Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

The plot of The Matrix is ​​simple.

It tells the story of a young cyber hacker named Chen (played by Chen Qiming) living in the matrix. He discovers that the seemingly normal real world is actually controlled by some force, so Chen investigates the matter on the Internet.

In real life, Captain Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) of the human resistance organization has been looking for the legendary savior in the matrix. In this way, Trinity (Kelly Ann... Under the guidance of Morpheus), the two met. Chen also returned to the real reality and escaped the matrix under the guidance of Morpheus. Only then did he realize that he had been living in the virtual world.

The story of the movie is simple, and the screenwriter obviously made reference to the plot of "Terminator" but adapted it.

However, although the plot of the movie is simple, it will be completely different after it is presented.

Especially the various settings of the matrix, which are definitely leading in this era.

In later generations, some people even hailed this film as the beginning of a new era of science fiction.

Closer to home.

After Chen Qiming joined the crew of "The Matrix", he immediately devoted himself to filming.

Because this drama is a co-production, Pacific has a certain say in it.

Therefore, Chen Qiming is not alone in the crew.

In addition to him, there are other Chinese people on the crew.

Martial arts instructor Yuan Heping is.

In recent years, Chinese films have been making a splash in Hollywood, successfully attracting the attention of many behind-the-scenes talents in Hong Kong.

Among them is Yuan Heping.

This famous martial arts instructor in Hong Kong has frequently received invitations from Hollywood in recent years.

This "The Matrix" itself has a lot of action scenes, and Chen Qiming stars in it, so there is no doubt that Yuen Woo-Ping became the martial arts director of this drama.

Of course, for Chen Qiming, he is now in the limelight and will never be alone wherever he goes.

He is the biggest star in this drama.

The others almost all fawned over him.

How could he be alone in this situation?

Chen Qiming spent about 20 days filming in The Matrix, and on January 26th, he returned to Asia.

It's not like he has anything wrong with him this time.

But it’s the Spring Festival.

Americans don’t have to celebrate the Spring Festival, but they do.

Not only him, but other Chinese people on the crew also returned to China.

They have seven days off.

Wait until the New Year is over before returning to take photos.

As for the rest of the crew, filming will continue during this period.

They will shoot out some unimportant scenes.

Chen Qiming returned to Treasure Island for the Spring Festival this year.

Although he has immigrated to Hong Kong, it does not mean that he no longer loves his hometown.

The reason why I immigrated is just to make my business career better.

Therefore, he returned to Treasure Island to celebrate the New Year this year.

Since he doesn't have to attend the CCTV Spring Festival Gala this year, he has plenty of time to celebrate the New Year this year.

So he started visiting friends.

Zhang Yusheng, Luo Dayou, Ge Fuhong, Zhou Huajian and other people with whom he had a good relationship, he personally visited with gifts.

On New Year's Day, I spend time with my mother at home.

On the first day of junior high school, I spent time with my mother.

In the second year of junior high school, I still stayed with my mother.

It wasn't until the third day of the junior high school that Chen Qiming went out and continued to visit friends.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Qiming was going to Hong Kong to visit friends. Unexpectedly, a person who surprised him came to his door.

"Director Li, what are you..."

Opening the door, Chen Qiming was a little surprised to see the person coming, but he disappeared in just a moment and invited him in.

The visitor was none other than Ang Lee, the great director of Baodao.

If the number one director in mainland China during this period was Zhang Yimou, then Ang Lee was the number one director here in Baodao.

how to say!

There are always a few people who are favored by the jury at the Hong Kong and Taiwan Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards.

As for the actor, there is no doubt that it is Tony Leung.

Whenever he releases a movie, all major awards will put him on the list of best actor nominees.

As for directors, Ang Lee is the one most favored by the Golden Horse Awards.

Since 1993, the feature film "The Wedding Banquet" has won the Golden Bear Award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the 30th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.

In 1994, he directed the feature film "Eat Drink Couple" and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards.

On December 1995, 12, the feature film "Sense and Sensibility" directed was released and won the Golden Bear Award at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.

Ang Lee's reputation in Baodao directly reached a peak.

However, Chen Qiming never had much contact with him.

In addition to meeting a few times at the Golden Horse Awards, and in the United States, because the other party was the Chinese Artists Guild of America founded by Chen Qiming, the two parties had dealt with each other several times.

At other times, the two were not very familiar with each other.

Chen Qiming didn't expect that the other party would actually come to the door today with gifts, as if to wish him a happy New Year.

"Mr. Chen, in fact, in addition to wishing you a happy New Year, the reason why I came to visit you this time is because I came to you to attract investment."

After sitting down and drinking a cup of tea, Li An told the purpose of his visit today.

While talking, he took out a script from his briefcase and handed it to Chen Qiming.

Seeing this, Chen Qiming took the script and started reading it.

After a while, Chen Qiming asked doubtfully: "Didn't Colombia already agree to invest in your project?"

There are no airtight walls in the circle.

As one of several large companies in the United States, Columbia has long established branches in Asia.

In Asia, this is Chen Qiming's base camp.

Chen Qiming will naturally pay attention to Columbia Asia Branch.

As early as half a month ago, Colombia started a project called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", directed by Ang Lee.

Chen Qiming, who has many memories of the future, naturally knows this movie.

In the world of dreams, this film is the only film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

At the same time, it is also the movie that made Ang Lee and Chow Yun-fat famous and officially established a foothold in the United States.

“Colombia did participate in the investment, but our intended role was unforeseen.

We actually wanted to invite Jet Li to star in this film.

But his wife is pregnant and he has to take care of her.

So, we hope you can play the male lead in it. "

When Chen Qiming heard this, he subconsciously wanted to ask why he didn't ask Chow Yun-fat.

The words came to his mouth and stopped suddenly.

To be honest, if it were a dream world, Ang Lee would definitely choose Chow Yun-fat first if Jet Li didn't film.

But this is not a dream. Who is the actor with the highest international appeal in the entire Chinese-speaking region now?

Of course it's Chen Qiming.

Even Jackie Chan can't compare to him.

If this wasn't a martial arts film, Jet Li would be more suitable. I'm afraid he would be the first choice.

As for Chow Yun-fat.

This Fa Ge, who was very popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan before, is now in a very embarrassing situation.

When Hong Kong films were just on the decline, he chose to go to Hollywood.

As a result, after arriving in Hollywood, he was worthless and could only audition for supporting roles.

If it weren't for John Woo's good relationship with him, he might not even be able to survive in Hollywood.

But even with John Woo's help, Chow Yun-fat is not having a hard time in Hollywood at all.

He can't even compare to a third-rate actor now.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally clear who Ang Lee would choose when he has a better choice.

After all, Chen Qiming not only has acting skills, but also has box office appeal.

Of course, it's also expensive.

This is probably what he meant by asking Chen Qiming for investment, "We can't afford a lot of remuneration, but we can give you some investment."

After roughly understanding what Ang Lee meant, Chen Qiming did not continue talking, but carefully read the script given by the other party.

The general plot of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is that a generation of heroes Li Mubai intends to withdraw from the world, and entrusts his confidante Yu Xiulian to bring his Green Underworld Sword to the capital as a gift to Lord Belle for his collection.

This four-hundred-year-old ancient sword has hurt countless people. Li Mubai hopes that such a major decision can show his determination to leave the world behind.

Unexpectedly, the sword was stolen that night. Yu Xiulian stepped forward to prevent the sword thief from fighting, but in the end the sword thief escaped with the help of his accomplices.

Someone saw a masked man disappearing into the mansion of Lord Yu, the nine-door admiral. Yu Xiulian also believed that Lord Yu could not escape his involvement.

The Nine Admirals are in charge of public security in the capital, and Mr. Yu has just been transferred from XJ to take up the post. Lord Beile neither believes that Mr. Yu is related to this, nor can he act rashly to avoid affecting the overall situation.

In order not to complicate the matter, Yu Xiulian has been secretly investigating the whereabouts of the sword, and she roughly guessed that it was the impulse of Yu Jiaolong, the lady of the Yu Mansion.

Yu Xiulian hid the news from Li Mubai, who came to the capital, and only wanted to use sideways tactics to force Yu Jiaolong to return the sword, so as not to hurt her kindness.

However, Yu Xiulian's good intentions failed. When the masked man returned the sword, he inevitably had a head-on confrontation with Li Mubai. And Li Mubai discovered the traces of the blue-eyed fox that killed his master. At this time, Li Mubai couldn't stop.

Yu Jiaolong was secretly accepted as a disciple by the blue-eyed fox who was hiding in the Yu Mansion since he was a child. He learned the superior martial arts of the Wudang Sect from the secret books, and he has already excelled in the martial arts. When she was having sex, Yu Jiaolong had a lifelong love affair with local thief "Ban Tianyun" Luo Xiaohu without telling her father. Now that she is in Beijing and her father wants her to marry again, Yu Jiaolong rushes out of the house on a whim and wanders around the world.

The willful and arrogant Yu Jiaolong has nowhere to vent her misery, and acts as if she is a little devil in the world.

Yu Xiulian and Li Mubai cherished the rare talent of Yu Jiaolong, but their efforts to guide them always failed.

In the final battle with the blue-eyed fox, Li Mubai died from a poisoned needle to save Yu Jiaolong.

Under the guidance of Yu Xiulian, Yu Jiaolong came to Wudang Mountain, but was unable to face Luo Xiaohu. After spending a night with Luo Xiaohu, she threw herself into a deep abyss.

how to say!

At first glance, Chen Qiming could tell that Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was not made for the Chinese people.

Instead, they went straight to the foreign language market.

There is chivalry in this film, but the theme of the entire film is similar to Ang Lee's own chivalry, rather than the chivalrous spirit commonly seen in the domestic market.

Looking at the script, Chen Qiming fell into deep thought for a while.

According to the memory in the dream.

The quality of this movie is actually average.

However, it is undeniable that it has indeed achieved international success.

It is this nondescript film that has successfully made foreigners interested in Chinese martial arts films.

Only then would Zhang Yimou's "Hero" achieve international success.

It can be said that this film is of great significance.

He opened up a market where Chinese martial arts have a place in the world.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Qiming said:
"I can star in this drama and also make some additional investments."

After a pause, Chen Qiming asked again: "When will the film be shot?"

"In July, I still have a lot of preparations to make. Shooting will not start until July."

Hearing this, Chen Qiming couldn't help but shook his head and said with some regret: "Then I may not be able to shoot. Our company's "Zheng He's Voyages to the West" will probably start shooting at this time."

Hearing this, Li An frowned and then asked: "Where was your company filming this drama?"

"We have set up scenes in Hong Kong and Malaysia, and some interior scenes may be shot in BJ."

Hearing this, Li An frowned and said, "We are shooting in BJ. If your company is not in a hurry to shoot, I will accept you running on both sides.

But in this case, Mr. Chen, you may have to work harder. "

Hearing this, Chen Qiming looked at him in surprise.

Play!

This was a common problem among Hong Kong actors in the early years.

However, as Hong Kong movies have begun to decline in recent years, audiences have become increasingly demanding quality.

The existence of zha opera is no longer recognized by some good directors.

Ang Lee obviously tried his best. In order to let Chen Qiming star, he even took the initiative to let Chen Qiming take the role.

Of course, it can also be seen from here how much this guy is eager for Chen Qiming to join his film.

"Do you have any arrangements for the other actors?"

Chen Qiming pondered for a while and asked.

"I plan to find Michelle Yeoh to play the role of Yu Xiulian, and she can do the fighting scenes.

As for Yu Jiaolong, it has not been decided yet, and the same is true for other characters. "Li An hesitated and said.

What he means is that the role of Yu Xiulian cannot be changed.

You can mention the other characters as you like.

For big-name actors, they usually don't look for roles themselves, but rather the roles look for them.

Not only that, every big-name actor generally has his own conditions for admission.

And the same is naturally true for Chen Qiming.

And he generally has many conditions.

First, of course, he usually only appears in movies funded by his own company.

The second is that sometimes he may insert some actors from his company into the play.

"I have worked with Michelle Yeoh, and her action scenes are indeed very good." Chen Qiming nodded, and then raised a question, "I should play Li Mubai! In this case, Yu Xiulian is the confidante of this role, and the two should be a good match. That’s right.”

How old is Michelle Yeoh, and how old is she?

Let the two of them play a couple. To be honest, Chen Qiming himself felt that they were not a good match, let alone the audience.

"Who do you think is suitable?" Li An asked.

"I think Joey Wong is good. If you can find her, I will star in it.

As for Yu Jiaolong, I think Feili Guo, who played Journey to the East in Singapore this year, is very suitable. "Chen Qiming directly stated his conditions.

"Wang Zuxian has disappeared..." Li An frowned.

"Director Li, if you step out, I think she will definitely do it again." Chen Qiming said.

(End of this chapter)