Chapter 404 "Xiao Yu'er and Hua Wu Que"

"Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" is being screened in full swing. Although its box office performance in Jiuzhou is not as good as Lin Qiu's previous films such as "The Truman Show" and "Leon: The Professional", it has absolute dominance in the Xiazhou film market!

The advantages of family-friendly films are fully reflected, and this film is vigorously promoted in every corner of the city. In this society where family relationships are becoming increasingly alienated, being able to take the whole family to the cinema to watch a movie is also a happy thing in modern society.

At the current rate of box office growth, it is expected to break the long-forgotten Xiazhou local box office record in August!

In Lin Qiu's heart, this is equivalent to completing a phased goal, and the next goal is to top the world film scene!

Whether it is the Oscars representing the nature of art, or the crown of the total box office in Jiuzhou's film history representing the commercial form.

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In Chang'an Film and Television Company.

Lin Qiu, Ye Zhiyuan and Zhou Kai gathered together to discuss the editing of Ye Zhiyuan's new film.

As early as after the Chinese New Year, Ye Zhiyuan and Zhou Kai went out to shoot a new film. Zhou Kai's second superhero film "The Incredible Hulk" is expected to be broadcast during the Spring Festival this year. Because of the experience of the first "Iron Man", the special effects production team of Changan is already familiar with it.

In addition, Zhou Kai himself is studying commercial films in this area, so there will be no problem at all.

The background of "The Incredible Hulk" is in Yingzhou, and the story content has not changed much.

Lin Qiu and Ye Zhiyuan's new films, "Manchester by the Sea" and "Witness for the Prosecution", are not suitable for broadcasting during the Spring Festival, even though the box office results may not be bad.

In the previous life, this film adapted from Agatha Christie's novel of the same name was recognized as one of the most outstanding crime films in film history after it was released in 1958!

It is one of the few movies whose ending the audience cannot guess.

It is at the forefront of major film review lists, and it is absolutely a masterpiece!

For this reason, Lin Qiu and Ye Zhiyuan discussed a lot, because knowing Lin Qiu's true identity, he was an old thief who was good at suspense novels, so in the structure of the story, including the suspense, Ye Zhiyuan would definitely refer to Lin Qiu's ideas.

The original version of "Witness for the Prosecution" was a black-and-white movie, and reshooting it in a brand-new way was extremely challenging for the director and the actors.

"Damn, this movie is so awesome."

"Doesn't it mean that you two will go to the Oscars together next year?"

After coming out of Changan Film and Television Company, Zhou Kai still hadn't recovered from the shock.

"Probably."

Lin Qiu smiled and didn't deny it.

In the previous life, both "Manchester by the Sea" and "Witness for the Prosecution" were nominated for the Oscars.

Because the lens language is not exactly the same, it is hard for Lin Qiu to say what results he can achieve in the end.

But Oscar will definitely invite him, this is a sure thing.

"I'll drive the car, please treat me to dinner, where should I eat?"

Ye Zhiyuan shook the car keys and said with a smile.

Ye Zhiyuan has always been grateful to Lin Qiu for bringing him to an environment like Chang'an, allowing him to focus completely on movies.

"A street restaurant is fine, I just like this."

"Oh, are you used to eating delicacies from the mountains and the sea?"

"You know nothing."

...

The audience in Xiazhou during the summer vacation is happy.

First, the final work of the martial arts trilogy "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", and then "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes to the World". Before the fans came to their senses from the shock, the new drama "Little Fish and Flower" co-produced by Lin Qiu and Lao Zei was already on the way!

This is Lin Qiu's second TV series.

Although the status of film directors has always been higher than that of TV directors, Lin Qiu also encountered doubts when he switched to TV series at first, but when the audience saw "The Legend of the Yang Family" and burst into tears for the loyal Yang family, these words that "dominated" Lin Qiu's life disappeared again.

There is no need to say "for your own good". In this era, everyone has their own life. As a bystander, just appreciate it.

Even if Lin Qiu retires next year, buys an island, and enjoys life, this is also Lin Qiu's own choice.

There is no need to say much about the popularity of "Little Fish and Flower".

Since the release of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", the martial arts fever has never dissipated, and there are still many die-hard fans of Lao Zei who ask Lao Zei to hand over the original work first.

After all, the TV series script is adapted from Lao Zei's original work, but the original work of this novel has not been read by readers. It is estimated that Lao Zei wrote it during the period of writing the martial arts trilogy.

Whether it is the original work of "The Twins of the Legend" or "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lin Qiu will definitely arrange it for sale after the TV series is released, because the group of original readers must be preconceived.

When "Little Fish and Flower" was broadcast in the previous life, the book fans of "The Twins of the Legend" launched a fierce attack on it, and even said that it was a bad movie and disrespected the original work and should be banned.

But putting aside these copyright-related issues, in fact, "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and "The Twins" actually have their own characteristics.

To be fair, the original novel of "The Twins" must not have reached the level of the Condor Heroes trilogy. The combat power of the whole novel is not outstanding. Gu Long's novellas are classics, such as "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" and "The Flying Dagger of Little Li".

Compared with the TV version, the original is better in terms of story logic and completeness, with a clearer main line and more complete logic.

This is the logical feature of the novel.

For example, the style of "nonsense". You can have "nonsense" movies, but you will never have "nonsense" novels.

In the whole work, the design of the two characters, Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque, is actually quite clever and has certain practical significance.

They represent the grassroots at the bottom and the elites at the top.

The TV series greatly strengthens the emotional plot and entanglement, which is the characteristic of the TV series.

The reason why it is so attractive to the audience is that there are very few TV series where the ultimate boss is a woman.

"Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque" is the one that takes a different approach.

The delicate girl Jiang Yuyan was shaped into the ultimate boss who could turn the hand to cloud and the hand to rain.

The subversion of the traditional concept of good and evil, the criticism of the feudal imperial system, and the cold water on the traditional idea of ​​good and evil are all the concepts conveyed in the TV series.

However, the previous life "Little Fish and Flower" was a martial arts drama in 2005 after all. The shooting, scenery, and special effects were all sloppy. There was nothing we could do about it.

The martial arts dramas that Lin Qiu watched when he was a child all had extremely fake special effects when they fought. In this era, whether it is the scenery of the big scenes, the means of shooting, or the production of special effects, they are constantly improving.

The screenwriter and director of this TV series, perhaps many readers and viewers in the previous life don’t know, is Wang Jing.

When Wang made an adaptation, he didn’t like to modify the framework of the original work at all, but liked to start all over again and reintegrate the character settings and plots, so it was called "magic change".

The role of Jiang Yuyan is one of Lin Qiu's "childhood shadows".

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"The Little Fish and the Flowerless" is finally going to be broadcast! A martial arts TV series!"

"As long as it's not a slow-motion martial arts film, I can accept it."

"You can always believe in Chang'an!"

"Looking forward to it!"

"It is said that in order to shoot this TV series, the entire Hong Kong martial arts team was invited, and the actors are really fighting!"

"Although I know it's useless to say it, I still hope that fewer characters will be stabbed! Every time I watch the works of Lao Zei and Lin Qiu, my eyes can be swollen~"

On the eve of the broadcast of "The Little Fish and the Flowerless", the audience's expectations for this drama have long overflowed, and what's interesting is that in almost all TV series broadcast in the past, the audience's focus is on the actors.

But in this drama, the most discussed are Lin Qiu and Lao Zei.

The main reason is that there are not too many top-tier actors, except that these two are really popular. The former is Xu Ji, a talented actor of the Mesozoic era, and the latter is Zhang Mo, a movie actor. They are both familiar faces to the audience, but they are not that popular.

Su Di, who plays Jiang Yuyan, has not made any splashes at all.

In the previous story, Jiang Yuyan's role would not be so outstanding.

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In the small nest of the villa.

Lin Qiu and Tang An Ning snuggled together. The TV in front of the bed was broadcasting Xiazhou News. When Xiazhou News was over, the prime time "Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque" would be broadcast.

In Xiazhou now, I don't know how many viewers are anxiously waiting, and the ratings of Xiazhou News have soared by a whole level.

"I have sung the song "Annual Rings" eight times in the past few days."

Tang Anning made the gesture of "eight". After the hit of "The Journey of Flower", Tang Anning sang the theme song of "The Journey of Flower" in both commercial performances and variety shows.

"We will record a duet version later."

"Okay, okay!"

"I should be able to stay at home longer this time?"

"At least until October."

Lin Qiu pinched Tang Anning dishonestly and said:

"There is another movie to be filmed at the end of the year."

In terms of film and television dramas every year, Lin Qiu sets himself two tasks.

Last year, it was "Leon: The Professional" and "Little Fish and Flower".

This year's plan is to have two movies to impact the Oscars.

After that, it should be "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Titanic".

"Do you have another idea?"

"Not yet, but I will have one soon. It's hard to say whether Manchester by the Sea can win the Oscar, so I want to make another one."

Lin Qiu's thinking is quite clear. Manchester by the Sea was only nominated for the Oscar in the previous life, but did not win the final Best Picture.

If Lin Qiu remembers correctly, the Best Picture of that year was taken away by Moonlight.

It's just that the film of that theme is quite "classic", telling the story of the male protagonist gradually discovering his sexual orientation during his growth, and finding his true self after enduring external criticism and inner struggle.

As for what film to choose, it is worth thinking carefully.

Classic films such as The Pursuit of Happyness and Life is Beautiful can be chosen, and there is a lot of room for choice, so it won't be too headache.

"It's over, it's over!"

As Lin Qiu was thinking, Tang Anning patted Lin Qiu's arm and reminded him.

On TV, as the Xiazhou news ended, the commercials began. There were only five minutes left before the broadcast of "Little Fish and Flowerless"!

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