In this world, except for Wang Xiaohu, only Minister Huang of the Ministry of Culture may be able to understand how popular "Shaolin Temple" is at the first time. 【Reading.com】

Following "Myth", this is the second Hong Kong film to enter the mainland, according to the rough communication between the Ministry of Culture and major theaters last night, all theaters in Yanjing City are full, a large number of streets are blocked by traffic, and the entrances of major theaters are even more crowded.

Such a scene is far more serious than when "Mythology" was released in China a year ago, Yanjing sensation, Tianjin sensation, Shanghai sensation, Guangzhou sensation, thousands of open-air curtains all over the motherland are sensational, not to mention Henan Dengfeng!

If "Mythology" illusory the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, making people have a longing for the history and poignant love of the Terracotta Warriors, then "Shaolin Temple" is closer to the real and detonates the potential martial arts dreams in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Chinese!

Every young person has a martial arts dream in their hearts, even if they are a little shy and naïve to say, but let time pass, they can't polish this dream, before Hong Kong movies entered the mainland, they listened to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness" and other commentaries on the radio every day, or the whole class scrambled to copy Jin Yong's martial arts novels from Hong Kong, and lived a martial arts addiction in the spiritual world.

During the Cultural Revolution, this kind of martial arts novel can almost be planned to [***] ranks, but everyone is united to maintain this unforgettable dream, so Chinese mainland is very rich in martial arts culture, after thousands of years of cultural inheritance, this mark will never disappear, will affect the growth of generations of Chinese.

The appearance of "Shaolin Temple" can not but be said to be a fuse, because Shaolin Temple is real in real life, everyone has more or less heard of all kinds of legends about Shaolin Temple, in addition to knowing that it is the birthplace of Chinese Buddhist culture, there are also many folk legends such as Bodhidharma, Thirteen Stick Monks Save Tang King, one by one is a ready-made movie theme.

The problem in front of Minister Huang is more embarrassing now, not to mention the two movies "Myth" and "Shaolin Temple", just talk about "Mulan", "Huo Yuanjia", and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the first two are national heroes familiar to the common people like "Shaolin Temple".

In particular, Huo Yuanjia has a high popularity in modern times, and the common people know that there is a Huo Yuanjia in Tianjin, and he set up a little devil in Shanghai to fight the Jingwu Sect to cry his father and call his mother, and was finally poisoned by the little devil. Whether it is official history, wild history, or folklore, in short, Huo Yuanjia is definitely a good subject.

Minister Huang felt that his face was gloomy, and he felt even more sad for domestic filmmakers, he knew that if this continued, so many well-known good themes and good characters in China would be filmed by the young Hong Kong director in front of him sooner or later.

Even if Minister Huang was unhappy in his heart, he could only say with a smile at this moment: "Mr. Wang is really a diligent filmmaker, now that "Shaolin Temple" has just been released, you are busy shooting the next movie, and you are driving three dramas in one go, amazing, amazing." ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled slightly and said, "Actually, how do you say it? Since the establishment of a good relationship with China, I have been thinking about how to enhance cultural exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland, and you should be very clear to Minister Huang that Hong Kong's current geographical location is somewhat special, and many Hong Kong natives have never had a sense of belonging, and they don't know whether they are mainlanders or British, and I don't blame the political axe for saying this. ”

As the minister of the Ministry of Culture, Huang Zhen naturally knew very well that what Wang Xiaohu was saying now was the truth, so he nodded and did not speak, and motioned for Wang Xiaohu to continue.

"The special historical period has created a special cultural background in Hong Kong, and most of the older generation of Hong Kong filmmakers also came to Hong Kong before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they have played an immeasurable role in spreading Chinese mainland culture."

Wang Xiaohu said with a bitter smile here: "But these filmmakers are no longer young, and their inherent film concepts can no longer adapt to the tastes of young people, so they gradually fade out of the audience's field of vision.

Minister Huang frowned suddenly, he admitted that what Wang Xiaohu said was very correct, but no matter how he thought about it, he felt that these words were a little wrong, and after a long time, he suddenly realized that he found that Wang Xiaohu had secretly changed his concept without moving.

"Mr. Wang, there is something wrong with what you said, I admit that there is nothing wrong with spreading Chinese culture to the new generation of Hong Kong people who have grown up, but you Hong Kong people can't always let you Hong Kong people do these jobs, and we mainland film workers can also do it!" Minister Huang grimaced and said these words in one breath in a serious tone.

The implication is that spreading Chinese culture is not only the responsibility of you, Wang Xiaohu, but also the responsibility of our Ministry of Culture and our mainland film workers.

Originally, Minister Huang thought that Wang Xiaohu would be ashamed because of this, because what he said was righteous and justified, but who knew that Wang Xiaohu not only did not feel the slightest shame, but even raised a bitter smile.

"Mr. Wang, what are you laughing at?"

Wang Xiaohu waved his hand and said: "It's nothing, I know that the three leftist film companies in Hong Kong have done very well in recent years, but"

"Just what?" Minister Huang asked.

Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders, sighed and said, "Didn't Minister Huang find that whether it is Xinlian, Phoenix, Great Wall or mainland film companies, there is no market share in Hong Kong?" ”

"Ugh!" Minister Huang's face suddenly turned red!

The lack of market share shows that these three film companies have not made movies for more than ten years, but because their films do not meet the tastes of Hong Kong people, and no one has cheered or watched the movies they make!

Even the three leftist film companies that have penetrated deep into Hong Kong are facing such an embarrassing situation, not to mention the Chinese mainland film companies that have just passed the baptism of the Cultural Revolution and are dying.

It turns out that Mr. Wang has been saving face for himself, hey! Sure enough, there can't be too many selfish distractions, Minister Huang lowered his head in shame.

Taking a step back, even if the three leftist film companies already have the scale of Concord in Hong Kong, and they have adopted a good partnership with the mainland, can they promote the film to Hollywood?

The answer is: no way!

According to the Ministry of Culture's understanding of major Hong Kong film companies over the years, Minister Huang learned:

Before Wang Xiaohu, the Shaw Brothers were the leading bosses of Hong Kong films, and the once short-lived Golden Harvest Company was also very ambitious, they repeatedly promoted their films to Hollywood, but their performance was mediocre, and Golden Harvest Company went bankrupt because of its cooperation with Hollywood!

Can you say that these two film companies don't have the strength?

But they just didn't open up the market in Hollywood, and the American audience didn't eat the dish they served at all, because they didn't understand the taste of the American audience.

But Wang Xiaohu is different, he has more advantages than these two film companies, first of all, his brother Bruce Lee has a good interpersonal relationship in the United States, Bruce Lee's several Hollywood works are planned by Wang Xiaohu behind the scenes, as a screenwriter, director, martial arts instructor and even participate in performances, and he has also accumulated considerable popularity in front of American audiences.

Secondly, this young man was very studious, and he was able to fully integrate the social development of the United States at that time, and excavate the things that Americans most desired in their hearts, and the filmed "Rocky" caused a considerable sensation in the United States at that time.

After "Rocky", the young man created "Home Alone", "Jaws", "Star Wars", "Rocky 2", "First Blood", and the recently released "First Blood" in North America even President Reagan liked to watch.

This is Wang Xiaohu's advantage, a young director who can be accepted by audiences in China, Hong Kong, the United States and even the United Kingdom.

Minister Huang felt a cold sweat begin to break out on his back.

Wang Xiaohu always maintained a proper smile, and he could also see Minister Huang's embarrassment and helplessness at this time, but there was no way to do it.

"Minister Huang, do you have any other requirements?" Wang Xiaohu said.

"Uh, no, no, no, and." Minister Huang kept his back two or three centimeters away from his chair so that his shirt would not look too sweaty.

"I don't know when Mr. Wang will be able to train our domestic filmmakers." Minister Wong said: "Especially in terms of script writing, you know this is the most lacking in the country at the moment, they don't know what kind of subject matter Hong Kong people like. ”

Minister Huang originally wanted to talk about Hong Kong or Hollywood, but if even Hong Kong people couldn't accept it, Hollywood wouldn't have to dream.

"I don't think Minister Huang's top priority is to make scripts, these things can be learned at any time."

"So what's the priority?" Minister Huang was a little confused.

"The most tragic thing is to establish and improve the Chinese film system, even if mainland screenwriters can create films that are acceptable to Hong Kong people, but they cannot be accepted by mainland audiences, or even cannot be released in China." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "If there is no sound film mechanism in the mainland, it is foreseeable that the development of Chinese films will be in a state of chaos in the future." ”

"The matter of the script" Wang Xiaohu did not forget to remind before leaving.

Minister Huang was carefully savoring Wang Xiaohu's words just now, and he hurriedly sobered up from his contemplation, nodded and said, "We will review the script as soon as possible, but I don't know how our domestic side should cooperate." ”

Wang Xiaohu patted his forehead, folded back from the door and said, "I almost forgot about it, hehe." As for "Huo Yuanjia", we plan to shoot in Tianjin and Shanghai, if possible, we hope that the Ministry of Culture will contact Huo Yuanjia's descendants, hoping that they can put forward some valuable suggestions on the script, and I think they should be happy to promote the culture of the Huo family. ”

Minister Huang nodded: "There should be no problem with this, let's do the work." ”

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes was mainly filmed in Inner Mongolia, Peach Blossom Island in the Zhoushan Islands of Zhejiang Province and other places, which I mentioned in the supplementary matters of the script."

"In terms of "Mulan", I feel that it is still filmed in the Yellow River Stone Forest, Inner Mongolia and other places, and I will follow up the whole process of this film, and of course invite domestic filmmakers to cooperate, so as to increase the opportunity to exchange and learn with everyone."

Wang Xiaohu's words were very subtle, and after thinking about it, he added: "There is also the army, the Inner Mongolia cavalry battalion that cooperated with us in the first two times is good, and "Mulan" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" have several large-scale wars, so I still need the help of the PLA soldiers who have cooperated with me a few times, and I will pay them a salary this time." ”

Minister Huang wrote down the last sentence in his notebook, and suddenly raised his head in astonishment: "Why do you suddenly want to pay them a salary?" ”

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "I didn't ask for a share of the domestic box office before filming "Myth", so naturally I wouldn't pay them a salary, but now that I want a share, I have to pay them a salary, and they are also the hardest working people in the whole crew, both filming and responsible for the safety of the crew, such a good team, it would be too impersonal if I didn't pay a salary." ”

Minister Huang sighed and sighed with great emotion, in the face of Wang Xiaohu being so humane, some domestic film companies are a little dissatisfied in comparison, the state is basically helping to invest, and it is to mobilize the army and borrow various equipment, but the filmed films can only be distributed in China.

"Hey!"

With Minister Huang's sigh, Wang Xiaohu left the Ministry of Culture.

From today's long conversation with Minister Huang, Wang Xiaohu can vaguely feel that the Ministry of Culture has a little resentment towards him, and it is precisely because of these that he said those tactful words, he believes that a smart person like Minister Huang will definitely be able to understand the meaning of these words, and hopes that the Chinese film market will become more and more mature and influential.

Because only when the mainland market matures and improves, can the future of Hong Kong films have a broader space, since he has eaten the bowl of movies and has these favorable conditions after being reborn, Wang Xiaohu feels that he can't just be satisfied with his own selfish desires, and make some appropriate contributions to the film exchanges between the two places.

But he knows that it is not an overnight thing to improve the Chinese film market, and it is impossible for him to participate in the internal finger-pointing of the film mechanism, just because he is an outsider to people in China!

Therefore, Wang Xiaohu is now making money from mainlanders, and he is not ashamed.

(To be continued)