The cast composition of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is very simple, the main actors, in addition to the male and female protagonists, there are only four left, one is the male No. 2 Yan Chixia, and the other is the half-male grandmother - the original version is played by a man, Zhao Zhenghao decided to invite a woman to play, it can be regarded as the female No. 2!

There is also a male No. 3, which is not in the original story, and is a character added to the movie adaptation, surnamed Xiahou, and the other is the female No. 3, who plays another female ghost controlled by her grandmother-Xiaoqing.

The rest of the people in Guobei County, such as innkeepers, painters, etc., are all special actors.

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In addition, Zhao Zhenghao did not copy the plot of "A Chinese Ghost Story" as it is, but still made some additions and subtractions to the plot of the original "A Chinese Ghost Story" according to his own understanding, and modified some unreasonable places on the premise of retaining the essence of it.

In the original version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", the male protagonist Ning Caichen was designed as a weak debt collector, and Zhao Zhenghao made some modifications to this point.

In the original text of "Liao Zhai, Nie Xiaoqian", the description of Ning Caichen's character uses two words "generous", in order to increase the plot conflict in the movie, it is natural that such a description cannot be simply copied, however, in Zhao Zhenghao's view, it should not be simply summarized as weak, and it should be increased by a sense of chivalry.

Therefore, Zhao Zhenghao modified the opening of the movie and the way Ning Caichen appeared, from walking on foot in the original version to riding a horse and whipping - this can also echo the plot of horseback riding later.

In Zhao Zhenghao's revised version, when Ning Caichen appeared, he rode a horse with a sword hanging from his waist, and he looked quite high-spirited.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, on the way to Guobei County, I met a mountain bandit, first I was startled by the horse, fell off the horse, embarrassed, the luggage was entangled, and I was robbed by the mountain bandits, and the people were also tied up, and they were in danger.

At this time, the group of uneyed mountain bandits aimed at a fat sheep again, but this time they kicked the iron plate, and it turned out to be the martial arts master Xiahou, the ruthless Xiahou, three times five divided by two, and slaughtered those mountain bandits cleanly, because his horse was cut by the mountain bandits, and he couldn't ride anymore, so he could only use Ning Caichen's horse and casually wrapped Ning Caichen's luggage and walked away.

Ning Caichen pretended to be dead and escaped a catastrophe, and then managed to get rid of the rope that tied his hands and feet, lost the horse borrowed from the owner, and lost all the luggage and coils.

However, on the way to Guobei County, there was a sudden heavy rain, which drenched Ning Caichen into a soup chicken, and the account book was also wet, and the handwriting of the accounts was blurred.

The account was not received, and the entanglement was lost, so Ning Caichen had no choice but to go to Lanruo Temple, which did not need money, to spend the night.

Finally escaped the wolf's kiss, one foot deep and one shallow, and climbed into Lanruo Temple, and encountered the life-and-death duel between Xiahou and Yan Chixia, two martial arts masters, Ning Caichen was caught in the middle, and experienced several dangers, and was almost added a few transparent holes to his body by the two of them.

The duel between Xiahou and Yan Chixia, in the end, Yan Chixia was superior, Xiahou was seriously injured and fled, Yan Chixia was also slightly injured, so she stayed in Lanruo Temple to recuperate.

Ning Caichen came to operate at this time, and in Lanruo Temple, he picked up the horses and luggage left by Xiahou, which was regarded as returning to the original owner.

And because Yan Chixia was jealous of her grandmother, the two reached a gentleman's agreement, Yan Chixia was recuperating in Lanruo Temple, and her grandmother could not harm people under his nose for seven days.

It was in these seven days - to be precise - that Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian went from chance encounter, acquaintance, companionship, to acquaintance, and finally love, and their relationship heated up step by step, rather than in the original plot, the relationship between the two people was described too simply.

In these seven days, Ning Caichen also put away all the accounts to be collected near Guobei County, and needed to leave, and on the night of the seventh day, when he came to say goodbye to Nie Xiaoqian, he happened to be blocked by his grandmother, and there was the most classic scene in this movie - Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian's kiss on the bath bucket.

On the eighth day, Ning Caichen had already embarked on the way back, but it was really difficult to let go of his love affair with Nie Xiaoqian, and he returned to Lanruo Temple by ghost, wanting to see Nie Xiaoqian again.

But I didn't know, because the deadline for the gentleman's agreement between Yan Chixia and her grandmother had arrived, and the Lanruo Temple at this time had been restored to the previous state that no one was allowed to enter.

In order to save Ning Caichen, Nie Xiaoqian pretended to turn her face at him, but in the end she still did not escape the arrangement of fate, and was seen through by her grandmother, Nie Xiaoqian desperately saved Ning Caichen, found out her identity with him, and then asked him to find Yan Chixia to save herself.

At this time, Ning Caichen had a deep love for Nie Xiaoqian, and did not have any suspicion of her because of her identity as a female ghost, and it took a day the next day to finally find Yan Chixia, who was still in Guobei County, and then knelt down and begged him to rescue Nie Xiaoqian.

Yan Chixia was moved by the relationship between the two people, remembered her past, and on a whim, agreed to Ning Caichen's request, and the two returned to Lanruo Temple and had a big battle with her grandmother.

Grandma was finally seriously injured by Yan Chixia, and warned Yan Chixia before escaping, saying that Nie Xiaoqian had been promised by her to the old demon of Montenegro with more advanced mana, if the two of them insisted on being strong and vowed to rescue Nie Xiaoqian, they would inevitably annoy the old demon of Montenegro, and their lives would be difficult to protect!

Yan Chixia didn't believe in evil, and after dawn the next day, she still dug up Nie Xiaoqian's ashes together with Ning Caichen according to Nie Xiaoqian's instructions, and immediately fled from Lanruo Temple in order to avoid the pursuit of the old demon of Montenegro.

However, in the end, they still failed to escape from the clutches of the old demon of Montenegro, and then there was another big battle, Yan Chixia fought to the death and used her strongest killing move, killing her grandmother and the old demon of Montenegro in a row, and she was seriously injured and dying.

At the end of the movie, Yan Chixia naturally did not die, she was rescued by Ning Caichen, who broke out in the small universe, and then, after Yan Chixia recovered from her injuries, she continued to wander the world, Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian lived a life without shame......

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Zhao Zhenghao's version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", because the special effects technology is much stronger than the original filming, so in the two battles in the second half of the movie, a lot of special effects technology was used, striving to create the most shocking and exciting battle scenes.

Zhao Zhenghao's budget for these special effects shots is not 50 million as others guessed, but there is no upper limit!

As long as he can meet Zhao Zhenghao's requirements, no matter how much money he spends, Zhao Zhenghao will not feel distressed!