Arriving in the capital, Lu Xiaoran went directly to the bookstore and bought a copy of "The Story of Two Donkeys"...

A must see.

"The Tale of Two Donkeys", a work by Wang Song.

In terms of subject matter, it belongs to the literature of the post-educated youth, which swelled to its peak in the 80s and then quickly collapsed, and gradually recovered in the mid-to-late 90s.

Wang Xiaobo's "Golden Age" is unique with its playful and personal creative techniques, and it is the prelude to the literature of the post-educated youth...

The characteristics of post-educated youth literature: the intervention of peasant discourse, the deconstruction of heroism, the exposure of "sexuality", and the extension of the tentacles of educated youth exist in its unique private narrative mode, and try to restore the whole picture of history through the re-sorting of the theme of educated youth.

"A Tale of Two Donkeys" fits these characteristics perfectly!

This is an absurd fable, and the plot of the big cabinet is: In the 70s, Ma Jie, an educated youth from Beigao Village, became a village breeder and met the offspring of two "landlord donkeys": Hei Liu and Hei Qi.

As a donkey, Hei Liu does not plow the land or pull the cart, and eats and drinks spicy wives and concubines, which makes Ma Jie, a bachelor whose food is worse than that of a donkey, extremely dissatisfied.

Not only that, but Hei Liu, the donkey, is also very cunning, knowing that he played a treacherous and bitter appearance in front of the team secretary Da Lian, and indirectly sued Ma Jie for his condition, so that he was criticized.

Ma Jie is not a master to mess with, he plays a good whip with a whip behind his back, and often uses whips to teach Black Six a lesson, and once he misses his hand, he breaks Black Six's lifeline.

Hei Liu, who was used to being pampered, suddenly lost his breeding ability, and couldn't accept the change from donkey uncle to migrant worker, and was so unlucky that he even lost his life...

The honest Black Seven took everything into his eyes, and since then he has waged an indomitable struggle with Ma Jie...

There are two obvious meanings: one is the oppression of individuals by the system;

Ma Jie's resentment mainly came from Captain Dalian's admonition: donkeys are worth more than people, and individual values are worthless compared to collective property;

The second is the individual's rebellion against the system: Ma Jie rebelled against collectivism, and Black Seven rebelled against Ma Jie's abuse.

Among them, the donkey's rebellion against people is the main body of the story, which is humorous and strange, with a hint of mystery, secretly echoing people's invisible resistance to the system.

All in all, it's a great adaptation!

Lu Xiaoran is very satisfied, and if nothing happens, he will work hard.

Of course, it is necessary to ask the opinion of the aider ...

......

"What do you think?"

The assistant thought for a long time and replied: "... I think I've seen this play somewhere, the main character is a donkey, it feels so familiar..."

"The director's name is Li Dawei. ”

Lu Xiaoran reminded...

Li Dawei ?... I don't know. ”

"Filming "The Family of Gold Powder"!"

"Oh, I remembered, "We'll see!"

"We'll see?"

"Produced by the movie channel, starring Wen Zhang and Huang Lei, I have seen the clip, that is, the protagonist played by Wen Zhang fell in love with a donkey..."

"Wen Zhang... Okay, what's this movie like?"

"The evaluation is average, the box office is average, it didn't make much splash, and it is not recommended to act!"

“... How can it be said that the evaluation is average?

"No, if I win the award, I can't be impressed!"

How to say, Husky is also a Chinese entertainment writer, who has won the actor, he still has memory...

"Among the post-80s actors on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the only one who has won the Golden Horse actor is Ruan Jingtian, the only one who has won the Academy Award is Xie Tingfeng, and Wen Zhang has won the Hundred Flowers actor..."

“... How do I feel like you're not finished?"

"There are a few more I won't mention, it's not interesting, in short, I don't recommend you to take "Let's see"..."

"If you say you won't take it, you won't take it? This is a project recommended by my teacher!"

Liu Chang recommended the project to Lu Xiaoran, and he thought the script was very good!

What does it stand for?

The representative can afford him!

Let's put it this way, don't say that the script of "The Story of Two Donkeys" is good, even if it is a bad drama, Lu Xiaoran has to give this face - is "A Paper Marriage Contract" a bad drama? Why did Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan, Guan Xiaotong, Wang Jinsong, including Golden Eagle actress Liu Jia, Na Renhua, and Golden Rooster actor Zhao Jun all star?

People in the rivers and lakes, many times, really can't help themselves!

You have to consider Nortel's connections.

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After "The Family of Gold Powder", Li Dawei filmed the sister chapter "The Family of Pink Fans" at the request of the investor...

In fact, "The Family of Pink Fans", also known as "Man Jianghong", is also the work of Mr. Zhang Hatshui, it stands to reason that the cards are okay, and the ratings are not much worse...

It's a pity that the ratings hit the streets, and the word-of-mouth is also full of bad reviews - it is called the correct opening posture of the dog-tailed mink.

Li Dawei was still quite depressed, he didn't give up, and he drummed up another "Golden Years", a sequel to "The Family of Gold Powder" in the real sense...

Even more embarrassing, CCTV directly refused...

It can only be broadcast on local satellite TV.

In the past few years, Li Dawei has been very unhappy, there have been many TV series filmed, and there has been no less money, but his goal is a movie!

It should be the beginning of 05, "The Story of Two Donkeys" was published in "Selected Novels", and Li Dawei set his sights on this book!

No matter how much Li Dawei fails, he also has "The Family of Gold Powder" as the foundation, and he belongs to a director with masterpieces, so in order to obtain high-quality shooting materials, he naturally has his own channels.

Basically, all directors have signed agreements with several large domestic magazines for "first viewing rights", and can get the latest magazine content...

You have to take marketing out of your work!

"Selected Novels" is, of course, a regular literary magazine, and it is understandable that he can see "The Story of Two Donkeys" and directly sign the adaptation rights!

"The Tale of Two Donkeys", as long as this book is polished a little, it is a good absurd comedy, Li Dawei knew that he was not good at adapting the script, so he found the screenwriter Su Ping...

Why look for Su Ping?

Because this book is easy to overstep the rules - educated youth, what era?

Unspeakable times!

Su Ping is a screenwriter with a high pass rate, and he will take care of the edge of the work, and he is very restrained!

Of course, he must be a very good screenwriter, and he has cooperated with Zhang Yimou ("Something to Say"), Lu Yang ("Mr. Zhao"), Jiang Wen ("The Devil is Coming", "The Sun Also Rises")!

Two months later, the script was decided.

The funds are almost in place, so let's start picking actors!

This play needs a young, good actor who can act, and is also cheap.

He didn't worry about the box office at all - a small investment, a movie channel, and he didn't want to make a theatrical movie at all!

There are three leading actors: Ma Jie, captain Dalian and the heroine, Caifeng...

After estimating, 1.5 million should be able to complete the shooting!

With this amount of money, you must not be able to afford to hire a big name, so let's find it from the film school...

His base!

This is what Huang Lei told Liu Chang - Huang Lei also likes this script, and makes a free cameo appearance in "The Story of Two Donkeys", playing Ma Jie 20 years later,

He told Liu Chang about this, and Liu Chang took it to heart, and thought about it seriously, actors need to be under 25 years old, and they must have acting skills...

School students definitely can't do it - the acting can't keep up!

called a few boys in the class respectively, Jia Nailiang and Ji Chen were busy filming, Lao Cao's image was not suitable, it happened that Lu Xiaoran had time, and then he came.