In Wang Xiaohu's memory, after "The True Color of Heroes" became popular, followers flocked to it, setting off a huge wave of "hero films". [No pop-up novel network]

Not to mention those superficial and shoddy works, in 1987, John Woo and Tsui Hark collaborated to shoot a sequel. Although this sequel was still successful in that era, in Wang Xiaohu's opinion, there is a considerable gap between it and the first one, and it can be said that John Woo is a work that plays at will, not to mention the dogtail continuation mink's "True Colors of Heroes 3 Sunset Song".

Zhang Che took the initiative to propose it today, which made Wang Xiaohu feel a little big.

Indeed, following the trend is one of the biggest characteristics of Hong Kong films, especially in the golden age when commercial films are the mainstream, and often after a genre film sells well at the box office, it is bound to trigger a frenzy of following the trend.

A good genre is filmed too much, and the audience will be aesthetically fatigued, so this genre film will be over.

"I've been troubled by this problem for a long time, and I've thought of many ways, but after all, I can't completely adapt the problem of following the trend." Wang Xiaohu groaned: "But since Mr. Zhang asked, I will first talk about the immature thoughts in my heart, and I hope Mr. Zhang will forgive me for the shortcomings." ”

"Listen up." Zhang Che clasped his hands on his knees, like a student listening carefully.

Once upon a time, Zhang Che was one of the most influential figures in the Hong Kong film industry, and with the emergence of a group of new directors in the Hong Kong film industry, in just a few years, these new directors and their works have set off a huge wave in the film industry with unstoppable momentum.

Wang Xiaohu in front of him not only did not suffer any blows under the impact of the New Wave, but even expanded Concordia to a scale beyond the reach of all filmmakers, and his ideas and experience are definitely worth listening to.

"From a commercial point of view, following the trend is an inevitable product, after all, investors are now focusing on the box office, if there is no box office report, who will come to Hong Kong to invest in filmmaking."

Wang Xiaohu said while sorting out his thoughts: "There are pros and cons to following the trend, and the positive factor is to promote the prosperity of the type and trigger the scale effect of production. The negative factor is the lack of pioneering and innovation in creation, and the emergence of shoddy works in an endless stream, which has led to the rapid decline of a genre film. ”

Zhang Che nodded frequently: "What you said makes sense." ”

"If this vice can't be properly dredged, it is conceivable that Hong Kong films will follow in the footsteps of Taiwanese films in a few years." Speaking of this, Wang Xiaohu looked at Zhang Che and continued: "Mr. Zhang is developing in Taiwan now, so he must know the situation over there, right?" ”

"Hehe, it's very bad over there right now." Zhang Che smiled bitterly when he heard this, "At the beginning of this year, Taiwan's production and circulation were relatively large, such as Xuefu, Longzu, Belvedere, China Film, Shangshang, Beilun, Xinchuan, Jinli, Scholar, Longxiang... and other companies have shrunk their output due to various factors, and their production volume has been declining. Not only that, but the focus of several companies that maintain the film industry has also shifted to the film and television industry such as cable television, and Taiwanese film companies have seen the prosperity of Hong Kong's film industry and invested in Hong Kong on a large scale. ”

"So, in addition to coming to see John this time, I have other things to ask Mr. Wang to help with." After Zhang Che finished speaking, his expression was a little unnatural.

Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and said busily: "Mr. Zhang, please say something, as long as Xiaohu can do it, he will go all out." ”

"Not busy, not busy, let's get down to business first." Hearing that Wang Xiaohu agreed without hesitation and so happily, Zhang Che was in a good mood, and he actually sold Guanzi.

Wang Xiaohu smiled, didn't mind, and continued to follow the previous topic: "If you want to alleviate the status quo of following the trend, you have to start from several aspects. ”

Stretching out his index finger, Wang Xiaohu said: "The first aspect is: the standardization of the industry, at present, it seems that except for Concord International, other film companies are not very formal. For example, a special newcomer packaging system, such as a professional martial arts director training institution, and of course, more importantly, the overseas distribution industry chain. ”

"Not bad." Zhang Che said: "These are the envy of others, especially Concordia's overseas distribution industry chain, which is spread all over the world, which cannot be done by others. ”

"The second aspect is to take the play lightly. When everyone saw that others were on fire, they didn't think about it seriously and studied it at all, and directly pulled a star to come over to shoot, but the script was a mess, and some films didn't have a script after they started filming, and they completely relied on the actors' self-play and the director's creative feeling on the spot. Wang Xiaohu sighed heavily, for him, this is the real sad part.

"Is there a cure?" Zhang Che took the opportunity to ask.

Wang Xiaohu shook his head, "No, although we have a script creation pipeline at Concordia, according to my understanding, at present, except for the establishment of a similar struggle room in Xinyicheng, other companies do not attach importance to scripts. ”

"Maybe it's not that they don't pay attention to it, but they don't have the courage of Mr. Wang." Zhang Che smiled: "After all, they don't have spare money to support a group of screenwriters." Did Mr. Wong never think of setting up a Hong Kong-wide screenwriting training course? ”

"It's not that I haven't thought about it, it's too difficult."

Hong Kong is a small land, Hong Kong people have never had a cultural belonging, especially during the Sino-British negotiations, the shadow of the "97 limit" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, filmmakers seize this opportunity to make money, who will consider the future life and death of Hong Kong films.

"What about the third aspect?" Zhang Che listened with relish.

"Genre films and star effects are not in harmony"

"Master, boss, drink tea." At some point, John Woo and Dillon came over with two cups of hot tea.

"Thank you." Wang Xiaohu took a sip of tea and said to Zhang Che: "These are the problems I have seen so far, maybe some places are too extreme, and I hope Mr. Zhang will not laugh at them." ”

"Where's the word?" Zhang Che waved his hand and said, "Listening to your words, Zhang Mou suddenly opened his mouth, regretting that he didn't communicate with Mr. Wang much back then. ”

"It's not too late to communicate." John Woo suddenly said, "Master is planning to come to Hong Kong to develop, and there will be many opportunities for us to communicate in the future." ”

"Oh?" Wang Xiaohu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then immediately understood, no wonder Zhang Che just said that he had something to ask for, it turned out to be this matter.

immediately got up, took Zhang Che's hand and said: "Oh, welcome, welcome, it would be great if Director Zhang could come back, I believe that with Director Zhang's influence, he will definitely make his peers happy." ”

"Old, old, how can you young people be so motivated." Zhang Che said with a smile: "Now Hong Kong is the world of Concord International, how dare I share food here." ”

"Are you old? Lao Ji Fufang! Wang Xiaohu smiled: "It's rare to meet Director Zhang once, in this way, tonight I will wash the dust for your old man, John, you go and call Jiang David, Li Xiuxian, and Chen Guantai over, just in the Zichen Hotel, in our Concord perennial box." ”

"Good!" Wu Yusen responded loudly, and he was happy in his heart.

Originally, the master came to see him today, and he was very happy, and even Brother Hu agreed to the master's return to the Hong Kong film industry for help, and he was able to get together with a few brothers and sisters, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

The news of Zhang Che's return to Hong Kong to visit the crew of "The True Color of Heroes" was quickly discovered by media reporters, and the reporters who were squatting in Concord Film and Television City immediately rushed to the "Zichen Hotel" to wait after hearing the news, hoping to capture some exciting news.

Before Wang Xiaohu and the others left to go to the hotel, they received a call from Long Zichen.

"Hey, Ah Hu, there are a lot of reporters squatting in the hotel here, don't come here, I've asked people to get ready at the Taiping Peak Hotel, and you will go directly later."

"Well, I'm bothering you." After handing over the eldest brother to Zhao Gang, Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Director Zhang, as soon as you came to Hong Kong, you were targeted by those reporters, we have to change places for this meal." ”

"Well, I didn't expect to trouble you." Zhang Che was a little embarrassed when he heard this, as an old qualification in the circle, of course he knew that "The True Color of Heroes" was now the focus of the media's attention.

"Those guys were born to eat this bowl of rice, so whatever they want." Wang Xiaohu smiled and asked Zhao Gang to go out to arrange the car and security

"Director Zhang Che arrived in Hong Kong, and he was aggressive to ask Wang Xiaohu Xingshi for the crime!"

"The boss director met and argued fiercely, and Zhang Che angrily blamed Wang Xiaohu."

"The True Color of Heroes" attracted Zhang Che, and the two sides turned their faces on the set.

"Zhang Che will join "The True Color of Heroes" to fully escort the disciples."

As Wang Xiaohu and Zhang Che guessed, the reporters who squatted in the "Zichen Hotel" overnight to no avail were fully furious the next day, venting all their anger on negative reports.

As soon as the newspaper came out, it immediately caused an uproar, and the Hong Kong people were not very optimistic about "The True Colors of Heroes", but now that they are good, their masters have come to the door to ask questions, and some "extremely responsible" reporters even pulled out the news that Wu Yusen "left" Zhangjiaban that year.

Combined with one true, mixed with ninety percent false, look at the meaning, Zhang Che came to Hong Kong this time to find trouble with Wang Xiaohu, someone took the trouble to analyze: "I don't know what method Wang Xiaohu used back then, he just deceived Wu Yusen, Zhang Che's right-hand man, who knew that Wu Yusen's development in recent years has been mediocre, and people who are masters will definitely come to scold." ”

The outside world reported that the public paid attention to "The True Color of Heroes" immediately increased by several grades.

After all, Zhang Che and Wang Xiaohu are both well-known figures in the Hong Kong film industry, although the former has developed in Taiwan in recent years, but after all, they are old qualifications.

Outside the second set of "The True Color of Heroes", dozens of reporters squatted every day, but the security forces on the set were very tight, and they couldn't get in, they could only watch.

On the set, Wang Xiaohu changed into a MiG suit, put on toad sunglasses, and sat upright on the seat of the "theater".

"Poof, Ah Hu, you are so vulgar in this dress!" Long Zichen, who came to visit the class, laughed when he saw this.

"Hey, who would have thought that Wu Yusen would temporarily arrest the strong man." Wang Xiaohu pouted, he couldn't help it, according to the shooting plan, what he wanted to shoot today was the scene where Leslie Cheung and Zhu Baoyi came to the "theater" for the exam.

The music examiner's actors found a few, but the examiner was not found, Wu Yusen made a temporary decision, grabbed Wang Xiaohu for a while, and forced Wang Xiaohu to make a cameo.

So Wang Xiaohu reluctantly changed into a costume and became an extra.

(To be continued)