"If you are willing to come to our company, I can let you be the director." Xiang Nan smiled and said to Wang Jing.
"Real or false?" Wang Jing was shocked when he heard this.
In the 1970s, being a director was not an easy task. At Shaw Brothers, everyone pays attention to seniority. If you don't work as an assistant director for a few years, you are not qualified to be a director.
And now he has never even been an assistant director, and now he becomes a director all of a sudden? ! It sounds like a joke.
"Why, you don't believe me?" Xiang Nan laughed.
"Of course not." Wang Jing waved his hand quickly, "I'm just worried that I am not qualified because of my lack of qualifications."
"Hey, it's the 1980s. We are a new generation of young people. We are all about breaking the rules and pioneering and innovating. What else are we talking about based on seniority? If we talk about seniority, I am still playing a minor role. Who dares to use me as the leading actor? ?" Xiang Nan laughed.
Shaw Bros. actors also pay attention to seniority. Many artists have to play supporting roles for a period of time before they become leading actors.
Di Long, Jiang David, Yue Hua, Zheng Peipei, etc. are all like this. It’s rare for an actor to play the leading role as soon as he debuts.
Compared with them, Xiang Nan is really lucky. He played the leading role in his first drama, became a hit in his first drama, and never got benched once.
When Wang Jing heard this, he was deeply moved, "Mr. Ning, you are so courageous. We are really lucky."
"Then do you dare to come?" Xiang Nan asked with a smile.
Wang Jing hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
He is now working as a screenwriter at a wireless station. Although he can make some money, it is far behind compared to being a director.
As a director, you can earn tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars per film. If you become a famous director in the future, your salary will be doubled. In comparison, being a screenwriter and earning a salary of tens of thousands of dollars is considered high, and no matter how good the screenwriter is, it is just to make others shine.
"Okay, welcome to join Zhen Kung Fu." Xiang Nan stretched out his hand and shook his hand.
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Wang Jing subsequently resigned and left TVB to join Zhen Kung Fu Pictures.
Anyway, for him, his dad is the chief producer of TVB. If he can't survive outside, he can go back to Wireless. With this relationship as the backing, he naturally doesn't mind giving it a try.
If the bicycle turns into a motorcycle, he will take advantage.
"Director Wang, welcome to join our real Kung Fu team." Xiang Nan smiled, "Without further ado, let's hurry up and make the film. Do you have a good script now?"
Wang Jing nodded and came up with a few ideas that he usually thought about.
Xiang Nan took a look and found that most of them were popular Kung Fu movies, such as "The Tiger Who Swallowed His Teeth", "The Eight Levels of Double Treasure", "The Lion King of the North and South" and so on.
This is not what he expected, because Wang Jing likes to follow the trend.
When New Arts City's "Chasing Girls" became popular, he filmed "Chasing Girls"; when Golden Harvest's "Once Upon a Time" series became popular, he filmed "Once Upon a Time: The Iron Chicken Fights the Centipede"; TVB's "Brothers and Brothers" " became popular, so he used the original cast to film "Silent Brothers in Distress"...
Now that kung fu movies are popular, he naturally wants to follow suit.
But Xiang Nan is not very interested in these scripts. With the development of kung fu movies to this day, I dare not say that they are already declining and dying, but it is indeed going downhill.
The bottom line is that there are too many people taking pictures. You shoot it, I shoot it, and sooner or later the audience gets tired of it. Therefore, Xiang Nan is not planning to make any more kung fu movies.
He picked around and selected one of the books, "Thousands of Kings Fighting Thousands of Tyrants".
This script is the sequel to the popular drama "The King of Kings" written by Wang Jing. "The King of Kings", which he wrote at the beginning of this year, became very popular after its launch on the wireless station, and its ratings were once high.
Therefore, Wang Jing wrote a movie version of the script and planned to sell it to Shaw Brothers, so that he could eat more fish and make more money. But before he could show it to Shaw Brothers, he was selected by Xiang Nan first.
"Okay, I think this script is good. There are fewer themes now, and it's fresh for the audience. I think there will be a market for it." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
He has never seen the movie "Thousand Kings Fight Thousand Tyrants", but he knows that Wang Jing is good at making gambling films. He believed that Wang Jing could shoot it well.
Wang Jing nodded.
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Subsequently, preparations for the filming of "Thousands of Kings Fighting Thousands of Tyrants" began.
Xiang Nan prepared a budget of 800,000 Hong Kong dollars. At that time, this amount of money was enough to make a movie.
While "Thousands of Kings Fight Thousands of Tyrants" is being prepared, the filming of "Man Scares Ghosts" starring Yuan Biao by Xiang Nan has also been completed.
Xiang Nan was not prepared to let Jiahe issue it, so he went to Lei Juekun, the owner of Kowloon Bus.
"Mr. Lei, I have long admired your name~" He cupped his hands and said with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Ning." Lei Juekun was a little curious when he saw Xiang Nan coming to visit, "I wonder if I can help you?"
"Yes, Mr. Lei, I know you intend to enter the film industry. I am also preparing to leave Jiahe. I wonder if you are interested in cooperating with me?" Xiang Nan asked with a smile.
Lei Juekun was stunned.
He does want to enter the film industry, but it is still in the investigation stage and has not spread the news. He doesn't know where Xiang Nan received the news. He is really well-informed.
And Xiang Nan's proposal also made his heart beat. Nowadays, Xiang Nan can be said to be the most popular movie star in Hong Kong. The movies he starred in, "The Young Master", "The Prodigal Son", and "The Young Master" have broken box office records three times and made tens of millions in box office, which is more than any other star. Get up and get more.
What's more important is that he wrote, directed and acted in these movies, which is amazing. Recruiting one such versatile person is enough to revitalize the company.
Thanks to Bruce Lee and Hui Guanwen, two all-rounders who wrote, directed, and acted, Golden Harvest was able to escape the suppression of Shaw Brothers and develop and grow.
Therefore, if he has Xiang Nan, I believe he will have a chance to become the overlord of the Hong Kong film industry.
"Mr. Ning, are you really willing to cooperate with me?" Lei Juekun then asked.
"Mr. Lei, my sincerity is absolutely sufficient." Xiang Nan nodded.
"Okay, let me think about it." Lei Juekun nodded.
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The news that Xiang Nan went to find Lei Juekun was not hidden from anyone who was interested.
Zou Wenhuai soon received the news and learned that Lei Juekun intended to enter the film industry. And Xiang Nan's Real Kung Fu Pictures was the first company he wanted to incorporate.
Hearing the news, Zou Wenhuai also panicked.
Xiang Nan is now the backbone of Jiahe. Although there have been conflicts between the two, as said in "The Godfather", business is business.
For businessmen like them, a slap in the face is nothing. As long as there are enough benefits, he can even let Xiang Nan slap him on the other cheek.
Just like back then, Bruce Lee once embarrassed him in public, but he also tolerated it.
Moreover, in real life, due to the rapid rise of New Art City, Zou Wenhuai even joined forces with Sir Shao to suppress others.
Although they once fought to the death, the enemy still chooses to join forces now. It can be seen that as long as there are enough benefits, enemies can become partners.
