Chapter 512: God of Gamblers Trilogy

What is a gambling film?

If you ask this question in your previous life, you will definitely get the most standard answer, which is a gambling film. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the late 80s and early 90s of the last century, a fat man suddenly had a brain twitch, wrote a script about gambling, and then filmed it.

The fat man's surname is Wang, his name is Wang Jing, and the movie he made is called "God of Gamblers", starring Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Wang Zuxian, etc.

"God of Gamblers" set off a trend of gambling films in Hong Kong, and Wang Jing also won the title of "the originator of gambling films".

Speaking of Wang Jing, a fat man, he is definitely a strange and famous director. is famous, his movies are classic, and there are even more bad movies. is recognized as a spokesperson for commercial films, and will shoot anything for the box office. Shooting a movie a week is what he does. In order to make money, ***** is not afraid, and he will shoot when he should shoot.

Wang Jing has made a lot of bad movies, but it cannot be denied that this person is indeed very talented, and "God of Gamblers" is proof of this.

Before Chow Yun-fat filmed "God of Gamblers", he was already a world-famous little brother, and he even had three personal films competing for Best Actor at the same time. Rao is like this, and the gambling god Gao Jin has become the representative image of Chow Yun-fat for a long time afterward, which shows the success of the shaping.

With the success of "God of Gamblers", there was a subsequent flood of various gambling films in Hong Kong in the 90s. Among the culprits who made the gambling film bad, Wang Jing accounted for a large part.

watched the success of the gambling film, and everyone came to make the gambling movie, and the whole theme was filmed badly. From playing cards at the beginning, to playing mahjong later, he changed his tricks to shoot, and in order to make money, the more he shot, the worse he became.

However, among so many gambling films, there are naturally classics.

There are two parts in the "God of Gamblers" series, "God of Gamblers 1" and "God of Gamblers 2" The two stories are continuous, both of which tell the story of the God of Gamblers.

Although these two are the relationship between the previous and sequel episodes, more people like to put the three films "God of Gamblers", "Saint of Gamblers" and "Gambler" together and name them "God of Gamblers Trilogy". The reason for this arrangement is that these three movies are definitely the pinnacle of Hong Kong gambling films.

A movie can't only have a script, it must also have actors, look at the actors of these three dramas - actor Chow Yun-fat, King Andy Lau, and Stephen Chow, the king of comedy.

Needless to say, these three people can suppress everyone else in the gambling film.

Jiang Xia is a person who resolutely supports the statement of "God of Gamblers Trilogy", and other gambling films can't be watched at all, and these three films never get tired of watching.

However, it is such a brilliant gambling film that almost carries the entire Hong Kong nineties, Jiang Xia proposed this concept at this time, and the conference room was at a loss.

Jiang Xia suddenly felt that he had forgotten something, and then he thought about it, in the glory days of Xiangjiang movies, were there any gambling movies?

There are police movies, martial arts movies, action movies, family comedy films...... There are even zombie movies, and the only difference between them and Hong Kong movies in the previous life may be that there are no gambling movies.

There is not a single gambling movie, and no one has opened their brains in this direction.

Jiang Xia said: "I'm sorry, wait a minute, I'll make a call." ”

After saying a few words to a few people in the conference room, Jiang Xia immediately walked out and made a phone call to Shen Fatzi.

Shen Fatzi quickly picked it up and asked, "Jiang Xia, why did you call me?"

"Don't worry about it yet, I'll ask you something. You read a lot of online novels, in urban novels, the protagonist makes money, has he ever mentioned gambling?" Jiang Xia asked.

"Yes, gambling stones, betting, there are a lot. Shen Fatzi said, "Why are you asking this?"

"What about going to the casino for a thousand?" Jiang Xia asked.

"I haven't seen a casino, and the people who write novels are a bunch of slings, how can I ever go to a casino. Shen Fatzi said.

"Okay, I see, I still have something to do, I'll contact you another day. Jiang Xia hung up the phone.

There really isn't.

He looked for Shen Fatzi to confirm whether there were any terms such as casinos in online novels. In his last life, he read online novels, and in the urban category, many people made money by making a fortune from casinos. Why? This is influenced by Hong Kong gambling films, and the description of casinos can be written, and this part can be thought of, and it can be written.

There are no gambling movies in this world, and gambling rarely appears in the life experience of online authors, so naturally they don't think of casinos, and they don't write enough when they think of it.

A large part of the source of material for the authors of online novels is all kinds of movies, and if they have not been exposed to this element in the movie, they will naturally not write it.

Jiang Xia confirmed this, and naturally confirmed that there was really no gambling film, so if he took out the gambling film, he would really become the "ancestor of the gambling film".

So on the way back to the conference room, Jiang Xia had already thought about it, and the first movie he came to Hengying was, of course, "God of Gamblers".

However, "God of Gamblers" can't be moved directly, it was in the nineties of the last century, and there is a sentence in the lines "This is the latest ...... produced in West Germany last month" West Germany, which is a product of World War II, East and West Germany merged into one in the nineties, and the movie "God of Gamblers" was released a year in advance, when East and West Germany were still divided. If you copy it now, it will definitely not work.

Such similar places naturally need to be changed. The situation at that time was different from now, which was why Jiang Xia had to call six screenwriters to ask them to help him.

Jiang Xia has long figured it out, he can copy costume dramas, but if modern dramas are moved, it is not realistic. Just like now, if you move the movies of the 90s to the present, the social environment is different, and the audience has no sense of substitution, and it is impossible to have a sense of identity. The suitable movies of that era had to be changed now, but Jiang Xia didn't have the strength to change them, so he could only rely on six screenwriters. With their hands, change the script and change it to what is suitable now.

Originally, Jiang Xia was just taking precautions, but now it seems that he should be prescient, he really wants to make an "old" movie that needs to be changed.

Back in the conference room, Jiang Xia said: "Where did you talk about it just now? Oh, yes, Bowen asked what is a gambling movie, right? It's a gambling movie, I'll tell you specifically, this is one of my movie ideas, and it's also the first movie I want to make when I come to Hengying." ”

Hearing him say this, the six screenwriters all sat up straight and looked at each other. It was Xia Yunjie who opened his mouth and said: "Director Jiang, gambling and gambling are banned. ”

"Banned?" Jiang Xia said in amazement, "Why? Xiangjiang is forbidden to gamble here, the movie should be fine, right?"

"No, it doesn't. Zhong Xinying said, "In the 80s, some people also set their sights on gambling, but they were suppressed and not allowed. ”

"I'll call again. Jiang Xia frowned, and walked out of the conference room again to make a phone call.

The six people in the conference room glanced at each other, and Qin Lan said: "Gambling films, Jiang Xia is setting his sights on this? If you can really shoot it, the creativity is really good." ”

"The question is how to shoot it? Go to the casino to shoot it? There is a legal casino next door to the whole country, and it may not be allowed to shoot there. Xia Yunjie said.

"Let's see. Liu Yun said.

Among the six people, except for Feng Bowen, they were not very optimistic about Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia was talking to Jiang Ming on the phone.

"If I make a movie about gambling and Bo, will it be banned?" Jiang Xia asked.

"Why did you change jobs?" Jiang Ming asked.

"Answer me first. Jiangxia said.

"You answer me first, what's going on?" Jiang Ming said, "The studio is Shanshan's, what should Shanshan's studio do if you resign?

"I'll explain to you later, I'm having a meeting here, so hurry up and tell me if it will be blocked. Jiang Xia urged.

"No, it's not explicitly forbidden. As long as it's not forbidden on the surface, you can rest assured to shoot boldly. Jiang Ming said.

"That's fine, get back in touch. Jiang Xia hung up the phone after speaking.

Back to the meeting room.

Jiang Xia opened his mouth and said: "There is nothing wrong with gambling films, I asked the leaders of radio and television, and there is no explicit prohibition." The ban you mentioned was arranged by the Xiangjiang government at that time, and it is estimated that it was afraid of the expansion of the influence of gambling. ”

"Not really. Zhong Xinying said, "In Xiangjiang, it's okay to bet on horses or anything, but it's different from casinos, which are expressly forbidden." At that time, many major casinos in Xiangjiang had been opened, and they couldn't be banned, so a movie was filmed at that time but it was not allowed to be released. ”

"Hasn't Xiangjiang movies always been a market economy? In the previous life, there was no such situation in Hong Kong, and gambling films were an important part of Hong Kong films.

"Tube. Zhong Xinying said.

Jiang Xia said: "It's no problem now, as long as you get the filming permission of radio and television." So I'm going to mention one of my ideas, there are a lot of things that are not too rigorous, and you can help me add to it. ”

Saying that, Jiang Xia opened the folder and wrote two words on the paper - God of Gamblers.

"I named the movie God of Gamblers. Jiang Xia said, "I'm short of time, so I'll tell you the general plot structure directly, and then try to get the script done within a week." ”

"A week, too fast, isn't it?" Feng Bowen exclaimed.

Jiang Xia said: "Listen to me, ok?"

Feng Bowen immediately stopped speaking and motioned for Jiang Xia to continue.

"The story revolves around the God of Gamblers. Jiang Xia said and wrote the word "Gao Jin" on the paper.

The six screenwriters also listened, and while listening, they also wrote on the paper they brought, keeping up with Jiang Xia's train of thought.

"Gao Jin is the God of Gambling, the world-famous God of Gambling. Jiang Xia directly pointed to Gao Jin's identity.

After the word "Gao Jin", Chu Yi drew an arrow, wrote "the world-famous gambling god", and then drew a question mark, meaning that he was not sure whether he was world-famous at the beginning or became world-famous later.

Feng Bowen raised his hand and asked only after Jiang Xia agreed: "Is the world-famous God of Gamblers world-famous from the beginning, or has he grown into a world-famous one?"

"It was world famous from the beginning. I'll speak, listen to me slowly. Gao Jin, the god of gambling, is a world-famous god of gambling, who accepts the invitation of the island gangster celebrity and Hiroji Kamiyama to fight at the table with Chen Jincheng, the gambling king of Singapore. But before the decisive battle, he inadvertently fell off a cliff and lost his memory. ”

"Amnesia again. Feng Bowen muttered quietly.

Jiang Xia looked at him and ignored him, and continued: "After losing his memory, he lived in the house of the little gangster Chen Xiaodao, and Chen Xiaodao and his girlfriend Ah Zhen took good care of him. Chen Xiaodao likes to gamble, but he has been pitted, although Gao Jin has amnesia, his occasional gambling skills have also helped Chen Xiaodao make a lot of money. Gao Jin has a cousin, Gao Yi, who secretly spies on his sister-in-law Janet, and after Gao Jin disappears, he even breaks into Janet's room with the intention of being indecent. accidentally killed her, and cooperated with Chen Jincheng to send people to hunt down Gao Jin. Gao Jin escaped with the help of his bodyguard Ryugo and regained his memory by luck. The final gamble unfolded on the ship, Gao Yi wanted to betray Gao Jin, but Gao Jin had already seen through it, and he cheated Chen Jincheng with high skills, let Chen Jincheng kill Gao Yi, and used the Xiangjiang police to trap Chen Jincheng and put him in prison. ”

With Jiang Xia's dictation, several screenwriters were writing and drawing.

After Chu Yi advanced to the high school, he wrote the words "Hongji on the mountain", and the arrow remarked "gangster boss". "Chen Xiaodao" remarks "gangster", "Ah Zhen" remarks "Chen Xiaodao's girlfriend", "Chen Jincheng" remarks "Singapore Gambling King", and "Dragon Five" remarks "God of Gamblers Bodyguard".

The remarks of the rest of the people are similar, and all of the ones that can appear in Jiangxia's brief description are more important roles, and they need to be noted separately.

"This is the outline of the story, is there anything you don't understand that needs to be asked?" Jiang Xia asked.

Chu Yi opened his mouth and asked, "When does the story take place?"

"Good question. Jiang Xia said, "This is also the reason why I asked you to help, the background of the story I originally set was in the early nineties of the last century. At that time, Xiangjiang's gambling style was more favorable and more suitable. But I'm afraid that the sense of substitution is relatively poor, and in the end, it was a matter of the last century, and the new audience doesn't understand it at all. But if you put it now, a lot of the story has to be revised. So I'll have to ask a few of you, are you going to set the story in the early nineties, or are you going to put it now?"

"Director Jiang, do you only have creative ideas for this script, or do you have a complete script?" asked Liu Yun.

Jiang Xia said: "If necessary, I can come up with a complete script in two days, and the details can be perfected." ”

"If we can, let's take a look at the script, and without details, we can't determine which era it will be better to put it in based on the outline. Xia Yunjie said.

Jiang Xia nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take out the script as soon as possible in the next two days, and then after you read the script, let's discuss it again." If you have a script that needs to be revised, you can also take it out and discuss it together. If it's okay, just disperse. ”

The six screenwriters looked at each other, shook their heads and said they were fine, and then dispersed.

Jiang Xia went directly back to the office, threw the folder on the table, and lay down in the chair, rubbing his forehead there.

He was short of time, so he simply pressed it down and asked the other six people to help, and he didn't have time to make friends with them carefully.

Sighing, Jiang Xia turned on the computer and began to write the script. (To be continued.) )