Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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As a middle-G person who really likes movies, Xu Cun is very eager for Chinese-language movies to have a place on the world stage!

Moreover, now that he has money, Xu Cun feels that he should have some higher-level pursuits—for example, fame!

If possible, Xu Cun also hopes that this 'name' is his real name, not a stolen one.

Xu Cun knows better than anyone else that "ET" is not a Chinese movie at all, let alone a movie made by Xu Cun. It's a Spielberg movie.

"Sword of the Horse" is different - if "Sword of the Horse" and "Farewell My Concubine" can be perfectly combined into one according to Xu Cun's vision, then even if "Sword of the Horse" is not exactly Xu Cun's movie, "Sword of the Horse" is also It will be an out-and-out Chinese movie.

Therefore, Xu Cun has high hopes for "Dao Ma Dan"!

Based on this high expectation, Xu Cun thought for a long time when forming the crew of "Dao Ma Dan".

After a thorough consideration, Xu Cun first asked Cui Baozhu to help him find someone——Liu Xun.

Liu Xun began to study Peking Opera at the age of six, and entered a professional class specializing in Peking Opera. During this period, he was also taught by seniors such as Li Wanchun, Shang Heyu, Zhang Dejun, Li Shaochun, and Gai Jiaotian.

At the age of fourteen, Liu Xun performed abroad on behalf of the China G Art Troupe.

At the age of nineteen, after graduating from school, he was assigned to the China G Peking Opera Theater and taught there.

At the beginning of this year, Liu Xun moved to Xiangjiang and worked as a lecturer at Xiangjiang Academy for Performing Arts, engaged in the research of Cantonese opera.

The reason why Xu Cun knows Liu Xun so well is mainly because some classic roles played by Liu Xun are deeply rooted in his heart. For example, Gu Jinfu, the eunuch leader of the villain in "Swordsman", Huang Qiying in Li Lianjie's version of "Once Upon a Time", Jia Ting, one of the four heads of Dongchang in "New Dragon Inn".

In addition, Liu Xun is also the opera director in Tsui Hark's version of "Dao Ma Dan".

but--

Xu Cun's approach to Liu Xun was not just to ask him to be the opera director in "Dao Ma Dan".

Xu Cun is also going to let Liu Xun go back to the mainland to help him find some people back.

These people are Hu Weili, Zhang Manling and Shi Yansheng, Chen Kaige, Zhang Jinzhan, several professors who are familiar with the history of the Republic of China, and a group of costume designers and set designers who are familiar with history.

Hu Weili has composed music for thousands of episodes of TV series, and at that time he also served as the deputy principal of the Xiangjiang Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, and performed for the Xiangjiang Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, Xiangjiang Chinese Orchestra, Xiangjiang Dance Orchestra, Xiangjiang Repertory Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Advancement Association, Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan Chinese Orchestra, as well as a large number of commercials and film compositions and soundtracks.

It can be said that Hu Weili is a musical genius!

When Xu Cun invited Hu Weili to Xiangjiang, he not only wanted Hu Weili, Huang Zhan, and Gu Jiaguang to join forces for the soundtrack of "Dao Ma Dan", he also wanted to recruit this genius - if not, the current form is not suitable for Xu Cun to return to the mainland Xu Cun must personally invite Hu Weili to Xiangjiang.

Although he couldn't come in person, Xu Cun personally wrote a long letter with a length of 2,000 words and asked Liu Xun to bring it to Hu Weili.

Zhang Manling is a famous dramatist. She studied Tsing Yi, Hua Dan, and Dao Ma Dan in a Chinese opera school, and was taught by famous masters such as Wang Yaoqing, Xiao Cuihua, Hua Huilin, and Cheng Yujing.

Zhang Manling and her husband Shi Yansheng are also the Peking opera instructors of "Farewell My Concubine", which is why Xu Cun invited them to Xiangjiang.

Brother Chen Kai needless to say, he is the director of "Farewell My Concubine".

But Zhang Jinzhan wants to explain—he is the executive director of "Farewell My Concubine", and the brilliant results of "Farewell My Concubine" have a lot to do with him.

Xu Cun is going to get Chen Kai and Zhang Jinzhan to be his director assistants, which can also be said to be staff—although Chen Kai and Zhang Jinzhan are both students who have not yet graduated, but Xu Cun believes that he can shoot "Farewell to the King". They will definitely come in handy.

With Xu Cun's current reputation, it is not difficult to find Brother Chen Kai and Zhang Jinzhan, the difficulty is what excuses to use, and how to avoid being involved in political incidents.

After much deliberation, Xu Cun decided to directly negotiate terms with the Beijing Film Academy—if the Beijing Film Academy agreed to Xu Cun’s terms, he would send the Beijing Film Academy two sets of the most advanced photography equipment in the world (shooting in the U.S. G. During ET, Xu Cun bought six sets of the most advanced photographic equipment, two of which were left in DreamWorks (the US G branch), and the other four were shipped back to Xiangjiang some time ago.).

Professors who are familiar with the history of the Republic of China are invited to come because Xu Cun is going to ask them to help Xu Cun check it out - Xu Cun must respect history if he wants "Dao Ma Dan" to achieve a good result.

The reason for finding costume designers and set designers who are familiar with the history of the Republic of China is the same as hiring professors who are familiar with the history of the Republic of China.

Whether "Farewell My Concubine" and "Dao Ma Dan" can be perfectly combined together, Liu Xun's going north this time is the key!

Xu Cun knows very well that if you want a horse to run, you have to feed the horse. Therefore, Xu Cun promised that as long as Liu Xun can do all these things well, he will invest five million Hong Kong dollars to jointly open an opera school with Liu Xun, give Liu Xun 30% of the shares, and appoint Liu Xun as the principal of the opera school .

For Liu Xun, who has just come to Xiangjiang from the mainland, the benefits offered by Xu Cun are tantamount to pie in the sky. In addition, what Xu Cun asked him to do was not too difficult. Therefore, on the second day after meeting Xu Cun, Liu Xun returned to the mainland with the 200,000 Hong Kong dollars in office expenses that Xu Cun gave him.

In addition to letting Liu Xun go north to recruit people, Xu Cun also personally invited several great talents from Xiangjiang.

Needless to say Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui, there is also a talented writer Li Bihua.

Li Bihua is the original author of "Farewell My Concubine". In addition, she is also the author of "Terracotta Warriors" and "Rouge Button".

Xu Cun asked her to come back because he asked her to help revise the script of "Dao Ma Dan" - the original story of "Dao Ma Dan" was too rough. Although Xu Cun had already revised it once, Xu Cun himself was not very good at designing delicate stories, so He invited Li Bihua, who is very good at writing spicy, glamorous and sad stories and novels with unique viewpoints, to make up for his shortcomings.

At this time, Li Bihua was just an elementary school teacher and a freelance writer who had published several short stories, not the famous writer in his previous life. Therefore, the international director Xu Cun personally invited her to co-create the script, and of course she would not refuse.

Of course, Li Bihua, who pursues freedom, happiness, and leisure, is still very literati-Xu Cun's original intention was to make "The Sword of the Horse" end with a big group member to cater to the audience, but Li Bihua insisted that the ending of "The Sword of the Horse" should not be too harsh. too perfect. Even Li Bihua thought it would be best to make the ending of "Swordsman Dan" an unexpected tragedy.

The two argued many times, and in the end Xu Cun and Li Bihua each gave way...

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