Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2080 Subverting the Novel
After being appeased by Lin Daoqiu, Li Saifeng's performance on the set returned to normal the next day.

But when she was alone, she would always giggle foolishly, and she didn't know what she was laughing at.

And if you observe carefully, you will find that Li Saifeng will sneak a few glances at Lin Daoqiu from time to time.

Lin Daoqiu, who was talking with Tsui Hark at this time, didn't notice this at all.

"I plan to put the premiere of "Swordsman" in Xiangjiang at the Haiyun Theater, because there are no popular movies, so this time I will arrange [-] theaters for "Swordsman"."

Originally, according to the usual practice, even if there were no other popular movies, "Swordsman" could only get [-] theaters at most.

Perhaps it was because there was a problem with Treasure Island, so Lin Daoqiu specially added ten more for Tsui Hark.

"Thank you Mr. Lin, I believe "Swordsman" will definitely get a good start."

Tsui Hark is very confident in "Swordsman", because this drama directly subverts the original novel in some places.

Although the risk of doing so is very high, I have to say that once I accept such a setting, I will really have a very high evaluation of this drama.

But Tsui Hark didn't dare to guarantee that "Swordsman" would be a hit at the box office, and it was obviously impossible to say that he wasn't worried at all.

It's just that now that things have come to an end, it's too late to consider those unfavorable factors. Since this is the case, it's better to let nature take its course. Anyway, the film has finished filming and is now preparing to be released. Just wait for the audience's evaluation.

Lin Daoqiu will not have any worries about "Swordsman", after all, this drama is one of the masterpieces of real new martial arts.

Lin Daoqiu has watched the final version several times, and can't find any faults at all.

Even though Li Jiaxin and Guan Zhilin, two beauties, are missing, there are still Chen Yulian and Zhou Huimin on top.

Needless to say, Chen Yulian's acting skills and appearance are naturally no worse than Guan Zhilin at this time. Zhou Huimin's replacement for Li Jiaxin will definitely not be downgraded. She is the first generation of the head of the jade girl.

Two days before the release of "Swordsman", Lin Daoqiu specially arranged for the crew of "Swordsman" to appear on East TV's "You Know Entertainment" for promotion.

This program has become a regular program of Dongshi during dinner time, and has a lot of loyal viewers.

It has been revised several times, and the scene is getting more and more gorgeous.

If there is a touch screen in this era, Lin Daoqiu will definitely be the first to use it on the show.

"Welcome all viewers to watch today's "Entertainment Talk", I am the host Lin Jianming..."

"Mr. Jin Yong has written many novels, and "Swordsman" is one of them that everyone is familiar with. Today we are very honored to invite the crew members of the upcoming "Swordsman: Undefeated in the East" Come to the show to be interviewed by us."

As soon as the camera turned, Tsui Hark, Brigitte Lin, Jet Li, Idy Chen, Vivian Chow, and five people were already sitting at the show.

Chen Yulian is the leading actress of Dongshi, so she sits beside Brigitte Lin.

Jet Li is the first time to appear on Xiangjiang's TV show, so he seems a little nervous, and his Cantonese is still very average at this time, so today's protagonist is naturally not him.

"Please say hello to the audience in front of the TV."

After Tsui Hark and others greeted each other, Lin Jianming started the official visit.

"When filming of "Swordsman" started, there were rumors that director Xu changed some parts of the film, and even subverted the novel, and such subversion made Mr. Jin Yong very unhappy. "

Lin Jianming definitely didn't want to ask this kind of thing herself, but had already written it in the word card, and she just asked the question in the word card.

Generally speaking, such an embarrassing topic should not be asked without the consent of the interviewee.

But the strange thing is that after Lin Jianming finished asking, Tsui Hark smiled and shook his head.

"I'm afraid this is all a misunderstanding. I discussed it with Mr. Jin Yong after I got the right to adapt it, and told him all my thoughts. Although some parts of the play have been adapted, it is not subversive of the novel. But I believe that after reading it, it will give rise to some new thinking.”

Tsui Hark is playing tricks here. He said he told Jin Yong, but he didn't say how Jin Yong reacted after he knew that he changed Dongfang Bubai into a woman.

"Is there a big change? After all, "Swordsman" has many fans. If the changes are not good, I'm afraid everyone will spit at Director Xu."

"Filming is like this, how can it be as good as you want, but I want to be honest, I present my ideas on the big screen, if the audience likes it, I am of course happy, if the audience doesn't accept it, I will accept it with humility, wait a minute Changed it once."

After Lin Jianming interviewed Tsui Hark, he turned his head to Brigitte Lin.

"Miss Lin, when I asked you to film "Swordsman", did you ever think that you would play the character of Dongfang Bubai?"

Brigitte Lin shook her head with a smile.

"Actually, I was very surprised when I heard Director Xu talk about this, because Dongfang Bubai was a man in the original book, and then he became a woman after practicing "Sunflower Treasure". At the end of the show, I really didn't expect it at the time..."

"However, Director Xu kept talking about the plot and this character with me during the filming process. Gradually, I began to gain some new understanding of this character, so I put all my understanding into this character, and then presented it to the audience. Everyone."

It is not a big deal to find Lin Qingxia to play Dongfang Bubai, but the problem is that Dongfang Bubai was a man at the beginning, and then became a woman.

Some book fans couldn't accept the news after knowing it. They felt that Tsui Hark tampered with the content of the novel without authorization, which was really inappropriate.

But for Lin Qingxia's fans, no matter what she plays, as long as it is a normal role, everyone likes it very much.

So the two factions started to quarrel before the movie was released, but Brigitte Lin had a large number of people, so she stood on the top for the time being.

On the day of the premiere of "Swordsman", there was a lot of excitement outside Haiyun Theater. This time, Lin Daoqiu didn't let East TV broadcast it live. He only took some pictures of reporters shooting the scene and then went back to East TV to make a rolling report.

After all, "Swordsman" is not a blockbuster, and Lin Daoqiu has not done a premiere for a movie for a long time.

But even so, everyone's expectations for "Swordsman" have been raised to the highest level, especially the previews that have been played on East TV in the past few days, and "Only Remember Today's Smile" sung by Brigitte Lin has even jumped to the top number one on the music charts.

Now everyone wants to know what exactly Tsui Hark changed in Jin Yong's famous novel "Swordsman".

(End of this chapter)