Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

Beautiful country, San Francisco.

Li Xiaolong, who had already made a name for himself in Hollywood, packed his luggage and prepared to return to Hong Kong with his wife and children.

Li Xiaolong was in high spirits at this moment.

From an unknown Chinese boy to a rising star in the American martial arts world, and then to a Hollywood figure, his American dream is being realized step by step.

After filming The Green Hornet, Li Xiaolong has finally established himself in Hollywood.

Now he has a successful career, a wife and children, and a happy marriage and family.

So he thought about returning to Hong Kong to visit his relatives.

When you achieve success, you must return home in glory.

Otherwise, what's the difference between that and walking at night in brocade clothes?

And Li Xiaolong also had an idea in his mind.

That is to bring Hollywood's methods back to Hong Kong's film industry.

No matter how good Hollywood is, it is still foreign Hollywood.

Plus there is discrimination.

Li Xiaolong still hopes to develop in a place he is familiar with.

So Li Xiaolong set his sights on Shaw Brothers.

When he left Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers was already very famous.

Hundreds of films have been shot over the years, mainly costume and martial arts.

Li Xiaolong was also only planning to make kung fu movies.

So Shaw Brothers is definitely the best choice.

Not long after Li Xiaolong returned to Hong Kong.

His agent received several invitations.

Bruce Lee read through the letters one by one.

Among them was the Shaw Brothers Group, with which he most wanted to cooperate.

"How about this Golden Harvest Film Company? Why haven't I heard of it before? And this Xingchen Film Company, why don't I have any impression of it?"

It has been some years since Bruce Lee went abroad.

Hong Kong has undergone significant changes over the years, and there are some things he doesn't understand.

“Golden Harvest is a newly established film company. Their boss used to work for Shaw Brothers Group. He later left to work on his own.

As for this Xingchen, it is said that it was invested by a real estate boss, but it is not well-known, and the movies it has made in recent years are not well-known. "

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaolong decided to pass on Jiahe and Xingchen.

After all, in his opinion, a newly established small company and a little-known company are not qualified to cooperate with him.

"Please help me contact Shaw Brothers. I want to discuss cooperation with Run Run Shaw."

Li Xiaolong finally chose to cooperate with Shaw Brothers.

After all, I grew up watching Shaw Brothers movies.

I have a pretty good impression of this film company.

Run Run Shaw was also very proud when he knew that Li Xiaolong was looking for him.

In his opinion, Li Xiaolong's approach is the most correct.

In the whole of Hong Kong, only Shaw Brothers Film Company was worthy of his cooperation.

But this cooperation did not go very smoothly.

The first thing was that Li Xiaolong asked Shaw Brothers for cooperation.

He is paid US$ for each film, the production budget is no less than US$60, and he must have the power to change the script.

When Run Run Shaw heard these conditions, he scoffed.

He directly mocked the young people nowadays and said that they have no idea of ​​their own limitations.

It is not surprising that Run Run Shaw has this attitude.

Their film company doesn't make movies for charity.

Investors invest money in order to make money.

With such pay and funding, if the movie doesn't sell well, it will be a huge loss.

Why was Shaw Brothers so keen on making martial arts films? It’s because martial arts films have low costs and a good market.

What made Run Run Shaw most unhappy was that Li Xiaolong's attitude was very arrogant.

No matter how powerful you, Li Xiaolong, are, how can you compare with me?

His Shaw Brothers is the largest film company in Hong Kong.

It’s a pity that Run Run Shaw didn’t know how big an opportunity he had missed this time.

The two ended up parting on bad terms.

Li Xiaolong returned home depressed and picked up the remaining invitations.

Eliminate those small companies that are obviously unreliable and have no strength.

In the end, he still set his sights on Jiahe and Xingchen.

According to the original historical trajectory, he chose to cooperate with Golden Harvest.

Golden Harvest was also very sincere and added another 5,000 US dollars on top of the original 10,000 US dollars.

Golden Harvest also made a lot of money by cooperating with Bruce Lee on the two films, The Big Boss and Fist of Fury.

And took the opportunity to rise rapidly and secure the status of the film festival.

It's just that this time the historical trajectory deviated.

Another company competing with Golden Harvest is Star Films.

Although Wang Jianjun's film company is not as powerful as Shaw Brothers.

But it is also more powerful than Golden Harvest, which was established only a few months ago.

So after weighing the pros and cons for a while, Li Xiaolong asked his agent to contact Wang Jianjun.

After receiving the notice, Wang Jianjun finally felt relieved.

In order to show his sincerity, Wang Jianjun specially invited Li Xiaolong to Junhong Building, and he went there in person to discuss cooperation.

When Wang Jianjun saw Li Xiaolong in Junhong Building, he was also a little excited.

Before, I had only seen him in movies or photos.

Now I finally see him in person.

When Li Xiaolong saw Wang Jianjun, for some reason, his warrior instinct made him a little excited.

It is an impulse to defeat a strong person.

Li Xiaolong was a little surprised.

The Wang Jianjun in front of him looked extremely handsome.

The rest doesn't seem to be anything special.

The other person's muscles were not as angular as his own.

You can tell at first glance that he is not someone who practices martial arts all year round.

But your intuition won’t deceive you.

Li Xiaolong has great faith in his intuition which he has developed over the years.

There is something strange about this person in front of me.

I really want to compete with him.

Seeing this future kung fu superstar, Wang Jianjun immediately stepped forward and shook hands with him.

"Mr. Li Xiaolong, nice to meet you."

Li Xiaolong took the opportunity to increase the strength of his hands.

He stared at Wang Jianjun with fiery eyes.

Wang Jianjun was stunned for a moment, then he understood.

This guy is really a martial arts fanatic.

He exerted a little force with both hands without leaving any trace.

Just at this moment, Li Xiaolong understood.

Just as he had guessed, this man named Wang Jianjun was a master.

After the two sat down, Li Xiaolong went straight to the point and told Wang Jianjun the conditions he had proposed to Shaw Brothers.

He also said that if Wang Jianjun did not agree, he would not waste either party's time.

A few hundred thousand dollars for a movie may be very expensive for others, but for Wang Jianjun it is just a drop in the bucket.

Especially the movies that are made are sure to make money.

Wang Jianjun smiled and said:

"Mr. Li Xiaolong, I agree to all your requests. In addition, I will increase your salary to $15,000. I have only one request. I will arrange an intern director on the set, and a few new actors to play minor roles.

I want to focus on training those people, so I hope you can teach them more."

Li Xiaolong naturally agreed to Wang Jianjun's request.

He then made his request.

"Boss Wang, if possible, I would like to have a sparring match with you."