Movie tycoon

Chapter 201 "The Demon Sect Leader Who Relying on Heaven" (third shift)

It is said that Chen Xiaotang rejected the role of "Zhang Wuji" on the spot, which surprised Shao Daheng a little.

But Shao Daheng is still Shao Daheng after all.The astonishment flashed across his face, and he immediately smiled kindly and said, "I don't quite understand this. Many people in this drama wish to be the leading actor, but why did you refuse?"

At this moment, it's not just Shao Daheng himself, anyone who hears it is probably very curious.

"Because I think remakes of Jin Yong's martial arts dramas don't seem to have much value——"

Chen Xiaotang's words are undoubtedly shocking. You must know that Jin Yong's dramas are the most popular recently. Apart from other things, the "Shooting the Condor" that you Chen Xiaotang participated in is enough to prove the charm of the remake, but now you say it is not of much value. Isn't it Mouth full of nonsense?
But before Daheng Shao got mad, Chen Xiaotang laughed again: "Uncle Liu, don't get me wrong. What I mean by value doesn't mean that the ratings are not high, but that I don't get much profit."

Shao Daheng still couldn't understand, but he couldn't say, I still don't understand what you mean, please explain carefully, but made a kind of calmness that is clear in the chest, and took a sip lightly Tea, waiting for Chen Xiaotang's next words.

Chen Xiaotang continued: "Take the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" that we remade last year as an example. I also joined in this movie, and the highest ratings reached 36 points. The funds invested in the filming were about 200 million, equivalent to one Based on the low-cost film production costs, our advertising revenue, and copyright revenue, I think the profit will not exceed 300 million——
How much the company will make is always something that only the top management will worry about. Now Chen Xiaotang is only guessing based on his own, but he guessed it right.

Shao Daheng nodded secretly, but said: "Since you said that, do you have other ideas?"

Shao Daheng's "not ashamed to ask" did not move Chen Xiaotang. On the contrary, Chen Xiaotang realized that he seemed to be "overstepping his authority". Let's talk about the profit of the company, does it matter to you whether the company is profitable or not?As long as you get paid, you're fine.

But Chen Xiaotang didn't stop right away, but said with a smile: "In my opinion, it's not impossible to remake Mr. Jin Yong's great work, but it should be done in a different way——"

Shao Daheng didn't expect him to be so bold. Not only did he not shut up, but he even climbed up the ladder. He couldn't help being interested, and wanted to know what Chen Xiaotang was trying to trick.

"Then let's talk about it, how should we remake this movie?" Shao Daheng felt that his tone was enough to be "respectful corporal", but he didn't know if the young man in front of him could persuade him.

Chen Xiaotang smiled and said a word, "I don't make TV series, I make movies—!"

This time it was Shao Daheng's turn to laugh. He originally thought that Chen Xiaotang had some good ideas, but he wanted to take the movie route, young man, he was still a little too impetuous, so he said, "Ah Tang, maybe you don't know There have been three versions of the film version of "Yitian". Among them, in [-], our Shaw Brothers company once filmed two episodes of the film, starring Er Dongsheng, a popular movie at that time. The box office revenue is still considerable, but because Part of it is inconsistent with the original work and has been criticized by some audiences..." The meaning is obvious, Shaw Brothers will never remake this film.Otherwise, you will be scolding yourself.

But Chen Xiaotang knew that in his previous life, in [-], the Shaw Brothers filmed a rumored movie called "The Legend of the Dragon Slaying the Dragon", called "The Devil's Palace Slaying the Dragon".

However, in fact, "Magic Temple and Dragon Slaying" is almost only the names of the characters, the martial arts tricks and the Yitian Sword and Dragon Slaying Knife are still related to the original work, and the rest of the parts are completely out of line.Now it seems that it is even a bit spoofed too much.But more than 20 years ago, filmmakers were able to have such imagination, and the most amazing thing is that they were able to link martial arts and science fiction, which can be described as unconstrained.From an innovative point of view, the film is still very good.
The film's starring lineup is another point of view.Er Dongsheng, Di Long, Wan Ziliang, Zhong Chuhong, and Liu Xuehua are the five leading actors, as well as co-stars such as the old drama Gu Feng, Yuan Hua and Xu Jinjiang, who were not too famous at the time.Yuan Hua also served as the martial arts director of the film.However, compared to the martial arts part, there are more explosion scenes and beams of light in this film.Both Er Dongsheng and Di Long are stars of Shaw Brothers, but when they cooperate in costume films, they usually have a priority. "Chu Liuxiang", Er Dongsheng is a cameo.But in "Dragon Slaying the Devil's Temple", the roles of the two are basically equal, and they can be regarded as co-stars.Er Dongsheng still plays Zhang Wuji, while Di Long plays the derived Mongolian general Tiezhen.The big villain they have to deal with is Song Qingshu played by Wan Ziliang.

I can’t remember whether Song Qingshu died in the end in the original book. Anyway, in "Magic Palace Slaying the Dragon", he not only lived well, but also knew how to disguise himself. What's more, he also learned the "Nine Yin Manual" respectively. And "Nine Suns Scripture", came a hermaphrodite, and finally deceived the "Yitian Sword" and "Dragon Slaying Knife", really fully armed.Such a person was almost impossible for Er Dongsheng and Di Long to kill.So the director created a large secret room on a whim, which looked like an alien spaceship. This not only taught Er Dongsheng and Di Long how to defeat the intersex, but also allowed Wan Ziliang to die here.
Compared with the three leading actors, Zhong Chuhong's role is definitely a big vase. She plays the Mongolian princess and seems to have a crush on Zhang Wuji, but it doesn't unfold.And Liu Xuehua plays the role of Zhou Zhiruo, who has shaved her hair and turned into a nun. She was beaten to death by her ex-husband Song Qingshu at the beginning of the episode.Liu Xuehua showed off her skills a few times, but her appearance was really bad, she could be called the ugliest Zhou Zhiruo in history.

Because this drama tampered with the content of "Yitian" too much, it can be said to be a "super spoof" so that after the release, those audiences besieged Shaw Brothers to "get justice", making Shao Daheng even return to the company. no.

However, Chen Xiaotang did not intend to follow this film to shoot—isn’t that courting death? He smiled and said to Shao Daheng: “In my opinion, the movie version of "Yitian" does not have the essence of the original work at all, so the filming What comes out is not a classic, and if it is not a classic, how can you make money?"

This sentence is a bit outrageous.Hearing that Shao Daheng felt a little embarrassed, what do you mean, there is not a classic in the movie version of "Yitian"?Doesn't that mean that our Shaw Brothers version is also rubbish? !Although I said a little humbly just now that the Shaw Brothers version was slightly criticized, but you are also so hard to step on it.

At this moment Shao Daheng smiled instead of anger, and said, "Oh, according to you, what kind of version is considered a classic?"

Chen Xiaotang waited long enough for his words, so he said, "If you are willing to listen to Sixth Uncle, I would like to talk about the concept of this play——"

It was only now that Daheng Shao remembered that besides being an actor, the young man in front of him seemed to be able to write scripts too. Wasn't he the one who wrote the TVB hit "Zhong Shen Tong Wang Chong Yang"?

Could it be that I really underestimated him? !
Thinking this way in his heart, he said: "Let's talk about it and listen, is it really interesting..." This is already quite a face for Chen Xiaotang. You must know that you can talk to Shao Daheng for so long and let him sit and listen to the story There are almost no people in the whole HK.

Chen Xiaotang didn't seem to feel that he was being treated specially at all, and he slowly started to tell the new story of "Yitian".

At first, Shao Daheng just listened to it casually, and didn't think the story was so good. After all, everyone has read "Yitian", so even if you can adapt it, how good is it?But gradually, Shao Daheng seemed to hear some signs of something different. First of all, let me explain that in the original story, the character of the hero Zhang Wuji is "indecisive". The throne of the emperor was lost, which made many readers feel uncomfortable.I feel that Zhang Wujikong has magical skills, but he can't rule the world, and he is very upset.

But this time in Chen Xiaotang's story, Zhang Wuji's character has become a "career" with a deep reputation. The respect of the Mingjiao people, in order to avenge blood and deep hatred, even endure humiliation and bear the burden of being an enemy of Dayuan...
The more Shao Daheng listened to it, he found it more interesting, and the more he listened to it, the more he felt that this story was different. Until Chen Xiaotang finished the outline of the story, Shao Daheng couldn't help asking: "This story is very good. Is it still "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji"?"

Chen Xiaotang smiled slightly and said, "No, it's "The Demon Cult Leader Who Relying on Heaven and Slaying Dragons"!"

"Evil Cult Leader"? !

Shao Daheng was stunned.

Shao Daheng certainly didn't know the origin of this movie. In his previous life, the great director Wang Jing invited Li Lianjie, Hong Jinbao and other big names to jointly create this magnificent martial arts movie.

After the film was released, many critics criticized Wang Jing as the director and screenwriter for the film "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji: The Demon Cult Leader" as too spoof and too far away from the original work.But in Chen Xiaotang's view, among all the film and television works adapted from this martial arts novel, Wang Jing's "spoof" work is actually the best. Wang Jing really understands Jin Yong.

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Personally, I feel that "The Lord of the Demon Cult" is a super classic martial arts film. Unfortunately, the martial arts film market was already weak at that time. .If it is placed in the golden age of martial arts in the 80s, it will definitely become a classic movie. ---Only personal opinion.

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