The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 235 Ten Years of Universiade
Xu Guanwu looked in through the glass, and saw Zhang Guorong practicing dance under the guidance of the teacher, and he danced very attentively.

"That's right, it's a newcomer recruited by the company, but it's been more than three months since I joined the company, and I've been receiving training all the time." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"That's right, that's right. You can tell that you have the potential to be popular just by looking at its appearance." Xu Guanjie nodded and said.

"Do you want to go in and chat with him?" Xu Guanwu said with a smile again.

He remembered that in his previous life, Xu Guanjie liked Zhang Guorong, a junior, very much. He not only starred in movies like "New Best Partner" and "Happy Events in the Flower Field" with him, but also sang songs such as "Silence is Golden" together.

If the early cooperation between the two of them can be facilitated, using Ah SAM's fame to support Zhang Guorong, it will save the company a lot of slobber.

"No, he's practicing. Let's go in later." Xu Guanjie shook his head.

Xu Guanwu no longer insisted, and continued to show Xu Guanjie around.When I returned to the practice room after the visit, I saw that the practice inside had been suspended.

"Let's go, let me introduce you to the younger generation of the company." Xu Guanwu smiled and pushed the door open.

"Mr. Xu! Mr. Xu!" The dance teacher in the practice room greeted quickly.

Zhang Guorong was drinking water to replenish his water. When he saw Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanjie coming in, he also stood up from his seat.

"How is it, Leslie, are you still used to staying in the company?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

"It's okay." Zhang Guorong thought for a while.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help smiling, then turned his head and asked the instructor, "How is Leslie's homework now?"

"Very good, he works very hard. Although he has only trained for a few months, he is already qualified to perform on stage." The teacher said proudly.

"Oh?! It seems that Leslie, you are really good, and you can make the teacher praise you so hard." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Of course, I haven't spent these few months in vain." Zhang Guorong also looked very proud, "By the way, may I ask, are you Mr. Xu Guanjie?"

"Of course it is, what's the matter, handsome?" Xu Guanjie looked at the young man with interest and asked.I feel that he is very different from ordinary young people.

When the ordinary young people saw the boss, they were all as shocked as quails, and tried their best to pretend to be obedient.How can he let go like him, giving people a rebellious and unrestrained feeling.

"I've heard some of your songs before, and I think you are the one who imitates Elvis Presley the most in Hong Kong." Zhang Guorong gave a thumbs up and praised.

Xu Guanjie couldn't help being amused by this young man. Although Zhang Guorong's evaluation of his senior was a little disrespectful, Ah SAM saw that this young man had no intentions and everything he said was sincere, so he didn't get angry. On the contrary, he appreciated it. His straightforwardness.

"Little boy, do you also like Elvis Presley's songs?" Xu Guanjie asked with a smile.

"I've heard some, I like his song "always on my mind"." Zhang Guorong nodded.

"Oh?! Not bad, not bad." Xu Guanjie nodded in satisfaction.

"Sam, you also like Elvis Presley, and Leslie, you also like him, why don't you have time to collaborate on a song?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

"I have no problem. What do you think, handsome?" Xu Guanjie asked with a smile.

No matter how independent Zhang Guorong was, he also heard that the boss wanted to support him, so he immediately nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's continue practicing. We won't bother you anymore." Xu Guanwu waved his hand.

After leaving the practice room, Xu Guanjie couldn't help laughing, "Second Brother, where did you recruit this kid? He's so cute. I like him!"

"Okay, I'll use your strength later to help and support him." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

It seems that in the early days of Zhang Guorong's debut in his previous life, it was not easy to work hard in the music scene.Because at the end of the 70s, the mainstream music in the Hong Kong music scene had changed from Western music and Mandarin songs to Cantonese songs.

The music seniors headed by Xu Guanjie, Luo Wen, Guan Zhengjie, etc. all performed in a serious style, wearing suits and bow ties...

However, Zhang Guorong's style was a bit unrestrained, which was naturally unpopular in the conservative music scene at the time.In addition, the singing is still a bit lonely in English, so it is inevitable to suffer setbacks in the early stage of debut.

However, although the status of Cantonese songs is gradually rising in the Hong Kong music scene, there is still a large market for English songs.Moreover, with the support of Xu Guanjie, a senior in the music industry, Zhang Guorong's road to debut will naturally be less bumpy.

"Okay, I'm quite optimistic about this young man." Xu Guanjie has always been easy to talk, and after hearing what his second brother said, he immediately agreed.

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In November, apart from Xu Guanjie's joining Yesung Records, which caused a sensation in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, another major event was the return of Master Liu Jialiang from Taiwan.

Zhang Cheh left Shaw Brothers last year and led his own team to Taiwan to start Longbow Films.On the surface, it was Zhang Che's own business, but secretly it was using Shaw's funds.

Master Liu Jialiang was originally Zhang Che's imperial military commander, and he served him for seven or eight years, but with the successive rise of juniors such as Hong Jingbao, Zeng Zhiwei and others, Liu Jialiang felt more and more uncomfortable.

The reason is very simple. People like Hong Jingbao and Zeng Zhiwei used to make a living with him, but now they are starring and directors, and the money is making a lot of money, but they are earning a little bit year after year. How could Master Liu Jialiang be content with the salary?

What's more, he comes from a family of martial arts, he is a direct disciple of Huang Feihong, he has entered the film industry very early, and he thinks that his skills will not lose to Hong Jingbao, Zeng Zhiwei and others.

But no matter how ambitious Liu Jialiang was, or how unrecognized his talents were, it was a pity that he was firmly suppressed by director Zhang Cheh.In Shaw Brothers, director Chang Cheh basically speaks exactly the same thing because of the popularity of his movies.There was once a director who had already written the script of "Water Margin", but he completely suppressed it when he said, "No one can touch "Water Margin" except me."

Let me ask, Liu Jialiang wants to rebel and set up another company, how can he get director Chang Cheh's approval?
It's just that since [-], the quality of director Zhang Cheh's films has been declining year by year, and the box office has also shown a decline.Originally, in the early days of the company's establishment, it planned to make ten films a year. Even Ti Lung and Jiang Dawei could try to be directors, but unfortunately the box office of the previous few films was not satisfactory.The cost could not be recovered, so the filming plan was stranded, and only three films were shot in a year.

Not to mention the films that Liu Jialiang, Ti Lung, and Jiang Dawei were promised to be directors before, even director Chang Cheh has fallen to the point where he has no films to shoot.

This is also a very cruel reality of the film industry.

No film to shoot means nothing to do, and nothing to do and no money to make.I had a job before, and in addition to salary and allowance every month, I could live on no matter what.But now that there is a problem with paying wages, Liu Jialiang is still willing to suffer with Zhang Che in Taiwan?
Just in time for Fang Yihua to take over as the manager of the production department, strictly control the cost of the director's filming, strongly suppress dissatisfied objections, and urgently need to support new forces for her use.So the powerful Liu Jialiang came into her eyes, and immediately waved him back.

Liu Jialiang ran back to Hong Kong and dealt a very serious blow to Zhang Cheh.Previously, Ti Lung and Jiang Dawei took the opportunity to flee back to Hong Kong because they were going to film "The Overwhelming Country" directed by Li Hanxiang.But the blow to director Zhang Cheh is not too big, because he has already supported new disciples, such as Fu Sheng, such as Qi Guanjun and so on.

But as soon as Liu Jialiang left, the people who were already distracted were even more flustered.Moreover, Liu Jialiang didn't leave alone. Before he left, he took all his Liu family members away, and he set up another gang in Shaw.

Zhang Che's Singing Film Company was already in trouble, and the former godsons all ran back to Hong Kong. Now, even the general Liu Jialiang has rebelled, and half of the people have been recruited to form another faction. Zhang Che is angry and yells at ungrateful and ambitious. .

But Liu Jialiang was too lazy to argue with him. After returning to Shaw Brothers, Fang Yihua put him in a good position and immediately paid him to make a movie.

Liu Jialiang is also really capable. On the third day after returning to Hong Kong, he sat on the director's throne, and then took the microphone and shouted "Open the label!", and directed "Lu Ah Cai and Huang Feihong".The actor doesn't need anyone else, just his younger brother Liu Jiahui is the protagonist.

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The Hong Kong media's reports on Liu Jialiang were overwhelming for a while. After all, director Chang Cheh went to Taiwan to start Longbow Films last year, which is considered a major event in the Hong Kong film industry.Who would have thought that after more than a year, the core disciples could not help returning one after another, and even the generals under him all ran back, which inevitably made people worry about the situation of director Zhang Cheh in Taiwan.

When the media interviewed Master Liu Jialiang, Liu Jialiang was not as unmannered as Zhang Che. He only said that the company needed people and that he was an old servant of the Shaw Brothers, so he naturally wanted to repay his kindness.As for other rumors, ignore them.

As for asking whether the Longbow Film Company has fallen into bankruptcy, Liu Jialiang also shook his head and wondered.

When Xu Guanwu saw these reports, he couldn't help feeling regretful, knowing that the days of director Zhang Cheh were numbered.

From the end of the 60s when he started filming "The One-Armed Swordsman" and became the first million-dollar director to now, Zhang Cheh has been prestige for almost ten years. In fact, this is basically an era.

Filmmakers such as Xu Guanwen, Hong Jingbao, Mai Jia, etc. have only had ten years of good luck. After ten years of great luck, they will inevitably start to decline.

Xu Guanwen has had ten years of good fortune from filming "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars" in [-] to "Teppanyaki" in [-].Although the subsequent films also maintained a certain standard, such as "Chicken and Duck Talk", "Family Carnival", and "Money Robber Couple" are all excellent works, but unfortunately they still cannot beat the urban action comedies of Hong Jingbao and New Arts City.

From the end of the 70s to the end of the 80s, Hong Jingbao also experienced good luck for ten years. In the 80s, although Cheng Long was already counted as the number one red star in Hong Kong, when it comes to influence, it still belonged to the big brother Hong Jingbao.At that time, he alone carried the two companies of Golden Harvest and Debao, and made famous stars such as Lin Zhengying, Qian Xiaohao, Li Saifeng, Hu Huizhong, Yang Ziqiong, etc. He was truly a big brother in the film industry.

However, since 1990, although the number of Hong Jingbao's works is still the same, the box office has not been as good as before.Whether it's "Rich Corps" filmed by a large number of Hong Kong stars, or "Thin Tiger Fat Dragon" co-starred with his old partner Mai Jia, although all of them have maintained their previous standards, their box office has been dwarfed by comparison.

The same is true for Maijia, from the end of the 70s to the end of the 80s, it was also a decade of good luck.From the filming of "Crazy Big Brother", which made its mark in the Hong Kong film industry, to the filming of "New Best Partner: Terracotta Warriors and Horses", which failed at the box office, the time span is basically ten years.During the New Art City period, Mai Jia could almost be said to have swept the Hong Kong film industry. Except for Hong Jingbao and Cheng Long who still had the strength to contend, everyone else dismissed it.But in the 90s, Mai Jia, who was used to being the protagonist, wanted to act as the junior Zhou Xingchi in "Love Saint".

Why do two or three filmmakers only become popular for about ten years?Xu Guanwu also thought about it secretly.

Probably because ten years is basically a relatively large time span. According to Moore's law, computers have been updated for six generations.Ten years is also the time for audiences to change generations.

The newly grown young audience may not like what the previous generation liked.Such as stars, such as movies, such as music...

This is a process of generational alternation and metabolism. People who can keep up with the times can continue to be popular. For example, Cheng Long has been making progress.From being popular in the late 70s to now, he is still Hong Kong's leading star with the most box office appeal.

Those who can't keep up with the changes of the times, such as..., the number of sands in the Ganges River, don't need to mention their names.There are a lot of people who were once extremely popular, but is there any news now?

(End of this chapter)