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In the evening, Qi Wei devoted himself to helping Zhang Jingchu do weight loss exercises.

After continuing to shoot the MV the next day, Qi Wei received a call from his assistant Lin Xilei.

"Who did you say called you, Shi Nansheng?" Qi Wei was slightly surprised, and she quickly remembered who Shi Nansheng was.

Lin Xilei replied: "Yes, boss, it's Shi Nansheng calling. She is Xu Ke's wife. They want to make an appointment to discuss things."

Qi Wei thought silently for a while and asked, "Did they say what happened?"

"It's about Xu Ke's new movie "The Legend of Shushan"."

Just as Qi Wei thought, it turned out to be this movie.

"Just reply to them. Next time I come to Hong Kong, I can find a time to meet with them." Qi Wei said.

"Boss, they are probably heading to the airport now and will come to Beijing in the afternoon. They want to meet you today."

"Uh" There is no need to be so urgent, Qi Wei told Lin Xilei: "Then you entertain them for me first. If they are willing, you can bring them to my place."

"Also, help me buy a copy of "The Legend of Shushan Immortal Heroes" by Huan Zhu Louzhu." Qi Wei added.

"I understand, boss."

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Xilei brought Xu Ke and his wife to Qi Wei's MV shooting scene.

"Hey, isn't this Xu Ke?" As soon as Xu Ke and his wife appeared, someone on the scene immediately recognized them.

"It's really him! Next to him is his wife. How did they appear here?"

"Could it be that our boss invited us to film the MV?"

"What are you thinking? How is it possible? He is a well-known director, how can he shoot a MV? Besides, our director Zhang is very good at shooting."

"It's really good. I will review the Moonlight script with my boss in the evening, hehe."

"You don't want to do this anymore, just chew the boss's tongue."

"I said something wrong. I'm sorry. Why do you think Director Xu and the others are here?"

Seeing Xuke and his wife walking over to Qi Wei after seeing him, someone replied: "I guess Xu Ke has a new movie and needs our boss's help. It's possible to invest or invite him to film."

"Oh, I heard that our boss will invest in Cheng Long's new movie."

"Our boss is so powerful!"

"You have a bright future following great talents, so don't ruin your future, you know?"

"I understand, I will definitely keep it secret."

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The appearance of Xu Ke and his wife immediately aroused a lot of discussion among the staff on site.

After all, he is a well-known director in Hong Kong. In the hearts of these staff, his status is even more important than that of mainland directors such as Lao Mouzi who have become famous internationally.

Zhang Jingchu was also shocked when she saw the arrival of Xu Ke and his wife, and took the initiative to lean towards Qi Wei.

Seeing Qi Wei, Xu Ke and his wife looked smiling.

Xu Ke took the initiative to extend his hand to Qi Wei and said: "Hello, Qi Wei, nice to meet you."

"Me too, I'm glad to meet you two." Qi Wei stretched out his hand to shake their hands.

"Qi Wei, you are so awesome. It's really enviable that you can find so many capable beauties to work for you." Xu Ke couldn't help but sigh.

These words immediately aroused dissatisfaction among Shi Nansheng.

Firstly, she didn't like Tsui Hark's exposed nature, and secondly, she was afraid that Qi Wei would think it was sarcasm and flatter him and slap him on the horse's leg.

"My old Xu has no other intentions. I hope Mr. Qi doesn't mind." Shi Nansheng apologized with a smile.

"At first glance, Director Xu is a sweetheart. Only such a sweetheart can make so many classic movies. I admire Director Xu very much." Qi Wei said with a smile.

Hearing this, Shi Nansheng thought of Qi Wei's scandals.

snort! Men really all have similar odors!

Shi Nansheng still maintained a polite smile on his face and said, "Then you should have a common language. Let's find a place to have a good chat?"

"No problem." Qi Wei responded readily.

Lin Xilei had already booked a hotel box, and then the group came to the box.

"The environment here is good." Xu Ke smiled and complimented, and then went straight to the point and said:

"Qi Wei, we are here this time to invite you to make a movie."

"My assistant has already told me about this." Qi Wei glanced at Lin Xilei. Lin Xilei understood and said to Xu Ke and his wife:

"Director Xu, you have also seen that my boss is filming a music video and producing a new album. Next, he has to promote the new album. This year, there are two important movies to be filmed, "The Swordsman" and "Hero", and they are no longer scheduled. Filming other scenes."

Shi Nansheng had done some research on Qi Wei before he was born, so he naturally knew what Qi Wei was like.

She smiled and said, "It's no problem if Mr. Qi doesn't have a schedule this year. The movie my old Xu is currently preparing will not start shooting until next year. As long as Mr. Qi can reserve a schedule next year."

Hearing this, Lin Xilei looked at Qi Wei. Qi Wei did not answer, but asked: "I wonder if Director Xu's script has been written?"

"Well, the creation has been completed." Xu Ke nodded.

"I don't know if the script has been brought. I want to read the script before making a decision."

"Bring it here." Shi Nansheng said, finding the script from his bag and handing it to Qi Wei, "This is the script. I hope Mr. Qi can give his opinion."

Qi Wei took the script and started reading it.

Later generation Qi Wei had watched Xu Ke's film "The Legend of Shushan" and actually knew the plot of the movie very well.

Although the script will be constantly revised during the preparation and filming process of the film, the plot of the script that Qi Wei sees now is not much different from that of later films.

Hmm. Still so messy.

Yes, it just gives Qi Wei a feeling of a messy plot. While flipping through the script, Qi Wei looked up at Xu Ke from time to time and couldn't help but think.

The script of "The Legend of Shushan" is not very well written, but it does not mean that Xu Ke is not a good director.

When Qi Wei said he admired him before, it was not just a polite comment.

Xu Ke is a very capable director. Unlike other directors in Hong Kong, he likes to innovate. Back then, when the market was flooded with bad shirt kung fu movies from the Republic of China, he relied on the ancient costumes of his film debut "Disc" The feature film stood out and became one of the representative filmmakers of the "new wave" in Hong Kong.

When the market was not optimistic about action crime movies, he spearheaded and supervised the production of "A Better Tomorrow." When costume movies were declining, he directed the costume drama movie "A Chinese Ghost Story." When martial arts movies were quiet, he made one after another. Martial arts classics such as "The Swordsman" and "New Dragon Inn".

Of course, this kind of innovation that goes against the current is not successful every time. In 97, he wrote and produced the animated film "Xiao Qian", which was Asia's first 2D and 3D animation.

But the results can only be said to be unable to reflect the excellence of this animated film from the box office.

As early as 83, Xu Ke made an action fantasy film with the support of Golden Harvest, which was also a film changed from "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman".

Back then, Xuke was from Xinyi City. In order to create trouble for Xinyi City, its biggest competitor, Jiahe gave him the greatest support in order to invite Xuke to make movies.

This "New Shushan Swordsman" starring Zheng Shaoqiu, Lin Qingxia and others is Xu Ke's ambitious work. It not only has a strong cast, but also specially invited the special effects team of "Star Wars" to do the special effects.

Quite sincere.

But as a result, the box office of "New Shushan Swordsman" was far less than the investment.

Judging from the profit and loss situation, this movie is undoubtedly a failure.

The reason why "New Shushan Swordsman" failed was not only because the movie was too avant-garde, but more importantly because of the movie itself.

The "Shushan Biography" that Xu Ke is preparing also has problems.

"How is it?" Seeing Qi Wei flipping through Wan's script, Xu Ke asked quickly.

The speed at which Qi Wei flipped through the script, from quick to slow, showed that he was interested in the script.

Xu Ke is still very confident in his script.

But Qi Wei shook his head and replied: "Director Xu's script is based on "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" by Huanzhu Louzhu. I remember you filmed one in the 80s, starring Lin Qingxia. , the results of that movie were not very good. If Director Xu followed this script, the results of the new movie will probably not be much better."

Hearing this, Xu Ke's face turned a little ugly, and Shi Nansheng asked: "So Mr. Qi, what do you think is the problem with this script?"

Qi Wei thought for a while, sorted out his words a little, and replied:

"The script written by Director Xu tells a story about slaying demons and defending the Tao. The story is very simple, but the background of the story adapted from "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" is very grand. The Master of Huanzhu Tower took hundreds of thousands of words to tell it well. The story of "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" is difficult to tell clearly in dozens of minutes when adapted into a movie.

Director Xu wanted to restore it as much as possible. In order to better serve the plot, there were many characters appearing in the whole movie. However, the disadvantage of this is that the characters created are very thin, and even the protagonist is difficult to stand up.

If the characters are not well created, let’s not talk about the plot. I believe Director Xu can understand this. "

No one would be happy if the work he created with "hard work" was evaluated like this by a junior. Fortunately, Xu Ke had his wife Shi Nansheng. She held Xu Ke's thigh and asked Qi Wei with a smile:

"Does Mr. Qi have any good suggestions?"

“I don’t take this advice seriously, but I do have an idea. Director Xu’s script is actually more like a group drama. In a movie of dozens of minutes, it is almost impossible to portray every character that appears. Well, in this case, why not simplify the complexity and focus on portraying a few characters in a movie. If dozens of minutes of movie space cannot portray all the characters, then use hundreds of minutes to portray them."

As soon as Qi Wei's words came out, Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng began to think deeply. Xu Ke reacted quickly and understood Qi Wei's intention.

"Do you want to make a series of movies?" Xu Ke looked at Qi Wei in surprise and asked.

"Yes, that's what I meant."

Qi Wei continued: "My idea is that there are so many important characters in your script. These characters can be explored in depth. Some characters can even be made into personal movies. After this character is well portrayed through several movies, in the end, I think it would be very interesting to bring these characters together to fight the villain in one movie, and it might have unexpected effects."

Xu Ke thought for a while and nodded. It was indeed too hasty to gather so many characters in one movie according to the previous idea. What Qi Wei said was indeed much better.

But Xu Ke quickly discovered a problem and said: "Many characters in the original work of this play were not well thought out, and there was no in-depth story at all. How could it be made into a movie."

What kind of problem is this? Qi Wei already has a solution.

He said with a smile: "We make movies just for artistic creation. There are no in-depth stories. We can create stories and write stories for these characters. If Director Xu feels that he does not have enough energy or lacks writing staff, I can Help as many people as you need.”

How many people are there? To be honest, do you have so many screenwriters in your company?

Xu Ke didn't believe it.

But he heard another person say: "I established a novel website very early on, which attracted many people to write novels on the website. Among these online novel writers, there are many like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, who have created many excellent novels. "Suspect" directed and starred by Zhang Guorong was adapted from the novel on my website. Liu Tianwang also talked to me about the adaptation of a novel "New World" before.

We can put the novel "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" on the novel website, and then spend some money to do an essay collection, which will definitely attract many people to create secondary works."

Xu Ke did not expect that Qi Wei could come up with such a method, and was a little stunned for a moment. Shi Nansheng on the side clapped his hands and said happily:

"When everyone adds fuel, the flames will rise. This is a good idea. Not only can we get the story, but it can also help the novel quickly gain popularity, which will be very beneficial to future movie promotions."

"The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" itself is an unfinished martial arts novel.

Although it is a classic, this martial arts novel released during the Republic of China is too old. Even though it has been adapted into film and television dramas many times, many people still don’t know about this novel.

The longer time goes by, the more people have not read it. At this time, everyone knows more about Jin Yong and Gu Long's novels.

This is why their novels are often adapted into film and television dramas.

In other words, the popularity is not as good as before, and the risk of adapting "The Legend of Shushan Immortal" into a movie is now higher, and Qi Wei's approach can reduce this risk as much as possible.

It is very beneficial to this drama.

"I think it's good to do this." Shi Nansheng said looking at her husband Xu Ke.

Xu Ke nodded slightly and did not express his position again. Instead, he asked Qi Wei: "Qi Wei, are you willing to star in this drama?"

"If Director Xu is willing to change the script according to my suggestions, I will still be willing to make this movie."

"I will seriously consider your suggestion."

"Then I will seriously consider filming this movie."

"You kid." Xu Ke couldn't help but laugh, and immediately promised: "Don't worry, I will change the script when I get back, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

Seeing that Qi Wei had the idea of ​​cooperation, Shi Nansheng took advantage of the victory and said, "According to your suggestion, Mr. Qi, it will take a lot of money to make several movies."

"I believe that as long as the first one is successful, funding for subsequent films will not be a problem."

"We also understand this. The problem is that if the first part is successful, to be honest with you, Mr. Qi, we have not attracted enough investment so far."

Shi Nansheng finally "caught it all." (End of chapter)