Chapter 35: Preview Screening
After Wang Kun was buried, Huo Dongjun went to Yongsheng to meet Xiang Huasheng, after all, Wang Kun's "Evil Police Guard" was only half filmed, and Zhong had a lot of work to do.
"Sit down, Jun. Xiang Watson met Huo Dongjun in the company's office this time, unlike when he was in the Yuen Long villa, with a straight suit and a meticulous tie around his neck.
After beckoning the secretary to help pour the tea, Xiang Watson said:
"Everyone doesn't want to see Ah Kun when he has an accident, I want to go over and send him, but you know, my surname is very troublesome, everyone thinks I'm from the rivers and lakes, if I really go to send Ah Kun, the newspaper will write some news if it is not good. ”
This is the first time Fok Dongjun has heard Watson talk about his surname, and he does not shy away from the mystery that this surname sounds to many people in Hong Kong.
"Xiang Sheng has a heart, Producer Hu has already sent the gold over and has received it. Huo Dongjun bowed his head to Watson and thanked him slightly.
From beginning to end of this matter, the biggest loss is actually the little Xiangsheng in front of him, half of the movie was filmed, and the money had been spent, but because of the death of the director, the work was stopped, and the director was temporarily changed, and then the new director went to look at Wang Kun's previous films, check the script, etc., and it is likely to postpone the release date, and Hong Kong film companies have always relied on grabbing schedules to make money, and a schedule is staggered, and it is difficult to find a suitable opportunity, because there are new movies waiting to be released at any time.
"The day before Ah Kun's accident, I had just arranged the schedule of this film with Jiahe Zou Wenhuai on the Jiahe line. Said to Watson.
He is optimistic about Wang Kun's "Evil Police", so he wants to take over a passable schedule from Jiahe to release it, and even copy the film to Jiahe for this reason, and Zou Wenhuai also nodded and agreed after reading it.
Everything is ready, just waiting for this film to be solved, but before the movie is solved, Wang Kun will be manipulated by God.
"Now I'm listening to Ah Chang about this movie, and I'm halfway done?" asked Watson to Huo Dongjun.
Huo Dongjun nodded: "Half of the filming has been completed, most of it is to shoot literary dramas, Brother Kun originally wanted to leave me enough time and concentrate on doing a good job in these scenes in the play." ”
"Ah Jun, you are with Ah Kun, and you made the script, I want you to help me finish filming this movie, I will arrange a director to help you, but don't worry, it is only the executive director, the director's name, I will keep it for Ah Kun, and the rest of the continuous plays, can you do it?" Xiang Watson looked at Huo Dongjun and asked out loud.
Huo Dongjun opened his mouth and said: "Xiang Sheng, it's not that I don't want to shoot, I'm afraid of causing trouble for you, when I was guarding Brother Kun's spirit, I punched Cheng Long, who came to make trouble, to the point that his mouth was bleeding, and now I am waiting for the errand guy to come to the door every day." ”
Xiang Huasheng was stunned for a moment: "Beat Cheng Long? You are really brave enough, half of the filmmakers in Hong Kong rely on Golden Harvest to start work, and the founder of Golden Harvest, He Guanchang, is Cheng Long's father, are you not afraid that you will not be able to eat in this industry in the future?"
"If I don't punch him, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat in the future. Huo Dongjun spoke up and described Cheng Long's words that night to Watson.
"Since the errand guy hasn't come to the door for a few days, it means that he hasn't called the police, not to mention, that punch should be beaten. Xiang Watson said to Huo Dongjun: "Hong Kong's ** law, there is no evidence, even if he calls the police, it is useless, he doesn't want to be put on the stage again because of Ah Kun's death, so he won't do stupid things without brains, even if he is stupid, he will not let him do such a thing." ”
"If Xiang Sheng is not afraid of causing trouble, of course I am willing to help him finish the film of Brother Kun. Huo Dongjun said to Watson.
Xiang Watson picked up a newspaper from the table, pointed to the three pages of a news, and said: "Trouble? This kind of trouble is not trouble, but this kind of news is considered trouble." ”
Huo Dongjun glanced at a piece of news pointed to Watson, with the headline Yongsheng's new film Taiwan starting, and local gangsters helping to clear the scene.
"The crew of "Magic Jade" went to Taiwan to film, and the local gangsters helped clear the scene, in Taiwan, the set is the pocket money bag of the gangsters, and naturally there will be gangsters to help you clear the scene to facilitate your filming. Said to Watson.
Huo Dongjun did not open his mouth to respond, but changed the topic: "Xiang Sheng, when will you continue to work?"
"The director has returned from Taiwan, Liao Jiande, the executive director of the "Magic Jade" crew, you can rest assured, he is only responsible for staring at the scene, how to shoot, how to fight, it is still your action director, and the filming will come out to the whole Hong Kong people, and also to Ah Kun. Xiang Watson gently patted Huo Dongjun's shoulder with his hand.
Huo Dongjun nodded and said: "Don't worry, Xiang Sheng, you must be good, you can inform Jiahe that this drama will not be postponed, and I will definitely finish filming on schedule." ”
Waiting for Huo Dongjun to say goodbye and leave, he made a phone call to Watson: "Brother Ten, I have a young talent here, but Yongsheng has recently relied on Jiahe Cinema Line to make water, and he has a bad relationship with Cheng Long, otherwise I will sign it myself, are you interested in Sanhe?"
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The support given to Watson is big enough, Wang Kun had an accident, and the executive director under Wang Jing was temporarily transferred from Taiwan, because "Magic Jade" is a Mid-Autumn Festival file, and it is easy to temporarily change the executive director, but Wang Kun's play is more urgent, the so-called executive director is responsible for the shooting scheduling of the scene, and every camera and every shot must be executed by the director to convey the director's intentions.
After Liao Jiande joined the group, he took over the director's position, and professionals came to master the shooting rhythm, Huo Dongjun took Chen Dong and several people to completely devote themselves to the filming and design of action scenes.
It wasn't until the last day of June that Wang Kun's first movie was officially completed, and in the last few days, even Xiang Watson couldn't sit still, and rushed to the crew to see the progress, without it, one of the leading actors of this film, Dillon's "True Colors of Heroes" released in June was a big hit, as the first actor in the movie, although the limelight was overwhelmed by Zhou Run, but it was still eye-catching enough, especially that sentence, police officer, I have not been a big brother for many years. made both the audience and film critics amazed, and filmed the vicissitudes of temperament of a gangster.
A three-million-dollar police and gangster film, just signed the best-selling Dillon, Zeng Jiang who plays Uncle Jian in the true character of a hero? Xiang Watson has even designed a movie poster, Dillon and Zeng Jiang are much more eye-catching than Chen Dong, and the name of the first protagonist Chen Dong was immediately ranked third, Dillon first, Zeng Jiang second, and Chen Dong third.
The whole movie lasted 40 days, experiencing Wang Kun's death and Liao Jiande's rescue, and the film time was 1,100 minutes long and dozens of kilometers long.
Xiang Huasheng Yongsheng's post-production department started editing with all its might, and found Mai Zishan, who was the first to edit the short film for Wang Kun, hoping to cut out the cold and sharp effect in the film.
On July 19, the entire film "Evil Police" was completed.
On July 22, after watching the samples, Golden Harvest Cinemas discharged the midnight screenings of the whole line, the morning screenings of seven multiplex cinemas and the schedule of the prime market, and they were already very optimistic about a movie with a cost of three million, of course, the main willingness was to star in the name of Dillon.
At this time, the film scheduling rate of "The True Color of Heroes" of the New Arts City Cinema has been out of the dust, and the box office has also been rising.
And Weihe's "Twisted Miscellaneous Army" under the care of He Guanchang got a much better scheduling rate than Yongsheng's "Evil Police".
On July 23, without any publicity, "Evil Police" began its midnight test screening.
Although Xiang Huasheng did not appear, Hu Zhaochang rushed to the cinema, Huo Dongjun, Chen Dong, Zeng Jiang, Miao Qiaowei, except for Dillon who could not withdraw because he was in three plays, the rest of the leading actors were all present, photographer Liu Weiqiang, executive director Liao Jiande, sat in the last row of the screening hall of the Golden Harvest Cinema in Kowloon one by one, waiting for the audience's test of this film, and even Zhang Wulang rushed to see his old friend Wang Kun, the first film that was finally completed.
When he saw the words Wang Kun, the director of "Evil Police", appear on the big screen, Huo Dongjun exhaled heavily in the dark.
The movie begins.
In less than three minutes, the audience let out an exclamation because the car protecting the witnesses in court was hit by a white sedan that suddenly came out!
At the same time, the scene switches between the car accident and Wang Bao being escorted by prison guards, when Huo Dongjun walked out of the car in white and cut the neck of the witness, Wang Bao put on a suit and was acquitted in court.
Zeng Jiang's acting skills are more impressive than the original version of "Kill the Wolf" that Huo Dongjun saw in later generations, Wang Bao played by Hong Yibao, although Zeng Jiang's fighting actions in this play are all completed by teaching the head and playing a stand-in and then adding a close-up of Zeng Jiang, but Zeng Jiang's eyes make you unable to see the flaws at all, and the interpretation of a gangster is incisive.
But even so, he still failed to steal the limelight from Chen Dong, even if Chen Dong ranked third on the movie poster, even if Chen Dong's acting skills can score zero, but his actions can score a hundred points.
Especially when he raised his gun at a group of rotten boys, he said to Wang Bao: "Starting tomorrow, I will come to this area to play with you." , with the unique ruffian of Chen Dong's character.
Until the end, the screen followed Hai'er running alone on the beach, and Chen Guozhong, who had brain cancer, died on the beach, and the subtitles began to roll, and Huo Dongjun heard almost all the audience exhaling heavily.
"It's time for us to step forward, Jun. Liao Jiande said to Huo Dongjun beside him after the lights came on.
The main creators of the entire crew walked to the screen in turn and thanked the audience who came to watch the test screening, of course, the most important thing is to be ready to accept the most intuitive feedback from the audience, praise or blame.
"It's so beautiful! I can't breathe for the whole play!" an audience member applauded.
It was like a ripple, little by little, expanding to the entire screening room, and everyone stood up and applauded everyone on the stage!
Huo Dongjun saw Zhang Wulang barely standing up straight in the last row, and applauded vigorously in the crowd, but tears rained down.
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