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 cabinet, and then hit the wall. It's very safe. I'm sure you're on the right track!"
"Is this something wrong?"
Anita Mui's eyes widened and she made a comparison: "If my back hits the glass first and then the wall, I might become disabled!"
"No way! Look at me, my pelvis is dislocated. Why don't I take a break and still shoot the same?"
"Who can compare with you?"
Anita Mui's face is full of rejection, but she is not so tough.
While filming "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 did not dare to jump, but Cheng Long pushed him down. Then he was not satisfied with the camera and asked to do it again. The martial artist was frightened and 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 almost paralyzed.
Anita Mui understood this truth and gritted her teeth and had no choice but to do it.
Ever since, this scene was filmed: 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 very strong and the momentum continued, almost knocking her out and hitting her hard on the back.
to the wall.
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. He was thinking of trying it again, but he saw someone winking. When he looked at his neck, Anita Mui sat on the ground and started crying. The main scene was a heartbreaking scene.
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 great interest. He hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Chen, you didn't even say a word when you came!"
"I didn't want to disturb you. Wow, your crew is amazing, even the actresses are participating in the show themselves?"
"It's okay, you Li Saifeng worked 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. Women are in trouble."
He has a very good relationship with Anita Mui, but that is something that will happen later. This will be their first collaboration.
Chen Qi looked around in the studio, touching this and that. He had to say that although Cheng Long's films were high-cost and long-term, they were one of the few films in Hong Kong that were close to the industrial production process.
"At your rate, can it be released this year?"
"It doesn't matter! I have great confidence 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 video tapes. That was the first impact of Hong Kong films on the masses. Then the video tapes became pirated VCDs, which 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 US dollars. 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, let me use it "???"
Cheng Long's eyes had never been so wide-eyed, and Chen Qi laughed loudly. 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?"
"I'm very happy that we have very similar ideas for the action design of "Dark Man"."
"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 project.
The action team of this drama.
You see, a few of his movies in Hollywood were a complete mess. People didn't believe in his ability at all, and his action design was like shit."
"The Yankees 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 right to speak. How to design is completely up to us. Yuan Kui, I want you to be the leader. You select a few people from the Hong Family Class and the Married Family Class, and then bring Ji Chunhua from my company.
Let's go to Hollywood together!"
"I, you—Hollywood?"
Yuan Kui couldn't believe it.
"What? No confidence?"
"Yes! Have confidence!"
"Okay, it's settled, you finish "Black Man" first.
If it weren't for outsiders, Yuen Kui would have wanted to surrender. What kind of opportunity would he have soared into the sky? He just won the Academy Award for Best Action Director and went to Hollywood to develop his career?
Cheng Long felt envious because he didn't even have a say in Hollywood, and he became more and more convinced that he could go overseas with Mr. Chen.
While the left is busy and the right is making a comeback, the Hong Kong television industry is very busy this summer.
The first "Miss Asia" was unveiled.
There will be preliminaries on August 15th and finals on August 31st. After the preliminaries, 16 beauties were selected and advanced to the finals. The competition format and content are similar to "Miss Hong Kong". This is nothing. The key is the half-month gap period. ATV is here
The first episode is from "Walking with Sister Asia"!
Every Saturday, two episodes are broadcast daily, for a total of four episodes, each episode is more than an hour.
The 16 beauties were thrown into a large luxurious villa with an open-air swimming pool. There were four people in a room. Apart from bathing 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, and how to quarrel——
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Chapter completed!