Chapter 733: The Eighties
Director Lin Da thought about it, combined with the image of "Li Xiaolong", and chose the script of "First Blood".
As for the script of "The Legend of Li Xiaolong", I am going to put it on for a while.
He wants everyone to know that "Li Xiaolong" can not only be a generation of elegant grandmasters, but also a tough guy!
The first drop of blood is the film that was popular all over the world in the 80s, a total of four, and the global box office of each one is one or two hundred million US dollars, which has created the image of Sylvester Stallone as a Western tough guy.
Now Director Lin Da is shamelessly using it for himself, ready to create the tough guy image of Dongfang Li Xiaolong.
The content of the first part of the film is like this, the veteran Rambo from Vietnam. Nan returned to China, he returned to his original town, which had become unfamiliar, and the local sheriff began to find fault with Rambo from the first time he saw this veteran, and even took him back to the police station to insult him wantonly, and ran away after the unbearable beating of Rambo attacked the police.
The sheriff gathers a large number of police and National Guard soldiers to launch a hunt for Rambo, who flees to the wilderness and uses the guerrilla tactics he mastered in the Vietnam War to fight back against the police, he robs a weapons truck, returns to the town and burns down the shop, neither the law nor the weapons can stop Rambo.
Rambo's prefect in the Vietnam War, Colonel, appeared and persuaded Rambo to put down his firearm, and Rambo, who had been angry for a long time, shouted out his confusion and unwillingness...
According to memory, after Director Lin Da wrote down the script, he calculated that this movie needs to invest at least one or two million dollars to complete.
In other words, it costs more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars.
On Hong Kong Island in the 70s, a movie, the box office of 10 or 20 million is already against the sky, if you use more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot a movie, it is estimated that you will have to lose money, even Shaw Brothers does not dare to do this.
And in the West. There are not so many scruples, Chinese films are really lagging behind the West.
In fact, "Li Xiaolong" is making a stepping stone for Chinese films to enter Hollywood, but only his films have entered Hollywood and entered the eyes of Westerners. That's not enough.
Only when Chinese films are focused on the West, can Chinese films completely gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.
But today's Chinese films are still too weak, and only the name of director Lin Da and Li Xiaolong can be eaten in the West.
Next, director Lin Da began to direct, write, and act in "First Blood", and the film has a large investment. It is also cumbersome, requiring a lot of modern weapons, as well as props such as helicopters.
Moreover, the filming location is obviously not suitable on Hong Kong Island, so Director Lin Da came to the mainland, but the script of the film needs to be changed.
It is necessary to create a good image of the PLA. "Li Xiaolong" also became a veteran of the People's Liberation Army.
Director Lin Da directly asked Run Shaw and Old Man Shao to return him a favor, and let Old Man Shao use his connections in the mainland. It brought him a lot of convenience for filming.
After several months, the first part of "First Blood" was announced to be completed.
After post-editing, and a series of publicity, the film was officially released, at this time. It was already the end of 1975, just in time for the Chinese New Year.
As soon as this movie came out, it immediately swept the world, and fans of "Li Xiaolong" knew no borders. Crazy up!
The West has also begun to be interested in and understand Eastern culture, the army, tough guys, and so on.
In the next few years, director Lin Da successively launched the second, third, and fourth parts of "First Blood", each of which had a crazy box office of one or two hundred million dollars worldwide.
In addition, he also claimed the "Transformers" series as his own, which became popular all over the world.
When the time came to 1983, when he had already entered the 80s, Li Xiaolong was already a world-class emperor superstar, with the image of Li Xiaolong's "Zhenfan Guoshu Museum", "Li Xiaolong Sporting Goods", "Li Xiaolong Restaurant", "Transformers" and so on, have swept the world.
The simplicity of the process is all expected by Director Lin Da, the three words "Li Xiaolong" are a living signboard, coupled with his cross-century vision and shameless plagiarism, so ......
At this time, Director Lin Da had already set his sights on the movie "Titanic".
"Titanic" is a romantic love disaster movie jointly funded by 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures in 1994. Beijing Premiere.
The film is based on the 1912 Titanic cruise ship, which sank on an iceberg when its maiden voyage, and depicts the touching story of two people in different classes - Jack, a poor painter, and Ruth, a noble woman, who abandoned their worldly prejudices and fell in love, and finally Jack gave up the chance of life to Ruth.
The film grossed more than $1.8 billion worldwide, and it was a film that was difficult to surpass at the box office until 2010 after a century, and won many awards.
Of course, the investment in this movie is also very huge, it requires one or two hundred million US dollars, which is converted into Hong Kong dollars, and it costs one or two billion!
Now, even if the overlord of Hong Kong Island, Shaw Brothers, and Golden Harvest are tied together, they can't be filmed.
is the net worth of director Lin Da, if you want to shoot this film, you also need to prepare for it.
When Director Lin Da set his sights on Hollywood blockbusters, looking back, the film and television industry on Hong Kong Island is still the same, except for his three words "Li Xiaolong" can be eaten in Hollywood, it is still difficult for Chinese films to enter the eyes of Hollywood and Westerners!
Even Director Lin Da is a little helpless, he can't force all countries to like Chinese movies in this era, and Chinese movies still have a long way to go.
This discovery made Director Lin Da stop his steps, "Li Xiaolong" is already a world-class emperor superstar, Jeet Kune Do has also begun to become popular all over the world, and the first and third volunteers have been realized.
On the contrary, it is the second choice, Chinese films have really entered Hollywood, but there has been no progress at all.
Therefore, Director Lin Da is ready to put down "Titanic" for the time being, turn around, and tune. Teach Hong Kong Island Cinema.
"Where to start?" Director Lin Da muttered to himself, and brought Lin Zhengying and B Tsai to his left and right hands, ready to learn more about the situation in the film and television industry on Hong Kong Island.
"Brother Long!" Lin Zhengying and B Zai, as the right and left hands of director Lin Da, are naturally on call, and the two are busy with the "Transformers" series.
When "Brother Long" spent a lot of money to shoot the film "Transformers", he immediately launched the "Transformers" series of toys, which became popular all over the world and made money every day.
All these operations and operations, although there are professional talents to do it, but Lin Zhengying and B boy also have to keep an eye on it.
Now the two of them are busy people and celebrities, and outsiders know that most of the things of "Li Xiaolong" are supervised by the two of them. (To be continued......)