As for why the mainland wants to shoot the four famous novels, this has to start from when Wang Xiaohu brought the script of "Mulan" to the Ministry of Culture for review. [Full text reading]

After Minister Huang reviewed the script, he always felt that Chinese traditional culture had been taken away by outsiders, and he felt very uncomfortable, so after several meetings with the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, he planned to make a movie or TV series that belonged to the Chinese.

After all, domestic filmmakers followed Concord International to make movies such as "Mythology", "Shaolin Temple", "Mulan", and later served as chores in TV series such as "Shanghai Tang", "Huo Yuanjia", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", although they could not learn the essence of Hong Kong film and television drama shooting, they learned a lot of things on the side of the road, and they have made great progress compared to a few years ago.

So after this meeting, a lot of filming plans were finalized, and "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions" among the four famous novels were first put on the filming schedule.

The Ministry of Radio, Film and Television allocated 3 million yuan to "Journey to the West" and asked them to shoot 30 episodes, and the female director Yang Jie determined the cast after a year, and began filming the test screening episode "Demon Removal Black Chicken Country" in March this year.

After tossing for more than half a year, this episode was finally filmed in the groping, but the editing effect was never satisfactory, some people proposed to change the director, some people proposed to find Hong Kong people to shoot, and some people proposed to run aground, but hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent, and the things filmed were not the effect that everyone wanted to see, what should I do?

I don't know who has a doctrine, so the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television looked for the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Culture looked for Zhao Gang, and Zhao Gang looked for Wang Xiaohu for help, and this is how it happened.

"Journey to the West" is one of the Chinese TV dramas that grew up with Wang Xiaohu in that era, and the show was broadcast only in China, which not only won the reputation of the first TV drama in the mainland, but also won high praise from all walks of life, becoming a recognized classic that cannot be surpassed.

In the early 80s, mainland female director Yang Jie was able to shoot classic works that were loved by generations of people in a humble way, which Wang Xiaohu was deeply admired in terms of her technical level and professional ethics.

As soon as he heard Zhao Gang say that the filming of "Journey to the West" encountered technical problems and needed his own help, Wang Xiaohu agreed without saying a word.

"I will fully cooperate with the shooting machine, martial arts instruction, post-special effects production, and dragon and tiger martial arts!"

Wang Xiaohu was so moved that Zhao Gang was in an uproar, and he said thank you on the phone.

After finishing the business, Wang Xiaohu began to complain: "Lao Zhao, I didn't say you, "Journey to the West" is one of the four famous Chinese novels, you only invested 3 million yuan, and you are too picky, according to my experience, you will definitely not be able to finish filming." ”

"The problem is that the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television allocated that amount of money to CCTV."

Zhao Gang is also very embarrassed, in the past few years, he has learned a lot from Wang Xiaohu's side, from the initial Zhongnanhai bodyguard to the cameo, and then to play a supporting role in "Mulan", years of experience tell him that this money is really not enough to do anything, and it is not even as good as the funds for a war scene in "Mulan".

Wang Xiaohu thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, anyway, we have also determined the intention of cooperation, why don't we invest 3 million in the Concord International side to shoot?" ”

"This" Zhao Gang didn't know whether to be happy or embarrassed for a while when he heard this, because he couldn't do it.

Wang Xiaohu knew that Zhao Gang had something unspeakable, and immediately explained: "Don't worry, I am only responsible for contributing money, equipment, and technology, and at most send a few stunt teams to help behind the scenes, and I will not point fingers at the filming of TV series." ”

"Lao Wang, what do you want me to say, what are you trying to do?"

"What's the picture? If I say pure friendship sponsorship, you will definitely not believe it if you want to be happy, right? Wang Xiaohu laughed.

"Nonsense, if you believe you, you'll have a ghost." Zhao Gang snorted.

After cooperating for so long, Zhao Gang knew that Wang Xiaohu was not the one who suffered, and his apprentice Jet Li was injured in Yueben last year, so he ruthlessly cleaned up a handful of little devils.

How to initiate kindness to engage in friendship sponsorship today, it is too contrary to common sense, Zhao Gangxin said that maybe this kid has some kind of calculation.

"Really, I'm just happy." Wang Xiaohu shouted loudly: "Okay, since you have to have a reason to make a difference, you can tell the above that I, Wang Xiaohu, have cooperated with the mainland very happily in the past few years, and the 3 million yuan I donated to the crew of "Journey to the West", hoping that they can shoot a classic TV series, this reason is finally done, right?" ”

No one wants the money that has been given away for nothing these years, do you think it's depressing enough?

Wang Xiaohu is also a little selfish in doing this, "Myth", "Shaolin Temple", "Mulan" took advantage of the mainland's congenital exterior scenes to sell at the overseas box office, and the total global box office of the three films has reached 550 million US dollars.

Wang Xiaohu is making money for himself under the guise of "promoting Chinese culture", and some people may say that the mainland side does not mind, and everyone cooperates happily and has their own plans.

"I'm telling you, it's absolute!" Even Wang Xiaohu himself knows that it is not a foolproof strategy for the long term, and when the mainland side is full-fledged, he will change methods to limit the market share of Hong Kong films in the mainland.

So after filming "Shaolin Temple", he immediately took out 20 million yuan to invest in Shaolin Temple, and now he has injected 3 million filming funds into "Journey to the West".

What's the picture?

It is a statement to show that I, Wang Xiaohu, am not the kind of ungrateful person, that I Wang Xiaohu is still concerned about the development of national film work, and that I Wang Xiaohu has a patriotic heart.

This work has been planned step by step since he was reborn, whether it is "Jingwumen", "Ip Man" and other national patriotic films, whether it is an interview with "Time" magazine and the Oscars 8 years ago, or "Myth", "Shaolin Temple", "Mulan" in recent years and their remarks when they returned to their ancestors and won the Palme d'Or in Cannes

All of this is Wang Xiaohu's cautious statement.

Perhaps some intellectuals in the mainland will say that Wang Xiaohu is hypocritical, or Hong Kong people will scold him for being stupid, but as a reborn, he knows that Hong Kong will inevitably return to the embrace of the motherland in 15 years.

Concordia has taken off steadily, becoming the most influential film kingdom in the world, and he does not believe that the leaders of mainland countries will turn a blind eye to it, and anyone else will treat Concordia International as a piece of fat.

What Wang Xiaohu is doing now is to gain the initiative, the historical environment is absolutely impossible to reverse, he can only ensure the integrity of the Concord International through a step-by-step cautious plan, because this is his dynasty!

Don't wait for everything to be done after the return, even if you can do it at that time, the price you pay is not tens of millions of yuan.

The day after the two ended their phone call, members of the "Hong Kong's return" investigation and consultation group came to Wang Xiaohu's home as a guest, just to ask Wang Xiaohu what opinions and demands he had on Hong Kong's return.

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "No request, no opinion." ”

In fact, the investigation and consultation team is also going through the motions, and now people all over the world know that Wang Xiaohu is fighting with China, if he has any requirements and opinions, he has digested them privately in the past few years.

"That's how our investigation is today, thank you Mr. Wang for your cooperation." Before leaving, the head of the investigation team said: "We'll see you in Yanjing in a week. ”

"Goodbye Yanjing!" Wang Xiaohu smiled and shook hands with the person in charge to say goodbye.

Yenching Goodbye is the invitation that the investigation team must say to every well-known person in Hong Kong.

Not only Wang Xiaohu, but also Li Mingze, Fok Yingdong, Cha Jimin, An Zijie, Li Ka-shing, Feng Jingxi, Qiu Degen, Huang Lisong, Ma Lin, Fei Yimin, Huang Kuancheng, and other well-known figures have all been invited by the mainland to Yanjing, and the central leaders will explain to these people the central government's policy on resolving the Hong Kong issue and listen to their opinions

Wang Xiaohu did a lot of things next.

First went to the Condor crew of Concord Film and Television City to visit the class, and when he came, he was filming the July 15 Beggars Gang Conference, Yang Kang held a dog-beating stick in front of Xuanyuan Terrace and officially ascended the position of the gang leader, and framed Guo Jing and Huang Rong to the beggar gang disciples.

Wang Xiaohu leaned against a big tree with sunglasses to cool off, watching Miao Qiaowei, Wu Mengda, Huang Yuehua, Weng Meiling and others perform on stage.

Among the beggar gang disciples, Wang Xiaohu actually saw Ouyang Zhenhua, Liu Qingyun, Tony Leung and Zhang Weijian, I can't help but say that our brother Hu was a little fluttery all of a sudden.

"Ah Hu, are you here to visit the class?" In the gap between the shooting, Yuan Heping came to the shade of the tree to greet Wang Xiaohu, "Tsk, you are a busy person now." ”

"Hehe, no matter how busy I am, it's not as hard as you are with big eyes, how long will it take to finish?"

Yuan Heping smiled and said: "At the end of the month, all the filming can basically be completed, and you also know that now it is all shooting and editing, and if it doesn't work, it will be reshot immediately, so the progress is a little slow, which is longer than the cycle of making movies." ”

Wang Xiaohu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, after the shooting, you will be given a few months of vacation to accompany your sister-in-law at home." ”

"Ah Hu, do you have a new film? I heard Adan say the day before yesterday that you were looking for him. Yuan Heping suddenly asked with a smile.

Wang Xiaohu nodded and said, "Yes, there is a film for him, an international action movie for the European and American markets." ”

"Uh, can he do it?" Yuan Heping was a little worried: "I still think you want to find Jie Zai, after all, he has accumulated a lot of popularity with "Shaolin Temple". ”

"I have other arrangements over there, as for Adan, hehe, anyway, the selling point this time is his actions, he doesn't need too clever acting skills, shoot it and try it." Wang Xiaohu said.

Now that Wang Xiaohu has made arrangements, Yuan Heping can't say anything more.

Anyway, Wang Xiaohu doesn't plan to let Donnie Yen take the route of his previous life to shoot any kung fu comedy "Laughing Tai Chi", let alone let him shoot some messy genres, he has filmed all three famous works in his previous life, and he has to take something to make up for it.

(To be continued)