"In the past decade, the mainstream of the Hong Kong film market has been literary films, kung fu films and comedy films. Ghost films, on the other hand, are almost forgotten. This time, Hong Jingbao's "Scary", which was created by combining kung fu and ghost elements, was born, which really made the author refreshed. The film draws on the traditional Chinese ghost and god culture, integrates a variety of popular elements such as Taoism, ghosts, kung fu, and funny, plus the first-class martial arts action design of the Hong family class, which makes the characters in the play full of life and vitality, and has a strong entertainment surname.

However, although the plot of this film is seamlessly linked, I feel that the beginning and last scenes of the film are out of the main line of the whole film. Although the entertainment surname is enhanced, it makes the previous story about conspiracy and human surnames lack arms and legs, and the characters' surnames can't resist scrutiny, which is a pity. ”

Li Xuan shook his head and looked at the "Ming Pao Morning Post" in his hand, this is not in vain to invite reporters to watch the movie, the film reviews are one after another, and the effect is much more useful than hanging a big poster at the door of the theater.

After folding the newspaper in his hand and putting it on the table, Li Xuan picked up the spoon on the table, scooped up a shrimp dumpling and ate it.

Well! The taste is good, the mouth is fragrant, and I have to eat more later, and I have to replenish my strength. I was tired yesterday, and now my waist is still sore.

Li Xuan is now drinking morning tea in a tea house in Tsim Sha Tsui, which is the place where he made an appointment with Liu Xiwei, but Li Xuan seems to have come early.

"Ah Xuan!"

As soon as Li Xuan solved the third shrimp dumpling, he heard Liu Yiwei's shout. Looking up, Li Xuan saw Liu Xiwei walking towards him with a briefcase and another strange man.

"Xi Wei, here." Li Xuan hurriedly said hello.

"I'm sorry, I'm late." Liu Xiwei arched his hand and sat down with the man.

"I'm late, I'm early." Li Xuan waved his hand absently, looked at the strange man and asked, "Who is this?" ”

"Oh, I'll introduce you." Liu Yiwei pointed to the strange man and said: "My friend Huang Ying is the gold medal screenwriter of Lishi. ”

Li Xuan was stunned, Lishi's gold medal screenwriter? So how do you mix up with Golden Harvest's photographers?

"Uh, hello Mr. Huang." Li Xuan nodded in a daze and said hello.

"Hehe, Mr. Li may not know me, but I am also one of the screenwriters of "Kunlun". Huang Ying said with a smile.

Hearing this, Li Xuan suddenly got up from his seat, lifted the teapot and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I've never paid much attention to TV." However, it's fate. Drink tea and drink tea, freshly brewed oolong tea. ”

Hurriedly pouring a cup of tea for the two of them, Li Xuan sat down and said, "What do you eat?" ”

"No, no, we've already eaten." Liu Yiwei shook his hand and refused.

"Uh......" Li Xuan asked suspiciously: "Then Xi Wei, what are you looking for me?" ”

Liu Yiwei and Huang Ying glanced at each other, as if they had made up their minds, and took out a thick notebook from their briefcase.

"We have an idea here, and we've written it into a script. If Ah Xuan has spare money, he wants to find Ah Xuan to invest. Liu Xiwei said and put the script in front of Li Xuan.

What the? Yesterday, I thought that someone with a talent would come to the door with a script, and someone came today?

Li Xuan picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea and picked up the script.

Four big characters are written on the cover - "Mr. Zombie"

"Ahem—"

Li Xuan coughed violently.

"Ah Xuan, are you okay?" Liu Xiwei asked with concern.

Li Xuan hurriedly waved his hand, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay!" ”

God testifies, how can there be "Mr. Zombie" now, even if Li Xuan can't remember anything, he knows that it was a film that only came out in the 80s.

Could it be that one of these two people is also crossing? Or did these two wear it together?

Li Xuan decided to give it a try, so he pretended not to care and whispered, "Midnight Murder Bell." ”

"Midnight what? Evil spirits? Liu Xiwei frowned: "Ah Xuan, what did you say?" Huang Ying next to him also looked inexplicable.

Well, these two guys don't look like they're crossing over. Li Xuan pressed the question in his heart and replied, "I mean, when I saw the name of your script, I somehow thought of the midnight bell. ”

"No, we're a comedy, it's similar to "Scary." Liu Yiwei said suspiciously.

"Haha, it's all because I think too much. You drink tea, I'll read the script first. Li Xuan changed the subject awkwardly.

As expected, what is written in the script is a story of a Taoist chief and two apprentices to get rid of zombies. Especially in it, there is a scene in which glutinous rice is used to pull out the corpse poison of the apprentice, and the funny scene in Li Xuan's memory is exactly the same.

This is really the later "Mr. Zombie", why is the butterfly effect so powerful?

After hesitating for a moment, Li Xuan asked, "How did you come up with such a script?" ”

"What's wrong?" Liu Xiwei asked suspiciously: "Isn't the script good?" ”

"Ah, no, no, the script is very good." Li Xuan hurriedly introduced: "I'm just curious about how you chose a zombie movie." ”

In these years, zombie films are taboo in the Hong Kong film industry.

It all started in 1974 when Shaw Brothers invested in a zombie film for the first time - "Seven Golden Corpses".

This is a film that combines Western vampire stories and China's legend of "Xiangxi chasing corpses", and it is also a film with a strange plot.

The film combines the vampires Dracula, Van Helsing and Chinese zombies together, telling a story that combines the local and the foreign, and is neither Western nor Chinese.

As a result, Shaw Brothers also promoted it aggressively back then, but because there were too many things mixed in the film, the audience couldn't accept it, which led to a box office fiasco, and no film company in the Hong Kong film industry dared to touch the zombie theme again.

"Uh......" Liu Yiwei probably also knew that it was difficult to shoot zombie movies now, so he thought about it and said: "Because my uncle is the master of Maoshan, I heard a lot of stories about Maoshan spells when I was a child. When I was filming "Scary" some time ago, I felt that this theme was very interesting, so I wanted to make a different ghost movie myself, so I thought of zombies. In the end, I found A-Ying and worked on this script together. ”

Sweat! Li Xuan was stunned for a while, and after doing it for a long time, he still made the butterfly effect by himself.

"That, I'm curious, why don't you go directly to Boss Zou?" Li Xuan frowned and asked.

"Don't mention it!" Before he reached this question, he talked about Liu Xiwei's sore spot, and I saw that he said angrily: "Boss Zou is now fully supporting Chenglong, and he has just helped him finish the lawsuit." I don't want Chenglong to disappear in Hong Kong to reduce the adverse impact of the lawsuit, so I just want to help him enter the American market. I heard that it is estimated that it will cost tens of millions of dollars this time, and now that many of Golden Harvest's film plans have been cancelled, it is even more impossible for me, a rookie director, to make a film. ”

"Then Brother Sanmao doesn't plan to shoot either? There must be a lot of people from the Hong family class here. Li Xuan asked.

"Well, Brother Sanmao wants to shoot, but it's ......"

Li Xuan looked at Liu Yiwei, who was spitting and spitting, and asked, "But what is it?" ”

"But the budget is a bit too much, and Brother Sanmao doesn't dare to invest."

"Uh......" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment: "That, what is your budget?" ”

Liu Yiwei looked at Li Xuan and whispered. "Three and a half million Hong Kong dollars."

"How much?" Li Xuan's eyes widened, and he looked incredulous.

"3.5 million Hong Kong dollars......" Liu Yiwei repeated again: "The main thing is that there are too many special types needed in it." ”

No way! Li Xuan snorted secretly, no wonder Hong Jingbao didn't dare to invest and pushed people to himself. Based on this investment, at least the film will have to pay for itself at the box office in Hong Kong.

But what is the highest box office in Hong Kong now? It was 1976's "Half a Pound and Eight Taels", and the box office was only 8.53 million.

Especially in this movie genre, it is still the easiest zombie film to kill the investment company, no wonder no one dares to say it.

Li Xuan was entangled, "Mr. Zombie" is the pinnacle of psychedelic kung fu films, and Li Xuan knows that this movie is popular and sitting. But now that the shooting is several years in advance, will there be a problem? Do you want to hold this film in your hands?

On the one hand, there are three and a half million, and on the other hand, there is the possibility of making a lot of money, and the tangled Li Xuan gritted his teeth!

Put together? Still not fighting?