1863 [A good boss who is hard to find with a lantern]
In the next few days, Xia Tian wrote the script of "Huang Feihong: A Man Is Self-Strength". But he did not ask Xu Ke to direct it, but chose his own director Du Qifeng.
The main reason for doing this is that the water does not flow to outsiders' fields.
This movie is already excellent enough, and it is starring him, so it is very likely to achieve a high box office and a good reputation. Since that is the case, it doesn't matter if it's cheaper than outsiders.
After reading the script, Du Qifeng was very satisfied.
"The Man of Huang Feihong Should Strengthen Self-Enhancing" tells the story of Huang Feihong leading Liang Kuan and his aunt Thirteenth to the provincial capital to attend a medical exchange conference. When they encountered the White Lotus Sect's evil words, they confuse the public, and they raised troops to cause chaos, causing disaster everywhere. The people were deeply hurt and dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out. The government not only did not stop him, but instead borrowed the White Lotus Sect to deal with revolutionaries.
Huang Feihong met Sun Wen, Lu Haodong and others at the medical conference. After some discussion, he was impressed by their concept of saving the country and determined to help them escape misfortune.
He destroyed the White Lotus Sect's General Assembly and exposed the truth that the Nine Palaces' real people were invulnerable. He defeated the Qing Dynasty general Nalan Yuanshu, protected Sun Yat-sen, and Lu Haodong successfully escaped...
It is actually very difficult to make a sequel to a successful movie. Because after the first movie is successful, fans will have high expectations for the second movie. Therefore, it is much more difficult to successfully please the fans and satisfy them. Therefore, many movies are very successful in the first movie, but the second movie has both box office and reputation.
But Du Qifeng feels that this "Men Should Strengthen Self-Reliance" is not only not inferior to the first "Top Gun", but is more superior.
The first movie, Huang Feihong has not yet gotten rid of the rut of traditional martial arts films, and Huang Feihong is just simply punishing evil and promoting good. Those villains are also more stereotyped and it is easy to distinguish between good and evil.
Although the film introduces political and historical elements to it, it has an epic feel, but it is only a brief taste and has no in-depth description.
However, the second part, Huang Feihong basically got rid of the traditional martial arts model. The reason why Huang Feihong took action was no longer simply punishing evil and promoting good, but to protect the revolutionary party and save China, which was poor and backward, and was slaughtered by others. He was even higher in his thoughts than the upper part.
Those villains are no longer purely doing evil. In addition to the head of the White Lotus Sect, most of them are blinded ordinary people; Nalan Yuanshu pursued the Revolutionary Party, who seemed to be villains, but in fact, this move was understandable. The villains created in this way are more flesh and blood and more artistic than the pure evil people who are stereotyped.
Moreover, because the movie has historical real characters such as Sun Yat-sen and Lu Haodong, it has a stronger epic feeling and is no longer just a pure martial arts film.
"Mr. Xia, I think this script is great." Du Qifeng said appreciatively.
"It is precisely because this script is great that I ask you to direct it." Xia Tian said with a smile, "Director Du, I know you are very talented, but unfortunately I have never encountered a good opportunity to show off my skills. But I believe that this "Men Should Strengthen Self-Effort" should be a good opportunity for you to become famous."
Although Du Qifeng has directed several movies such as "Happy Ghosts", "Christmas Adventures," and "Pirate Pioneer", they are all small-produced films. Although the box office is good, it is very inconspicuous compared to those blockbusters that often cost 30 to 40 million yuan.
Therefore, Du Qifeng's fame is much worse than that of Wu Yusen, Xu Ke, Wang Jing, Yuan Kui, Madon Xiong and others of his contemporaries.
But Xia Tian knew Du Qifeng's ability clearly. In his previous life, after Hong Kong movies fell into recession, he was the only person who could support the overall situation. Other directors either went north, retired, or fell, and in short, no one could match him.
Therefore, he asked Du Qifeng to film this movie "Men Should Strengthen Self-Enhancing", hoping that he could become famous in one fell swoop and gain a reputation that matches his talents.
Du Qifeng was very grateful to Xia Tian for saying this.
Xia Tian not only gave him the kindness of knowing him, but also created opportunities to make him famous. Such a good boss who is dedicated and responsible is really hard to find even with a lantern.
"Thank you, Mr. Xia, I will definitely take a good photo." Du Qifeng said gratefully.
"Okay, that's it." Xia Tian nodded and smiled, "In terms of actors, it's still the same as the first part. I play Wong Feihong, Guan Zhilin plays Thirteenth Aunt, and Huang Zihua plays Liang Kuan. In addition, Nalan Yuanshu is played by Zhen Zidan, Jiugong Live is played by Xiong Xinxin. Sun Wen is played by Di Long, and Lu Haodong, I want to invite David Jiang to play."
When Du Qifeng heard this, his eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "Mr. Xia, Di Long and David Jiang have not cooperated for many years. If Mr. Xia can arrange for them to cooperate again, it will definitely be a gimmick."
Xia Tian smiled, he was playing this idea.
Ti Lung and David Jiang were the Shaw Brothers twins famous in Hong Kong. They worked together on countless wonderful movies, such as "The New One-Armed Knife", "The Stinger of Horses", "Revenge", "Five Tiger Generals", "The Thirteen Taibao of the Shanghai Beach", etc.
Not only did the two play the role of brother Rebian in the movie, they are also good friends in real life, Jiao Buli Meng and Meng Buli. But unfortunately, for some reason, the two suddenly broke up and no one cares about each other since then, which made the movie fans feel very disappointed.
This time he arranged for the two of them to play Sun Yat-sen and Lu Haodong, which would definitely surprise the fans, and the box office would naturally be even higher.
As for whether the two of them agreed to star in the show, Xia Tian felt that it was not a big problem.
First of all, there is actually no deep hatred between them. For example, when Ti Lung turned over because of "The True Color of Heroes", David Jiang came to express his joy in person. In his previous life, the two of them worked together on "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" for the 40th anniversary of Zhang Che's film.
Furthermore, with Xia Tian’s current status in Hong Kong, I believe that as long as he speaks, no one dares not to sell his face. Not to mention letting Di Long and David Jiang cooperate, it would not be difficult even if Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao came to play guest appearances.
"Okay, Director Du, do you have any opinions on the actors?" Xia Tian asked again.
Du Qifeng thought for a moment, then shook his head.
The roles chosen by Xia Tian are actually quite suitable. There is no need to mention the three actors in the original version. The success of the first part has proved that Xia Tian, Guan Zhilin and Huang Zihua are all good at acting.
The newly joined Zhen Zidan is also a well-known Hong Kong fighter star. Although she is not too popular, she is first-class. It should be no problem to play Nalan Yuanshu. As for Xiong Xinxin, although he doesn't know Xiong Xinxin and doesn't know what his acting skills are, "Jiugong Real Man" is just a fight, so as long as he plays beautifully.
"Then it's settled. You go and prepare, we'll start shooting in a few days." Xia Tian nodded, "Strive to release the summer season."
When Du Qifeng heard this, he nodded with a smile.
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Then the crew of "Huang Feihong: Men Should Strengthen Self-Enhancing" began to prepare.
Guan Zhilin, Huang Zihua, Xiong Xinxin and others quickly accepted the invitation. After hesitating, Di Long chose to take it over.
In fact, the reason why he broke up with David Kang was not because of what was rumored outside. When filming "The World of Love", he despised David Kang for being so outstanding in his role as the eunuch and stole his popularity.
In fact, as one of Shaw Brothers' two most popular young actors at that time, their popularity has actually reached its peak. No one is higher than anyone else, nor is it inferior to anyone else. Whether one or two characters are popular or not will affect the overall situation.
The reason why he separated from David Jiang was mainly because he was older and had different ideas from each other, so he parted ways. Just like many classmates and friends in college, they had a good time in school, but after they got out of society, they gradually became strangers as they grew up, and they were separated for no special reason.
Chapter completed!