China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 222 Hengdian
Two things have been finalized and the rest of the projects are on track.

Preparations for "Pacific Rim" are progressing steadily.

"Soldier Assault" is currently in the discussion stage of casting and cooperating with troops, and it will not start so soon.

The rest is "Painted Skin".

That day, Lu Pingan received a call from the general manager of Huayi, saying that Boss Xu of Hengdian wanted to chat with him and asked Lu Pingan if he was willing.

Generally speaking, he just wanted to cooperate. Boss Xu knew through Huayi that Lu Ping'an had a big project called "Painted Skin".

Other projects are fine, but "Painted Skin" is an ancient drama, which is a professional counterpart for Hengdian, and of course they want to fight for it.

Lu Pingan feels that it is indeed possible to talk about it.

There is indeed a huge difference between the setting of ancient buildings and the setting of modern buildings.

At this point, Lu Ping An originally hoped to cooperate with experienced people and avoid taking some detours. Now that Hengdian took the initiative to come to the door, it was just right.

In addition, Lizi is currently filming "Liao Zhai Painted Skin" in Hengdian, so I can go to see it.

But he also asked, the director of "Painted Skin" is not himself, so don't make a mistake.

King Huayi always said don't worry, of course the other party knows this.

After agreeing, President Huayi immediately called Boss Xu in Hengdian.

They quickly called Lu Pingan.

Boss Xu is the No. 70 person. Being able to make a fortune in the [-]s and [-]s shows that he is a great person.

After the two sides had a pleasant exchange, Boss Xu said that he would send his son Xiao Xu to the capital to meet Lu Ping An to discuss cooperation, as a show of sincerity.

Lu Pingan directly stated that he would go to Hengdian.

Mainly to save time.

Anyway, they all have to go to investigate, so there is no need for such unnecessary things.

After hearing this, Boss Xu smiled and said that he would charter a plane to pick him up, and would prepare a bed in Hengdian to welcome him.

Enthusiastic, heroic and shrewd, the older generation of businessmen from Jiangsu and Zhejiang have a somewhat different style of painting.

In the afternoon of the next day, Lu Pingan landed in Yiwu together with Hu Qingquan, Chen Jiashang and President Huayi.

Boss Xu is very arrogant, he chartered a flight and picked him up with a Rolls-Royce.

With such specifications, it’s hard for people to refuse cooperation.

After getting in the car, Xiao Xu took Lu Pingan and drove to Hengdian. After arriving in Hengdian, the team drove across the various real scene bases in Hengdian, and Xiao Xu also introduced this and that.

Hengdian became famous because of the "Opium War" in 97, and now it has been 7 years, and the scale is already very large.

According to Xiao Xu: "Just today, there are 36 TV drama crews filming, and there are even more waiting in line. All the crews come to use the venue for free."

Xiao Xu went on to introduce.

It turns out that since 00, Hengdian Film and Television City announced to the outside world that the live-action base will exempt the crew from filming, and all crews will enter the venue for free.

This move naturally attracted a large number of film crews to settle in, and what followed was to stimulate the benefits of supporting industries.

Xiao Xu said: "Our industrial chain of supporting facilities is divided into several parts, such as prop leasing. We have now accumulated hundreds of millions of prop assets. Our next catering will have a daily output of 5. In fact, housing is our The biggest piece of income we will have in the future.”

After an introduction, Xiao Xu said proudly: "In Hengdian, as long as you have money, you can form a complete crew within two weeks, from script to actors, from director to group performances. We have an actors' union. We need people and equipment. There is also equipment, but there is no money. As long as you have a script, the opportunities here will be much more than other places. In the future, we will be the number one in China and even in Asia.”

Everyone in the car nodded in praise.

The current Hengdian Film and Television City is very large, but it is not considered the number one in China, and the competition for related businesses is still fierce.

Xiao Xu had great ambitions, and Lu Pingan didn't think he was bragging. After all, Hengdian did reach the Asian level later on.

In fact, when it comes to the film and TV drama industry, the TV drama industry in the mainland is indeed quite advanced. After all, the market is huge, which stimulates the development of all aspects faster than the film industry.

The current Hengdian has a very Hollywood flavor.

There is the world's largest live-action filming base for film and television, as well as a supporting service system such as actor's guild, props and costumes, and post-production that are improving day by day.

Except for special effects, there are currently no high-end ones, and the rest can be whatever you want.

Really cool.

"It's late today. I'll take you in for a closer look tomorrow."

The car drove out of the film and television base, and Xiao Xu also completed the task of introduction.

Then everyone went to the hotel, where Lao Xu was already waiting.

Arrived at the place, settled down well, and it was time for dinner.

Lu Pingan and others soon met Lao Xu.

Small man, looks like he has great energy.

When the two sides met, the scene was very smooth and there was no sense of unfamiliarity.

Chat first, then eat together, drink, and then chat.

The conversation about "Painted Skin" was very fast, and Lao Xu asked if he could invest. It didn't matter how much the share was, just treat it as a friend.

Of course you can, how can you reject others?
Then Lao Xu casually mentioned the real purpose of inviting him here this time.

Lao Xu said that the scale of Hengdian is now large, the supporting facilities are complete, and the future goals are also ambitious.

Therefore, what Hengdian Film and Television City needs most now is to continue to build a reputation, especially in the era of blockbusters.

So the cooperation with great directors is very important.

Lao Mouzi's "Hero" was filmed here, and the great poet's "The Promise" also ended its filming here last year.

Several major international commercial directors have checked in here, and now they are not safe.

"Director Lu can come to our place next time he makes a movie."

Lao Xu hoped that Lu Ping'an could make good use of Hengdian Film and Television City and advertise Hengdian Film and Television City.

During the period, Hengdian Film and Television City will fully cooperate.

Lu Pingan thought, no wonder he knew that the director of "Painted Skin" was not himself, and the other party still received such a high-level reception, so that's why?

It seems that the competition in the film and television city industry is indeed fierce now.

Thinking about it this way, the "Golden Armor" that Lao Mouzi is going to shoot at the beginning of next year will have such a big battle in Hengdian Film and Television City, and all the drafts of various media will be brought to Hengdian Film and Television City. Is it probably because of this reason?

"I know that creation can't be solved by patting your head. I also know that you are not good at costume dramas, Director Lu, so you don't need to agree now. We just want to think about it when you have an idea. We'll be fine."

Old Xu smiled and said something in substandard Mandarin, then raised his glass, and then the topic naturally moved to the next place.

It was as if the topic just now was just a casual conversation.

Lu Pingan did not directly agree.

However, after visiting the film and television city today, he really had such an idea.

. . . . . . .

After one meal of wine, the next game continued. It was ten o'clock after the end, and everyone stayed in the arranged hotel.

After drinking, everyone fell asleep quickly.

Nothing happened to Lu Pingan, and after taking a shower, he called a car to pick up Zeng Li.

If you're out of town, it's better to stay in a hotel arranged by local snakes.

After several twists and turns, the two finally completed the family carnival in the hotel.

It's a pity that the conditions are really limited, and the time is running out, otherwise Lizi would be appointed to wear Mei Sanniang's clothes today.

After the passion, Lizi talked about interesting things about shooting.

"Jiang Hua is approachable, but he always makes jokes when talking to Cantonese."

"The day after tomorrow is the main event. I want to dig out my heart. What should I do? I feel sick when I see a pig's heart."

"Mr. Cai from the Tang Dynasty intends to sign me, and Rong Xinda also wants to sign me. Which one do you think is better?"

Lu Pingan did his best to praise him. Regarding the last question, Lu Pingan did not play around with it:

"You can come to my place and be the first sister of my company."

"I do not want."

Lizi turned her head and smiled.

The topic continued: "After playing this role, I can buy a house."

"Really, then I can come to the door later?"

"I won't give you a key."

"Then I shout outside the door every time I come, I'm red, my forehead is cancerous."

"Haha, then I'll pour a basin of water to wash your feet every time!" "Wow, that's so cruel."

Zeng Li, who is almost 30, sometimes really looks like a little girl.

Lu Pingan likes this.

A woman becomes childish in front of you, this is called love.

The two hugged and chatted like this. Gradually, Lizi couldn't open her eyes, and fell asleep in Lu Ping'an's arms.

Filming is still very tiring. For this night, she rushed to catch up with the scene in advance, and then vacated the part of tomorrow morning's scene, which is hard for her.

Lu Pingan decided to pass by her crew by chance tomorrow, and then go in to have a look, to impress her.

He could hear it, because he had no backing or background, and his fame had only just risen, and he was not very big, so his situation in the film crew was actually mediocre.

Thanks to her non-competitive temperament, she takes this kind of thing very lightly, otherwise, if it were a young lady like Che Xiao, she would definitely complain tonight.

Seeing Lizi in her arms snoring slightly, Lu Pingan gently stroked her back to make her sleep more soundly.

But his own drowsiness still did not come.

He simply continued the idea he had at the dinner party.

That's about Nightmare 2.

"Wonderful Night 1" was a huge success.

The first part of the original version showed a small gathering of historical figures, and based on the first part, the second part will expand the world view, with humorous dialogues between countless legendary figures, making people feel as if they have recreated history and returned to that unusual and shining time. era.

For the Chinese version of "Wonderful Night 2", the adaptation is still relatively difficult.

The main reason is that the second part of the original version is not very good, worse than the first part.

What's more, the plot setting is also difficult to find.

This also brings many problems to Lu Ping'an's "Wonderful Night 2".

Lu Pingan thought about it.

First of all, if the "Wonderful Night" series is to be a trilogy, then the issue of the decryption of the turtle back plate in the second part must not be discussed, and the third part must be included.

In this way, the idea of ​​adapting the second part matches the original second part.

That is, the most basic "worldview expansion" is enough.

Make "Wonderful Night" bigger.

Therefore, under the premise that the biggest selling point of "resurrection" cannot be changed, a larger museum must be found.

The first one is in that small museum in the capital that is about to go bankrupt, and the second one is in a bigger location anyway.

But how big?

In the Forbidden City?
This seems a little inappropriate, regardless of whether it is a wax statue or not. The Forbidden City only has the Ming and Qing dynasties, which is not old enough.

In Qin Palace?There is no Qin Palace in existence, and like the Forbidden City, it is not extensive enough.

Another local museum?
As long as it is in China, no matter which museum seems to be relatively one-sided, there is no big and comprehensive one, covering up and down 5000 years and even the conditions of ancient and modern China and foreign countries.

If it can't be done, the second part always feels that it will lose some meaning.

It is possible to go abroad, but Lu Pingan still prefers to go abroad after the third part.

Therefore, the scene of the second part still has to be edited in the same way as the first part.

So make up a "warehouse" like the original "Wonderful Night 2"?
In this case, Lao Xu's proposal tonight to use Hengdian Film and Television City is an excellent idea.

Hengdian has the Forbidden City of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Palace of the Qin Dynasty, the Along the River During the Qingming Festival, and the Shanghai Beach of the Republic of China.

If possible, there will be another Louvre, Science and Technology Museum and the like.

In this way, the plot can really be a perfect replacement, and it can be better than the original.

Just change the name of Hengdian Film and Television City in the movie to "Film and Television City Museum".

A museum in a film and television city is also a museum, and doing so can also weaken the seriousness of the historical figures appearing in the film, so that people will not think that they are historical figures, increase the comedy effect, and make it easier to pass the review.

And anyway, it is a comedy, and the logic does not need to be particularly particular. The same is true for the museum in the first part. It is a bankrupt private museum. No one will delve into how this museum was established.

Now there is a "museum in the film and television city" for the same reason. No one will be serious about "why does the film and television city open such a thing?"

In this way, the second part is from a small private museum to a large private museum.

It just so happens that this large museum covers ancient and modern times and is huge in scale.

In this way, the "world view" of the story can be perfectly expanded.

In the second part of the original version, there are more characters of all kinds, and there are also several cute villains, such as Napoleon and so on.

Now the second part of the Chinese version can also be satisfied, and the span is larger.

After 5000 years, plus China and the West, isn't it easy to find the "four villains" to match?

The location is there, the characters can be replaced perfectly, and then comes the main line of story development.

After the first episode of the original version, the protagonist Larry immediately made a lot of money with a flashlight branded under his own name, and he is no longer short of money. Pull him back to the American Museum of Natural History, where his life changed overnight.

A big event happened out of the blue, where his favorite exhibit, his buddy, was deemed out of fashion and packed up to be sent to the Smithsonian's warehouse.

Their fate is now unknown when Larry receives an urgent call from Cowboys, informing him of the impending disaster.

It seems that new arrivals threaten their survival, including the Pharaoh, who has been depressed for 3000 years.

Now he and three of the most famous figures in history, Ivan the Great, Napoleon and the underworld leader Al Capone, are planning to activate the Legion of the Underworld to take over the entire museum, and then the world.

Larry immediately set off for Washington. This time he made several new friends, including the clever Einstein, the sincere Lincoln, and the female aviator who always fascinated him. They inspired Larry's curiosity and curiosity about adventure. enthusiasm.

Plus the return of old partners, including Roosevelt, Udavian, Sacajawea, the Hun and Neanderthals.

Larry must rescue all of his friends before dawn and return the entire museum district of Washington, from the Lincoln Memorial to the Space Museum, back to peaceful order.

Now, the main story line can also be completely replaced.

The museum in the first episode had good business for a while because of the protagonist Fan Chenggong, but after the gust passed, the business quickly cooled down again.

As a last resort, the curator had to sell the museum.

In the first episode, the protagonist regained his self-confidence and his father-son relationship. His career as an inventor is also thriving and he achieves financial freedom.

But Midnight always dreamed of going back to the museum, and finally he decided to go back to have a look, but he knew that the museum could no longer be opened, and his old friends were sold to a larger private film and television museum.

Without waiting to think about it, the protagonist receives a distress call from old friends.

The cowboy or Zhao Kuo told the protagonist on the phone that the turtle back board was activated here, and a lot of people they had never seen were resurrected as a result, and soon King Zhou (Jie Lun) was hunted down, causing everyone to run eastward Running west, Cowboy and Zhao Kuo shouted: Enemies are everywhere, come and save us
When the crisis comes, the protagonist's task is to rescue his friends and restore order.

It's just that the place ahead is really bigger.

At this point the lens is pulled up.

A huge film and television city museum is displayed in front of you.

All kinds of soldiers in Yinshang Palace, Qin Palace, Forbidden City, the prosperity of the Riverside Scene during Qingming Festival, all kinds of paintings turned into animations, the statue of Confucius tens of meters high, rockets and planes flying around in the Science and Technology Museum, and Shanghai The gangsters in the beach (you can pay tribute to the ax gang in "Kung Fu"), there are even dinosaurs like Jurassic Park, soldiers in the modern museum, and the flood that Dayu has not yet cured.
A series of resurrection exhibits flashed by one by one.

The protagonist was stunned on the spot, just like Sun Houzi saw Shituoling.

The companions he wants to rescue are at the end of the huge museum complex.

A thrilling and wonderful adventure begins again
. . . . . . .

The world view is expanded, the scene is bigger, the characters are more, and the sense of novelty is greater.

At this time, the pear in his arms scratched his nose, and then burrowed deeper into his arms.

Lu Pingan smiled.

Also.

Can't forget the pears.

Mulan is not the same wizard as the original.

Since it's Hua Mulan, it's okay to add a few more high-light scenes of martial arts leading soldiers to fight.

Generally speaking, this is based on copying the plot of the second part of the original version, with certain optimizations.

Simple series expansion.

Just grab tags such as "resurrection", "more dialogues with historical figures", "bigger and more novel scenes", "noisy", "several old protagonists are cute", "family carnival" and other tags.

Movies just work.

As for whether it can surpass the first one, Lu Pingan doesn't have much hope.

It's just a comedy series, and it's the second one, so there's a reason for it.

The key is when the big scenes in the movie, Lu Ping'an will unambiguously make high-quality special effects, what else do you want?
Lu Pingan moved down, tilted his head, and fell asleep with Li Zi in his arms.

(End of this chapter)