China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 559 "Sword Rain" is finished, setting a new record

The story of the movie "Sword Rain" is not complicated.

Of course, it is not enough to use "a bloody case caused by Jiebao" to generalize, although such a generalization is not wrong.

Compared with orthodox martial arts, this movie has a bit more fantasy and fantasy, but to the point, it is more of an introduction and setting, and it won't steal the show.

It is said that 500 years ago, after an eminent monk Rama sat down, his body was divided into two halves.

There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that whoever can get together the Yitian Tulong...cough cough, get together the body of Rama, can obtain the peerless magic and dominate the martial arts world.

The killer organization Black Stone is the most active, for this reason they even did not hesitate to attack and kill the retired important ministers of the current dynasty, destroying their entire family, and this is the home of the hero.

Compared with the original version, here is a little modification. The original version may highlight the awesomeness of Heishi, but when the head of the court is wiped out, the court will have to destroy Heishi if it is not dead, so it is changed to a retired important minister. .

The boss of Heishi is called the King of the Wheel, and he is mysterious and majestic, but he is actually a low-level old eunuch in the palace.

However, although this old eunuch is not very eye-catching, he supervises the letters in the palace. He is also a major source of information for Black Stone, and it is also convenient for the King of the Wheel to hide his identity.

Under the King of the Wheel, Black Stone has three major killers, one is Lei Bin, who is good at flying needles, and the other is a magician, who is both excellent in tricks and martial arts, and is unpredictable.

The other one is Xiaoyu, who has superb swordsmanship, and is the apprentice and most powerful helper of King Zhuanlun.

Heishi wiped out the male protagonist's entire family, Xiaoyu killed the male protagonist's father himself, the male protagonist escaped from the sword, changed his face and was reborn, and ran errands in the market as a postman, preparing to take revenge slowly.

The heroine who snatched the corpse met the eminent monk Lu Zhu on the road, and was finally influenced by him, and planned to retire from the world, but also changed her face and was reborn as a cloth seller in the capital market.

The former enemies met again, but they came together for various reasons, and an ancient version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith was staged.

In the movie, Xiao Yu never knew the true identity of the hero at the beginning, but the hero broke up with the heroine later, saying that he had a purpose long ago.

But in fact, if he really knew that he was killing his father and enemy, the hero would have done it long ago, let alone fall in love with the heroine.

After that, even if he had doubts, he didn't guess in Xiaoyu's direction, he only thought that he and himself were anonymous quacks, and it wasn't until Heishi came to the door that he figured out the situation.

In the following plot, the couple leaked their identities for some reason, and Heishi came to the door. After a tangled fight, Heishi was destroyed, and the couple left seriously injured.

The plot structure of Fanxing's version of "Sword Rain" is actually not much different from the original version, the difference is that some supporting roles have been weakened.

In fact, it can be seen from the original plot that the screenwriter intends to create a group of people in the world, and there are a lot of descriptions for several supporting roles such as Lei Bin and Cai Xishi.

But in this way, it is easy to make the whole movie look scattered, and it will crowd out the protagonist's role.

The distance between many directors and famous directors is not actually shooting skills and plot arrangements, but knowing how to choose and cut the material into a 90-minute good-looking and smooth story, which is a special skill.

Regardless of foreign countries, in China where the director-centered system exists, a good editor does not necessarily mean a good director, but a good director must know how to edit.

Some extreme directors even said that the film should be cut in three points and cut in seven points. Although this statement is biased, it also shows the importance of editing.

The original version of "Sword Rain" suffered from poor plot arrangement and editing, and the director was too greedy, so the film structure seemed scattered and procrastinated. Coupled with the cast and schedule, it failed in the end.

So Cao Xuan wanted to shoot "Sword Rain", but he didn't overthrow too many plots of the script, he just cut some supporting roles and non-essential plots, concentrated on the main characters and the main line, and controlled the rhythm.

If these three points can be done well, I dare not say that the quality of the movie has doubled, but the viewability will definitely be greatly improved.

night play, indoor

Zeng Li was lying on the bed with a pale face, and outside the door were the murderous Black Stones.An Zhijie and Fan Xiaopang, who played the roles of the two killers, looked at Cao Xuan playfully or coquettishly.

Cao Xuan's eyes were flat, he ignored all the killers, took out an embroidered sword from the ground, and sharpened it with a newly bought whetstone, and teased An Zhijie leisurely.

The two didn't take him seriously, finally An Junjie couldn't bear it anymore and threw a flying needle, Cao Xuan drew his sword to block it, and then started killing.

Some people say that Ah Sheng's sharpening the knife is the most "jianghu" part of the movie "Sword Rain".

The depression in front of the male protagonist was swept away, and there was still a bit of a taste of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, forcibly slapping the face. The strong contrast effect made the originally thin and mysterious male protagonist stand up immediately.

Of course, the most important thing is to play well.

The action director of the original version of "Sword Rain" is called Dong Wei, and his qualifications are extremely old. At that time, there were not many wonderful works that could be produced. The action scenes of "Painted Skin" and "Mo Gong" were not the main selling points. The most worth mentioning is Li Lianjie's "King of Killers".

On the contrary, "Sword Rain" opened up his name, the play is elegant and chic, full of beauty, a bit like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Fanxing's action guide has also been honed in the past few years, and his performance is not inferior to those veterans of Yuan Jiabao and Cheng Jiaban.

However, the action style is relatively cold and tough. The most representative "Taken" series is called a swift and neat one. The previous star-studded martial arts masterpiece "Embroidered Spring Knife" series also has a realistic style of hard bridge and hard horse.

In order to retain the selling point of the original version, Cao Xuan specially recruited Dong Wei and Zhang Lei, another star action director, to co-direct "Sword Rain". The style requires a smooth, delicate, graceful and elegant style.

It can be said that "Sword Rain" is an atypical star-studded action movie. It is not just a change of action director, but for Cao Xuan, it is also necessary to modify and adapt to the new action style.

However, Boss Cao is also an old actor, and the fight scenes he has filmed are not inferior to many professional action stars. Although there are some twists and turns, it is not a difficult task.

Compared with him, Fan Xiaopang's far-off filming scene with a relatively poor foundation is the slowest progress in the group.

This climactic scene took two days to set up moves, and four days to actually shoot. In addition to the small room, it was difficult to perform well, and Fan Xiaopang himself made a lot of mistakes.

But this is within the range of tolerance. After all, Fan Xiaopang has also filmed fight scenes before, but he must be quite different from veterans like Cao Xuan and An Zhijie. Compared with ordinary artists, his performance is also considered good.

Although Cao Xuan is the male lead, there are really not many fighting scenes in the whole play. This scene is the biggest climax, and there are not many scenes after that.

If there are no dramas and only literary dramas, the progress must be much faster. Even if there is no deliberate priority to shoot, two months is enough for Cao Xuan to finish.

If possible, Boss Cao would like to spend more time with Zeng Li. After all, he made this movie to make Nishinomiya happy.

However, the second part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" will be released soon. Last year, Cao Xuan didn't participate in the publicity.

Anyway, the couple spend a lot of time seeing each other, and now their desire to film together has been fulfilled, so there is no need to be tired of it all the time.

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After leaving the crew of "Sword Rain", Cao Xuan devoted himself to the promotion of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff".

The film is expected to be released in mainland China on August 8, and in Japan and South Korea on August 8. Cao Xuan is in China in the early stage, and will rush to Japan for two weeks to promote.

Leaving aside the Japanese opponents, because of the popularity of the first part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" and the reputation of the king of the summer vacation in China, there are basically few strong opponents in this year's summer vacation, and most of the qualified movies have long been bypassed.

The Hollywood blockbuster "Transformers 2" is also released at the end of June, "just in time" and "Three Kingdoms: Chibi" are staggered.

Looking at the entire summer schedule in the mainland, the only rival of "Three Kingdoms: Chibi" is "Certificate of Fame", which was released at the end of July.

For director Chen Kexin, if the left hand hits the right hand, whoever wins, he will not be invincible.

But for Xingmei and Li Lianjie, the desire to win is relatively strong.

The former "Jinling, Jinling" just had a wave of planting, and even gave up Lu Tailang, a key cultivation object, and suffered a lot.

Although Lu Tailang was the first responsible person, if Boss Qin didn't have any opinion of Fan Xing and Cao Xuan, it would be too kind of him.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing one's parents.

The failure of "Jinling, Jinling" was due to Cao Xuan's contribution. Boss Qin privately reckoned that he often greeted him, and hated him madly.

And the current "Certificate of Voting" is a key project of Xingmei, and when Cao Xuan met again, Boss Tan must have something in his heart.

Li Lianjie's idea is simpler. In the past few years, Cao Xuan has been so bullish in China, and when he almost didn't lose in the box office war, he even made it to Hollywood.

Cheng Long and Li Lianjie have become outdated veterans in the outside world, and Cao Xuan, who is in full swing, is the leader of Chinese-language movies.

Li Lianjie, who prided himself on his qualifications and achievements, must have some dissatisfaction in his heart.

Lian Po is old, can he still eat?
He wants to prove that even though he is old, he is not a master who can be manipulated by others.

Apart from him, Liu Tianwang also had some similar ideas. Of course, he knew that he was comparable to Cao Xuan, but with Li Lianjie it was hard to say.

This is also where Boss Tan and the others in "Certificate of Fame" have the confidence. Li Lianjie + Liu Tianwang + Jin Chengwu + Xu Talented Girl, the lineup is definitely luxurious enough, especially the first two, their gimmicks are not inferior to the previous "King of Kung Fu" too much.

Coupled with the director of the famous director Chen Kexin and the support of many backbones, even if "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" has accumulated from previous works, they still believe that they have the strength to fight.

Not only them, but also outside media fans also see it this way.

Although they are more optimistic about "Three Kingdoms: Chibi", the advantages of "Tou Ming Certificate" are here, and it is difficult for people to ignore it.

Don't look at many people clamoring that Li Lianjie has passed away, but as of 2009, Lianjie and Cheng Long are still one of the biggest + best-selling Chinese superstars.

And in order to defeat "Three Kingdoms: Chibi", the crew of "Certificate of Fame" also spent a lot of money, not to mention the promotional expenses, and several leading actors also worked hard.

Li Lianjie was interviewed by many programs, and even made an exception to participate in entertainment programs, appearing as a heavy guest on "Everyday Upward".

Liu Tianwang is even more powerful, even disregarding Tianwang's arrangement, and Xu Cainv parachuted into the "Super Girl" competition to serve as a judge, in order to promote the "Certificate of Voting".

You know, even in the finals of "Tomorrow's Star" that year, it was Cao Xuan himself who pulled Wang Fei, Cheng Long and others to appear together, and Liu Tianwang's company was not considered a loss.

Compared with "Star of Tomorrow", the guest content of "Super Girl" is obviously behind by several levels.

Ai Dajin, Dong Lu, Wu Qixian, Shunzi and others, although they have achieved their own achievements, they are obviously inferior to Cao Xuan and others, and their influence and popularity are even more incomparable.

Liu Tianwang was able to go to "Super Girl" this time, so it would not be embarrassing, but it still exceeded many people's expectations, which also shows the pressure "Three Kingdoms·Chibi" put on him.

Unlike "Star of Tomorrow", which has Cao Xuan's huge network and superstars appearing frequently, Liu Tianwang can be regarded as the biggest star in "Super Girl", which really surprised the program crew and hyped it up.

Although "Super Girl" is not as good as every year, its influence is far inferior to "The Voice of China" at the beginning of the year.

But after all the accumulation of several years here, the lower limit is still very high. In the absence of other popular variety shows, it can be regarded as the hottest show this summer, otherwise Liu Tianwang would not condescend to participate.

Also because of Liu Tianwang, Cao Xuan took a special look at this show,
To be honest, compared to the previous sessions, there were not many people who knew and had impressions. There was only one Yu Kewei who had been plucked by him, and the other was Zeng Yike, who was extremely controversial.

I don't know if Li Yuchun in the first season has tasted the sweetness. The "Super Girl" program group and the audience consciously favor some neutral styles.

Since the second season, there have been related neutral players in each session, and the results were so good that it caused backlash. A large number of viewers supported normal style players to protest.

And during this period, Zeng Yike, who was called Brother Zeng by many people, naturally bore the brunt of it, and was disgusted by many people.

However, her biggest controversy is not her gender-neutral dress, but her poor singing skills and her unique sheep sound, which has even become a buzzword, which makes many people hate it.

But then again, although her singing skills are terrible, Zeng Yike has a good creative ability, which is why she was able to kill to the end.

Some people think that her singing skills are not as good as those of elementary school students, and she is not capable of being a singer at all. It is a shame to let her advance.

There are also people who think that Zeng Yike's musical talent is very high, his singing skills are bad but can be practiced, and his creative ability is extremely rare, so he should be tolerated.

Not only the audience, but even the judges were extremely divided, because she quarreled and even slapped the table and spat at each other.

Of course, it is not ruled out that this is a script.

But no matter what, Zeng Yike's controversy made her the most out-of-the-box contestant in this year's "Super Girl", and even in terms of influence alone, she was second only to Li Yuchun in the first season.

As far as Cao Xuan is concerned, he still agrees with Zeng Yike's creative talent.

Its masterpiece "Leo", people who don't like it can't listen to it at all, but those who like it think it is good and unique, and Cao Xuan is the latter.

But what he likes is the version after tuning, the live singing in the competition is really too bad, it's unbearable to listen to.

If he was a judge, from a competitive point of view, he would not give her high marks...

Liu Tianwang and Cao Xuan had the same idea, and gave sympathy points, but did not give high points. On the contrary, it was Xu Cai, who praised her talent, and then gave great support, and then helped the other party to advance.

The actions of the two afterwards caused controversy, but there is no doubt that the purpose of the propaganda was achieved.

At the end of July, "Voting Certificate" was released two years later than the original time and space. On the first day, it won 7 million box office, and the momentum is strong.

The subsequent performance was not too bad, with an average box office of more than 2000 million per day, successfully breaking through [-] million within five days.

Boss Tan was so happy that the snot bubbles almost came out.

To be honest, the quality of "Voting Certificate" is not bad. The disadvantage is that the style is depressing and not pleasing, and the box office performance of the original version is not bad.

Considering the cost, this movie definitely lost money, but the name came out.

Again, it doesn’t matter that a movie loses money in many cases, there are ways to earn it back elsewhere.

Of course, you can't lose too much, otherwise the outsiders are not fools, and it will also be a big test for the company's capital.

"Certificate of Fame" is a clear example. It didn't pay much, and it was very famous. Later, Xingmei went public, and this movie is still an important resume.

Compared with the original time and space, the theater market in 2009 was more prosperous than in 2007, and the box office market base was larger. Coupled with publicity and hype, "Voice of Names" produced better results than the original version.

But this is not all good. For example, when we move to 2009, we will encounter the lower part of "Three Kingdoms: Chibi".

So even if "Certificate of Voting" made a box office hit of 1.35 million in the first week, the outside world is cautiously waiting and watching.

Some film critics even directly stated that it is a victory to survive "Three Kingdoms: Chibi", but if it cannot survive, life in "Certificate of Fame" will be difficult.

With much attention, the second part of "Three Kingdoms: Chibi" will be released on August 8.

Several main creators of the crew of "Certificate of Fame" also secretly booked a place, ready to inquire about the enemy's situation.

Li Lianjie and Liu Tianwang looked dignified, Xu Cainv was ambitious, only Jincheng Wulue didn't care.

Needless to say, the first two men wrestled with Cao Xuan wholeheartedly.

Talented Xu's development has been mediocre in the past two years, she lost her title of blog queen, and she was deprived of the luck of the four major actresses, so she couldn't be bundled for marketing.

It is said that she is a popular big flower, but in fact, although she is not too old now, she has long been separated by the four-dan double soldiers. Now the only one who can show her is the identity of a female director.

But this identity is not worth much, and it is a bit of a gimmick to be serious, and it is worth money, that's all.

In fact, if talented Xu is down-to-earth to be her own director, it may not be a way. After all, actresses have a short shelf life, but directors can work for a lifetime, and they can also have a detached status.

But she is also reluctant to bear the star halo, she comes to act from time to time, competing for resources with all the big flowers and small flowers, but her development is not satisfactory, so she will inevitably be ridiculed.

Xu Cainv was considered to be the first few of those big flowers who were popular at the beginning.

When she became popular with "Carrying Love Through to the End", except for a certain Zhao, everyone else was "nobody". They are all in the stage of climbing and rolling.

However, times have changed now, and if one of these people is randomly selected in the past few years, her fame and achievements will overwhelm her. It would be strange if talented Xu had no idea.

In fact, the heroine of "Voting Name Certificate" originally decided to be Gao Yuanyuan who hooked up with Xingmei at the time, but was robbed for some reason.

For this reason, the cooperation between Xingmei and Gao Yuanyuan almost fell through. Boss Qin took a long time and used several resources to stabilize him.

And Xu Cainv also regards "Voting Certificate" as her capital to turn around. The box office in the first week exceeded [-] million, which made her very happy.

Even what she wanted to say at the beginning was to catch up with "Painted Skin", but she felt that it was too difficult, so she didn't say anything.

Compared with the above-mentioned three people with different goals, Jincheng Wucai could not compete with Cao Xuan, nor did he have any grievances and enmities with the big flowers. Naturally, he is not very active. Of course, he himself also hopes that the "Certificate of Voting" will be successful.

After all, the higher the movie box office, the greater the fame and influence he will gain, and the higher his future salary will be.

At the beginning of the movie, the book continues the first part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff", where Sun Liu's allied army and Cao Jun fought first and won.

However, the combat effectiveness of Cao Jun's water army still exceeded Zhou Yu's expectations. He began to plan to get rid of Cao Ying's water army general.

On the other hand, due to the shortage of bows and arrows, but also out of temptation, the copy of Zhuge Liang's grass boat borrowing arrows was opened.

The plot is very coherent, and the most important thing is the planning purpose of all parties. It is very clear with various narrative techniques, which greatly facilitates the audience's understanding.

Don't underestimate this point. Many audiences don't understand some ancient costume history, especially charades, and because the movie is short, sometimes there is no time to think about it, so some plots are swallowed whole.

If you can speak clearly and clearly without being verbose, it can enhance the audience's viewing experience.

The rhythm of the movie is very clear. Putting aside some temptations from the two camps, Cao Chuan borrowed arrows to solve the shortage of bows and arrows. Then Jiang Gan stole the book and counter-measured to get Cao Ying's navy general, causing Cao Jun to suffer.

After that, it is to discuss the strategy of the decisive battle, determine the fire attack and implement the bitter plan to gain Cao Cao's trust.

When Zhuge Liang knew the sky, Zhou Yu knew about Jiang Dongfeng's land advantage, and the two deduced the time when Dongfeng appeared, and the final decisive battle began.

There is no need for Sun Shangxiang to play football disguised as a woman, and there is no need for Xiao Qiao to enter the Cao camp to argue with Cao Cao or plan a military campaign. There is no need to let women take risks.

The collision of intelligence and strategy between heroes is a wonderful thing that you can't take your eyes off even if you know the plot.

As for the final decisive battle, hundreds of millions were spent in filming, and the scenes are extremely grand, with fire, fighting, charging, and escaping, which is not inferior to those Hollywood super war blockbusters.

Sitting in front of the screen in the movie theater, Liu Tianwang and the others felt the shock and even confusion.

Is this a shot that can be shot in a domestic film?
What followed was tremendous pressure. If the literary and opera of the two films could still compete, then the scene of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" completely crushed "Certificate of Names".

Compared with the long-haired army that they are proud of and the final Chibi War, the gap is like the gold content of the two historical events.

A decisive battle that affected the general trend of the world VS A battalion of Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers defeated a group of peasant rebels
There is really no comparison, and it also made them understand why Chen Kexin had a calm expression when filming this scene, and his feelings have long been seen in the world.

"Troublesome..."

Li Lianjie uttered a word, but the other three did not speak, but the expressions on their faces obviously thought the same as him.

There are completely two levels of scenes and dramas, and the literary dramas are even worse. What's more, "Three Kingdoms: Chibi" also has the super IP bonus of the Three Kingdoms, which makes them how to compete.

The four of them returned to the hotel in silence, without a solid night's sleep, and the next day they learned the box office data for the first day of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff"——

3469 million!
Cao Xuan once again breaks the first-day box office record for Chinese-language movies!
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