Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

A lot of people gathered in the small screening room of New Oriental Company that day.

Hu Jinquan, Leslie Cheung, Chen Yulian, Li Saifeng, Jiang David, as well as Zheng Danrui and Wen Juan were all sitting inside.

The post-production of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has been completed, and today is the first preview session.

In addition to a few of them, Lin Daoqiu and Huang Ying also walked in from outside.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started."

Lin Daoqiu didn't waste much of everyone's time. As soon as he came in, he sat directly in the middle seat.

Lin Daoqiu still has great expectations for this "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But he also knows very well that in this era where stunts are still very crude.

It can be said that it is almost impossible to capture the shocking effects of later generations.

So at the beginning, Lin Daoqiu's expectations for the special effects part of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" were not very high.

The opening of the movie version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" opens in an inn next to a landscape.

Leslie Cheung plays Li Xiaoyao, who is almost the same as in the game.

Li Xiaoyao dreamed of fighting against a master, but was woken up by his aunt.

But even if it happened in a dream, it was still very poetic and picturesque by Hu Jinquan.

Moreover, the special effects of the attack seemed to be quite good, at least that's what Lin Daoqiu thought.

As the plot develops, heroines such as Zhao Ling'er and Lin Yueru also appear.

Because it is a movie version, the play is not very long, only a little over an hour and a half, which is about a hundred minutes.

But what they watched today was the condensed version, which lasted 120 minutes.

If it were any other movie, this length would really not be appropriate.

But just looking at the scenery and mountains and rivers makes people feel that it is worth the price of admission.

Filming in Guilin was completely different from that of later generations in that it had not yet been artificially developed.

Therefore, almost most places still maintain their original features.

While watching, Lin Daoqiu chatted with Huang Ying and turned to chat with Hu Jinquan.

The plot of the story is almost based on the novel. After all, when Lin Daoqiu wrote "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", he planned to make it into a movie.

Although the storyline of the novel is much longer, the movie version only uses half of the plot and ends with the part about the Demon Suppression Tower.

From the compactness of the story, the acting skills of the actors, and the special effects, overall, Lin Daoqiu is quite satisfied.

Moreover, Hu Jinquan did not arrange for the role of Jin Yiwei or eunuchs to appear in "Legend of Sword and Fairy" this time, which also benefited from Lin Daoqiu's previous reminder.

Although "Legend of Sword and Fairy" does not particularly emphasize what dynasty the story takes place in.

However, this time point is obviously earlier than the time of the Ming Dynasty.

Even many people in later generations are speculating based on the plot in the game that "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a story that took place in the Song Dynasty.

"Mr. Lin, what we are watching now is the 120-minute version, so we have to reduce some of it."

King Hu has been making movies for so long, so he naturally knows what the appropriate length of a movie is.

Although he feels that it would be a very good choice to keep it as it is and release it in theaters.

However, if you do this, the play will inevitably look a bit too lengthy, which will give the audience a bad impression.

So after careful consideration, he reluctantly decided to find ways to shorten the duration of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

I think that as long as it is simple and intensive, it will be enough. One hundred and twenty minutes is actually not unacceptable.

Lin Daoqiu's words made Hu Jinquan suddenly raise his head.

He was originally worried that Lin Daoqiu would think the play was too long, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't think so.

""Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a special effects movie. It cost so much money and is a little longer than an ordinary movie. This is actually normal." Lin Daoqiu explained with a smile: "I believe that not only will the audience not hate it,

And I’ll also like it very much.”

Lin Daoqiu looked very confident, which also infected the people around him.

"Since Mr. Lin said this, I'm relieved. I will work overtime this week to cut out the final version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy"."

After receiving encouragement from Lin Daoqiu, Hu Jinquan looked very happy.

After all, even though at the beginning of this drama, he didn't really want to continue it.

But after filming in the Mainland, Hu Jinquan couldn't help but start to like this "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Moreover, during the filming process, he was able to appreciate the famous mountains and rivers in China and many natural scenery.

This also made Hu Jinquan make up his mind that he must go back and film more movies in the future.

If Hu Jinquan were asked to go back to the previous situation of filming in Shaw Brothers, he would definitely not agree.

"Director Hu really has to work overtime during this period, because the release time of this movie has been set."

If Lin Daoqiu doesn't say anything, Hu Jinquan is still not sure when "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will be released.

But when Lin Daoqiu said this, he immediately realized that the release time of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was probably approaching.

The reason why Lin Daoqiu is so anxious is entirely because the promotion of "New Shushan Swordsman" has begun.

If "Legend of Sword and Fairy" doesn't follow up quickly, there will be no stage left to compete in, just admit defeat.

"On March 1st, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will be released simultaneously in all theaters owned by New Oriental, and this time, I have asked ATV to broadcast the premiere of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in its entirety."

The last time Lin Daoqiu asked ATV to broadcast a movie premiere was last year.

Let ATV broadcast the premiere of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in its entirety because the three protagonists are all actors from ATV, not to mention that Lin Daoqiu is the second largest shareholder of ATV.

So no matter which aspect you look at, ATV has no reason not to broadcast the premiere of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

"Brother Qiu, I heard that there is also action on "New Shushan Swordsman"."

Lin Daoqiu is not particularly concerned about "New Shushan Swordsman", he only cares about the time when it will be released.

When Wen Juan said this, Lin Daoqiu immediately turned back and looked at him.

"I heard that Jiahe has contacted TVB and asked them to broadcast the premiere of "New Shushan Swordsman" in its entirety."

After listening to Wen Juan's words, Lin Daoqiu's face suddenly showed a surprised expression.

He didn't expect that Zou Wenhuai and Tsui Hark would realize how to use the premiere for large-scale publicity.