At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 322 Showing One Hand (1)

Chapter 322 Showing off (24)

Brother Hu, who is very popular in the mainland, was directly ignored...

Hong Kong is very exclusive, especially in the film and television industry. How many years did Carina Lau survive and still be called Beimei...

This circle is centered around Johnnie To.

As early as the 80s of the last century, Johnnie To filmed his first film "The Clear Water and Cold Mountain Kills Gold". After receiving no response, he devoted himself to making TV series.

In 86, at the invitation of Huang Baiming, he learned about "Happy Ghosts", and later joined Xinyicheng, tried the production of police and gangster films, and also began to get involved in comedy-themed movies. During this period, Johnnie To kept trial and error, looking for creative works Stages of every possibility...

Du Qifeng in the New Art City period has masterpieces, namely "Eight Stars Announcement" and "A Lang's Story"...

In the early 90s, after New Art City was disbanded, To Qifeng, Huang Baiming and Xuan Jiazhen jointly established Baijiafeng Film Production Company...

Although Baijiafeng was established, Huang Baiming focused on the Oriental Film Group, and To Qifeng began to preside over the overall situation, but at that time he had not found his own style. He made eight films in three years, "Supreme 2: Eternal Domination", "The Beach Boy and Mrs. Zhou", "The Judge", "Kick to the Treasure", "The Barefoot Boy", "Three Heroes of the East", "The Legend of Modern Heroes", "Jigong"...

Then take the initiative to rest for a year, and filmed "Spicy Detective" in 95...

This film breaks the traditional police and robber model of black and white opposition, and is an important turning point in Johnnie To's film career.

In 96, there was an additional film production company with a unique style in the history of Hong Kong film, named Galaxy Image.

The founder is To Qifeng, and it combines Wei Jiahui, You Dazhi, You Naihai, Situ Jinyuan and other talents...

Let's put it this way, in 96, the decline of Hong Kong movies had already begun.

The appearance of the Milky Way image is bound to take on the task of keeping the building from falling, just like a shot in the arm for a dying person!

Indeed, the early Milky Way images have a kind of independence and self-confidence that loves to look at, but not to roll. Suddenly", "Dark Flower"...

After 2000, "PTU" and "Big Guy" were also good, and "Underworld" and "Detective" were at their peak...

Later, Johnnie To didn't seem to know how to make movies, "Gorgeous Office Worker", "Threesome", "My Boxing Boyfriend"...

Refresh To Qifeng's bottom line one after another...

Fortunately, Wei Jiahui filmed "Detective Wars" in 22 years, and barely kept the underpants of the Galaxy image!

To Qifeng can't say that he discriminates against mainland actors, he doesn't know anything about mainland China!

He seldom uses mainland actors for the simple reason that the styles are incompatible. His personality films are all rooted in local gangster films and gangster films, with backgrounds, stories, scenes, dialogues, and actions.All are authentic and made in Hong Kong.It is difficult for mainlanders to act in that atmosphere, and it is easy to skip scenes.

Another point is that Du Qifeng is also very slow in filming, but he often has multiple movies starting at the same time, which makes people ignore his production cycle. Liu Qingyun, Ren Dahua and other gangsters can become queen actors because only they can accept Lao Du's filming rhythm, sometimes he wants to shoot a scene, just make a phone call, and it will be there in an hour!

Instead, Chen Musheng nodded at Brother Hu...

……

After Shen Xudong sat down, he chatted with Chen Musheng for a while.

Director Chen's "Sanchakou" has finished filming, and he is conceiving a new work.

He plans to make an action movie with a more commercial nature with the production company of "Sanchakou", which is Media Asia - "Sanchakou" will definitely not be a big hit!

"Action movie, who should you star in?"

"Guo Fucheng and Wu Yanzu, we have already talked!"

Shen Xudong frowned: "...that's a bit difficult..."

Chen Musheng answered immediately: "What's wrong? Do you have an idea?"

"En!" Shen Xudong nodded, and then asked him: "Has Director Chen watched "Very Human Traffickers"?"

"The one played by Shu Qi?"

Shen Xudong: "Yes, I think this idea is quite good..."

Chen Musheng was thoughtful: "Rescue the kidnapped hostages..."

"Well, my idea is that my sister or daughter went to Thailand, Vietnam and other countries to travel, and then was captured by gangsters, and my brother or father who is a policeman went overseas alone to rescue..."

Lin Lingdong, who was listening all the time, interjected: "Police? Does being a policeman make you too weak?"

"This identity is a bit fake, so change it to a retired special soldier or mercenary... The more mysterious the better!"

Chen Musheng was very interested, but...he still asked: "...This requires professional action actors?"

"That's for sure... After all, what an action movie wants is hard work, hard horses, punches to the flesh... That's why I say Guo Fucheng and Wu Yanzu are inappropriate!"

"...Then who do you think is suitable?"

"Donnie Yen, he is the only one who can fight now, and the price is cheap. By the way, plus Wu Jing, Zhang Jing... the whole three brothers together..."

"The three of them together? The villain..."

"The villains are the ones with guns, it's really not good, look for Wrinkle Zhaolong + An Zhijie... The villains should stop selling D, they can sell human organs or sell women to Europe..."

After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "It's mainly action scenes. I think we can refer to the close combat in "Very Human Traffickers" and "The Bourne Shadow"..."

Chen Musheng nodded: "Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with the boss. If there is no problem, this will be the next step!"

"Then I'll go back and organize the script and send it to you..."

After thinking about it, he pushed Brother Hu who had been silent all this time: "Give him a role...he is really popular in the mainland!"

"Can he fight?"

"Let's play a trick, playing the role of my daughter's boyfriend, who was beaten to death, and ran back to report the news..."

Chen Musheng glanced at Brother Hu: "Alright, then hurry up and write the script!"

"no problem…"

"What's the name of this movie?"

"Taken? How about it?"

"…very good!"

……

"Well, let me say that he is amazing..."

After the story of "Taken" was finished, Chen Musheng said to Johnny To flauntingly...

"Do you mean it? I saw him in Venice!"

Du Qifeng held a cigar in his mouth, looked at Shen Xudong, then at Zheng Baorui, and then said: "Two days ago, Pou-Soi invited us to watch "Cruel Street", which is indeed different from ordinary gangster movies. actually died..."

Pou-Soi is Zheng Baorui...

Almost everyone in Hong Kong has an English name, and they all call each other by their English name. Maybe... this is closer to the UK?

"...That's why it's called a cruel street... Those who are gangsters are always at the bottom of the society. What friendship and morality are, it's too fake..."

"But I'm afraid the box office won't be high!"

"Not necessarily," Shen Xudong shook his head: "Perhaps the audience has already seen enough of the so-called romantic gangster movies!"

(End of this chapter)