After the celebration reception of "The True Color of Heroes" ended successfully, Dongcheng Imaging quickly devoted itself to the preparation for the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story". Since it is going to shoot a ghost film like "A Chinese Ghost Story", most of the filming at that time will be at night. And this kind of shooting difficulty has greatly added a lot of pressure to everyone.

Lu Yan naturally still serves as a producer and director, while Cheng Xiaodong has the title of assistant director in addition to martial arts instructor. The photography team was led by Liu Weiqiang and Christopher Doyle, and the art direction and art design were all pressed on the young Tim Yip. In order to share his workload, he invited several friends who were in the field of fashion design to help him.

In terms of actors, in addition to Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian, who were hand-picked by Lu Yan, the roles of Wu Ma and others have also been finalized. As the second production of Dongcheng Films, as soon as the invitation was issued, these actors naturally did not refuse. Even if there are scenes, he took over this "A Chinese Ghost Story" without hesitation.

All the preparatory work here has been arranged, and the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has naturally been excavated by these omnipotent reporters in Hong Kong.

As soon as the news came out, the whole city was in an uproar!

"Produced by Lu Yan, costume ghost film? 》

"Rookie director, want to challenge Li Hanxiang? 》

"Reverse-shooting, can reproduce the classics!" 》

This time, the outside media is not all one-sided, although costume films can be said to be no play at all in the current Hong Kong market. But many media are actually holding a wait-and-see attitude. There are classics like "The True Color of Heroes" in front, which also makes many people look forward to this "A Chinese Ghost Story".

However, insiders and many film critics are not very optimistic about this. There is even a part of it that is very conclusive that the box office of Lu Yan's movie will feel that it will be Waterloo at that time!

There are many doubts and comments from the outside world, but Lu Yan doesn't care about it at all. Those reports with mixed reviews, Lu Yan often uses them as stories.

As the content of the plot is completely borrowed from Li Hanxiang's new version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Lu Yan has been studying hard recently. He even found Fang Yihua directly and borrowed a copy of the old version of the Shaw Brothers Film Company.

And Leslie Cheung, Wang Zuxian and many other actors have devoted themselves to studying the script. As the most important heroine of this film, Wang Zuxian has never acted in a costume drama before. Because of this, she is under more pressure than anyone else in the crew.

"A Chinese Ghost Story" has once again become the focus of Hong Kong because of Lu Yan's relationship.

Compared with the opening ceremony of the filming of "The True Color of Heroes", the second masterpiece of Dongcheng Imaging this time is of course a grander ceremony for publicity.

At the first start-up ceremony, Lu Yan also needed to invite many friends to come and cheer to attract media reporters. And this time, it was completely unnecessary. What's more, Lu Yan said to the outside world that a press conference will be held after this start-up ceremony. This alone is enough to attract a lot of media.

In order to create a gimmick, Lu Yan deliberately let the two leading actors, Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian, appear in the play.

"What a big deal! You're willing to burn money. Du Kefeng listened to the sound of gongs, drums, and firecrackers, and looked at Lu Yan a little speechlessly. However, his face is full of smiles, and his reputation in the Hong Kong film industry has slowly begun to stand out since joining Dongcheng Films. As a foreigner, it is obviously not so simple to be recognized by these people in the Hong Kong film industry. But Lu Yan insisted on relying on a "True Colors of Heroes" to make these staff behind the scenes the focus of the public.

"This money is not unjustly spent, and it is a good thing to publicize it in advance." Liu Weiqiang is obviously inclined to Lu Yan this time, not because of anything else, but because there are so many reporters present. At that time, newspapers and magazines will definitely be full of matters about the opening of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

However, today's opening ceremony, the most bitter is Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian. Both of them appeared in the film, wearing light makeup and costumes, which were obviously not so comfortable. Especially Leslie Cheung, who also carries a bamboo basket...... It's hard work, but journalists are completely drawn to it. Leslie Cheung's scholarly appearance is obviously very likable. However, Wang Zuxian was a beautiful figure, but he stole the limelight from anyone. Including that topic character - Lu Yan!

"Hey! Wang Zuxian's costume is so charming, why didn't anyone think of letting her star in a costume film in the first place!? ”

"No wonder Yan Shaodu broke up with Mi Xue, this Wang Zuxian is really seductive."

While these reporters frantically snap pictures, they don't forget to play their own gossip cells. Even many people are judging Wang Zuxian's character, compared to Michelle.

Many reporters with deep qualifications have compared Wang Zuxian with Guti.

At that time, Li Hanxiang's version was mainly classical, and Nie Xiaoqian's actor Letty was known as "the first beauty in Shaw Brothers' ancient costumes". Qingli is incomparable, with an otherworldly classical beauty, her appearance and temperament are very classic.

Li Hanxiang advanced the background of this film to the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, in a completely chaotic environment. There are amazing female ghosts, but they want to save and save themselves and their scholars. This structure was almost entirely used by Lu Yan, and Lu Yan was clearly prepared to add more stunts and political scrutiny to the filming.

Li Hanxiang's most unexpected trick is to use his grandmother's figure projected on the window to do terror. For Lu Yan, this is obviously another skill that can be learned.

Compared with Letty, Wang Zuxian is too modern, and his elegant beauty is breathtaking. Because of this, Lu Yan asked Tim Yip to design the costume in the style of a fashion film. As a result, Wang Zuxian's flowing clothes make modern audiences feel very intimate, and turning "meaning" into "image" is very successful and pleasing to the eye.

"Yan Zai, you wouldn't have decided to make a costume film because you were optimistic about Wang Zuxian's suitability for such a role, right?" Cheng Xiaodong chuckled and asked secretly, judging from him, this script was completely prepared for Wang Zuxian.

"Nonsense! I just don't think that there is a script for the romantic relationship between men and women in the current movie, so I think it is just to write an emotional scene like this dressed in ancient costumes. Moreover, I hope to be able to create some idol actors in the film industry! ”

For everyone to arrange their own and Wang Zuxian's affairs now, Lu Yan is obviously used to it.

In fact, as early as a few years ago, ugly stars were once popular in the Hong Kong film industry. The "best partners" of New Art City, Mai Jia, Shi Tian, and Golden Harvest's "Five Lucky Stars" series and Debao's "Brave Double Cannon" series, all of which are guaranteed at the box office. At the beginning, Chow Yun-fat was already a popular student in TVB, but he was not popular in the film industry, and his starring films were not blockbusters. The salary is far less than that of the ugly star Cen Jianxun, and he once played the villain killer in "Little Dream Horror".

Even "The True Colors of Heroes", which made Chow Yun-fat promoted to the box office elixir, is completely due to Lu Yan's efforts, and the role was won from a cameo to the third male. From the beginning of making movies in 1976 to the present starring in "The True Color of Heroes", it took nearly 10 years for Chow Yun-fat to become a superstar! Even Andy Lau later, after focusing on the big screen, he has been criticized for deliberately acting handsome. He was 38 years old when he won the Hong Kong Film Awards for the first time in 1999, 17 years after he acted in his first movie!

Cheng Xiaodong obviously didn't know what happened later, but Chow Yun-fat's 'Little Brother Ma' did make him an idol in the film industry. In this regard, he was also quite moved: "Yanzai, every time you say something, it always makes people feel arrogant. But on the contrary, it has been achieved step by step, I really can't see through you! ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Xiaodong was faintly worried: "What if our movie loses at the box office?" ”

"You all say I'm 'arrogant', how can I worry about box office failure!" Lu Yan replied teasingly, before shaking his head and saying, "Even if we lose, it can be regarded as a sharpening for us!" It's the golden age of Hong Kong films, and the market allows us to fail! ”

Whether Fa Ge's box office poison is ten years old, or Andy's 17 years of acting skills, it is still the golden age of Hong Kong films that can tolerate them. Two or three hundred films are filmed every year, and ninety percent of them are commercial films. As long as you are popular, have a heart, and don't give up, no matter if you have box office poison or lack of acting skills, anyway, some film appointments will sharpen you up. This one can't work, and that one, sooner or later, it will come out. Maggie Cheung was scolded for not being able to act when she first debuted, but after six or seven years of on-set training in dozens of plays, she can still open her mind and kill, which shows that a good market is the key.

And this market is now exactly in front of Lu Yan. What's more, he wasn't worried that "A Chinese Ghost Story" would be Waterloo at all. On the contrary, I look forward to those artists who are sublimated in their own movies and become popular movie stars!

"Xiaodong, is our director really as mysterious as the outside world rumores? Sanmao was full of praise for him. ”

"Ma Ye, one movie after another will prove that he is a natural director." For the person in front of him, Cheng Xiaodong had to respectfully shout 'Master Ma'. You must know that Wuma, but Zhang Che's senior apprentice, is Hu Jinquan's 'private school disciple'!

The reason why he took Yan Chixia as a male partner was because of Cheng Xiaodong's strong invitation and Sammo Hung's persuasion. Sammo Hung relies on him very much, and he can be described as his right-hand man! As Baohe's planner, the reason why he can star is completely because of Sammo Hung's face.

"Brother Xiaodong, Master Ma...... Come here and worship God! "Seeing that the time is about the same, Lu Yan will immediately worship the main creators!

"A Chinese Ghost Story" is finally officially launched! As the outside world was not optimistic about it again without filming, everyone's mood is no longer as apprehensive as when they first filmed "The True Color of Heroes". Because the current Dongcheng image is full of self-confidence and hard work!

(To be continued)