Sun Ziming is really not good at explaining to this person, if you shoot according to this script, you can certainly make a good classic, but as Wang Jing said, the risk is too great. 'Original' is a genius like Xu Ke, who can use all kinds of cheap and effective methods, so that the production cost can be pressed at 12 million Hong Kong dollars.

Sun Ziming doesn't think he has his kind of ability, if he shoots at his own level, the final cost will definitely exceed 25 million. Even if you use other people's methods, it is not conducive to forcing everyone to use high-tech special effects, and everyone will be obsessed with those stunts that have become outdated.

Not every director is Xu Ke, the two problems of 'small and big' and 'saving if you can save it' have seeped into the bones of Hong Kong directors!

Fortunately, the two movies edited by Sun Ziming made Ruan Jiqiang admired, and he made the truth clear, and he agreed to sell the adaptation rights.

Liu Weiqiang accompanied his friend out of the company, and Ruan Jiqiang was also grateful to Sun Ziming.

"Ah Qiang, your boss is so generous, when do I have to invite him to dinner."

"Come on, don't be embarrassed with your drinking! Hurry up and give the check to my sister-in-law, just to make a down payment, don't live in public housing (low-cost housing in Hong Kong). Don't be afraid to spend money, once this movie is filmed, you can still get dividends in the future."

"Okay, I'll go home first."

Ruan Jiqiang was carrying a check for 200,000 yuan, and it was rare to stop a taxi and leave, and his heart was eager to prepare to create a few more scripts. I've loved listening to ghost stories since I was a child, and I have a lot of these things in my head, so why didn't I think about writing them out to make money?

Sun Ziming bought the copyright of "A Chinese Ghost Story", but he was a little clueless about this classic. Adaptation is definitely going to be adapted, but how? How can we make Asian audiences acceptable to Western audiences?

It took more than an hour for Sun Ziming to have some ideas and remake an outline, when there was a knock on the door.

"Chairman, Mr. Cheng is here."

"Mr. Cheng welcomes, Jiaming makes tea for Mr. Cheng."

As soon as he saw the person who came in, Sun Ziming quickly got up, greeted him and shook hands with him, and pulled him to sit down on the sofa.

The script of tens of thousands of words looks very fast, and in less than half an hour, Cheng Xiaodong finished reading the script. Sun Ziming handed over the outline he had drawn up again and talked about his thoughts.

Sun Ziming cares very much about the opinion of the gold medal martial arts instructor in front of him, in his 'memory' he is the director, and it is he who made the classic of that ghost movie. Now that he has revised so much, although he has experience to learn from, he still has no bottom in his heart.

"Mr. Sun, to be honest, I think this script is a bit nondescript as soon as it is revised. If you shoot it for ghosts (foreigners), it doesn't seem to be to their taste. When I photographed it for the Chinese, I lost too many traditional things."

Sun Ziming's face turned red, which is also what he always felt was a little wrong after the revision just now, just like Cheng Xiaodong said, a little nondescript.

"Yes, yes, that's how I feel. This is a book I bought, and I wanted to make a film for Westerners, but I changed it again, and it still felt wrong. Do you have any comments? ”

Cheng Xiaodong thought for a while, and as soon as he said his thoughts, Sun Ziming couldn't help but sigh that the hero saw the same thing. His idea is the synopsis of the original script, which is not much different from the movie in 'memory', and some of the episodes are probably not inspired by him yet.

After listening to Cheng Xiaodong's opinions, Sun Ziming couldn't help but wake up like a dream. If you want to really promote Chinese movies to Western society, you have to take your time, give them what they want to see first, and then slowly draw them. Thinking of this, Sun Ziming is not interested in this movie, so it is better to give it to the 'original'.

"Mr. Cheng, how about I invite you to direct this movie?"

"Me?"

Cheng Xiaodong pointed to his nose and looked at Sun Ziming incredulously.

……

Cheng Xiaodong left in a daze, originally thinking that he could be a martial arts instructor and earn a good salary, but he was stunned by a huge pie.

"Ziming, are you sure that Xiao Cheng will be the director? That's at least 20 million investments! ”

"Uncle Zeng, don't worry! As long as you give him a good team, he can make a good film, and the director's job is actually very simple, not as difficult as you think. It's just that this kind of film has very high requirements for martial arts instructors, and he is one of the best martial arts instructors in Hong Kong, so there's no reason why he can't shoot it."

Uncle Zeng is still a little worried, the investment company of 20 million can afford to lose, but what it can't afford is reputation! The company has just started, although it has gained a firm foothold in the industry, it is best not to make bad movies, which will affect the image that the company has finally established.

"Okay, I'll be his producer, so you should rest assured."

"That's fine, I'll tell him to sign the agreement tomorrow."

Within half an hour, Sun Ziming ushered in Yuan Heping, the gold medal action director. The current Yuan Heping is not the 'No. 1 martial arts instructor in the world' later.

"Qimen Dunjia" brought him fame, but the later "Yin and Yang Soldiers" has lost that reputation again, and his Yuan family class has to start work to earn money to eat, right? He is a person with a strong sense of self-esteem, and if he wants to take his subordinates to eat with the two senior brothers, he can't do it!

Sun Ziming analyzed the reasons for his failure in the past two years, mainly because he did not find his own advantages. put aside his martial arts instruction and went to be a screenwriter and director, but from "Heavenly Master Collides with Evil" to "Yin and Yang Soldiers", the movies made are worse and worse, and the film company had to be liquidated after the worst.

Yuan Heping patiently listened to Sun Ziming's nonsense, he had already figured out these things, but he couldn't find a suitable director and screenwriter to cooperate. He can come today, in addition to practical reasons, there is also the persuasion of his senior brother Cheng Long, 'If someone can set a box office record, there must be his success, you will die if you go?' Why don't you come to me? ’

Sun Ziming spent more than ten minutes of spitting before he found that people were not wilting at all, so he had to stop the nonsense of 'being a teacher'.

"Mr. Yuan, I have the ability to write and direct, and you have superb action design skills. Believe me, we will definitely make a classic when we work together."

Yuan Heping took the script handed over by Sun Ziming and looked through it carefully, it was indeed 'the name of a person, the shadow of a tree'. A simple action movie, which makes the family rub into national hatred and family feuds, as well as personal emotional conflicts, is indeed more attractive than those simple action movie scripts.

"The script is very attractive, Director Sun, I took this film. Do you have any specific requirements? ”

"The action scenes are all left to you, and the fight must be beautiful and realistic, and it must be a combination of Western, Muay Thai, etc. One requirement is to design the action so that no one in Hong Kong can imitate the essence of it."

Yuan Heping sighed in his heart, Sun Ziming meant to have difficult movements, which is not very difficult, but the key is whether the actor can do it? Several action actors in Hong Kong, Yuan Heping knows that it is not easy to find such a master!

"Don't worry, I'm going to find Li Lianjie to star, I guess he can meet all your requirements. But there is one condition, he must be safe, I don't want what happened in previous years to happen again! Otherwise, I'd rather not make this film."

"Understood, when will filming start?"

"When I come back from the United States, I will start filming immediately, I have to make time! You go to find the location first, we don't shoot that kind of scene, we want to shoot the taste of a blockbuster. ”