On the eve of this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, "Tomb Raiders" happened to be serialized with the protagonist and others entering the tomb of King Lu Shang. The suspense was endless, and the exciting story kept readers hooked.
After the 1970s, there were only two hot-selling novels in Hong Kong, one was martial arts novels represented by Jin Yong, and the other was love novels represented by Yi Shu.
Apart from these two novels, Ni Ji's science fiction novels are a special case. Therefore, after Jin Yong stopped writing and Yi Shu entered politics, the Hong Kong novel world was almost dominated by Ni Ji's family. Even Wen Ruian, who moved to Hong Kong from Taiwan, was in Hong Kong. His influence is also far inferior to that of Ni Frame. It can be said that it is completely at a lower level.
Ni Frame has been popular for more than 20 consecutive years because of two things: his diligence and unique style that never delay updates.
But now, Ni Jiji has obviously gone downhill, because his science fiction is famous for its adventure and suspense. As a result, at the end of every story, the answer is revealed: This guy is an alien!
Regardless of the bizarre foreshadowing and suspense in the previous part, an alien can explain all the doubts in the ending. By now, readers are already tired of watching it.
"Tomb Raiders Notes", like the previous "Tomb Raiders Notes", is popular among readers because it is different from other novels of the same period. Although "Tomb Raiders Notes" traveled back in time, it still did not break away from the martial arts category, while "Tomb Robbers Notes" completely jumped out of the category. It breaks away from the conventions of martial arts and, like Ni Ji's "Wesley", focuses on suspense and adventure.
Hong Kong people are inherently superstitious, and the box office of ghost and zombie movies has always been higher than that of science fiction movies. The gold-hunting tomb robbers and female ghost zombies described in "Tomb Raiders" are obviously more suitable for Hong Kong readers than the science fiction of "Wesley".
When "Tomb Raiders Notes" first started to be serialized, some people were reading newspapers from their work units, colleagues, and friends. These people were not Kang Jianfei's die-hard fans. They read "Tomb Raiders Notes" mostly because of the influence of people around them.
And when the story developed to the plot of the tomb of King Lu Shang, these people finally couldn't wait any longer. In order to see the serialized content of that day as soon as possible, they went to buy a copy of "Oriental Daily".
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In order to facilitate filming, Lin Xue now rents an apartment in the residential area of Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City. He is now a contracted actor with Oriental Entertainment Company, but unfortunately he can only play minor supporting roles and is not even qualified to buy a house at a low price in the residential area of Film and Television City.
Going downstairs to the newsstand, Lin Xue shouted: "Boss, a copy of Oriental Daily."
"Sold out." The old newspaper seller looked at "Ming Pao" without raising his head.
Wang Jing came out of the apartment building opposite with a bag in his hand and said to the newsstand owner with a smile: "Uncle, where is my newspaper?"
"Take it yourself." The old man pointed to the small bench next to him.
Wang Jing bent down to pick up two newspapers and left. Lin Xue was shocked to see the words "Oriental Daily" on the masthead.
"Hey, why didn't you sell the newspaper to me? Didn't Wang Jing take one just now?" Lin Xue said somewhat unhappily.
The old man raised his head and glanced at Lin Xue: "His copy has been ordered a long time ago. If you want to see it tomorrow, I will buy 50 more copies. More and more people are buying Oriental Daily in the past two days."
Lin Xue left the newsstand dejectedly. He had been busy playing small roles before. He only heard that "Tomb Robbers" was very good, but he had never seen it. As a result, his agent called early in the morning and said that he wanted him to familiarize himself with "Tomb Robbers" as soon as possible. Notes", and then go to the special effects company to see Kang Jianfei.
An actor of Lin Xue's level is not taken seriously by the company at all. His agent only calls him when he needs a supporting actor. As for packaging, publicity, and hype, it has nothing to do with a third-rate actor like him. That at least is
The treatment that top-tier artists receive.
Lin Xue still remembered what her agent said on the phone ten minutes ago: "Fat boy, Mr. Kang wants to see you by name this time, so you have to seize the opportunity. I heard that Mr. Kang's new film is related to "Tomb Raiders", and it may be
You are asked to play an important supporting role. It is best for you to familiarize yourself with this novel before meeting Mr. Kang..."
Kang Jianfei summoned him in the afternoon, and Lin Xue went back to find the newsstand owner. As a result, all the old newspapers were bought. He remembered that among the crew that he had been hanging around in the past few days, there were several supporting actors who were watching "Tomb Raiders".
Maybe you can talk to them.
Jogging all the way to the TV drama crew in Antique Street of the Film and Television City, the assistant director who knew Lin Xue saw him coming and immediately waved to him: "Fat boy, you came just in time. I have a supporting role here that is short of actors. Come and fill it in."
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Lin Xue lowered her body and said with a smile, "Director Zhang, please give me your orders."
"What you want to play is the villain's second ancestor's henchman. The second ancestor molests a common girl and is met by the male protagonist. During the fight, you will get involved... Once you understand it, go over to put on makeup and change clothes." The assistant director said and suddenly turned around and shouted.
, "Hey, don't put that stall there, it's for a camera!"
Lin Xue was put on a hair cap in a daze, and then changed into the costume of a servant and a thug. She sat aside and waited for her fate. There was a person sitting on the next step who was also wearing a coarse cloth costume. It looked like he was playing a role like a passerby. Lin Xue
I vaguely remember that this person's name is Cheng Jiaquan, and the two of them have played corpses together.
"Ah Quan, where are you reading "Tomb Robbers Notes"?" Lin Xue glanced at the newspaper in the other person's hand.
Cheng Jiaquan looked up when he heard the sound, and recognized Lin Xue, and said in surprise: "Fat boy, didn't you sign a long-term contract with the agency? Why are you back to play a small role again?"
"I was caught by Director Zhang for supporting a scene," Lin Xue briefly explained and asked, "Ah Quan, is "Tomb Robbers Notes" good? Many people have been reading this novel recently."
Cheng Jiaquan got excited when he mentioned the novel: "Why isn't it good? It's so damn good. After reading this novel, I learned that digging graves is called fighting upside down, touching for gold, zombies are called zongzi, and they are also afraid of black donkey hooves. Just one word:
major!"
"What is it talking about?" Lin Xue asked curiously.
"I'm telling you..."
As soon as Cheng Jiaquan started talking, the assistant director shouted: "Ah Quan, Fatty, you two come here!"
When lunch boxes were distributed at noon, Lin Xue finally had the opportunity to talk to Cheng Jiaquan again: "Aquan, do you still have the Oriental Daily that you have read? I want to read "Tomb Raiders Notes" from the beginning."
"I keep them all at my house," Cheng Jiaquan said.
"I'll give you 100 yuan, how about you sell it to me?" Lin Xue said.
Cheng Jiaquan reached out to touch Lin Xue's forehead: "You don't have a fever, do you?"
"You tell me whether to sell it or not." Lin Xue slapped his hand away.
Cheng Jiaquan smiled and said: "Sell it, only a fool will not sell it, wait until I bring the crew to you tomorrow."
"I want it right away." Lin Xue said.
Cheng Jiaquan shook his head repeatedly: "I have another show in the afternoon."
"If you can't delay, go and come back quickly." Lin Xue said anxiously.
Cheng Jiaquan chuckled and said, "You have a problem, tell me honestly, otherwise I won't sell you the newspaper."
Lin Xue had no choice but to lean into his ear and say: "I'm going to see Mr. Kang in the afternoon. My manager asked me to familiarize myself with "Tomb Raiders Notes". You know... Never tell others this kind of thing."
Cheng Jiaquan understood in an instant: "Okay, you kid... ah no, fat brother, if you become prosperous in the future, don't forget about me."
"No problem," Lin Xue said, patting her chest, "You read about the newspaper..."
The Cheng family all threw away their lunch boxes: "Let's go, I'll go back and get it right away."
Lin Xue spent two hours reading the content of the serialized novel. When he ran to see Kang Jianfei, the news that Kang Jianfei was going to film "Tomb Raiders" had already spread among a certain crew.
After seeing Kang Jianfei, Lin Xue stood there obediently and waited for her words. Kang Jianfei asked: "Have you read all the novels?"
Lin Xue nodded solemnly: "I have seen it, I will watch it every day."
Kang Jianfei looked at his body shape and said: "You play the fat man in the movie. Eat more during this time. I hope you can gain at least 20 pounds when the movie starts."
"Tomb Raiders" has been serialized up to this point, and the importance of Fatty Wang's role has not yet been realized, so Lin Xue does not know that he is the second male lead in this series of movies, and only regards him as a male supporting actor with a relatively important role.
However, Lin Xue was already very satisfied with this. Being summoned by Kang Jianfei in person showed that this role was very important. He nodded happily and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Kang, I promise to gain 20 pounds!"
"That's it, I'll give you the script in a few days." Kang Jianfei waved his hand and said.
Lin Xue understood that Kang Jianfei was chasing people away, so she said goodbye and left knowingly.
Kang Jianfei stayed in the model warehouse for a while and then returned to his office. Although the special effects model was not finished yet, Kang Jianfei had nothing to do, so someone would naturally finish the rest.
The next thing Kang Jianfei has to do is to build a model of the interior of the tomb in the studio. This is a big project and will take at least a month or two.
Now the studio is being cleaned and some materials have been transported in. After Kang Jianfei prepared for the Academy Awards ceremony, he officially started organizing and setting up.
After the construction of the tomb model is on track, Kang Jianfei will go to the mainland to select locations for filming. Although the interior scenes of the tomb can be shot by setting up the scene, the exterior scenes must be shot on site to achieve the best results.
After returning to the office, Kang Jianfei began to look at the set design of the studio. This thing was made by the set designer of DreamWorks. Kang Jianfei looked at it for a long time and couldn't understand it.
When it was almost time to get off work, Li Meifeng came in with documents and reported on her work and Kang Jianfei's schedule for the past few days.
Kang Jianfei didn't like meaningless socializing, so he turned down everything he could. The remaining few days were basically spent attending the Academy Awards ceremony.
When Li Meifeng left, she hesitated for a moment, then turned back and said: "Brother Fei, Miss Zhou Huimin invited you to dinner and said she wanted to thank you for writing songs for her."
"Zhou Huimin?" Kang Jianfei couldn't help but smile when he heard the name and said, "Ask her to wait for me at home tomorrow, and I will drive to pick her up."
Li Meifeng felt jealous after hearing this. She knew that her boss and lover was going to have trouble again.
Kang Jianfei walked over and slapped Li Meifeng on the buttocks: "You little goblin, I can't even feed you by stealing food every day. Why are you so jealous eating here? Get down!"
"Bad guy!" Li Meifeng blushed and scolded with a smile, and then she lay obediently on the desk, her beautiful buttocks raised high and tempting, swaying from side to side, waiting for the man's favor.
Just when the two were at odds with each other, several newspapers in Hong Kong received news that Kang Jianfei's new film had been confirmed, and the most popular novel "Tomb Raiders" was going to be adapted for the big screen. r1152