Chapter 093 New Fisherman Hua Zai(1/3)
After the Lantern Festival, on February 17th in the Gregorian calendar, in the evening at the Shaw Brothers Clearwater Bay studio, Zhao Donghuai led a group of creators and others behind the scenes to start the worship ceremony for the launch of his third film.
The crew this time is also full of talents.
Not to mention rising stars like Chen Musheng who are still struggling to learn, there are enough talents brought in by Yuan Heping.
Director Yuan is also one of the biggest contributors to Cheng Long's rise. Both Snake-Shaped Trickster and Drunken Master were produced by Director Yuan. However, as a "director", he is sandwiched between producer Wu Siyuan and superstar Aaron.
No wonder”.
He is also a director who was supported by Wu Siyuan, and Snake Shape is his first directorial debut.
However, in the early to mid-1980s, after leaving Wu Siyuan and Cheng Long, Director Yuan formed Yuan Jia Ban to start his own business. He had not yet found a clear path and was in a period of confusion. Laughing Tai Chi, which was originally going to be released in May this year, was the only one in Hong Kong.
6.9 million box office... It hit the street. In 1978, Drunken Master six years ago had a box office of 6.76 million, and it also made Cheng Long famous. When Hong Kong movies entered the era of 20 million and 30 million box office at every turn, Yuan Heping was still in 1967
After struggling for a million, I really fell into despair.
Next year, I will meet a rival for directing, and the box office will still be more than 6 million, and I will continue to hit the streets.
They all starred Donnie Yen.
A few years later, the sequels of SWAT and Dragon Slayer and The Royal Sisters were just average. Until the Once Upon a Time series, there were also Fist of Fury, Dark Knight, The Matrix series, Quentin’s Kill Bill series, etc.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the best foreign language film in Hollywood...
Yuan Daocai has established a new line and a strong position in the field of dynamic fingering.
This time, Yuan Heping came with the Yuan Family Class and his disciples to help out on a voluntary basis for free. Of course, whatever he said was free would work, but Director Zhao still paid him the market price.
Cheng Xiaodong's martial arts skills are also good, and he is preparing for Black Hero. If things go smoothly here, he plans to invite Yuan Heping to come over and have a look, to suppress the formation.
This start-up ceremony went smoothly, even if Zhao's temporary workers such as Hutchison Snake Ming, Ba Guan, Fuxing Fat Snake, Yisheng Little Overlord, and the Dragon and Tiger martial arts masters were always in the most inconspicuous position at the outermost edge.
, did not attract attention.
From behind the scenes to the supporting staff, everyone...respectfully and respectfully watched Director Zhao go through the process.
There are countless people who are holding their breath and looking for opportunities to perform in front of Tycoon Zhao. After all, this is not only a tycoon, but also has a strong ability to promote stars!
Today is the tenth day since Johnnie To's The New World 2 was released. In the first nine days, the box office has accumulated more than 14 million, and it has easily reached 20 million.
The albums of Guan Jiahui, He Qing, and Hu Huizhong also sold more than 60,000 copies, achieving a platinum album achievement.
Film appointments such as those of Chow Yun-fat and Wan Ziliang are constantly coming in. I heard that Lam Ching-ying's salary has risen to 1 million per film. Zhang Guorong is also very popular. The album has officially launched. In the past few days, he has easily achieved several platinums in Hong Kong and has continued to do so in other places.
The accumulation explodes.
The girls from the island country who used to fly in groups from the island country to block Cheng Long are now divided into groups to block Brother Ah Rong. Even if the number is not large, it is still an extremely rare phenomenon.
These kinds of honors are enough for Zhao Daheng to create an invincible golden body in many small behind-the-scenes and extras.
When the ceremony ended, Zhao Donghuai looked at Yuan Heping with a smile, "Director Yuan, how are you preparing for today's scene?"
The crew is tentatively scheduled to be a solitary tiger. The first scene is when Zhou Huimin is kidnapped by the two villain brothers and forces Hua Zai to deliver a sample of poison to the big drug lord Qin Pei. Then the two villain brothers report the police to Hua Zai.
He was also caught by the police.
When the police went to collect Hua Zai's information, they found a dead body at Hua Zai's house.
Hua Zai was worried about Zhou Huimin's safety. He had no time or energy to honestly cooperate with the police in investigating the case. He broke through the police station in a few minutes and ran out to save people.
The first scene is the night scene where Hua Zai kills the police station.
The layout of the police station? Just shoot the scene on the set. When necessary, go to a certain police station on Hong Kong Island and take pictures of the exterior of the gate.
Of course, the entire interior uses studio buildings.
Violent action scenes are the biggest selling point of the film, and the first filming scene is also basic. After all, the Mo Yi Mo crew and the new team are behind the scenes. Only 10 or 20% of the old people who survived the New World and hurricane rescues are left.
Under the words, Yuan Heping nodded hurriedly, "Zhao Sheng, just call me A Yuan. It's easy to play. I have not only done hurricane rescue more than a dozen times, but also visited A Ying several times. After you gave me the script, I still feel
You can try it."
"Shall I go talk to the actor?"
Zhao Donghuai smiled and nodded.
Then I saw Yuan Heping leading the team towards a group of celebrities, led by Zhang Guorong, and the supporting actors... Hua Zai killed through the police station, and of course knocked out more than one policeman. The policeman played by Zhang Guorong was not at the scene at the time.
But the clip that was officially shown on the big screen was a fight scene that Ah Rong and two colleagues watched from the police station's closed-circuit television after they learned the news and rushed back.
Forget Ah Wing, the other Huang Rihua, Tang Zhenye? This is the two tigers of Wireless TV who came to play the supporting role. There are more such as Miao Qiaowei, Dai Zhiwei, Li Chengchang, Ouyang Zhenhua and so on.
Among the police officers that Hua Zai knocked down this time were Ah Miao, Li Chengchang and others.
The action director talks about the scene, the actors practice, the scene notes are cleared, the lighting engineer tries to turn on the lights, and three cameras are placed in the corners of the triangle, all on slide rails.
Everything went smoothly.
After the rehearsal, Director Zhao started the rehearsal and the recorder started playing.
He had handsome long hair that almost covered his eyes. Although his suit was cool and fit him well, Andy, who was decadent and gloomy, started fighting. As soon as Officer Ah Miao walked up behind him and unhooked his handcuffs, Andy suddenly pulled up his clothes.
The leader pulled down Ah Miao, pushed him on his knees, and then pressed the injured Ah Miao's head against the desk, knocking out the opponent in just over a second.
And then knocking over suits and uniformed police officers in the corridors one after another...
The play went smoothly.
Zhao Donghuai nodded with satisfaction, and then took full Steadicam and handheld photography by himself.
When he started walking with a full set of things weighing fifty or sixty kilograms easily, Zhou Huimin, who was watching in the corner, couldn't help but cover her mouth in shock, "Hey, boss..."
Isn’t this too powerful?!
Even if she had heard and known about the rumors before, hearing the rumors and witnessing them with her own eyes were still two different things!
This shocking power is a bit too crazy!
Qiu Shuzhen also opened her mouth with a look of disbelief on her face, "I feel like the director can carry me with one hand and run away, or carry me on his shoulders..."
Amin is the only female protagonist, but after she was abducted by the villain, she was still with a group of girls who were also controlled and kidnapped. Ah Zhen guest-starred as one of the victims.
Ye Dexian also took a deep breath, "I heard Brother Sanmao say more than once that Sanmao wanted to try handheld photography, but he couldn't straighten his waist at all times."
The Hong Kong film and television industry is neither small nor big, just like when Yuan Heping asked Lin Zhengying for advice? Director Yuan may not be familiar with Aying, but Cheng Long's two famous works were directed by Yuan.
Another example is Ip Tak-hsien, whether it was Hong Ping-po's early Beware of Little Hands or the Double Gun series, she was always the heroine. Now Hong Ping-po and Shun Jianxun's Debao is a satellite company of director Zhao.
Her biggest task during the entire filming period was to provide more guidance on the acting skills of A Min and A Zhen. This job was available both inside and outside the crew. In addition to being paid for the film, Director Zhao was also paid an acting teacher's salary.
And now, many people in the entire crew are shocked by Director Zhao's strength and big limbs. Looking at Amin and Zhen, they are covering their faces in shame. After all, they are carrying a full set of sports, even if it is still winter, Director Zhao
I don’t wear much, and my upper body muscle lines are too hormonal. In Hong Kong Island, the temperature today is 17 degrees.
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The first night of filming for "The Flying Tiger" ended as scheduled. At 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Donghuai called it a day and the crew immediately came to life. There was excitement, laughter and noise everywhere.
Most of the time when working, everyone is trying to gain performance and make a good impression in front of Mr. Zhao. There are too many respectful, reserved and quiet moments, and the work will be different.
When Qiu Shuzhen ran to deliver water and towels to Zhao Donghuai, bodyguard A Guang also came over with a BB camera, "Boss, Foshan phone number, Mr. Li wants to talk to you about something."
Zhao Donghuai was slightly surprised. After thanking Azhen, he walked to a nearby office building to find a phone number.
After a while, when he got through the phone of Sanshui Winery and was polite, he heard the excited and restrained voice of Director Li, "Sheng Zhao, a batch of Jianlibao will be delivered in 20 days at most.
"
"But I would like to ask, since you want to sell Jianlibao drinks on Hong Kong Island, do you want to sell beer?"
Zhao Donghuai, "Ah? That's what you called to ask?"
Director Li apologized repeatedly, "Sorry, I don't want to interrupt you. Really, I know you are very busy with business..."
Director Zhao was too lazy to listen to this, "If I want to sell beer, in cans, how many cans will you give me?"
Factory Li was so happy that he didn't care to continue apologizing, "How about shipping it to the checkpoint for 30 Hong Kong dollars? Anyway, the can production line is still... well, there is the same joint venture factory agreement as the previous Jianlibao, and I am responsible for the production and transportation here.
"
"No matter what you do, Hong Kong, the island countries, and the South Korean market are all yours, and the total factory is yours 49%."
Zhao Donghuai was slightly speechless, "I'll let someone go to you to negotiate a contract and make investment. Let's buy one million cans first. In this way, Guan Jiahui, He Qing, and Hu Huizhong's personal images will be filled with 200,000 cans each, and then the three women will combine 200,000 cans.
, Zhang Guorong printed 200,000 cans."
"How many days can it be done?"
It is more than 100 kilometers from Foshan to Hong Kong Island, and it costs HKD 30 per can, and 1 million cans only costs HKD 300,000.
The can production line he sent for the first time, of course, also had matching personal image styles. Stars such as Guan Jiahui each had several types of printing. In this era, printing logos, patterns or celebrity images on cans was not a high-end
science and technology.
Director Li was delighted, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, it will be delivered within three days, at most three days!"
Zhao Donghuai also smiled, "No problem. If this cooperation goes well, the beer business can become long-term and stable."
"By the way, when filling, remember to print some words on the pull tabs of some cans, such as a set of unique posters, a set of photo albums, and an exclusive signature. On average, there will be a prize for 20 cans."
Anyway, as long as the contract is signed and he is doing things, he is not afraid that Foshan will cheat him. He has stacked up so many BUFFs.
It was only three days, and the filming went by in a blink of an eye.
To be continued...