Chapter 216: Dream of Red Mansions
Xu Guanwu originally wanted to take his wife Zhao Yazhi to Taiwan together, but Zhao Yazhi was busy with her hosting work and couldn't get out of it at all.
After the revision of "Big Heart and Careful Heart" hosted by her, it was very popular, and the puzzle quiz and game confrontation, especially Zuihou's "Zhiyong Da Chongguan", were widely welcomed by the audience.
Although there is only one show a week now, Zhao Yazhi still has to help plan and constantly add new games to make "Big Heart and Careful Heart" better and better.
Without his wife to accompany him, Xu Guanwu had to go on the road alone.
When he came to Taipei, Xu Guanwu went up to Zhang Anle's hospital room non-stop.
Looking at the white wolf lying on the hospital bed with a sallow face, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but have a pantothenic acid in his nose.
"You're too stupid, even if you give him more money, why bother drinking yourself like this." Xu Guanwu reproached.
"Just let me go at that time, let alone forty bottles of XO, even if it is four hundred, I will ......" Wu Dun muttered on the side.
"How about you?" Zhang Anle glared at him and said.
"I can also find a car for him to move it all back." Wu Dun scratched his head and smiled stupidly.
"When did the doctor say I would be discharged?" After laughing for a while, Xu Guanwu asked with concern.
"Actually, I can be discharged from the hospital now, but they are worried that there will be sequelae, so they don't let me go out." Zhang Anle said with a smile, "Boss Xu, if you are here today, help me persuade them." I'm not a papier-mΓ’chΓ©, and I'll collapse after drinking some yellow soup. β
"Everything else can be done, I can't help you with this." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and smiled, "Since the brothers care about you, let you rest for a few more days." You just have to rest for a few more days. I didn't have any supplements when I came. You can take this money. β
Xu Guanwu said. took out the cheque book, swiped it, signed a cheque of 2 million Hong Kong dollars, and handed it to Zhang Anle.
"Don't, don't, Mr. Xu, it's too much." Zhang Anle took it and saw a series of zeros. hurriedly shirked it.
"Take it, take it, I'll be angry if you don't take it." Xu Guanwu hurriedly stopped.
Seeing this, Zhang Anle had no choice but to put the check away.
"Mr. Xu, how did you come up with the idea of acquiring the adaptation rights of Gu Long's novels?" Wu Dun asked curiously, "Do you want to make his movie?" β
Xu Guanwu nodded, "That's a good guess, I do have this plan." β
"His novel has been adapted twice before, and it doesn't seem to have done well. Mr. Xu, you really have to be careful. Wu Dun said worriedly.
Xu Guanwu glanced at him with a smile. I didn't think I had seen him for a year, but Wu Dun knew a lot about movies.
"Mr. Xu. I, Wu Dun, am not Wu Xia Ameng, as the old saying goes, if you don't have three days, you should be impressed. I'm a full-fledged filmmaker now. Wu Dun said proudly.
"Oh?! That's a big congratulations. Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "If there are any good works, just send them to me, I will help you arrange the release schedule, and maybe they can be sent to the United States for release, then maybe it's okay." β
"Mr. Xu, I am really convinced of you first, and the business has not changed. Even the Yankees are rushing to watch your movie, and I really don't know what to say. Wu Dun admired and praised Brother Zhishen's thumb.
"It's just a bit of luck." Xu Guanwu waved his hand.
"It's so humble, I've heard that Jaws has passed the $200 million box office mark, it's amazing." Wu Dun said enviously.
Xu Guanwu smiled, not the slightest surprise, it was expected that the box office of "Jaws" exceeded 200 million.
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After playing in Taiwan for a few days, Xu Guanwu also accompanied by Wu Dun and others, visited Alishan, Sun Moon Lake, Taroko and other famous places, which can be regarded as a free trip in Taiwan.
followed a report, but Xu Guanwu lost the idea of playing, and immediately returned to Hong Kong.
It turned out that the report was "Shaw Brothers invited Lin Qingxia and Hu Yinmeng to star in "Dream of Red Mansions", directed by Shaw Brothers director Li Hanxiang himself, and intended to invite Zhao Yazhi to star on the same stage. β
"Sister, find my wife to play "Dream of Red Mansions", you don't say it in advance, old fox, pry the corner of the wall while I'm not there." Xu Guanwu couldn't help but scold.
After returning home, Xu Guanwu immediately asked his wife to discuss.
But before he proposed to play "Dream of Red Mansions", Zhao Yazhi first mentioned another thing to him.
"What?! TVB asked Ah Ying to do the show? Xu Guanwu exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, you listen to me tell you in detail." Zhao Yazhi explained with a smile.
It turned out that since Xu Guanying appeared on the program "Big Heart and Careful Heart" and was asked for marriage by Zhao Yazhi in front of the whole Hong Kong audience, many girls have called or sent letters to the column group, and within a few days, thousands of letters have been accumulated, filled with two bags of marijuana.
Coupled with Xu Guanying's record sales rising steadily, like a first-line red singer Jiashi, TVB immediately realized the opportunity and planned to invite Xu Guanying to do a blind date variety show, "Date with a Millionaire".
After listening to Zhao Yazhi's explanation, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise, this wireless TV station is really too creative, and it has put blind date programs on TV so early, no wonder it has been standing for so many years, and there are really capable people among them.
"What do you think of this show, is it a header?" Zhao Yazhi asked with a smile, "Will A-Ying agree to do this show?" β
"Of course, this show has a head, but it's just an idea now, and many details have not been perfected." Xu Guanwu spread his hands and said, "For example, how to screen the guests, what is the process of the program, and whether it will cause social criticism, these must be evaluated first and then decided." β
"There is some truth in what you said, and I will tell you what you think." Zhao Yazhi nodded and said, "Okay, let's wash incense and sleep." β
"Wait, there's one more thing I haven't asked you yet." Xu Guanwu hurriedly shouted.
"What's the matter?" Zhao Yazhi turned around and asked innocently.
"What do you think about the Shaw Brothers' invitation to star in "Dream of Red Mansions"?" Xu Guanwu didn't eat her set, and asked straight to the point.
"Now Shaw just sent someone to talk to me. I haven't even made a zuihou decision yet. Zhao Yazhi shook her head and said. Why are you so nervous? Are you afraid that if I film in the past, I will help Shaw Brothers defeat you? β
"Break me?! No kidding. I can make any drama better than the "Dream of Red Mansions". Xu Guanwu waved his hand.
"In that case, why should you be nervous?" Zhao Yazhi asked again.
"I'm also afraid you're too busy." Xu Guanwu walked over, hugged Zhao Yazhi in his arms and said, "You also know how difficult the working environment of Shaw Brothers Cinemas is, there are only two mobile air conditioners in the entire cinema. One is the great director Zhang Che, and the other is the great director Li Hanxiang. You actors can only be calm and naturally cool. On such a hot day in July, you still have to wear several layers of clothes to film costume dramas. I'm really afraid of you getting heat stroke. β
"I'm not afraid. I can cooperate with director Li Hanxiang. Filming "Dream of Red Mansions", one of the four famous novels, I don't know how rare this opportunity is. Even if I suffer a little and suffer a little sin, I think it's worth it. Zhao Yazhi said stiffly, "You just let me try." β
"Are you really not afraid of hard work?" Xu Guanwu looked at her and said.
"Don't be afraid." Zhao Yazhi insisted.
"It's okay if I promised to fight here, but what if people don't want you?" Xu Guanwu said again.
"What if people really want me? You can't stand in the way anymore. Zhao Yazhi hurriedly said.
"Okay, okay, I promise you." Xu Guanwu sighed, "I can see it, you are going to eat me." β
Zhao Yazhi stuck out her tongue. Humming a song, I proudly went to take a shower.
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Xu Guanying didn't go to wireless in the end. Be a regular guest on blind date shows.
It's not that Xu Guanying himself is shy and doesn't want to go, but that the eldest brother Xu Guanwen doesn't approve of him going. The reason he gave was that if a movie actor appeared on TV regularly, people would get used to watching him perform for free instead of going to the cinema to buy a ticket to watch a movie.
It seems that this theory is not only applicable in Hong Kong, the Oriental Hollywood, but also in the United States. Many actors who come out of the small screen of TV, once they step into the ranks of movie actors and appear on the big screen, rarely return to the TV industry.
However, Xu Guanwu scoffed at this theory, and the experience of later generations told him that it is the king for actors to maintain maximum exposure, and the audience accumulated through TV can also be brought to the cinema. Many actors even straddle the film and television worlds, making money like a surging river.
Xu Guanying did not go to become a wireless, but Zhao Yazhi was successfully selected by director Li Hanxiang to play Xue Baochai in "Dream of Red Mansions".
Xu Guanwu vaguely remembered that the character was created by Mi Xue back then, and the only impression left on him was that Mi Xue was so dark. Compared with Lin Qingxia who played Jia Baoyu and Zhang Aijia who played Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai played by Mi Xue was really a little worse.
And it is said that Mi Xue was chosen to play Xue Baochai that year, because she also played Xue Baochai in the Jiashi TV series "Dream of Red Mansions", and played Xue Baochai in two film and television dramas at the same time, which is also a good story.
It's just that Mi Xue doesn't have too much time to act because she has to run at both ends, so a lot of scenes have been deleted, and Zuihou is not even as good as Zijuan, the role of this maid.
Incidentally, the actor of this maid is Nicholas Tse's mother, Deborah, the 73-year Miss Hong Kong champion.
"Dream of Red Mansions" was then announced, directed by the great director Li Hanxiang, Taiwan's popular fried chicken, Lin Qingxia reversed Jia Baoyu, Hu Yinmeng played Lin Daiyu, Zhao Yazhi played Xue Baochai, Yue Hua played Jia Zheng, and Deborah played Zijuan......
The stage of "Dream of Red Mansions", Ning Rong Erfu, was all filmed in Shaw Brothers Cinemas.
Shao Yifu also regarded the film as the highlight of the year, investing 2 million Hong Kong dollars for Li Hanxiang to squander.
Director Li Hanxiang, who has money in his hands, naturally spares no money, customizes many exquisite props, and even takes out his own private collection, decorating Ning Rong's second mansion with a magnificent and antique appearance, like a fairyland on earth.
Zhao Yazhi went to Shaw Brothers Cinemas on the first day, and after coming back, she praised Xu Guanwu, "Director Li Hanxiang is really worthy of being an art director, and that scene is really beautiful." β
Xu Guanwu smiled, "It's the first time to work with director Li Hanxiang, are you used to it?" Has anyone bullied you? β
"No, with you, a movie tycoon, who dares to bully me? Even Director Li Da was polite to me. Zhao Yazhi grinned.
Hearing that his wife was not bullied, Xu Guanwu was also relieved.
"By the way, Ah Wu, I'll discuss something with you." Zhao Yazhi suddenly said again.
"Say it." Xu Guanwu nodded.
"Do you also know that Qingxia and the others didn't come to Hong Kong to film, and the dormitory provided by the Shaw Brothers is not very good, so I want to invite them to go home and live." Zhao Yazhi said.
"They?! Who else besides Lin Qingxia? Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.
"And Miss Hu Yinmeng." Zhao Yazhi hurriedly said, "Anyway, the rooms in our house are empty, so let them live in, okay?" In the future, we will go in and out together, and it will be safer. β
"Live under the same roof with Lin Qingxia and Hu Yinmeng, two beautiful women, eat together, watch TV together, and ...... together Wow Ka Ka! Xu Guanwu felt beautiful when he thought about it, and his saliva was about to flow down.
However, this kind of thing, as a married man, can never be too positive.
"It's embarrassing to ask outsiders to come in and out of the house." He pinched his chin and said embarrassedly. (To be continued......)