Golden Age 1990

Chapter 51: Famous directors and big names, all praised!
"Swordsman in Double Flag Town".

If you just listen to the name, it feels quite ordinary.

Monster Xu really thought so at the beginning, and he didn't pay much attention to the previous evaluation of "has the style of an ancient dragon".

But after the movie started, Mr. Xu's thoughts changed immediately.

Not to mention anything else, just the desert style in this movie is really attractive to him.

It was already decided, he was going to make a "New Dragon Inn".

Since there is a word "new" in the movie, it is naturally because there was a "Dragon Inn" before.

Among them, Xu Feng is also the leading actor, and the director is Mr. Hu Jinquan.

This well-known director of martial arts films, had just collaborated with Mr. Xu on "Swordsman", it's just that the two of them collaborated on this movie...

It can't be said that the cooperation was happy, it can only be said that they broke up on bad terms.

This time I plan to film "New Dragon Inn", and I'm thinking of going to the west of the mainland to film.

From the perspective of filming, of course, Mr. Xu has a very good relationship with Jiahe, and since he is going to the mainland, he must go to see Mr. Wu Siyuan.

We must also cooperate with film studios in the mainland.

Watching this "Swordsman in Double Flag Town" now, Mr. Xu likes it more and more the more he reads it.

Isn't this exactly what I want!

And saw the end... Good!It really has the style of ancient dragons!

It's just that besides being excited, Old Freak Xu couldn't help but think of someone.

This time "New Dragon Inn" he really wants to cooperate with that Mr. Li again. "Huang Feihong" has already been filmed before, and this movie is waiting to be released.

That person's kung fu is so beautiful, if it can be used in the new film, it must be excellent.

But now the situation has changed, this, this...

Jiahe really went too far. The promised salary of 600 million was only 300 million, which would make everyone angry.

Therefore, Cai Ziming's appearance is reasonable.

Li's kung fu is good, but it's a pity that he can only fight in the movie, it's useless outside, and he's not being bullied.

Now that he has his elder brother to support him, Old Freak Xu feels that if he were him, he would definitely rely on Cai Ziminglou.

Regarding this matter, Old Monster Xu had no choice. After all, he did not have the ability to make up for the 300 million, and even if he had the ability, he would not do it.

However, the conflict between Li and Jiahe should also be resolved, and it will not work if it is not resolved. After all, Li is indeed a box office guarantee now.

As for how to solve it, Mr. Xu thinks that there should be a third party. This third party...

He couldn't help but look in Fatty Wang's direction.

……

Fatty Wang also plans to make a martial arts film, although he is currently in the hearts of movie fans, he is a big shit director.

But "God of Gamblers" and "The Gambler", which he later collaborated with Ah Xing and Hua Tsai, have proved his dominance in commercial films.

Fatty Wang is now the most popular director in Hong Kong, bar none.

And this "Swordsman of Two Flags"... is really stylish!
Fatty Wang personally feels that he can't make this kind of movie. This kind of movie is too serious and has a martial arts temperament.

He was never serious and always liked to be funny.

But that doesn't stop him from enjoying this kind of film.

Even Fatty Wang actually had a feeling.

Ashing will definitely like it.

……

When Brother Hai fought with Yidaoxian, the sky was filled with yellow sand, and the figures could not be seen clearly, the great director Chu Yuan was very excited to watch.

He was very old, but the scene in front of him... He was really hungry.

Chu Yuan's greatest achievement in this life should be cooperating with Gu Long and making a series of Gu Long movies.

"Meteor Butterfly Sword", "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword" ... more than [-] films in a row, really supported Shaw Brothers movies at that time.

Let's put it this way, the Shaw Brothers studio can continue to survive solely because of these movies of his. Without these movies, Shaw Brothers would have been tormented by Ms. Fang long ago.

But even so, Ms. Fang did not let herself go, and was kicked out in the end.

After that, the Shaw Brothers also quickly ended their film career. The Shaw Brothers studio, which was so prosperous before, can be regarded as a haunted house to take risks when watching it now.

However, after shooting so many martial arts films, Chu Yuan rarely shoots real scenes!

Almost all of them are infield, all shot on Shaw Brothers' sets.

Although it was also praised by many film critics, and everyone even said that although Chu Yuan's film was an infield scene, it was very artistic.

Some people even said that it surpassed RB's sword and halberd films.

Chu Yuan did not dare to make such an evaluation. After all, the RB sword and halberd film was originally a signature filmed by Kurosawa and other masters. Now it is also in decline, but it was brilliant at the beginning.

Don't think about these anymore, just watch the movie in front of you, this, this...

The rich western style, the yellow sand in the desert, are all real!
The movies I made before also had plots involving our western China, but the sets made at that time are really comparable to the current one.

It's really too bad.

As a director, he can naturally see the gap, and he is really envious.

And when it comes to the final battle, people can't see clearly, all they can see is the yellow sand rolling into the sky.

now it's right!

This is Gu Long's style!

In fact, there is really no war written about in Gu Long's novels.

Gu Long did not describe the duel between top masters directly at all.

Those who can see these battles are actually in the movies.

It really is.

Gu Long's writing method is actually very clever. When it comes to writing martial arts scenes, no one can write them better than Jin Yong.

In Jin Yong's works, whether it is one-on-one, one-on-one or many-on-many, all kinds of fighting are really exciting.

It can be said that one more word will be complicated, and one less word will be inappropriate.

Since there is no way to write more than Jin Yong, it is better not to write at all, leaving a space for readers to imagine.

In Chinese painting, this is called blank space.

Interestingly, this way of writing just gives the movie room to play.

Gu Long's movies are more popular and more filmed, which probably has something to do with this.

Movie fans come to the movie to make up for the duels of super masters that cannot be seen in the novel.

And the director also has room to play, that is, he can make bold adaptations of Gu Long's novels.

Just like Xiao Li's flying knife cracking method, some people even thought of setting the battlefield on Cishan, so that his flying knife could not fly accurately.

This mainland martial arts movie is completely shot in Gu Long's style.

The great director Chu Yuan praised him repeatedly in his heart, but after the war, although the golden sword of Yi Daoxian was taken away by Sha Lifei, the liar.

But Haige and Haomei were riding horses and wandering around the world in the sunset, and the photos were also excellent.

When the movie is over, there are still many aftertaste.

There are many empty shots in this movie, there are no people in them, only one picture.

That's the beauty of the West.

That's the strong wind and yellow sand, that's the chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, that's the galloping horses...

The beauty is magnificent, the beauty is amazing, and the beauty makes people want to see it.

"Good! Great!"

As soon as the lights came on, Chu Yuan was already applauding, but he heard a shout.

Looking over, it was Mr. Li who was very skilled.

He is just like him in the movie at this moment, with a kind of vigor and a strong drive.

Applause for this movie, as it should be, but his performance is too outstanding.

When Chu Yuan saw this, he probably understood it in his heart.

There are several other people who also understood, such as Old Freak Xu and Fatty Wang.

But this film is really good, it is indeed a rare western martial arts film.

Coming out of the screening hall, he was immediately surrounded by many reporters.

Obviously someone arranged this.

"I like this movie very much! It's so well shot! There has never been a movie like this before!"

Mr. Li's answer was still the same as in the screening hall, which made many reporters very excited.

Naturally, they will not let Old Freak Xu and the others go.

"It is indeed a rare and good film. I plan to make a martial arts film about the west next time."

Old Monster Xu can't tell lies, and it just so happens that he can mention the "New Longmen Inn".

"Oh, I can't make a movie like this, I can only admire you." Fatty Wang is as usual, his smile makes people think he is very vulgar.

But this is also true.

So, isn't this scene what Bai Feng and Zhu Jiading want?
……

"Brother Zhu, thanks to your help this time." Bai Feng expressed his gratitude directly.

"Mr. Bai is too polite. Actually, this time it was your idea." Zhu Jiading is still such a modest gentleman.

Bai Feng laughed and said, "I don't have any creativity in this idea."

This guy is also humbled.

But Zhu Jiading smiled and shook his head, "No, no, Mr. Bai's creativity is in the details. It's like buying movies for free is popular in the film industry, but Mr. Bai did not choose this."

Movie real estate is similar to off-the-plan real estate. To put it bluntly, buying a movie real estate means buying the movie in advance before it is released, or when you have just come up with an idea and have not yet shot it.

This does not refer to investment, but distribution rights and other copyrights.

This has the advantage of hedging the risk.

To put it simply, the movie is made into futures, and when we hear futures now, we always think of huge risks, but in fact futures were born to avoid risks.

Bai Feng naturally understands buying movies, and he also knows many famous cases.

For example, later a company in Taiwan bought Master Xing's "Jigong" for 3000 million yuan. This movie suffered a huge loss. Some people said that this was the starting point of the collapse of Hong Kong movies.

Now, Bai Feng is operating in reverse.

We are not in a hurry to sell this film, but to create a word of mouth first, and make this "Swordsman in Double Flag Town" an image of a good film.

I will talk about distribution later, which theaters to go to, and how to go to it, all will be discussed later.

Most of the movies are promoted when they are about to be released, or in Hong Kong, they are released on the same day, so the movie posters are put up in the early morning of the day.

Bai Feng puts word-of-mouth marketing first, that's all.

But in this movie, he has enough confidence.

"Double Flag Town Swordsman" is indeed a classic movie that has been praised by everyone, and it has really influenced Mr. Xu.

Therefore, this good reputation is inevitable.

Next, he waited for the theaters in Hong Kong to come to talk online.

And right now...

"Mr. Bai, we still have something to do, let's talk later when we have time."

"okay."

It was Hong Gu who said this. Bai Feng had felt this way before, but now, he was even more sure that Hong Gu was deliberately avoiding him.

This... what happened?
Did Zhu Jiading know about that matter?

No way……

　Mr. Chu Yuan has made many movies in his life, such as the famous "72 Tenants". This movie later influenced "Kung Fu". The star likes to pay tribute to his movies.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)