Chapter 563 The Four Great Sects of Tomb Raiders - Touching the Golden Hill and Moving the Mountain
The huge hit of "Wushuang" once again proved the strength of Shanhe Films, and also made film capital increasingly pursue Shanhe.
Shaojia Film and Television can't wait to start a new project with Shanhe before "Wushuang" is finished.
Conditions vary. If Zuo Le is willing, 70% of the female stars in Xiangjiang can be sent to his bed.
If he wants to make a big production, the top celebrities in Hong Kong can handle it. The bi-weekly schedule is too difficult, but it is not impossible for the four kings to work hard.
In fact, Shaojia is willing to bear most of the investment in the next movie while making concessions in terms of dividends.
In other words, Shaojia spends money and effort to make movies, and they will get the lion's share of the money in the future, and they will make a lot of money...
Of course, Shaojia is not a fool. They are willing to give up profits in order to gain fame.
Seeking the name of "Revitalizing Hong Kong Film"!
The box office dividend is only a small amount. If Shaojia makes two more Hong Kong films of the same level as "Wu Shuang", Shaojia's series, which is already strong in the Hong Kong industry, is likely to truly become the leader in the Hong Kong industry.
As I said before, there are still three pounds of iron in a broken ship, let alone the Hong Kong industry, which is one of the major factions in the Chinese entertainment industry.
If Shaojia and his family really become talkative people in the Hong Kong circle, even if they cannot use all the resources in the Hong Kong circle, even if they only use a part of it, the interests involved will be in the tens of billions.
Of course, it is not that simple for Shaojia to rise to power, and other forces in Hong Kong will not just watch.
That's why Shaojia spent all his money to win over Shanhe, not only to consolidate the alliance between the two parties, but also to prevent other people in the Hong Kong circle from poaching.
But this time Shaojia is really a bit unfounded.
Shanhe's headquarters is in the Mainland. He can't stretch his hands to Xiangjiang and has no intention to do so. Whoever becomes the leader of the Hong Kong circle has nothing to do with Shanhe.
In the previous selection of allies in Xiangjiang, Shanhe chose Shaojia after careful selection. Later, they filmed "Wushuang" and the two sides cooperated very happily.
Zuo Le is a lazy man, or he is a person who misses old friendships. As long as Shaojia doesn't let Shanhe down first, then Shanhe will not let down his allies.
Even if due to various reasons, Shanhe is ready to end the alliance, Shanhe will make it clear in advance that everyone can talk and part ways.
Zuo Le will not do such immoral things as colluding with an ally's competitor and stabbing a teammate in the back.
Sunward's foreign business cooperation policy has always emphasized "win-win".
Over the years, although the feedback from partners who have been in contact with Sunward has not been 100% positive, no one has ever said that Sunward does anything unethical.
Therefore, Shaojia does not have to worry about Shanhe selling out his teammates.
However, Shaojia wants to deepen cooperation with Shanhe and take the initiative to share profits, but Shanhe will not push the money out.
Anyway, Shanhe still has some high-quality Hong Kong film scripts. Since it’s a pleasure to work with Shaojia, let’s continue to cooperate.
Soon, the two parties discussed and determined the second project after "Wushuang"
"Chill"
For this movie, Shanhe did not have too many requirements. After confirming 65% of the share, he handed the script to Shaojia, sent personnel to supervise it, and stopped interfering with the rest.
However, although Shanhe did not have any casting requirements, Shaojia himself went all out to recruit big names from Xiangjiang to join the cast.
It is not difficult to understand that as a work that succeeds "Wushuang" and is used to hit the Hong Kong scene, Shaojia will definitely have to make bigger improvements and build momentum first to pave the way for his rise to the top.
Before "Wushuang", Shaojia created a starring cast of Fa Ge + Liu Tianwang + Shui Miaomiao, with Li Tianwang, Principal Gu, Liang Kun, and the versatile actor Liang Hui as guest stars.
Among them, Li Tianwang played Nguyen Van's fiancé, the art dealer who was killed.
Principal Gu played the role of the leader of an organization that deals with painters.
Liangkun played the role of the Golden Triangle General's men.
Liang Hui played the role of the police chief.
Although there were not many scenes, it still gave the audience a lot of surprises in the theater.
Having tasted the sweetness, Shaojia invited Liang Hui to play Li Wenbin, one of the two male leads in "Cold War" this time, while the other male lead, Liu Jiehui, was played by Liu Tianwang.
It is said that this role was requested by Liu Tianwang. When he heard that Shanhe and Shaojia were cooperating in a new movie, he immediately promoted two movies and came to join "Cold War".
The head of Shaojia has a very good relationship with Liu Tianwang, and they are all old acquaintances, so there is no reason to exclude Liu Tianwang.
In addition, the important characters in the movie, the Security Bureau Chief Lu Minghua and Shaojia, invited one of the Four Heavenly Kings, Guo Tianwang.
Several important police male supporting actors were recruited from Hong Kong Mesozoic actors Liu Hongyun, Zha Zhahui, Lam Dongguan, and Fa Ge, who guest-starred as the Commissioner of Police.
The villain throughout the movie, Li Wenbin’s son Li Jiajun, was cast by Gu Xiaoge.
After all, the original version had a handsome guy, and now he has to find a handsome guy to top him.
Originally, Zuo Le wanted to do it in person, but the schedule was too tight and there was no time. The crew of "Cold War" had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and had to make do with Gu Xiaoge.
But to be honest, Gu Xiaoge has become extremely popular in the past two years and even won the title of "Sight Emperor", but his development in the film industry is not satisfactory.
The role of Li Jiajun was outstanding, so Zuo Le specially left it to Gu Xiaoge because he wanted to give him a hand.
In addition, there are really no suitable actors in Shanhe. The styles of Shen Teng and Lei Jiayin are not suitable, and Duan Long and Zhang Ze are not young enough to play the son.
Wu Jing, Guo Jinfei and Cen Kun are suitable, but one of the first two has to film "Operation Red Sea" and the other has to film "Dragon Gate Escort", so they can't spare time.
Cen Kun has a schedule, but facing so many big names in Hong Kong, he feels that there is not enough space for him and he doesn't want to be a grandson.
In fact, this is also the reason why many popular mainland artists do not want to participate in Hong Kong films. The Hong Kong artists are too senior. If you pick any one at random, they are all big names and cannot afford to offend them.
Moreover, they are all old acquaintances and form their own circle on the set. Apart from filming, they don’t even play with you on a daily basis.
If you want to get close to someone, you won't understand the Cantonese, and you won't be able to get into the conversation, and you'll end up embarrassing yourself.
Of course, it may be unintentional and not intentional, but the situation created is that non-Hong Kong artists are often vaguely isolated.
Therefore, many mainland actors do not have a high reputation for so-called Hong Kong films or crews mainly funded by Hong Kong. This is mostly due to this reason.
Moreover, this is despite the rise of the mainland market in recent years, and many situations have eased.
If the situation was more serious when the Xiangjiang crew first moved north, it would not be simple isolation, but open discrimination and cold violence.
Because of this, many mainland artists from the older generation who have suffered a lot have openly declared that they will never cooperate with the Heung Kong crew.
This has also caused that even if the cooperation environment has improved, many mainland artists are still reluctant to cooperate with the Heung Kong crew.
They are just ordinary young actors. In order to become popular, they have nothing to fear from suffering a little.
Popular artists have no shortage of performances, so there is no need to wrong themselves.
Of course, there is another type of actor who is on par with the big names. The crew does not dare to underestimate them, so naturally they cannot be said to be excluded or isolated.
It was Shui Miaomiao in "Wushuang".
Now in "Chill", Gu Xiaoge, who is a top figure in the entertainment industry and a Golden Phoenix Award winner, also has this confidence.
After the cast was confirmed, the director was still Mai Zhuang, the director of "Wushuang". Less than a week after "Wushuang" was finished, "Chilling" announced that it had started pre-production preparations.
With the speed of the Xiangjiang crew, maybe it can be released during the Lunar New Year next year, just in time to coincide with "Love and Death".
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Just when "Wushuang" was in theaters and "Chilling" was being prepared.
The extra chapter of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Angry Sunny Xiangxi", was also launched on Penguin Video. Thanks to the first season of "The Ancient City", this online drama immediately received widespread discussion from the audience after it was launched.
To be honest, there are many versions of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", including dozens of movies and TV series, but the main characters are basically Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang, Shirley Yang, and at most a big gold tooth.
This is the first time that the extra story of "Angry Sunny Xiangxi" has been put on the screen.
As a result, many viewers who have only watched the film and television series and have not read the original work of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" were confused when they clicked on the plot.
Aren't the protagonists Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang?
Why did he suddenly turn into a slovenly Taoist priest and a pretentious criminal?
Not to mention, even though they have changed people, these two are still really handsome.
Isn't he handsome?
One is Jiao Jun, the most handsome male actor in history, and the other is Cen Kun, the most handsome actor in Shanhe after Gu Xiaoge.
Pan Ming, who plays Hu Bayi, although he was also a naughty boy in his early years and was known as Nanny Pan, after all, he is now older and has gained a little weight.
Although he is still considered a handsome middle-aged man, compared to Jiao Jun, one of the four great men in ancient costumes, he is a bit unsatisfactory.
As for Jiang Chao, who plays Fatty Wang, he has always followed the route of being a talented actor and does not want to take advantage of this.
Therefore, compared to the main story of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", although "Angry in Xiangxi" is not as popular as Hu Bayi, it still retains the audience in a new way due to its good looks.
The most common comments in the first few episodes of "Nu Qing Xiangxi" are screen licking and popular science among fans of the original work.
But when the plot slowly unfolds and the audience becomes addicted to it, whether the protagonist is Hu Bayi or Partridge Whistle becomes less important.
The plot of "Nu Qing Xiangxi" is not complicated, and it mainly serves as a source and foreshadowing for the main plot.
It is said that there were four major tomb robbing sects in the world, namely Mojin Xiaowei, Faqiu Zhonglangjiang, Banshan Taoist, and Xiling Lishi.
Among them, Faqiu and Mojin are also of the same lineage. They are good at crypts and proficient in I Ching Feng Shui. They can find tombs through Yin and Yang Feng Shui and are familiar with the structure of tombs.
At the same time, these two factions can also be regarded as official institutions. Zhonglang Jiang and Xiaowei are both official titles. They originated in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and were highly used in the Ming Dynasty.
Compared with the Mojin and Faqiu factions, the Xieling warriors are relatively unattractive.
A gang of thieves whose purpose is to fight against each other. When there is a grave, everyone swarms forward to dig the grave. There is no skill. They just rely on the strength of the number of people and they will take their lives when encountering a tough challenge.
When the tomb cannot be found, the leader will pass down a card and gather in the mountains and forests to rob property. They are called Green Forest, and they are more like ruthless tomb robbers who work part-time.
They are the most numerous and powerful of the four tomb robber factions, and they are also the most courageous. Even if there are huge and dangerous tombs, they will still dare to dig up the tombs to retrieve treasures as long as there is something inside.
As for the last group of Taoist mountain movers, they are the most mysterious of the four groups. They mostly act alone and never cooperate with others. They are good at cracking various mechanisms in tombs, know how to use the characteristics of animals, and are proficient in the method of controlling animals.
There are rumors in the world that Taoist monks who rob mountains never seek wealth, but only seek the elixir of immortality.
But in fact, the descendants of the Zagrama Mountain Tribe, the Banshan Taoist, explored various cemeteries in order to find the Muchen Beads that could lift the curse on Zhuren.
Outsiders didn't know the reason, so they spread rumors and it turned into a rumor about finding the elixir of life.
The story of "Nu Qing Xiangxi" revolves around the stories of the two factions, Banshan and Xiling.
At that time, when the Republic of China was in chaos, Chen Yulou, the leader of Xiling, commanded tens of thousands of disciples, and his prestige was spread all over the country. He was a serious emperor.
Chen Yulou had a compassionate heart. At that time, the world was in chaos and the refugees were scattered. Chen Yulou opened a warehouse to provide relief. However, there were too many people and little food, so he could only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
Luo Laowai, a Hunan warlord, was Chen Yulou's brother. He knew that Chen Yulou was born with night eyes, and he could see things in secret. He was able to identify treasures in the world on a real ship, and he had all kinds of strange people under his command.
He told Chen Yulou that he knew a large tomb from the Yuan Dynasty, and the two families cooperated to retrieve it. Afterwards, Chen Yulou saved the people, and his military salary was also secured.
Xieling was originally a group of tomb robbers, so Chen Yulou would not refuse. They first brought a few people to visit the site to confirm that there was indeed a large tomb, and then a large group of troops came to dig for treasures.
On the other side, Partridge Whistle learned that there was a large tomb here, and wanted to see if the Muchen Bead was there, so he also brought his junior brothers and sisters to this place.
Later, the three brothers from Partridge Sentence unexpectedly rescued Chen Yulou. After the two sides negotiated, Chen Yulou learned that Partridge Sentence was from the Moving Mountains faction, so he proposed that the two parties join forces.
If you move a mountain, you don't ask for money or medicine. If there is medicine in the tomb, give it to Partridge Whistle. If there is myrrh in the tomb, Partridge Whistle will not take any of it.
So, the two families joined forces to go to the grave.
Although Xiling is the roughest of the four tomb robbing factions, it can't handle the large number of people. When there are more people, some elites will inevitably emerge, and there are still some capable people under their command.
Of course, the skills of these capable people were obviously not as good as the Partridge Whistle. After the first battle in the tomb, everyone was attacked by man-eating insects. Many people died in Xiling, but the three people in Moving Mountain were unscathed.
An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action.
Compared to Xiling's tomb-robbing model that always takes human lives, the method of moving mountains is much more sophisticated.
During the subsequent tomb robbing process, Xiling made many mistakes, and there were also warlords who were holding him back, so many people died. Even Chen Yulou's confidants sacrificed their lives to save him.
On the other hand, Bishan showed his superb mechanism skills and animal control skills, and solved many problems. And without them, I don't know how many more people would have died.
When many viewers saw this, they complained that Xiling was a waste and did not deserve to be ranked with the other three factions.
In fact, this statement is biased. Xiling's ability is not to rob tombs. Going to tombs to find treasures is not their strong point at all.
Open mountains, explode tombs, and dig for treasures.
This is the real way to open up the Xiling Rikishi.
The reason why they ran into obstacles at every turn in the plot of "Nu Qing Xiangxi" was because they encountered a tomb with complex terrain and full of traps and poisons. Their greatest skill had no place to be used, and they could only watch the showmanship of moving mountains.
If you were to go to a tomb with a flatter terrain, there wouldn't be any fancy traps inside, just monsters like giant spiders, strange pythons, and giant rice dumplings.
Even those who moved mountains had difficulty protecting themselves.
However, Xieling was directly covered by explosive fire, and thousands of people rushed forward. Even if you were the Zongzi King, you would have to kneel on the spot.
So it's not Chen Yulou's dish, but because the protagonist of "Nu Qing Xiangxi" is Partridge Whistle instead of him...
