The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 393 Pirated Cologne
For a long period of time in the 70s, domestic films were not allowed to involve love, and apart from the pure revolutionary friendship between men and women, no emotional or ambiguous elements were allowed to be involved. It seems that revolutionaries have no emotions or desires.Moreover, movies are required to be thoughtful, educational, and to convey positive and positive energy.

And petty bourgeois ideas such as hedonism and egoism are all to be criticized.In addition to the leftist film companies in Hong Kong, the films of other companies are more or less worthy of criticism.Not to mention every movie produced by Shaw Brothers basically involves some emotional factors, and Golden Harvest's movies are also more violent.

Xu's is supposed to be very well-behaved. Movies have never used violence as a selling point, but there will be some involvement in movies, which is actually unavoidable.However, if these films are to be released in their own theaters in Guangdong City while the atmosphere in the mainland is still relatively conservative, I am afraid that they will definitely be criticized by the mainland media, and there may be a sack of readers Letter to criticize it.

Xu Guanwuke still remembers the "Love in Lushan Mountain" back then, because of a kiss between the male and female protagonists, it immediately caused an uproar across the country.Several sacks of criticism letters were collected, and the whole country was full of condemnation, which put great pressure on both the hero and heroine.Although with the reform and opening up in the Mainland, the conservative cultural atmosphere has gradually turned to enlightenment, but those who dare to eat the first crab are bound to be caught by the crab.

Xu Guanwu wanted to find a way out for Hong Kong filmmakers, not because he was in a panic and wanted to find abusers, so naturally he didn't want to be the first person to eat crabs.Moreover, in the history of China, the first person who dared to eat crabs usually did not have any good results.

Shang Yang’s reforms ended up with cracked cars; Sima Qian’s writing of "Historical Records" ended up with imperial punishment; Wang Anshi’s reforms also ended up losing his official position;

The first person to eat crabs is challenging the existing rules, and its counterattack is extremely powerful, and it is very likely that people will be smashed to pieces.Of course, Xu Guanwu will not be able to kill his head, but his reputation can be ruined, and his reputation will be bad in a short period of time.Xu Guanwu doesn't have the habit of scolding, so he is not sensitive to the "preferential treatment" of eating the first crab.

Therefore, he planned that even after the cinema was built, it would not show Xu's films at the initial stage, but only films made by leftist film companies, and at most Xu's investment would be good.Waiting until the reform has achieved initial results, when people are after disco, toad mirror, jeans, and bell-bottoms, and then try to promote Xu's movies, the pressure will be much less.

Xu Guanwu remembers that in the 80s, the mainland also filmed some CULT-heavy movies, such as "Haunted House Beauty Head", "Poisonous Kiss", "Human Milk Devil's Nest", "Black Mansion Lonely Soul"...not to mention Mou Dunfu If the director shot "Black Sun 731", then Niu X's movies can be shown in mainland theaters.In comparison, Hong Kong kung fu movies are as normal as they are.

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Xu Guanwen stayed in Wanwan for a week, finished handling the matter, watched the theater pass the review, and after the movie was shown in the theater, he returned to Hong Kong with peace of mind.But when he came back, he brought back a piece of bad news.A counterfeit Gulong movie appeared in Wanwan.

Xu Guanwu was taken aback when he heard the news. He remembered that White Wolf took back all the rights to adapt Gu Long's novels back then. Wouldn't those counterfeit Gu Long movies be illegal and criminal? !

Gu Long's martial arts movies are now one of Xu's family-watching dramas. Director Chu Yuan shoots them quickly and well. He shoots three movies a year, each of which has a box office of several million. It is a hot seller, and each film has over tens of millions of NT dollars, so director Chu Yuan is also called Chu Wanwan.

Now that he heard that counterfeit products appeared in Taiwan, Xu Guanwu's first reaction was to crack down on them.But after listening to his elder brother's explanation, he realized that things were far more complicated than he thought.If we want to start from the beginning, we have to talk about Gu Long first.

Gu Long, known as Gu Daxia, is generous and loyal, loves to make friends, drinks and plays with women.Spend money like dirt, and donate money with righteousness.But also because of this, the money is often not enough to spend.Everyone admits that Gu Long is a master at writing martial arts novels, but he is not as diligent as Ni Yan.

Ni Tong works hard every day, sometimes writing [-] characters, and sometimes writing [-] characters. He can write up to twelve serial novels and eight essays at a time.Ni orbit is so hardworking, so naturally he has gained a huge amount of wealth.

However, although Gu Long is as talented as Ni Yan, his personality is extremely lazy. In addition, he has many friends, entertains a lot, and is good at drinking. He often has the phenomenon of procrastination and interruption, which is similar to the current web writing. There is a fight in hand.Once this kind of thing happens, the readers are naturally looking forward to it, waiting to be fed, and the publisher complains endlessly, making up their minds that they will never buy Gu Long's manuscript next time.

But despite being so ruthless and swearing so viciously, next time Gu Long sends a manuscript, they will still accept it.Because Gu Long's novels are beautifully written, they don't have to worry about selling.However, the frequent suspension and delay of updates like this will also damage the profits of the publishers, and it does not conform to Gu Long's idea of ​​making money.

Gu Long likes to drink, drink famous wines, talk about ostentation, and make friends. It is easy for him to write books, and he gets money easily.So naturally I don’t feel bad when I spend it.Quite like Li Taibai's boldness of "five-flowered horses, thousands of gold, and Hu'er will be exchanged for fine wine".

But no amount of money can support his reckless spending, plus he often procrastinates and stops making changes, and the speed of making money is far behind his attitude of spending money.So Gu Long has a big head and has a crooked trick. He first writes a very exciting novel at the beginning, and then uses this novel to find various publishers.

At that time, there were also a lot of publishers in Taiwan, especially magazines.Because the Kuomintang ruled in Wanwan and imposed a ban on newspapers, only magazines were no longer banned, so there were only a few newspapers, but there were as many magazines as a vast ocean.In order to increase sales, magazines are also willing to publish serials by famous novelists. For example, the well-known "Crown" magazine started with Ms. Qiong Yao's novels.

Gu Long, who is a famous martial arts novelist, naturally has no worries about selling his novels.Especially what he wrote at the beginning is quite wonderful, even if the publisher is dissatisfied, he is willing to pay for it.However, Gu Long's novel was not sold by a single family. He married more than one woman in order to make money.When the publisher found out and went to the door, Gu Long spread his hands, asking for money, and I would not give it to him, and the publisher had nothing to do.

But even though one woman married three times and earned three manuscript fees in a row, Gu Long still didn't update well. After taking the money, he continued to gossip, and then arranged for his disciple Ding Qing to write articles for him.Seeing this situation later, the publisher also messed up and found some gunmen to publish books under the name of Gu Long. Anyway, with the title of Gu Long, even if the quality of the book is poor, the sales volume is not bad.Or directly delete and modify the martial arts novels in the Mainland during the Republic of China era, and publish them under the name of Gu Long.

During the period of the Republic of China, there were quite a few high-quality martial arts novels in the mainland. The more famous ones were South to North Zhao, and North Zhao was Zhao Huanting.

Xiang Kairan from the south, whose pen name is Pingjiang Buxiaosheng, has written "Legend of Heroes of Jianghu", "Legend of Modern Chivalrous Heroes" and so on.The famous "Burning the Red Lotus Temple" series of films is based on "The Legend of Heroes of Jianghu" written by Pingjiang Buxiaosheng.The hot sales of series of movies such as "Burning the Red Lotus Temple" also set a precedent for Hong Kong martial arts movies in the 60s and [-]s.

Then there were five great masters of the Northern School, such as Huanzhu Loulou, Bai Yu, Zheng Zhengyin, Zhu Zhenmu and Wang Dulu.Among them, the most famous one is of course Huanzhu Louzhu, whose "Shushan Swordsman Biography" can be called a classic masterpiece of fairy tales.

Among them, the master of Huanzhu used his infinite imagination to outline a world of immortals that is very different from the world.Those who practice in it can go to heaven and earth, turn rivers and seas, do everything, and there are all kinds of magic weapons, all kinds of demons, all kinds of monsters, etc., which are completely beyond the imagination of the world. "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" has also been put on the screen many times. The more famous one is "Shushan" series by Mr. Xu. These two "Shushan" movies have only appearances but insufficient content, and the investor Jiahe also lost a lot of money twice.

Another well-known character is Wang Dulu. His "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Iron Rider Silver Vase", etc., created for the first time the martial arts novel model of boys and girls traveling together in the rivers and lakes. Later, this model was adopted by Jin Yong. Inherit and grow.

The other three authors also have a lot of background. Among them, Bai Yu is a disciple of Mr. Lu Xun and a reporter himself, so all the martial arts novels he wrote have a strong sense of irony, especially "Twelve Money Darts" and "Stealing Fist". most famous.And Zheng Zhengyin himself was born in martial arts, and the martial arts novels he wrote describe every move and style in great detail.In addition, he knows a lot about the anecdotes of Jianghu, so his martial arts novels are like an encyclopedia of Jianghu.It is also worth mentioning that the word "Wulin" came from Zheng Zhengyin.The former Wulin was just the old name of Hangzhou City in ancient times.Zhu Zhenmu is the founder of Qiqing martial arts, and created a new style of martial arts novels in which many women chase one man, which has set a precedent for many martial arts novels in later generations.

These famous novelists in the Republic of China can enjoy a high reputation, and the quality of their works is very guaranteed.But it's a pity that it's too far away from now, it's been 50 to [-] years, so the reputation is not obvious.Now these publishers dig out these old stocks and sell them under the name of Gu Long. They don't have to worry about the poor quality of the books being scolded by readers, and they don't have to worry about the original authors crawling out of the grave to settle accounts with them. Kill two birds with one stone.

And when Gu Long found out that his name was being used in this way, he couldn't imagine it either.Because what he did before was not kind.So the well-informed publisher gave him a red envelope worth tens of thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, and that was how the matter passed.There was that unreasonable publisher who didn't even bother him, and Gu Long couldn't help but get angry.

This is the so-called cycle of heavenly principles, and the retribution is not good.Gu Long only cared about his own enjoyment and making money, and went to cheat the publisher, but he didn't expect that he would be cheated one day.

However, Gu Long, who had been taught a lesson, did not change his past, but intensified.Since publishers can sell books under false names, it is better for me to do the same.As a result, there are more and more novels written by Gu Long on the market, good and bad are mixed, which also greatly damages Gu Long's reputation.But he didn't know how to restrain himself, and continued to consume his readers and his fame.It can be said that the road has gone dark.

This time, the movie launched by Wanwan Film Company is under the banner of Gu Long, but it is not a movie based on Gu Long's novel, but in the name of Gu Long's screenwriter. To be precise, it is a new script, a new story, But because it was written by Gu Long, it was also under the name of Gu Long. Those who didn't know thought it was produced by director Chu Yuan again.

(End of this chapter)