It is actually very difficult for a Chinese film to be popular in the hearts of Cantonese audiences, and few Chinese films in later generations have sold well in Xiangjiang.

Of course, at this time, Chinese films were much better than in the eighties and nineties.

At least now there are so many mainland refugees, and Chinese films still have a lot of audience market. This favorable market environment has lasted for nearly three decades. It was not until the second generation of immigrants entered middle age and rarely entered the cinema that it gradually dissipated.

Then, it is the third generation that has grown up in a Cantonese-speaking environment, and it has been a golden decade of Xiangjiang films under his control.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

In short, it is extremely difficult to shoot a film that both sides of the Chinese and Guangdong audiences like.

Of course, the separate dubbing doesn't count.

In Yang Qiu's memory, the only Chinese film that can sell well in Cantonese audiences and is loved by the audience is the 82-year version of "Shaolin Temple".

1982 was already the era of the rise of Cantonese films and the decline of Chinese films.

However, "Shaolin Temple" bucked the trend and received a box office of 16 million, ranking fourth in the annual box office list of Xiangjiang.

This data is basically Cantonese films in the top 20 of the list, which simply blinded the eyes of many filmmakers, and it was also talked about by later fans.

But this achievement, in addition to the well-made film itself, also has a little external factor.

At that time, the mainland had just been reopened, and everything that was hidden under the fog was gradually revealed to the world, attracting the attention of outsiders.

"Shaolin Temple", as a completely domestic film, is destined to attract the attention of many people in Xiangjiang at the beginning.

So the success of this movie, to a certain extent, also has a bit of a sense of taking advantage of the trend.

But now, "Shaolin Temple" definitely won't work.

The first is that movies must not be filmed in the mainland, so of course there is no way to talk about that kind of peculiar attraction; second, the current photography technology and technology are not up to par, and it is impossible to shoot that kind of landscape and picture artistic conception.

As for the third, it is the current martial arts design......

The current martial arts design, how to say it, Yang Qiu can't bear to look at it directly, even the best "Huang Feihong" series now, the martial arts design in it is still in the most primitive state.

At this time, the most common way to play is the one when singing a big opera in Peking Opera, a few people go up to babble, by the way, they play twice, put a few poses, and the fight is over.

As for the more advanced, such as the "Once Upon a Time" series, sometimes it was filmed.

But in real life, you also know what a real fight is like in reality, although it is real, but it is not beautiful at all!

So if you want to shoot "Shaolin Temple" at this time, you have to cultivate a martial artist who meets your heart first.

This kind of time-consuming and labor-intensive thing, Yang Qiu feels that he can try it when he has money and leisure in the future, but now it is better to avoid it.

So, Yang Qiu locked his eyes on the second thing......

When Yang Qiuchu joined Cheng Gang's repertory troupe, when he premiered "Begonia" in Yueyuan, he found that the uncles and aunts at this time were interesting, that is, as long as it was a big opera, whether it was Cantonese opera or Peking opera, they all watched it with relish, and they didn't care whether they could understand it or not.

Watching opera has always been a tradition of Chinese people for hundreds of years, and it is also the reason why Cantonese opera films in Hong Kong are flourishing today.

Of course, it is impossible for Yang Qiu to make Cantonese opera films, although he knows that there is a Cantonese opera film "The Imperial Flower" is very famous, and no one has made it into a movie now, but this does not meet his original intention of wanting to make a blockbuster movie in the capital of China and Guangdong at the beginning.

From this, he thought of "The Beauty of the Mountains", Li Hanxiang's masterpiece.

After all, although he hadn't seen this film, in a certain Shao Yifu's memory documentary, it was mentioned that this film won the Asian Film Festival award, and it also triggered a generation of Huangmei Opera movie boom, and when it was released, it attracted thousands of empty alleys.

The last time I saw the word "empty alley" was when "SH Beach" premiered on TV.

Since the word '10,000 empty alleys' can be used, this drama must also be a big hit, plus it has triggered a generation of Huangmei Opera craze, and people's love for watching big dramas at this time.

Yang Qiu thinks that Huangmei Opera is feasible!

Although I haven't seen "The Beauty of the Mountains", as for what to shoot, Yang Qiu already has a draft in his heart.

Huangmei Opera started in Anhui Province, and after a series of promotions, it finally radiated to the whole country.

Northern Xiangbei, where Yang Qiu's hometown is located, is one of the radiation places of Huangmei Opera long before it was promoted.

Yang Qiu's grandparents have always been loyal audiences of Huangmei Opera.

And Yang Qiu, who was taken by his grandparents for a period of time, naturally has also seen and heard some Huangmei operas.

It's just that most of what his grandfather's generation can watch and access is Huangmei opera in the domestic real estate, and "Jiangshan Beauty" is naturally not included.

But it doesn't matter, there are two classics, "Tianxian Pei" and "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", which are enough.

As for which one to shoot?

Choosing one of the two between the two, it is naturally "Tianxian Pei", which has fewer sets and fewer personnel, and ranks first.

Then the position of assistant director of the movie, Yang Qiu was naturally handed over to Li Hanxiang, who always wanted to be an assistant director, and later formed an indissoluble bond with Huangmei Opera.

It's time to nurture talents in advance.

Actually, the first time Li Hanxiang heard that he was going to shoot a costume drama, he refused, because, you can't let him shoot, he will shoot it immediately, first he wants to try it, and then duang......

Ahh

In fact, when Li Hanxiang first heard that he wanted to make a costume film, he refused, because of what?

Because ancient costumes don't make money.

You see that Yonghua's "Soul of the Nation" and "The Secret History of the Qing Palace" are selling well, but people's investment is also large, and what they say in the publicity is that they are all millions of Hong Kong dollars invested.

In fact, after careful calculation, Li Zuyong is losing money and making money in these dramas.

As for other costume opera films such as Cantonese opera, not to mention, most of them are directly bought out to theaters, and they can make a lot of money.

Now Yang Qiu is thinking about making costume drama films, isn't this a brain pump......

After doing a series of explanations and analyses, he didn't bother to say anything, so he directly pressed the task.

Li Hanxiang also had nothing to say, and this was the beginning of the situation where 'pervert' Li Hanxiang teased Guo Damei.

But why are you looking for Sister Guo?

Because Yang Meng, as the heroine, doesn't know how to sing Huangmei tune.

It has to be voiced.

Fortunately, when Yang Qiu was checking the information of Huangmei Opera, he accidentally found that what this little sister-in-law had been singing was the Huangmei tune that was difficult to find even if it was three feet into the ground in Xiangjiang - "Xing Xiuniang".

In these years, it is said that there are many people who can sing big operas in Xiangjiang, but it is not easy to find someone who can sing Huangmei tunes.

I didn't expect there to be a ...... squatting in this corner

As a little girl, Guo Damei is definitely not born with Huangmei tune, Yang Qiu followed the clues and checked up, only to find that the musician Mr. Yao Min downstairs under Li Hanxiang was really a good person.

This Mr. Yao Min not only wrote lyrics and music for many movies, but also made his sister Yao Li popular himself, and wrote many songs for Zhou Xuan.

Of course, these are what Yang Qiu has known for a long time.

Yang Qiu's so-called cattle man knows that Yao Min, a master, not only understands Huangmei tune, but also can play drums.

How much you have to learn!

However, the flower drum play?

Yang Qiu was thinking at that time, he was more familiar with the Hunan people, such as "Bangs Chopping Wood", should you ......

In short, after some investigation, Yang Qiu felt that Yao Min, the music producer of this movie, was decided.

Suspiciously, Sister Guo didn't believe Li Hanxiang's words, and after discussing with her family for one night, she dressed up a little the next day and followed Li Hanxiang to Yang Qiu's house.

Well, Yang Qiu felt that it was time for him to have an entire office.

"Are you really looking for me to make a movie?" Guo Damei asked seriously with wide eyes.

"Really. Yang Qiu nodded, and replied solemnly: "I usually don't deceive people very much, but let me correct you, I'm not looking for you to make a movie, I'm looking for you to sing and dub." ”

"Can my name be on the big screen?"

"Well, yes. ”

Sister Guo was obviously very yearning, lowered her head and thought for about ten seconds, then raised her head and asked, "How much money can you have for singing?"

"Well, two hundred for a song, after the whole movie is filmed, you can get more than a thousand. Yang Qiu replied after thinking for a while.

"So much!" Sister Guo was overjoyed, and immediately shouted: "Then I'll shoot it." ”

"Good. ”

"But ......" Sister Guo suddenly changed her words and lowered her head a little shyly.

Yang Qiu raised his eyebrows and asked, "But what?"

"But I have to change my name, Sister Guo is not good. Sister Guo said with some embarrassment.

Well, it turned out that this was the case, and Yang Qiu immediately said: "Eh, then what name do you want to change?

"Yes!" Guo Damei nodded and said, "I decided to take my mother's surname, surnamed Xi." ”

"Name?"

"Jingting. ”