Chapter 116: Master of Violent Aesthetics
With the completion of "Black Man", Li Xuan has also entered the intense post-production.
And Zeng Zhiwei also returned to Yongsheng and started filming his "The Emperor of Killers", and even Yuan Hua and Zhong Chuhong borrowed the past to play together. Fortunately, Li Xuan has read the script, and there is no intimate scene, otherwise he would not let Zhong Chuhong go out to take over the play. As for Ren Dahua, who is still filming TV series wirelessly, what should he do? Li Xuan felt that Xiang Huaqiang would definitely have a way to lend people out.
Yongsheng's follower film, how can it be done if it is not the original team?
Li Xuan was wholeheartedly cutting in the post-production room of the Golden Harvest studio, but the outside set was very deserted at this time. It's not that no one is making films, but several bigwigs in the entertainment industry haven't been filming on the set recently.
Hong Jingbao began to be a producer, and took the Hong family class and others to shoot "Zombie Taoist" on Lantau Island. He also plans that the film will be released in time for the summer, so now he is in a hurry to make a film, and he is too busy to return to the set easily.
As for Chenglong, who has just broken the box office record of 10 million, he has already gone to Hollywood, the United States alone after the celebration banquet of "Senior Brother Goes Out" to participate in the filming of "Killer Trench". According to the speed of Hollywood's filming, it is estimated that it will not be possible to come back in four or five months.
The Xu brothers have no works this year, and they are also better at making fashion films, so they basically don't usually appear on the set.
As for the well-known struggle company, it is now secretly on the Golden Princess Cinema Line, and is discussing the reorganization of the company, and there are no plans to make a new film.
So at this time, there are basically some small sole proprietorship film companies filming on the set, there are no big stars, and when they are in a hurry, those faces will basically change once every ten days.
The set was deserted, but the theater was bustling.
The Shaw Brothers movie "Resentful Woman?" released on the same day as "The King of Killers", "The Resentful Woman? Baby? Crazy Killer", which was released for only 8 days, was ruthlessly killed by "The King of Killers", and only received a box office of 1.09 million. However, a movie is released in a week, which is common in Shaw Brothers, and there is no need to regret it.
And "Mr. Zombie", which survived under the halo of "King of Killers", got 750,000 at the box office in the fifth week, and the attendance rate of the theater dropped to less than 6% again.
For this reason, Golden Harvest once again reduced the number of theaters showing "Mr. Zombie" to only three, but it has not yet been officially painted. Because this movie is only 240,000 short of the box office of 10 million, Golden Harvest Cinema wants to create another movie that breaks 10 million. At that time, Golden Harvest's position as the leading boss in the Hong Kong film industry will be truly secure.
Although Li Xuan complained about getting a box office of 10 million after being released for more than 40 years, after all, he made his own money, so he accepted it with peace of mind.
When "Mr. Zombie" got the box office statistics for the fifth week, the box office results of the second week of "The King of Killers" also came out. Compared with the box office victory in the first week, there was a significant decline in the second week, and only 2.96 million box office was obtained. As far as the box office trend is concerned, it is an authentic high-to-low curve.
In Hong Kong in April, there was a wind of changing clothes.
Many young people put on suits and ties, they are not only learning Zhou Yanfa in "Shanghai Tang", but also learning Xiang Huaqiang in "The King of Killers". Especially many people in the community, they are learning from the big guy Xiang Huaqiang, all wearing neat black suits, and others think that a group of senior white-collar workers are coming over at a glance.
Everything outside is disturbing, and it doesn't have much to do with the current Li Xuan. But he was busy, but he didn't expect that someone would come to his post-production room.
But at the celebration banquet of "Senior Brother Out of the Horse", Wu Yusen, who had a one-sided relationship.
The production room needs to be dry and moisture-proof, and Li Xuan didn't serve tea to Wu Yusen, and he also knew the rules, so when Li Xuan continued to work, Wu Yusen sat on the chair behind Li Xuan, and the two chatted casually.
"I heard that Director Wu used to study under director Zhang Ceda?" Li Xuan asked casually while comparing the film in his hand.
Speaking of Wu Yusen, Li Xuan's first image is the half-old man who often appears in entertainment news in later generations, wearing a suit and tie, a round face and a happy face.
But the current Wu Yusen is a person who is more literary and artistic than later generations of literary and artistic youth. The long-haired turtleneck and a pair of dirty bell bottoms look more like the old boys in suits on the street now.
"Yes, I originally wanted to act, but during the audition, the master pointed at me and told the producer, 'It's better for this guy to be behind the scenes, he will be a director in the future'. In this way, I began to learn directing with my master. Wu Yusen said in a rather nostalgic tone.
"Haha, Director Zhang Ce's vision is really nothing to say." Li Xuan didn't look back, and laughed casually: "Isn't Director Wu now a blueman, the leading director of Golden Harvest." ”
"What's this, it's just a comedy director."
Wu Yusen replied lonely, then stood up from the chair, walked behind Li Xuan, and quietly looked at the film in Li Xuan's hand.
Hearing this, Li Xuan didn't know how to answer.
Wu Yusen, known as the "master of violent aesthetics", has created many classic movies, such as "The True Color of Heroes", which helped Zhou Yunfa get rid of the title of box office poison, and later "Bloody Heroes", "Across the Seas", and "Changing Face" filmed in Hollywood, these popular movies Li Xuanke has watched.
However, these movies are all from the 80s onwards. The current Wu Yusen is just a comedy director of Golden Harvest, although he is very famous at this time.
For example, in 1976, Wu Yusen's "Imperial Flower" reached 3.44 million at the box office in Hong Kong, ranking fourth in the Hong Kong film box office list in 1976; directed "Fa Qian Han" in the second year, with a box office of 5.05 million in Hong Kong, ranking second in the Hong Kong film box office list in 1977; and 1978's "Big Evil Star and Little Sister", with a local box office of 3.59 million, also ranked third in the Hong Kong film box office list that year.
In addition to these big-name comedies, Wu Yusen also has many comedy works, all of which have achieved a lot of box office benefits for Golden Harvest, which has confirmed his title as a comedy director.
However, these reputations are a heavy burden for Wu Yusen.
Because his master's name is Zhang Ce, Zhang Ce, who loves heroes, rivers and lakes and swords. And Wu Yusen, who studied under Zhang Ce, inherited the same interests and ideals as his master.
It's a pity that it backfired, Golden Harvest saw that Wu Yusen's comedy was doing well, so he supported him to make a comedy. As for Wu Yusen's dream of making a hero film, he was shelved by the top management of Golden Harvest.
John Woo, who doesn't make hero films, is like a martial artist who played a clown and won a full house, only he understands in his heart that this is not his original ideal.
"I heard that Mr. Li also participated in the filming of "The King of Killers"?" Wu Yusen stood behind Li Xuan and suddenly asked.
"yes, yes." Li Xuan responded simply, and then laughed and teased: "However, Director Wu, you shouldn't have heard of this, my name is written on the subtitles." ”
"Huh." Wu Yusen smiled awkwardly and continued: "The footage of "The King of Killers" was shot very well. ”
"I'm happy with myself. By the way, Director Wu, what have you been busy with lately? Li Xuan turned his head and asked.
Wu Yusen shook his head and said casually: "I just wrote a comedy script, and I haven't started filming yet, and I'm preparing to build a crew." ”
"Oh? Then I'll congratulate Director Wu on the box office success of his new film! Li Xuan put down the film in his hand and smiled.
Although Li Xuan was congratulating Wu Yusen, he had to sigh in his heart that Jiahe was really too crowded. I thought that without Chenglong, Struggle and the Xu brothers, it would be better to have only myself and Hong Jingbao compete for the schedule this summer, but I didn't expect another Wu Yusen to be inserted halfway.
Now, we have to rush the schedule again. (To be continued.) )