"Did I hear it wrong just now?" Xu Ke swallowed, "Ye Sheng, how much did you just say?"

"Ten films. Ye Jianren repeated it again.

At this moment, Xu Ke heard it clearly, and his heart was full of excitement and fear.

"Has Xu Sheng read Gu Long's novel?" Ye Jianren didn't give Xu Ke time to calm down and continued to ask.

"I've seen some. Xu Ke tried to reply in a calm voice.

"What about the novel "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng"?" Ye Jianren then asked.

"I happened to have read this novel. ”

"There are six series of this novel, and I heard that there is another one in the works, and I am going to buy the rights to it for adaptation, and I initially plan to shoot ten films. ”

The novel "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" has not yet been written, and the last "Sword God Smile" will not come out until next year.

Xu Ke left the deepest impression on people with his new martial arts movie. In his films, martial arts are no longer punches and kicks, knives and swords, but can make mountains collapse and the ground crack, and the heavens and the earth change color. The most classic is Lin Qingxia in "Undefeated in the East" caught the shell of the Dutch battleship, and then said arrogantly: "You have science, I have divine skills!"

His films are full of strong personal style, heroes stand in the wind, cook wine and meet, and the chivalrous spirit of Chinese classical culture is vividly dissected by whimsical elements, and some rudiments can already be seen from the "No Gate to Hell" released some time ago.

Since Ye Jianren wants to ask him to make a movie, of course he will not let him make any more ghost comedies, which is not only a great waste to him, but also a great insult to his identity as a reborn.

When it comes to new martial arts movies, Ye Jianren first thinks of Xu Ke's later masterpieces "Smiling Proud Jianghu" trilogy and "Huang Feihong" series. But Li Lianjie, the soul of these two series, is still "eating fasting and reciting Buddha" in the mainland, and there is no substitute with a similar temperament in Xiangjiang, so he simply puts it back, and waits until Li Lianjie comes to Hong Kong in the future, and it will save the destruction of the classics.

At this time, "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" entered his mind. There are two reasons for choosing this movie: first, this movie has a successful precedent, and the "Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" series filmed by CCTV in 06 has been highly evaluated on the Internet. The successful template, coupled with Xu Ke's talent, will definitely not be bad at the box office. The second is that there are enough sequels to this movie, long enough, on the one hand, it can fill the film library of his new company, and on the other hand, it can allow Xu Ke to put all his energy into it, so that he will not have some other ideas.

Ye Jianren will not forget that Xu Ke's calm surface actually hides a restless and radical heart. In his previous life, after gaining a certain amount of fame, Xu Ke began to display his ideals and ambitions in 82, pulled a huge investment of 20 million, invited many stars to join, invested great effort, and then filmed a movie "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain".

Ye Jianren never doubted the strong inertia of history, and Xu Ke's dedication to movie special effects after being influenced by American culture, the only thing he could do was to prevent it from happening and avoid it as much as possible.

So he chose the series "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng", ten movies, even if two films are made a year, it will take five years, if Xu Ke can put all his efforts into this series, Ye Jianren can not worry about his "whimsy" for five years. As for five years later, the "Once Upon a Time" series may be able to start filming.

"Ye Sheng, you want to shoot the "Lu Xiaofeng" series?" Xu Ke frowned, "To be honest, I'm not very optimistic. A few years ago, Shaw Brothers filmed three "Lu Xiaofeng" series in a row, starring the popular student Liu Songren, but the box office was not very high. ”

"Shaw Brothers, don't mention it. Ye Jianren sneered, "With Shao Tycoon's slashing nature, the pitiful production cost is low, and the simple set can make a good movie." ”

"Besides, what I shoot is not a traditional martial arts like Chu Yuan and Zhang Che, but a new type of martial arts movie. ”

"New martial arts?" Xu Keqi said.

"That's right, it's a new style of martial arts. Ye Jianren nodded and continued: "The martial arts in the movie will no longer be limited to punches and kicks, but will still become more chic and elegant. Just like the light skills in martial arts novels, flying through the air, high and high. ”

"This allows the actor to jump down from a height, and then directly rewind and edit, isn't that just flying, nothing special!" Xu Ke puzzled.

"Wrong!" Ye Jianren said, "The fluttering I am talking about is not simply jumping up and down, but fighting in the air like those immortals." ”

"Is it feasible to fight in the air?" Xu Ke questioned.

"Of course you can!" Ye Jianren said firmly, "It is definitely possible to do this by using coercion to hang the wire." ”

"How to do it?" Xu Ke hurriedly asked.

"It's up to you to figure it out. Ye Jianren spread his hands, "If I can do everything myself, what else will I do with you as a director?"

Hearing this, Xu Ke's excited mood calmed down, he just found out that martial arts movies could still be made like this, and he was a little out of shape.

"Of course, the new martial arts movies I am talking about are not limited to this, such as the wounding in the air, landslides and ground cracks, which only exist in imaginary scenes, can be achieved with the help of gunpowder blasting and smoke screens. Ye Jianren's voice also became high, "If you want funds, I will give you funds, and if you want someone to dig them, I will provide you with all the support and assistance." Just imagine, the new martial arts film will be created by us, and in a few years, when people mention this category of films, they must mention the two of us, and we will make the history of the Hong Kong film industry. ”

Xu Ke was infected by Ye Jianren's emotions and became excited. It seemed that he saw a new door slowly opening to him, and it was full of strange scenes, maybe as long as he gently pushed it, the world in his eyes would never be the same again.

"Okay, I promise you!"

Ye Jianren leaned back in the chair, a relaxed smile appeared on his face, and asked, "Is there a problem with the contract on Wu Siyuan's side?" ”

"No, I can go whenever I want. Xu Ke said.

"Then do you have any other requirements?" Ye Jianren asked.

Xu Ke pondered for a while, and then said cautiously: "I hope to have the final editing rights of the movie." ”

When it comes to a movie, the most important thing is the right to make the final cut. This is true for both actors and directors. The result of the film editing determines how many scenes the actor can play in the film and whether the director can express what he wants.

In Hong Kong, there are many factors that determine that the final film made by the director is not edited according to their ideas. For example, the existence of producers, the requirements of investors, and market demand.

I am afraid that Xu Ke himself is more out of line in this regard, and he later had conflicts with his predecessor Hu Jinquan and friend Wu Yusen because of the problem of film shooting. It can also be seen how strong Xu Ke's desire to control the movie is.

Ye Jianren played with the cup in his hand, stared at Xu Ke without saying a word for a while, and then said, "In that case, then Xu Sheng is welcome to join Jianren Film Company!"