Turvo Films, small screening room.

On the screen, the male protagonist Zhang Guorong, who was dressed as a scholar, was caught by the ghost mother. The heroine Ying Ning turned into a ray of light and flew into the sky, transformed into a fox under the moonlight, and then spit out Neidan and struck at the ghost mother.

An injured monk on the ground turned over and sat up, and when the fox Neidan attacked the ghost mother, he recited the scriptures in his mouth, pinched the Dharma seal in his hand, and violently flicked his sleeve to drive the demon pestle inserted in the side.

"Boom!!"

Attacked by the fox Neidan and the demon pestle, the ghost mother screamed and disappeared in an instant.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Pan Disheng, who was sitting in the third row, stood up and took the lead in applauding the film, and then said to director Hu Jinquan: "Hu Lao, your film is so good, it is not lost to DreamWorks' "A Chinese Ghost Story" at all. ”

"Thanks to Mr. Pan's trust." Hu Jinquan smiled, looking extremely happy.

Since the popularity of "Shushan" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" early last year, many film companies in Hong Kong have followed suit to shoot similar films. However, due to the reluctance to invest too much budget, the filming effect is not very good, and there is no chance to be released in the prime time of several major theaters.

This time, Debao Film Company's ghost fox movie "Ying Ning" invested more than 14 million funds before and after, and also went to Taiwan to invite Hu Jinquan to direct, just to be able to show his strength in this summer.

Hu Jinquan's best thing is playing martial arts movies, and Shengsheng made a ghost fox movie with the taste of rivers and lakes, and it did not affect the quality of the movie at all.

"Infant Ning" started filming in the first half of last year, and it has been more than a year since it was completed. During this period, Hu Jinquan completely followed his own ideas, and made a movie with a budget of 6 million into 14 million.

This is also the coolest point for Hu Jinquan, since the decline of traditional martial arts films. No one is willing to spend money at him. Only a wealthy boss like Pan Disheng is willing to spend money to let him make the movie perfect, and more than double the production cycle.

Only in the casting and script of the movie, Hu Jinquan and Pan Disheng had some disagreements, and the final result was that the two compromised with each other.

At the beginning, Pan Disheng positioned "Infant Ning" as a follow-up work of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and wanted to invite the popular Zhang Guorong and Wang Guxian to be the heroes and heroines, and asked Wen Jun to write the plot into a heart-wrenching love story.

After Hu Jinquan got the script. It took a month to revise Wen Jun's script, and the changes reached two-thirds, and the whole story became completely unrecognizable. Then Hu Jinquan refused to let Wang Guxian play the heroine. The reason is that Ying Ning's personality is quirky, which is completely inconsistent with Wang Guxian's freshness and coldness.

Hu Jinquan spent another half a month to choose the heroine, first picking a Taiwanese second-tier actress, but was vetoed by Pan Disheng. The reason has nothing to do with the actress's acting skills and looks. It's purely because the actress's fame is too low. Durvo is an independent film company. Unless it is a newcomer with great potential, it will not work hard to cultivate, and directly letting popular movie stars star

Hu Jinquan searched and searched, and picked TVB actress Jing Daiyin, that is, Tang Zhenye's ex-girlfriend, who played Princess Jianning in Liang Chaowei's version of "The Legend of Deer and Ding". As for the reason why Hu Jinquan likes her, it is because Jing Daiyin is very lively and loves to laugh, and her ancient costumes are quite unconventional. It is in line with the description of Ying Ning in "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai".

Pan Disheng once again denied Hu Jinquan's suggestion, and the reason was the same as before. Jing Daiyin is only famous in Hong Kong, and has little box office appeal in Taiwan and Nanyang.

Hu Jinquan had a big quarrel with Pan Disheng, and also said that Wang Guxian was not famous in Nanyang before "A Chinese Ghost Story", but now she has become a well-known actress.

It's a pity that Pan Disheng didn't want to take risks, and in the end, Hu Jinquan finally proposed a candidate who was meaningless to both of them - Zhao Yazhi.

Zhao Yazhi has only occasionally filmed TV series in the past two years, but she is still a household name in Nanyang and Taiwan, and the only thing to worry about is that her age seems to be a little too big.

Hu Jinquan invited Zhao Yazhi to audition, but Zhao Yazhi's appearance surprised him a lot, and with a few movements and smiles, he played Ying Ning's charm vividly. Although Zhao Yazhi has been acting in TV series all year round, he has too much strength when performing, but these can be corrected during filming.

From changing the script to casting, it took Hu Jinquan 14 months to get Ying Ning right. In order to improve the quality of the film, Hu Jinquan also specially invited Kang Jianfei's Qimeng special effects company to help, and by the way, he also invited Kang Jiaban to be a martial artist, it can be said that the action and special effects team is the original team of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

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After sending Hu Jinquan away, Pan Disheng asked Cen Jianxun: "Is the film scheduling plan of the major theaters this summer out?" ”

Cen Jianxun is now the general manager of Debao Cinema Line, since Pan Disheng smashed 100 million Hong Kong dollars at the beginning of the year, Debao Cinema Line quickly expanded to 9 theaters on the original basis, and rented a few more theaters to show it during the good schedule, which is enough to fight with several other major cinema companies.

"Today's summer file, Golden Harvest's main focus is Hong Jinbao's "Oriental Condor" and Cheng Long's "Plan A 3", as well as Zhang Tongzu's "Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Fight"; Princess Jin is Mecca's "Windfall of 30 Million", Lin Lingdong's "Dragon and Tiger" and Zhang Jianting's "Laughing Marriage"; On the side of Xinbao Cinema is Li Xiuxian's "Iron and Blood Cavalry", Zeng Zhiwei's "Happy Don't Speak" and Qian Yuesheng's "Raising Ghosts"; The Oriental Cinema Line is Kang Jianfei's "Fangfang", Wang Jing's "Best Friend 3" and Huang Tailai's "Jianghu Love". Cen Jianxun said that although it is impossible for him to get the film schedule of other theaters, it is easy to judge which movies will be released in the summer from the publicity of other companies and some other actions.

As soon as Pan Disheng heard the names Kang Jianfei, Wang Jing, Mecca, Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long, he felt a headache, and he said: "The competition is fierce." ”

Cen Jianxun smiled quite confidently: "Don't worry too much, Hu Jinquan filmed "Ying Ning" to a super high level, surpassing most Hong Kong films in terms of quality. ”

"That's just as well." Pan Disheng smiled lightly.

It is not only "Ying Ning" that gives Pan Disheng confidence, but also the other two films that Debao Cinemas will release in the summer - "The Thief of the Sky" and "Love Must Be Done". The starring roles of the former part are Lin Zishen, Zheng Zeshi, Michelle Yang and Ke Shouliang, and the male and female protagonists of the latter part are Liu Dehua and Zhong Chuhong, all of which are gold-attracting films with a good lineup.

The two discussed the post-publicity work of "Infant Ning", and Pan Disheng drove to his jewelry company. He is not only the owner of film and cinema companies, but also the founder of a famous jewelry company, which is Pan Disheng's main business.

"Ying Ning" was only made and completed yesterday, so today Pan Disheng went to watch the finished film early in the morning, and he hasn't done anything else in the middle of the morning. After arriving at the company, Pan Disheng took care of the daily affairs of the jewelry company, and began to read newspapers and magazines in his spare time.

As the owner of a jewelry company, Pan Disheng reads newspapers and magazines not for fun, but for reading between the lines to find useful information.

After reading the social and financial edition of Ming Pao, Pan Disheng turned to the entertainment edition, which prominently featured the news that Fang Fang won an award in Cannes, France.

Not to mention the Cannes Film Festival, the Hong Kong media at this time did not pay much attention to the Oscars, and only when there were Hong Kong films or Chinese participation, they would follow the attention and report.

The cost of going to Europe for an interview is not low, and it is uncertain whether the news will increase newspaper sales, so even if Kang Jianfei's film was shortlisted for the main competition in Cannes, only a few Hong Kong newspapers sent reporters to Cannes, and Ming Pao was one of them.

A few days ago, several newspapers, such as "Ming Pao" and "Oriental Daily", were reporting the news that "Fang Fang" was very popular with gringos, and this romance film that had not yet been released was very hot.

However, Pan Disheng didn't care too much, before Kang Jianfei's "Fang Fang", there were already 6 Chinese films that had been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, but only three and a half of them sold well - Hu Jinquan's "Chivalrous Girl" was half of the film, and it took three years to hit the street before it won the award and got back a little box office.

Kang Jianfei's fame in Hong Kong is big enough, and the Hong Kong audience base is there, even if "Fang Fang" wins awards in Cannes, it won't play a big role in increasing - it's impossible to break 40 million at the box office, right? At least two-fifths of Hong Kong citizens (including the elderly and children) would have to go to the cinema.

"The Most Popular Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival," Pan Disheng looked at the small print on the newspaper, confused, "What kind of award is this?" ”

But when Pan Disheng continued to read, he became more and more surprised, there were Kang Jianfei and Sophie below? Marceau, Leung Jiahui and the French Prime Minister.

Chirac took photos with many directors and stars that night, this news is not eye-catching in France, but it is different when it is taken back to Hong Kong, the legacy of the 2,000-year-old official standard instantly raised Kang Jianfei and Leung Jiahui to a higher level.

Not to mention anything else, just this handshake and group photo, Leung Jiahui will be able to increase his salary a lot after returning to Hong Kong.

There is another report later, but it is the news that Bernardo, the director of "The Last Emperor", and Leung Jiahui had a secret conversation at the banquet, and the two are likely to collaborate on a new film. At the end of the report, the reporter also turned over the old stories of Leung Jiahui and Bernardo and Li Hanxiang to increase the attractiveness of readers.

Leung Jiahui starred in whose new film, Pan Disheng did not pay attention, and the publicity offensive of "Fang Fang" in the next few days was the most headache for him and the bosses of several other major film companies.

Kang Jianfei even shamelessly let people record the grand occasion when "Fangfang" was released in Cannes, and edited it into a short film for broadcast on Phoenix Channel.

Watching the ghosts on TV pushing and crowding up to watch "Fang Fang", Hong Kong citizens have a little pride in their hearts, after all, "Fang Fang" is a Hong Kong film, and Hong Kong people have reason to be proud.

At the same time, fans are also looking forward to "Fang Fang" even more, and want to know what is the content of such a popular movie among foreigners. (To be continued......)

PS: Before 12 o'clock, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!