652 Jackson records "E.T."
When only Wang Xiaohu and Liang Xiaolong were left in the room, the atmosphere was somewhat awkward. γReading.comγ
Wang Xiaohu looked at Liang Xiaolong, who looked ashamed, and the latter lowered his head so much that he couldn't lower it anymore, looking very embarrassed.
After a long time, Wang Xiaohu spoke: "Ah Liang, do you feel very stressed? β
Liang Xiaolong raised his head and looked at Wang Xiaohu, then nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, there is a lot of pressure to take over the filming of this drama, Brother Tiger, I really don't want to play Chen Zhen, because your "Jingwumen" has already played Chen Zhen with flesh and blood, and the Chen Zhen I filmed will not reach your height no matter what." β
"So you're in a bad mood and keep making trouble for Xu Xiaoming?" Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and asked.
Liang Xiaolong shook his head and said, "It's not all. β
Not all, that is, there is an element of "yes".
If you are any actor, you don't want to play the role of Chen Zhen, as Liang Xiaolong said, Chen Zhen has been vividly filmed by Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu over the years, Li version of Chen Zhen integrates national righteousness, and Wang version of Chen Zhen integrates national righteousness, twists and turns of love, and character growth into a 30-episode serial, making Chen Zhen's image more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In other words, any actor doesn't want to challenge such a classic, not because Liang Xiaolong doesn't have the courage to act, but what happens after this TV series is filmed? Wouldn't it be very depraving if the audience couldn't accept it?
Wang Xiaohu naturally understands Liang Xiaolong's pressure, in fact, when he launched "Huo Yuanjia", he also had similar concerns, and he was soon relieved, because this TV series was not aimed at Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, but was launched to the mainland, in fact, Wang Xiaohu had no intention of releasing it in Hong Kong from the beginning.
This is also the main reason why Xu Xiaoming does not have any pressure to start filming, but as a choreographer, he can't make this clear to the actors, he must let the actors shoot seriously under the premise of maintaining considerable pressure.
Some history may be changed by Wang Xiaohu, but there are some history that Wang Xiaohu still insists, such as "Huo Yuanjia" is the first Hong Kong TV series to be released in the mainland.
Patting Liang Xiaolong on the shoulder, Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "Ah Liang, your worries are actually superfluous!" The reason why this TV series is going to be filmed in the mainland is that I want to take advantage of Huo Yuanjia's popularity to set off a boom in Hong Kong TV in the mainland, and you are the first batch of landers, as for "Jingwumen", you can wait for seven or eight years to be released in the mainland, at that time you are already popular in the mainland, how can you make a good show with these messy ideas? β
"Huh?" Liang Xiaolong blinked suspiciously when he heard this, scratched his head and said, "Why is this?" β
"No, everyone's mixed up in the circle, not to mention that you have been hidden by me for a few years, either as a martial arts instructor in Li, or as a martial artist with Sammo Hung and them, you have accumulated a lot of kung fu and acting skills, you should always show it off, right?" Wang Xiaohu said slightly apologetically: "It's to make up for the debt owed to you in the past few years." β
Speaking of which, Wang Xiaohu is really full of guilt for Liang Xiaolong, in order to quickly transition Hong Kong films from the trough area, he pushed Liang Xiaolong, He Zongdao, Huang Jianlong, and Jin Taizhong to Golden Harvest Company, and launched the so-called Bruce Lee II audition, which indirectly accelerated the bankruptcy of Golden Harvest Company, and since then, He Zongdao and others left Concord Company, Wang Xiaohu ordered Liang Xiaolong to be the only one left, let him participate in the training of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union, and introduced him to major film and television work as martial arts instructors.
When there is no filming, Liang Xiaolong will return to the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union to take the students, which is a fine tradition of the trade union, after the students who go out of the training class have accumulated experience on the set, they will return to the union to take the students on the premise of voluntariness, and inform the students of their work experience, so that they can avoid detours.
In the past nine years, the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union has sent a large number of martial arts instructors, martial arts actors, stand-ins, etc. to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao, and Southeast Asian countries every year, and has a lot of fame in the entire film and television industry, especially the martial arts instructors who came out of the union, all of them are the pillars of kung fu films, martial arts films, and costume TV series.
This is the reliance of Concord Company, and it is also the good reputation of Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts since its establishment.
Liang Xiaolong grew up in such an environment, but he is different from other students who graduated from the trade union, in addition to filming and taking students, as long as he has time, he returns to the old base to practice with Billy Chow, Stephen Chow, Donnie Yen, Jet Li and others.
It can be said that Liang Xiaolong is one of the four Asian tigers, except for Bruce Lee, who is worthy of the name and has real kung fu, according to Wang Xiaohu's estimate, his kung fu is much higher than Jackie Chan, after all, in addition to their own focus on actual combat, the other brothers rarely have the ambition to develop simultaneously in the film and television industry and the fighting world.
As soon as he heard Wang Xiaohu say these words sincerely, Liang Xiaolong was stupid, it turned out that Brother Hu had not forgotten the promise he made back then. At this moment, the complaints in my heart were gone, "Brother Hu, I know what I should do." β
Wang Xiaohu smiled: "Shoot well, leave a good impression on the mainland audience, and don't keep thinking about conflicts with mainlanders." β
"Brother Tiger, when are you going to take me to Yuben?" Liang Xiaolong said suddenly.
Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you going to do in Yueben?" β
Liang Xiaolong said: "Of course, I went to fight the little devil like you, a while ago, the newspapers in Shanghai reported every day that you beat the little devil in the book, you don't know, every time I film, I always think of myself as Chen Zhen, and those extras as real little devils, and then"
"And then you didn't do it lightly or severely, and injured other extras, right?" Wang Xiaohu laughed when he heard this: "You, you are too deep in the play, the extras in Shanghai are not the martial artists of the trade union, if you hurt others, you will naturally cause trouble." β
Xu Xiaoming said that Liang Xiaolong and Shanghainese clashed, that is, this incident, two extras invited from Shanghai were injured by Liang Xiaolong, and the noisy "Huo Yuanjia" was forced to shut down, if Xu Xiaoming hadn't contacted the Ministry of Culture in time, maybe Liang Xiaolong would have been taken away by the local public security bureau.
Liang Xiaolong saw that Wang Xiaohu did not mean reproach in his words, and he was even more ashamed, and lowered his head and promised: "I will never dare to do it again in the future." β
"If you want to fight, come to me when you return to Hong Kong, and let's fight for 300 rounds."
Liang Xiaolong hurriedly shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Forget it, I'd rather be flattened by Nai Buddha than fight with you, Brother Hu, but the newspaper said that you sent more than 90 little devils to the hospital." β
"Haha, the newspaper is all nonsense, in fact, there are only more than 70 people in the hospital!" Wang Xiaohu corrected in time.
Even so, Liang Xiaolong still shook his head like a rattle, unless he was tired of being crooked
Wang Xiaohu stayed in Shanghai overnight, in addition to supervising the filming process of two "Huo Yuanjia", the rest of the time was to drag Zhao Gang to communicate with Shanghai, after all, his artists injured people, and they inevitably had to buy something to apologize, and left a soup and medicine fee, and this matter has finally passed.
Liang Xiaolong saw that he had caused so much trouble to his boss, and he was very upset, so he filmed very seriously in the remaining days, and his performance was particularly prominent, and Xu Xiaoming, who was happy, praised him for growing up.
In mid-August, Wang Xiaohu returned to Hong Kong, and as soon as he returned home, he stuffed Zhao Yazhi with a large pile of newspapers that he had brought back from Yueben. And said with a shy face: "Ah Zhi, come and see the gift I brought you!" β
Zhao Yazhi had long known that her husband had "behaved" again in Yueben, and she was relieved to see that he was now alive and kicking without leaving any injuries, in fact, she only learned that her husband had accepted the challenge of the karate world not long ago, but at that time her husband had already returned to the mainland.
"What are these? Are you in the glorious record of Ben? Zhao Yazhi picked up these newspapers and took a casual look, and found that there were few reports about her husband's challenge to the "100-person groupmate", and there was more introduction to a person named Tsuyoshi Katoda.
"Who is he? Oh, I see, it's him who beat you! Zhao Yazhi asked while looking at it.
"That's right." Wang Xiaohu nodded: "It was he who defeated me, but none of this matters, I need to know the identity of this guy." To be honest, I suspect he has a lot to do with Brother Xiaolong's death. β
There were only two of them in the study, so Wang Xiaohu did not hide anything, and told his wife all the doubts in his heart, the latter frowned after hearing this, and realized the importance of this matter to her husband, so she put these newspapers on the desk and watched them, and after reading them for a while, she patted her forehead and said: "I almost forgot, Winterdur sent you a bunch of newspapers, which are about "ET", hehe, my son especially likes ET's dolls. β
"'ET' is out?" Wang Xiaohu was happy when he heard this, and immediately read the newspaper delivered by Winterdur.
There is good news from Winterdur, Spielberg's "E. the Extraterrestrial" premiered in North America in mid-July, and the film immediately caused a sensation in the United States as soon as it was released, and people thought it was strange: tenderness, childlike innocence, and alternative friendship could be so harmoniously unified in one film. Many people walk into the theater and relive the friendship story of Elliott and E.T. over and over again.
Roger Ebert, a famous Hollywood film critic, said: "The film is quite captivating from the beginning, in the dark night of the northern California suburbs, the little boy Elliott meets the little e.t., and people are a little nervous to watch, not knowing what will happen next, like watching a Hitchcock suspense film." The following plot is tight and fluid until the end, the most emotional and saddest scene, where Elliot and little E.T. have to be separated. At this moment, I believe that the hearts of all viewers will become fragmented and impossible to find. β
Even like the novelist Martin. Hard-hearted people like Amis would also be moved, writing: "At the end of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,' I couldn't contain my sadness. I look back at the people around me who are suffering as much as I am, whether they are political axe officials, playboys, businessmen, rock fans, hippies, mothers, teenagers, and children, all with tears on ......their faces. We cried not for that little ET or Elliott, nor for little Jetty, but for the lost self. That's exactly what Tiger is. Where the genius of the king lies. I bet if Tiger. If Wang turns his career to become a novelist, his novels will definitely sell well all over the world! β
"This is a classic film full of innocence and fantastic fantasies. It's hard to imagine Tiger. Wang will write such a warm script, and the audience who has seen it will say that it is very warm, even more than a few years ago. Wang's "Home Alone" is even warmer. β
In fact, Winterdur collected more information than that, before that, Spielberg had already brought "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" to the Cannes Film Festival, and the elder Wen translated the French newspapers and made notes.
In his notes, he said: At the press conference of the Cannes Film Festival, Spielberg talked about the film almost in a sincere tone. He told reporters: This film is not a purely commercial film, and maybe not everyone likes it. He spoke in a tone that was more like the creator of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" than its guardian - "I made E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for ourselves, and of course, without my boss, you might not see Parker!" β
Parker was Et, the alien with big eyes with a hint of remorse, a hammer-shaped head, and crumpled skin that had become an icon.
At present, the results of "ET" after its release are very gratifying, winning $46 million at the box office in North America in one month, some people may say that the box office results are average, but don't forget that the re-releases of films such as "Star Wars", "Mythology", and "First Blood" also affect the audience.
These movies are all produced by Concord, and each movie has a considerable cluster, the audience always has to choose to buy movie tickets before watching the movie, such as watching "Star Wars" today to appreciate the dream of soaring into space, tomorrow watching "Myth" to feel the influence of Chinese culture, and watching "First Blood" in the theater the day after tomorrow
The phone in the room rang suddenly, and Wang Xiaohu grabbed it and heard a very familiar voice: "Hi, my dear teacher, how are you doing?" β
"Who? Is it Michael? β
"Yes, dear teacher, it makes me sad that you have forgotten me." It was Michael who called. Jackson.
After a short period of sadness, he suddenly said with great interest: "Teacher, I have recorded a set of albums of "Alien Tales", and there is a song related to "E.T. Aliens", called "There is a You in the Dark". β
(To be continued)