Wu Xiang, how can this guy be so powerful, he can make a movie without a script, no one can do it.

However, Wu Xiang found that he had one thing, that is, the original movie, "The Lonely Soul of the Black Mansion".

Not this movie, to be exact, but a script outline!

To put it bluntly, Wu Xiang feels that although he doesn't have a script, he has an outline, and this outline is the original movie, anyway, he is a remake, so as long as he shoots according to the plot setting of the original movie, isn't that okay, isn't this a ready-made outline?

Will it be the same as the original movie?

Of course it won't be the same, because Wu Xiang's idea is that the outline is there, but this line, and how to play this play, you guys will go by yourself!

Well, no matter how you look at it, this guy Wu Xiang is an extremely irresponsible director at this time!

Of course, Wu Xiang will never admit it, and his statement is that this is to give full play to your subjective initiative.

Simply, an outline was made based on the original movie, and the plot was actually not difficult, it was all from the original movie.

And there is one more critical point, the most important reason why Wu Xiang can shoot according to this original movie, that is, this movie is called "The Lonely Ghost of the Black Building", that is to say, it is actually a horror film of the "Ghost Building", and most of the framing is in this ghost building, so you don't need to change the scene often.

As for this ghost building, where to find it, there is still no clue about this matter. But don't forget, for such a horror movie, Wu Xiang has an innate advantage. He can go and learn from it.

Learn?

Don't forget, Wu Xiang's debut film, and the later "First Close Contact", the photographer was Mu Deyuan, a teacher from the Film Academy, and Mu Deyuan was one of the directors and screenwriters of "Lonely Ghost in a Black Mansion" that year. Anyway, it's a multi-task, and the cost of this film is also very small, so. Learning from the scriptures is actually going back to the film school and chatting with the teacher.

"You kid asked the film "Lonely Soul in the Black Mansion"? Are you interested in making this?" when Wu Xiang found Mr. Mu Deyuan and talked about it. Mu Deyuan was very surprised.

Of course. In order to talk about things, Wu Xiang was still ready to invite Mr. Mu out of the city to have a good meal, but Mr. Mu had classes in the afternoon, and the two of them ate in the cafeteria, which was also very good, quite in line with Wu Xiang's consistent style.

Although it was a little picky, Wu Xiang didn't forget to give someone Mr. Mu a dish, and this gift was exhausted. At the same time, he said, "Teacher Mu." Did you have any story in this film back then? I mainly watched Mr. Han play a villain in it, so I wanted to shoot it. ”

"It's ok. Teacher Mu sighed with emotion. "You kid, it's really our film academy that went out, knowing those eight words, respecting teachers and passing on the torch. ”

Respect for teachers, pass on the torch, these eight words are the motto of the film academy, but Mr. Mu really has no other meaning when he says it now.

"Teacher Mu has won the award. Wu Xiang was immediately humble again.

"Okay, I'll tell you. Mr. Mu then began to tell the story of the movie.

"Back then, this film was mainly made by Liang Ming, we are actually all supporting roles, Liang Ming, this kid is actually capable, if he keeps developing, it is no worse than Zhang Yimou, Brother Chen Kai, really. He went abroad later, delayed for several years, and then came back and went to the Communication University as a teacher, he is quite talented. But this film, what copyright do you want to buy, this is looking for Pengcheng Film Company, this is not good. Because at the beginning of Pengcheng Film Company, it was a bid to sell, at that time, you also know, it was a lot of effort to open a film company, we found a local company to invest money, to put it mildly, people are a township enterprise, and they are still not there I don't know how to do it, but this matter is still related to Lao Mouzi. ”

This is really more interesting the more I listen, Wu Xiang has solved a lot of mysteries in his heart, no wonder he worked hard when he was engaged in copyright before, it turned out that he was looking in the wrong direction.

"What does that have to do with Director Zhang?" Although he was thinking about copyright, Wu Xiang's sentence was indeed very gossipy.

Teacher Mu took another bite of food, and then said with a smile: "Lao Mouzi was famous back then, as soon as he came forward, the boss of the company made a decision at that time, and they said, I will believe you Zhang Yimou, you said that this film is okay, then I will vote! At that time, I was very happy, and I directly invested 700,000 yuan." In those years, although 700,000 was a lot, it was quite tight, but this thing was like you Xiao Wu. I call you Xiao Wu Xing, if you go out, that's Director Wu, Director Wu, right, the rich, who wants to cast a movie, see you, it's also bright, I estimate that as soon as you come forward, 700,000, that's too boring, 7 million, no, I estimate that 70 million is possible. ”

"Hey, hey, hey......" Wu Xiang smiled embarrassedly, he didn't care what he said, he was still a student in school, so he had to keep a low profile, but we couldn't keep grinding on some things, we had to get down to business, "Then Mr. Mu, let's talk about the money, let's talk about the movie." ”

Wu Xiang wants to listen to the movie, but Mr. Mu wants to say something else.

"Back then, film printing, film, was very expensive, 700,000 was really tight. But at that time, our labor money was low, and the lunch box money was also small, so this film also came down. But later, I made two films with you, and I found out that you kid can do it, you can really make it, I've been in contact with so many directors, I haven't seen you kid pick the door so much, hey, this comes to think of it, it's very interesting, ha, hahaha......"

Can Wu Xiang's face be good-looking? It was as red as a monkey's buttocks.

But at the beginning of the entrepreneurial stage, we all had to use some extraordinary methods, otherwise how could it be rectified?

"Don't hurt me when you're old, can't I apologize for this courtesy?"

"I didn't hurt you, okay, let's not talk about it. Say this movie. "Mr. Mu can be regarded as out of a breath, with a feeling of 'revenge has been avenged', and then told some stories of this movie.

"Shooting or something, in fact, you should be able to understand it when you watch the movie. It's mainly a sound problem, at that time using Dolby, that was rare, and it cost a lot of money at the time, but now it's much cheaper. In other words, it is mainly relying on sound to set off the scene and set off the terrifying atmosphere. As for the filming location, you must not be able to find it now, it is an old building in the Beijing Hospital, which was about to be demolished at that time, which can be regarded as in line with the plot. ”

Listening to Mu Deyuan talk about this place, Wu Xiang was a little disappointed, he really wanted to revisit the old place in his heart, that is, in the original place, to make an original movie, but in total, the capital is developing so fast, and the rhythm of this big construction is faster than rock and roll music, so how can the old building stay?

However, Mu Deyuan didn't know what Wu Xiang was thinking, so he continued.

"Actually, there is not much problem when shooting, most of them are learning the techniques of European and American films, and there are relatively few horror films in our country, in general, you can understand it when you see it. The main thing is that it will be released after the filming, you kid probably don't know what to do, this film was very popular back then. ”

"It's hot?" Wu Xiang was a little surprised, because in the information he found, it was said that the movie was banned.

"It's really hot. Because back then, there were no horror films, especially ghost movies, and there were very few domestic ones. Later, when it was released, in terms of radio and television, by the way, it wasn't called this name at that time, so just listen to it. Anyway, during the review, a restriction was given, that is, it could not be screened on a large scale, and a suggestion was made, saying that it was not suitable for children and restricting the distribution. But after the release, it was very popular, and I knew at the time that a ticket was copied to 6 yuan! That was 89 years, and my salary was only more than 100 yuan, and the ordinary movie ticket was only a few cents at that time. But we can only make money by selling copies, although the distribution was restricted at that time, a total of about 400 copies were sold, and one copy can earn 10,000 yuan.

"Wow. Wu Xiang gave an interjection very obediently.

"You kid, hehehe......" Mu Deyuan was amused, but he immediately became serious again, "Let me tell you a little serious, the last set of scenes in this movie is that all the characters in the movie are in the hospital, and then a nurse pushes the cart in and tells everyone that they have taken medicine." What this means is that these people are a bunch of psychopaths, and they have told stories before, can you understand?"

Can you understand?

The key is that before this sentence, Mu Deyuan had already said the meaning of this shot, so he must have a deep meaning when he asked, but what is this deep meaning?

"......" At first, Wu Xiang was also stunned by this question, because it was very contradictory, the answers were given, but I still had to find the answer, but soon, Wu Xiang smiled.

"Hehehe...... Mr. Mu, I understand. ”

Wu Xiang said that he understood, so did he really understand?

"What do you kid understand? Tell me, don't hit the south wall until you figure it out, it's too late. "Mr. Mu's words are still very interesting.

"Mr. Mu, thank you for your concern. But don't worry, I really get it. At the end of this movie, the reason why such a scene is arranged is to tell the audience that everything you see is fake, and the ghost is fake!"

It's as simple as that, just to tell people that the whole story is fake, and the things I watched before are not all? This place is okay, and it still makes sense?

So what is this for?

But after hearing Wu Xiang say this, Teacher Mu smiled very happily.

"Yes, you're really smart!" (to be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the reward from Brother hzwangdd again, thank you for the monthly ticket cast by Tianmeng, thank you very much!