Chapter 300: Xu Yang
Chapter 300: Xu Yang
Xu Yang is a professional screenwriter who has participated in the production of countless films and TV series in the screenwriting industry for nearly 40 years. In his spare time, Xu Yang also writes something, and "Beauty Jianghu" is a work of his youth. He personally liked this work very much, but unfortunately the book was not recognized by the market at that time when it was published, and the sales were very dismal. Xu Yang did not give up, changed the book into a script with his heart, and recommended it to the director he knew after he became famous. In the end, White Elephant Entertainment bought the film and television rights of the book, and promised to invite him to be a consultant and chief screenwriter for the adaptation.
Everything was well discussed, and Xu Yang was waiting to slap those sunspots in the face and let them know the charm of this book. Unfortunately, this book is really ill-fated. At the beginning of the preparation, after the filing and approval of the project, it caught up with the General Administration to rectify the martial arts drama, although the focus was on the TV series, but the company still postponed the project for the sake of insurance, worried that it would touch the name of the General Administration. In the next few years, the wind became quieter, and it caught up with the downturn in the martial arts film market. If the audience doesn't buy it, the movie will be a loss, and of course White Elephant Entertainment will not do a loss-making business.
This book has been pressed there.,The top executives of the company who were optimistic about this book at the beginning forgot its existence.,It's been five years since it was put away.。 I don't know who turned it out, so a martial arts drama director took a fancy to it and applied to the company for filming. Finally got the news that the movie was ready to start shooting, Xu Yang was very happy, and took the initiative to contact the director, and the two also discussed a lot of details of the movie, and everything developed as Xu Yang thought.
But not long after he was happy, he encountered a personnel change in White Elephant Entertainment, and the director left White Elephant Entertainment to join other companies. The copyright of "Beauty Jianghu" belongs to White Elephant Entertainment, and the White Elephant Company will not let it go, and the director can't shoot it no matter how much he wants to. Fortunately, because of the director's toss, other directors of White Elephant Entertainment also noticed this script, and soon a new director took over and began to prepare for the filming of the movie, Xu Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
The preparation for the film was carried out in an orderly manner, and most of the actors had been selected, although they were all artists of the White Elephant Company, but the director and Xu Yang auditioned together, and both of them were very satisfied. Just as they were about to audition for the male and female leads, the company suddenly called an emergency halt, saying that there was already a candidate for the leading actor. Of course, the director and Xu Yang are dissatisfied, but the script belongs to the company, the only investor is the company, and the director also takes the company's salary, and the company wants to insert people in, and they can't do anything.
didn't wait long, and the actor decided on Lu Kun, the hottest traffic student now. This person's acting skills are very bad, but the traffic is high, fans can especially spend money for him, and his being the protagonist is good for the box office of the movie, and the director and Xu Yang reluctantly accept it. Because of Wu Kun's schedule, the movie can only be stranded and waiting for him. It just so happened that the crew didn't have a heroine yet, so they just used this time to find someone.
At this time, Xu Yang thought that the movie shooting was no problem, and he would soon see the people in his book come out, and Xu Yang was laughing when he slept and dreamed during that time.
It turns out that Xu Yang is still too sweet. White Elephant Entertainment didn't say hello and directly changed the entire crew, the director changed, the originally booked actors changed, and the male and female protagonists were also directly determined, and I heard that they were all related households. Overnight, the crew changed drastically, making Xu Yang feel like he was in a dream.
Xu Yang called the director as soon as possible and asked the other party what was going on, but the other party either sighed or kept silent, obviously unspeakable. only said that the change of actors was a high-level decision, and the new actors were quite big, he didn't dare to offend, so he could only resign from the director's position under the pretext of poor health. At the same time, he also advised Xu Yang not to take it too seriously, this society is like this.
Xu Yang angrily dropped the phone. He doesn't care how these capitalists want to play other scripts, "Beauty Jianghu" is his hard work, how can it be ruined by them like this. But Xu Yang is angry blood vessels, and he can't do anything about white elephant entertainment. Back then, he believed that the other party did not have too many constraints on the contract, and now the copyright is in the hands of White Elephant Company, even if he changes the screenwriter, Xu Yang can't do anything.
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and Xu Yang became angry directly. Therefore, when Niu Zhuang invited him to participate in the actors' meeting, he refused for physical reasons, of course, there was also an element of anger. Anyway, Xu Yang has no expectations for this crew, and only hopes that the copyright protection period purchased by White Elephant Entertainment Company will pass soon, and when the time comes, he will invest his own money and must shoot a "beauty Jianghu" in his heart.
Xu Yang made up his mind not to go to the crew, so he raised flowers at home. A few days ago, he was busy with the crew's affairs and didn't have time to take care of his flowers and plants, and his wife was very rough every time he watered it. His treasures have been wronged for a few months, and they should take good care of them.
Xu Yang was humming a little song to admire his orchids, when he suddenly heard his wife shouting.
"Lao Xu, a guest is coming!"
Xu Yang secretly muttered to his wife "Hedong lion roars", while tidying up with his hands and feet. From his wife's words, Xu Yang knew who was coming. The children at home are back, but my wife doesn't have the heart to call herself. When his old friends came, his wife would ask them to go directly to the flower house to find him. When someone I know comes, my wife will say that so-and-so is coming. Only if the person who came didn't know him, his wife would let him hurry over, for fear of snubbing the guest and delaying his business.
"It's coming. Xu Yang wiped his hands and walked into the living room, and saw Zhou Linlang and the three of them sitting on the sofa, and his face instantly fell. Although he hadn't seen these three people, he had learned about them because of the movie, especially the fat man who was the leader, and he didn't want to see them at all.
"Why are you guys!" Xu Yang said angrily, "Let's go, you are not welcome in my family!"
While speaking, Xu Yang pointed to the door and asked Zhou Linlang and them to go, without saving face for the three of them at all.
"Teacher Xu......"
The three of them finally found Xu Yang's home, and finally entered the door, without saying a word, how could they leave.
Speaking of the experience of the three of them visiting today, it is also a bitter tear. In the morning, Zhou Linlang and Xuan Jingran carefully dressed up and gathered at the company and Cow Village. Niu Zhuang was very satisfied with the clothes of the two, and in order to make it perfect, he asked the stylist he knew to tinker with it to make their style closer to the characters in the script.
Out of a low profile, and for the convenience of speaking, Niu Zhuang refused to let the two of them go with his agent, and even did not bring his old partner, but chose to drive in person, and he, Zhou Linlang and Xuan Jingran went to visit Xu Yang. It took two hours for the three of them to arrive at a community in the city opposite the company, but they were told that Xu Yang did not live here at all, but lived in an old community called Happy Community in the old city.
At this time, it was almost noon, and the three of them could only eat casually and continue the long "journey". I finally found this old neighborhood in the intricate streets of the old town, and it took some effort to convince the janitor to let them in. There is no elevator in the community, and Xu Yang's family lives on the sixth floor, on the top.
The three of them stood downstairs, Zhou Linlang looked at his eight-centimeter high heels, Niu Zhuang looked at his weight of one hundred and eighteen, and Xuan Jingran touched a large pot of orchids with at least thirty catties of soil that the crew gave to Xu Yang, and the group was silent.
"Let's go, I've walked ninety-nine steps, and it's not bad. Xuan Jingran picked up the heaviest orchid, "I'll hold this pot of orchids, Niu Dao take the rest of the gifts, Linlang, you ......" Xuan Jingran originally wanted to say let Zhou Linlang help Niu Zhuang, but his eyes swept to Zhou Linlang's hatred, and he swallowed everything back, "Linlang, be careful when you climb the stairs, don't fall." ”
"Yes, be careful, the stairs look pretty hard to climb. Niu Zhuang took a deep breath, picked up the rest of the gifts, and followed closely behind Xuan Jingran.
Zhou Linlang looked at the infinitely extended stairs, and then looked at his feet, especially wanting to go back to the morning and slap himself at the beginning. Why can't she think about it like this, she wants to wear these eight-centimeter stiletto heels, flat shoes, sneakers, beanie shoes, isn't it fragrant?
Seeing that Xuan Jingran and they were almost at the corner, Zhou Linlang could only grit his teeth and keep up. It's all here, as Xuan Jingran said, ninety-nine steps have been taken, and if you don't take this last step, won't it be a failure!
In the first three floors, the three of them climbed okay. At the back, the first to start panting was Niuzhuang, and climbing the stairs was really unfriendly to the fat man of One Hundred and Eight. When he climbed the fifth floor, Xuan Jingran also began to weaken his hands and feet, and he had to be more careful, because he was holding a pot of flowers, which fell to the ground and broke, and the gift was wasted, and his hard work just now was in vain. Among the three, although Zhou Linlang did not carry weight, her shoes were too unfriendly, and climbing the stairs was no different from being tortured.
The three of them stumbled, and after a lot of hardships, they finally arrived outside Xu Yang's house. It took so hard to enter the door, and before they could speak, they left, their mouths promised, and their legs didn't either.
"Auntie......" Xuan Jingran didn't care about his face, and looked at Xu Yang's wife pitifully. Sure enough, Xuan Jingran's appearance is invincible, from an eighty-year-old grandmother to a three-year-old child, no one can stand his face, and Xu Yang's wife is no exception.
"Lao Xu, what are you doing here. Xu Yang's wife said, "These three said that they were your crew colleagues, and when they heard that you were sick, they came all the way to see you and brought you your favorite orchid." If you don't say thank you, forget it, and drive others away, what's the reason. We don't have such hospitality rules in our house. ”
"You know what, I don't have much to say to them. Xu Yang said angrily.
"You're blaming me for not letting them in the door!" Xu Yang's wife was also angry, "I've worked hard all day to serve you, and for your sake, it's not good, isn't it?"
"Who said you. ”
"Then what do you mean by that!"
"I ......"
Xu Yang felt that he was not a human being inside and out. Obviously, he said that he was talking about Niuzhuang, but he was misunderstood by his wife, which is really ...... Xu Yang glared at the three of them, they were all these people, if it weren't for them, how could he quarrel with his wife.