I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 629: Difficult (23)

Tai Chi Master has been filed...

Starring Shen Liang, directed by Wu Jing…

Wu Jing briefly talked about the scripts that several people handed over...

It basically follows the TV version of "Tai Chi Master" - a young man accidentally enters a secret place, learns a unique skill, and then the secret place is found by the outside world, and the young man becomes famous...

This routine is hard to break!
Including Stephen Fung's "Tai Chi", although a bunch of so-called steampunk elements were added, the overall plot still continues this routine.

"Why did you think of making "Tai Chi Master"?"

"Brother Jing wants to revive martial arts action movies..."

“So, the first movie you made was ‘The Tai Chi Master’?”

Wu Jing explained: "I originally wanted to shoot it according to 'Swords, Spears, Swords, Sticks, Long South', and the corresponding seven scenes were 'Wind, Flowers, Snow, Night, Rivers and Lakes'... I even prepared the story of 'Swords'... But Brother Liang said he wanted to play 'Tai Chi'..."

The story of "The Knife": A pig-killing boy, in order to seek justice, relies only on a pig-killing knife in a world where knives are the measure of heroes and famous knives are everywhere. He angrily challenges the power of officials and bandits, fights bloody battles against the fierce bandits' "Eighteen Cuts", breaks through the underwater knife formation, bravely defeats five top knife masters, and shocks hundreds of knives... With one knife, he stirs up hundreds of knives, but in the end they are no match for a gentle "hairpin knife".

It means being killed by a beauty trap!
This book is too old-fashioned.

Shen Liang interjected: "I like the challenge mode in "Tai Chi Master"!"

Dong Runnian: "It is difficult to come up with new scripts for traditional kung fu movies... because the plot rhythm is set... if you want to reproduce the fighting scene... then it is difficult to change the plot..."

"I think we can work on the action design. I plan to contact Yuen Woo-ping and invite Li Lianjie to come out..."

Shen Liang shook his head: "The plot is the most important. Otherwise, let alone Li Lianjie, it would be useless even if you invited Bruce Lee to come out of retirement!"

Wu Jing almost spit out his wine: "…If I really invite Bruce Lee to come out…Do you think it's useless?"

“…This is just a metaphor!” Shen Liang also laughed at his own stupidity and suggested: “Why don’t you find some online writers, or some creators of martial arts animations? The teams of “Wu Shan Wu Xing” and “Zhen Dao Ge” are both good!”

"I feel like you are very hostile to Hong Kong filmmakers?"

"No... Didn't I also work with Tsui Hark on The Legend of Zu?"

“But Tsui Hark is more of a producer, right?”

“…Producers also have to work…I recommend you to watch the online movie “No One in My Eyes” starring Xie Miao. The director is a mainlander born in the 90s, but his basic film language is very solid, including the action design, which is not inferior to those veteran directors at all!”

Wu Jing was a little surprised: "Xie Miao?"

"Yes, it's an online movie, and the director is Yang Bingjia!"

"Very talented?"

"not bad!"

"Then...why not make a theatrical movie?"

Shen Liang smiled and said, "I'm too lazy to serve the second generation in the circle, too lazy to deal with a bunch of so-called sponsors... Internet celebrities don't make much money, but they are already a brand. Although they can't compare to big stars who can make tens of millions or even hundreds of millions from a movie, they can't be considered poor if they make a few hundred thousand from a movie, right?"

……

In fact, for domestic entertainment audiences, after Cao Dun’s "The Longest Day in Chang'an", the artistic aesthetics of mainland costume film and television dramas and the film and television industry have been comprehensively upgraded!

In comparison, there are the costume blockbusters shot by Hong Kong directors, such as "The Swordsman" produced by Tsui Hark and directed by Derek Yee, "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" produced by Tsui Hark and directed by Yuen Woo-ping, including "Detective Dee 3" directed by Tsui Hark himself, and the latest "Legend" directed by Stanley Tong and starring Jackie Chan.

The costume TV dramas shot by the older generation of Chinese directors are exactly the same as "Man Jiang Hong" directed by Zhang Yimou.

The aesthetics of art, the film and television industry, and the quality of movies brought by special effects have not improved but deteriorated. The audience even feels that hundreds of millions of dollars were spent to end up with a movie that can be watched online at a glance.

Not enough texture!

Let's put it this way, the same special effects blockbuster, the same costume fantasy, the same all-star cast, the same monster special effects. Tsui Hark's costume fantasy blockbuster is "Detective Dee 3", Tsui Hark's production, and Yuan Heping's "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia", then compare it with Lu Yang's "Assassination of Novelist".

In terms of art, costumes, props, and the level of the film and television industry, aren’t the films made by the big Hong Kong directors before very similar to online movies?
Sometimes you have to admit that no matter how great a person is, as he or she ages, his or her aesthetic tastes become outdated, and his or her abilities and energy decline overall.

Therefore, for "Shu Shan", not only was Tsui Hark not allowed to touch the script, but also the costumes and makeup were all from the "Assassination of Novelist" team...

And the assistant director also arranged a few post-90s...

Even the second part, "Shushan: The Great Competition", and the third part, "Shushan: Ascension", simply let Tsui Hark be the producer...

Tsui Hark was credited in the first film, but he didn’t do much…

Because Lu Yang is here too!
……

Wu Jing drank too much again...

It seems that he always drinks too much at every drinking party, and his cheeks are red...

Shen Liang called his assistant to send him back to the hotel, and then continued to talk with Dong Runnian and Lei Jiayin about the casting of "Keep You Safe".

Everything else is easy, including Mr. Feng. Everyone agreed to ask Mary to make a guest appearance!

Wei Ruyi was in a dilemma.

Wei Ping'an's sister cares about Wei Ping'an very much. As Wei Ping'an's behavior to clear up online rumors became more and more serious, she misunderstood that Wei Ping'an had a sexually transmitted disease and forced him into a van and took him to the hospital for examination. At the same time, inspired by her brother, she also participated in the action of clearing up online rumors.

This role is very important!

We have to find a comedian, or an actress with a sense of humor...

Dong Runnian: "I originally wanted to find Jia Ling, but she is a big director now and doesn't have time to play such a role..."

"You scared me. You didn't send her an invitation?"

"no…"

"That's good…"

Shen Liang asked Lei Jiayin: "Brother, what do you recommend?"

Lei Jiayin shook his head: "No..."

"How about this," Shen Liang thought for a moment, "The 'Annual Comedy Contest' has been quite popular recently, and there are several good female comedians. Tengxun has also done 'Serious Gagas' before, and has also promoted several good female variety show hosts... You send invitations to all of them, and then have an audition..."

"You don't have a choice either?"

"I've worked with beautiful women, not this role!"

Lei Jiayin quickly replied: "Yes, the women I work with are all beautiful women!"

"Okay," Dong Runnian agreed, and asked, "Can we start the casting for the Annual Meeting?"

"What's wrong? You want to shoot two movies at the same time?"

Dong Runnian made some calculations: "It will take at most three months to finish filming 'Keep You Safe', and another three months for post-production. If it can't be released in time for the summer season, the National Day season will be fine... After that, we can make 'Annual Meeting'... Let's decide on the actors first!"

Lei Jiayin: "…What is the "Annual Meeting"? "

Shen Liang explained: "It's another play... We have already found Yu He and Teacher Wei to star in it..."

"Oh, two movies, you're going to be a movie tycoon!"

Shen Liang asked back, "Your film and television tycoon only produces two movies a year?"

(End of this chapter)