it first opened seven years ago, and many old employees of Concord such as Xia Houmo, Li Shaonan, Wan Hanfei, Luo Jiansheng, Li Jianhua, Xu Junlong and others have now become the heads of various departments of the company.
For example, Xiahou Mo is in charge of the company's sound effect synthesis, Li Shaonan is the person in charge of the script creation department, Xu Junlong is in charge of the propaganda department, Wan Hanfei and Luo Jiansheng are in charge of the company's action actors, and Li Jianhua assists Yuan Heping, Sammo Hung and others in managing the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union.
These people are the backbone of Concord, their biggest characteristic is that they are young, yes, they are young, young and energetic, in the entire Hong Kong film circle, only the people of Concord Company are the youngest and the most creative, they closely surround Wang Xiaohu and build Concord into the leader of the Hong Kong film industry. Of course, only Wang Xiaohu has such courage and charm to bring these people together.
Six o'clock in the afternoon has passed the end of work, but everyone has no intention of leaving, after the completion of a day of luxuriant work, each employee sat in their own post, Concord company is in a state of anxious waiting.
"Why haven't you come yet, didn't you say it's seven o'clock?"
Xu Junlong is the only uncle-level figure in Xiehe, but this uncle's surname and temper are even hotter than Xiao Young, after all, he is the leader of the company's propaganda work, and he is also in a hurry.
"Uncle, don't shake it in front of my eyes anymore, okay, if I shake it again, I'm really going to faint from hunger." Xia Houmo pursed his lips and said weakly on the windowsill of the glass curtain wall in the hall on the first floor of the company.
Xu Junlong sighed depressedly, simply hid behind this aunt and grandmother, looked up from time to time outside, and muttered: "Did the gangster rabbit cub slip away, why don't you give news now." ”
"It's coming!"
As soon as Xu Junlong finished scolding this, Wan Hanfei's slightly hoarse voice sounded outside the building, and the employees of Concord, who were still anxious and eager just now, rushed out of the building.
Before Xia Houmo went out, he didn't forget to shout: "The music is sounding, the lanterns, why are the lanterns still not lit, Li Jianhua and Shaonan quickly pull up the banner!" Hey, Shaonan asked you to pull the banner, what are you running upstairs? ”
Li Shaonan didn't look back and said, "I'll call Sister Zichen." ”
In the VIP room on the second floor, Long Zichen was playing with Wang Jiaen stacking blocks, and after hearing the sound of footsteps in the corridor, Long Zichen first walked to the window and took a look, the door of the company downstairs was already crowded with employees of Concord, and several cars had just stopped.
Long Zichen showed a relieved smile on his face, turned around and came to Wang Jiaen's side and said softly: "Little prince, Daddy Mommy is back, come down with me to meet them." ”
Wang Jiaen frowned, tilted his head and said to Long Zichen: "Don't go, they left me at home and left me alone, so I won't go to greet them." ”
Hearing Wang Jiaen say this, Long Zichen shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The little prince is not obedient, Daddy Mommy is working, and he doesn't care about you, go down with your godmother, your mommy bought you a lot of toys from the mainland." ”
"Are there any new toys? Yes, yes. When Wang Jiaen heard this, he immediately threw the building blocks in his hand on the table, took Long Zichen's hand and said, "Godmother, let's go down quickly, I want a lot of toys." ”
"Hey!" Long Zichen sighed, "Slow down, no one will rob you." ”
The front of Concord has become a sea of cheers, with employees jumping and shouting to rush to several cars, and the colorful lights on the company building seem to feel this joy, blinking their eyes to the music and cheers. Three headlights shone on the banner raised by the canopy on the first floor, and it was written on it, "Welcome back Brother Hu, Sister Zhi and the crew of "Mythology". ”
In a piece of "Brother Tiger! "Sister Zhi!" In the voice, Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi got out of the car, both of them had tiredness on their faces, but they still greeted everyone with a smile on their faces.
Long Zichen hugged Wang Jiaen at the back of the crowd, to be honest, the moment she saw Wang Xiaohu come out, her heart was also filled with joy no less than everyone's, this was the first time she greeted Wang Xiaohu since she met him.
"Little Prince, have you seen Daddy Mommy?"
"See." Wang Jiaen nodded, and when Long Zichen saw this, he put him down from his arms, pointed to Wang Xiaohu and his wife who were walking over here and said, "You can't see it?" ”
Wang Jiaen thought about it, and then trotted over
"Time flies so fast, it's the end of '79 in a blink of an eye."
The day after Wang Xiaohu returned to Hong Kong, he convened a meeting of the heads of the company's five major satellite companies. At the same time, there were also "New Seven Little Blessings", the little guys were now seventeen or eighteen years old, and it was when they saw them that Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but sigh like this.
In the past few years, he always can't wait for time to speed up, so that those actors he is familiar with will appear in the film and television industry, but when he saw Jet Li, Stephen Chow, Huang Yuehua, Andy Lau, and Shen Moyan gradually fading their youthful faces, he realized that he had missed a great opportunity.
They are no longer the little dolls they were back then, especially Jet Li has greatly improved his living standards since he came to Hong Kong, and his size is the highest among the five, followed by Huang Yuehua, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow and Shen Moyan.
Two years ago, Wang Xiaohu also planned to let Jet Li and Yuan Biao cooperate in the filming of "Dragon in Shaolin", but now he can only give up this idea, because Jet Li is nearly 30 cm taller than three years ago, and starring in "Dragon in Shaolin" is a bit tender.
The so-called gains and losses in this world are bound to be lost, so it's okay, without "Dragon in Shaolin", you can shoot "Shaolin Temple", anyway, now the Shaolin Temple has been "moved" back to the film and television city, and you can go to the mainland to select those martial arts actors and start filming directly.
In a short sigh time, Wang Xiaohu made up his mind, and then cleared his throat and said to everyone: "The 70s are about to pass, and the new 80s are coming, maybe you feel a bit old-fashioned to say this, then okay, from next year, the burden on your body will be heavier, I hope you don't stick to the current satellite company model, you can be completely free to shoot better films." ”
After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, everyone looked at each other, the Xu brothers, as the first satellite company of Concord, have made rapid progress in the past few years, but with the development of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping and others, Xu's momentum has gradually weakened, and after Wu Yusen helped him finish filming "Fa Qian Han" and went to the United States, Xu did not shoot a movie for a whole year, and the reason is that there is no good script.
So Xu Guanwen agreed with Wang Xiaohu's arrangement, but he still had his own concerns, "Ah Hu, will our respective profits be reduced a lot?" ”
Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders and said, "It depends on how you distribute it, and I will not interfere with you in this regard." ”
Wang Xiaohu is also very reasonable, with the advent of 80 years, the appearance of new wave directors in turn will inevitably have a certain impact and impact on the inherent film institutions, if you watch the market share of the five satellite companies being impacted by them, it will cause some bad consequences, among these five companies, Wang Xiaohu is very clear about their strength.
After the 79 Sina field, the first to be affected was the Xu Brothers, whose share of the market was reduced from one per year to two years, or even one every three years, and finally faded out of the film industry, only Xu Guanjie was active in the front line with the appeal of the god of songs.
Yuan Heping is relatively straightforward, on the night of the completion of "Myth", he was a little drunk and said to Wang Xiaohu: "Ah Hu, you have withdrawn Yuan's company, I am not the material of the management company, I am still a full-time action director and martial arts instructor." ”
Yuan Heping's love and dedication to the action design industry made Wang Xiaohu awe-inspired, which is the pursuit of the world's No. 1 martial artist.
After returning to Hong Kong this time, Wang Xiaohu simply arranged the post-production of "Myth" and immediately convened this meeting, in order to let everyone be ready to welcome the arrival of Hong Kong's glorious era.
Among the five satellite companies, Wang Xiaohu is least worried about Xinyicheng, Debao, and New Century.
Don't look at Huang Baiming, Mai Jia, and Shi Tian disappeared after only filming one "Best Partner" after establishing the company, as if they were robbing the box office, they retreated when they got money, anyway, most people outside commented on these three guys, but Wang Xiaohu didn't think so, these guys were not idle after their success, and they soaked in the company's screenwriting studio in the past few years, helping Li Shaonan collect good scripts, in fact, they are choosing scripts that are suitable for them, I believe that after a few days of hibernation, They must have shocked Hong Kong movies.
Relatively speaking, Wang Xiaohu is looking forward to the arrival of the era of the Seven Old Monsters in Xinyicheng.
Sammo Hung , Jackie Chan , and Yuan Biao don't have to worry about it, they are the Iron Triangle and the only troika that can compete with Xinyi City.
The foundation was laid for them, but Wang Xiaohu didn't want to see a bad relationship between everyone fighting for the box office, so he suggested that they could disrupt the original compilation and let them freely combine to create more good works.
Wang Xiaohu has interfered too much in Hong Kong films, and he hopes that in the next few years, these people will find their own route, to put it bluntly, let them return to the track of history. This kind of return is not to say that it is going backwards, but to let them go further and have more stamina.
"You can discuss freely first, and I'll go to other departments." After Wang Xiaohu threw down this sentence, he left the conference room directly.
The Concord recording studio and sound effect room were on the corner of the third floor, and when Wang Xiaohu knocked on the door of the office in charge, he happened to hear the Xiahou Mo sisters muttering something there.
"Eldest sister, you see that you have been tanned for more than half a year since you went to the mainland! Yo yo yo, look at the sunburn on this face, that miserable! Xiahou Mo pointed to the freckles on Xiahou Jue's face distressedly and said.
Xiahou Jue sighed helplessly and said: ""Myth" adopts live recording, everyone is filming in the sun, I can't let people record with a sun umbrella." ”
"Then you don't have to go into battle in person, you see that you have sunned yourself into a little black pig, see who will want you!" Xiahou Mo snorted.
"What is my sacrifice, Sister Zhi, Sister Qingxia, and Gillian are also on the scene, okay, everyone is a first-line star, they are much more serious than me, they don't complain, what do I complain about." Xiahou Jue is very dedicated.
"No, I have to ask Brother Tiger for the loss fee, this is simply disfiguring my sister!" The more Xiahou Mo thought about it, the more angry he became, and he swore with his little fists.
"What kind of damages?" Wang Xiaohu hugged his shoulders and said with a smile.
"Ahh Brother Tiger! You, when did you come! Xiahou Mo was startled and said to Wang Xiaohu with his mouth open.
"That's when you said that I caused your sister to be disfigured, and you planned to ask me for damages." Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "What kind of loss fee is it?" ”
"Xiahou Mo's psychological quality is also strong, just panicked for a while, and then said confidently: That's it, that skin loss fee, you see my sister's skin is so tanned now, the man will definitely dislike him when he sees it, what if you don't give some loss money?"
"Xiaomo, don't say that, it's very unreasonable." Xiahou Jue blushed for her sister, and hurriedly said to Wang Xiaohu: "Brother Hu, she is joking, hehe, don't take it to heart." ”
"Oh, just kidding." Wang Xiaohu nodded and said: "Originally, I came today to tell you that the employees who went to the mainland to participate in the filming of "Myth" are very hard, and they will get a small box office dividend, since you all say so, then forget it." ”
Xiahou Jue's face suddenly became wonderful, Xiahou Mo was not a vegetarian, she screamed strangely and said: "Ah, Brother Tiger, we are not joking, can you reveal how much the dividend is?" ”
"Did you get the background music and theme song I asked you to record when I left?" Wang Xiaohu didn't answer her, but asked about the background music and theme song recording of "Myth".
"I made it two months ago, thanks to the help of Sister Zichen and Uncle Hui." Xiahou Mo finished speaking happily, then took Wang Xiaohu's arm and said, "Brother Tiger, tell me how many dividends there are." ”
"It doesn't seem like a lot." Wang Xiaohu said: "Hey, you don't seem to have gone to the mainland, why do you care so much about numbers?" ”
"I, I'm asking for my sister, she's about to get married, I have to help her buy some dowry!" Xiahou Mo panicked and didn't make a draft.
"Dead girl, it's clear that you're going to get engaged, and it's my head to blame!" Xiahou Jue was not happy when he heard this, and knocked on Xiahou Mo's little head and said.
"Oh, you're getting engaged." Wang Xiaohu was startled at first, and then immediately cheered: "Who is so full of a sense of justice, marry the most difficult aunt and grandmother of Xiehe Company to serve home, hahaha, I will give him a big red envelope to encourage him." ”
"Brother Tiger, you bully people!" Xiahou Mo said aggrievedly-
This chapter is not a water injection, it can be regarded as a summary of the 70s, and at the same time, through Wang Xiaohu's arrangement, it shows that he will intervene less and less in Hong Kong films in the future, and turn his attention to a bigger stage.
(To be continued)