On December 17, 1980, Wang Xiaohu led the two major crews of "Shaolin Temple" and "Shanghai Tang" to return to Hong Kong. 【Reading.com】

Just didn't sit on a hot ass at home, and a stick surrounded Wang Xiaohu at home.

"Ah Hu, you're finally back!" This is Yuan Biao's excited voice.

"Boss, I swear I will never worry about things in the United States again, I apply for retirement, I have earned enough money to retire!" It was Winterdur's voice, and he was the only one who could say something so bold, so money-conscious.

Wang Xiaohu smiled bitterly and looked at Yuan Biao and Winterdur.

"Ah Biao, you have only been the vice president of Xiehe for a few days, and you are crying bitterly, you must know that Sanmao is more bitter than you!"

"I don't understand anything, and besides, it's boring to stay in the office all day, so it's not as refreshing as filming." Yuan Biao was very sympathetic: "I really can't imagine how you have survived in the past few years, seeing those new scripts and financial statements, I have a headache to death!" ”

"Take your time, and one day you'll love the job." Wang Xiaohu patted Yuan Biao's shoulder and encouraged with a smile: "Didn't I survive by crossing the river by touching stones like this back then?" ”

After comforting Yuan Biao, Wang Xiaohu said to the resentful Winterdur: "Old Wen, what makes you so annoyed, for the sake of money, you can hold on for a few more days, I will find a successor for you as soon as possible." ”

"Boss, I'm just venting a few words, you must know that I have been waiting for you in Hong Kong for ten days, I swear to everyone, I must resign after seeing you, otherwise I will lose the bet." Winterdur shrugged and said, "Actually, I like this job very much, for God's sake, find me an assistant with better overall skills." ”

"Are you sure you're not quitting again?" Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Of course, I will never resign, I have an unprecedented premonition and freedom in Concord." "With my current physical condition, I could have worked for you for another ten years, oh no, twenty years!" ”

"Tell me, what the hell is going on! I don't want you to joke again. ”

"That's right," Winterdur truthfully reported the demands of several Hollywood giants to Wang Xiaohu. "Also, Corklian asked when you're going to get ready for the launch of Casino Royale, they're planning to start shooting in Las Vegas on the first day of the new year, so I'll be sure to let you know if you're there."

"Oh, I almost forgot about it." Wang Xiaohu patted his forehead and said, "Okay, I'll try my best, but you should also know that I have a lot of things to deal with in Hong Kong, if I can't arrive that day, please apologize to Mr. Wang for me." ”

Winterdur shrugged, "I think Mr. Gambler will be so furious that he will even postpone the boot until the day you get to Las Vegas." ”

"I wish he had that good patience!"

The two were talking when the phone rang in the living room.

"Ah Hu, come to Elizabeth Hospital immediately, I'm afraid Old Man Yuan won't be able to hold on." Jackie Chan's hurried voice came over the phone.

Wang Xiaohu didn't have time to answer, so he immediately changed his clothes.

"Lao Wen, I have important things to do, and I can't accompany you." Wang Xiaohu said to Yuan Biao as he walked: "Call the driver over, Elizabeth Hospital." ”

"Okay."

"Ah Hu, something important has happened."

On the way to Elizabeth Hospital, Yuan Biao found that Wang Xiaohu's expression was a little solemn, and he couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Uncle Tian is dying!" After Wang Xiaohu said this, he let out a long sigh.

This is the fourth family and friend to have passed away since his rebirth, Shen Guohao died in 72, his ancestor Ip Man died, and Xiaolong died in 73.

Now, Yuan Heping's father, Yuan Xiaotian, who once played the red-nosed Su Qi'er in "Drunken Fist", is also about to leave.

In 1960, Yuan Xiaotian became the first martial arts instructor in the history of Chinese cinema with the Cantonese film "Iron Arm King Kong", and since then, the name of martial arts instructor has been recorded in the history of Chinese films, and the Hong Kong Film Awards set the "Best Martial Arts/Action Director Award" for this, but few people know that Yuan Xiaotian made this position famous in the film industry.

In addition, Yuan Xiaotian was also the first filmmaker to participate in foreign film performances, playing a role in the British film "Yenching Fifty-Five", and directed the martial arts scenes in the film, and subsequently performed in more than a dozen international films; He was also an important figure in the "Wong Fei Hung Movie" during the Kwan Tak Hing period, showing off his northern martial arts skills on the screen.

Yuan Xiaotian became famous in his later years with "Drunken Boxing", the amazing drunken boxing skills are surprising, intoxicating, and the wonderful martial arts scenes deeply attract the audience, in these films in his later years, Yuan Xiaotian played the role of either a drunkard or an old naughty boy, and is a hidden martial arts master, and his screen image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

When Wang Xiaohu and Yuan Biao hurried to the Elizabeth Hospital, the old man Yuan Xiaotian had already left, and there were heart-rending sounds in the ward.

His master Yu Zhanyuan stood on the other side of the hospital bed, holding his old friend's hand tightly, and he was also in tears, and Fan Chrysanthemum, Han Yingjie, Cheng Gang and others also bowed their heads and wept

is such an old man who has made important contributions to kung fu movies, and on the evening of December 17, 1980, he died of lung cancer due to ineffective treatment.

Yuan Xiaotian's memorial service was held very grandly, Zhang Che, Hu Jinquan, Chu Yuan, Run Run Shaw, Wu Siyuan, Luo Wei, and even Zou Wenhuai, who was far away in the United States, expressed their regret for this old man in different ways

A week after the memorial service, Yuan Heping came to work at the company.

"Ah Hu, has "Shaolin Temple" been completed?"

Wang Xiaohu shook his head and said: "There are still a few scenes, and the weather in the north is too cold to complete the filming." You have a good rest at home these days, and you don't have to worry too much about the company's affairs. ”

"My father is gone, and it's futile to do extra sadness, so it's better to come to the company to do things than to be bored at home." Yuan Heping sat opposite Wang Xiaohu and said: "Since I came back from the mainland, I have been pondering, especially when I was accompanying my father, he told me a lot about drunken boxing. ”

"Go back and take a look at the editing room, if you feel that there is something lacking in the drunken sword and drunken stick, there is no problem to reshoot." Wang Xiaohu walked to Yuan Heping's side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Big eyes, don't be like this, you can't suppress the pain in your heart with work, go back and have a good rest, I don't want you to be sad." ”

"Ah Hu, do you know what your father said before leaving?" Yuan Heping suddenly became excited, he bit his lip and said: "Father said that since he retired in 70 years, it is like cultivating 8 of our brothers and sisters as successors, but I didn't expect to let you be a rabbit cub first, he saw that I and Renxiang had a head and a face, and he could go satisfied, he asked me to help you do things, Ah Hu, I"

Yuan Heping said that he couldn't cry anymore, and Wang Xiaohu didn't feel good in his heart.

"Ah Hu, I won't bother you to do things, I'll go to the editing room to have a look."

Wang Xiaohu nodded, then sat in the office and sighed. I can understand Yuan Heping's mood at this time, it is a feeling of grief and depression, when Brother Xiaolong died, he was also so sad, so sad, eight years have passed, although the white hair on Wang Xiaohu's head has all turned black, but the pain in his heart is not something that time can smooth.

After all, Wang Xiaohu did not go to Las Vegas on January 1, 1981 to participate in the opening ceremony of "Casino Royale", as the screenwriter and producer of the film, Wang Xiaohu may be rude to do so, but when he told Corkrian that he was preparing for the post-editing of "Shaolin Temple", Corklian immediately forgave him on the phone and told him not to worry, "Casino Royale" will still wait for him to arrive before officially starting filming.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaohu began to arrange the publicity work of "Shaolin Temple".

To put it bluntly, it is a plan jointly formulated by Wang Xiaohu and the mainland, and its publicity content is mainly performance-based, which means that Concord will carry out promotional performances in major areas of Hong Kong for up to half a month.

Jet Li, Hu Jianqiang, Xiong Xinxin, Du Chuanyang, Ji Chunhua, Yu Hai, Yu Chenghui and other actors of "Shaolin Temple" served as the main force of the performance, and the content of the performances was based on their unique skills when they toured around the world.

These people followed the international martial arts performance group led by Yu Hai back then, and made great contributions to China's diplomacy, so it was naturally easy to do this kind of simple tour.

These Hong Kong audiences are blessed, this is the first time they have watched an authentic northern kung fu performance, and they are fascinated by the real, wonderful and elegant northern kung fu of Jet Li and others. (Note: In history, Jet Li, Yu Hai and others performed in Hong Kong in 1979, which caused a sensation and also attracted the attention of some Hong Kong directors.) ）

At the same time, "Shaolin Temple" is also nervously entering the post-production process.

"Xiaomo, did you get the two songs you recorded?"

Early in the morning, Wang Xiaohu hurried to the recording studio to find Xiahou Mo, and as soon as he walked into the door of the recording studio, he heard a familiar melody from inside, as well as the lingering song.

"The waves are running, the waves are flowing, the surging river will never end, it will be exhausted, the things of the world will be mixed into a surging tide"

No need to ask, just listening to this singing, you know that the owner of the singing is Ye Liyi, the theme song of the same name of "Shanghai Tang" was composed by Gu Jiahui, Huang Zhan wrote the lyrics, and Ye Liyi sang the lead song, this song has also become a classic of Cantonese pop songs.

(To be continued)