Xu Ke had a habit when making films: he always wanted to cram too many things into one picture.
Take for example two versions of Shushan legends in one film — the story ended up a mess, the pacing chaotic, the theme blurred, leaving only a pile of art design and pretty faces.
In later times, there weren’t even any beauties left.
They made The Legend of the Condor Heroes with Xiao Zhan playing Guo Jing and Zhuang Dafei as Huang Rong.
Just hearing that made one speechless.
Xu Ke was far too free with his imagination.
It was lucky Shi Nansheng was there to keep an eye on things, and Chen Qi was a second insurance.
Xu Ke had never made a film with a twenty-million budget before; he got so excited he turned into a workaholic, picking a few people to be his assistants — among them, Chen Musheng.
Chen Musheng jumped in and did the odd jobs, but Chen Qi didn’t limit him; he could sit in on any crew he wanted.
The directors liked him too — the kid showed potential.
Xu Ke’s art background was deep.