Chapter 192 The Wine Sword Immortal (44)

Well, at this stage, the evaluation of Zhou Xingchi by public opinion is not bad, but the media and the upper management are not very optimistic about him...

The media are reporting that Stephen Chow's movies are meant to teach children bad things: his movies are basically full of swear words and their actions are pornographic. Children will learn bad things easily when they watch his movies!

A bunch of experts and professors criticized him for spoofing traditional Chinese culture...

When did the reputation change?

After the release of "Kung Fu"!

"Kung Fu" sold 173 million, helping China Film Group Corporation make a lot of money...

Then, Stephen Chow's movies became lively and cute!

In fact, it is normal. For some reasons, it is difficult for any negative news from outside to come in, and even if it does come, it is easy to deal with.

After working in Hong Kong for decades, I have no friends left...

It’s also a skill!

Bringing it back, Shen Xudong was suddenly curious, if "Hold the Call" is filmed in June, then... when will it be released?

"...I'm not sure about this, it should be the Lunar New Year period!"

"...Tsk, tsk, this is asking for death. I heard that "Sweet Dreams" and "Kung Fu" will be released during the Lunar New Year this year..."

Chen Hao hesitated: "Then I don't know..."

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Generally speaking, the production cycle of Hong Kong films is usually three to five months!

It’s not the legendary seven to ten days…

There is indeed a saying that Hong Kong movies are "fresh for seven days", which describes the production cycle of Hong Kong movies as being very short, but that was the era of Cantonese films, that is, the 1960s and 1970s...

Back then, production was relatively crude because there were no televisions. As long as the movie was filmed, people would watch it!

In terms of production, at that time, if the film cycle exceeded 10 days, extra money would be required, so Seven Days Fresh was developed in this way;

After the movie is released, regardless of whether it sells or not, it is usually released for 5 days - because the theater owners do not want the producers to raise the price when they see the movie is a hit, which is not beneficial to them, so they boycott the producers;

If it doesn't do well at the box office, it might be taken off the production line in a day or two and replaced.

During the golden age of Hong Kong films, the production cycle was very fast, with an average of 3 to 5 months to produce a film, and popular stars at that time had to shoot about 2 films in the same period on average...

This is the origin of the very popular saying "I don't have a schedule" in the early years. At that time, only those who were not popular went to film TV series!

"Hold the Call" didn't have any special effects shots. It was in the original time and space. It started shooting in February, and then it was released on the National Day schedule...and then I met "Painted Skin" head-on...

The box office is also okay, over 55 million US dollars in the mainland, and close to 11 million US dollars globally...

But... Shen Xudong is still not optimistic about this film entering the Lunar New Year movie. The reason is very simple: the screening hall cannot accommodate more than two works...

"Sweet Dreams" will be released on December 9th, and "Kung Fu" will be released on December 23rd...

Where is the room for "Hold the Call"?

Of course, he can't make the decision in this matter. Emperor's boss Yang is now doing great. With Jackie Chan, Xie Tingfeng, and Twins in his hands, he feels that he can dominate the world!

It should be "Ghost 2" with a box office of 23 million in the mainland. "New Police Story" and "2046" meet on a narrow road. The former has a box office of 43 million and the latter has a box office of 30 million...

Only then did he calm down...

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At six o'clock in the afternoon, the crew of "Sword", Shen Xudong attended the director's meeting as usual...

Generally speaking, Shen Xudong was in a daze during this meeting because he had no opinions...

As the chief director and chief producer, Li Guoli has a good understanding and research of scripts. He can also be a screenwriter himself - he has participated in the screenwriting of "Stock Madness" and "The Unparalleled World"...

At this time, if people don’t ask you, just shut up!

"We are going to split up into a group to shoot in Lishui, Zhejiang Province. Xiao Shen, are you going?"

"Huh? Where to go?"

After Shen Xudong came to his senses, Li Guoli repeated the question. Shen Xudong thought about it for a moment: "I'll go too!"

"Okay, then we'll set off the day after tomorrow..."

"How long will the filming take?"

"About half a month..."

Where to shoot in Zhejiang?

Jinyun Immortal Capital...

Xianling Island and Shushan were both filmed in Jinyun Xiandu!

Shen Xudong and the group...a ​​large part of the reason for coming here is for traveling...

After the meeting, Shen Xudong followed the director team to the set. Tonight, he was the one who taught Li Xiaoyao the swordsmanship for the scene of "Jiu Sword Fairy"...

Night photography, according to estimates, will take two to three hours!

Xie Junhao discussed Jiujianxian with Shen Xudong, and he knew that Shen Xudong deleted the scene where Anu was his daughter...

"I just feel that a knight like Jiujianxian, who is so unrestrained in the world, should not have descendants... A love disaster is enough! And the ending of dying at the hands of my own daughter is too cruel, I can't accept it!"

Xie Junhao was noncommittal...

Jiujianxian is definitely going to die, and the ending of this drama is an unsatisfactory ending.

At the tragic ending, the positive characters are almost wiped out.

For the sake of common people and righteousness, you can give up everything, including the true love in your heart.

Therefore, the Jiu Sword Fairy must also die, otherwise the ending would be less desolate and tragic.

If he died in the decisive battle against Baiyue, it would actually be okay. After all, the Jiujianxian, who has not completely given up like the Sword Master, will definitely take action to deal with Baiyue together, whether it is for his apprentice or to avenge Qing'er...

But this way of death is not suitable for the Jiu Sword Immortal. Whether he dies due to lack of strength or sacrifices like Tang Yu and Anu, it is completely inappropriate for this elegant Jiu Sword Immortal in the world, so the Jiu Sword Immortal wants to Die before the final showdown.

Then how did he die?

After being enlightened by Brother Sword Master, Jiu Jianxian had almost let go. After seeing Li Xiaoyao who had returned to ten years ago, that is, the copy of Soul Returning Immortal Dream, he understood in his heart that everything was fate...

He was almost enlightened, but he still wanted to give it a try, so he went to Baiyue for a duel and failed!

Bringing it back, Shen Xudong watched the acting between Brother Hu and Xie Junhao for a while...

I kind of sympathize with Brother Hu, but I'm completely beaten...

Regardless of the rhythm or the tone of the lines, Xie Junhao led the performance!

When acting like this, the two people's sense of rhythm matches up, but...when Brother Hu plays with other actors, the sense of rhythm is different...