1979 Golden Age

Jiahe Film Studio, inside the studio.

It has been arranged like a shopping mall floor, full of clothing boutiques and various glass display cases.

"Police Story" makes extensive use of glass props. From the male protagonist to the female protagonist, from the supporting role to the supporting actor, there are basically scenes of breaking glass.

This is "sugarized glass" specially used for filming. It's not that it's not dangerous, it can be easily injured.

The heroine of this film was changed from Lin Qingxia to Anita Mui.

At this moment, Cheng Long was trying his best to deceive: "You were fighting with him, and he picked you up and knocked you backwards. He first broke the glass display case, and then hit the wall. It's very safe. It's definitely the right thing!"

"Is this something wrong?"

Anita Mui's eyes widened and she made a comparison: "My back hit the glass first and then the wall. I might become disabled!"

"No way! Look at me, my pelvis is dislocated. Why don't I still shoot the same after taking a break?"

"Who can compete with you?"

Anita Mui's face was full of rejection, but she wasn't that tough.

During the filming of "Police Story", Cheng Long drove everyone crazy.

For example, a martial artist, as a stand-in for the heroine, had to jump into a swimming pool from a five-story rooftop. The martial artist didn't dare to jump, so Cheng Long pushed him down. Then he was not satisfied with the camera and asked to do it again. The martial artist was so frightened that he cried.

But no one could say anything, because Cheng Long himself was the hardest-working person. His spine was damaged and his pelvis was dislocated, and he was really almost paralyzed.

Anita Mui understood this truth and gritted her teeth and had no choice but to do it.

Ever since, this shot started: a martial artist picked up Anita Mui and slammed her down, causing the display cabinet made of sugared glass to shatter to the ground. The force was so strong that it almost knocked her out, and her back hit the wall hard.

Anita Mui screamed, and her facial features were distorted in pain. It was not an act at all.

"Click!"

Cheng Long shouted to stop. He was not satisfied with the camera and wanted to do it again, but he saw someone winking. When Kun looked at his neck, Anita Mui sat on the ground and started crying. The main scene was heartbreaking.

It happened that someone reported again: "Mr. Chen is here!"

"When did you come?" He was surprised.

"I've been watching it for a while!"

"Well, you can handle her—"

Cheng Long pointed at Anita Mui, stood up and looked around, and found Chen Qi outside who was watching with interest. He quickly went up to meet him: "Mr. Chen, you didn't even say a word when you came!"

"I didn't want to disturb you. Wow, your production team is amazing, even the actresses are participating in the battle themselves?"

"It's okay. You Li Saifeng worked even harder. What are you afraid of if you fall like this?"

While Cheng Long asked the crew to rest, he whispered: "But you have to be coaxed if you cry, otherwise you won't be able to film, and women are in trouble."

He has a very good relationship with Anita Mui, but that will come later. This will be their first collaboration.

Chen Qi looked around in the studio, touching this and that. It must be said that although Cheng Long's films are high-cost and long-term, they are one of the few films in Hong Kong that are close to the industrial production process.

"At your rate, can it be released this year?"

"It doesn't matter! I'm super confident in this movie."

The two of them arrived outside the studio and talked about some personal topics. Chen Qi said: "Jiahe wants "Police Story"

Will it be released in the United States? "

"The box office performance of "The Great and Powerful" is not good, so Mr. Zou has no confidence."

"I have no control over theater chains, but I have opened a small company in the United States to distribute video tapes. You can give me the agency rights and I will help you get it. Then I will discuss it with Boss Zou."

Chen Qi said with a smile: "It has been decided that Hong Kong films will be released in Guangdong. I want to use Police Story as a good start and get some luck. After the post-production is completed, please remember to ask me to come and take a look at what needs to be modified to comply with the censorship."

"That's great! I also think this film can be released in mainland China!"

Cheng Long was very happy, paused, and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Chen, am I well-known in the mainland now?"

"No! Your "Drunken Master", "Food Truck" and the like are all available to small groups of people in various forms and have not yet become popular. Don't worry, it will be soon!"

In the late 1980s, video halls began to bloom all over the mainland, and even movie theaters showed videos. That was the first impact of Hong Kong films on the masses. Then the video tapes became pirated VCDs and became more popular.

The two chatted, and Cheng Long couldn't help but gossip and asked, "It's been said that you sold a script for $600,000. Is it true?"

"Of course!"

"Wow!"

He was also shocked by such an outrageous thing, and said: "You still want to hire your action team? But Dongfang Company doesn't seem to have a dedicated martial arts team?"

"So I'm here to pick someone! Maybe I can even pick someone from your family class. Don't be stingy and lend me a hand."? ? ? ""

Cheng Long's eyes had never been so wide-eyed, and Chen Qi laughed. Yuan Kui happened to come over, so he used Jiahe's reception room to talk about things.

"How is your communication with Tsui Hark going?"

"It's great that we have a lot in common with the action design ideas for Darkman."

"That's good. "Dark Man" will be filmed within this year. After the filming is completed, you can do me a favor. You are not a stranger. What can I say? I sold a script to 20th Century Fox and jointly contracted this The action team of this drama.

You see, a few of his movies in Hollywood were a mess. People didn't believe in his ability at all. His action design was like shit. "

"The Americans are very arrogant. It's useless what I say. It's obviously better to do this, but they just don't listen."

Cheng Long sighed when he mentioned it.

"It's different this time. I have the final say. We will design it completely. Yuan Kui, I want you to be the leader. Pick a few people from the Hong Family and Cheng Family, and bring Ji Chunhua and others from my company to Hollywood!"

"Me, you - Hollywood?"

Yuan Kui couldn't believe it.

"Why? No confidence?"

"Yes! Confident!"

"Okay, it's settled. You finish Black Mask first."

If there were no outsiders, Yuan Kui would have wanted to bow down to him. What kind of opportunity did he have to fly to the sky? He just won the Best Action Director Award at the Academy Awards, and he went to Hollywood to develop?

Cheng Long was envious. He didn't have a say in Hollywood, and he was more and more convinced that he could go out with Mr. Chen.

Just when the left was busy and the right was making a comeback, the Hong Kong television industry was very lively this summer.

The first Miss Asia was unveiled.

Preliminary on August 15, 31 The finals, 16 beauties were selected after the preliminary round and advanced to the finals. The competition system and content are similar to "Miss Hong Kong", which is nothing. The key is that during this half-month gap, ATV has a program called "Walking with Asian Sisters"!

Two episodes are broadcast every Saturday and Sunday, a total of four episodes, each episode is more than an hour.

The 16 beauties were thrown into a luxurious villa with an outdoor swimming pool, four people in a room, and except for taking a bath and going to the toilet, they were filmed almost 24 hours a day. How to learn from the teacher, how to train hard, how to make friends, quarrel————·

Where have Hong Kong audiences seen this?