In 1981, Hong Kong's box office record was dominated by "Modern Bodyguard" produced by Hui's company, with a local box office performance of 18 million, and the endorsement of Hong Kong culture. 【】

With the concerted efforts of the four Hui brothers, even "Dragon's Heart", which Jackie Chan wrote, directed and acted in, could only reach 13 million Hong Kong dollars and could not take a step forward.

In this regard, Jackie Chan also called Wang Xiaohu, who was busy in the mainland, to consult the next development path, because since "Police Story", although the box office results of several movies he shot after reading are good, the audience's expectations for him are not as high as before, and Jackie Chan feels a little lost.

"Hehe, looking for Sanmao and Ah Biao!" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile on the phone: "If you can't do it, shoot the sequel to "Police Story". ”

Jackie Chan shook his head like a rattle and said: "I can't make a sequel myself, if you write a script for me, I'm still a little sure!" ”

"Haha, it's better to ask for others than for yourself, Aaron, you should be a little confident in yourself, "Police Story" has provided a good development idea, and the rest of the work is for you to fully tap your own potential, or that sentence, a good man and three gangs."

Since "Police Story" set the general direction for Jackie Chan and made his family class form a prototype, Wang Xiaohu's help to Jackie Chan was temporarily interrupted, that is, let Jackie Chan toss, if Jackie Chan really can't climb the mountain of "Police Story", then he is not Jackie Chan.

Wang Xiaohu actually did not fail to remind Jackie Chan that Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuan Biao were a very bullish combination in the early eighties, just like himself and Bruce Lee back then, they were definitely a weapon to sweep the box office.

The trio's "Plan A", "Fast Food Truck", and "Fuxing" series are all well-known and well-known good products, and Wang Xiaohu's arrangement is also to tell Jackie Chan that while he is famous, don't forget to bring his brothers, everyone has food to eat, and money to earn.

The day after the phone call with Jackie Chan, "Shaolin Temple" also gathered in Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, the Philippines and other regions for screening.

All the movies starring and directed by Wang Xiaohu have a high influence in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

Therefore, the current issue of "Film Fortnightly" directly used Jet Li as the cover character, and reviewed various aspects such as box office, plot, martial arts design, and acting skills.

Yu Yongjian's comprehensive review article was listed as a model for future Hong Kong film selections.

"The box office is the best criterion for measuring the commercial value of a film, and Wang Xiaohu's "Shaolin Temple" has achieved a box office of 4 million in two weeks after its release, although it seems to be a drop in Wang Xiaohu's as a commercial director, but "Shaolin Temple" is still in the top 50 of Hong Kong's annual box office. It is expected to be able to rush to more than 10 million before the movie is drawn, and Gu scored 4 points. ”

"The plot, I give "Shaolin Temple" a score of 3.5, it is nothing more than a repetition of the old-fashioned Hong Kong martial arts movie model, but it is adapted based on the folklore of the thirteen stick monks in the mainland to save the Tang King, and the adaptation is also reasonable."

"Martial arts design, no doubt 5 points, Wang Xiaohu, who started as a martial arts instructor, will always present a new visual appreciation for everyone in every movie, the shooting of "Shaolin Temple" except for a trampoline at the end of the film, the others are performed by mainland martial arts athletes with real knives and real guns, plus Wang Xiaohu and Yuan De's wonderful directing, so that Hong Kong citizens feel the unprecedented northern style, this is Wang Xiaohu's bold attempt after "Hong Xiguan", so I give him full marks!"

"Acting: 3 points, according to my understanding, except for Jet Li, the whole film is a martial arts athlete from the mainland, and they are basically in the newcomer stage in terms of acting skills, but they are all very attentive interpretations, this is the first time I have seen the performance of mainland actors in decades."

Each item has a full score of 5 points, and the average score of "Shaolin Temple" is 3.875 points, it is not difficult to see that Yu Yongjian's score is quite strict, and this has also become one of the judging criteria of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Since it is the first time to adopt the scoring system, everyone has no concept and has not been greatly affected, and the box office of "Shaolin Temple" is still growing steadily.

Speaking of which, we cannot fail to mention Taiwan.

After Shen Zhong took a free copy from Wang Xiaohu, he immediately made 10 copies in his own name and sold them to 10 large and small Taiwanese film dealers for 1 million Hong Kong dollars each.

At first, Taiwan's filmmakers thought that Shen Zhong was a lion who opened his mouth, but Mr. Shen didn't say anything, it's too expensive, let's take it back. A few days later, the Bamboo Union Gang took away the first copy at a price of 1 million Hong Kong dollars and began to release it in Taiwan, but after the screening, it was out of control, and the other 9 film companies came to find it, and Mr. Shen made them wait for three days, and finally raised the price to 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and several film companies did not hesitate at all, and took the copy directly with cash.

As a result, Shen Zhong made 14.5 million yuan as soon as he changed hands, which was faster than Wang Xiaohu making money. Wang Hongxing asked puzzledly: "Uncle Zhong, didn't you sell 9 million in the last "Myth", why did you only sell 1 million this time, and you lost it!" ”

Shen Zhong sneered and said: "What do you know, at that time, we took advantage of the fire to rob, and now that we have opened up this relationship with the Bamboo Union Gang, it will naturally be a little lower than the original price in the market, if it is raised, what if it is forced to find a Thai gangster to buy?" ”

"Small profits but quick turnover, fine water long-term flow! Uncle Zhong, I understand! ”

Shen Zhong lit a dry tobacco pouch and took a few puffs, and said in his heart What do you know, if you understand, you won't ask such a stupid question.

Last year, "Myth" was sold in Taiwan in this way, which once again confirmed the charm of the Concord Company's production, although Taiwan's political axe tried its best to avoid such a thing, but how could it be that the Bamboo Union Gang was well-informed and had good means, and it was stunned to find a glimmer of life for Taiwan's cinemas.

Therefore, after the release of "Shaolin Temple" in Hong Kong, it was not only the Bamboo Union Gang that secretly bought copies from Shen Zhong this time, what Shen Zhong did was to stabilize the price of this underground trading market and become a channel for Concord Company to secretly distribute to the Taiwan market, which not everyone can understand.

Compared with the "Myth" film with Wang Xiaohu's figure, this time "Shaolin Temple" is all unfamiliar faces, so after Taiwanese filmmakers get the copy, they directly erase the subtitles at the beginning and end, and the film that Taiwanese audiences see starts from the Yellow River.

The fact that such a well-known movie was released in Taiwan's cinemas is somewhat weird, and the film has a particularly good reputation after it is broadcast.

Some newspapers even reported relevant review articles, saying that "Shaolin Temple" has a full plot, novel martial arts action, and reproduces the traditional Chinese Shaolin real kung fu, which can be called an international blockbuster and a major breakthrough in Chinese films, and Taiwanese audiences are more enthusiastic than ever to watch mainland films.

Due to the wide public opinion in newspapers and magazines, word of mouth, and the various public relations work of the Bamboo Union Gang in place, Taiwan's political axe rarely did not make any reaction, and the audience proudly walked into the theater to watch this martial arts masterpiece produced by the mainland for decades! (Taiwanese think that it was filmed with mainland investment, and the beginning and end of the film were cut off, and then they knew that it was filmed by Concord Investment.) ）

Wang Xiaohu, who was far away in Yanjing, did not know that "Shaolin Temple" was selling crazy in Taiwan, and he was talking with Shi Yongqian, the temporary abbot of Shaolin Temple, in the reception room of the Yanjing Hotel at the moment.

At this time, Shi Yongxin was still a young monk, and his figure was much slimmer than what Wang Xiaohu had seen on the Internet in his previous life.

"Thank you to the donor for making so many contributions to the Shaolin Temple, the merit is infinite, Amitabha."

After all, the abbot of Shaolin is old, and his words are a little wordy, for example, he has repeated this sentence no less than eight times since he entered the door, and Wang Xiaohu was embarrassed to say anything, so he had to nod and smile vigorously.

"Abbot, I wonder if I can borrow the warrior monks of your temple?" Wang Xiaohu suddenly spoke.

The abbot furrowed his silver eyebrows and said, "May I ask what you want?" ”

"Actually, it's nothing, I just want to prove to my friends that China not only has Shaolin Temple, but also authentic Shaolin boxing."

The old abbot naturally didn't know the whole story of Jet Li's injury, in fact, the truth of this matter was only kept in a few people, the abbot spat out Zen words and recited a few Buddhist scriptures, which probably meant that the monks did not compete for fame or fortune.

Wang Xiaohu frowned when he listened!

"Abbot, since ancient times, there is a reputation for martial arts in the world out of Shaolin, and today's Shaolin Mountain martial arts monks are rare, although Shaolin pays attention to the integration of Zen and martial arts, and pays more attention to the cultivation of Buddhism, but if you only practice Buddhism, and do not talk about martial arts to improve, I am afraid it is not conducive to the future development of Shaolin."

Wang Xiaohu stood with his palms clasped together in front of his chest, "Presumably the abbot already knows my plan to invest in Shaolin, and he should know that I will mainly invest my funds in martial arts, and I want to use the few warrior monks in Shaolin to re-establish the prestige of Shaolin Kung Fu in the world." ”

"This" abbot was in a difficult situation for a while.

Shi Yanhe and Shi Yongxin next to him were inexplicably excited when they heard Wang Xiaohu say this, after all, the two of them are still young, and after watching the filmed "Shaolin Temple" in the Great Hall of the People, the blood in their hearts is surging.

Shi Yongxin entered the temple late, and wanted to help Wang Xiaohu say a few words but had no right, so he could only secretly poke Shi Yanhe with his hand, Shi Yanhe thought about it and said in a low voice: "Abbot, I think what Wang Shizhu said is not unreasonable, now it is not the turbulent society of the past, not to mention that Wang Shizhu spent a huge amount of money to revive Shaolin, as a Buddhist disciple, how can he ignore it?" ”

(To be continued)