I didn't want to be an actor

"Swordsman"...

Tsui Hark is very proud of his magic change to Dongfang Bubai!

In fact, Jin Yong is quite unfair. He thought Tsui Hark made a magic change and was very unhappy...

As the original author, it is normal to have his own opinions. However, when Chen Qiaoen played Dongfang Bubai in the TV version of "Swordsman", Jin Yong not only did not criticize her, but the relationship between the two was so good that the outside world thought Chen Qiaoen was Jin Yong's "goddaughter" - every time Chen Qiaoen came to Hong Kong, she would stay at Jin Yong's house.

Comparing these two versions of Dongfang Bubai, Chen Qiaoen and Lin Qingxia are still far better.

Mr. Jin Yong is not a person without aesthetic ability. How can he praise and criticize so clearly?

It is probably because of Tsui Hark's strong personality. The two obviously had an unpleasant experience...

-Hu Jinquan is Jin Yong's good friend. When Tsui Hark organized the filming of "Swordsman", he asked Hu Jinquan to get the copyright, and then...Tsui Hark kicked Hu Jinquan out of the crew!

It would be strange if Jin Yong could treat him well with such an experience!

This matter cannot be blamed on Tsui Hark.

King Hu was too slow in filming. "Swordsman" had been scheduled to be released in Taiwan in January of the following year, and the copyright had been sold. As a result, it was November and King Hu had only filmed the beginning!

There was no other way, Tsui Hark could only do it himself, with three directors, Cheng Xiaodong, Li Huimin, and Jin Yanghua, to shoot in groups. After a busy month, they finally finished shooting, and then hurriedly edited... and rushed to get the work out before the deadline.

However, Tsui Hark was indeed thick-skinned. Later, when filming the movie "New Dragon Inn", because it was a remake of "Dragon Inn" directed by King Hu, Tsui Hark just shamelessly went to King Hu, who had been annoyed by him once, to show his goodwill.

What could King Hu do?

He was so thick-skinned that he could only choose to forgive him...

Ahem, let's talk about "Swordsman".

"I don't particularly like it," Shen Liang explained, "I sympathize with Lin Pingzhi..."

"Lin Pingzhi?"

"A good escort agency young master was killed overnight, then jumped out of the wolf's den and fell into the fire pit... a perfect protagonist's script, but he met Linghu Chong!"

"But he killed Yue Lingshan!"

"...I think this part is a bit deliberate. Before Lin Pingzhi killed Yue Lingshan, this character's character had no major problems, and was better than the other main characters in the book, but Jin Yong insisted on making Lin Pingzhi evil, so he killed Yue Lingshan... Maybe he wanted to set off Linghu Chong! Even if Yue Lingshan died, Linghu Chong could be with Ren Yingying more smoothly!"

"You are this... How did you read it?" Shen Liang nodded: "Yes... I feel that in the whole book, Lin Pingzhi has two biggest roles: he robbed the little apprentice sister, and Linghu Chong fell into a trough, paving the way for his adventures in the martial arts world; then he brought the Sword of Exorcism to Yue Buqun, and the Gentleman Sword revealed its fox tail, which directly changed the trajectory of Linghu Chong's life. "Hearing this, Tsui Hark slowly took a puff of his cigar and said: "... So, you want to play Lin Pingzhi?" "That's not the case. If I play "Swordsman", it would be a fan fiction. I would get the "Sword of Exorcism" at the beginning, and then copy it and spread it all over the martial arts world..." "..." Tsui Hark was too lazy to smoke a cigar, and looked at Shen Liang with wide eyes... This brain hole is too awesome! Shen Liang said: "I'm going to say something that may not sound good. You can make "Shushan" instead of "The Condor Heroes"!"

"Shushan... I don't dare to make it!"

"Why don't you dare to make it? The technology is mature now, I think it's a good time!"

Tsui Hark shook his head: "...Shushan is too big to be made into a movie."

"Then make it into a trilogy, I can play the villain, Blood God, Deng Yin!"

"Do you have any ideas?"

"Yes,"

...

Regarding "Shushan", the original novel is too long, and there are too many characters.

The disciples of Emei Sect alone include three heroes, two clouds, seven dwarfs, and four great disciples...

As for the original novel, many people boast that "Shushan's imagination is amazing."

What nonsense, just describing the scene of the immortals is called imagination.

Every time fighting with the evil sect, Emei will not die, at most they will be injured, unconscious, poisoned, etc., and then various immortal herbs and elixirs will be used to save them. The evil sect was miserable, their whole family died, nothing was left...

The evil sect and the villains were basically brainless and mentally retarded, a mob, working together to resist the enemy, but they disliked each other.

To put it bluntly, this book is not a novel at all, not even a story, it is just a collection of fairy-tale settings.

Any book of classical cultivation type on the list from Qidian can beat it!

So, if you want to adapt it, you have to start with the setting!

"The world is in great calamity, the spiritual energy dissipates... Emei is the proxy sect of the God Realm..."

Shen Liang referred to the setting of "Legend of Sword and Fairy III", and the Emei Sect is the leader of the 72 immortal realms in the world.

The spiritual energy is abundant, the rare treasures are countless, and there are a bunch of artifacts as the treasures of the sect.

The world is in great calamity, and the Emei Sect intends to take away the essence of most of the characters in the Central Plains before the spiritual energy disappears, and ascend to heaven with the whole sect...

Deng Yin thinks this is too selfish!

Why can't the unorthodox sects and casual cultivators ascend to heaven?

The answer is, 'The spiritual energy in the spiritual world is limited, and it is impossible for everyone to ascend! '

This is the main contradiction!

It's not about who is right or wrong, the concepts are not in line...

Speaking of this, Shen Liang said: "The Emei Sect is not so righteous, and Deng Yin is not born to fight... Only by filming it this way can the plot have ups and downs... Otherwise, in the battle between justice and evil, everyone wants to stand on the side of justice, which is meaningless!"

Tsui Hark took a puff of his cigar: "Do you...really want to make "Shu Shan"?"

"Of course!" Shen Liang nodded.

"I'll think about it..."

Tsui Hark has a complex about "Shushan" and wants to leave something real before he retires, but he wants to make the "Shushan" he imagines, not the one planned by Shen Liang...

"If you are interested, let's do it together!"

"...Wait for me to finish the project at hand first!"

...

"Did Director Tsui Hark decline?"

"Almost..."

Back at the hotel, Rouba asked Shen Liang about "Shushan"...

"Then...are you still shooting?"

"No hurry, even if you shoot, it will not start until next year..."

Shen Liang waved his hand: "You take a rest first!"

Rouba pouted: "Are you going to live broadcast again?"

"I have to report safety to fans."

"...Okay, I'll go back to the bedroom first..."

Shen Liang reminded: "Take a good look at the script of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils". The shooting process in Hong Kong is very fast!"

"I understand."

Rouba left, and Shen Liang went to the study, turned on the computer, and entered the live broadcast room.

"Hong Kong... I feel OK..."

First, he explained his daily life, and then said: "I talked to the director about the schedule two days ago. Anyway, I can't shoot a movie in the mainland now, so I might as well shoot another one!"

"Sell it to Byte?"

"Don't think too much, I will definitely release it in theaters!"

"Lost in Russia is Lost in Russia... Streaming media can't support large-scale movies!"