Liu Qingshan knows that there is nothing he can do about the predicament of the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, and it is not an easy matter to mobilize national power.
However, he can help his friends as much as possible, such as musical works and training new martial arts talents.
As for the special effects of the movie, it is another matter, because it involves the distribution of profits for the entire film, and concerns various issues such as investors, producers, distributors, performers, etc.
Therefore, such behavior falls into the purely commercial category. The only way to take care of your friend's face is to jump in line in the production sequence and give a discount on the price as appropriate.
But at this moment, he did not discuss it in depth, but immediately changed his direction.
He said: "By the way, Brother Dabao, I have a script here that you can consider. Since the overall market in Xiangjiang is not good, all we can do is to carefully create a good work that makes our own conscience acceptable. Maybe we can make a difference on this issue." force!"
His words made Hong Dabao and Zhen Zijian widen their eyes almost at the same time.
They know very well that if Liu Qingshan can produce a high-quality script comparable to "Kung Fu", it will be the only major consolation for local artists in Hong Kong.
In fact, this situation has been clearly demonstrated once in two thousand years when "Infernal Affairs" was filmed.
That film, from investors, actors, to screenwriters, directors, and post-production staff, every staff member on the crew had the determination and dream to once again revitalize Hong Kong movies.
Almost all the artists in Hong Kong cheered up and selflessly provided various kinds of help.
Some media once commented after the release of "Infernal Affairs": If there are more people in Hong Kong who love movies, then Hong Kong movies will never fall.
In fact, as early as the late 1990s, Hong Kong Film, the once highland of Asian films, began to collapse.
Chen Long, Zhou Yunfa, and Jet Li left their hometowns, and famous directors such as Wu Yusen and Xu Ke went to Hollywood...
This Asian film base, once known as the "Hollywood of the East", ended its decades of unparalleled glory.
After most of the actors and directors we are familiar with left the already depressed Hong Kong film market, although outstanding film workers such as Zhou Xingchi and Wang Jing worked hard to support it, the decline of Hong Kong films has long been irreversible.
With the choices of the market and capital, as well as adjustments at the policy level, the Hong Kong films we were once familiar with have once again been pushed to their peak with the arrival of "Infernal Affairs".
However, due to the great success of "Infernal Affairs", it was pushed into the new Hong Kong film era of "big productions and big scenes".
But looking back, the Hong Kong movies we love are actually those "Hong Kong-flavored" Hong Kong movies that are full of market atmosphere, hidden in corners, full of wild imagination, full of fireworks and sincerity.
What Liu Qingshan plans to produce is such a script, which has a sense of belonging that is permeated with Hong Kong's unique culture and historical background, has a stronger and richer local belonging than mainland films, and is familiar to people. The sword, fist, and kung fu movies have a strong masculine flavor.
This script is "The Commander" that was supposed to appear three years later. As for Zhen Zijian, he has another plan, which is another equally classic "The Fuse".
But he won't take it out today, otherwise the two kung fu movies with similar genres will collide and seriously affect ticket sales.
Faced with the enthusiasm of the two people, Liu Qingshan only looked at Hong Dabao.
"Brother Dabao, the name of the script is "Win the Handsome Man". I want you to star in it. The overall style is somewhat similar to "Slaying the Wolf". It is also a hand-to-hand kung fu film with real swords and guns."
Hong Dabao can't wait for a long time: "Okay, once "Slaying the Wolf" can achieve good results, it is the easiest way to make a follow-up movie, at least it will be guaranteed at the box office!"
Liu Qingshan nodded: "With all due respect, it has an advantage over "Slaying the Wolf" in terms of plot, and even slightly better in depth. How can I put it, the whole plot is like a chess game, and the chess board is orderly. , every chess piece has its own position, and cannot cross the thunder pool even half a step. If one piece is wrong, the whole board will be lost, and the result will be regrettable!"
Several Xiangjiang people's eyes lit up, because whether it was the "Buddhist theory" of "Infernal Affairs" or the "Ziwei Sanxing theory" or the theory of metaphysics in "Slaying the Wolf" that is currently being filmed, they all have a high-level background. .
This method of borrowing the names of ancient Buddhist scriptures and Ziwei Dou Shu to propose the theme of the movie has become a trend.
Liu Qingshan only needs to mention the film proposition of "Chess Game Theory", which is enough to show that his script follows the trend of the film market very closely.
But they were all wrong, because Liu Qingshan's next words immediately gave another conclusion.
"Corresponding to the chess game theory is a sentence at the end of the film: Those who comply with destiny will be sad; those who resist destiny will die. This sentence comes from the Qian hexagram in the "Book of Changes", and combined with the chess game theory, it is the theme of this film !”
"Hiss..." This is Ren Jiahua taking a breath of cold air, "I know this sentence. The Qian hexagram means to keep a low profile, be humble and patient, accumulate over time, lay a solid foundation and be prepared, the flying dragon is in the sky, waiting After the five stages have passed, you have to understand that a strong dragon has regrets, and know how to retreat bravely from the rapids, only then can you finally reach the point where a group of dragons has no leader."
Liu Qingshan clapped his hands and said, "Yes, I didn't expect Brother Hua to have such a deep understanding of it. When I wrote the script, I was just scrambling and read a lot of related books!"
"Haha, it happens that there is an elder in the family who is good at this. I am just passively influenced by it. You should tell me about the plot. Didn't you see that Dabao is sweating with anxiety?"
So Liu Qingshan briefly explained the plot.
Lian Haolong, the leader of "Loyalty, Faith and Righteousness", has a flourishing career and has many powerful generals under his command.
His wife SOSO, his brothers Lian Haodong, Ah Fa, Tian Hong, Ah Zou and Ah Heng are all loyal to the Lord, decisive and ruthless in their actions.
Therefore, the strength of "loyalty and righteousness" leads the pack among Hong Kong gangs. In the dangerous underworld world, there is intrigue, the weak eat the strong, and grievances are often resolved with bloody violence.
A 300 million yuan drug deal was foiled by the anti-gangster group Sir Liao. Later, the fourth uncle, the boss behind "Zhongxinyi" was kidnapped, causing "Zhongxinyi" to be seriously injured.
Incidents occurred one after another in "Loyalty and Faith". Lian Haolong, SOSO and Dong were desperate and launched a large-scale counterattack to fight blood for blood. As a result, they kept going down the wrong path again and again, and "Loyalty and Faith" finally reached a dead end.
Is it the chicken in the cage that rebels? Is the enemy's evil plan successful? Or is it a police dragnet?
Under the scenes of bloody battles, "loyalty and faith" are heading towards the end of defying destiny step by step...
Liu Qingshan finally said: "Of course, this is just the outline of the story. A lot of things happened during this period. For example, Lian Haolong's younger brother was addicted to gambling and owed a debt of 20 million; Ah Zou's wife extorted two yuan of hush money from Su Su. Ten million, but when Susu conveyed it to Lian Haolong, she said it was four to five billion; Susu kidnapped her fourth uncle to make up for the shortfall, and a series of internal fights started..."
