Xu Krypton sold it and said, "When everyone is ready, let's talk together." ”

Lu Bu asked, "Who else?" ”

Xu Krypton smiled and said, "Leslie." ”

If Zhang Guirong came over, wouldn't that be the script of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and this should also be hidden?

However, Lu Bu was not in a hurry for this moment.

took out his mobile phone and called Liu Liang and asked him to buy two bottles of red wine and some snacks.

Xu Krypton and Zhang Guirong both like to drink, and they can have a drink later, and they can only talk when they are slightly drunk.

Liu Liang was very efficient, and he delivered things in half an hour.

Zhang Guirong was not slow, and his hind feet also arrived, and said: "I knew that I would stay in a hotel, and it was a waste of time to run back and forth." ”

Yesterday, he watched Yuan Xiang and Liu Ye's drama "Amber" with him, and went home after supper.

Xu Krypton smiled apologetically and said, "I had a party last night, and I really can't get out of it, otherwise I can talk about it after watching the drama." ”

Zhang Guirong smiled: "Then you have to punish yourself with three cups." ”

Lu Bu happened to pour the wine and said, "Director Xu, please." ”

Xu Krypton was not polite, drank three glasses in a row, and said, "The wine is good." ”

It was used to entertain the two of them, and Lu Bu definitely couldn't let Liu Liang buy it back like normal, and of course it wouldn't be too expensive.

After Xu Krypton put down the wine glass, he took out two scripts from his briefcase, handed them over separately, and said, "The fourth part of "A Chinese Ghost Story". ”

Zhang Guirong held the script, with memories and emotion in his eyes, and said: "Unconsciously, time has passed, eighteen years have passed, and now in retrospect, this movie was still filmed by Director Xu." ”

These words aroused Lu Bu's curiosity and asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”

It turned out that in 1986, Xu Krypton invited Wu Yusen to join his studio, and then saw the script of "The True Color of Heroes", which was only a few pages, and his creative impulse was stimulated at that time, and he immediately began to adapt, but when it was ready to be filmed, no one was willing to invest, because he saw that there were no big-name actors involved.

Xu Krypton thought of Zhang Guirong, so he invited him to join, and told him that the actor is tailor-made for you, but he didn't expect it, because Zhou Yanfa's acting skills are outstanding and a lot of scenes have been added, due to the relationship between the length of the film, Zhang Guirong's scenes can only be deleted, and finally changed from the protagonist to a supporting role, he did not show his displeasure on the surface, but was actually very unhappy in his heart.

The following year, he completed the script of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Xu Krypton still used this reason to invite Zhang Guirong, he hung up the phone directly, Xu Krypton, who did not give up, sent invitations one after another, but he rejected them all, and the reason given was "I don't want to act in costume dramas", and how could this stump Xu Krypton, and called again and said, "Although this movie takes place in ancient times, it is a time-traveling drama, and there is no need to wear ancient costumes", Zhang Guirong, who heard this, happily entered the group, and only after arriving at the scene did he know that he was fooled by Xu Krypton again.

Xu Krypton raised his hand to cover his face, but he couldn't see what the expression was, he estimated that he was laughing, and after a while, he sighed lightly and said, "At that time, I couldn't help myself. ”

Zhang Guirong was already relieved, shook the script in his hand, and joked: "Look, I don't have a long memory at all, and I was fooled by you again." ”

Lu Bu smiled faintly and said, "Then I'm not also on the way?" ”

Talking about this further, Xu Krypton couldn't answer, and hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Let's hurry up and read the script, put forward any dissatisfaction, and improve it together." ”

When Lu Bu and Zhang Guirong heard this, they stopped talking and did the right thing first.

[——"A Chinese Ghost Story 4 Heavenly Way"

Version 1: Scholar Ning Caichen went to Beijing to take the exam, stayed overnight in Lanruo Temple, and met Nie Xiaoqian, who specializes in confusing men to absorb essence on behalf of his grandmother......

Version 2: The young Yan Chixia is determined to become a good demon slayer, and he chooses Montenegro as the starting point for his cultivation and dreams......

Version 3: Shili Pinghu remembers in a daze, the world is half a day, Nie Xiaoqian was originally the maid of the Heavenly Palace......]

As soon as he saw the synopsis of the story on the first page, Lu Bu couldn't help but say, "Director Xu, why are there three versions?" ”

Xu Krypton took a sip of red wine, crossed Erlang's legs, and slowly explained: "You also know that fifteen years have passed since the release of "A Chinese Ghost Story 3 Dao", and these three stories were thought of in these years. ”

In 1987, "A Chinese Ghost Story" won more than 18 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office upon its release, ranking 15th in the annual box office list of Hong Kong that year, and won the 24th Golden Horse Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction at the 7th Academy Awards, and Original Film Music.

The movie was applauded and acclaimed, and it also drove the Hong Kong film market to set off a wave of shooting costume fantasy martial arts films.

In 1990 and 1991, "A Chinese Ghost Story 2 The Way of the World" and "A Chinese Ghost Story 3 Ways" were launched consecutively, and although the word-of-mouth and box office declined compared with the first one, it is still a rare classic movie.

There is also an animated version of "Xiao Qian" in this series, which was released in 1997.

In addition, most of them are follow-up works, and there are even many large-scale tertiary films broadcast at midnight.

Xu Krypton sometimes thinks about whether to shoot the fourth part and how to shoot it.

After that, whenever there is inspiration, I will write it down.

After seeing Zhang Guirong get out of depression and Lu Bu, a rare young actor with good image, skills, and acting skills, he decided to restart the series, so he integrated the ideas accumulated over the years and compiled these three stories.

With an "oh" in unison, the two continued to look down.

The sun slowly approached the horizon, and the sunset shone into the room, reflecting a thick and deep flush.

"Knock knock......" There was a knock on the door.

Xu Krypton, who was napping on the sofa, woke up, rubbed his eyes, glanced at Lu Bu and Zhang Guirong, who were fascinated, and then got up to open the door.

"Director Xu." The person who came was Liu Liang, and said politely: "Sister Yu asked me to ask you to go to dinner." ”

Xu Krypton thought for a moment and said, "We won't be able to end it for a while, so you go and tell Xiao Yu to pack some meals for us and come back." ”

Liu nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Xu Krypton closed the door and went back to the room, poured a glass of red wine, drank two sips to relieve the difficulty, and saw Lu Bu and Zhang Guirong put down the script one after another, and then asked, "Finished reading?" ”

Lu Bu replied: "I have read all three stories. ”

Zhang Guirong followed: "After reading it all, I have to go tomorrow." ”

Xu Krypton couldn't wait to say, "How is it?" ”

Lu Bu looked at Zhang Guirong, after all, he had acted in two films, and he was more familiar, and said, "Brother, you can say it first." ”

Zhang Guirong was not verbose, and said: "Let me talk about version 1, first of all, the plot is too compact, as if the three "A Chinese Ghost Story" are condensed into one, there are more plots that contradict each other, and Ning Caichen's love for Nie Xiaoqian is not logical, and the relationship between the two is very far-fetched, like the sentence 'What is love at first sight, it's just a matter of seeing the color.'" ’”

"Secondly, the supporting roles in this version are portrayed relatively facially, and the two villains of the tree spirit grandma and the old demon of Montenegro are tool people, empty and different."

"If I had to choose, I wouldn't choose version 1."

was complained about, Xu Krypton did not get angry, but nodded frequently, agreeing with Zhang Guirong's words, and continued: "What about the other two versions? ”

Zhang Guirong said to Lu Bu: "Brother, talk about it." ”

Lu Bu "coughed" twice, cleared his throat, and said: "Director Xu, I hope you forgive me for not saying well, version 2, the three protagonists have made great changes, completely diluting the chaotic background of the first three, and it is more like a magical love story." ”

"In addition, in addition to modifying 'ghost love' to 'shemale love', the biggest change is the addition of Yan Chixia's role, to a certain extent, the importance and role of this role even surpass Ning Caichen, and rise to the position of the first protagonist, but the love tragedy between Nie Xiaoqian, Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen, this kind of 'love triangle' that is almost unique, is a bit bloody."

"Personally, I don't really like this kind of change, it's not interesting."

Xu Krypton frowned slightly.

It's not that what Lu Bu said is wrong, but it's too right.

In fact, when he wrote it, he was already aware.

The trilogy is adapted from Pu Songling's work "Liao Zhai" in Nie Xiaoqian's chapter, but the original story is not so romantic and touching, due to the ideological limitations of the author's era, it is more like a feudal story of "saving the female ghost who has lost her footing", "the female ghost successfully repays her mother-in-law", and "the female ghost gains human recognition by virtue of hard work and kindness".

In the adaptation, Xu Krypton extracted the love story of "The Love of Humans and Ghosts in Troubled Times", and added the main conflict of "weak mortals against powerful demons" to the original romantic love.

The beautiful and affectionate female ghost who can't control her fate, the honest and kind scholar, the chivalrous man who can't understand the amorous feelings, the Lanruo Temple with white bones, the troubled times of cannibalism, the epitome of the times Guobei County, and the human heart that is more terrible than ghosts...... These special characters and imagery run through these three works.

This also forms a unified spiritual core of "love is greater than life and greater than personal freedom".

And Xu Krypton's newly written version 1 and version 2 gave up the fundamentals of "A Chinese Ghost Story", without connotation and irony, and became a romance film with only male and female love.

"Whew......" Xu Krypton exhaled, took a sip of red wine, and sighed: "It's not okay to be old." ”

Classics are hard to surpass, this sentence is not just talking.

For example, the sequels of "New Shu Mountain Swordsman" and "Black Hero", after so many years of hard work, they still became "bad movies" in the end.

It's not that he doesn't want to shoot well, it's just that the "good" in his heart seems to be different from the "good" in the eyes of the audience.

"If I don't go to hell, who goes to hell" is his film philosophy.

And this kind of "who else can I be" energy, doing it right is a kind of courage, and doing it wrong is obsessive.

Seeing that he looked lonely, Lu Bu hurriedly said: "Director Xu, don't sigh in a hurry, isn't there a third story." ”

Zhang Guirong followed: "Yes, this version 3 is much better than the previous two versions." ”

The corners of Xu Krypton's mouth raised, and he smiled: "I won't tell you, this story is the one I am most satisfied with writing, and the three words 'The Way of Heaven' are given to it, reflecting the cruelty of the world with the ruthlessness of the way of heaven." ”

Lu Bu and Zhang Guirong exchanged glances, and then they both smiled.

It turns out that Xu Krypton is using the difference between the first two versions to set off the good of the third version.

What a means!

Xu Krypton was in a good mood and said: "Then let's shoot version 3, my tentative budget is 200 million Hong Kong dollars, do you think it is enough?" ”

Zhang Guirong almost didn't squirt out the red wine he had just drunk in his mouth.

The corners of Lu Bu's mouth twitched, and he said, "Director Xu, at this cost, I'm afraid I can shoot ten "A Chinese Ghost Story 1 Demon Dao". ”

Xu Krypton explained: "Today is different from the past, the salary, landscaping, and special effects are several times that of before. ”

He makes two great films: imagination and special effects.

Unbridled imagination and exploding screen special effects will present an extraordinary audio-visual feast.

However, the failures of "The Legend of Shushan" and "Black Man 2" show that these two magic weapons are useless to the current audience.

The cost of 200 million will take 600 million at the box office to pay back.

The current Chinese-language movies do not have this ability.

You must know that throughout last year, 212 movies were produced across the country, 20 blockbusters were imported, and the box office revenue just exceeded 1.5 billion.

To put it mildly, even if your movie is good-looking, as long as it costs more than 200 million, there is a high probability that it will be a loss.

Xu Krypton continued: "Your salary, Leslie's salary, plus Nie Xiaoqian's actor's salary, is almost 60 million, and the salary of actors in other roles is at least 10 million, which is 70 million." ”

After "Myth", Lu Bu took 20 million is not high, Zhang Guirong is not much to give 35 million, why should a popular actress also have 5 million.

followed by 4, 50 million special effects costs, 30 million landscaping, 10 million costumes, and some other expenses.

200 million is really not much.

And Lu Bu, as an actor, is to take money to act, how much the box office is, whether it is a profit or a loss, these have nothing to do with him.

At most, after becoming a bad movie, it was scolded by the audience for a few words, and it was labeled as box office poison again, but there is actually nothing to lose.

However, since you have made Xu Krypton as a friend, you can't just take care of making money for yourself and then watch him lose, right.

"Director Xu, my suggestion is that it is best to control the cost at about 100 million, and as for my salary, I can use dividends to offset it." Lu Bu said his thoughts, that is, to make money and earn together, and lose money together.

"I agree, from 2000 to the present, the big-investment movies, it seems that only "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero" and "Kung Fu" have been earned, and they are all domestic and overseas together, and our ghost films with local characteristics, the overseas income is basically negligible, so ......" Zhang Guirong glanced at Xu Krypton deeply, and the meaning was self-evident.

"I don't understand." Xu Krypton sighed again and again, but without money, many things can't be done with his hands, and at the same time, the two of them are willing to take risks together, which also moved him very much.

200 million is not unfunded.

[Lu Bu + Zhang Guirong + Xu Krypton + "A Chinese Ghost Story"] This combination, as long as the news is released, a lot of people will come to invest.

However, the ultimate goal of making movies is to make money, whether it is a director or an actor, if the investor's money is wasted again and again, the reputation will be affected to some extent.

I'm good, you're good, he's good, everyone's good is really good.

After Xu Krypton pondered for a long time, he said, "I'll go back and calculate it carefully and try to minimize the cost." ”

There is only so much that Lu Bu and Zhang Guirong can say and do.

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"What did you talk about with your brother and Director Xu last night? Talking so late? On the plane back to Yanjing, Yu Feihong asked Lu Bu.

"It's just to talk about the script and shooting plan of "A Chinese Ghost Story"." Lu Bu replied.

"How's the script?" Yu Feihong was quite curious.

"Not bad, 8." Version 3 has a certain surprise for Lu Bu, the kind he wants to shoot.

"Is Nie Xiaoqian's actor decided?" Yu Feihong asked again.

"Undecided." Lu Bu said, looking at her.

"I'll forget it." Yu Feihong was not interested in this role, and said: "If you can win it, give it to Xiao Yi or Yuan Yuan, the two of them are in line with Nie Xiaoqian's beautiful and gentle, fluttering fairy, and classical temperament that looks like a human and a ghost." ”

Lu Bu was happy in his heart, he was the candidate in his plan, waited for a few seconds, and said: "Why don't you give it to Xiao Wei, it just so happens that her one-year teaching period is over, and returning to the showbiz with such a role can be a good way to regain popularity." ”

Yu Feihong had long known that there was something between him and Zeng Yi and Hu Jing, so he didn't say anything, only said a soft "um".

After getting off the plane, because the itinerary was not exposed, I went smoothly from the airport to the parking lot, and then went home.

Lu Bu and Yu Feihong went to the big courtyard to pack their luggage, and rushed to Changsha non-stop.

He took over the job of the judge of "Super Girl" 8 into 6.

Yu Feihong went to investigate, ready to sign one or two contestants to make up for the singers of the Mengjiang Studio.

After the end of the first Supergirl, "Sweet and Sour is Me" and "Hello Zhou Jilun" were popular for a while, and this year is the second one, on the basis of last year's wave of civilian drafts, the fire burned even more.

Because there are not many singing programs today, there are large-scale evening party forms such as "Heart to Heart Art Troupe" and "The Same Song", as well as professional selections such as "Youth Song Competition", while the same type of "Galaxy Star Arena" has been weak.

Supergirl has just caught up with the popularity of computers and the Internet, and at the same time, the influence of print media and radio is still there, with overwhelming propaganda, gossip, photo posters, magazines and newspapers, music streaming...... Let the audience experience a full range of sensory stimulation.

The most special point is the format of the program, auditions, voting, PK, and almost all the people participate, which is incomparable to other programs, because it is unique.

There is also live broadcasting, the sense of participation in recording and broadcasting is not as strong as that of live broadcasting, and SMS voting and QQ voting are very crazy.

The program team wants to take advantage of Lu Bu's popularity to take Supergirl's ratings to a higher level.

Lu Bu also wants to rub off on the popularity of Supergirl and pull the box office for "Myth".

(End of chapter)