readx;?“ Jackie, when is your Killer Trench coming out? ”

"It's almost the 10th of September. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jackie Chan responded vaguely while taking a big bite of food, and said very casually: "Boss Shao said that he would also have a premiere when it was released." ”

When Jackie Chan celebrated his 60th birthday in 2014, he self-examined that he was young and vigorous before, did not understand social etiquette, and offended many people, and gave an example, saying that once in Taipei in the 90s, Zhang Aijia went to visit the crew, and then he found a restaurant to invite him to dinner, but Zhang Aijia didn't move his chopsticks, he finished eating, and then directly checked out and left, and the angry Zhang Aijia ignored him for more than ten years...... (Note 1)

However, Shen Chong himself is also a person who doesn't care much about etiquette, and he has no ill feelings towards Jackie Chan's bold and unpretentious behavior, but feels kind, he said with a smile: "Then tomorrow I will go to Boss Shao to ask for an invitation, Jackie's first movie in Hollywood, I can't help but watch it." ”

"It's great that Mr. Shen is willing to go to the party, if you want any invitation, just go directly."

"This world is really unfair, the richer people are, the less they need to use money, and they are welcome wherever they go." Huang Zhan held a red wine glass and said to Shen Chong with a smile: "The ticket price of Jiahe Cinema is not cheap, Eunice and I haven't been there to watch a movie for a long time, God of Wealth, why don't you get a few invitations for me?" ”

Lin Yanni gave him a roll of the eyes and said, "Poor and sour! ”

"According to the mainland, this is called eating a big household."

"Do big eaters eat movie tickets?"

Huang Zhan is free and easy, Lin Yanni is smart, the two flirt and scold, causing the audience to laugh, and the room is full of lively atmosphere.

Nine guests came tonight, Gu Liwei, Zhou Liang Shuyi and his wife, Lin Qingxia and Jackie Chan, Huang Zhan and Lin Yanni, and a couple, Lu Guanting and his wife Tang Shuchen.

Needless to say, the first few are friends who are familiar to Shen Chong and Zhang Aijia, while Lu Guanting and his wife have another origin - Lu Guanting is the soundtrack of "Love at Dawn", and the article that Zhang Aijia read in the afternoon, which Shen Chong called an "acquaintance advertorial", was written by Tang Shuchen.

Shen Chong plagiarized ten songs in Los Angeles in one afternoon and gave them to Leslie Cheung as movie interludes, shocking the four, Zhang Aijia was very happy, so he begged him to help make the soundtrack for "Love at Dawn", Shen Chong is a half-tone "talent", plagiarizing pop songs is okay, after all, he often sang K songs in his previous life, remembered the melody, but wrote pure music according to the plot of the movie, it was not a job he could do, so he had to push it out and find all kinds of excuses to escape, and in the end there was no way, so he found out Lu Guanting and recommended it to Zhang Aijia.

Lu Guanting is a top music talent in Hong Kong, in addition to composing music and releasing records for others, he has also made soundtracks for many movies, such as classics such as "Favorite", "God of Gamblers", "Bloody Heroes", "Shaolin Football", "Thief of Time", etc., won two Academy Awards and one Golden Horse Award, his most well-known work for fans is the episode "The Love of My Life" written for "Journey to the West", which can be called a song that moves China and touches countless people.

The reason why Lu Guanting is recommended is that he is indeed talented, and secondly, because he is young, the music is very "new", which is in line with the times, and is more suitable for scoring urban love movies than Gu Jiahui, and this is indeed the case, Lu Guanting's soundtrack for "Love at Dawn" made Zhang Aijia very satisfied, and thus became friends with their couple.

After graduating from Seattle University and Corrish School of Music in 1977, Lu Guanting returned to Hong Kong to sing in the lounge.

Tang Shuchen is also one of the talented women in Hong Kong, has written a lot of articles, and is good at depicting sincere emotions in plain words, although not as famous as Lin Yanni, Yishu and others, but in fact, many people have heard of her works, because Lu Guanting has suffered from dyslexia since he was a child, and reading words is like reading a book from heaven, which is all upside down and chaotic, so he can only compose music, not lyrics, most of his music works, lyrics are written by Tang Shuchen, including the song "The Love of My Life".

Shen Chong knew Tang Shuchen because Tang Shuxuan, known as the "Godmother of the New Wave of Hong Kong Films", was her cousin, and Tang Shuxuan was one of the 24 members of the Academy Awards jury......

The world is really small, and the theory of six degrees of separation really exists......

Lu Guanting is not tall, with a round head, short eyebrows, small eyes, and a beard, giving people a slippery and ghostly feeling, and his clothes and deeds have the taste of middle-class hippies, he interjected and asked: "The director of "Killer Trench", has he filmed Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" before?" ”

"That's him, Robert-Clouse." Speaking of the director, Jackie Chan shook his head and said very dissatisfied: "I don't like him, arrogant and stubborn, typical Yankee!" ”

He took a sip of wine, and then said: "I don't think the box office of "Killer Trench" in Hong Kong will be very good, maybe only a few million. ”

Jackie Chan's "Junior Brother" released at the beginning of the year collected more than 13 million Hong Kong dollars, overwhelming "Crazy Robbery" to become a new box office record in Hong Kong, although it was surpassed by the shocking 24 million of "Die Hard" in July, but the production cost of "Junior and Brother" is only two or three million Hong Kong dollars, the two movies are not of the same order of magnitude, and the ticket price of "Die Hard" is more expensive than other movies, so although Sammo Hung's value has risen sharply, Jackie Chan is still recognized as the most box office appeal star in Hong Kong.

"Killer Trench" is a big production in which Golden Harvest invested $4 million to support Jackie Chan to enter the international market.

According to memory, "Killer Trench" only collected more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong, which is indeed not a blockbuster......

Shen Chong became interested and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Jackie Chan put down his wine glass and danced about various problems in filming "Killer Trench" in the United States, such as his action style is completely different from Bruce Lee's, but the director blindly shoots in Bruce Lee's way, for example, he likes to design different martial arts actions according to the changes in the surrounding environment, but the director requires that he follow the steps and is not allowed to move, for example, he likes to use multiple cameras to shoot complex choreographed actions at the same time, but the director insists on shooting from a single camera at a fixed angle...... (Note 2)

Shen Chong listened and sighed secretly, sure enough, none of the superstars became popular by luck, Jackie Chan was a Peking Opera martial artist from elementary school, and he was not born in a professional class, but when it comes to movies, how to fight, how to shoot, how to change the story, how to make up the action, how to schedule the scene, how to change the camera position, clear organization, flexible thinking, when it comes to excitement, even leaving the table, he performed a set of actions on the spot, his words and deeds are passionate, very imaginative and infectious, Even a few female guests who are usually not very interested in action movies watched it with relish.

It is no wonder that among the hundreds of dragon and tiger martial artists in Hong Kong, he alone has become an international superstar......

No wonder many of his works are written, directed and acted by himself......

This is someone who truly loves movies and truly strives for them......

"In short, this drama does not fit my style, and I'm afraid the Hong Kong audience won't like it." After Jackie Chan finished explaining, he sat back at the table, and while eating, he said: "Americans don't know what kung fu movies are at all, so they will punch me and kick me, go straight and straight, it's boring." ”

"Americans don't understand, you can teach them." Gu Liwei said with a smile: "You can fight so well, you can teach a few more times." ”

"It's useless, Americans have eyes on the top of their heads, they don't listen to me at all, and I can't speak English well, so I can't communicate."

"Those people in Hollywood are the most savvy and greedy monsters in the world, and you can't deal with them with words, you have to use money." Shen Chong twisted his fingers, made the action of counting the money, and said: "Jackie will bring a box of money over next time, and those who are obedient will give money, and those who are disobedient will be driven away, so as to ensure that it works." ”

"Mr. Shen." Tang Shuchen also smiled and said: "This kind of move is only suitable for you, and others can't do it." ”

"Hahaha, I'm sorry, I accidentally exposed the face of the nouveau riche."

"Jackie, Lowell, come, cheers, drink up the nouveau riche's wine."

"Don't just chat, try these Teochew dishes, Allen specially invited a master chef to prepare and send them over."

"Selina, when will your TV station show "Stars, Moon, Sun"? I think that drama is so classic......"

"Uncle Zhan, are there any new works recently? I'm not talking about music, I'm talking about no anthologies. ”

"Hey, if you tell an indecent joke in front of a lady, you will be punished for drinking!"

After Shen Chong crossed over, he traveled around the two sides of the strait, and fought countless times in the sea of Roshan wine, Zhang Aijia is also a very sociable person, and the guests of this night are all like-minded friends, so a dinner party, laughter continues, and the topic does not stop, and it lasts for more than two hours before it ends.

"Come, eat the fruit." Zhang Aijia put the delicate fruit platter on the coffee table in the living room, and then said: "It's rare to get together, let's sit for a while, don't be in a hurry to leave, it's still early." ”

Lin Yanni held the teacup, walked to the record player by the wall, flipped through a few vinyl records, and asked, "Why isn't there Leslie's latest album?" ”

"I took that to the office." Zhang Aijia pointed to the tape recorder behind Huang Zhan and said, "There are only tapes at home." ”

"Leslie's record is very good in both Chinese and Cantonese versions, and the first capital is a classic." Tang Shuchen also leaned over to cover the record and said: "I like the lyrics of "I" very much...... I am who I am, fireworks of different colors...... It's so well written. ”

"Yes, as long as I go out to drive recently, I will definitely play this album, Chinese and Cantonese in turn, I have listened to it for a week, and I don't feel bored at all."

Shen Chong's plagiarized ten songs, the core comes from the 1995 Rolling Stone for Leslie Cheung's "Love" album, this album sold 2 million copies that year, was called "the work of saving the city" by the media, it is a very classic album, and now it has been released 15 years in advance, and the effect is equally good, not only the sales are bursting, but the reputation is also excellent, only a few days after its release, it is considered to be a classic album that will occupy an important position in the history of Hong Kong pop music, because before that, the records released in Hong Kong were either miscellaneous collections of cover songs, Either it is a collection of theme songs for TV dramas, there has never been an album with a clear concept and a unified theme, and some music critics even believe that the impact of this album on Hong Kong pop music is no less than the impact of "Die Hard" on the Hong Kong film industry.

"Allen, God really favors you, not only gives you wealth, but also talent." Huang Zhan turned on the tape recorder, took out the tape inside, and then sighed and asked, "Alan Tam's new album came out so soon?" ”

Shen Chong was slightly stunned, this is the demo tape, there is only the name of the song written by hand, not the name of the singer, so he said: "Uncle Zhan, how do you know that this is his album?" ”

"Of the 12 songs in it, 11 of them were written by me and Zheng Guojiang, of course I know." Huang Zhan flipped the tape and asked, "What, you have a crush on him again?" ”

Shen Chong smiled and said: "Jiayi TV is going to open a music station, I want to make an advertising song for the TV station, and I am looking for a singer." ”

Zhou Liang Shuyi's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked, "What song, has it been written?" ”

"Selina, I didn't say I wrote it." Shen Chong spread his hands, pointed at Huang Zhan and Lu Guanting, and said with a smile: "Tonight is the Hongmen Banquet, and I specially invited these two masters to come over, just to arrest and write songs." ”

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Note 1: See Jackie Chan's 60th birthday interview.

Note 2: See "Who Am I - Jackie Chan's Self-Statement"