Violence supervision in Conan

Chapter 405: The craze caused by "Jackie Chan Adventures", the selection of roles

With a complete animation plot as a reference, it is not difficult to create the script.

Takeshi Ono extracted the essence of the first season and spent several days writing the script.

The beginning introduces the identities, backgrounds, ideas, and purposes of the protagonists and villains. It mainly tells the story of how the Holy Lord uses Walon's Black Hand Gang to find the Twelve Talismans in order to resurrect, and Jackie Chan, Xiaoyu, Dad and others decide to stop him.

The middle stage is the process of Jackie Chan and others collecting the twelve talismans and constantly fighting against the Black Hand Gang. This is also the plot that occupies the most space.

In the end, the big boss, the Holy Lord, was successfully resurrected, and the protagonists fought against him. The result, of course, was that justice triumphed over evil, and the Holy Lord was sealed again.

The standard Hollywood classic three-part structure - opening background, conflict and confrontation, and final climax.

Since the main market for this film is North America and the Western world, it is natural to create it in a way that is easiest for them to understand and most exciting.

After the script was written, Gui Yewu met with Fang Shilong again.

"Okay! It's really great!"

After reading the script of "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans", Fang Shilong was immediately amazed and overjoyed.

As a veteran who has been in the film and television industry for many years, he can naturally see the excellence of this script.

The characters, plot and scenes are all top-notch.

What is particularly commendable is that the structure and theme of the entire story are very consistent with Western people's viewing habits and values, and are much better than the so-called "Hollywood movies" I have made before.

But what moved Fang Shilong the most was the character of the protagonist Jackie Chan, who was simply a replica of him and was completely tailor-made for him.

The style also continues his usual humor, and it combines Eastern and Western cultures perfectly.

Fang Shilon could hardly find any fault with the script, which gave him a strong feeling that this movie would definitely achieve the success he hoped for!

Fang Shilong looked at Gui Yewu with a look of surprise and admiration.

He truly deserves to be a world-renowned film director!

I really found the right person this time!
When he thought about the realization of his long-cherished wish, Fang Shilong could hardly bear it for a second. He was filled with impatience and wanted to start shooting immediately.

"I know you're anxious, but don't worry."

Gui Yewu raised his hand to calm the impatient Fang Shilong.

"Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. The preliminary work must be done well first."

Fang Shilong came to his senses and realized that he was too impatient.

He is not a newbie who knows nothing. He knows that if a movie is to be made well, early preparation is of utmost importance.

It was just that the script was so attractive to him that he lost his composure due to his excitement.

Now that he had calmed down and suppressed his excitement, he nodded solemnly: "Director Onino, please rest assured that I will fully cooperate."

Fang Shilong's attitude made Gui Yewu very satisfied.

The two sides then discussed and negotiated on specific issues.

The most important of these is investment.

With its plot and special effects, "The Adventures of Jackie Chan" is destined to be a big production, with an estimated investment of 6000 million US dollars, comparable to "Jurassic Park".

This is the film with the highest investment cost among all the films shot by Takeshi Ono.

Of course, the actual cost is not that much. After all, Onino's special effects are his own. If Hiroki Sawada were to help with the production, perhaps not even half of them would be used.

But you can't calculate it that way, Fang Shilong didn't know that Gui Yewu could cheat.

Although the production cost of 6000 million US dollars exceeded his expectations, it was still reasonable based on the plot of "Jackie Chan Adventures".

Finally, he gritted his teeth and decided that as long as he could successfully enter Hollywood, 6000 million would be fine!

According to the agreement, the production costs will be shared by both parties, and the profits will be divided into 40% and 60%. Of course, Takeshi Ono will get 60%, after all, he is the one who leads the entire project.

Fang Shilong had no objection to this, after all, he was the one begging the other person for help.

In other words, Fang Shilong needs to pay half of the US$6000 million.

Of course, he didn't need to invest that much actually. The real investor was the Jiahe Company behind him, which bore the bulk of the cost.

In order to push Fang Shilong into Hollywood, Golden Harvest Company spared no effort. After determining that "The Adventures of Jackie Chan" was a rare and good project that met their requirements, they gritted their teeth and took out the money.

Half a month later, all the funds were in place!
The movie "Jackie Chan Adventures: The Twelve Talismans" is officially launched!
……

As the first film after the establishment of the Onino Group and a collaboration with Fang Shilong, Onino Takeshi also attached great importance to it.

A group of the industry's top talents were specially selected to form the team.

When the news of the film project spread, it once again triggered a wave of public opinion from the outside world.

The heat about the Ono Group has not yet completely subsided, and the news of the launch of Ono Takeshi's new movie has added fuel to the fire.

Everyone is curious about what the first movie will be after the establishment of the Onino Group.

After learning that he was collaborating with Hong Kong's action superstar Fang Shilong, public opinion exploded again.

Fang Shilong himself is extremely well-known in Japan and can be regarded as a national idol. Onino Takeshi is also an iconic figure in the film industry. Now that they have joined forces, you can imagine the heat they will generate.

The film has not even started shooting yet, but people are already looking forward to it.

All major media outlets began to report on the event in a series of articles, calling it the "great alliance of the century," a powerful collaboration among the top filmmakers in Asia, and a movie that no one should miss.

The most excited among them are the Hong Kong media.

It was no secret that Fang Shilong wanted to enter Hollywood, but his repeated failures were also well known.

Although many people laugh at him, as a representative figure of Hong Kong films, everyone also hopes that he can truly gain a foothold in Hollywood and hold his head high.

Unfortunately, Fang Shilong and Jiahe's repeated efforts all ended in failure. But this time it was different, Gui Yewu gave them hope.

In Hong Kong Island, Takeshi Ono is also a household name. Several of his movies were released in Hong Kong Island and were all very popular.

It broke box office records many times.

It is also because of the existence of Onino Takeshi that Japan's film market has not become a dumping ground for Hong Kong films as it did in the past.

This made Gui Yewu famous throughout the Eastern world.

Including China.

Of course, his films have also been introduced in China, such as "That Summer, the Quiet Sea", "ET", "Home Alone", "The Perfect Match", "Your Name", etc.

Without exception, it triggered a craze for movie watching.

That group of fifth and sixth generation directors were both jealous and admired Takeshi Ono.

It can be said that regardless of his qualifications, Takeshi Ono is now the number one director in the entire Asian film industry!

In the eyes of Hong Kong people, with Gui Yewu's "escort", Fang Shilong has a great chance of success this time!

I immediately had great expectations for this.

The movie "Jackie Chan Adventures: The 12 Talismans" has already aroused heated discussions throughout East Asia even before it was officially filmed.

Countless failed directors are jealous of this, but they have to admit that this is the appeal of Takeshi Ono!

Amidst the turmoil in the outside world, preparations for the film were proceeding in an orderly manner.

……

"Let me act in a movie?"

In the art museum, Director Ochiai pointed at himself in surprise.

Gui Yewu nodded: "There is a role that is just right for you, old man, please help me."

Director Ochiai, who had come to his senses, snorted, "What are you doing again, kid? I'm already old, how can I still make trouble?"

Gui Yewu curled his lips secretly when he heard this.

You can wear heavy armor and pierce a 200-pound adult with one sword. Even young guys can't handle it as well as you!
Now that the funds are in place, the next step is naturally to select the actors.

Apart from Jackie Chan, the most important characters include his father, niece Chen Xiaoyu, and several villains such as Wa Long.

There is no need to mention Xiaoyu, and Huibara Ai is the best choice.

Only she can act out that kind of quirky, mischievous feeling, but the character also needs to be dark and venomous.

With makeup and dyed hair black, she looks like a Chinese person, with a bit of mixed blood at most, which can be explained as being from Hong Kong Island.

As for the father, Takeshi Onino decided to invite Director Ochiai to play the role.

Not only are they similar in age and appearance, the most important thing is that although the father is old, he is very agile. Unless a young person is used as a stand-in, an ordinary elderly person cannot play the role.

But Gui Yewu also hopes to achieve excellence.

So he set his sights on Director Ochiai.

As a humanoid Gundam, a little action scene is a piece of cake for him.

He is simply the most suitable candidate.

Under Onino Takeshi's persistent persuasion, the hard-mouthed but soft-hearted Director Ochiai finally agreed as expected.

The three protagonists have been confirmed, and the only ones left are the villains.

Walon, his three subordinates Afen, Lasu and Zhou, and Tru.

In addition, in order to make the action scenes more entertaining, Takeshi Ono also added Ah Fu, who was able to fight back and forth with Jackie Chan in the later stages, and let him appear in advance.

Among them, Waron Guino Takeshi plans to play the role himself.

This role requires the temperament of a boss. Although he is a villain, he has a unique charm. Onino Takeshi feels that only he can do it.

As for the sand sculpture trio...

Onino Takeshi made a direct call to Binga and Kamil, with whom he had "cooperated once", as well as Okiya Subaru.

The three people who received the call: …

Confused!

Why the hell is Gui Yewu thinking about me again?
Binga and Kamal, who had bad memories, wanted to refuse immediately.

However, the former had no room for refusal at all, because he was Onino Takeshi's "man".

He could only agree to it reluctantly, and at the same time he had to find an excuse to fool Rum so that his behavior seemed reasonable.

Thinking of this, Binga felt a headache. Rum was not someone who could be easily fooled.

He is an organizational cadre, but he was asked to make a movie by just a phone call from Gui Yewu. It is abnormal no matter how you think about it. How do you explain it?

While Binga racked his brains to think of a reason, he kept cursing Gui Yewu in his heart for betraying his father.

Helplessly, life and death are controlled by others and one has to obey even if one is unwilling.

Gui Yewu also calculated this point and was not afraid of his rejection at all. As for the reason, he could think of it himself.

Camille and Shuichi Akai (Subaru Okiya) were completely speechless.

I was speechless, yet I was in hesitation.

(End of this chapter)