Wuxia films are hardly a novel genre. As early as the seventies and eighties, film companies in Xiangjiang produced a significant number of such movies, enjoying a brief but fervent period of popularity.
However, by the late nineties, the impact of big-budget Hollywood action blockbusters had dealt a severe blow to the local Xiangjiang film industry. To cater to the tastes of a new generation, many film genres—including zombie films, supernatural thrillers, and wuxia—gradually faded into obscurity.
If anyone else were to suggest making a wuxia film, Ma Rongzhen, Chen Wenqiang, and the others, who understood the rise and fall of Xiangjiang cinema all too well, would have certainly advised them against it. But Lu Chen was different.
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