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When Zhao Gang arrived in Hong Kong, it was already September 28, if he came two days late, he would have missed the start of "Mulan", for the first time he came to colonial Hong Kong, Zhao Gang did not directly follow Wang Xiaohu to get on the car, but stood on the land of Hong Kong and sighed for a long time. [No pop-up novel network]

He said to Wang Xiaohu: "Lao Wang, do you believe that this place will return to the embrace of the motherland?" ”

"Faith!" Wang Xiaohu said categorically, in his previous life, Hong Kong returned to China on July 1, 1997, which is an ironclad thing, Wang Xiaohu does not believe that the butterfly effect caused by his rebirth will affect the changes in the international situation, after all, he is only a filmmaker, not a politician.

"Hey, Lao Wang, you are so confident, aren't you afraid that our People's Liberation Army will come to copy your family when the time comes? You're a rich man in Hong Kong! Zhao Gang said with a smile on a Chinese cigarette.

Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said: "In terms of wealth and assets, I am not famous in Hong Kong, if you want to raid the family, you should aim at Hong Kong's banks, shipping, real estate, etc., they are the real landlords." ”

"Are you talking about the four major families in Hong Kong?" Zhao Gang flicked the ash of his cigarette and said.

Wang Xiaohu smiled bitterly and shook his head, there are many sayings of the four major families, and there are also before and after, and the categories defined are all rumors in the alley, and over time, the Xu Aizhou family, Luo Wenjin family, Lee Hysan family, He Qidong family, etc. are defined as the four major families, in fact, the Gao Kening family has also been included in the top four families.

"Okay, what do you do with so much emotion as soon as you arrive in Hong Kong, Lao Tzu is here to let you film, not to let you recover Hong Kong!" Wang Xiaohu scolded with a smile and stuffed Zhao Gang into the car.

"Then you'll have to give me a salary, I don't have a dime!" Zhao Gang continued to respond to Wang Xiaohu, who simply opened the window of the car, not to mention the miasma of the air in the car, and the door was not closed yet.

Zhao Gang came to Hong Kong more than Yu Rongguang and Xiong Xinxin when they came, and all the Seven Little Blessing brothers were dispatched at the reception banquet, how to say that everyone was familiar with it when filming "Myth", and it was relatively easy to speak, which made Zhao Gang feel more face-saving.

After eating and drinking, Zhao Gang was arranged to go to a vacant villa on Cameron Road, where Yu Rongguang and Xiong Xinxin accompanied him, and he was not alone.

On September 30, Concord Company quietly started up in the film and television city, and did not do any publicity work before, which was specially arranged by Wang Xiaohu, and now he no longer likes the old way of shooting movies, and invites media reporters and colleagues to cheer.

There is no need, Wang Xiaohu's current ability determines that he doesn't need such a cumbersome publicity effect, but just presided over the start-up ceremony in accordance with the old rules in the Hong Kong film industry.

"Tsk, your Hong Kong opening ceremony is more lively and fresh!"

Zhao Gang held a piece of fragrant roast suckling pork in his hand, and was amazed while gnawing on it: "Lao Wang, why weren't you so lively when "Mythology" was launched, it was a lion dance and a barbecue. ”

A string of black lines appeared on Wang Xiaohu's forehead, he felt that since Zhao Gang came to Hong Kong, he felt that everything was fresh, everything was curious, it was not as good as Yu Rongguang and Xiong Xinxin, the other two didn't understand, they secretly inquired with Jet Li, unlike Zhao Gang, who asked Wang Xiaohu directly.

Wang Xiaohu looked at Zhao Gang speechlessly for more than a minute, sighed and said: "At that time, the Cultural Revolution had just ended in China, and the four olds were broken, if I held the start-up ceremony in accordance with the rules of Hong Kong, you wouldn't give me the hat of propagating feudal superstition?"

After eating roast suckling pig and the crew was lively, Wang Xiaohu announced the official start of filming.

The first scene is to shoot the scene when Mulan enlisted in the army, explaining how Mulan adapts to the life in the barracks, and if she makes herself undiscovered by the men, she is actually a daughter.

The actors who appeared mainly included Lin Qingxia, Stephen Chow, Zhao Gang, Xiong Xinxin and others, as well as a group of students who graduated from the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union.

In the Disney version of "Mulan", in order to cover up the identity of Mulan's daughter, they made up a guardian saint like Mushu Dragon, Wang Xiaohu naturally won't borrow it, because this Mushu Dragon is a typical Hollywood style, have you ever seen any patron saint in ancient times read modern newspapers? Have you ever seen Mulan's breakfast with sausage and omelette?

So the more reliable method is Zhao Wei's version, arranging a childhood friend to intersperse cover, and this childhood friend's task falls on Stephen Chow.

However, Wang Xiaohu did not completely deny the Disney version, at least Uncle Sam successfully absorbed the practice plot in the Hong Kong martial arts movie, showing the story of how Mulan and the recruits grew up.

In Wang Xiaohu's view, these things are indeed the essence of Hong Kong kung fu films and martial arts films, but in Zhao Wei's version, I don't know how director Ma Chucheng thought about it, so he abandoned these essences, did not receive any stories of everyone's growth, and directly used a war to make Mulan suddenly come to his senses.

This is something that Wang Xiaohu resolutely disagrees with, and he wrote in great detail about Mulan's process of joining the army in the script.

For example, the first shot to be shot in the first scene today is the scene where Lin Qingxia rode a horse and went to the army to report on "but heard the splashing of the Yellow River" and was discovered by her childhood companion Stephen Chow.

"Departments are in place!" Wang Xiaohu picked up the directing microphone and gave an order, all the cast and crew of the crew were in place, and various equipment such as lighting, fireworks, cameras, and recordings were also set up.

"Mulan Scene 1: Barracks Report, Article 1". The scene reporter played the scene card at the camera, and Wang Xiaohu immediately said: "acttion! ”

Seeing that the recruit report venue was lively, Stephen Chow, who was wearing a blue military uniform and a small helmet, walked into the camera slowly, standing behind Lin Qingxia who received the military uniform for a long time, and then reached out and patted her shoulder in disbelief, rubbed her eyes and said, "Mulan." ”

Then without waiting for Lin Qingxia to react, Stephen Chow pulled her to walk like a place with few people, and said as he walked: "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm here for my father."

"No, it won't"

While the two were talking lines, they walked through the stables and across the small wooden bridge, until they were out of the lens of the five cameras, and Wang Xiaohu shouted: "Cut!" ”

"Xingzai, come here!" Wang Xiaohu said with the director's microphone.

In the scene just now, he has been watching in the monitor, controlling the camera to capture Lin Qingxia's facial expressions.

Lin Qingxia did not have the slightest problem with her acting skills, after being discovered by Stephen Chow, she first opened her mouth in surprise, and then looked around to see if there were any other fellow villagers, so as not to be exposed by others, the surprise, panic, and then calmness in her eyes, she grasped it just right, and even Wang Xiaohu couldn't find any fault.

The problem is Stephen Chow, there was no problem when this product entered the camera at the beginning, but when he said the first dialogue, he almost laughed, if it wasn't for his quick reaction to cover up the past, if it wasn't for Wang Xiaohu's careful observation, it was very likely that this kid would have passed the test in confusion.

Stephen Chow knew it, and ran to the master's side, and without waiting for the master to speak, he had already begun to admit his mistake: "Master, I won't next time." ”

"In addition to laughing, you also have to show the expression of worry about being implicated after discovering Mulan's identity, don't you think that you want to be a piece of wood in the performance you just performed?" Wang Xiaohu hates that iron can't become a steel road.

It seems that the idea of determining the trick for Stephen Chow was completely correct, although this product graduated from the TVB training class, and often shows his face in major TV series, when he really participated in the filming of the movie, that kind of acting skills still did not be exercised.

"Why don't I change actors?"

Stephen Chow immediately panicked when he heard this, "Master, don't, I finally waited for this opportunity, I just feel that this character should be like this"

"Stop! Stop! Wang Xiaohu raised his hand and knocked on his forehead, and said angrily: "I'm the director here, if you kid makes your own decisions, be careful that I give you rattan noodles to eat!" ”

Wang Xiaohu had heard of Stephen Chow's nonsense and self-assertion during his tricks, and heard that this thing had to be killed by more than a dozen corpses, the reason was that he thought that he could struggle again when he died, and he could fully show the determination of the character he played "doesn't want to die".

I can't imagine that I haven't cooperated with him for many years, and once I cooperate, I really make such a mess, Wang Xiaohu feels that this is very incredible. He knew that Stephen Chow insisted on this serious style to become a star master in the future, but the current "Mulan" is not what he thinks, this is an epic film with rules and regulations, and those low-level "jokes" in Zhao Wei's version in the previous life are not allowed.

In fact, funny scenes are also arranged in the script, but they are not what Stephen Chow thinks, but through the interspersed with individual small laughs during training, in order to embellish the depressing and tragic atmosphere of the whole film.

"Again, if you're still like this, even if you're my apprentice, I'll kick you out of the crew without mercy."

Wang Xiaohu gave an ultimatum, his requirements are not high, as long as Stephen Chow plays a normal level of actor in the first scene, as long as he can film decently, everything is fine.

"Okay, okay." Stephen Chow straightened his hat and hurriedly trotted back to the place where he had been buried just now.

Lin Qingxia came over and said with a smile: "Ah Hu, are you too harsh on him like this?" ”

"Huh." Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "Good seedlings have to be exercised!" ”

(To be continued)