The literal understanding of "chicken and duck talking" is chicken and duck speech, language barrier, that is, two people are not in the same language, can not communicate, a simple word is "playing the piano to the cow". Thinking of "chicken with duck talk", I suddenly remembered that Xu Guanwen also had such a classic comedy of the same name, which was released in 1988 and won 29.37 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking 4th in the annual box office list, and the first three were "Eight Star Annunciation", "Police Story Sequel" and "Flying Dragon Fierce".
"Chicken and Duck Talk" is produced by Xu Pictures, directed by Gao Zhisen, supervised by Yu Rentai, scriptwriting by Liu Tianci (Master Wang Jing), and Gao Zhisen Xu Guanwen Ma Weihao Ruan Shisheng as the screenwriter, the cast is quite strong, Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanying, Zhang Aijia, Lu Guanting, Wu Qihua, Gu Feng, Ye Rongzu, He Qinnan, Bai Yin, Xu Yingying, etc., as well as directors Gao Zhisen, Xu Guanjie, Xu Xiaofeng surprise cameos.
Stephen Chow is recognized as the king of comedy, but his king's road was officially launched from 1990 in "Gamble Saint", before which it has been the "cold-faced laughter" Xu Guanwen occupied this position, and the official handover of the two began with the chicken head and tail dispute in "The Night Feast of the Giants", it is said that the scene was improvised by two people, and the two generations of "King of Comedy" completed the inheritance.
"Cold-faced laughing craftsman" Xu Guanwen became famous in 1974 in "Ghost Horse Double Star", and at the peak of his creation, he successively created "Genius and Idiot", "Half a Pound eight two", "Deed of Sale", "Modern Bodyguard". In the past works, the Xu brothers cooperated, after "Modern Bodyguard", Xu Guanwen told them that we have no new ideas now, so it is better for everyone to separate and try a new breakthrough. Later, we also knew that Xu Guanjie and New Art City cooperated in "Best Partner", Xu Guanying shined in zombie films, and Xu Guanying created works such as "Teppanyaki" and "Happy Jingle".
"Chicken and Duck Talk" is the xu brothers' second cooperation after "Modern Bodyguard", although Xu Guanjie is only a cameo, but it is also a cooperation. The last cooperation of the Xu brothers was "New Half Pound Eight Two" in 1990, and there has been no cooperation since then, one is that there is no good script, and the other is that Xu Guanying is no longer there, so "New Half Pound Eight Two" has also become the best song of the Xu brothers.
Speaking of "Chicken and Duck Talk", the opening 20 minutes or so introduces the various problems of Xu Ji's roast duck, boss Lao Xu (Xu Guanwen) is harsh on employees, mean and unkind, the red envelope is only 10 yuan, do not want to pay the cleaning fee to let employees take the garbage away from work, in order to 40 yuan haircut allowance for their own haircuts; and then the store is shabby, the decoration is old, the hygiene is low; the above problems temporarily do not affect the survival of the store, because the old Xu roast duck is a unique job, the taste is better.
Then the real crisis of the roast duck shop came, opposite opened a fried chicken shop, the concept is new, the decoration is good, the service is good, the staff welfare is good, and xu Guanjie is invited to cut the ribbon on the occasion of opening, which can be described as the limelight. For a while, no one in the roast duck shop was interested, everyone ran to eat fried chicken, and to make matters worse, the old Xu Ji employee Squid Silk (Xu Guanying) also jumped ship. In the face of the crisis, Lao Xu could not sit still, dressed up as an Indian female spy on intelligence, dressed up as a duck to solicit customers on the street, and staged a chicken and duck war with the former employee Squid Silk, and there was a line that was deeply impressed: "What you are not good at doing, learn to make chickens." ”
In order to completely crush the roast duck shop, the fried chicken shop chose a despicable method, dropping rats in their shop and reporting it, and finally the old Xu roast duck shop faced a crisis of closure. If it were not for this crisis, perhaps Lao Xu would still be blindly confident and not thinking about change. Lao Xu finally chose the investment of his mother-in-law, recruited soldiers, renovated the roast duck shop, launched a multi-level variety of ducks and chickens, combined traditional roast duck shops with modern packaging, and finally came back to life, and Lao Xu finally became one of the top ten "business wizards" of the year.
Although Lao Xu is bitter and mean, but it is still very humane, when the roast duck shop is facing a shutdown crisis, it also considers a good way back for the employees, and he also chooses to be tolerant after the squid silk jumps back, of course, the squid silk did not really want to go at that time, and the back also blocked the fried chicken shop from dropping rats. There is also Lao Xu who is trapped in the fire in the face of the former "enemy", regardless of the previous suspicions, bravely broke into the sea of fire to rescue him.
Just imagine, if Lao Xu has no advantages, how can he marry an understanding wife, that is, he really did not see that it was Zhang Aijia, and the man who impressed her most was the man and wife of "Best Partner". At the same time, Zhang Aijia also said a management motto: "The boss is not good to the employee, how can the employee be good to the customer?" ”
Although "Chicken and Duck Talk" is directed by Gao Zhisen, many classic funny bridges are designed by Xu Guanwen himself, such as the mouse falling, each employee takes a bowl to cover the mouse, and still works out against the TV set there. There is also the section where the baboon played by Lu Guanting wants to steal the teacher, and the two show their strengths, you come and go. Although the front is hidden, the back is also generous to inform the ingredients. There are many things in China that are passed down and lost, because Chinese believe in "disciples of the church, starving to death", they will always retain a little, and in the long run, they will slowly be lost.
Xu Guanying, a "professional household in decline", also staged many jokes, such as Lao Xu ate cockroaches, and he gave him spray insecticides, as if there was nothing wrong with it. Then there were his various training sessions at the fried chicken shop, slapping each other, doing sports or something, and 24 seconds to break the world record for the slowest. The most interesting thing is that he sang "Tomorrow Will Be Better" on the street, with a look of lovelessness. In real life, Xu Guanying is also a singer.
Of course, it is also necessary to mention the handsome Wu Qihua, who has begun to play a villain in 1988, but he dared to point fingers at his "grandfather" White Brow Eagle King Gu Feng, which is too faceless.
In the face of the influx of Western food culture, how does the local diet live by itself? In fact, after the conflict between the two, we must learn to innovate, each to learn from its own strengths, each to avoid its shortcomings, dare to change is the way to win in the face of imported culture, Western cuisine is actually not as good as ours, but it is better in packaging and service, what do you think?