Chapter 412: A three-in-one opening plot

"interesting?"

Yuan Kui frowned and said, "Is it appropriate for a martial arts master to be not steady enough?"

Similarly, Li Lianjie frowned and began to think.

Shen Lang was not in a hurry. He asked Yuan Kui, "What is the current progress of the script of "Fang Shiyu"?"

Yuan Kui said: "The general story structure has been put together, but the content has not been filled in yet."

After saying that, he made a phone call, and the assistant director entered the private room and placed the notebook respectfully in front of Shen Lang.

Shen Lang looked at the script in his notebook and said to himself, "No wonder!"
The script now progresses to the point where Fang Shiyu lived during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

Because Qianlong had a dream in which he dreamed that the Red Flower Society wanted to kill him, he sent the Nine-Gate Admiral Ordo to hunt down the Red Flower Society.

The Red Flower Society has a roster that records the names of all its members. After investigation, Ordo discovered that the roster was actually in the hands of Fang De, Fang Shiyu's father.

Fang Shiyu had no choice but to take his entire family to hide in the house of his father-in-law Lei Lao Hu.

But Ordo pressed forward step by step, the Lei Mansion fell into crisis, Mrs. Lei died, Fang De was arrested, and in the chaos Fang Shiyu escaped with the list.

Seeing his father Fang De being used as bait by Ordo to lure him into robbing the execution ground, Fang Shiyu, for the sake of his father, went to the tiger mountain despite knowing that there was a tiger there...

Shen Lang nodded after reading it. The general outline of the story was indeed the same as the plot of the first part of "Fang Shiyu" that he had read in another time and space.

However, plot alone is not enough.

If something is really filmed according to this plot, it would be no different from shit.

Now Shen Lang finally understood why Yuan Kui, Li Lianjie and others wanted him to be the martial arts instructor!
Because, in their view, the story is the bones, and the actions of an action movie are the flesh and blood.

The bones and Shen Lang's action style, which is different from the "Seven Little Fortunes", are the key to the success of the play "Fong Sai-yuk".

wrong!

It's so wrong.

Although he can innovate his own martial arts routines, with Jet Li's popularity and his own fame, he can just make up some routines and will definitely not lose money at the box office.

However, these alone are not enough to help Li Lianjie get rid of the stigma of "Once Upon a Time in China" and achieve a second spring in his career.

The most important thing is to combine the plot of this play with Jet Li’s youthfulness to make an interesting action film.

"But Yuan Kui just now clearly didn't think highly of this kind of innovative character design for the protagonist of an action movie!"

Shen Lang had just joined the crew and had not yet reached the shooting stage, but he had already disagreed with the director. This was a bit troublesome.

At this time, Hong Jinbao, who had more experience as a director than Yuan Kui, spoke up: "I think, Yuan Kui, you shouldn't rush to deny Mr. Shen's ideas. Haven't we made funny action movies before?"

Yuan Kui shook his head: "It's different! In the past, we focused on comedy, and the action was just an extra."

"But Li Lianjie is not suitable for comedy. Look at his face. He doesn't have the potential to be a comedian. It's even worse for him to deliberately make himself ugly like the old martial arts heroes! I think this way of thinking is wrong!" Yuan Kui was very stubborn.

Shen Lang then said, "Director Yuan, our play doesn't necessarily have to have interesting characters; why can't we be innovative in the plot?"

"Plot?" Li Lianjie was a little confused: "Teacher Shen, how can the plot be innovated to make it interesting?"

"Design some plots that strengthen the character of the protagonist, or make the script more interesting!" "For example..." Shen Lang laughed, "How can we make everyone remember Fang Shiyu at first sight?"

Yuan Kui hadn't figured it out yet, and frowned as he said, "Of course, they arranged for him and Ordo to meet by chance. At that time, the two sides didn't know each other's identities, and after a fight, they actually developed a feeling of mutual respect! Then, in the face of national justice, Fang Shiyu learned that he was actually a lackey of the court, so they went from mutual respect to mortal enemies!"

Shen Lang nodded: "This is the old martial arts cliché again! Right?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Kui looked at Shen Lang in astonishment. Yes, unknowingly, he had applied the story routine of Hong Kong's traditional martial arts films to the play "Fong Sai-yuk".

Li Lianjie was also a little speechless. What he wanted was innovation and breakthrough. Wong Fei-hung had already brought traditional martial arts films to the pinnacle and was unsurpassed. How could he make a different "Fong Sai-yuk"? This was not something that could be achieved with a plot like Yuan Kui's.

"So, what does Mr. Shen think?"

Shen Lang smiled confidently and said, "First of all, we should work hard on the character design of the movie characters!"

"For example, Fang Shiyu's father was a member of the Red Flower Society who didn't know martial arts. For example, Fang Shiyu's mother Miao Cuihua was a funny mother who loved her son and would go crazy with him. Moreover, this mother was very skilled in martial arts!"

"For example, Fang Shiyu's father-in-law was a somewhat funny bandit. In order to whitewash himself, he held a sports meeting to connect with the people of Guangdong?"

"Then, they organized a martial arts competition to find a bride. They designed a plot to limit the fighting scene to a small area. For example, they abandoned the traditional fighting arena and used a wooden arena. The winner of the competition was no longer the one who knocked down the opponent, but the one who grabbed the hydrangea on the top of the arena. Whoever grabbed the hydrangea could marry Lei Lao Hu's daughter!"

Li Lianjie was surprised and asked, "Can you shoot like this?"

Shen Lang smiled and said, "Why not?"

Yuan Kui still shook his head: "No, no, the background of this play is during the reign of Emperor Qianlong, there is no sports meeting at all!"

Shen Lang laughed loudly: "Do Hong Kong's martial arts films still care about the historical background?"

Sammo Hung and others also laughed when they heard this. Speaking of this, the most famous one is Xu Ke. His script adaptation is very imaginative and he dares to add anything into it.

In "New Dragon Inn", the East Factory can actually control the army. What the hell is going on!
Shen Lang saw that Sammo Hung and Li Lianjie seemed to be interested, so he struck while the iron was hot and said, "Let's take the opening scene as an example!"

"What can we do in this opening segment?"

“It highlights the protagonist’s qualities of helping the weak and fighting the strong, his strong martial arts skills, and his quick mind!”

"What else can you do?"

"Let the protagonist and the heroine have a romantic encounter!"

"Here, I have an idea!"

"At the sports meeting, the heroine was molested by a gangster!"

"The protagonist came to the rescue out of righteousness. Through a few scenes that easily crushed the heroine, he not only achieved the purpose of getting to know the heroine, but also let everyone know that this young man Fang Shiyu is very powerful!"

“Next, we will design some modern sports events so that the protagonists can further gain audience favor through exciting competitions!”

"In the end, he won the heart of the heroine!"

"In this way, wouldn't it achieve the goal of making the plot interesting and novel, getting to know the heroine, and showing off kung fu, killing three birds with one stone?"

Yuan Kui hesitated and asked, "What modern competitive sports can be combined with traditional martial arts?"

Seeing everyone staring at him with curiosity in their eyes, Shen Lang smiled faintly: "Give me an example..."

(End of this chapter)