No matter how dismal the test screening of "The King of a Thousand Kings" was at midnight, the movie was still released as scheduled.

Fortunately, "Alien" has been screened in Hong Kong for half a month, and the popularity is gradually fading. "The King of a Thousand Kings" was released in ten theaters in Golden Harvest, with a box office of 1.37 million in the first week, with an average attendance rate of nearly 70%, and the number of moviegoers is gradually increasing, and the results are not bad. Golden Harvest has already planned to increase the number of theaters and screenings, and Li Xuan estimates that it should not be a problem for the film to recover its cost in Hong Kong.

However, Li Xuan and Wang Jin couldn't manage these anymore, and just a week after the release of "The King of a Thousand Kings", "The King of Killers" was also completed. This movie, which is full of Li Xuan's photography concept in later generations, took the crew a full forty days to shoot alone, and it made Wang Jin, who is used to fast-paced filming, very uncomfortable.

After the movie is finished, you have to start post-production. Although there is a scene list and a script, Li Xuan is not worried about letting the current editor cut it, so he and Wang Jin personally put on the battle.

In the editing room of a post-production center on the Golden Harvest studio, Li Xuan was cutting a roll of printed film, while Wang Jin was holding the script and checking it against it.

"I think it's better for you to cut Yu Tian's window jumping scene into two parts, and add the flashing shot of the little minions in the back." Wang Jin pondered for a moment, handed over a roll of cut film and said to Li Xuan.

Taking the film in Wang Jin's hand, Li Xuan looked at it, constructed the shot in his mind, and then nodded and replied: "It's true, so the plot is a lot tighter." You can do it, fatty. ”

"What can't be done, the director is what he does, and this job can't be uncooked." Wang Jin nodded and replied casually.

Li Xuan glanced at Wang Jin strangely, this guy is not in the right state today. In the past, as long as he praised him, his tail was lifted to the sky, why did he look sluggish today?

"Fatty." Li Xuan called casually.

"Huh?"

Li Xuan shook his head hypocritically, and said in a tone from a person who had come over: "Young man, you still have to pay attention to your body, and don't exercise too late at night." Even if you can stand it, your younger siblings can't bear it. ”

"Whew! What a mess, your mind is so dirty! Wang Jin replied indignantly.

"Tsk!" Li Xuan smacked his lips: "What do you call me dirty, you look so weak today, everyone knows what you did last night." ”

Wang Jin suddenly covered his forehead in the same way as Li Xuan, and said helplessly: "What can I do last night?" The little girl didn't fall asleep until two o'clock in the morning, and I didn't have time to catch up on sleep. ”

"Oh, it turned out that I misunderstood, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Li Xuan hurriedly waved his hand and replied. This baby is the most tormenting, no wonder Wang Jin is like this today.

"Hey, in fact, there is not much to do with the little girl...... Wang Jin put down his hand again and sighed.

"Uh......" Li Xuan's eyelids jumped, and he asked gossipingly: "What you mean by this, can I understand that after you put your daughter to sleep at two o'clock last night, you went to toss your wife." ”

"Get out!" Wang Jin took a sip of Li Xuan and said viciously: "You can't be pure, how can you always think about these messy aspects!" ”

"Okay, you've been purified with me, so I'm curious to ask, what the hell is going on?" Li Xuan asked helplessly.

"It's not because of my dad, it's annoying!"

"Uncle Wang?" Li Xuan asked in surprise, "What's wrong with Uncle Wang?" Isn't "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" very popular some time ago? ”

"It's very hot, but my dad is still sitting on the cold bench." Wang Jin paused, frowned and continued: "Now wireless has not arranged any work for him at all. ”

“……”

Li Xuan patted Wang Jin on the shoulder, but couldn't say anything. Some time ago, "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" was really popular, so popular that Wu Mengda, an unknown supporting role, became famous, and took on a lot of supporting roles in movies outside. But Wang Tianlin is still sitting on the cold bench now, and it is very likely that he was affected by Wang Jin.

Fang Yihua is not a magnificent woman, in addition to being the production manager of Wireless, she is also the director of Shaw Brothers. Shao Yifu's focus is still on movies, and the wireless affairs are all taken care of by Fang Yihua. This Wang Jin offended the Shaw Family, she couldn't do anything about Wang Fatzi, but she could hide Wang Tianlin.

Poor Wang Tianlin is only in his fifties, which is the golden age for a director. At this time, if you are idle at home, it is estimated that you will not have a good face all day.

"Then what is Uncle Wang going to do? Or do you go straight to Shaw? Li Xuan asked curiously. Although Wang Fatzi has nominally been holding the brand of Li Xuan's company, the two have never signed a contract, and Li Xuan has not paid him a salary, so he can be regarded as a supernumerary who can leave at any time.

"How could I go to Shaw Brothers, filming a movie outside is enough for my salary at Shaw Brothers for more than half a year." Wang Jin retorted with a glare.

"Uh......" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and asked helplessly: "Then what is Uncle Wang going to do?" ”

"My dad was tinkering with a script and told me he wanted to make a movie." Wang Jin replied with a worried face.

"Ahem!"

Li Xuan coughed dryly, blushed and asked, "Uncle Wang wants to make a movie again?" ”

Wang Tianlin is a street goods, how long has it been since the last movie, and he is ready to fight again......

"Hmm." Wang Jin nodded, looked at Li Xuan condescendingly and said, "Since my dad plans to make a movie, shouldn't you, the half of your apprentices, support it?" ”

Depend on!

Li Xuan was worried, Wang Jin was digging a pit and waiting for him to jump. I haven't heard of any good movies directed by Wang Tianlin in the 80s, and this one is probably similar to the last "Big Fight". Invest in a movie that will hit the street 90% of the time, this is a lot of pain to make it.

But Li Xuan can't jump into the pit if he doesn't jump into the pit, Wang Tianlin is his master after all. In the Hong Kong film and television industry in these years, the relationship between master and apprentice is still very important. Just like Hu Jinquan, who is in trouble now, although the house is gone, with the help of a few apprentices, he is not living a good life, and several apprentices dare not leave a name of ingratitude. And not to mention that since Li Xuan entered this industry, Wang Tianlin has treated him well and helped a lot, so he can't ignore it now.

"That's it......" Li Xuan paused, and said with a painful face: "Within 500,000, I will cover it." ”

"Only 500,000?" Wang Jin exaggeratedly called.

Li Xuan raised his eyebrows, looked at Wang Jin and said with disdain: "Only 500,000? Do you want me to lend you 500,000 yuan, and you can take it and tell Uncle Wang that your son will also invest 500,000 yuan, and make up 1 million for your father to film? ”

"No, no, 500,000 is enough! That's enough! Wang Jin hurriedly waved his hand and refused. Wang Jin also knows what his father is like, Li Xuan's 500,000 is an investment, and he has nothing to say if he loses money. But if the borrowed 500,000 yuan is lost, when the movie hits the street, Wang Jin will have no place to cry.

Li Xuan shook his head and continued: "If your father can let you be an assistant director, I should be able to invest more, at least a seventy percent probability of recovering the capital, but I think Uncle Wang definitely doesn't plan to let you participate in anything, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Wang Jin nodded helplessly.

This situation is certain, Wang Jin is now a famous film director, and Wang Tianlin must consider these before filming. If Wang Jin is involved, if the movie is a big hit, some people will say that it depends on the box office sold by his son. Or if the movie hits the streets, it will also have a bad impact on his son's reputation. It's better not to let Wang Jin participate in the first place, and it doesn't matter to him whether he makes money or loses at that time.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, hurry up and cut the film, you have to make up my 500,000 yuan as soon as possible." Li Xuan sat up straight, picked up the film on the table, and said.

Wang Jin on the side nodded, and suddenly asked, "This film can't be released until the next year, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded, and then replied: "It's all full before the year, not only this one, but Xi Wei's "Mr. Zombie" has to be lined up until the next year." ”

"Isn't that going to have to wait nearly three months?" Wang Jin asked in surprise.

"yes."

Li Xuan nodded helplessly, it was too difficult for Reading Company's movies to arrange a good schedule.

"The post-production of this movie took less than a month, so what do you have two months left?"

"What for?" Li Xuan's heart throbbed, and he said slowly: "Prepare for the New Year." And by the way, prepare your own new movie. (To be continued.) )