Chapter 20: Apologies

"When Uncle Cao called me, I happened to be comforting Nazha, the little girl didn't do anything, just because she acted in the company's play, she was made a yellow rumor..."

Shen Xudong sat down, and then said the reason why he took Nazha to the banquet together.

After all, this kind of private meeting is not very convenient to bring outsiders.

When Cao Huayi heard this, he immediately answered: "Indeed, this kind of behavior is too bad..."

Shen Xudong continued: "Nazha was taken by Chen Xi at the age of 16, and then signed a contract directly with the company, so..."

Wang Changtian got up and explained: "I want to apologize for this matter, but I neglected it..."

Before Shen Xudong could speak, Cao Huayi said: "With such a big company, it is difficult for us as bosses to come to the front line in person, and sometimes it is really difficult for us to know what the staff under us do..."

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "This kind of thing is normal, if you are a star, you will definitely be hacked... Mr. Wang doesn't have to apologize to me. ”

Cao Huayi answered: "I am, the year before last, "Parents' Love" started the adaptation work, Liu Jing personally served as the screenwriter, I found an editor for her, but the editor read the two scripts written by Liu Jing and directly asked her to rewrite it, saying something: "A good TV series, three minutes of small noise, five minutes of big noise, accidents continue, contradictions continue to escalate, so that the audience loves to watch, and the ratings are guaranteed..."

"And then?"

"Liu Jing came to me to complain, so I changed the editor and found Li Xiaoming..."

Li Xiaoming is a big screenwriter, "Desire", "BJ People in New York", "Addicted", "Sunrise in the East and Rain in the West", "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind", "Big Names", "The Wrong Car", "Rebel" and many other excellent film and television dramas are written by him.

"I've seen "Parents' Love"... It's a good work! ”

Cao Huayi waved his hand: "Let's not talk about this yet, Lao Wang..."

When Wang Changtian heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of Cao Huayi's words, turned around and bowed to Nazha: "I'm sorry, I'm not right this time..."

"It's okay... It's okay..."

Nazha was frightened, and waved her hands in various ways...

Shen Xudong also smiled: "Let her feel the cruelty of the industry in advance... Know the pain of being a star. ”

Wang Changtian didn't know how to answer this, and was about to speak, when Cao Huayi said: "Just say a word?" Don't you give some compensation? ”

Seeing that Wang Changtian was silent, Cao Huayi said again: "You told me that day that you got the filming rights of "The Four Famous Catches"..."

Shen Xudong answered: ""The Four Famous Catches"? Wen Rui'an's "Four Famous Catches"? ”

"Yes!"

Shen Xudong frowned: ""The Four Famous Catches" is not easy to change, I tried it before, but failed..."

"Have you tried?"

Shen Xudong nodded of course: "I am famous for martial arts, and I first came into contact with the screenwriting work of martial arts genre works, and I have tried to adapt Jin Gu Liangwen's works... After careful analysis, I came to the conclusion that Wen Rui'an's work is indeed difficult to change! ”

"How?"

"His story lacks a clear main line, for example, "The Four Famous Arrests", there will always be extremely bloody murders, the four famous arrests to solve the case, and the layers of traps are revealed... Moreover, there is usually only one fight scene, and the whole story is a continuous fight scene with no cause and effect.

From the perspective of the character's personality, one-sided extreme. The four famous catches are all extreme and violent in terms of personality traits... If it is filmed according to Wen Rui'an's original plot, without the support of Wen Rui'an's writing skills and extreme violence and happy artistic conception, it will be difficult for the audience to like it... Therefore, the film and television dramas of "The Four Famous Catches" are basically original stories... Who is responsible for this project? ”

Wang Changtian was stunned for a while before replying: "Director Chen Jiashang..."

"Then I guess it's a little hard..."

"Can you tell me?"

"Zhong Lifang, you all know, right?"

"Golden Harvest's Executive CEO?"

"Yes," Shen continued, "She often chats with some creators in Hong Kong and finds that they like to borrow elements from European and American films... They are all interested in superhero superpowers, and think that this is a magic weapon to attract audiences... Therefore, Chen Musheng did "City Alert", and Wang Jing did "Future Police"... I guess Chen Jiashang wants to play like this! ”

……

In fact, foreign superhero movies and domestic martial arts movies are similar in spiritual core.

Both emphasize the use of extraordinary force by heroes to punish evil and promote good, and resist the oppression of power.

The difference is only in the way of force expression, superheroes use all kinds of magical superpowers, and knights use traditional Chinese martial arts.

Different forms of expression and different visual perceptions are presented, and forcibly blending together will only be counterproductive!

Chinese magic movies were first concentrated in the field of martial arts films!

For example, "The Hero of the Storm" allows the audience to see the magical visual impact...

But the Chinese Kung Fu chapter focuses on freehand and ethereal, pavilions in the clouds and poetic landscapes...

Put on a layer of magical skin, how awkward to look!

So they set their sights on our gods and demons.

The "Journey to the West" series includes the "Fengshen" series...

Let's not talk about how awkward the theme of father-killing and growth in "Fengshen" is - losing the direction of life?

In Chinese culture, there is no premise that the national life goal is vague and lacks direction in the general sense!

Juche Confucian culture places special emphasis on responsibility, and what you do should contribute value to the land.

As a king, you must be virtuous, as a central official, you must devote yourself to the public, as a grassroots official, you must love the people like a son, as a peasant, you must cultivate the land well, as a scholar, you must actively contribute to the advice, as a businessman, you must make money and contribute to the national treasury.

If you don't do that, it's a cultural conceptual mistake, and it's going to be criticized.

At least in the context of Chinese culture, it is not true, and this is not true, which will directly lead to the whole story being not credible.

What is the plot of "Fengshen" like?

"Hamlet" - from the original confession of a thief as a father to the return of his ancestors to his ancestors, Shakespeare really fed the directors of the world.

Let's not mention this, let's just talk about costumes, props and boasted industrial special effects...

In fact, it is the Yin Shang version of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones", and many scenes are arranged, and the shadow of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Warcraft" has been seen...

It's not that it can't be adapted, after all, "Fengshen" itself is also made up by Blind Jiba, but you must at least conform to everyone's inherent impression of ancient Chinese legends and myths!

If this thing had been released a few years earlier, it would definitely have been a god, but it's a pity that it caught up with the aesthetic upgrade!

In fact, if you check the box office target of "Fengshen", you can see that his target is the global audience - 10 billion in the mainland and 15 billion in the world of the trilogy!

……

"So, you mean that you are not optimistic about "The Four Famous Catches"?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "Judging from the market feedback of "Embroidered Spring Knife" and "Sword Rain Jianghu", martial arts are gradually becoming niche, and adding other factors may be able to achieve greater gains..."

No matter how "The Four Famous Catches" is, it is also a big production, the ace series in the early stage of light, Nazha is a newcomer, and it is definitely not an ineffective performance to be able to take this kind of movie...

Speaking of this, he glanced at Nazha, who was bowing his head to eat: "Don't eat, thank you Mr. Wang, "The Four Famous Catches", big IP, high-quality resources!" ”

Nazha hurriedly raised her head, got up and picked up her wine glass: "Mr. Wang... Thank you! ”

Wang Changtian smiled: "I should want to thank you, you are now the hottest star, with you joining, saving hundreds of millions of publicity costs!" ”

Nazha drank it all, Shen Xudong asked her to sit down, and then chatted with Wang Changtian about the movie...

"Let's not talk about martial arts movies... I've always wanted to be a shiki type. ”

"Chikai?"

"Mainly based on the theme and story of strange powers..."

"It's hard, isn't it..."

It's really difficult, the most typical genre of weirdness in Hong Kong movies is a fantasy kung fu movie...

That is, all kinds of "zombies"...

"So, I wanted to combine animated characters... It's like "Roger Bunny"..."

(End of chapter)