The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 260 March Schedule

On the second Sunday in March, at the meeting of the seven-member group, Mai Jia and Hong Jingbao presented two scripts, one was "Crazy Big Brother" written by Huang Baiming, and the other was "The Miscellaneous Boy" written by Huang Bingyao.

The movie "Miscellaneous Boy" is still a typical Kung Fu movie in the early Republic of China. The protagonist is also a mischievous and mischievous boy. The process of practicing martial arts is also arduous and interesting, and there must be a big villain who does many evils. In the end, it is bound to defeat the villain and have a happy ending.

The Xu Brothers Company has already made many Kung Fu movies of this kind in the early Republic of China, and they have accumulated quite a lot of experience.

I took the script and looked at it. Although the literary and opera aspects are old-fashioned, they are finally quite satisfactory, but they are not lost.The rest depends on whether you can play well in martial arts and win beautifully.

"Our brothers have designed several sets of jobs, and they must be ingenious and beautiful. Mr. Xu, you believe me." Hong Jingbao promised, patted his chest.

Everyone present also believed in his martial arts teaching level, so naturally they had no other opinions, and raised their hands together to pass the approval of "Miscellaneous Boy".

Immediately afterwards, Mai Jia's "Crazy Old Thousand" was put on the table. This play was co-written by Mai Jia and Huang Baiming.

Although Huang Baiming has worked as a film screenwriter before, his experience in writing film scripts is immature, and there are many structural flaws in the script.Although Mai Jia's screenwriting talent is not too high (of course it is much better than someone who can only plagiarize), but he has rich experience and especially strong organizational skills.So after the script was written, it also had Mai Jia's name on it.

"I think this "Crazy Big Brother" is not bad, what do you all think?" Xu Guanwu said with a smile, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and found that except for Mai Jia, the rest seemed not too excited.

"This drama is funny, but why are there so few fights? Will the audience buy it?" Zeng Zhiwei was the first to express his opinion.

"It shouldn't be a problem, big brother also has few comedy dramas, isn't he still the annual box office champion?" Xu Guanwu retorted with a smile.

"Mr. Xu's ghost horse comedy is already a gold-lettered signboard. It is well-known for being good-looking and funny. But this Mr. Huang Baiming is not well-known, and he hasn't had any blockbuster films before. How can you trust the audience?" Hong Jingbao pointed at this film. The script said, "If you add more dramas and invite one or two popular actors, it will probably be a selling point."

"I just don't want so many fight scenes. You call me and I play the past. Hong Kong is full of these kinds of movies now. I really want to vomit after watching it." Mai Jia shouted loudly, "I just want to play this movie. It's funny, so many fights will dilute the plot, so we definitely can't add more fights."

Hearing Mai Jia's yell, both Zeng Zhiwei and Hong Jingbao looked a little ugly.The two of them started out filming fight scenes, but you utter nonsense here, saying that you will vomit after watching too much, isn't it ruining other people's jobs? !
"Don't get excited, don't get excited! Speak well if you have something to say." Xu Guanwen waved his hand quickly, signaling Mai Jia to control his emotions first, "I think the plot of this movie is not bad, and some parts are quite funny, and it is really not suitable to add too much Play more dramas. But because this drama is not very mainstream, so the investment should be reduced as appropriate, Mai Jia, do you think it is ok?"

"It's okay to invest less, but it can't be too little." Mai Jia said quickly, "After all, I still have to hire actors from outside."

"Invite actors from outside?! Did you make a mistake, can't the people in the company not do it?" Hong Jingbao couldn't help but said.

"How many people in the company can actually act in literary dramas besides filming fight scenes?" Mai Jia glanced at Hong Jingbao. acting skills."

"Okay, anyway, the investment is so much, who do you want to ask to make up your own mind." Xu Guanwen nodded and said, "For the plot, besides adding drama, do you have any other opinions?"

"No more." Hong Jingbao and the others shook their heads and said.Hearing what they said, Mai Jia, who is a screenwriter, immediately became proud.

"Then it's settled. Later, Mai Jia, you can calculate the cost, and then go to Ah Wu for approval." Xu Guanwen nodded and said.

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In March, Xu Brothers released three new films, one is "Big Brother Cheng" directed by Gui Zhihong and Mai Jia, one is the martial arts film "Meteor Butterfly Sword" directed by Chu Yuan, and the other is Zhang Guoming. Directed "Amin" for nearly a year.Among them, the movie "A Ming" was screened in the Art and Beauty Cinemas, while "Big Brother Cheng" and "Meteor Butterfly Sword" were both screened in the Brilliant Cinemas.

The main actors of "Meteor Butterfly Sword" were all hired from Shaw Brothers. Of course, they borrowed a trick to hide them and hired them with a leather bag company.But now as soon as the film is released in Brilliant Cinemas, everything is leaked immediately.

Shaw's popular stars such as Yue Hua, Gu Feng, Zong Hua, Jing Li, etc. all appeared in the theaters operated by the competitor Xu's, which made the whole Hong Kong people a little curious, and then they all flocked to the Brilliant Cinemas to see what happened .

During the midnight test screening, this strange martial arts movie caused a sensation.Not only because the actors acted well and the story was written well, but it was even more difficult because the director directed it well.

Director Chu Yuan is worthy of being a director who directed literary films before, and he vividly displayed the romantic sentiment hidden in Gu Long's novels on the screen.

Gu Long started out writing literary novels before, but literary novels have always been popular but not well-received. It coincided with the rise of martial arts novels in Taiwan, so he had to change his family and start writing martial arts novels.In the early days, because he helped Wo Longsheng, Sima Ling and others to ghostwrite, Gu Long's early works also mostly imitated the routines of famous writers such as Wo Longsheng and Sima Ling.

It wasn't until after writing more than a dozen novels that he gradually became famous that he got rid of the routines of his predecessors and found a new way to create a school of his own. He no longer focused on routines such as martial arts and revenge, but adopted elements of Hollywood spy movies. The essence of Japanese mystery novels has reopened a genre of suspense and detective martial arts.

Gu Long is famous for his big head, which means smart.Gu Long is indeed a smart man, and he likes to fight wits with readers the most.His novels have ups and downs at the beginning, and then buried layers of clues in the subsequent chapters, luring readers to read each chapter, solving the mystery step by step.

Therefore, Gu Long's new martial arts novels quickly caused a sensation in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and other places. They overshadowed their predecessors such as Wo Longsheng and Sima Ling, and became figures comparable to those of their martial arts predecessors such as Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng.

It's just that Jin Yong's novels were adapted into movies early on, and they achieved quite good box office results.However, although Gu Long's novel became popular in the Chinese-speaking area, it has not been adapted into a movie for a long time.

The reason is that Jin Yong was originally a screenwriter, and he had previously written scripts for the leftist film company Great Wall, so when he wrote martial arts novels, he absorbed many advantages of script writing.Watching Jin Yong's martial arts novels, writing about scenes and characters, vividly recalling them is like watching a movie, and those pictures will immediately appear in the mind.

Gu Long's novels, on the other hand, pay attention to artistic conception. Although the temperament of the characters is obvious, the appearance is vague.Readers are easily attracted by the characteristics of the characters, but it creates difficulties for film and television adaptations.Just like copying a famous painting by a famous artist, although it can be painted in a resemblance, it still lacks such a charm.

And if Gu Long's novel loses a little of its charm after adaptation, can this adaptation still be called a success?If Chu Liuxiang didn't have a romantic and unrestrained temperament, if Lu Xiaofeng didn't have the quick-wittedness, and if Li Xunhuan didn't have the sadness that everyone is drunk and I am alone, then it would not be called a successful adaptation, and it would not be recognized by the majority of book fans.

Fortunately, Chu Yuan was also a literary youth before, and he and Gu Long had a kind of sympathy for each other, and a tacit understanding of recognizing heroes and valuing heroes.When Gu Long's novels came into his hands, the adaptations looked as good as they really were, which made people feel that the fantasy and suspense flavor of Gu Long's novels were really shot, and it was also recognized by the majority of readers.

So, after the midnight premiere, "Meteor Butterfly Sword" was officially put on the big screen.

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Once "Meteor Butterfly Sword" was completed and the midnight show was held, Shaw finally realized that all the actors he had been hired by a certain company were hired by his arch-rival Xu. A Gu Long martial arts film that is said to have a good reputation.

This made Shao feel ashamed, and at the same time sneered at Xu's unkindness.If you want to borrow someone, you can tell me directly, although I will definitely not lend it to you.But you are so openly repairing the plank road and secretly keeping Chencang, it seems that I am weird and brainless, and you are completely insulting my IQ.

Xu didn't have time to pay attention to Shao's childish temper. After the release of "Meteor Butterfly Sword", it caused a sensation, and banknotes flew over like snowflakes.The big guy is so busy making money that he doesn't have time to sleep, who has the time to argue with you? !
"Meteor Butterfly Sword" became an instant hit, not only because Chu Yuan filmed the essence of Gu Long's novels, but also because the subject matter was novel, and it was finally not a Kung Fu comedy in the early Republic of China. .And the fighting in the play is more exciting, flying around like a flying fairy, it looks more exciting than fighting with fists.

So this movie has received rave reviews since it was released, and the box office has remained high, creating a box office miracle at the beginning of the year.

After another movie "Big Brother" was released, the response was also good.After Gui Zhihong's "Cheng Ji Tea House" was released last year, it was first met with a cold reception, obviously whether it was well received or not.Later, Xu Guan fought against the crowd and extended its release schedule. Sure enough, with the good word of mouth, "Big Brother" recovered at the box office and became the blockbuster of the year. .

"Big Brother Cheng" is the sequel to "Chengji Tea House". It was supposed to be released last year, but Gui Zhihong's filming caused an accident. The lead actor Chen Guantai was seriously injured and lay in the hospital for a month.Later, because he went to Golden Harvest to shoot a film privately, he was directly demoted to teach at Xinghui Art School.

The filming of "Big Brother Cheng" has changed hands several times, and it was finally finished by Mai Jia.However, Mai Jia is good at making comedies, which is quite different from Gui Zhihong's cult style full of hostility.Therefore, when Mai Jia was filming "Big Brother Cheng", he inevitably mixed a lot of comedy elements, and greatly cut out the black violence elements. As a result, he made a comedy film similar to "Happy Fairy's Nest".

After the eldest brother Cheng was released from prison, he ran into a big scam, which resulted in the pursuit of the gangster and the attention of the police.The eldest brother Cheng fought wits and courage with them to the end, and finally all the black Xs were arrested by the police, and the eldest brother Cheng also successfully regained his freedom, with a happy ending.

This kind of change is wrong and wrong. This kind of family carnival-style police and criminal comedy has been welcomed by movie fans, and they all say that it is much better than the first one.I don't know if Gui Zhihong will spurt blood after hearing this comment? !
After the release of the other "A Ming" directed by Zhang Guoming, it still received a cold reception for a while, which really exceeded Xu Guanwu's expectations.

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