Chapter 258: Each has his own plans
Shen Lang joined the group chat because he was working on a new short comic, adapted from "Nie Xiaoqian" from the classic literary masterpiece "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai".
This is the name of the future release in the mainland, and the Hong Kong and Macao versions spent 1,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy the authorship of "A Chinese Ghost Story" after saying hello to Shaw Brothers, so it will be called "A Chinese Ghost Story" when it is released outside the mainland in the future.
As for the content, the main body is, of course, the 87 version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", but he has added many details and additions, such as improving the world view, combat power system, cultivation world sects, underworld, human world, etc.
At least Yan Chixia no longer has a mantra or two back and forth, and he even has his own origin and inheritance.
This also paved the way for the second part of Zhiqiu Yiye, the third part of the old monk with profound mana, including villains such as the old demon of Montenegro.
Whether these characters are decent or villains, they must have their own origins, backgrounds, and inheritances.
These details, elements, and backgrounds will construct a complete world view.
Now Shen Lang's adaptation of "A Chinese Ghost Story" initially has its own world view, and in the future, more branch stories can be developed according to these settings, and then the world view and system can be further improved.
For example, the impressive Zuo Qianhu was naturally strengthened under this system.
Because in the new combat power system, martial arts can also be sanctified, and can restrain the Dao, but they are restrained by demons, but in turn, the Dao and Buddhism can subdue demons, and even evil qi can also restrain demons.
In this way, it can explain why the centipede spirit is reluctant to see Zuo Qianhu, why Zhiqiu Yiye can't beat Zuo Qianhu, and why Yan Chixia, who has a double cultivation of martial arts, is so awesome.
These additions make the world in the comics more realistic and reasonable, and also provide a basic framework for the re-creation of screenwriters and authors in the mainland in the future.
In the future, they can create new stories based on this set of worldviews, and characters such as Yan Chixia, Zhiqiu Yiye, and Zuo Qianhu can also develop separate works, and finally create an alternate world similar to the Marvel Universe.
In addition, Shen Lang's comic can also be regarded as an enhanced version of the "storyboard script", as long as the director sets and tells the story according to the content of the comic, it is enough to make a movie that surpasses the original.
So he naturally wanted to make this comic into a movie, because even the script was omitted, and he just shot it according to the comics.
This is the reason why Shen Lang joined the group chat, Luda just came over to participate blindly, he purely wanted to play a role.
But he is not without ideas, but he is not interested in movies, and he hopes to buy Jin Yong's copyright and make it into a TV series.
It's best to find a way to cooperate with CCTV, if you can broadcast it on CCTV directly after filming, how comfortable it would be!
"I don't think CCTV will broadcast too many martial arts dramas, this platform mainly broadcasts historical dramas, anti-Japanese and military works, as well as modern dramas that promote the main theme, and martial arts dramas are still not serious enough compared to these."
Wu Jie shook his head, I'm afraid Luda's proposal will not succeed.
If you just cooperate in one or two martial arts dramas, such as Condor Shooting and Tianlong, which can promote the national righteousness, then there is no problem.
But if he wants to put all of Jin Yong's works on CCTV, let alone the Propaganda Department, he is not very supportive.
"I agree, martial arts dramas can cooperate with CCTV at most two or three, but the four famous novels can be invested in money, and there are some historical dramas and anti-Japanese dramas, we can also set up a company to co-produce with CCTV, as for martial arts dramas, it is still cooperative with local TV stations, in the future, all provinces and cities will set up provincial satellite TV, we can cooperate with TV stations in Beijing, Guangdong, and Shanghai to shoot martial arts dramas, including the United States Film Studio, which can also cooperate to launch some long-form animation series."
Shen Lang also has his own suggestions, or his own ideas and plans.
"You're also planning to start a film company?"
Wu Jie asked at this time, he just planned a development direction for these tool people, but how to do it should be developed according to each person's personality and task.
"I plan to set up animation film and television companies in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and on the mainland side, I mainly cooperate with American film studios in Shanghai, and this matter has actually entered the substantive negotiation stage."
Shen Lang naturally has his own plans, although he plans to focus on real estate, supermarket chains, and cinema lines in the future, but he also wants to promote the development of the animation industry, after all, this is his old business.
Therefore, he not only wants to set up an animation film and television company, but also plans to set up an animation magazine in China and Hong Kong next year, with the goal of making China's "Weekly Shonen JUMP".
His "A Chinese Ghost Story" is planned to be launched as the façade of the first issue of the magazine, and in the future, "Football Player" will also be serialized in this magazine, and at the same time it will be solicited from all over the country.
"Everyone's opinions are good, especially Jin Yong's dramas, I am very interested, but in terms of movies, our two brothers and sisters already have two scripts."
Luo Shengyang thinks it's a good idea to shoot Jin Yong's drama, and he likes it very much. Shen Lang's "A Chinese Ghost Story" will also be filmed in the future, but the first two works of the two of them already have plans.
"yes, let's hear about it."
Several people were naturally very interested, including Wu Jie, who also wanted to know how the two of them chose their works.
He still handed over these things to the system AI to control himself, and he did not interfere in the specific development of these tool people at all.
"The first film my siblings wanted to make was called 'Dunhuang', which sounds like a historical and educational film, but it is actually a story about tracking down a cultural relics theft syndicate."
Luo Shengyang talked about the storyline in general, and Wu Jie understood after listening to it for a while.
This theme is a combination of "Boxing" + "Tom Yum Gong", the main plot is a local black sheep in Dunhuang and a cultural relics crime group from Hong Kong in the name of photographing historical monuments under the pretext, but in fact, the inside and outside should cooperate to carry out illegal activities of stealing national treasures.
And this criminal syndicate from Hong Kong is naturally masterminded by the British, at least the buyer is a British.
This kind of plot, which involves internal corruption, theft of national treasures, and the addition of "Hong Kong" and "Britain" elements, is not easy to pass the trial in the 80s, unless there is really enough backstage support.
The two brothers and sisters have this kind of backstage, it is really not enough to have the help of Wu Jie and his second generation, there must be no problem if they want to pass the trial.
Luo Shengyang and Luo Shengnan's role in the plot is to be responsible for the arrest and recovery of stolen Dunhuang cultural relics, the reason why "arrest" and "recovery" are used here is naturally that a batch of cultural relics have been transferred to Hong Kong.
Therefore, this film will be filmed in a dual-main way, Luo Shengnan is responsible for investigating internal outlaws in China, arresting gangsters from Hong Kong, mainly facing domestic disciplinary officials, black police, underworld forces, and criminal groups from Hong Kong.
In the plot, Luo Shengyang has to go to Hong Kong to recover the Dunhuang cultural relics that have not yet been transferred to the United Kingdom, and the theme is similar to the elephant hunt in "Tom Yum Gong".
But the two did not draw on the plots of "Boxer" and "Tom Yum Gong", because those two works really have nothing to learn from.
The original versions of those two movies are really unwatchable, not only the plot is muddy and chaotic. The choreography of the action scenes is also messy, and most of the fight scenes are incoherent and aesthetically pleasing, relying on Tony Ja's skills to prop up the scene.
What's even more speechless is that almost all the characters show embarrassing and disaster-level acting skills, including Tony Jia's stiff face that is not inferior to Cao Rong in the slightest, and has no expression at all.
But the most outrageous thing is the use of lenses and editing that are not even as good as those in Hong Kong in the 80s, which gives people the illusion that they are watching low-budget movies that they can't even afford to buy on film and film.
These two movies are really difficult to appreciate in Wu Jie's opinion, or Tony Jia's movies are at this level, except for a few fight scenes that benefit from his skills, each of which is almost hard to swallow regardless of acting, plot, shots, editing, and soundtrack, including more action scenes are actually below the level.
The most painful thing is that there are still a lot of low-end insulting plots in Tony Jia's movie, and the childish plot of scandalizing China is really disgusting, who knows why the original plane has such a big reputation in China?
The two siblings are completely self-created in the plot, basically borrowing from a theme, and there are a few good fight scenes, and the rest are all original plots.
Luo Shengnan is responsible for the domestic plot in the movie, and the filming location is mainly in Dunhuang.
What she wants to show in the movie is Baguazhang, which is her best kung fu, and she must fight gorgeously and beautifully throughout the whole process, as well as show light footsteps and dexterous dodging, and at the same time show the ruthlessness and deadly nature of Baguazhang.
So in addition to several fighting plots with one enemy, Luo Shengnan also arranged a chase scene for her main plot, and she wanted to show the parkour-style scenes of "Violent Block" when she escaped.
In addition, in the plot of the investigation, she also has to show skills similar to flying cornices and walls.
These parts must refer to the "parkour" elements that are still born at the moment, and in the future, this sport will be endorsed by Luo Shengnan.
Most of Luo Shengyang's plot is in Hong Kong, of course, the actual filming location is in Guangzhou.
He mainly shows Bajiquan in the movie, and he must show a fierce and aggressive style, and the most exciting part is naturally the long shot of Tonija in "Tom Yum Gong", which is indeed commendable, but he must fight faster, harder, and more aggressively than Tonyja.
The two even thought about it, in order to pursue the realism and excitement of the fighting effect, they had to transfer people from the Lanzhou Military Region during filming.
But there is no need to really transfer the Wolf Warrior, it would be a bit overkill, just bring in some scouts is enough.
The wolf warrior teams just established in the Lanzhou Military Region were selected from the outstanding scouts of each sub-military region, even the loser was an elite who could fight ten, and a dozen veterans were pulled over at will, plus the action guidance of the two brothers and sisters, it was enough to make the action scenes of this movie exceed the level of all similar Hong Kong movies in the 80s.
"Brother Lu, why don't you play a villain?"
Luo Shengyang arranged a super resistant big boss for his main line, originally he wanted to find Qin Jian to play it, but the latter resolutely disagreed to play this kind of villain.
He knew that Qin Jian didn't want to be defeated in the movie, and if the two of them really fought, it was estimated that Qin Jian would have a better chance of winning.
Wu Jie knew that this was not an "estimate", if Luo Shengyang really fought with Qin Jian at this stage, he would definitely be beaten.
Qin Jian is a five-star physical talent, and Luo Shengyang is a four-star talent.
At this stage, one of the two is a professional boxer who trains every day, and the other is an actor who mainly makes movies, and their combat effectiveness is not at the same level at all.
Unless he elevates Luo Shengyang to a five-star talent in the future, and then turns him into a professional mixed martial arts athlete, then the two will only fight each other.
"No problem, just let me play handsome and die chic."
Ruda doesn't care about playing the villain, he thinks it's quite interesting.
Wu Jie also thinks it's very interesting, Ruda's figure is put there, and the visual impact is probably no worse than Jabbar's cameo in "Game of Death".
"The villain of the plot on my side, I'm going to let Ji Chunhua play it."
Luo Shengnan chose Ji Chunhua to play the big boss in his plot, this has just made the people of the whole country gnash their teeth in "Shaolin Temple", and one of the most capable villains in Hong Kong in the future, is indeed very suitable for this role.
"You guys just arrange a role for Lin Yaodong, I think that Englishman's dog leg is very suitable!"
Wu Jie felt that Lin Yaodong should also play a role, and the Hong Kong gangster in the script of the two was an image of a Sven scum, and he was set to be a loyal lackey of the British.
He feels that there are too many such characters in Hong Kong, and he can just add more pen and ink to portray them.
For example, let him go in and out of high society, polite and polite, elegant conversation, fluent in English, the most important thing is that the tutor must be good, it must be the kind of person who can see how many levels higher than the rich in China can be seen by having a meal, of course, it will be more perfect to engage in real estate or something.