230 Use a basketball as a weapon
was scolded by Run Shaw with a smile, Wang Xiaohu did not refute it, anyway, he was already stereotyped in Run Run Shaw's impression, even if he explained it himself, it was in vain, so he smiled and said: "Uncle Six, you must have a branch in Taiwan, right?" ”
"What are you doing?" As soon as Run Run Shaw heard about the Taiwan branch, he immediately became tired, and said in his heart, does this kid have any new plans?
"Hehe, I don't do anything, I just want to ask the people from Uncle Six's side to do me a small favor. [Full text reading]"
"You don't want to go to Taiwan to develop, do you?" Run Run Shaw asked in a puzzled tone: "Although your development pace is very fast, Uncle Sixth still has to tell you a few words, the market in Taiwan is very complicated, don't try rashly, otherwise you will pounce very badly!" ”
What Run Run Shaw said is indeed the truth, didn't Li Hanxiang, who was so angry at Shaw Brothers back then, go to Taiwan for a few years, and finally didn't run back to Shaw Brothers to shoot Fengyue films, which shows that Taiwan's water is very deep.
Wang Xiaohu heard the concern in his words, and hummed busily, and then he said: "I am not arrogant to that point, and I will not step into the development of the Taiwan market until I fully understand it." This time, I just want to trouble the people on Uncle Six's side and help me find someone. ”
"Looking for someone?" Run Run Shaw couldn't laugh a little: "Just to find someone? Three watches tossed me up in the middle of the night? It's past one o'clock in the morning, don't you kid know that the elderly need more rest? ”
"Uh, Uncle Six, you see that I don't have any acquaintances in the circle, and only you can help me after thinking about it." Wang Xiaohu let his tone pretend to be very pitiful: "Just find someone~"
"Hey, I'm afraid of you kid! I'll give you the phone number of Manager Ma in Taiwan, just contact him, don't look for me for such a trivial matter in the future! After Run Run Shaw said a number, he changed his words and said: "Xiaohu, Benaki suddenly told me today that it was not the Guangdong Ministry of Culture who watched the film this time, but Yanjing, and now the two films have been sent all the way to Yanjing, I feel that something is wrong, you better prepare early." ”
"Anla, Uncle Sixth can rest assured, if the mainland wants to criticize the film, your boss can shift all the responsibility to me." Wang Xiaohu felt funny after hearing this, and said in his heart that even if a big figure like Run Run Shaw was still very worried about the relationship between the mainland at this time, how did he know that these two films were only broadcast on a small scale, and there would be no criticism at all. The copies sent to the mainland are all 30mm film specifications, and the movies played in the countryside according to their own memories are all 15mm specifications, and it is not difficult to convert the format with the current domestic film development, but if you want to be released in China and then criticized, the difficulty is not ordinary, it is very great!
Wang Xiaohu remembered that the movies he watched in the countryside when he was a child were all revolutionary patriotic films such as "Tunnel Warfare", "Mine Warfare", and "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain".
Shaw immediately laughed when he heard this, and said on the phone: "Just have your words." ”
After hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaohu wanted to call Manager Ma from Shaw Brothers Taiwan immediately, but he felt that it was too late and gave up, so he had to crawl into bed to rest.
In the next few days, Wang Xiaohu spent most of his time squatting at the base to train Zhou Billy, eight hours a day, of which six hours were spent rehearsing martial arts moves, and the remaining two hours were spent by Wang Xiaohu accompanying Zhou Billy to practice actual combat. As the two fought more times, Billy Zhou's concept of free fighting became clearer and clearer, and he was no longer confined to his so-called fixed style of fighting with elbows in boxing, and then integrated Wang Xiaohu's defensive techniques and some styles of Jeet Kune Do.
In fact, Wang Xiaohu is training Zhou Billy at the same time, he is also improving, he has systematically integrated Wing Chun, Jeet Kune Do, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Capora and other martial arts in the past few days, and learned some European-style Muay Thai moves from Zhou Billy, which is a lot of gains.
On August 10, Bruce Lee led the crew of "Warriors" back from South Korea, and when Bruce Lee saw Wang and Zhou who were fighting in the ring, he was greatly appreciated.
"Hey, Xiaohu, it seems that you are very comfortable when I go out for the past few days, and you don't even notify me of such a good activity!" Bruce Lee stood under the ring with his arms crossed, looked at Wang Xiaohu through sunglasses and said.
"Am I not training Muay Thai opponents for you?" Wang Xiaohu leaned on the railing of the ring and said: "Brother Xiaolong, this is the actor of the second-tier Muay Thai king, well, his name is Zhou Billy, he just came back from a few fights abroad, how do you take a look?" ”
"Oh?" Bruce Lee became interested, took off his sunglasses and looked at Billy Zhou in the ring, and said: "I'm very tall, but fighting is not something that is great if you are tall, but you need brains!" ”
Zhou Billy was a little restrained in front of his idol, grinning and smirking: "Brother Xiaolong is good." ”
"Hello big man, I know most Muay Thai fighters are short, and hopefully your tournament experience will make you competent for this role." Bruce Lee smiled and patted Billy Chow's arm and said.
"Brother Xiaolong, don't worry, I've trained Billy according to the martial arts design, and now we can enter the shooting." Wang Xiaohu spread his hands and said with a smile: "If you don't feel very tired." ”
"Oh no, it's a nightmare without you by your side to help shoot and I've been struggling to go to Korea this time." Bruce Lee sighed and said: "I need to rest for two days, and the NBA regular season is in full swing right now, I have sent a telegram to Abdul-Jabbar, I believe he will come over in the next few days." ”
After Bruce Lee finished speaking, he smiled and said to Billy Zhou: "Big man, in two days you will see a big man who is taller than you, oh, I didn't expect there to be two big men in "Warrior", I feel a lot of pressure!" ”
It was another fashionable sentence learned from Wang Xiaohu, and with Bruce Lee's spoofed expression, everyone present burst into laughter.
Tian Jun and Chen Jieyuan came up to greet Wang Xiaohu, they knew that if it wasn't for Wang Xiaohu's strong recommendation, they would never have played a role in this film, and they were especially grateful for this.
Wang Xiaohu just smiled and nodded, for "Warrior", in addition to the modification of martial arts design and several key places, he at least tried to maintain the original appearance of "Game of Death", such as the relationship between the three people who are also friends and enemies, Tian Jun and Chen Jieyuan are characters that have not been replaced in the original version.
This arrangement is unique in the film, and it is also interpreting the characteristics of the era of Bruce Lee, although Bruce Lee is Chinese, but because of his straightforward style and almost Americanized fighting style, he has to deal with the "open gun" of masters in the United States, Southeast Asia, Yuben, South Korea, etc., and also has to place various tricks of "dark arrows" in the traditional martial arts world.
When Wang Xiaohu finished writing the script and showed it to Bruce Lee, he once exclaimed the plot arrangement: the special "cooperation" relationship between the three masters who relied on each other, calculated each other and was not convinced by each other just reflected the conspiracy of those in the martial arts world at that time to tear each other down for their own selfish interests and fame.
"Kung fu is used to unite against the outside world, and there is only one end to intrigue: self-destruction!" Wang Xiaohu replied to Bruce Lee like this, and Bruce Lee sighed and fell into deep thought
Abdul-Jabbar's two-meter-tall man arrived in Hong Kong and immediately caused a sensation, and many people followed Abdul-Jabbar's footsteps to find Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee smiled and said: "This is just for the new film, please wait for the good news, the new film will be filmed soon, and it will give you a very big surprise at that time!" ”
Then asked the company's security guards to invite those reporters out in a friendly manner, and the two of them and Jabbar were immediately left in the office.
"Hey, Abdul-Jabbar, I know you're pressed for time, so you have to get into the shooting as soon as possible so you don't miss your NBA game, how do you feel?"
Even if the two-meter-tall Abdul-Jabbar is sitting on the sofa, it is comparable to the height of Bruce Lee standing, which makes Wang Xiaohu feel very interesting.
Abdul-Jabbar shrugged his shoulders and smiled and said, "Teacher, if you have any requests, if I raise the slightest objection, you can not recognize me as your student." ”
Sometimes you are amazed by the passion of the Americans, and Abdul-Jabbar, who had been on a six- or seven-hour flight, only took a half-day break before he began to devote himself to the rehearsals of "The Warrior."
During the rehearsal, Wang Xiaohu tilted his head and said to Abdul-Jabbar: "Dude, your height advantage determines that your movement style looks a little uncoordinated, so I added a prop according to your characteristics!" ”
In Abdul-Jabbar's surprised eyes, Wang Xiaohu held up a basketball and said: "It's this kind of little thing, I think you are so familiar that you can't be more familiar, but what I want to tell you is that this thing is no longer your gadget galloping in the NBA, but a weapon, do you know the weapon?" ”
This is not only Abdul-Jabbar, but even Bruce Lee feels confused. "Xiaohu, what do you say, basketball will become a weapon? Are you kidding! ”
Wang Xiaohu had long known that they would ask like this, who made the design of this fight not within the scope of the original script, he threw the basketball on the ground, and when the basketball bounced up, he smashed it hard, and the basketball bounced high after being forced. Then Wang Xiaohu didn't stop, quickly grabbed the basketball and smashed it against the wall, bang, the basketball bounced back, Wang Xiaohu stretched out his hand to catch it and said: "See no, this thing has a great rebound force, my request is to let Jabbar use this method to use the rebound power of the basketball to kill!" ”
Bruce Lee and Abdul-Jabbar glanced at each other, and Bruce Lee exclaimed excitedly: "Hey, tell me quickly, how to use this thing!" ”
(To be continued)