Chapter 535 The Development Direction of Hong Kong Martial Arts Films

"77%." Yang Wendong recalled for a while and said, "Except for the previous Legend of the Condor Heroes, this is the highest."

TVB had been established for several years. With not enough screenwriters, it was naturally difficult to learn from the original dramas of the 1980s and 1990s. Yang Wendong, the boss, was unlikely to participate in such a thing. In addition, TVB had already bought the copyright of Jin Yong's novels, so it filmed several Jin Yong TV series in succession, such as The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes.
The one with the best performance is naturally "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Among Jin Yong's novels, this one is also the most popular. In later generations, perhaps only "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" can rival it.

Of course, some of Gu Long’s novels have been filmed and achieved decent results, but because they lack the spirit of “the greatest chivalrous man who serves the country and the people”, they are still not as good as Jin Yong’s.

Qi Ruifan said: "Yes, compared with popular TV series, The Voice is still a little bit worse, but TV series are gone after they are finished. We can shoot this every year. For TVB, this means more."

"Okay, then we will continue to hold preliminary rounds in different regions, and then finals and the grand finals to build up momentum." Yang Wendong agreed and said, "In addition, we can occasionally invite some singers or movie stars to be judges to increase the popularity."

In recent years, under the deliberate operation of TVB and Changxing Film Company, Hong Kong has already had many stars, and these stars also have many fans. For example, thousands of people are willing to pay to watch the concerts held before, and their music albums are also selling more and more with the development of tape players;
The improvement of these income channels has also brought many singers incomes that are no less than some mid-level film and television stars, thus attracting more people to join in music creation. Even the Hong Kong Voice of China can attract so many people, because as long as you sing well, you can make money;

Making money is the driving force behind the development of most industries.

Qi Ruifan agreed and said, "No problem. I will continue to increase the publicity and strive to make the Voice of China Festival the most popular TV program in Hong Kong."

Yang Wendong said: "Okay, let's try to make some achievements this year. As long as the results are good enough, we can gradually try to sell the copyright."

This is also the core purpose of promoting "The Voice of Hong Kong". Selling copyrights can not only obtain a large amount of foreign exchange, but also gain access to many overseas TV stations, thus enhancing its influence worldwide.

The popularity of "The Voice of Hong Kong" has gradually attracted the attention of many newspapers and media. Some young people who won the championship or even performed well were interviewed by some media;
Occasionally, if you come across a person from a poor family who hopes to change his living conditions through singing, he or she will become the focus of media attention.

Because of the high popularity, some people even started betting on who will win and who will lose.
Yang Wendong didn't care after knowing this. He didn't participate in it anyway. Any activity, as long as it is popular enough and has competitions, may attract these people.

Every week after that, the cast of "The Voice of Hong Kong" held preliminary rounds and appeared on TV and radio, gradually setting off a wave of popularity in Hong Kong's street markets. Many people would discuss this topic when chatting.

In early May, Yang Wendong came to the film and television city in Tseung Kwan O;

"Mr. Yang, the set in front is where Li Xiaolong is shooting his new movie." Zhou Wenhuai followed his boss and introduced.

"Let's go and take a look." Yang Wendong was also very interested in Li Xiaolong's fighting in his previous life.

Soon they arrived at the set. At this moment, Li Xiaolong was concentrating on acting and did not notice Yang Wendong and others behind him.

"Click, start." Following the assistant director's order;
The people around Li Xiaolong immediately attacked, but they were quickly knocked down one by one, and two of them even screamed in pain;
When the scene ended, the assistant director immediately stepped forward, and several medical staff also examined the injured.

Yang Wendong and Zou Wenhuai also walked over. Li Xiaolong naturally noticed them, so he walked over and greeted them, "Mr. Yang, Mr. Zou."

"You hit me a bit too hard." Yang Wendong looked at several actors who were helped up. The expressions on their faces and the sweat on their bodies did not seem fake.

It doesn't matter if a little more money is spent on making a movie, since Li Xiaolong's movies are bound to be hits anyway. But it's not good if people get hurt, as some may be affected for life.

Li Xiaolong also said helplessly: "I have already used less force. It looks like a very strong kick, but in fact, I didn't use much force, and there are some protections in their clothes;
But no matter what, you still have to bear some strength, and if you don’t have strength, the photos will look too fake.”

"Well, let's try to keep it safe." Yang Wendong didn't say much.

Art requires dedication, especially for actors in this era. They fight without regard for their lives, and jump off buildings for real. Many actors have been injured because of this.

As long as life-threatening and serious injuries can be avoided, other minor injuries are inevitable. It is a kind of comfort that the money is in place and there is compensation.

Zou Wenhuai asked, "Xiaolong, isn't your fight too fast? It only takes a few seconds for several people to finish it?"

"Because I pursue reality." Li Xiaolong shook his head and said, "I watched a lot of Hong Kong movies and found two problems. The first is that the fighting is too fake. Two people fight and the fight lasts for several minutes or even ten minutes without ending. They just change their moves. But in fact, a real fight, even between two masters, will be decided in a very short time, because once the party who makes a mistake is hit anywhere, it will basically be defeated immediately.
This is only the case when both sides are unarmed. If there are weapons, then if a piece of skin is cut, the injured person will lose faster because of the pain. "

"You are absolutely right." Yang Wendong also agreed deeply.

In today's Hong Kong movies, many fights are indeed very exciting, but often two "hum hum ha ha" fight for ten minutes without a clear winner.
Not to mention that no one was injured, even with this kind of high-intensity fight, few people could withstand it.

I thought it was quite interesting at first, but after watching it too much, I found it boring. The performance of Hong Kong martial arts movies has also declined in recent times, probably because of this. The audience keeps watching the same thing. The reason why Li Xiaolong became an overnight sensation in history was probably because of this.

Wrinkle Huai asked: "What is the second question?"

Li Xiaolong replied: "The second one is somewhat related to the first one. The fighting scenes are too long, but there is no other plot. Even though everyone likes to watch martial arts scenes, if there is no other plot, what is the point of watching only fighting?
Take the previous films you made for example. The fighting scenes were indeed good, better than those of Shaw Brothers, but the core plot conflict was still two people fighting each other on the street because they didn’t like each other, or because of a girl. It was too boring.”

"So the selling point of your movie 'Fist of Fury' is to target drug control?" Yang Wendong asked with a smile.

He could not have imagined that although he had changed a lot of history, Li Xiaolong's first movie was still called the same as in history, "Fist of Fury".

Li Xiaolong nodded and said, "Yes, I conceived this movie many years ago. I originally wanted to shoot it in the United States, but the film company there didn't give me a chance.
My idea is very simple. We Chinese people have been harmed by D in the past. This is a heartache for many people, so we need to take advantage of this and bring this kind of story to the screen to attract more people to watch it. "

"Yes, this is a good idea, Old Zou, you have to learn from it in the future." Yang Wendong agreed.

It seems that Li Xiaolong's success is not due to his fighting ability, but also because of his strong brain and keenness in the film market. Looking back at the movies he made in his previous life, they all have strong plots and strong fighting scenes, especially the later "Huo Yuanjia", which has elevated patriotism to the extreme;

The plot is the most important thing for any story. Even for some Japanese films, many people like some other plots, such as "You don't want your husband to know."

No matter what kind of fighting it is, it is certainly fun to watch, but it can't be all fighting.
Wrinkle Huai also said immediately: "Yes, Mr. Yang."

"Okay, wait until the results of this movie come out, and then we'll consider how to shoot the next movie." Yang Wendong asked again: "Xiaolong, when will this movie be finished?"

Li Xiaolong said: "The filming can be completed in one month, but after the filming, I may need some time to make some changes, and some plots may need to be re-shot."

"Okay, you decide." Yang Wendong naturally agreed.

Compared with Li Xiaolong's previous filming speed in history, this speed is already very fast. The main reason is that he has sufficient resources. He can build whatever is needed and invite whatever people are needed.

In the past, when Li Xiaolong cooperated with Golden Harvest, he did not have so many resources.

Zou Wenhuai next to him was also very moved. He also knew that the boss attached great importance to Li Xiaolong. No actor or director would dare to make such a request. You know, reshoots would be a waste of film and manpower. In the later stage, people would be needed to adjust the film position, etc., which was very time-consuming and costly.

Li Xiaolong smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Yang, don't worry. I have absolute confidence in this movie. It will definitely be a success. Otherwise, I will go back to the United States directly."

"Haha, I'm confident too." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Don't feel any psychological pressure. After you finish filming this movie, I will use a lot of resources to promote it, and it will definitely achieve good results."

Now, with my presence, Hong Kong’s economy is stronger, there are more cinemas, and even Singapore is the same;
Similarly, he already has more than 250 theaters overseas, with more than seats, all of which are among the Chinese community;
And now I fully support Li Xiaolong in the filming. As long as there is no problem with the quality of this movie, the performance of this first movie will definitely far exceed the historical results.

Li Xiaolong nodded and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yang."

He now has some understanding of the development of Hong Kong films and knows how great the resources are for his film. It can be said that ten other normal films combined cannot compare to his film.
This naturally put some pressure on him. Although he had confidence, art was often illusory.
In Hollywood, 20th Century Fox put all its resources into filming "Cleopatra", which was a huge failure and almost caused the company to go bankrupt. However, some small companies may inadvertently create a dark horse.

Yang Wendong said: "I'll wait for your good news."

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(End of this chapter)

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