Chapter 272 Seconded Actors (34)

"Jackie Chan is about to star in Shen Xudong's new work "Glory of the Tang Dynasty"!"

‘Shen Xudong’s new movie “Glory of the Tang Dynasty” is about to start filming, with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung co-starring! ’

'China Film Company confirmed that "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" will be launched soon, and will be invested and produced by China Film Company, Jackie Chan Emperor Pictures and Taihe People's Film Company...'

In the next few days, news about "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" flooded the screen...

Shen Xudong feels quite strange because his name is included in many titles...

Yes, "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" was written by him, but... the starring role of Jackie Chan should be the focus, right?

There is no precedent for putting the screenwriter's name in the title.

Well, it’s what the Chinese drama requires!

After China Film announced the launch, major media outlets deleted the words "Shen Xudong"...

Shen Xudong…

I didn’t continue the interview, after all, the project hasn’t started yet!

Besides, "The Best Servant" needs him to be in charge.

By the way, "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" won the first prize in the sketch competition.

The teacher asked him to give an acceptance speech and share his creative methods. Shen Xudong did not hide anything:

"Today's audiences are different from those in the past. They have a broad vision... Because of the Internet and piracy, the viewing volume of many senior movie fans is not weaker than that of many of our famous directors..."

"How can you make them recognize your work? I think the first point is to have a complete and logically rigorous main plot,"

"Actually, the creative model of flying notes, which was popular in Hong Kong movies in the early years, has lagged behind the times... Flying notes means that you do not have a complete script..."

How were Hong Kong films created back then?

The two financiers sat together and discussed, "It would be interesting for me to watch a gangster movie" and "Let's make it." Then they found a director and actors. Everything was ready except for the script...

what to do?

Don't worry, let's start shooting.

The screenwriter would write and we would shoot. In those days, people didn’t use computers to write. They would write by hand and then fax today’s scenes to the crew. Hence the name “Flying Paper Boy”. After the paper flying, the filming was completed!

Many, many movies including "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Young and Dangerous" were made in this way.

When Xu Ke asked Ruan Jizhi to write "A Chinese Ghost Story", Ruan had never written a ghost film, and Xu Ke said to him: "Just treat the female ghost as a public relations lady and write it. The female ghost Nie Xiaoqian and the publicist Just like the young ladies, they are equally aggressive at night but dare not come out during the day; they are also trying their best to defraud men of their money."

When John Woo directed "A Better Tomorrow 2," there wasn't even a flying paper boy, just a story outline...

So how did they create so many classics?

It's very simple. I've caught up with a bunch of people at their creative peak!

We often talk about good lines and chapters, and that’s what we mean. In Xu Ke’s later films, you can still find many interesting passages, but overall they are not good!

"Second point, watch more movies, increase your film reading, and don't try to write new things. The more you watch, the more you will discover your ignorance. Many new directors and screenwriters think that they are avant-garde and experimental. In fact, Even a senior movie fan can completely blast him, because what he wants to express may have been rotten on the street 50 years ago, and this is the disaster of watching too few movies."

"The third point..."

…

After winning the award, I was supposed to have a meal with the cast of "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" to celebrate, but Shen Xudong had other things to do...

I asked Zhao Xin to treat me well and flew directly to the crew of "Beauty's Scheming" in Hengdian...

It's not that the senior sister is feeling itchy, but something is really going on.

Art exchange is important, but you can’t just think about art all day long.

In fact, the filming of "Everyone's Scheming" went quite smoothly...

Three groups, Wu Jinyuan and Liang Xinquan each led a group, Zhou Shen and Liu Lu led a group...

The behind-the-scenes working group of this crew is completely copied from TVB: the division of labor is meticulous. The screenwriter belongs to the creative department and is responsible for creating the story; the three directors belong to the production department and are responsible for turning the script text into film and television images.

The creative department is led by Qin Wen, with Shen Xudong as the chief screenwriter. Qin Wen wrote the episode script of "Beauty's Scheming".

Why is Shen Xudong the chief screenwriter?

On the one hand, he did write the script of "Beauty's Scheming", and on the other hand, he is famous!

Especially after it was announced that Jackie Chan would star in "Glory of the Tang Dynasty", more than a dozen TV stations contacted "Beauty's Scheming".

The additional benefits brought by fame are yes.

…

Shen Xudong arrived on the set of "Beauty's Scheming".

Of course something happened...

Li Xiaoran resigned from the role of Nie Shen'er and needs to find a new actor to take over...

Just riding a horse is outrageous!

It's been filming for more than a week, and I won't act if I don't want to act.

Again, the allure of "Seven Swords" is too great - the agent's name is Chang Jihong, a typical agent whose reputation is greater than his ability. He has vision but not vision, and strength but not strength...

Of course, in order to express his guilt, Li Xiaoran recommended his best friend Xie Na, but was directly rejected by the crew...

There is no other reason, just that I don’t like it!

Shen Xudong arrived in Hengdian, went directly into the production team, opened the door and asked: "Are there similar actors?"

Chen Xi didn't even raise his head: "It's almost the same. They're all filming, so there's no time!"

Shen Xudong took out the information he had prepared in his bag: "... Then let's find someone new!"

"who?"

"I know two good ones. One is Tong Yali, a newcomer to the drama this year. She is a dancer and has a good figure;"

"Let me see!"

Zhuang Liqi took the information and looked through it...

Shen Xudong continued: "There is another one named Guo Jenny, who is in the same class as me, not bad!"

Production director Wang Yan had a different opinion: "...but Nie Shen'er is the second female lead and has many roles opposite Chen Hao. We can't use a newcomer to star with Chen Hao, right?"

Shen Xudong was speechless: "We can't find anyone. Let me tell you, these two people were originally candidate actors for "The Great Butler". It depends on who you want. The remaining one must be left to me!"

"Ahem," Zhuang Liqi suddenly said: "The leading actresses in your "The Great Butler" are Qin Lan, Yan Danchen and Zeng Li, right? How about you ask Qin Lan to come over?"

"...Are you kidding? Qin Lan is the number one female..."

Shen Xudong firmly disagreed: "Besides, people may not be happy with it!"

"We have contacted her..."

"ah?"

Shen Xudong looked at Chen Xi, who also looked surprised...

It seems that he did it without telling her!

Shen Xudong said angrily: "You have already contacted me, but you still want me to come over? Are you kidding me?"

Zhuang Liqi hurriedly explained: "You are the producer of "The Great Butler"... I always need to ask for your opinion... If you don't let him go, there's nothing we can do..."

"Okay, I'll call Qin Lan and ask her to come to Hengdian..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something: "Qin Lan seems to be a contracted actor of Qiong Yao. Can he play a bad character like Nie Shen'er?"

Zhuang Liqi said: "No problem, I have discussed it with her agent..."