Xiangshan Ao, Eight Immortals Hotel

At noon, the neighborhood of more than a year was finally kind-hearted, and vaguely reminded him of the time of the market, and the store was deserted, with only three or two diners.

"Death on the streets! What the hell is written! I've really poured blood mold for eight lifetimes! No one dares to come to my restaurant to eat! ”

A piece of Ming Bao was thrown to the ground, and the proprietor scolded and stomped on it fiercely!

On that page of the newspaper, the titles of the ten big-character novels "The Human Meat Barbecued Pork Bun of the Eight Immortals Restaurant" are particularly clear and eye-catching!

Compared to the air conditioning inside the store, the outside of the store is lively, and passers-by, especially young people, often point at his store signs!

He's also seen people who came to take pictures on purpose!

A neighbor who has been in the neighborhood for many years is still kind-hearted, and he has good words to convince him: "Oh, you are the Eight Immortals Hotel in Xiangshanao, and he is the Eight Immortals Restaurant on Hong Kong Island, which is obviously not a restaurant!" ”

The other neighbor was more talkative, but he was in the mood of watching the excitement, and said to the diner: "But the details are still a bit similar!" It's all a family that runs a store and is still in debt...... This anonymous author is particularly bad! actually implied that the murderer had a leg with the boss's wife! Can the boss not be angry? ”

The boss was about to continue scolding, when he saw five or six people rushing in, and his eyes lit up instantly: there are guests!

The people who came were Li Lecheng, Gui Zhihong, Qiu Litao and two cinematographers, Gui Zhihong's old partner Lao Li and the second photographer Du Kefeng.

Du Kefeng has been wandering in the literary and artistic youth circles of Hong Kong and Moss over the years, so Li Lecheng easily found him through Qiu Litao.

Now he is just a fledgling rookie photographer, although he has a little fame because he shot "A Day on the Beach" and "The Story of Time" for the New Wave directors two or three years ago, but it is only in the literary film circle of Wanwan, his resume on Hong Kong Island is blank, and he has not received any movies for two years.

One of the main reasons why Lao Gui left the film industry before was that he suspected that he might not be able to keep up with the market aesthetics, and Li Lecheng was also very worried about this.

The painting style of Shaw Brothers movies seems to be outdated in 85, the aesthetics can't keep up with the times, the lighting and photography are too old-fashioned, although Lao Li is good, the effect is scary enough, but it's still a little old-fashioned. And horror films rely on the picture, sound effects, and actors to be scary, and photography is naturally important.

The horror films that Du Kefeng served as a photographer in his later life are particularly scary, like "Dumplings" and "Three Watches...... The most important thing is that it has its own fashionable value and sense of luxury, which can cover up a thing or two for their cheap budget, if he hadn't made a horror movie now, Li Lecheng wouldn't need to hire Lao Li at all.

Gui Zhihong took the lead, picked the best position at the table and sat down, facing the photographer Lao Li, pointing at Li Lecheng and complaining: "This decrepit boy! It's crazy! Let me live with him in the Shaw Brothers! And don't ask! The room he lives in is where I live! ”

Li Lecheng saw that he was thunderous, and he didn't care too much: "Isn't that just right?" It's very homely! You and I are really fateful! ”

Hmph, he's in his sixties, and you young man in his forties still want to murder him?!

There is no qi cultivation at all.

Gui Zhihong continued to spray him: "It's only 1.2 million to take 200,000 out as a director's fee!" You really think of me! Why are you going to hire an actor for this?! Do you know that half of this drama is supported by the male lead! ”

"Director Gui, the actor doesn't need to spend money, I'll act it, when the play comes out on the street, I will take the same money, you didn't do it before."

"You?! The actor is set to be 10 years older than you! And a 15 or 6-year-old son! This role is important! Can't be deleted! How the did you give birth to such a big son! Who decided to make you the leading actor?! ”

"Xu Ke, he is the main investor and producer of the film! And he also promised me to be a producer, and I can make decisions on small things. ”

When Gui Zhihong heard this, he became even more angry, and his blood pressure soared!

This broken crew actually has a popular producer in charge!

He's not the crew boss!

"I've come with you to inspect and shoot! You just told me?! ”

Li Lecheng saw that Gui Zhihong was about to explode, and immediately held him down: "Xu Ke said that he will take care of the editing effect, and he will not interfere frequently in the shooting scene, oh, by the way, I also let you pay attention to the scale, and collect a little guide, now the electrical inspection has begun to be strict, and it can't be too bloody and 'bloody' violent." ”

"Huh!" Gui Zhihong sneered, he actually knew in his heart that when he came back this time, the phoenix in the soup was not as good as the chicken, and it was normal for the old wave to be inferior to Sina. It's certainly not that easy to make a comeback.

But this is his only chance.

After thinking about it, he didn't continue to care: "Then you tell Xu Ke, I want to find Situ An for the script!" ”

"Your old partner is expensive, I found a friend to do it." Li Lecheng pulled Qiu Litao: "Your screenwriter and assistant director!" ”

Qiu Litao laughed like a lizard spirit: "Director Gui, I can finish the script and send it to your dormitory the day after tomorrow!" ”

"Humph!"

Duke Feng saw that they were so lively, he was always slow to interject, so he was so curious that he kept walking around the store, looking at it, touching it, and trying to jump to the back kitchen.

The back kitchen of the hotel is an important place for soldiers, how can he show it! The boss immediately stopped him: "Don't go over later, it's a mess, what do you want to eat with me!" ”

Gui Zhihong immediately stood up and walked quickly: "Boss, our film crew on Hong Kong Island wants to rent your shop for filming." ”

"What crew? How long? The boss was stunned, he had never encountered this incident, but on the other side of Hong Kong Island, the film and television industry was developed, and he knew that they would often rent shops or something.

Gui Zhihong picked up the newspaper on the ground: "This one! To be made into a movie. ”

Li Lecheng immediately came up: "After many inquiries from us, we know that there is only one word difference between the name of your store and the store in the novel, we thought, we can just make a publicity point by shooting here with you, and you are also very advantageous, as soon as the movie is released, your store will become famous!" ”

"Phew! Our business is so cold now, it's this broken novel! In the past, we had thousands of dollars a day! Now there are no 200 pieces! …… It's also made into a movie, I'm afraid I'm going to close down after the filming! The boss said angrily!

Gui Zhihong said indifferently: "In this way, I originally planned to rent it for a whole month and give you 10,000 yuan, but now it seems that 5,000 yuan is enough." ”

The boss choked! Damn it! He really shouldn't have too much to say!

Li Lecheng is also an honest person, and he is still persuading him: "Boss, you should rent it to us, in fact, for us, renting it is the same, but for you, anyway, you have already suffered an unwarranted disaster because of this novel, it is better to rent it to us, so as to get some blood back." And, after the limelight, everyone will soon forget about this little thing, you can still earn money, and you can rest for a while. It's a big deal, when we finish filming, you change the signboard. ”

The boss thought about it, isn't it just a change of signboard? It just so happened that I was being called for a debt recently, and I was very annoyed, so it's good to leave for a while.

In the end, a pass bargained for 7,000 yuan to rent for a month!

Gui Zhihong is very good at live-action shooting, he likes to play for real, Du Kefeng and Lao Li also looked at the venue, which is very close to the description in the novel, and the back kitchen is particularly spacious, which can be used to make movies, and everyone immediately signed the deal happily.

In the following days, Director Gui was so busy that he couldn't see anyone.

Li Lecheng ran between the two crews of "Flower Street Age" and "Xinzha Senior Brother 2".

He complained about the phenomenon of actors in this era generally rolling dramas, but now he is also one of them.

Fortunately, they were all filmed on the Shaw Brothers set, so they were not tired.

He filmed very easily, as long as the opponent didn't make mistakes, the crew didn't drop the chain behind the scenes, it was all over again! Other actors have more than ten hours a day, but it is not as good as the shots he takes when he comes to the crew for a few hours.

Three or four days a week, I went to the crew of "Xinzha 2" to shoot for one or two hours, five days I filmed for two or three hours in "The Age of Flower Street", and in the morning, I worked two or three hours at the HK Phil, and the daily working hours could not exceed 8 hours at most.

In the later generations, Wei Zai filmed "Infernal Affairs", obviously the most important and difficult role, but he also filmed for 20 days, and easily finished filming for two or three hours a day, and by the way, he also won a bunch of awards, and envied Hua Zai, who worked hard for more than ten hours a day. Now Li Lecheng is in such a situation, but Wei Zai looks at him so enviously......

Everything is fine, but Xia Wenxi, the heroine of "The Flower Street Age", looked at Li Lecheng's strange eyes.

Finally, one day, she couldn't hold back anymore and found Chen Anqi: "Director, I think the actor is very wrong!" He looks like he's trying to chase you! ”

It's so explicit every time you look directly at the camera lens!

It's definitely not a photography uncle!

Obviously, it's definitely the director!

Wow! This man has such a strong taste!!