Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

"Of course! Acting in movies is much more interesting than doing medical tests!" Zhu Lin said with a smile.

Lin Zhengjun asked, "Do you want to participate in "The Tai Chi Master"? "

"Of course I want to act! I'm just afraid I'll mess it up for you guys!"

Zhu Lin was surprised and said, "Isn't that a martial arts drama? You're looking for martial arts athletes, but I've never practiced martial arts!"

“You’ve practiced gymnastics!”

Tang Xiaofu encouraged her, "You are so flexible that you can do the splits easily. Find a martial arts coach to teach you. It won't be a problem at all!"

When Zhu Lin was a child, she trained in gymnastics at the Shichahai Amateur Sports School for five years, and her skills are very good.

"As long as you are willing, we will both do our best to recommend you, and let you play the leading female role!" said Lin Zhengjun.

"Oh, Zhengjun Xiaofu, thank you so much, you are worthy of being my sister and brother-in-law!" Zhu Lin said with a smile.

"And Xiao Donggua, who do you want to find?" Tang Xiaofu asked.

Lin Zhengjun thought for a moment and said, "I want Gong Xue to try!"

In the original version of "Tai Chi Master", the little winter melon was played by Fennie Yuen. Of course it would not work to find Fennie Yuen as she is only ten years old and still a little loli!

This character has relatively few fighting scenes, so it should be okay to ask Gong Xue to play the role.

In another time and space, Gong Xue almost performed an action scene in "Qiu Jin" directed by Xie Jin.

She has an advantage, her appearance is very similar to the real Qiu Jin in history.

In order to act, she "ate chicken, honey, vitamin E and nutritional supplements" to achieve a similar body shape. At the same time, she learned swordsmanship, calligraphy and recited poems.

As a result, he was replaced by Li Xiuming because of "lack of chivalry"!

Well... Li Xiuming is Gong Xue's nemesis, her lifelong enemy, who defeats her time and time again. He is like a big devil!

Gong Xue was frustrated, so she wrote a short poem: "I was full of enthusiasm for more than four months, studying hard and practicing hard, sweating like rain. My ambitions were not fulfilled, and I suddenly regretted it and blamed the heavens. I was filled with anger and despair, and I had no place to appeal to or to whom."

Tang Xiaofu frowned and said, "I have no objection, but I am worried that Gong Xue will be starring in Under the Hawthorn Tree, will it delay the filming of Tai Chi Master?"

Lin Zhengjun said: "No problem, because Xiao Donggua doesn't have many scenes, and Tai Chi Grandmaster is about to start filming, so just put her scenes at the end."

After the two of them reached an agreement, they did not consult Gong Xue.

First of all, Gong Xue also likes movies and would definitely not refuse. Besides, she is a member of a formal art troupe, and acting is her job, so she must obey the organization's arrangements.

Lin Zhengjun and Tang Xiaofu came to the conference room for a meeting.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard Zhang Xinyan's hearty laughter: "Mr. Liao is really capable. With just one sentence, the Sports Committee immediately approved it! Not only the Shichahai Sports School supports it, but sports schools across the country must also support it!"

"Haha, if anyone dares to refuse Mr. Deng's imperial sword and wants someone to come, wouldn't that be courting death?"

Wang Yang was also very happy, and said cheerfully: "Mr. Liao submitted the document, and Mr. Deng issued instructions overnight: Culture and sports are inseparable, and both should flourish. Don't engage in small groupism, and don't be blinded by one leaf and miss the big picture! Strongly support the filming of "Shaolin" and "Tai Chi"! When the leaders of the Sports Commission saw it, they were scared to death..."

Fu Qi said: "These are not light words, who can withstand the beatings and blows?"

Lin Zhengjun pushed the door open and walked in, laughing: "Haha, I can hear the laughter through the door, everyone is very happy!"

Fu Qi briefly explained the situation and said, "This time, the National Sports Commission has given us strong support. We don't have to go around to select actors. They sent us some competition videos and personnel information!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "That's fine, we can gather the actors around the Spring Festival and try to complete the crew in the first month of the year!"

Lin Zhengjun was also very happy.

At present, there are still many restrictions and discrimination on individual and private businesses in the mainland, but foreign capital and even Hong Kong businessmen are given super-national treatment.

I have taken root in Hong Kong by opening a film and television company and the entertainment industry, and then returned to the mainland as a Hong Kong businessman to engage in diversified operations. It is so wonderful!

Of course, the prerequisite is to have several works that are well-known in the mainland, especially in the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets.

The play "Under the Hawthorn Tree" is aimed at mainland audiences and may even be able to compete for the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards!

There is no chance of entering the Hong Kong market, as Hong Kong already has erotic films.

The pinnacle of Li Hanxiang's erotic films, "The Twins of Golden Lotus" recreates the classic scene in the original novel "Pan Jinlian hanging upside down on the grape trellis" and uses clever film techniques to make Wen Jun, who was still a student, bleed from his nose and almost faint.

The pure love in "Under the Hawthorn Tree" is completely immune to the Hong Kong audiences whose threshold is too high. What's more, they don't understand the political background of the mainland and cannot empathize with it at all.

Therefore, "Tai Chi Master" is particularly important. It is the pioneer for him to attack the markets in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and even North America!

Lin Zhengjun suddenly thought of a key question: "By the way, what did Yuan Heping say?"

It is true that he has many creative ideas, but after all, he has never directed a film himself. Yuen Woo-ping is crucial and is able to perfectly realize many of the fantastic ideas in his mind in the script.

Fu Qi frowned and said, "Yuen Woo-ping has replied. He wants 100,000 Hong Kong dollars for the director's fee. Zhengjun, this is not cheap. Do you want to consider changing the director?"

One hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars!

It’s equivalent to less than 40,000 yuan!

Lin Zhengjun was also surprised, and immediately felt jealous. It was like I had written five scripts for the Great Wall!

The director is still awesome, better than the screenwriter.

Of course, starting a film company is more profitable!

"I'm afraid there's no way to change it."

Lin Zhengjun thought for a moment and said, "There are only a few action directors in Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping and Liu Jialiang. Which one do you think is suitable?"

"Why not?" Fu Qi asked puzzledly.

“First of all, the action style.”

Lin Zhengjun said: "Hong Kong action movies can be roughly divided into two schools, the southern and the northern. Liu Jialiang is the representative of the southern school, and his style is real fighting;"

"The representative of the northern school is Yuan Heping, who emphasizes acrobatic performances and combines them with a cinematic performance style."

"Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung came from Yu Zhanyuan's Peking Opera School. In the 1970s, the Seven Little Fortunes became important martial arts action talents. Influenced by Peking Opera, they were good at northern style acrobatic martial arts and performed humorous martial arts."

In fact, Zhang Xinyan and Chang Cheh have been continuing the southern style.

The style is very realistic, with each move clearly described, and the movements are derived from martial arts routines. It is solid and stable, but lacks spirituality and appreciation.

Including the finished film "Shaolin Temple", it is all in this style.

He later hired four martial arts instructors, Ma Xianda, Pan Qingfu, Wang Changkai and Yu Hai, all of whom were serious martial artists.

Fu Qi nodded and praised: "Very insightful!"

Hong Kong films are now just entertainment for the public and popular culture, and have not yet entered the realm of academic research. People just watch and talk about them, and rarely conduct such scientific summaries. Therefore, Fu Qi still finds it very fresh.

"And the action style of The Grandmaster of Tai Chi is just like Tai Chi, which is graceful, agile, sharp and free!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "Liu Jialiang is a bit rigid, while Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung are too playful and uninhibited, so they are not suitable either!"