Chapter 583 Publicity Is Just Bragging!

The story of "Black Man" was born in 1991 from "The Story of an Urban Weird" published by Hong Kong Subculture Hall. The author is Peng Zhiming.

Later, cartoonist Li Zhida turned it into a cartoon and named it "Legend of Black Man".

It is said that the inspiration comes from the assistant Kato in "The Green Hornet"...

The story template of "Dark Man" is exactly the same as that of "John Wick", "Avenged" and "Taken" - a cool script about a retired man coming back in anger to destroy the world.

The male protagonist Xu Xi of "Black Man" is an instructor of the killer organization Unit 701. His body has been modified, and he has strong combat effectiveness and no pain. He is the best killing weapon.

But he was tired of the life of fighting and killing, so he defected from the organization and went to Hong Kong, where he found a job as a library administrator.

Then he was forced to return to the world...

This kind of movie is all about fighting!

Li Lianlian is really awesome...

Agile, ruthless, and deadly!

——Li Lianjie is simply an action star model tailor-made by God for Chinese action movies.

In terms of cool and beautiful movements, there is no other person except Li Lianjie.

Moreover, according to the setting, the opponents in "Black Man" are all members of Unit 701. The modified bionics have amazing strength and endurance, and have the unbeatable vitality of Xiao Qiang.

Therefore, when Hei Xia encounters these strong bones, he must try his best and use many very cruel methods.

The appearance of those extremely violent and bloody action shots also gives the whole film an extraordinary look and feel!

Therefore, Shen Xudong suggested: "Actually, it's good to have a routine like "Black Man" where you get tired of fighting and kill, then withdraw from the world, and have to come back because of certain things!"

Xu Ke immediately noticed something: "...Do you have any ideas?"

"Hmm...I want to make some action movies!"

"An action movie?"

"It's all about action, fun and satisfying movies!"

Xu Ke was very interested: "Why do you have such an idea?"

Shen Xudong explained: "I have a company in the United States that specializes in producing mid- to low-cost movies, mainly horror, thriller and even sentimental movies... Such movies are unlikely to be released in the mainland. Only action movies can be released in the mainland! "

"...Not necessarily. I heard that "Rush Hour 3" has not received approval."

"Then don't involve any Chinese elements..."

"Rush Hour 3" failed to get approval because the villain was a Chinese gangster...

New Line said it didn't matter. Anyway, the mainland market is small and pitiful - the box office at most is over 10 million US dollars...

Shen Xudong continued: "A fictional killer organization, the male protagonist is a retired member of the killer organization..."

Xu Ke immediately asked: "Who do you want to play?"

"Sammo Hung or Yuen Biao?"

Xu Ke immediately reminded: "...they don't have the North American market."

"Try it...it's better than Jackie Chan or Li Lianjie, they are too expensive!"

"...Who does the director want?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "This is just a setting... The rules of the killer organization, the setting of the underground world, etc. all need to be completely perfected... After the setting is completed, I will consider the choice of director."

"…All right…"

Xu Ke is a little sorry...

But he has already taken over the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series, and also has the "Embroidered Spring Knife" series, "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom"...

How can I have time to worry about some cool action movies...

The movie that Xu Ke made with great care is very similar to the one-word electric sword in Swordsman. The sword moves look very gorgeous and dazzling, but if you look closely, you will find that there are many flaws and they can be easily cracked.

"A Better Tomorrow 3", "The Legend of Shushan", "Seven Swords" including the later "Deep Sea"...

On the contrary, the producer created a bunch of classics.

A typical example of good sentences but no good articles!

When I was young, I had a youthful attitude, and the density of "good sentences" was relatively frequent, so when viewed as a whole, people will overlook the major flaws in the overall structure.

As I get older, my good sentences become fewer and fewer, and I naturally fall apart.

Moreover... in the later stage, I went in the direction of technical flow and didn't care about the logic of the script at all.

Therefore, he must be strictly restricted, at least in terms of the script, and there must be no "Yu Huatian, if you have the ability, enter the tornado to compete!" ’ This kind of stupid plot that even ignores basic logic for the sake of special effects...

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On August 2, Shen Xudong left Xiangshan and went directly to Edinburgh.

"The Old Man" will have its premiere here.

In the movie market, "Transformers" still ranks first. Even if the incomparably popular "The Secret" by Chow Jialun is released, it cannot shake "Transformers" in its fourth week of release...

But the three-day box office is 11 million, which is not bad.

After all, it is a cross-border director, and it is set in the campus youth genre.

The distributor, China Film Group Corporation, is a little disappointed - China Film Group Corporation previously gave Chou Jialun a golden pig, hoping that he could challenge "Transformers". After all, "Transformers" is already in its fourth week of release...

Still a little worse!

"Transformers" had a box office of 38 million in its fourth week, with a cumulative box office of 232 million.

Well, it surpassed "Zhao Zilong" and temporarily ranked first in the year.

It hasn't been released yet - in the original time and space, "Transformers" has been released for two months!

The pressure is on "Liao Qian"...

Oh, the director of "Lao Qian" is Cao Baoping, starring Deng Chao, Gong Li, Wang Yu, Huang Bo and Liang Jiahui...

Liang Jiahui plays the ultimate villain, Lao Gui.

Well, it’s a co-production of a mainland director + actors from across the Taiwan Strait and three places!

Wang Yu was suggested by art director Xi Zhongwen to play Deng Chao's master...

Considering the issue of the release of "The Old Man" in Taiwan, Shen Xudong agreed.

He's not expensive anyway, and casting him can add a lot of gimmicks to the movie, so there's no reason to object.

At the Edinburgh premiere press conference, more than 40 media came, all wanting to interview Shen Xudong - "Life Events" ended with 179 million. Many media wanted to interview Shen Xudong, but they ran away without moral integrity!

It’s hard to make a public appearance, so of course you have to give a good interview.

Of course, the first thing the media asked about must be "The Wife":

"Actually, it's hard to come up with new formulas for movies about gamblers. "Old Man" is a typical gambler movie: a young man with extraordinary talent enters the world, worships a famous teacher, meets a beautiful woman, fights for life and death, and finally becomes a gambling god, and then quits. Jianghu, return to the life of ordinary people..."

"Then how can we be new and original? I asked the director to show how crooks are beaten, as well as many underground rules, such as chopping hands, cutting waists, cutting off ears, breaking tendons, etc..."

"Hong Kong's gambling movies are purely for entertainment and are completely incompatible with the situation in the Mainland. The story of "The Old Man" is actually quite real. Before we officially started filming, we found many masters to learn gambling techniques..."

"The whole movie is actually quite depressing...so we need a sexy and mature actress..."

"The posters are just stills... I have always thought Sister Gong Li is quite sexy, but she didn't have much chance to show it off when she was young, which is a pity..."

The poster of "Laoqiang" shows Gong Li with short hair, a silk skirt, sitting on the sofa with legs crossed and smoking. Well, the screen is full of Nako...

"Director Cao Baoping...Have you seen "Glorious Fury"? I recommend you watch it...After watching it, you will know why I specifically asked him to be the director of "The Old Man"."

"So Xudong, what are your expectations for the box office of "The Old Man"?"

"I think if piracy is properly controlled, the mainland box office should be worth 200 million..."

"So confident?"

""Manslaughter" has 150 million, and the quality of "The Old Man" is not inferior to that of "Manslaughter"..."

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong added: "Also, let me tell you some news. In Cannes, the copyrights of "The Couple" in South Korea and Japan were sold, including the remake rights..."

Well, he thought what he said was what the media cared about. As a result, he was free to ask questions, and the reporter's first question confused him: "Xudong, it is said online that you and Gong Li are lovers, is it true?"