Chapter 58: A Lively Summer File
I was rejected?
Looking at the back of the crooked bicycle riding away, Li Xuan rubbed his nose, what is going on? The future actor professional is not interested in acting.
In fact, Li Xuan didn't know that since Liang Chaowei's parents divorced at the age of seven, he has become a taciturn person who doesn't like to show his head. This acting has to be seen a lot, so it's strange if he's interested.
If you don't shoot, you won't shoot, and the uncle won't serve anymore!
Li Xuan secretly sighed in his heart, tilted his head and thought about it, what kind of blockbuster movie did Liang Chaowei have in the tenth century?
There is a "East Becomes West", well, this is a comedy classic! Then there is "East Evil and West Poison", and there is a "A Chinese Ghost Story" in which he plays the little monk, and then there is also what forest Wang Jiawei filmed?
Li Xuan decisively found that although there are many Liang Chaowei** movies in the decade and many awards, there are few movies that are popular at the box office.
Ha, thinking about it like this, Li Xuan is much happier again.
casually put the newspaper into his armpit, Li Xuan hummed a minor tune and walked back.
Now, go home for dinner!
For the next nearly a month, Li Xuan followed Wang Jin around. The special effects, soundtrack and printing of the movie, a lot of things made the chubby Wang Jin lose several pounds, and Li Xuan was tired enough. However, the 800,000 yuan signed out by Li Xuan also made Wang Jin spend it cleanly, which made Li Xuan sigh at the cost of making a movie.
In a small screening hall in the Golden Harvest Building, when the subtitles at the end of the play were typed, everyone in the screening room gave warm applause.
In fact, there were less than ten people seated in the screening room. The three bigwigs of Golden Harvest - Zou Wenhuai, He Xichang and Cai Yongchang, starring Hong Jingbao, Lin Zhengying and Zhong Chuhong, plus director Wang Jin and titular producer Li Xuan, the most rare thing is that Wang Tianlin also ran over, just to watch his son's first movie.
"Uncle Huai, how do you feel after watching the movie?" Li Xuan asked. He and Zou Wenhuai have met many times, and when they get acquainted, they also follow the call of Uncle Huai like Wang Jin, at least it sounds like a very good relationship, doesn't it.
"To be honest, your movie is very good, I really didn't expect a ghost movie to be made like this! Really, tsk, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves. Zou Wenhuai said with a smile.
Before Li Xuan could speak, Wang Tianlin spoke first: "Haha, Wen Huai, if you want to push forward this back wave, you have to open the way first." ”
"Ha, Tianlin can still speak!" Zou Wenhuai pointed at Wang Tianlin with a smile, then turned his head to look at Li Xuan and the others and said, "Although there are few scenes in your play, the plot is very good and very attractive." ”
"Uncle Huai, although there are few scenes, it is not the responsibility of our martial arts, I also want to fight more." Hong Jingbao finally interjected, pointed at Li Xuan and said: "But Xuan Tsai told me that a fight scene can't last more than three minutes, he is a producer, don't I listen to him." ”
"Oh? Three minutes? What is Xuan Zai's statement? Zou Wenhuai looked at Li Xuan curiously and asked.
Li Xuan smiled and replied: "There's nothing to say, fight, fight heartily, three moves to determine the winner, isn't it better than the two sides who fought for more than half an hour?" ”
Li Xuan paused, arched his hand to Zou Wenhuai and continued: "Let me tell you something unpleasant, the kung fu comedies in the past few years have been played for half an hour in a dozen, but I am tired of watching it." ”
Li Xuan only cared about talking to Zou Wenhuai, but he didn't notice that He Xichang, who was sitting behind Zou Wenhuai, had a little dark face, but fortunately, the lights in the screening room were a little dim now, and he couldn't see it for a while.
He Xichang's face is not dark, he is not only Chenglong's godfather, but also the producer of the movie "Senior Brother Out of the Horse". Now that this movie has been completed, as Chenglong's first film after coming to Golden Harvest, the top priority of the whole Golden Harvest Company, he knows the details of this movie clearly. In this movie, Chenglong has taken the words kung fu comedy to the extreme.
Needless to say, the comedy is not to mention, this movie Chenglong has put a lot of ideas on kung fu, what bench skills, cigarette stick skills and skirt skills, the playing style is a set. Even the scene between Chenglong and the enemy at the end of the movie is longer than the fight in his previous movies, a full half an hour, which just matches Li Xuan's words.
Do you want to discuss with Ah Long and reduce the play a little? He Xichang sat on the side and began to think nonsense.
"Well, although your words are not good, but ......" Zou Wenhuai paused for a moment and continued: "But it is reasonable." ”
"Then Uncle Huai, I don't know when the release can be arranged?" Wang Jin asked impatiently.
"Release?" Zou Wenhuai thought for a while, pointed to Cai Yongchang on the side and said, "Then you have to ask Yongchang about the theater." ”
Cai Yongchang, who had been sitting next to him and didn't make a sound, heard this, thought about it and replied: "It's summer now, it's full in June and July, and your movie will have to wait until August at the earliest." ”
August? Hearing this, Li Xuan and Wang Jin looked at each other, it's only the beginning of June now, so they have to wait for another two months?
There are three prime periods of the year for Hong Kong films, namely New Year, summer vacation and Christmas, and these schedules are also the time when Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers fight the hardest.
Needless to say, the New Year's and Christmas stalls, although the schedule is only about ten days, the box office momentum is much higher than that of the summer stalls, and many box office records are from these two schedules. As for the summer season, it is from June to September every year. Because it lasts for four months, it is also a place where film companies must compete.
In order to have no problems with screenings, several theaters decided early on the movies to be released in June and July.
For example, Shaw Brothers Cinemas has lined up seven of its company's films in two months, and a new film is released almost every week. Especially the director of Shaw Brothers' Chu Yuanda, a "Peacock Dynasty" in June, followed by another "Peerless Double Pride" in July, which is not counting the movies arranged by some small film companies to be screened in Shaw Brothers theaters.
Although Golden Harvest did not produce movies in June and July, there were many other film companies, such as Wu Siyuan's Siyuan Company, which had several movies released. In Golden Harvest's film schedule, Li Xuan unexpectedly found "Dragon and Tiger Gate" produced by Yulang Film Company, and there were three big characters written in the director's column - Huang Yulang.
Depend on! Isn't this guy drawing comics? Why are you still making movies? Li Xuan was fascinated for a while while with Golden Harvest's film schedule, and still remembered that Zhen Zidan also acted in such a "Dragon Tiger Gate" later, but it was not very good-looking.
Li Xuan shook his head, people are painting and you are directing, what's strange. His gaze continued to move down the film schedule, but Li Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up.
July 20, 1979, "Butterfly Change", director - Xu Ke, starring - Liu Zhaomin, Mi ......
"Butterfly Change" is ready to be released? Li Xuan blinked vigorously, this masterpiece of the New Wave movie, I must go and see it. To be honest, although Li Xuan knew about this movie in later generations, he was too lazy to watch it, and only knew that it was a story of a group of butterflies killing people. Now that I have encountered it, wouldn't it be a pity not to see it?
Wang Tianlin's white car slowly drove out of the Jiahe Building, as long as this big man was there, he must be at the helm of the car. Glancing at his dejected son in the passenger seat, Wang Tianlin said angrily: "August is August, can't you afford to wait?" ”
"It's not that I can't afford to wait...... Wang Jin leaned back on the chair, and then said, "Are you thinking about how to survive these two months?" ”
"Are you idle?" Wang Tianlin said coldly: "Tomorrow, you will go to work in Qingshuiwan for me." ”
"Uh......" Wang Jin obviously didn't expect such an answer, and roared half a sentence in his throat, but he didn't dare to object, so he had to look at Li Xuan in the back seat with an innocent face.
"Xuan Tsai ......"
"Eh, don't call me, I can't go!" Li Xuan hurriedly shook his hand and refused.
"Can't go? What are you doing? ”
Li Xuan raised his hands and made a gesture of playing the piano and said: "Yu Qin said that I have missed too many classes, and I can't just earn my money and not teach things, it just so happens that he has been idle recently, and he is ready to make up for me." ”
"Traitor!" Wang Jin scolded viciously.
Li Xuancai ignored him, turned his head and said to Zhong Chuhong next to him: "When will you come to my house, my song will be written and played for you." ”
"Really?" Zhong Chuhong's eyes lit up suddenly.
Li Xuan nodded and said solemnly: "Really! ”
It's really hard for Li Xuan, a song "Fairy Tale" that can be sung casually, and it took several months to complete the composition.
However, Li Xuan didn't wait for Zhong Chuhong the next morning, but waited for another person first.
This is a middle-aged man, about 1.7 meters tall, with short hair, wearing a wide black shirt, a pair of gray slacks, and a pair of bright eyes behind black-framed glasses looking at Li Xuan motionlessly.
Li Xuan looked at the strange man standing outside the door and asked hesitantly, "Are you?" ”
The other party nodded first and said hello, then stretched out his right hand to introduce himself: "Mr. Li, hello, my name is Xiao Sheng." ”
The sound of the flute? What a strange name, Li Xuan stretched out his right hand in confusion and shook it.
What is this guy doing?