"Okay, let's do it, there are six months left, hurry up. ”

In the office, Li Qian looked at the script of "Jaws 3" created by Han Yan and nodded with satisfaction.

From late November to now, it has been two full months, and the speed of this script is still relatively fast.

Moreover, Li Qian has nothing to add, the main points that should be said have been explained two months ago.

Born in Chinese opera, he has also made a lot of short films, TV movies, and he has the ability to have it, and he has won some small awards.

Han Yan, who had a dark circle under his eyes, received Li Qian's affirmative reply, and an excited smile appeared on his originally tired face.

The script has passed, and it is finally time to shoot the first big-screen work.

Since 02, I have made DV movies, short films, and TV movies, and there are exactly ten works I have made in the past ten years.

Among these ten, the only one on the big screen is "Let Me Lean on You" released in 09.

However, the result was not very reliable, and the box office was only 600 yuan.

There is no publicity, no premiere ceremony, no roadshow of the kind of three-no-theatrical movie.

Although I am relatively satisfied with my previous films and have good reviews at various film festivals, as a director, no one wants to really go to the big screen.

It's been ten years, and the pride of heaven is from the Chinese opera director department, and finally got the opportunity.

Han Yan held back the excitement in his heart and asked, "Director Li, do you have the right personnel for the actors?"

"Actors?"

This can stump Li Qian, the male protagonist in the movie is the son of the first two male protagonists, and the setting is 18 years old and just went to college.

The other actors, that is, the protagonist's classmates, are all eighteen or nineteen-year-old students, both male and female.

It's easy to find actors in their thirties and forties, but it's really difficult for these actors in their twenties or so.

In fact, this role is also simple, but Li Qian doesn't know the actor in his twenties.

"You wait, I'll let Zhong Shuai come here. Li Qian said and dialed a phone call to go out, it happened that Zhong Shuai was in the company, and it didn't take long for him to come.

"Did the company sign a young actor?"

Except for a few actresses signed at the beginning, Li Qian didn't know which actors the company had at all.

Li Qian didn't care about the artist agency, Zhong Shuai didn't know, he smiled bitterly, "The actor didn't sign, now the Mesozoic is just emerging, where is there a place for the new generation, I signed a few actresses." ”

Also, Mesozoic actors have been suppressed for so long, and they have only begun to emerge in the last two or three years, except for Hu Ge and Wen Zhang, there are no new generation actors at all.

Moreover, no one shoots idol dramas, and actors in their 20s can't mix the protagonists in TV dramas at all, let alone on the big screen, without their roles.

"That's it, Zhong Shuai, you go to the three major colleges and universities to find seven or eight freshman and sophomore students, the shortcomings of "Jaws 3" actors, the focus is on the male lead, and everyone else has a different style. ”

"How about Yang Yang of Long Xinda, among the post-90s actors, he is the most handsome. Zhong Shuai proposed.

"No, you don't need a handsome guy, the image of an ordinary student has a characteristic appearance. Li Qian shook his head.

"That..."

Ordinary students, with distinctive appearance?

Zhong Shuai's eyes lit up, and he remembered someone, "How is Liu Xing?"

"How old is he?"

"I'm a freshman, and I should be almost 20. ”

"That's fine. ”

Li Qian nodded... No, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be missing someone.

I went, how could I forget about Peng Peng, he graduated last year.

"In this way, you don't need to look for the actor, let's find a few supporting roles, who look like students who have just entered college. Li Qian said.

"Are there any requirements for the figure of the actress?" Zhong Shuai thought for a while and asked, the scene by the sea must be in a swimsuit, and the requirements for actresses are a little more detailed than those for male actors, and the effect is different for different figures.

"It's not a flat tablet, don't be too exaggerated, look at it, the complexion is better, the youth is a little better, and the body proportion is better. ”

It's not about selling meat to attract people, it's enough to look good, and you don't have to pursue that aspect too much.

Zhong Shuai nodded, "The few actresses in that company should be quite suitable." ”

"Let Han Yan take a look in the afternoon, you can make your own ideas about the role, and then go to Zhao Jun if you have any needs, he will solve it for you, and start filming after the start of the year as much as possible, and there is not much time. Li Qian said to Han Yan.

"No problem Director Li, the preliminary preparations have been started for a month and a half, the shark modeling is ready-made, and it should be no problem to start up after the year. Han Yan hurriedly said.

"Alright, let's get busy. ”

After they went out, Li Qian took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Peng Yuchang, asking him to come to the capital with his luggage.

......

The next day was almost noon, and Peng Yuchang, who was wearing a pot lid, appeared in Li Qian's office with a large suitcase.

"Boss. ”

"I graduated in July last year, what have you been doing for half a year?"

and Peng Yuchang get together in Yuzhang every year for the Chinese New Year, and Deng Chao, Gao Xixi, Liu Tao and several of their fellow villagers, usually they are busy with their own things, and they rarely contact.

If he hadn't suddenly remembered it, Li Qian would have to go home for the Chinese New Year to remember that Peng Yuchang had graduated.

"I was in the Modu Theater, and I entered the theater as soon as I graduated. Peng Yuchang replied honestly.

"Why don't you come to me after graduation? Or you can find Brother Chao. Li Qian was speechless, when he finished filming "Sniper Phone Booth", he told him not to think about filming at this age, and to go to college for four years in a down-to-earth manner.

"I..." What else could Peng Yuchang say, he was embarrassed to take the initiative to find Li Qian, and he obviously posted it on Moments.

Looking at his thin-skinned appearance, Li Qian also had a headache, and he was so shy that he couldn't find a girlfriend.

"Forget it, you settle down in the capital first, is there anything wrong with the theater, I'll ask Xu Zheng to talk to him over there if there's something." ”

"There's nothing going on in the theater, and I don't have a rehearsal. Peng Yuchang replied, just graduated, as soon as he entered, he was a trick, and the rest of the time he just received his salary.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the dormitory, the company bought some apartments not far from the neighborhood, and make do with it." ”

"Don't bother, boss, or I'll just live in your house. Peng Yuchang hurriedly said, help clean up, buy food, and pay the rent.

"Get out..."

Li Qian scolded angrily, got up and walked out of the office.

Peng Yuchang was scolded for a while, touched his head, and hurriedly followed with his suitcase.

However, Li Qian walked out of the office and stopped.

Where did the apartments that the company bought to serve as dormitories for artists come from?

Li Qian forgot a little, only remembered that it should be nearby.

But it didn't matter, he turned around and walked into the practice room, and asked several actresses who were practicing their bodies, "Which of you is staying in the dormitory?"

“？”

Several actresses who were practicing their bodies were taken aback by Li Qian, and looked at him in a daze, a little dazed.

However, seeing Peng Yuchang, who shrank behind Li Qian and didn't dare to look at them, as well as the luggage in his hand, Zhao Liying immediately trotted over.

"Director Li, I've been staying in the dormitory. ”

"Okay, Raider, you go to the administration to get a key, take Peng Peng to have a meal, and then go to the dormitory to settle down. ”

Li Qian said that he handed the script of "Jaws 3" to Peng Yuchang, "I still have something to do at noon, so you can go with Liying, and take a good look at this script." ”

"Oh... Good. Peng Yuchang took the script in a daze.

Li Chun, Tang Yixin, and Li Meng in the practice room lit up and also walked over.

"Director Li, is this a new colleague?"

"Well, this is Peng Peng, who just graduated from college this year, and you also know each other, "Jaws 3" happens to be your classmates, so it's good to be familiar with it in advance. ”

After Li Qian finished speaking, he handed Peng Peng over to them, they were all the same age, and they should be able to talk.

He left, leaving Peng Yuchang alone to face the four young ladies, and they were all wearing tight-fitting practice clothes, outlining the graceful curves of youth.

I was surrounded by the front and back, and I couldn't look right in any way, so I couldn't help but bow my head and hold the lever of the suitcase tightly with both hands.

"Hee-hee-hee......"

Seeing his embarrassed face, the four girls couldn't help laughing.

.......

Li Qian left Peng Yichang, an innocent little boy, to face the four young ladies alone, and came to a private club in Chaoyang District.

Xu Ke was also discovered by Wu Siyuan back then, and his Virgo "Butterfly Change", as well as the later "Green Snake", "New Dragon Gate Inn", and "Huang Feihong Series", were all produced or produced by Wu Siyuan.

Looking for Xu Ke, of course, it is for the adaptation of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" into a movie, and only Xu Ke is the most suitable director for this series in China.

After waiting in the room for a while, it didn't take long for Xu Ke, whose hair was half white but still tough, to arrive as promised.

Li Qian got up and took a step forward, and said with a smile, "Director Xu, please take a seat." ”

Xu Ke smiled and sat down opposite. "Hello Director Li, I've wanted to meet you for a long time, but I haven't had a chance. ”

"It seems that I should have invited Director Xu for a while. Li Qian said with a smile.

"I'm not the only one who wants to see Director Li, everyone wants to communicate with Director Li, but Director Li, you make a movie a year, it's too busy. ”

Don't look at Xu Ke's very stylish dress, his beard is very long, and he wears a big sunglasses, he looks quite serious, but he is actually a rare humorous and easy-going person among big directors.

is a bit like a fan who has never seen Zhou Xingchi's real person, and his imagination, if Zhou Xingchi has the same personality as Tsui Hark in reality, it will be in line with the impression of most fans.

The two big directors met for the first time and talked about some ideas on the film.

Xu Ke, who has been in Mi Lijian for several years, is studying radio, television and film at the University of Xus, Austin, and is the most accepting director of Li Qian's commercial style among the older generation of directors.

"Director Li, in fact, before the release of "I Am Not the God of Medicine", I really thought that you would make a real reality movie like other directors in the mainland.

But I didn't expect that it was still a pure commercial method, and it was extremely simple, without using a multi-line narrative, and using a flat and direct narrative to portray such a brilliant supporting role, which is the ultimate simplicity. ”

Xu Ke sighed with emotion, sometimes simplicity is the most difficult thing, who can't show off his skills, and who can't twist and turn in the plot design.

It is precisely the simplest way of expression, if you want to do the best, it is even more difficult, and it is not much easier than burning your brain.

"Director Xu is overrated, I just make the plot relatively simple, make the audience look more relaxed, all the plot does not beat around the bush, and develops naturally, guiding the audience's emotions. Li Qian said with a smile.

Storytelling, it's not a brain-burning story, it's easy to understand, and it's a good story.

After some exchanges, Li Qian also said his intention.

"Director Xu, I don't know if you have watched "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"?"

"Ghost Blowing the Lamp"?

"I have a set of this one, and I have read it twice, sending the seal of the hill, touching the golden talisman, moving the mountains and unloading the mountains to find the dragon's tricks, people lighting candles, ghosts blowing out the lamps, surveying the public and looking for the stars and peaks......"

Xu Ke could still open his mouth to come to the words in the book, and sighed with emotion after speaking, "I never thought that there are so many things to pay attention to in tomb robbing, and Xiangjiang is a cultural fault after all, and I don't know many things." ”

There are no tomb robbers in Xiangjiang, and there are no tombs of big people at all.

I've watched "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", I like it a lot, it seems to be stable.

Li Qian said with some regret, "Last year, I bought the film and television rights of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", but I searched all the directors across the Taiwan Strait and three places, and none of them could perfectly reproduce the story in the book on the big screen. ”

Xu Ke thought for a while, a smile appeared in his eyes, and he said, "Yes, ghosts and zongzi can't appear in the movie, and even "Painted Skin" has been changed to a fox demon." ”

"However, after thinking about it for a while, I found that only Director Xu has this ability. Li Qian said again.

Director Li praised it. ”

Xu Ke had a smile on his face, even though Li Qian was much younger than him, he was also a big director who created a box office of 1.6 billion, and even "Avatar" was suppressed, and he was praised by Li Qian, so there was no reason to be unhappy.

Moreover, Xu Ke didn't think that Li Qian was really polite, and he was still confident in this regard.

"But Director Li, why do you think I can remake this one?"

"Director Xu's movies have yearning rivers and lakes, communicating reality and fantasy, not so much a movie as a fantasy. ”

Li Qian said with a smile, "In terms of the combination of space modeling, color composition, and personalized design of action special effects, Director Xu is second to none, expanding the visual space of the film with scene wonders, the desert landscape of "Seven Swords", the fairyland of Shu Mountain, the blood cloud array, the sand and stone town, and the hanging mountain of "The Legend of Shu Mountain", the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, the purple bamboo forest, the ancient house, the ancient alley of fireworks and the water flooding Jinshan in "Green Snake", the strong mystery in this aspect is very important for "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

A fictional space is not only a matter of special effects, but more importantly, it makes the scene full of artistic conception, and more importantly, Director Xu's unique romantic style is also the most suitable for the movie. ”

"Romantic?' Ghost Blowing the Lantern should be terrifying, right?" Xu Ke pretended to be puzzled.

"Horror is also one of the elements, I believe there is no problem with Director Xu, the comprehensive use of black, white, purple, and pink in "A Chinese Ghost Story" to highlight the horror of Lanruo Temple and the dreamy color of the silk, can be called the masterpiece of ghost movies. ”

Li Qian continued, "As for romance, isn't it a kind of romance to go deep into the no-man's land with friends who have intersected with life and death, and go through all kinds of weirdness and life and death, romance is not only love." ”

Xu Ke nodded frequently when he said this.

However, Xu Ke still shook his head and said apologetically, "Now I still have the sequel to "Di Renjie" in my hand, and the two movies "Lin Hai Xueyuan" are in preparation, and I may not have time to adapt "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". ”

Li Qian had known about these two projects for a long time, and he smiled and said, ""Lin Hai Xueyuan" is still stuck in the title, and Yu Dong is still talking about 3D movies at the press conference announcing the Berner plan, which is definitely not an overnight thing.

As for "Di Renjie", Huang Zhongjun wants to make his own people popular through this series, and four young actors are crammed in, I don't think they can support a big production. ”

Xu Ke frowned slightly, it was indeed the same as Li Qian said, Huayang Media replaced Liu Dehua and Li Binbin, and four young actors were stuffed in, and their acting skills were too far behind, and Deng Chao in the upper part could kill those four young people in seconds.

It's not that there is no casting right, but the actors available to Huang Zhongjun are all crooked melons and cracked dates, and it is better not to change them.

"Director Xu, Huang Zhongjun can replace the actors, but it is impossible to replace you, otherwise half of this series will be smashed, and no one will be able to take over, you might as well shoot "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" first.

With the fame and curiosity of the original work, coupled with Director Xu, it will be released two years later, and the box office will be at least one billion yuan, and the actors of the sequel to "Di Renjie" will have a lot of autonomy at that time, maybe Huang Zhongjun is begging you to make a sequel. Li Qian proposed.