Chapter 359 The beginning of the movie, the details you don't know

No matter what changes Stephen Chow has made, everyone must buy tickets to support him just to slap Shen Lang in the face.

Is it really as magical as Shen Lang said?
This is Stephen Chow's first directorial work. Has he really changed so much in it?

You know, a good actor may not necessarily be a good director.

In fact, most actors who become directors are quite disappointing. (See this year's Spring Festival schedule!)
On the day of its official release, with the fame of Stephen Chow and Shen Lang, the box office was naturally extremely popular from the beginning.

After a theme song of Chinese classical music, the movie began.

The first shot of the movie is a portrait of Su Chahar's ancestors.

Many people present may not know that the details are immediately apparent at the beginning of the movie.

Let me ask you a question. Does anyone know the name of Su Can’s father, played by Ng Man-tat?

To be honest, it’s not even listed in the end credits.

But the crew knew.

In the media screening room, Shen Lang was introducing the details that were not expressed in the movie to the editor-in-chief of Sohu Entertainment.

"Su Qi'er's full name is Su Chaharcan! The surname Su Chahar is real. It was originally called Chahar. They are descendants of Genghis Khan, because their ancestors followed Huang Taiji into the pass and became important officials of the Qing Dynasty."

"His descendants were appointed as Jiangsu Provincial Surveillance Commissioners and lived in Suzhou for generations, so their names were changed to Su Chahar!"

"And the man at the top of the portrait is named Suchahar Tubutu! The character played by Ng Man-tat is his grandson, named Suchahar Benzhi!"

Wu Qing sighed, "To be honest, when you mentioned Su Qi'er at the press conference, I thought you just used the story of the Ten Tigers of Guangdong and didn't delve into it! I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable about the Su Chahar family!"

Although the reporters around were staring at the big movie screen, many of them were listening to the whispers between Shen Lang and Wu Qing.

When they heard this story behind the movie, they quickly took note of it in their minds.

These are all good materials for future reports!

The key point is that Shen Lang’s sudden success in recent years does not seem to be just luck. With his seriousness behind the scenes, it would be strange if he didn’t succeed.

"However, history is history, and movies are movies!" Shen Lang smiled and whispered, "The Senggelinqin that appears in the movie was a person during the Xianfeng period, while Su Chahar Benzhi was the general of Guangzhou during the Jiaqing period! This is inconsistent with history, but what we want is the plot, so don't get hung up on the details!"

Wu Qing nodded: "I understand, just like in "New Dragon Inn", the East Factory is in charge of the military power! Those who understand history know that it's nonsense, but it doesn't stop the movie from being good!"

Shen Lang nodded.

In fact, there are still many bugs in the movie. For example, the villain Zhao Wuji played by Shen Lang himself. The Tianli Sect behind him is actually not from the Jiaqing period, but a cult that existed in the Ming Dynasty.

There is reality within the illusion, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false!
Wu Qing sighed: "This is a professional movie, it's purely fictional, any similarities are purely coincidental!"

Shen Lang and the other two smiled knowingly.

At this time, Zhou Xingxing appeared in the movie. He was different from the past. He frowned as soon as he appeared on the stage. He stared at the front with unprecedented seriousness. He also held a brush in his hand, as if he was conceiving a painting.

Suddenly, Zhou Xingxing moved. He used a martial arts posture, splashed ink and wrote with his brush, and it was done in one go.

Everyone was staring at the screen, thinking, judging by the looks of it, the work that Su Can would create must be earth-shattering!

The maids and servants were wiping their sweat and serving tea, which undoubtedly further demonstrated the extraordinary nature of the work.

The camera slowly moved up, and suddenly, the entire theater burst into laughter.

This is not a work of art at all, this is... just a ghost painting. At first everyone thought that Zhou Xingxing really looked different this time, but who knew, hahahaha... he is still so funny!

What happened next was even more absurd, and everyone's attention was constantly drawn to the plot of the movie.

To enter Yihongyuan, the reward was a silver note of 100,000 taels. Even for the beggars that others avoided, he generously covered all the expenses of his stay in Yihongyuan.

An illiterate dandy and a dissolute young man from an aristocratic family.

The director, screenwriter and actors used a funny style to make the previous foreshadowing fascinating.

Actually, Zhou Xingxing's Su Can was not a likable character at the beginning, but...

"But your script uses some details to make this character appear unruly but interesting!"

"For example, when treating beggars, or when facing a strong enemy, he is rarely serious..."

Wu Qing sighed, "The quality of a screenwriter can be seen here! If someone else shoots it, Su Can's unruly personality can't be portrayed in such a likable way."

Shen Lang smiled and said, "In fact, there is another detail that you definitely haven't noticed."

"Oh?"

"At the beginning of the movie, when the title of "Martial Arts Champion Su Qi'er" appeared on the screen, did you pay attention to his background?"

Wu Qing frowned and thought for a while before saying, "It looks like a calligraphy!"

Shen Lang gave a thumbs up and said, "Yes, the best running script in the world, Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Preface"!"

"Why use this as the background? What's the story behind this? Also, is there any connection between this and Su Can's character?"

Shen Lang nodded and said, "Of course there is. In the Preface to the Lanting Collection, it is said that one should live a life of freedom and indulgence. Life and death are absurd, so one is filled with emotions. This is the portrayal of Su Qier in this play. You can wait and see!"

"No, no, now that you mention it, I remember something!" Wu Qing whispered, "The background of the credits also seems to be a piece of calligraphy, but it's definitely not the "Lanting Preface". Whose calligraphy is it? Any explanation?"

Shen Lang laughed: "Old Wu, sure!"

"That's Mi Fu's copy of Cui Hao's poem, "In Response to Xu Jishi's Night Letter to Other Gentlemen" from the Tang Dynasty poet Cui Hao!"

"The original poem is very long, just remember the last line. I wrote this poem while accompanying Lan Shu from afar, and I am here to look up to the gods."

As the editor-in-chief of Sohu, Wu Qing has some literary literacy. He savored these two lines of poetry carefully. The meaning of these two lines is probably that the author admires the gods very much and humbly learns from them in order to break through the status quo.

So in this opening, why did Shen Lang ask him to pay attention to these two sentences?

Shen Lang did not explain, but let him continue reading with questions in mind.

The reporters who had been eavesdropping on their conversation were dumbfounded.

“Well, this is called professionalism!”

"Is it so hard to watch a movie now?"

"When I watched movies before, I always felt that the movie commentaries were just like doing reading comprehension in Chinese. I didn't even know what the author was talking about, but they praised it to the skies and it was unfathomable!"

"Now it seems that I was superficial. Teacher Shen really has something in his belly!"

(End of this chapter)