Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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"Pretty Girl" is finished.

Before filming "Pretty Girl", Xu Cun never thought that "Pretty Girl" could be filmed for more than half a year, let alone that "Pretty Girl" had a budget of 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars and spent 350 million yuan. It took more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars to shoot.

For this, Chen Xunqi felt unspeakably ashamed, and he also began to reflect on whether he was a qualified film director.

Xu Cun didn't blame Chen Xunqi, and of course he didn't encourage Chen Xunqi to behave like this. He just said four words to Chen Xunqi in a neutral manner—not as an example.

For post-production, Xu Cun gave some suggestions based on his experience in two lifetimes and the original version of "Pretty Girl". But how to edit, Xu Cun handed over to Chen Xunqi and Mai Zishan.

Mai Zishan started working in a film color printing company at the age of fourteen, and began to work as a film editor five years later. In the mid-1980s, he became Xu Ke's queen editor. He won two Academy Awards for Best Editing, and his apprentices such as Lin Yu'er and others have also become famous editors in Xiangjiang.

Mak Jae-sun's cutting is like running water, magnificent, with a sense of atmosphere and speed that is absolutely rare in other movies. From now on, Mak Jae-sun will be known as "the first scissor in Xiangjiang".

Mak Jae-sun once said: "At that time, Hong Kong Films did not have major productions, and I edited more than 30 of the annual output of more than 50 films in Hong Kong." This shows Mak Jae-sun's editing skills.

After the production of "Pretty Girl", Xu Cun did not let it be released immediately.

The reason why Xu Cun did this was because he didn't want "Pretty Girl" to go head-to-head with "Fuxing Gaozhao" which was about to be finished.

The cast of "Fuxing Gaozhao" is too huge. Although "Pretty Girl" has its unique features, if it meets "Fuxing Gaozhao", it will definitely be crushed.

During the filming of "Fuxing Gaozhao", Zeng Zhiwei finally came up with the script "Kicking the Pavilion" that he discussed with the screenwriter of DreamWorks.

The original "Kicking the Pavilion" was just a slightly interesting kung fu movie.

After being nurtured by Xu Cun and improved by the screenwriters of DreamWorks, "Kicking the Hall" is still a kung fu movie, but its plot is fuller than that of the previous life.

Moreover, Xu Cun also promised Zeng Zhiwei that he would let Zeng Zhiwei film "Kicking the Pavilion" after the filming of "Fu Xing Gao Zhao".

The protagonists of "Kicking the Pavilion" are Liang Xiaolong and Dong Wei, the male villain is played by Zhong Fa, and the heroine is played by Nishiwake Michiko.

Both Liang Xiaolong and Dong Wei have real kung fu, so there is no problem in acting in kung fu movies. The problem is the heroine—originally, Xu Cun planned to let Li Saifeng play it, but the heroine in the script developed by Zeng Zhiwei and the others is a restaurant proprietress. The face is tender, and it is not suitable for this role at all, so Xu Cun asked Michiko Nishi to play it.

The other actors are all contracted actors from Xu Jiaban, the Raptors stunt team and DreamWorks, and Zhong Zhen is the producer.

Zeng Zhiwei asked Xu Cun for a production fee of 1 million Hong Kong dollars, Xu Cun approved him 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars, and asked him to work harder on the quality.

In addition to preparing to shoot "Kicking the Pavilion", DreamWorks is also preparing to shoot "Pointing Fingers" directed by Xin Langchao director Zhang Guoming and written by Chen Xinjian.

Zhang Guoming and Chen Xinjian were introduced by Cui Baozhu, and they brought the script with them. Xu Cun had read the script of "Dian Zhi Bingbing" and felt good. For the first time, he did not criticize the script of "Dian Zhi Bing Bing".

In terms of actors, Xu Cunqin chose Li Xiuxian and Shenxian.

Needless to say, the immortal, he is a member of the Xu family class.

Li Xiuxian, whose ancestral home is Shantou, Guangdong, was born in Shanghai. He moved to Xiangjiang with his parents since he was a child. Due to his poor family, he could only live in the middle and lower class areas.

Li Xiuxian, a young child, sees hooligans rampaging in the city every day, and he feels quite dissatisfied in his heart. He really hopes that he can become a police officer and rectify social order.

In the fourth grade of middle school, Li Xiuxian had to drop out of school in order to support the family. He wanted to apply for the police academy, but was firmly stopped by his mother, who was worried about his son's safety, and failed to do so. Since then, he has been working in society to earn a living. The longest job he has done is as a worker who installs aluminum windows. Later, Shaw Brothers Company set up an artist training class to train film actors for Shaw Brothers Pictures. Li Xiuxian passed the exam and became the first batch of students.

Xu Cun was very impressed by Li Xiuxian's role as a policeman, so Xu Cun sent people to find Li Xiuxian.

However, as a disciple of the great director Chang Cheh, Li Xiuxian did not agree to join DreamWorks, but only wanted 10,000 Hong Kong dollars to star in "Pointing Finger".

At this time, Li Xiuxian was already well-known, and his salary was at least 30,000 Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, being willing to act in "Dian Zhi Bingbing" with 10,000 Hong Kong dollars shows that he really likes the movie "Dian Zhi Bing Bing".

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Cuncai agreed to pay 10,000 Hong Kong dollars to hire Li Xiuxian to star in "Pointing Finger Soldier".

The other actors of "Pointing Finger Soldier" were also found among actors from Xu Jiaban, the Raptors stunt team, and DreamWorks. The staff is also served by the second-tier team of DreamWorks, and Zhang Guozhong is also the producer.

Since Zeng Zhiwei was still recording Xu Cun on the spot, "Pointing Fingers" started first.

At the same time that "Dian Zhi Bing Bing" started, Xu Cun also asked Zhang Guoming, the director of "Dian Zhi Bing Bing", to help him introduce a person-Tang Shuxuan.

After Tang Shuxuan's film "The Tycoon's Biography" was finished, it was not released under the title "Upstart" until a while ago because there was no theater schedule.

Unfortunately, it failed miserably at the box office.

At this time, Tang Shuxuan was completely disheartened, and was about to immigrate to the United States with her boyfriend to open a restaurant.

For Xu Cun's appointment, Tang Shuxuan was very surprised. He didn't understand why Xu Cun wanted her?

However, based on his curiosity about Xu Cun, Tang Shuxuan still accepted the invitation.

In a cafe in Central.

Xu Cun looked at the noble and elegant Tang Shuxuan with a lot of emotion—this woman is definitely the director with the most artistic achievements in Xiangjiang, and she can be ranked with the world's first-class directors. She is definitely an important factor in promoting the development of Xiangjiang films.

When Xu Cun was looking at Tang Shuxuan, Tang Shuxuan was also looking at Xu Cun - she was very curious about how Xu Cun, a young man who was nearly 20 years younger than her, could achieve such brilliant achievements in just two years?

After looking at each other for a while, Xu Cun said in a voice that seemed to have magic power: "Sister Tang, although it is very presumptuous, I still have to keep you. I want to play with all the wealth of DreamWorks, so I am willing to invite you Sister Tang, you can stay and help me."

Tang Shuxuan was a little confused by Xu Cun's endless words. After a while, she said in a puzzled tone, "Mr. Xu, please speak clearly."

Xu Cun sat up straight and said, "I want to use a production fee of 100 million Hong Kong dollars to go to Hollywood to make a big production. I want to invite you to be the assistant director and one of the producers of this movie."

As soon as Xu Cun's words came out, he was as calm as Tang Shuxuan, and he was shocked! She subconsciously asked, "What movie needs a production cost of 100 million?"

Xu Cun replied in a deep voice: ""ET""

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