1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 376 Xia Tian: I remembered something happy...

After Li Heizi and Director Hu took over the project of Buried, Xia Tian felt relieved.

All that’s left is to wait for news to see if you’ve been shortlisted.

The idea of ​​shooting this short film came to me on a whim during summer, and I felt like I was overwhelmed with inspiration.

I just suddenly had the feeling, and Hong Kong is so mature in terms of film production, so I rented equipment and staff from Bowie Company in the summer, and Uncle Nine came to help, and we started filming.

All in all, it only took more than half a month to complete the film!
It's so fast that it seems unreal.

When he asked Uncle Jiu for help in the summer, he was still at home enjoying the aftereffects of "The Taoist with One Eyebrow".

——Just in late August, "The Taoist Priest" was taken off the screen, and after a little over a month of release, the total box office was 1556 million (1100 million in the original time and space).

How can I describe this box office? It can’t be considered very good. After all, you have to see who you compare it with - "The Hitman's Bodyguard" has exceeded this number in less than 9 days since its release on September 9!
However, this is predictable, this year's psychedelic horror movie has the best box office performance!
I’ve said it before, the audience is fed up with the trend of following too much.

In fact, there isn’t even a single horror movie this year that grossed over 10 million!

The tenth highest-grossing movie in Hong Kong this year, "The Fortunes", had a box office of only 1669 million!
Being able to sell such a box office with such an old subject matter, it can be said that Uncle Jiu’s first time as a director was a great success.

Naturally, his status rose greatly, and he was highly praised. He was very proud of himself.

However, he knew what was going on with him.

If Xia Tian hadn't helped edit the film again and put in a Western ghost blood-sucking incident, how could this result be achieved? !

In fact, it took him nearly a year to shoot the movie last year, which really tortured him.

I am lacking in many areas...

He is a man of his word. He had promised to quit drinking, but now he doesn't even drink beer!

During the Baohe celebration banquet, he only drank a glass of beer when Hong Jinbao and Xia Tian toasted him, and he drank soda at other times.

When he learned that Xia Tian wanted to rent equipment, he took the initiative to help Xia Tian contact Baohe.

When he knew that Xia Tian needed help, he directly sent several of his men over. He even personally supported the team.

Return a favor.

Of course, summer is also about respecting people. If people respect me, I respect them. The daily salary for those staff members is doubled.

You can get a month's salary for just half a month's work. When the filming of "Buried Alive" was completed, everyone received a red envelope of half a month's salary.

Who among these guys doesn’t call Brother Tian’er a benevolent and righteous person?
Moreover, Xia Tian is definitely no amateur when it comes to filming. He knows everything from photography to lighting.

Many times when you are on the battlefield yourself, people will naturally not dare to underestimate the real thing.

Moreover, filming while half buried underground was quite difficult, and it was extremely frustrating for the actors.

He wrote, directed and acted in the film himself, and was covered in dirt after each shoot. He was very energetic and could endure hardships.

In this situation, even those who had only heard about it but never met or worked with it before would have to say, "What a bold move!"

Uncle Jiu learned a lot from shooting short films in the summer, and felt that he lacked a lot.

He feels that talent is really important in some matters.

When he was filming "The Hitman's Bodyguard" before, he felt that summer was special.

Her acting skills are impeccable. Everyone in the crew feels that Xia Tian is like a different person once she puts on makeup.

The fighting scenes are even more amazing, and he participated in designing all those moves.

Moreover, during the filming of this action movie, basically no martial artists were injured.

Xia Tian had already reached the point where he could strike and retract his fists freely, so even if the fists hit his body with great force, he didn't feel much pain, as if he had been pushed hard by someone.

On the contrary, those martial artists or Chang Wei sometimes couldn't control themselves, and hit Xia Tian, ​​but it didn't hurt at all.

The same goes for props. Sometimes when you make a mistake and hit the wrong thing, Xia Tian will just sweep it aside. Those two arms are like iron bars!
It was such a pleasure to shoot the action scenes with him.

In other crews, the martial artists would be grimacing after filming, covering their bodies with wounds everywhere, and would have to go to the hospital at any time.

But in the crew of "The Bodyguard", the martial artists were all smiling after the fight, "Brother Tian'er fought well!"

When have we martial artists ever enjoyed such a blessing? !
At that time, Uncle Jiu just thought that he was a very good actor, a good action actor, and maybe also a good martial arts instructor and a good producer.

Moreover, they have very high requirements for movies, even going to Pengcheng, across the inland, to customize costumes.

But when he started filming "Buried", he realized how amazing it was because the same person was responsible for everything from writing the script to directing and starring in the film.

Being a director is such an all-round job. You don’t have to be proficient in everything, but you must know some.

You will know some of the work of all the crew members.

You also have to coordinate and plan. From the very beginning of filming, many people are waiting for your arrangements and commands.

Last year, when Uncle Jiu was the director, he had to stay up until late at night every night to make plans, and the shooting scene was often still a mess.

Xia Tian, ​​on the other hand, was always laughing and joking, bringing breakfast and cold drinks to the crew, and bossing them around like grandsons - this is not a derogatory term, it takes a lot of skill to be able to boss around people, especially those you have only known for a short time and have no subordinate relationship with. !
After watching the whole film, Uncle Jiu couldn't sleep for half the night, and when he fell asleep in the second half of the night, he had a nightmare - he dreamed that he was locked in a coffin to film a movie, surrounded by cameras, props, and costumes... He couldn't stretch his legs or turn over, and he was suffocated and woken up!

Lin Jiu: "This kid can do it!"

Uncle Jiu gets up in the morning, prepares breakfast for the two children, and then reads the newspaper.

The newspapers are still praising The Hitman's Bodyguard - it is said that the box office has approached 20 million. This is almost a sure thing in the top ten box office of the year!
The newspaper praised Xia Tian for his beautiful fighting, praised Chang Wei for his ferocious and sharp acting, and also praised A Ying for her beauty.

It is said that she is very suitable to play the role of the tycoon's daughter. She is cold, arrogant and domineering in the early stage, but willing to humble herself for the person she loves in the later stage. She is so proactive and charming, like an iceberg melting, which makes people feel moved.

Well, this is the “soft advertisement” written by Xia Tian himself!
There is definitely nothing wrong with praising your own wife!
Whoever comes to summer will brag confidently~
……

At this time, the newspaper was also in Arong's hand.

"Wow! This must have been written by you, right? Just this word, this 'melting iceberg', is something Hong Kong people rarely see! It must be you!"

He pointed at Xia Tian's nose: There is only one truth.

Xia Tian wanted to argue, but A Ying beside her was already blushing. After all, Xia Tian showed her the work when he finished it, and the praise was unbearable.
Wang Fei on the side was envious: Brother Tianer, can you praise me sometime?
Xia Tian snorted: "Humph, I didn't expect that you, Arong, could see through my writing style~"

It seems that I need to change it next time! It’s still not localized enough!
Xia Tian speaks Cantonese quite well, with almost no accent. But I am not used to writing it, as many words are not in the dictionary!

While chatting and laughing, Xia Tian suddenly remembered something.

"You've been busy filming 'Buried Alive' recently. Are your concert preparations going well?" he asked.

Ah Rong's smile faded a little. "Well, it's okay. How can it go wrong? I want to quit the circle, but you can't even let me quit?"

As mentioned before, A Rong and A Qiang are among the few wealthy kids in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

Aqiang's family is in the watch business, and it's quite a big business.

However, he was born in the second branch of the family and had four older brothers and sisters.

Arong's father was a famous tailor in Hong Kong, and later on he had a pretty good suit business.

Many Hollywood directors and stars such as Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando and others have visited his shop.

They both have a bad relationship with their father...

Oh, Arong's father had three wives. There were ten children in his family, and he was the youngest, so he was also called "Ten Sons".

I don’t know whether the bad relationship between father and son resulted from his entry into the entertainment industry, or whether the bad relationship between father and son led to his entry into the entertainment industry.

To be honest, kids from rich families are really not suitable for the entertainment industry. They lack the tortuous growth experience, are sensitive and a bit mysophobic, and are not capable of dealing with all the chaos.

Judging from the current situation in Hong Kong, it is normal that wealthy people look down on actors, singers and artists.

Uncle Shao is unwilling to give the actors a raise, as their monthly income is not as much as that of better white-collar workers.

Even if you become popular and famous, if there is no one supporting you behind you, the society can still control you!
But if you think about it, it's not just the entertainment industry that's like this, right? Isn't it the same in the business world?

The business world is like a battlefield. When tycoons fight each other, is there any decency or warmth in the fights?
Arong’s childhood experience was just like that in “The Story of a Noble Family”: he had a lot of money but very little love.

At the age of 13, he became one of the few international students of that era and was admitted to the textile major of the prestigious University of Leeds in the UK. He planned to inherit his father's legacy in the future, hoping to gain his father's attention.

However, just after he finished his freshman year, his father suffered a stroke and became paralyzed after drinking, so he interrupted his studies.

Talent shows were very popular in Hong Kong in 77. Ah Rong participated in the "Asia Singing Contest" held by a TV station and made his debut successfully by winning the second place.

When he first debuted, he sang in bars to make a living.

But the audience did not like him. When he sang a very emotional part, A Rong threw his hat to the audience, but it was thrown back to him.

The audience burst into laughter, but he insisted on singing the whole song.

After stepping down from the stage, he went straight to the backstage and burst into tears.

There were even some viewers who called his home, and the recorded phone calls were filled with ridicule and abuse.

Fortunately, he was not knocked down.

In 80, he participated in the TV series "Six Tribulations of Life" and instantly killed all TVB programs of the same period.

In 82, he starred in the movie "Youth in Flames" and won the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards.

In 83, he became famous overnight with the world-famous song "The Wind Continues to Blow", which remains one of his most popular songs to this day.

After that, each album was a big hit. He released the album "Leslie", the single "Monica", "The Love of Those Days" and so on.

In 85, he performed 10 consecutive shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum. There was only one singer who could compare with him, and that was Principal Alan Tam.

This was originally a good thing, but due to the excessive extremism of fans on both sides, it caused immeasurable harm to Arong and Alan Tam.

Their original relationship was just like that of friends, but in the end it ended up in such an awkward situation.

The fans of both sides clashed over their common interests during the annual award-giving programs (mainly in 86 and 87).

It was not until last year that Alan Tam publicly announced that he would no longer participate in any competitive competitions.

Following Principal Tan's words, irrational fans were furious and pointed all their fingers at Arong, believing that the principal was forced by Arong.

From then on, wherever A Rong appeared, there would be fans of Tan causing trouble at the scene.

Fans of both sides had a fight outside the venue, resulting in Arong being trapped backstage for 6 hours and not daring to go out.

Not only that, the other party's fans would also curse him, send him some paper money for the dead, scratch his car and do other extreme behaviors.

Who can bear these behaviors? Even people with high psychological quality will be broken.

What’s more, Arong is very sensitive.

The 33-year-old Arong was tired and desperate. So he announced that he would quit the entertainment circle!
To be honest, these two singers are very nice people and their songs are very good, which is rare.

As a result, there was a fight between Tan and Zhang, and their fans were in a mess, which made the two idols fade out of the music scene!

Otherwise, there would be no Four Heavenly Kings!
……

However, although Principal Tan was also very wronged, Xia Tian would rather help his relatives than the law.

"You are going to hold a concert, can I give you a song?" Xia Tian said.

"Okay!" A Rong was very happy when he heard that Xia Tian wanted to give him a song.

Exchanging songs with friends is such an elegant thing!

As long as he doesn’t send me the song “Brother is a Legend”!
In the summer, just take out a pen and paper and start writing!
Wang Fei stretched her neck to take a closer look: "Can't Say Goodbye?"

Xia Tian: Principal, I'm sorry~
I also helped Ah Rong to get revenge~
Okay, let Arong sing the principal's song, I'm so dark!

Xia Tian was humming as he wrote, with the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up.

Ah Rong also thought that this song was so good and touched his heart! But...

"Tian'erzi, why do you write such a sad song when you are laughing so happily?!"

Xia Tian: I remembered something happy...

(End of this chapter)