Huayu started by playing Lao Ai

Chapter 148 Rough Skin and Thick Flesh
Zheng Jing hung up the phone, looked at Jiang Wen, Chen Guofu and He Ping, and said with a smile: "It's so late, let's just have a drink at the barbecue stall at the door."

It is very common for Chinese film crews to shoot until the early morning.

So in Hengdian, there are many restaurants that specialize in evening business.

The four of them came to a barbecue stall and found a table to sit down.

Zheng Jing was about to order when he received a system prompt, so he quickly said, "I'm going to the bathroom, you guys order first."

On the way to the toilet, Zheng Jing checked the system message and felt happy.

[The player's Lu Bu has been widely recognized by a large number of viewers, and the reward talent is: thick skin and strong flesh. ]

[Thick Skin and Strong Body: Lü Bu fought countless battles in his life, and he always charged into the front in every battle, but he was never injured once, all because of his thick skin and strong body, which gave him a strong natural defense.]

During the turbulent times of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Bu created a miracle: he was never injured.

You have to know that Lu Bu has been fighting for many years, and he always took the lead in charging in every battle. Moreover, his core troops have always been small, and he often fights against the larger force with the smaller one, but he has never been injured.

Even when he died, he was hanged, and there were no wounds on his body.

I have to say, this is a fateful coincidence.

After reading the introduction, Zheng Jing felt a familiar warmth surging in his body again.

After the warm feeling ended, his skin and muscles seemed to become tighter.

According to the system's introduction, the talent of thick skin and flesh is mainly used to increase the body's defensive capabilities.

It's like an iron-clad armor that is hard to be hurt by ordinary swords and knives.

This talent is very powerful, and may be related to the mythological elements of the drama "Lü Bu and Diao Chan".

No wonder it took so long to plan this time before giving out the reward.

With the gift of being tough and vigorous, Zheng Jing felt much more secure.

Next, he went abroad, and even if he was shot, the damage reduction was obvious.

Zheng Jing was in a very good mood after finally getting the final reward of Lu Bu's character card.

After he finished draining the water, he came out whistling.

Jiang Wen had already ordered the dishes. He smiled and said, "I know you have a big appetite, so I ordered a lot.

Do you want beer or white wine?"

Zheng Jing said, "I'm fine with either. You decide."

Considering that the weather was still quite cold, everyone finally decided to drink white wine.

Seeing that the barbecue had not yet been served, Chen Guofu took out a script from his bag, handed it to Zheng Jing, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zheng, I have a script here. It tells a horror story about Taoist ascension to heaven. I would like to ask for your guidance."

Zheng Jing was in a good mood, so he took the script and read it quickly.

This is a professional storyboard script, and the name of the story is "Double Pupils".

When Zheng Jing saw the name, he knew what was going on.

"Double Vision" is a horror film, praised by many as the best horror film in China, and 16 people on Douban gave it a score of 7.7.

In the future, this movie will also be paid tribute to by the "legendary tribute-teller", "ultimate patchwork freak", and "commercial film oil field" - Chen Sicheng.

The case in the second part of Detective Chinatown is a "tribute" to the double pupils.

The story of Double Vision tells about three strange and bizarre death cases that occurred in succession on Taiwan Island, shocking the whole society. The protagonist Huang Huitu and Kevin Wright, an atheist policeman from the United States, investigate the truth of the case together.

They discovered that the murderer was killing people according to the mysterious Taoist diagrams. His purpose was to accumulate merits and achieve the goal of becoming an immortal by sending the evildoers to five horrible hells to be punished.

The whole story combines some elements of modern society with Taoist culture very well. The Taoist five hells, six paths of reincarnation, human goblins, Guan Luoyin, Huang Shang, Shaoyang and Taiyin, all kinds of Taoist elements form a good decryption effect.

The final ending also has two reversals, the script structure is very rigorous, and the overall effect is excellent.

After Zheng Jing finished reading it, he said, "The script is very good. I like the creativity of this story."

Seeing some barbecue being served, he returned the script to Chen Guofu and started drinking and eating barbecue.

Chen Guofu put the script away and said with a smile, "I plan to make this script into a movie. President Zheng, are you interested in cooperating?"

Hearing this, Zheng Jing put down his glass and said, "I'm very interested. Western Film and Television can invest in it."

The movie "Double Vision" did very well at the box office in Taiwan, and with the added bonus of the videotape market, Columbia Pictures also made a fortune.

Seeing that Zheng Jing agreed so readily, Chen Guofu raised his glass and clinked it with Zheng Jing.

After finishing his drink, he continued, “Since everyone has agreed to film together, please give me some advice, Mr. Zheng.

To be honest, I always felt that this script was a little lacking.”

Chen Guofu had just taken over as director of Columbia Pictures Asia. In addition to investing in and producing film projects, he also had to look for partner companies.

After all, film projects have high investment risks and many box office variables, and few companies or projects can go it alone.

Today, the economy of the Taiwan Island is affected by the Asian financial crisis and is not doing very well. In addition, the local market is not big enough, and the local film industry in the Taiwan Island is becoming increasingly sluggish.

Chen Guofu's sights are set on mainland film and television companies.

West China Film and Huayi Brothers are both on Chen Guofu's cooperation list.

But Chen Guofu appreciated Zheng Jing's talent and ability more, and especially liked the book "The Da Vinci Code", so he still found Zheng Jing first.

Having worked in the industry for many years, Chen Guofu naturally understands the value of creativity and talent.

He really felt that there were some problems with the script and wanted to improve it.

So I took the initiative to propose cooperation and asked Zheng Jing to give his opinion.

Zheng Jing thought for a moment and said, “Then I’ll tell you what I think.

Let’s talk about the details first.

First of all, there are some problems with the setting of this American detective.

I think it is a bit far-fetched that an American, after experiencing a series of strange events, still believed that there was no God in the world and was finally killed by "pulling out his tongue".

In fact, 68% of Americans believe in religion, and even those who do not believe in religion will understand relevant matters to some extent..."

Zheng Jing first talked about a few details in the script, then took a sip of wine and continued, "Taoism divides gods and immortals into several categories. In your script, it is the lowest level of corpse-reincarnated immortals, also called ghost immortals. The allusion borrowed is the Taoist "Five Prisons to Become Immortals."

If you follow the timeline of your story, there were two Taoists who founded the Zhenxian Sect and gathered a group of believers.

Their Taoism was not good enough to become immortals, so they had to reincarnate as a pair of twin sisters.

The elder sister is more advanced in Taoism, and has double pupils that allow her to see human goblins. She experienced a catastrophe of death at birth and became an immortal directly after her corpse was transformed.

But the younger sister’s Taoism is not good enough, so she needs to kill 5 human goblins to complete her merit, and then find someone from Shaoyang or Taiyin to kill her, before she can transform her corpse into an immortal.

So with the help of her elder sister and the True Immortal Sect believers, the younger sister began to use the Five Hells Method to kill Man Xiao, and then let the male protagonist of Shaoyang and Taiyin kill her to help her become an immortal.

If one person achieves enlightenment, all his family members will also benefit from it. Those who help others become immortals can also become immortals.

If the male protagonist killed Xie Yali, he would have had the opportunity to become an immortal, but for the sake of his wife and daughter, he decided to stay in the human world and gave up the chance to become an immortal.

Is it this way? "

Chen Guofu nodded and said, "Yes."

Zheng Jing smiled and said, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with this script. The problem lies with you.

Judging from your storyboard script, you seem to want to make "Double Vision" into an art film.

But you like Taoist culture and have to consider commercial factors, so you wrap it in a coat of horror and suspense.

In this case, "Double Vision" is not scary enough as a horror movie.

As an art film, the dramatic tension is a little lacking.”

Zheng Jing understood Chen Guofu's mentality very well.

Many Chinese directors have this problem, always wanting to make movies with depth.

They look down on commercial films, but in order to survive, they have to take the market into consideration.

That's why Chen Guofu felt that the script was not quite good enough.

Although everyone always makes fun of or looks down on Chen Sicheng, from an investor's perspective, Chen Sicheng is an absolute genius.

He is a pure commercial director.

Even though Detective Chinatown 2 plagiarized Double Eyes, Chen Sicheng was able to simplify complex things, and the settings of gold, wood, water, fire and earth are simple and easy to understand.

Although it was criticized for not being rigorous enough, it has a wider audience and raked in 33 billion yuan at the box office. This is a real talent.

Hearing Zheng Jing's words, Chen Guofu sighed and admitted, "That's true. I was actually just hesitating whether to keep it artistic or make it more terrifying."

Zheng Jing smiled and said, "It can actually be both artistic and scary. It just depends on whether you dare to shoot it."

Chen Guofu filled his glass, toasted Zheng Jing again, and said, "Please speak, Mr. Zheng."

"If I were writing this script, I would still go back to the name of the script and focus on the theme."

"Double pupils?"

"Yes, there is no deep meaning behind your name, right?"

Chen Guofu shook his head: "No, this is the name in Wandao."

Zheng Jing: “…”

After taking a bite of the skewer, Zheng Jing smiled and said, "Okay, I was overthinking it.

It is said in Records of the Grand Historian: "I heard from Mr. Zhou that Shun had double pupils, and I also heard that Xiang Yu also had double pupils."

The phenomenon of having two pupils in one eye is generally called double pupil.

I thought your name was Shuangtong, which is also a homophone for Shuangtong, meaning two twin sisters."

Chen Guofu said: "Your interpretation is interesting."

Zheng Jing continued, “In fact, you can set the twin sisters as the hero’s daughters.

The body used to cultivate blackberry fungus was replaced with the body of the sister's baby.

At the beginning of the script, we deceived the audience through the hero's deception, saying that it was the sister, the corpse-reincarnating immortal, who did the evil.

A dead baby's body can kill people everywhere, there are many horror elements that can be filmed.

As the daughter of the male protagonist, the younger sister has always been a positive image.

Until the suspense was revealed at the end, it turned out that the younger sister was the boss behind the scenes.

The male protagonist wants to help his daughter transform her corpse into an immortal, so he has to kill her!

The father wants to kill his daughter with his own hands, which creates conflict and tension in the story, and the ending can also be set up for suspense.

The hero killed his daughter and helped her become an immortal, but no one believed it and everyone thought he was crazy.

Whether this matter is true or false, it can also become a Rashomon.

Those who believe can see the difficulties of becoming an immortal; those who do not believe can see the horror of being brainwashed by religion. "

Hearing this, Chen Guofu stood up suddenly.

He said excitedly: “This is a good idea!

Mr. Zheng, you are truly a genius. With your guidance, I feel like my Ren and Du meridians have been opened up!"

Zheng Jing smiled and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. If you want to shoot this movie, I'll reserve the role of the hero's daughter."

The role of the hero's daughter is very easy to shine, and if performed well, she can win an award.

Zheng Jing wanted Jing Tian and Liu Yifei to give it a try.

If their acting skills are not good enough, find someone else.

At least Zheng Jing still has a backup plan.

Among his peers, Shu Chang has the best acting skills.

She looks sweet and cute, but can act fierce, which is very suitable for this kind of role.

(End of this chapter)