As for who will take over "Cheng Kee Teahouse" and continue to shoot the remaining half of the scenes, several directors present have not expressed their position.

No one wants to take other people's second-hand goods, not to mention that everyone here is a well-known director, and they don't want to commit themselves to this mess.

Everyone was silent for a while, and no one wanted to take a stand first.

Seeing this, Xu Guanwu could only cough lightly, "What's the matter, why don't you want to speak?" Well, in that case, I'm going to have to name names. ”

Hearing Xu Guanwu say this, Zeng Zhiwei, who is now in the play, is here, and he is not worried about being named at all.

Liang Shuyi is not a director herself, the corners of her mouth curled up after listening to it, and she just lowered her head and looked at the document.

Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie naturally don't have to be afraid, they have no reason to take over this mess.

It's just that Mai Jia and Hong Jingbao, who have no scenes to shoot for the time being, are a little nervous, two people, you look at me, I look at you, and suddenly Mai Jia said, "I suggest letting Zhang Guoming give it a try." ”

"Zhang Guoming?!" Xu Guanwu was slightly stunned, "Can he do it?" ”

"It's okay, the "Ah Ming" he is making now is a realistic urban movie, which tells the story of the Black X Society." Mai Jia explained, "Anyway, he's patting and stopping, patting and stopping, saying that he is looking for artistic inspiration. Just let him shoot "Cheng Ji Teahouse" first, maybe after filming, his inspiration will also come. ”

"What do you think?" Xu Guanwu glanced at everyone present and said.

"I agree!"

"Agreed!"

"Anyway, there's no one now, so let him try."

……

Everyone had no opinion, and unanimously approved that Zhang Guoming would take over the filming of "Cheng Ji Teahouse".

……

The streets of Hong Kong. Zhang Guoming is taking photography. Shoot slashing people in the streets.

Seven or eight teenagers slashed through the street with bright machetes. Plasma sprayed everywhere.

All the passers-by at the scene scattered and fled, screaming in fright.

"Quick shot, quick shot, remember to take pictures of the injured parts of the protagonist." Zhang Guoming shouted vigorously.

Suddenly, he felt a chill on his body, sneezed, sneezed, and sneezed twice in a row.

"Director, are you alright?" Photographer asked with concern.

"It's all right, alas. Don't look at me, look at the camera. Zhang Guoming wiped his nose and muttered in a low voice, "Who is thinking about me behind my back?" ”

At this moment, he saw two patrol policemen running over, hurriedly took a photo, and then shouted, "The police are coming, flash quickly." ”

At that moment, the photographer shoved the portable camera into his clothes, and the teenagers stopped fighting. Carrying the knife, he turned around and fled into the alley.

By the time the two policemen arrived at the scene, they had already fled without a trace.

……

70s. The Hong Kong government has not given much support to the film industry, and it is not even a matter of asking for government assistance for filming.

So what if you want to shoot a real scene? It's just like Zhang Guoming fighting guerrillas. Carrying a portable camera, he took the actor directly on the street, and the police left as soon as they came.

This is also the flexibility of Hong Kong filmmakers.

……

The seven-member team then reviewed the Meteor Butterfly Sword project.

"Everyone here has read the script, do you have any ideas?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, although Gu Long's novels are also popular in Hong Kong, he is a master of martial arts novels. However, the number of adaptations of previous works is very small, and it is a question whether they can sell well. Hong Jingbao said bluntly.

Gu Long's fame is on par with Jin Yong's, and his martial arts novels are also popular in Hong Kong. I think that since Jin Yong's work can be adapted successfully, Gu Long's novel can also be adapted to try. Liang Shuyi agreed.

"Jin Yong's novel story is wonderful, Gu Long's novel is inexplicable, and he doesn't pay attention to moves, what artistic conception do you want to talk about? What does this make a martial arts instructor do? Hong Jingbao spread his hands.

"Many of Gu Long's works actually have the shadow of movies, such as "Chu Liuxiang" is somewhat similar to 007 Bond, and "Meteor Butterfly Sword" is adapted from the Hollywood film "The Godfather...... So I think there should be merit in adapting it into a movie. Xu Guanwu said.

"In that case, let's shoot a film first and see the reaction." Xu Guanwen opened his mouth and said, "Now sword and martial arts films are in decline, and fist and foot kung fu films are popular. But what I think is that there are dozens of kung fu movies a year, nearly 100, and sooner or later the audience will get tired of watching them, so it is better to make some sword and martial arts films to spice it up. ”

"I also agree with my eldest brother's opinion, sword and martial arts films are actually quite marketable, and the previous "Drunken Man" directed by Hu Jinquan and "One-armed Knife" directed by Zhang Cheda are all very popular works, which shows that martial arts movies are actually very popular in Hong Kong." Xu Guanjie also agreed.

"In that case, if you agree with putting Gu Long's novel on the screen, please raise your hand." Xu Guanwu said, and then the first one raised his hand.

Liang Shuyi, Xu Guanwen, and Xu Guanjie all raised their hands in agreement, Mai Jia grew up drinking foreign ink, and she was not obsessed with martial arts novels, and she didn't know what kind of character Gu Long was, so she chose to abstain.

Only Hong Jingbao and Zeng Zhiwei objected, believing that Gulong movies had no market, otherwise they would not have been there for more than ten years.

"The four people agreed, that is, the majority agreed to adapt the Gu Long novel to be released." Xu Guanwu nodded, and then said, "Then let's review this script in detail to see if there is anything that needs to be improved." ”

After Xu Guanwu finished speaking, Hong Jingbao raised his hand, "Mr. Xu, although I don't approve of making this movie, I have already read this script carefully, and I feel that the biggest problem is that it is too deep." ”

"Too deep? What do you mean? Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

"It's just that some storylines are not clearly explained, so they are mysterious, and the audience has to spend their brains guessing." Hong Jingbao explained.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Xu Guanwu said in surprise.

If you can make people still have a good aftertaste after watching it, that's a good movie. It's like "Two Big Smoking Guns", "Stealing and Abduction", "Inception", ...... After watching these movies, you can still savor them carefully, and admire the director's amazing storytelling skills.

"Of course it's not a good thing. The audience enters the theater to have fun. It's for relaxation. Who wants to think about it? Hong Jingbao objected.

"I think what Sanmao said makes sense. The audience should be happy when they come to the theater. I didn't go to the movies for the sake of brains. We, the filmmakers, should serve the audience and provide fun and entertaining movies for the audience to watch. It's too mysterious, too complicated, it's against the audience, and it's against the box office. Mai Jia also nodded and said.

"I also think that Brother Sanmao is reasonable." Zeng Zhiwei also agreed.

Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie also echoed Hong Jingbao's theory.

Seeing this, Xu Guanwu had no choice but to nod, "Then since it is said that some plots are tricky, let the audience bother to think about it." Can you point out the specific plot, so that Director Chu has a goal of revision. ”

"Well, I've already made a mark." Hong Jingbao said, opening the script as he spoke, and sure enough, he saw a red pen mark on it.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but nod when he saw this, it can be seen from this that Hong Jingbao is really a person with heart, even if he doesn't approve of making Gu Long's movie, he still reviews the script very seriously.

"For example, in this paragraph, Meng Xingsoul and Ritsu Kagawa met for the second time...... Hong Jingbao gushed endlessly.

The rest of the crowd either refuted or helped. After two hours of discussion, all the shortcomings were finally summed up one by one.

"Good. I will convey the opinions of the seven-member group meeting to Director Chu Yuan. "After he finishes the script, we will discuss the actors and investment." ”

Everyone nodded and adjourned.

……

Xu Guanwu then brought Director Chu Yuan over and conveyed the opinions of the seven-member group meeting.

Director Chu Yuan has been restless for the past few days, suffering from gains and losses, and he has never even slept peacefully. When he saw it today, Xu Guanwu was taken aback.

I saw that Director Chu had two big panda eyes, the dark circles under his eyes were very obvious, and his face was also dull, looking like a prisoner who had been locked up.

"Director Chu, are you okay, why do you look so bad?" Xu Guanwu asked with concern.

Chu Yuan smiled reluctantly, "I don't have a big deal, Mr. Xu, has that drama come to fruition?" ”

"Yes, this is the script revision opinion given by the seven-member team, you can see if you can modify it according to the opinion." Xu Guanwu nodded and handed the summarized revisions to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan took the document in surprise, and saw that it listed all the shortcomings of the script and gave corresponding revisions.

Chu Yuan thought at first that it was someone else's egg picking a bone, but after looking closely, he also felt that there was some truth. I couldn't help but humbly accept the revisions, and promised to revise them according to the opinions after I went back.

"Very good, Director Chu can also draw up a list of actors in his mind next time, and we will review the budget according to the list." Xu Guanwu said.

"Mr. Xu, I just joined the company, and I don't know much about the company's actors, but I am familiar with the actors of Shaw Brothers." Chu Yuan was stunned for a moment and explained, "I can't draw up this list of actors." ”

"It's up to you to draw up a list of Shaw Brothers actors." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Why is that?" Chu Yuan was a little puzzled.

"Our company has never filmed a costume drama before, and the actors' costume styles may not be recognized." Xu Guanwu explained, "In addition, the popular movie stars have already been filmed, so I really can't pick out people to participate in the filming." Therefore, they need to borrow people from Shaw Brothers Cinemas, they often shoot costume dramas, and the costume modeling has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. ”

"But will the Shaw agree to lend us people?" Chu Yuan asked worriedly.

Everyone knows that the Xu Brothers Company and the Shaw Brothers Company are rivals, and it is already very face-saving if they don't tear down each other, how can they still borrow actors to let him film?

"We can use the strategy of hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, Li Dai Taozhuang." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "I have already sent someone to buy a leather bag company, and then borrowed actors from Shaw Brothers in the name of this company. Shaw Brothers is very protective of me, but it is not so concerned about other film companies. ”

"It's a good solution to the problem, but unfortunately it can only be used once." Chu Yuan nodded and said.

"I also know that the company still has too few talents, and I don't want to do it." Xu Guanwu sighed, "In the future, we still have to tap talents, does Director Chu know which Shaw Brothers actor's contract has expired?" ”

"It's hard to say, last year, in order to prevent poaching, Shaw Brothers asked all these actors to re-sign their contracts, all of which lasted for five years." Chu Yuan sighed, "Unless it's those second- and third-tier young actors, Shaw Brothers doesn't take it so seriously, maybe someone's contract is about to expire." ”

"Well, I'll try to send someone to contact you." Xu Guanwu nodded.

Up to now, there are only about 100 artists in the superstar manager company, and a large part of them are dragon and tiger martial artists, who can act in literary dramas, and there are only a handful of people with acting skills. This is also because the rise is too fast and there is no accumulation.

For example, Shaw Brothers has developed in Hong Kong for more than 20 years, and has accumulated talents for more than 20 years, especially after the graduation of Shaw Brothers, many actors have been accepted by Shaw Brothers, making him the largest film talent reserve base in Hong Kong. Whether it is Jiahe or Xu's, they are far from being able to compete with it.

Xu Guanwu's purpose in setting up Xinghui Art School is to provide talents for superstar manager companies, but it has only been established for half a year, and no talents have been cultivated.

Therefore, to increase his talent pool, Xu Guanwu can only choose the way of poaching. And Shaw Brothers, who has the first talent reserve, naturally became the target of his poaching.

It's just that after last year's Silver Bullet offensive, Shaw Brothers has become wary of Xu's and will not even let Xu's poach their actors to death. Let Xu Guanwu hold a lot of money, in vain. (To be continued......)