"I'm a fighter and I know you can walk in the ring, but you can't hide. My name is Ah Hu. After Wang Xiaohu saw the poster of "Rocky", such a classic line came to mind.

It was this line that made Wang Xiaohu's thoughts go back to the year 2000 in his previous life, and he still remembered that it was on a weekend, he returned to his snail's house from the set with scars all over his body, and he didn't care about dealing with the scars on his body, and he used to turn on the old desktop computer with his surname, and that day was the tenth time he revisited the movie called "A Hu".

Wang Xiaohu likes Andy Lau's hundredth movie very much, not only because Andy is acting very carefully and seriously, but also because the title of "Ah Hu" has the same place as his own name, whenever he hears someone shouting "Ah Hu" on the set, he will respond loudly "Come!" At that moment, Wang Xiaohu felt that he was Ah Hu, the Ah Hu who knew that he couldn't win and insisted until the end of the game, the one who refused to give up his dream even if he was a small dragon set, even if he was a flash of extras, even if he jumped off a building, a car, or a fire ring.

It is undeniable that "A Tiger" is Andy's memorable masterpiece after maturity, although he later reached the peak of his film career with "Infernal Affairs", but Wang Xiaohu loves "A Tiger" alone!

Wang Xiaohu has always regarded "Ah Hu" as the Hong Kong version of "Rocky" and "Raging Bull", which is not unreasonable, at least it is through boxing to emphasize personal struggle, thus stirring up the audience's emotions and winning a deeper applause beyond the boxing victory.

But after being reborn and directing "Rocky" himself, he found that "Ah Hu" and Stallone's "Rocky" are different, the choreographer does not fully emphasize that the protagonist must be defeated in the boxing arena, and emphasizes more on the portrayal of characters outside the ring, and focuses very much on the value and dignity of people, even if they die in the ring. This theme is destined to have a tone of both rigidity and softness, as well as literature and martial arts.

The theme of the whole film is the sportsmanship of "go all out and never give up", and the plot of screaming at the end of the film to be knocked down and insisting on getting back up highly reflects the eternal value of the indomitable spirit. The enemy said to Ah Hu: yood-fighter. This dialogue has clearly pointed out the point of "Ah Hu", the meaning of sports is not the difference between victory and defeat on the surface, but only whether the contestants do their best.

"Ah Hu" tells such a story; Hong Kong kickboxer Meng Hu attended the "King of the Asia-Pacific Competition" with the mentality of "fighting fake boxing", hoping to make a profit; However, when he meets Pim (Ping), a young female photographer who came to shoot a documentary, his fate takes an unexpected turn. Meng Hu, who abstained from the contest halfway through, beat him to death after the match with a provocative thought from Thailand's Chachai, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for manslaughter.

After being released from prison, Pim died of illness, leaving Meng Hu's daughter Ploy. During his search for Ploy, Tiger meets the young orphanage director nun and develops a relationship. In order to prove to his daughter that he is a good father, to compensate for the expectations of PIM and to live up to Mio's love, and to prove his true value as a fighter, Meng Hu resolutely returned to boxing and fought against Thailand's current boxing champion Tawang.

Sammo Hung saw Wang Xiaohu stunned there, his eyes flashed with a very complicated expression, and in the end, he burst into tears, and asked in a worried whisper: "Ah Hu, are you okay?" ”

"It's coming!" Wang Xiaohu hurriedly stood up and answered loudly, and immediately realized that this was not his previous life, so he touched his nose awkwardly and said with a wry smile: "I'm fine, it's just that an inspiration hit me just now, and I was moved to cry by that script." ”

"What script is so powerful, it makes you move to tears." Sammo Hung suddenly came to his senses, and gossiped and ran over to ask.

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "Do you still remember our Concord's first real film in Hollywood?" ”

"You said "Rocky", of course you remember!" It was Concord's budding startup in Hollywood, and it swept last year's North American box office record, although Sammo Hung did not go to the United States to watch, he was really excited for several days when he heard the news, how could he forget it.

Wang Xiaohu nodded and said to Sammo Hung: "I plan to make a Chinese version of "Rocky". ”

Sammo Hung frowned and put forward his opinion: "Ah Hu, it's no problem for you to shoot the Chinese version of "Rocky", but there is no market for foreign-style films in Hong Kong, I'm afraid that the time will come."

"You're afraid that you'll smash my own and Concord's signboards, right?" Wang Xiaohu smiled and said in an extremely confident tone: "There is absolutely no problem with the script, you can help me choose a few Muay Thai fighters in the union, I have to train them." ”

"This is a small thing, and I have to remind you of one more thing, Shaw Brothers seems to have filmed movies similar to boxing rings and Muay Thai, starring Dillon and Chen Guantai." After three copyright lawsuits, Sammo Hung is very concerned about plagiarism on this theme.

Wang Xiaohu looked at Sammo Hung with great appreciation when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Okay, you care about these things now, it seems that it is absolutely no problem for you to be the boss of Debao." ”

Sammo Hung scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "These are not what you usually teach." ”

"Hehe, there will be no lawsuits, because these are two completely different styles of movies." Wang Xiaohu walked up to Sammo Hung, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Senior Brother Sanmao, you have to be more careful in the future, because the road ahead is not easy." ”

It's really not easy to walk. In the 70s, there were too many restrictions and too many constraints, so he didn't have the opportunity to realize his brilliant dreams. Sometimes Wang Xiaohu thinks, if this is a movie, I can directly press fast forward to directly transition to the 80s, if this is a novel, I can directly turn to which glorious page, but how can the real life fast forward, how can I turn over? As long as people live, they have to face the reality, and they have to cheer up and live every day seriously, otherwise it will be wasted.

Sending Sammo Hung away, Wang Xiaohu sat on the chair, his right hand kept tapping on the table, he did not directly start the script creation of "A Tiger", in fact, in the past two years of rebirth, his creation of the script was in the dead of night, at this time he kept playing the song "When I Meet You" in his mind, it touched Wang Xiaohu's heart, and reminded Wang Xiaohu of the bits and pieces of encountering, knowing, falling in love, and staying together with Zhao Yazhi.

The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, Wang Xiaohu picked up the pen and wrote the lyrics of "When I Meet You" on white paper, and quickly completed the composition work while taking advantage of the heat in his heart, and then he smiled and stretched out his fingers to flick on the paper, making a crisp sound. "Shaonan, go and call Xiahou Mo."

After a while, Xiahou Mo knocked on the door and came in: "Brother Hu, do you have something to ask me?" ”

"yes." Wang Xiaohu handed over "When I Met You" and said: "Xiaoxia, there is a new song here, you can make the soundtrack when you go back." ”

Xiahou Mo Yiyan took the paper and did not look at the content directly, but frowned and said, "Brother Hu, there are some things that I have to correct." ”

"Oh?"

Xiahou Mo took a big breath and plucked up his courage to say: "Brother Hu, my surname is Xiahou, my name is Mo, and my surname is not Xia. ”

"Ugh!" Wang Xiaohu was petrified on the spot, and his heart was obedient, how can we say that he is also a reborn person, how can he even make such a low-level mistake, and he grinned awkwardly at the moment and said, "Okay, Xiahou"

"Brother Hu, it's better for you to call me Amo, because that's what my sister calls me." Xiahou Mo said with a smile.

Wang Xiaohu blinked and said, "Your sister? ”

"Yes, my sister's name is Xiahou Jue." After Xia Houmo finished speaking, he looked down at the lyrics.

"Xiahou Jue?" Wang Xiaohu held his chin and thought, this name is really special, will this Xiahou Jue be the kind of strong woman?

"Brother Tiger, this song is so touching."

Wang Xiaohu smiled: "Touching or not, you can only know if you make it, you take the time to complete it, let's not be in a hurry." ”

Xiahou Mo blinked his big eyes and asked puzzledly, "Aren't you in a hurry?" ”

"Well, because the film has to be shot slowly, shoot with heart, to be honest, because it's not easy to shoot!" Wang Xiaohu sighed and said that "A Tiger" is really not easy to film, not only to go to Thailand for filming, but also to solve a technical problem.

Because "A Tiger" was filmed in 2000, the DV camera used for PIM in the film was very popular at that time, and now it is the beginning of 1974, and no one knows the DV as a convenient and portable digital tool.

If this problem is easy to solve, then another problem is a big headache for Wang Xiaohu, that is, Ah Hu in the film has two loves, one is the deceased PIM and the other is a nun. The role of the nun is okay, let his wife Zhao Yazhi play it directly, anyway, the young couple has already played a couple in many films, who will play that pim? And what's even worse is that in my memory, Ah Hu also had a few episodes of intimacy with PIM, and there are several naked pictures, and it doesn't seem appropriate to choose anyone.

"Forget it, just delete these pictures." Wang Xiaohu sighed and continued to determine other candidates, Muay Thai fighters said that the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union selected a few, although Zhou Billy is the best candidate, but he is now playing overseas competitions, and he can't take time out temporarily.

There is also a role candidate that has not been determined, Ah Hu and Pim's daughter: Ploy, this is a girl full of rebellious surnames, the process of separation between father and daughter to reunion, misunderstanding to understanding, is full of twists and turns of the emotional road with a sense of reality, especially Ah Hu's inability to find his daughter, resulting in inner turmoil and uneasiness, is a profound display of true father-daughter love. The family interaction between father and daughter makes the role of Ah Hu more plump.

(To be continued)