new kung fu king

Chapter 660 is just a statement

As for why the mainland wanted to shoot the four major masterpieces, it started when Wang Xiaohu brought the script of "Mulan" to the Ministry of Culture for review.

After reviewing the script, Director Huang always felt that the traditional Chinese culture was taken away by outsiders, and he felt very uncomfortable, so after several meetings with the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, he planned to make a movie or TV series that belonged to the Chinese.

After all, domestic filmmakers followed Xiehe International to make films such as "Mythology", "Shaolin Temple", and "Mulan", and later acted as odd jobs in TV series such as "Shanghai Beach", "Huo Yuanjia", and "Legend of the Condor Heroes" Although I can't learn the essence of Hong Kong film and television drama shooting, I have learned a lot of things from the roadside, and I have made great progress compared with a few years ago.

So after this meeting, many shooting plans were finalized. Among the four famous works, "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions" were first put on the shooting schedule.

The Ministry of Radio, Film and Television allocated 300 million yuan to "Journey to the West" and asked them to shoot 30 episodes. The female director Yang Jie decided on the cast after a year, and started filming the pilot episode "The Black Chicken Kingdom" in March this year.

After more than half a year of tossing and fumbling, this episode was finally filmed, but the editing results were still unsatisfactory. Some people proposed to change the director, some proposed to hire Hong Kong people to shoot, and some proposed to shelve it, but hundreds of thousands were spent. , but the result is not what you want to see, what should I do?
I don't know who came up with an idea, so the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television went to the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Culture went to Zhao Gang, and Zhao Gang went to Wang Xiaohu for help. This is how it happened.

"Journey to the West" is one of the Chinese TV dramas that accompanied Wang Xiaohu's growth in that era. An unsurpassed classic.

In the early 80s, mainland female director Yang Jie was able to use simple methods to shoot classic works loved by generations. Wang Xiaohu admired her deeply both in terms of her technical level and professional ethics.

When Zhao Gang said that "Journey to the West" encountered technical problems and needed his own help, Wang Xiaohu readily agreed without saying a word.

"I will fully cooperate with the shooting machine, martial arts guidance, post-production special effects, and dragon and tiger martial arts masters!"

Wang Xiaohu moved Zhao Gang so much that he kept saying thank you on the phone.

After finishing the business, Wang Xiaohu began to complain: "Old Zhao, I'm not talking about you, "Journey to the West" is one of the four famous Chinese novels, and you only invested 300 million yuan, it's stingy, it's too stingy, according to my experience, I'm sure Can't finish it."

"The problem is that the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television allocated that little money to CCTV."

Zhao Gang is also in a difficult situation. In the past few years, he has learned a lot from Wang Xiaohu, from being a bodyguard in Zhongnanhai to a cameo role, and then playing a supporting role in "Mulan". Years of experience tell him that this little money is really not enough to do anything. , It's not even as good as the budget for a war scene in "Mulan".

Wang Xiaohu thought for a while and said, "Why don't we do this? Anyway, we have confirmed our cooperation intention. Why don't we also invest 300 million yuan from Xiehe International for filming?"

"This..." Zhao Gang didn't know whether he was happy or embarrassed when he heard the words, because he couldn't decide this matter.

Knowing that Zhao Gang had something to hide, Wang Xiaohu immediately explained, "Don't worry, I'm only responsible for providing the money, equipment, and technology. At most, I will send a few stunt teams to help behind the scenes, and I won't dictate the filming of TV dramas."

"Old Wang, what do you want me to say, what are you planning?"

"Picture what? If I say pure friendship and sponsorship, I just want to be happy. You don't believe me, do you?" Wang Xiaohu laughed loudly.

"Nonsense, if you believe me, you will be a ghost." Zhao Gang snorted.

After cooperating for so long, Zhao Gang knows that Wang Xiaohu is not the one who suffers. Last year his apprentice Jet Li was injured in Japan, so he dealt with the little devil severely.

How to initiate kindness to engage in friendship and sponsorship today is too unreasonable. Zhao Gang thought that maybe this kid is planning something.

"Really, I'm just trying to be happy." Wang Xiaohu yelled loudly: "Well, since you insist on a reason for business, you can tell the above that I, Wang Xiaohu, have been very happy to cooperate with the mainland in the past few years. The 300 million is I donated it to the crew of "Journey to the West" in the hope that they can make a classic TV series, is that the reason?"

No one wants the free money these days, don't you think it's depressing enough?
Wang Xiaohu also has a little selfishness in doing this. "Mythology", "Shaolin Temple", and "Mulan" have taken advantage of the innate location in mainland China to sell well at the overseas box office. At present, the total global box office of the three films has reached 5.5 million US dollars. What are they relying on? Isn't it because the relationship between me and the mainland is good?
Wang Xiaohu is using the guise of "promoting Chinese culture" to make money for himself. Some people may say that the mainland does not mind, and everyone has a happy cooperation and each has his own plans.

"Let me tell you, this is absolutely nonsense!" Even Wang Xiaohu himself knows that it is not a perfect solution for the long run, and when the mainland's wings are full-fledged, they will find other ways to limit the market share of Hong Kong movies in the mainland.

So after filming "Shaolin Temple", he invested 2000 million yuan in Shaolin Temple non-stop, and now he injected 300 million yuan into "Journey to the West" for filming.

Picture what?
It's just a statement to show that I, Wang Xiaohu, are not that kind of ungrateful person, that I, Wang Xiaohu, still care about the development of the national film industry, and that I, Wang Xiaohu, have a patriotic heart.

He has been planning this work step by step since his rebirth, whether it is national patriotic films such as "Fist of Fury" and "Ip Man", whether it is an interview with "Time" magazine and Oscars eight years ago, or in recent years. "Mythology", "Shaolin Temple", "Mulan" and their speeches when they recognized their ancestors and won the Palme d'Or in Cannes
All of these are Wang Xiaohu's cautious statements.

Perhaps some mainland intellectuals will say that Wang Xiaohu is a hypocrite, and perhaps Hong Kong people will call him an idiot, but as a reborn person, he knows that Hong Kong will inevitably return to the embrace of the motherland in 15 years.

Concorde International has taken off steadily and has become the most influential film kingdom in the world. Anyone would regard Concorde International as a piece of fat.

What Wang Xiaohu is doing now is to gain the initiative. The historical environment is absolutely impossible to reverse. He can only ensure the integrity of Xiehe International through careful planning step by step, because this is his dynasty!

Don't wait to do everything after the reunification. Even if you can do it at that time, the price you pay is not tens of millions of yuan.

On the second day after the conversation between the two, members of the "Hong Kong Return" investigation and consultation team came to Wang Xiaohu's home as guests, nothing more than asking Wang Xiaohu what opinions and requirements he had on Hong Kong's return.

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "No request, no objection."

In fact, the investigation and consultation team is just going through the motions. Now people all over the world know that Wang Xiaohu has a fierce fight with China. If he has any requests and opinions, he has digested them privately in the past few years.

"That's all for our investigation today, thank you Mr. Wang for your cooperation." The leader of the investigation team said before leaving: "See you in BJ in a week."

"Goodbye, BJ!" Wang Xiaohu smiled and shook hands with the person in charge to see him off.

Goodbye BJ is the invitation that the survey consultation team must say to every celebrity in Hong Kong.

Wang Xiaohu then did many things.

First, I went to Xiehe Film and Television City to visit the crew of "Shooting the Condor". When I came, I was filming the July [-]th Beggar Clan meeting. Yang Kang held a dog-beating stick in front of Xuanyuan Terrace and officially became the leader of the gang, and framed Guo Jing and Huang Rong to all the Beggar Clan disciples.

Wearing sunglasses, Wang Xiaohu leaned against a big tree to enjoy the shade, watching Miao Qiaowei, Wu Mengda, Huang Rihua, Weng Meiling and others performing on stage.

Among the disciples of the beggar gang, Wang Xiaohu actually saw Ouyang Zhenhua, Liu Qingyun, Liang Chaowei and Zhang Weijian. I have to say that Brother Hu suddenly became a little ecstatic.

"Ahu, are you here to visit the set?" During the filming gap, Yuan Heping came to greet Wang Xiaohu under the shade of a tree, "Tsk tsk, you are very busy right now."

"Hehe, no matter how busy I am, I can't work as hard as you, Big Eye. How long will it take to finish?"

Yuan Heping smiled and said, "By the end of the month, we can basically finish all the filming. You also know that now you are shooting and editing as you go. If you encounter something that doesn't work, you will immediately reshoot. So the progress is a bit slow, longer than the filming cycle."

Wang Xiaohu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I'll give you a few months off after the filming is over, so you can stay at home with your sister-in-law."

"Ahu, are you shooting a new movie? I heard Adan said the day before yesterday that you want to find him." Yuan Heping suddenly asked with a smile.

Wang Xiaohu nodded and said, "Yes, there is a film for him, an international action film for the European and American markets."

"Uh, can he do it?" Yuan Heping was a little worried: "I thought you were looking for Jiezi, after all he has accumulated a lot of popularity with "Shaolin Temple"."

"I have other arrangements for Jiezi. As for Adan, hehe, anyway, the selling point this time is his movements. He doesn't need too good acting skills. Give it a try." Wang Xiaohu said.

Now that Wang Xiaohu had already made arrangements, Yuan Heping couldn't say anything more.

Anyway, Wang Xiaohu doesn't intend to let Donnie Yen take the route of his previous life to shoot some Kung Fu comedy "Laughing Tai Chi", let alone let him shoot some messy types. He has filmed all three famous works of his previous life, so he always has something Come out and make up for it.

(End of this chapter)