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Volume 1 Chapter 286 "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" by Wu Jing (modified)

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    Wang Xu woke up early in the morning and leaned on the bed thinking about the new film.  He has decided to be the director of "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" by himself. He originally planned to play the protagonist Wang Chao himself, but gave up after weighing it.  "The Romance of the Dragon and the Snake" is a kung fu movie rather than a martial arts movie. Like "Kung Fu", "Detective Dee, Dragon King", and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" are all martial arts movies. It doesn't matter whether the lead actor has martial arts skills or not. It can be done through post-production special effects, or even  A stand-in makes up for it.  Only Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen's movies can be said to be kung fu movies. They advocate real fighting and can use less or no special effects, which puts higher demands on actors.  Some dangerous actions such as flying cars and jumping off buildings in Jackie Chan's movies were all done by himself. On the set of "The Lion", Wang Xu also witnessed many scenes being changed. He had already used a stunt double, but Jackie Chan didn't. This is Jackie Chan.  style.  The same goes for Donnie Yen. What do you think it would be like if Donnie Yen was replaced by Andy Lau in "Ip Man"?  Of course Andy Lau can also act, but he has to put in a lot of effort and learn Wing Chun from scratch. Just like Wong Kar-wai, the director of "The Grandmaster", prepared for eight years. The three leading actors, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi, and Zhang Zhen, were in full swing at his request.  The apprenticeship of Erba Jing starts from a blank piece of paper, from basic skills to moves, from strength training to flexibility training, from routine training to actual combat training, from a "kung fu amateur" to a "grand master".  Wong Kar-Wai invited Mr. Liang Shaohong, the last personal disciple of Ip Man, to personally teach Tony Leung Chiu-wai Wing Chun boxing principles and demonstration techniques; Mr. Gong Er, the northern female master played by Zhang Ziyi, is the successor of Baguazhang.  In order to create Zhang Ziyi, the northern female master, Wong Kar-wai invited four Baguazhang teachers to teach Zhang Ziyi Baguazhang.  ¡°The one who has put in the most, worked the hardest, and worked the hardest is Zhang Zhen.  For the filming of "The Grandmaster", in 2009, Zhang Zhen officially became a disciple, submitted a post, and followed Teacher Wang Shiquan, the eighth generation successor of Baji Quan and president of the Beijing Baji Quan Association, to practice eight-level boxing for three years.  How far has he practiced? Before the movie was released, Zhang Zhen had already "became a master". Zhang Zhen competed with Baji boxing masters from all over the country in a national Bajiquan competition in Changchun and finally won the first prize.  ¡°But even if Wong Kar-wai and several leading actors have paid so much, to use an Internet slang, it is still of no use.  Although the film has a box office of nearly 400 million and is Wong Kar-Wai's best box office film. Although the film has swept all major domestic and international awards and even entered the Oscars, the director and several leading actors have gained both fame and fortune, but one  Including the eight-year time cost that cannot be covered up, the film company lost money and the investors in the film also lost money.  Moreover, after watching "The Grandmaster", Tony Leung is still the same Tony Leung. He has not become a Kung Fu superstar. No audience thinks that he really knows Kung Fu. From this aspect, "The Grandmaster", which was prepared for eight years, is still worse than "Ip Man"  far.  Ip Man in "The Grandmaster" has a restrained and calm temperament. Tony Leung has no problem playing it, but Wang Chao in "The Legend of the Dragon and the Snake" is a hot-blooded young man. He is strong-willed and upright. If you don't accept it, he will beat him with his fists.  You, not to mention Tony Leung, even Chow Yun-fat can't act like this.  Of course Wang Xu can¡¯t act it. He must be a soldier or an actor with a background in martial arts to perform such a temperament.  Wang Xu carefully weighed Kung Fu actors such as Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Wu Jing, Wu Yue, Yuen Biao, Fan Shaohuang, Zhao Wenzhuo, and Shi Xiaolong. He also considered Peng Yuyan, a new promising star, to transform.  handsome guy.  After careful consideration, Wang Xu chose Wu Jing to play Wang Chao.  He and Wu Jing also know each other. Golden Hammer Films is an investor in the TV series "I Am a Special Forces Soldier". Wang Xu also visited the set. Wu Jing impressed him deeply, not only with his strong foundation in martial arts, but also with the high-spiritedness of a soldier.  Wu Jing has better qualifications than Peng Yuyan, is younger than Donnie Yen, and has an image that matches the male lead. He is the best candidate to play Wang Chao.  After making up his mind, Wang Xu dialed Wu Jing¡¯s phone number.  "Hey, Sledgehammer, do you have a problem with me so early?" Wu Jing had just gotten up, and Wang Xu got straight to the point and explained the reason.  Wu Jing understood and said: "You, the king of comedy, don't make comedies, but want to make kung fu movies. This is really interesting. Okay, I have no problem." Wu Jing agreed very readily. Wang Chao was very happy and said: "I will  I¡¯ll give you the script as soon as possible, maybe half a month later. Let¡¯s discuss it in detail when we meet.¡± ¡°OK!¡± Wang Xu was in a good mood and just walked out of the tent when he saw Chen Heyi.  Chen He came over with a happy face and said, "What's the joy of smiling so lewdly?" Chen He smiled and said, "You guessed it right, the ratings of the second episode of our show exploded." It turned out that he was talking about "  "Run, Brother", the program has become popular since the first episode was aired on August 2. One week has passed, and on Youdo.comThe number of on-demand views has exceeded 30 million.  Programs such as "Tian Tian Shang Shang" and "Happy Camp" only get more than 8 million views per week.  The second episode of the program was aired last night, but Wang Xu forgot to pay attention and asked: "I went to bed early last night and forgot about it. What is the ratings?" "23%, awesome!  " "Oh~~ That's really awesome." Wang Xu exclaimed. There are so many variety shows now, and there are no more than 10 programs in the country that can break 1 in ratings. The only ones that break 2 are "Where Are We Going, Dad" and "I Am".  Singer" and the first season of "The Voice of China".  After sending a message to congratulate the program on becoming a hit, Wang Xu and Chen He chatted for a while. Chen He talked about some of his experiences in filming this movie. He said: "Movies have much higher requirements for actors than TV. Directors  Every detail is very demanding. Yesterday, I looked at him three or four times. " Chen He is right, this is the feeling that every TV actor will have when they act in a movie for the first time.  A thirty-episode TV series takes three to five months to complete, so it is impossible to craft it carefully. Moreover, the TV screen is very small, unlike the big screen like a movie, so the audience can notice some of the subtle expressions of the actors.  .  "Speaking of gains, I also learned a lot of acting skills from you, captain." Chen He didn't mean to flatter him. He is a comedian, so he can naturally learn something by acting with the King of Comedy.  .  Wang Xu patted Chen He on the shoulder and admired his talent in comedy performances. He smiled and said, "Don't be modest. Have you had breakfast?" "Not yet." "Then eat it at my place."  Well, I brought a soy milk machine and I have freshly ground soy milk to drink. " "Wow, that's great." A week has passed. Zhuang Xiaodie's scenes have ended, and there are still some reshoots for Wang Xu's scenes.  The shot is also expected to be completed in three days.  This day Chen Ruan came and brought good news.  Golden Hammer Films bought the film and television rights to "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" for 2 million, a price Wang Xu was quite satisfied with.  In 2013, the film and television rights of popular online novels have not aroused the interest of major film companies, but by next year the market has completely changed. The adaptation rights of the top 50 novels on Baidu's search list have all been snatched up by various film and television companies.  , as soon as they appear on the list, they will be robbed. 2 million is the starting price, and the film and television copyrights of some well-known authors have been sold to tens of millions.  Wang Xu felt that it was necessary to take advantage of the opportunity to acquire the copyrights of a batch of works, so he made a list of nearly 50 novels, covering themes such as fantasy, tomb robbing, science fiction, youth love, etc. and gave it to Chen Ruan to take back to the company for preparation.  With a budget of 100 million, the company was instructed to buy all the film, television, animation, game and other copyrights of these novels within six months.  Anyway, regardless of whether you want to film it or not, you have to buy the copyright first. Other film companies have done the same thing. For example, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has sold the film and television rights long ago, and it was not until 2015 that the actual filming began.  Now that the copyright of "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" has been purchased, the next part will be adapted into a movie script. Wang Xu's principle is to make some adaptations while respecting the original work, and the general plot of the characters will not change.  He does not need to worry about the script adaptation work. The company now has a strong screenwriting team, and the author Meng Ruishenji will also participate in the adaptation work.  His job as a director is to attract investment. Yes, although he has money himself, the investment for this film will be relatively high, and it is not a comedy that he is good at. From the business principle of reducing risks, he needs to attract some investors to share the risks;  The second job is to find actors. If possible, he wants to bring together the three major Kung Fu superstars Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Donnie Yen. With Wang Xu's current status and influence, this is not a difficult task. It just depends on whether there are suitable roles in the script.  Everything has to wait for the script to come out before making a decision.  Three days later, Wang Xu, Zhuang Xiaodie, and Chen He all finished their scenes and left the crew of "The Lion".  Before parting, Wang Xu and Jackie Chan mentioned that he was going to make a kung fu movie and could the eldest brother help his younger brother.  Jackie Chan patted his chest and promised that if Wang Xu really wanted to make a Kung Fu movie, he would definitely help. Jackie Chan, the co-writer, thought Wang Xu was joking.  Wang Xu didn¡¯t reveal much, as long as he had the words ¡°big brother¡±.  i1153
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