Chapter 33 The Lost Martial Arts
The corners of Ding Xiu's mouth cracked. He had to say that the director understood him. He was not a good person and he didn't like to be a good person.
Many women always send him good guy cards, which makes him very uncomfortable.
"In addition to good looks, I also have another requirement, which is to have practiced martial arts, preferably to teach martial arts. I told Qin Gang about this. Brother Ding, where do you study from?" Xu Haofeng stared at Ding Xiu and said.
"Qi Family Sword." Ding Xiu said truthfully.
Qin Gang pointed at Wang Baoqiang and said: "He came from the Shaolin Temple and has good martial arts skills. Director Xu said last time that the second actor and the protagonist are brothers. One is in the city and the other is in the countryside. I'll find them both for you." "
"Keep yourself strong and give Director Xu a whole life."
"Okay bro."
Pulling out his chair, Baoqiang performed a set of Arhat punch in the middle of the aisle, performing a backflip.
It could be seen that Xu Haofeng was still satisfied, and then he looked at Ding Xiu, meaning that you should live as well.
He was more satisfied with Ding Xiu than Wang Baoqiang. With this face, he was the model of the male lead in his novels. It would be even more perfect if he knew martial arts.
Ding Xiu sat on the chair without moving, and didn't even look at Xu Haofeng, which made the situation a bit embarrassing. Fortunately, Qin Gang smoothed things over.
"Ahem, Director Xu, please understand, you are also a martial arts practitioner. It is indeed a bit awkward to make people do somersaults, but I can assure you that Ding Xiu's martial arts is really powerful."
"It does belong to me, Meng Lang. I'm sorry." Xu Haofeng apologized and said to Ding Xiu, "But you have to show your skills and let me know that you have martial arts skills."
"Okay, no problem." Ding Xiu stretched out his palm and said to Xu Haofeng: "Give me a hand."
Not knowing what he meant, Xu Haofeng still stretched out his hand.
The next second, Ding Xiu grabbed his hand and shook it.
"Ah!" Xu Haofeng screamed, covering his shoulders.
"Fuck you!"
Qin Gang was panicking: "Brother Xiu, what are you doing?"
"It's okay, it's just a dislocation." Ding Xiu came to Xu Haofeng's side, held his arm, pressed his shoulder, and instantly restored it to its original position.
"Director Xu, do you think I'm okay?"
Okay, that's so good. Xu Haofeng is sweating on his forehead. He is also a martial arts practitioner, practicing Xingyi Quan, but that's the kind of person who has relatively rich theoretical knowledge.
He studied directing at university and wrote martial arts novels after graduation. In order to write novels, he visited many famous writers.
He had only mentioned this skill of grabbing someone and shaking them off, and thought it was a legend, but he didn't expect it to be true.
Xu Haofeng took out the script from his bag: "You passed the test. This is the plot outline and part of the script. You read it first. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me."
The Lost Martial Arts, this is the name on the script.
Ding Xiu heard Qin Gang say that this script was adapted from a novel written by Xu Haofeng himself. It took three years to write the novel and another three years to adapt it into the script. It was six years of sharpening a sword.
The novel is written in flashback. It begins with a massacre in the villa area. A family of seven was exterminated, the safe was broken into, and all valuable items were stolen.
The police issued a nationwide arrest warrant and began a large-scale search.
At the same time, in a remote town, the protagonist, who had been away from home for ten years, got off the long-distance bus, wearing a smart suit and holding a black bag in his hand.
After returning to the small town, he lived in the home of his junior brother, who had a beautiful girlfriend... They discovered their secret... He killed them, and finally the protagonist was shot and killed.
Looking through the script, Ding Xiu had to admit that what Xu Haofeng wrote was truly perverted, and the protagonist was a complete bad guy.
He was obsessed with martial arts and used martial arts to kill people. He persuaded his junior brother to do it with him, and his junior brother persuaded him to surrender. He became so ruthless that he even killed his junior brother. The most outrageous thing was that he also wiped out his girlfriend's family.
I don't know why, but Ding Xiu felt a little strangely familiar with this script.
Seeing Ding Xiu's frown, Xu Haofeng asked, "Is there any problem?"
"Yes, can your movie be released?"
In ordinary movies, the protagonist has a positive image. In this movie, the protagonist is completely bad. Although he was shot to death in the end, Ding Xiu was a bit suspenseful.
I'm afraid that if it's filmed, it may not be released. It's a bit depressing and dark.
"You don't have to worry about it. I'll give you every cent of the remuneration."
Yes, after hearing this, Ding Xiu probably knew something, and he was very stubborn.
He has watched a lot of movies these days and has a bit of knowledge about the industry. Mainland movies and Hong Kong movies are completely different. Ninety percent of Hong Kong movies are commercial movies, and 90% of mainland movies are artistic movies.
Mainland directors are more serious than others when making movies, and they make whatever topics are sensitive, exposing social phenomena, corruption, politics, school violence, gender topics, same-sex topics, etc.
Films that have been banned in recent years include The Devil Is Coming, I Am Your Father, My Mother, The Gatekeeper of Peking, Alive, Tianyu, Mr. Zhao, Suzhou River, Xiao Wu, The Postman, The Eight Banners, Dahong Rice Shop, The Sun and the People. …
Some directors have been banned from using nicknames, such as Lou Ye, who has never returned to the topic of homosexuality. People say that the films produced by Lou Ye must be banned.
Their slogan is, if you ban it, I will shoot it.
If you don't let me show it, I will show it abroad.
In their circle, even if one or two movies have not been banned, they are embarrassed to brag about it.
Sometimes a film is considered good if it is banned, but some people are banned. Not just one or two people have received the title of being banned from making films for five years.
It is obvious that Xu Haofeng is ready to join the banned film industry and vow to become one of them.
An hour later, Ding Xiu and the other three walked out of the restaurant.
When he got back to the car, Ding Xiu took off his tie and said, "Old Qin, do you believe me? I think this guy is going to be cold."
"It doesn't matter whether he is reliable or not, just give him money, right Baoqiang?"
"That's the truth." Wang Baoqiang said, holding part of the script for the second male lead in his hand.
He's an extra, so if he can act in a movie, he'll do well. As long as it's not a pornographic film, he'll do it, not to mention they'll give him money.
Looking at the expressions on their faces, Ding Xiu knew that his words were in vain and he would just mess it up himself. Whether the movie passed the review was none of his business, as long as he didn't default on his remuneration.
"Old Qin, how much does Xu Haofeng plan to pay for this drama?"
They did not discuss the remuneration at the dinner table. In Qin Gang's words, it was too tacky. Both parties involved could not discuss this kind of thing together.
"The first male number is 20,000, and the second male number is 6,000. The shooting lasted about two months."
"Isn't it a bit low? I earned 30,000 yuan from Swordsman."
"Twenty thousand yuan is not bad. How do you compare Xu Haofeng with Zhang Jizhong? How much money can a person like him who rushes for banned movies spend on filming? We have nothing to do. Let's make him 20,000 yuan first."
"When Xu Haofeng finishes filming, Swordsman will be aired soon. When your popularity increases, your remuneration will naturally increase."
Twenty thousand, just twenty thousand, is better than nothing. Ding Xiu said: "Is there a female protagonist in this drama?"
"Yes, the daughter-in-law who protects Qiang in the play is. Xu Haofeng said that she has been found. She is a college student."
When he heard that he was a college student, Wang Baoqiang was excited: "Is it beautiful?"
"It looks like a flower."