"Well, well, drink tea with Director Liu, I'll call you when I get back, okay!"

Shuntianfu, the seventh floor of Minghu Culture, the reception room of the special effects department. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Qian, Liu Chengzhang, and Lu Ming, the special effects director of Minghu Culture, were present.

After hanging up the phone, Li Qian regained his surprised expression, "The concept of "Sword Immortal" is quite novel! What kind of character is my character? There will also be a shot of Edgeworth flying?"

Liu Chengzhang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, "Of course there is! Flying Sword! Do you want to, with your face, this body, wearing a Taoist robe, and standing on a giant sword with fluttering sleeves to ride the wind, you must be very handsome!"

After a pause, he explained seriously: "In this movie, a lot of the material is taken from the Republic of China's "The Legend of Sword Immortals and Heroes", which can be regarded as an adaptation, but I will try my best to remove the concept of 'chivalry' in the original book!"

"We Chinese have been playing martial arts movies and TV series for decades, but as everyone knows, as early as the end of the Shun Dynasty, there was already the term 'Xianxia', and there was also a 'Xianxia novel', and to this "Legend of Sword Immortal Haoxia", it is a small peak. Of course, if you go back in time, from "Sou Shen Ji" to Tang Legend, the concept of Xianxia will begin to sprout, but it is not systematic. ”

"My plan is to dilute the taste of chivalry and shoot a kind of 'fairy' spirit! This thing is not uncommon to say, but before me, no one should have considered it as a 'subject matter', and I am willing to try it!

Hearing this, Li Qian nodded slowly.

Xianxia, is it fresh?

For Li Qian, who stayed in another time and space until the second decade of the 21st century, this is not new at all, not to mention that Xianxia novels have become popular on the Internet, even domestic movies and TV series, and shots of Edgeworth flying are commonplace.

But when he got this time and space, and at this time in 2000, Liu Chengzhang was right, he tried to get rid of the concept of "chivalry" and develop a culture of "Xianxia", which is definitely something that has not been tried in the film industry before.

Some people say that all successful artists are crazy.

Of course, this so-called madman does not refer to the madness of madness, but to think what people dare not think and what people dare not do!

Seeing Liu Chengzhang and listening to him enthusiastically peddling his concept of Xianxia, Li Qian couldn't help but think of a famous film director in Hong Kong in another time and space.

Both of them can be regarded as movie ghosts!

Because of the difference in time and space, there is a book called "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" in that time and space, this time and space does not, but there is a book "The Legend of the Sword Immortal Heroes" in this time and space, which is not so long and not so influential, but the culture of Xianxia has always been rooted in the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, even if there is a difference between the two time and space, it is only whether the culture has developed and grown, and whether it has developed to a certain scale.

In another time and space, the Hong Kong ghost director filmed "Green Snake" in the 80s, and later filmed "Shushan", and he also had a "A Chinese Ghost Story", which was full of gangster shootout films and vulgar comedies at that time.

It's a pity that his personal thinking was too much ahead of the market at that time, and most fans couldn't keep up with his ideas and brains, so whether it was from a technical point of view or from an innovative point of view, it was definitely called the pioneering work of "Green Snake", and it was pounced, and it is said that it pounced quite badly.

Later, "Shushan" pounced again.

It wasn't until many years later that everyone looked back and thought, "Oh, this movie is so good, in that era, it's really awesome, the originator of Xianxia movies!"

In this time and space, there is Hong Kong, but until now, Hong Kong is just a small harbor city, and there is naturally no way to talk about Hong Kong films. The government control of domestic films is not too early to be liberalized, and there is a gap of decades between it and the vigorous development during the Republic of China, but even so, something rooted in the depths of national culture will still sprout once it encounters the right soil!

Therefore, Liu Chengzhang, the ghost director of this time and space, is finally going to start making a "Xianxia" movie!

A "Swordsman and Monk", which sounds like a very young name, but it makes him chivalrous and tender, and the story is told in a turbulent and delicate manner, with both the heroic spirit of the desert and the desolate place, and the graceful small bridge and flowing water in the small town in the south of the Yangtze River, so this movie sold 270 million Chinese dollars, helping Liu Chengzhang become the highest-grossing Chinese director!

And "The Swordsman and the Monk" has also become the absolute box office champion of domestic films.

Therefore, at this time, he should have a strong confidence that all other domestic directors do not have! And the three production companies that stand behind him and make a lot of money through a "Swordsman and Monk" are also full of confidence!

His new movie, Liu Chengzhang personally admitted, is expected to invest 80 million!

The actor is a famous actor in Yishui, but he is not satisfied, and he feels that he has a business connection with Minghu Culture, so he personally came to the door and invited Zhu Qiang to play a male number three, and asked Li Qian to also come to make a cameo.

On Zhu Qiang's side, Li Qian wants to respect his personal wishes, not to mention Zou Wenhuai, the artist director, even if it is Li Qian, he is not ready to agree directly for him, but when giving advice, he will still try his best to suggest that Zhu Qiang will go next - no matter how popular he is, he is just a TV star, and he can play the male number three in the movie with the largest investment so far, especially Liu Chengzhang's movie, even if the role is limited, it can be regarded as an improvement.

As for himself, after asking about the scenes where there were only so many scenes, Li Qian readily agreed-even if it was just because the director was Liu Chengzhang, this was also a face that had to be given.

It's just that from Li Qian's personal point of view, he is still not too optimistic about this investment of up to 80 million!

The reason is not that the domestic film market can't accept such a theme, the most important thing is that the current domestic film market can't afford such a big investment.

For a movie, the production alone will cost 80 million yuan, plus the large-scale publicity that must be required before going public, the 120 million they claim to the outside world is not a lie. So in this way, it is required that the movie must sell at least about 300 million at the box office before it can be profitable!

In the current domestic film box office market, is it impossible for a single movie to break 300 million?

It's entirely possible!

Liu Chengzhang's own "The Swordsman and the Monk" is already 270 million, and "Titanic" has sold more than 600 million, equivalent to 310 million US dollars!

But the problem is that all blockbuster movies must be works with abnormal themes, and at the same time they can just scratch the audience's itch, such as "Sword Fairy", a film with a certain amount of innovative ingredients, it is more or less risky - it has become, let alone 300 million, 400 million and 500 million is not impossible, but if it pounces, this is a debt that cannot be turned over for many years!

In addition, "Green Snake" and "Shushan" in that time and space were so pounced!

To tell the truth, if Li Qian were to make such a movie, he would directly cut off more than half of the actor's salary, which is estimated to be less than 20 million, spend a few million, and find some actors who are not so big names but are enough to support this drama.

Because according to Liu Chengzhang's description, the focus of his play is completely in the temperament of the fairyman, or simply in the special effects! The actor's face and acting skills are not too important!

If the cost of the actor's salary can be reduced by more than 10 million, then what will follow is a comprehensive reduction of the burden, there are fewer big names, the expenses during the filming period will be reduced, and the hotel does not need to be so high-end, right?

According to this method, the investment in this drama is suppressed to about 60 million, and the total investment does not exceed 100 million with the addition of publicity, then the pressure on the recovery cost of this drama will be greatly reduced!

At the same time, if you can modify the main line of the script for this movie, or in other words, adjust the focus of the whole play, let the stunts and let the concept of "Xianxia" serve the story, instead of the script that Li Qian sees now, the story plot is scattered, and many clues have a beginning and no end, and the whole thing is to prepare to greatly highlight the word "Xian", but ignore the essence of the movie's storytelling, it is not completely impossible for this movie to be a big hit.

is still that example, in addition, "A Chinese Ghost Story" in that time and space was so popular all over Asia!

Of course, again, artists are a kind of madman.

Especially the current Liu Chengzhang, the continuous success at the box office has made his confidence swell to an unprecedented strength, so he not only wants to come up with a new concept, not only to be the first film in the domestic film industry to use computer special effects on a large scale, but also to make the biggest investment, the best and most expensive actors!

It can only be said that no matter how awesome the ghost is, there are times when he gets dizzy!

Everyone has known each other for a long time, and the friendship is still shallow, and some things are neither suitable for saying it, but it is useless to say it, so Li Qian simply did not say it, but just suggested euphemistically that Liu Chengzhang could pull a few more investments and diversify the risk as much as possible, but Liu Chengzhang listened to it with a strange smile on his face - Li Qian understood after a little thought, and dared to feel that he thought that what he said was the meaning that Minghu Culture also wanted to make a fortune with him!

Anyway, of the 80 million investment, the money to be spent on computer special effects alone is as high as more than 30 million! And only a small part of this money belongs to Liu Chengzhang's own special effects studio, and a bigger piece of meat will fall into the bowl of the special effects department of Minghu Culture!

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