The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 217 Meeting of the Group of Seven
As for who will take over "Chengji Tea House" and continue filming the remaining half of the scenes, several directors present did not express their views.

No one is willing to take other people's second-hand goods, let alone all of you here are well-known directors, and you don't want to commit yourself to take over this mess.

Everyone was silent for a while, and no one wanted to make a statement first.

Seeing this, Xu Guanwu could only cough lightly, "What's the matter, why are you not willing to talk anymore? Well then, if this is the case, then I will call the roll call."

Hearing what Xu Guanwu said, Zeng Zhiwei, who is now in charge of the show, is not worried about being named at all.

Liang Shuyi herself was not a director, so the corners of her mouth curled up after hearing this, and she just looked down at the document.

Naturally, Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie don't have to be afraid, they have no reason to take over this mess.

It's just that Mai Jia and Hong Jingbao, who have no scenes to shoot for the time being, are a little nervous. You two look at me and I look at you. Suddenly, Mai Jia said, "I suggest Zhang Guoming give it a try."

"Zhang Guoming?!" Xu Guanwu was slightly taken aback, "Can he do it?"

"It can be done. The "Amin" he is making now is a movie with a realistic urban theme, and it tells the story of the Black Society." Mai Jia explained, "Anyway, he stops and shoots now, saying that he wants to Looking for artistic inspiration. Let him shoot "Chengji Tea House" first, maybe after the filming, his inspiration will also come."

"What's everyone's opinion?" Xu Guanwu glanced at everyone present.

"I agree!"

"agree!"

"Anyway, there is no one now, let him try."

……

Everyone had no opinion, and unanimously approved Zhang Guoming to take over the filming of "Chengji Tea House".

……

On the streets of Hong Kong, Zhang Guoming is taking a camera to shoot the scene of hacking people on the street.

Seven or eight teenagers hacked around the street with gleaming machetes, spraying blood all over the place.

The passers-by present all scattered and fled, screaming in fright.

"Quick shot, quick shot, remember to take pictures of the injured parts of the protagonist." Zhang Guoming kept shouting.

Suddenly he felt a chill all over his body, and he sneezed twice.

"Director, are you okay?" the photographer asked concerned.

"It's okay, hey, don't look at me, look at the camera." Zhang Guoming wiped his nose and whispered, "Who is thinking about me behind my back?"

At this moment, he coldly saw two patrol policemen running over, quickly took a picture, and then shouted, "The police are here, move quickly."

Immediately the photographer stuffed the portable camera into his clothes, and the teenagers stopped fighting, turned around and fled into the alley with their knives in hand.

By the time the two policemen arrived at the scene, the people had long since fled.

……

In the 70s, the Hong Kong government did not give much support to the film industry, and it was unthinkable to ask for government assistance in filming.

So what if you want to shoot real scenes?I have to fight guerrilla like Zhang Guoming.Carrying a portable video camera, he led the actors to work directly on the street, and left as soon as the police came.

This is also the flexibility of Hong Kong filmmakers.

……

The seven-member team then reviewed the "Meteor Butterfly Sword" project.

"Everyone here has read the script, do you have any ideas?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, although Gu Long's novels are considered popular in Hong Kong, he is a master of martial arts novels. However, the number of adaptations of previous works is very small, and whether they can be popular is a problem." Hong Jingbao said bluntly.

"Gu Long's reputation is comparable to that of Jin Yong, and his martial arts novels are also very popular in Hong Kong. I think since the adaptation of Jin Yong's works can be successful, then Gu Long's novels can also be adapted." Liang Shuyi agreed.

"Jin Yong's novels are wonderful, but Gu Long's novels are inexplicable. Fighting doesn't pay attention to moves, what kind of artistic conception should we talk about? What should the martial arts instructor do?" Hong Jingbao spread his hands.

"Many of Gu Long's works actually have shadows of movies. For example, "Chu Liuxiang" is somewhat similar to 007 Bond, and "Meteor Butterfly Sword" is adapted from the Hollywood movie "The Godfather"...so I think it should be adapted into a movie. " Xu Guanwu said.

"In this case, let's make one first to see the reaction." Xu Guanwen said, "Now swords and martial arts movies are declining, and fist and kick kung fu movies are popular. But what I think is that there are dozens of kung fu movies a year, nearly a hundred, and sooner or later the audience will I’m tired of watching it, why not make some sword and martial arts movies to refresh myself.”

"I also agree with my brother's opinion. There is actually quite a market for swordsman and martial arts films. Before that, "The Drunk Man" directed by Hu Jinquan and "The One-Armed Swordsman" directed by Chang Cheh were both very popular works. It can be seen that martial arts films are popular In fact, Hong Kong still has a very large audience." Xu Guanjie also agreed.

"In this case, please raise your hand if you agree to put Gu Long's novel on the screen." Xu Guanwu said, and then he was the first to raise his hand.

Liang Shuyi, Xu Guanwen, and Xu Guanjie all raised their hands in favor. Mai Jia grew up drinking foreign ink and was not a fan of martial arts novels. She didn't know who Gu Long was, so she chose to abstain.

Only Hong Jingbao and Zeng Zhiwei expressed their opposition, thinking that there is no market for Gu Long movies, otherwise they would not have been left there for more than ten years.

"Four people are in favor, that is, the majority agrees to adapt Gu Long's novel for release." Xu Guanwu nodded, and then said, "Now, everyone will review this script in detail to see if there is anything that needs improvement."

After Xu Guanwu finished speaking, Hong Jingbao raised his hand, "Mr. Xu, although I don't approve of making this movie, I have read the script carefully. I feel that the biggest problem is that the filming is too deep."

"Too deep? What do you mean?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

"It's just that some of the plots of the stories are not clearly explained, and the audience has to spend their brains to guess." Hong Jingbao explained.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Xu Guanwu said in surprise.

It can be considered a good movie if people can still think about it carefully after watching it.Like "Two Smoking Barrels", "Stealing and Kidnapping", "Inception"... After watching these movies, you can still think about them carefully, and admire the director's superb storytelling skills.

"Of course it's not a good thing. Audiences go to the theater to have fun and to relax. Who wants to use their brains to think?" Hong Jingbao objected.

"I think what Sanmao said makes sense. Audiences go to the theater to be happy, not to waste their brains. We filmmakers have to serve the audience and provide them with fun and happy movies. It's too mysterious, too complicated, it's against the audience, it's against the box office." Mai Jia also nodded.

"I also think Brother Sanmao is right." Zeng Zhiwei also agreed.

Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie also echoed Hong Jingbao's theory.

Seeing this, Xu Guanwu had no choice but to nod his head, "Since some plots are said to be mysterious, let the audience have to worry about whether they can point out the specific plots, so that Director Chu has the goal of revising."

"Well, I've already marked it." Hong Jingbao said, opening the script while talking, and sure enough, he saw that it was marked with a red pen.

Seeing this, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but nodded. From this, it can be seen that Hong Jingbao is really a caring person. Even though he didn't agree with making Gu Long's movie, he still reviewed the script very seriously.

"For example, in this paragraph, Meng Xinghun and Lu Xiangchuan met for the second time..." Hong Jingbao said eloquently.

The rest of the people either refuted or sympathized. After two hours of discussion, they finally summed up all the shortcomings one by one.

"Okay, I will pass on the opinions of the seven-person group meeting to Director Chu Yuan." Xu Guanwu said, "After he has revised the script, we will discuss matters such as actors and investment."

Everyone nodded and announced the end of the meeting.

……

Xu Guanwu then called director Chu Yuan and conveyed the opinions of the seven-person group meeting.

Director Chu Yuan has been restless for the past few days, worrying about gain and loss, and he didn't even sleep well.Seeing him today, Xu Guanwu was startled.

Director Chu had two big panda eyes, the dark circles under his eyes were very obvious, and his complexion was dull. He looked like a prisoner in confinement.

"Director Chu, are you okay? Why do you look so bad?" Xu Guanwu asked with concern.

Chu Yuan forced a smile, "I'm fine, Mr. Xu, has that drama come to fruition?"

"Yes, this is the suggestion for revision of the script given by the seven-member team. You can see if you can modify it according to the suggestion." Xu Guanwu nodded and handed the summary revision suggestion to Chu Yuan.

Surprised, Chu Yuan took the document and saw that it listed all the shortcomings of the script, and gave corresponding suggestions for revision.

At first, Chu Yuan thought it was a nitpicking question, but after looking more closely, he found it to be reasonable.I can't help but humbly accept the revision opinion, and promise to revise it according to the opinion after I go back.

"Very good, next time Director Chu can draw up a list of actors in his mind, and we will review the budget based on the list." Xu Guanwu said.

"Mr. Xu, I just joined the company, and I don't know the actors of the company, but I am familiar with the actors of Shaw Brothers." Chu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and explained, "I can't draw up the list of actors."

"I want you to draw up the list of Shaw Brothers actors." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Why?" Chu Yuan didn't understand.

"Our company has never filmed a costume drama before, and the costumes of the actors may not be recognized." Xu Guanwu explained, "Plus the popular movie stars have already filmed dramas, so we really can't find people to participate in the filming. So we need from Shaw Brothers The film studio borrowed people, they often shoot costume dramas, and the costume style has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."

"But will Shaw agree to lend us someone?" Chu Yuan asked worriedly.

Everyone knew that the Xu Brothers Company and the Shaw Brothers Company were deadly rivals, and it was already a great deal of face not to tear each other down, so how could it be possible to borrow an actor to let him film?
"We can use the strategy of cheating the world and crossing the sea, and Li Daitao being stiff." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "I have already sent someone to buy a leather bag company, and then borrowed actors from Shaw Brothers in the name of this company. Shaw Brothers is very defensive. Tight, but less concerned about other studios."

"This is a good way to solve the problem, but unfortunately it can only be used once." Chu Yuan nodded.

"I also know, it's just that the company still has too few talents, and I don't want to do this as a last resort." Xu Guanwu sighed, "In the future, we still need to find talents. Does Director Chu know which Shaw Brothers actor has a contract? Is it due?"

"It's hard to say. Last year, in order to prevent poaching, the Shaw Brothers asked all these actors to re-sign the contracts for five years." Chu Yuan sighed, "Unless they are young second-tier and third-tier actors, Shaw Brothers will not If you take it so seriously, maybe someone's contract is about to expire."

"That's it, then I'll try to send someone to contact you." Xu Guanwu nodded and said.

Up to now, the superstar manager company has only a hundred or so artists under its banner, and a large part of them are dragon and tiger martial arts masters. There are only a handful of people who can act in literary dramas and have acting skills.This is also because the rise is too fast and there is no accumulation.

For example, Shaw Brothers has developed in Hong Kong for more than 20 years, and has accumulated talents for more than 20 years. Especially after the graduation of MP & GI, many actors have been accepted by Shaw Brothers, making it the largest film talent reserve base in Hong Kong.Whether Jiahe or Xu's, they are far from being able to compete with it.

The purpose of Xu Guanwu's establishment of Xinghui Art School is to provide talents for superstar management companies, but it has only been established for half a year now, and no talents have been cultivated yet.

Therefore, in order to increase his talent pool, Xu Guanwu could only choose the way of poaching.And Shaw Brothers, which has the largest talent reserve, naturally became the target of his poaching.

It's just that after last year's silver bullet offensive, Shaw Brothers has become wary of Xu Corporation, watching their actors so hard that they won't let Xu Corporation poach even a scumbag.Let Xu Guanwu hold a lot of money, in vain.

(End of this chapter)