Chapter 157157

The original author of "White Snake Cultivation" was admitted to Beijing University in the second half of the year and became popular on the Internet. The sales of her three previously published physical books have also been rising steadily. The director of the movie "Legend of the White Snake" also knows that the sales of "Martial Arts" magazine have also soared.

He will buy the film copyright of "White Snake Cultivation". First of all, he himself is a loyal reader of "Martial Arts" and "Legend of the White Snake". Directors like them read various books and magazines. It is basically their daily routine. They need to choose scripts and literary works. On the one hand, they are looking for inspiration, and on the other hand, they are looking for stories suitable for filming.

Even though the crew was closed during the filming, the fans at that time were not as crazy as they would be decades later. Filming was just a job for current directors and actors.

So he was well-informed.

When Jiang Xi was popular, his filming progress had already come to an end, and the film was about to enter the post-editing and dubbing stage.

He had thought about releasing the movie while the original author was popular, and using the original author to promote the movie. In this way, he could save a lot of publicity costs and attract a large number of readers of the original novel "White Snake Cultivation" to the box office.

Unfortunately, when Xi Meng was at the peak of his popularity, he did not have time to release the movie "White Snake".

It was not until the popularity of "Searching for the Cuteness" died down that his film was completed and waiting for promotion.

He wanted to release it at the end of 1997, during the winter vacation of 1998, and he was targeting the traffic of the student party during the winter vacation.

Before the release of the film, the film also needs to be promoted.

The director immediately thought of using the popularity of the original author of "The Legend of White Snake" to bring in a group of original fans.

So the first stop he chose for promotion was Peking University.

Before deciding on the promotion strategy, the great director also asked Jiang Xiao if he was willing to promote the movie "The Legend of White Snake". Of course, he was paid for the promotion.

Jiang Xi didn't mind the director using her name to promote the movie, after all, her current traffic is really high, but she still said to the director: "A Jingda Xi Meng who didn't show up will have a better promotional effect than a Jingda Xi Meng who showed up, director, what do you think?"

The big director thought she was unwilling to help with the promotion, and his face was a little ugly, but after listening to Jiang Xi's promotional strategy, he couldn't help but secretly praise that Xi Meng was worthy of being a top student of Jingda, and her mind was quick.

The big director had met Jiang Xi and signed a contract with her, using her real name and ID card. Naturally, he knew Jiang Xi's real identity information and knew that she was a real Jingda student.

Although the movie was released during the winter vacation, it couldn't be promoted at Peking University during the winter vacation, otherwise there would be no one at the school, and they would promote it to no one.

So before the winter vacation came, the director had communicated with the school leaders of Peking University. The school leaders of Peking University knew that this was the work of their students and was made into a movie, and they also supported their students. So, before any Reuters news came out about this movie, the publicity column, small theater, and school gate of Peking University were posted with promotional posters. The poster showed a turbulent river below, a white snake combing the water veins above, and above that were photos of the starring team. The first one was naturally the actress who played the female lead, followed by Fahai, Xiaoqing, and the acting snake demon. Even Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai were mixed in the corner, and Jiang Bai even showed his face.

The "Search for Ximeng" campaign that was a big hit in reality and on the Internet at the beginning of the school year is still fresh in many people's memory. Because of this campaign, Ximeng has gained many new readers, and the physical books and magazines have been sold like crazy. How long has it been since this happened? "White Snake Cultivation" written by their Kyoto University alumni has been made into a movie?

This famous director in later generations was not very famous at that time, but it was made into a movie after all. There are also now famous acting actors who came to promote it. The actress who plays the white snake is also very beautiful. This beautiful actress is not only beautiful, but also has acting skills and is full of spirit.

This news immediately exploded in Kyoto University and on the Internet.

At first, it was only discussed on the internal forum of Kyoto University, but it was soon posted online by netizens, so many readers of the cute online surfing knew about it: "White Snake Cultivation" has been made into a movie?" "

The name of the movie is "White Snake"!" Then there was the promotional poster!

The poster clearly stated that it was adapted from "The Years I Was a White Snake Cultivation", the original author is cute.

"Wow, it's really "White Snake Cultivation", no news was leaked before."

"I heard that it will be a roadshow at Kyoto University and will premiere at Kyoto University!"

"Fuck, I want to go see it!"

For a while, the readers on the Internet didn't know whether they envied Kyoto University students for being able to see the big star up close and see the movie "White Snake Cultivation" for the first time, or they envied them for being Kyoto University students.

Some netizens who participated in the previous "Searching for Xiao Meng" campaign focused on the following point: "White Snake" is on the road show at Peking University, so will Xiao Meng also appear?"

This immediately reminded the majority of netizens and readers: "Yes, the film team has gone to Peking University, and as a Peking University student, it is impossible for the original author not to appear, right?"

"Friends, who can take me to Peking University? I want to see it!"

"I want to go too!"

For a while, the movie "White Snake" has not yet started its official promotion, but just a few posters have already attracted a wave of attention on the Internet. This is something that the director of "White Snake" never expected, and for a while, he couldn't help but smile.

"Wu Xia" and the publishing house also got the news at the first time.

Nowadays, more and more people use computers. Wuxia Magazine is now rich and powerful. It has equipped its editors with computers to work. In addition to manuscripts, more and more readers have begun to submit their articles via e-mail.

These people use computers to work all year round, so they can naturally get the news from the Internet at the first time, so they also contact the crew at the first time.

When the big director wanted to buy the film and television copyright of "White Snake Cultivation", he contacted Jiang Qi through Wuxia Magazine. Therefore, Wuxia Magazine has the contact information of the big director, and the big director also has the contact information of Wuxia Magazine.

The director had never thought of promoting the film in "Wu Xia" until he was contacted by "Wu Xia" magazine.

The "Wu Xia" of today is different from the "Wu Xia" two years ago. The advertising fee in "Wu Xia" magazine is not low.

However, "Wu Xia" magazine and the movie "White Snake" are complementary. The director bought two issues of promotional ads in "Wu Xia" magazine. "Wu Xia" magazine gave the director a very favorable price. Even if the director did not pay the advertising fee, they would definitely promote the movie "White Snake".

The publisher, upon hearing the news, immediately contacted Jiang Wei to sign a contract to reprint White Snake, waiting for the movie to be released and taking advantage of the popularity of the movie during the winter vacation to make another profit.

However, the reprint volume this time was only 200,000 copies per volume, and they did not dare to print more. What if the movie box office was average or the movie was not good?

200,000 copies per volume, six volumes added up to 1.2 million copies.

Due to the previous publicity, there are many college students who read Xi Meng. Many Kyoto University students have studied his works to explore whether their Kyoto University alumnus Xi Meng is a man or a woman. Many people have become fans of Xi Meng after studying. Some people who have not yet discovered Xi Meng's gender and identity are very curious about his real gender and want to go and see him. Therefore, the director who was originally worried that there would not be many people to see his promotion at Kyoto University, found that the auditorium was packed with people on the day they came. Even the corridors were full of people, both male and female students. The ratio of male and female readers was almost the same.

Most of them were readers of Xi Meng, and a few came here to see the excitement and curiosity.

There were also some students from other schools who sneaked in with others.

He Qiaosheng was one of the people who got in.

There were so many people coming to watch the road show that many people couldn't get into the auditorium and waited outside.

First, they watched a movie.

The lights in the auditorium went out and the place was dark. The projector in the back shone on the white screen above the auditorium and the movie began.

It started with a fairy-like female protagonist in white clothes, cultivating immortality on the top of a mountain. There were countless little demons surrounding her at the foot of the mountain, talking about the white snake in their tribe that was about to ascend.

At the beginning, it was really full of clouds and mist, and the fairy air was floating. The next second, the white snake failed to ascend. After counting with her fingers, she found that there was still a fate that she hadn't understood. After she talked to the tribe leader, the snake demon, she had to go down the mountain to repay her gratitude.

When she packed up and prepared to go down the mountain to repay her gratitude, the male snake demon who grew up with her but had very low cultivation also caught up with the white snake with his bag, twisting and turning, and wanted to go down the mountain with her to experience the prosperity of the world.

In the script of the movie, the great director listened to the suggestions given by Meng Meng at the time, and the whole tone was cheerful. In order to make it funny, a little demon follower was specially arranged for the white snake to be funny. This male snake demon was the first time to go out of the Shiwan Mountains and go out with the white snake to see the world.

Because this snake has always lived in the mountains, he can only speak the local dialect on the edge of the mountains. Once he opened his mouth, the dialect with extremely local characteristics made the audience laugh half to death. The audience had no idea that it was such a simple and unpretentious snake demon.

Fortunately, the heroine is not. As a great demon cultivator who is about to ascend to heaven, she has experienced life in the mortal world and can speak Mandarin. So she corrected the accent of the little snake demon follower, but she was almost led astray by the little snake demon, which made the audience burst into laughter.

The heroine walks like a fairy, which is normal, but the little snake demon is still a snake. Although it is a little snake demon dressed as a man, it walks three times in the left way. Its appearance and temperament are also very similar to those of a rural aunt in the mountain village. There are many funny moments in the beginning.

Since the director chose to release the film during the winter vacation and Spring Festival, and it is under the banner of a New Year's film, it is naturally impossible to shoot a movie with a heavy tone. Who wants to watch that kind of movie during the New Year? When Jiang Xi was discussing the script with the director, what he thought in his mind was to make a commercial movie that the audience likes to watch.

With a theme like "White Snake Cultivation", it is unrealistic even if you want to make it into an award-winning movie.

So they have a very clear positioning for the movie.

This is a light-hearted and funny movie that is extremely suitable for the New Year period and can be watched by the whole family.

The actor who plays the little snake demon was chosen very well. The situation of just transforming into a human, still retaining the nature of a snake, and being ignorant, simple and funny, was played vividly.

Another follower is Xiaoqing, whose prototype is the big blue fish in West Lake. Because she grew up in West Lake since she was a child, she is very familiar with human life and often observes the way humans walk and talk. After transforming into a human form, she quickly adapted to human life because this area is her territory. Suddenly, a powerful white snake came, and the two demons naturally fought. In the end, the white snake subdued the big blue fish, and the two demons became sworn sisters.

Knowing that the White Snake was coming to the human world to find a human to repay her kindness, the local snake Xiaoqing, who was familiar with the local people and things, of course, was obliged to help the White Snake. To repay a favor, one must first know who the benefactor was and where the benefactor was.

Among the three monsters, one was devoted to Taoism and did not care about worldly things.

One was the guardian deity of a farmer in a mountain village, and came to the human world for the first time to see the prosperity of the human world.

One had been practicing in the West Lake, and thought he knew a lot about local affairs, but in fact, he was also a monster.

In order to find the benefactor, the three monsters asked what the benefactor needed and how to repay the favor. In order to repay the favor, they did some funny and unreliable things. Of course, they made enough jokes in the middle, and finally opened a clinic for Xu Xian and gave him a famous teacher to help him fulfill his wish.

During this period, the White Snake transformed into an old doctor and drug dealer, teaching Xu Xian how to practice medicine and providing herbal medicine for his pharmacy.

The White Snake came from the Shiwandashan Mountains, and the thing it lacked the most was all kinds of medicinal herbs. The scene changed, and it was all kinds of little demons who provided herbs for the White Snake.

Of course, since it is a movie, it can't be all laughter without twists and turns. Just when their act of repaying their gratitude was going smoothly, Fahai, who was wandering in the human world, came with his two little apprentices.

When Jiang Xi saw the two "little" apprentices behind Fahai, he almost spit out a mouthful of Coke.

Jiang Xi was so happy that he couldn't help laughing. When other audiences saw Jiang Bai appear on the big screen for the first time, they stared at him. It was really this great director who was really good at photographing beauties. He was not only good at photographing beautiful women, but also good at photographing handsome men.

Jiang Bai, who is already very good-looking in real life, was filmed by this director to be an abstinent monk who was not affected by the world and was detached from the world.

The moment the monk appeared, he amazed the audience. Before the audience could take a closer look, the screen turned and only the backs of the three people were seen.

The actor who played Fahai was an old actor, who was already tall, dignified and majestic. However, Tong Jingang behind him was as strong as an iron tower because of his long-term sports training. However, his character was still a simple man who only obeyed his master's orders.

Tong Jingang is really talented in acting. Although he is a villain, he can be funny in a serious way, especially when he plays against his senior brother. With a serious face like a black tower, he can act coquettishly with his senior brother without any trace of acting.

Jiang Bai has such a good image and temperament, so the director let him act in his true colors. He has a very handsome face. He looks more like Fahai than Fahai and more like a Bodhisattva than a Bodhisattva. Because his appearance is so good, he looks like a serious oval face. The director also asked the stylist to put a red mole on his forehead.

Jiang Bai acted seriously with such a face that seemed to be out of the world.

The director is really good at filming. Not only is he good at telling stories, but the Jiang Bo and White Snake in his shots are truly stunning.

Jiang Bai obviously didn't have many shots, but every second and every frame of his appearance was so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off him. When it came to his solo shots, the big screen was an ultimate visual feast.

But the director's camera didn't favor him too much. Every time such a beautiful face appeared, it was gone in just three seconds, or he stood behind Fahai solemnly, with a calm and indifferent expression, as if he was really a Bodhisattva in the temple.

Fahai came to the medicine shop that the White Snake built for Xu Xian, and the magic weapon in his hand rang with a tinkling sound, "There is an evil spirit!"

Then Fahai tried every means to find the White Snake and wanted to subdue the evil spirit. The White Snake was unwilling to show up, and Fahai fought wits and courage.

This process is serious and funny, but all the jokes are logical.

For example, the snake demon, one of the White Snake's little followers, is obviously a male snake, but in the mountain village near the mountains, what he sees most is the aunts and aunts pinching their waists and scolding people all day long.

Fahai wanted to capture the demon, but the male snake demon twisted his body and pinched his waist, and then cursed Fahai like a mountain village aunt in a local accent. But Fahai didn't curse him back because he was weak, and he just swung his cane and hit the snake demon on the head.

The male snake demon was fierce and frightened, and turned around and ran away, pinching his orchid finger and twisting his body while running, shouting: "Xiaobai~~Help!"

This attack was naturally saved by the White Snake who arrived in time.

There is another detail here.

Fahai didn't care that this was a noisy place. The taxi stalls flew and the houses collapsed. I don't know how many people were injured. There was only one detailed shot of the White Snake here. She looked at the scattered vegetables and fruits and injured pedestrians on the ground, and directly carried the little snake demon and flew to the deserted city.

Fahai and his two disciples thought she was going to escape, so they chased her. Later, Xiaoqing also chased out and fought with his two disciples.

Xiaoqing was no match for the two disciples played by Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai, but Fahai was no match for the White Snake. Only the male snake demon was so scared that he hid behind a big rock and trembled.

At this time, Xu Xian, who was collecting herbs outside the city, appeared. Here, he saw the true form of the White Snake.

The actress who plays the White Snake is a young actress who was selected by the director after going through layers of selection in various art schools. The director is also very good at photographing women and is good at exploring the beauty of actresses. The actress, who originally had a very beautiful appearance, is even more beautiful under the lens of the director. Just that amazing glance made Xu Xian stand there in a daze. He was grabbed by the male snake demon and dragged behind a boulder. Just then, a spell was cast, and the gravel flew everywhere.

The male snake demon reflexively lifted Xu Xian in front of him to block the gravel. Xu Xian, who was just elegant and handsome, was immediately hit with a bruise on his face and blood all over his head, which was particularly funny.

The director of "The Legend of White Snake" initially took a fancy to Jiang Wei and wanted her to audition for the role of the female lead, White Snake, but Jiang Wei refused on the grounds of exams.

In the subsequent casting, he preferred younger female actors with a cool and elegant temperament to play the role of White Snake. After

careful selection, he finally chose this one. It must be said that the great director is very good at selecting actors.

In order to cater to the tastes of the audience, "The Legend of White Snake" actually added emotional drama to the script, but the emotional drama was Xu Xian's one-sided crush on White Snake.

The White Snake repays her gratitude, but actually she never shows up herself from beginning to end. Even when she needs to show up herself, she still changes her appearance, either as an old man with a white beard or a strong and powerful man. This moment is the only time Xu Xian sees the White Snake in her true appearance in front of him, and from then on he thinks about the White Snake day and night and never forgets it.

The whole movie has only this little bit of obscure emotional drama, and the rest is all about a little white snake who has a heart for the great way, comes to the human world to repay her gratitude and save the people, but encounters Fahai to subdue

the demon. The focus of this film is at the end, where the demon saves people and people subdue the demon. This is the point of contradiction that breaks out. After a series of dense laughs in the front, the theme is of course sublimated in the end, with the White Snake saving the world, merits from heaven, the White Snake turning into a dragon, and ascending to become an immortal.

It makes people wonder, are demons necessarily bad? Are people necessarily right?

The director showed this contradiction vividly in the film, which also raised the depth of the film.

At the end of the film, the lights came on, the audience applauded, and the film's creative team walked onto the stage in the auditorium to meet the audience.

In addition to the heroine who played the White Snake, what they wanted to see most was actually the actor who played Fahai's apprentice and died in the end to save the White Snake. Unfortunately, he was not there, and then they wanted to find "檸萌".

Many readers and audiences who came for "檸萌" looked left and right among the creative team, but couldn't figure out who was 檸萌.

So they asked the director: "First of all, I want to congratulate Director Yu for making a very good movie. He has created a different White Snake and let us know another possibility of the White Snake's cultivation of immortality. We also know that this movie is adapted from Xi Meng's work "White Snake's Cultivation of Immortality". May I ask if Xi Meng herself participated in the creation of this movie?"

The director nodded affirmatively and said: "We all know that Xi Meng herself is a top student at the University of Peking. She is very talented. In fact, the general framework, direction and tone of this movie were all created and perfected by Xi Meng herself on the spot when I talked to her about "White Snake Cultivation" and she also gave me guidance. "

The student who asked the question's eyes lit up: "Have you met Xi Meng in person? Is he really a student of our Beijing University? Did he come to the scene today?"

The big director had already confirmed today's schedule with Xi Meng and knew that she was on the scene. His eyes had been searching in the crowd before.

At this time, his eyes passed through the heavy crowd below the auditorium and fell on Jiang Xi's face, then turned his eyes to the boy who asked the question, with a subtle deep smile on his face, smiling at the boy and nodding, saying: "Yes, Xi Meng came to the scene today."