When Feng Xiaogang filmed "No Thief in the World", he asked Lin Jianyue: "How can this movie rush out of the mainland?" ”
Lin Jianyue smiled and replied to him with six words: "Add Andy Lau!" ”
Feng Xiaogang was suspicious: "This is it?" ”
Lin Jianyue then explained to him: "Andy Lau + Ge You, just like in "Infernal Affairs", Andy Lau + Liang Chaowei has a truth, just like cooking, you add some decoration, the dish can be sold more expensive."
Feng Xiaogang was finally persuaded to spend 7 million yuan to invite Andy Lau town to the field, and also found Li Bingbing, Feng Yuanzheng and other big coffee to match.
But at this juncture when everything was ready, bad news came: the script of "No Thief in the World" was killed!
Feng Xiaogang was instantly dumbfounded.
In Zhao Benfu's original work, the "thief head" Wang Bo and Wang Li all the way to protect the silly root to arrive home safely.
But after reading the script, two questions were raised:
First, let the "thief" such a bad person be the protagonist in the movie, unheard of, there is no precedent.
Second, why did Wang Bo and Wang Li help Silly Root? Just because he's stupid?
Feng Xiaogang couldn't help it, so he made a phone call and asked the screenwriter Wang Gang: "What can I do about this?" ”
Wang Gang was also stupid, and asked back: "Feng Dao, what do you say?" ”
Feng Xiaogang couldn't think of a trick and began to fool around: "You say change it, how about letting Silly Root and Liu Ruoying Wang Li fall in love?" ”
Wang Gang refused to do it, and said bluntly: "You are blindly reforming!" ”
In desperation, Feng Xiaogang found his old friend Liu Zhenyun, a big writer, and wanted him to go out and solve the problem of script review.
Unexpectedly, after Liu Zhenyun changed a version, he was still beaten back.
Feng Xiaogang's heart was like ashes, and people around him also began to persuade him to give up the project: "You change the script to shoot!" ”
But Feng Xiaogang is quite stubborn and still wants to shoot.
At this moment, Feng Xiaogang remembered an old friend of his who had been estranged, Wang Shuo.
It's just that they have been fighting for seven or eight years, and when they go to find Wang Shuo again, he really can't erase his face.
However, at the juncture of life and death, Feng Xiaogang had no other choice but to give it a go, so he personally went to visit Wang Shuo: "Shuo Ye, I have a script that has not been able to pass the review, do you want to see it?" ”
Wang Shuo was also cheerful, picked up the script and turned it over, and immediately pointed out a clear path for him: "This is too easy to do, pregnant, you let the female thief get pregnant, and then go into the temple to burn incense."
Feng Xiaogang did not react for a moment.
Wang Shuo then explained: "People's hearts are good, their lives have been ruined, or they hope that the next generation will be beautiful."
In the end, the script of "No Thief in the World" was successfully reviewed.
And after the release of the movie that year, even if it met a strong opponent such as Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu", it also won 126 million at the box office.
I have to say that the success of a film is not enough to rely on the director alone.
It requires a unique investor, a flexible screenwriter, and an actor with excellent acting skills to work together to achieve ultimate success.
However, such a high-profile New Year's eve film as "No Thief in the World", which is released today, is definitely a dusty existence! #Gossip Manual ##I'm going to make headlines##说TA #
