Chapter 56: Theme Song

After all the shots of "The True Color of Heroes" were filmed, it entered the post-production stage.

Liangkun has limited help in this area, and can only do something in the field he is most "good at" - the theme song.

Wang Jie asked: "Brother Kun, we also have many singers in our company, why did you invite He Yaowen to sing the theme song of "The True Color of Heroes"?" ”

Liangkun asked rhetorically: "Then who do you think should be asked to sing the theme song of "The True Color of Heroes"?" ”

Wang Jie said: "Huata cake! Isn't it logical for him to star and then sing the theme song of "True Colors of Heroes"? ”

Liangkun said: "I remember you also said that Huata Cake is at most a saliva singer, and I am worried that he will spoil a good song." The original song is not as good as the cover, it's very embarrassing. ”

Wang Jie said: "Huata cake is my own person. ”

Liangkun's face turned cold, and he said: "We treat him as our own, but he thinks that these are all things that should be taken for granted, this is not the truth of being a human being." ”

Wang Jie asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Liangkun said: "For this "True Colors of Heroes", I will give him a salary of 50,000 yuan, but he is too little. ”

Wang Jie said: "The salary of Longwei's last film has exceeded 10 million, and now many people are stimulated by this news. ”

Liangkun said: "Longwei has the Japanese market, and a movie with Longwei can enter the Japanese market and be recognized by the Japanese audience, which is called box office appeal." In other words, he is paid according to the price of Asia's top stars, and he cannot simply be treated as a Hong Kong star. Look at it, apart from Long Wei, is there anyone else who can get so much salary? Brother Hua only got a salary of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, why didn't Brother Hua say anything? Hua Di went to the mainland to film, how much did the mainland actors get? I heard that an actor whose acting skills are not weaker than Hua Di's only takes five yuan a day; "Shaolin Temple" is so popular, how much does the starring Li Lianjie get paid? It's only one dollar a day. ”

Wang Jie said: "However, I am afraid of ......"

Liangkun asked, "What are you afraid of?" ”

Wang Jie said: "Zhao Lao Liu has always treated his subordinates as 'lonely and cold' (mean and stingy). Once, the great director Zhang Che brought a group of martial artists to shoot exterior scenes. Zhao Lao Liu suddenly had a whim, worried that the 'Dragon and Tiger Warrior' who was filming on location would be empty, so he asked a female employee to change a large bag of 'flatbread' (HK$1 coin) to the scene to distribute food money - two yuan per person, and also instructed the female employee to order the head count. This annoyed those dragon and tiger martial artists, who thought that this was an insult to their personality by Zhao Laoliu, so they all boycotted the film, making a lot of trouble. In the end, it was Zhang Che who came forward to play a round to calm down the turmoil. Another time, when Gao Baoshu was filming "Feng Feifei", the chef who made steamed buns in the canteen on the set took a day off because of something, and there was no steamed bun supply in the canteen. The drama department signed a purchase order, went to the general affairs to apply for 20 yuan to buy 100 fried steamed buns as props, and asked Zhao Laoliu for approval. Zhao Laoliu took the purchase list and looked at it, he felt that it was wrong, the fried steamed buns were sold for one dime in the canteen on the set, and the purchase order was written for two cents a piece, and he had to go to Tsim Sha Tsui to buy it, and the gasoline burned by the car back and forth plus the depreciation of the car, how much should it be? Zhao Laoliu thought about it for a while, and felt that this was not only not cost-effective, but also bullied him for not understanding the market, so he wrote down two words with a big stroke of the pen: 'Not allowed! As a result, the official actors, special actors, scene reporters, and martial artists all put on makeup, because they couldn't wait for the fried steamed buns, and the filming couldn't be completed. However, the remuneration for their filming has to be taken correctly, and the word 'not allowed' has made Zhao Laoliu lose more than 10,000 yuan in vain, and what he saved is only a mere 20 yuan. ”

Liangkun asked, "What do you mean by that?" Call me 'lonely'? Or will I be as developed as Zhao Laoliu? ”

Wang Jie said bitterly: "I mean, there is no need to lose a big one because of a small one. ”

Liangkun frowned and did not speak.

Wang Jie continued: "Huata Cake is well-known in the music world, and he is a popular idol. Because of the salary, everyone has made a living, and the gains really outweigh the losses. ”

Liangkun thought about this question carefully.

In Liangkun's previous life, when the filming of "The True Colors of Heroes" started, several of the main creative staff did not mix well: director John Woo sat on the cold bench in the Taiwan branch of Xinyi City for three years, Dillon Shaohua was so old that no one cared about him, Chow Yun-fat was unable to turn over with the title of "box office poison", and the three frustrated men got together and worked hard for 12 points, which led to the classic "The True Colors of Heroes". It was not Wu Yusen's idea to find Leslie Cheung to play Song Zijie, and the person who made this decision was producer Tsui Hark. Leslie Cheung is in full swing in the music world, and invited him, a popular idol, to join "The True Color of Heroes", and Tsui Hark hit the topic and box office ideas. This is the same reason as the later "Full of Golden Armor" looking for Jay Chou and "October Siege" to surprise Brother Chun, which is nothing more than to use their influence in the music world to attract the audience's attention and create public opinion topics.

Liangkun let out a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." You told Huata Cake that if "The True Color of Heroes" hits the box office, I will give him another 50,000 yuan as a red envelope. However, the theme song is not given to him, and the theme song is not to be mentioned. ”

Wang Jie said: "I don't mention it to him, what if he mentions it to me?" Even if he doesn't mention it, after he knows it, he will have a problem in his heart! Do you really have to give it to He Yaowen? ”

Liangkun gritted his teeth and said: "Although He Yaowen is Zhao Laoliu's person, he is also a good friend of Fang Yanmei, so it should be regarded as an emotional investment in Fang Yanmei." This theme song "Love of the Year", I'll show you first. ”

Liangkun took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Wang Jie.

Wang Jie took it, read it again, hummed it again, folded the paper, and said, "This is really a good song, it's a pity to have a flower tower cake." ”

Isn't it a good song? In Liangkun's previous life, "Love of the Year" was sung by Leslie Cheung as the theme song of the movie "The True Color of Heroes", with lyrics for Huang Zhan in the Cantonese version, lyrics for Zhan Demao in the Mandarin version, and music composed by Gu Jiahui. The Cantonese version was included in Leslie Cheung's album "Love Fire" released in October 1986, and the Mandarin version was included in the album "The True Colors of Heroes" released on November 26, 1986. In 1986, "The Love of the Year" won the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award and the Top Ten Golden Melody Award. In April 2014, KBS, one of the three major TV stations in South Korea, selected "the six most memorable film and television golden songs of Koreans", and "Love of the Year" was the only Chinese song selected.