Hong Kong Comic Master

On the dim street, Zhang Weijian, wearing black-framed glasses and a school uniform, looked ahead in horror, as if there was something terrible ahead.

"Don't come over, don't come over! Ah..."

Suddenly, Zhang Weijian raised his ferocious right hand and shouted loudly.

"Cut! Very good, Jianzi, your performance is correct, do you want to come and see?"

At this time, director Tsui Hark behind the monitor stopped the performance in time.

Although Tsui Hark's appearance is getting weirder and weirder, and he is more and more like the old weirdo in the impression of later generations, his status in the Hong Kong film industry is getting higher and higher, and he is no longer the unsuccessful TV director.

"Director Xu, I really want to see it. You know, such a non-physical performance is really difficult to grasp!"

Zhang Weijian said with a nod.

Tsui Hark waved to Zhang Weijian, and when the other party came to his side, he replayed the performance on the screen.

Looking at the awkward performance of himself yelling at the air on the screen, Zhang Weijian felt that he could dig out a three-bedroom apartment on the ground with his toes.

The result of this performance, without the blessing of special effects, is really too ugly.

However, Tsui Hark watched it with relish, which is the result of the different perspectives of the director and the actor.

"Not wrong, wait until my special effects studio completes the post-production, and then we can reproduce the scenes in the comics!"

Tsui Hark spoke with some excitement.

Today, Tsui Hark is better called Boss Xu than Director Xu.

Just two years ago, Tsui Hark established a film company called New Vision Special Effects Studio with the investment of Qilin Entertainment.

At first, this company only undertook special effects outsourcing work, but this year, he began to try to use special effects to make movies in large quantities.

And the first movie produced by this company is called "Parasyte"!

"Parasyte" is an early comic by Li Wannian, and it has been 10 years since its birth. During this period, there have been animation adaptations, but there have been no live-action versions.

More than one person was interested in this comic, especially Xu Ke, but Li Wannian never gave up.

The main reason was that the special effects could not keep up, which led to Li Wannian's lack of confidence in them.

However, now with the two years of technical accumulation of New Vision, Xu Ke finally had the courage to challenge him, and after his efforts to pester Li Wannian, he successfully obtained the adaptation rights of "Parasyte" and asked Li Wannian to serve as a consultant for this film.

After owning the copyright and technical accumulation, he began to look for actors and finally found Zhang Weijian, who was well-known but cheap.

Of course, the reason why Xu Ke chose Zhang Weijian to play the male protagonist Quan Zhenyi is not only because he is cheap, but also because although he is 23 years old, he is full of youthfulness, and he is also a young "old drama bone" with perfect acting skills. The most important thing is that he also likes this comic.

To be honest, filming "Parasyte" is still very challenging.

After all, there is still a lot of content in the comic "Parasyte", and one movie can't tell it all.

Therefore, when revising the script, Xu Ke consulted Li Wannian and changed it into a two-part movie.

The first part of the movie mainly tells the story of Quan Xinyi being attacked by a parasitic beast and having a transformable Xiaoyou. Then Xinyi was assassinated by his parasitic mother and was saved by Xiaoyou. Finally, he took revenge and killed the enemy who killed his mother.

Then the parasitic beasts of the mysterious organization appeared. They even wanted to run for the governor of Hong Kong Island. Kana thought she could sense Xinyi, but she died tragically in his arms.

As for the second part, it tells the story of the campus riots and the encirclement and suppression by the municipal government, as well as the final decisive battle with Hou Teng.

It can be seen that the big scenes of the movie are mainly concentrated in the second part, and the first part tells more about the changes of the protagonist Xinyi.

The advantage of this is of course that the cost of the first part is less. If the first movie does not perform well at that time, the shooting and preparation of the second part can be suspended to reduce greater losses.

And if the first movie performs well, of course the investment in the second part can be increased to make the big scenes better!

However, because of this, the budget of the first part is limited, and most of the money has to be spent on special effects, so the actors to be invited must be of good quality and low price!

"Yes, otherwise how can you be the director?"

Zhang Weijian gently flattered Xu Ke, then took off the doll in his hand and continued: "By the way, director, can you give me one after the filming of this Xiaoyou?"

The doll in his hand is very real, and through the control of the hand, it can open and close its mouth and make some expressions.

Because computer special effects technology is not mature nowadays, many movie special effects require props, makeup and other technologies.

Therefore, for Xiaoyou, the soul prop in the movie, it is natural to make it.

When Zhang Weijian joined the group, he fell in love with this thing at first sight, and played with it in his hands all day long.

Don't say, this thing is much more realistic than the Xiaoyou model sold in the two-dimensional animation city!

"You wish, I was planning to take it home as a souvenir!"

However, facing Zhang Weijian's request, Xu Ke righteously refused.

Just kidding, in terms of the degree of being a homebody, Zhang Weijian is just a younger brother in front of him, Xu Ke!

How do you think I got the filming rights for "Parasyte"?

The two chatted for a few more words, and Zhang Weijian reluctantly handed Xiaoyou back to the props team, and then went to the dressing room to remove makeup and change clothes.

I feel that the best thing about filming is that the location is small, and you can go home after filming, and you don’t have to stay in the crew or Hengdian for two or three months as in the later mainland filming.

Even if you live in a five-star hotel, how can it be as comfortable as your own home?

Driving his somewhat old sports car out of the filming location, he soon merged into the crowded roads of Hong Kong Island.

Zhang Weijian, who was driving on the road, suddenly saw a roadside stall on the side of the road, so he stopped the car on the side of the road.

"Boss, give me the latest "Second Dimension Youth Weekly"!"

"Okay!"

"How much?"

"Twelve!"

"Damn, are you robbing?"

Hearing this number, Zhang Weijian, who was about to pay, paused, and was even more shocked. He subconsciously thought that the owner of the newsstand was asking for an exorbitant price.

"What kind of robbery? How much do you think it costs?"

"Isn't it eight dollars?"

"That was the price a few years ago!"

"It's damn expensive!"

As the economy of Hong Kong Island soars, prices are obviously rising faster.

In the end, Zhang Weijian paid the money, bought a magazine and left.

Looking at the black exhaust left by the sports car, the owner of the newsstand spat with envy and contempt: "Damn, driving a sports car and still being so stingy? Pah!"