Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1575 What are you playing?
Lin Daoqiu, who has been in Xiangjiang for nearly ten years, almost regards himself as a Xiangjiang native. Until he saw the 82 edition of "Journey to the West", he immediately recalled a lot of past events.

"This "Journey to the West" is quite interesting. Could it be that you decided to make "The Return of the Great Sage" after watching this TV series?"

In Zhong Chuhong's villa, Lin Daoqiu and Zhong Chuhong are watching "Journey to the West" together.

Lin Daoqiu shook his head with a smile. This "Journey to the West" was only after he planned to shoot "The Return of the Great Sage" did he know that the show had already started broadcasting.

"It's just a whim, and most people have watched "Journey to the West", and boys want to be Monkey King. I just fulfilled my childhood dream."

"If you think this way, why don't you play Monkey King yourself? With them around, it shouldn't be a difficult task."

Zhong Chuhong suddenly urged Lin Daoqiu to act, which frightened Lin Daoqiu and shook his head again and again.

"Stop making trouble, I don't know kung fu, and I never thought of becoming an actor from the beginning to the end. I'll just be my screenwriter honestly."

In fact, even if Lin Daoqiu doesn't know kung fu, it's okay, he can ask Yuan Heping, Cheng Jiaban, Lin Zhengying, Cheng Xiaodong and others for help.

No matter how bad he is, he can act in literary and martial arts, and he can find a substitute to perform in martial arts, and no one will say anything about him.

But the problem is that Lin Daoqiu never thought about being a leading actor or acting from the beginning to the end.

"If you don't play Monkey King, don't you really plan to play a guest role in this movie? You are the boss of New Oriental, and this is the opening show of New Oriental's studio?"

Zhong Chuhong didn't necessarily want Lin Daoqiu to play the leading role. She felt that since "The Return of the Great Sage" is so meaningful, it would be a pity that Lin Daoqiu would not play a cameo role in it.

"What do you play? Monkey King A? Or Heavenly Soldier B?"

Lin Daoqiu hadn't really thought about this, but if he really wanted to play a cameo role, he would definitely be able to find it.

"What do you think, Jade Emperor?"

Zhong Chuhong laughed out loud after finishing speaking.

Hearing what Zhong Chuhong said, Lin Daoqiu immediately rolled his eyes.

"I play the Jade Emperor, so I have to invite you to play the Queen Mother."

Lin Daoqiu didn't know that the Queen Mother was actually not the Jade Emperor's wife, they were just colleagues.

Zhong Chuhong has never studied Journey to the West. Like Lin Daoqiu, she also thinks that the Queen Mother is the wife of the Jade Emperor.

"Okay, I will act as the Queen Mother. Whoever is afraid of others is afraid that you will not dare."

Zhong Chuhong didn't think there was anything wrong with this, she was afraid that Lin Daoqiu would not dare to act.

There's nothing wrong with acting as a husband and wife with Lin Daoqiu, she is still looking forward to having such an opportunity.

"Okay, stop messing around. I haven't studied acting. I can only teach others how to act. It doesn't mean I can act."

Lin Daoqiu didn't dare to play the Jade Emperor, although with his status in New Oriental, the audience wouldn't have any objection whether anyone would say anything about playing this role.

But if he really wants to play a role in "The Return of the Great Sage", Lin Daoqiu will probably choose an insignificant role, the kind that only needs one or two cameos.

Of course Zhong Chuhong knew why Lin Daoqiu didn't dare to act, but she didn't continue talking, because she knew very well that if she continued talking, she would involve other women.

When everyone is covering the lid, if you overturn the table all of a sudden, the final result can only be to make fun of yourself.

"Then I think you have something to pay this time."

Although Zhong Chuhong didn't point it out, she already understood what she meant.

This time it is estimated that many sisters and sisters will participate in the acting of this play, and she wants to see how Lin Daoqiu plans to avoid it.

Lin Daoqiu had nothing to say about this, he could only look at Zhong Chuhong and giggle.

Fang ignored him, rolled his eyes and turned his head to the TV to continue watching "Journey to the West".

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Because most of the scenes have to be filmed on site, most of the scenes in "The Return of the Great Sage" have to be shot in the mainland.

As for the parts of the Dragon Palace, the Underworld and the Heavenly Court, it was necessary to set up scenes in the Xiangjiang River for shooting.

If this is an ordinary movie, I'm afraid you won't spend too much thought on setting the scene, as long as it works.

But this "The Return of the Great Sage" is not an ordinary movie, so these three important scenes have to be built with great care.

"As for the part of the heaven, I plan to ask architects to compose the picture according to the style of classical Tang Dynasty architecture, and then build it."

The part of the heavenly court is easy to handle. Gorgeous palaces and Taoist temples are necessary prerequisites. As for whether to make it smoky like the mainland version of "Journey to the West", that is a later consideration.

However, in this part of the underworld, what needs to be considered is not only the simple architectural style, but also the atmosphere around the scene.

"You guys are responsible for this part of the underworld. What do you think about the construction of the underworld?"

Lin Daoqiu called Deng Jingsheng, Liu Zhenwei, and Gao Zhisen, the screenwriters responsible for the Havoc in the Underworld, over.

"Mr. Lin, is he going to take a big shot, or a regular one?"

What Liu Zhenwei wanted to figure out was whether Lin Daoqiu wanted them to build a complete underworld, or just a small part of it.

"Of course, it's a big shot, so that the audience can see a complete underworld, the land of the nine secluded."

Naturally, Lin Daoqiu would not make it smaller. Since he wanted to shoot the underworld, he had to make it bigger. The more detailed the better.

Liu Zhenwei nodded as he listened. Of course, he also hoped that the part of the havoc scene he was in charge of would become a classic.

"Since it's going big, the construction of the whole underworld is a problem that needs to be solved urgently."

After all, the underworld only occupies a part of the scene in "The Return of the Great Sage". It would be great if it was built too large, but the problem is that it would be a bit wasteful.

Although the budget for "The Return of the Great Sage" is frighteningly high this time, meaningless waste is obviously not what they want to see.

"It just so happens that this part of the script is written by you, so you can structure it however you see fit, but one thing is, don't do meaningless things, and don't be afraid of wasting money if necessary."

Lin Daoqiu didn't want Deng Jingsheng and the others to be timid, and let them figure out how to control the speed.

"Thank you Mr. Lin for your trust, but this time I have to make a good part of the havoc in the underworld. I always feel that I am much more tired than writing a movie."

It's normal for Deng Jingsheng to have such thoughts, because this time, the investment in the scene of making trouble in the underworld alone has reached [-] million Hong Kong dollars.
This part of the budget alone has exceeded the investment budget of other Xiangjiang films for a whole movie.

(End of this chapter)