The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 471 New Movie Preparations

"Little Li Fei Dao" has confirmed that Qin Pei will play the leading role Li Xunhuan, and another important character, A Fei, will be played by Qin Pei's younger brother Er Dongsheng.Er Dongsheng is young, handsome and has good acting skills. He is perfect for playing the important role of A Fei.

As for the other big villain, Shangguan Feihong, the boss of the money gang, after director Chu Yuan's selection, he chose Zeng Jiang, a licorice actor from TVB.

Zeng Jiang was also a first-line Cantonese niche student in the 60s, and he has appeared in nearly a hundred Cantonese movies. His co-stars are Chen Baozhu, Xue Ni and other beauties.Until the 70s Cantonese films fell into a low ebb, Zeng Jiang first transferred to the Mandarin film crew, but the development was not as expected, and finally he had to go to TVB as a TV actor.

This is actually a microcosm of many popular artists in the period of Cantonese films.Nicholas Tse's father Xie Xian, Feng Baobao, known as the Seventh Princess, Xiao Fangfang, etc., all switched to TV stations after the Cantonese films fell into a low ebb, and began to act in TV dramas.

The reason for this is, on the one hand, that movie audiences have changed. Audiences who used to like to watch Cantonese movies have already married and raised children. They are busy with work and taking care of their families every day, and the time to go to the theater has been greatly reduced.Younger audiences prefer to watch higher-quality Mandarin films, but they no longer appreciate Cantonese films made on Seven Days.

This made Cantonese-speaking niches and Cantonese-speaking stars lose their box-office appeal, and they were no longer favored by film companies.And because their fans have all become TV viewers, they still have a good ratings appeal in the field of TV dramas, so TV stations are very eager for these outdated actors.

Actors are people who are full of desire to perform. They would rather make less money than lose people's attention.It's as if some veteran cadres would rather choose to go to the government to make use of their spare heat after retirement than to stay at home for the elderly.Therefore, although the salary given by the TV station is relatively low, they are still willing to continue to exert their residual heat.

People like Xie Xian, Zeng Jiang, Feng Baobao, Xiao Fangfang, etc. have all defected to the TV station successively, and they were very popular and re-created their own performing arts world.

For example, "Thousands of Rivers and Mountains Are Always Love" starring Xie Xian and Wang Mingquan, set a very high ratings at the beginning.And Feng Baobao filmed "A Generation of Empress Wu Zetian" on ATV, which also earned a lot of ratings for ATV.Xiao Fangfang released the movie version of "Lin Yazhen" immediately after TVB's "Lin Yazhen" was well received, and it was very popular with the audience, releasing as many as three films in a row.

Zeng Jiang has also produced many classics on TVB, such as Dongxie Huang Yaoshi in the [-]rd edition of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", there is still a third of evil in the evil, and seven points of evil in the middle; Qi Qiaozheng in ", on the surface, is a decent businessman, but behind his back is a big drug lord; Long Chengbang, the retired chief inspector in "Big Times", is selfish to the extreme, and finally dies alone by betraying his relatives; "In it, he is silly every day, the father who loves and trusts his son the most...

And Zeng Jiang has made even greater contributions in the field of film. In "The True Colors of a Hero", the knife-mouthed tofu-hearted, very loyal Uncle Jian; in "Across the World", the sinister, vicious, ruthless godfather; Xuntian's Chief Inspector Lei Juetian and so on.He is a very malleable licorice actor and an indispensable and important role in Hong Kong movies.

Xu Guanwu admired Zeng Jiang's acting skills in his previous life, especially watching him play a role like Lei Juetian, the inspector of Zonghua, the arrogance and domineering made people feel very enjoyable after watching it, and I feel that this is the only way to be a good mission style.Therefore, Xu Guanwu welcomed him as Shangguan Feihong, the leader of the Money Gang, a powerful villain with great martial arts skills and great ambitions.

Although Zeng Jiang was a Cantonese student before, he has always played decent roles, but now he plays villains, but he doesn't show any embarrassment.

Zeng Jiang is a good showman. He once said that acting is like inhalation, which is addictive. Once you get into it, you can't get out.And everyone who is good at acting likes to play the big villain, because compared with the serious protagonist, the villain has more room to play and is easier to shine.

In addition, although Shangguan Feihong is the big villain, he is also an important role in "Xiao Li Feidao". After many years, he can return to the big screen and play such an important role. Zeng Jiang is already satisfied, then He also cares about whether the villain is not a villain.

As for Xiao Li Feidao's true love, Lin Shiyin, the number one beauty in martial arts, is played by the young actress Chen Yulian of TVB.Chen Yulian is very beautiful, with a cool demeanor, which fits well with the description of Lin Shiyin in the book, so it is very appropriate to ask her to play the role.

Director Chu Yuan immediately announced the official start of filming of "Xiao Li Fei Dao" after gathering all the people.Although the lineup is not particularly strong, he has gained a lot of attention because of his consistent good reputation.

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Director Gui Zhihong's "Thousands of People" directed this time is his first attempt to shoot a costume film in his many years of filming.The plot is the story of the famous headhunter Leng Tianying, who is known as "thousands of people beheaded", chasing down the Jiangyang thief Fang Fengjia who stole the treasure house, seeing gods and gods, gods, Buddhas and Buddhas along the way.

With Gui Zhihong's consistent style, it is natural not to expect him to make serious films.In fact, it can be seen from the name of this film, Ten Thousand Beheaded, Ten Thousand Beheaded must be a violent killing, otherwise it would be in vain to bear the reputation of a cult director.

The reason why Gui Zhihong wanted to shoot the ancient costume martial arts movie "Thousands of People" is because of the consideration of changing the theme of the movie.In the past two years, he has been making movies at Xu's, because the environment is much more relaxed than Shaw's, and there is no such big box office pressure. Therefore, Gui Zhihong's mind has become more active, and he wants to try some movies with different themes.

Because almost all of his previous films were horror films, strange case films, etc., and the era was also in the modern city or the Republic of China, but he had never filmed costume dramas. For a director, this is undoubtedly a milestone in his career. One regret.Gui Zhihong didn't want to leave such a regret for himself, so he wanted to shoot a martial arts movie in ancient costume.

And another point is that there are too many modern city-themed strange case films and ghost horror films, which have been filmed by Gui Zhihong so much that he can't make any new ideas, such as the "Hong Kong Strange Case" series, "Gu", "Magic", etc., They are all unique in the Hong Kong film industry, and it is extremely difficult for others to imitate that CULT style.That's why I want to change the subject to change my mind, and let the audience see a different self.

Xu Guanwu has never watched Gui Zhihong's "Thousands of People" and is not sure how the box office of this movie is. However, since Gui Zhihong has made so many profitable movies, it is tolerable for one or two of them to lose money once in a while. guilt, so there is no hindrance to this play.

The seven-member team had doubts about whether Gui Zhihong could direct a costume film, after all, he had never directed such a film before.In order to let the group of seven know that he can really make a good costume film, Gui Zhihong specially found a few people to shoot a 5-minute short drama of martial arts in costume, which was screened at the meeting of the group of seven.

As Xu's director, Gui Zhihong has also worked for the company for many years. It is naturally easy to find a few behind-the-scenes staff and two actors to play guest roles.

As the saying goes, it is the mule that comes out of the horse, and Gui Zhihong's unexpected self-recommendation letter also made everyone's eyes shine.Through this 5-minute short film, Gui Zhihong did show everyone his ability to shoot costume films.As a result, all the voices of doubt before disappeared, and everyone is looking forward to what new works Gui Zhihong can bring this time.

Gui Zhihong's "Thousands of People" chose Chen Guantai as the leading role. He previously starred in "Big Brother Cheng", "Chengji Tea House" and so on. But with his outstanding skills and fame, he still played many important roles.

It is worth mentioning that the so-called not playing the leading role means that Xu did not play the leading role in the movies shot.As a matter of fact, Kung Fu stars like him who are both famous and skilled, and also have good acting skills, are still favored by some small and medium-sized film companies.

Like Chen Guantai, Qin Pei, etc., although Xu Shi did not continue to play the leading role, but in the films produced by these small and medium-sized film companies, he still deserves to play the leading role.However, because the investment of small and medium-sized film companies is relatively low, even if they play the leading role, the salary is not too high. In addition, Hong Kong theaters are monopolized by three companies, so it is difficult for small and medium-sized film companies to develop their films. Celebrities cannot become popular like they did in Xu's.

Gui Zhihong invited Chen Guantai to play the leading role this time, mainly because of his masculinity, strong bones, never compromise, a real man and a good man.Chen Guantai is not beautiful, but he is very tasteful. He does not have the creamy feeling of ordinary Hong Kong men, and gives people a very solid, strong and resolute feeling.

Moreover, his acting skills have been trained by the great director Zhang Che, whether it is a hero who eliminates violence and peace, or an insidious and cunning villain, he can act in a similar manner.For roles like the cold-blooded headhunter Leng Tianying in "Millions of People", he has acted in many films directed by Zhang Che before, so he doesn't feel the slightest effort. This is why Gui Zhihong came to him One of the main reasons.

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And Zhang Jian's "Sea Wolf" is also a film about South Vietnamese refugees, but this time the work was transferred from land to sea.The film tells the story of a family of South Vietnamese refugees who came to Hong Kong on a refugee boat, but because the fishing boat’s engine failed, they lost power and had to drift with the sea. When the food gradually became scarce and people began to commotion, suddenly a big boat appeared in these in front of desperate refugees.

The refugees were ecstatic and thought they were saved, but in fact the ship was a drug dealer's ship, and they also worked part-time as pirates at sea. They looted all the property carried by these refugees, and then killed them all. , thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

The male protagonist escaped their persecution by chance and hid in the hot and dark cabin, waiting for the opportunity to avenge these brutal drug dealers.Relying on the dim environment of the engine room and his agility, he repeatedly killed the enemy, but it also attracted the captain's attention.Finally, in a thrilling siege and interception, the hero detonated the boiler on the ship, and let the group of murderers die together.

This movie can be regarded as a rumor of Zhang Jian's previous trilogy of South Vietnamese refugees. This time, the stage is transferred from Hong Kong to the vast sea, which makes people feel isolated and desperate.Moreover, the ship floats on the high seas, like a small kingdom of freedom, people are not bound by the law, so they appear to be extremely cruel and unscrupulous.

In addition, the internal structure of the ship is complex, which is not only conducive to stealth and use the terrain to kill people, but also can use this complex terrain to deal with the enemy. It can be said that it is more suitable for action scenes than places such as boat houses in Hong Kong and Kowloon Walled City. It is definitely dangerous and close The killer is close at hand.

After Xu Guanwu read the script submitted by Zhang Jianjiao, he felt that the first half of the story was quite familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he finally remembered it. It seems that there is such a story in the "Royal Senior Sister" series produced by Debao. work.

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