Wang Xiaohu used his foresight, coupled with Long Zichen's own strong strength as Lifeng Records, to jointly plan a prosperous chapter that will affect the development of the Chinese music scene in the future. [Full text reading]

In the following days, Wang Xiaohu went all out to carry out the post-editing work of "Mulan", and used the company's special effects editing room to fine-tune the film, which no longer needs Lucas and others to come to Hong Kong to do it in person, because Wang Xiaohu has also infiltrated his own team over there in recent years, and now they have grown up, and they have brought over the cloning technology that Lucas just used in "Star Wars 2".

In this way, Concord Special Effects Studio was put into business, and "Mulan" also became the first Chinese film work to produce special effects, not only that, as long as Industrial Light & Magic has advanced hardware and software, or has a major update to the shooting method of special effects films, Wang Xiaohu will move to Hong Kong as soon as possible.

As for why no longer let the people of Industrial Light and Magic interfere in the post-production special effects of Hong Kong films, in fact, the reason is very simple, Wang Xiaohu wants to ensure the uniqueness of the special effects techniques of action movies and kung fu films, which is the same as the reason that people all over the world know that only "Industrial Light and Magic" can produce a sci-fi blockbuster like "Star Wars", and he does not want Americans to learn the means of survival of Hong Kong films.

Of course, this is a bit of a villain, even if Wang Xiaohu wants Lucas and others to learn, they are not interested in it now, whether it is Lucas or Spielberg and other Hollywood people are immersed in the ocean of science fiction and can't pull it out.

"Zong Yao, stop the picture first." Wang Xiaohu said to Zhang Zongyao: "Freeze the picture on the close-up of Qingxia's face, yes, this is it, stop!" ”

Zhang Zongyao's fingers lightly touched the keyboard, and the picture stopped at the position where Wang Xiaohu needed. "Brother Tiger, what should I do next?"

Since the bankruptcy of Golden Harvest Company, Zhang Zongyao first worked as an editor with Xu Guanwen for a while, and then was directly sent by Wang Xiaohu to Industrial Light & Magic to learn special effects editing.

Thinking about Wang Xiaohu 10 years ago when he was his apprentice (when "Jingwumen" was edited, see chapter 053 of this book for details), but now he has become his own boss, Zhang Zongyao is always full of emotion.

"Can you use Qingxia's eyes to do a lens change, some small battles don't need to take up too long, it will only make the content of the film drag on." Wang Xiaohu thought about it while making a gesture: "Convert the last two small battles directly through Qingxia's eyes, remember that every time you change, Qingxia's eyes will change, from the initial fear of war, to hesitation and then to perseverance."

"I understand, Brother Tiger means to speed up Qingxia's growth, this is not a good way to deal with it, I'll try it first." Zhang Zongyao comprehended, and was busy thinking contemplatively with his head down, and from time to time he was struggling on the keyboard.

"The early scenes are very good, I don't want the war to be the main content of the film, just like "Myth", we are not only a commercial blockbuster, but also to make artistic beauty, after all, we also want to show the spirit of Mulan to the world."

Wang Xiaohu said his inner thoughts, throughout the whole process of filming "Mulan", the main control idea of the film has also quietly changed with his perception of Mulan, fortunately, he made up many scenes when he was filming, although these plots and scenes may not all be used in the film, but they have provided great help for him to continue to enrich Mulan's plump role.

To put it bluntly, it is to burn money, even if it is to burn money, "Mulan" burns a lot less than "Myth", after all, there are not so many special effects scenes, and there is no need to borrow special effects studios, so the money saved, Wang Xiaohu used it for research, on the one hand, to make Concord's special effects team more mature, and on the other hand, to study how to balance the commercial and artistic surnames of the film.

"Mulan" is his current experimental product, for which he has prepared several versions, such as the commercial version, which is mainly used to absorb the global box office, and then cooperate with the global promotion strategy and cooperate with various countries. Another example is the commercial and artistic coexistence that is currently being underway, which is used to cope with the Cannes Film Festival in France in May.

In fact, according to Wang Xiaohu's idea, there is no need to attend any film festival or award ceremony in the world, but Winterdur insists on doing so, saying that since we have lost the Oscars, the next step should be to focus on other awards, such as the annual Golden Globe Awards and the Cannes Film Festival, and register for "Mulan" at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

However, it is obvious that Wang Xiaohu does not have any hope for the Cannes Film Festival, who has made him a commercial film director, leading n global best-selling films, and letting him play pure art is simply fatal, which is also the main purpose of Wang Xiaohu's experiment.

"A dead horse is a live horse doctor, maybe a blind cat will meet a dead mouse!" Wang Xiaohu slandered in his heart: "I'm not a paranoid like Wong Kar-wai, I only pursue the box office, I just want the Hong Kong Film Awards to have a place in the international film industry, and even have a huge impact." ”

Time passed little by little, while Wang Xiaohu was busy, Long Zichen and Zhao Yazhi were also busy, the former was busy with the Hong Kong station of "Teresa Teng's Asian Tour", and the latter was fully committed to the construction of "Phoenix TV".

Elizabeth Coliseum, also known as New Eli Stadium, is located in Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, opened on August 27, 1980, with 3,520 seats, is the first multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Hong Kong, which can be used for basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, sports, fencing, boxing, judo and other sports competitions and concerts, concerts, exhibitions, etc.

At this time, there was still a day and a half before the opening of the "Teresa Teng Asia Tour", and Wang Xiaohu was pulled here by Long Zichen to help guide.

"Ah Hu, do you think this stage needs to be modified again?"

Wang Xiaohu glanced at the huge stage divided into two symmetrical semi-trapezoids, with a long staircase in the middle, a bright red carpet on the steps, a high curtain placed on the lens of the steps, and a hidden lighting design around the stage.

"This stage is okay, there is no need to modify it!" Wang Xiaohu expressed his opinion, after all, Long Zichen is in charge of Teresa Teng's tour of Asia, and he must have his own plan in terms of stage setting, and he is not easy to mix with anything.

Long Zichen smiled and said, "By the way, you will sing the song on stage as a special guest tomorrow night." ”

"No, I remember I was just making soy sauce!" Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile in his eyes.

"Hehe, you are the benefactor of Liyun, the vice president of the club, or the investor" Long Zichen put a lot of hats on Wang Xiaohu.

"Okay, sing that?" Wang Xiaohu hurriedly raised his hand and surrendered.

"Shanghai Tang", "Beautiful Mythology". Long Zichen said slyly: "If you weren't worried that you would steal the limelight from Lijun, you should still sing "I Am Bruce Lee", "True Hero", "When I Meet You", "Your Look". ”

"So what's the difference if I have my own solo concert?" Wang Xiaohu looked at Long Zichen with a smile and a smile, and the latter immediately clapped his hands and said, "Wow! In fact, I've been wrapping you for a long time, holding a grand concert with the classic movies you have shot over the years, wow, I think it must be quite popular! ”

"Ahem!" Wang Xiaohu coughed twice, and said a little embarrassedly: "The concert will be tiring to death, jumping and dancing and singing on the stage, after the 618 rain disaster relief performance, I no longer have this idea." ”

"Speaking of which, there is also a donation project for this concert." Long Zichen said helplessly: "Who let the Elizabeth Stadium be invested by Hong Kong British political axe, and we are the first to hold a concert here, so we must be assigned some tasks." ”

"What is the reason for this donation?"

"Huh." Long Zichen laughed: "I still don't want to tell you, I'm really afraid that you will find Sir Mai desperately." ”

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Don't ask what the reason for the mess must be, hey, Hong Kong Yingzheng Axe is also a vampire, and even holding a concert has to add these messy things, isn't it obvious that he will extract commissions.

"Is Su Rui going to be a special guest?" Wang Xiaohu asked.

"Yes." Long Zichen nodded hurriedly: "Arrange for her to appear and sing "If the Wine Sells Nothing". ”

"Oh, then it's okay to add another song "Mulan Star", right?" Wang Xiaohu smiled evilly and said: "It should be regarded as promoting "Mulan" in advance. ”

When Long Zichen heard this, he suddenly realized: "Ah Hu, did you want to take a ride from the beginning?" It's so cunning. ”

"No, absolutely not." Wang Xiaohu promised: "This song is still a new song made by Uncle Hui and Uncle Zhan working overtime two days ago, I listened to it in the company's recording studio yesterday, it sounds very good, and you have to package Su Rui to promote it by the way, it should be no problem." ”

Seeing that Long Zichen was still thinking, he hurriedly said, "Why don't you go to one of my songs and replace them with "Mulan Star". ”

Long Zichen shook his head vigorously and said, "No, your two songs must be kept, and "Mulan Star" must also be sung." ”

Long Zichen's attitude was quite resolute, and he gave an answer almost without any time for thinking.

Wang Xiaohu said: "Hey! At that time, you can communicate with Lijun well, lest she complain that we steal her limelight. ”

Long Zichen glanced at him and said, "You are her nobleman, she is already very excited to sing "Beautiful Myth" on the same stage with you, how can she complain about you." ”

(To be continued)