Needless to say, Nine Knives' "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" is an excellent movie.

You don't need to look at box office results.

There is no need to look at the opinions of professional film critics.

Not to mention complaining about post-production, dubbing, special effects, plot and acting flaws.

And there are bound to be people who don't like the movie.

But - it doesn't matter.

So many people watched this movie and were reminded of their youthful memories.

I think of the slender figure running in the drizzle.

I thought of the fluttering skirt at the corner of the hallway.

I thought of the girl who came over inadvertently and had the scent of Shulei shampoo in her hair.

I think of the boy who looked at the blackboard seriously and wore a clean white shirt.

I think of those retrospective smiles during recess exercises, those fights in the corridors.

Those gloomy and sad, those hearts and minds.

Whether it is a man or a woman, you can find traces of your youth from this movie.

And moved.

Not moved by this movie.

And was touched by the memories that evoked.

And a movie that can move countless people, isn't it excellent?

But that was the youthful memory of the nine knives, not Du Caige's.

Of course, in fact, although Du Caige has some of his own youth memories that he wants to express, he doesn't want to make such a movie into an autobiography like Nine Knives.

He wanted to find more stories that had something in common.

The first thing to change is the character design, character relationship, social background and era background.

In the end, Du Caige did not use the names Krypton Jinteng and Shen Jiayi, nor did he use Li Lei and Han Meimei.

After all, this is a youth idol movie, and if the protagonist's name is too earthy, it will affect the audience's sense of substitution.

The heroine Wen Xinran, the character design is very similar to Shen Jiayi in the original version - because this kind of character design is very in line with the image of the perfect lover in the minds of adolescent boys.

Every male audience can more or less find something from Wen Xinran that reminds him of his first love.

Or a smile, or a graceful eye wave, or a smile when you run.

The actor Lin He, a discerning person knows at a glance that this is transformed from "Lin Ke".

The character is a rebellious teenager who likes music, with love in his heart and a lot of anger.

I can't understand why there is so much ugliness in the world, and I can't understand why adults allow so much ugliness in the world.

In fact, it is also a very distinct, but actually very vague image, from which every man can find his shadow as a teenager.

The female supporting actress Wang Ludan, whose family is broken, is very precocious, and dresses maturely.

The eyes are charming and sexy that is not commensurate with her age, she speaks boldly, and even looks a little feminine to outsiders.

But it's very righteous to the heroine.

Male supporting 1, a fat house who likes comics, has bad grades, is often humiliated, and his family does not support him in drawing comics, but he has never given up his dream.

Male 2, a master of video games, can clear most games with one coin, likes to talk about it, has medium grades, is very good at observing words and feelings, and can be a person. I know a lot of bad students, and even bad gangs outside of school, who are grumpy and rude, but moral.

Male 3, grades are always among the best, a bit nerdy, teachers and parents like it very much. But in private, they will also secretly skip classes and smoke.

Do these people remind you of a classmate or a friend in middle school?

If so, then Du Caige's purpose has been achieved.

This is a youth movie, but it is not about youth, but about youth memories.

It is to let a group of people who are close to middle age recall their youth.

Of course, it's best to have some empathy for teenagers as well.

So, there are some very common topics to talk about in the movie.

A story that makes the audience feel a sense of substitution.

For example, the unlimited fighting competition held by Krypton Jinteng in the original version in order to make Shen Jiayi happy, this kind of is actually not very immersive.

Of course, the nature of this "stupid" incident will also make some male viewers feel that although I haven't done this stupid thing, I have also done stupid things, so it resonates.

But this scene will definitely not appear in Du Caige's version.

In Du Caige's version, the protagonist's character design is different.

A rebellious teenager who loves music will naturally have his unique goofy way.

Du Caige will extract some past events from the fragments of his awakened memories and process them.

They will also extract one or two pieces from their own experiences on Earth or those they have heard and witnessed for processing.

In the end, I made up a story of about 40 minutes.

In addition, the wedding part of Du Caige is not going to be filmed.

He intends to give an open-ended ending.

The hero and heroine broke up.

But they are reluctant to give up on each other.

There is also the possibility of being together.

But it is also possible that after being together again, they find something inappropriate and separate again.

In reality, there are too many examples of separating and merging with the boyfriend (girl) friend of your first love.

In fact, very few people will marry their first love.

Probably less than 5%.

Therefore, Du Caige knows very well in his heart that the hero and heroine in the movie will not be together in the end.

But give nostalgic viewers a little hope.

Let them feel that if I had ...... Maybe it will be different.

A touch of sadness and melancholy will make them even more impressed by this movie.

......

In order to unify management, the crew opened a room in a nearby hotel, and everyone stayed in the hotel.

In addition to those who do have something to deal with and guarantee that it will not affect the next day's shooting, Du Caige will approve the other party to go home.

After the first day of filming, Du Caige hid in his hotel room.

After talking on the phone with Duan Xiaochen, Yan Yingzhen and Cai Wei Baobao, he called Liu Zifei and the script director, discussed the script for a while, and called the costume team, props team leader and scenery team leader to arrange some work for tomorrow.

Only then did he take out his laptop and began to continue carrying "Romance of the Dragon and Snake".

Sometimes, when a little inspiration popped up, he would cut over and write a passage from the fifth volume of "The Ghost Blows the Lamp".

It was past 11 o'clock.

There was a knock on his door.

Du Caige's heart lifted.

He can't help but be careless, as a director, he has experienced too many times that the actresses and even female staff in the crew have thrown themselves into their arms.

If it is not handled well, it will affect the atmosphere of the entire crew and even affect the filming schedule.

During this casting, when he was resting in the hotel at noon, there were actually actresses who tried to subtly rule him.

However, Du Caige can even refuse ruthlessly, how can he be handled by the eighteenth-tier actors.

"Who?" he asked.

In order to save money, the hotel is of very low grade, and Du Caige did not use his authority to open a good room for himself, which is also a standard room for sleeping.

The sound insulation is not good, talking in the room, you can hear it outside.

"It's me, it's the little girl," Xu Qingya's laughter sounded, "Director Du, I want to talk to you about the script." ”

From the beginning of entering the crew, everyone seemed to have made an appointment, and no longer called Du Caige "Teacher Hemingway", but called him "Director Du".

Although the little girl's voice was sweet, Du Caige was a little disgusted.

The excuse of talking about the script has been used rottenly, okay......

Du Caige shook his head, but quickly remembered that Xu Qingya was not the kind of glamorous slut, and her tutor would not allow her to do anything that ruined the door.

So there is a high probability that she really wants to discuss the script with herself.

But in the middle of the night, lonely men and widows are locked in hotel rooms, and even if they are fine, they become something.

There are many people who like to chew their tongues, and never underestimate the dark side of people.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, it's too late today, I'm ready to rest. Du Caige refused.

Xu Qingya was coquettish: "It's only 10 minutes, you let me in, Director Du, I really want to talk to you about the script." ”

This little girl, she said that she was not sensible, but in fact, she was quite precocious after a while.

said that she was sensible, and if she was really sensible, she would not knock on the director's door in the middle of the night.

Du Caige thought for a while and said loudly: "You call Guo Lingjie, and I'll talk to the two of you together." ”

"Good at it!" Xu Qingya said happily.

After a few minutes, the knock on the door sounded again, and Du Caige got up to open the door, Guo Lingjie and Xu Qingya stood outside the door.

It was still very hot in August, and they were dressed very coolly, showing their invincible youth to the fullest.

With fair skin that can be broken by blowing and a slight flush on the cheeks, it will look beautiful even if it is ordinary.

What's more, they are all beauties, and Xu Qingya can be regarded as the best in the world.

In the case of Du Caige's two lives and seeing so many big and small stars and supermodels, only four or five people, including Du Yuanqi, can be comparable to Xu Qingya in appearance.

Her figure, although not as perfect as Duan Xiaochen's, is also well-proportioned and slender, pleasing to the eye.

"Come in and sit. Du Caige glanced at them and let them in, and then deliberately opened the door.

Xu Qingya noticed Du Caige's actions and smiled elegantly and kindly, she should have understood Du Caige's intentions.

Because it was a standard room, there was not much space in the room, so the two girls looked at it, and finally sat down next to each other on the edge of the bed.

Du Caige moved a chair and sat across from them.

"Which part of the script do you want to talk about?"

"That's the case, Director Du," Xu Qingya said, "In that paragraph, my best friend Wang Ludan told the heroine with a smile, do you know, that kid likes you." ”

The heroine said a little nervously, don't talk nonsense, Lin He didn't like me. ”

My girlfriend smiled, how do you know I'm talking about Lin He?"

The heroine has a complicated look. ”

After a pause, Xu Qingya asked, "I don't quite understand, why is the heroine nervous?

Du Caige touched his chin, and his eyes did not fall on these two beauties.

After thinking about it, he didn't answer immediately, but said: "Actually, many excellent actors will have the habit of writing character biographies, which will help them understand the role they want to play." ”

"Because there's only so much information that can be accommodated in the script. So after those excellent actors get the script, they will immediately start to speculate seriously. What is this person's personality like? Why did he form such a character? What happened to him? What kind of influence did his family and friends have had on him? Slowly write out this character's past experiences, mental journeys, and so on, and write a dozen or two hundred thousand words. ”