From collapsed house idol to entertainment superstar

In mid-November, when the entertainment industry was still making waves due to "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves", Ding Zhi had quietly brought Zou Yutong to Hengpu, known as "Oriental Hollywood".

There are nearly ten other filming locations for this film "Sword Rain".

For example, in the script, there is a very symbolic stone bridge that runs through the entire film. I heard that it will be placed in a place called "Sima Hui Bridge" in Banzhu Village, Xinchang, Zhejiang Province, but the main filming location

Still laying horizontally.

However, there was a reason why Ding Zhi came to the filming location in advance because the director of the film had changed.

Mainly because Wu Qishang had some physical problems at the beginning of the month and was even hospitalized for a period of time.

When Ding Zhi told Zou Yutong about this, she was surprised that it was "too fast". In addition to the fact that "Jian Yu Jiang Hu" is a traditional large-scale production, logically speaking, the preparation process should be more cumbersome, and it was also because the director was ill.

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After all, the director is unwell, so there is a high possibility that the filming of the film will be delayed.

However, Wu Qishang introduced a director named Su Zhao to take the lead, and he himself became a film producer.

Ding Zhi also went to visit the doctor. In fact, it was not a big deal, it was just an old man's disease like high blood sugar.

But the most feared thing about such a small problem is complications. After all, Wu Qishang is now nearly 70 years old.

Not long ago, the film crew secretly hyped up the "thirty-year feud" between Wu Qi Shang and Yu Wenzhou. However, things went wrong on Wu Qi Shang's side. It can only be said that the plan was not as good as the change.

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In this case, Wu Qishang recommended a man named Su Zhaolai as the director, which at first glance seems to be a bit of a rush.

And Ding Zhi also knew about director Su Zhao.

In fact, this Su Zhao is the chief screenwriter of the story "Sword Rain".

Although Ding Zhi himself is the most famous "screenwriter" who writes, directs and acts.

But except for him, who is a weirdo, there are actually very few domestic screenwriters who can transform into directors and still succeed.

In fact, Ding Zhi had never heard of this Su Zhao before.

I originally thought that he might be positioned like Ding Zhi's own tool men Li Wenfeng and Cai Wen, but I didn't know that was the case until we met him.

Everyone has fixed thinking, and Ding Zhi is no exception.

However, after meeting with Su Zhao not long ago, Ding Zhi suddenly realized that this little-known director actually had a lot of problems.

Speaking of which, some people may wonder, why doesn't Ding Zhi come?

This time, Ding Zhi never had the idea of ​​"fighting for the director" at all.

Because it's not necessary.

You must know that directing and acting on your own is actually a very tiring thing.

Even for someone as energetic as Ding Zhi, after directing and starring in his painstaking work "The God of Medicine", he actually took a long break before making his second film "The Untouchable".

Furthermore, no matter who directs this movie, it will eventually become a "Wu Qishang work".

Because as a "veteran drama star", Ding Zhi certainly knows that sometimes a producer can actually be a better director than a director.

On the other hand, it is because Bona, whether in promotion or other directions, can predictably put the label of "Wu Qishang's work" on this film.

After all, given Wu Qishang's reputation, even if the director is Ding Zhilai, who just won the Golden Bear for Best Picture, in fact, in Su Zhao's position, there is a high probability that the works produced will be labeled as "Wu Qishang's works"

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This is not a question of ability or reputation, but a question of naked qualifications.

The most important thing is that although Jiuyao Media has some participation in "Jian Yu Jiang Hu", it is not a self-produced work. There is no need for Ding Zhi to work himself to death and let other companies make the lion's share of the money.

Yes, this drama also has some participation from Jiuyao Media. This is also part of Bona's operation to deeply bind Ding Zhi in order to show his goodwill.

Even if we put aside the huge output value of Jiuyao Media, Ding Zhi alone, as one of the few billion-dollar movie stars in China, still has a huge reputation.

After all, he has a box office of tens of billions. After "The Tuner", "The God of Medicine" and "Wushuang" have been released one after another in the past two years, the total box office of movies starring Ding Zhiyiyi has already reached 15 billion!

In fact, Ding Zhi is not the only one who has used the promotional slogan "Ten Billion Box Office" for a long time.

In recent years, with the popularity of theme-melody movies, several actors with so-called "gross box office sales exceeding 10 billion" have appeared on the market from time to time.

Just like Ding Zhi, who has a slight intersection with him, Ye Haoran, who played the Dragon Boat Festival in "Eight Hundred", actually won the so-called "tens of billions box office" more than Ding Zhi, but in fact he also played any supporting role.

It was pieced together by Shang Minato.

Another example is Xiaopang, who has been dubbed the "Ninety Billion Sister" and has been repeatedly trying to come back over the years but has been repeatedly blocked... Her ex-boyfriend in Love Stone is also a so-called "Ten Billion Actor". Can you believe it?

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At first glance, oh, who the hell are you fooling?

In the past few years, he appeared in a few cameos in a few movies with the main theme of the platter. Later, he was included in the scenes that only lasted for a few minutes in the movie "Armageddon", which is still the best in film history.

Inside "Total Box Office".

When these two are added together, it exceeds tens of billions.

And what about the movie he actually starred in?

The total is less than a fraction of his "tens of billions in box office".

This is purely self-deception. I can only say that the studio staff who created the promotional press release for him also have a hole in their heads.

"Ding Sheng! How was your rest last night?"

The man who appeared in front of Ding Zhi was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, with short, featureless hair, and could even be said to be somewhat unattractive. He was the real director of this film, Su Zhao.

"It's okay. I don't like beds. I can sleep anywhere. Especially after I get into working mode, I sleep very deeply."

"Hey! I really envy you! I started to have insomnia and hair loss as soon as I arrived on the set."

Su Zhao shook his head and began to chat with Ding Zhi. He seemed to be a very talkative person.

In fact, an average screenwriter may be socially withdrawn and taciturn.

But as a director who coordinates the entire play, even if he is not well-rounded, he must at least have the most basic social skills.

"Director Wu is inside, and Director Dong is also inside! They are all waiting for you inside!"

It didn't take long for Su Zhao to get straight to the point.

Ding Zhi glanced at Miss Zou and motioned for her to follow him.

Zou Yutong, who was about to stop, raised his eyebrows and followed slowly.

"Hey! Dingzi! I'm so patient!"

"Director Wu! Director Dong!"

Ding Zhi smiled and nodded in greeting.

"Hello, Director Wu! Hello, Director Dong!"

Miss Zou also said hello obediently.

This so-called "Director Dong" is actually Dong Yunwei, the action director of "Sword Rain".

This action director has reduced his production in recent years, and may not be as famous as those who have won the best action director trophies in recent years.

But in fact, this gold medal action director is also well-known in the industry. He has been nominated for the Best Action Design of the Golden Elephant Award ten times, and finally won five times.

He also won two Golden Wave Awards for Best Action Design, which were merged into the Golden Bear.

In terms of quantity alone, those trophies can be said to have greatly surpassed a certain actor who had a glass cabinet at home.

He is obviously someone who can be called an old-timer.

He stood up and greeted him, "Hello Ding Sheng!"

Then he turned his attention to Zou Yutong.

"This is our 'Xiaoyu', right? She is indeed a talented and handsome woman!"

Dong Yunwei said these words in his half-familiar Hong Kong language, which sounds quite interesting.

Ding Zhi did not shy away from the fact that Miss Zou came from a "connected household".

After all, in terms of acting skills, Zou Yutong is actually quite capable after experiencing Ding Zhi's intentional and unintentional "sharpening" over the years.

Even on certain occasions, when Ms. Zou plays the emotional scenes she is best at, she can even improve her acting skills to the same level as Ding Zhi.

It's like "The Eraser in My Brain", which has been called the "ceiling of sadomasochism" even after several years.

Zou Yutong's heroine didn't win an award that year, or even get a nomination. In fact, many people on the Internet still feel sorry for her, and even scold the shady actress.

In fact, any director is basically happy to see this kind of "connected person" who has proven his box office strength, proven his commercial value, has acting skills, and is suitable for the role.

"Thank you, Director Dong! Please take care of me next time!"

Miss Zou said with a smile.

Her role as "Xiao Yu" doesn't have too many roles, and it's more of a martial arts role than a literary one. For this character to have the right moves, she naturally has to maintain a good posture and build a good relationship.

Influenced by Ding Zhi, Ms. Zou has basically been wandering around in modern dramas since her debut. This "Xiaoyu" may be considered a small role for people at the level of Ding Zhi and Wu Qishang, but in fact, for Ms. Zou

It can be said to be a new leap.

After a while, a few people sat down and began to talk about some of the regulations of "Sword Rain Jianghu".

This is a meeting before they start the machine.

Ding Zhi, as a "pure actor" in this drama, was able to participate in this kind of meeting, naturally not just because of his status.

After all, to put it bluntly, no matter how high an actor's status is, Wu Qishang can still control the scene.

The reason why Ding Zhi was able to participate is naturally because he has considerable attainments in screenwriting and directing, which means "the capable work hard".

Although he has no intention of getting involved in the directing rights of this film, it is well known that Brother Zhi has a strong "desire to control" his own works.

Zou Yutong didn't speak any more and perfectly played the role of "vase" beside her, because she couldn't actually get involved in the following topic.

However, this kind of "auditing" opportunity is actually extremely rare for ordinary people.

People who have reached a certain height, or are destined to reach a certain height, will have a wonderful commonality in them.

Both Ding Zhi and Wu Qishang are actually the type of people who do practical things.

Therefore, although there is no deep friendship between the few of them, after a few simple greetings, they quickly got into work...

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Regardless of whether Yu Wenzhou's seemingly true or false sentence "Martial arts are dead" really comes from his true feelings.

After all, even Ding Zhi, who knew the inside story, was not sure whether this was for hype or the martial arts master's true words.

But as a film genre that developed almost simultaneously with domestic films, martial arts films are in fact as important to Chinese films as western films are to beautiful Chinese films.

Our martial arts films have actually established a set of basic narrative rules very early on, the main elements of which are arena, treasure hunting, hegemony, revenge, and romance.

By the 1960s and 1970s, as one of the important types of Hong Kong films, martial arts films had reached their peak in narrative style.

The story patterns created by martial arts classics such as "The Golden Swallow", "The Chivalry Girl", and "The One-Armed Sword" continued until the beginning of this century, but in fact no fundamental changes occurred.

Although the new martial arts movies of the last century, headed by Yu Wenzhou, the "father of new martial arts", have added entangled grievances and hatreds between temples and rivers and lakes, they are still inseparable from the five elements mentioned above, and they are more about the innovation of action.

Rather than an innovation in narrative mode.

Many times, in fact, the problem of the disconnection between film plots and action scenes in the film narrative process has not been fundamentally solved in this wave of innovation in martial arts films.

Martial arts movies have always had a congenital flaw in the narrative structure, that is, plot clues and action scenes are disconnected from each other during the movie narrative process and cannot help each other.

The plot of most martial arts movies will press the pause button when it develops into an action scene, and wait for the two parties to complete the fighting scene, and then the plot of the film will continue to develop.

This is vaguely like a "turn-based" gameplay, except that this time it's not fighting, but the progression of the plot.

Except for a few landmark martial arts films, martial arts films as a commercial genre have always relied on selling visual spectacles.

Therefore, the action scenes of martial arts movies have been constantly innovating, but the progress at the story level has been minimal.

Even in the two sub-genres of Chinese martial arts films - fist martial arts and gun martial arts, this tendency to rely too much on visual spectacle action scenes while neglecting the plot tension of the movie story itself has always existed.

Big Brother Cheng's "Furniture City" series of comedy movies is even more outstanding among the former.

And the fashion martial arts films headed by Universe Dan are the latter.

But in fact, they cannot escape from this "objective law".

Since such films have always been popular with audiences in the market, innovation in the narrative structure of martial arts films has always lacked motivation.

In fact, it has been popular in China to divide scenes in martial arts movies and action movies into two types: "literary drama" and "martial drama".

Even Ding Zhi is accustomed to this. In fact, it is a reflection of the audience's interest caused by the disconnect between plot and action.

In the martial arts film "Sword Rain", in terms of the script, the most attractive thing for Ding Zhi is the combination of character, plot tension and action scenes. It can be said that it is the most balanced among martial arts films in recent years.

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Although there haven't been many martial arts movies released in recent years.

Even without the sword fighting scenes of the costumed knights in the story, this movie can still attract the audience to pay attention to the fate of the characters in the film with its compact plot tension, and be moved by the emotional atmosphere created by the characters in the film.

It can even be said that this story is actually a fusion of classic Hollywood narrative types, completing the inheritance and innovation of Chinese martial arts movies.

In fact, as a martial arts film, the story that Ding Zhi obtained still does not deviate from the "objective laws" of martial arts films. It touches on all the typical elements of martial arts films such as rivers and lakes, treasure hunting, hegemony, revenge, romance, etc.

The struggle for hegemony among the rivers and lakes, the seizure of treasures by the heroes, and the grievances and hatreds of the children of the rivers and lakes. The three story lines are advanced simultaneously with clear priorities, creating a tight story rhythm. The whole story is busy but not chaotic, and the emotional motivations and story dynamics of all the characters are well understood.

All clear and clear.

No wonder Wu Qishang is confident in this. To a large extent, this is a breakthrough in narrative advancement that combines martial arts spectacle!