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Chapter 1223 Lu Binghua = Roadside Flower

Even if "Lu Binghua" was made, it would be nothing more than a small, low-budget movie.

But everything has to be looked at separately.

In Li Yi's hands, no matter how inconspicuous the work is, it will be magnified countless times in an instant.

In particular, this time the story of "Lu Binghua" took place in Baodao, which is even more interesting.

In fact, Li Yi didn't think much about it himself. Anyway, they are all in Huaguo. What's the difference between Baodao and Hong Kong?
But I can't help other people think otherwise.

Hong Kong Island movies once had a period of glory, known as the Hollywood of the East.

The Hong Kong Island movies of that year were the best in Asia, including island countries, Bangzi, and the entire Southeast Asia. Hong Kong Island movies were second to none.

It can be said that the glory and prosperity of Hong Kong films at that time had a lot to do with Southeast Asia, the backyard of Hong Kong films.

After all, how many people are there on Hong Kong Island?
Just like now, what can it do to break the box office of tens of millions?
But that year was different. At that time, Taiwan and Southeast Asia were the export destinations of Hong Kong movies.

Therefore, Hong Kong Island filmmakers have reason to be proud, after all, they were once rich.

What about Baodao?
Although Taiwan also has the Golden Horse Award, which is one of the three major awards for Chinese-language films, in fact, Taiwan’s films have never been too wide. Although there have been excellent directors, they are also outstanding in terms of literature and art. In commercial films On the other hand, Formosa Films really broke down.

Today, Hong Kong Island movies still have Li Yi as a face, as well as Hong Kong Island police and gangster movies, etc., which mark the existence of Hong Kong movies, but what about Taiwan movies?
Really just a few bits and pieces left.

Therefore, Formosa Movies is actually quite embarrassing.

You see, on Hong Kong Island, even if the film market is not good, at least they are rich, at least they need a lot of well-known veteran stars, and the existence of Li Yi, a top director.

But what about your Baodao movies?
From the perspective of the division of power in domestic entertainment, there are Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and so on, but there has never been a treasure island circle.

The population of Treasure Island is several times that of Hong Kong Island, and the area is several times that of Hong Kong Island. However, in terms of achievements in film and television, it is really incomparable with Hong Kong Island.

So, when the news came out that Li Yi was going to make a "Treasure Island Story" movie.

Treasure Island exploded immediately.

Especially some artists from Baodao, it was as if they had been beaten one by one.

In recent years, Hong Kong Island's entertainment industry has indeed been underrepresented in terms of actors, but there is no such thing as an underrepresentation in the Taiwan entertainment circle, what the hell is there?

What's more, the celebrity scandals that broke out frequently in the past few years have made the entertainment circle of Treasure Island even more bleak.

The Taiwan film and television industry even openly invited Li Yi to go to Taiwan to shoot a movie, and all parties expressed that they would give the greatest convenience and support.

No way, who told that it was Li Yi?
Filmmakers from Formosa have won quite a few awards, but at the level of commercial films, not many have really achieved success.

One more thing, all the big directors in the Baodao film circle combined are not as high as Li Yi's achievements.

So for a while, Li Yi was interested in the story of Treasure Island, and the news that he was going to shoot a Treasure Island movie spread widely.

It’s also quite interesting to say that Hong Kong Island and Taiwan Island, although separated by a strip of water, were once in the golden age of Hong Kong movies, and it can be said that there was a honeymoon period.

But now, the entertainment circles of the two places are more interesting. Hong Kong island filmmakers know that the market is in the mainland, while the Taiwan market is no longer taken seriously, and naturally there are fewer cooperations.

And who is Li Yi?
That is the light of Hong Kong Island movies!
There are so many stories in our Hong Kong Island and mainland China that can be filmed, why did we go to Baodao to film their stories?

So many Hong Kong netizens began to tear up with Baodao netizens on the Internet.

Of course, Li Yi didn't care about it.

It's just that he didn't expect that the filmmakers on Hong Kong Island were very wary of this.

Why do you say that?

As we all know, one radish is one hole, and there is a lot of entertainment inside, so naturally you don't care about this little thing, even if it's Li Yi's movie, but after all, there are more opportunities for inside entertainment.

Ordinary people can't reach it.

But Hong Kong Island's entertainment industry is different. Those artists on Hong Kong Island who want to cooperate most must be Li Yi.

And if Li Yi is shooting Hong Kong movies, then there will naturally be a lot more opportunities for artists on Hong Kong Island, but this time Li Yi suddenly became interested in the story of Baodao, and Baodao has a kneeling and licking attitude. The appearance made them very unhappy.

As far as the folks are concerned, Li Yi is from Hong Kong Island, and Hong Kong Island celebrity artists are also from Hong Kong Island. The mainland is because of the large market, so Li Yi has thrown himself into the embrace of the motherland and favored a larger market. Naturally, there is nothing wrong with it.

But the same market in Baodao is not big.

How can the story of Baodao have the fragrance of our Hong Kong Island?

However, knowing that there was such a thing, many people began to say hello.

What happened to Baodao's story?
Are we Hong Kong Island actors unable to act?

So Li Yi was in a daze. During this time, many old friends came to say hello. It was obviously a low-cost movie, but in the end, the number of people who said hello exceeded those of the previous big productions.

In fact, Li Yi himself was wrong.

For a big production, it must use old actors, acting schools, celebrities, etc. Generally speaking, there are not enough seats, and naturally it is difficult to greet them.

But it’s different if the cost is small. Hong Kong films also use Taiwan actors to act. Why can’t Hong Kong actors act in the Taiwan story?
Not only that, some people in the mainland who have cooperated with Li Yi also greeted each other through various channels.

"Lu Binghua" actually needs a lot of actors, but there are really not many main actors.

Li Yi's original idea was indeed to use actors from Baodao. After all, this was adapted from a true story with unique local characteristics. It would be more appropriate to find local actors to act.

But after the news came out, there were too many people saying hello.

On the other side of Treasure Island, Guo Tongsheng was also dug out, and there were so many people saying hello, that Guo Tongsheng was a little scared when he heard the phone ringing during this period of time.

After all, he knew that although he provided the story, it was his honor that Li Yi could read it. It would be too ignorant if he wanted to decide who the actors belonged to if he wanted to stick his nose in the face.

After all these years, Guo Tongsheng is not a fool to be able to run a large-scale chain training institution, so naturally he would not really say that.

But Li Yi could not care about those who couldn't stand to say hello, but he couldn't really. After all, he is from Baodao, and there are many people who say hello, but there are also people he can't refuse.

The preliminary preparations for "Lu Binghua", apart from casting actors, went quite smoothly.

After all, Li Yi's reputation is very good. It can be said that since he decided to make the movie "Lu Binghua", the fate of Shuicheng Township has been changed.

Shuicheng Township, Baodao, where "Lu Binghua" was filmed.

In terms of actor selection, Li Yi finally chose local actors from Taiwan.

No way, the main reason is that different places have different local cultures.

The first is language. Although Baodao also speaks Chinese, the accent has a strong local flavor. Some people may say that the accent of Baodao people is similar to that of Hu Jian, but in fact, after comparison, you will find that it is really bad. a lot of.

Of course, Li Yi also thought about adapting it to the background of the mainland, but in the end he gave up, because after the modification, he felt that the taste was not right.

In fact, there is a reason for this. If there is no story provided by Guo Tongsheng, then maybe Li Yi can change it casually, but when there is a prototype story, Li Yi will always feel that it is a bit meaningless to change it again.

As for the accent, the local accent that is often criticized by Baodao actors has become an advantage in this movie.

Li Yi auditioned several actors, some from Hong Kong Island and some from the mainland, but the results were all the same, with a big problem with their accent.

The biggest problem here is that the movie Li Yi shot is a movie without "outsiders". The story takes place here in Shuicheng Township. The only "outsider" Mr. Guo is also from Baodao.

Therefore, the way they speak, their accent, etc., need to be unified.

And if other actors are inserted, then there will be a feeling of separation.

Movies pay attention to the overall sense. Maybe some movies span multiple regions and countries, so it is reasonable to have different languages ​​and accents, but this is not the case here.

After all, Li Yi gave up the idea of ​​making major changes to the original version.

Because it doesn't matter whether it's preconceived or anything else, the original version is the most suitable after all, and the original film is actually well shot, so Li Yi didn't make other attempts.

This is a story belonging to Baodao Water Town and Village, so it is most natural for people here to interpret it.

In fact, in the movie "Lu Binghua", everyone's first reaction is that the flower shown in the movie is the Lu Binghua, but in fact it is not.

Li Yi also inquired a lot of information before reacting in shock.

The flower in the movie "Lu Binghua" is actually not the flower whose scientific name is "Lu Binghua", but a flower that grows under the tea tree. After death, it fertilizes the land and makes the tea tree bloom more luxuriantly.

It means roadside flowers in Hokkien, and the creator changed it to Lubing flowers for artistry.

Therefore, when watching the original movie and seeing the small yellow flower in it, many people may mistakenly think that this is Lu Binghua, but in fact, it is completely different from Lu Binghua.

Of course, this kind of roadside flower is indeed called "Lubing flower" in Baodao. It is because tea farmers in the mountainous areas of Baodao need to grow tea around the tea mountain, or even The plant "Lupinhua" is planted near the tea plant because it is said that this plant can help the tea grow healthily, and it can make the tea fragrant and sweet.

And this habit is still preserved.

In the tea garden here, Li Yi can see a large area of ​​such small yellow flowers called "Lu Binghua"!
However, if you think about it carefully, you can actually understand that it is not unreasonable why this kind of flower is known as the "mother flower".

The reason is that this kind of flower blooms in spring and is full of fragrance. When the color fades, the scattered flowers and leaves are mixed with dust and mud, but they are silently caring and nourishing the tea tree.

In fact, it confirms the ancient poem: "Turn into spring mud to protect flowers"!
The inconspicuous Lu Binghua is as selfless and great as the most sincere love in the world - maternal love.

I have to say that when a whole piece of tea garden is blooming with small flowers, the picture is really beautiful.

In fact, the scenes involved in the whole movie are not complicated. The whole story takes place here in Shuicheng Township, the school, the tea garden, and the homes of A Ming and A Mei.

There are ready-made tea gardens, including tea gardens full of "Lupin flowers", and the school, although the new school looks more modern, is harmless and can be used with a little decoration.

As a student, Li Yi directly chose to find a child from a local family to serve.

I took the role, these can only be used as group performances.

And several main characters.

The role of A Ming is also very interesting to talk about. The young actor who played the role of Gu A Ming in the original version of "Lu Binghua" is also the actor of Bo Tsai in "A Lang's Story".

Because the cooperative relationship between Hong Kong Island and Taiwan can be said to be very close in the early years, so the flow of actors was very frequent.

But in fact, today is different from the past.

Li Yi had auditioned for the young actor in "A Lang's Story", but the result did not satisfy him.

Because there are always two roles, although the same actor played in the original version, but in this era, the world is different.

The choice of young actors is actually a little more troublesome than adult actors.

Although Bozai in "A Lang's Story" is also from the bottom of the society, he is still a child in the city, but Gu Aming in "Lu Binghua" is a country boy.

As for Bo Tsai in "A Lang's Story", acting skills are more needed to get along with his father A Lang and mother Bo Bo, as long as he shows harmony is enough.

But in "Lu Binghua", he is the absolute protagonist.

For this reason, in the end Li Yi did not use the same actor as in the original version.

The final choice was a young amateur actor.

Speaking of which, it was an accident that this little actor caught Li Yi's eyes.

When Li Yi came to Shuicheng Township to view the scenery, he went to Shuicheng Township Primary School, and happened to meet this little actor and a few classmates being reprimanded by the teacher outside the classroom.

With that strange appearance, Li Yi immediately found a bit of Amin's shadow in him.

The other party is also the son of a tea farmer, but the difference is that the other party's family background is good.

What really made Li Yi decide to choose the other party was during the audition. This kid was very courageous, not timid at all, but eager to try.

The other children may have been a little cramped and unable to let go because they were told before the audition, but this little guy looked fearless.

It is naturally very similar to Gu Aming's character design.

And when chatting with him, he was also not timid at all.

In fact, for child actors, in Li Yi's opinion, it is often better to act in their true colors.

And this little guy is also from a single-parent family. When he was asked to sing the song "Lu Binghua", the little guy didn't know whether he was acting or showing his true feelings. He couldn't help but blush while singing. .

So, in the end, Li Yi directly finalized him as the leading actor of this movie!

(End of this chapter)