The rave reviews of "Ip Man" lived up to expectations, with a box office income of 4.32 million in just two weeks, surpassing "Raptors Across the River" in the same period, and catching up with the box office of "Jingwumen" at the beginning of the year with 5 million in two weeks. [Full text reading]

During the interval between the filming of "Warrior", Bruce Lee asked Wang Xiaohu: "Xiaohu, your "Ip Man" box office is very eye-catching, can you tell me the mystery of this?" ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled bitterly and said: "No matter how red you are, aren't they all the achievements of our Concord Company?" ”

"Hehe, Xiaohu, you may have misunderstood, I'm not jealous, I'm really happy for you." Bruce Lee nodded and said: "Yes, the better the box office, the best proof of the rise of our Concord's comprehensive strength, which shows that the quality of each of the company's films can withstand the test, and you are the biggest hero." ”

Wang Xiaohu was a little embarrassed by what he said: "Actually, if you think about it seriously, what can you say about this kind of success, some tricks!" ”

"The quality of the film is fantastic, why don't you emphasize the subjective factor and have to put forward the objective existential factor?" This answer made Bruce Lee very confused, and he asked with a frown.

"Very simply, the success of "Ip Man" is based on many aspects, first of all, we have made a lot of public welfare activities in June 18 to take the lead in doing good, don't underestimate these activities will make Hong Kong citizens have a good impression of you." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "There is also our propaganda methods, you have participated in the whole process, there is nothing unusual, the real reason for the success of "Ip Man" is the same as "Jingwumen", you can see from the comments in the newspaper that whether it is Chen Zhen or Ip Man, they are all promoting a master idea: fight little devils!" ”

Sammo Hung thanked the dragon and tiger after hearing the conversation between the two of them, and walked over and interjected: "Huh? It seems that the script of "Cold Faced Tiger", which was released at the same time as us, is also the content of fighting devils, why is its two-week box office only 1 million? ”

Bruce Lee knocked Sammo Hung and said: "Sanmao, don't raise Luo Wei to the same level as Xiaohu, their fight against devils is personal hatred, and Ip Man is raised to the height of the rise and fall of the nation, and the two are judged by comparison." ”

"Also, Ah Hu once said that fighting should be justified, only when the reason is sufficient, the fight will be enjoyable!" Sammo Hung touched the place where he was knocked and thought for a while.

These words are all theoretical knowledge that Wang Xiaohu once told the Seven Xiaofu brothers, just as Wang Xiaohu had emphasized before, "what to fight, why to fight, and how to fight." ”

Wang Xiaohu added: "Senior Brother Sanmao is right. The three fights are closely combined, and only when the reason for the fight is sufficient, the audience is completely brought in, thinking that the protagonist will be unhappy if he doesn't beat the bad guy, which is the charm of 'why fight'. ”

After shooting a few films together, many people in Seven Little Blessings have now become pioneers in the industry, but they don't have the rich "experience" of Wang Xiaohu's previous life, and they can't understand when a film will be filmed to achieve the best box office and arouse the audience's recognition.

For example, this "Ip Man", although it achieved a box office of 100 million in the previous life, it received a lot of praise and criticism, for the script, for the martial arts design, for the cast has attracted criticism, because people in the 21st century have formed their own aesthetics after experiencing a variety of big movies, and their minds have reached the point of calm enough, it is impossible for them to fully appreciate a film.

But now it is Hong Kong in the 70s, and the audience's entertainment and pastime are only movies, nightclubs, television, etc., and their current aesthetic views are far from reaching the saturation in Wang Xiaohu's memory, which is the success of "Ip Man", although the 4.2 million box office of "Ip Man" is only two weeks, it is believed that this number will increase with the expansion of Shaw Brothers in Southeast Asian theaters. After all, the contract signed between Wang Xiaohu and Shaw Brothers is not only limited to theaters in Hong Kong, but theaters across Southeast Asia are also the battlefield of Hong Kong movies.

Thinking of Southeast Asia, and then thinking about Europe and the United States, Wang Xiaohu feels that everything he has done is still too small, and it still needs more effort to make Concord a big company like Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers! "Okay, let's continue filming! The third layer of "Warriors", the stick demon"

Irushandu did not leave Hong Kong immediately to rush to the Philippines, in fact, after the heavy rain of 618, he was forced to stay in Hong Kong, in order to better help his master Bruce Lee shoot the film, he has been practicing hard during this time, and after watching "Ip Man", he admired his little brother and admired the five-body cast, very much in line with the filming progress of "Warrior".

According to the requirements of the script, the main attraction of this fight scene is nunchucks vs nunchucks, and Bruce Lee initially appeared with a green bamboo pole to deal with Irushandu's two-handed short stick, which interprets the lightness and flexibility in Jeet Kune Do. The nunchucks are to tell the audience that the same weapon is used with different powers in different hands, and that they should not follow the master's teaching materials by rote, otherwise they will be defeated miserably.

In the process of filming, Bruce Lee encountered a lot of difficulties, he is a practical practitioner, the application of nunchucks is limited to fighting, and the performance is a little inadequate, Wang Xiaohu designed several sets of actions in one go, which makes him somewhat difficult.

On the 5th shooting, Bruce Lee was changing hands, his yellow handy sweatshirt was all soaked, he turned on the fan to blow away the heat on his body, and said to Wang Xiaohu a little depressed: "Hey, Xiaohu, isn't this set of action design a little cumbersome?" ”

Wang Xiaohu took the nunchucks and stood in front of the camera after a very coherent demonstration and said: "How do I feel very smooth, the camera feels fine!" ”

"Yes, there is no problem with the sense of the camera, but you should know that I use nunchucks to beat people, and there is always some criticism of this kind of routine!" Bruce Lee rolled his eyes and said.

"Hehe, there's no way around it, Brother Xiaolong, you can continue to practice a few times!" Wang Xiaohu threw the nunchucks to him, and then said to Irushandu: "Dan, remember not to dance the nunchucks on the spot when the machine is turned on, and move your steps at all times, otherwise you will be like a humanoid sandbag!" ”

"Okay Tiger, I remember!" Hearing this, Irushandu lowered his head and began to ponder.

In the next few days, Wang Xiaohu has been helping Bruce Lee shoot "Warrior", at this time he has completely become the director of the crew, Bruce Lee has also completely relaxed and devoted himself to it as an actor, the progress of filming is not bad, but occasionally after Bruce Lee's "pursuit of perfection" momentum comes up, everyone will inevitably shoot a few more sets back to edit.

When he returned home in the evening, Li Shaonan came over with a notebook and said, "Master, there are a total of 28 calls to you tonight, including the secretary of the Shaw Group, who wants to ask if you have time to drink tea and chat with Mr. Shao in the near future. ”

"Well, I see, who made the remaining 27 calls?" Wang Xiaohu nodded, since the release of "Ip Man", he and Run Run Shaw have never met again, thinking that the film has been released for more than ten days, and the box office record has reached 6.75 million, Run Run Shaw must have jumped out happily to talk to himself about life.

"Oh, there are 25 of them called by some fans, and most of them are like learning Wing Chun from you." Li Shaonan smiled bitterly and said, "I sent them to the Wing Chun Association to sign up." ”

"Very good, this is how it should be handled in the future. Who made the other 1 call? Wang Xiaohu took a sip of water and sat on the sofa and asked.

"The other one, it's a very arrogant guy calling!" Li Shaonan said that he put the record book on the sofa and imitated the other party's tone and said: "I'm looking for Wang Xiaohu, you tell him, don't think that if you collude with the Hong Kong police, the world will be peaceful, although there are people in your newspaper, there are people in Lao Tzu!" ”

"Gone?" When Wang Xiaohu heard this, a vague figure suddenly popped up in his mind, the reason why it is called fuzzy is that he only knows the other party's voice, judging from the tone that Li Shaonan imitated just now, that person is the challenger who helped Bruce Lee send away last time, he was just scaring him at the beginning, and he didn't really tell Deng Sheng about it, and he couldn't think that he was more serious.

"It's gone!" Li Shaonan frowned and said, "Master, who is this person?" ”

"It's just a psychopath, you don't have to pay attention to him! If he calls again in the future, you will still be on the side and let him talk. "This guy is really sticky with a cowhide plaster, I thought it would be something if I called, is this kind of painless greeting, just tell me that you are safe, and you haven't been caught by the police? Sick!

Wang Xiaohu was not in a hurry to drink tea and chat with Run Run Shaw, he waited for another four days, when the first round of "Ip Man" was released in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and other theaters, and the box office reached 10.21 million, he stopped the filming of "Warrior", on the one hand, he believes that the box office results have achieved the expected results, and on the other hand, the current filming must be stopped, because the actors of the second-story tower and the fourth-story tower have not yet arrived.

After the box office statistics of 10.21 million Hong Kong dollars came out, the entire Concord Company was immersed in a frenzy, Wang Xiaohu shook hands with the employees of each company to celebrate, and even picked up Zhao Yazhi and turned around several times, this result has refreshed the 7 million box office of "Raptors Across the River", becoming the first film to break 10 million box office since the opening of Hong Kong.

"We want to have a celebration patty and invite friends from all over Hong Kong to participate!" Bruce Lee exclaimed excitedly!

"Seconded!" "Agreed!" "Great idea!" Everyone shouted happily.

In the same period, "Cold Faced Tiger" was very bleak in the overseas market under the impact of "Ip Man", and finally went to theaters with 3.3 million.

When Concord and Shaw Brothers were preparing for the celebration, Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest was sighing with Luo Wei

(To be continued)