The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 310 The Sad Cheng Long

Zeng Zhiwei took back the script of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants", and then went to the screenwriting team with Wang Jing to discuss and pick out mistakes and make some revisions.

The scriptwriting team was established by Xu Guanwu after the scriptwriting department of TVB TV station. The screenwriters in it are divided into four levels: junior screenwriter, intermediate screenwriter, senior screenwriter, and editorial review.Mainly responsible for providing original scripts and script revisions for Xu's company.

However, the scripts written by the screenwriting team are generally used as library scripts, or sold to other film and television companies for use.The films Xu invests in are generally written by Huang Baiming, Huang Bingyao, Liu Tianci, Deng Weixiong, etc., and they are also known as the trump cards of the screenwriters. They usually follow a certain director and do not listen to the screenwriting team. dispatch.So the screenwriter team's position in Xu's is a bit awkward.

The screenwriting team is also a collective creation. First, a person proposes an idea, which is then reviewed and approved by the editorial reviewer. Then, the senior screenwriter writes the outline, the middle-level screenwriter determines the plot, and then the low-level screenwriter fills in the dialogue. Finally, the editorial reviewer completes the entire review.

If it passes the review, it will be submitted to the production department for disposal. If there is a shortage of scripts, a suitable one will be selected for shooting.Those who participate in the collaborative script will receive a dividend, and the dividends for screenwriters at each level are different.

If there is no shortage of scripts at present, the scripts will be sealed and wait for the right time to take them out for shooting.Or when Xu cooperates with other companies, he can sell the script by the way, and the person who also wrote the script will receive a profit.

And if the written script does not pass the editorial review, it can only be sent back and rewritten.First, the senior screenwriter will review the plot structure, then the middle-level screenwriter will determine the dialogue content, and finally hand it over to the low-level screenwriter to fill in the dialogue again.

Such a structural model can allow screenwriters to better handle their own affairs, and it can also easily give screenwriters the motivation to climb upwards.In fact, the monthly salary of the bottom-level screenwriter is only a pitiful 1000 yuan, but the middle-level screenwriter has a salary of 2000 yuan, the senior screenwriter has a salary of 3000 Hong Kong dollars, and the editor and reviewer enjoys a salary of 5000 Hong Kong dollars.

There are also certain standards for the promotion of screenwriters. The more scripts that participate in the creation, the easier it is to be promoted to a high position.And to reach the level of editing and reviewing, you can change jobs to become a producer.Being a producer is more profitable than being an editor and reviewer. The work pays more and the dividends are higher.

However, the current screenwriting team is still relatively weak, and the scripts written still cannot meet the needs.For example, Cheng Long asked the screenwriter team to write a few scripts last year, but none of them were adopted by Cheng Long. In the end, Wang Jing wrote "One and a Half Ways of Breaking into the Jianghu" to Cheng Long's taste.

It can be seen that the work of screenwriting still depends more on talent, and group work may not achieve good results.However, Xu Guanwu is still full of confidence in the screenwriting team. In the future, the script creation of the "Flying Paper Boy" grass-roots team can produce amazing films. There is no reason that a well-organized and planned regular army will fail.

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The screenwriter team, together with Zeng Zhiwei and Wang Jing, made moderate revisions to "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Bastards", and then resubmitted them to Xu Guanwu for review. Sure enough, after the screenwriters' revisions, the revised "Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Bastards" really improved many.

"Okay, let's submit it for review at the next meeting of seven." Xu Guanwu nodded.

Zeng Zhiwei laughed happily when he heard that, basically, any film approved by Xu Guanwu will not be too difficult in the seven-person group meeting.This shows that I have started shooting another new film, which in turn represents tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars in remuneration and 10,000+ Hong Kong dollars in dividends.

"By the way, when you're filming, call Wang Jing along. His father was a director of MP & GI before, and he has made many blockbuster films. The so-called tiger father has no dogs, I believe he will help you too. A helping hand." Xu Guanwu reminded with a smile.

Zeng Zhiwei couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard that, this was the first time Xu Guanwu named a certain screenwriter.In the past, both Huang Bingyao and Huang Baiming wrote many wonderful scripts, but Xu Guanwu did not promote them as assistant directors.It seems that this Wang Jing is right for Mr. Xu's temper, but I don't know how they met.

"I see, Mr. Xu! Later, I will give him a job as an assistant director and let him participate in the filming together." Zeng Zhiwei said with a smile, but in his heart he wanted to have a good chat with Wang Jing. Find out the relationship between him and Mr. Xu.

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When Zeng Zhiwei was thinking about filming "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants", Gui Zhihong also tossed a new script, still written by his old partner Situ An, called "The Golden Storm of Huifeng".It's an urban crime movie.

It tells the story of four friends who are keen on diving. They accidentally discovered a sunken ship full of gold, so they were all very happy, thinking that they could be prosperous from now on.But one of them thought it was ill-gotten wealth and could not swallow it privately, so he urged the other three to put it back.But when the other two listened to his words, there was another person who planned to take it for himself...

The film actually expounds the truth that a gentleman loves money to get it in the right way, and ill-gotten wealth cannot be obtained. It is somewhat similar to "Genius and Idiot" by the Xu Brothers, but "Genius and Idiot" is a black comedy, while "Huifeng "Golden Storm" is an out-and-out black violence film.

With the character of the cult director Gui Zhihong, it is natural to kill all the people in the movie, and there will be no one left in the end. Even the lead actor will suffer all kinds of tortures, and he will breathe his last breath neatly.

The screenwriter Situ An, who wrote this script, is an old-timer in the Hong Kong film industry. He has been writing scripts since the Cantonese film period in the 60s. It is rumored that he has written nearly a thousand scripts in his life. He is quite a well-known prolific screenwriter.Previously, he wrote scripts for many companies during the period of Cantonese films. At most, he shot more than [-] films a year. He was the hottest screenwriter at that time.

However, after the decline of Cantonese films, the number of creations began to decrease, but ten films were shot every year.Among them, the "A Niu" series and the "Hong Kong Strange Case" series written by Shaw Brothers are all very popular films.It can be seen that the old man's creative skills are really extraordinary.

Gui Zhihong and Situ An have cooperated many times before, and they have developed a good understanding with each other.Although Situ An did not become Gui Zhihong's queen screenwriter, most of the scripts he wrote in the past two years were directed by Gui Zhihong.

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After Xu Guanwu finished reading the script of "The Golden Storm of Huifeng", his first feeling was "strange". Four young people, a shipwreck on the bottom of the sea, several boxes of gold, some people were uneasy, some were ecstatic, and some were greedy... Then a series of events arose. series of killings.

This is injustice due to wealth, and ill-gotten wealth is not to be taken. Taking it not only loses morality, but even life is lost in the end.And it's also very alarming.

As a free trade port in the world, Hong Kong's economy is developing rapidly and the gap between the rich and the poor is growing. In fact, there is an impetuous atmosphere in the society that yearns for prosperity.

Vicious incidents occur frequently, such as robbery, burglary, murder, etc. People want to get rich at once, but they are not willing to keep their feet on the ground and start bit by bit.For the sake of money, you can disregard morality and violate laws and regulations. In the end, you will either be imprisoned and cannot escape the law, or you will be desperate to know when you will be freed.

Even the earliest films made by the Xu Brothers were all about money. "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars" relied on gambling, "Genius and Idiot" relied on cheating, "The Deed of Sale" relied on stealing, "Half Weight" relied on cheating...

And Hong Jingbao's "Beware of Little Hands" and "Fu Xing" series, Mai Jia's "Crazy Big Brother" and "Best Partner", Cheng Long's "Police Story", Wang Jing's "God of Gamblers", Wu Yu "Money's Mischief", "Fat Qian Han", "The True Colors of Heroes" filmed by Sen, and the "Rich and Rich" series filmed by Gao Zhisen... are all inseparable from money.

However, these directors' films are more subtle, but this "Huifeng Golden Storm" written by Situ An thoroughly exposed the "evil" nature of money.Just like that, it was shown naked in front of everyone.

For a few boxes of gold, friends can be ruthless and fight each other like enemies.The relationship between brother and sister, husband and wife can also be completely abandoned, everything is just for those few boxes of gold.Just some ore that cannot be eaten or drank has turned these people from "human" into "demon"!
The script written by Situ An is so insightful that it makes people feel chills after reading it.It is a rare masterpiece.

"I think this script is very good, and I will help you propose it at the group meeting." Xu Guanwu smiled at Gui Zhihong.

Gui Zhihong didn't show much joy, but nodded calmly, then got up and walked out.

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While everyone started shooting new films one after another, Cheng Long fell into a situation where there was no script available.Originally, screenwriters such as Huang Bingyao, Huang Baiming, and Situ An all wrote some scripts, which filled the script library of Xu's company.But after Cheng Long went through all the scripts in stock, he said that they didn't meet his requirements.

In fact, this is also to blame Cheng Long for being too demanding. He needs to innovate the storyline, make a breakthrough without going out of the way, and create a perfect fit. Unless he finds a queen screenwriter for this kind of screenwriter, even Huang Baiming , Huang Bingyao and other great talents can't serve him.

Originally, Cheng Long also found Wang Jing, and was very interested in his "One and a half way to enter the rivers and lakes".But it is a pity that after the filming of "One and a Half Ways of the Rivers and Lakes", the box office was far behind the previous "Drunken Master", which made Cheng Long feel very unhappy.

But before he kicked Wang Jing away, Zeng Zhiwei hooked up this little fat man and helped him write a book "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants".Now the two are hurrying up to plan the cast and crew list, and they are planning to gather people and start filming as soon as it is approved at the group meeting.

And Wang Jing also felt both excited and terrified that Xu Guanwu promoted him as an assistant director.Excited is that being an assistant director can earn an extra income, which is of great help to alleviate the family's economic crisis; what is frightening is that although his father is a director, he has not even learned the superficial.

So if he went to work as an assistant director in the crew, for his father's sake, he would be asked to sit in the director's chair and direct a scene.It's a trivial matter to be ashamed of wearing gangs, but it would be bad if it affects Dad's reputation.So these days he is busy asking his father about the skills of being a director.

Without the little fat man Wang Jing, Cheng Long would have no script writers.And he is notoriously picky about the script, even Huang Baiming, Huang Bingyao and other talented people can hardly satisfy him. Dong's demands are demands, so that these two people don't bother to serve him in the end.

So Cheng Long was in a tragedy all of a sudden. Seeing that everyone had jobs and made money, it was a bit ironic that he was the chief kung fu superstar in Hong Kong, but fell into a situation where he had no filming.

"Mr. Xu, go out and help me write a script." Cheng Long had no choice but to find Xu Guanwu and asked after thinking for a long time.

Xu Guanwu knew that Cheng Long originally had a queen screenwriter named Deng Jingsheng, who had written many scripts for him, such as "Junior and Brother", "Project A", "Police Story", "Flying Eagle Project" and so on. There is very little information on him, so Xu Guanwu doesn't know where to find out.In the vast sea of ​​people, I only hope that Cheng Long will be blessed.

(End of this chapter)