"Kung Fu", Lin Yuquan chewed on the word, and walked around the room in a slightly irritable mood.

Since the decision was made to make a movie, the top priority was undoubtedly to get the script out.

Although there are countless scenes of swords and fists in the memory of cultivators, it is obviously not suitable to move out directly, after all, he is not a famous director, if it is an empty story, because the public is unfamiliar with the background, they will not pay attention to the film at all.

The best way to do this was to incorporate the various punches and kicks that had amazed him when he first watched the cultivator's memories in a modern backstory.

In this way, it not only solves the problem of the audience's acceptance of the background of the times, but also does not lose the wonderful kung fu bridge, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

But even so, it is still not so simple to write the script.

The first step of the script is to conceive the story, and the second is to conceive the plot according to the story framework, and then the script can be written in the form unique to the script, mainly with character dialogue and stage directions, and then combined with the plot structure.

If you completely make up the story by yourself, and then write the script, it will naturally take a very long time, of course, this time cannot be limited, sometimes inspiration comes, ten days and half a month can be the first draft, or even finalized.

But inspiration, who can say the right time, for Lin Yuquan at the moment, time is the beast to chase and his enemy, so the matter of the script is absolutely imminent, and there is no room for delay, he will not gamble on his character at such a critical juncture, and the result or end of his bad character is unbearable.

And if there is a ready-made story, it will be easy to do, he just needs to integrate his own ideas into the background of this story and characters.

Lin Yuquan quickly made up his mind, and his mood relaxed, and the kung fu films and television that have been put on the screen in the past twenty or thirty years and the corresponding directors, actors, box office, and word-of-mouth gradually appeared in his mind.

"Dragon and Tiger Fight", "Hong Xiguan", "Boxing", "North and South Drunken Boxing", "The Brave Are Fearless", Jet Li's "Huang Feihong" series, "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", "Black Hero", Cheng Long's "Drunken Boxing", "Serpentine Trick", "Laughing Boxing Tricks", "Senior Brother Out", "Plan A", Bruce Lee's "Tangshan Brother", "Jingwumen", "Raptors Crossing the River", "Dragon Fight"

Classic films flashed in his mind, but they were immediately given up by Lin Yuquan, not to mention that these films are really too classic, the audience may find it difficult to accept his remake, just the issue of copyright is a troublesome thing, usually film and television companies buy the corresponding copyright, and then make the corresponding adaptation.

But the copyright fees of these classic films must be tens of millions at every turn, and how can he afford them as an ordinary student.

It would be nice if there were no copyright fees, Lin Yuquan thought with a headache, and as soon as this idea popped up, he faintly seemed to grasp the key.

What is it exactly? Lin Yuquan was anxious, thinking desperately, and he didn't know how long it took, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he became irrepressibly ecstatic.

By the way, historical figures, if the protagonist you shoot is a well-known historical figure, you naturally don't have to pay any copyright fees.

There are relatively few kung fu movies related to historical figures, Lin Yuquan just thought about it for a while, and suddenly a name popped up in his mind - Huo Yuanjia, and then he froze the frame, and then the thoughts about Huo Yuanjia in his mind poured out like a tide that opened the floodgates.

Childhood memories are so precious, do you still remember the scene when "Hero Huo Yuanjia" was introduced into the empty alleys of the mainland in 1983? Remember the happy hour when you rented a disc and enjoyed it at home? Do you still remember the classic screen images of Huang Yuanshen, Mi Xue, Liang Xiaolong and others? Do you still remember the blood-boiling Great Wall that never falls?

"Sleeping for a hundred years, the people of the country have gradually woken up, open your eyes, watch carefully, which is willing to admit that the ministers admit themselves, because of cowering and forbearance, the arrogance of the people is flourishing, the Great Wall will never fall, the Yellow River is surging, the rivers and mountains are beautiful and the peaks and mountains are stacked, ask me where the country is like being infected, rushing away from the bloody road, waving to help, go on, we must devote ourselves to the prosperity of the country, how can we let the land be trampled on again, this sleeping lion has gradually woken up."

Lin Yuquan couldn't help humming the song, only to feel that the blood in his heart seemed to be burning.

That's it!! Lin Yuquan made a decision without any hesitation, the influence and popularity of Huo Yuanjia's name itself can create good conditions for the promotion of the film, attract the attention and interest of a large number of fans, and there is no problem of acceptance.

After determining the story, Lin Yuquan was immediately busy conceiving the plot.

"Hero Huo Yuanjia" was produced in 1981 by Hong Kong Li's TV, the predecessor of Asia Television, and was supervised by the famous Hong Kong director, singer and actor Xu Xiaoming, once the TV series was broadcast, it set off crazy ratings in Hong Kong, and then swept Southeast Asia and Chinese mainland like a whirlwind, which can be called a classic of martial arts.

In addition to the wonderful martial arts scenes, the storyline of "Hero Huo Yuanjia" is also very exciting, which still impresses Lin Yuquan to this day.

Tianjin Jinghai Huo Zhao two families, because of a dispute over who is the authentic of the secret fist and agreed to an annual martial arts competition between the two sides. Huo Yuanjia, who was weak and sick since childhood, was asked by his father to abandon martial arts and follow literature, in the eyes of outsiders, he was just a weak scholar, but no one knew that he actually studied the "Lost Trace Boxing" in his daily martial arts, and then at the martial arts competition, he turned the tide and defeated the one-armed old man who came to stir up the situation, and killed him to death, and his disciple Chen Zhen swore revenge. At this time, when Long Haisheng's conspiracy attacked, Huo Yuanjia was immediately in danger.

Subsequently, Huo Yuanjia and Chen Zhen, who were full of justice, burned down the Longhaisheng ** Tobacco House, and then fled from their hometown, came to Tianjin, and met their favorite Zhao Qiannan, the lady of the Zhao family, again. And Huo Yuanjia also successively shocked the Japanese ronin and the Russian Hercules in Tianjin and the capital, and in order to wash away the shame of the sick man in East Asia, he established the Jingwumen. Unexpectedly, the cunning Japanese secretly poisoned Huo Yuanjia and finally killed Huo Yuanjia. Later, Chen Zhen finally woke up, avenged his teacher, and tried his best to protect the martial arts.

Although 20 years have passed, the plot of "Hero Huo Yuanjia" is quite good even today.

Of course, it is naturally impossible for all the plots of the 20-episode TV series to be condensed into a 90-120-minute movie, and it is really difficult for Lin Yuquan to be satisfied with some of the plots in the play.

Take extramarital affairs as an example, Huo Yuanjia originally had a gentle and virtuous wife Yuanying, but he had no conjugal affection for Ying Ying, and he liked Zhao Qiannan, the young lady of the Zhao family, and finally abandoned her. thought that at that time, seeing the complaining expression of Yuanying's actor Chen Wanwei, he had the mind to smash the TV.

This is indeed too damaging to Huo Yuanjia's heroic image.

In addition, the Lost Fist in the play is too simple, it may have been the top at the time, but it is long outdated today.

And although Huang Yuanshen's acting skills are exquisite, Huo Yuanjia played by him does not have the atmosphere of a grandmaster, which is also limited by the fact that the atmosphere of the grandmaster he plays is all based on the imagination of the director, so it is too far from the real grandmaster.

There are some other plots, in his opinion, "Huo Yuanjia" is bound to need major surgery, although this may just be his personal taste, but on the basis of his predecessors, he will definitely do better, and he also has this confidence.

In order to conceive the plot, Lin Yuquan immediately searched for information on the computer, Huo Yuanjia's life deeds, the movie directed by Yuan Heping himself, Zhao Wenzhuo's version of Huo Yuanjia, the 83 version of "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", and then integrated his own ideas, so comprehensively, gradually, for the Huo Yuanjia movie he wanted to make, his ideas and plot gradually became clear.

In Lin Yuquan's conception, the story still starts from the competition between the Huo and Zhao families in Jinghai, Huo Yuanjia is still a scholar with a weak appearance but high boxing skills, but he does not have his original wife Wang Yuanying and Zhao Qiannan.

Later, with justice, he burned down the ** hall of the scum Longhai who came to Jinghai to poison the creatures, but he was framed, arrested and imprisoned, and after being rescued by his family, he was disheartened and left his hometown and came to Tianjin, where he ran a medicinal herb business in Nong Jinsun, the League. At this time, his enthusiasm was extinguished, and he was no different from an ordinary numb Chinese. It wasn't until he met Liu Yiran, a female reporter who returned from studying abroad, that his patriotic enthusiasm was rekindled, and he was determined to defend the country's shame and inspire the nation.

Of course, as a kung fu film, the biggest selling point is undoubtedly the fight plot, in Huo Yuanjia's life and deeds, there are a total of four recordable heavyweight fights, but two of them are Russian wrestlers and British wrestlers who fled and surrendered without a fight, of course the film can't be filmed like this, so Lin Yuquan rendered these four fights in thick ink and carefully designed them.

These four fights are, for the first time in the Huo Zhao competition, defeating the spoiler Nameless, and the Lost Trace Boxing is beginning to show its might. The second and third times were to compete with the Russian Hercules and the British Hercules in the ring, which made him famous. In the end, the fight with the Japanese sword master was the most **** in the whole play, and after defeating the Japanese sword master, he shouted the slogan "Chinese are not the sick man of East Asia" in the face of the numb crowd of onlookers, and then founded Jingwumen.

In addition to the main line, he interspersed the plot of Chen Zhen coming to Tianjin to avenge his teacher and the northern martial arts sect, and replaced the original Zhao Qiannan and Wang with Liu Yiran, a female reporter who returned from studying abroad, and she acted as the female lead in the film.

"Whew", looking at the movie plot gradually taking shape on the paper, the light in Lin Yuquan's eyes became more and more prosperous.

This is my own "Huo Yuanjia".

Next, in addition to attending classes, Lin Yuquan stayed at home to improve the script, and was busy for a week before finally finishing the script of "Huo Yuanjia".

Then he immediately dialed the phone left by Zhang Yimou, first declined the assistant director, and then told Zhang Yi that he had a freshly completed movie script.

Zhang Yimou, who admired Lin Yuquan a lot, did not ask what the script was, and immediately said that after reading the script, if feasible, he would help him transfer it to Zhang Weiping, the owner of Kyoto New Picture Pictures, which made Lin Yuquan grateful.

After mailing the script to Zhang Yi, Lin Yuquan did not continue to deliver the script to other film companies in Kyoto, not because he was lazy, but mainly because his investment in this film is bound to be not small, and if the new picture is not invested, it will be even more impossible for other film companies.

Then Lin Yuquan was anxiously waiting for Zhang Yi's reply, while secretly preparing for the worst-case scenario.