Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

A few days later, there was a private room in a hotel near TVB TV City.

When Zhao Donghuai stepped inside, he saw Zhou Runfa, Lu Liangwei, Wu Zhenyu, Wan Ziliang, Qin Pei, Zeng Jiang, Huang Xingxiu, Du Qifeng and others, as well as two uninvited bad guys, one was Chen Baixiang and the other was Wang. scene.

It was Zhao Donghuai's intention to fish out Chen Baixiang. There are rumors in the world, but the truth or falseness is yet to be determined. Lao Chen and Huang Xingxiu had a secret marriage in 1979. For the sake of Huang Xingxiu's future at that time, the two had been hiding it.

Then, Huang Xingxiu felt unwell when filming Thirteen Girls in January this year. She went into battle with her illness and did not seek medical treatment until after the filming. This resulted in lifelong infertility, and she and Chen Baixiang were still separated for the rest of their lives.

Wang Jing was really surprised.

Zhou Runfa and Lu Liangwei immediately stood up to greet Zhao Donghuai and introduced him enthusiastically to everyone present. After the initial politeness, Du Qifeng lit a cigarette and said with a smile, "I heard that someone wants to ask me to be the assistant director of the film? It would be an honor for me."

"I just don't know where Mr. Zhao was employed before? I don't think I've heard of your name?"

Johnnie To later became a well-known big shot in the Hong Kong film industry. He was just as good at it, just like the little hurdler prince Dongguan Zai in his "Underworld" two-parter.

But that was after he became famous. Now, Du Qifeng's temper is not so bad. He just suddenly felt sour after seeing Zhao Donghuai in person, just like a lemon.

I think he is 27 this year. He became a disciple of Wang Tianlin 9 years ago. His only movie in such a long time was a huge success. Suddenly, a 20-year-old young man with a name he has never heard of is directing a movie? ? And ask him to be the assistant director? ?

Envy, jealousy or imbalance have always been inevitable human emotions.

Zhao Donghuai frowned, but Zhou Runfa hurriedly intervened to ease the atmosphere.

Zhao Donghuai waved his hand and took out a script with a smile. It was a simple outline of the story, not so detailed, "Sir Du, this is the outline of the script. You can read it first. If you want to leave after reading it, I will never stop you."

Du Qifeng's face changed after hearing these words, and he felt a little unable to sit down.

After all, regardless of who he studied under, age or resume, let’s just say that Huang Rihua’s version of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, which was just aired this year, was produced by him. Is this an honor that ordinary directors can compare to?

Zhao Donghuai didn't have any bad intentions, but he knew that facing such "old-timers", he was still so young and had no qualifications. Just kidding, he graduated from Form 6 in the New Territories not long ago and was a nightclub parking boy...

I have never been in the entertainment industry.

If you don't use the script to calm Johnnie To, there will be no way to talk about it.

What to talk about? Talk about how to help nightclub players park their cars?

It was Fa Ge who accompanied him and greeted him with a smile, "Director, Sir Du has no other intentions. Sir Du, take a look at the script. I can guarantee it is an unprecedentedly good script!"

In the past few days, Fa Zai not only read Li Zicheng's individual scripts, but also the whole script, and was even more shocked.

It’s 2020, a few decades later, when it comes to gangster movies in the global village, how many Godfather movies can you avoid? Bypassing Infernal Affairs, The Departed and The New World?

To say it is the first masterpiece of Hong Kong and Korean films is of course an exaggeration.

But when it comes to Hong Kong and Korean films, this is one of the top masterpieces.

Zhao Donghuai also worked as a director in the simulator for several years, but he still copied the answers...

Du Qifeng looked around, then glared at Zhao Donghuai, "I'm going to give Ah Fa some face and see if you are really that tolerant."

Zhao Donghuai smiled and took out a few more scripts, most of which were outlines and separate columns, and sent them to Wan Ziliang, Zeng Jiang, Qin Pei and others.

Wang Jing stood up and said with a smile, "Pretty boy, where's mine? I heard from Brother Du that someone outside asked him to be an assistant director. He wasn't interested at first, but Ah Fa and Wei Zai chased him and blocked the door several times before he came over to take a look. Look, Ah Fa blew up the script so much that I came here to take a look."

After a pause, Wang Jing raised a glass of wine and drank it, "Pretty boy, don't be afraid that we will spread the word after seeing it. I, Wang Jing, can't afford to disgrace that person."

In the 1980s and 1990s, when Hong Kong films were shot, most of the time they didn't have complete scripts. In many cases, the crew was drawn together with an outline or an idea, and they wrote while filming. The term "flying paper boy" was also coined.

Feizhizai just shoots and shoots. If you have a joke or inspiration, write it down, send it out, and start shooting.

The reason for this situation is that the production crews in the 1980s and 1990s were too fast and efficient. One play a week, completed in two or three weeks... The time was too fast, and many crews did not have the time to write too detailed scripts.

Another reason is to follow the trend! !

Talking about the extent to which Hong Kong films followed the trend in the 1980s and 1990s, many people in later generations said that this was one of the major reasons for the decline of Hong Kong films. When a subject became popular, such as Mr. Zombie, dozens of films followed the trend and were released in droves. .

If the audience gets tired of watching it and vomits after watching it, the subject matter will become useless.

Many crews do not write detailed scripts because they are afraid that it will be spread out. You may be still preparing and filming. Someone may have overheard or inquired about it. Those who move quickly have already finished filming and released it, turning you from an original to a stand-in.

Just like later Internet articles, if an author creates a topic, becomes popular, and writes slowly, a group of followers will immediately follow the trend. Many of the followers will rely on the speed of updates to destroy the creator.

Seeing Zhao Donghuai just staring at him and smiling without saying a word, Wang Jing felt unhappy, "Hey, you can't even trust me? Then you should be able to trust Afa, right?"

Fatty King is no longer what he used to be. In 1981, he directed Thousand Kings vs. Thousand Tyrants for Shaw Brothers, which grossed 5.08 million at the box office. Don’t look at the numbers at first glance, but it’s actually one of the top ten grossing Hong Kong films in 1981.

In front of him were Wu Yusen, Yuan Heping, Hong Yinbao, Xu Ke, Xu Guanwen, etc., and few were simple.

He came today when Du Qifeng refused to come. Zhou Runfa said too many good things... which aroused Fatty Jing's curiosity. He is a top student at the University of Hong Kong and his father is Wang Tianlin. His arrogance is not fake.

After saying this, Zhao Donghuai took out another outline and handed it over, and at the same time handed over the individual script of the male protagonist Li Zicheng, "Director Wang is already a famous director, of course I, a newbie, can trust him."

Fatty King will make a lot of money in following-up movies in the future, but at this stage, his integrity is not that low, and he wants the New World crew to start smoothly, and continue to work until it is released.

Having many friends is not a bad thing.

Otherwise, why would he hire Du Qifeng as his assistant director? When a group of people were reading the script, Wu Zhenyu, Zhou Runfa and Lu Liangwei also started to warm up, and Chen Baixiang, a living treasure, the atmosphere in the private room quickly became familiar and cheerful.

until……

Du Qifeng quickly read it the first time and then the second time before putting down the script. He stared at Zhao Donghuai with a face that wanted to speak but was speechless.

Fatty King has almost finished reading it, at least the synopsis. His expression is also very exciting, "Are you going for Hollywood Godfather 1? I only read the synopsis, and it has the same flavor, but the style is completely different."

"Good guy, I really have nothing to say, sharp!"

"A police undercover became the biggest leader of all the social groups in Hong Kong? Aren't Hung Hing, East Star, and Lian Sheng the same as Sun Kee, 14 Dui, and Hutchison? Hey, aren't you afraid of broadcasting it and letting those big Are you unhappy?"

"If this can be turned into a super group that spans real estate, finance, entertainment, international trade and other industries, the chairman is still a renegade undercover? Tsk tsk, he is more powerful than Inspector Lu in the 1960s and 1970s!"

"The dominance is exposed!"

After saying that, ignoring the astonishment of Wan Ziliang, Zeng Jiang, Qin Pei, Huang Xingxiu and others, Wang Jing quickly grabbed the single-line script for the male protagonist Li Zicheng and read it.

After watching it again, Fatty Jing’s expression became even more complicated.

After drinking a glass of beer in silence, he said excitedly, "Ah Huai, how about I become an assistant director too? Just give me a hundred thousand dollars."

Zhao Donghuai smiled, "So simple??"

Wang Jing smiled and said, "Waiting for the second part of the Hong Kong version of The Godfather, will you let me direct it alone??"

Zhao Donghuai was speechless, "I plan to let Sir Du direct the second part."

Wang Jingren was dumbfounded, "Is this really possible? Have you already thought about it? No way!!"

Du Qifeng was excited, "Huh? It's a deal! Double happiness is coming!"