Chapter 250 The Afterglow of Hong Kong Films - Unparalleled
Chuang Wenqiang is a gold medal screenwriter and director in Hong Kong.
The most famous of his screenwriting works are Infernal Affairs, Initial D, and Overheard.
As a director, he has many masterpieces, such as Overheard.
However, the Overheard trilogy is not his peak.
Unparalleled is it!
Against the backdrop of the decline of Hong Kong films, Wushuang came out of nowhere and grossed a box office of 1.273 billion in the mainland, setting a record for a purely Hong Kong film in the mainland.
It is this movie that has given many people hope for the revival of Hong Kong films, thinking that Hong Kong films have "finally become themselves" and that the heyday of Hong Kong films is likely to come again.
After the decline of Hong Kong films, after so many years of going around in circles, the audience finally found the original feeling again.
It takes the audience back to the "golden age of Hong Kong films".
Wushuang can be said to be the best Hong Kong film after Infernal Affairs.
Three box office and word-of-mouth awards! Re-create the glory of Hong Kong movies.
This film, which has won three box office awards and received word-of-mouth recognition, has gone through ten years of ups and downs from the prototype of the story to its actual release.
The script had a story outline of more than 10,000 words as early as 2008, but when Zhuang Wenqiang showed more than a dozen pages to his partners and investors, no one was optimistic about it.
Because this subject matter is almost impossible to pass the review.
Zhuang Wenqiang has put a lot of effort into Wushuang in the past two years. Even though Overhearing has a good reputation in the industry, no one is willing to invest in Wushuang.
It’s just counterfeit money, but they also make counterfeit money, detailing every process, even the coal boss shook his head when he saw it.
"Azhuang, why don't you give up? It's impossible. You see, Lao Du's Heisehui 3 was photographed to death as soon as he set up a project. Don't engage in these sensitive subjects. The higher-ups will arrest you more and more." It’s getting tighter.”
“Director Chen, I can’t help it. This script is really good. It’s a pity that it can’t be filmed.” Zhuang Wenqiang took out a bank card from his pocket and smiled playfully. Said: "Director Chen, I just want to meet Li Mingyang, please help me."
Chen Jia took the bank card, hesitated, and asked, "How much is it."
"Not much."
"No more than a few dollars."
"Fifty thousand."
"Fifty thousand, give me a bank card, Jenny Damn it.”
Chen Jiashang took the bank card with a curse.
No matter how much money you have, it's all money.
My little girlfriend wants a bag, won’t she have the money now?
……
When Li Mingyang saw Wushuang’s original script, he was extremely shocked.
Wushuang is his favorite Hong Kong movie!
The reversal is amazing!
Even though Li Mingyang has read countless films, he is still shocked.
He never expected that Wushuang's script would be available so early.
Although it is just a summary script, we can already see all the settings of Wushuang. Even in this script, Ruan Wen is the final boss, the painter...
"Director Li, you What do you think?”
"Good script." Li Mingyang put down the script and scratched his head. "This script is too sensitive. It's a shame it can be filmed."
"You can change it until you are satisfied. I just don't know what to do now." How to change it."
"Look for Mr. Han!"
Zhuang Wenqiang smiled bitterly, "I can't even see him."
Okay, that's what I want. Take the Mountain Sculpture route and pass the review.
Counterfeit banknotes are not sensitive, but if you show money making in a movie, you will be!
The writing is so detailed, it is obvious that he has specially studied how to make counterfeit banknotes, and he has crossed the line very seriously.
The most attractive thing about Wushuang is his ability to make money!
The core of the story is counterfeit money.
Without the details of counterfeiting, the biggest attraction of the movie would be gone, and many conflicts would be gone.
There must be...it cannot be changed!
There are really no good movies for domestic entertainment.
I am not the god of medicine.
The girl with the mountain eagle had to raise her head to have a chance to take the photo.
Although the director of I Am Not the God of Medicine is not Ning Hao, he is the producer.
Everything about this movie is closely related to Ning Hao. From the director to the actors, it was all his fault.
This movie, when the time comes, he will have to compete with Ning Hao, Dong Ping, Xu Guangtou, Huang Bo and the others.
These people are the top people in the domestic entertainment and film industry.
Big capital can challenge theater chains.
I'm not a medicine god, so it's hard to grab... The story behind this is too complicated.
Guangguang's early success in the film industry was due to people like Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, and Dong Ping.
Li Mingyang likes Wushuang very much. The box office of Wushuang is really low! Just took 1.2 billion!
But there is no way, who made it a purely Hong Kong film...
Zhuang Wenqiang saw that Li Mingyang was still silent and thought that there was no chance again. Just when he got up to pick up the script and was about to leave .
Li Mingyang suddenly pressed down the script and said in a deep voice: "What can I get?"
Zhuang Wenqiang and Chen Jiashang were both shocked.
“Can you let it pass the trial?”
“Well, there is something I must say. Zuo Shandiao has read this script and said that Azhuang actually used counterfeit banknotes as a selling point. My brain is purely sick, and my thoughts are very dangerous. I have to...get a cure."
Zhuang Wenqiang felt a little unhappy, but he did not dare to refute, but looked at Li Mingyang expectantly.
Li Mingyang smiled softly, "Although the script is very sensitive, as long as the benefits are big enough, anything is possible."
"What do you want?"
"It's not what I want, but what you can give me." Li Mingyang stood up, put the script back into Zhuang Wenqiang's hands, and left the room, leaving the two looking at each other. Two people.
Without much hesitation.
Li Mingyang decided to win Wushuang!
As for passing the trial... there is definitely no chance for Zuoshandiao.
For a subject like Wushuang, the story must be set in Hong Kong, and it must be filmed in Hong Kong.
It is too late for the mountain eagle to suppress the Hong Kong circle. How can it lift the Hong Kong circle?
So I have to find my father-in-law...
Gambling movies are banned by the higher-ups!
The sweet gambling film Macau passed the review.
Wu Shuang should be fine, right?
......
Wushuang's matter depends on what the other party gives, so Li Mingyang is not in a hurry.
Back in the room, Li Mingyang took Jingtian, who was sleeping soundly, sweaty and covered in frost and dew.
Then he fell asleep contentedly.
There is not much time to be able to Huo Huo Jingtian.
One poke is one less time.
At noon on July 2, all three-leaf lines were completed.
Jing Tian, Liu Shishi, Wang Kai and other three-leaf actors left the crew after lunch.
But Shu Chang and Juanjuan didn't leave, Li Mingyang kept them both.
Comfort is not important, it is just an excuse.
If Juanjuan runs away, he won’t be able to act!
After this period of hand-to-hand touching, Li Mingyang finally discovered that the effect of telepathy is based on the accumulated time of touching.
A bit like charging your cell phone.
Five minutes to charge, five minutes to use.
How long it takes to touch, how long it takes to charge.
The longer you touch, the longer it takes to copy the effect.
It is unclear how long the upper limit of the copying time limit is.
Because he didn’t have the opportunity to have long-term contact with Juanjuan.
That is to say, Juanjuan is too small, otherwise Li Mingyang really wants to sleep with her in his arms and charge more power.
In the evening, more than a dozen buses set off toward Hangzhou.
With Jing Tian away, Li Mingyang arranged for the main actors of Lin Xingxian, Shu Chang and Juan Juan, to sit on the black bus. Juan Juan sat next to him and Shu Chang sat opposite him.
The first-class seats on the bus can not only rotate 360 degrees, but can also be laid flat for sleeping.
Originally, Li Mingyang was still thinking about how to have more contact with Juanjuan, but who knew that without Jingtian, this little girl clung to him as soon as she got in the car.
During the subsequent filming of Lin Xingxian, the little girl was also inseparable and acted as a little assistant.
Also often lying on him.
The little girl’s acting talent is indeed powerful!
Especially the facial micro-expressions are unique.
Li Mingyang’s performance was so cool, but I’ve never felt that happy again.
All the bad habits in filming are gone, no more insensitivity, no more stiffness in the limbs.
As the saying goes, those who can heal cannot heal themselves.
Li Mingyang can see the problems in other people's acting skills, but he can't do anything about himself.
After copying the little girl's talent, his talent combined with experience allowed his acting skills to reach a new level.
That is a state that even using the experience school has never reached.
Although he can't compare to the acting skills of veteran actors, he has no problem beating his peers.
Hu Ge has good acting skills and talent, but he doesn't have the rhythm to make movies. His face is a bit stiff due to the car accident, and he has too many minor problems from filming TV series.
In addition, there is not much room for the role itself.
This resulted in him being completely at a disadvantage when acting with Li Mingyang.
On the contrary, Peter Ho is very familiar with it. Although his acting is just like that, he is confident!
There has never been any problem, and the acting is so natural.
Both of them have their own limitations. Being the protagonist will magnify all shortcomings, but being a supporting role is completely enough.
Lin Xingxing's line is progressing very fast. The first thing Li Mingyang does after work every day is not to rehearse the scene, but to urge the actors to get in place quickly. He is waiting for the filming to be finalized and in post-production.
Your name is a double line, and there is almost no contact between the two lines.
It’s equivalent to shooting two movies.
Therefore, the cast of the crew is not all available at once.
For example, Lin Xingxian’s important female supporting character, the restaurant maitre d’, was played by Liu Yan, and she did not go to Dali together.
It was the day after Li Mingyang arrived in Hangzhou that he flew to the crew.
In addition, Li Mingyang’s Alibaba colleagues Bao Beier and Shuai Leilei only arrived on the third day.
In addition, there are three elder brothers Ma Dongxi, Donnie Yen and Wu Jing.
These three are relatively busy.
Wu Jing went to the army to experience life and is evolving into a wolf warrior. It is not convenient for the army to take leave.
Gold always shines. Ma Dongxi has a lot of acting appointments right now, three movies and two TV series. Although they are all supporting roles, they will be paired with either the future movie king or the future movie queen.
Among them are Lao Huang, whom Li Mingyang likes very much, and Ding Qing from the New World.
(End of this chapter)