Xu Ke, who was in the original time and space, was confused for a long time.
He felt that Hollywood's special effects were too awesome to catch up, so he went in the opposite direction and made "The Broken Knife", but the audience didn't buy it and the box office failed miserably.
Later, I couldn't do anything, and I couldn't do anything, and I was so bloody.
And now, because of Yang Ye, he has seen "Kung Fu", which is a masterpiece of special effects.
While others were shouting that martial arts movies had been ended by Yang Ye, he immediately knew that there was still a way ahead.
So he immediately found Yang Ye and wanted to remake Shushan.
However, Yang Ye felt that Shushan was too difficult to photograph.
"The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" is known as the originator of Xianxia in later generations. Although this is true, in fact not many people have read this novel. Even if they bother to look for it, most of them will not be able to read it.
Because the entire novel is told in a straightforward manner without any ups and downs, it is extremely bland and ugly. Like "The Romance of the Gods", it can only be used as a setting collection.
After all, Fengshen still has a way to win, and Shushan doesn't even have that.
Xu Ke's two "The Legend of Shushan" both failed miserably because the plots were too scattered, and Yang Ye didn't know how to help him round them up.
In essence, Yang Ye is just a plagiarist. The most he can do is make some reasonable modifications based on the unreasonable aspects of the original work.
Because after a work is released, it will receive countless comments and its existing problems will be exposed. Yang Ye only needs to make targeted improvements.
For example, he once helped Jin Yong revise the novel, which was based on the unreasonable parts of the original work and the opinions put forward by later netizens.
As for Xu Ke's "The Legend of Shushan", the pitfalls are too big and the plot is too scattered. Yang Ye doesn't know how to help fill it in.
Some people will say, don’t you have divine power?
Expect computers to create art? What are you thinking about?
Yang Ye said to Xu Ke: "Your ideas are too wild and unconstrained. When making a movie, you often come up with one idea at a time, constantly revising the script and settings.
In this way, you may come up with something magical because of a sudden inspiration, but it will often make the plot very scattered.
But if you want to make a high-concept movie like Hollywood, you have to give up the old routine.
To give a very simple example, in the process of this type of production, the special effects team and the shooting team must work together. It is impossible to say that I filmed it first and then did the special effects, and that’s it.
Before shooting, you must decide how to do it, and then shoot according to the set effect. Once you shoot, you cannot easily change it. If you change it, it will cost at least millions of dollars. Who will bear it?
All in all, the more you want to capture the carefree world of Shushan, the more rigorous you must be during production.
We must have the mentality of science students doing industry, not the mentality of liberal arts students doing art! ”
Xu Ke owns a new visual effects studio. In addition to making his own movies, it will also take on work outsourced by Ziqi Company. Why doesn't he understand this?
Yang Ye was willing to spend money on Xu Ke’s special effects, but Xu Ke had nothing to say.
Yang Ye said that Shushan can be filmed, but a feasible plan needs to be worked out, and he was right.
Otherwise, if tens of millions or hundreds of millions of funds are spent, who will lose the money?
Xu Ke is also a person who knows how to compromise, and he understands that filming "Heroes of China" is a prerequisite for filming "The Legend of Shushan".
So he accepted Yang Ye's suggestion and did the next best thing, and started a small test first.
"Heroes of China" and "Wind and Cloud" both belong to Gaowu, and in terms of combat power, they are entry-level to fantasy.
There is nothing wrong with doing this first, step by step.
Not everyone in the Hong Kong film industry is short-sighted. They also know the importance of CG special effects, so they produced "The Storm" in 1998.
"The Storm" aspired to be the box office champion, and they followed up with the film "Heroes of China".
Unfortunately, during the Southeast Asian financial crisis, Hong Kong's real estate collapsed and the property market plummeted.
Zou Wenhuai has always used the money earned from movies to invest in real estate. After this wave, most of the wealth he had worked for his whole life was lost.
Even "Heroes of China" suffered from insufficient investment. The American scenes in the movie were actually shot at Shanghai Chedun Film and Television City.
As mentioned before, Chedun Film and Television City cut corners during construction and carried out layering processing, so the finished film of "Heroes of China" has a petty atmosphere.
The showdown between the Chinese hero and the invincible Statue of Liberty was a big stunt, but due to insufficient funds, the results were extremely poor.
The audience watched "The Storm" last year and were shocked by the forty-meter sword.
As a result, when it came to "Heroes of China", the special effects became worse, and the box office naturally dropped significantly, which was less than half of "The Storm".
"Heroes of China" is actually pretty good. If the production is better and the special effects are better, it will not be difficult to achieve the results of "Wind and Cloud".
After "The Storm" became a hit at the box office, director Liu Weiqiang has great ambitions for "Heroes of China" and his plans for a series are ready.
Many plots that were not explained in the first part will be presented in the second part.
In the first part, Hua Yingxiong’s twin daughter disappeared and she will become an important role in the second part.
Liu Weiqiang asked Christine Yang, who played Jie Yu in the first film, to play her daughter Hua Wenying in the second film.
There's nothing wrong with a mother playing the daughter!
Hua Wenying is a big villain, and she and her brother Hua Jianxiong have a brother-sister relationship that pits good against evil.
Zhang Baizhi will also be added to play the couple with Hua Jianxiong, the son of Hua Yingxiong, played by Nicholas Tse. The two have many scenes opposite each other.
It's a pity that Chow Wenhuai's funds were broken. In order to raise money, he began to sell his film library, including the copyright of Young and Dangerous. The filming plan of "Heroes of China 2" was shelved.
Yang Ye was dissatisfied with both "The Storm" and "Chinese Heroes" filmed by Liu Weiqiang.
It's just that "Heroes of China" didn't have enough funds. "The Storm" had plenty of funds, but the filming was also very rough.
Liu Weiqiang is obviously a photographer, but he didn't even show off the beautiful scenery in Sichuan. If it were left to Xu Ke, it would be more than that.
When "The Legend of Shushan" didn't know what to do, Yang Ye hoped that Xu Ke would make "Chinese Heroes" and "Wind and Cloud", preferably into a series of movies.
Taking a step back, if "Chinese Heroes" and "Wind and Cloud" made money, then it would be okay if Xu Ke suffered some losses when filming "The Legend of Shushan".
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Xu Ke actually didn't like to cooperate with Yang Ye. He listed the studio under Yang Ji's banner, accepted funds for filming, and had no problem making friends with Yang Ye. But he is a person who likes to control everything. When filming with Yang Ye, the person who controls everything becomes Yang Ye. His right to speak is greatly reduced, which makes him very unhappy.
But there was no other way. People had to lower their heads under the eaves. In order to realize his dream of filming "The Legend of Shushan", Lao Xu decided to endure it.
Also, Xu Ke did nothing during this period and spent every day on the set of "The Matrix".
While learning from experience, I talked with Yang Ye about the script of "Heroes of China" and how to express the special effects in the movie.
Speaking of the script of "Heroes of China", it's terrible.
Throughout the movie, Hua Yingxiong's master and apprentice have been playing tricks on Invincible, trapping him to death.
The first is a duel between Jin Ao and Wu Di. The winner will get the "Chinese Proud Duel". Jin Ao obviously lost, but he held back a mouthful of blood and said that Wu Di lost.
He also mocked Wudi: The reason why you lost to me is because you still have concerns in your heart. You should go home and take care of your children!
Invincible destroyed his own eyes, killed his wife and children, cut off all love and no worries, and then approached Hua Yingxiong for a decisive battle.
Hua Yingxiong's red sword was cut off by Wudi's knife. In order to show a fair fight and not take advantage of Hua Yingxiong, Wudi broke his own knife.
In the end, the two of them opened up together, and Wudi used a powerful sword energy, but Hua Yingxiong's red sword quickly recovered, and even the man and the sword gave Wudi a hard blow.
He also deliberately told Wudi: The reason why you lost to me was because you ignored love.
In fact, your sentimental swordsmanship back then was correct. You were tricked by my master.
Invincible is really a man who rides on a horse and never rests in peace!
In fact, there are a lot of nonsense in this script adaptation.
For example, the invincible Jin Ao said that you are not qualified to practice "Chinese Proud Jue" because you are not Japanese.
Why is Japan's secret art called "Chinese Proud Jue"?
But when it comes to the hatred between China and Japan, it is actually a very smart approach.
Because it was provocative, the movie was changed to a confrontation between China and Japan. The Chinese tricked the Japanese to death and destroyed the Statue of Liberty, which was very satisfying.
Unreasonable places will also be automatically blocked by many people.
Because the hatred between China and Japan is as deep as the sea. For many people, as long as you beat the Japanese, we are good friends. This is how Yang Ye started his career.
After a few months, the plot was basically determined, how to create special effects, and the general setting was established, and then the characters were selected.
Xu Ke wanted to find a big shot, so the male lead asked Li Lianjie, but Yang Ye rejected the offer.
Yang Ye’s statement to Xu Ke: The selling point of the movie is the special effects. Money should be spent on the special effects. Jet Li is too expensive.
Another dissatisfaction Yang Ye has with "Heroes of China" and "The Heroes of the World" lies in their casts.
Liu Weiqiang became famous through "Young and Dangerous", so when filming "The Storm", he used the entire cast of "Young and Dangerous".
It seems to have an inexplicable young and Dangerous flavor, which always feels a bit inconsistent, especially when Brother Crow plays the role of a Shaolin Temple monk, which I really can't bring in.
Now, five or six years in advance, many actors have not debuted at all, or are not well-known and cannot be used, so they have to find someone else.
The first is the male lead. Although Zheng Yijian in the original version was good, Yang Ye wanted to leave this role to He Jiajin.
He Jiajin has always wanted to turn into movies. The good news does not go to outsiders, so this opportunity was given to him.
The Chinese hero played by Ho Ka Jin in the drama version is quite good.
Moreover, he is also more suitable in age than Zheng Yijian, and his skills are even better than Zheng Yijian's. Of course, the leading actor in an action movie must know kung fu!
Then there is Hua Jianxiong, the son of Hua Yingxiong. Nicholas Tse is only thirteen years old this year, and his Jianxiong performance is the same as relying on the defense.
It would have been better to replace him with a better coach, so he chose Jin Chengwu, who had just entered the Hong Kong market this year.
He previously played a small role in Johnnie To's "Modern Heroes".
For the two female characters Jie Yu and Mu Xiuluo, the original actors were Christine Yang and Shu Qi.
Christine Yang is still studying at the University of California, Massachusetts, and Shu Qi is now called "Shu Qi" and is taking nude photos in Taiwan.
Neither of them had debuted, and Yang Ye was too lazy to look for it, so it wasn't like they had to do it.
For this kind of vase role, just choose two beauties at random, there are plenty of them.
Speaking of Yang Christine, she debuted as the Asian sister champion in 1995.
But Yang Ye did not want to lose the wisdom of TVB and did not engage in the Asian sister competition.
Many of the Asian sisters from the original time and space appeared in TVB's Hong Kong Miss Competition in this time and space.
Since the overall quality of Asian sisters is not as good as that of Hong Kong sisters, most of them are unknown.
But there are also some who have become famous. For example, Weng Hong replaced Chen Farong and became the Miss Hong Kong champion in 1989, with Chen Farong finishing second.
Ye Yuqing was also the first runner-up of Miss Hong Kong. She went to shoot a Category 3 movie, which made Fang Yihua lose face and was very angry.
Since Christine Yang is not a Hong Konger and does not have a Hong Kong ID card, she cannot run for Miss Hong Kong.
Yang Ye didn't know how she would debut, or even whether she would debut.
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The framework of "Heroes of China" was basically determined. Xu Ke cheered up and made preliminary preparations.
Now that all his subordinates are gone, he can no longer play the trick of supervising the production by himself and controlling the directors of other people. He can only go into battle himself.
At this time, "Terminator 3" was also officially put into production. The local box office in Hong Kong exceeded 48 million, not breaking 5.
Compared with its predecessor, "Terminator 3" does not have much surprise, but this box office is already very good. The original version was released in 2003, and the Hong Kong box office was only over 38 million.
So far, Yang Ye's three movies this year have accumulated a box office of 150 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong.
Coupled with the upcoming release of "Speed", Hong Kong media predicts that the local box office of the four movies starring Yang Ye this year may exceed HK$200 million.
Although it is not as good as Chow Sing-chi's hometown of 260 million in 1992, Chow Sing-chi had 7 movies released last year, while Yang Ye only had 4.
Moreover, Hong Kong's local box office is just an appetizer. Yang Ye's global box office this year has approached 1 billion US dollars. This year is a veritable year of Yang Ye. (End of chapter)