"Mr. Red Carpet" is about to be released, and the biggest attraction is this pair-
"Satirical comedy" Ning Hao + "Heavenly King" Andy Lau.
However. Many people don't know that the film is the second time in 18 years that the two have continued their relationship.
In Brother Hua's words, the two are childhood sweethearts.
Fate, we have to start with a Chinese masterpiece-
"Crazy Stone".
At the beginning of the millennium, Andy Lau and Ning Hao's circumstances were "very different".
The former is the eternal top of the Hong Kong entertainment industry and has created countless classics.
The latter is a scumbag majoring in fine arts, studied photography, stayed in the drama troupe, and later became "North Drift", and was admitted to all art academies, but all ended in failure.
By the way, how did these two meet together?
The gears of fate began to turn when Andy Lau set up the "Asian Rising Star Guide Program".
Andy Lau has invested in and supported a total of 7 new directors, one of which is Ning Hao.
It turned out that Ning Hao participated in the Hong Kong Script Competition 2 times before this and won the championship, and his talent attracted Andy Lau's attention.
However, making a movie is not about shopping for groceries, and Ning Hao's process of making this film was not smooth.
3 million is the start-up capital given by Andy Lau.
And Ning Hao originally planned to have 6 million.
cut it in half, which made the director very anxious, but only Andy Lau among the investors would not dare to create, so he still carried it all hard.
I believe that the audience who has watched this film can deeply feel the "poverty" of the crew.
Among the actors, Guo Tao, who has the largest coffee position, has a salary of 250,000.
Huang Bo and Wang Xun were not popular at that time, and the salary was 10,000 yuan and 250 thousand.
Why choose them?
Ning Hao told the truth, because the play is not popular, and it is cost-effective
There is also a group of cost-effective kings, Xu Zheng who starred in friendship with 0 pay.
The assistant director and production director, including Ning Hao himself, all cleaned up and went into battle.
In addition to maximizing the "value" of the actors, the props used in filming are also quite cherished.
For example, the luxury car used in the car loading scene, before the start of filming, all the parts that can be dismantled were removed, leaving only an "empty shell" to complete the shot hahahaha.
In the end, Brother Bo did not drill the stinking sewer in vain, and Ning Hao's good intentions were not in vain.
The words left by netizens in the comment area are the best proof——
As the title suggests, the story revolves around a rock.
Xie Xiaomeng, the son of the director of a craft factory.
But he doesn't love jade and loves girls, he wears a painter's hat all day long, acts as a literary youth, and specializes in hooking up with young girls.
No, on the cross-river cable car, he said greasy love words again...
The girl didn't catch a cold, so she stepped on him hard with hatred, and the coke in his aching hand fell.
The falling Coke happened to hit the windshield of a car.
And the driver happened to be Bao Shihong, the chief of the security section in Xie Xiaomeng's father's factory.
encountered such bad luck, Bao Shihong hurriedly got out of the car to check.
As a result, he was so anxious that the handbrake was not pulled, and he watched the car slip and crash into a luxury car parked on the side of the road.
The owner of a luxury car is four-eyed, and that's called a grumpy.
No, you have to lose money.
Fixed price, 8,000 yuan.
When Bao Shihong heard this, he immediately had kidney pain on both sides, after all, he was worried about money.
Because the factory business is sluggish and on the verge of closure, Bao Shihong is currently on the verge of losing his job.
At this time, there was suddenly good news.
A piece of jadeite of great value was dug up in the factory.
This piece of jadeite was regarded as a "life-saving treasure" by the whole factory, and the director decided to open an exhibition for it and use the money obtained from the sale of tickets to solve the urgent need.
As we all know, the joys and sorrows between people are not connected.
The boss of the factory next door who planned to buy it was so angry that he was furious.
With a twist of his bare head, he came up with a brilliant idea: find someone to steal the jadeite, which is a good thing for the factory director.
At this point, Four Eyes reappears.
He is a pug next to the boss, and he has a lot of doorways, and he has found an international thief.
International Thieves vs Domestic Security
Which of the two sides is superior???
Stop, there is a third one on the opposing side, domestic thieves.
The trio, led by Heipi, are trying to make money for the sake of their wife, children and mother in their hometown.
For example, directing and acting in the subway is intriguing.
It's a pity that the IQ of the three is not enough, and in the end they can only rely on stealing chickens and dogs.
They were quite brave, and as soon as they made a move, they took away the boxes of the international thieves.
It was also this box that attracted them to also focus on the jadeite.
Suddenly, three forces, one guarding and two thieves, the war quietly began.
Due to the multi-line narrative setting and the "deliberate" coincidence, after the release of this film, it has been constantly compared with Guy Ritchie's classic "Two Big Smoking Guns".
Who is better than whom, the caliber is not good and unified;
But it is undeniable that "Crazy Stone" is absolutely incomparably in line with Chinese reality, and it plays black humor skillfully and without embarrassment.
As netizens commented——
The most valuable thing about it is that while it is funny, it does not treat the audience for fools.
I believe that anyone who watches it once can't forget the highlight lines in it.
"I'll give you a lung", "Don't you **" public toilets? Come when you want, go when you want? ”
And those clever clips.
Can you believe it? The international thief carries the most professional equipment and does the most idiotic acts.
He pried open the glass of the jadeite display, but his body was hanging by a rope, and he couldn't touch the jadeite in front of him.
When I escaped, I almost got stuck in the pipe.
However, with everyone with you, there is no shame in international thieves.
Yes, the blackskin trio wasn't much better.
A few times in and out of the exhibition area, I didn't even dare to touch the glass.
The first reaction when I came to the scene was, is there any infrared surveillance?
In fact, only the security team headed by Bao Shihong maintained security at the exhibition site.
Don't look at Bao Shihong is a professional security guard, he saw that something was wrong at the scene, and he analyzed it very seriously.
However, his skills are still lacking, and he has not analyzed it at all from beginning to end.
The uncles who were working at the exhibition site became the backstabbers, but fortunately, they prostituted the comforting gifts sent by Bao Shihong to the door.
As for who stole the jadeite in the end?
Emma, who was taken away by the lustful Xie Xiaomeng when he was filming a promotional video, took the fake and left.
He didn't just want to get rich, he smiled purely for the Pomeranians.
The story is so nonsensical, so crazy.
It's just that it's not the stones that are crazy, it's the people.
Yes, jadeite itself is a stone, which has been endowed with value and carries human desires.
It was quietly placed on the counter, and the rich merchants and thieves rushed to the table, fighting for their heads.
Especially the real jadeite, which was finally treated as a fake by Bao Shihong and given to his wife as a souvenir.
It's so ironic.
There are constant jokes throughout the whole process, and the story is extremely down-to-earth, which makes the film roll up to 23.5 million box office after its release, making a lot of money.
Maybe a few thousand box office, compared with the same period of "The City is Full of ** A" and "Night Banquet" were turned into scum in seconds.
But it proves -
It's not a big production or a big lineup, which is equal to a good reputation.
The release of this film is the beginning of its significance!
Huang Bo was popular, and there was one more actor in the entertainment industry;
Ning Hao has had the confidence to make films since then, and there is no need to spend energy on filming commercials and MVs in order to raise money.
The experience of making "Crazy Stone" influenced his subsequent career.
In 2016, Ning Hao, like Andy Lau back then, launched the "72 Movie Project" of Bad Monkey and supported 10 young directors.
Among them is Guo Fan, who filmed "The Wandering Earth".
An episode is that Guo Fan found Ning Hao and wanted to thank him at the end of the film, but Ning Hao politely refused and asked him to write Andy Lau if he wanted to.
So, there was a scene on the screen.
It can be said that at this moment, the film is no longer a movie, but a inheritance between filmmakers.
The audience is the most direct beneficiary.