Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1338
"The Legend of Condor Heroes" is the second part of Jin Yong's Condor Shooting trilogy series.

It was serialized in "Ming Pao" from 1959 to 1961. There are [-] chapters in the whole book. It is a very classic novel in the eyes of book fans.

The first version of Yang Guo was played by Xie Xian, and the actress who played the role of Little Dragon Girl in this play is named Nan Hong, who is the wife of Shaw director Chu Yuan.

In 1982, Shaw Brothers brought "The Legend of Condor Heroes" to the big screen, a film co-produced by Zhang Cheh and Ni Kuang.

This drama is more like a prequel to "The Legend of Condor Heroes", which tells about Yang Guo's childhood, and even the little dragon girl did not appear.

Shaw Brothers originally planned to make a sequel, but unfortunately the leading actor Fu Sheng passed away in a car accident the following year, which led to the sequel of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" ending without a problem.

In Lin Daoqiu's time, there were two TV series "The Legend of Condor Heroes" that were regarded as classics by movie fans, and both were filmed by TVB.

One is the 83 edition of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" co-produced by Andy Lau and Chen Yulian.

The other one is the 95 version starring Louis Koo and Li Ruotong.

When it comes to influence, the 95 edition of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" is obviously even more impressive.

After all, the two dramas are separated by 12 years, and the production level of TV dramas has improved by leaps and bounds.

"At first I was worried that Mr. Jin might refuse to let us remake "The Legend of Condor Heroes", but this time he did not object."

Huang Xizhao went to Ming Pao to find Jin Yong for the copyright of "The Legend of Condor Heroes".

Originally, he was ready for a protracted battle, but he didn't expect to mention it to the other party after seeing Jin Yong, and Jin Yong agreed without much hesitation.

After all, unlike "Swordsman", the difficulty of changing "The Legend of Condor Heroes" is not ordinary.

If Lin Daoqiu still intends to make random changes this time, Jin Yong may not consider cooperating with Dongfang TV in the future.

"This time it's interesting. "The Legend of Condor Heroes" vs. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Jin Yong vs. Jin Yong, but the final winner is still Jin Lao. He is naturally optimistic about his success."

Just as Lin Daoqiu was talking, Huang Xizhao suddenly showed a hesitant expression on his face.

Lin Daoqiu quickly noticed Huang Xizhao's abnormality, and he looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"If Mr. Lin has not forgotten, to adapt Mr. Jin's novel into a TV series, the first thing is that the casting of the protagonist must be approved by his old man."

Although this is not a hard and fast standard, TVB has always done it this way, and previously held a audition for the casting of Huang Rong.

In the end, it was Weng Meiling who showed a face in front of Jin Yong and made the other party appreciate it. Only then could the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" start smoothly.

This time, Oriental TV is going to remake "The Legend of Condor Heroes", and the copyright of the TV series has been obtained.

But if the casting cannot satisfy Jin Yong, it may delay a lot of time.

"Don't worry, Mr. Jin will definitely be satisfied with the combination of Andy Lau and Chen Yulian."

Lin Daoqiu didn't think that Jin Yong would trip him up in this matter. If he really wanted to do this, then he would not agree to give "The Legend of Condor Heroes" to Dongfang TV.

Huang Xizhao was still not at ease, but since Lin Daoqiu said so, he could only follow the correct instructions.

Although the male and female protagonists of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" were settled smoothly, Lin Daoqiu was quite entangled in who would make this movie.

Previously, five producers were recruited from TVB, Li Tiansheng, Zhao Zhenqiang, Gan Guoliang, Li Huimin, Qiu Jiaxiong
Li Huimin is good at filming martial arts dramas. He was originally at Jiayi TV Station, but after Jiayi closed down, he transferred to TVB.

Li Tiansheng is also a very suitable candidate, he is also good at shooting martial arts and costumes.

The other three have more or less filmed some ancient costumes and martial arts, but they are still a bit worse than Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin.

Originally, Xiao Sheng was the producer of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" in the previous life. Not to mention that he is now on TVB, even if he was still in Dongfang TV, Lin Daoqiu probably would not entrust "The Legend of Condor Heroes" to him to shoot .

Moreover, this drama can be regarded as the first major production after the establishment of Oriental TV. Lin Daoqiu thought about it, and finally decided to play it himself.

As for the director, Lin Daoqiu intends to let Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin act together.

After calling Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin to the office, the two were very self-aware, and respectfully called the boss as soon as they entered the door.

"Please sit down, both of you. I think you have heard about the reason why I asked you to come here today. It is that the company plans to remake "The Legend of Condor Heroes". director."

As soon as Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin sat down, after hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, they all showed surprised expressions.

Lin Daoqiu took the initiative to take up the post of producer, which is enough to show how much he attaches importance to "The Legend of Condor Heroes".

As for letting the two of them act as directors together, Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin didn't feel wronged or even dissatisfied.

"Since the boss is personally involved, we will definitely do our best to help you make this "The Legend of Condor Heroes" a perfect one."

Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin were very clear about what they should say at this time, anyway, they had already settled their minds, obediently assisting Lin Daoqiu to make this movie well was a great achievement.

"Andy Lau and Idy Chen have already decided to play the leading roles. As for the other supporting roles, I will leave it to you to handle. In addition, you can communicate with the screenwriter department more about the adaptation of the script. Generally speaking, you still have to follow the direction of the original novel."

Li Tiansheng had worked with Lin Daoqiu before, and he knew that Lin Daoqiu's filming style is to leave most of the work to others.

Although he has the title of producer, but most of the time it is the director who handles it. Li Tiansheng can say that he has a deep understanding of this.

Li Huimin had never worked with Lin Daoqiu before, so he didn't know Lin Daoqiu's temperament. At this time, he played a role of listening more and talking less.

"Boss, please rest assured, we will start the preparatory work for "The Legend of Condor Heroes" immediately."

Lin Daoqiu was very satisfied with Li Tiansheng's answer, and there was almost no unnecessary nonsense.

"The production cost of this drama is about 2000 million, and it is tentatively set at [-] episodes."

Originally, Lin Daoqiu planned to shoot [-] episodes, but the story of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" is too long. If only [-] episodes were to be filmed, there would be too many cuts.

You must know that the 83 edition of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" has as many as [-] episodes. Although there are many places where water is poured, it is really not an easy task to reduce the whole novel to [-] episodes at once.

Hearing that the production cost of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" is as high as 2000 million, Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin were really taken aback. After all, when they were filming TVB dramas before, they used to save money.

I didn't expect to get a big production just after joining Oriental TV, how could they not be ecstatic.

(End of this chapter)