After Hong Jingbao returned to the team and the Seven Little Blessings gathered, the preparations for "Serpentine Trickster" officially began.

Xu Guanwu took out the story outline of "Serpentine Trickster" and specially summoned Hong Jingbao, Zeng Zhiwei, and Cheng Long to polish and fill it together.

The story of "Snake Trickster" is actually very simple, and the context is also very clear.

The Eagle Claw Gate and the Serpentine Gate fought for nearly a hundred years, and finally the Eagle Claw Gate produced a peerless genius, leading the people to bulldoze the 32 rudder of the eight provinces of the Serpentine Gate, leaving only the son of the Lord of the Serpentine Gate and the master Bai Changtian missing.

The serpentine gate searched for Bai Changtian's whereabouts, and Bai Changtian disguised himself as an old beggar to hide. One day, when he was beaten by the head of the Hongwei Martial Arts Hall, he was rescued by Jian Fu, a handyman of the Hongtai Martial Arts Hall.

Bai Changtian saw that Jian Fu was loyal and kind-hearted, and he was always beaten by the head of the Hongtai Martial Arts Pavilion, so he passed on his serpentine martial arts and told him not to make random moves.

Jian Fu is a martial arts wizard, and his martial arts are advancing day by day, and he has improved them to create a serpentine trick. coincided with the Hongwei Martial Arts Hall and the Hongtai Martial Arts Hall robbing apprentices, and the owner of the Hongtai Martial Arts Hall was injured by the Hongwei Martial Arts Hall. Jian Fu couldn't see it with hatred in his eyes, and taught Hongwei Martial Arts Hall a lesson.

But when he made a move, he was seen by the owner of the Eagle Claw Gate, and he designed to lure Bai Changtian to appear. When the situation of the two of them was critical, Jian Fu finally used his self-created serpentine hand to kill the master of the Eagle Claw Gate and protect his master Bai Changtian......

"Mr. Xu, this story is very smooth." Cheng Long smiled reluctantly after reading it.

"I think it's not bad, if the martial arts action is a little more lively, it should be a good film." Zeng Zhiwei also smiled, but it was difficult to hide the disappointment in his eyes.

Xu Guanwu smiled slightly, he knew that although the movie "Serpentine Trickster" was a box office hit, it was actually not very outstanding in terms of storyline, and it was almost a routine of Jin Yong's martial arts novels.

The story of a kind-hearted silly boy who met an old beggar and inadvertently helped win favor, and was taught martial arts by the old beggar to do chivalrous deeds.

This bridge section can be said to have been used up a long time ago at that time, and even Zeng Zhiwei could make it up if he asked himself, and it could be made up a little more fun.

"Mr. Xu, do you want to add a storyline," Hong Jingbao cautiously suggested, "You see that the whereabouts of the son of the serpentine gate master are unknown, so can you set this Jian Fu to be his son." Later, he recognized Bai Changtian, so he made up his mind to avenge his father. ”

"Absolutely not," Xu Guanwu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The silly boy met an old beggar, although this routine is old, it can still be used." But the stalk of 'revenge' has long been used by director Zhang Che, and it must not be used again. ”

In fact, at that time, the box office of "Serpentine Trickster" was popular all the way after its release, in addition to creating the trend of Hong Kong kung fu comedy, the plot was unconventional is also one of the reasons.

The film does not emphasize the theme of "revenge", but focuses on showing Cheng Long starting from scratch and embarking on the journey of the strong step by step. This catered to the tastes of the younger generation of viewers at the time and fulfilled their desperate desire to succeed.

Hong Jingbao saw Xu Guanwu's refusal, so he had to scratch his head in embarrassment, "Mr. Xu, if this is the case, then the plot will be too simple." ”

"This drama is a kung fu movie, and the storyline is simple, and I am not afraid at all. The most important thing is a few martial arts scenes, which must be designed fresh and interesting. Sanmao, I rely on you for this drama, are you sure that you will shoot it well? Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Don't worry, Mr. Xu!" Hong Jingbao patted his chest and said.

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Hong Jingbao did things really quickly, and soon assigned the main role.

The protagonist Jian Fu was naturally handed over to Cheng Long to play, the owner of the Hongwei Martial Arts Hall was played by Zhong Fa, the owner of the Hongtai Martial Arts Hall was played by Lin Zhengying, the head of the Hongtai Martial Arts Hall was played by Yuan Hao, and the fat young master who caused disputes between the two martial arts halls was handed over to Zeng Zhiwei to play, and the owner of the Eagle Claw Gate was handed over to Feng Ke'an to play......

The rest of the people play the killers of the Eagle Claw Gate, and the apprentices of the martial arts hall, etc., in short, they have their own positions.

After assigning the main role, Hong Jingbao immediately took a large group of people to the field and directly set up the machine to shoot.

It is said that shooting kung fu movies at that time was quite simple, pulling people and horses into the field, setting up the machine and starting filming directly, and even saving money for the set.

And the actors' dresses are also all kinds of disorderly, and I often see Qing Dynasty people wearing robes and horse coats with braids, and people from the Republic of China with mushroom heads and short-sleeved shirts.

And the audience was still fascinated and very useful, leaving only Xu Guanwu messy in the wind.

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handed over all "Serpentine Tricksters" to Hong Jingbao to toss, Xu Guanwu himself just hung up the false name of a producer, occasionally went to the scene to observe one or two, and left the rest of the time to Zhao Yazhi.

However, Zhao Yazhi doesn't have much time to accompany him these days, because the drama "Fa Qian Han" has also entered the filming stage.

The play "Fat Money Cold" is the first time Xu Guanying has played the leading role, and the box office in the previous life has also reached more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars, which is the second place in the box office of the film in 1977.

In this life, because of the filming three years in advance, Xu Guanying has not yet starred in "Genius and Idiot", "Half a Pound and Eight Taels", etc., so his acting skills have not been honed enough.

"Second brother, you call me the protagonist, I'm not ready." Xu Guanying said with a bitter face, "Otherwise, this protagonist should be handed over to the eldest brother, and I should hone it first." ”

"A-Ying, you have to have confidence in yourself, I am very optimistic about you. You will one day become the number one ugly star in Hong Kong, don't make yourself feel inferior. Xu Guanwu patted Xu Guanying on the shoulder and said.

"But if you don't act well, you'll be in trouble if you lose money." Xu Guanying hesitated.

"Don't worry, how can you lose money? The second brother promised you that he would not lose money, you just had to act with your heart. Xu Guanwu smiled slightly.

"Okay, then I'll try to act, if it doesn't work, second brother, you can replace me again." Xu Guanying still has no bottom in his heart.

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Xu Guanwu liked the Guima comedy of the Xu brothers very much in his last life, and he has also watched this "Fa Qian Han" many times, and he remembers the plot clearly, so the script he came up with is relatively complete.

After adding Xu Guanwen, Deng Weixiong, and Liu Tianci's filler polishing, it was finally combined into a very complete script.

Deng Weixiong and Liu Tianci are both disciples of Xu Guanwen, when they did "Happy Tonight" and "Ghost Horse Double Star" on TVB, the three often collaborated together to make jokes and write short plays, and the cooperation was infinite and tacit.

In his previous life, Xu Guanwu read the book "Young Wang Jing Breaks into the Rivers and Lakes" written by the famous Hong Kong director Wang Jing, and he talked about Mr. Liu Tianci. Liu Tianci was Wang Jing's master, teaching him the essentials of writing jokes and skits in plays.

And Liu Tianci is Xu Guanwen's apprentice, and he learned his knowledge of joke creation from Xu Guanwen. Therefore, Wang Jing became Xu Guanwen's apprentice, and Xu Guanwen became Wang Jing's master.

Now that he sees Liu Tianci himself, Xu Guanwu wants to ask him if you have a fat man named Wang Jing under your command, although his image is a little obscene and his heart is relatively dirty, but he is a first-class business wizard in the Hong Kong film industry. If so, bring him to me at once.

But then I remembered that Wang Jing graduated from middle school in 1975 and started to work part-time at TVB, and now he should not have graduated from high school in 74 years, so he immediately extinguished this idea.