Chapter 693: Heavenly Dragon Babu
CCTV's first martial arts drama should be "Drinking Horses and Flowing Flower River" in 96, adapted from Xiao Yi's original work.
But the impact is not great, and it is rarely mentioned, and later when I talked about the first martial arts drama, it referred to "Smiling Proud Jianghu". How did "Smiling Proud Jianghu" come about?
At that time, "Water Margin" was broadcast, Zhang Jizhong entered the rest stage, and three or five friends drank tea and chatted, and they talked about the hero complex, and had the initial idea of filming martial arts dramas.
It just so happened that Jin Yong gave a speech at a university in Hangzhou, saying that if CCTV can make martial arts dramas in the spirit of "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", I am willing to sell it for one dollar.
So Zhang Jizhong contacted all parties, and CCTV also wanted to try new tricks, and finally finalized the filming of "Smiling Proud Jianghu".
It is said that Ma Fuhao also intervened, he knew Zhang Jizhong's wife Fan Xinman - the one who made a documentary for him, saying that he wanted to act in a clear style. But I was disgusted that my acting skills were not good, so I had to give up.
Do you think that's the end of it?
When filming "Dragon Babu" and "Blue Blood Sword", Ma Fuhao enthusiastically signed up, wanting to play the sweeping monk and Mu Renqing, but he also failed to make his debut.
Later, Ma Fuhao wanted to open it, why not just film! "Gong Shou Dao" is arranged.
So Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping, Cheng Xiaodong, Tony Jia, Wu Jing, Donnie Yen...... If you have money, you can really fight ten at a time!
Having said that, "Smiling Proud Jianghu" was prepared in 99 years and started in 2000, attracting national attention. Even the theme song was sung by Liu Huan and Faye Wong, think about this row.
Then it was released in 2001, it was sprayed into, scolded and hated, and everyone was looking forward to making such a thing?
In fact, looking back, although this drama has many shortcomings, the quality is still good, especially compared with Jin Yong's dramas in recent years.
The ugliest Ling Fox Chong in history, Qiao Feng stepped on a skateboard and came down, and the colorful Duan Yu and Ah Zi ...... Rub the audience's aesthetics and intelligence on the ground.
Xu Fei was also spraying at the time, and later thought about it, part of the reason was "Hong Kong and Taiwan cultural worship", and he felt that people were good.
Of course, the shortcomings of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" are obvious: the actors do not match, the rhythm drags, the fights are not exciting, the drama is serious, there is no martial arts core, and so on.
Zhang Jizhong's progress is also very fast, the condor shooting is much better, and "Dragon Babu" is even more praised.
But there are some problems throughout: the two of them suddenly pause in the air, the camera rotates 360 degrees to shape awkwardly, or blows with a blower, and the actor's cape starts in slow motion......
The culprit is "The Matrix" directed by Yuan Baye!
Since "The Matrix", martial arts have all become slow-motion, 360-degree rotation, swishing sound effects, and there is no such free-flowing, fast and sharp Jianghu style as Tsui Hark.
said that Xu Fei and the deputy director were chatting here.
The other party is very excited, because the value of the big drama is already very obvious, CCTV has a high status, and if there is no big drama to support it every year, the face will not be able to pass.
Martial arts, CCTV has no experience. Mr. Xu has done "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", "White Eyebrow Hero" and "Gan Nineteen Sisters", and this product is simply in full bloom, and it is not taboo.
"What do you want to shoot? Shooting the Condor, Smiling Proudly, Relying on the Sky and Slaying the Dragon?"
"Tenryu Babu!"
Sizzle!
The deputy director took a breath and said, "Hong Kong's "Dragon Babu" is a hot screen, can't we shoot it right away?"
Needless to say, the 97 version of "Dragon Babu" has set a scene of 5 satellite TV simulcasts, ranking first in the ratings. Later, it attracted the attention of relevant departments, stipulating that Hong Kong dramas cannot be broadcast during prime time.
"Prepare this year, start next year, and it will be broadcast in 2000 at the earliest, and the TV series will have been updated long ago. Besides, what's wrong with shooting right away? I'm not afraid to compare. ”
"This is a very important matter, and I have to go back to Taili to study it. ”
"Yes. ”
"Copyright?"
"I happened to be going to Hong Kong, and by the way, I talked about copyright. ”
............
In April, a large ship hit an iceberg.
In April, "Qiang Qiang Threesome" was launched.
In April, Mr. Xu went to Hong Kong again.
This time is completely different from before, Hong Kong Island has been prostrated and weakened by the entry and exit of international speculators, and those who are not mixed are fine, but those who have financial assets are bad.
It's quite a scene of "The Great Age II: The Battle of the Century".
The property market has plummeted, and rich people have sold real estate, and some jump off buildings every day. Xu Fei bought a thousand-square-foot mansion and gave it to Lao Song, Lao Song and Achu seem to be going to get married, and they must have a new house.
At the moment, the office of Sunshine Pictures.
Dou Shoufang, who was transferred to the boss of Yindu, came over and said: "It took me two months to finally sort out the work, it is really different in Hong Kong, the mainland talks about politics everywhere, and business everywhere here." ”
"Are you still used to it?"
"Slowly get used to it, let's talk about work first. ”
Dou Shoufang opened a document and said: "Silver has been brilliant for decades, but now it is tepid, mainly because there are no good works and a large market has been lost.
After cooperating with Sunshine, the benefits improved, and several films were very popular overseas. Especially in South Korea, you don't know how much they love to watch "Color is Empty".
Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and other places have also rebounded significantly, and I have made a ranking according to popularity, "Color is Empty>", "Sweet Honey", > "Fengyun". ”
"Why is Fengyun at the end? The box office in Hong Kong has broken 40 million, and there is hope to win the annual championship!" Lao Song wondered.
"After all, it is a comic adaptation, and the local audience has more complexes, and others will watch special effects, and the special effects are not as good as Hollywood. ”
"Fengyun" won this year's championship with 41.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and the mainland box office was 20 million yuan.
Xu Fei also flipped through and said: "The distribution channels in East Asia and Southeast Asia must be consolidated. ”
"I know that the old enterprises in Yindu have a lot of friendship with the filmmakers over there. However, Hong Kong Island's market share is small, and it can't compare with Golden Harvest. ”
"It doesn't matter, I want the land in Hong Kong, not the Hong Kong market. ”
The most explosive Hong Kong market in recent years is still a big ship, and the land of projectiles can also bombard 128 million.
If there are no overseas channels in Hollywood, the volume will never go up. Xu Fei can hand over the mainland distribution rights of cactus works to China Film and the Asian agency rights to Yindu.
Europe has no choice, it hasn't been opened up yet-is there anyone who writes European entertainment articles?
"Affected by the financial turmoil, film and television companies have run out of money, and many projects have been suspended or cut in cost. I expect the market to be even more bleak next year......"
Lao Song reported: "Golden Harvest's "Chinese Heroes" is also a special effects blockbuster. Lack of funds and want to cooperate with us. ”
"Don't talk about it. ”
"Chinese Heroes" is also a comic and has been contested by many people. At first, Cheng Long and Hua Tsai competed, because Huang Yulang had a relationship with Cheng Long, so he sold it to him.
But Cheng Long didn't shoot when he got it, and after it expired, it was Tsui Hark and Liu Wei who fought again. Tsui Hark wanted to find Aaron Kwok as the protagonist, but finally lost to Liu Weiqiang.
Because Tsui Hark is used to being lavish, Liu Weiqiang knows how to save money. But he cut and reduced, and finally made a bad movie, with a box office of only more than 20 million.
"Director Li Yu has a "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the capital has withdrawn, and he is looking for money all over the world. ”
Lao Song was afraid that he didn't know him, so he explained: "Li Yu is a Taiwanese literary film director, quite famous, and he also went to Hollywood to make films. ”
"Yes, make an appointment. ”
"Good!"
Lao Song looked at the book and said, "Then we will have a project "My Sassy Girlfriend" this year?"
"There is no way to do it in the recession, one is enough. ”
(Recruit actors from "Dragon Babu", brainstorm and brainstorm, and have names and surnames.)
And also...... )