The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 30 "The Serpentine Hand" Officially Starts Filming

After Hong Jingbao returned to the team and the Seven Little Fortunes gathered together, the preparations for "The Serpentine Hand" officially started.

Xu Guanwu took out the outline of the story of "The Serpentine Hand", and specially summoned Hong Jingbao, Zeng Zhiwei, and Cheng Long to polish and fill it together.

The story of "The Serpentine Hand" is actually very simple, and the context is very clear.

The Eagle Claw Gate and the Serpentine Gate have been fighting for nearly a hundred years, and finally a peerless genius came out of the Eagle Claw Gate, leading the disciples to wipe out the eight provinces and 32 rudders of the Serpentine Gate, leaving only the son of the owner of the Serpentine Gate and his uncle Bai Chang The whereabouts of the world are unknown.

The members of the Serpentine Gate searched for Bai Changtian's whereabouts, while Bai Changtian disguised himself as an old beggar to hide.One day when he was surrounded and beaten by the instructor of Hongwei Martial Arts Academy, he was rescued by Jian Fu, a handyman of Hongtai Martial Arts Academy.

Bai Changtian saw that Jian Fu was honest and kind-hearted, and was always beaten by the instructor of Hongtai Martial Arts School, so he taught him the Serpentine Gate martial arts and told him not to do anything casually.

Jian Fu is a prodigy in martial arts, and his martial arts are advancing rapidly, and he improved to create a snake-shaped tricky hand.It happened that Hongwei Martial Arts and Hongtai Martial Arts were robbing apprentices, and the master of Hongtai Martial Arts was injured by Hongwei Martial Arts.Jian Fu couldn't see it and made a move with hatred in his eyes, so he taught Hongwei Martial Arts a lesson.

But when he made the move, the head of the Eagle Claw Sect found out the truth, and designed to lure Bai Changtian to show up.When the two were fighting and the situation was critical, Jian Fu finally used his self-made snake-shaped tricky hand to kill the master of the Eagle Claw Sect and protect the master Bai Changtian...

"Mr. Xu, this story is very smooth." Cheng Long forced a smile after reading it once.

"I think it's not bad. If the martial arts action is more lively, it should be a good movie." Zeng Zhiwei also smiled, but his eyes couldn't hide his disappointment.

Xu Guanwu smiled slightly. He knew that although the movie "The Snake Shaped Hand" was a big hit at the box office, the storyline was actually not very outstanding. It was almost a routine of Jin Yong's martial arts novels.

The kind-hearted fool meets an old beggar, unintentionally helps him win favor, and is a story of a chivalrous heroism after being taught martial arts by the old beggar.

At that time, it can be said that this plot has been used badly for a long time. Even Zeng Zhiwei can make it up if he asks himself, and it can be made more fun.

"Mr. Xu, do you want to add a storyline?" Hong Jingbao carefully suggested, "You see that the whereabouts of the son of the owner of the Serpentine Gate is unknown, so can you set this Jian Fu as his son. Later, with Bai Chang Heaven recognized it, so I made up my mind to avenge my father."

"Absolutely not," Xu Guanwu quickly waved his hand and said, "When a fool meets an old beggar, this method is old but still works. But the meme of 'revenge' has long been used by director Zhang Cheh, and it must not be used anymore."

In fact, after the release of "Serpentine" was so popular at the box office, in addition to creating the trend of Hong Kong Kung Fu comedy, one of the reasons is that the plot is unconventional.

The film does not emphasize the theme of "revenge", but focuses on Cheng Long's journey from scratch to becoming a strong man step by step.This catered to the tastes of the younger generation of audiences at that time and satisfied their desire to succeed.

Seeing Xu Guanwu's refusal, Hong Jingbao scratched his head in embarrassment, "Mr. Xu, if this is the case, the plot will be too simple."

"This movie is a kung fu movie. The storyline is simple and I'm not afraid at all. The most important thing is the martial arts scenes, which must be designed fresh and interesting. Sanmao, I'm relying on you for this movie. Are you sure you can make it well? "Xu Guanwu laughed.

"Don't worry, Mr. Xu!" Hong Jingbao said, patting his chest.

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As expected, Hong Jingbao handled affairs quickly, and quickly assigned the main roles.

The main character Jian Fu is naturally played by Cheng Long, the master of Hongwei Martial Arts is played by Zhong Fa, the master of Hongtai Martial Arts is played by Lin Zhengying, the instructor of Hongtai Martial Arts is played by Yuan Hua, and there is another The fat young master who is in dispute between the two martial arts halls is entrusted to Zeng Zhiwei to play the role, and the master of the Eagle Claw Sect is entrusted to Feng Ke'an to play the role...

The rest of them play the role of the killer of the Eagle Claw Gate, the apprentice of the martial arts school, etc. In short, each has its own position.

After assigning the main roles, Hong Jingbao immediately led a large team to the field, and immediately set up the machine to shoot.

It is said that shooting kung fu movies was quite simple at that time. You just drag the people into the field, set up the machines and start shooting directly, saving even the money for the set.

Moreover, the costumes of the actors are all kinds of chaos. It is often seen that Qing Dynasty people in long robes and jackets with braids compete with people from the Republic of China with mushroom heads and short-sleeved shirts.

But the audience still watched mesmerized and enjoyed it very much, leaving only Xu Guanwu messed up in the wind.

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Leaving "Serpentine Hands" to Hong Jingbao, Xu Guanwu himself just pretended to be a producer, and occasionally went to the scene to observe it, and left the rest of the time to Zhao Yazhi.

However, Zhao Yazhi doesn't have much time to spend with him these days, because the film "Fat Qian Han" has also entered the filming stage.

The film "Fat Qian Han" was the first time Xu Guanying took the leading role in the leading role. In the previous life, the box office also reached more than 500 million Hong Kong dollars, which was the No.2 movie box office in [-].

In this life, because of the filming three years in advance, Xu Guanying has not yet starred in "Genius and Idiot", "Half Weight", etc., so her acting skills have not been honed enough.

"Second brother, I'm not ready for you to praise me as the leading role." Xu Guanying said with a bitter face, "Why don't you leave the leading role to the eldest brother, I'd better hone it first."

"Aying, you have to have confidence in yourself. I am very optimistic about you. You will become the number one ugly star in Hong Kong one day. Don't let yourself feel inferior." Xu Guanwu patted Xu Guanying on the shoulder and said.

"But if the performance is not good, it will be troublesome if you lose money." Xu Guanying hesitated.

"Don't worry, how can you lose money? The second brother assures you that you will not lose money. You just need to put your heart into acting." Xu Guanwu smiled slightly.

"Okay, then I'll go and try it out. If it doesn't work, second brother, you can replace me again." Xu Guanying still had no idea.

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Xu Guanwu liked the expensive horse comedy of the Xu Brothers very much in his last life, and he has watched this "Fat Qian Han" many times, and he remembers the plot clearly, so the script he produced is relatively complete.

After adding Xu Guanwen, Deng Weixiong, and Liu Tianci's filling and polishing, it was finally combined into a very complete script.

Deng Weixiong and Liu Tianci are both Xu Guanwen's disciples. When they were working on "Happy Tonight" and "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars" on TVB, the three often worked together to write jokes and short plays. The cooperation is boundless and has a tacit understanding.

In his previous life, Xu Guanwu had read the book "The Young Wang Jing Into the Rivers and Lakes" written by the famous Hong Kong director Wang Jing, and Mr. Liu Tianci was mentioned in it.Liu Tianci was Wang Jing's mentor, teaching him the essentials of writing jokes and short plays.

And Liu Tianci is Xu Guanwen's apprentice, and he learned about the creation of jokes from Xu Guanwen.So in this way, Wang Jing became Xu Guanwen's disciple and grandson, and Xu Guanwen became Wang Jing's master.

Seeing Liu Tianci himself now, Xu Guanwu would like to ask him if you have a fat man named Wang Jing under his command. Although his appearance is a bit wretched and his heart is dirty, he is a first-class commercial genius in the Hong Kong film industry.If there is, you bring him to me at once.

But then I remembered that Wang Jing graduated from middle school in [-] and started to work part-time in TVB. He probably hadn't graduated from high school in [-], so I immediately stopped thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)