The northbound train is slowly moving on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, and more than a dozen people in a certain carriage are chatting and chatting with each other. 【Reading.com】

Wang Xiaohu sat in the middle of this group of people, holding a wine glass with a slightly ruddy face, and smiled at Zhao Gang beside him: "Old Zhao, thank you for your hospitality, I haven't drunk such a pure Erguotou for many years." ”

"Haha, drink more if you like." Zhao Gang smiled heartily, picked up the big bowl and touched Wang Xiaohu's wine glass and said, "If you are afraid that you will not have a second pot to drink in the future, when you go back, how about I give you a car?" ”

"You can't do it, if you drink too much, you'll make a mistake!" Wang Xiaohu waved his hand busily, the habit he had developed over the years made him not smoke and drink, a scene like today really couldn't get rid of it, he fulfilled the original agreement, and really used a wine glass to fight with Zhao Gang's big bowl, but the amount of alcohol was good, and he drank a few big bowls without anything, and he was a little dizzy after drinking less than half a catty.

"What are you afraid of, anyway, there are still several days to go to Yanjing, let's get drunk and rest!" Zhao Gang said indifferently.

"Yes, we don't have such a good opportunity in normal times, we all occupy Mr. Wang's light, drink and drink!" Another soldier raised a large bowl to toast Wang Xiaohu. "Mr. Wang, if our brothers hadn't met you, a noble person, I am afraid that they would still be a small squad leader in the company today."

Wang Xiaohu squinted his eyes and looked at this soldier for a long time, frowned and said, "Your name is Zhang Rui, right, I remember that you were still a small squad leader when we first met." ”

"Oh, Mr. Wang is good at remembering his surname, so he didn't say anything, so he rushed to Mr. Wang and remembered that I was a little soldier, so I did it first!" Zhang Rui raised his head and poured down the big bowl of two pots, wiped his mouth and bared his teeth and said, "Cool!" ”

After Wang Xiaohu also finished drinking the wine in the cup, Zhao Gang said while filling him with wine: "This kid is not a small squad leader now, the team he led successfully rescued more than 500 people during the earthquake relief, and now he has become a battalion commander!" ”

"Hey, hey, hey." Zhang Ruile only grinned.

The 200 PLA soldiers who participated in the filming of "Shocking" back then, due to their outstanding performance in earthquake relief, are now all mixed into platoon commanders, company commanders, and battalion commanders, and those who were originally battalion commanders and platoon commanders have also been promoted to the level of brigade commanders and regiment commanders, and it can be said that they all occupy Wang Xiaohu's light.

Two more people toasted Wang Xiaohu, as soon as the conversation box opened, these soldiers continued to drink and tell about the earthquake relief that year, and every time they talked about the happy place, a group of people drank a bowl of wine, Wang Xiaohu did not refuse to come, and the atmosphere was exceptionally good.

There are also Yuan Heping, Sammo Hung, and Li Hanwei who came to the mainland with Wang Xiaohu, Li Hanwei is the second to enter the palace this time, and he was also one of the parties back then, but Yuan Heping and Sammo Hung entered the mainland for the first time, and they have also heard of the key role played by Wang Xiaohu in the Tangshan earthquake, but Wang Xiaohu just said it simply, which is far less direct than listening to the description of the soldiers today.

So the two are now in a big shock, no wonder Ah Hu is so confident in entering the mainland to make a film this time, it turns out that he made so many contributions to the mainland back then, and he also made friends with a group of Niu Cha's soldiers.

The group drank to the end, the wine was gone, the food was long gone, Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping, and Li Hanwei had already gotten under the table, and several other soldiers were also lying on the table, leaving Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Gang still sitting, and they were also staggering and barely sitting.

Zhao Gang bared his tongue, spit out a wine burp, pointed at Wang Xiaohu and said, "Ah Hu, you kid shook me, you still said you can't drink, but it's okay for you to drink so much." ”

"I'm using a wine glass, or can you drink it?" Wang Xiaohu propped up the table with his hands, full of wine, squinted his eyes and said, "It's the first time in all these years that I have drunk so much." ”

Yes, since the day he met Bruce Lee, he has always kept himself sober-minded, constantly improving his ability to prevent those unfathomable things, after the death of Brother Xiaolong, he has been in full swing to take Hong Kong movies out of the trough, finally the seven little blessings have read hard, the burden on his body is much easier, but there are more burdens for him to pick, life is short, it is rare to have such a good atmosphere to drink today, what about drinking more than once?

The train was moving slowly, and finally arrived at Yanjing two days later, there were already military vehicles waiting outside the station, Wang Xiaohu and his party got on the train, and Zhao Gang personally drove to a hotel near Zhongnanhai.

Interestingly, Wang Xiaohu also stayed in this hotel back then, all the equipment was placed in the hotel one after another, and there were two guards responsible for guarding, these were all used by Wang Xiaohu for filming.

"Today, you are here for one night, and tomorrow I will take you to the Ministry of Culture." Zhao Gang said when he was leaving.

Wang Xiaohu nodded: "Everything is troublesome to you." ”

Zhao Gang smiled and patted Wang Xiaohu's shoulder and said, "Do we still need to be so polite between us?" ”

After Zhao Gang left, Wang Xiaohu summoned Yuan Heping, Sammo Hung, and Li Hanwei to his room and instructed the general plan for the trip.

"This time we came to the mainland for three main purposes, to Shaanxi Terracotta Warriors and Horses to inspect the market, Sanmao, Big Eyes, you help Avi to shoot a few more sets of pictures in this plan."

The three nodded in understanding.

Wang Xiaohu continued: "In the past few days, I have accompanied the leaders of the Ministry of Culture to study the script, and after you finish filming the Terracotta Warriors, I will ask Zhao Gang to send someone to send you to the Shaolin Temple to shoot over there, remember, this opportunity is rare, it is best to record all aspects of the Shaolin Temple, and don't be afraid of wasting film." ”

"Ah Hu, anyway, you have such a good relationship with the mainland, isn't it very convenient to shoot a film in Shaolin Temple in the future? Why do you want us to frame it? Yuan Heping asked puzzled.

Wang Xiaohu smiled mysteriously and whispered: "Isn't the movie I asked you to prepare a year ago happened in the Shaolin Temple, but there are not many scenes in the Shaolin Temple, so let you go back to Hong Kong to directly build a scene of the Shaolin Temple in Concord Film and Television City, and the next time you come to the mainland to film, the trouble of going back and forth will increase a lot of costs." ”

Yuan Heping nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, what Wang Xiaohu said was right, after all, the entire crew had enough trouble going back and forth between the mainland and Hong Kong, and the amount of money spent was secondary, the key was that the crew couldn't afford to toss.

In fact, Wang Xiaohu still has some words to say, at present, Concord Film and Television City is facing completion, and the scale has far exceeded the Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay Studio, but Wang Xiaohu is not satisfied, he also wants to clone several mainland places of interest into the film and television city, this Shaolin Temple is the first to bear the brunt.

This seems thankless to others, but in the long run, it can save a lot of costs, and Wang Xiaohu plans to let "Shaolin Temple" be filmed in the film and television city.

Yuan Heping, Sammo Hung, and Li Hanwei memorized Wang Xiaohu's words, and then went back to the room to sleep, but Wang Xiaohu couldn't sleep.

As the vanguard of Hong Kong films entering the mainland, Wang Xiaohu is well aware of the difficulties faced by Hong Kong films in the future, if he does not use Hong Kong films to open up the mainland market when the mainland film market has not formed a scale, I am afraid it will be even more difficult in the future.

And if you want the mainland to form a correct understanding of Hong Kong films, you, the general of the vanguard army, must grasp the general direction.

Wang Xiaohu thought about these memory fragments in his mind, looked at the dim light outside through the window of the hotel, and only after a long time did he sigh and go back to bed to rest.

Early the next morning, Zhao Gang drove over to pick up Wang Xiaohu

As soon as Wang Xiaohu got out of the car, he saw a group of people walking not far away, walking in front of a middle-aged man wearing a green and yellow military uniform and thick myopia glasses, Zhao Gang reminded in a low voice: "He is Huang Zhen of the Ministry of Culture, my old comrade-in-arms." The group of people behind him are all cadres of the Ministry of Culture, and the older ones are professors sent by Tsinghua University and Peking University, and the other few "

"I know a few others, the peers of Changying, Shangying, and Beiying." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile, and then quickly stepped forward and shook hands with Minister Huang Zhen, who came up.

"Oh, welcome Mr. Wang, welcome Mr. Wang!" Huang Zhen's voice was not very loud, which made Wang Xiaohu sound very useful.

"Hello Minister Huang."

"It's all good, it's all good." Huang Zhen held Wang Xiaohu's hand, "Come, let me introduce you, this is"

Five minutes after the introduction, Wang Xiaohu walked into the conference room of the Ministry of Culture surrounded by everyone and saw a small sign in front of each table, with everyone's name and position written on it.

Wang Xiaohu walked up to his name and sat down, and the service staff in the conference room immediately poured him a cup of tea. I didn't notice it when I introduced it just now, but when everyone sat down, the conference room that could accommodate thirty people turned out to be relatively small, and there were still more than a dozen people still standing.

"Mr. Wang, we have all read the script, and we know that you have added a lot of commercial elements to the script, and we have no other opinions on this, as long as you can make the movie well and let more people in the world understand Chinese culture." Huang Zhen had a smile on his face and spoke very easily.

Then he said to the others: "As for Mr. Wang's background, I believe everyone is very clear, I will say the superfluous, our cultural department hopes that everyone can cooperate with Mr. Wang's shooting plan in China as much as possible, if any department is not active or cooperative, don't blame us for being polite." ”

The people present were either professors or heads of major film studios, and when they heard Minister Huang say this, they all nodded in agreement and said that they would definitely cooperate well. In particular, Changying, Shangying, and Beiying are even more positive.

The person in charge of Beiying said on the spot that the various costumes listed in the script would be prepared before the start of the film.

The person in charge of Shangying also said that he would prepare half of the processing of weapons and props, and Changying said that he would solve the problems of horses and extras.

Two years ago, the three film companies sent the backbone to learn a lot of knowledge from Wang Xiaohu, especially in the shooting techniques, lens grasp, and shooting steps.

Wang Xiaohu was secretly happy when he saw this, he hadn't opened his mouth yet, the Ministry of Culture had put it in place early, and this time he was far more comfortable entering the mainland than last time he paid out of his own pocket, the key is that he was fighting alone last time, and these three film companies just sent people to steal things, and they didn't help him at all.

"Mr. Wang, do you think there's anything else you need to add?" Huang Zhen asked Wang Xiaohu beside him.

Wang Xiaohu coughed lightly twice, and then said: "I didn't expect everyone to prepare so well this time, it is really beyond my imagination, thank you for your cooperation and support, and thank you for the leaders of the Ministry of Culture for such a great effort." ”

"Yes, hehe, thank you Mr. Wang for all the sacrifices he made in the Tangshan earthquake." Huang Zhen said with a smile.

Wang Xiaohu said in his heart: "I can't bear the child to trap the wolf, finally you guys didn't put a bureaucratic shelf for Lao Tzu, this is a big progress!" ”

Immediately afterwards, the meeting entered the second link, that is, everyone asked Wang Xiaohu for advice on the problems in the script.

"Mr. Wang, I have a question." The person in charge of Beiying raised his hand and asked: "Since you want to shoot a movie that reflects the Chinese epic, why don't you shoot a movie about Qin Shi Huang sweeping [***] to unify the Central Plains, so that the scene is even grander, and now the script is somewhat fantasy elements, diluting the orthodox and rigorous taste." ”

This question reminded Wang Xiaohu of a conversation between Jin Yong and himself at the beginning of the creation of the script of "Myth", when Jin Yong also asked himself the same question.

Smiling slightly, Wang Xiaohu replied to the person in charge of the film: "It's not that you can't shoot, but it's not good to shoot and watch, and the influence is insufficient." ”

"Not enough influence?" The crowd was talking.

"Yes!" Wang Xiaohu nodded vigorously and said: "Everyone knows that Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, put an end to the chaotic situation, and unified the currency and writing, and built the Great Wall, which is an important contribution made by Qin Shi Huang to Chinese history, but do you know that these contributions are based on the bones of thousands of people, even if I use movies to expand the influence of this aspect, but Qin Shi Huang is a tyrant in the hearts of the people." ”

The word "tyrant" hit the hearts of everyone in the conference room, in order to unify the text, Qin Shi Huang burned books and pit Confucianism, in order to build the Great Wall, I don't know how many people died, or how Chen Sheng and Wu Guang would have rebelled in Daze Township, or how could Xiang Yu and Liu Bang overthrow the Qin Dynasty. In modern times, the Cultural Revolution that has just subsided

Everyone didn't dare to think about it, and they all looked at what Wang Xiaohu said next.

"Similarly, the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is also repaired with hundreds of thousands of lives, and there are thousands of terracotta warriors and horses buried with them, everyone only knows the Great Wall, if it wasn't for the terracotta warriors and horses that were discovered by chance a few years ago, I believe everyone here doesn't know the terracotta warriors, right?"

"The Great Wall can leave such a beautiful legend as Meng Jiangnu crying on the Great Wall, why can't we give the Qin Warriors a magical color, and use movies to promote this spectacle to the world, so that they can understand that there are such amazing treasures buried under the land of China?"

These words were answered by Wang Xiaohu to Jin Yong at the beginning, and he was still very excited when he said them for the second time today.

Minister Huang nodded while listening, several professors from Tsinghua University and Peking University, several leaders in charge of the survey and protection of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses also listened carefully, and cadres from several film companies all agreed with Wang Xiaohu's explanation.

After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he took a sip of water, and the conference room was as quiet as death at first, and after a long time, Minister Huang took the lead in applauding, and thunderous applause resounded in the conference room.

Minister Huang held Wang Xiaohu's hand tightly again and said, "Mr. Wang, what you said is so good, I really didn't expect that you are in Hong Kong, but you can make such a great effort to promote Chinese culture, which makes me so excited." ”

"Yes, Mr. Wang, your words, as well as your actual actions, make our domestic filmmakers ashamed." The leader of Shangying also came over to compliment a few words.

There was a lot of discussion in the conference room, and it took a full fifteen minutes before returning to quiet, and some people raised all kinds of questions, Wang Xiaohu answered them all, and after answering a question, the conference room burst into warm applause, relatively speaking, Wang Xiaohu was relatively well prepared.

This is the end of the morning symposium, lunch is really eaten in the canteen of the Ministry of Culture, several old professors from Tsinghua University and Peking University sat next to Wang Xiaohu, one of them said: "Mr. Wang's answer in the morning is very wonderful, which shows that Mr. Wang has prepared for the filming of this movie very well, and a few of our old guys found a few flaws in the script, so we will not talk about it at the meeting." ”

Wang Xiaohu looked at the small note handed over by the professor, and immediately felt grateful, to put it bluntly, people are saving face for themselves. At the moment, he arched his hand and said: "Thank you, thank you for your love." ”

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's not a big deal." The professors smiled kindly.

Wang Xiaohu opened the note and looked at it carefully, and suddenly laughed dumbly, it turned out that the question that he had discussed with Jin Yong more than a dozen times was still wrong after all.

This time Wang Xiaohu did make a big joke in history, the crown prince at that time was not Hu Hai, but the eldest son Fusu, but Fusu did not please Qin Shi Huang, and was assigned to the county overseer Meng Tian. In 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang died in the sand dunes, Hu Hai was supported by Zhao Gao and Prime Minister Li Si to establish the crown prince, and inherited the throne, and then forced the son Fusu to death with a trick, and implemented a cruel and inhumane rule, known as Qin II in history.

The professors not only corrected this mistake, but also added to the aspects that Wang Xiaohu did not grasp well, such as the horses of the Qin Dynasty were black, and the cavalry at that time did not only act as spies on the battlefield, but also played an important role in sneak attacks, chasing and defeating Kou, hurrying, escorting grain and grass, etc., but there were no stirrups at that time, so the way the cavalry fought was more special, mostly with horses on foot, and cavalry on foot.

Occasionally, those who are better at riding will grasp the neck of the horse with one hand, hold the weapon in their hand, and when they intersect with the enemy's war horse, wipe the enemy's neck with a sharp knife or blade, or stab the opponent off the horse with a sharp long weapon.

Moreover, the professors also pointed out that the weapons at that time were mainly bronze, and it was a very serious mistake to cut weapons if the two sides fought against each other, because the weapons would bend or even break if they collided hard

This made Wang Xiaohu suddenly think of a very clear clip in "Hero": Donnie Yen played by Changkong holding a silver gun (anyway, this is the setting in the hero, you can go and see it.) Bending and deforming the long swords of several masters of the Qin Dynasty in the chess hall doesn't it show that most of the weapons at that time were mainly bronze?

After reading the clear suggestions listed on the small note, Wang Xiaohu lay a lot of cold sweat on his forehead, and sure enough, it was like a mountain across the line, and what he thought was very correct was full of mistakes in the eyes of several professors.

Quickly wiping the cold sweat on his face, Wang Xiaohu picked up a cup of tea and said to several old professors: "Thank you for saving face for Xiaohu, if it is filmed according to the original script, I am afraid it will really be laughed at by experts." ”

"It's okay, we old guys just happen to understand this, and it's a great honor for us to help Mr. Wang." The professors also raised their teacups and said

Wang Xiaohu looked at it and said: "This location shooting is mainly focused on the excavation site of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Shaanxi, as well as the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province. ”

Wang Xiaohu paused when he said this, and then looked at Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang was napping, after all, this kind of long-winded meeting made him unable to lift his spirits, until the people around him reminded him, he suddenly realized: "Ah, is the meeting over?" ”

There was laughter in the conference room, Zhao Gang made a big red face, and after understanding the reason for the incident, he scratched his head and said: "I have communicated with the above about the affairs of the army, and I promise that the shooting plan will not be delayed." ”

Wang Xiaohu nodded at this time, and said to the heads of the other three film companies: "As for the matters you promised, Xiaohu is here, if there is anything you can't grasp, you can ask several professors from Tsinghua University and Peking University, they still have a lot of authority on the history of the Qin Dynasty in China." ”

Several old professors smiled and nodded to the heads of the three film companies.

"Minister Huang, that's basically it, I think we'll go to Shaanxi tomorrow with the comrades in charge of inspecting the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, right?" Wang Xiaohu said to Minister Huang after assigning all the tasks.

"Okay, that's it." Huang Zhen nodded: "Comrades, after the meeting, everyone will immediately implement the content of the meeting one by one, and we can't delay the filming progress!" ”

(Xiaomi admits that he is not very familiar with history,There have been contradictions in the plot before and after,A lot of unhappiness brought to your reading,Xiaomi hereby solemnly apologizes,As for whether the words of these professors are correct,Xiaomi doesn't know,Let's make do with it.,I'm sorry everyone.。 ）

(To be continued)