Chapter 1: Return to 2003
Shaking his head with a headache, he opened his eyes in a daze, where is this? The place in his eyes is strange and familiar, looking at the place in front of him Chen Yongren was a little dazed, how is it so similar to the house he rented many years ago.
Where is this, it seems that last night I was with a few friends for New Year's Eve and drank fragments, holding my head with a headache and trying to recall everything. After a long time, Chen Yongren accepted the memory of his predecessor and finally understood the current situation.
Chen Yongren was reborn. Reborn into a parallel world exactly like Earth, which is a parallel space called Earth, and he returned to 2003, the year he graduated.
Although it has returned to the past, the history of this world seems to be somewhat different, and the situation outside this world has not changed much from the original. Compared with the earth, the earth at this time is relatively developed, so the demand for spiritual products is relatively large, which makes the demand for spiritual products such as movies higher, the most developed entertainment industry in the world is the United States, and the cultural center of the United States is Hollywood, and the current Hollywood movies have long dominated the world.
Compared with the United States, although China at this time is also quite developed, but the entertainment industry is a little backward, of which the film industry is even more backward, and the entire film production industry is very backward, which is mainly because of the focus on economic development and ignoring the cultural industry, but now many policies have been introduced to support the cultural industry, of which film production is a key support industry. All companies engaged in film and television production are exempt from tax for three years, and there are various discounts.
Therefore, although the film industry is still a little backward, there are quite a lot of movie theaters, and the total box office reached 25 billion last year, becoming the second largest box office in the world after the United States.
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And this body is an orphan like himself in his previous life...... After a long time, Chen Yongren finally came to his senses, "I rely on, it's too useless, drink a wine and drink your own life" The impression of Chinese New Year's Eve at that time everyone was playing very high, and then drinking quite fiercely, all kinds of wine mixed and drunk, as a result, he accidentally drank himself, and it is also a more unique way of death among many reborn people, this world is like the fifth dimension of the earth, but due to some confusion in time, the earth star at this time is more developed than the earth, and some are more backward than the earth.
"However, I don't die sooner or later, but after so many years, I finally hung up like this when I finally got out, which is too uncomfortable" Chen Yongren said very uncomfortably, after all, it was hard to mix up a little human and dog like this inexplicably, and it was really sad...
Chen Yongren in the previous life was an orphan, and was admitted to the Magic City Drama Director Department with his own efforts, and after graduating from the Magic City Drama Academy in 2003, he thought that there would be a movie and become famous immediately. As a result, the reality is too skinny, because there are no connections, no background, and no funds, so it has not been made into any movie works, and after so many years, most of the films are small advertisements and low-cost online dramas. After so many years, I finally got some savings and accumulated some contacts, and finally wrote, directed and acted in my first film work in 2018. The film was a great success after its release, breaking countless records and becoming the biggest dark horse in 2018, Chen Yongren, who was only 37 years old, and his future was bright in an instant.
On the last day of 2018, I asked a few friends to go on New Year's Eve, talked about the next movie by the way, and was about to make a blockbuster, but I went back to 2003 with a drink, and the more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became.
However, he can be regarded as a person who has read many online articles and experienced some storms, so in the spirit of being reborn and being safe, Chen Yongren accepted everything that happened in front of him.
I went to wash my face, sobered up for a while, and looked at myself in the mirror, only to see that my appearance was clear, my facial features were angular, and there was a pair of deep eyes, and these eyes were very special, with a sense of vicissitudes that did not match his age, and the eyes seemed to be able to speak and reveal a kind of magic, which made people can't help but want to explore what kind of person the owner with these charming eyes is.
Keeping exercising all year round makes Chen Yongren, who is 1.8 meters tall, in good shape and has a unique temperament. looked at himself so young and handsome, and said, "Chen Yongren, Chen Yongren, I know the development trajectory of the future for so many years, and have so many years of experience, if you can't develop, you should really drink boiled water and drink yourself to death." In this life, I must become a world-class director, so that the world will spread the legend of my Chen Yongren"
After all, although he is full of confidence in the future, after all, he is now equivalent to an open existence. However, at present, we need to think carefully about how to go next, so that we can be coquettish and forced.
I went back to my room and looked at the date, it was August 15, 2003, and then Chen Yongren sat down at the computer desk and began to look up information on the Internet, after all, who knows if this memory is true or false. Although he had accepted this reality, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and then began to investigate the great cause of information. I don't know if I don't check, I was shocked when I checked it, the technology and economy of this world are actually similar in 2018 in the previous life, and even in some fields, the technology is more advanced than in the previous life in 2018, and the entertainment industry in this world is currently very developed, after all, when you have money, you will begin to have a demand for spiritual entertainment. However, although the comprehensive strength of all fields in this world has exceeded that of the world in 2018, although the economy is developing very well, the entertainment industry is not developing as well.
Especially in the film industry, the current situation is more backward than the situation in 2003 in the previous life, but at present, the overall comprehensive strength of the country has developed, and in the face of the growing spiritual needs of the people, so now a lot of support policies have been introduced in the past two years, such as some tax exemption policies for companies engaged in the film and television industry, and some support in other aspects, etc., but compared with the developed entertainment industry abroad, the domestic start is still a little late.
The main reason is that the current directors are mainly the older generation of directors who are mainly post-70s, they are a king in making literary films and have won numerous awards at home and abroad, but they are a bronze in the field of commercial films, so after failing once, they dare not try again, in fact, investors can't see where the prospect of making money from movies is, and they don't dare to give them money to play, and then they honestly make their literary films.
And the young directors are too influenced by them, resulting in the film style has not broken through the previous film style, or the same as before, there is no progress, although some directors have made good progress, such as the current domestic No. 1 director Zhang Yimou in the field of commercial films, and now he has also made one or two box office hits, but the highest record of the Chinese film box office is only about 15 million. This is still the highest box office record for Chinese films at present, and the first box office record in mainland film history is Hollywood movies, which has reached 1.19 billion, and the top 15 in mainland film history are all Hollywood movies.
In the face of Hollywood movies so menacing, countless directors are powerless, although more and more commercial film directors are appearing, the overall situation is good, but the quality is not good...
"Some of the Hollywood in this world is too strong" Chen Yongren looked at the data and sighed, although Hollywood in the previous life was also very good, but there have been more and more excellent directors making excellent Chinese movies, and more and more Chinese movies have appeared on the box office list.
However, many well-known directors and works in the previous life did not appear in this world, such as Zhou Xingxing, director Xu Ke, etc., but most of them still exist, such as the Four Heavenly Kings are still kings in this world, and in general, there have been local changes, and the overall changes are not big. "This local change is really wonderful, this is the worst era and the best era, this is the era that belongs to me Chen Yongren," Chen Yongren said excitedly.
But after thinking about it, I just graduated in this life, and I came to Hengdian with the dream of fighting for the rise of Chinese films, and this film and television production base that accounts for half of Huayu's film production in the future can be said to be a living fossil of the development of the Chinese film era. But after coming here, I found that the dream is very beautiful, the reality is very cruel, how can a student who has just graduated and has no wealth and no power be so easy to mix, so it is difficult to mix the crew every day here, and it is difficult to mix horizontally, sure enough, no matter where you are, no money, no power and no connections, it is really difficult to mix.
This is not yesterday because of inexplicably offended the male number one, and then was fired by the crew, and finally mixed into a relatively large crew set assistant, just gone, I panicked and then bought a few bottles of wine and went back to drink, drank high and fell asleep, but when I woke up, I was my future self, I can't help but sigh that life is like a play, sometimes the plot is so bloody, but the protagonist of this bloody drama is his turn.
In fact, this matter is mainly to blame Chen Yongren for being too handsome, so he is also quite popular with girls in the crew, just because he said a few more words to the female number one, and her suitor happened to be the male number one of the show, and as a result, he was expelled from the crew by some means.
"Alas, it's really handsome and wrong" Chen Yongren sighed, shook his head and said.
But at present, the top priority is to write a good script first, what to write, too many excellent movies in my mind are also a trouble, I was thinking wildly, and suddenly saw the mobile phone on the table ringing, then again, although the development of the film industry in this world is not good, but the development of other industries is quite advanced, take mobile phones as an example, now it is basically the world of smart phones, and the current level of science and technology and the Internet industry of Dixing are basically the same as in the previous life in 2018. Thinking of Chen Yongren, he said disappointedly, "If this is a few decades behind, then the future richest man in the world may be me."
After reading the call message, it was Li Hui, a close friend from the same dormitory in the university, who called, and connected the phone: "Hey, Huizi came out of the west in the sun today, and you still know to call me?"
"Boss, look at what you said, brother, I'm thinking about you all the time, I will call you immediately as soon as there is news, where are you now" On the other end of the phone, a slightly obscene and individual voice came.
"Where else can I be, playing in Hengdian, what's the news?" Chen Yongren said.
"Didn't you ask me to help you pay attention to the crew here in Beijing, there is no big crew that lacks an assistant director, so I recommended you over, you can come and have a look in the next few days."
Listening to the words on the other end of the phone, Chen Yongren remembered that before coming to Hengdian, he asked this family friend in Beijing to help pay attention to the crew, this buddy's family is quite rich, he is a rich second generation, but he doesn't have the bad habits of the rich second generation, so everyone can play with Chen Yongren during the period, but listening to what he said so easily, Chen Yongren also knew that most of his good brother asked the family to help, so he replied" It turned out to be this.,I forgot about it.,Thank you Keiko.,But help me push it.,I'll come to apologize another day.,I'm going to write and direct a movie here.,So I'm not going"
"It's okay, boss, it's all written and directed, is there a role that suits me, and why apologize to whom, just an assistant director casually pushes it, it's all a trivial matter, but when you start making movies, don't tell me"
"The movie hasn't started filming yet, the script is still being conceived, but I'm almost ready to think about what to shoot, I'll show you when I've written the book" Chen Yongren suddenly thought of what to shoot on the phone.
"That's okay, the script is written and show me, if the funds are not enough, look for me, your brother and I are poor and only have money left, I'll hang up the phone first, and you'll find a girl"
Listening to the beeping sound on the phone, Chen Yongren shook his head helplessly, recalling the first dinner in the dormitory when he first went to school, and asked Huizi why he wanted to come to the Modu Drama Academy, and he replied, "Because there are so many beautiful women, I am God who dragged my dream and asked me to rescue these beauties" During college, his girlfriends changed one after another. Thinking about it again, I'm still a single dog, it's really more popular than people.
Then he began the creation of the first movie script, saying that the creation is actually to recall the original world of the movie, to see which one to choose as his pioneering work, after all, although I remember a lot, but the specific plot still has to think about it, suddenly remembered that although the Hollywood of this world is awesome, but the awesome Marvel does not exist, or create a Chinese version of the Marvel universe by yourself? Chen Yongren was excited when he thought about it, but based on the reality of the situation, it is better to have the capital to shoot it again in a year or two.
After thinking about it for a long time, he finally wrote down the three words "Infernal Affairs" on the paper, Chen Yongren's first film was this classic Xiangjiang movie "Infernal Affairs", this movie can be said to be the pinnacle of Xiangjiang films. However, in this world, this film will become a milestone in Chinese films, will open the era of Chinese blockbusters, and will also open the era of films belonging to Chen Yongren.
As for the reason why he chose this movie as his first work, a big factor is because the protagonist in the play is called Chen Yongren, and he really can't think of what to shoot just shoot "himself", this is fate.
After thinking about which movie to make, Chen Yongren immediately began to create, in fact, recalling the specific plot of the movie and then writing it down, and completing the storyboard script by the way.
Three days later, the script has been freshly released, and the next step is to pull investment, after all, for Chen Yongren, who is poor and white, there is no capital to invest in production independently.
In the entertainment industry, connections are indispensable, and without connections, everything is difficult at the beginning, so I called Huizi in Beijing, after all, Huizi's family is quite rich, "Hey Huizi, what are you busy with, I have already finished writing the script I told you a few days ago, what is the situation over there, do you know anyone from any film and television company in your family, give me an introduction" Speaking of which, this good buddy of mine is a super rich second generation, but he didn't ask him what he did at home, and I think there should be people who know some people in the film and television industry.
"Boss, it's really written, awesome. I know the film and television industry, so if you come to Beijing with the script, I will introduce you to it.
"Okay, I'll go to Beijing tomorrow, then let's do it first" After Chen Yongren hung up the phone, he immediately booked a ticket to Beijing the next morning.
For this trip to Beijing, Chen Yongren is looking forward to it, whether it will soar into the sky, or whether he will work silently for more than ten years, it depends on whether this "Infernal Affairs" can shine.
The trip to Beijing will be the starting point of Chen Yongren's success, and it is also the starting point of a legend...