Winterdur and others stayed in Hong Kong for another three days, during which he made various preparations for the joint filming on behalf of Warner and Concord, and then took three copies of the film produced by Concord and took a flight to the United States with Paul Shearer. [Full text reading]

In the afternoon of the same day, Concord held its first internal meeting, in fact, no matter how hard Wang Xiaohu is, Concord is not yet a complete film and television company, although it has various functional departments, but it is too far from Wang Xiaohu's earliest idea of wanting to build the strongest lineup in Hong Kong.

Most of the company's institutions are newcomers, and there are no other familiar faces in the memory of the cattle except Qi Xiaofu and Yuan Heping, let alone the director. In the 70s, the Hong Kong film industry was still in short supply of director talents, even more than actors, many big directors were attached to the Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, such as Zhang Che, Hu Jinquan, Li Hanxiang and others firmly occupied the position of the Shaw Brothers, and Golden Harvest has been particularly thin since Wang Xiaohu and Bruce Lee left.

Wang Xiaohu has not only talked about these disadvantages to Bruce Lee once, but Bruce Lee was born to be a good manager, and the operation of the company never asked, he only cared about whether there was a new script, and as for the rest, Wang Xiaohu was given carte blanche to do it, so the meeting was also supported by Wang Xiaohu.

"Let's talk about the first thing first, the actors who participated in the performance in Hong Kong include Shi Jian, Zhong Lingling, Mao Ying, Yang Si, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuan Hua, Yuan Biao" Wang Xiaohu took the shooting plan and said: "The actors mentioned in the list must be called over for training as soon as possible, and Uncle Jian was invited by Brother Xiaolong." ”

Shi Jian, formerly known as Shi Rongzhang and nicknamed "Jianrenjian", is a veteran Jianjiao in Cantonese movies, and often plays the role of villain in Wong Fei Hung movies starring Kwan Dexing. And his most familiar image to mainland audiences is naturally the twin brothers in the 83 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in Wang Xiaohu's memory, Qiu Qianren and Qiu Qianzhang.

The role of "Mr. Han" is played by Shi Jian, who has received strong support from Bruce Lee, and after seeing the script, he recommended Shi Jian to play it, Wang Xiaohu did not raise objections, after all, history is also repeated like this, Shi Jian's performance in the film is also decent, and the interpretation of the northern martial arts is also wonderful.

It's just that since Wang Xiaohu designed the martial arts action, the martial arts scenes of "Enter the Dragon" must be raised by a few grades, at least the style of Hong Kong martial arts in the 90s to pass.

"The second thing is very important, this time I co-produced a film for Warners, I hope everyone can correct their mentality and seize this good opportunity to learn more from those Yankees, after all, our Hong Kong films still have a lot of shortcomings, don't hold the idea of being a monk for a day all day long, that will never grow!" Wang Xiaohu's words are for Qi Xiaofu and Yuan Heping and others, after all, the company does not have a few directors, and now Yuan Heping is qualified for the position of assistant director, and Sammo Hung can barely be an assistant director, but there are still many places that need to be honed, which can be regarded as the company's key training object.

Since the talent resources in the 70s are limited, Wang Xiaohu must cultivate and cultivate himself, otherwise the pace of Hong Kong films will not be able to develop in an all-round way on his own, which he knows very well that what he has to do is to be a good leader and lead Hong Kong films to develop on the good side.

"Wong Ka Yan, how far is the location on Lantau Island going?" After Wang Xiaohu finished talking about two precautions, he began to investigate the shooting situation of the outside scene.

When Wang Jiaxin heard Wang Xiaohu call his name, he immediately straightened his waist and replied meticulously: "At present, one-third of the exterior construction is completed, and the interior of the underground secret room is being erected, and the basic progress is within the scope of the plan, but there are no drawings for the room in the mirage secret room, and the dozens of mirrors we bought don't know how to furnish them." ”

Wang Xiaohu held his chin and tapped the table with a pen, this fantasy secret room can be said to be a highlight of "Enter the Dragon", and it is also a necessary part of Bruce Lee's interpretation of the ultimate meaning of Jeet Kune Do.

When Bruce Lee had a revenge mentality, he chased after Shi Jian's 'Mr. Han' in the film, broke into the mirror house full of standing mirrors on all sides, and was conspired against because of the heavy figures and the truth and falsehood, he couldn't help but recall the revelation of the Shaolin master, the master said: 'The enemy is a phantom, the real enemy is hiding behind it, as long as you destroy the enemy's phantom, you can destroy the enemy's true body'.

This scene must be strictly controlled, Wang Xiaohu thought about it and said: "The specific installation method is agreed upon on the spot, and the final requirement after molding is that there are countless figures standing in front of the mirror, and you can meet the shooting requirements. ”

"Oh, and one more thing, did you get the remote control camera lift?" Wang Xiaohu has always been concerned about this matter, after all, this kind of large-scale shooting requires many angles to complete, and it is a little difficult to simply use a mechanical lift, and after the filming of "Warrior", he asked Wang Jiaxin and others to complete the research and development work as soon as possible.

Wang Jiaxin is also single, receiving a fee of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars from Wang Xiaohu, and introducing a few of his friends who are engaged in remote control devices to come in, just such a special shooting machinery invention team has been established, he is now mainly tackling these problems, as for the drama affairs, Zhang Yuan is completely responsible for the specific responsibility, he is only responsible for supervising the progress and quality every day. "After 20 failures, the remote control camera lift has been developed, and two have been formed, and the third is being processed in the workshop."

"Very good, after the meeting, you can ask me to get a new drawing, probably the idea of reducing the camera and simplifying it, if the number of people is not enough, you can continue to recruit talents in this area, and I will give you some financial support." Wang Xiaohu nodded and said. As for the miniature version of the camera, it is actually portable, but at present, the weight of the portable camera used in Hong Kong is very heavy, and the length of the film is not enough, his request is to transform the portable camera, if it can be transformed into the kind of DV machine in the 21st century, it is naturally good, but the current technology is obviously impossible to achieve, he just asks for light weight, shooting time and quality can be improved.

"People with lines have been studying the script carefully these days, and if they don't have lines, they will hurry up and rehearse the action! Okay, I'm fine, Brother Xiaolong, do you have something to do here? ”

Bruce Lee shrugged with a smile and said, "You've done all the big things, I just want to ask: Who will play my sister?" ”

"Uh~" Wang Xiaohu was embarrassed, and he actually forgot about this big problem. Anyone who has watched "Enter the Dragon" knows that one of the reasons why Bruce Lee rushed into the island was to save his sister, but his sister was insulted by Ogarda and others, forcing his sister to commit suicide, so he still participated in the competition. As far as Wang Xiaohu knows, the role of this sister was not in the script list at first, because Bruce Lee was short-tempered, and the crew had to let Linda on the set of Lantau Island to persuade Bruce Lee, so the crew added a scene, and Linda made a cameo appearance in the film as Lee's sister.

"Linda." Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "I think she should be competent." ”

Bruce Lee frowned and said puzzledly: "Why, her acting skills are terrible." ”

Is it bad? Why don't I think so, it seems that Linda's fists and kicks are not bad, and her performance is also very good. "As an investor, you have to think about cost savings. Just use Linda, she'll be happy to hear it. ”

"Hell, you go ahead and talk about it." Bruce Lee pouted in frustration.

"It's nothing if I go and say it." Wang Xiaohu shrugged, then knocked on the table and said: "In a week, I will go to the United States with Brother Xiaolong to participate in the selection of American actors organized by Warner, during which I hope you will work harder and try to do a good job in advance." ”

After the meeting, everyone went to work on their own things, and Li Shaonan came to Wang Xiaohu's office after making the meeting minutes. "Master, those friends of mine are already here, when do you plan to meet them?"

Wang Xiaohu closed the minutes of the meeting, rubbed his temples and said, "How many people are there?" ”

"Three."

"Now then! Later, I will have to go to Gu Jiahui to discuss the background music of the film. "Now Wang Xiaohu's time is very tight, and he will not delay the problems that can be solved as soon as possible until tomorrow.

Half a minute later, Li Shaonan walked into the office with three people.

"Hello Master!" The three of them should have received a hint from Li Shaonan, and the first thing they said after entering the door was to ask Wang Xiaohu for peace, for fear that Wang Xiaohu would not want them to put the name of "Master" on their lips first.

Wang Xiaohu raised his head and looked at the three people in front of him with a smile, and after just one glance, his eyebrows jumped involuntarily, because the three people in front of him were very familiar!

The long hair on the left, who looks a little old, is not very outstanding, and is looking at himself with a smile. The one in the middle is the most conspicuous, with a shiny bald head, and the smile on his face makes Wang Xiaohu feel a little strange, and the one on the right, De, has a pair of big glasses hanging on his face.

The image of the three people made Wang Xiaohu feel very familiar, and he felt that these three people should have starred in classic Hong Kong movies, but he couldn't remember it for a while, maybe their current appearance was somewhat different from the movie. So he coughed a little and asked, "You are all friends of Shaonan." ”

"Yes, Master." The three of them answered in unison, very tacitly.

Wang Xiaohu felt very funny and said with a smile: "What's your name?" ”

"Master, my name is Shi Tian, the bald guy is called Mai Jia, and the glasses man is called Huang Baiming."

"I've got a fork! Lao Tzu is so lucky today, he can meet the three giants of Xinyi City casually! Wang Xiaohu swallowed a mouthful of saliva to calm himself down, but the expression on his face was stunned, it was obvious that he was frightened!

(To be continued)