Chapter 232 The script, 'Who is the cutest person'!
What was this movie Wu Xiang told them about?
It's very simple, there is a movie about the 38th Army.
The script of this movie has not yet been released, but Wu Xiang saw that this talent was rare, and he immediately started to recruit. Therefore, he was very excited and changed the famous saying of Zhou Gong, "We are all for the rise of China!"
Although there is no script, Wu Xiang has already thought about it. The main story focus of this movie is on "Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aiding Korea", which was explained to Lan Xiaolong before.
And Wu Xiang has already made up his mind. Even if his funds are limited, he must make a big investment and make a sophisticated epic war blockbuster!
This is wrong, isn’t Wu Xiang making a lot of money?
I have made a lot of money, but I can't support many plans. Don't forget, the amount of funds for inviting Michael Jackson to perform the concert is unknown, and Europe has only built a bridgehead, but you can't let this bridgehead be without bullets, right?
Wu Xiang's original plan was very good, that is, he would continue to work in the same business as M6, which was gold mining in Asia, mainly in mainland China and Hong Kong movies, but he did not expect that this aspect would not be easy to do.
Although Andy has the support, it is not easy for you to introduce Hong Kong movies. They are not stupid and they will care about your money. In addition, Hong Kong movies have been weak recently and the movies are not as good as before. The returns are not as good as before.
It's a little bit cheating.
In addition, the previous performance of "A World Without Thieves" in Europe was only average. The box office did not meet the expected results. It should be said that it lost money. Therefore, the M6 still needs a blood transfusion.
The European distribution of "A World Without Thieves" was decided early on. Since M6 has already been purchased, why should we look for another publisher?
The release time of "Without Thieves" in Europe is basically the same as that in the United States, but Wu Xiang did not go there. He just sent a few leading actors to the venue, and it was released in many places at the same time. This trick is usually used. Besides,
Well, if Wu Xiang appears in the United States, he will also be included in European entertainment news.
However, the tastes of European audiences are somewhat different from those of American audiences. "Without Thieves" was also released on a large scale, but the box office was only less than 10 million euros.
The new M6 company's first shot failed, but we are not afraid of failure. We have to summarize why it failed, right?
Wu Xiang doesn't want to worry about this anymore. He completely trusts Li Yuncong. Wu Xiang wants to delegate power now, but he can't do it without it. He has too many things to do and he can't even make a movie.
As a result, funds are somewhat stretched, and as long as the scene of this war movie is large, the investment is absolutely huge. Wu Xiang has already filmed "Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty", he is no longer a junior brother, and he knows that this is a big movie.
How much does the scene cost? What’s more important is that it’s hard to save money on this.
Therefore, we can only make a fuss about the labor of actors, otherwise what should we do?
After returning from the United States, especially after the debate with Zhang Ziyi, he became even more concerned about making a movie about the 38th Army, because he had already urgently felt that in the current ideological battlefield, American imperialism
It is really too powerful, we need to make some counterattacks.
It is now late September 2004. And the bomb at Michael's concert will not be used until June 2005. So, why didn't we make this movie for such a long time?
But the question is, is this script ready?
Wu Xiang didn't know the answer, but what Wu Xiang knew was that he had already finished copying "My Leader, My Group".
Copying a script naturally doesn't take much time, so Wu Xiang contacted Lan Xiaolong on the grounds that he had finished writing the script, but he didn't expect it.
Lan Xiaolong has also finished writing the script!
This is incredible. You must know that the script written by Lan Xiaolong is original. It is truly original. It is original according to Wu Xiang's request. It is necessary to find a lot of historical information. This is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, but Lan Xiaolong
Xiaolong wrote this script in about the same time as Wu Xiang. Can this not surprise Wu Xiang?
At the temporary office of 307, Wu Xiang met Lan Xiaolong.
"Director Wu, have you finished writing your notebook?" Lan Xiaolong spoke in the same incredible tone as soon as he saw Wu Xiang.
Yes, Lan Xiaolong was also very surprised, because he didn't believe that Wu Xiang could finish writing the script about the "Expeditionary Force" in such a short time. Is that possible?!
The incredible reason is the same as Wu Xiang's.
"Ah, it's finished, hahaha..." Wu Xiang quickly understood that Lan Xiaolong didn't know that the script he wrote was basically a copy of his, so it seems that plagiarism can be quite fun sometimes.
"Director Wu, you are so awesome! I really didn't expect you to be so familiar with the history of the expeditionary force, so..."
"Let's exchange and take a look?"
Both of them have written their scripts, so let's see if the other person's script is in line with what you want.
Shocked! Extremely shocked!
Lan Xiaolong swears to God, he never expected that the script written by director Wu Xiang was exactly the same as what he had in mind!
This is incredible, incredible, incredible...
Anyway, Lan Xiaolong will never know in his life that in fact this script is his own, Wu Xiang just copied it and acted as a "copying official".
But how can we not be excited about a work that is so in line with our own ideas?
"Director Wu! Your script writing is simply amazing! I admire you so much! Really, I, I have nothing more to say, you are simply amazing, amazing!"
Originally, Wu Xiang should be happy to be praised in this way, but on the one hand, Wang Xiaoyi had already praised him once before, so Wu Xiang was somewhat immune, and on the other hand, when Wu Xiang saw Lan Xiaolong's script, this...
"...Wang Jinchuan, Xing Yutang, Jing Yuzhuo, Wang Wenying, Xiong Guanquan, Wang Jinhou, Zhao Xijie, Sui Jinshan, Li Yu'an, Ding Zhendai, Zhang Guisheng, Cui Yuliang, Li Shuguo..."
Why are these names so familiar?
Remembered!
Wu Xiang read it roughly and immediately said to Lan Xiaolong: "Is this script of yours an adaptation of the documentary "Who is the Cutest Person"?"
"Hey, Director Wu. You can see it, right! I adapted it based on that article. Didn't you tell me at the beginning that the deeds on the Korean battlefield should be the main deeds, and then we should capture typical characters. Finally,
Fortunately, it is the little people, the little people in the war, let them
Their fate will affect the hearts of the audience, and the most important thing is that it must be the fact of the 38th Army. You know, the reason why the 38th Army is called the Long Live Army is because this battle at Songgu Peak belongs to the second time.
Battle, doesn’t this fully meet your requirements?”
That's right! Wu Xiang's requirements are the above. Lan Xiaolong completed it seriously according to your Wu Xiang's requirements, but did not cut corners. However, the main story of Lan Xiaolong's script is this loosening.
The battle at Bone Peak, therefore, he only needed to carefully check the relevant information about the battle at Songgu Peak.
This is why he can write so fast.
Wu Xiang had no choice but to sigh, this is fate!
I originally thought I was getting an advantage, but in fact that was not the case at all.
However, when I think back carefully, it seems that this article "Who is the Cutest Person" was originally a text, but later many teaching materials were deleted.
Obviously, many people, especially those in education, seem to think that today’s international situation is different from before. We are now cooperating more with the American imperialists, so why do we need this article?
"Pictures! Tucson is broken! SAMETIMES-NAIVE!" Wu Xiang complained in his heart. Anyway, these educators sometimes really... make our students hate what they hate most in their lives.
The American emperor takes it lightly!
Since you deleted it, I might as well make a movie about it so that everyone can remember it again.
Wu Xiang made up his mind and began to discuss the script with Lan Xiaolong.
It turns out that the 7th Steel Company in "Soldier Assault" does not exist. The 7th Steel Company in "Soldier Assault" belongs to the 84th Army, but in fact, it has been revealed in Lan Xiaolong's novel that it belongs to the 38th Army.
force.
The Seventh Company of Steel does not exist. There is, in fact, the Third Company of Red!
The Third Red Company, which is now the company in the script of the 38th Army, fought bloody battles on Songgu Peak to prevent the 2nd U.S. Division from converging with friendly forces. The two U.S. troops were only one kilometer apart, but they could not merge.
One place.
The Third Red Company repelled five US charges at that time. These were all group charges accompanied by tanks and planes firing artillery. In the end, only seven people in the entire company were left alive!
This is why, in Lan Xiaolong’s works, this unit is called ‘Steel Seventh Company’!
It was mentioned in the joining ceremony of the Seventh Steel Company that only three soldiers returned from this battle. This is correct, because four other soldiers were seriously injured, were later rescued, and returned to the country to retire and participate in production, and
It has always been "three no-stretches" and anonymity... Faced with such heroes, who would have the nerve to throw dirty water on them? Call their victory worthless? Or even deny their victory altogether?
What about their achievements?
In other words, Wu Xiang actually hit the target this time. He wanted to shoot something that Lan Xiaolong was very familiar with. It would be strange if the script was produced too slowly.
The muzzle of this gun hits well, it hits so well!
Generally speaking, this script is quite satisfactory, but Wu Xiang feels that there is still something missing. From the perspective of characters, there are a lot of characters, and the protagonist is not too prominent. But in such a movie, it seems that it is really difficult for the protagonist to stand out, unless
It is not based on historical facts to create a more majestic image of a personal hero.
However, Wu Xiang immediately rejected this idea in his mind, and at the same time a very, very strong idea came to his mind.
"In this way, Xiaolong, let's create an image. This image is the protagonist. But our protagonist must be down-to-earth, ordinary, and alive in the end. Why not choose a farmer, the most ordinary farmer. But the key question is
Yes, we still have to let the audience remember those dead martyrs, we must let them remember the dead martyrs, it is necessary!"
This is Wu Xiang's request, but this request seems a bit too difficult.
But even so, Lan Xiaolong agreed without even considering it!
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Chapter completed!