Back to 80: My Literary Life

"Brother Cai, can I make another one?" Liu Zhenwei was stunned.

"Zhenwei, you are a famous quick shooter, you are here to help, can you bear to see Jiawei's slow and slow work, and then the box office will lose money and Zedong Film will go bankrupt?!"

Ah? !

Liu Zhenwei was shocked.

It was not easy to stop worrying about the loss of "A Chinese Odyssey", but now he has to worry about the loss of "Ashes of Time" made by Wong Kar-wai!

"Brother Cai, this method is okay, but I don't have a suitable script now." Liu Zhenwei said.

"I don't care about it, you can write it yourself or find someone to write it. I'll call Jiawei and tell him!"

The other party hung up the phone quickly.

Liu Zhenwei picked up the cigar and fell into deep thought again.

To use the original crew and even props, of course it is a martial arts film

Or, find that Minghua again?

Yes, find him!

He writes quickly, and I shoot quickly!

However, the style I require is different from Wong Kar-wai's.

Also, I don't want the wild and confusing plot of "A Chinese Odyssey".

I just want it to be funny and nonsensical!

I don't know if he can write it?

Fang Minghua received a call from Liu Zhenwei the next morning. He first went to Lao Sun's house outside Chaoyangmen to drink a bowl of spicy soup, and then strolled around the street before going home.

Not long after returning home, the phone rang in the living room. Fang Minghua picked up the receiver and heard Hong Kong-style Mandarin.

"Minghua, this is Zhenwei."

"Director Liu, hello." Fang Minghua greeted.

"Congratulations, I heard that "A Chinese Odyssey" is a big hit in the mainland box office."

"Director Liu, should I congratulate you? You are the director." Fang Minghua smiled.

"Congratulations."

Fang Minghua certainly knew that Liu Zhenwei's direct call to him from Hong Kong was definitely not just about "A Chinese Odyssey". Otherwise, he would have directly contacted Song Tangtang instead of him.

Sure enough, after the two chatted for a while, Liu Zhenwei said, "Minghua, I'll ask you to help me write another script this time."

"What script?"

"It's also a martial arts one." Liu Zhenwei repeated his thoughts on the phone.

Isn't there a script?

Wong Kar-wai is still so slow in filming? !

Fang Minghua was very surprised.

But think about it, Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" took a year and a half to shoot, and "2046" took five years to shoot.

He is a person who takes his time to do things. I don't know if he has revised the script again and again after receiving it?

Fang Minghua sighed in her heart and said, "Director Liu, it's okay."

"Minghua, I want to shoot this time, don't write those literary lines." Liu Zhenwei made his request.

"Okay."

"Also, I don't want the messy timeline of "A Chinese Odyssey". I don't need the acting skills that Xingzai wants to break through. I just need to be funny and nonsensical!"

"OK! No problem!"

Fang Minghua agreed so readily that Liu Zhenwei was a little worried.

Can the other party write a script that he is satisfied with?

What happened recently?

Since working with this Minghua, have you always been worried about gains and losses?

After Fang Minghua hung up the phone, he couldn't help shaking his head.

It seems that some history cannot be changed.

This "Ashes of Time" and that "A Chinese Odyssey" are twins.

Well, just write it.

Fang Minghua went upstairs to the study, made himself a cup of tea, turned on the computer and started writing.

The full name of "A Chinese Odyssey" is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: A Chinese Odyssey".

Adapted from Jin Yong's novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", it mainly tells the story of how the wife of King Jinlun and Ouyang Feng conspired to poison the king and usurp the throne, but because they did not get the imperial seal, they tracked down the third princess.

In a series of chases and misunderstandings, the third princess got help from her fellow apprentices Huang Yaoshi, Hong Qi, Duan Zhixing and others, and fought a life-and-death battle with Ouyang Feng.

This is a typical Hong Kong fast-food movie. From an artistic point of view, it has no nutrition at all, but this movie has achieved much higher box office than "Ashes of Time".

"Love Knife", "Eyes and Sword", "Dry Firewood Palm". The "sausage mouth" designed by Tony Leung Chiu-wai has become a classic shape in film history, and the dialogue of "sausages to take away" has also become a classic funny bridge that movie fans talk about with relish.

Just write it like this.

In the evening, Song Tangtang came back from work and heard Fang Minghua say that he was writing a script for Liu Zhenwei again. He was a little curious. What was he writing?

When he went upstairs and saw the unfinished script in the computer, his eyes widened immediately.

"Minghua, what did you write? It's a mess, pure spoof! It's not good at all."

"Really?" Fang Minghua smiled and said, "If Liu Zhenwei shoots it well, it may be more popular than Wong Kar-wai's "Ashes of Time."

"I don't believe it. Do audiences like to watch such bad movies?!"

"Comrade Song Tangtang, you can't just look at movies from the perspective of audiences or film critics, you should look at it from the perspective of investors!"

Hearing Fang Minghua talking to her in such a serious tone, Song Tangtang looked stubborn: "I don't care, anyway, Shengshi Film and Television will never invest in such a movie!"

Ouch

"You have personality!"

Fang Minghua gave a thumbs up.

"Hate it!" Song Tangtang said angrily, and then said, "Anyway, I want to make Shengshi Film and Television like MGM in the United States!"

MGM is a famous film company in Hollywood, and one of its characteristics is that it likes to make art films.

"Waterloo Bridge", "Ben-Hur", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Gone with the Wind" and so on.

Unfortunately, in the 21st century, Sony bought MGM for nearly $5 billion, but it still went bankrupt and filed for bankruptcy protection.

Later, Amazon acquired MGM, and MGM, which had been "selling itself" in the Hollywood market for a long time, finally found its buyer.

It's a bit unlucky.

Of course, Fang Minghua didn't say much.

Shengshi Film and Television will not fall to that point.

Three days later, Fang Minghua wrote the script of "East is West" and sent it to Liu Zhenwei who was far away in Hong Kong.

Liu Zhenwei took the script and read it.

Damn!

This is simply tailor-made for me!

I admire it, I really admire it.

As for the copyright adaptation fee, let Brother Cai and Jin Daxia talk about it!

Without saying a word, Liu Zhenwei packed his luggage and hurried to Zhenbeibao, Ningxia with his assistant.

Brother, I'm coming!

Lend me your venue, props, and people, I'm going to make a movie!

It is said that Zhenbeibao has become more lively.

Shengshi Film and Television invested in three films last year.

"A Chinese Odyssey" was better than expected, and "The Weaving Girl" was a dark horse, which just won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Film at the first Shanghai International Film Festival held in Shanghai. Wang Quanan became a director like his predecessor Zhang Yimou, and became famous overnight.

However, Shengshi Film and Television invested in Zhang Yimou's new film "To Live", but there seems to be no movement.