Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1830 Mysterious Xiangxi

Different from the original version of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", the outline given by Lin Daoqiu in this life is also different from the original novel. The story line is placed in Xiangxi where the warlords are fighting.

In Lin Daoqiu's version of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", Hu Ba's character setting is a fusion of the original Hu Bayi and Chen Yulou, and other people have also made corresponding changes.

In order to strengthen his strength, the warlord Luo Laowai learned that the gold and silver treasures left by Yuan people were hidden somewhere in the deep mountains of western Hunan, so he approached Hu Ba, the leader of Xiling, and wanted him to go into the mountains with him to find the treasures. treasure.

At this time, because of the influx of refugees from all over the country in the west of Hunan due to the war, Hu Ba, the leader of Xiling, was always enthusiastic. He couldn't bear to see the people starving, so he ordered people to open warehouses for disaster relief.

Unfortunately, too many refugees flooded in. Even Hu Ba, who was rich, couldn't last long, and he still had tens of thousands of Xiling disciples to support him.

At this time, Luo Laowai came to him, hoping to join hands with Hu Ba to go to the mountains to explore treasures.

Hu Ba was unwilling to cooperate with the other party at first, because he knew that Luo Laowai might not look like a big lala, but he was actually thoughtful and ruthless.

If he found the treasure at that time, he might kill all the disciples waiting for him, so that he could enjoy the treasure to himself.

But seeing that there are more and more disaster victims, I have no extra money to buy food in my hands. If I don't think about it, those disaster victims may be in desperate situation.

Once the victims are unable to eat, there will be civil uprisings at that time, and the territory of Xiangxi may also be reduced to a place of war.

So even though he knew that Luo Laowai was not a good person, Hu Ba had to bring his men to go to the mountains to explore treasures with him.

When entering the mountain, they ran into another group of people.

This is an expedition led by the rich girl Yang Xueli, and Lei Xianming and the bald man who came with her.

In the process of treasure hunting, many bizarre things happened one after another.

"Mr. Lin is going to let us go to Xiangxi for inspection?"

Lin Daoqiu called Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa over. This time, the director of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", Lin Daoqiu preferred Lin Zhengying.

However, unlike the zombie-type movies he made before, this time "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" can be regarded as an upgraded version of the supernatural film.

If the theme of the zombie priest is still filmed, then this movie will not have any box office by then.

"Yes, I know you are good at this. I plan to let you be the director of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" this time."

Lin Zhengying was not very surprised by Lin Daoqiu's decision.

If it is to make other types of movies, he may not be better than other people under Lin Daoqiu.

But if this kind of supernatural movie is to be made, then Lin Zhengying's selection is definitely much higher than others.

"Xiangxi is a good place. There are many rumors and legends there. There are countless materials that can be used to change, and most people think that Xiangxi is mysterious."

Even in modern times, there are still many places to be discovered in the mysterious Xiangxi.

Lin Zhengying nodded while listening. In fact, among the themes of Xiangjiang movies, most of the inspirations for supernatural movies come from Xiangxi, and the dead body is one of the very famous examples.

So Lin Daoqiu is going to shoot "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" this time, so it is not unreasonable to let them go to Xiangxi to collect wind and materials.

"Since what Mr. Lin ordered, we will definitely do it well."

Lin Zhengying has been very keen on supernatural films in the past few years. After all, there are only a handful of people who can shoot well in Xiangjiang with this type of theme, and he can be said to be the leader among them.

If even he can't move on, Lin Zhengying is really worried that Xiangjiang's supernatural movies will become more and more lonely in the future.

"I'll give you one month. After you come back from the inspection, you will spend half a month revising the script. Generally speaking, we will shoot the movie this time in Xiangjiang."

Because the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" to be filmed this time requires too many special effects, it is not realistic to go back to the mainland to shoot, so I can only stay in Xiangjiang to shoot.

If conditions permit, Lin Daoqiu doesn't mind going back to the Mainland to make films, but it's still too early to talk about it.

"Mr. Lin, let's go back and prepare."

Lin Zhengying did what he said, and after a brief chat with Lin Daoqiu, he took Zhong Fa and left to make preparations.

After Lin Zhengying left, Lin Daoqiu carefully read the script from beginning to end.

If the theme of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is good, then I can then release "Tomb Raider Notes" to solidify the theme of ghost tomb robbery, which can be regarded as adding another genre to Xiangjiang movies.

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"Lin Daoqiu is going to shoot "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", do you think we can participate?"

In Jiahe Zou Wenhuai's office, they had already learned that Lin Daoqiu was going to make a movie of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", which was just serialized in the newspaper.

Judging from the popularity of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in Xiangjiang these days, if you can play an important role in this drama, it will greatly improve Jet Li's popularity.

But unfortunately, according to Zou Wenhuai's knowledge, the protagonist of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" this time has been set to be the partner of Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, and the others are supporting roles.

"I think it's very difficult. Ajie is now preparing to shoot "Swordsman: The Undefeated in the East". At this time, if he still wants to win an important role from Lin Daoqiu, he may not agree."

For the role of Linghu Chong in "Swordsman", Golden Harvest spent a lot of money to buy the copyright of Ni Kuang's "Wesley", which made Xu Guanjie willing to give up the role of Linghu Chong.

But now if they want to persuade Yuen Biao to give up this role to Jet Li, the possibility can be said to be very slim.

And this time Yuen Biao's protagonist was decided by Lin Daoqiu himself. Even if Yuen Biao could be persuaded to let him out, it would be difficult for Lin Daoqiu to agree.

"Let's try it. This time we don't want a protagonist, but an important role, but the only condition is that we can't play a villain."

Zou Wenhuai still pays attention to this point. After all, he regards Jet Li as the pillar of Golden Harvest in the future, so he can only play decent roles in Xiangjiang's movies.

In fact, Zou Wenhuai himself didn't know if Lin Daoqiu would agree, because it was impossible for the other party to ask him for anything, and on the contrary, he had many things to ask Lin Daoqiu for.

Now it sounds good to want an important role, but in fact it is to ask for Lin Daoqiu.

Since they are asking for help, their attitude is open to question, at least they have to show a serious attitude of asking for help.

(End of this chapter)