Chapter 972: Liu Changqing (Second Shift)
In his previous life, Xu Laowei's "Wong Fei Hung" series was a classic of action movies in Hong Kong film history.
Whether it is action design or movie connotation, it simply subverts everyone's inherent impression of action kung fu movies, Xu Laowei perfectly melts all aspects of factors and themes into one furnace, which is also solemn and harmonious, elegant and vulgar, entertaining, and serious.
Through this series of films, he expressed his own view of history and his thoughts on the historical fate of late Qing China in the face of "changes unseen in thousands of years".
It can be said that in the history of kung fu movies in the previous life, the "Once Upon a Time" series is definitely the most dazzling diamond star.
Compared with "Huang Feihong" in his previous life, the script written by Lu Wansong is very different.
"Liu Changqing", the name is not only the name of the movie, but also the name of the protagonist in it.
However, the background and location of the story still have a lot in common with "Once Upon a Time".
is also the unbearable history of the late Qing Dynasty, and the characters' hometowns are also in Guangdong, but not Foshan, but Guangzhou.
"In fact, I myself am from Guangzhou, when I was a child, I liked the storytelling in the teahouse at that time, especially those ancient knights who punished evil and promoted good, and it was my favorite when I was a child, so this is why I came to Yanjing to find Hong Lao to practice martial arts after graduating from high school, after all, in that era, Hong Lao starred in various kung fu movies, giving people the impression that he was a kung fu master. ”
Speaking of this, Lu Wansong let out a deep sigh of emotion, this time, it is more than 20 years, and the good youth has been spent on practicing martial arts.
If he didn't have a certain amount of willpower and the persistence in his heart, it is estimated that he would never persevere.
Subsequently, he introduced the source of his script idea to Yang Ming: "When I was a child, I often told the story of Liu Changqing by adults around me, and my local storyteller in Guangzhou also often told the story of this person, who acted chivalrous and righteous, fought unevenly, and saved the world. ”
Yang Ming read the general content of the script and already had a certain understanding of Liu Changqing.
A martial arts family, who has practiced martial arts since childhood, is humble and good at helping others, and has a high reputation in the local martial arts hall, but in the dark and turbulent era of the late Qing Dynasty, the Chinese will always be inferior in their own land.
Guangzhou is no exception, the government is prey on the people, and the oppression of foreigners makes the whole city miserable, even if Liu Changqing is kind to others, he can't escape the shackles of fate.
Beat bad guys, beat officials, beat foreigners, if it weren't for the sudden overthrow of the Qing Dynasty by the great man of Houran, Liu Changqing's fate would definitely be a tragedy.
Because Liu Changqing had already been imprisoned by the government at that time, there was no great man, and the result can be imagined.
Seeing the information about Liu Changsheng's life, Yang Ming felt that this movie was very interesting, but the script still needed to be overhauled.
He couldn't help asking, "Liu Changqing is a member of the Southern Fist School, right?"
Chinese martial arts, southern fist and northern legs, southern kung fu masters, basically good at boxing.
Lu Wansong nodded when he heard this: "Yes, although nearly a hundred years have passed, and many stories are made up by Mr. Storyteller, but according to the information I investigated, Liu Changqing can indeed be called a generation of grandmasters back then, and he is also a countless grandmaster in Lingnan. ”
Speaking of martial arts and kung fu, Lu Wansong suddenly came to his senses, his eyes lit up, as if no one was around, and enthusiastically introduced the information he knew to Yang Ming.
With the introduction of Lu Wansong, Liu Changqing's image of promoting the quintessence of the country, supporting justice, seeing righteousness and courage, helping the weak and the poor, and helping the world has become more and more full, and gradually overlapped with the screen image of Huang Feihong that he knew in his previous life, and this Liu Changqing left many well-known anecdotes in the martial arts world during his lifetime, which can also be changed slightly and become the plot of the movie.
Yang Ming slowly had the idea of revising the script in his hand, and then said: "This script company can shoot." ”
And Lu Wansong, who was talking, didn't react for a while, and was still introducing Liu Changqing's information history, and after a while, his words stopped abruptly, looked at Yang Ming, and asked in a trembling tone: "Mr. Yang, this company can really shoot!"
"Hmm!" Yang Ming nodded.
The company originally had a plan to focus on shooting kung fu series movies next year, and Lu Wansong's book just met Yang Ming's requirements.
Lu Wansong asked in an extremely nervous mood at this time: "...... the director?"
The latter words, he didn't say them, but the meaning was obviously obvious.
Yang Ming couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, pretending not to notice the other party's expression, and asked, "Do you have a recommended candidate?"
Lu Wansong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, recommend others?
How could his carefully prepared script take the initiative to recommend others and make a movie about the life of his childhood idol worship, but how could he give the opportunity to others when he had dreamed for many years?
He looked up and saw the look on Yang Ming's face that seemed to be smiling, and immediately understood that the other party was making fun of himself, scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed, and said: "Mr. Yang, I recommended myself, for so many years, I have been a martial arts instructor, an assistant director, and I have also directed one or two small-budget movies, and I have basically held all the positions in the crew, and I recognize that I will not disappoint the company in order to make this movie well." ”
Seeing Lu Wansong looking so serious, Yang Ming also looked serious, patted the other party's shoulder, and said gently: "You are too worried, don't worry, this book will be filmed by you, the company originally planned to support newcomers, and you have so many years of work experience, and you are no stranger to making kung fu movies." ”
Having said that, Yang Ming still has some things to explain.
After all, he wanted to make the film into a series, and the first one was crucial.
"The name "Liu Changqing" is too earthy, it is not attractive, and people who don't know still think it is a documentary!" Yang Ming pondered, "In this way, change the title of the film to "Liu Changqing: Top Gun", so that if the box office sells well, it can also be made into a sequel." ”
Lu Wansong was taken aback when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Sequel?"
"Hmm!" Yang Ming nodded, "I just listened to Liu Changqing's life information, and I feel that there is a lot of content to dig out about him, and it can be made into a series, by the way, do you have any actors in mind." ”
Originally, he just asked casually, but he didn't expect Lu Wansong to really nod and say: "Actually, I feel that Kong Yifan is more suitable, but his salary may be higher." ”
When Yang Ming heard this name, he couldn't help frowning.