Chapter seven hundred and sixteen
The next day, no doubt, major media and newspapers used last night's Hong Kong Film Awards as a revelation to hype.
Among them, the battle for the best actors is portrayed as the "Heavenly Slaying Dragon" in martial arts, and among the many brilliant stars, the most eye-catching one is the big star Chen Xiaotang.
Best Screenwriter, Best Actor!
These two awards alone are enough to give people a versatile and popular feeling, not to mention that his Magic Shadow Entertainment also won the heavyweight award of Best Movie.
Therefore, while major media reported on the grand occasion of the Golden Horse Awards, they were hyping up Chen Xiaotang, an extremely dazzling superstar, which made many superstars who were originally super big names dim, such as Fa Ge, Li Xiuxian and others.
I have to mention here that the person who can compete with Chen Xiaotang at the peak of public opinion is undoubtedly Brother Cheng Long. Unfortunately, the reason why Brother Cheng Long was able to compete with Chen Xiaotang this time is not because he was dazzling and shining enough, but because of a stripper dance performed at the food stall after he got drunk last night.
The paparazzi have extremely sensitive sense of smell, not to mention that Brother Cheng Long jumped so much last night that his negative reports suddenly seized many media sectors.
"The Dragon Heart missed the Golden Horse Awards, Cheng Long had fun in pain and danced a striptease!"
"Dancing at night market stall, Brother Cheng Long took off his clothes and laughed proudly!"
"The superstar is embarrassed, Cheng Long is upset!"...
Fortunately, Chen Xiaotang is full of popularity and the news page occupies a lot of space, otherwise Brother Cheng Long's embarrassing story might have become the front page headlines of the media.
Brother Cheng Long really doesn't know whether to be envious, jealous, or grateful for Chen Xiaotang's popularity...
A plane from the United States to Hong Kong soars in the blue sky.
As second- and third-tier stars in American action movies, Shangge Yundon and Longer had worked hard in Hollywood before, but they both took the Kung Fu line, but they actually didn't know each other.
The two of them first collaborated in their previous lives in 1992. Shange Yundon and Longgell collaborated on "Recreation of Warriors". The film was creative and popular. With the addition of two action stars, they became very popular that year, and won more than 100 million US dollars in the world for a cost of 23 million. In the sequel filmed in 1999, Longgell was absent, and Shange Yundon alone supported it. He also performed well.
Everyone likes action movies. There is no one who doesn’t know them in the past life, but what everyone is more curious about is who is better than these two muscular men?!
In fact, there is no way to compare this. Because Shangge Yundon is the middleweight karate champion, and Longer is the heavyweight karate champion. This is the same as the karate competition's cross-level challenge. It is difficult to fight the middleweight champion and the heavyweight champion. Just like boxing. Hopkins is the middleweight king, but if he fights Tyson, he will probably be kosted within 30 seconds.
Therefore, there are rumors that Lao Shang and Long Geer were competing with the co-star movie "Space Warrior" on the set. The result was that Lao Shang was beaten down by Long Geer within one minute.
Back to the topic, let’s talk about Shangge Yundon and Longgele having just made their debut in Hollywood at this time, so they can only be regarded as “coming out” with such popular action stars, so they are not very familiar with each other. They know nothing about the situation in Hong Kong.
It was not until Chen Xiaotang contacted his friend "explosion" Jim. Jim called the two of them through relationships and told a film company in Hong Kong that it was about to start a big action drama, hoping that the two of them could join.
At first, it was a film company in Hong Kong, and both Shangge Yundon and Longgel sneered.
Although Hong Kong is known as "Oriental Hollywood", compared with real Hollywood, it is a "fake" and has no comparable value. What big drama can be filmed in a small place like this?!
However, before they could refuse, Jim followed Chen Xiaotang's explanation and told them that if they joined the drama, the pay would be one million US dollars!
One million!
God, have we heard it wrong?!
Shanggeyundon and Longgele were immediately stunned.
No matter who can't get along with, you can't get along with money. Besides, one million US dollars in Hollywood is not easy to earn. Sometimes the two of them have only 300,000 to 400,000 US dollars in a play.
So, the two muscular men no longer hesitated, washed their butts and got on the plane.
The two met each other, after all, they had to make money in the same drama, and they were all from Hollywood. Is it sweet to be a hometown water or not to be kissed by the people in my hometown, so the two chatted on the plane.
"I'm talking about Lao Shang, do you think we'll come to Hong Kong this time, how will they receive us?" Longgell asked. Because he is a Swedish, his accent is a bit rural.
"I thought they would definitely want to welcome VIPs, with good wine and good food, maybe there are beauties. Don't forget that we are from Hollywood!" Shangge Yundun also had a mouthful of old-town accent.
"Yes, I think so too, haha, the Hong Kong people have never seen us big Hollywood stars!"
Both muscular men regard themselves as superstars, but to be honest, although they are only second- and third-rate in Hollywood, they are really powerful when they come to Hong Kong.
"Miss, can you have a cup of whiskey?" Shanggeyundon greeted the stewardess, "I want to celebrate with my friends!"
"Yes, we want to celebrate, God, this is definitely a perfect journey!"
In a moment.
The two big guys crossed their legs, drank whiskey and ice happily, looked at the Oriental Pearl under the sky, and dreamed.
Hong Kong, Magic Shadow Entertainment Company.
New problems arise in the original implementation of the "Assassin's Creed" movie plan.
Because based on the content of Chen Xiaotang's script and his requirements for shooting this drama, the fat man Wang Jing, who was the producer, raised objections.
The fundamental reason is that the fat man told Chen Xiaotang: "Even if we finish filming the drama "Assassin's Creed", the post-production cannot be done at all, because the strength of Magic Shadow Entertainment is here. To be able to follow Hollywood blockbusters, this drama requires top editors, as well as special effects and flushing work, but we can't do it all!"
Fatty is not an alarmist statement, but a fact.
Many film companies in Hong Kong are now focused on filming and making money. They have never considered the development of high-tech films. The same is true for Magic Shadow Entertainment. In the early stages of development, in order to accumulate original funds, they did not invest in scientific and technological research on a large scale. It was not until after the establishment of Magic Shadow Fund that Chen Xiaotang formulated the development route of computer technology, emphasizing the importance of computer special effects, movie editing, etc.
But the development of these things is definitely not achieved overnight. Once your route is formulated, it will produce results immediately. On the contrary, without two or three years of exploration and development, these are all castles in the air.
In contrast, although there are many Hong Kong movies, they are far behind Hollywood in terms of quality. This is why we see many Hong Kong movies from the 1980s, the pictures are so blurry and the images are so garbage. We will also understand why Hong Kong movies can only shoot kung fu movies, and science fiction movies are always unable to make blockbusters, not because they have no money, but because they are not good at technology!
The fat man's words made Chen Xiaotang very troubled.
In Fatty's words, if you want the movie to reach international level in all aspects, you can only go to Jiahe and ask them to complete the post-production.
After all, Jiahe is now the boss of Hong Kong movies and has also made it to Hollywood, so there is some experience.
Chen Xiaotang almost immediately shook his head and denied it, not because Chen Xiaotang couldn't hide his face. Now everyone is on the same boat, so it's absolutely fine to ask Jiahe for help. After all, Magic Movie Cinema is being built like a big deal. If the filming of this drama is successful, it will also bring benefits to everyone. The problem is that Jiahe's skills are not good either. Otherwise, why would Jiahe only use kung fu films to enter Hollywood instead of some high-tech stuff?
As for the New Art City, which is as famous as Jiahe, the highest high-tech can only shoot comedy films like "Best Partner".
People still have to rely on themselves.
After thinking about it, Chen Xiaotang suddenly remembered something and asked Wang Jing: "Ajing, have you heard of the American Industrial Light and Magic Movie Special Effects Company?"
"Of course I've heard of it and participated in the shooting and production of "Star Wars"?" The fat man looked at Chen Xiaotang with a funny look. "Although I don't like science fiction movies, I have to admit that "Star Wars" is very good in both shooting and production!"
The fat man talked and suddenly looked at Chen Xiaotang in surprise and exclaimed: "Do you ask him if he wants to ask them to make "Assassin's Creed" late?"
"Hehe, can't it?"
Chen Xiaotang nodded proudly and said seriously: "American movies may often be criticized by some people who claim to be artists, but we have to accept the big pictures and big productions they create!"
After a pause, Chen Xiaotang said again: "If Light Magic did "Assassin's Creed" well this time, I even considered investing in this company and developing computer special effects technology together. This would always be better than doing it from scratch."
"It's hard!" The fat man shook his head without confidence and said. "Don't be too big of an industrial light magic company, it's developing very fast. Will those ghosts let us Hong Kong people invest in shares? Will they give their Hollywood movie technology costumes to us outsiders?!"
"Haha, things are done by humans! Besides, I don't believe that there are still people who can't get along with money!" Chen Xiaotang smiled with great confidence. "In my opinion, nothing in this world is 'not-selling'. The key is that you can't afford to make the other party excited. Industrial Light and Magic's surface is beautiful, but developing computer stunts must require a lot of financial support, and we will be their best partner!"
"Well, I hope you are right!" The fat man didn't say anything else, so as not to hurt Chen Xiaotang's enthusiasm, and instead said: "But it's too early to say anything now. Whether the drama "Assassin's Creed" can be started is still not a single word, especially those two Hollywood ghosts, I don't know if they agree to join this drama!"
"I think they should agree." Chen Xiaotang said confidently.
Chapter completed!