In terms of revising the script, Lu Lin is cautious, there are already too many blockbusters in China with beautiful pictures but not even a story can be told well. The so-called road is simple, simple has the benefits of simplicity, the plot is smooth, and there are not so many messy ambitions and private goods. What's more, for anime movies, the thin plot can only be regarded as a small flaw, not a big problem.

However, if you make a live-action special effects blockbuster, the audience will compare it to Hollywood movies. The risk of the plot being accused of being low is not small, even Wu Jing can see it, but he can't ignore it anymore.

"Brother, I read the beginning, the plot of making trouble in the Heavenly Palace is too short, how about adding more scenes?" Wu Jing flipped through the script and proposed.

Lu Lin shook his head and said: "It's not good to add, Chaos and Sun Wukong are not heavyweight opponents, after the Great Sage recovers his mana, he will be given seconds with a stick." If there are too many fights in the Hasting Palace at the beginning, the whole drama will seem top-heavy. ”

"Then, how about adding a big boss? It can be regarded as the boss of chaos, the kind that can fight with Sun Wukong, such as the Bull Demon King!" When Wu Jing said this, he was full of energy, and he remembered the bridge of "Journey to the West".

Lu Lin remembered the epic bad movie of "Bull Demon Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", and hurriedly covered his chest and said, "Don't mention the Bull Demon King!"

Wu Jing was a little puzzled and said, "Then how do you get it?"

Lu Lin thought for a while and said, "Maybe you can add a Jiao Demon King!"

"Jiao Demon King?"

Lu Lin said: "In the original book, Sun Wukong and the six demon kings worshipped, but when the heavenly soldiers and generals surrounded and suppressed Huaguo Mountain, none of them helped. And in the five hundred years that he was pressed under the Five Elements Mountain, no one went to see him. ”

Wu Jing was obviously not familiar with the original work of "Journey to the West", and his eyes glared before he said: "It's a bit miserable!"

Lu Lin nodded and said, "The Jiao Demon King is a sworn brother of Sun Wukong, known as the Great Sage of the Sea. If the big boss is designed as the Jiao Demon King, its advantage is that it is a righteous brother, and the ability is not much different. Second, except for the Bull Demon King, the rest are missing. So Sun Wukong beat it to death, and it will not conflict with the plot of learning from the scriptures later. ”

Wu Jing thought for a while and grinned: "Hey, you say that, it's really the same thing! This kind of sibling drama is still interesting, betrayal, betrayal, and revenge. ”

These two people also inspire each other, Lu Lin's eyes lit up when he heard Wu Jing's words, and he couldn't help but say: "You can design the Jiao Demon King as a distant relative of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and he is resentful because Sun Wukong forcibly seized the golden hoop stick, and deliberately approached." When Heavenly Court encircled and suppressed Huaguo Mountain, it pitted Sun Wukong!"

Wu Jing clapped his hands and smiled: "Hey, this can be, it can!"

Speaking of which, it is quite difficult to adapt that kind of well-known literary work into a movie. First of all, the main line is difficult to refine. This is also one of the reasons why "Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Red Mansion" are difficult to put on the big screen.

The second is to copy the original book and be too mediocre, vainly seeking new ideas. The best state should be to make the audience feel that the plot is unexpected and reasonable. Although it felt a little ridiculous, in the end, it turned out to be a special round back.

The word-of-mouth collapse of "Journey to the West: Havoc in the Heavenly Palace" lies in the fact that they completely disregard the character design. The Bull Demon King is the lord of the demon world, and I put up with it. The Jade Emperor is a warrior and endures it, and the Bodhi Patriarch turned out to be Guanyin's subordinate and was killed in seconds, this kind of person insults the audience's IQ every minute!

Lu Lin couldn't do anything like that, carefully and boldly modified the plot, clarified the characters, and summarized the main line. Make sure that every little detail is in the service of the main line. is to temper and scrutinize the lines, and even the tone of each character's line must be reviewed in his mind.

Speaking of which, in the adaptation of Chinese movies, there is also an important problem that the characters in mentally handicapped movies do not speak human words, and they make people play every minute.

If you look back and look at it, you will realize why classics are classics and why they can be replayed thousands of times, because they always drill into your heart with a single sentence.

For example, the sentence in "Bright Sword", the second battalion commander, where are your fucking Italian guns! Or in the 86 version of "Journey to the West", the red boy asked Guanyin, are you a rescuer invited by the monkey?

Time passed, and the script was perfected day by day. In terms of actors, Qiao Dashan was the first to come. Every day, he followed Lu Lin to do chores in front of and behind the saddle, and his posture was very low. As for Sister Yaya and Liu Xun, they have not yet entered the group.

is the little actor who plays Jiang Liuer, and finally has eyebrows, a six-year-old child named Lu Haoran. The little face is white and clean, like a small bun. The most important thing is to be very polite, when I see the crew, I always tilt my head and look at it for a while, and then bow and say hello uncle, which makes everyone love.

During this period, Lu Lin was also looking for a studio. As a special effects blockbuster, he plans to shoot in the studio if he can do without real scenes.

However, 10 years is when hot money in the film and television industry poured in, and it seemed to be prosperous, and the price of the studio also rose. went out to talk about a few, but the price was not very ideal, and Lu Lin was a little hesitant.

Wu Jing suggested that maybe a dilapidated factory could be found as a studio, anyway, it was a special effects blockbuster, mainly for post-cutouts, rather than interior sets.

Lu Lin agreed and asked Wu Jing to try to get in touch. Unexpectedly, Yanjing had an advantage in sitting on the ground, and in less than a day, the shooting location was determined. Located in a factory building in Huairou that is on the verge of shutdown, Wu Jing's father's relationship with friends, the rent is only a symbolic point.

The most important thing is that it is close to Huairou Film and Television City, and it is very convenient to rent equipment and live for the crew.

Lu Lin saw that Wu Jing was very attentive to the busy front and back, and decided to add more burden to him, and said: "Senior brother, I think you will be a director again in the future, and you will make films by yourself, why don't you take the opportunity to practice your hands and take on the role of assistant director?"

Wu Jingle said: "Okay, but when I drank last time, you had to help me write the script of the wolf you said." ”

Lu Lin broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, "It's a wolf warrior, no problem, I'll write the book for you!"

With Wu Jing's full help, the process of preparing for the crew has been much faster, how to say that my brother is also a person who has been a director once, although "Wolf Teeth" was not successful, after all, he is more experienced than Lu Lin.

Photography, lighting, art, props, stunts, each group of personnel is gradually complete. The so-called people are hundred, all kinds of people, seven people and eight thoughts. Managing people is not an easy job, with such a senior brother as an assistant director who has strong action and is willing to train people with a straight face, this makes Lu Lin a lot easier, at least he can temper the script with more thought.

In this way, time passed day by day, and in late June, the first film "The Return of the Great Sage" directed by Lu Lin in this time and space was finally launched.