204 Charity Performances
For the four Xu Guanwen brothers, Wang Xiaohu has a deep impression in his mind, but those impressions are limited to the characters of the four Xu family on the screen, and Wang Xiaohu has no memory of what the four of them do in reality and how they look. [No pop-up novel network]
He only knows that the Hui brothers are good at comedy, and Hui's comedy is the only one that can compete with Jackie Chan, Lau Kar-leung, Sammo Hung's kung fu films at that time, Xu Guanwen's films have repeatedly created box office miracles, which is closely related to the take-off of Hong Kong's economy in the 70s and the sense of identity of Hong Kong citizens.
And when "Jingwumen" was released last year, Shaw Brothers used the big director Li Hanxiang's "The Great Warlord" to shoot at the box office, although it was not as good as "Jingwumen" with his and Bruce Lee, it was also a great success and became the top ten grossing discourse movies of the year (why not the three, because there was Wang Xiaohu in 72. The film is commendable for its discovery of Xu Guanwen, who was later known as the first comedian of Xiangjiang.
"Uh, it turned out to be Brother Wen, hello hello!" After Wang Xiaohu heard Bruce Lee's introduction, he immediately clasped Xu Guanwen's hand and said, "I'm sorry, it's my first time coming to TVB, and I'm not very familiar with the situation here, which makes Brother Wen smile." ”
Xu Guanwen said with a smile: "Ah Hu, you are a well-known big man in our Shaw Brothers, you don't know that Director Zhang, Director Li, and Director Hu often study the films you and Xiaolong collaborated on, and they have a very high evaluation of you, and we Shaw Brothers also have a lot of fans of you." After speaking, he immediately took a record book: "Ah Hu, hurry up and leave your name in this record book, you have to write a few more copies, my three brothers also have a share, they are also your fans!" ”
"The other three brothers?" Wang Xiaohu was stunned for a moment, and immediately appeared in his mind the figure of Xu Guanjie, who was known as the civilian singer of the revival of Cantonese songs by the outside world, Wang Xiaohu thought that he had these super fans, his hand was a little trembling when he signed the paper, and he signed four pieces of paper in one go, and then handed the pen back and said: "Tonight, my little brother is the first time to be on "Happy Tonight", and some things that I don't understand need to be reminded by Brother Wen. ”
"It's nature." Xu Guanwen put the notebook away and said to Wang Xiaohu: "Do you want me to introduce a few friends to you, some of them are also your fans." ”
Wang Xiaohu nodded and smiled: "It's better like this, it's troublesome Brother Wen." ”
Xu Guanwen said: "What's the trouble, we always have to communicate more in this circle." ”
Although Wang Xiaohu is not very optimistic about Shaw's "reading talent", you can't deny Shaw's great contribution to the Chinese film and television industry, and Shaw is also a philanthropist.
Xu Guanwen first led Wang Xiaohu to the backstage to introduce several hosts, and the host of "Happy Tonight", who presided over the disaster relief charity performance, hosted as many as ** people, in addition to Xu Guanwen who had just met, there was another person who made Wang Xiaohu look particularly kind, that person was the fat sister Shen Dianxia, she immediately came over happily after seeing Wang Xiaohu and said: "Wow, I already knew that Ah Hu was going to participate in the show, I was so excited that I didn't sleep well last night." ”
"Hello Fat Sister, hehe." Wang Xiaohu's intimacy with Shen Dianxia is very natural, how to say that Shen Dianxia left a deep impression on him, Shen Dianxia is nicknamed "fat" and "pistachio" because of her unusually plump body, optimistic and smiling in front of people, and her appearance is also famous for her hairstyle that has remained unchanged over the years, and she often wears a pair of black-framed glasses with a slightly upward point. Funny, relaxed, and self-contained, making her the pillar of the wireless longevity variety show "Happy Tonight". In particular, she has made cameos in many Hong Kong films, and has also partnered with Zeng Zhiwei to host many variety shows, which can be regarded as a rare supporting actor in the Hong Kong film industry. It's just that this supporting actor in the film industry said goodbye in 2006 because of a serious illness, which made Wang Xiaohu feel a little regretful.
The other hosts How to Keep Promises, Liu Jiajie, Tan Bingwen, and Hu Zhangzhao were all seen by Wang Xiaohu for the first time, and they just said hello politely.
"Sister Fat, please help me look at tonight's schedule, what time period will I appear." Wang Xiaohu said softly to Shen Dianxia. Shen Dianxia looked down at the program schedule and said: "Ah Hu, there are a lot of celebrities invited tonight, and there are no longer a few people who participate in the performance, maybe the program will be longer, you also know that this is the first disaster relief charity performance in Hong Kong, "Happy Tonight" doesn't have much experience here, and can only let each star perform three or four programs, so if you appear, it should be the last, oh found, you appeared after Bruce Lee, it was the last program before the charity auction." ”
"Well, I'll be the last to play!" Wang Xiaohu quietly wiped his sweat, and said in his heart, "Also, everyone has to perform three or four shows?" ”
Shen Dianxia nodded and said, "Yes, this is because I am afraid that the active surname of the audience is not high, so I have to prepare a few more, don't tell me that you only prepared one!" ”
"yes, only one was prepared." Wang Xiaohu thought before that since Shaw Brothers arranged Bruce Lee to appear in the finale, he would be a foil at most, but he knew that everyone now has to prepare three or four programs, which is very different from the disaster relief charity performances he saw in his previous life! But thinking about it, since it is the first time, there must be a lack of experience, and then I am relieved, three or four programs, hey, it's a big deal to perform a few previous Peking Opera projects with Qi Xiaofu, I don't know if Sammo Hung still remembers it, anyway, when he was reborn, he had completely erased Yuan Hu's memory, and he didn't understand Peking Opera at all. "If you really can't do it, perform a piece of Wing Chun, well, it's all about selling art to raise money anyway."
Later, Xu Guanwen introduced Wang Xiaohu to several celebrities who were well-known in various performance circles in Hong Kong at that time, such as Mak Bingrong, Phoenix Girl, Ren Jianhui, Bai Xuexian and others, but Wang Xiaohu was not much interested in these people, and none of the celebrities he wanted to see appeared in the studio of TVB's "Happy Tonight". In fact, it can't be said that at least there is also the Shaw Brothers master Hua Dan Chen Baozhu to participate, but Wang Xiaohu is not very familiar with her, so he lost interest in continuing to make friends, and returned to his seat in a hurry, but Bruce Lee kept communicating with the Shaw Brothers personnel after he came, maybe those people are celebrities for him.
"What kind of trick is the Shaw Brothers playing, the five tiger generals in charge will not be sent out to shake the scene, although there are many stars you invited, but it is not the dish that the master wants!" Wang Xiaohu sat down depressedly and looked at the furnishings in the entire room.
The interior set of "Happy Tonight" is very simple, on the far left is a set with the words "TVB Fundraising Charity Performance Conference" written in high letters, with the TVB TV station logo on it, and a microphone visited in front of the set.
The stage in the middle is extraordinarily spacious, and the main set is modeled after the Roman stone columns, is this the studio hall of the 70s? It's so disappointing for Wang Xiaohu! Moreover, Wang Xiaohu also noticed that there was no lifting tool for photography, several photographers carried cameras to shoot in front, and some even stood on the ladder to convert the lifting lens. Seeing these made Wang Xiaohu feel a little superior, after all, like a shooting lifting tool, only he has it.
At about 7:40 p.m., the number of people in the studio began to increase, Wang Xiaohu did not meet familiar faces in the crowd, they should be those rich people in Hong Kong with heads and faces, but it is impossible for the richest man like Li Ka-shing to appear on such a shabby occasion.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, Xu Guanwen, dressed in an off-white suit, walked to the set of the "TVB Fundraising Charity Performance Conference" and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, in order to help the victims of this natural disaster in Hong Kong, the charity fundraising conference organized by the Hong Kong Television Broadcasting Corporation has officially begun. ”
The audience immediately responded with warm applause, and the music played at the beginning surprised Wang Xiaohu, which was the background music he prepared during the charity performance in front of the Kowloon Hotel a few days ago, ("He's a Pirate" I have been listening to this chapter when I coded it) "Hey, is there any mistake, you used my music without notifying me in advance." No matter how big Shaw Brothers is, you always have to pay attention to copyright or something, right? ”
When Wang Xiaohu was slandering in his heart, Xu Guanwen walked to the middle of the stage and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, before the official performance, please allow me to express my sincerest gratitude to Mr. Wang Xiaohu, the founder of the Hong Kong Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union, on behalf of all the citizens!" After speaking, he really bent down and bowed deeply, and the direction was exactly the audience where Wang Xiaohu was sitting.
"Huh? Which one is this singing? The eyes of the audience were focused on Wang Xiaohu, and he slowly stood up in confusion, at this time Xu Guanwen had already begun to say on the stage: "Everyone applauds Mr. Wang Xiaohu to come to the stage and say a few words, okay?" ”
The applause of the audience immediately thundered, and Wang Xiaohu could only walk on the stage when he saw this. Xu Guanwen said with a smile: "Xiaohu, your contribution to the June 18 flood in Hong Kong in recent days is obvious to everyone, I want to know what is the reason for you to do this, I believe that many of the audience present also want to know." ”
Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "In fact, there is no special idea of doing this, just a spontaneous sense of mission, as a public artist should stand up at this moment, when I first mentioned this plan, I got the support of Mr. Bruce Lee and many people from the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union, which made me more confident to do a good job in this public welfare activity, in fact, what I want to say is that without the help of those brothers in the union, we would not have today's achievements, they are the hardest people, thank you." After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he handed the 600,000 Hong Kong dollar check in his jacket pocket to Xu Guanwen and said: "Brother Wen, this is the fundraising fund of all the staff of our trade union, please take it."
Xu Guanwen took it and looked at it, and immediately exclaimed in surprise: "Wow~~~ The whole 600,000 Hong Kong dollars, plus the 200,000 Hong Kong dollars that the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union handed over to the Red Cross before, they have raised a total of 800,000 Hong Kong dollars, what a great thing!" ”
(To be continued)