Wu Siyuan took the script and looked at it, the cover said "Bloody Capture of Demons" is a big word, and the bottom is written "Beiping Film Academy for review", knowing that Xu Wangqiu is not lying, it is a script sent by Beiping Film Academy, so he opened the script and slowly flipped it over.

Wu Siyuan didn't believe that the script written by the third-year students of Nortel could be better than the script sent by Xiangjiang Film Company, and felt that Xu Wangqiu looked down on people too much, so he read "Bloody Capture of Demons" with a provocative mentality. At the beginning, he picked his nose and eyes, feeling that it was wrong here and there, but as the story gradually deepened, he was gradually conquered by the script written by Liu Lin and them.

The whole script, whether it is character building, story rhythm, or suspense, is extremely good, and it is definitely the best kind of script. There are definitely only a handful of screenwriters in Xiangjiang who can write such a level of script.

After reading the script, Wu Siyuan looked at Xu Wangqiu and said in disbelief: "This is really written by a junior student?"

Xu Wangqiu said lightly: "Of course, they are in the same class as me, but I got the opportunity to direct and graduated early, and they are still waiting for the opportunity to direct." ”

Hearing that the author of the script was Xu Wangqiu's classmate, where would Wu Siyuan still doubt it, and sighed in his heart, what kind of monster class is this, it's just such a big monster as Xu Wangqiu, I didn't expect there to be a bunch of little monsters! Is the level of film education in the mainland so high?

Wu Siyuan was convinced, and said sincerely: "I was a little unconvinced before I came, because our "Dragon Ninja" story is very creative, as long as it is filmed, it will be very exciting, now I understand, it's not that you are picky, it's really not good for the book we sent." ”

Xu Wangqiu has read Siyuan's script "Dragon Ninja", Chinese kung fu vs. Dongying ninja, which can be said to be full of gimmicks, but the script is too rough. is the problem that Zhang Huaxun said, regardless of the background of the times, the storyline, whether the characters are real and reasonable, as long as you find a reason for the martial arts fight, lead to the martial arts scene, you come and go, and the fight is lively.

The Hong Kong film industry has always paid little attention to scripts, and is accustomed to writing and revising while shooting, and script creation, the first link in the film production process, is simply dispensable for Hong Kong films. The income and status of many Xiangjiang screenwriters are even inferior to martial arts instructors. In fact, an important reason why the Hong Kong film industry does not pay attention to screenwriters is that they can imitate and plagiarize foreign films.

Xiangjiang movies are somewhat similar to Xiangjiang music, Xiangjiang music covers a large number of Dongying songs, among which Miyuki Nakajima is a representative figure, so some people say that a Miyuki Nakajima feeds half of the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene, but in fact, Xiangjiang movies are similar.

In the 60s and 70s, the most developed film industry in Asia was Dongying, but why did Xiangjiang films sell the best overseas? Because during World War II, Dongying invaded South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia and other countries and regions in Asia, and these places banned Dongying products from entering in the 60s and 70s. Dongying films were made very well, but they were not seen in these countries and regions, and South Korea did not let Dongying films land until the early 90s, and the same is true for Taewan.

Xiangjiang did not ban Dongying movies, any film could come in, and Xiangjiang filmmakers watched a lot of Dongying movies at that time. Hong Kong filmmakers felt that Dongying kung fu films were very good, so they began to learn from them, and other places in Asia did not have the opportunity to see Dongying movies, so Hong Kong films took the lead in imitating and plagiarizing, and successfully occupied the market in these regions.

In the late 70s, after the decline of Dongying films, Hong Kong films turned to imitate Hollywood and other national films, and many classic films of Hong Kong were imitated, copied or even copied from Hollywood. Xiangjiang ordinary people do not understand English, can not read subtitles, plus there is no dubbed version of the movie, the boss's surname can only watch Hong Kong films, Hong Kong films adapted Hollywood stories, released in Cantonese or Chinese, ordinary people see it and feel really good.

For example, Cheng Long's movie "Miracle" is a copy of the Hollywood movie "Clever Tricks", Li Lianjie's "Zhong Nanhai Bodyguard" is obviously an imitation of the Hollywood movie "Bodyguard", and for example, John Woo's classic movie "The True Color of Heroes" is a remake of Long Gang's "True Colors of Heroes" in 1967, and Long Gang's "True Colors of Heroes" is an imitation of the French movie "Bloody Street"; Later, John Woo made a "Bloody Street", and many of the plots in it came from the Hollywood movie "Deer Hunter".

Due to the fact that Xiangjiang Films copied and plagiarized a large number of films from other countries, the plot and framework of the film followed the original version, and only the localized content needed to be filled in the framework, and the screenwriter naturally did not attach much importance to it.

However, in the mid-90s, Hollywood, which had completely conquered the European and American markets, began to exert its efforts in Asia, and with the addition of VCDs and DVDs, the audience could see European and American films for the first time, and the road of copying and plagiarism would not work, and the quality of Xiangjiang films was declining at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Before the 90s, mainland films attached great importance to scripts, and when making a movie, the screenwriter received much more income than the director. In 1996, the General Administration stipulated that the subtitles of film and television works should be arranged in the order of the director's filming and recording, and the screenwriter was even ranked before the director, which shows the importance attached to the screenwriter. However, since the mid-90s, Chinese films have been in trouble, and film studios have abolished their literary departments, forcing screenwriters to change careers; coupled with the increasing phenomenon of opportunism and exploiting loopholes, the phenomenon of non-payment of screenwriters' remuneration has intensified, and the status of screenwriters has gradually been marginalized.

In fact, if Wu Siyuan's "Dragon Ninja" and some other kung fu film scripts handed over are filmed, the domestic box office will definitely not be bad, and they will also sell well overseas, but Xu Wangqiu is still strict, that is, he doesn't want Chinese films to go down the old road of despising scripts.

Xu Wangqiu looked at Wu Siyuan and said with a smile: "The idea of Chinese kung fu vs. ninja is very good, but the story of "Dragon Ninja" is a bit too child's play. I know that you have made Cheng Long popular, and now kung fu comedies are very popular in Xiangjiang and overseas, and you want to continue to do kung fu comedies. However, Qi Baishi once said that those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die. The same goes for movies. After Bruce Lee's death, the Xiangjiang film industry wanted to bring out Bruce Lee's second, but none of them succeeded. Only you let Cheng Long take the road of kung fu comedy and become a new kung fu superstar. In the same way, kung fu comedy now has Cheng Long as a representative, and it is difficult for others to get through this truth, and they must take other paths. For example, Sammo Hung 's "Ghost Fight", which combines kung fu and horror film elements, was a great success. It's the same with "Dragon Ninja", why not integrate other things and squeeze into the road of kung fu comedy?"

Wu Siyuan looked at Xu Wangqiu dumbfounded, as if a tsunami had occurred in his heart. Cheng Long is popular with Wu Siyuan, but Cheng Long is Luo Wei's person, and he was absorbed by Golden Harvest at a high price after filming "Drunken Fist". Seeing Cheng Long's movies exploding one after another, Wu Siyuan was envious and decided to continue to take the kung fu comedy route and cultivate a new Cheng Long-style action superstar.

Now after listening to Xu Wangqiu's words, Wu Siyuan realized that Xu Wangqiu was right, with Cheng Long Zhuyu in front, if you want to bring out a new kung fu superstar, I am afraid that it will not work to take the road of kung fu comedy, and you must find another way. He was convinced by Xu Wangqiu, and felt that this person was too powerful, not only was he amazingly knowledgeable in movies, but he also saw the problem very accurately, and said sincerely: "Mr. Xu's words made me suddenly enlightened, let "Dragon Ninja" take the kung fu comedy route, the box office will definitely be good, but it must not be able to win a new kung fu superstar, and it must take other routes." Xu Wangqiu is a master, I don't know if there are any good suggestions?"

After Bruce Lee, there are many Chinese kung fu movie stars, and only four are really popular, Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, Zhen Zidan, and Wu Jin. Without exception, they all have their own lines and styles. Cheng Long took the route of kung fu comedy, Li Lianjie took the route of a dashing grandmaster, Zhen Zidan entered the industry for more than 20 years, and it was not until "Ip Man" that he found his actual kung fu route; Wu Jin also found the route of kung fu plus Chinese tough guy after many years.

However, these routes are Cheng Long, who have been in the film industry for many years, and they have explored them in combination with their own characteristics, and it may be difficult for others to get through. For example, Cheng Long's kung fu comedy sounds very easy, it is kung fu plus comedy, but in fact, it requires rich body language and expression changes, which ordinary actors can't do at all.

Xu Wangqiu couldn't suggest in which direction Wu Siyuan should train newcomers, but he had some ideas about the movie: "I can't say what route to take." I can give some suggestions for the story of "Dragon Ninja", the Chinese Kung Fu Battle Ninja creativity is really good. I think this story can be put into the real historical background, such as Qi Jiguang's anti-Japanese resistance. The Qi army killed the Japanese on the southeast coast, and the Japanese were unwilling to accept their defeat, so they recruited elite ninjas to prepare to assassinate Qi Jiguang and carry out a beheading operation, and the people in the rivers and lakes of the Ming Dynasty began to defend General Qi after knowing about it. At the end of the movie, after the Ming master and the Qi family army surrounded the Dongying ninjas, the Dongying ninjas were not convinced, shouting that they were good men to fight more and less. The male protagonist stood up and started a decisive battle with the Toei ninjas, and finally killed several ninjas. ”

Wu Siyuan slapped his thigh: "Mr. Xu is really a master, this change is much more exciting than our current story." However, he has always been careful in his movies, and he felt that it was too expensive to shoot according to Xu Wangqiu's ideas, so he said: "But if you shoot like this, you need to arrange the barracks and need a large number of actors to play the soldiers, and the cost of the movie is too high." ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "The cost of such a shooting is definitely high, but the box office will definitely be very high, like my "Falcon", the cost is very high, but the box office in the mainland and Xiangjiang is very good, and the overseas copyright is also selling very well." "Falcon" was jointly invested by Xiuying Studio and us, and each company invested nearly 300 yuan, but each company had a very high income, and each overseas copyright alone shared nearly 10 million yuan, and in the end, each company's income should be close to 30 million, which is almost 60 million Hong Kong dollars. You guys won't be able to make so much money by cooperating with us in this film, but it should be no problem to earn 20 or 30 million Hong Kong dollars. ”

Wu Siyuan heard Xu Wangqiu say this, and knew that Xu Wangqiu intended to cooperate with him, but he was not satisfied with the current script, and immediately said: "Since Mr. Xu said so, then I am relieved." When I go back, I will ask the screenwriter to revise the script, and when the script is corrected, I will send it to you. ”

Wu Siyuan was a guest from afar, and he was also quite influential in the Xiangjiang film industry, Xu Wangqiu originally wanted to entertain him well and let him play in Beiping for two days. However, Wu Siyuan's mind was on the script, and he only stayed for a day before returning to Xiangjiang in a hurry. Wu Siyuan went to Beiping quietly, and he didn't reveal it to anyone else after he returned. He quietly found a screenwriter and asked the editor to write and rewrite the script according to Xu Wangqiu's request.

It was late August, and the directors and screenwriters of the art center got on a plane to Xiangjiang after completing their research work in Beiping. In the next month, they will conduct research on the Xiangjiang market under the arrangement of Yindu Agency.

On the afternoon when the director and screenwriters set off for Xiangjiang, Xu Wangqiu received a telegram from Rongcheng. It was sent by my sister Xu Wangbei. The content is very simple, only four words "second brother pick me up", and the train number.