Chapter 1176: Showy Operation?

One thing that must be mentioned among Shaw Brothers movies is Chu Yuan’s Gu Long martial arts movie!

After "72 Tenants", Chor Yuan cut the budget for six consecutive films. Shaw Brothers is a company that attaches great importance to commercial value. If it has not produced results, it will not provide more resources...

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When he was unable to film, Chu Yuan spent his free time writing scripts.

He fell in love with Jin Yong's martial arts novels. From "Book and Sword Enmity" to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Chu Yuan wrote a large number of plot outlines and story summaries, but none of them passed.

Then, he successfully turned around with "Meteor Butterfly Sword"...

From that period, Chu Yuan directed a series of films that were all the rage at the time:

"Meteor and Butterfly Sword", "Heroes Without Tears", "Chu Liuxiang" and other films, and the queen actor Ti Lung also became very popular at the same time.

It also created the era of the "Iron Triangle of Martial Arts" composed of Chu Yuan, Gu Long, and Di Long.

Chu Yuan was also called: Chu Bawang by the media because of his popularity and famous director at the time. This means that movies produced by Chu Yuan will definitely dominate the box office.

The good times did not last long, and the decline of Shaw Brothers' martial arts movies was inevitable, and Chu Yuan was slowly faded out because he could not adapt to the changes in market audiences.

Chu Yuan said: During that time, he made several blockbusters and became the most embarrassing director of Shaw Brothers at that time...

How embarrassing is it? For example, Chu Yuan wanted to shoot "Dragon: Part 1", but before the filming started, Fang Yihua tore up the notice and refused to shoot, and asked him: "Who asked you to shoot "Dragon: Part 1"? You will lose money. Can you afford to pay for it? Chu Yuan, you don’t know how to make movies!"

One direct sentence negates everything Chu Yuan has as a director.

How to put it... If you have watched "The Thief", you may agree with Fang Yihua's words - it is a bit similar to "The Vanishing She", both use narrative tricks, the first person tells the story of a bad guy who embezzled money and plays a good guy. He also met a fool who came to help him do things together. Zhou Xingchi played this fool.

Therefore, although it is called "The Thief", the protagonists are actually Chen Guantai and Zhou Xingchi. The main character is Zhou Xingchi, but the protagonist turns out to be Chen Guantai.

Chu Yuan, I really belong to you!

"The Thief" is also the only two bad films starring Stephen Chow in his film career.

Another one is "The Last Gangster". "The Last Gangster" is a bad movie named by Wang Jing in "Young Wang Jing Enters the Jianghu" - Wang Jing, who is known as the king of bad movies, wrote his memoirs. In a conversation with Stephen Chow, it was because of this movie that he wrote, "He was filming a lot of movies like "The Last Gangster" and I thought they would kill him." ’

Well, a director who can make films with the least attitude and the most bad films is still fresh in the memory of bad films more than 20 years later, which shows what level of drama he is.

This is not the point. The point is that Chu Yuan's Gu Long movies surpassed the Gu Long movies shot by Gu Long himself. Back then, Chu Yuan's Gu Long martial arts popularized Gu Long's IP. Gu Long's film and television dramas were in full bloom. Gu Long himself also established a Baolong Film and Television Company. My own work was put on the screen, and then... I was boycotted by people, saying it didn't smell like cologne!

The smell of cologne...

In fact, director Chu Yuan's level of martial arts shooting is just that. Looking forward, Chang Cheh is obviously better than him. Looking back, there is Tsui Hark.

To a certain extent, it was the extremely high achievements of Gu Long's original works that pushed Chu Yuan's martial arts films. The upper limit of Chu's martial arts films has always depended on Gu Long.

And the pile of ancient dragon tablets exported by Chu Yuan himself...

To be honest, most of them can only be regarded as unsatisfactory, and few of them can even capture the core of the original work. In the end, I can only praise the atmosphere, setting and casting...

Because there is Dillon!

The setting is really good. "Westward Journey" copied the beginning of "Xiao Shiyilang". No martial arts film has done better than this...

And under the Shaw Brothers studio system - a movie has to be shot in dozens of days. This kind of efficiency and quality can be imagined.

But that's all. Gu Long's movie is not easy to make. The atmosphere is cold and strange, the protagonist has a lonely and cold personality, and the plot spans a long time. In addition to the suspense reasoning, the actual big screen performance is not easy to please.

But Chu Yuan is a very interesting person and lives a very transparent life. There is a famous saying, "The two words in life are "cheers" and "tears", which are composed of four words. ’ There is quite a feeling of not being happy with things and not being sad with yourself.

After leaving Shaw Brothers, he also performed well in acting, leaving behind the role of Zhu Tao in "Police Story"!

Shen Xudong still likes him quite a lot...

Oh, PPTV is preparing to restart Gu Long Martial Arts.

This is a big project, and it’s difficult to shoot Gu Long Martial Arts...

Shen Xudong has an idea to make a western martial arts film, a remake of "The Wind and the Sand". This movie is too ancient: a border town, long stretches of yellow sand, gathering in a hotel, gathering of masters, murderous intent everywhere, and every step is startling...

Leonardo's early films.

Especially in the final battle, the level of advancement is no longer about "speed", but about courage and belief.

"The true value of a weapon does not lie in itself, but in what it does... If a person fights for justice and justice, he will never be defeated." - Gu Long!

Well, Shen Xudong is very energetic. It is not because he is about to get married that he has the idea of ​​​​retiring. On the contrary, he is constantly inspired...

I have been sitting at my desk writing non-stop...

Chen Hao couldn't stand it anymore and dragged him around for more than an hour. Shen Xudong's physical strength was almost exhausted, and then he slept peacefully...

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Xudong has been in the industry for more than ten years. If he were to choose the woman who has influenced him the most, Chen Hao would certainly be ranked first, followed by Gong Li...

If it weren't for Gong Li, Shen Xudong might have gained something in the movie, but he would never be so domineering. He quickly attacked like a monster, ranked among the top three in the box office list for three consecutive years, and even won an Oscar...

Back then, the market environment was still dominated by stars. If you wanted to make a movie, you had to have stars in order to attract investment!

However, Gong Li never thought about being with Shen Xudong. He only pursues temporary happiness and has a good attitude...

Therefore, even if Shen Xudong reveals his girlfriend, she has no idea.

The ones who have ideas are the company's actors, including Nazha, Reba and Meng Ziyi!

With the blessing of "Wolf Warrior 2", Reba has become the most popular actress. Her film resources have increased rapidly. She recently received invitations to play two dramas, "Detective Chinatown 4" and "701: Rebirth"...

These two are both popular works evaluated by Tianmei internally!

Needless to say, "Tang Detective 4", "701: Rebirth" and "701: Decisive Battle" are two parts. Wang Zhi is the heroine, and Reba plays the big boss...

There are also several invitations to Hollywood movies, basically supporting roles, and there is only one "Terminator Wrong"...

But this play belongs to the type of blood loss.

Starring in this movie is definitely not a good choice for Reba...

Finally, Shen Xudong came forward and got her a copy of "Knives Out."

She is now focused on her career and doesn't have much energy to care about Shen Xudong's affairs. When she learned that Xudong revealed his girlfriend, she sent a text message to express her blessings, and then there was no follow-up. In comparison, Nazha's operation was a bit...unusual. Know how to say…

Even if she calls Shen Xudong and tells her, she can still discuss art with her. Xudong is her mentor, and this will not change...

I've already disclosed my girlfriend, and you still come to seduce me?

What a bitch?

Meng Ziyi's operation was similar to Na Zha's, but more radical. She came directly to the door...