Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

The discussion in the tea restaurant was just an isolated example, and Tsui Hark and others didn't think too much after listening to it.

After all, if there are people who like "New Shushan Swordsman", there will naturally be people who like "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But at this moment, Tsui Hark suddenly made a request that puzzled Shi Tian and Eric Tsang.

"How about we go watch the drama "Legend of Sword and Fairy"? There's nothing to do now anyway."

Now "New Shushan Swordsman" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" are competing in the arena, and it may not be a good choice to support Lin Daoqiu at this time.

"Let's talk about it later. If you are encountered by someone now, you will be scrutinized in the news again."

Shi Tian shook his head, he did not agree with Tsui Hark's proposal.

Zeng Zhiwei didn't have many ideas. Since Shi Tian shook his head, he naturally chose to agree with Shi Tian's suggestion.

"If that's the case, then forget it."

When Tsui Hark saw that neither Shi Tian nor Eric Tsang wanted to go, he did not force the other party.

After drinking tea, Tsui Hark said he had something to do and left alone.

"I bet he must have gone to watch "Legend of Sword and Fairy" alone."

As soon as Xu Ke left the tea restaurant, Shi Tian suddenly said this.

Eric Tsang was not surprised by this because he had already expected Tsui Hark to do this.

"Mr. Lin's influence on him may be more serious than we thought."

When they were still in Xinyi City, Shi Tian had heard that Tsui Hark often went to Lin Daoqiu's Magic Studio to do odd jobs.

This time, all the special effects for "Legend of Sword and Fairy" were handled by Magic Studio.

Tsui Hark, who highly admires special effects technology, naturally wanted to take a look quickly.

What is the level of Magic Studio's current special effects technology, and how far is it from the "Star Wars" team he hired?

He found a remote theater, put on a hat and sunglasses, and after some disguise, Tsui Hark planned to buy a ticket secretly and enter.

But what he didn't expect was that there would still be a queue at this time.

"The New Shushan Swordsman" was screened at Jiahe Cinema. Except for those leading theaters, the queues were already full in other remote places.

Unexpectedly, there would be queues for "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in such a remote theater between four and five o'clock in the afternoon.

I felt that the pressure on my shoulders suddenly became a lot heavier.

After half an hour of queuing, Tsui Hark finally bought a ticket. After receiving the ticket, he lowered the brim of his hat and entered the theater.

Five o'clock is the time to get off work. If it is later, there will only be more people queuing up later.

It can be said that Tsui Hark picked a very good time and was able to buy tickets after only waiting in line for half an hour.

If he came a little later, he might have to wait a long time.

I entered the theater with my ticket and finally found my seat in the dark. At this time, the big screen lit up.

When Tsui Hark was editing "The New Shushan Swordsman", in the first ten minutes, except for a small part that used special effects.

Most of them talk about the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the experiences of the pawn Di Mingqi.

But "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is different. From the beginning of the movie, Li Xiaoyao in the dreamland begins to compete with masters.

The flying fairy wields a sword, the sword energy is vertical and horizontal, flashing and moving, making people dazzled.

And unlike the effects of the Aurora Cannon in Star Wars, when Lin Daoqiu was creating the special effects, he clearly asked for sword energy, not laser cannons.

In "New Shushan Swordsman", laser cannons were used a lot, and Tsui Hark thought it was pretty good.

However, when he saw the sword energy in "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Tsui Hark had to admit that Lin Daoqiu's skills were indeed much better than his own.

As the plot progressed, Tsui Hark's frown deepened.

It's not because "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is not good-looking, but because he found that the biggest difference between "New Shushan Swordsman" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is the plot, apart from the special effects.

Tsui Hark's "New Shushan Swordsman" has to finish a story in one and a half hours.

In order to prevent the film from feeling lagging, Tsui Hark spent a lot of thought and discarded a lot of things during editing.

But what he didn't expect was that Lin Daoqiu would be so brave and directly let "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" be released in a 120-minute version.

Moreover, Tsui Hark has read the novel "Legend of Sword and Fairy" before, so he has some understanding of the drama.

At this time, the serialization of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is still continuing and has not ended, but the plot has already passed the stage of the Demon Locking Tower.

In the movie version, the plot of this drama only talks about the Demon Locking Tower. It seems that Lin Daoqiu plans to make two or even three movies.

When the boulder fell from Lin Yueru's head, the plot ended here.

At this time, the audience in the theater all exclaimed, and it seemed that everyone had a feeling that they still had something to say.

Tsui Hark, who was already fascinated, couldn't help but want to continue watching, but when the subtitles appeared, he quickly got up and left the theater.

Tsui Hark had a very serious expression all the way home from the theater.

Originally, at the beginning, he still maintained a very optimistic attitude towards "New Shushan Swordsman" defeating "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But after he finished watching "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Tsui Hark suddenly realized that he might have taken it for granted before.

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Shi Nansheng saw that Tsui Hark seemed to be unable to cheer up, so she quickly stepped forward to check.

"I'm fine, I just went to watch "The Legend of Sword and Fairy"."

Tsui Hark said as he walked towards the sofa.

Shi Nansheng, who was standing next to Tsui Hark, heard what he said and realized that the reason why Tsui Hark became like this was probably because of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

"How was the filming of Mr. Lin's movie? I heard the response was pretty good."

Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng not only had no resentment towards Lin Daoqiu, but also admired each other very much.

Even when no one is around, they will not speak ill of Lin Daoqiu.

"The special effects of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" can be said to be a new peak for local films in Hong Kong, and are more than one level better than "The New Shushan Swordsman"."

When Tsui Hark said this, he seemed to feel very lonely.

Originally, Tsui Hark thought that if he hired the special effects team from "Star Wars" to help, he could be on par with Lin Daoqiu, or even surpass him.

But now it seems that I took it a little too much for granted.

Even Tsui Hark felt that even if "New Shushan Swordsman" lost to "Legend of Sword and Fairy" this time, it would be a normal thing.