Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is the second part of Jin Yong's "The Condor Heroes" trilogy series.

It was serialized in Ming Pao from 1959 to 1961, with a total of forty chapters. It is a very classic novel in the eyes of book fans.

The actor who played Yang Guo in the first version was Xie Xian, and the actress who played the role of Little Dragon Girl in this drama was named Nan Hong, who was the wife of Shaw Brothers director Chu Yuan.

In 1982, Shaw Brothers put "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" on the big screen, a film co-produced by Chang Cheh and Ni Kuang.

This drama is more like a prequel to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". It tells the story of Yang Guo's childhood, and even the little dragon girl does not appear.

Shaw Brothers originally planned to make a sequel, but unfortunately the leading actor Fu Sheng passed away in a car accident the following year, causing the sequel to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to end without any problems.

In Lin Daoqiu's era, there were two TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" that were regarded as classics by movie fans, both of which were filmed by TVB.

One is the 1983 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" co-produced by Andy Lau and Chen Yulian.

The other one is the 1995 version starring Louis Koo and Li Ruotong.

If we talk about influence, the 1995 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" obviously impressed everyone even more.

After all, the two dramas are 12 years apart, and the production level of TV dramas has improved by leaps and bounds.

"Originally, I was worried that Mr. Jin might refuse to let us remake "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but I didn't expect that this time he didn't object."

Huang Xizhao went to Ming Pao to find Jin Yong for the copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Originally, he was ready for a protracted war, but he didn't expect that after meeting Jin Yong and mentioning it to him, Jin Yong agreed without much hesitation.

After all, unlike "The Swordsman", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is not particularly difficult to modify.

If Lin Daoqiu still plans to make random changes this time, then Jin Yong may not consider cooperating with Oriental TV in the future.

"This time it's interesting. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" versus "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", it's Jin Yong versus Jin Yong, but the winner in the end is Mr. Jin, who is naturally optimistic about the outcome."

While Lin Daoqiu was talking, Huang Xizhao's face suddenly showed a hesitant expression.

Lin Daoqiu quickly noticed something unusual about Huang Xizhao, and he looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"If Mr. Lin hasn't forgotten, if you want to adapt Mr. Jin's novel into a TV series, the first thing to do is that the casting of the protagonist must be approved by Mr. Jin."

Although this is not a hard standard, TVB has always done this, and they even held an audition for Huang Rong before.

In the end, it was Weng Meiling who showed off her appearance in front of Jin Yong and made the other party greatly admire her. Only then could the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" begin smoothly.

This time Oriental TV is going to remake "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and it has obtained the rights to the TV series.

But if the casting fails to satisfy Jin Yong, I'm afraid it will waste a lot of time.

"Don't worry, Mr. Jin will definitely be satisfied with the combination of Andy Lau and Chen Yulian."

Lin Daoqiu did not think that Jin Yong would stumbling upon him in this matter. If he really wanted to do this, he would not agree to give "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to Oriental TV.

Huang Xizhao still felt uneasy, but since Lin Daoqiu said so, he could only follow the right instructions.

Although the male and female protagonists of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were decided smoothly, Lin Daoqiu was quite confused about who would film the movie.

Previously, five producers were hired from TVB, Li Tiansheng, Zhao Zhenqiang, Gan Guoliang, Li Huimin, and Qiu Jiaxiong.

Li Huimin is good at filming martial arts dramas. He was originally at Jiayi TV Station, but after Jiayi went bankrupt, he transferred to TVB.

Li Tiansheng is also a very suitable candidate. He is also good at shooting martial arts and ancient costumes.

The other three have more or less filmed some costumes and martial arts, but they are still a bit inferior compared to Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin.

Originally, the producer of the previous version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was Xiao Sheng. Not to mention that he is now at TVB. Even if he was still at Oriental TV, Lin Daoqiu probably would not have left "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to him.

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Moreover, this drama is regarded as the first major production of Oriental TV after its establishment. Lin Daoqiu thought about it and finally decided to participate in it himself.

As for the director, Lin Daoqiu plans to let Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin serve together.

After calling Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin to the office, they were very self-aware and respectfully called "boss" as soon as they entered the door.

"Please sit down, both of you. The reason why I came to see you today, I guess you have heard before, is that the company plans to remake "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". I plan to personally supervise the production of this drama, and the two of them will serve as the directors of this drama.

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As soon as Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin sat down, they both looked surprised after hearing what Lin Daoqiu said.

Lin Daoqiu actually took the initiative to serve as the producer, which is enough to show how much he values ​​"The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

As for having the two of them serve as directors together, Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin don't feel any grievance or even dissatisfaction.

"Since the boss is personally involved, we will do our best to help you make this "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" perfect."

Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin knew very well what they should say at this time. Anyway, they had already corrected their mentality. Obediently assisting Lin Daoqiu in filming this movie was a great achievement.

"The protagonists have been decided to be Andy Lau and Chen Yulin. As for the other supporting roles, I will leave it to you. In addition, you can communicate with the screenwriter department more about the script adaptation. Generally speaking, we should follow the direction of the original work."

Li Tiansheng had worked with Lin Daoqiu before, and he knew that Lin Daoqiu's filming style was accustomed to leaving most things to others.

Although he has the title of producer, most of the time it is handled by the director, which Li Tiansheng can be said to have a deep understanding of.

Li Huimin had not worked with Lin Daoqiu before, so he did not understand Lin Daoqiu's temperament. At this time, he played a role of listening more and speaking less.

"Boss, please rest assured, we will start the preparatory work for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" right away."

Lin Daoqiu was very satisfied with Li Tiansheng's answer, which contained almost no unnecessary nonsense.

"The production cost of this drama is about 20 million, and it is initially set to have 30 episodes."

Originally Lin Daoqiu planned to shoot twenty episodes, but the story of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is too long. If only twenty episodes were shot, there would be too many places that need to be deleted.

You must know that the 1983 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has a full fifty episodes. Although there are many places for water injection, the entire novel was reduced to thirty episodes at once, which is really not an easy task.

Li Tiansheng and Li Huimin were really shocked when they heard that the production cost of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was as high as 20 million. After all, when they were filming dramas for TVB before, they always tried to save everything they could.

Unexpectedly, they got a big production just after joining Oriental TV, how could they not be overjoyed.