On the second day after Wang Xiaohu and Long Zichen finished talking on the phone, three important guests were welcomed at home: Wang Zhenrong's family. [Full text reading]

This is something that Wang Xiaohu specially told him a few years ago, and finally "recognized" his parents in his previous life, and he always had to find a way to make up for the debt he owed to his parents in his previous life, and he wanted to let their two elders live a comfortable life in this life.

For this reason, he turned down the premiere of "First Blood" in North America, and even politely refused the hospitality of the big boss of MGM and the gambling king Corkerian to welcome him by private jet.

For Wang Xiaohu at this stage, there is nothing more important than his family making him feel more important, after all, he is filming outside all the year round, and if he doesn't even spend the Spring Festival at home, he can't say it, not to mention that this year is an unprecedented reunion for Wang Xiaohu's family. (At least for Wang Xiaohu, it's a reunion.) ）

Xu is the first time to walk out of Pingling Commune, Xu is the first time to go abroad and arrive in a developed city like Hong Kong, Wang Zhenrong's family is a little restrained, and even has a faint panic.

It wasn't until he saw Wang Xiaohu who came to greet him that Wang Zhenrong's vigilant psychology disappeared, and he sorted out the brand-new really good shirt with his hands, and then he grinned and shook hands with Wang Xiaohu, and the first thing he said was: "Brother, this building in Hong Kong is really high!" ”

Wang Xiaohu could understand his complicated feelings, and didn't say anything, patted his "father" on the shoulder and said, his eyes were hot and said, "Let's go, we are all waiting at home!" ”

Wang Xiaohu confessed to a poor relative in the mainland, and insiders more or less knew about it, but no one would say anything, and some people even speculated that this was a measure and means for Wang Xiaohu to show goodwill to the mainland, in order to maintain a good cooperative relationship with the mainland.

Only Zhao Yazhi understands that her husband does not have such utilitarian thoughts, but really recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors, and she absolutely supports and approves of her husband's behavior, so in the face of the arrival of this special family, she always keeps smiling and helps her husband fulfill his own wishes wholeheartedly.

There was a new guest at home, Wang Jiaen was naturally very happy, took the initiative to take Wang Xiaomei out to play, and even shared his dazzling toys.

Wang Xiaohu was happy in his eyes, it seems that his wife has been very effective in educating her son in the past month, at least the little guy will not be so naughty and ignorant now.

"Big brother, when you come here, it's your own home, don't be too restrained." Wang Xiaohu beckoned Wang Zhenrong to sit down.

Zhao Yazhi had already warmly entertained Gao Fengran, and the scene was also happy.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was cooked by Wang Xiaohu himself, authentic Lu cuisine, and this arrangement was for fear that Wang Zhenrong's family would not adapt to the dietary characteristics of Hong Kong.

During the meal, Wang Xiaohu kept putting vegetables in the bowls of Wang Zhenrong and Gao Fengran, while Zhao Yazhi was smiling and smiling to Wang Jiaen and Wang Xiaomei.

The two children didn't feel anything, Wang Zhenrong and Gao Fengran obviously ate for the first time on such a solemn occasion, and it was inevitable that they were still a little restrained.

"Big brother and sister-in-law, don't just look at the bowl, eat more."

"Brother, brother and sister, you eat too, don't care about us." Wang Zhenrong picked up the chopsticks and grinned bitterly, saying in his heart when will this bowl of dishes be finished.

Wang Xiaohu quickly realized his restraints, and sighed after pondering for a long time, his heart estimated that he would come a few more times, and he would get better after seeing the world a few more times.

Sure enough, after Wang Zhenrong stayed in Hong Kong for a week, he finally relaxed completely, and no longer felt as restrained as he did in the first few days.

"Brother, your sister-in-law and I have been away from home for almost seven or eight days, your sister-in-law is thinking about home, and we want to go back in a few days."

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Zhenrong put forward the idea of going home.

Wang Xiaohu was stunned for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Big brother, it's better for you, your sister-in-law and Xiaomei to settle in Hong Kong in the future." ”

"Brother, I can understand your kindness, but we are all farmers, and we are always unaccustomed to living in the city, and you let me do nothing all day long, and I always feel awkward in my heart."

Wang Zhenrong said honestly: "Besides, you are a person who does great things, you are busy serving the three of us this Spring Festival, how bad it is to delay your affairs, let's go back, when do you miss you, I will take them and my mother to Hong Kong to see you again." ”

Wang Xiaohu let out a long sigh, to be honest, it was not easy for his parents to smash pots and sell iron in order to support him in high school, he really didn't want his parents to return to that small village, he wanted his father to go back to plant that little crop, and he didn't want to watch his father work as a mason (bricklayer).

But he had to face the reality that his parents were extremely uncomfortable with the fast-paced life in Hong Kong.

"Okay. Anyway, after the Spring Festival, I will go back to China to promote the premiere of "Shaolin Temple", and I often go home to see it."

Wang Zhenrong Yile said: "That feeling is good! ”

After Wang Zhenrong's family left Hong Kong, Wang Xiaohu's short vacation also came to an end, and he also completely figured it out in the past few days, and if he thought about it differently, he would also make such a decision, after all, Longsan Village is the foundation of his parents, and the Chinese pay attention to the roots of fallen leaves, and they are still like this, not to mention their parents.

Anyway, there is still a long way to go in this life, and there is still a chance to honor the second elder!

The new year has been very busy for Concord, and the five major satellite companies have been rushing to the early days of Hong Kong cinema.

Several films shot last year will be released in Hong Kong this year, Huang Baiming also began to arrange the shooting plan of "If the Wine Sells Nothing", and the post-production of "Shaolin Temple" is also close to perfecting, and then a test version is drawn out and submitted to the Ministry of Culture of the mainland for review, and after passing there, the Chinese B version of "Shaolin Temple" will be officially released.

Just after the New Year, Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw, Yu Yongjian, editor-in-chief of "Film Fortnightly", and the heads of Hong Kong's top ten film unions held a meeting to determine the establishment of the "Hong Kong Film Awards".

Wang Xiaohu's move has been fully supported by the top ten film unions, and they have long had the idea of setting up their own film awards for Hong Kong filmmakers, but no one is willing to come out to match, and Wang Xiaohu can be so proactive in matchmaking, everyone naturally readily agrees.

With Wang Xiaohu's current prestige and qualifications in the film industry, he has every strength to take the lead in promoting this prosperous era.

The meeting was held for two whole days, and all the members spoke enthusiastically in two days, and some people proposed to directly follow the routine of the Academy Awards, after all, Hollywood is more mature in this regard.

This point was immediately opposed by others: they believe that there is no need for the Hong Kong Film Awards to imitate Hollywood's routines, after all, Hong Kong films have not yet risen and cannot be compared with Hollywood, and even if the Academy Awards are established, they cannot be compared with the Oscars.

Wang Xiaohu has not spoken since then, he has been thinking about why the influence of the Academy Awards in his previous life was limited to Southeast Asia, and even one session was not as good as one.

Film awards and local film development is always closely related, if the local film is not prosperous enough, even if the film award is created, it is difficult to prosper, assuming that there is no high-quality film to participate in the award ceremony, then the gold content and influence of the film award will not be valued by everyone, and even ridiculed.

This is obviously not what Wang Xiaohu wants to happen, so if the Academy Awards want to be valued by everyone and let more Hong Kong filmmakers participate in it and prosper, the first Academy Awards must be held to make a name for themselves, expand their influence, boost the self-confidence of Hong Kong film workers, and mobilize their positive surnames.

He doesn't want the Academy Awards to be as shabby as the previous editions of his previous life, or even just a small game for insiders.

But there is a big reality in front of him that cannot be overcome, as someone pointed out, the current annual output of Hong Kong films is not very high, if the scene is grand, a few awards will be swept over and over again, wouldn't it be even more depressing.

It's hard to get started!

Even if Wang Xiaohu has the heart to make the Academy Awards infinitely beautiful, he has to have a film to show his hand, right?

So after weighing it again, Wang Xiaohu left the conference room and hid outside to breathe. This kind of headache is still tossed by others.

When it was close to lunch, the members finally decided on several requirements for the Academy Awards, such as considering the current situation of Hong Kong films, only five awards were set up: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress.

At the same time, the important issues of a film that must meet several conditions to qualify as a Hong Kong film were discussed, and several interim regulations of the Hong Kong Film Awards were rationalized in accordance with the regulations of the Academy Awards.

Anyway, this is the first meeting, and we can discuss and improve it in depth in the future

"How's it going today?"

After returning home, Zhao Yazhi asked while giving Wang Xiaohu a massage to eliminate fatigue.

Wang Xiaohu shook his head and said: "This kind of meeting is quite boring, I won't go to the meeting tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, anyway, the ones I think in my heart are useless at present, let them discuss it." ”

"Hehe, you are the main investor of the Academy Awards, you dare to be lazy!" Zhao Yazhi smiled and said, "Actually, you are also creating opportunities for them, they shouldn't blame them." ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled and didn't say anything, in fact, he really couldn't say anything, all kinds of memories of the Academy Awards in his previous life were all in the mature and glorious period of the Academy Awards, and those systems and awards were obviously incompatible with the present.

"By the way, there are a lot of newspapers about the release of "First Blood" in the United States, do you want to read it?" Zhao Yazhi asked with her head sideways.

"Okay!" Wang Xiaohu shook his neck, freed himself from the irritability of the Academy Awards, and took the newspaper sent by his wife.

"Wow, it seems that the box office appeal of the muscular man Stallone has not diminished back then!"

Wang Xiaohu saw the statistical list of the North American box office list in the first two weeks, in the past two weeks, "First Blood" won 14 million US dollars, that is to say, 7 million in a single week, which has aroused the idea of several major Hollywood theaters, starting from the third week, there will be 1200 theaters in North America for release.

Because there are many violent scenes inappropriate for children in the film, "First Blood" has also been affected to varying degrees in terms of distribution, but it doesn't matter, Wang Xiaohu thinks that this box office performance will grow steadily.

After all, this version of "First Blood" has an obvious Hong Kong movie imprint in terms of action stunts and gunfights, and John Woo also showed his talent for the first time in the film, so it is far more powerful and exciting than the old version in Wang Xiaohu's memory!

The Chicago Sun-Times said: "No matter how so-called war heroes are, they are in fact nothing more than small people in war, nothing more than insignificant pawns, and nothing more than murderous weapons under the banner of politics." What Rambo wants to tell us is this: the war is over, but the effects of the war are still going on! ”

"As soon as I saw the screenwriter's name, it was Tiger. Wang, I immediately had a certain wariness, and it was clear that the next film confirmed my hunch, the plot was still so boring at the beginning, and we didn't know what kind of person Rambo was before he participated in the Vietnam War, only that he had become a withdrawn and indifferent person after he was discharged from the army. The story almost made me sleepy, but the second half of the plot made me spend it in extreme depression and anger, until Rambo carried a gun and frantically retaliated against the police station, and I screamed like everyone in the theater! ”

"Look, that's it! Blow them up! ”

"Hell that gang of police shit! What are Rambo waiting for! ”

Wang Xiaohu laughed when he saw this, he knew that Americans would be extremely crazy when they saw the second half of the film, and even forget the gentlemanly image they had been trying to maintain.

The content of the First Blood series always revolves around the hottest political issues of the time, which is also the biggest feature of the series, which attracts the attention of the audience and becomes an indispensable and important factor in the box office hit.

But the Los Angeles newspaper published such a comment: "Tiger. Wang is going to be unlucky this time, if he dares to come to the United States, there will be thousands of American police officers waiting for him at the airport, because the image of the police was ruined in "First Blood", which made the American police very unhappy! Lisa of the Los Angeles Police Department said that if you see Tiger. Wang, she'll give him a punch unceremoniously! ”

Zhao Yazhi had read these newspapers before Wang Xiaohu, and she pointed to the news and asked, "Who is Lisa?" She has such a big grudge against you. ”

"Haha, didn't the American police invite me and Jackie Chan to go last time" Wang Xiaohu explained the matter to his wife, and said innocently: "See, Americans hold grudges, I will bring hundreds of bodyguards next time I go to the United States!" ”

Both laughed and continued to read the newspaper.

"There's no doubt about it. Once again, the king succeeded! The themes he expresses through his films are equally thought-provoking and thought-provoking for the viewer. Anti-war, anti-Vietnam War, these intentions to be expressed are not directly expressed, but through the encounter of Rambo and what he did after returning home. Many veterans who came back from the Vietnam War watched "First Blood" with tears in their eyes. The king said everything they wanted to say! ”

"Using an action movie to express a profound theme, which is inherent in the Oriental, but it brings deep thinking to countless Americans!" -- Time Magazine

Almost all the American newspapers are commenting on the thinking that "First Blood" brings to them, and even if Wang Xiaohu did not attend the premiere of "First Blood", he can now imagine the crazy situation in the theater in his mind.

After the Concord branch was recognized in Hollywood, the first shot finally fired, and I believe that with Wang Xiaohu's continuous adjustment of the film, the development of Concord in Hollywood will become more and more broad.

And Wang Xiaohu is not glad for these superficial things, because he knows that the development in Hollywood completely relies on his own foresight, and the classic Hollywood blockbusters in his mind are supporting, these things will never belong to him, and the purpose of using these things is to make money, and at the same time gradually improve the status and influence of Chinese films in Hollywood.

Now Concord has no shortage of films in Hollywood, whether it is "First Blood" being released, or "ET Aliens" released in the second half of the year, the second episode of "Star Wars" released at the end of the year, or "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in intensive preparation, these are all sharp weapons to make money, and you can see from this aspect that Wang Xiaohu is not short of money-making movies at all.

Money is never enough, and Wang Xiaohu did not feel the slightest ease, because he still has to struggle for a few more years, you see that Run Run Shaw is still struggling on the front line at the age of seventy, and he still has a long way to go.

The phone in the living room rang at this time, and Wang Xiaohu heard Winterdur's characteristic voice when he picked it up.

"Boss, I believe those newspapers should have been received, right?"

Wang Xiaohu nodded: "That's right, I'm watching." Congratulations to Syst on my behalf, he's an American superhero again! ”

"Of course, he has been promoting all over the United States for the past few days, and he will be warmly welcomed by the citizens everywhere he goes!" Winterdur burst out laughing on the phone, and whoever encounters such a thing would be in a good mood.

Then Winterdur changed the subject: "Boss, I need to ask you something important. ”

"I'm listening."

"That's right, the annual Oscars are in the process of intense voting, our company only had one last year, that is, the boss your "Myth" to compete, because the film is a model of cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland, so we can't compete for the main award, I hope you don't be too disappointed when you hear the news."

Wang Xiaohu sighed: "It's okay, it's all expected, anyway, I'm not American, and there are no American staff members in the film, but we should be qualified for the best foreign language film, right?" ”

"Yes, that's what I want to ask you for." Winterdur took a deep breath on the phone: "Boss, we should throw money at it!" ”

(To be continued)