Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 863
In the small screening hall of New Oriental Company, many people gathered that day.

Hu Jinquan, Leslie Cheung, Chen Yulian, Li Saifeng, Jiang Dawei, Zheng Danrui and Wen Jun were all sitting inside.

The post-production of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has been completed, and today is the first screening session.

Besides them, Lin Daoqiu and Huang Ying also walked in from the outside.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started."

Lin Daoqiu didn't waste too much time for everyone, as soon as he came in, he directly sat in the middle seat.

For this "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Lin Daoqiu still has a lot of expectations.

But he also knows very well that in this era when stunts are still very rough.

It can be said that it is almost impossible to shoot those shocking effects of later generations.

So at the beginning, Lin Daoqiu's expectations for the special effects part of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" were not very high.

The opening scene of the movie version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was opened in an inn next to a land of mountains and rivers.

Leslie Cheung plays Li Xiaoyao, almost the same as in the game.

Li Xiaoyao had a dream of fighting against a master, but was woken up by his aunt.

But even if it happened in a dream, it was still very poetic and picturesque taken by Hu Jinquan.

Moreover, the special effects of the attack still seem to be of a certain level, at least Lin Daoqiu thinks so.

With the development of the plot, heroines such as Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru also appeared on the stage.

Because it is a movie version, the duration of this drama is not very long, only a little over an hour and a half, which is about [-] minutes.

But what they watched today was the condensed version, which lasted 120 minutes.

If it is replaced by other movies, such a length is really not suitable.

But just looking at the scenery and mountains and rivers gives people a feeling that it is worth the fare.

Filming in Guilin is completely different from later generations in that it has not been artificially developed at this time.

Therefore, almost most of the places still maintain the original style.

While watching, Lin Daoqiu chatted with Huang Ying, and at the same time turned to chat with Hu Jinquan.

The plot of the story was almost filmed according to the novel. After all, when Lin Daoqiu wrote "Legend of Sword and Fairy", he planned to make it into a movie.

Although the storyline of the novel is much longer, the movie version only uses half of the plot, and it ends with the part about the Town Demon Tower.

From the compactness of the story, the acting skills of the actors, and the special effects, Lin Daoqiu is quite satisfied overall.

Moreover, Hu Jinquan did not arrange the roles of Jin Yiwei or eunuch to appear in "Legend of Sword and Fairy" this time, which also benefited from Lin Daoqiu's previous reminder.

Although "Legend of Sword and Fairy" does not particularly emphasize what dynasty the story happened in.

However, this time point is obviously earlier than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Many people in later generations even deduce from the plot in the game that "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a story that happened in the Song Dynasty.

"Mr. Lin, what we are watching now is the 120-minute version, so we have to subtract a part."

King Hu has been making films for so long, so he naturally knows the proper length of a film.

Although he feels that it is a very good choice to keep it as it is now and release it in theaters.

But if you do this, the play will inevitably look a bit too lengthy, which will give the audience a bad impression.

So after careful consideration, he reluctantly decided to shorten the duration of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

I think as long as it goes through a simple refinement, 120 minutes is actually not unacceptable.

Lin Daoqiu's words made Hu Jinquan raise his head suddenly.

He was still worried that Lin Daoqiu would think the drama was too long, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't think so.

""Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a special effects movie. It costs so much money and it is a bit longer than ordinary movies, which is actually quite normal." Lin Daoqiu explained with a smile: "I believe that the audience will not only hate it, but And will love it."

Lin Daoqiu looked very confident, which also infected the people around him.

"Since Mr. Lin said so, I can rest assured that I will work overtime this week to cut out the final version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy"."

After being encouraged by Lin Daoqiu, Hu Jinquan looked very happy.

After all, although this drama started, he didn't really want to continue.

But after filming in the Mainland, Hu Jinquan couldn't help but fell in love with this "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

And in the process of shooting, he can also appreciate the famous mountains and rivers in China and many natural scenery.

This also made Hu Jinquan make up his mind that he must go back and shoot more movies in the future.

If Hu Jinquan were to go back to the previous situation of setting up and shooting at Shaw Brothers, he would definitely not agree.

"Director Hu really has to work overtime during this time, because the release time of this movie has already been set."

If Lin Daoqiu doesn't say anything, Hu Jinquan is still not sure when "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will be released.

But after hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, he immediately realized that the release time of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" might be approaching.

And the reason why Lin Daoqiu was so anxious was because "New Shushan Swordsman" had already started publicity.

If "Legend of Sword and Fairy" doesn't follow up quickly, then there will be some kind of arena, just admit defeat.

"On March [-]st, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will be screened simultaneously in all theaters under New Oriental, and this time, I have asked ATV to broadcast the entire premiere of "Legend of Sword and Fairy"."

The last time Lin Daoqiu asked ATV to relay the premiere of a movie was last year.

Let ATV broadcast the premiere of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" throughout, this is also because the three protagonists in it are all actors of ATV, not to mention that Lin Daoqiu is also the second largest shareholder of ATV.

So no matter from which point of view, ATV has no reason not to broadcast the premiere of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

"Brother Qiu, I heard that "New Shushan Swordsman" has also made moves."

Lin Daoqiu is not particularly concerned about "New Shushan Swordsman", he only cares about the release time of the other party.

After Wen Jun said this, Lin Daoqiu immediately turned to look at him.

"I heard that Golden Harvest has contacted TVB and asked them to broadcast the premiere of "New Shushan Swordsman" throughout."

After listening to Wen Jun's words, Lin Daoqiu suddenly showed a surprised expression on his face.

He didn't expect Zou Wenhuai and Tsui Hark to be enlightened and know how to use the premiere to do large-scale publicity.

(End of this chapter)