The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 276 "Let's Punch, Dad"

The city of Shanghai in June is very hot. In the hotel room, the sound of the air conditioner turning could be heard slightly.

Dong Xuan went out to shoot commercials today, and Li Shengyao was writing the script alone.

He wrote very vigorously, and often couldn't help but want to shout a few times.

Regarding his first film, after a long time of thinking, Lee Sheng Yew planned to copy Ah San's "Let's Wrestle, Daddy".

"Let's Wrestle, Dad" was released in Ah San in 2016, with a local box office of 5000 million, and then it was released overseas, including Daying, Australia, Wanwan, Hong Kong Island, Baji Sitan and other places, with a total box office of about [-] million.

The biggest achievement of this film is in the mainland. It was released in the mainland in 2017, and the total box office was as high as 12 billion. At that time, there were already pirated resources on the Internet. If Ah San was released simultaneously in the mainland, it would definitely reach 500 billion.

This film is ranked ninth in the mainland, and the results are excellent.

The total global box office is close to 20 billion, which is almost [-] million knives.

This result is undoubtedly very good, and there are not many Hollywood movies with a global box office of more than [-] million per year.

The reason why it is so good is that this film tells the emotions that everyone can understand, such as the growth of women, the love of fathers, and the redemption of the strong.

The growth of women is especially important, after all, the theme of watching movies is female audiences.

The protagonist's daughters, if they don't become talents, they will marry early, and live a miserable, hopeless, and dignified life. In order to control their lives, they are more active in learning wrestling.

The father's love is reflected in the actor's training and expectations for his daughters.

As for the redemption of the strong at the end, it is the hero who fulfilled his regret of not being a world champion through his daughter.

In addition to the theme, the next step is the rhythm of the film. It can be said that it is coming slowly, and the story is told very clearly and completely.

As far as the story itself is concerned, it is actually not too novel.

This film has won several unimportant awards, but in terms of artistry and technique, it has no special features.

Only the overall rhythm is good.

The same is true of "The Bottom Hot Girl" in the island country. The story is actually very ordinary. The rookie counterattacks, but the rhythm is good, and the story is clearly told. High box office.

The vast majority of the audience's request is actually very simple, that is, let me watch a movie that I can understand.

If this movie can empathize with the audience, it can get a high box office.

Although Ah San has a large population, they have only a handful of awards in the Olympics. A silver medal in the Olympics can make the whole country rejoice.

The prototype of "Let's Wrestle, Dad" did not win the Olympic champion, but won the Commonwealth Games wrestling champion.

The focus of this movie is not on wrestling, this sport can be wrestling, it can be weightlifting, it can be boxing.

The focus is still to reflect the growth of women, the love of fathers, and the redemption of the strong.

Li Shengyao planned to copy "Let's Wrestle, Dad", but he didn't intend to copy it exactly. In fact, the small stature of the actresses in the movie, compared with the real wrestling champion, made the show extra special.

Wrestling is not a popular sport in this world. If you switch to a more popular sport, it will be easier for the audience to empathize.

Naturally, football and basketball are not good. This is a team sport, and individual energy is not so prominent.

It can only be a solo sport, and it has to be a one-on-one sport in the final.

Not so diving gymnastics.

So what sport fits the bill?

Boxing, Judo, Taekwondo, Table Tennis, Badminton.

Among them, table tennis and badminton have a very broad mass base in the Mainland.

However, in terms of the charm of the camera, these two sports are far inferior to sports with physical confrontation. They are not so shocking and the impact is not so strong.

Physical contact like boxing and judo is much more interesting, and it is easier to let the adrenaline soar.

Naturally, Lee Shengyao couldn't choose judo, it's an island sport, and it's pretty damn good.

He thought over and over again, and planned to adapt it into boxing. The movie is called "Punch, Dad".

Boxing is far more popular than wrestling in this world, and it turns out audiences love watching boxing movies too.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, there were many boxing movies in Hollywood, and there was also a very classic movie that reflected women's boxing, and that was "Million Dollar Baby", which swept next year's Oscars.

The film will win four Oscars next year and three nominations, making it the biggest winner of the Oscars in 2005.

Taking boxing as the theme is definitely more passionate and popular than wrestling.

Women's boxing only entered the Olympic Games in 2012, but the Women's Boxing World Cup has already been held.

Li Shengyao's writing about the Mainlanders winning the Women's World Cup is not just nonsense.

And just in May of this year, mainland athlete Zhang Xiyan won the No.1 Women's Boxing World Cup in the beautiful country.

It can be said that with the prototype, the next step is script creation and actor selection.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to find someone who doesn't have a single ab muscle to play the boxing champion like "The Iron Fist of Shame".

Li Shengyao had to search for people across the country to choose a suitable female lead.

The same male protagonist also has to practice boxing.

He thought about finishing the script in the next few days, starting to select people in July, and it is best to determine the actors before August, and then arrange for them to train for at least two months, not only to have abdominal muscles, but also to be able to fight decently, that is Filming only started in October.

This preparation period is a bit long, but there is no way, this is how good works are shot.

"Let's Wrestle, Dad" actor Aamir Khan first lost weight to film the scenes when he was young in the plot, and then gained 28 catties in a short period of time to film the later scenes.

Aamir Khan is one of the top three actors in Bollywood. All actors at this level must work so hard.

Li Shengyao had no reason to lower his request.

He liked boxing in his previous life, but he was just an amateur. He has little experience in professional things, especially competitions.

After finishing the script this time, he will go to Yanjing, Shanghai to visit the first-class professional female boxing athletes, ask them some details, and try to make the script more perfect.

At this time, he is writing the script, and sometimes his blood boils. Naturally, "Let's Punch, Dad" can't be compared with "Million Dollar Baby", but Li Shengyao believes that as long as he takes this movie seriously, this movie will become a famous movie in the future. A very classic women's boxing movie.

People in other countries search for women's boxing movies and can quickly see "Punch it, Dad."

"Ring bell bell!"

The phone rang, Li Shengyao took out the phone and found that it was Gu Huaiqiu calling.

"Director Li, "My Uncle" premieres tonight, and I will tell you the ratings of the premiere."

Li Shengyao nodded with a smile, "Okay, let's look forward to it together."

(End of this chapter)