The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 309 Thousand Kings Fight Thousand Tyrants

Although "Chu Liuxiang" starring Zheng Shaoqiu was a great success last year, but this time the movie version of "Chu Liuxiang", director Chu Yuan did not let Zheng Shaoqiu play the role, but promoted Er Dongsheng to play Chu Liuxiang.

The reason is that TV dramas and movies are always different. The rhythm of movies is faster and it needs to test the actors' instantaneous acting skills, while the rhythm of TV dramas is relatively slow. The success of character creation depends more on the portrayal of the screenwriter. Rather than relying on the acting skills of the actors to perform.

So now many stars with facial paralysis are very popular in TV dramas, but they are always criticized by fans because of their insufficient acting skills.

Of course, Zheng Shaoqiu's acting skills are there, but his gestures are still a bit more TV drama-like, and there is a kind of deliberately trying to be handsome and cool.But the movie needs to be more natural, and it can't make people feel that there is an element of deliberate acting.Otherwise, the movie would be turned into a drama.

This is why many newcomers who have never been exposed to movies before are more likely to achieve greater achievements in the field of movies than their predecessors who have been working on TV for many years.And if a TV artist wants to make a name for himself in the film industry, he must first bleach the smell of TV dramas on his body.

Another reason is that since Zheng Shaoqiu is the actor in the TV series "Chu Liuxiang", he must not be able to act in the movie version of "Chu Liuxiang".

The reason is very simple. TV shows are free to play, but movies cost money.The audience will be less willing to go to the theater to buy tickets to join you after watching too many of your free shows on TV.Therefore, once many movie stars become famous on the big screen, they are unwilling to return to the small screen.

Moreover, the movie version of "Chu Liuxiang" also needs to have new meanings. Zheng Shaoqiu can no longer be invited to play Chu Liuxiang, otherwise it will be considered a miniature version of the TV series.

Er Dongsheng's version of Chu Liuxiang is slightly inferior in appearance compared to Zheng Shaoqiu's version of Chu Liuxiang, but Er Dongsheng also has a little advantage, that is, he is more refined.

The reason why Chu Liuxiang is known as the heroic thief Xiangshuai is because he does not fight and shout like ordinary Jiangyang thieves, but is suave, resourceful, and wins with his brain more often than with martial arts.That's why when he met Shi Guanyin, Jellyfish Yin Ji, and Yuan Suiyun, who were superior in martial arts, he was able to escape danger frequently with his calmness and wisdom.

Compared with Zheng Shaoqiu's version of Chu Liuxiang, which pays more attention to romance and chicness, Chu's original version of "Chu Liuxiang" is more inclined to explore and decipher.

Director Chu Yuan's filming of "Chu Liuxiang" has attracted everyone's attention before the filming started. Newspapers and media have reported it one after another, and the new film has attracted everyone's attention before the filming started.

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When everyone was busy opening a new play, Zeng Zhiwei also handed over a script, and Xu Guanwu was startled when he saw the name, "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants"!Looking at the screenwriter's name again, it was indeed Wang Jing's name. Xu Guanwu couldn't help but let out a long sigh, thinking to himself, could it be that you and Ga are so destined, and the friendship between the two generations cannot be separated from the word "gambling"? !
"Mr. Xu, help me to read, how about this script?" Zeng Zhiwei said in a sharp voice.

In fact, Zeng Zhiwei's voice is not very pleasant, it is high-pitched and hoarse. To put it bluntly, it is commonly known as the "duck voice".But he was able to become a well-known program host in three regions across the Taiwan Strait with this voice, it has to be said that he is very talented.

The "Prize Doorman" series hosted by him has always been the highest-rated variety show in Hong Kong. Of course, this is also related to the fact that Hong Kong TVB is the only one and lacks healthy competition.In fact, relatively speaking, Taiwan's variety shows have gradually surpassed Hong Kong since the lifting of the law in the 90s, becoming a model for variety shows in the Chinese-speaking region.

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll read it first." Xu Guanwu nodded, and brought over the script "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants".

Xu Guanwu hadn't watched the movie "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" before, but he was already familiar with its name.Because this film is regarded as director Wang Jing's debut, and it also created a precedent for him to shoot gambling films.

In fact, before "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants", Wang Jing once helped TVB to write "The King of Thousand Kings", which achieved extremely high ratings and beat the TV station's masterpiece "The Grace of the Earth" in the same period.Among them, Wang Jing, the screenwriter Kuaishou, has contributed a lot.And "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" is actually inspired by "The King of Thousand Kings", but movies and TV are not involved in the story.

After Xu Guanwu looked it over, he felt that Wang Jing's writing was not bad, but after all, it was only his third script, and it was still a bit weak in terms of heat, not as good as Chu Yuan, Huang Bingyao, Huang Baiming and other experienced old people.

Xu Guanwu has read a lot of scripts over the years, and his vision has already been trained.So although Wang Jing's script is indeed innovative, there are still many shortcomings in it.

After flipping through, Xu Guanwu put the script on the table.

"Mr. Xu, how is it? Can this script work?" Zeng Zhiwei asked with a smile.

"This script is very innovative. It's really a fantastic idea to think of bringing the popular gambling cards to the screen." Xu Guanwu nodded and said.

"Yeah, I said he will do it." Hearing what Xu Guanwu said, Zeng Zhiwei immediately nodded with a smile.

"How did this Wang Jing think of putting the gambling cards on the screen?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help asking curiously.

"Hey! Speaking of this, he is also unlucky. There is a gambler mother in the family. She knows how to play cards with others without doing anything every day. Once she loses, she will pay hundreds or thousands of dollars. If she loses all, she will borrow usury. The house is in turmoil and the neighbors are in fear. In this way, it is impossible for him to know how to gamble." Zeng Zhiwei said with a sigh.

"This gamble is really bad. As the saying goes: Eating is real skill, clothing is prestige, gambling is a hedge, and whoring is nothing!" Xu Guanwu nodded after hearing this, and said with some regret, "I never thought that Wang Jing would work so hard to make money. You have to work part-time while studying, but you have such a gambler mother. What a shame!"

"Mr. Xu is right, so I would rather drink than gamble when I have money. It's too fierce, and the dividends of a play are exported every minute." Zeng Zhiwei also echoed.

"Well, are there any employees in the company who like to gamble? Help me stare at them and try to persuade them before they become addicted. Don't gamble until you end up losing both money and money, and then do something wrong. That would be a mistake. Cheng Qiangu hates it." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said again.

Originally, as long as employees work hard at work, they don't need to ask more about their private lives.However, Xu Guanwu also knows that no matter whether it is drug addiction or gambling addiction, it is easy to destroy a person, especially it is the easiest to wear down one's will.

When Xu Guanwu was in his hometown earlier, he saw a self-employed owner who was originally very good, but he got into the habit of playing cards. As a result, he not only exported all his business, but also ended up blocking the road and robbing him. He was sentenced to several years in prison He was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, and his wife and children were separated, so why bother!

If an employee under Xu's company owes usury because of gambling, it's hard to believe that he will devote his energy to work wholeheartedly.Filmmaking is a very dangerous job, especially when shooting martial arts scenes, car chase scenes, gunfight scenes, explosion scenes, etc. If you are not careful, it will lead to disasters. You must not be careless.

If a certain employee owes usury and causes too much psychological pressure, and if he is in a trance during filming, it will really kill someone.Therefore, we must pay attention to preventing the incipient development and strangling all crises in the bud.

Hearing what Xu Guanwu said, Zeng Zhiwei couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, Mr. Xu, the brothers under the company are relatively quiet. At most, everyone just plays a few cards in their free time, and they don't play very big."

"Well, that's good." Xu Guanwu nodded, "I think this script is not bad, but there are still some points that need to be considered. You can ask Wang Jing to revise it with the company's screenwriting team, and bring it back for approval later."

"Oh." Zeng Zhiwei was a little disappointed when he heard that the script had not passed the review.

In the Xu family, although the script is reviewed by the Brilliant Group of Seven, in fact Xu Guanwu's opinion is the most important, because he is currently the most powerful person in the Xu family.Not only does he have the Brilliant Cinemas, but he also has channels for exporting to the US market. Everyone depends on his face when he makes a fortune.

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After Zeng Zhiwei took the script back, Xu Guanwu suddenly wondered if he was a bit of a spoiler.Originally, Wang Jing needed to work in TVB for several years, practiced all kinds of skills, and then passed the [-] Bronze Man Formation before he was allowed to leave the mountain.

But now, after only staying in TVB for a short period of time, he was dug into Xu's company by himself. Although his talent is still as bright, but lacks the most basic training, the script written by Wang Jing still lacks a bit of heat.

This is very different from the two screenwriters Huang Bingyao and Huang Baiming. Before entering Xu's as a screenwriter, Huang Baiming was the manager of a foreign company and an enthusiast of a theater troupe. He also worked as an artist in TVB and wrote scripts. complicated.

And Huang Bingyao also worked as a middle school Chinese teacher and a civil servant of the Hong Kong government. He is also a top student in the Department of Literature of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In terms of literary literacy and life experience, he is also better than Wang Jing, who has not yet graduated from university.

The scripts written by Huang Baiming and Huang Bingyao are basically very good, humorous and full of life, which makes people very happy after watching.Among them, Huang Baiming is good at comedy themes, while Huang Bingyao is suitable for action themes.

However, Wang Jing doesn't seem to be good at the field so far. The two films he wrote before are both Kung Fu-themed, "The Thieves" and "One and a Half Ways of the Rivers and Lakes", both of which have traces of imitation and reference.Moreover, the box office of the two films is not too high. Among them, the box office of "One and a Half Ways" is only more than 200 million, which is nearly 100 million less than Cheng Long's last "Drunken Master", which also makes Cheng Long very unhappy.

Now this "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants", bringing gambling cards to the screen is actually not Wang Jing's first creation.It was "The Gambling King's Big Scam" filmed by director Cheng Gang last year, but Zeng Zhiwei was embarrassed and didn't tell the truth to Xu Guanwu just now.

But everyone is working hard in the Hong Kong film circle. Hong Kong itself is so small, how big can this circle be?So Xu Guanwu knew it at a glance, but he didn't expose Zeng Zhiwei face to face.However, several works before and after have traces of imitation and reference, which has to make Xu Guanwu worry.

As a screenwriter in Hong Kong, for the first time, it is indeed inseparable from imitation and reference.When Xu Guanwen made "The Annunciation of Two Stars", it was also an imitation of European and American talk shows.Huang Bingyao's "The Prodigal Boy" and Huang Baiming's "Crazy Big Brother" are both imitations of current best-selling works.

But then they created "Lin Shirong", "It's as simple as catching a thief", etc., but they already have their own unique style, and the elements of plagiarism and reference have been quite diluted.

Xu Guanwu was not afraid that Wang Jing could learn from and imitate, but he was also afraid that he would not be able to get out of this vicious circle and waste his great talent in vain.

"Why don't you throw him back to TVB and polish him for a few years?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help thinking.

(End of this chapter)