Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

Zhao Donghuai laughed dumbly, the other party wanted to sign in his company... This was much more reliable than the previous joke about Hong Yinbao's clever plan and the five lucky stars celebration banquet.

There are too many to explain. Other female characters in his future movies will not expect to make money from this, but they will not give it away casually.

It's easy to say that he's one of his own and his salary doesn't matter.

He Qing is like this. Even if his acting skills are only 70% qualified, he wouldn't mind letting He Qing join the hurricane rescue crew to play the heroine's pig teammate and best friend.

"I'm in the company. Come over if you have time. We can talk about the contract seriously."

After hanging up the phone, he said to He Qing, "You can talk more when an actress comes over later."

He Qing was pleasantly surprised and surprised, "Ah, boss, I don't understand Cantonese."

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "If you don't understand, you need to communicate more and learn more. Besides, the actress doesn't speak Mandarin very well, so there's not much of a barrier to understanding."

There are quite a few actors who can speak Mandarin these days.

For example, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao, Yuan Hua, etc., their master is Yu Zhanyuan, a famous Peking opera master. He has become famous in old age. Hong Jinbao said in interviews that when he was a child in the opera troupe, if he spoke Cantonese instead of Mandarin, he would be slapped by the master and imposed strict rules.

Who is Yu Zhanyuan? Born in Beijing in 1905, she is a famous Peking Opera actress. She came to Hong Kong in the 1930s and 1940s.

Newcomers who don't understand Cantonese will have no problem communicating with Hong Yanbao, Cheng Long, Lin Zhengying and others. He didn't know why Guan Jiahui suddenly wanted to sign under his company's name, but letting the other party take care of the situation would save a lot of trouble.

This can be regarded as temporarily collecting a pair of large vases.

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More than two days later, on October 10th.

Another weekend has passed. New World broke out again on Saturday with a box office of 1.12 million, and on Sunday 1.25 million. The total box office has accumulated to 17.99 million.

This is the data after 18 days of release. It can be said that according to the current trend, the box office exceeding 20 million is just around the corner.

Facing the extremely exciting celebration invitations from Johnnie To, Chow Yun-fat and others, Zhao Donghuai did not go to the banquet. Instead, he watched the newly edited sample film with Lin Zhengying and Cheng Xiaodong in a screening room at Shaw Brothers Clear Water Bay Studio.

It's the two sample videos of the last time A Ying, Zhou Xingxing and others were in the Zhao Film Studio's big office. They were quickly edited and combined with handheld photography.

After the one or two minute demo was played, without Zhao Donghuai having to say anything, Cheng Xiaodong couldn't wait to let the projectionist play it again... He watched this demo five times.

Cheng Sir took out his cigarette and said, "Director, this... this action..."

This action sample does not have many handsome poses or flashy and beautiful big moves such as roundhouse kicks, volley flips, 360-degree volley kicks, etc. It is realistic, fierce, punches to the flesh, simple and neat, not showing off skills, but using tricks Take your life and return to nature!

Captured with a handheld camera lens, with Lin Zhengying as the center of sight, every punch and kick thrown by Xingzi and others, including the later weapons, seemed to be smashed at the camera and the audience, and the impact was overwhelming. Much more intense than ordinary action movies.

The sense of immersion is strong. As the camera chases, even if Lin Zhengying punches or kicks, you can read his mentality from the language of the camera just by looking at his back.

This is the key.

The impact of sports shots on experts is much greater than that on ordinary viewers. Many people know that a good actor’s eyes can speak, and his dramatic eyes can win him the Best Actor award, such as Liang Chaowei. The average audience doesn’t understand how much eyes are on him. Just watching it on the news makes me feel very nervous, but when you wait for your fighting moves, it seems Come to life, be able to speak, and express emotions...

Otherwise, the Bourne series, which is based on this type of camera action, would not be hailed as a new milestone in action films of the new era. What era was that? That was the era after Hong Kong action films were getting better and better one generation after another, and the style and pattern of action films were almost completed.

If a large number of fighting elements in the entire film were like this, Cheng Xiaodong would not dare to think about what kind of film it would be, an action film, would it establish a sect? ?

Like Bruce Lee who defined the word kung fu in the film and television industry, or Cheng Long who pioneered kung fu comedy? ?

Cheng Xiaodong and Lin Zhengying are two of the best martial arts directors in the world in this era.

The more they watched, the more they understood the profound meaning of this short one or two minute sample.

Cheng Sir was so excited that he was speechless. Lin Zhengying said, "..."

After taking a few deep breaths in excitement, Lin Zhengying said with a strange look on her face, "Director, are you really going to ask me to be the leading actor in such an action movie??"

He had been working as a martial artist behind the scenes for so many years, and had followed Hong Yinbao for many years, and only had a few opportunities to step on stage and be an important supporting actor. Suddenly someone called him to be the leading actor, the real leading actor. He was so surprised that he couldn't say anything. talk.

After seeing such a sample, A Ying was speechless.

Zhao Donghuai was very calm, "Yes, the setting of my new film is that of a rebellious girl who disobeys her father and travels to other places alone. She falls into the hands of a local gang. Then her old father gets angry and flies off to another place to kill someone. One club at a time to save our daughter.”

"The main plot is that simple, and the final ending is a happy ending."

"The most important thing is the action scenes, otherwise we wouldn't have made a sample film first. Looking at the current male actors in Hong Kong, superstars include Aaron, Sanmao Ge, Yuen Biao, etc., as well as Liu Jiahui, Wang Yu and others."

"But none of them are to my liking. They play beautifully, and their appearance is not too handsome, but they can give people a sense of stability and reliability, and make them feel safe when they stand out... I think you are still very suitable, A-ying."

Ah Ying has already signed a contract for a hurricane rescue action drama with a male protagonist, and there are still four more films left to be contracted. To be honest, there is nothing left.

As for a retired old father, it stands to reason that Lin Zhengying is only 31 years old. Yes, he is 31 this year. He was only 33 years old when Mr. Zombie was filmed two years later in 1985, but Uncle Jiu in Mr. Zombie... Who thought he was only 33 at first impression?

The actor who plays Uncle Nine is 6 years younger than Wen Cai’s apprentice! !

Steady and reliable, do you feel safe as soon as you stand up? It can only be said that as the most secure man in a horror movie, Aying is so skillful in doing this.

His fighting scenes are equally beautiful.

Even if fighting styles such as handheld photography and quick editing do not pursue so much elegance and gorgeousness, occasionally one or two shoulder throws, bridge jumping, etc. are still necessary.

More than 90% of the scenes are realistic violence, as efficient and fast as real agents, military and police killing people in actual combat, relying on editing to modify unsightly actions in real combat.

Less than 10% to add a gorgeous finishing touch at the critical moment is enough.

It’s not like I’m deliberately praising Lin Zhengying. In this era, if you want to film a hurricane rescue and want to find the most suitable male protagonist, you can choose over and over again, but the one in front of you is the most suitable.

Not only does Lam Ching-ying have a good character, it feels right, she can perform easily, and she is also cheap. How much do you think one of his films costs now? A guy like Chow Yun-fat who has made a name for himself in Hong Kong and Macau on the beach, has made many well-received movies, and the market price for being a leading role is only 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

This is not to say that Ah Fa is too low and has no reputation. If he compares it to female stars...it is already the top-notch price for Hong Kong female stars in this era.

For actresses, one is Zhao Yazhi, who costs 250,000 Hong Kong dollars per film, which is currently the most expensive.

Apart from her, Lin Qingxia is the queen of literature and art. She costs 200,000 yuan for a movie, but she is the queen of literature and art.

Before Ah Fa starred in New World, his salary was very low, but he was still on par with top actresses.

A Ying would be fine if she gave him fifty thousand or one hundred thousand yuan.

The female, newcomer Lan Jieying, He Qing plays the female best friend, and Guan Jiahui plays the heroine idol singer. The three beauties don't cost more than 100,000 yuan to package.

This is so cheap! !

Under his explanation, Lin Zhengying was speechless for a long time. After a while, she sighed and said, "Director, thank you very much!"

"I only signed a part-time contract, but if you have anything to do in the future, feel free to ask. I will never refuse. It doesn't matter what the salary is."

Brother Long left Luo Wei, who made him famous, and signed with Golden Harvest, but he was almost secretly chased. He had to go to Hollywood to film to avoid the limelight, lest an accident would outweigh the gain.

It's not that Director Luo is lawless and Jiahe can't control it, but if...even if it happens that Aaron can't continue filming, no one will be willing to accept the result.

Seeing Director Zhao in front of him, he really had nothing to say.

All that remains is gratitude.