Coquettish Rebirth

So, having said that, what does the great director Mr. Cheng Long want?What kind of film does he want to make?He talked about the past for a long time, but didn't say what he thinks now!

"I've been thinking about how I want to make this film. You know, I've been flipping through the script of "Rush Hour" in the past few days. In fact, I think this script is more about Treat me as an ordinary actor and let me integrate into the Hollywood system, instead of modifying Cheng Long's stuff to make it more suitable for Hollywood... Do you understand the difference? I don't want to change myself I have to be like other actors in Hollywood. I have to have my own things and be different from others, so that I can sell them! So, I remembered the Red Fan District. This Red Fan District is my old partner who often cooperates It was filmed by Tang Jili. You may not know Tang Jili. He is actually 6 years younger than me. He went to Canada to study after finishing junior high school. It can be said that he is proficient in Chinese and foreign cultures. He assisted me in filming "Drunken Master 2" "Later, he also helped me shoot "Thunderbolt", a film with a slightly international style, and finally let him become the director of "Red Fan District", helping me coordinate my style and Western style. At the same time, I helped me make Hong Kong films more Hollywood-like, more refined, and more invested... And then... In the past few days, I called Tang Jili, who is now developing in the United States , I asked him what his opinion was..."

Hearing Cheng Long's words, Jia Hongjian nodded, as if he was after "Red Fan District".Cheng Long's films are more international, more inclined to integrate more cultures. "Then what did he say?" Jia Hongjian asked curiously.

"Tang Jili's point of view is that if I just want to try the Hollywood market and make money, I should try "Rush Hour". But if I want to make a movie of my own, then I can't Too much compromise to Hollywood, you can’t be their screw, but at the same time, you have to compromise with Hollywood, you have to compromise with the taste of their audience... Tang Jili said, Americans or North Americans. In fact, I don’t like that kind of people. One-on-one duel. Probably because none of their previous actors were good at fighting. So they all have various technologies and weapons, and the audience who raised them also have a big appetite. They all want to watch some high-tech things, and the final battle It absolutely can't just be two people fighting one-on-one on the rooftop..."

Whoa!If you think about it carefully, it seems to be true!The kind of one-on-one to the last punch and kick to knock down the bad guy.It seems to be Hong Kong movies!As for American films.Even if there is a fight at the end.It shouldn't just be a fight!Instead, it should be all kinds of chases, all kinds of explosions, and all kinds of high technology!Like True Lies.In the end, it should be fleeing all the way, and then fighter jets chase, guided bombing, etc., and finally, Arnold hugs his wife to watch the nuclear explosion or something!This should be the end of the American blockbuster, instead of Arnold punching and kicking the final boss on the edge of the nucleus until one party falls to the ground!It's not that the boss was beaten to the ground in the end, but Arnold called the relevant department to confiscate the unexploded nukes and it's over!This is a Hong Kong movie, and this is what Hong Kong movies with insufficient cost do!Hollywood blockbusters require all kinds of big scenes, and all kinds of explosions!

It's the same when I think of "Red Fan District". For example, in this movie, under Tang Jili's guidance, the movie ends with Cheng Long single-handedly fighting the hovercraft!This kind of thing was never seen in Cheng Long's films before!In the past, he used to punch and kick the boss single-handedly!Even when it comes to "Who Am I", it's still all kinds of fights on the rooftops!Instead of driving a fighter jet over and shooting across the house!

"So, I'm thinking now, what exactly do I need. Mr. Jia, you also said that we can spend 1000 million yuan on computer special effects, so under such circumstances, how should I act? Yes, or try to combine our previous action design, stunt design and computer special effects? What kind of story and a confrontation mode can Hollywood audiences accept? Even, according to Tang Jili, it is How can the Americans accept it, and the Chinese can also accept it? Like "Rush Hour", to be honest, I don't think it will do well at the box office in Hong Kong, because it is too bad, and I don't know how it will be in the mainland. How...so I think...it should be good for both...and on the other hand..."

"What happened on the other side?" Jia Hongjian asked Cheng Long when he saw Cheng Long was speechless. "And on the other hand, I am also a bit old. Although I can still move, I feel that my physical strength can't keep up... So I am also thinking, whether to make such a movie an attempt at transformation, or to say Just make a commemoration of desperately doing stunts..." Cheng Long was so sincere and honest at this time!

Hiss... No wonder Cheng Long can't accept Jia Hongjian's book, Cheng Long is still struggling with it!Can't you settle down on the book?If people say that they want to make a transition by the way, then the whole drama should be a little bit more literary, that is, the plot should be the main focus, and the action should be supplemented.But if it's a combination of great death and death, then it's a thing that may have a weaker plot and focus on fighting and killing!As for the notebook that Jia Hongjian gave before, in general, it is still a bit biased towards the plot, and the overall design seems to be a bit biased towards the style of Hong Kong movies, without the various destructive scenes of Hollywood! [

After hearing this, Jia Hongjian certainly wouldn't say no to giving any advice, and just waited for Cheng Long to come up with a result himself.He didn't spend the money here to get Cheng Long to contact him for transformation!Besides, transformation films need an investment of 4000 to 3600 million dollars?joke!Wouldn't it be possible to make a "New Police Story" for a few million dollars?Although the box office of "New Police Story" in mainland China is only more than [-] million yuan, you must know that it was the era of rampant piracy and the Internet!Not this era!In that era, the box office of "The Way" was only [-] million yuan, okay?This ratio alone is enough to prove the success of Cheng Long's transition film!The feeling of being a lonely hero is even better than "The Intercourse"!How much money did you invest in such a "New Police Story"?Yes or no?In the future, if Jia Hongjian wants to transform, he will be given millions of RMB to make it.Now for the one or two hundred million dollars, you just obediently shoot it to death, okay?

So at this time, Jia Hongjian immediately began to persuade Cheng Long, "Brother Cheng Long, how about this, our film, when you are still able to shoot it, I think we still have to work hard. Otherwise, it will not be good in the future." Are you going to regret it? Transformation can be done when you can’t do it anymore. There will be more time in the future, right? If it’s not possible, then I’ll pay for your transformation film, and we’ll make more literary dramas than dramas Yes. Let you transform slowly. Now while you are still young, let’s suppress those ghosts in the United States! Now they don’t know how hard you are! They don’t know that you don’t have to be afraid for filming Die! Our Chinese Wu Yusen have all gone to the United States. Let me tell you that their shooting style does not need to be much better than yours. You are actually very good at directing and talented, plus such good skills and courage. Now it is only you You have gained face for the Chinese!"

Jia Hongjian doesn't care about 21 here.The tall hat is so obedient, send it up first!Follow his lead.A big brother like Cheng Long should love to hear such compliments the most!right?They are almost fifty people, and they have already achieved success.Let's coax people to die, to joke with the god of death, and we must say something nice, right?In general, people think that he went for the country and the nation, right?

Hearing Jia Hongjian's words, Cheng Long became happy at that time, "Haha...what you said is that I am not allowed to shoot transformation! Haha...don't worry, Mr. Jia, I will definitely go." Cheng Long Long laughed and said, "Before I thought I could use Hollywood computer special effects, so I wouldn't have to take such risks, but now I think it's still necessary to take risks. Just like you said, while I can still shoot, Let’s shoot more. And I’m used to this kind of shooting method. You asked me to shoot in front of the green cloth, but I can’t shoot it! I have to go to the scene to see it, and I have to watch the scene so that I can have inspiration...”

After talking about this, Cheng Long suddenly remembered something, and immediately discussed with Jia Hongjian, "By the way, Mr. Jia, I heard that you often travel to the United States, right? You said that the United States does not have much work." Comedy, right? The stars in the United States should be the kind of pretenders, pretending to be English and Chinese, and not changing their face when they are beaten, right? I am the kind who will hit myself and hurt Features, can it sell well at their place?"

Hey!Is Cheng Long starting to think about sales?Jia Hongjian thought to himself, isn't this the end of his professional part?At that time, he replied: "Yes, there are some pretenders in the United States, and they are all called tough guys. Kung fu comedy should be a hot seller there. They didn't have these things before, and they didn't make people laugh while fighting." What came out, their fighting is fighting, laughing is laughing. It feels a bit like martial arts in Hong Kong movies in the 70s, but on a larger scale, and they love guns and the like..."

After talking about this, Jia Hongjian paused, and then added: "However, Americans seem to prefer the role of the tough guy. Generally speaking, they are a little more aggressive than us Chinese, and they admire the muscular character more. Yes, the kind of man who can't do it, that is, the one who doesn't even blink his brows when he is injured..."

That's right, Jia Hongjian still remembers the SNL in his previous life, which was Saturday Night Live - this well-known American spoof variety show that Cheng Long participated in, and even released a spoof song about this, or jj Abram Si sang together - "Pure Men Never Watch Explosion Scenes"!

"Pure man never watched the explosion scene, we caused the explosion and then turned away. Who has time to watch the explosion to waste time, because the pure man has to go on the road! Walk all the way, show off all the way, never look back, go forward bravely. Strut, go up Slow motion, the more you disdain, the more you are a man!"

"Really? That's what Hollywood does?" Cheng Long pondered for a moment at this moment, and then he said to himself, "Then I want to study how to show pain in my hands while being a tough guy. I must It’s different from what Hollywood stars do..." (to be continued...)