309 Accelerating the Death of a Theme (1)
"You've got a lot of ideas!" After listening to Wang Xiaohu's plan, Run Run Shaw said with appreciation: "I will cooperate with your plan and arrange the release of "Seventy-two Tenants" within a week, but you have to let the theater line go." [Reading Network]"
"No problem at all!" Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders and said: "Sixth Uncle, you should know that my theaters are now in the renovation stage, and the decoration has been fully completed, and Uncle Six's movies are welcome to be released in the boy's theater at any time." ”
Since the box office hit the street with "Serpentine Trickster", Wang Xiaohu immediately studied with Yuan Heping and Sammo Hung, and thought that the theater was a waste of resources when it was idle, in addition to playing some movies from small film and television companies, he immediately started the renovation work of the theater, and also started the plan to build a large theater, otherwise the 210 million Hong Kong dollars in his hand really couldn't be spent.
At the same time, there is also the drawing design of Concord Film and Television City, in Wang Xiaohu's grand blueprint, there must be its own theater and studio, otherwise there will always be trouble in asking Run Shaw to rent the studio, and it is not that there is no money, and tens of millions of dollars are done in advance, and sooner or later have to do the work.
"When will "Jingwumen" be filmed!" Run Run Shaw reproached with some dissatisfaction: "You kid still said that you want to continue the lawsuit for publicity, who knows that you will disappear after a day of lawsuits, and you won't even go to court, what are you busy with!" ”
"Uh, Uncle Six, I admit that I was wrong about this." Wang Xiaohu grabbed his white hair and said, "I recently took a few apprentices to write a script for Jiahe!" ”
"What! Golden Harvest is now your mortal enemy, you actually wrote a script for Golden Harvest, boy, are you funny in your brain! Run Run Shaw tasted a little: "I begged you to write a script for me several times but refused, and you were idle for Golden Harvest, are you kid begging for a beating!" ”
After Run Run Shaw finished speaking, he found that Wang Xiaohu was always looking at him with a smile, "Is your kid playing any bad ideas again!" Oops, how do I feel that you are sinister in your smile, hurry up and tell me what kind of trick you gave Golden Harvest this time! ”
"Don't be in a hurry, it's not interesting to say this thing, Uncle Six and pay attention to it." Wang Xiaohu smiled brightly, waved his hand and said, "Anyway, it's a very relieving thing for the sixth uncle." ”
"Sell off! In addition to slamming the door and pretending to be pitiful, you kid has recently learned to sell guanzi! Run Run Shaw said depressedly.
Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "I learned it from the sixth uncle, but I am now learning and selling!" ”
"You kid get out of here, if you stay here, Uncle Six, my heart attack will recur sooner or later!" Shaw smiled and gave the eviction order.
Wang Xiaohu got up, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and said, "Sixth uncle, have you played stocks recently?" ”
Run Run Shaw shook his head and said, "If you don't play, what's wrong?" ”
"Last night, Zhou Gong gave me a dream, saying that in recent years, it is better not to touch the stock thing, if there is a ready-made one, it is better to clear the position as soon as possible, so as not to get a void, if you fall into a broken house, jump off the building or something, isn't it a human tragedy?"
"Stinky boy, you cursed me for an early death! See if I don't kill you! ”
"Hahaha, the sixth uncle will not hang up easily if he is a hundred years old!" Wang Xiaohu laughed and escaped from the TVB building.
The "Looking for Bruce Lee" imitation competition continued, and as Wang Xiaohu expected, the four dragons easily made it to the top 30. Different from other imitators, the appearance of the four little dragons is very shocking, Tang Long and Bruce Lee have 75% similar appearance, and are the best candidates for "Bruce Lee II" among all imitators, Bruce Lu's muscles and body shape are similar to Bruce Lee, He Zongdao is burly, only slightly hunchbacked, wearing sunglasses will make people directly recognize Bruce Lee. Although Liang Xiaolong does not match his appearance and figure, he has sharp legs.
In fact, after Wang Xiaohu's intensive training, the four dragons are among the best in both martial arts movements and demeanor, Liang Xiaolong's three-legged legs, Lu Xiaolong's deadly double short sticks, He Zongdao's fancy nunchucks, Tang Long's Wing Chun short fights and sharp eyes, all kinds of advantages make them invincible in the competition and stand out among the hundreds of players.
Such a good phenomenon made Du Huidong greatly relieved, the media has not been looking for trouble with him in the past few days, Zou Wenhuai and other Golden Harvest executives have also picked their noses and eyes at him, but fortunately, the performance of the four little dragons has relieved his pressure, and he has decided to recommend the four little dragons to Zou Wenhuai in private.
So under Du Huidong's secret matchmaking, Zou Wenhuai and Gao Luosi were very satisfied with the four dragons, and gave bonuses to the four on the spot, the meaning couldn't be more obvious, you go directly to the top five, and wait to sign a contract with Golden Harvest.
After the candidates were finalized, Zou Wenhuai said to Gao Luos: "Robert, we must package them as soon as possible in the next step, and whether there is a more suitable script." ”
"It's a bit difficult now, and you know Tiger. Wang led the script of Hong Kong movies to a high level, and the audience would basically not buy it after deviating from his standard line, otherwise his "Serpentine Trickster" would not hit the street. ”
"That's true, but it's a good thing for us, don't look at his popularity in Hollywood, after Bruce Lee's death, his script was a big failure, we should seize this opportunity to turn over and get back everything that belongs to us." Zou Wenhuai tapped on the table and said, "Script, we want a good script!" ”
"Don't think about Hollywood screenwriters yet, because they have too little research on Hong Kong films, and they ask for too much remuneration for each script, so it's better to find a group of screenwriters in Hong Kong." Gao Los frowned and analyzed.
"Robert, what you said is so right, our screenwriters in Hong Kong are cheap, they are the really hard-working little bees, well, I will arrange for someone to go to the screenwriter circle to find a few scripts." Zou Wenhuai nodded in agreement.
"Then what are you waiting for, go and implement it, I can't wait!"
“ok! I'm going to call! Zou Wenhuai clapped his hands with a smile, called Du Huidong into the office and said: "Xiao Du, you go to the screenwriter circle to release a few messages, saying that we Golden Harvest want to buy high-quality scripts at a high price, as long as the script is valued, we will give cash directly!" ”
A strange wind has been set off in the Hong Kong film industry, Golden Harvest Company issued a reward order, wanting to buy high-quality scripts with a lot of money, as long as you are talented, as long as you can write the script according to Bruce Lee's martial arts style or Wang Xiaohu's script style, Golden Harvest Company will accept all the orders, and it is to pay the money with one hand and hand over the script with the other.
This news caused a sensation in the entire screenwriting industry no less than a seven-magnitude earthquake, and all the old screenwriters and new screenwriters went to the theater to watch Bruce Lee's movies like chickens, because they once heard a legend: Wang Xiaohu's eldest apprentice Li Shaonan used this method to practice hard back then, and now he has become Wang Xiaohu's right and left hand. So they imitated it, trying to find a path of development for themselves in this way.
Wang Xiaohu smiled after hearing the news, and immediately asked his theater chain to re-hang Bruce Lee and several movies starring himself, of course, for the sake of copyright, he did not let the theater play "Tangshan Brother" and "Jingwumen", after all, the lawsuit is still ongoing, it's not good to commit crimes against the wind, right?
After arranging these things, Wang Xiaohu said to Li Shaonan, Mai Jia, Shi Tian, and Huang Baiming: "Well, now is the time for you to show your skills, or find familiar friends, or find distant relatives, and sell your script for a good price!" ”
"Master, will Jiahe want such a garbage script?" Mai Jia asked, pointing to the "Li Sanjiao Megatron Hell Gate" in his hand.
"If you don't want Golden Harvest, you can give it to other small companies!" Wang Xiaohu said disappreciably: "Besides, there are not a few people who want to make Xiaolongge copycat movies, those players who are similar in appearance and god are poached by Jiahe, can't they find other unsuccessful ones to replace them?" Don't worry.,These dozen books will definitely sell for a good price! ”
"Okay!" Neither Mai Jia nor Huang Baiming have much confidence, after all, the script in their hands is too spoof and nonsense! What company would be willing to spend money on such a book? In the past few days, I don't know if Wang Xiaohu feels that the two of them lack exercise, or if they feel that the two have become familiar with this spoof style, and directly threw out more than a dozen ideas for the two of them to toss, at first they felt that it was difficult to write, but later found that whatever they wrote, as long as they said the past, the martial arts action was exciting, so they wrote a script a day that was out of control!
The speed and high output made Wang Xiaohu speechless, and his heart was obedient, after all, he was still a master in this area, it seems that they have found the trick!
In this apprehension, the four apprentices embarked on the road of selling scripts, and a few days later, to Li Shaonan and Shi Tian's surprise, the "Game of Death" and "Tower of Death" they wrote were valued by Golden Harvest, and they bought out all the adaptation rights at one time, "Game of Death" 150,000, "Tower of Death" 100,000!
Such a high income really shocked a group of screenwriters, of course, the two did not show up, and others didn't know that this was Wang Xiaohu's bad idea, but they were envious of the two novices who had never seen them in the circle, carrying more than a dozen scripts in their hands every day, and asking when they met: "Do you want a script?" What a script, reproduce Bruce Lee's miraculous skills, and revive the style of "Jingwumen"! ”
After shouting for a few days, "New Jingwumen" and "Jingwumen Sequel" were also taken away by Golden Harvest, and the price given was not high, 50,000 Hong Kong dollars per copy! At this time, those screenwriters vomited blood angrily, wanting to find those two novices to learn from experience, but they knew that they disappeared immediately after taking the money, as if they had never appeared in the circle.
So many people followed the example of these two, with the scripts they had worked so hard to write, and secretly asked in a whisper: "Brother, do you want a script?" That situation made Wang Xiaohu look back and laugh, too familiar, too familiar, if you change the script to a CD, hehe
(To be continued)