"Okay, you want the right to remake "A Chinese Ghost Story", I'll give it to you." Shao Yifu said then.

"Thank you, sir! Then how much do you want?" Xia Tian asked again.

"No need, more than 100,000 or 200,000 are just small money, so don't worry about it." Sir Shao waved his hand.

The story of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is adapted from Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". Shaw Brothers can adapt, and Xia Tian can naturally adapt it. Moreover, there are so many movies with the same name and surname in the world. Even if Xia Tian has the name "A Chinese Ghost Story", he will not be able to sue him.

Therefore, if the price is too high, it will definitely cause trouble. More than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars are a lot of money for ordinary people, but for him and Xia Tian, ​​it is just a sprinkling of water. Since that is the case, fortunately, you don’t have a penny, so it’s better to keep a favor.

Money accounts are easy to settle, but human debts are hard to repay! It is not so easy to make Xia Tian owe you a favor. Since you have the chance, don’t miss it!

"Okay, thank you for your generosity." Xia Tian saw Shao Yifu say this, and nodded and said with a smile.

Although he and Shao Yifu fought to the death sooner or later, it was still necessary to maintain superficial harmony before that. Just like the two major powers of China and the United States, there will be a war in the future, but cooperation and exchanges are still inevitable before this, and cooperation is even greater than confrontation.

"You don't have to be polite. If you make this drama well, it will be beneficial to me." Shao Yifu said with a smile.

There are many old movies similar to "A Chinese Ghost Story" in Shaw Brothers' library. If the remake of "A Chinese Ghost Story" becomes popular in the summer, it is very likely to set off a remake craze in Hong Kong. At that time, these old movies of Shaw Brothers will come in handy. Whether it is sold to others for remakes or left for yourself for remakes, it is a very profitable thing. It is much better than putting them in a warehouse to get ashes.

"Don't worry, jazz, I'll do this drama well." Xia Tian nodded.

...

After leaving Shaw Brothers, Xia Tian went to Xu Ke's movie studio again.

Xu Ke left Xinyi City last year and established a film studio with the support of Princess Jin. His entrepreneurial work was "The Emperor of Work" cooperating with Xu Guanjie and Wang Xiaoxian. The box office of the movie received more than 17 million Hong Kong dollars, which made the film studio a first shot.

However, Xu Ke did not continue to work hard and seized the victory. "The Emperor of Working" has been in the works for nearly half a year, and no new film has started filming yet.

Xia Tian knew that Xu was a picky person and would rather not turn on the film without a good story. This is also why his movies have more fine works and are recognized as a "genius" in the Hong Kong film industry. Unlike Wang Jing, although there are more fine works than Xu Ke, there are more bad movies. Therefore, not only did he not gain a higher reputation than Xu Ke, but he was called the "king of bad movies".

Xia Tian went to see him this time because he wanted to work with him on the two movies: "The Dao Ma Dan" and "A Chinese Ghost Story". Although Xia Tian has watched these two movies many times in his previous life, he can still make them look very similar. But imitation is imitation, and even if it is imitation, it will still give people a strange feeling.

Especially for the greats like Xu Ke, his movies are unique, with sharp style, laughing, anger and scolding, worrying about the country and the people, and using the past to describe the present... others cannot imitate it.

In summer, he can imitate these second- and third-rate directors such as Liu Guanwei (Mr. Zombie, Zombie Family), Wang Jing (Superman), etc. (Wang Jing's director's skills are second-rate, but the screenwriter's skills are first-rate and the market is first-rate), and even better than their filming.

But he has failed to imitate people like Xu Ke, Wang Jiawei, Wu Yusen, and Du Qifeng. After all, he was just a second-rate director in his previous life. With the golden finger of "advanced memory", he could barely reach a quasi-first-class level. But after all, he is not a real first-class director, and his grasp of the details of the movie is not so delicate.

For movies, the details often determine success or failure. Because movies need to be touching, it needs to make the audience happy, angry, sad, and cry...

But human emotions are very sensitive, and the audience can also detect the small negligence in details. Therefore, it is often just a little short of it, and the audience may change from the originally expected laughter to just smile, from the originally expected cry to just sadness... to the skin and flesh, to the flesh and bones, making it difficult for the audience's emotions to be released happily.

Therefore, a classic work that could have been passed down for generations has become a mediocre work that can only be popular for a while.

...

Come to the movie studio located in Kowloon Tong.

"Mr. Xia?! Hello, long time no see!" Xu Ke was shocked when he saw Xia Tian. Unexpectedly, this big man would come to him on his own initiative, which really made him a little flattered.

Although Xia Tian debuted much later than him, his achievements were beyond his reach. Not to mention earning billions of Hong Kong dollars, just excellent movies such as "The True Color of Heroes" and "Midnight Bell" can be seen that his talent is really extraordinary.

"Director Xu, Miss Shi, it's been a long time since we met Xu Ke." Xia Tian said with a smile. The last time she met Xu Ke, she sent Wang Qixian over to audition for "The Emperor of Working". Now, after counting on her fingers, it's been half a year since then.

"Mr. Xia, please sit down, have tea or coffee?" Shi Nansheng greeted with a smile.

"Just tea, thank you." Xia Tian said with a smile, then sat down.

"Mr. Xia, you came today for..." Xu Ke asked curiously, really not understanding how Xia Tian suddenly visited.

"Oh, I'm here because I have something to ask Director Xu." Xia Tian said with a smile, then took the tea, "Thank you Miss Shi."

"What's the matter? May I ask." Xu Ke nodded and said.

"I want to ask, is Director Xu going to make a movie recently?" Xia Tian asked immediately.

Xu Ke blinked, and Xu Ke's attitude was somewhat reserved about this matter.

Because his movie studio is funded by Princess Jin Cinema, and Princess Jin Cinema and Xia Tian’s Tongxin Cinema are competitors. If he helps Xia Tian film, he will be a little sorry for Princess Jin.

"This, I'm reading several scripts recently, and I guess the new movie..." Xu Ke said with a moment of thought.

"I guess the filming will not start within half a year." Shi Nansheng rushed to answer before he could finish his words.

She is the housekeeper of the film studio and is responsible for the company's money and food affairs. Although Xu Ke is the boss of the film studio, his main job is to shoot movies.

As the saying goes, if you don’t know how much money you will lose when you are idle in your movie studio. But Shi Nansheng, as a housekeeper, is clear about it. Not to count the income of the two of them, the total salary of a single employee of the company is several thousand yuan. In addition to the water, electricity and rent, the loss of 200,000 to 300,000 Hong Kong dollars in one month will be lost.

In addition, Xu Ke’s new vision studio is specialized in producing movie special effects, which is also a very expensive machine. Not only does the special effects production and testing cost money, but also the technology needs to be introduced from foreign countries.

However, in the Hong Kong film industry, there are very few movies that use special effects. Therefore, although the new visual studio technology is the best in Hong Kong, it has not received many external cooperation invitations. This studio is not only in and out, it is a gold-absorbing hole, and it also has a monthly loss of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

These losses combined will cost 500,000 and 600,000 Hong Kong dollars per month, which is not a small amount. Although the film studio has the financial support of Princess Jin, the studio's daily operations have to spend Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng's own money.

Last year's movie "The Emperor of Working" did make some money. However, Xu Ke has not made a movie for half a year, and the movie studio has not earned any income. He was almost spending all the money. If he didn't make a new movie, the movie studio would go bankrupt within three months.

Xu is an artist, he can immerse himself in the world of movies and ignore these stinky smells. But Shi Nansheng, as his wife and housewife, really cannot ignore it. Therefore, when she heard that Xia Tian had a show and wanted to ask Xu Ke to help film, she immediately agreed.

When Xu Ke heard Shi Nansheng say this, he couldn't help but glar at her angrily, "Aren't you putting me injustice?"

Shi Nansheng shook his head at him and told him not to rush to refuse, "Since Mr. Xia is sincere today, he cannot refuse people thousands of miles away."

"Mr. Xia, our master has indeed been reading some scripts recently and is preparing for the new film. However, it should not be possible to start filming in less than half a year." Shi Nansheng then said to Xia Tian, ​​"You also know our master's temper. It is better not to start the film without a good script."

Xia Tian nodded, "Don't worry, I can guarantee that the two scripts I brought today will definitely satisfy Director Xu. This movie is called "The Dao Ma Dan". Please read it first." As he said that, he took out the script and handed it to Xu Kedao.

When Xu Ke heard the name of the script, he was stunned for a moment. Then he took over the script and started to read it carefully.

Shi Nansheng also came behind him and watched with him.

"In the early Republic of China, the country was in turmoil and warlord separatism led to the misery of the people. Patriots opposed the warlords and saved the people from the fire and fire..."

As soon as he saw the background of the story, Xu Ke's eyes lit up, and his resistance suddenly eased a lot.

Because Xu Ke himself is a Vietnamese overseas Chinese, he experienced the civil war between North and South Vietnam and did not immigrate to Hong Kong until he was sixteen years old. Therefore, his childhood war experience was deeply imprinted in his mind and made his movies more accustomed to filming troubled times. He especially likes to reflect the changes of the great times from the perspective of small characters. For example, "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Huang Feihong", "Shanghai Night", etc. are the best reflection of his film style.
Chapter completed!