Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 68

The news that Luo Junyan is planning to shoot a new film “Three Kingdoms Warriors” spreads.

The total investment amount is as high as 20 million Hong Kong dollars. I heard that he was just to prove that he was not bad in making costume films before getting married. The people in the circle are all laughing, and only this guy can do this kind of thing, so naive.

During the New Year’s Day holiday, Luo Junyan couldn’t take any time off. All the preparations for shooting had to be done by himself. After all, it would take a few months to go to the mainland to shoot.

Bian Sicong followed the vanguard unit led by Xu Har and the martial arts instructor Yuan Heping invited this time. Before New Year’s Day, he set off to the mainland to join the team organized by the army sister. There are too many things to prepare for shooting a war movie. Selecting the scene, determining the group performance, preparing costumes and props, renting horses, setting up large-scale scenes, etc., regardless of the size, can not pull a spear.

Luo Junyan can already be convinced that the estimated four months of production time is simply not enough, so it will affect the wedding date in May? When talking to sister army on the phone, Luo Junyan almost went crazy.

Sister Army coaxed and persuaded that she would go back to Hong Kong for registration in the past two days. The wedding of the two can be postponed. Sister Army’s decision finally gave Luo Junyan a reassurance, and the young man immediately became happy again.

On January 8, 1986, sister army wore a rose red cheongsam and Luo Junyan in a formal dress, accompanied by four witnesses, Luo Shaotang, Luo Meizi, Cheng Ge, and Anita Mui, went to the marriage registry office for a session. Concise wedding ceremony. Under the auspices of the registrar, the two persons completed the marriage registration, and they are legally married.

Luo Junyan’s ring finger finally put on the diamond ring that sister army gave him, and the whole time was a smirk, and sister army rarely showed a shy posture.

After so many twists and turns, the two vowed before the witnesses. Luo Junyan and Tian Ruini, after holding hands in this life, are the only ones for each other, staying together for the rest of their lives.

That night, sister army must live with Luo Junyan on the wedding night. It is unlucky for the couple to sleep in separate rooms for the first night. Because the registration of the marriage was rushed, sister army didn’t feel anything during the day. When the two entered Luo Junyan’s room, the feelings in her heart were completely different.

After washing, the two changed into pajamas. Luo Junyan hugged sister army while lying on the bed. The hugs were very harmonious. But as soon as Luo Junyan touched the buttons of sister army’s pajamas, sister army immediately protected her.

Sister Army must wait until after the wedding to consummate the room, her attitude is unusually determined. Luo Junyan didn’t really realize until this moment that sister army is definitely a perfectionist in terms of feelings. She has a beautiful idea in her own mind, and no flaws are allowed in the actual process.

Luo Junyan was helpless, so he tried to tease sister army, and asked: “My wife, it’s uncomfortable to sleep with a bra. May I pick it up for you?”

Sister Army lay on her back in Luo Junyan’s arms, letting his hands touch him, and said, “Husband, this will look bigger. Don’t you like R cups?”

Luo Junyan smiled and replied: “Guan Zhilin used me to hype, and I was retaliating against her for talking nonsense. Who in the entertainment industry does not know that I am the most serious?”

Sister Army sighed and said, “I will marry you if I am confused. I haven’t given you three orders. Have you forgotten it a long time ago?”

Luo Junyan said: “Why? I bet against Shaw Brothers, you guarantee me, I promise you will follow your orders three times. Wife, from today, I will execute your orders, not limited to three. Piece.”

Sister Army gave him a white look and said, “Do you think I’m called a shrew? My husband must have his own opinion. But those three commands can’t be simply invalidated, so I will replace them with one of your requirements. ?”

Luo Junyan kissed her on the cheek, and said, “My wife, tell me.”

Sister Army solemnly said: “From now on, you can’t deliberately hide anything from me. Don’t deal with me casually. I only have one request from you. If you agree, you must do it.”

Luo Junyan thought for a while, sister army’s request is really harsh, who doesn’t have any little secrets yet.

But if this can make her more confident in love, Luo Junyan is willing to carry out this promise. So Luo Junyan said: “My wife, it is difficult for you to be a man. If I promise you, can I give you some rewards?”

Sister Army’s heartbeat speeded up unconsciously, she pressed her head to his chest and murmured, “That’s not good, Dad and Azi will hear it.”

Luo Junyan looked at her shy and lovely look, and couldn’t help kissing her red lips.

The two kissed for a long time before Luo Junyan said contentedly: “My wife, this reward is also good. I promise you that I will not deliberately hide anything from you in the future. In fact, I still have a stock account and invested in 10 stocks. The stock, probably has a market value of more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars.”

Then Luo Junyan explained the matter of investing in stocks in detail.

Sister Army breathed a sigh of relief. The reason she made such a request was because Brother Cheng reported to her that Luo Junyan might have other large incomes, which had to make sister army worry that he would be framed by someone else.

In the entertainment circle, people go to gambling often. Wu Mengda became popular when he played Hu Tiehua in the “Legend of Chu Liuxiang”. As a result, he was designed a trap, which led to his infatuation with gambling. Wu Mengda hasn’t turned around yet, so he can only ask for some small supporting roles, and his career is like starting from scratch.

After Sister Army was relieved, she had to sigh that her husband’s fortune was really good, so she put her arms around Luo Junyan’s neck and said, “Wow, didn’t I have another large sum of money?”

Luo Junyan stuck to her ear and whispered: “Wife, do you want to take off your bra and celebrate?”

Sister Army finally did not object this time, and Luo Junyan was already satisfied to be able to get to this point.

After the two stayed at home for three days, they had to set off for the mainland.

After arriving in the mainland, army accompanied Luo Junyan to Yichang, the filming location of “Three Kingdoms Warriors”. As a result, when Yichang and the crew met, they discovered that Director Xu was not there and traveled around the provinces to select horses.

“Three Kingdoms Warriors” is an ancient costume war film, if you want to make a wonderful film, it can’t be done easily. Brother Cheng made things simple, and Director Xu made things perfect, which caused Luo Junyan to suffer.

The costumes and props were all customized by sister army who contacted the mainland factory, and they were all set by Brother Cheng with the cool comic style. The requirements are fine, and the quantity is still a lot, so the workload is overwhelming.

At the shooting site, a wooden bridge was built over the river and mountains, the one that Zhang Fei broke with a loud shout. This will take more than half a month, and work has to be done day and night.

Luo Junyan can only relax his mind now, and just use this time to practice kung fu with the actors, waiting for the completion of the preparations one by one.

He saw that the heroine Brigitte Lin also made a few false polite words, and then he was really out of interest to communicate. However, sister army pulled Brigitte Lin to chat a lot, and eased the relationship between the two sides for Luo Junyan. No matter how adults can be like children, they will hold grudges if they are too big.

The cast of “Three Kingdoms Warriors” has all been in place, and the staff list is like this.

Luo Junyan plays the actor Zhao Yun, with a jade face and a silver gun, invincible.

Brigitte Lin plays the personal female guard Xiaoqing of the heroine Mrs. Gan. This is a fictional character, just to join Chun Ai’s emotional drama, Chun Ai is also customized for the Japanese and Korean markets.

Ti Lung plays Liu Bei, a role tailored for Ti Lung, with both civil and martial arts.

The Japanese star Hiroyuki Sanada played Guan Yu. Hiroyuki Sanada participated in the Hong Kong movie “Royal Sister” in 1985. His image is very domineering, well-known, and the martial arts have a foundation.

Andy Lau plays Zhang Fei, of course Zhang Fei in the comic version. For Andy Lau, this is a breakthrough in the role, not the way to coax fans into the movie theater.

Brother Chang plays the military strategist Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang’s role in this film is not very important.

Leung Ka Fai plays Cao Cao, and the role of a peerless hero has extremely high acting skills. People say that drawing dragons and tigers is difficult to draw bones. If you want to bring the effect of Cao Cao’s performance that has swept the market, you will definitely not be able to rely on ordinary actors.

Zhige plays Cao Cao’s vanguard officer, leading five thousand elite tiger and leopard riders to chase Liu Bei’s general Cao Chun.

A rookie that quickly became popular in Japan, Toho’s female artist Yasukiko Sawaguchi plays Liu Bei’s original partner, Mrs. Mi, who is also the mother of Liu Chan and Liu Adou. The girl is very suitable for the appearance of ancient costumes, with a kind of classical beauty.

The remaining military commanders were selected from the Yuan family class, such as general Xiahouen who was picked by Zhao Yun’s spear, Xiahoujie who was frightened to death by Zhang Fei and so on.

The preparatory work has been going on for a whole month. In order not to delay other work, some actors have already entered and exited while waiting. This year’s Spring Festival, the crew are all in the mainland, and they all look forward to starting it soon.

On February 17, the crew of “Three Kingdoms Warriors” formally held a ceremony to worship the gods.

The start of the crew shows the difficulty of shooting a cold weapon era war film. During the filming process, there is not a single day without the wounded being seen, and the number of NGs is much higher than that of movies of any subject.

Several generals and actors, even if they had arranged for a stand-in, they were all scarred, and even Lin Qingxia suffered minor injuries. Luo Junyan wore tens of kilograms of armor every day, and he was exhausted like a dead dog every night. If it hadn’t been for the army sister to visit the crew frequently, his heart would have collapsed.

“Three Kingdoms Warriors” is divided into 5 main parts, this is to better grasp the rhythm of the film.

The film starts with Liu Bei and the people fleeing Jingzhou, sending Guan Yu to Jiangling by water. The chase and blockade along the way is the first part, and Pure Love is also added in this part, and after that, it will start full-scale martial arts, and it is not suitable to engage in a relationship between men and women.

At Changbanpo, Cao Chun led five thousand tigers and leopards to kill, breaking Liu Bei’s army, and Mrs. Mi, Zhao Yun, and Liu Bei were dispersed. The connection between this fight and the plot is the second part, and it is also a link that paves the way for the hero.

Cao Cao led his army to Changbanpo. Liu Bei didn’t believe the rumors that Zhao Yun had thrown into the enemy. After Zhang Fei was broken off at Changbanqiao, Zhao Yun went seven in and out, and finally rescued Ah Dou. This is the third part of the film and the most climactic segment.

After Zhang Fei stopped drinking, he met Zhao Yun, and took advantage of the momentum to repel the tiger and leopard rider led by Cao Chun, drinking the broken long board bridge. This is the fourth part of the film. The special effects of the long board bridge are the focus and attract the audience’s attention.

Liu Bei and others fled, Guan Yu set up an ambush to respond, and the fifth part of the Great Breaking Tiger and Leopard Riding. After that, Cao Cao led his army back to Jingzhou, and Liu Bei’s side was out of trouble.

The filming lasted for more than two months, and the progress was only one-third. Only Director Xu was very excited about the entire crew. He felt that only this kind of film was the only way to enjoy it.

This time the computer special effects need to be synchronized with the shooting to speed up the production, and the workload is very large.

Originally, Luo Junyan only planned to use special effects for the Nagasaka Bridge to be broken, the river to flow upstream, and some large-scale battle scenes in Hongdae. As a result, Director Xu requested special effects for the heroine shooting arrows, Guan Yu’s sword, Zhao Yun’s spear, and so on, and he played a shot to show off his anger, swinging the sword and crooking the moon.

Fortunately, there are so many mainlanders, there are as many group performances as there are, and the salary is two yuan per person a day. Otherwise, according to such a misfortune, this film would have ruined Luo Junyan.

In this way, it was filmed in mid-June, and the progress was accelerated a lot because the crew worked in a more tacit understanding. But Director Xu and his wife talked to Luo Junyan alone. The film must have been overspend, and the money for special effects was not enough.

Luo Junyan squatted on the ground with her head in her arms and glanced at Director Xu, who was looking back at the shooting effect attentively. There were only four words in her mind that Brother Cheng always said: It’s over.

Bian Sicong escorted Dongbao’s production supervisor representative to Japan urgently to explain the situation with some of the temporary production clips. “Three Kingdoms Warriors” requires an additional investment of 8 million Hong Kong dollars, and Dongbao must agree to pay another 4 million Hong Kong dollars.

Continue shooting here, and the filming of Ti Lung’s scene is finished one step ahead of schedule. Through a friend’s recommendation, he received a film contract for “The True Colors of a Hero” and must rush back to Xiangjiang to start work.

“The True Colors of Heroes” is Tsui Hark’s own film, but Tsui Hark’s side can’t play it at all. He has no intention of making other movies now. Every day in his dreams, he is studying how to make the scene bigger. He simply handed over the filming of “The True Colors of Heroes” to Wu Yusen, and only asked Shi Nansheng to rush back to take charge of the on-site production work.

One week later, Japan returned news that Toho Co., Ltd. did not agree to additional investment.

This is not filming in Europe and America. Even in Europe and the United States, an investment of 28 million Hong Kong dollars is not considered a small production, and the issue of film profit must be considered.

In the end, Luo Junyan was cruel and promised to personally add 8 million Hong Kong dollars. However, the investment ratio of Snowman Century Entertainment increased to 70%, and Dongbao finally agreed to this plan. Now it is hoped that it can be completed soon.

Brother Cheng finally made time to visit the class, and when he figured out the current situation, he was a little bit confused.

Half a step ahead is a warrior, a step ahead may be a martyr, is it too advanced this time? Back then, he remembered that the upper and lower parts of “Red Cliff” sold more than 10 billion box office in Japan. There was hype on the Internet that the Japanese were unconditionally obsessed with the Three Kingdoms, but this is not that era.

This time he also brought 4 songs to Luo Junyan, the theme song “Rolling the East of the Yangtze River”, the episodes “Laughing Hongchen” and “Red Actress”, and the large-scale battle BMG “Victory”. I can’t manage that much, I have to use everything that I can use. Maybe I can inspire future generations to create better songs.

Luo Junyan is not in the mood to study songs now. After standing for a while, he feels that his waist is about to be folded. After reading it briefly, he nodded in approval.

Brother Cheng was not embarrassed to ask for money this time. After all, he is also a shareholder of Snowman Century Entertainment. This time the big boss is desperate, and he has really done little on his own.

In addition, Brother Cheng brought a piece of good news, which somewhat cheered Luo Junyan.

Bai Anni was nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards this year. The strange thing is that apart from her heroine, “Flu” has never been nominated for other awards.