Movie tycoon

Chapter 620
Speaking of which, just when Chen Xiaotang felt that he had reached a dead end again, a game suddenly appeared in his mind.

The male protagonist of the game, dressed in white with a white hood, comes and goes without a trace, has superb killing skills, and specializes in assassinating the brutal ruling class, and eradicating rape and evil has become the "Assassin's Creed" that players abide by. Work hard to save innocent people.

Yes, this game is called - "Assassin's Creed"!
Chen Xiaotang's eyes suddenly brightened.

After the events of his previous life, he loved this game very much, especially "Assassin's Creed" continued all the advantages of the "Prince of Persia" series. The medieval European town style presented allows players to experience the bravery of being an assassin in white.In addition to assassination missions, players also have to collect information on the street or accept mission commissions. The old nostalgic sense of medieval Europe created by the game screen and the hustle and bustle of people are really good visual effects.

It's a pity that such an excellent game has not been adapted into a movie for a long time. On the contrary, Bollywood in India copied a modern version of the action movie "Ultimate Weapon" based on the characters of this game, which is almost an assassin. It has everything in the creed. The Indian Ah San transformed into a white-clothed assassin. The male protagonist looks a little unworthy of the audience, but the female protagonist is very eye-catching, but the action scenes are shot OK.In short, after watching this movie, audiences who like this game feel that the sky is rolling with thunder and thunderbolts, which makes people unable to calm down, and it hurts to watch.

Now, if you write the story of this game yourself and shoot it into a movie in advance, if the movie is a hit, then turn it into a game, why not? !
Chen Xiaotang was moved by his unique idea.

Next, Chen Xiaotang further considered from a personal point of view, what kind of angle should his film take, who should direct it, what kind of filming method is it, is it romanticism, realism, bloodism, or ridiculousism?
Chen Xiaotang himself prefers movies with content. As for the themes, it can be said to be super wide-ranging, business, literature, martial arts, romance, he also likes to watch pure entertainment movies-in fact, pure entertainment movies also have content.In fact, as long as there is one shot to watch in a film, it is valuable to him.

As for foreign films, directors, and production companies, because I can't remember their names clearly, I don't have much impression.Therefore, for foreign films, Chen Xiaotang also knows some very famous ones, and some very eccentric ones.

For example, Stallone's "First Blood" is a good movie, especially at the end.The hero is a guerrilla who retired from the Vietnam War. After returning to the United States, he was suppressed everywhere and was finally forced to go up the mountain to engage in sabotage.In the end he alone caused chaos in the town.When he broke into the police station, he cried and vented to his former officer, expressing his psychological feelings.Then, at dawn, he put on the handcuffs calmly and walked out of the police station with a disdainful expression on his face.

Compared with "Lights Out", "First Blood" is too successful.But the front-end processing of "Lights Out" is relatively compact and powerful.Chen Xiaotang didn't view "Lights Out" as a battle to defend a military academy, but he discussed it as a conflict between the world of adults and the ideals of young people.Generally speaking, when there is a conflict between ideals and reality, especially when this kind of opposition is between adults and young people, it is mostly the young people who compromise, because the hub of society is ultimately manipulated by adults.

Young people have something to strive for, such as love, studies, and future... No one will "fight for the sake of fighting for" because such people are people who don't know what they have won.It's as if the war was not started for the same reason as "wars are fought for the sake of wars". At the end of "Lights Out", people feel that the persistence of Diaobaoshan Military Academy's ideals for many days has become a boring action.

Chinese martial arts movies and novels.It is the most unique theme in the world.It would be a real shame if we couldn't develop it into something like an American Western.

In Chen Xiaotang's view, there are two very comparable martial arts films in Hong Kong recently, one is "Famous Sword" starring Zheng Shaoqiu, and the other is "Decisive Battle" starring Liu Songren.

"Famous Sword" focuses on two battles: one to save people, and one to fight to the death.The good thing about these two battles is that they are fast-paced, without redundant dialogues and actions, and the editing is excellent. Among all the movies Chen Xiaotang has watched, the editing of these two battles of "Famous Sword" is definitely the first.Apart from these two games, "Famous Sword" is nothing to watch.

Chen Xiaotang believes that "Decisive Battle" and "Famous Sword" are the representatives of current martial arts films.The martial arts director is the same person in the two films, but "Decisive Battle" has drama to watch and is fresher than "Famous Sword". The editing of "Decisive Battle" is slightly inferior to that of "Famous Sword", but the shooting skills are not inferior to "Famous Sword".

Directors from Taiwan and Hong Kong can also study their styles: Zhang Cheh made martial arts films, and he has produced six generations of martial arts stars.However, in Chen Xiaotang's view, his films are all about the same - very stable, but the characters' personalities are not obvious enough, and the early films are better than now, and most of them are very heroic. Come to shoot, it must be super shocking.

Hu Jinquan's film has beautiful pictures and enough rhythm, but it is not good enough.Sometimes the buzzing is annoying.His films move faster than most directors of his generation.Chen Xiaotang likes his masterpiece "The Drunk Man", which has a very special way of expression.

Li Hanxiang is also a director with a fixed form, but he made a great self-breakthrough in "Wu Song".

Although the above three directors are all martial arts films, they take different routes. Zhang Cheh is a dog bloodist and likes to spill dog blood in the film. Often the male protagonist is dressed in white, with rotten intestines, bloody and eye-catching. extreme.Hu Jinquan is a romanticist. The battle in the bamboo forest in the film "A Chivalrous Woman" was used for reference by the future "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".Li Hanxiang is a realist. He likes to shoot Qing palace dramas, which stems from his examination and research on history.

The above three directors are not quite suitable for Chen Xiaotang's requirements for shooting "Assassin's Creed", although they are really great directors and their reputations are really loud.

In contrast, among young emerging directors, Chen Xiaotang admires Cheng Xiaodong the most.Others like Xu Anhua, Tan Jiaming, Xu Ke, Wu Yusen, Huang Tailai are also good.Wang Tong's film has a weak script, but he shoots it well, like a work of art.

Generally speaking, cutting-edge directors dare to shoot recklessly, but veteran directors have profound skills and are worth watching.

Therefore, Chen Xiaotang decided that if possible, Cheng Xiaodong, a cutting-edge director, would direct this film, and the route of this film is romantic. Don't forget, Cheng Xiaodong's "Invincible in the East" in his previous life was romantic enough !

After thinking about it, Chen Xiaotang no longer hesitated, taking advantage of the inspiration that emerged in his mind, Chen Xiaotang picked up the pen, brushed it, and wrote like crazy.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Chen Xiaotang didn't know how long he had been writing, but he just felt that inspiration was springing up like spring water, and he couldn't stop at all.

Under his pen, an assassin in white appears vividly on paper, gradually taking shape...

While Chen Xiaotang was busy writing his new script, the Hong Kong media, which had calmed down, started to boil again. There was no way, the Hong Kong entertainment industry was like a roller coaster ride, with ups and downs and unlimited excitement.But this time, what attracted everyone's attention was no longer Magic Shadow Entertainment, the land in Tseung Kwan O that had just started construction, and the gossip about a famous star, but the [-]th Hong Kong Film Awards!

This award, founded in 1982, has become the goal of all Hong Kong filmmakers since its inception.It has also become an arena for evaluating the real strength of major film companies and the real acting skills of each actor.

As an annual grand event in the entire Hong Kong film industry, the Hong Kong Film Awards has become the most watched festival for almost everyone involved. On this day, not only Hong Kong, but also all parts of Asia will bet their attention here, watching a A new miracle is born!
But this year, what kind of miracle will there be? !
Hong Kong TVB is very popular recently, not only because they won the highest ratings in the prime time with a martial arts TV series "Xiao Li Fei Dao", but also broke the record of 60 points in history, creating a new history; moreover, because of this They also snatched the live broadcast rights of the Hong Kong Film Awards once, and they are known as one of the big winners behind the scenes of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

You know, as an annual grand event in Hong Kong, if you can get the right to broadcast live, you will get a high ratings, a huge profit, and an increase in the popularity of the TV station in Asia and the world.

As the behind-the-scenes boss of TVB, Shao Daheng has always paid attention to the strength of brand promotion, and with the help of the Golden Image Award, it is undoubtedly a good opportunity.

But if you want to become famous and gain popularity, you have to work hard.Shao Daheng, who has been in business for a long time, deeply understands this point, so he, who has always been stingy, directly arranged this year's Golden Statue Awards in Hong Kong's Hung Hom Stadium.

It would cost a lot of money to lease Hung Hom, which was a bit painful for Shao Daheng, who was used to thrifty housekeeping.No way, the richer you are, the more stingy you will be in some respects.So Daheng Shao was thinking about how to make up for the loss. At this time, he thought of Chen Xiaotang.

Chen Xiaotang had held a concert in the Red Hall, if he could be invited to be the guest performer of this Academy Award --- of course it would be free of charge, then it would be great.

Shao Daheng's plan was very good, not to mention that Chen Xiaotang and himself are fighting fiercely now, so it is right to ask this kid to help. He is an old man, and it is normal for him to show respect for the old and love the young.

Ever since, Shao Daheng didn't care if he was busy or not, he called Chen Xiaotang directly, and said on the phone, I must invite you to come to the Red Pavilion, there are important matters to discuss, if you don't come, I won't leave.

Pick, this time Chen Xiaotang was forced.

While busy with the affairs of Shanghai Metropolis Studios, and writing the script of "Assassin's Creed", he also has to be like Xiaosan, facing the sixth uncle at any time.

There is no way, Chen Xiaotang thinks he is a polite and good young man, not to mention that Uncle Six is ​​playing tricks, which may be absolutely rare.

Therefore, Chen Xiaotang asked the fat man Wang Jing to accompany him, took time, and drove directly to the Red Pavilion in Hong Kong.

(End of this chapter)