The matter of appeasing Weng Meiling was naturally done by Zhao Yazhi, Zhao Yazhi took a long time to finally get Weng Meiling to forgive Wang Xiaohu, and when she hung up the phone and saw that her husband was busy, she couldn't help but sigh, wanting to complain but reluctant. 【】

Seeing her husband in such a creative state with such enthusiasm, Zhao Yazhi quietly left the study and went to the kitchen to cook red bean soup for her husband. This red bean soup is Wang Xiaohu's favorite porridge, no matter how busy he is, he must drink a bowl every day.

And Zhao Yazhi also added black sesame seeds and other things to the porridge, which she saw in a home remedy, and insisted on adding black sesame seeds to the red bean soup for four years to make her husband's white hair black, and now it seems that the effect is good, so she must stick to it.

Half an hour later, Zhao Yazhi entered the study with red bean soup, and saw that Wang Xiaohu was still writing on the manuscript paper, so she stepped forward and interrupted: "Ah Hu, take a rest, drink the red bean soup first." ”

"Okay." Wang Xiaohu put the pen on the table, rubbed his hands and took the red bean soup, and drank it while blowing hot air.

Zhao Yazhi took a piece of manuscript paper and looked at it carefully, and after a while, she asked, "Ah Hu, is this a new film that you are going to prepare to shoot?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Xiaohu nodded and continued to drink porridge.

"What's the name?"

"Mythology." Wang Xiaohu smiled after speaking, "Does it feel tacky?" ”

"Hehe, no matter how cheesy what you write, there will be audiences in the theater to watch it." Zhao Yazhi chuckled, took another piece of manuscript paper and watched, "This story is a little incomprehensible." ”

Wang Xiaohu had already finished drinking the red bean soup at this time, put the bowl aside, and said, "What place?" ”

"That's here, Tiger fell off a cliff and fell into a coma, but the next shot unfolded the story with Meng Tian's vision, what is the relationship between the two of them? What is your story about? Zhao Yazhi frowned and asked puzzled.

"That's a good question!" Wang Xiaohu smiled, which showed that his wife was reading the storyboard script very seriously.

Since being inspired by Jin Yong's home, Wang Xiaohu has the idea of making a film that reflects the cultural heritage of China and wants to show the world the brilliant Chinese culture of 5,000 years, and the report of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses immediately made two related movies search in his memory: "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors" and "Mythology".

The former is a novel created by Hong Kong's famous female writer and screenwriter Li Bihua in the late 80s, and its unbridled imagination cast a poignant love story that travels through time and space, and remains unchanged, directed by Cheng Xiaodong in 1989, starring Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, which caused a great sensation after its release, and won good results in overseas and Hong Kong Film Awards, and can be said to be the originator of fantasy films through time and space.

According to Wang Xiaohu's research, in the 90s, there was only one "Frozen Wonder Man" that was somewhat similar to "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", and it was difficult for others to follow suit. But novelists in Hong Kong and Taiwan were inspired by it, and then there was the hearty "Looking for Qin" that Wang Xiaohu watched back then!

This unintentional work has attracted much attention in the 21st century, to be more accurate, "Myth" is actually a remake of "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", probably because of the fame of Tang Jili, Jackie Chan, Kim Hee-sun and other main creators and leading actors, no one dares to stand up and say that Jackie Chan stole Li Bihua's creativity, but in the bones, the theme of "Myth" and "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors" are in the same vein.

As for why he chose "Mythology" instead of its predecessor "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors", Wang Xiaohu thought about this question for a long time.

First of all, in terms of subject matter, "Mythology" is Jackie Chan's transformation work, don't look at Jackie Chan's age, jumping off a building or something is not very good-looking, but the ambition of the main planner Tang Jili is not small, if it is not for the fact that there are many bugs in the plot, this can be completely like what Jackie Chan said: This is an epic masterpiece that promotes Chinese culture.

In this regard, the starting point of "Qin Warriors" is relatively weak, Wang Xiaohu once read Li Bihua's original work "Qin Warriors", and found that the original book and the film directed by Cheng Xiaodong were very surprised, but Cheng Xiaodong cleverly combined kung fu elements with the theme of the original work, but in terms of concept, the gap is too big compared to "Myth".

Secondly, Wang Xiaohu feels that the theme of "Myth" is not only based on 2,000 years of "endless love", at least he can understand Tang Jili's ambition. For example, the most obvious is the helmet played by Jackie Chan in the film that General Meng Yi always refuses to take off, many viewers reacted that this helmet is very eye-catching after watching it, in fact, Tang Jili wants this helmet and that armor to explain one thing to foreign audiences: This is our ancient Chinese armor, which is different from the samurai armor of the shogunate era, and even more different from the armor of the Middle Ages.

Another example is the Great Qin army in the film, whether it is the Mengjia army or the rebel army, with a small amount of special effects, it shows the audience a majestic, invincible, and shocking effect.

"Most of the foreign singers are their own knights and generals, and our martial arts films always depict reckless heroes, not the feeling of big heroes." This is a film review written by Wang Xiaohu after watching "Myth". "Some small details in the film show the good intentions of the main creator, but unfortunately neither Jackie Chan nor Tang Jili made good use of it, if it was me to direct, I would"

This film review was sprayed by netizens at the time for nothing, and some people even scolded their mother in the back, saying that the landlord (that is, Wang Xiaohu) is standing and talking without backache, which onion are you or something. However, that is indeed a summary of Wang Xiaohu's thoughts, and some professionals commented afterwards, saying that if it was filmed like that, it would not be Jackie Chan's work, and Jackie Chan's role in the film would also become a dragon set and a dragon set B.

"This is actually the interweaving of two time and space, shattering a single story, and relying on the different plot tensions of the two stories to jointly promote the development of the story. Such a two-line structure is not currently adopted, and it is normal that you don't understand it. Wang Xiaohu explained to Zhao Yazhi with a smile.

Zhao Yazhi nodded: "Oh, since no one has adopted it, will the audience not be able to accept it all of a sudden?" ”

Wang Xiaohu shook his head indifferently and said: "It's okay, at this time, I will use a similar scene to transform, such as the current Tiger fell off the cliff and turned to the Qin Dynasty when Meng Tian and the princess fell off the cliff, for example, here."

"Similar transitions are the simplest and most down-to-earth way to transition film and television techniques, and the visual effects of the film will not feel jumping because of the transition, and the connection tends to be the most natural and sleek." Wang Xiaohu took the manuscript paper and pointed out a few places and said.

Zhao Yazhi frowned and thought for a while and said, "According to what you said, similar scene transitions should be used several times in this movie, will it seem ingenious if you use too much?" Lack of smart surnames. ”

"Gee, I really haven't thought about it." Wang Xiaohu scratched his scalp, the question raised by his wife was indeed not easy to be noticed, and he was just thinking about how to adapt what he thought was a regret in "Myth", but he ignored this issue.

patted his forehead and said, "Sure enough, it's three stinkers who are Zhuge Liang, I think this script should be perfected by the two of us." ”

Zhao Yazhi smiled "poof", hit Wang Xiaohu's arm with a pink fist, and said unrelentingly: "You are the stinker." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm a stinker, and my lady is very fragrant."

After the two frolicked for a while, Zhao Yazhi leaned on Wang Xiaohu's arms and said, "Ah Hu, tell me about the main plot of this film." ”

"The brave and warlike general Meng Tian of the Qin Dynasty was ordered by Qin Shi Huang to escort the princess of Fanbang into Qin as a concubine, and was ambushed by the rebels secretly instructed by Zhao Gao, the prime minister...... The same dream, which has haunted archaeologist Tiger for many years, dreamed of a blonde woman made him even more fascinated and fascinated by the antiquities of the Qin Dynasty. One day, the two finally met in the suspended heavenly palace, waiting for two thousand years of love"

This is the script that Wang Xiaohu has modified, as for why the princess of Fanbang is used instead of the princess of Goryeo, please take a look at the history, when the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, there was no copy, did the country of Laoshizi stick be founded? Even if the country is founded, it will be 200 years later.

So in Wang Xiaohu's script, it was directly modified into Princess Fanbang, and she was also a blonde and blue-eyed foreign princess, the intention of doing so was very simple, on the one hand, Wang Xiaohu's ambition was not small, he wanted to join Hollywood, Hong Kong, and the mainland to jointly produce and shoot a film to enter Hollywood, since it is to enter Hollywood, the cast needs to be adjusted, and the golden cat must have.

As for whether the Great Qin Dynasty in history extended its territory to the United States, there is no way to verify, after all, everyone knows that Americans are a country of immigrants, so the shooting is to let people know: The Qin Dynasty was very awesome back then, and hundreds of small countries came to make a pilgrimage. (This thing really can't be studied in detail, the myth is also the entire ancient India or something, Saudi Arabia, I haven't studied world history.) On the other hand, for the sake of box office, Wang Xiaohu has decided to let Winterdur screen two actresses with beautiful faces and box office appeal in Hollywood to play the princess of Fanbang and the Indian girl respectively.

Zhao Yazhi didn't know that her husband was ambitious, and after listening to the story, she sighed and said: "It's a very touching love story, but the ending is a bit too regrettable, can't Tiger and the princess leave the suspended heavenly palace together to live in reality?" ”

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "Sometimes regret is also a perfect one. ”――

Hehe, guess the tragedy of "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors"? The special effects will be explained later.

(To be continued)