Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1177: Top Screenwriter Fang Yan's Films Support Traditional Chinese Medicine (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

The last script for Wong Fei-hung was written by Hu Ge's younger brother, but he couldn't come up with anything after struggling for a long time.

Later, while cooking in the kitchen, Fang Yan casually said it out loud, which was recorded by his younger brother, and then Lao Hu had someone film it.

The initial idea was to imitate the 1949 film "Once Upon a Time in China" directed by Mr. Kwan Tak-hing, and the dialect version was directly adapted from the later "Once Upon a Time in China: The Rise of the Legend".

Then they let Xiao Li play the role ahead of time.

“Sure, I’m free today anyway!” Fang Yan nodded and said.

Those present were taken aback by his reaction.

"You're planning to write it today?" Director Chen asked in surprise.

The dialect is both funny and exasperating:

"How much longer will it take?"

"Last time it didn't take long either."

Upon hearing Fang Yan's words, Director Chen suddenly remembered that it had happened the last time. (See Chapter 802)
He slapped his forehead and said:

"I always thought that script was something you had thought of for a long time before telling us, but it turns out you wrote it on the spot?"

The younger brother also asked in dialect:

"Just treat it like writing an essay?"

"Hmm, more or less!" Fang Yan was just copying memories from his previous life, so it was a piece of cake for him.

Old Hu said to the dialect:

"Then make one up right now!"

He nodded in dialect; it was a simple process for him.

But the younger brother, upon hearing the dialect and about to start speaking, immediately said:

"Wait a moment, I'll go get a pen and notebook to write this down."

Then he ran into the room to quickly grab his things.

The lively commotion outside also attracted the people inside the main hall. Song Jian had been playing here for quite a few days and, like her sister-in-law, had become one of the people in Fang Yan's family who took care of the children.

I've been telling stories every day, and I've already used up most of my inside information, so sometimes I have to make things up on the spot.

Now, she has to improvise when she hears outside dialects, and even write movie scripts, which is quite unbelievable to her.

She was already somewhat surprised when she learned that the script for "Once Upon a Time in China" was written in dialect, but now that she knows it was written in dialect in one go, it is even more astonishing.

Is this the difference between myself and the top scorer in the college entrance examination?
Song Jian moved closer to see how the dialect would be embellished.

The younger brother returned shortly afterward, pen and paper in hand, eager to hear a hastily composed movie script in dialect.

This time, Fang Yan plans to directly adapt the second part, "Once Upon a Time in China II".

He looked around at the crowd and found that several more people had arrived: two Russian apprentices, the righteous pearl, the Zhu Hong and Ye Qian sisters, and Song Jian, his sister-in-law.

Fang Yan sat down in the rattan chair, tapped his knee with his fingertips, and slowly began to speak: "Last time we talked about Huang Feihong repelling the provocations of foreigners in Guangzhou. This time, let's change the location—Foshan."

The little brother's pen scratched across the paper, while Song Jian leaned in beside him, his ears perked up.

"At the Foshan dock, the merchant ships of the foreign devils had just docked. Missionaries held up crosses and shouted 'Believe in the Lord and you will have eternal life,' while laborers carried chests of opium ashore. Huang Feihong and Aunt Thirteen passed by. Aunt Thirteen raised her camera to take a picture, but was pushed by the foreign gunmen and stumbled..."

Fang Yan then recounted the story of the second part from beginning to end.

Even after the dialect finished speaking, everyone was still immersed in the story it had just told.

It took a while for everyone to come to their senses.

"That's amazing!" Song Jian was the first to applaud.

No wonder he was the top scorer in the college entrance examination; he's simply amazing.

Her clapping was followed by applause from everyone else. The younger brother stopped writing; the pages were covered in notes. He stared at the notebook, mouth agape, unable to close it for a long time.

"Brother, what's wrong with your brain?"

Director Chen also said:

"Yeah, your brain is amazing! You can make up stories like this on the spot. I'm impressed!"

Sun Jialin echoed:
"I feel like the final product will definitely be even more exciting than the first one!"

"Master is amazing!" Anton gave Fang Yan a thumbs up, his eyes full of admiration.

Sophia nodded, feeling that her master was simply a genius.

Sister-in-law Zhu Xian said to Fang Yan:

“Brother-in-law, I feel that even if you don’t practice traditional Chinese medicine, you can still achieve great success in other areas.”

Hearing this, Lao Hu nodded in agreement:
"Exactly! You're a genius, it's like there's nothing you can't do well."

Fang Yan cupped his hands and said:

"Thank you for the compliments, everyone, but even if you say so, I'm not cooking lunch!"

Everyone was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then burst into laughter.

"No cooking is fine too!" Old Hu waved his hand, his eyes crinkling with laughter. "I'll make a call to order food, consider it a celebration for our 'golden screenwriter'!"

"I'm sure this script will make a fortune!"

Lao Hu has a strong feeling about this.

At this point, Fang Yan suggested:
"Why don't we just replace the crew with one from mainland China this time?"

"Not using Hong Kong film crews?" Old Hu was somewhat taken aback.

He said in dialect:

"We can bring back the original director, but we should use our own people for everything else. This way, they can train our own people. I think it would be best to build our own team as soon as possible and then establish a film company that spans the mainland and Hong Kong."

"You guys said my scripts are good, so I'll just write something casually and have our own people film it. That way, we can still make money for the company."

He knew that reform and opening up were coming soon, and there would be more places to spend money. He had enough money now, but his cash flow might become tight later.

There's a new source of income, and the domestic market is still a blue ocean right now, so there's no reason not to seize it, right?

The long-term strategy of cultivating talent and building a mainland team aligns with its core strategy of resisting foreign competition and gaining control of the industry.

It's always better to have something in your own hands, no matter what it is.

In addition, this is also a propaganda outlet. Dialects can use movies to promote things about traditional Chinese medicine without having to worry about what others think. Sometimes, movies are more than just movies.

Especially some influential films.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Yan said to Lao Hu:

"At that time, we will still bring our leaders and powerful backers together, and many things will be much easier to handle."

Upon hearing Fang Yan say this, Hu Daohu thought for a moment and then nodded.

To put it bluntly, this approach of using dialects is about resource integration and leveraging policy support. At the same time, dialects also have the capacity to generate output, so they are quite well-positioned.

If they weren't off today, the two of them really wouldn't have been able to come up with a solution.

I've been incredibly busy lately, and it's true that taking a break is good for you.

At this moment, Fang Yan suddenly remembered a question and asked:

"By the way, I haven't seen Xiao Li lately. What's he busy with? It wouldn't be good if you managed to gather everyone together only to find him busy somewhere else."

Old Hu came to his senses and said:
"Oh, he's doing this for publicity. CCTV is doing an interview today, and they went to their martial arts school."

P.S.: The books are balanced again!
(End of this chapter)