Zheng Wentong went to Tangcheng Film and Television Base to visit Bai Xiaolu, although Zheng Wentong had seen her female general style in "The General is on Top", but Bai Xiaolu's appearance in silver armor still amazed him.

When Bai Xiaolu saw Zheng Wentong, he picked up his spear and played with a few spears, and his movements were decent. Bai Xiaolu smiled all over his face, "Husband, how are my actions?"

Zheng Wentong looked at Bai Xiaolu dotingly, "It seems that the martial arts movements designed by the martial arts teacher are not very difficult, but the spear is not used to play handsome, it must have a sense of power."

Ang Lee agrees with Zheng Wentong's idea, and in "The Legend of Mulan", Wu Zhi designed a gun and carriage for Mulan, played by Bai Xiaolu, to show Mulan's heroism and invincibility.

Zheng Wentong said to Ang Lee: "There is a fierce general in "The Biography of Yue Quan", who is highly favored, saying that he is the first fierce general under the Yue family, and many dramas have the famous segment "Pick a Luge" to reflect his deeds."

"This highly favored marksmanship comes from the family tradition, and the ancestor came from the first gun Gao Siji of the five generations and ten countries. This high pet overturned eleven iron pulleys in a row, but its mount was overwhelmed, and finally vomited blood and lay down, and finally Gao Pet was crushed by the twelfth iron pulley and died. I believe that Mr. Wu Zhi's design inspiration for Mulan's gun and carriage should come from this, right?" Zheng Wentong continued.

Ang Lee was secretly surprised, "Wen Tong is really well-read and has a strong memory, have you ever seen Peking Opera before?"

Cheng said, "I don't watch Peking Opera much, but my father and grandmother like to watch opera, and Xiaolu's mother also likes to watch Kunqu Opera. Our hometown is also the birthplace of Huangmei Opera, and if there are elderly people in the village who have a birthday, they like to invite the troupe to come and sing operas, so they know a little bit about opera."

The martial arts instructor of "The Legend of Mulan" is Kou Zhanwen, who is a brother with Jet Li and Wu Jing, and is also the Chinese martial arts instructor of the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee. Kou Zhanwen and Wu Jing have a good personal relationship, so this time Ang Lee invited Kou Zhanwen to come over and serve as the action director of "The Legend of Mulan".

Kou Zhanwen was born in the Yanjing martial arts team like Jet Li and Wu Jing, but unlike Jet Li and Wu Jing, Kou Zhanwen did not win the title of martial arts champion, so his reputation in the entertainment industry is not obvious. His most outstanding work is to play the role of Er Niu in "Spring Splendid Pig Bajie", that is, the reincarnation of Hou Yi, when Chang'e played by Chen Hong was still a beautiful woman with all kinds of charms.

Kou Zhanwen said to Zheng Wentong: "Zheng Dong is right, the inspiration for our design of this action came from "The Legend of Yue Quan". In today's martial arts action movies, many martial arts actions are flashy, and the martial arts actions are soft and fake, so that the audience has no desire to watch them.

"When director Ang Lee was filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the Jade Jiaolong played by Zhang Ziyi still had some high-altitude fight scenes, and when it came to falling from a height, there would be a tightrope unloading, so that it would not be as painful as a fall on the ground."

"In the past, when martial arts actors were filming movies, there were scenes of falling from the second and third floors in the camera, and the actors were desperately working hard and falling, and they were almost half dead when they landed. As a result, when the movie was released, there were few audiences, and they didn't know what the puzzle was."

"It's like today's young actors, casually comparing to the camera a few times, moving their mouths, and tens of millions of dollars will arrive, it's really more human than human, and it's infuriating." Kou Zhanwen said.

"Kou Zhi, you are Brother Jing's senior brother, from Brother Jing, Xiaolu and I have to call you Brother Zhanwen." Zheng Wentong said.

Kou Zhanwen waved his hand again and again, "Zheng Dong, you are the big boss of the film and television company, Wu Jing is also a big director with a box office of billions now, you call me Brother Zhanwen will make me lose my life, you still call me Kou Zhi." After more than ten years, it is an honor for me to work with director Ang Lee again."

Bai Xiaolu saw that her husband Corporal Lixian's style was not working, so she covered her mouth and smiled secretly. Zheng Wentong made a blank face and asked Bai Xiaolu rhetorically, "Bai Mengyan, when I was chatting with Kou Zhi just now, were you distracted and didn't pay attention to listening. What have you been studying in your dreams during the day?"

Bai Xiaolu was angry, she thought to herself that it was on the set now, and she still had to give face to Zheng Wentong, the chief producer, and obediently admit her mistake, "I'm sorry, I was distracted just now, Zheng Producer, please repeat it again."

After Zheng Wentong teased Bai Xiaolu, he immediately softened when he saw Bai Xiaolu, knowing that Bai Xiaolu would find a place in other aspects after filming today's scene, but he deliberately didn't

Pick up the white fawn's words.

Kou Zhanwen thought that Bai Xiaolu really didn't hear it, so he kindly repeated, "Since it is a gun picking a carriage, then naturally it can't be a red tassel gun, because the material of the red tassel gun is ash wood, even if Mulan is brave and invincible, as long as she picks the carriage with a spear, the spear will inevitably break."

"Then we can prepare a steel spear for Mulan in the movie, so that it makes more sense to use the spear to pick up the carriage." Zheng Wentong said.

Bai Xiaolu asked her question, "Was there steel in the Northern Wei Dynasty?" Why not design it as an iron spear?"

"According to the copper grid iron sword excavated by archaeologists in the tombs of Yangjiashan in Xingcheng City in the late Spring and Autumn Period, through metallographic testing, this iron sword is actually made of steel, which proves that there were steel objects in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it is reasonable that Mulan's spear contains steel." Zheng Wentong said.

"And the original text of "Mulan Ci" does not indicate Mulan's usual weapon, the east market buys horses, the west market buys saddle sheaths, and Mulan's spear is actually an ancestral thing given to her by Hua's father. Maybe there is no shortage of fierce generals among the ancestors of the Hua family, but Father Hua has not inherited the courage of the ancestors, so he has never used this steel spear." Zheng Wentong added.

Bai Xiaolu understood now, "No wonder when Kou pointed out the action of designing the spear for me, he kept asking me to drag the spear instead of carrying it, after all, the steel spear is very heavy, and you can't carry it all the time."

Zheng Wentong said to Bai Xiaolu: "Film is artistic reprocessing, but no matter how it is processed, it cannot be completely detached from historical facts. We're making biographical films, not mythological films."

"In recent years, there has been a very bad sign in the film and television industry, called historical nihilism, which is eager to overturn the case for some specific events or historical figures. Some young people do not have a good education in history and culture, and after watching these works, they may think that this person is the person who is portrayed in film and television dramas." Zheng Wentong said.

Ang Lee is not good at discussing things in the mainland film and television industry, and Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards have invited Ang Lee to serve as the chairman of the executive committee of the 2018 Golden Horse Awards. Xi, Ang Lee also invited Bai Xiaolu and Zheng Wentong to attend next year's Golden Horse Awards ceremony, and Gong Li will serve as the jury of next year's Golden Horse Awards. Host. Mat.

Zheng Wentong estimated the time, if "The Legend of Mulan" completes the filming task before May next year, then "The Legend of Mulan" can also participate in next year's Golden Horse Awards, but Ang Lee is the head of the executive committee. Xi, if Bai Xiaolu relies on "The Legend of Mulan" to win the award, Bai Xiaolu may still be questioned at that time.

Moreover, the credibility of the Golden Horse Awards has long been much worse than before, and after mainland filmmakers and Hong Kong Island filmmakers join forces to boycott the Golden Horse Awards next year, the Golden Horse Awards will become a self-esteem award for Taiwanese filmmakers. It doesn't matter whether Zheng Wentong and Bai Xiaolu go next year or not.

After Zheng Wentong discussed the movie with Ang Lee and Kou Zhanwen, Zheng Wentong discussed the plot of "The Legend of Mulan" with screenwriter Qi Jun.

Ang Lee noticed Zheng Wentong's actions and asked executive producer Li Ligong, "In the previous movies or TV series produced by Pony Galloping, will you Zheng Dong participate in the setting of the script?"

Li Ligong knows that many well-known directors in Hollywood are relatively strong and do not like producers to interfere in the production process of the film, so I don't know if Zheng Wentong's move angered Ang Lee. Now that "The Legend of Mulan" has begun production, if the director is temporarily replaced, it will undoubtedly be a major loss for Pony Galloping, and it may affect Pony Galloping's stock price at that time.

Ang Lee immediately saw Li Ligong's concerns, "You don't have to worry, Zheng Dong did not interfere with my filming process, so far, my cooperation with Zheng Dong is quite pleasant."

"Before I worked with Pony Gallop, I had heard a lot of rumors about Zheng Dong. Everyone said that Zheng Dong prefers to participate in the design of the script. Whether it is the movie "Wolf Warrior", or the TV series "Ode to Joy" or "Ordinary Glory", Zheng Dong has participated in the screenwriting work, so I want to ask, is this Zheng Dong's personal hobby?" Ang Lee asked.

Li Ligong replied cautiously, "We produce a lot of movies and TV series every year, and Zheng Dong will not participate in the screenwriting of every film and television drama. However, as long as it is a film and television drama in which Xiaolu participates, Zheng Dong himself will definitely check the script."

Li An smiled kindly, "I can't see that although Zheng Dong is young, he is a long-term relationship

people. However, when it comes to his wife's acting career, it is normal for Zheng Dong to be cautious."

Zheng Wentong didn't know about this episode, this year, there are many artists in Pony Galloping and White Deer Studios who are going to star in movies. After he returns to Puhai from Nanjun City, he will take Zhang Ruonan to see director Luoluo, and Zheng Wentong will recommend Zhang Ruonan to star in the movie "Sadness Flows into a River" directed by Luoluo.

The movie "I Am Not the God of Medicine" prepared by Wen Muye has also begun to set up a project, Zheng Wentong has sent an invitation to Yang Mi, inviting her to play the heroine Liu Sihui in the film, and Yang Mi has received the script given to her by Pony Galloping.

After Yang Mi saw that the heroine had a dancing scene in the film, she hesitated. Zheng Wentong's words dispelled her concerns.

"Yang Mi, if you have watched this year's Wolf Warrior 2, you will know the role of Huang Sicong, I originally reserved it for Principal Wang. Because Principal Wang couldn't go abroad to shoot, I later handed over this role to Huang Zitao, and of course Zitao's performance was still remarkable."

"I can't guarantee anything else, but I can guarantee that the box office of this film will not be less than a billion. You also know Brother Bo's box office appeal, with good actors and good scripts, there is no reason why the box office can't be a big hit. Think about it for a few days, after all, the time is not lost." Zheng Wentong said.