This star is too fierce

Chapter 326, "A Chinese Ghost Story 4 Days" 【Please subscribe, ask for a monthly ticket】

Xu Krypton made a fool of himself and said, "We'll talk again when everyone is here."

Lu Bu asked, "Who else?"

Xu Krypton said with a smile, "Leslie."

If Zhang Guorong came over, wouldn't that be the script of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and this should be hidden?

However, Lu Bu is not in a hurry for a while.

He took out his mobile phone, called Liu Liang, and asked him to buy two bottles of red wine and some appetizers.

Both Xu Krypton and Zhang Guorong like to drink, and they can have a drink later, and they can chat when they are slightly drunk.

Liu Liang was very efficient and delivered the items in half an hour.

Zhang Guorong was not slow either, she also arrived on her hind legs, and said, "I would have stayed in a hotel if I had known earlier, and wasting time running back and forth."

Yesterday he watched Yuan Wei and Liu Ye's drama "Amber" together, and went home after eating supper.

Xu Krypton smiled apologetically, and said, "I had a social event last night, and I really couldn't get away, otherwise I would be able to talk about it after watching the play."

Zhang Guorong laughed and said, "Then you have to punish yourself with three cups."

Lu Bu just poured the wine and said, "Director Xu, please."

Xu Krypton was not polite, drank three glasses in a row, and said, "The wine is not bad."

For entertaining the two of them, Lu Bu definitely couldn't let Liu Liang buy ordinary ones, and of course they wouldn't be too expensive.

After Xu Krypton put down his wine glass, he took out two scripts from his briefcase, handed them to each other, and said, "Part Four of A Chinese Ghost Story."

Holding the script, Zhang Guorong said with remembrance and emotion in her eyes: "Unknowingly, time flies, and 18 years have passed in a flash. Now that I think about it, Director Xu fooled me into making this movie."

These words aroused Lu Bu's curiosity, and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

It turned out that Xu Krypton invited Wu Yusen to join his studio in 1986, and then saw the script of "The True Colors of a Hero" with only a few pages. At that time, his creative impulse was stimulated and he immediately started to adapt it. No one wants to invest because there are no big-name actors in the cast.

Xu Krypton thought of Zhang Guorong, so he invited him to join, and told him that the male lead was tailor-made for you, but he didn't expect it. Because of Zhou Runfa's outstanding acting skills, he added a lot of scenes. Due to the length of the film, he could only cut it. In Zhang Guorong's play, he suddenly changed from a leading role to a supporting role in the end. He didn't show any displeasure on the surface, but he was actually very unhappy in his heart.

The script of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was completed the following year. Xu Krypton still used this reason to invite Zhang Guorong. I don’t want to act in a costume drama”, and how can this be difficult for Xu Krypton, he called again and said, “Although this movie takes place in ancient times, it is a time-travel drama, and there is no need to wear ancient costumes.” Zhang Guorong joined the group happily, and only after arriving at the scene did she realize that she was fooled by Xu Krypton again.

Xu Krypton covered his face with his hands, but couldn't see the expression. He guessed it was a smile. After a while, he sighed softly and said, "At that time, I couldn't help myself."

Zhang Guorong had already let go, shook the script in her hand, and joked: "Look, I don't have a long memory at all, and I was fooled by you again."

Lu Bu smiled lightly and said, "Then I'm also in the right place?"

Going on to talk about this, Xu Krypton couldn't take the conversation anymore, and hurriedly changed the subject: "Everyone, read the script quickly, bring up any dissatisfaction, and improve it together."

When Lu Bu and Zhang Guorong heard the words, they stopped chatting and got down to business first.

【——"A Chinese Ghost Story: The Way of the 4 Days"

Version 1: The scholar Ning Caichen went to Beijing to rush for the exam, stayed overnight at Lanruo Temple, and met Nie Xiaoqian who specialized in seducing men to absorb energy for his grandmother...

Version 2: Young Yan Chixia aspires to become an excellent exorcist, he chooses Montenegro as the starting point for his practice and dream...

Version 3: Shili Pinghu is lost in memory, the world is half-declined, Nie Xiaoqian was originally the maid of the Heavenly Palace...]

As soon as he saw the outline of the story on the first page, Lu Bu couldn't help but asked, "Director Xu, why are there three versions?"

Xu Krypton drank a sip of red wine, crossed his legs, and slowly explained: "You also know that it has been 3 years since "A Chinese Ghost Story" was released, and these three stories came to mind during these years."

In 1987, "A Chinese Ghost Story" won a box office of more than 1800 million Hong Kong dollars as soon as it was released. Modeling design and the best art direction of the 15th Academy Awards, and original film music and other awards.

The film was well-received and well-received, and it also triggered a wave of fashion fantasy martial arts films in the Hong Kong film market.

In 1990 and 1991, "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" and "A Chinese Ghost Story 3" were successively released. Although the word-of-mouth and box office have declined compared with the first one, they are still rare classic movies.

There is also an animated version of "Xiaoqian" in this series, which was released in 1997.

In addition to this, most of them are follow-up works, and there are even many large-scale tertiary films that are broadcast at midnight.

Xu Krypton sometimes wonders whether or not to shoot the fourth part, and how to do it.

After that, as long as I have inspiration, I will write it down.

After seeing Zhang Guorong out of depression, and Lu Bu, a young actor with a rare image, skill, and acting skills, I decided to restart this series, and integrated the ideas accumulated over the years, and wrote these three stories.

"Oh" in unison, the two continued to look down.

The sun slowly approached the horizon, and the sunset glow shone into the room, reflecting a blush, thick and deep.

"Dong dong dong..." There was a sudden knock on the door.

Xu Krypton, who was dozing on the sofa, woke up, rubbed his eyes, glanced at Lu Bu and Zhang Guorong fascinatedly, and then got up to open the door.

"Director Xu." It was Liu Liang who came, and said politely, "Sister Yu asked me to invite you to dinner."

Xu Krypton thought for a moment, and said, "We won't be able to finish it for a while, so you can go tell Xiaoyu to pack some food for us and come back."

Liu Liang nodded and said, "Okay."

Xu Krypton closed the door and went back to the room, poured a glass of red wine, took two sips to relieve his troubles, saw Lu Bu and Zhang Guorong put down the script one after another, and immediately asked: "Have you finished reading?"

Lu Bu replied: "I have read the three stories roughly."

Zhang Guorong followed and said, "Tomorrow is enough to see all of it."

Xu Krypton asked impatiently, "How is it?"

Lu Bu looked at Zhang Guorong. After all, he had acted in two films, so he was more familiar with it, and said, "Brother, tell me first."

Zhang Guorong did not hesitate, and said: "Let me talk about version 1. First of all, the plot is too compact, as if three "A Chinese Ghost Story" have been condensed into one, and there are many conflicting plots, while Ning Caichen The love for Nie Xiaoqian is also illogical, and the development of the relationship between the two is very far-fetched, like the phrase 'There is no such thing as love at first sight, it's just love at first sight.'”

"Secondly, the supporting roles in this version are relatively stereotyped. The two villains, the tree spirit grandma and the Montenegrin old demon, are mere toolmen with empty morals and duplicity."

"If I had to choose, I wouldn't choose version 1."

After being complained about, Xu Krypton was not angry, but nodded frequently, agreeing with Zhang Guorong's words, and continued: "What about the other two versions?"

Zhang Guorong said to Lu Bu: "Brother, tell me."

Lu Bu coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said, "Director Xu, I hope you forgive me for speaking poorly. For version 2, the three main characters have undergone major changes, completely diluting the content of the first three parts. The background of the troubled times is more like a love story with a strong magical color."

"Furthermore, apart from changing 'Love of Humans and Ghosts' to 'Love of Humans and Monsters', the biggest change is the addition of Yan Chixia's role. To a certain extent, the importance and role of this role even exceeds that of Ning Caichen. Rising to the position of the first protagonist is just a love tragedy between Nie Xiaoqian, Yan Chixia, and Ning Caichen, this kind of "love triangle" that is almost unique, is a bit bloody."

"I personally don't like this kind of change very much, it's not interesting."

Xu Krypton frowned lightly.

It's not that what Lu Bu said was wrong, but that it was too right.

In fact, when he was writing, he was already aware of it.

The trilogy is adapted from the chapter of Nie Xiaoqian in Pu Songling's "Liao Zhai", but the original story is not so romantic and touching. The feudal stories of "the ghost repaying her kindness and successfully taking care of her mother-in-law" and "the female ghost wins the recognition of human beings through hard work and kindness".

In the adaptation, Xu Krypton extracted the part of the love story of "the love between humans and ghosts in troubled times", and added the main line conflict of "weak mortals against powerful demons" to the original romantic love.

A glamorous and affectionate female ghost who cannot control her destiny, a straightforward and kind-hearted scholar, a chivalrous man who is incomprehensible and passionate, Lanruo Temple with bones, a chaotic world that eats people, Guo Beixian, the epitome of the times, more terrifying than ghosts People's hearts... These special character images and images run through these three works.

This also forms a unified spiritual core of [love is greater than life than personal freedom].

However, Xu Krypton's new version 1 and version 2 have abandoned the foundation of "A Chinese Ghost Story", without connotation and irony, and become a romance film with only the love between men and women.

"Huh..." Xu Krypton let out a sigh of relief, took a sip of red wine, and sighed, "It's okay to be old."

Classics are hard to surpass, this sentence is not just talking.

For example, the sequels of "New Shushan Swordsman" and "Black Man", after so many years of hard work, finally became "bad movies".

It's not that he doesn't want to shoot well, it's just that the "good" in his heart seems to be different from the "good" in the eyes of the audience.

"I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell" is his film philosophy.

And this kind of "who can give me nothing" is a kind of courage if it is done right, and it is obsession if it is done wrong.

Seeing his lonely look, Lu Bu hurriedly said, "Director Xu, don't sigh in a hurry, isn't there a third story here?"

Zhang Guorong followed, "Yes, this version 3 is much better than the previous two versions."

The corner of Xu Krypton's mouth raised, and he said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, this story is the one I am most satisfied with. The word 'Tao of Heaven' was chosen for it. The ruthless way of heaven reflects the cruelty of the world. .”

Lu Bu and Zhang Guorong exchanged looks, and then both laughed.

It turned out that Xu Krypton was using the difference between the first two editions to set off the third edition.

Good way!

Xu Krypton was in a good mood, and said: "Then we will shoot version 3. My tentative budget is 2 million Hong Kong dollars. Do you think it is enough?"

Zhang Guorong almost spit out the red wine she just drank.

The corner of Lu Bu's mouth twitched, and he said, "Director Xu, at this cost, I'm afraid we can make ten "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Way of the Demon"."

Xu Krypton explained: "Today is different from the past. The salary, landscaping, and special effects are all several times higher than before."

His two magic weapons for making movies: imagination and special effects.

The superb imagination and bursting screen special effects will present an extraordinary audio-visual feast.

However, the failure of "Legend of Shushan" and "Black Man 2" shows that these two magic weapons are useless to the current audience.

For a cost of 2 million, it takes 6 million box office to pay back.

The current Chinese-language movies do not have this ability.

You know, throughout last year, 212 films were produced across the country, 20 blockbuster films were imported, and the box office revenue just exceeded 15 billion.

To put it bluntly, even if your movie is amazingly good, as long as it costs more than 2 million yuan, there is a high probability that it will lose money.

Xu Krypton continued: "Your salary, Leslie's salary, plus Nie Xiaoqian's actor's salary, is almost 6000 million, and the actors' salary of other roles is at least 1000 million, so there is no 7000 million. "

After "Mythology", Lu Bu's 2000 million is not much at all, Zhang Guorong's 3500 million is not much, and popular actresses need 500 million.

Then there are 4-5000 million for special effects, 3000 million for landscaping, 1000 million for service, and other expenses.

2 million is really not much.

And Lu Bu, as an actor, just used money to act, the box office, whether he made a profit or a loss, these have nothing to do with him.

At most, after becoming a bad movie, being scolded by the audience a few times, and being labeled as box office poison again, there is actually no loss.

However, since I have made friends with Xu Krypton, I can't just focus on making money and watch him lose money, right?

"Director Xu, my suggestion is that it is best to control the cost to around 1 million. As for my salary, I can get dividends to cover it." Lu Bu expressed his own thoughts, that is, earn money together, and lose money together deficit.

"I agree. From 2000 to the present, it seems that only "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero" and "Kung Fu" have made money in movies with large investment, and they are all domestic and overseas. For ghost movies with local characteristics, the income from overseas is basically negligible, so..." Zhang Guorong took a deep look at Xu Krypton, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Why don't I understand." Xu Krypton sighed again and again, but without money, he couldn't let go of many things. At the same time, the two of them were willing to take risks together, which also moved him very much.

2 million is not impossible to raise.

[Lu Bu + Zhang Guorong + Xu Krypton + "A Chinese Ghost Story"] This combination, as long as the news is released, many people will come to invest.

However, the ultimate goal of making a movie is to make money. Whether it is a director or an actor, if they let investors' money go to waste again and again, their reputation will be affected to some extent.

I am good, you are good, he is good, and everyone is good.

After pondering for a long time, Xu Krypton said, "I'll go back and do a good calculation and try to minimize the cost."

There is only so much that Lu Bu and Zhang Guorong can say and do.

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"What did you talk about with your brother and Director Xu last night? We talked so late?" On the plane back to Yanjing, Yu Feihong asked Lu Bu.

"Just to talk about the script and shooting plan of A Chinese Ghost Story." Lu Bu replied.

"How's the script?" Yu Feihong was curious.

"It's not bad, it looks like 8 points." Version 3 has a certain surprise for Lu Bu, and it's the kind of film he wanted to shoot.

"Has Nie Xiaoqian's actor been decided?" Yu Feihong asked again.

"Not sure." Lu Bu said, looking at her.

"I'll forget it." Yu Feihong was not interested in this role, and said: "If you can take it, give it to Xiaolai or Yuanyuan. The two of them fit Nie Xiaoqian's classic temperament of being beautiful, gentle, ecstatic, and ghostly. .”

Lu Bu was secretly delighted that he was the candidate in his plan. After waiting for a few seconds, he said, "Why don't you give it to Xiao Lai, it just so happens that her one-year teaching period is over, and returning to the showbiz with such a role can be a good pull back." popular."

Yu Feihong knew for a long time that there was something going on between him, Zeng Lai and Hu Jing, so he didn't say anything, just gave a soft "hmm".

After getting off the plane, because the itinerary was not revealed, we arrived at the parking lot from the airport smoothly, and then went home.

Lu Bu and Yu Feihong went to the courtyard to pack their luggage, and then rushed to Changsha without stopping.

He took the role of 8 out of 6 judges of "Super Girl".

Yu Feihong went to investigate, and planned to sign one or two players to make up for the singers in the fierce general studio.

After the end of the first Supergirl, "Sweet and Sour Is Me" and "Hello Zhou Jielun" became popular for a while. This year is the second one. On the basis of last year's wave of civilian drafts, the fire is even more prosperous. .

Because there are not many singing programs nowadays, there are large-scale evening shows such as "Heart to Heart Art Troupe" and "The Same Song", as well as professional selections such as "Youth Song Competition", and the same type of "Galaxy Star" Big Arena" has been weak.

Supergirl has just caught up with the good time when computers and the Internet are popularized. At the same time, the influence of paper media and broadcasting is still there. The overwhelming publicity, gossip, photo posters, magazines and newspapers, music streaming... let the audience experience a full range of sensory stimulation. .

The most special thing is the format of the program, auditions, voting, pk, almost all people participate, which is incomparable to other programs, because it is the only one.

There is also the live broadcast, the sense of participation in the recorded broadcast is not as strong as the live broadcast, and the SMS voting and QQ voting are very crazy.

The program group wants to take advantage of Lu Bu's popularity to raise Super Girl's ratings to a higher level.

Lu Bu also wants to take advantage of the popularity of Supergirl and boost the box office of "Mythology".

(End of this chapter)