Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

This kind of gameplay is quite common in later generations, typical examples being "Ashes of Time" and "A Chinese Odyssey".

The King of Sunglasses originally planned to shoot one of the most popular martial arts movies to occupy the Lunar New Year period at that time.

However, due to his almost demanding pursuit of the picture, the shooting progress was extremely slow.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was approaching and the film had not been delivered, the investors' money might be wasted. In a hurry, Sunglass King discussed with Liu Zhenwei and decided to let Liu Zhenwei use the existing cast and shooting scenes of "Ashes of Time" and refer to the characters in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to shoot a nonsensical comedy movie and release it during the Chinese New Year to recover the losses.

Without a script, "A Chinese Odyssey" was produced in just 27 days.

The film is star-studded, and ultimately makes for one of the funniest comedy classics in film history.

The funniest thing is that Ashes of Time, which took three years to release, was a box office failure, with a total box office of only 10 million. But A Chinese Odyssey was a huge hit at the box office, becoming a pinnacle of Hong Kong comedy films.

Lin Zhengjun certainly wasn't being reckless when he said this.

Because there were several duplicate actors in "Tai Chi Master" and "Shaolin Temple".

There is no need to say more about Li Lianjie.

In addition, there is Yu Hai, who played the head of Luohan Hall in "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng".

There is also Sun Jiankui, who played one of the thirteen monks with sticks in "Shaolin Temple" and the eunuch Liu Jin in "Tai Chi".

"Ah...is this okay?" Zhang Xinyan hesitated.

He also has very strict requirements on the artistic level of the film. Repeated shooting means that the actors and even the behind-the-scenes personnel have to work around the clock and are overloaded, which may affect the quality of the film.

Fu Qi frowned in thought.

Lin Zhengjun obviously had an idea of ​​the casting for "Tai Chi Master".

It was just that "Shaolin Temple" was approved first and was customized by Mr. Liao, so he was able to develop his style without competing or fighting.

However, the slow progress of "Shaolin Temple" has also delayed the progress of "Tai Chi Master". From Lin Zhengjun's perspective, he must be feeling emotional.

You can't just occupy the toilet without taking a shit.

It’s better to become famous early!

Who doesn’t want to become famous sooner?

Lin Zhengjun may not be willing to give the next script to Changcheng!

He acted as a peacemaker and said with a smile: "Xinyan, if it were you, I would say that we can push forward both projects at the same time, just as Zhengjun said, and do a double bidding! After all, Great Wall made money by investing in Wharf Holdings, and the funds are much more sufficient than before!"

Zhang Xinyan and Fu Qi have a close relationship, and he also knows that Fu Qi wants to make some achievements and get recognition from Liao Gong and others.

By the way, during the special decade, Hong Kong's left-wing film companies were not only besieged by right-wing film companies, theaters and Taiwan, but also rejected by the mainland.

Since 1968, the tone has been set to negate all the achievements of the left-wing film companies in the past years.

The work was deemed to be a product of implementing the black line in literature and art, and the heads of the three film companies, screenwriters, directors and actors went to the mainland for study and transformation.

For example, Phoenix TV screenwriter Zhu Shilin died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage because he could not bear the criticism of his work "Secret History of the Qing Palace" as a "traitorous" movie.

Moreover, the four pests, who thought they were proficient in film art, inconceivably required them to portray the perfect and heroic image of workers, peasants and soldiers in Hong Kong and to create Hong Kong model operas. As a result, a number of conceptual films that were seriously divorced from the reality of Hong Kong life emerged, causing many films to fail at the box office and become difficult to operate. They gradually abandoned the local market in Hong Kong and the Southeast Asian market.

Even Dianmao went bankrupt and was acquired by Singapore's Cathay Pacific Organization and renamed Hong Kong Cathay Pacific. Later, due to poor management, the production department was sold to the emerging Golden Harvest...

In short, during that period, the left-wing film companies were like rats in a bellows, getting bullied from both ends.

Now that Mr. Liao has given leftist films an opportunity to develop, Fu Qi is of course eager to produce more good works and make a great comeback!

So Zhang Xinyan immediately nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "Boss Fu, Zhengjun, of course I have no objection. I was just hesitating because I was wondering whether this model of double shooting is feasible..."

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "Teacher Zhang, it will definitely work."

"In that case, I agree." Zhang Xinyan nodded.

Lin Zhengjun said: "Director Zhang, you are looking for the wrong actors. You should not look for martial arts actors in operas, but professional martial arts athletes!"

"I had already thought about it. For the fighting actors in Tai Chi Grandmaster, I would definitely not look for opera actors. I would only look for martial arts athletes!"

As soon as Lin Zhengjun said this, the whole audience fell silent, and everyone's face showed deep thought.

It is a common practice in the Hong Kong film and television industry to hire opera actors to perform action scenes.

For example, the famous Seven Little Fortunes is the name of a Peking Opera, and is also the general name for Yu Zhanyuan's group of proud students.

The Seven Little Fortunes, including Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Kwai, Yuen Biao, and Yuen Wah, have now emerged as actors or behind-the-scenes martial arts instructors, and have made great achievements in action scenes.

Yuan Heping's father Yuan Xiaotian was also a Peking Opera actor.

The zombie Taoist priest Lin Zhengying also once studied Peking Opera with Master Fen Juhua from the Hong Kong Chun Qiu Academy of Drama.

Why not find martial arts athletes? Although they can perform beautiful moves, they may not be talented in acting and may not be able to act well in movies!

Bruce Lee is different.

Later, he received professional education in acting in the United States, at the famous University of Washington's drama major, which later became the performing arts major.

As expected, Shi Hui was a little worried and frowned, saying, "The athletes' performances are good, but they don't know how to perform!"

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "Acting can be learned. Open a training class and let the teachers from the Beijing Film Studio give some guidance. I think it won't be a problem!"

Oh, the entertainment industry is so clean nowadays, it depends on this ability.

It’s different in later generations. It’s important to bring money into the crew. You can act in the investor’s wife, sister-in-law, mistress, third mistress, or fourth mistress.

Fu Qi said: "It's a very good idea, worth trying. Martial arts athletes are very young and learn things very quickly! Besides, there aren't many literary scenes!"

Zhang Xinyan was deep in thought, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "By the way, after Zhengjun's reminder, if we are looking for a martial arts athlete, I can think of a suitable candidate!"

"Who?" everyone asked in unison.

"In 1974, the national martial arts delegation visited the United States for the first time. When returning to China through Hong Kong, they reported to Hong Kong compatriots about their performances for a week. I also filmed a documentary with the delegation for a week."

Zhang Xinyan slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, this really opened my eyes. I didn't know that martial arts are so colorful. At that time, I noticed a martial arts athlete named Li Lianjie."

"He was only 11 years old at the time, but he had already won first place in the national martial arts competition in the youth category, and first place in the country. His performance left a deep impression on me. He had great kung fu, was cool and aesthetic, and he was also very relaxed and generous! Now, he should be about or years old!"

"Ha! I know this guy!"

Wang Yang smiled and said, "In this year's 5th National Games, he created a miracle of winning gold medals. There are photos of him in the newspapers. I remember that he looks good, with regular features, clean and handsome!"

Fu Qi said, "Then why are we still hesitating? Let's go find out quickly. Which unit does he work for now?"

"It should be at the Shichahai Sports School."

Wang Yang thought for a moment and said, "I know you are anxious, but don't worry, I will call the comrades from the Sports Committee to confirm. Besides, they are also a powerful unit, so I guess we need to make an appointment!"