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Chapter 450 Hero.

"Hero?" Jiang Qinghou and the others were a little confused, so after holding back for a long time, they just uttered these two words?
However, Han Fei's next writing became much smoother.

"In the late Warring States period, wars were turmoil, and all the heroes rose together. Among the seven heroes who flourished for a while, only Qin Guoxiong dominated one side. In order to unify the world, King Qin launched a crusade against the other princes and six countries. King Qin's ambition aroused all the princes The strong dissatisfaction of the knights of the country, they waited for the opportunity to assassinate the king of Qin. Zhao Guo's assassin Chang Kong, the lovers' assassin Can Jian, and Feixue were the three most feared by the Qin King. The Qin King ordered: Anyone who can arrest the assassin Chang Kong can be 20 steps closer to the Qin King; kill Can Jian , Flying snow, you can get close to the king of Qin for 10 steps, and you will be appointed as an official and add silk."

The more you look down, the more excited Jiang Qinghou and others are. The Qin Dynasty, a bright spot in the history of China, although it has only existed for 14 years, has brought an extremely profound impact on the history of China.

Qin Shihuang swept the six kingdoms at home and achieved eternal dominance as one emperor, and he conquered the Xiongnu and Baiyue abroad, which can be called unrivaled martial arts.

But in Han Fei's script, King Qin is sometimes timid even when he is such a hero.

"Three years ago Can Jian Feixue teamed up to attack the palace, and three thousand iron armors couldn't stop it." Seeing such a description, Jiang Qinghou and others felt the blood in their chests agitated, and they couldn't calm down for a long time.

Chinese man, who hasn't had a martial arts dream?Who has never imagined that the sword is in the rivers and lakes with joy and hatred?The first emperor of the ages, the Great Qin Shihuang, was frightened by two assassins, what kind of courage is that?
"How about this story?" Han Fei stopped writing.

When Jiang Qinghou and others saw Wuming stabbing out with the hilt of his sword, and then went to die generously, they couldn't help sighing in unison, feeling that it was unexpected but also reasonable.

"It's great, there's nothing to say. Although this story is simple, it has a profound artistic conception and endless aftertaste." Jiang Qinghou naturally liked this story.

Wen Qi and the others also had the same expressions.

Han Fei was also quite emotional. When "Hero" was released, there was a lot of criticism in the country, but he didn't know that this was the only movie in the mainland that truly conquered North American audiences.

The box office record of 5300 million US dollars has never been broken by any mainland film director since then. You must know that "Hero" was only released in 04.

As for Ang Lee?I'm sorry, although Ang Lee's films are very good, his thinking has long been Westernized. Although his films are dressed in an oriental cloak, their core is Western. This is why his films are often welcomed by Western audiences.

But "Hero" is a film with a completely oriental core. It is no exaggeration to say that Guoshi is the first director to bring a domestic commercial blockbuster to the attention of North American audiences.

And in Han Fei's view, the reason why "Hero" stopped at $5300 million at the box office in North America is mainly due to the issuer. Miramax is a typical rogue company, not only buying out at high prices to squeeze out Columbia, the original competitor, refused to pay the buyout money.

Later, because there were too many films in hand, "Hero" was refrigerated for two years before it was released in North America. Many North American audiences had already watched the DVD, which directly affected the North American box office of "Hero".

Moreover, "Hero" was also given up in the Oscar competition unit. You must know that works that hit the "Oscar" award will spend a lot of "public relations expenses", but "Hero" does not have a dime, so naturally it will miss the Oscar. Best Foreign Language Film honors.

This also became the nightmare of the national teacher for a time, and hit the Oscar several times, but he found that the one who really had the chance to win the Oscar was his "Hero"

Compared with the original version of "Hero", Han Fei now has obvious advantages. With more budget, more visual special effects, and better distribution channels, he has absolute confidence that this new version of "Hero" will definitely surpass the original version , conquered North American audiences with this purely oriental work.

Now that everyone has unanimously identified this theme, the next step is to fill in the entire script. Han Fei only provided the main plot and some lines here, while the rest of the content requires everyone's brainstorming.

Speaking of the "hero" script, I have to mention that many audiences criticized the "hero". There is also a problem with the structure, for an hour and a half, it all happened in the dialogue between Wuming and King Qin.

For this reason, the National Teacher had to use methods such as "interlude" and "flashback" to fill in the story, which directly caused some audiences to not understand it at all. It was not until many years later that they realized that they had missed a good movie.

At the beginning, the score of "Hero" was only 6.4, but it rose to 7.4 more than ten years later. It is conceivable what kind of power can make the audience have such a big difference in the perception of "Hero" in more than ten years.

Perhaps some works themselves are beyond the times, just like "A Chinese Journey to the West" was criticized when it was released, but it achieved the glory of Master Xing, and the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" after that The feeling of "a movie ticket" is in it.

Fortunately, the audience's appreciation level has improved greatly compared to ten years ago, which is why Han Fei feels that now is the golden age of Chinese-language movies.

He has always firmly believed that the rise of Chinese-language films is definitely not due to the prosperity of the bullshit market, but the continuous improvement of the audience. It is they who are forcing the progress of Chinese-language films, and it is they who are pushing Chinese-language films forward step by step with their own pockets.

After a month and a half of polishing, the first version of the script was released, and after being submitted for review immediately, everyone discussed the choice of actors in the conference room.

"I think the role of Wuming should be played by Lao Han." Jiang Qinghou said.

Everyone also looked at Han Fei.

In fact, Han Fei was also thinking about this matter. In fact, the National Teacher also considered the North American market when casting the cast. Among the Chinese male stars at that time, Success and Jet Li were naturally the most popular, and their box office appeal is self-evident. In the end, the national teacher considered the image and temperament, and finally chose Jet Li.

As for Han Fei, there is no Jet Li who can use it. Now it seems that among the North American audience, his popularity is not lower than that of ordinary second- and third-tier Hollywood stars. Although most of them criticize him, no matter what, he can finally be remembered. It's better to choose a stranger's face than to choose a stranger.

"Okay, then I'll do it." Han Fei gritted his teeth.

In fact, he really didn't want to take on this movie, because there were too many fights. A kung fu star like Jet Li made a lot of mistakes when he was filming "Heroes", let alone a layman like him.

"Then who will play King Qin?" Jiang Qinghou asked another question.

(End of this chapter)