Wang Xu woke up early in the morning and leaned on the bed thinking about the new film.

He has decided to be the director of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" himself, and originally planned to play the protagonist Wang Chao by himself, but gave up after weighing it.

"Romance of the Dragon and Snake" is a kung fu movie rather than a martial arts movie, like "Kung Fu", "Di Renjie Shendu Dragon King", and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" are all martial arts movies, and it doesn't matter if the starring actor has a martial arts foundation, it can be made up for through post-special effects or even stand-ins. Only Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen's movies can be said to be kung fu movies, advocating real fights, and being able to use less special effects without special effects, the requirements for actors are high.

Some dangerous actions such as speeding cars and jumping off buildings in Jackie Chan movies were completed by himself, and Wang Xu also witnessed many scenes in the crew of "The Lion of Heaven", and he had already used a stand-in when he changed many shots, but Jackie Chan did not, this is Jackie Chan's style.

Donnie Yen is the same, what do you think Donnie Yen will look like in "Ip Man" replaced by Andy Lau? Of course, Andy Lau can also act, but it takes a lot of effort to learn Wing Chun from scratch, just like Wong Kar-wai, the director of "The Grandmaster", has been preparing for eight years, and the three leading actors, Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, and Zhang Zhen are learning from their teachers at his request, starting from a blank piece of paper, from basic skills to moves, from strength training to flexibility training, from routine training to actual combat training, from "kung fu amateur" to "generation of grandmasters".

Wong Kar-wai invited Mr. Leung Siu-hung, the last disciple of Ip Man, to teach Tony Leung Chiu-wai the boxing theory and display techniques of Wing Chun; Mr. Gong Er, the female grandmaster of the north played by Zhang Ziyi, is the heir of Baguazhang. In order to create Zhang Ziyi, the female grandmaster of the north, Wong Kar-wai successively invited four Baguazhang teachers to teach Zhang Ziyi Baguazhang.

Zhang Zhen is the one who pays the most, works the hardest, and works the hardest.

In order to shoot "The Grandmaster", in 2009, Zhang Zhen officially apprenticed, handed over a post, and followed the eighth generation of Bajiquan and the president of the Beijing Bajiquan Association, Mr. Wang Shiquan, who practiced eighth-level boxing for 3 years. To what extent did he practice, when the movie was not released, he had already "come out", Zhang Zhen competed with Bajiquan fighters from all over the country in a national Bajiquan competition in Changchun and finally won the first prize.

But even if Wong Kar-wai and several leading actors have paid so much, to paraphrase an Internet slang, it is still useless. Although the film has created a box office of nearly 400 million, it is Wong Kar-wai's best box office film, although the film has swept major awards at home and abroad, and even rushed into the Oscars, the director and several leading actors are both fame and fortune, but a fact that cannot be concealed counts the time cost of eight years, the film company loses, and the investors of the film lose.

And after watching "The Grandmaster", Tony Leung is still the same Tony Leung, he has not become a kung fu superstar, no audience thinks he really knows kung fu, in this respect, "The Grandmaster", which has been in preparation for eight years, is still far worse than "Ip Man".

Ip Man in "The Grandmaster" has a restrained and calm temperament, Tony Leung has no problem acting, but Wang Chao in "The Romance of the Dragon and Snake" is a young man with strong blood, strong bones, and a righteous spirit, if you are not convinced, you will be convinced with your fists, not to mention Tony Leung, Chow Yun-fat can't play this taste.

Of course, Wang Xu can't act, he must be a soldier or an actor who is from martial arts training to perform such a temperament.

Jackie Chan , Donnie Yen , Jet Li , Sammo Hung , Yuan Biao , Wu Jing , Wu Yue , Yuan Biao , Fan Shaohuang , Zhao Wenzhuo , Shi Xiaolong These kung fu actors Wang Xu have carefully weighed it again, and he also considered Peng Yuyan, a handsome guy who has newly transformed into a star.

After weighing it twice, Wang Xu chose Wu Jing to play Wang Chao. He and Wu Jing also know each other, Golden Hammer Film and Television is the investor of the TV series "I Am a Special Soldier", Wang Xu also went to the set to visit the class, Wu Jing impressed him very much, that is, he has a deep martial arts foundation, and he also has the blood and strength of a soldier.

Wu Jing is stronger than Peng Yuyan in terms of qualifications, younger than Donnie Yen, and his image is also in line with the male number one, so he is the best candidate to play Wang Chao.

After paying attention, Wang Xu dialed Wu Jing's phone.

"Hey, Sledgehammer, are you looking for me so early?" Wu Jing also just got up, and Wang Xu went straight to the point and explained the reason.

Wu Jing understood and said: "You, the king of comedy, don't make comedies, you want to make kung fu movies, it's interesting, okay, I don't have any problems." ”

Wu Jing agreed very quickly, Wang Chao was very happy, and said: "I will give you the script as soon as possible, it is expected that it may be half a month later, and we will talk about it in detail when we meet." ”

“ok！”

After finalizing the actor, Wang Xu was in a good mood, just got up and walked out of the tent, saw Chen He coming with a happy face, and said: "What's the joy of smiling so lewdly?" ”

Chen He smiled: "You guessed it, the ratings of the second episode of our show became popular. ”

It turned out that he was talking about "Run, Brother", and the program became popular since the first episode was broadcast on August 2, and a week has passed, and the number of on-demand views on Youdou has exceeded 30 million. Programs like "Everyday Upward" and "Happy Camp" only have more than 8 million hits a week.

The second episode of the program was broadcast last night, but Wang Xu forgot to pay attention to it and asked: "I went to bed early last night and forgot about it, what are the ratings?" ”

"23%, awesome!"

"Huh~~ That's really good."

Wang Xu exclaimed, there are so many variety shows now, and there are no more than 10 in the country whose ratings can break 1, and only "Where Are You Going, Dad", "I Am a Singer" and the first season of "The Voice of China" are broken 2.

After sending a message to congratulate the ratings of the program, Wang Xu and Chen He chatted a few words, Chen He talked about some of his experiences in making movies this time, he said: "The requirements for actors in movies are much higher than those on TV, and the director has high requirements for every detail, and I looked at me three or four times yesterday." ”

Chen He is right, this is the feeling that every TV actor will have when he acts in a movie for the first time. A 30-episode TV series has to be completed in three to five months, and it is impossible to be meticulously crafted, and the TV screen is very small, unlike the big screen like the movie, and some subtle expressions of the actors can be noticed by the audience.

"Speaking of gains, I also learned a lot of acting skills from you, captain, this time." Chen He's words are not deliberate sycophants, he is a comedian, and being able to act with the king of comedy is naturally able to learn something.

Wang Xu patted Chen He on the shoulder, and also admired his talent in comedy performances, and said with a smile: "Don't be modest, have you had breakfast?" ”

"Not yet."

"Then eat it at my place, I brought a soymilk machine, and there is freshly ground soy milk to drink."

"Wow, that's great."

A week has passed, Zhuang Xiaodie's scene has ended, and Wang Xu's scene has some reshoot shots, which are expected to be completed in three days.

On this day, Chen Ruan came and brought good news.

Golden Hammer Film and Television bought the film and television rights of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" at a price of 2 million, and Wang Xu is still quite satisfied with this price. In 2013, the film and television copyrights of popular online novels have not aroused the interest of major film companies, but the market will completely change next year, and the top 50 novels on the 100 * degree search list, the adaptation rights have been snatched up by various film and television companies, as long as they are on the list, they will be robbed, 2 million is the starting price, and the film and television copyrights of individual well-known authors have been speculated to tens of millions.

Wang Xu felt that it was necessary to take the opportunity to acquire the copyrights of a number of works now, so he made a list, nearly 50 novels, covering fantasy, tomb robbery, science fiction, youth love and other themes, and handed them over to Chen Ruan to bring back to the company, prepared a budget of 100 million yuan, and instructed the company to buy all the copyrights of these novels within half a year.

Anyway, no matter whether you want to shoot it or not, buy the copyright first, and other film companies do the same, such as "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has long sold the film and television rights, and it was not until 2015 that it really started filming.

Now that the copyright of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" has been bought, the next one will be adapted into a movie script, Wang Xu's principle is to make some adaptations on the basis of respecting the original work, and the general character plot will not change. He doesn't need to worry about the adaptation of the script, the company now has a strong screenwriting team, and the author will also participate in the adaptation.

His job as a director is a pull investment, yes, although he has his own money, but the investment in this film will be relatively high, and it is not a comedy that he is good at, and from the commercial principle of risk reduction, it is necessary to pull some investors to share the risk; The second job is to find actors, if possible, he wants to gather Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, the three major kung fu superstars, with Wang Xu's current status and influence, it is not difficult, just to see if there are suitable roles in the script.

Everything has to wait for the script to come out before making a decision.

Three days later, Wang Xu, Zhuang Xiaodie, and Chen He's roles all ended and left the crew of "The Lion of Heaven". Before parting, Wang Xu and Jackie Chan mentioned that he was going to make a kung fu movie, and the eldest brother would help the younger brother.

Jackie Chan patted his chest and agreed, if Wang Xu really wanted to make a kung fu movie, he would definitely help, and Jackie Chan thought that Wang Xu was joking.

Wang Xu didn't reveal much, as long as there was a big brother's words.

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