"Crazy Robbery" is based on the true incident of the murder in Hong Kong's Dragon and Tiger Mountain, and adds Hitchcockian suspense elements, making it a thriller noir crime movie.

Teddy Robin is very interested in crime-themed movies because of the hit of "Dragon and Phoenix Thief Catch" last year. After inviting director Xu Anhua to join Zhucheng Film Company, after some discussion, it was decided that the next drama would still be filmed with the theme of police and bandits.

However, Xu Anhua proposed that this time he would not engage in police and bandit shootout action movies, nor would he engage in comedies like soldiers catching thieves. Instead, I wanted to shoot a thriller detective film.

Teddy Robin's idea of Xu Anhua is very willing, because he doesn't want to always repeat the themes that others have filmed, and always wants to be a little pioneering and innovative to feel comfortable.

After deciding on the theme of the next movie, the next step is to find the script. It just so happens that Anhua Hui's friend, Miss Chen Yunwen, is a very good screenwriter. She used to work as a screenwriter in TVB before, and wrote popular TV series such as "Frenzy" and "Home Change". When Xu Anhua filmed "Five Blessings" before, Miss Chen also helped to rebuild the bridge, and the cooperation between the two can be described as very tacit, so this time Xu Anhua invited Miss Chen to come out again.

After listening to Xu Anhua's request, Miss Chen Yunwen conceived and wrote a tragic story of the death of both of them because of love and hatred based on the tragedy of the two corpses that occurred in Longhu Mountain two years ago. After handing it over to Xu Anhua, it was revised several times, and it was finally decided on the script of "Crazy Robbery".

The director is there, the script is there, and the next thing is to find the actors. Xu Anhua is a fledgling and does not have an actor he is used to, so he must carefully consider the issue of actors.

The movie "Crazy Robbery" is about a couple who are very affectionate. Unfortunately, he was killed while playing in Longhu Mountain. After an investigation, the police arrested the madman under the mountain. But the story doesn't end there. The deceased was seen several times after that. The deceased's friend thought that her old friend had another grievance, so they began to investigate, but when the fog shrouded in front of her was cleared layer by layer, the outcome was really unbelievable......

The main characters in the film are five people, including the deceased in the double corpse case, the madman, the friend of the female deceased, and a mysterious person. Teddy Robin and Anhua Hui searched one by one according to the current list of Hong Kong actors. I want to find the right actor for this film.

Because the company made a lot of money last year, Teddy Robin no longer deducted the rope as before when filming this year, and the budget of this "Crazy Robbery" is 700,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is more than double the cost of "Five Blessings" directed by Xu Anhua. Therefore, Xu Anhua can also choose some more famous actors to play this time.

The two of them searched for a long time, and first found out the female deceased, the madman and the male deceased, the madman chose Xu Shaoqiang, who became famous for filming "Silkworm Transformation", the male deceased chose Li's Xiaosheng Wan Ziliang, who became popular with "The First Sword in the World", and the female deceased chose Li Meishu, a young girl from Li's TV station.

The reason why these three actors are all from Li's background is mainly because Li's TV station was acquired by an Australian consortium at the beginning of the year. Operationally it came to a standstill. Li's TV station didn't have much money left on its books, and the Australian consortium didn't want to invest money in it. Therefore, Li's TV station has no money to start a new drama.

There is no new drama to start filming, and actors can only get the minimum salary, how can one or two thousand yuan a month be enough for stars. Not to mention the cost of buying clothes and cosmetics, the cost of a taxi alone is not enough. Because Li's TV station wants actors to pay attention to their image, they must take a taxi when they want to go out, and they are not allowed to be buses, so as not to lose the face of the company. However, taxis in Hong Kong are very expensive, one or two thousand yuan is not enough for a month's fare, which naturally makes a group of actors complain.

Although these actors can't leave Leigh's TV station for the time being due to contract constraints, there are also many actors who go out to find other jobs. The company either knows the road or doesn't know the way, anyway, now the people's hearts have been scattered, and everyone has slipped out of the city to find extra money. The so-called law does not blame the public, and gradually it has become a scale.

Now in the Hong Kong film industry, the actors used the most by independent film companies are these beautiful stars. They are popular enough, their acting skills are good enough, and their acting skills are cheap enough, which is just right for these independent film companies. Li's stars are also the actors who have signed the most first contracts in Hong Kong.

In addition to finding out the three main actors, Teddy Robin and Xu Anhua also have some other supporting roles. But it is the lack of two of the most crucial characters, one is a mysterious person, and the other is a friend of the female deceased. For these two main actors, Teddy Robin and Xu Anhua don't want to make a so-so decision, they are still trying to find more suitable actors.

At this time, Xu Anhua heard the news that Zhao Yazhi was looking for a script, and felt that she was a very good candidate, so he hurriedly found Teddy Robin to discuss.

Teddy Robin couldn't help but be embarrassed when he heard this, "She is from the Xu Group and Stanley's wife, so she may not be willing to come to our company to take over this movie?" And which role are you going to arrange for her to play? ”

"I think it's more appropriate for her to play the mystery man." Xu Anhua replied honestly.

Teddy Robin took a breath, "That's a villain, she's never played a villain, and even if she does, Stanley may not." ”

"It's okay, we have to try everything, otherwise we will never know what the ending of the road is." Xu Anhua smiled and said, she looked like a newborn calf was not afraid of tigers.

Teddy Robin couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, and had to agree to help her get in touch.

With his friendship with Xu Guanjie, Teddy Robin quickly found Zhao Yazhi's contact information, and then the two parties made an appointment to have a cup of coffee together.

Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but be taken aback when she heard the story of "Crazy Robbery", she originally thought that Teddy Robin would invite her to star in a literary film, but she didn't expect it to be a thriller and suspense film. She had never been in contact with this kind of movie before, and she didn't know how to act in it, nor did she know if she could act it well, so she couldn't help but hesitate.

As for the villain issue that Teddy Robin was most worried about, Zhao Yazhi did not raise any objections. To be honest, she has played innocent girls or ladies too many times in the past few years, and she is a little bored with such roles. I want to try my hand at challenging some different characters. Therefore, the villain character of the mysterious man in "Crazy Robbery" has a very good appetite for her. It's just that Zhao Yazhi is worried that she won't be able to interpret this role well.

Xu Anhua saw the worry in Zhao Yazhi's heart. couldn't help but smile and said to her, "Miss Zhao, don't worry, I've watched your "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" before. To be honest, the role of Zhou Zhiruo you played in it is actually similar to the role of the mysterious man in "Crazy Robbery". You just need to show your acting skills when you play Zhou Zhiruo. ”

When Zhao Yazhi heard this, she immediately felt relieved, "So that's the case, I'm relieved." Well, I took the film in principle. But I have to go back and ask my husband. Also, there are no intimacy scenes in this movie, right? ”

"No, it's just holding hands and hugging at most." Teddy Robin hurriedly smiled and said, "I know that Stanley's character will not break his rules." ”

"That's good." Zhao Yazhi nodded, "Can I take the script back?" ”

"Of course, if you can, help me ask your husband's opinion. He's also a great screenwriter, let's see if he can help us find the shortcomings. Teddy Robin said with a smile.

Zhao Yazhi nodded and returned home with the script. I asked Xu Guanwu to mention this matter.

Hearing that Teddy Robin asked his wife to make a movie, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be stunned. When he heard that the name of this movie was "Crazy Robbery", Xu Guanwu couldn't help but sigh that the inertia of this history was too great.

In her previous life, the movie "Crazy Robbery" starred Zhao Yazhi, in which she played a murderer who hated because of love, and won unanimous praise with her excellent acting skills. I didn't expect this movie to find her again in this life, could it be that there is providence in the dark?!

Xu Guanwu had not watched the movie "Crazy Robbery" in his previous life, mainly because the picture quality was too scummy, and the black piece really affected the perception. In fact, it's no wonder that this is the case, in the previous life, the producer of "Crazy Robbery" was a small company, and the movie was only sold as a videotape later, so the picture quality could not be guaranteed. It's not like Shaw Brothers' old films, at least there are companies willing to pay for restoration.

Although Xu Guanwu has not seen this movie, he has heard of its name for a long time. "Crazy Robbery" is known as a classic of Hong Kong New Wave cinema and one of the top 100 classic films in the country. The reason why it has achieved such high praise is mainly because it created a precedent for Hong Kong thriller and suspense films, standing out among the many kung fu films and comedies at that time, which not only achieved a huge box office, but also created a new theme for future Hong Kong films. Therefore, for his wife to appear in this movie, Xu Guanwu raised his hands in favor.

Zhao Yazhi saw that her husband did not object to her starring in this movie, so she couldn't help but happily stepped forward and kissed him, and then she wanted to ask Xu Guanwu to help read the script.

Xu Guanwu took the script and read it carefully, and felt that this script was worthy of being written by a woman (he thought it was written by Xu Anhua at the time), and the description of feelings was indeed much more delicate than that written by male screenwriters. But in other details, I can't help but be a little sloppy.

There are many hard injuries in the film that should not appear, although people may not care about it when watching the movie, but it affects people's evaluation of this movie in the future.

In Xu Guanwu's view, the release of a movie in theaters is just the first step in its commercialization. In the future, the second step of commercialization is to publish videos and peripheral products. And launching a sequel, launching a spin-off series, and developing into a series is the third step of commercialization. If the quality of the film is high enough and it works properly, there is even a fourth step, a fifth step...... It's like the famous "Star Wars", which has now become a part of American culture, completely beyond the boundaries of a movie, and the market size is more than 10 billion dollars.

And if you want the film to be commercially successful, the first point is that the quality of the movie must be passed, and people can't feel cheated after watching it, and vow never to watch it a second time, then the commercial value of the movie will stop at the first step.

Although the movie "Crazy Robbery" may be a success in theaters, its plot flaws are like sand in shoes. Once people think of this movie, they will think of those plot flaws, and after a long time, they naturally feel that the whole movie is difficult to justify, and their impression of it is naturally greatly reduced. In the future, no one will care about videotapes, VCDs, DVDs, etc.

Xu Guanwu thinks that the movie "Crazy Robbery" is still very good, first of all, its theme is fresh enough, and the supernatural theme plus Hitchcockian suspense is integrated into a thriller and suspense classic. The second idea is unique enough, the case of the two corpses of Longhu Mountain was originally committed by a madman, but after the adaptation of the script, it changed from a simple madman murder incident to a tragedy caused by abusive love. All of a sudden, it was beyond people's imagination, and the gimmick was fresh enough and innovative enough. So he couldn't bear to see this script ruined in some small details, so he immediately set about revising it. (To be continued......)