new kung fu king

Chapter 736 "The True Colors of a Hero" Starts Up

After the Spring Festival, Concorde International has many things to deal with. The first thing is to launch "The True Colors of Heroes".

As the boss of Xiehe International, Wang Xiaohu witnessed the whole process of "The True Colors of Heroes" from scratch, some of which he did deliberately.

It's not that Wang Xiaohu is ruthless, but that some movies are the inevitable product of a special environment, and "The True Colors of a Hero" is definitely the special among the special.

If either John Woo or Chow Yun-fat is not in the mentality of "unwilling" at this time, then the same script, the same director, because of the different mentality, the film produced will definitely have a different taste.

The changed flavor of "The True Colors of a Hero" may still be a classic, but it is not the classic in Wang Xiaohu's memory.

When Wu Yusen brought Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Li Zixiong and others to the set to prepare for the opening ceremony, only a few media reporters joined in.

Seeing this scene, Wu Yusen and Chow Yun-fat looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung and others were also depressed, looking downcast.

"Hey, no media is willing to support me. This is the hardest time I've ever been hurt in filming." Chow Yun Fat said with a sigh.

Wu Yusen patted him on the shoulder, maybe he was the only one in the whole crew who could understand Chow Yun-fat's mood.

"It doesn't matter, the more this is the case, the more we should work hard not to disappoint the boss's hope, Fazi, cheer up."

Chow Yun-fat nodded, and stood behind Wu Yusen with all his strength to offer incense.

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the entrance of the studio, and then someone shouted.

"Hey, I said you guys are too mean. I, the producer and producer, are not here, so you have to start the machine!"

"Hey, it's Brother Hu!" Chow Yun-fat turned his head immediately after hearing the sound.

Then he exclaimed in surprise: "Director, it's the boss, wow, Sister Zhi and Qingxia are here, as well as Uncle Zhan and Uncle Hui, why are there a bunch of reporters!"

Not only Chow Yun-fat was stunned, even Wu Yusen was surprised when he saw the size of the visitors and the movements they made.

Isn't that right? Wang Xiaohu, Zhao Yazhi, and Brigitte Lin are leading the charge, followed by the two veterans of the Hong Kong music scene: Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui.

As Wang Xiaohu walked quickly, he blamed dissatisfiedly: "Ah, look at your lifeless virtues, the opening ceremony is so simple, people who don't know think that I deliberately withheld your funds and didn't invest in it!"

"Uh, boss, we, we thought no one was paying attention, so we didn't even invite the lion dance team." Wu Yusen scratched his head and explained.

"That's right, it will affect the reputation of our Xiehe International." Zhao Yazhi came over and complained: "Fortunately, we have already prepared, here."

Following Zhao Yazhi's slender finger, there was a deafening sound of gongs and drums from behind the crowd, and more than a dozen majestic lions appeared on the stage in various manners. At the same time, the sound of firecrackers exploded.

The originally lifeless studio suddenly became a sea of ​​joy, and Wu Yusen, Chow Yun-fat and others suddenly showed excited smiles on their faces.

"Boss, thank you for your support!" Wu Yusen said from the bottom of his heart.

"Do we still need to be so polite between you and me?" Wang Xiaohu smiled and drove Wu Yusen, and said, "Okay, Uncle Zhan and Uncle Hui were captured by me for the soundtrack of the movie, and the theme song will be sung by Shi Zai. His charisma in the singing world, as for this group of reporters, you will have to get rid of it later."

"No, I, I'm not good at dealing with reporters." Wu Yusen had a bitter face, he also had a headache when interviewed by reporters.

"What are you afraid of?" Seeing this, Wang Xiaohu encouraged: "You have to know one thing. Media reporters have always served the entertainment industry. Whether it is positive or negative reports, they will arouse the public's attention to the film. As long as you can use it well , can be regarded as a means of publicity, and it doesn’t cost money, you should learn more about this, by the way, Fazai will help John deal with the situation.”

"Brother Hu, I will." Chow Yun-fat replied happily.

"OK, the matter has been settled, I have other things to be busy, I will leave it to you here." Wang Xiaohu clapped his hands, and before leaving, he did not forget to tell the stupefied Leslie Cheung: "Ten boy, what are you doing in a daze, hurry up Say hello to Uncle Hui and Uncle Zhan, the theme song!"

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By the time the reporters came to their senses, Wang Xiaohu had already slipped away.Fortunately, Zhao Yazhi did not leave. She not only participated in the opening ceremony as a producer, but also arranged for Phoenix TV to record sideshows.

She also knows that the crew of "The True Colors of Heroes" is not favored by the outside world, so she can't be left behind in the promotion work. For this reason, she came up with a small plan, that is, the crew will shoot extras every week, and broadcast them on TV stations one after another to improve the publicity. Exposure of the film to the public.

The next day, major news newspapers published their comments one after another. Just as Wang Xiaohu expected, the mainstream media were not optimistic about "The True Colors of Heroes".

"Two past actors and a comedian facing retirement, should they stage "True Tomorrow" or adult farce?"

A newspaper's point of view is very sharp, straight to the core, and won the approval of the public.

"Since Wu Yusen left Shaw Brothers, he first joined Xu's Film Industry, and "disappeared" after filming a few comedies. In the past two years, he has not seen any action in the circle. He asked a nearly retired comedy director to remake Long Gang The director's classic movie makes it difficult to figure out what Wang Xiaohu meant. Isn't he afraid of smashing the golden signboard of Xiehe International?

Let’s talk about starring Chow Yun-fat. Back then, “Mulan” was very popular at the Cannes Film Festival. Not only did Brigitte Lin win the award, but Wang Xiaohu also won the Palme d’Or. His acting skills are better than him, just like his performances in the film industry in the past two years, his box office appeal is also very weak, let him be the leading role, it is better to let Stephen Chow!
As for Leslie Cheung, I only know that he is a singer who has just been promoted by Lisheng Records. According to the in-depth investigation of this newspaper, Leslie Cheung only participated in TVB's artist training last year.

Opinions like this abound. In short, the Hong Kong media expressed a wait-and-see attitude towards the prospect of Wang Xiaohu investing in the filming of "The True Colors of Heroes".

After all, over the past decade or so, Concorde International has produced and supervised more than 90% of the works, whether it is pure Hong Kong films or a few films co-produced with the mainland, are high-quality products, and the main cadres of Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuan Heping are all in the dozen or so Submit a satisfactory volume within the year.

In comparison, the combination of "True Tomorrow" is extremely suspicious.

Faced with a lot of doubts, Wang Xiaohu dealt with them calmly. At the same time, he did not forget to encourage John Woo and Chow Yun-fat, and even strengthened the security forces of the crew of "A True Colors of Heroes" to ensure that the filming process would not be harassed by other media, but he left Phoenix TV to do the filming. Exclusive interview.

Xiehe International was not in a hurry, but Zhang Che from Taiwan was in a hurry. Director Zhang Da heard that his apprentice was besieged on all sides, and couldn't stay for a while, so he went to Hong Kong to help his apprentice.

After Wang Xiaohu heard the news, he rushed to the set to greet him.

Anyway, Zhang Cheh's contribution to Hong Kong movies, especially kung fu and martial arts films, is obvious to all. It can be said that before Bruce Lee mentioned Zhang Cheh, he was almost a representative of martial arts films. "One Armed Sword" has an extraordinary status in the arena.

"Mr. Zhang, I didn't expect to alarm you. Xiaohu really didn't think carefully, he didn't think carefully." Wang Xiaohu held Zhang Che's hand and kept apologizing.

I think that when I "cheat" Wu Yusen out of Shaw Brothers, I patted my chest and promised to take his lover well.

Now the master can't bear to look at it anymore, it's more or less like asking the teacher to ask the crime.

"What did Mr. Wang say, John told me everything."

Zhang Che still kept the habit of wearing sunglasses back then. After sitting down, he said with a smile: "I was worried at first. I just read the script and the related configuration of the crew, and I asked John about the shooting steps. Now I'm completely relieved."

The director of Gangbu's first movie with a box office of more than one million, his ability is by no means exaggerated. Zhang Che has been on the set for less than half a day, and he has already learned all aspects of "The True Colors of Heroes".

In the eyes of outsiders, John Woo has not released any works in the past two years. In fact, this is not the case. Wu Yusen not only participated in the filming of the Hollywood blockbuster "First Blood" as an action director, gun director, and assistant director, but also participated in "Terminator" last year. "Shooting.

Some people may say, so what?After all, it is an American film, and we Hong Kong people can't see it.

But the great director Zhang Che is thinking about another level of meaning. Wang Xiaohu's move is definitely to cultivate Wu Yusen. Who has the ability to mix Hollywood movies these days?Except for Wang Xiaohu, you can't find a second choice in Hong Kong and Asia.

In addition, after Zhang Che had read the script, he was even more sure of the potential value of this movie. To put it bluntly, it would create a trend.

Wu Yusen's development in the world film industry has begun to steadily integrate, but he is not clear about Wang Xiaohu's next plan.

"It's hard for you to come to Hong Kong once, why don't you stay for a few more days and help John hold the mirror." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

Zhang Che hurriedly waved his hands and said, "With your international director as the producer, I'd better stop making a fool of myself."

After Zhang Che finished speaking, he took the lead in smiling heartily: "Haha, Mr. Wang, I believe that with the ability of Concorde International, this film will definitely be a big success, but I don't know how you will deal with the follow-up in the future?"

Wang Xiaohu was taken aback for a moment, and said: "Mr. Zhang really had a problem with me. Following the trend has always been a hidden danger of Hong Kong movies. After a movie is successful, others will swarm to share the remaining box office value. I don't care about it." There is a radical solution, but I think as long as we open up a few more types of films and have more choices, everyone will not get together like this.”

"En." Zhang Che nodded after hearing the words: "It seems that you already have a plan."

"It's not a plan, it's just a preliminary idea." Wang Xiaohu said.

(End of this chapter)