Chapter 151: Proposal (1/4)
Chen Guofu is a very top group of talents in the Chinese film industry!
The Huang brothers... In fact, they are businessmen who make films, and strictly speaking, they are not filmmakers...
Therefore, Zeng Guangxian wanted to bypass Huayi and cooperate with Chen Guofu alone.
In fact, Chen Guofu is a director and a screenwriter.
At the beginning, he helped Yang Dechang make the script of "Terrorist", and always believed that the script was king!
So, he understands movies!
Know more about commercial films!
Moved to the mainland, joined Huayi, and served as the producer of 14 films, of which 10 films have a box office of more than 100 million...
"Business Week" commented on him: understand the laws of film art production and commodity production process, is a person who can open up the two veins of the industry, he threaded the needle, and used the "producer + director" model to activate the production relationship of Chinese films, and liberate the productivity of directors.
Many people call him Huayi's right-hand man: Give me a Chen Guofu, and I can also be a Huayi brother...
Therefore, the book he fancies, Huayi Brothers will definitely help him get it!
However, Lu Xiaoran has no intention of transferring the copyright at all...
The Huang brothers want to use some other means, such as resource replacement, they can arrange a play for him or a play for his girlfriend.
All of them were rejected!
Lu Xiaoran can't look down on the resources they provide - except for Feng Xiaogang's movie, the other works of the Huayi brothers are all around the passing line, which is the kind of work that may not be remembered if it is acted, and it is not a pity not to act.
As for Tangtang, don't get too close to Huayi.
The most popular thing in Huayi is the wine culture!
From top to bottom, I feel that as long as I catch someone, I have everything!
The so-called environmental impact of individuals, Chen Guofu's agreed location is actually a KTV...
Lu Xiaoran said very tactfully that he didn't like the noisy environment very much, and then changed a tea room.
……
The original work of "The Wind" is very interesting.
The suspenseful reasoning is very exquisite!
Because it was discovered that the intelligence was leaked, the Japanese army put all the five Wang pseudo-staff members who handled the information under house arrest in Qiuzhuang, using both soft and hard, coercion, inducement, and torture, and it was necessary to find out the real undercover agents among them.
If you can't find it, kill them all.
At this time, this undercover agent has two things to do: first, to hide himself desperately, and second, to try to send the intercepted information out again.
In the airtight Qiu Zhuang, under the eyes of countless pairs of surveillance and suspicion, can he complete this seemingly impossible mission?
This plot setting is a lot like a killing game - assuming that in a closed environment, there must be a bad guy. It's up to guess to find him. The bad guys then deny and confuse the public in every possible way. The people who participate in the game are all scheming and calculating with each other.
So, it's a group show.
After getting the original book, Lu Xiaoran knew that he couldn't play!
Again, there are only a few resources that can be mobilized at hand!
Drama can be brilliant in one-man shows, and movie performances must rely on rivalry to spark sparks.
With the connections he currently has, even if he can make a table, it will be a low-level version - he can't be a real big actor.
He didn't want to waste this good subject!
Then wait for your reputation to be a little louder...
Anyway, he's not in a hurry, the eight-year cycle of film and television adaptation rights has enough time...
However, Chen Guofu is very anxious, he has not had the idea of directing a movie for a long time, it is rare to encounter a favorite theme, a favorite story, no matter what, he has to direct!
"I think this story is closer to Agatha Christie's ontological reasoning, and even the plot setting is close to "No One Survives"..."
"Oh, you've studied reasoning?"
"Of course, I'm a lover of mystery myself, that's why I make crime-themed movies..."
"Then do you prefer ontological reasoning or sociological reasoning?"
"Maybe it's more of a Benge school, I prefer the process of revealing secrets!"
After drinking half a pot of tea and talking about a bunch of what was not there, Chen Guofu asked: "If you want to shoot, how will you adapt it?"
"You mean 'The Wind'?"
"Yes!"
"First of all, we must dilute the love between two women and change it to the kind of friendship at first sight!"
That's right, in the original work of "The Wind", Gu Xiaomeng loved Li Ningyu deeply, but after entering Qiuzhuang, a series of things broke out, and when Gu's ambiguous feelings for Li became clear, he had to look at his loved one step by step and plan her death together...
This forbidden love is also one of the reasons why the original book is good...
But it's already said that it's taboo, and it definitely can't be filmed...
"That's... Why did Li Ningyu die?"
"Because she has faith, she can only use her own corpse to pass on the message..."
"So, if you were to make this movie, would you make its core a patriotic film?"
"Yes, otherwise this movie is unlikely to pass the review!"
Chen Guofu hesitated for a few minutes, then nodded...
Indeed, many people say that in China, if you want to shoot on a large scale, the first condition: political correctness!
Only with this hard hat can you go on a killing spree.
"If you want to be a director, who will you choose to play Gu Xiaomeng and Li Ningyu?"
"Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing, I always feel that they are a good match!"
“... Just like I thought!"
Of course, it's exactly what you think...
Chen Guofu picked up the tea and continued: "That's it, let's make this movie together!"
“... Together?"
"Yes, co-director!"
In his opinion, this condition is good enough...
Teach you how to make a movie by hand!
Lu Xiaoran frowned: "... I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, I don't have a schedule for the time being..."
"No schedule?"
"I have a TV series waiting to be filmed, and several more films... I just can't squeeze in the time..."
Chen Guofu couldn't hold back: "Then you still come to see me? tell me what you think!"
Lu Xiaoran smiled: "... If you really want to direct this play, you can join the crew of "The Wind" as a director!"
"What is the director?"
"Yes, the premise is that the copyright of "The Wind" is Orange Images!"
Only then did Chen Guofu understand: "You want to control the investment?"
"That's right, I calculated, the cost of 30 million should be able to complete this play, and our orange image can completely get 30 million!"
“... Aren't you afraid of losing money?"
"Of course I'm afraid, so we'll pull Pony Bento and Zhongying to do this project together... I'll play one of those roles myself!"
“... Aren't you out of schedule?"
"It takes a different amount of time to prepare a movie than to prepare a role!" Lu Xiaoran replied naturally, and then reiterated: "Mr. Chen, if you are interested, you may wish to consider my suggestion..."
"You don't like Brother Huayi so much?"
“... Don't get me wrong, I just think that the Huayi brothers have a big business, and they may not be able to watch a movie like "The Wind"!"