Chapter 524
"Lost?" Huo Dongjun looked at Mad Jiu and asked rhetorically: "Don't worry, it is impossible for a master to find trouble, Lei Zhenhuan will not give Qiu Jianping such a chance, I bet that the most people who go to make trouble are young and vigorous young disciples." β
Lin Sandi didn't speak, and when she finally got up to leave, she glanced at Huo Dongjun, but still couldn't say anything.
However, Lin Sandi didn't speak, and Huo Dongjun also knew what the other party was thinking, it was nothing more than that no matter how famous Hong Yihai was, in the final analysis, it was just a small martial arts hall, and compared with Hong Shengcai Li Fo, there was no comparison, if he really tore his face completely, Lin Sandi was worried that Huo Dongjun would have no choice but to return to Lei Zhenhuan's command, and let Lei Zhenhuan shelter Hong Yihai from the wind and rain.
With that kind of Hong Yihai, I'm afraid that even if Li Jianqing retires in the countryside and waits for death, he won't be able to close his eyes after death.
Huo Dongjun smiled at Lin Sandi and nodded, telling the other party with an expression that he knew what she was thinking.
After his sister left, Mad Jiu subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and held the small sculpture in his hand to play with, Huo Dongjun wanted to say that if his temporary housekeeper saw Mad Jiu like this, maybe he would rush up and fight hard regardless of Mad Jiu's kung fu.
The collection in this room is genuine, not fake, and Alfred is eager to wipe it dozens of times a day, and even fingerprints are not allowed to remain on it.
"If someone really comes to the door to make trouble, don't fight too ugly, at most you can dislocate your joint, and if you get seriously injured, beware of the bad guy pulling you to the police station. Huo Dongjun told the other party.
However, looking at the appearance of Crazy Jiu who was engrossed in playing with the sculptures, I don't know if he heard it.
The phone rang, Huo Dongjun got up to answer the phone, and was very surprised to hear the greeting voice on the other side, because it was Zhang Guorong calling:
"Ah Jun, I still have the last ten concerts left in Hung Hom, and when I finish singing, I can direct a movie. β
Huo Dongjun remembered that he seemed to have asked Dongyi to take 5 million to Zhang Guorong and let him make a movie.
A Hong Kong platinum-level superstar, who wants to be a director, can only give five million to himself in the end, Huo Dongjun stood up and walked to the balcony and said with a smile:
"Congratulations, are you showing off? There are still ten concerts left? People will hold a maximum of ten concerts, and you will have to hold a concert for a month. β
"Do you want to come? I've already heard from the ticketing party, there is a Shenghao Entertainment who has chartered a concert, it must be you, will you come to the scene then? I invite you to come on stage and sing together?" Zhang Guorong's voice sounded very happy, the kind of happiness from the bottom of his heart.
Huo Dongjun has nothing to say about Zhang Guorong's idol, he listened to his songs in his last life, although his sexual orientation is problematic, but Huo Dongjun doesn't care about this kind of private matter, he can sing well, but after contact in this life, he found that Zhang Guorong is almost a perfect person, no singer or actor has accused Zhang Guorong of having negative news, Zhang Guorong himself said that he said that the most excessive thing he said should not be said is that Tan Yonglin, Mei Yanfang and himself drove the Japanese off the altar in the Hong Kong music scene.
The problem is that Huo Dongjun doesn't feel that this kind of talk is excessive at all, and it is completely true that these two kings and one queen not only drove the Japanese out of the Hong Kong music scene, but also seized the Southeast Asian market.
But for Zhang Guorong, this sentence is that he is a little braggart and arrogant.
With such a person, it is no wonder that even his opponent Tan Yonglin praises him.
Sheng Hao Entertainment chartered the last of Zhang Guorong's summer superstar concert, of course Huo Dongjun knew, in order to gamble on the ship to go to the sea to build momentum, Huo Jianwen got this matter done early on, as long as the guests went to sea, they could get tickets for Zhang Guorong's concert.
What is rare is that Huo Jianwen chartered the concert, and He Chaoqiong was in favor of it, because He Chaoqiong and Zhang Guorong have known each other for a long time and are old friends.
Even in the charity bridge competition, He Chaoqiong arranged Zhang Guorong's list.
"I'm afraid that your fans will take off their shoes and throw me when I go on stage to sing, and you don't plan to take a break for a while after singing at the concert? Huo Dongjun said with a smile.
Zhang Guorong's value in the movie is to be a starring actor, not a director, if he is to star in Dongyi's movie, then Huo Dongjun is sure that Liu Zhenwei will be eager to arrange a special person to follow Zhang Guorong, and if he finds that he has free time, he will invite him to film, but now, Zhang Guorong as the director of this drama should also be the work progress of Dongyi Film this quarter, but Liu Zhenwei doesn't care at all, he has the bearing that it doesn't matter to me when Zhang Guorong shoots.
This is also the attitude of the entire film industry towards Zhang Guorong, if Zhang Guorong is the starring role, according to the current market, don't say five million, any more can be discussed, and the money will be piled up in front of Zhang Guorong immediately, but as soon as he heard that Zhang Guorong was the director, no one was willing to invest five million in the whole play, or Huo Dongjun paid out of his own pocket.
Zhang Guorong is very talented, but those film company bosses obviously don't need Zhang Guorong's internal talent, they only need Zhang Guorong to appear on the movie screen, because many places in Southeast Asia don't care who the director of this movie is, they care about whether Zhang Guorong, their favorite star, appears in the movie.
"I talked to the company, and they gave me a break to make a movie, and then I had to prepare a new album. Zhang Guorong was not angry when he talked about the company's oppression, and it can be seen how strong this guy's desire to direct a movie is.
"Then what are you going to shoot?" Huo Dongjun asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
"Shoot what I want to shoot?" Zhang Guorong said on the phone: "You said that you took the money out, and you don't care about what I shoot." β
Huo Dongjun sighed: "Big man, I really don't care what you want to make, but can you talk to me about what kind of story your movie is going to make?
Huo Dongjun knows Zhang Guorong's personality and hobbies very well, that guy is a guy who can make a gesture even if he stands in the center of the stage of 10,000 people and dances Monica in a bright red dance costume, he can make people feel quiet and feminine between the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, because he is such a person in his bones.
When I'm at home, I'm either reading a book, I'm drawing, and then I'm watching all kinds of old movies.
In the days when Huo Dongjun and Zhang Guorong filmed "The True Colors of Heroes 2" together, when chatting, they knew that Zhang Guorong had collected a lot of videos of old movies, almost more than 60 of them.
Don't underestimate these more than 60 films, many movies are film companies that have no masters, and they are not those foreign literary films, most of them are literary films shot in Hong Kong, and even Shi Qi, Shu Qi and other well-known film critics and film school professors have asked Zhang Guorong to meet for tea, wanting to abduct Zhang Guorong's collection.
Hong Kong's first Xiamen-language movie "Meeting and Hate the Night", which has long been extinct, "The Tale of the Rainy Moon" signed by director Kenji Mizoguchi himself, "Spring is Infinitely Good", "Infatuated Knot" and so on, which even Shu Qi has only watched once. Don't say that Huo Dongjun hasn't seen it, even the name is from Zhang Guorong.
Shi Qi once joked in an issue of the literary edition of "Ming Pao", saying that Zhang Guorong has seen enough movies in his collection to embarrass the filmmakers who emerged after the New Wave.
A dull and introverted person, when he finally rests, he finally watched these literary movies that were completely tortured for Huo Dongjun, Huo Dongjun didn't have to think about it, the box office of Zhang Guorong's movie could be slammed into the sea.
"It's a good thing to put aside the idea of entertaining the world, to explore social ethics, human feelings, and to sketch a group portrait with pictures, and I'm going to make a film about Hong Kong. Zhang Guorong said to Huo Dongjun.
He is willing to call and chat with Huo Dongjun from time to time, not because Huo Dongjun took out five million to invest him in making movies, but although Huo Dongjun keeps calling him an idol, but more often than not, he is like a friend, fans sometimes urge him to release new songs, but Huo Dongjun must tell him to pay attention to rest every time they meet, of course, to rule out that this guy instigates himself to fight against the music company every time, the most important thing is that he and Huo Dongjun feel very relaxed chatting, Huo Dongjun never thought of looking for him to star in a play, and even Zhang Guorong himself asked Huo Dongjun curiously, the relationship between the two is also familiar, why don't you see Huo Dongjun invite him to star in a playγ
And Huo Dongjun's words to him were that he was too tired to act.
Huo Dongjun also persuaded Zhang Guorong to make fewer movies, because every time he shoots a scene, Zhang Guorong has to live like the people in the play, this kind of acting method is easy to lose his life, unless Zhang Guorong can think of opening a little bit and making money for bad scenes, then he Huo Dongjun is willing to ask him to film, and cheat the Taiwanese with the name of the leading actor.
This kind of dialogue makes Zhang Guorong very happy, because when Huo Dongjun said these things to him, he said whatever he wanted, in fact, other film companies asked him to make movies, which is nothing more than the money of Taiwanese or Southeast Asians, but he will always say something about what fans and fans love about him, which is not as direct as Huo Dongjun's words and funny.
"Idol, it's not that I don't support you, I'm just a suggestion, you see, you have collected all Fang Yuping's movies, this guy is a typical example, he entered the film industry in 79, and until now, a total of three movies have been made, all of which are literary films, and each of them has won awards and won soft hands, but you see that a boss on the side is now willing to take money to make movies for him? You look at Wang Jing again, that bastard has also entered the film industry in 80 years, every play is a commercial film, and he took more than 10 million yuan from Watson to let him shoot "Magic Jade" , I am about to vomit blood, but I still ask him to film, Dongyi Film also invites him to film, I have no objection to you making a literary film, but if you want this drama to be filmed, there are still people who are willing to burn money for you in the next drama, at least you have to consider the audience's acceptance, Fang Yuping's kind of director, walked out of the award ceremony, and knew him on the side, even his movies, few people in Hong Kong have seen them. Huo Dongjun said with an unknown example in his mouth: "Don't you want to say that those audiences who don't watch Fang Yuping's movies are hitting the streets, right? Of course not, I can only say that his movies are not for normal people, you have to be a director who can let normal people watch your movies first." β
"What do you think of making a style movie like "The Man from the Wind Cabinet"?" Zhang Guorong thought for a while and said the name of a Taiwanese literary film.
"Mouthy Street". Huo Dongjun immediately said the name of an old movie that was barely related to literature and art.
I could feel Zhang Guorong put down the receiver on the other side of the phone and coughed a few times.
There are exposed and naked women in "Mouthy Street", and the plot is more like a small citizen comedy, this movie originally played the title of a literary film, which attracted many depressed audiences to the cinema to enjoy it, and praised the director for making such a literary film.
Later, the director of that drama directly changed his career from literary films to make Fengyue films.
"A Day at the Beach?" Zhang Guorong thought about it for a long time before saying the name of another movie.
"Woman's Face". Huo Dongjun gave an even more unbearable movie name, and laughed.
On the other side of the phone, Zhang Guorong said goodbye and was about to hang up the phone, but Huo Dongjun stopped the other party: "No kidding, can I be wrong when I'm wrong?"
"Then what do you think of me learning the literary style of the two movies just now?" Zhang Guorong listened to Huo Dongjun admit his mistake and apologize, did not hang up the phone, and continued to ask.
Huo Dongjun pouted: "These two are Taiwanese films, if Taiwanese films sell well, those Taiwanese will not come to Hong Kong to spend a lot of money to buy films, the best thing is to learn from the "Rouge Buckle" starring you, with a box office of more than 17 million Hong Kong dollars, that is the right way for literary films." β
"But that kind of film is very tiring, and it shouldn't be counted in the category of literary films, right? Zhang Guorong thought about it and said.
The reason for the drama "Rouge Buckle" is because Mei Yanfang likes Li Bihua's original novel very much, although her godfather He Guanchang is not as far-sighted as Zou Wenhuai in business, but he has never said anything to his godson and daughter, so he bought the adaptation rights of the novel in the name of Jiahe to make a movie, and let Mei Yanfang play the female lead.
The original director and starring role of that play were not those when the movie was released, at first Golden Harvest hoped that the new wave director Tang Jiming would direct, but Tang Jiming and Mei Yanfang had a different understanding of the script, so they quit directing, and the other leading actors selected by Tang Jiming also followed Tang Jiming to shoot another play, and only Mei Yanfang was left as an actor in the whole play, and finally because she saw Guan Jinpeng's "Women's Heart", Mei Yanfang asked Golden Harvest to invite the "king of assistant directors" in the Hong Kong film industry to direct this "Rouge Buckle" , and wanted to ask Zhang Guorong to be the male lead, but Zhang Guorong signed a film contract in Xinyicheng at that time, and Mei Yanfang used herself to make a condition for starring in a drama in Xinyicheng, so she exchanged Zhang Guorong to finish filming this "Rouge Buckle".
Facts have proved that through this play, director Guan Jinpeng convinced both Mei Yanfang and Zhang Guorong, Zhang Guorong called Guan Jinpeng's movie picture an oil painting, and Mei Yanfang admired the many female characters portrayed by Guan Jinpeng.
This drama also allowed Mei Yanfang to win the Taiwan Golden Dragon Award and the Golden Horse Award for two actress titles in one year, and even the Best Actress at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards has been booked by her in advance.
"Of course, this drama is a literary film, and the romance film should be Qiong Yao's, Li Bihua has never been a writer of romance novels, I guess the book "Rouge Buckle" should have been written by her with a sneer, you know better than me, you are playing twelve less, where is there love in this play, only the sadness after the blood. Huo Dongjun thought about the picture in "Rouge Buckle" and said.
Can't let Zhang Guorong make any Taiwanese-style literary films, even if those bad movies are blown into masterpieces in later generations, no one wants to watch them at that time, if Zhang Guorong wants to make a movie as a director, and he will engage in personal styleism in the first play, then there is no need to think that someone will be willing to take money to burn him in the future.
"If I were you, I would have thought clearly, whether it was Li Bihua, Guan Jinpeng, or Xu Anhua, who you liked, they all came to meet, and you couldn't make a movie just by relying on the scenes that looked like oil paintings in your mind. β
"Then I'll think about it. Zhang Guorong said thank you to Huo Dongjun and hung up the phone.
Putting down the phone, before Huo Dongjun told Luo Jiu to let him put down the sculpture, the phone rang again, and after it was connected, Lei Zhenhuan's voice came from inside:
Yang Qingnong was defeated by Chen Xizhen in the semifinals. β
Although his tone was light and light, Huo Dongjun still heard a trace of unwillingness from the other party.
The whole set of plans designed by Lei Zhenhuan was implemented in the direction he hoped without any accidents, and only in the end did he not expect Lee Kuan Yew to open his mouth for Li Jiong, who was excluded by him.
Winning is Lei Zhenhuan won, but on the surface, it did not get the scenery that Lei Zhenhuan wanted.
"How is Master Yang's injury?" Huo Dongjun asked.
"It's no big deal, both hands were unjointed by the opponent, and as soon as the game was terminated, they were restored by Chen Xizhen. Lei Zhenhuan said in a calm tone: "The evening is the closing dinner, and I will go back to Hong Kong tomorrow." β
Even Yang Qingnong was removed from the joint by Chen Xizhen.
"You know, I'm going to be in Thailand for the next few days, and I'll go to the federation when I come back in a few days. Huo Dongjun said to Lei Zhenhuan.
At the dinner, Huo Dongjun showed his face, he originally wanted to stay here for a while longer, Zhan Chuanchun still kept it, and wanted to take Huo Dongjun to visit Jiang Dai, Huo Dongjun also wanted to see Tang Anrui, but the time could not be arranged for the time being, so he could only accompany Zhan Chuanchun, Feng Zhongren drank a few glasses of wine, promised them that they would definitely come to visit again in the future, and invited several leaders to travel to Hong Kong.
For Zhan Chuanchun and the others, if Huo Dongjun does not come to Singapore again, it is likely that it will be the last time they will meet in this life, these leaders are all fishermen, their families are not rich, and the ticket of a few thousand yuan is not so easy to come up with.
However, Huo Dongjun felt that after this competition, Zhan Chuanchun's status in the Singapore martial arts community should be suddenly improved, although Zhang Jingfu failed to go to the end at this conference, but his opponent, Singapore, also already knows, is Lei Zhenhuan's nephew, confidant, Cen Jinbo in his early thirties, defeated 30-year-old Cen Jinbo at the age of 20, even if Zhang Jingfu is not as good as Sun Baolong, it will not be too far behind.
Leaving from the banquet and returning to Li Jianqing's guest room, he saw that Li Jianqing had already packed up his things neatly.
Huo Dongjun bit his lip for a long time, until the tooth marks were bleeding, and then he endured the words of Li Jianqing in his mouth and did not say it.
Visiting Jiang Dai, Huo Dongjun also wanted to see Tang Anrui, but the time could not be arranged for the time being, so he could only accompany Zhan Chuanchun, Feng and others drank a few glasses of wine, promised them to visit again in the future, and invited several sect leaders to travel to Hong Kong.
For Zhan Chuanchun and the others, if Huo Dongjun does not come to Singapore again, it is likely that it will be the last time they will meet in this life, these leaders are all fishermen, their families are not rich, and the ticket of a few thousand yuan is not so easy to come up with.
However, Huo Dongjun felt that after this competition, Zhan Chuanchun's status in the Singapore martial arts community should be suddenly improved, although Zhang Jingfu failed to go to the end at this conference, but his opponent, Singapore, also already knows, is Lei Zhenhuan's nephew, confidant, Cen Jinbo in his early thirties, defeated 30-year-old Cen Jinbo at the age of 20, even if Zhang Jingfu is not as good as Sun Baolong, it will not be too far behind.
Leaving from the banquet and returning to Li Jianqing's guest room, he saw that Li Jianqing had already packed up his things neatly.
Huo Dongjun bit his lip for a long time, until the tooth marks were bleeding, and then he endured the words of Li Jianqing in his mouth and did not say it.