Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 219: Hong Family, Falling Out
Orange Sky Headquarters
From time to time, the sound of things breaking could be heard in the office, and the secretary was standing outside trembling.

Inside the house, Wu Kebo was destroying everything he could see.

He was very angry, angry that Wang Jinghua had tricked him.

They had agreed to join Orange Sky, and the negotiations were almost complete. He had also negotiated with the boss in Japan, but Wang Jinghua changed his mind.

This disrupted Wu Kebo's series of plans.

He originally wanted to make a big deal out of Wang Jinghua's joining, and Orange Sky's brilliant debut would dazzle the entire entertainment industry.

With Wang Jinghua and a large number of stars under her, it would be easy to get investment from Japan, and then acquire Jinyingma Film and Television and complete the production process, so that Chengtian would become a normal film and television company.

But now, Wang Jinghua has changed his mind, and subsequent investments are likely to fail. Unable to acquire the production company, how can Orange Sky develop?

Outside the door, seeing that the time was getting closer, the secretary could only knock on the door even if she didn't dare. After receiving a positive answer, the secretary pushed the door open tremblingly: "Mr. Wu, the time you agreed with Director Wu Yusen is coming soon..."

After hearing about Wu Yusen, Wu Kebo calmed down. The previous path was not feasible, and it seemed that Wu Yusen was the only option now.

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Hong Kong
The early scenes of Taken were filmed in Hong Kong.

Lao Li, played by Chen Daoming, found Liang Jiahui and said, "I don't have enough manpower. Would you like to come over and help me?"

"What's the deal?"

"Security for a star's concert is as easy as drinking water for you."

Liang Jiahui knew that this was an old friend who saw that he had been having a hard time recently and introduced him to an opportunity to make money.

Actually, it’s not necessary, but I can’t refuse the kindness of an old friend.

Next scene, Hong Kong Coliseum
Boss Yang is really generous. In order to shoot the concert scenes, he really plans to organize a concert.

However, Zhang Chen refused, saying that it would be too difficult to control and could easily cause accidents.

He doesn't want negative news to appear before the film is released.

But this matter can also be used as a publicity point.

The concert turned into a fan meeting. There was no need to take a wide panoramic shot, so it was completely fine to gather all the fans on one side and take pictures.

Zhang Chen has witnessed the popularity of Twins in Hong Kong. They are really popular. No wonder they are in "Next Stop, Queen".

Later, the tickets for Twins' concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum sold out in two seconds. Although there is no electronic ticketing now, as soon as the news was announced in the fan group, the tickets were sold out within half an hour. I don't know if there were scalpers.

The filming continued, and the next scene was the end of the concert. The fans were too excited, and Lao Li had a premonition that something was going to happen, so he led people to block the fans and let Liang Jiahui take the Twins away first.

In the emergency passage, Liang Jiahui escorted the twins sisters away quickly. In the shadows, a dark shadow flashed, which was keenly captured by Liang Jiahui.

Then the crazy fan who had been hiding for a long time suddenly rushed out, but was knocked down by Liang Jiahui before he reached the twins.

By the way, the actor who plays the crazy fan is photographer Chen, who volunteered for the role. It is said that he is dating Gillian now, so he wanted to appear in the same movie with her.

Originally, Huo Wenxi wanted to arrange Xie Bi Wang, but was rejected by Zhang Chen. The impact of the case of taking the blame was too bad, so it was better to change someone else.

Huo Wenxi could also see that Zhang Chen disliked Xie Bi Wang.

Last time he said that Xie Bi Wang looked down on people from the mainland, and this time he brought up the matter of taking the blame for someone else. Anyway, he was not needed, so he had no choice but to replace him with photographer Chen.

Photographer Chen's acting skills are actually pretty good, obviously better than Xie Bi Wang.

If nothing else, the cinematographer's acting skills can be seen in "Dog Bite Dog", which does not detract from the performance at all.

On the contrary, when watching Xie Bi Wang’s movies, I always feel that he can’t let go and he acts a bit pretentious no matter what he plays.

In fact, if Xie Bi Wang could be more careful and have a little better luck, he might be able to become the second Tom Cruise.

Come to think of it, aren’t their routes quite similar?

They all have handsome faces, are not tall, and mainly perform dangerous scenes themselves.

In the "Mission Impossible" series, many of Cruise's shots were real.

In "New Police Story" and "True Man", Xie Bi Wang did the scenes of riding a bicycle downhill from a building and being kicked down from the roof by Wu Jing all by himself, without using a stunt double.

Sometimes Zhang Chen couldn’t help but wonder if all handsome guys had the desire to prove that they didn’t just rely on their looks to make a living.

When he was young, King Liu always wanted to prove that he was not an idol but a talented person.

All roads lead to Rome, and handsome guys all like to choose the same road.

Unfortunately, when Xie Biwang made his debut, Hong Kong films had already declined. He was not like Tom Cruise, who was born in Rome.

Zhang Chen felt that photographer Chen was quite suitable to play the role of a crazy fan, especially that defiant look in his eyes. When he was subdued by Liang Jiahui and pressed to the ground, his eyes were still defiant, which was able to express the madness of the fans, which was quite good.

And she is someone who truly cares about the audience. In "The Promise", Zhang Zhizhi said, "Do you want to see what's under my clothes?"

Photographer Chen really took the photos and showed them to everyone.

What kind of spirit is this?
This is... no, this is the selfless spirit of the Internet, and the main focus is sharing.

"Click~"

Liang Jiahui finished the set of moves smoothly, but Zhang Chen suddenly called for a stop.

"Master Hong, your movements are not sharp enough, can you change them a little bit..."

The action scenes were designed by Fatty Hong himself. Yes, the action team this time was from the Hong Clan.

The Hong Family Class was introduced by Zhang Jin, after all, he was once a member of the Hong Family Class.

As for Fatty Hong himself, he also wanted to cooperate with Zhang Chen.

Mainly out of curiosity, he wanted to know what kind of movie it was that rejected Cheng Long's offer. He also wanted to see how the big directors in mainland China made movies and how they could easily make over 100 million yuan.

At the moment, there is nothing special about it, and it doesn’t feel much better than Hong Kong movies.

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll change a few moves..."

Not long after, Liang Jiahui was called over to practice his moves. Zhang Chen took a few glances and rejected it without waiting for the actual shot: "No, it's still too slow~"

Fatty Hong's face looked a little unhappy. Is this okay?

“What does the director want?”

Zhang Chen didn't notice Fatty Hong's tone. He touched his chin and thought for a while, "Master Hong, it's not that he's slow. I just feel that his movements are too big. Can he be more delicate?"

"Hmm, something like Wing Chun?"

"No no no..."

"Grabbing hands?"

"It's a bit similar, but it's not pure grappling..."

Hong Jinbao was a little annoyed by what he said.

“Do you know Krav Maga?”

"Uh, I know..."

As a martial arts instructor, Tai Chi, Hung Gar, Choy Li Fot, Tan Leg, Chuo Kick, Muay Thai, Karate, Aikido, Judo, Jeet Kune Do...

You have to understand all kinds of martial arts styles, whether domestic or foreign. You are not required to be proficient in them, but at least you have to understand the characteristics of each one and be able to imitate them.

This is what martial arts instructors do for a living.

Of course he also knew about Krav Maga, which has been very famous internationally in the past two years. Fatty Hong had naturally studied it, but he was not so proficient in it.

But since Zhang Chen made a request, he had to do it. This is the job of a martial arts instructor.

"I want the feeling of Krav Maga. The protagonist's background is a secret agent. His movements must be efficient, using the least effort and the shortest time to achieve the greatest effect. The range of motion must be small, simple and efficient. If you can get it done in one go, don't use two..."

"But this way, it will be less interesting to watch~"

Fatty Hong started from his own experience.

According to Zhang Chen, doing so was too fast, and the battle was over before the audience could react.

"No, just do as I say."

Zhang Chen was too lazy to explain. Their concepts were different and Fatty Hong was still immersed in his own Hong Kong-style fighting style. If he could not change his concept in time, the Hong Clan would inevitably withdraw from the stage of history.

Fatty Hong was a little annoyed by what he said, but he didn't get angry. After all, it was their first collaboration and he also wanted to see Zhang Chen's level.

"OK, I understand. I'll design it..."

Fatty Hong called his Hong Family Class together to discuss, and soon came up with another set of moves, and Liang Jiahui and photographer Chen followed suit to practice.

After shooting again, the effect was much better, but Zhang Chen was still a little dissatisfied.

The action scenes designed by Fatty Hong were similar to the original at most, but Zhang Chen felt that the action scenes and gun battles in the original "Taken" were very low-level, and he wanted to change them.

For gunfight scenes, you can refer to "John Wick", but there is really nothing to refer to for action scenes. So he just felt that the action designed by Fatty Hong was inappropriate, but if you ask him, he can't explain clearly what was wrong.

It was a simple shot, but several sets of actions were designed for it, and Zhang Chen was not satisfied with any of them.

The way Hong Jinbao looked at Zhang Chen had changed, and there was also a hint of hostility towards the Hong Clan.

But a movie is a movie, and he won’t settle for anything that doesn’t meet Zhang Chen’s requirements.

The filming in Hong Kong was originally scheduled for two days, but now that the two days have passed, it has not been completed.

In the evening, the Hong family gathered in Hong Jinbao's room, drinking beer and eating roast goose.

After a few beers, almost everyone started complaining about what happened in the afternoon.

"Master Hong, who is this Zhang Chen? What's so great about him? How dare he interfere with our martial arts director's work?"

"That's right, a young boy, what does he know about action scenes? He wants to command our Hong Clan to do things..."

"If you ask me, this guy is just looking for trouble. Maybe he wants to give us a warning..."

"I heard that he rejected Cheng Long for this role. Is it because of this..."

"Zhang Jin, you loser, introducing such a crappy job to us is simply a disrespect to your teacher and ancestors..."

Zhang Jin looked aggrieved: "..."

Everyone in the room was talking and complaining.

The whole afternoon was spent on refining a shot, but no matter how the Hong Clan designed it, Zhang Chen was not satisfied with the resulting moves. But he couldn't clearly tell what he was dissatisfied with.

This made the Hong family feel that Zhang Chen was deliberately looking for trouble.

"Master Hong won't argue with him, but he's going too far. Can a big director be like this? He has no respect for others at all..."

“Exactly, in that afternoon scene, Master Hong said that the fight was too fast, and it was over before the audience could see it clearly.

According to our plan, it would be best to add two more gangsters to make the protagonist exhausted, so that there would be a sense of urgency, but he just wouldn't listen and insisted that this would be more professional, professional as hell..."

"He's a famous director. He thinks he's good enough after watching two foreign action movies. Humph, doesn't he know that the best action directors in Hollywood are from Hong Kong?"

Seeing that Hong Jinbao didn't say anything, the group complained even louder.

Hong Jinbao was also very unhappy. Anyone would feel resentful after being tormented like this for an entire afternoon.

But he knew what was important.

The drama is bigger than the people~
Zhang Chen probably didn't mean to make trouble for him on purpose, but this person was indeed difficult to deal with.

But he was also thinking in his heart that it was fortunate that his junior brother Cheng Long did not cooperate with Zhang Chen. If they had cooperated, the two would definitely not have gotten along.

In terms of style, Cheng Long is more stubborn than him.

But Hong Jinbao also knew that the problem was not entirely on Zhang Chen's side, he himself was also responsible.

Hong Jinbao practiced Hung Gar and was used to big and bold moves. The Hung Clan also practiced this style.

So Zhang Chen asked for a small one, which he really couldn't handle.

Seeing that everyone was still talking non-stop, Hong Jinbao had no choice but to speak up: "Okay, everyone stop talking. We are action directors, and we always focus on the film's effects. If the director makes a request, we are responsible for making it happen.

Ah Wei, Jia Le, think about this carefully when you go back and see if you have any good ideas. "

The two he mentioned, Ah Wei and Ka Lok, were the two most talented members of the Hong Clan. Tung Wai and Chin Kar Lok were both famous action directors in later generations.

Dong Wei has been nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Action Director ten times and won four times, namely "The Thief", "Purple Storm", "The Spy" and "The Besieged City".

He is also the action director of the two-part "Changjin Lake" series.

Not to mention Chin Kar-lok, the action director of "Shinjuku Incident", but he is more famous because of his brother Chin Siu-ho and Big Head in "Young and Dangerous".

As he was speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Hong Jinbao gestured for the door to be opened, and Chin Kar Lok opened it and found that it was Zhang Chen.

Well, it's a bit embarrassing. I didn't think anyone heard everything that happened just now.

But, I heard it, so what can I do?
People who work in the martial arts industry are more or less reckless...

Zhang Chen didn't expect that there were so many people in Hong Jinbao's room. He came to find Zhang Jin.

"Ah, Master Hong, you are having a meeting in your room. I'm here to look for Zhang Jin..."

The other party seemed to be having a party, and they all looked at me unfriendly.

"Ah, Director, you're looking for me?"

When Zhang Jin heard that someone was looking for him, he stood up immediately. Just as he was about to come over, he was stopped by someone next to him.

"Pujiezi, if he wants to find you, just go. Where are you from?"

The person who spoke was another member of the Hong Clan. Not only did he hold Zhang Jin back and not let him leave, he also deliberately looked at Zhang Chen, clearly trying to provoke him.

Zhang Jin looked at Zhang Chen, then at the member of the Hong Clan who was holding him, and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Zhang Chen looked at this scene and frowned. This was embarrassing for him!

He looked at Hong Jinbao, and Hong Jinbao also looked at him.

Hong Jinbao is an old-fashioned man. He has been tossed around all day. It would be a lie to say he wasn't angry.

Although his subordinates' actions were inappropriate, they had already happened. If he bowed his head, how could he lead people in the future?

He also has to save face in front of so many members of the Hong Family.

In fact, it was very simple. Zhang Chen spoke, and he took the opportunity to scold his subordinates a few words, as a way of giving Zhang Chen face, and the matter was over.

But Zhang Chen must speak first.

But Zhang Chen just didn't want to say it. Seeing that Hong Jinbao didn't say anything, he simply looked at that person, and then looked at Zhang Jin: "Zhang Jin, are you going to come out or not?"

Ok?
Is this a blatant request for Zhang Jin to take sides?

Zhang Jin was shocked and understood his current situation.

At the same time, he looked at the guy next to him with resentment.

It was all his fault. He acted on his own and put himself in a dilemma.

Hong Jinbao didn't expect Zhang Chen to be so tough. He didn't take him seriously at all. This reminded him of Zhou Xingxing.

"I..." Zhang Jin was still hesitating.

"Can you get out or not?"

Zhang Chen's tone became heavier. Zhang Jin gritted his teeth, broke free from the man, and came to Zhang Chen.

Suddenly, a wave of insults like "street bastard, traitor, gigolo" were heard.

Zhang Chen ignored all this and pointed at the man who was holding Zhang Jin: "You, I am officially notifying you now that you are fired. Find the finance department to settle your salary and get out of here immediately~"

The man was shocked and angry, but before he could say anything, someone else spoke first.

The one who spoke was Sammo Hung, and he was even more shocked and angry than that man.

It would have been fine if Zhang Chen asked Zhang Jin to take sides in front of him, but he also fired his people, which was simply a slap in his face.

"Director Zhang, Ah Le is my man, I will discipline him myself~"

"Master Hong, this is my crew, I have the final say~"

The two looked at each other, there seemed to be sparks and lightning in the air, and the room suddenly became quiet.

After a few breaths, Hong Jinbao suddenly said, "Okay, very good, Hong Family, let's go~"

At Hong Jinbao's command, the Hong Clan seemed to have found their backbone and left in a huge crowd.

When they left, someone even mocked them, saying, "I want to see how you can shoot this drama without us."

The group left one after another, and the Hong Clan officially launched the "Taken" crew.

When a member of the Hong Clan left, he cursed, "Long live Jin, you are really a spineless person. The Hong Clan shouldn't have taken you in in the first place~"

But no matter what they cursed, Zhang Jin pretended not to hear it.

The Hong Clan left, and now only Zhang Jin and Zhang Chen are left.

Zhang Chen nodded: "You won't regret your choice today."

Zhang Chen left, and Zhang Jin slowly closed his eyes.

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