Movie tycoon

Chapter 382 "Goodbye Huangpu Beach" PK "Huangpu Love"

Hong Kong TVB, in the creative department.

When Chen Xiaotang revised the script of "Young and Dangerous" and handed it back to Fang Yihua, he expressed his idea by the way.

"I'm going to incorporate fighting content into the gangster movie "Young and Dangerous" and package it as a fighting movie!" Chen Xiaotang said straight to the point.

Fang Yihua was slightly startled, because everyone had discussed making this film into a "Godfather" genre, but now... why did Ah Tang suddenly change his mind?

"I don't quite understand, can you explain the purpose of your modification?" Fang Yihua asked.

Chen Xiaotang sorted out his thoughts a bit, and said: "Nowadays, HK movies are divided into kung fu comedies, mainly Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao from Golden Harvest; traditional martial arts movies, mainly our Shaw Brothers movies; and zombie ghost movies. Focus on the "Happy Ghost" series filmed in New Art City. These three types of movies basically cover about 70.00% of HK's annual production. If we carefully dissect these three types, we will find that they have a common Point, that is—kung fu!!! Whether you are juggling, ghost hunting, or flying, you basically rely on the gimmick of kung fu to attract people.”

"As the saying goes, ever-changing remains the same. Now that we have found the key point, why can't we just take off these cloaks and shoot a high-quality kung fu fighting movie?"

After listening to Chen Xiaotang's discussion, Fang Yihua smiled and said: "Tang Zai, I understand what you said, do you want to follow Bruce Lee's kung fu route? But I have to remind you that there is only one Bruce Lee in this world, although You are very popular and very popular, but it is still unknown whether everyone will buy your kung fu movies... Besides, we Shaw Brothers have also shot similar movies before, such as "Martial Arts", "Mad Monkey", etc., and the box office It’s not very good, and now people’s interest is to watch funny kung fu, watch zombies catch ghosts, and such gimmicks as bloody fighting are no longer popular.”

Chen Xiaotang picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "Sixth Aunt, don't worry, since I'm going to make this kind of fighting and gangster movie, I'm sure I can make it well. After all, you've already read the script. After that, this kung fu version of "Young and Dangerous" must be amazing!!"

Seeing Chen Xiaotang's swearing, Fang Yihua was too embarrassed to hurt his self-confidence. After thinking about it again, Chen Xiaotang always likes to do something different, but every time he is lucky enough to save the day, and even miracles happen one after another. Maybe this time...

Fang Yihua thought of this, and said, "Okay then, Ah Tang, you can show this script to Director Xiao Sheng and Director Wang Tianlin for study, and I'll help you prepare first, what do you think?"

Hearing Aunt Six's words, Chen Xiaotang knew that the matter was over.I am very happy.

But right away Aunt Six spoke again, "Ah Tang, thanks to you this time we played wirelessly against ATV. Although the ratings still failed to beat ATV in the end, the morale has improved."

As soon as Chen Xiaotang heard this, he understood that there would be more to say after [-].

Sure enough, Aunt Six continued: "But this time we have suffered a loss after all. ATV is also very high-profile, saying that they will start filming another movie and step us down. I got the news that the new movie they are going to start shooting is "" Huo Dongge". You must know that this drama is obviously filmed as the sequel of "Huo Yuanjia". We couldn't resist when we were fighting with "Huo Yuanjia". I'm afraid we will be stepped on by the other party this time. !"

"Huo Dongge"? !

Chen Xiaotang couldn't help being taken aback.

You must know that Chen Xiaotang admired the dramas of ATV in his previous life, especially the "Fearless" trilogy.

At that time, ATV was not as declining as the future, and was overwhelmed by wireless.In Chen Xiaotang's memory, there were more ATV dramas in the 80s than TVB.The first Hong Kong TV series introduced in the mainland was ATV's "Huo Yuanjia", and soon after that, the sequels "Chen Zhen" and "Huo Dongge" were introduced.

The theme song of "Huo Yuanjia" became popular all over the country as soon as it was released.Huang Yuanshen, who played Huo Yuanjia, knew later that he had become a monk.It is also worth mentioning that Michelle became the earliest Hong Kong TV actress familiar to mainland audiences through this drama.

Afterwards, "Chen Zhen" and "Huo Dongge" were broadcast. When I was a child watching these dramas, the TV station usually showed four episodes in a row every night, and there were only two or three commercials in the middle of each episode.
Liang Xiaolong, who played Chen Zhen, later played Huoyun Cthulhu in Zhou Xingchi's "Kung Fu", and his leg skills are amazing. The theme song of "Chen Zhen" is also very classic. Later, these children changed the lyrics according to the song and sang it as "children" I'm your daddy', it's fun.
However, what Chen Xiaotang remembers most about the play "Huo Dongge" is not the kung fu in it, but the Huo Dongge played by Qian Xiaohao who always kisses his Japanese girlfriend. Together, they decided to commit suicide, and before they died, they kissed Huo Dongge for a long time. To use a more fashionable word, they are envious of others!

But Chen Xiaotang knows that the ratings of this drama are still good, just like the trilogy of "Shooting the Condors", ATV has become a classic of Kung Fu movies in the Republic of China with these three dramas.

Chen Xiaotang recovered from his daydreams and said, "Aunt Liu, this time ATV's heavy attack is nothing more than relying on the prestige of the previous two dramas "Fearless" and "Chen Zhen" to attract the audience's attention. We don't have to Get too nervous so you don't mess yourself up."

"Oh, Ah Tang, I don't know what you said, but we are very weak in shooting kung fu dramas in the Republic of China. There are experts like Xu Xiaoming over there. We only have Xiao Sheng, Wang Tianlin, who are good at shooting martial arts dramas. , In contrast, I really don’t know how to deal with it.” The sixth aunt Fang Yihua sighed, and then said: “After thinking about it, I can only shoot a Republic of China drama like "Shanghai Bund". We can compete with it, but this kind of heroic drama has basically been badly shot by ourselves, and we can't make new ideas if we shoot again... So I am distressed."

Hearing Aunt Six's words, Chen Xiaotang couldn't help but think of two very classic Shanghai Bund dramas in his previous life, one was "Goodbye Huangpu Beach" starring Chen Tingwei.The other is "Huangpu Love" starring Julian Cheung.

As the saying goes: When you are drunk with money, you can watch the changing situation in Shanghai with a smile;

"Goodbye Huangpu Beach" is a TV series similar to biographical nature. Its prototype is Du Yuesheng, a Shanghai tycoon in the 30s, but it was changed to Du Guosheng in the play.In addition, this drama also has another more domineering name "Shanghai~The Godfather of the Beach".I have to say that Chen Tingwei, who is the leading actor, is very "prestige" and has a thorough understanding of the character Du Guosheng. It is estimated that he often reads Du Yuesheng's biographies.In addition, he seems to be very good at starring in this kind of TV series, and his every move has a tycoon and heroic temperament. It can be said that he is the most similar actor among the actors Chen Xiaotang knows.

In contrast, "Huangpu Love" is just like the name of this play. Although the whole play runs through the blood and passion of men fighting for hegemony in Shanghai, the whole play is more like the storyline in Qiong Yao's novels.In particular, the love between men and women is more delicately portrayed than in "Shanghai Beach".Especially the love between Ren Feihong starring Julian Cheung and Nan Xing starring Guo Keying is regarded as a classic of this life by many sentimental girls.

As a man, Chen Xiaotang still prefers "Goodbye Huangpu Beach", which is more domineering, but from the perspective of TV drama ratings, "Huangpu Love" is definitely better. Without it, it is only because this drama can impress female audiences more. As we all know, among Hong Kong TV audiences, female audiences are [-]-[-]% higher than male audiences.

Just as Chen Xiaotang was thinking, Fang Yihua, the sixth aunt, seemed to have seen the clue, and asked, "Atang, do you have any ideas, you can talk about it, it would be best to help the company—"

So Chen Xiaotang didn't hide anything, and said what he thought in his heart. Of course, he had to say with the cheek that these two plays were conceived by him before, and maybe they can be used just right.

At the beginning, Sixth Aunt Fang Yihua didn't have much hope for what Chen Xiaotang said, and the reason why she asked him just now was also out of curiosity.

But now that Chen Xiaotang roughly explained the story content of the two plays "Goodbye to Huangpu Beach" and "Huangpu Love", the sixth aunt was stunned, her eyes widened, and she looked at Chen Xiaotang very strangely.

When Chen Xiaotang talked about being excited, he didn't notice Aunt Six's weird behavior. He just analyzed in detail how the two dramas should be filmed, and predicted how the ratings would be after the filming.

It wasn't until Chen Xiaotang felt that his mouth was parched, that he realized something was wrong, why did Aunt Six look at him with such blurred and ambiguous eyes, couldn't it be——want an old cow to eat tender grass? !
Chen Xiaotang was a chill.

His uncle, I am a showman but not a person!
Fortunately, Aunt Six woke up at this time, coughed to cover up her gaffe, but she still couldn't help asking Chen Xiaotang: "You mean, you conceived these two plays before?"

Chen Xiaotang thought, of course not, I copied it!On the mouth, he said plausibly: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Pick, and shamelessly asked a rhetorical question.

"Genius, you are indeed a genius!" Aunt Six sighed, "It seems that you are really a lucky general of our wireless TV station. You can come up with such a good TV series. Not bad, very good, very good!"

Chen Xiaotang blushed.

Don't praise me any more, I'd be proud.

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I really like Chen Tingwei in "Goodbye Huangpu Beach". I have watched this drama twice on TV. I once hoped to buy a disc for my collection, but unfortunately I didn't sell it.It is also a small regret.In the third update today, there are more than 1000 words, so it's hard enough!

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