Chapter 74: The King of Comedy
The corners of Li Xuan's eyes twitched, and he looked at the boy in front of him with a little curiosity, the future king of comedy.
"That, Ah Xing, how did you find this?" Li Xuan asked suspiciously.
"Huh? Oh......" Zhou Xingchi, who was only seventeen years old at this time, was a little wooden, paused after listening to Li Xuan's question, and then suddenly took out a business card from his trouser pocket and said to Li Xuan: "Mr. Li, I and Wei Zai, who delivered the newspaper, are good friends who have played together until they grow up. β
"Forehead ......"
didn't expect Liang Chaowei and Zhou Xingchi to have this relationship, Li Xuan was a little surprised. Looking at the crumpled business card in Zhou Xingchi's hand, Li Xuan asked, "Wei Zai, he really doesn't like filming?" β
"He didn't like to show his head since he was a kid." Zhou Xingchi touched the back of his head and continued in a muttered voice: "But Mr. Li, I'm very interested in filming, and I like your company's "Scary" very much. β
Is this guy recommending himself? Li Xuan smiled secretly, and then asked, "Then have you ever filmed before?" β
"No, no." Zhou Xingchi cowardly replied: "But I can learn." β
Looking at the nervous Zhou Xingchi, Li Xuan lost his interest in teasing, and said with a serious face: "Since this is the case, then I can let you try it first." You're welcome to join my company, but you're only going to have to start with a trick now. β
Zhou Xingchi, who was looking entangled, looked overjoyed, and said happily: "Thank you, Mr. Li, thank you, Mr. Li." β
"Okay, don't call Mr. Li." Li Xuan waved his hand: "Why don't you call me Brother Xuan." β
"Forehead ......"
"What? Don't want to? Li Xuan asked suspiciously.
Hearing this, Zhou Xingchi nodded busily and said, "Yes, Brother Xuan." β
"By the way, I heard Lao Qitou say that you have been waiting for me for several days, why don't you call me directly?" Li Xuan asked.
Zhou Xingchi looked at the business card that was still in his hand, and said embarrassedly: "This business card was taken from Wei Zai, if I call, I won't ...... it."
This guy wanted a lot, Li Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I know, children just think too much." But it's so late now, we'll talk about the rest tomorrow. You go back now, wait here for me tomorrow morning at half past eight, and I'll arrange your business." β
"Well, then thank you Li Xian......, thank you Brother Xuan." The excited Zhou Xingchi hurriedly replied.
"Alright, let's go back!" Li Xuan patted Zhou Xingchi's shoulder again.
"Brother Xuan, goodbye!"
"Well, goodbye......"
Looking at Zhou Xingchi, who got in the car and left, Li Xuan almost looked up to the sky and smiled. Unexpectedly, a business card sent out did not catch Liang Chaowei, but instead caught a bigger fish. In terms of the ability of the Hong Kong box office to attract money in the 80s, there are a few comparable to Zhou Xingchi.
However, Li Xuan's brows furrowed. This week, Xingchi is still just a child, and his face has not grown, let alone his acting skills. The task of making this hairy child grow into the king of comedy is a long way to go for Li Xuan.
"What are you doing standing here alone?" A question suddenly came from the side, and Li Xuan looked back, but it was Zhong Chuhong, who had just gotten off the bus.
"Haha, I just signed our company's first actor." Li Xuan smiled proudly, looked at Zhong Chuhong and continued: "By the way, what about Fat Wang? Didn't come back with you today? β
"No, they still have a scene in the evening, so I'll come back first." Zhong Chuhong replied: "You just said that you signed an actor, who is it?" β
"Zhou Xingchi." Li Xuan said proudly.
"Zhou Xingchi?" Zhong Chuhong thought for a moment and asked suspiciously, "Why haven't I heard of it?" βγ
"A newcomer, who hasn't acted yet, let him run the trick first."
"You are really ......" Zhong Chuhong glanced at Li Xuan: "What are you proud of a newcomer." β
Li Xuan touched his forehead in embarrassment, pulled Zhong Chuhong and walked home.
"You don't understand ......"
"Surname De, I don't understand what you are talking about when you are stupid."
Early the next morning, Li Xuan didn't even go to the company that was being renovated, and rushed directly to Ngong Ping Market on Lantau Island with Zhou Xingchi.
Ngong Ping Market, located on Ngong Ping Hill on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, is a large market covering an area of nearly two hectares. The market has both elegant Chinese and ancient Chinese architecture, as well as Western architecture with a strong Gothic style, and the two different architectural styles echo each other, showing the unique customs and culture of the Ngong Ping area.
And such a unique style of the market can just be used as a location for "Mr. Zombie". However, this location is not so easy to get, just like going to the police station to apply for filming, in order to close a street less than 200 meters in the market for half a day for filming, Liu Xiwei went to the land administration office several times. Not only did he donate HK$50,000 to the Lands Office, but he also had to add a Lands Office to the acknowledgment unit in the prologue at the end of the movie.
When Li Xuan arrived, the scene was about to start filming, and several field managers were directing and coordinating fifty or sixty extras, all of whom were invited from the nearby fishing village for 100 Hong Kong dollars a day. threw Zhou Xingchi into one of the field affairs and asked him to change his clothes and play tricks, Li Xuan didn't care about it directly, and walked next to Liu Yiwei.
Liu Xiwei is giving a play to Lin Zhengying and Xu Xiying.
Since "People Are Scary" became popular, the image of Lin Zhengying, a Taoist priest, has also been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the movie "Ghost Fighting" followed by Baoxiang Company, Lin Zhengying played a Taoist priest again. Uncle Nine in Liu Xiwei's "Mr. Zombie" was also written based on the role of Lin Zhengying in "People Are Scary", so when filming this drama, he directly invited Lin Zhengying, who had just finished filming "Ghost Fights Ghosts".
As for Xu Xiying, it was proposed by Li Xuan halfway, after all, in the "Mr. Zombie" that later generations watched, Xu Xiying's apprentice Wencai was very brilliant, and Li Xuan didn't want to let it go. And this year, several of his brothers, Xu Xiwen and Xu Xiwu have been working behind the scenes, and Xu Xijie is singing, he can only act and sing and look sorry for the audience has been idle for more than half a year, and as soon as the crew invited, he was busy agreeing.
The next scene they are going to shoot is the scene where the master Jiu Uncle takes his apprentice Wencai to discuss drinking kung fu tea on the street. The play is quite simple, but Liu Yiwei, who strives for perfection, still talked about it for a long time.
Listening to their play, Li Xuan also looked at Lin Zhengying and Xu Xiying with a secret smile on the side.
At this time, Lin Zhengying had already put on makeup, was wearing a homespun short coat, her hair was dyed gray, and even her eyebrows had become famous eyebrows in later generations, looking like a middle-aged man over fifty. And Xu Yiying, who was next to him, just changed his clothes and carried a small leather bag with a long belt, looking normal for his age.
However, this pair of masters and apprentices who seem to be very old matches, the apprentice's actor Xu Yiying is six years older than the master's actor Lin Zhengying, which cannot but be said to be an interesting thing.
"Han, is the shooting track over there paved?" After Liu Xiwei finished speaking, he asked a group of people who were busy next to a fish stall not far away.
A young boy in the crowd hurriedly replied, "It's already paved." β
"Okay, we're ready to start filming, and all the locations are ready!" Liu Xiwei shouted.
Seeing that everyone was starting to get busy, Li Xuan also hurriedly followed Liu Yiwei to the back of the monitor. Such a good photography teacher, I'm sorry for myself if I don't follow and learn two tricks.
"They're all in their hands, ready to shoot!" Liu Yiwei shouted with a loudspeaker.
"The 67th scene was shot for the first time."
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"Smack!" The clapperboard knocked down softly.
"Boom la la ......"
In the footage, a large bucket of fresh fish is poured on the fish stall, and the fishermen stir the fresh fish. Lin Zhengying's ninth uncle held a big cigarette stick and passed by with his apprentice Wencai......
"Brother Xuan!"
There was a soft shout from the side, and Li Xuan turned his head to look, but it was Dong Wei, the actor of another apprentice in the movie, Qiusheng. This guy is also a member of the Hong family's class, and he has good skills. What's even more rare is that this guy is currently the only person in the Hong family class who is handsome and chic.
Originally, Qiusheng in "Mr. Zombie" was played by Qian Xiaohao, and this guy later played the villain in Li Lianjie's version of "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng". Originally, Li Xuan also planned to let Qian Xiaohao act, after all, the three masters and apprentices are not a classic. It's a pity that Li Xuan found out after checking that Qian Xiaohao is now a signed actor of Shaw Brothers, and it is impossible for Ben to come out to help him film.
"Where have you just been, I haven't seen you for so long." Li Xuan asked casually.
"Just now...... Dong Wei also replied casually: "I just played against Jiahui in the watch store over there." β
As soon as he heard the name Jiahui, Li Xuan suddenly shuddered, how could he forget that evil star!
"Brother Xuan!"
A big-eyed little beauty in a pink princess dress poked her head out from behind Dong Wei.