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Chapter 576 Substitution! (The first update asks for a subscription!)
Guangxian Media, in the conference room, Wang Changtian is having a meeting with the production department to discuss the screenwriter and director candidates for "Four Famous Catch 2".

Originally, Cheng Jiashang and two other screenwriters worked together to complete the first script, but now that Cheng Jiashang has replaced it, the script must no longer be available.

After listening to the production director's report, Wang Changtian frowned and asked, "Are Tan Guangyuan and Chen Shuzhen still unwilling to continue as the screenwriters of the second film?"

Tan Guangyuan is one of the screenwriters of the first film, and Chen Shuzhen is one of the screenwriters of the second film. If they can stay, there will be no problem with the script.

However, the contact with the production department was not smooth, and he was rejected twice in a row.

"Wang Dong, they said that if it wasn't directed by Cheng Jiashang, they wouldn't participate in the scriptwriting of the sequel, and they also said."

Wang Changtian said coldly, "What else?"

The production director was a little helpless, and continued, "They said that Cheng Jiashang was the one who cooperated with them, not our envy."

"Humph!"

Wang Changtian snorted coldly, his face full of disdain.

"I think they forgot who gave the money in their hands!"

Anger was evident on Wang Changtian's face, and behind the glasses with transparent frames, the small glasses narrowed slightly.

These Xiangjiang people took his money, but in the end they didn't cooperate with you.

Each of the small teams only had Cheng Jiashang in their eyes, not even him as an investor.

They probably forgot that it is not ten years ago!

I don't have time to talk to them first, the preparation of the movie is the most important thing.

Wang Changtian asked again, "Do you have any good candidates?"

The production director said, "We have decided on two candidates for the time being, one is He Jiping, the screenwriter of "New Dragon Inn", "Certificate of Fame", and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", and the other is martial arts novelist Xu Haofeng, who is currently on the air in "The First Generation". He also participated in the screenwriting of "The Grand Master."

Wang Changtian nodded. Needless to say, He Jiping is a well-known gold medal screenwriter who is good at various themes.

When he had just graduated from the Department of Chinese Opera and Literature, Renyi asked the Ministry of Culture for an extra spot and recruited her.

Xu Haofeng doesn't have many works, but "The Grandmaster" is also a martial arts film. It has been released for 13 days, and the total box office has reached 2.7 million, which is considered an absolute success.

But Wang Changtian remembered that He Jiping had cooperated with Tsui Hark many times, and Cheng Jiashang was considered as half of Tsui Hark's apprentice.

"Wang Dong, He Jiping is just a cooperative relationship with the directors of Xiangjiang, and the focus of work has been transferred to the mainland, so there should be no problem." The production director explained.

"Okay then, make an appointment and I'll talk to her."

"Where is the candidate for the director?" Wang Changtian asked again.

"We think Li Rengang is good, we can ask Cheng Xiaodong to be the action director, and Qin Xiaozhen from the first film is willing to stay and continue to be the second director."

Qin Xiaozhen is Xiangjiang's top assistant director. She has a strong ability to control the scene, and can also do the work of the director. She can be called a gold medal assistant.

Almost all big directors want to ask him to be his assistant when making movies, and even give him the title of director to co-direct.

She was still worshiping under Wu Yusen in the early years, and everyone knows the grievances and enemies between Wu Yusen and Tsui Hark.

"The True Colors of a Hero" was originally filmed by Tsui Hark at the request of Wu Yusen, after it became popular.As an investor at the time, Xu Ke wanted to start the second part immediately.

Although Wu Yusen didn't want to be in such a hurry, but Tsui Hark was his friend and benefactor, so he could only make a prequel.

However, the two had different ideas. The script of this prequel was changed many times by Tsui Hark, and Wu Yusen finally endured it before finishing the filming.

Then Wu Yusen wanted to shoot "Blood Heroes", but Tsui Hark refused, worrying that he was too stubborn and his personal style was too strong, the audience would not accept it, and wanted him to shoot "The True Colors of Heroes 3".

As a result, Wu Yusen left Tsui Hark's studio, and with the help of Fa Ge, he found an investor to shoot "Blood Heroes".

"A Better Tomorrow 3: Song of the Sunset" had to be filmed by Tsui Hark himself.

Although the relationship between the two parties has eased on the surface over the years, they know what is actually going on.

It's not surprising that Wu Yusen's apprentice didn't care much about Cheng Jiashang, who was half of Tsui Hark's apprentice.

There are so many factions in Xiangjiang's director circle, and you can't get around those few people if you go around.

As for Li Rengang, he is known as the third generation of martial arts film directors in Xiangjiang. The first generation is Chuck, and the second generation is Xu Ke.

But he and Xu Ke had fallen out because of "Black Man 2".

Before that, Guangxian collaborated with him on "Legend of Hongmen Banquet", but it was not considered a success.

Fortunately, Southeast Asia sold a little money, and Guangxian only invested a small amount, and made a fortune from the distribution fee.

Seeing that Wang Changtian had some doubts, the production director explained.

"Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor" and "Legend of the Hongmen Banquet" are actually the biggest shortcomings of the two films. The plot, costumes and the history of the audience's perception are very different. Other art, action, photography, and soundtrack are all first-class.

"Four Famous Catchers" is not a historical novel, it is just a martial arts novel, and the first one has been changed a lot, let Li Rengang do it, at least it will not be worse than the first one."

Wang Changtian thought for a while, then nodded.

"Make an appointment with Li Rengang for me, and I'll talk to him."

"Forget it for Cheng Xiaodong, let Li Rengang take care of the action guide."

At the end, Wang Changtian added a sentence.

"The Legend of the White Snake" directed by Cheng Xiaodong was turned into a scumbag by Guangxian, and the box office was almost lower than that of "Painted Wall".

Originally, Cheng Xiaodong had invested in such a blockbuster costume film as "Beauty of the River and Mountain", but the disastrous failure of "Legend of the White Snake" directly caused him to go back and continue to be an action director. For a short time, no one asked him to be a director.

Although Guang Xian's replacement of Cheng Jiashang has not been officially announced, it has already been confirmed.

Everyone in the circle is guessing why Wang Changtian did this.

The top executives of major companies, as well as some well-informed people, basically know what's going on.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, not to mention that there was no deliberate secrecy in the first place.

In private, many people said that Tang An was too domineering. For example, Teng Huatao, who was "trapped" by Tang An, has not yet come out of the shadow of the failure of "Waiting for the Wind", and he hates and fears Tang An.

But it's just talking with close friends in private. If Tang An finds out about it, he might be retaliated against.

Some also thought that this was a basic operation. If Cheng Jiashang offended someone who shouldn't be offended, if someone else was in Tang An's position, it might be more ruthless and direct.

They all waited to see the result, and no one intervened. The two major companies could not intervene even if they wanted to deal with one person.

For a week in a row, this matter was still fermenting in the circle, but there was no movement from the person involved.

In a private club, Cheng Jiashang was gathering with a few friends. Apart from Zheng Zhiwei, there were several other friends, including Chen Shuzhen and Tan Guangyuan, the two screenwriters of "Four Famous Catchers".

Compared with the previous few days, Cheng Jiashang was in a much better mood.

Chen Shuzhen and Tan Guangyuan are talking about their refusal to write the script for "Four Famous 2".

"Guangxian is too much. "Four Famous Detectives" is your project, Lao Cheng. They change people as soon as they say they want to. It is impossible for me to cooperate with them again." Tan Guangyuan said indignantly.

Cheng Jiashang toasted everyone with a toast and smiled, "It's still Lao Tan and Chen Zhuangyi. Without you two, I wonder where Wang Changtian can find a suitable screenwriter!"

"It's easy to say, this Guangxian is not authentic, and we can't watch it."

Tan Guangyuan waved his hand, and then said, "It's just that Qin Xiaozhen seems to have agreed to Guangxian to stay, it's too dishonest."

Cheng Jiashang didn't take it seriously, "If she wants to stay, she can stay. She can't make a big movie by herself, and Guang Xian still needs to find another director."

Zheng Zhiwei said with a smile, "We have contacted all the directors in Xiangjiang who can make martial arts films, and see who he Guangxian can find to shoot!"

Everyone toasted and drank another glass.

They have not been idle these few days. Although Cheng Jiashang is half of Xu Ke's apprentice, he has a lot of energy in the Xiangjiang film circle, and he can be regarded as a school of his own.

Basically, Cheng Jiashang, the director of most of the directors who have made martial arts films in Xiangjiang, has searched all over. Except for a few directors who can't say no, and who can't pick up the stalls left behind by others, they have basically contacted them. up.

Talking and laughing while eating and drinking, the atmosphere is very happy.

Suddenly, a ringtone interrupted their chat.

Cheng Jiashang smiled apologetically and connected the phone.

"Hey"

"what!"

As if he had heard some great news, he dropped the chopsticks on the table, knocked down the wine glass with his hand, and spilled it on his pants.

The people who were chatting happily just now looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering what news Cheng Jiashang had heard that made him lose his composure.

After a few sentences, Cheng Jiashang hung up the phone.

The mobile phone slapped heavily on the table, his face was gloomy, and his eyes were full of hostility.

Seeing his appearance, everyone probably guessed something.

Zheng Zhiwei asked uncertainly, "Old Cheng, what's wrong?"

"Guang Xian has confirmed the screenwriter and director."

"Who is it?" Tan Guangyuan asked in surprise.

There are definitely not many martial arts films in the mainland, Wu Ershan from the Han and Tang Dynasties is one, and Zhang Yimou, but none of them can accept this film.

There are quite a few people in Xiangjiang who can make martial arts films, but most of them have looked for them and got a clear answer.

Some unspeakable high-qualifications will not pick up this sequel.

"The screenwriter is He Jiping, and the director has found Li Rengang!"

Cheng Jiashang gritted his teeth and said two names.

"Li Rengang?"

Everyone was puzzled when they heard the name.

Zheng Zhiwei said, "Why did he accept this film?"

Although Li Rengang is incomparable with Xu Ke and Chen Kexin, and is far inferior to Cheng Jiashang in terms of qualifications, he is much better at being able to get along in the mainland than Cheng Jiashang.

Seven years ago, an action movie "Raptor" was a big success, and the National Museum of China included it in its collection. This is the first time that the National Museum has included a film in its collection!

This action film is jointly invested by five countries and regions around the world, with a cost of [-] million Hong Kong dollars.

It sold copyright fees of 1000 million US dollars in the United States and Europe, only 2000 million lower than "Hero".

South Korea sold 200 million US dollars, and the global overseas market sold nearly 1500 million US dollars.

Although there are some tricks in it, the overseas copyright fee of 1500 million US dollars was scary enough in 05.

And his subsequent three blockbusters "Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor", "Legend of the Hongmen Banquet", and "Jinyiwei" have big stars and big productions.

They didn't look for Li Rengang before, just because they thought he might not like this movie.

In addition, Li Rengang has no friendship with them.

After thinking about it, everyone advised Cheng Jiashang to call Li Rengang and talk about it.

(End of this chapter)