0620【Talents】
"Is this really Mr. Du's business card?"
The next day, Golden Harvest Film Company.
Movie tycoon Zou Wenhuai took the business card in his hand and looked through it carefully, and then handed it to his good partner He Guanchang.
He Guanchang also looked at the business card and said: "It seems that Mr. Du values this Bruce Lee very much, and even gave him a private business card." ”
Others don't know, but Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang know that Du Yongxiao has never given business cards to people easily.
In this era, personal business cards represent status and help people. Especially Du Yongxiao's special identity, he rarely gives business cards to others.
There is even a saying in Hong Kong that if you can have a private gilded business card of Du Yongxiao, you can borrow 100,000 yuan from HSBC.
This shows the preciousness of Du Yongxiao's business card.
"And let him in now?" He Guanchang asked.
"Well, let's see what kind of character he really is." Zou Wenhuai said curiously.
The two of them had also heard some rumors about Bruce Lee before, after all, Hong Kong is such a big place, and everyone is begging for food in the film industry.
It is said that Shao Tycoon saw this Bruce Lee and gave a four-character evaluation of "arrogant".
Zou Wenhuai used to work under Shao Tycoon, and they knew Shao Tycoon's personality well.
Shao Tycoon is also a humble gentleman, and his temper is also very good, so he can give such an evaluation, which shows that this Bruce Lee has a very special personality.
Momentary –
Knock knock!
There was a knock on the office door.
"Please come in!"
Crunch!
Bruce Lee pushed the door and entered.
"Hello Mr. Zou, I'm Bruce Lee!" Bruce Lee didn't expect there to be two people in the room, took a look, and finally his eyes fell on Zou Wenhuai.
Zou Wenhuai smiled and got up to greet him, "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you!" This is my good partner He Guanchang! ”
Bruce Lee shook hands with the two cordially.
Both sides sat down.
Bruce Lee said: "I think the two of you already know what I came from, and I really hope to cooperate with Golden Harvest." ”
"Hehe, we know that. But we're curious, how did you meet Mr. Du? Zou Wenhuai personally poured a glass of water for Bruce Lee, walked over and handed it to him.
Bruce Lee leaned over and took the water cup and said, "It was Mr. Du who found me yesterday, and we had a good conversation in the teahouse." ”
The words "talking very happily" made Wrinkles stunned for a moment, and glanced at He Guanchang.
He Guanchang smiled, it seems that the relationship between Bruce Lee and Mr. Du is really not ordinary, and it must be treated well.
"Mr. Du is the founder of Golden Harvest and the boss behind the scenes." Zou Wenhuai got straight to the point, "It can be said that this company is basically invested by him, and He Guanchang and I are responsible for the operation, of course, we also have shares, which can be regarded as a small boss." ”
He Guanchang said: "So, of course, we will reuse the talents selected by Mr. Du, but you must also pass our pass." ”
Bruce Lee smiled slightly when he heard this: "I know." So I brought the script that I was ready to shoot and another shooting plan. ”
Seeing that Bruce Lee had already prepared, Zou Wenhuai glanced at each other and smiled again: "That's good!" Can we take a look first? ”
"Absolutely!" Bruce Lee happily took out a script and a plan, and handed them to Zou Wenhuai and the others.
Zou Wenhuai read the script.
He Guanchang read the plan.
The name of the script is "Brother Tangshan", and the plot is relatively simple, it is a story of a man who roams the South Seas and punishes evil hoes.
Zou Wenhuai is engaged in movies, and he has read more than 1,000 scripts at hand, and he can see at a glance that this drama is not much of a highlight, frowning, and did not speak.
At this time, He Guanchang almost finished reading the plan at hand.
Bruce Lee's plan is also very simple, that is, after filming "Tangshan Big Brother", he plans to shoot a national kung fu film called "Jingwumen".
There are not many of this type in Hong Kong, and even if there is, it is the kind of ancient costume, such as "Twelve Gold Medals", "One Husband and Wife" and so on.
Bruce Lee chose the Republic of China this time, and his opponent was the Japanese.
Many of the dramas of this era in Hong Kong are exported to Treasure Island, Nanyang, and Dongying. For this reason, many filmmakers dare not offend the Japanese, and even if they are filming, they will take the initiative to eliminate this aspect, so as not to sell it when they get it.
Now Bruce Lee is doing the opposite, and he actually shoots this kind of kung fu movie, which can't help but make He Guanchang stunned.
When the two read the script and plan, Bruce Lee was holding a teacup and drinking tea, but his eyes kept passing over the two, when he saw Zou Wenhuai frowning and He Guanchang in a daze, he knew that something was wrong.
"You two, if you have any questions, just ask!" Bruce Lee spoke directly.
"Since Mr. Li asked like this, then I'm curious, your book "Big Brother Tangshan" is not exciting, what confidence do you have to earn the box office?" Zou Wenhuai said, "You know, there are many kung fu movies of this type on the market at present, and we also have two or three of the same type here in Jiahe, starring Wang Yu-—— do you think you can be more popular than Wang Yu?" ”
Wang Yu is recognized as a "kung fu superstar" in Hong Kong in this era, especially his "One-armed Knife" is the first to break one million at the box office in Hong Kong.
At the beginning, Du Yongxiao established Jiahe, and it took a lot of effort for Zou Wenhuai to dig Wang Yu from the Shaw Brothers.
The Shaw Brothers originally didn't let people go, but Wang Yu was a righteous person, Zou Wenhuai had the grace of knowing him, and Shao Daheng was stingy, so the salary offered could not satisfy Wang Yu's appetite, and Golden Harvest planned to give Wang Yu a high salary and give him a box office share, which completely moved Wang Yu. So much so that Wang Yu directly staged a "night thief contract", which caused chaos in the Shaw Brothers.
In order to avoid being discovered, Wang Yu didn't stop doing anything, and even stole other people's contracts together.
As a result, Shao Daheng had to use the excuse of increasing the actor's salary to get them to re-sign the contract.
For Golden Harvest, Wang Yu is the treasure of their town store, and although Bruce Lee is from Hollywood, he can't compare.
Bruce Lee is a smart person, of course he understands what Zou Wenhuai means by mentioning Wang Yu, so he said: "Indeed, the story of this "Tangshan Big Brother" is very simple and has nothing outstanding, but I am still confident that it will be popular." ”
"Hehe, I just said, you are not Wang Yu!" Zou Wenhuai said, "He can turn decay into magic, because he is a big star, and Hong Kong people like him very much!" What about you, Mr. Li, what do you rely on? ”
Zou Wenhuai said as he took the cigarette case from the desk, popped out a cigarette and bit it on his mouth, and then habitually picked up a match, stabbed it, and struck one.
"By Kung Fu!"
As soon as Bruce Lee blurted out three words, he immediately got up and kicked it!
Zou Wenhuai was caught off guard, but when he saw that the match was drawn and extinguished instantly, he looked again, but the match head was kicked off by Bruce Lee!
"Good kung fu!"
Zou Wenhuai was shocked.
He Guanchang was also dumbfounded.
Bruce Lee snapped, and kicked three times in the air in a row, as fast as lightning.
When Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang closed their mouths, Bruce Lee had already put away his fists and feet, and looked at the two of them with unruly eyes: "I make movies, I only shoot real kung fu!" That's my selling point! ”
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"Brother Xiao, you rarely come to the set!"
When Bruce Lee met with Zou Wenhuai and others, Du Yongxiao came to the Golden Harvest set by car.
During this time, the governor of Hong Kong and Bailiqu had not given him eye medicine, but Du Yongxiao clearly knew that it was only a matter of time.
It's rare to have time these days, so I came to the Golden Harvest set to go around.
In fact, Golden Harvest's studio was inherited from Lu Yuntao's electric company.
At the beginning, the battle between Dianmao and Shaw Brothers, the two heroes competed for hegemony, Dianmao developed vigorously, and there were many talents, but unfortunately God was jealous of talents, Lu Yuntao and his wife took a plane to Baodao to participate in the film festival and encountered a plane accident, and finally both were killed.
Without Lu Yuntao, the pride of the movie, Dianmao was quickly defeated by the Shaw Brothers, and its cinema chain and set were almost swallowed by the Shaw Brothers.
Fortunately, the heirs of Denmao were reluctant to sell the set and the theater chain to Shaw Brothers, thinking that this was what Lu Yuntao did not want to see in the sky.
In this way, it is cheaper than Du Yongxiao.
After Du Yongxiao founded Golden Harvest, he asked Zou Wenhuai to negotiate with the heirs of Dianmao to negotiate the set and theater chain.
For this reason, Zou Wenhuai also flew from Hong Kong to Nanyang, which took ten days, during which he continued to call Du Yongxiao, and finally Du Yongxiao directly purchased it at a high price of 6.6 million.
The Shaw Brothers studio is located in Clear Water Bay, while the Golden Harvest studio is located in Sham Shui Po.
When Du Yongxiao came to the set of Sham Shui Po, Golden Harvest was filming the new movie "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang".
In this era, Hong Kong and Baodao respectively produced two martial arts masters, one was Jin Yong and the other was Gu Long.
The easiest cologne to be adapted into a movie and is a super blockbuster.
To this end, Shaw Brothers also specially set up a "Gu Long Group" to shoot Gu Long-themed movies, among which Shaw Brothers' popular student Dillon has filmed the most, not only starring in "Chu Liuxiang", but also starring in "Fu Hongxue".
Now Jiahe is also making quick money, so just follow the trend and shoot Gulong.
The director Zou Wenhuai poached from Shaw Brothers is called Chu Yuan, and he is also a good at shooting Gulong movies, whether it is the script lines, they are very innovative.
The reason why Chu Yuan wanted to shoot "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" this time was to fight with Shaw Brothers.
The Shaw Brothers are filming "The New Biography of Chu Liuxiang", starring Dillon.
Chu Yuan chose Wang Yu to play Chu Liuxiang and Dillon in the ring.
It's a pity that no matter how Chu Yuan looks at it, he thinks that Wang Yu's Chu Liuxiang's appearance is not amazing enough, and if he thinks about it carefully, it may be because he is too familiar with Wang Yu's "One-Armed Knife".
The only thing that satisfied Chu Yuan was the new Shaw Brothers actress Zhao Yazhi.
She played Chu Liuxiang's girlfriend Su Rongrong in the play, and her outfit was amazing.
At this moment, Zhao Yazhi is playing against Wang Yu.
Du Yongxiao walked over, and no one noticed him.
After all, he, the big boss, rarely comes here.
Zhuang Dingxian followed him and watched Chu Yuan filming with curiosity.
Chu Yuan faced the camera and kept shaking his head, "Although Wang Yu is famous, this outfit is really not enough for Chu Liuxiang." ”
Du Yongxiao leaned over to take a look, "Indeed, Chu Liuxiang's adjective is suave, but Wang Yu is iron-clad. The handsome boy is incompatible with the tough guy. ”
"That's right! No wonder I always look weird. Chu Yuan muttered, turned his head and saw Du Yongxiao, "Uh, who are you?" ”
Chu Yuan is a movie maniac, except for filming, he usually doesn't hear anything outside the window, and he doesn't know Du Yongxiao when he sees him.
Seeing this, Zhuang Dingxian was surprised, there are still people in Hong Kong who don't know Brother Xiao, and he was about to open his mouth to remind the other party, but Du Yongxiao said lightly: "Oh, my surname is Du, I'm here to go around." ”
"This is a set, you can't just turn around!" After Chu Yuan finished speaking, he suddenly stood up and looked Du Yongxiao up and down carefully.
Du Yongxiao was inexplicably looked at by him, and said in his heart, did he recognize me?
Syllable!
Chu Yuan suddenly clapped his hands and applauded: "That's good, you look so good!" "Looking at Du Yongxiao, it's like seeing some strange treasure.
Du Yongxiao had a bad premonition.
Sure enough—
"Do you want to be a star? I can help you! Chu Yuan pinched his chin and looked at Du Yongxiao shyly, looking like a goldfish guy tricking the little girl into eating a lollipop.
Du Yongxiao smiled: "I don't know how to film." ”
Chu Yuan thought that Du Yongxiao was moved, so he hurriedly said: "It's okay with this!" No one is born to film. Na, I'm a famous director Chu Yuan, as long as I guide you, you will be able to improve soon, how about it, do you want to give it a try? ”
"Really?" Du Yongxiao touched his nose, "Then what role am I suitable for?" ”
"Of course it's a big role!" Chu Yuan became excited again and looked at Du Yongxiao, "Especially when you touched your nose just now, it seems like Chu Liuxiang!" ”
"Uh, you asked me to play Chu Liuxiang?"
"yes, would you like to change your costume and give it a try?"
"No, Wang Yu is acting, how can I -——"
"It's okay! I'm the director, I have the final say! Besides, he still has a lot of scenes to film, and it's okay to have one less! ”
"But -——"
"No, someone, help him change his clothes! Look at my vision, hahaha! Chu Yuan was very happy, feeling that he had a good eye and pulled out a talent for the Hong Kong film industry.
Du Yongxiao felt funny, and was about to open his mouth to refuse, when a young man came over and said angrily: "Hello, I'll take you to change clothes!" ”
"Huh?" Du Yongxiao glanced at the other party, was slightly stunned, felt familiar, and couldn't help but say, "What's your name?" ”
The young man led him towards the locker room not far away, and said in a cold tone, "You ask me?" My name is Zheng Shaoqiu, and I am a newly recruited newcomer to Golden Harvest! ”
"Zheng Shaoqiu?" Du Yongxiao smiled, "Have you worked in the Shaw Brothers before?" ”
"How do you know?" Zheng Shaoqiu turned his head suddenly, "I ran through the Shaw Brothers, but it's a pity-"
Zheng Shaoqiu didn't say the following.
Du Yongxiao knew that Zheng Shaoqiu was not popular all at once in the previous life, and he had a long time in the Shaw Brothers before he had the opportunity to play the leading role, and later relied on "Chu Liuxiang" to become popular.
After the establishment of this Jiahe, Zheng Shaoqiu, who was depressed, came out of the Shaw Brothers to join Jiahe, thinking that Jiahe was thirsty for love and could give himself a chance.
Especially this time when Chu Yuan filmed "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", Zheng Shaoqiu was red for a long time, and he always wanted to get this protagonist, but his identity, status, and fame were not as good as Wang Yu.
When Chu Yuan was filming just now, he felt that Wang Yu was wrong, and Zheng Shaoqiu listened to the joy next to him.
He had privately figured out the role of Chu Liuxiang.
Just when Zheng Shaoqiu was about to introduce himself to Chu Yuan, Chu Yuan unexpectedly discovered Du Yongxiao, was fascinated by Du Yongxiao's handsome appearance, and directly asked him to change his costume to play the role.
Zheng Shaoqiu was so angry in his heart, he didn't expect to bite the gold halfway, so he didn't have a good attitude towards Du Yongxiao.
(End of chapter)