Chapter 224: It Turned Out to Be a Pit
If DreamWorks is Wang Zifan's most important industry, then Xu Ke is the most talented director of DreamWorks, the importance is self-evident, Wang Zifan has always paid attention to cultivating each other, outputting the new martial arts concept in his mind, and now the fruit is about to ripen, and he let others pick it up, how can he not be angry in his heart, he also knows very well how DreamWorks defeated Jiahe, so he hates traitors the most. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Mr. He wants to ask me to make a movie!" The wrath of thunder is about to come, Xu Ke still calmly explained the reason, in fact, he thinks that this is not a betrayal of DreamWorks, after all, he only promised to make a film, and he will return to DreamWorks after filming, and come over just to say hello.
"He Guanchang?"
"Yes!"
"What movie did he ask you to make?"
"A martial arts movie!"
Wang Zifan's heart moved, and he said with a strange expression: "What is the name of the movie?"
Xu Ke didn't expect Wang Zifan to get to the bottom of it, this is a Jiahe secret, hesitated for a while, and then said in a sullen voice: "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain!"
It really is!
The prince seems to be smiling, this film is ahead of schedule, Golden Harvest is really tricky, "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" is very famous in the history of Hong Kong cinema, almost the same as "The True Story of A Fei", but Zou Wenhuai was not angry and vomited blood, costing more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and the final box office is 1587851, more than one million, there is no 0 behind, and he fell on his grandmother's house, if according to the rules of Golden Harvest Cinema, this box office is not enough insurance.
"The Legend of the Swordsmen of New Shu Mountain" is not Xu Ke's original story, the author is also the owner of the Pearl House is a person from the Republic of China, his real name is Li Shouming, he was once known as the "King of Modern Martial Arts Novels", the representative work "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shu Mountain", the works in his life are as many as more than 400000 words, very terrifying numbers, there were no computers and typewriters in that era, all by handwriting, and there are many traditional characters.
Li Shoumin's "Shushan Series" is very popular, and it is so popular that it is the main story, the outer story, the other story, the prequel, and the postpart...... There are more than 30 before and after, and he has written 36 martial arts novels in his lifetime, among which 11 Xianxia series novels such as "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" and "Nineteen Heroes of Qingcheng" are the most popular, describing the struggle between good and evil between the two factions of swords and immortals, the writing is gorgeous, very poetic, the imagination is magnificent, the momentum is magnificent, and the philosophy of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism is all in one furnace, and the readers are all-inclusive, whether it is a cultural celebrity or a pawn or a lady in the boudoir, as long as you read a little will be fascinated!
These are the confidence of Golden Harvest to shoot "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain", but unfortunately it was a mess!
Wang Zifan felt that he was worried about the sky just now, the Shan family filmed "Blade Runner" and lost all his money, and Jiahe filmed "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" to knock down his grandmother's house, even if DreamWorks does not fight back, the two major film companies will play themselves to death, although the box office of Golden Harvest's "Cannonball Speed" exceeds 100 million, how much is in his hands, and Cheng Long became famous in North America because of "Red Fan District", "Red Fan District" The box office is very high, but before the release, some Yankees spent $5 million to buy the film copyright, and the person who bought the copyright of the film made dozens of times, so that in the next few years, North American film companies continued to buy out Cheng Long's old films for release. And they all got very good results, and the accompanying DVD sales were even greater, before that, the Yankees were not optimistic about Cheng Long, so the box office of "Cannonball Speed" was not outstanding in the eyes of Wang Zifan, and Golden Harvest used this to promote it, just to get rid of the shadow of DreamWorks.
Now that he knows the result, Wang Zifan is relieved, and he can't wait for Golden Harvest to invest more, and he thinks about it for a while, and has the intention to test Xu Ke's loyalty.
"Lao Xu!"
"Mr. Wang!"
"We've known each other for a while, what do you think of me for you?"
Xu Ke felt flattered and a little crying and laughing, thinking that his status was so high, how could he speak in the same way as before, he shook his head secretly, but on the surface he was busy nodding yes, since joining DreamWorks, Wang Zifan really had nothing to say to him and Shi Nansheng, so Golden Harvest invited him with a lot of money, and he just promised to help them make a movie.
Wang Zifan said: "Then take the script and take a look!"
Xu Ke wondered, "What script?"
Wang Zifan said with a smile: "Of course, it is the script of "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain"!"
Xu Ke is speechless, can you read the script casually? Although he is paranoid, he is not stupid, what is the relationship between DreamWorks and Golden Harvest, what does "The Legend of the Swordsman of New Shu Mountain" mean to Golden Harvest, let DreamWorks master the script, it is to point to Jiahe's dead end, as long as he changes the script in private to make a bad movie, and releases it before the feature film, Golden Harvest's investment will be in vain.
Wang Zifan squinted his eyes and asked, "Unwilling?"
Xu Ke smiled bitterly: "Mr. Wang, why do you embarrass me? Besides, the script is not on me!"
Wang Zifan said lightly: "It's not on you, haven't you seen it, Lao Xu, you should know about Jiahe's small actions recently, they provoked first." ”
"But ......" Xu Ke still felt that it was inappropriate, and his reputation would stink when it was spread.
Wang Zifan's eyes became colder and colder: "No matter how talented a person is, if he is not used by me, he is also an enemy!"
Xu Ke's heart jumped, he sighed helplessly, and said euphemistically: "Actually, the script is similar to the novel, Mr. Wang, we really don't need to use these conspiracies." ”
Wang Zifan said: "It's one thing whether you say it or not, and it's another thing whether I do it or not!"
Speaking of which, Xu Ke naturally knows how to choose, he has a foundation in DreamWorks, and he has nothing when he goes to Golden Harvest, so after thinking about it slightly, he told the script of "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" 1510.
In the era of Wuhu Chaohua, Di Mingqi, who was originally a spy in the Xishu barracks, fled to the foot of Qilai Mountain because of the anger of the commander in the army, and accidentally entered the land of the Demon Sect, fortunately the South China Sea sent the swordsman Ding Yin to rescue him, Mingqi saw that Ding Yin was strong in martial arts, so he vigorously persuaded him to stand up to save the common people, avoid the misery of the people, and decided to apprentice to him to accept him as an apprentice, but the hero Ding Yin politely declined.
"Is Di Mingqi's actor decided?"
"Not yet?"
"Go on!"
"At this time, Ding Yin's junior brother Xiaoru, the head of the Kunlun faction, and his apprentice Yizhen also came to the cave, and the four of them were defeated by the Demon Sect Protector, Xiaoru was seriously injured, and was possessed by the blood demon, Ding Yin was determined to take him to Yaochi Immortal Fort to heal, so the four of them decided to go to Yaochi Immortal Fort to rescue Xiaoyu first, and then to find the whereabouts of the Ziqing Twin Swords, and the group came to the castle, unexpectedly, the castle owner ......"
Xu Ke suddenly stopped, and Wang Zifan asked, "What's wrong?"
"This castle lord Jiahe plans to invite Lin Qingxia to act!"
"I know!" Of course, Wang Zifan knew that Lin Qingxia had acted in "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain", which was also her first movie in Hong Kong.
Xu Ke did not doubt him, and continued: "Lin Qingxia is practicing in retreat and can't save people, but Ding Yin is the destined person who can make the ice flame in the castle not extinguished, so the castle master was able to go out of the customs to rescue Xiaoru." Ding Yin and Di Mingqi came out of the cave first, but Ding Yin was accidentally injured by the blood demon. In order to avoid himself from causing a storm in the rivers and lakes, Ding Yin immediately asked Mingqi to immediately worship him as a teacher, and limited him to send him back to Yaochi Immortal Fort within three days. But the castle lord ran out of vitality because of saving Xiaoru, and he was no longer able to save Ding Yin, so he had to break the ice mirror and freeze the blood demon, but everyone was frozen in ice, only Yizhen, Di Mingqi and the female disciples in Yaochi Immortal Castle escaped, and the three decided to go to Tiandao Peak to find Li Yiqi's female hero and Ziqing's double sword, and go to the master's last wish to save the people of the world......"
Wang Zifan nodded secretly, which was similar to the plot he had seen, which meant that Xu Ke finally chose DreamWorks.
After talking about the plot, Xu Ke hesitated, not so much that the actors are the protagonists of this play, but that it was tailor-made for him, and said in a pleading tone: "Mr. Wang, this is the first real Xianxia film, in addition to the Hollywood "Star Wars" stunt team, I want to invite the DreamWorks special effects team to participate!"
"Yes!" Wang Zifan opened the door to convenience, DreamWorks has two stunt teams, one is the flying car stunt group, and the other is the computer special effects team, Xu Ke wants the latter, it has not been established for a long time, and he can only do some simulation architecture, just take this opportunity to communicate with the industrial magic light, to shoot the "Death is Coming" series, special effects are the top priority.
Xu Ke felt that Wang Zifan was not so unkind as he imagined, and said cautiously: "I want to use the new martial arts concept in the film!"
"Yes!"
Wang Zifan smiled slightly, "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" hit the street at the box office, and the reputation is still good, the most praised thing about the film is the imaginative special effects, which has changed the concept that people used to think that traditional kung fu films 'will only fight around', and is therefore regarded as a milestone in the history of Hong Kong film special effects.
In this film, Xu Ke integrated the elements of gods and monsters into the sky and the earth into the ancient costume martial arts, creating the so-called "Oriental Magic" genre, and its exploration and creation of special effects have also been continuously borrowed from later films of the same type.
Xu Kede said: "In terms of actors, I want to invite the ...... of Oriental Entertainment"
Wang Zifan waved his hand and said: "Okay, since it's your director, it should be regarded as a movie that we invested in, those ideas of yours, what you want to express, just stuff it in, as long as the actor agrees, it's okay, that's it, you go back first!"
"Thank you, Mr. Wang!" Xu Ke was unhappy, not yet happy, he forced him to say just now, and now that he opened his heart, Wang Zifan was not interested, and felt that he was being played.
Wang Zifan looked at the time, it was already afternoon, and it took most of the day to pick up two batches of guests, and there were Huang Baiming, Mecca's New Art City, Chen Xunqi's Yongjia, and Zeng Zhiwei and Mai Dangxiong of the cinema and headquarters, it seems that there is no need to rest today, and there will be an all-night meeting in the evening.
"Boss!" Zhou Hailin weakly reminded that there were still many people waiting to be summoned below.
Wang Zifan said: "Let them all go back, and hold a unified meeting in the evening, the location Mecca and Huang Baiming know that I will go to the University of Hong Kong later!"
Naturally, going to the University of Hong Kong is to find Guan Zhilin for recreation, and Wang Zifan also saw her name on the appointment.