Chapter 606: Visiting the Class "Crazy Robbery" (Part II)
When Zhang Aijia came to Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest was still just created, and its artists were still scarce. So Zhang Aijia was immediately reused and played the main role in several movies one after another. But they are all vases that rely on their faces to act, and after a long time, Zhang Aijia found that it was different from what she imagined, so she resolutely put down her career in Golden Harvest and re-invested in the behind-the-scenes work of the film.
Zhang Aijia stayed in the dubbing studio for three years, watched more than 300 films, and finally found the feeling she wanted. After announcing her comeback, she immediately became one of the rising stars in Taiwan, and began to star in many films, and was then valued by the great director Hu Jinquan, who invited her to star in her carefully prepared masterpiece "Legend in the Mountains".
Zhang Aijia spent almost a year in South Korea with Hu Jinquan, and learned a lot from this great director, which is enough to benefit her for life. It's a pity that the pace of the movie "Legend in the Mountains" is too slow and does not meet the needs of modern people. And the theme of the movie is mysterious and mysterious, full of Zen machines, which makes people confused and confused after watching it. So it was a big failure at the box office.
Zhang Aijia then came to Hong Kong to develop, originally wanted to set up an independent production company by herself, but because now in the Hong Kong film industry, more than eighty percent of the talents are occupied by the three major film companies, and she also needs to see the faces of the three major film companies to set up an independent production company, which does not conform to the idea of true independence in her heart, so she has been hesitant and did not blindly set up her own company.
Just in time for Teddy Robin to sincerely invite her to star in the movie "Crazy Robbery", after reading the script, Zhang Aijia felt that this script was very good. I also heard that the actors who play with her are also good. He gladly agreed to Teddy Robin's request.
Xu Guanwu is most familiar with Zhang Aijia is the man's wife she played in "Best Partner". Fierce and domineering and affectionate, he is a very cute character. With her excellent acting skills, Zhang Aijia insisted on interpreting the entire originally flat character vividly, to be honest, much more vivid than Xu Guanjie's King Kong.
In addition to "Best Partner", there is also a movie "Eight Liang Gold" that also left a deep impression on Xu Guanwu. "Eight Taels" is the second part of the "Immigration Trilogy" directed by Zhang Wanting and Luo Qirui, which tells the story of a fat man who drives a taxi in the United States and goes home because he wants to borrow eight taels of gold from a colleague for self-defense. Later, because his sister Chaosheng's family hid in the countryside, the fat man was forced to take a car to the countryside with his cousin. There were a lot of jokes along the way. The feelings between the two are also secretly sprouting. But it's a pity that the cousin of the black mouth is engaged and is going to marry in Chinatown in New York, USA. The fat man said goodbye to his cousin after the most disgrace, and the eight taels of gold he brought back for self-defense were also beaten by him and given to his cousin.
It is worth mentioning that "Eight Taels of Gold" is starring Hong Jingbao and Zhang Aijia, Hong Jingbao did not play kung fu in the film, but fell in love with his cousin Zhang Aijia. It sounds like a lot of inconsistency, but I don't feel it at all when I watch the film. The reason is that Hong Jingbao's performance in the film is so exciting, not at all like the martial artist on the screen before, but really performs the feeling of a prodigal son who has left his hometown and returned to his hometown, and misses it when he doesn't go home. The excitement of coming home, the strangeness of returning home...... and the faint desire to talk about the shameful feelings with the black mouth mother's cousin. is also because of Hong Jingbao's outstanding performance in this play. was nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards.
Of course, Zhang Aijia's development in the field of directing and production is also remarkable, and she once directed "Girl Xiaoyu", which made milk tea Liu Ruoying win the trophy for Best Actress at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. In the field of production, she single-handedly took on the burden of the Taiwan branch of Xinyicheng, and produced excellent movies such as "The Wrong Car", which is a rare all-round talent.
When Xu Guanwu saw Zhang Aijia, she couldn't help but smile happily, but it made her feel a little hairy.
"Hello, Mr. Xu." Zhang Aijia shook hands with Xu Guanwu with a smile, but he left as soon as he touched it, leaving him no chance to rub oil.
Xu Guanwu didn't care about these small details, he looked at Zhang Aijia, "Miss Zhang, which film company do you sign now?" ”
Zhang Aijia was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Not yet, does Mr. Xu want to invite me to join the Xu Group?" ”
Xu Guanwu smiled slightly, "Miss Zhang is really smart, that's right, I really invite sincerely." ”
Zhang Aijia also smiled, "I can't hide it, Mr. Xu, I need to think about this question, and I can't answer you for the time being." ”
"No problem, I'll give you time to think about it." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, to be honest, for a talent like Zhang Aijia, it is worth thinking about it for a long time.
Teddy Robin on the side poked Xu Guanwu unhappily, "Stanley, don't you dig into my corner as soon as you come, okay?" ”
"I'm sorry, I'm used to it, forgive me." Xu Guanwu snorted, it is true that he now has obsessive compulsive disorder for collecting stars, and when he sees good actors, screenwriters, and directors, he wants to draw them into his own company.
"You've taken a back seat, so don't worry so much." Teddy Robin smiled at Xu Guanwu and said, "Leave things to the people below, it's better for a big boss like you to enjoy life." ”
"What you're saying is that even people are a little bored when they are idle at home, and they should always find something to do for themselves." Xu Guanwu smiled.
"Go, go, find something else to do. As soon as you came, you poached everyone in my crew. Teddy Robin pretended to be angry and pushed Xu Guanwudao.
When the two of them were joking, they saw a big man rushing over, "Director, I'm sorry, I'm late, I'm late, forgive me." ”
When Xu Guanwu heard this, he couldn't help but admire, "What a big man!" ”
Teddy Robin turned his head with a straight face, "Xu Shaoqiang, you are two hours late this time, which crew are you going to work on this time?" ”
"No, no, not this time." Xu Shaoqiang hurriedly explained, "It's because I drank too much with my friends yesterday and has been drunk until now, it's really not that I went out to pick up odd jobs again." ”
"Hmph, you can use a snack. You've been late every day since filming started, it's ......," Teddy Robin said angrily.
"Yes, yes. Director, don't be angry. Smoking, smoking. Xu Shaoqiang walked over with a smile. Hand Teddy Robin a cigarette duct.
Teddy Robin took it and took a sip, his face looked better, "By the way, let me introduce you, the boss of the Xu Group, Mr. Xu Guanwu." He is Xu Shaoqiang, starring in "Hero Shen Shengyi", "Silkworm Transformation" and so on. ”
Xu Guanwu smiled, how could he not know the famous Xu Shaoqiang. Not to mention the TV series he starred in on Leigh's TV. Just talking about the villains he played in Hong Kong movies made Xu Guanwu very impressed. For example, the flying orangutan in "Wing Chun", Zao Wou-Ki in "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er" and so on.
To say that Xu Shaoqiang also played a hero in the early days of his debut, and his popularity once approached that of the hero Zheng Shaoqiu, and he was one of the most popular martial arts stars at that time. But it's a pity that this person self-destructed his future, and "Silkworm Transformation" disappeared halfway through, and Li's TV station had to temporarily change its role. Xu Shaoqiang also lost a great opportunity to become famous, and his momentum in the future will never be as good as before.
Although Xu Shaoqiang is not from a serious kung fu background, he is tall and big, with long hands and long legs. When you work hard, you are particularly imposing. In addition, he has an extraordinary appearance, so the audience is quite popular. Especially in the film and television industry for many years, he has both acting skills and kung fu, and it stands to reason that it is not difficult to become popular.
But it's a pity that he loves money, as long as someone is willing to pay, he will take over the play. A person who makes trouble has to run several crews a day, but although he makes money, his reputation is ruined. The early '80s weren't like the '90s, when filmmakers were quite dedicated, and basically they wouldn't take on another until one movie was finished. In comparison, Xu Shaoqiang is too alternative, and he is naturally criticized by major companies. As a result, the roles he played gradually became villains, thugs and other relatively low-level roles. A dignified hero has fallen to such a point, and he really responds to the sentence called NOZUONODIE!
What made Xu Guanwu even more haunted was that this old boy was amorous and deceived ignorant girls. Michelle's sister Sydney was coaxed by him back then, willing to be an unmarried mother, and thought that she could be a junior and marry Xu Shaoqiang. But who would have thought that he was not a junior yet, but a fourth, fifth, or sixth...... Because there are too many women outside Xu Shaoqiang, he doesn't know how many there are. After the worst of the harm, Sydney could only get pregnant unmarried and raise her son alone.
Although Hong Kong is an open city, its culture tends to be conservative. Like Sydney, who was willing to be someone else's junior, was pregnant before marriage, which was not accepted by the public at that time. Because of this, her career, which originally had a great future, plummeted, and from now on, she can only play villains in TV series, such as Li Mochou, Mrs. Ma, Zhao Ya, etc., poor A charming beauty has never been reused in the future.
Because of this layer of knots, Xu Guanwu was not too enthusiastic about Xu Shaoqiang. On the contrary, Xu Shaoqiang can almost be described as a servile face to Xu Guanwu, and his big face is almost full of laughter.
The reason why Xu Shaoqiang is so enthusiastic about Xu Guanwu is mainly because Xu Guanwu is the CEO of Xu's Group. And Xu's Group is famous for its high salary, good benefits and generous treatment. acted in two or three plays outside, but none of them could match the salary of acting in one play in Xu's. And Xu's has to shoot more than 30 dramas every year, if he can get involved in each play, then he will definitely make a fortune.
It's just that Xu's Group has always reused its own artists, and it doesn't use artists from other companies if it can. Although Xu Shaoqiang intends to defect to the Xu family, he is not willing to be just a martial artist. What's more, his reputation in the circle has been ruined, and the Xu family didn't want to sign him at all, so Xu Shaoqiang had no way to take refuge, and now he met Xu Guanwu, and he couldn't help but be courteous, hoping to get into Xu Guanwu's blue eyes and let him help enjoy a bowl of rice.
Xu Guanwu's reaction to the courteous and flattering Xu Shaoqiang was only faint, to be honest, although he knew that Xu Shaoqiang had the ability, but he also knew that this person was a white-eyed wolf, and he would not admit it if he wiped his mouth clean. Back then, Li's TV station praised him for starring in "Hero Shen Shengyi" and "Silkworm Transformation", which made him popular in Xiangjiang, but this person disappeared immediately after receiving hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, and Li's TV station had no choice but to change people in the middle of the game. Not to mention that he deceived the ignorant girl, Sydney was only seventeen years old at the time, and it was when the youth was in the prime of her life to take the route of a jade girl, and as a result, he could only play a prostitute, a mistress, and a vicious woman in the future, which was really a scourge.
Therefore, it is absolutely not uncommon for Xu Guanwu to take refuge in this kind of person. To be honest, if he repeats the mistakes of the past, he will disappear immediately after one or two dramas become popular, and it will be in vain to find no one with the contract at that time. Back then, Li's TV station suffered this loss. Xu Guanwu naturally didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.
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After meeting Xu Shaoqiang, Xu Guanwu chatted with his wife again, teased his son together, stayed for nearly an hour, and drove back home after the last day.
The next day, Xu Guanwu found Lin Qingxia and told her that Teddy Robin wanted to invite her to film. (To be continued......)