"Mr. Li, please go this way! The building in front of us is our No. 3 studio, which is now being filmed. Huang Jiaxi pointed to the building next to the road and introduced to Li Xuan while leading the way in front.

In fact, Li Xuan wanted to say that he was also familiar with the Shaw Brothers set, but he was really embarrassed to speak, so he had to keep nodding his head in agreement. After talking to Shaw for a week, Li Xuan was finally able to enter the Shaw Brothers' warehouse to select and prepare props. Of course, this visit was definitely not accompanied by Shaw Yifu himself, but Huang Jiaxi, the production manager of Shaw Brothers.

But what Li Xuan didn't expect was that Zhang Che and Huang Jiaxi were waiting for him at the door of the Shaw Brothers studio, and after some careful questioning, he learned that Zhang Ce had volunteered to become the assistant director of "Smiling Proud Jianghu".

Looking at Huang Jiaxi, who was talking to himself alone in front of him, Li Xuan smiled bitterly and said to Zhang Ce next to him: "Director Zhang, you are my assistant director, I am under a lot of pressure." ”

"Young people, it's good to be a little stressed!" Zhang Ce laughed and said, "Isn't it good for me to personally press you in the Shaw Clan?" ”

"Good, good."

Li Xuan nodded helplessly, he wanted to film on the set of the Shaw Brothers, but Wu Zhi invited people from outside, and if he didn't invite a big name from the Shaw Brothers to press the formation, just those dragon and tiger martial artists would be able to make a lot of trouble for him when the time came. Now that Zhang Ce has come up by himself, he just saved Li Xuan a little trouble in finding someone.

As for whether it is to press the formation or steal the teacher, it is up to the benevolent to see the wise and the wise to see the wise.

In the early 60s, the film industry had not yet declined, and at that time, Hong Kong films were just emerging, and the director of the film industry was very rampant, and even shouted "Our film technology is 20 years ahead of Hong Kong".

Well, since you're ahead, Shaw Brothers simply hired director Yuben to make a movie. So Shaw Brothers stole the teacher while filming, and when he learned the technique, he sent the director back to the book with another kick.

But if he steals the teacher, Li Xuan smiled secretly, he had never heard that Shao Yifu had invested millions in Hong Kong films.

"That's right, with Director Zhang joining, I am more confident in the box office of this movie." Ye Zhiming also participated on the side and said with a smile.

"You have faith, I'm running out of confidence in myself." Zhang Ce shook his head and said, "Do you know what movies people talk about when they talk about one of Shaw Brothers' best martial arts films? ”

“……”

Li Xuan didn't answer, he was really not very interested in these old-school martial arts movies of the Shaw Brothers, so naturally he couldn't choose the best. As for Ye Zhiming, this guy hesitated for a while, but in the end he cowardly didn't speak, obviously this guy had his own answer, but he was embarrassed to say it.

"What? Do you not know or know, but you ......" Zhang Ce looked at the two and said with a smile: "But you don't dare to say it in front of me?" ”

"Well, let's be honest, I don't know." Li Xuan said bluntly.

Hearing this, Zhang Ce asked with a look of surprise, "What?" ”

"You can't expect me to watch all Shaw Brothers movies for more than two years and stop doing anything else, right?" Li Xuan pointed to the north side of the road.

"Haha, forgetfulness and forgetfulness, I made a mistake." Zhang Ce patted his forehead and said with a smile: "Let's put it bluntly, the best martial arts film of the Shaw Brothers is called "The Drunken Man". Hehe, Hu Jinquan's "The Drunken Man", the only martial arts film he made at Shaw Brothers, is considered by many people to be the best martial arts film of Shaw Brothers. ”

After Zhang Ce finished speaking, he smiled helplessly, left Li Xuan, and the two walked straight to the front.

"You already know the answer?" Li Xuan asked Ye Zhiming with a wry smile.

"Hmm." Ye Zhiming shrugged his shoulders and replied directly: "That's why it's hard to answer." ”

"Hey......"

Li Xuan patted Ye Zhiming's shoulder, and chased after Huang Jiaxi and Zhang Ce in front. When the four of them walked slowly to a building that was a little larger than the Shaw Brothers' large studio, they walked straight in without stopping.

"This is our Shaw Brothers' warehouse, and there are costumes and props. From puzzle materials for an entire house interior to a wine glass, you'll find it here. Huang Jiaxi stood at the door of an office near the door and said proudly, and without waiting for Li Xuan and the three of them to reply, he turned around and knocked on the door of the office, and called out: "Granny He, is she not there?" ”

"In ......"

A hoarse old woman's voice came out of the office, and Li Xuan shuddered the moment he heard it. The factory warehouse was originally a sparsely populated place, the house was large and there were few management personnel, and it was pitch black everywhere and it was particularly deep.

"Squeak-"

After a tooth-staggering push on the door, the office door opened, and a thin old woman walked out of the office. The old woman's flowery hair was neatly combed back, and she wore a short-tailed hairstyle that was common for old women, and her wrinkled face was drooping without any expression, and she was dressed in a pitch-black gown and a pair of cloth shoes that walked without a sound.

This old woman! This factory warehouse! It's a waste not to make ghost movies.

"Axi, what are you doing?" Granny He asked in a hoarse voice with a quiet face, this strange tone made Li Xuan, who was standing next to him, only feel cautious and panicked.

"Oh, I'll take someone to see the props. Don't worry, Granny He, we're just going to take a look this time. Huang Jiaxi replied heartily, this guy is obviously used to this weird old woman.

Only then did Granny He turn her head and look at Li Xuan and them, there was no trace of emotion in her slightly cloudy eyes, as if she was looking at a dead person.

Li Xuan suddenly felt that he was wearing a little little less clothes today......

"You wait, I'll get you the key."

After saying this, Granny He turned around and walked into the office with an expressionless face.

"Hey, Director Zhang." Li Xuan knocked lightly on Zhang Ce's shoulder next to the door, glanced at the office and asked in a low voice, "Why do I feel that this Granny He is so strange?" ”

"Strange?" Zhang Ce was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile and whispered: "It's not surprising, the factory warehouse generally has few people coming, and it is relatively dark, if you stay here for a long time, you will become like this." ”

Staying long? It's no wonder that I can stay in such a dark place for a long time! Li Xuan shook his head and continued to ask, "How long has this Granny He been here?" ”

"A year before me." Zhang Ce raised his head and sighed: "I am the Shaw Brothers in 62 years, and Granny He is 61 years old, and the Shaw Brothers studio was just opened that year, and twenty years have passed. ”

“……”

Li Xuan was speechless for a while, and said how strange is this Granny He, it turns out that twenty years have been spent in this dark factory warehouse.

"Take it." Granny He handed a bunch of keys to Huang Jiaxi, and continued to say in that hoarse voice: "Go see for yourself, be careful, I'm older, so I won't run with you." ”

"Okay, thank you, Granny He."

Huang Jiaxi didn't have any dissatisfaction, this Granny He in front of him was much more senior than him. Seeing Granny He turn around and go back to the office, Huang Jiaxi turned her head and asked. "Then Mr. Li, what are we going to see first?"

"Weapons." Li Xuan replied without hesitation.

"Alright, please follow me this way."

Huang Jiaxi stretched out his hand to the corridor on the right, and then took the lead. Li Xuan glanced at the hidden office door, shivered, shook his head, and followed.

The Shaw Brothers studio is worthy of being the largest set in Southeast Asia, and there are several houses in the armory alone, but Li Xuan walked in specifically looking for a house to put his sword.

"Uhhh

Li Xuan casually picked up a prop sword from the shelf and pulled it out, although it was a prop, there were no scratches on it, it was as bright as new, and it looked like a new sword.

"Manager Huang, you props are very well maintained!" Li Xuan put away his sword and put it back on the shelf, praising Huang Jiaxi.

"Don't you dare not take good care of it, did you see that Granny He just now?" Huang Jiaxi also replied with a smile: "That's the nightmare of all young directors of Shaw Brothers, if Granny He sees that the borrowed props are damaged, she can nag you all day." ”

“……”

Nagged by that ghost old woman for a day? Li Xuan shook his head and threw this terrifying thought out of his mind, and continued to ask, "Then is there a katana here?" ”

"Katana? Yes, over here. ”

Huang Jiaxi glanced at Li Xuan suspiciously, walked to another shelf full of weapons, took out a katana, turned around and threw it directly to Li Xuan.

"Not bad!" Li Xuan looked at the katana in his hand and praised.

"And what other weapons do you want to see?"

"No, I've almost seen the weapon." Li Xuan shook his head and put the katana back on the shelf, and continued: "Take me to see the clothes, starting with the eunuch's clothes." ”

“……”

Huang Jiaxi glanced at Li Xuan suspiciously, turned around and walked towards the door, and said as he walked: "I should really see what you have changed "Smiling Proud Jianghu" to, a katana and a eunuch ......."

"Haha! It hasn't changed much, it's just that a dynasty has been added. Li Xuan said with a smile.

"Oh? Dynasty? Zhang Ce thought for a moment next to him and asked, "Ming Dynasty? ”

Li Xuan didn't speak, but gave Zhang Ce a thumbs up, this big director guessed accurately!

"This is your eunuch suit?" Li Xuan looked at the loose and sagging pure sky-blue "eunuch suit" on his body and asked, and then sniffed with his nose, and a musty smell came to his nose.

"yes!" Huang Jiaxi replied with a natural face: "When I was filming "The Beauty of the Mountains", the eunuch inside was wearing this one. ”

"The Beauty of the Mountains"? What an unfamiliar name. Li Xuan was slightly stunned, reacted and hurriedly asked, "When was "The Beauty of the Mountains" made?" ”

"Ahem—"

Zhang Ce coughed beside him, glanced at Li Xuan and said slowly: "That's a 59-year-old film." ”

This sentence can make Li Xuan thunder enough, he quickly took off the clothes in his twenties, and said to Ye Zhiming next to him: "Old Ye, write it down, the eunuch clothes have to be redone and make ten sets." ”

"Or is it like this?" Ye Zhiming pointed to the clothes that Li Xuan threw aside.

"No, have you seen "Dragon Gate Inn"?" Li Xuan thought for a while and continued: "Just make the same clothes as the big eunuch inside, but the background color of the clothes will be changed to black and dark blue, the pattern will be changed to dark gold, and the others will remain the same, and five sets of each will be made." ”

Li Xuan now feels a little headache, Hong Kong is now full of dragon and tiger martial artists, and he can smash two or three when he throws a piece and turns his head. However, there is no professional art director, and often when filming, it all depends on the director's own feelings. It's okay to do such a small production, but now Li Xuan's big production of millions will add a lot of heavy tasks to the director himself.

For example, if it weren't for the fact that Hu Jinquan's "Dragon Gate Inn" had already had a model this time, and it could be used just by using Li Xuan to adjust the color, it is estimated that he would have to be exhausted just by designing clothes.

It is not for nothing that Hu Jinquan's "The Drunken Man" can be called the best martial arts movie of Shaw Brothers, at least the clothes and colors in the movie are much better than other people's movies. And last year's highly praised "Empty Mountain Spiritual Rain" is even more unusual, I heard that Hu Jinquan chose the materials for the clothes for more than a month in order to make the clothes in the play look good......

After Li Xuan explained to Ye Zhiming, he didn't care about Huang Jiaxi's somewhat embarrassed face, and asked directly: "Manager Huang, do you have traditional Miao clothes?" I want to see it. ”

“……”

There was silence in the clothing room, and Huang Jiaxi's face was even more ugly, making Li Xuan's eyebrows tremble unnaturally.

"Manager Huang? What happened to you? Ye Zhiming also shouted.

"Ahem...... Zhang Ce coughed twice and explained directly to Ye Zhiming: "You also write down the clothes of that Miao tribe." ”

Li Xuan only felt that his eyebrows were distressed, so he rubbed them vigorously, he estimated that there would definitely be more trouble in the future!

It's too late this time, Li Xuan decided that before the next movie starts, he must recruit an art director before he starts!

(Note: Granny He is indeed a person.) (To be continued.) )