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"Well, um, I'm drinking tea with Director Liu, I'll call you later, okay!"

Shuntian House, the seventh floor of Minghu Culture, the reception room of the special effects department.

Li Qian, Liu Chengzhang, and Minghu Culture's special effects supervisor Lu Ming were present.

After hanging up the phone, Li Qian regained his surprised expression, "'Sword Immortal'? This concept is quite novel! So what kind of character is my character? There will also be scenes of Yu Jian flying?"

Liu Chengzhang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard the words, "Of course there is! Yujian flying! You think, with your face, body, wearing Taoist robes and big sleeves standing on top of a giant sword and riding the wind, it must be special. handsome!"

After a pause, he explained seriously: "A lot of the material for this movie is taken from the "Sword Immortal Heroes" in the Republic of China, which can be regarded as an adaptation, but I will try my best to remove the 'Xia' in the original book. concept!"

"We Chinese people have been playing martial arts movies and TV series for decades, but we don't know that as early as the last years of the Shun Dynasty, there was already the term 'Xianxia', and 'Xianxia novels' began to appear. "The Legend of Sword Immortal Heroes" is a small peak. Of course, if you go back, from "Sou Shen Ji" to Tang Legend, then the concept of Zi Xian Xia began to sprout, but it is not systematic. "

"My plan is to dilute the taste of Xia and make it a 'fairy'! This thing is not uncommon, but before me, no one has ever regarded him as a 'theme'. Think about it, I'm willing to try it! It's the first time to visualize it on the big screen!"

Hearing this, Li Qian nodded slowly.

Xianxia, ​​is it fresh?

For Li Qian, who stayed in another time and space until the second decade of the 21st century, this is not new at all, not to mention that Xianxia novels on the Internet have become commonplace, even domestic movies and TV series, Yu Jian Fei , which is also commonplace.

But when he got this time and space, and at this time in 2000, Liu Chengzhang was right. He tried to get rid of the concept of "Xia" and develop a culture of "Xia Xia", which was definitely something that had never been tried before in the film industry. matter.

Some people say that all successful artists are crazy.

Of course, this so-called madman does not refer to madness, but to think what a person dares not to think and do what a person dares to do!

Seeing Liu Chengzhang and listening to him peddling the concept of his immortal man with great interest, Li Qian couldn't help but think of a famous film director in another time and space in Hong Kong.

Both of them can be considered movie geniuses!

Because of the difference in time and space, there is a book called "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" in that time and space, but there is no book in this time and space, but there is a book "The Legend of Sword Immortal Heroes" in this time and space. They are all rooted in the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. Even if there is a difference between the two time and space, it only depends on whether the culture has grown and developed into a certain scale.

In another time and space, the genius director of Hong Kong made "Green Snake" in the 1980s, and later "Shushan", and he also had a "A Chinese Ghost Story", which was full of gangster shootouts and **** at that time. The Hong Kong film market of fart vulgar comedies is definitely a fresh and refined flower.

It's a pity that his personal thinking was far ahead of the market at that time, and most fans couldn't keep up with his ideas and brain holes. Therefore, whether it is from a technical point of view or an innovation point of view, it can definitely be called a The "Green Snake", the first work of the establishment of the school, fluttered, and it is said that it fluttered quite miserably.

Later, "Shushan", fluttered again.

After many years, everyone recalled it and thought, Oh, this movie is really good, at that time, it was really awesome, the originator of the Xianxia movie! But how did he pounce?

In this time and space, there is Hong Kong, but until now, Hong Kong is only a small seaport city, and it is naturally impossible to talk about Hong Kong films. It is not too early for the government control of domestic films to be loosened. There are decades of faults between the vigorous development during the Republic of China, but even so, some things rooted in the depths of national culture, once they encounter the right soil, It will still sprout!

Therefore, Liu Chengzhang, the genius director of this time and space, is finally going to start making "Xianxia" movies!

A "Swordsman and a Monk", it sounds like a very strong name, but it makes him feel chivalrous and soft. There is also a graceful bridge and flowing water in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the film sold for 270 million yuan, helping Liu Chengzhang to become the best-selling Chinese director!

And "Swordsman and Monk" has also become the absolute box office champion of domestic films.

Therefore, at this time, he should have a strong confidence that all other domestic directors do not have! And standing behind him, the three production companies that made a lot of money through a "Swordsman and a Monk" are also full of confidence!

His new movie, Liu Chengzhang himself admitted, is expected to invest 80 million! Externally known as 120 million!

The actor is a famous performer of Yishui'er, and he was not satisfied with this. He felt that he had a business connection with Minghu Culture, so he came to the door in person, invited Zhu Qiang to play a male No. 3, and asked Li Qian to come as a guest.

On Zhu Qiang's side, Li Qian wants to respect his personal wishes, not to mention Zou Wenhuai, the artist director, even Li Qian is not going to agree directly for him, but when giving advice, he will try his best to advise Zhu Qiang. The next step is Qiang. No matter how popular he is, he is only a TV star. He can play the male No. 3 in the movie with the largest investment so far, especially in Liu Chengzhang's movie. Even if the role is limited, it is a kind of progress.

As for himself, when he asked about the scenes with only a few scenes, Li Qian readily agreed - even if it was just because the director was Liu Chengzhang, this was a face that had to be given.

However, from Li Qian's personal point of view, he is still not very optimistic about the investment of up to 80 million!

The reason is not that the domestic film market cannot accept such themes, but the most important thing is that the current domestic film market simply cannot afford such a large investment.

For a movie, it will cost 80 million yuan just to produce it. In addition, there must be a lot of publicity before it goes public. Their claim of 120 million to the outside world is not a lie. So in this way, it is required that the film must sell at least about 300 million at the box office to make a profit!

In the current domestic movie box office market, is it impossible for a single movie to break through 300 million?

It's entirely possible!

Liu Chengzhang's own "Swordsman and Monk" has already sold for 270 million, and "Titanic" has sold for more than 600 million, equivalent to 310 million US dollars!

But the problem is that any big-selling movie must be a movie with an unusual subject matter, and at the same time it can just scratch the audience's itch. Movies like "Sword Immortal" with a certain innovative element are more or less the same. It's a little risky - it's done, not to mention 300 million, 400 million and 500 million is not impossible, but if it is thrown, this is a debt that cannot be turned over for many years!

In addition, the "Green Snake" and "Shushan" in that time and space were so fluttering!

To be honest, if Li Qian wanted to make such a movie, he would directly cut off more than half of the actor's salary, which is estimated to be less than 20 million yuan, and spend several million to find some not so big names. But enough actors are enough to support the play.

Because according to Liu Chengzhang's description, the focus of his play is entirely on that kind of immortal temperament, or simply put, on the special effects! The actor's face and acting skills are not too important!

If the cost of actors' remuneration can be reduced by more than 10 million, then the following will be a comprehensive reduction of the burden. There will be fewer big names, and the expenses during the filming period will be reduced, so the hotel does not need to be so high-end, right? There are not so many assistants, brokers, and **** horses who follow to eat, right? It's all money!

According to this method, the investment of this drama will be suppressed to about 60 million yuan, and the total investment will not exceed 100 million yuan with the announcement, then the pressure of this drama to recover the cost will be greatly reduced!

At the same time, if we can modify the main line of the script for this movie, or in other words, adjust the focus of the whole play, let the stunts and the concept of "Xianxia" serve the story, rather than what Li Qian sees now The script is like this, the plot of the story is scattered, and many clues are unfinished. The whole thing is to prepare to greatly highlight the word "immortal", but ignore the essence of the film's storytelling. It's not impossible~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is still the same example, and "A Chinese Ghost Story" in that time and space was so popular all over Asia!

Of course, again, the artist is a kind of lunatic.

Especially now, Liu Chengzhang's continuous success at the box office has inflated his confidence to an unprecedented level. Therefore, he not only has to come up with a new concept, he will not only be the first domestic film industry to use computer special effects on a large scale. The movie, and he wants the biggest investment, the best and most expensive actor!

It can only be said that no matter how awesome the genius is, there are times when he loses his head!

Everyone has known each other for a long time, and the friendship is still shallow. Some words are neither suitable for speaking, nor useless. Li Qian simply does not say it, but only euphemistically suggests that Liu Chengzhang can make more investments and spread risks as much as possible. Liu Chengzhang Hearing this, he had a strange smile on his face - Li Qian understood it after a little thought, and dared to think that he said that because Minghu Culture also wanted to make a lot of money with him!

So, let's not talk about it at all, everyone drink tea, brag, and praise him for this idea, hello, I'm good, everyone! Anyway, in this 80 million investment, the amount of money to be spent on computer special effects is as high as more than 30 million! And only a small part of this money belongs to Liu Chengzhang's own special effects studio, and the bigger piece of meat will go to the bowl of the special effects department of Minghu Culture!

Three more! Seventh day!

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