Chapter 11 Humorous Martial Arts
"Hello, Mr. Xu." In front of Xu Guanwen, Hong Jingbao's posture was very low.
He is just a martial arts instructor now, but Xu Guanwen is a smash hit movie star and the boss of this movie, and his status is higher than Hong Jingbao.
"Yuanlong, come! I'm waiting for you. After Xu Guanwen shook hands with Hong Jingbao, the two of them sat down separately.
"I asked you to come here today because I wanted you to design a set of martial arts moves." Xu Guanwen went straight to the point.
"What kind of storyline is it? What style of martial arts action is required? Hong Jingbao asked in detail.
As a martial arts instructor, the martial arts movements designed must meet the requirements of the movie.
"The general storyline is like this, the hero and heroine are strolling on the beach, and then they meet hooligans coming to tease, and the male protagonist fights with hooligans, and the zuihou male protagonist naturally ends up fiasco." Xu Guanwen explained, "This fight is about three or two minutes, I want to be similar to Bruce Lee, but it should be more exaggerated and funny." ”
"Funny martial arts?! What ...... this" Hong Jingbao frowned and thought about it, but did not answer immediately.
At that time, the martial arts instruction style was generally divided into two categories, one was Zhang Che and Liu Jialiang, who saw that the moves were clear-eyed, the movements were more beautiful, and the scenes were more bloody; The other is Bruce Lee's kind, whose movements are crisp and neat, fast and energetic, giving people a very strong sense of liliang.
But there is no precedent for a funny-style fight like Xu Guanwen's request in the Hong Kong film industry.
In fact, it wasn't until director Wu Siyuan filmed "Serpentine Trickster" in seven or eight years that the prelude to humorous kung fu films was officially unveiled.
"How's that, is it difficult?" Xu Guanwen saw that Hong Jingbao had not replied for a long time, so he couldn't help asking.
This fight scene was specially filmed by him to pay tribute to Bruce Lee. If you can't design it, you can only regrettably delete it.
"Mr. Xu, you give me three days, and I'll go back and think about it." Hong Jingbao said in a deep voice.
"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news." Xu Guanwen nodded and said, "Ah Wu, help me send Yuanlong." ”
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"Funny fights, how do you design this?" Hong Jingbao fell into thought, muttering this from the studio to the door of the studio.
"Mr. Hong, I have an idea, do you think this will work?" Xu Guanwu saw that his brows were furrowed, as if his head was about to burst, he remembered that he had seen many kung fu comedies in his previous life, and couldn't help but remind.
"Mr. Xu, you say." Hong Jingbao asked.
"For example, when you fly over and hit me, the moment your fist is about to hit me, I suddenly look up and scream, and when you look up, I knock you down with one punch." Xu Guanwu compared while talking, and the example he gave was the scene in "The King of Destruction", where Zhou Xingchi competed with the elder brother of Broken Water Flow.
In this scene, He Jinyin, who doesn't know martial arts at all, relied on various ghost horse tricks to knock down the senior brother who is known as the murder weapon in the world, which can be described as the best work in funny kung fu.
Of course, Jackie Chan's fight in "Drunken Fist" is even more exciting, but when Xu Guanwu watched this movie, he only remembered that the fight was very witty and interesting, and he didn't remember any martial arts tricks, and he didn't have Jackie Chan's neat skills, so he couldn't take it as an example.
However, Hong Jingbao is very talented in kung fu comedy, and it was only because of a lack of thinking in this area before, but now after a little bit of Xu Guanwu's dialing, his brain immediately turned around.
"So that's it, yes, yes. It does seem interesting. Hong Jingbao suddenly realized.
"Mr. Hong should put a lot of effort into humorous kung fu, in my opinion, if you can combine kung fu and comedy, then you will definitely become a great master in the film industry." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.
"That's right! Comedy and kung fu in one, what a great idea! Why didn't I think about it before? When Hong Jingbao heard Xu Guanwu say this, a shocking wave suddenly set off in his heart, and the whole person was stunned all of a sudden.
In the Hong Kong film industry at that time, director Zhang Che, who made kung fu films, paid attention to promoting the masculine beauty of manhood, and almost all the male protagonists were shirtless during the filming, killing decently, dripping with blood, and spilling tomato juice, so he was called "the director of ketchup". And Liu Jialiang is the authentic descendant of Huang Feihong, and he pays attention to making kung fu films, just like a kung fu documentary. As for the martial arts director Hu Jinquan, he pays attention to his family and country, and the pictures he shoots are very meaningful, and the martial arts actions absorb the martial arts movements in the opera.
Other kung fu film directors in Hong Kong have all emulated the methods of these three great directors, so the kung fu films they make are basically the same, and the box office is not guaranteed.
"If it is really as Xu Guanwu said, it can integrate kung fu and comedy, and it can really create a new world of kung fu films." The more Hong Jingbao thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was very likely to come true, and the whole person couldn't help but be excited.
"Mr. Xu, Xiexie, your reminder, I must work hard." Hong Jingbao held Xu Guanwu's hands tightly and said emotionally.
"Okay, if you need anything, just come to me. The doors of our Hsu Brothers Pictures are always open for you. Xu Guanwu also frowned and smiled.
After Hong Jingbao excitedly led his subordinates away, he immediately put his hand to his mouth and blew vigorously.
Just now, the fat man held Xu Guanwu's hands, and he forgot to retract his strength in a fit of emotion, making Xu Guanwu's hands red and swollen now, leaving clear five finger prints.
"This fat man must have done it on purpose." Xu Guanwu thought hatefully.
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When he returned to the studio, Xu Guanwu was saying to Xu Guanjie: "Ah SAM, the movie is almost halfway through the shooting, and I will leave the soundtrack to you, I believe that your strength will definitely do it well." ”
"Big brother, I haven't done this kind of thing yet, I have to find a more professional person to do it." Xu Guanjie thought for a while and said in embarrassment.
Although he is good at writing lyrics and composing, this is completely different from the film score, and he doesn't want to affect the quality of the film because of his soundtrack.
"Then who do you say is the right person to look for?" Xu Guanwen saw that his younger brother was unwilling to take on this job, so he couldn't help but scratch his head and said.
Originally, I was thinking of finding my brother to make the soundtrack and save some money, but now I have to consider another candidate.
"Looking for Mr. Gu Jiahui." Xu Guanwu proposed on the side.
In his previous life, he had heard of Gu Jiahui's name, and together with Huang Zhan, he was called Hui Huang Ersheng, and he was quite a bullish figure. There are many works in Hong Kong films and television that are soundtracked by Gu Jiahui and lyrics written by Huang Zhan. Such as the theme song of the 83 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the theme song of "Shanghai Tang" and so on. The works of the two of them have spread almost all over the Chinese community, and they are veritable double saints in the music world.
"Mr. Gu Jiahui is good, several of Bruce Lee's movies were composed by him." Xu Guanying nodded and said, "And his asking price is not expensive, we can afford it." ”
"In that case, then ask Mr. Gu Jiahui for help." Xu Guanwen nodded.
"By the way, big brother, I have another idea," Xu Guanwu said again, "There is a theme song before and after each movie, and there is a soundtrack in the middle of the addition, etc., about seven or eight songs." If SAM can put them together and promote them with our films, then the sales of albums can stimulate the box office of the films, and the box office of the movies can also stimulate the sales of the feature. In this way, the two-pronged approach kills two birds with one stone! ”