Island Tycoon

Chapter 72 "Ip Man 2"

At this moment, Ye Jingcheng was sitting on the chair with his legs propped up on the table, and he was thinking about what script to write.

After some consideration, Ye Jingcheng decided to deal with the problem left by Lei Juekun.It is certain that this matter will be difficult, but it is good for him both publically and privately.

Yu Gong, Lei Juekun will definitely give him the greatest rights in this matter, and even help him borrow people from New Art City and Yongjia Films.First, it can meet the needs of others, and second, it can satisfy the various resources of the theater chain.

Personally, Ye Jingcheng's reputation is great now, but it is just a sensation caused by the media. After this incident, not many people may recognize him. The best way to solve this problem is to actively push himself To the mouth of the wind and waves.

There are risks, but if there is danger, there is opportunity.As long as Ye Jingcheng successfully seizes the opportunity, he may be able to become a representative of the good and bad of a movie in the future, and no matter how bad it is, he will be familiar to the audience.

"Ah Cheng, let's eat some fruit." Zhong Chuhong came in wearing a purple nightgown, carrying a fruit plate.Seeing that Ye Jingcheng didn't respond, she called out again: "Bad person?"

"Huh?" Ye Jingcheng finally came to his senses.

"Let's eat fruit, you are a genius. You are stuck at home like this every day, it's no wonder you can write a script." Zhong Chuhong gave him an unlucky look, and brought the fruit plate to his table.

After eating a few pieces of fruit without taste, Ye Jingcheng turned his head and asked Zhong Chuhong, "Ah Hong, is there any famous martial arts figure in Hong Kong Island who is particularly sought after by many people?"

He doesn't know the tastes of Hong Kong audiences, but Zhong Chuhong, a native Hong Kong resident, knows more or less, right?

Zhong Chuhong stuffed another piece of fruit into his mouth, thought for a while and started counting fingers, and said while counting: "Fang Shiyu, Su Qier, Huang Feihong..."

At this point, Zhong Chuhong can't count anymore. After all, she only knows about these characters through the movies, and she doesn't even know the history of these people. .

Ye Jingcheng wanted to make a martial arts film, but the old martial arts way of thinking would definitely not work.It's not a question of whether the audience of the film is, but that he can't understand the essence of it.Mass-produced martial arts films like Shaw Brothers only mastered the plots of old martial arts routines after years of experience.

This is one of Ye Jingcheng's two disadvantages, he is not as familiar with the plot as Shaw's.He is inferior to Chenglong and Hong Jinbao under Golden Harvest in terms of charisma.If he wants to stand out and get rid of these two disadvantages, he must have elements he can master, such as creating a series of new martial arts.

The premise of creating a new school of martial arts must be different from the old martial arts.What this difference summarizes is that the idea can be changed, the content can be changed, but the essence cannot be changed.

For example, he can switch the background of the story. Wuxia does not have to be based on ancient times. In fact, modern times can also have the shadow of martial arts.

Another example is to replace the same moves of the old martial arts thousands of times, such as the tiger and crane double shape, the Tathagata palm, and the snake-shaped tricky hand are all unnecessary.Hanging wires on wires, replacing them with Foshan Wuying feet, and modern weapon battles without special effects can all arouse the audience's desire to watch.

In fact, these are not difficult, the most difficult thing is the protagonist.Lei Juekun suggested that he be the protagonist of the film himself, but the problem is that he doesn't know what role he is suitable for.

Should he make up a story by himself?He didn't think he was capable of that.

"Does Bruce Lee count?" Zhong Chuhong asked again.

"Bruce Lee? Forget it." Ye Jingcheng was taken aback for a moment before replying.

Strictly speaking, it should not be counted, because there is no such thing as martial arts in modern times.However, based on Bruce Lee's past deeds, he can indeed be regarded as a modern martial arts character admired by tens of thousands of people.

"Bruce Lee?" Ye Jingcheng muttered to himself, as if he had a lot of thoughts.

After thinking about it for a while, this idea was rejected by Ye Jingcheng. Bruce Lee had great influence on Hong Kong Island and even the entire Chinese community.The question is how does he make a fuss about the other party?

In addition, Bruce Lee passed away only a few years ago, so it can be said that the bones are not cold at this time, and he used it as a fuss to disrespect the dead.

"I don't know who said before that Bruce Lee has a master, isn't he also very good?" Zhong Chuhong gave another suggestion, this time it really gave Ye Jingcheng a flash of inspiration.

"Bruce Lee's master? Ip Man!!!"

If it's another role, he really doesn't know how to master it.But for Ip Man, to be precise, it is the "Ip Man" series of movies, the protagonist shown is a man with a calm personality and a very responsible man.

Apart from other issues, it is not difficult for Ye Jingcheng to master the calm personality of the protagonist alone, or it can be said that he has this kind of personality himself.

Ye Jingcheng started to write as soon as his thoughts came to his mind. Considering that he would neglect the beautiful woman beside him, Ye Jingcheng said, "Ah Hong, go to bed first, I might have to catch up late tonight."

"Oh~~" With a long groan, Zhong Chuhong left embarrassingly.

The twin turbo motors twisted left and right, and Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but pounce on them.Immediately, he slapped himself.Nima, how can you be distracted at this time, you have to concentrate, understand?

Therefore, Zhong Chuhong went back to the room, Ye Jingcheng followed, and decided to finish the business before returning to create.

Look at Jinsong in the twilight, and the flying clouds are still calm.A fairy cave is born, and the infinite scenery is on the dangerous peak.

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In the middle of the night, Ye Jingcheng returned to the desk with a happy face, and started writing slowly according to the plot in his mind.The story begins with Ip Man being persecuted by the carrot head and had to leave Foshan under the escort of his friend Zhou Qingquan...

That's right, the script Ye Jingcheng chose to write was "Ip Man 2: The Legend of the Grand Master".The reason why the first part is skipped is not to say that the first part is bad, nor does it mean how good the second part is.

But the most important thing to be a human being is to know how to be flexible. He can copy the subject matter of the film, but he has to consider environmental factors.The sensitive subject matter of the first book could easily become the topic of current affairs, which is not good for him.

What's more, the background story is still in China. If he is forced to make this movie, he may lose the two markets of Dawan and Daoguo.Although he does not need to rely on these two places to make a fortune, but he wants to make his name out of Asia, these two places will become key development areas.

As the saying goes, if you have money, you don't make money as a bastard, he won't be rewarded for being a martyr now, and he doesn't even have a word of condolences from the leader.Why not change the way and put the money from these two places into your pocket.When the motherland needs it in the future, it will not be too late for him to use it for charity.

As for after filming "Ip Man 2", if there is such a condition in the future, he will change "Ip Man 1" to a prequel, but the difference is just a title.There seems to be another "Ip Man Prequel" in the original time and space, but the quality of that film... don't mention it.

To make this film after the millennium, the roles need to be changed a lot, and there are only three roles that can continue to be used, including Hong Jinbao, Zheng Fangshi and Ren Dahua.I just don't know if these people are too young to make the desired effect of the film, resulting in a decline in the quality of the film.

In addition, Ye Jingcheng needed to carefully consider the candidates for the more important roles.First of all, Ye Wen's wife Zhang Yongcheng, apprentice Huang Liang, coolie Jin Shanzhao, and boxing champion Tornado.

The latter two roles are not so important, I believe the audience knows very little about them.And the external requirements are not so high, only the vocabulary of 'big guy' is enough.

The most important thing is Zhang Yongcheng and Huang Liang, if Ye Jingcheng defines them.These two people are both handsome and beautiful. As for the acting skills, Ye Jingcheng really doesn't think much of it. Anyway, one needs to know how to put on a good show, and the other needs to impress people with elegance and generality.

Speaking of elegance, Ye Jingcheng thought of Guan Zhilin, not to mention he still owed the other party a promise.

It's just that although this woman has an elegant temperament, when it comes to general aspects...she seems petty, and she is more suitable for playing the role of a small woman.

"When it comes to being generous and decent, I don't know if she will agree." Ye Jingcheng turned the ballpoint pen in his hand and thought about it.

The rest was the role of Huang Liang. Ye Jingcheng didn't like the original protagonist Huang Xiaoming, but he was undeniably popular. If he wanted to play this role well, he had to find someone who was more handsome than him and knew how to put on a show.

Ye Jingcheng tapped his head and found that there were many problems.Ip Man died a year earlier than Bruce Lee, and his children may not be willing to let Ye Jingcheng use it as a movie subject.

"Forget it, write the script first, and then ask them to come out and talk." Compared with the superstar Bruce Lee, Ye Wen's question was much simpler.If so, Ye Jingcheng continued to perfect the plot.

(End of this chapter)