Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Spirit Rhino
When he resigned and left Suncheon Film Academy, Lu Lingxi's friends and relatives were almost unanimously opposed. There is no other reason, you are not yet thirty years old, and you have become the head of the photography department of the Suncheon Film Academy, please, the head of the department, the Shuncheon Film Academy, don't look at the school, the highest institution in the film industry! At this age, this job is simply face-saving. In addition, you are the kind of person who is not good at greeting the scene, as the saying goes, a little colder, how suitable is this job!
Hurry up, find a suitable object, the guy is handsome, the best income, work, can be worthy of you, a little more money, you see, what an ideal and comfortable life, you don't need to be too capable, the key is that you are so beautiful, people are willing to pay for you.
At the beginning, there were few people who supported her resignation.
There are many people who even say, why do you have to quit? If you really want to go out to act, or direct, it's a big deal to take a leave, how big of a deal can it be?
But she didn't, after thinking about it carefully, she simply resigned directly.
Facts have proved that entering Minghu Culture after resigning ushered in the spring of her career.
Today, she is already a well-known talented female director and beautiful director in the Chinese entertainment industry.
Her own beauty, penetrating into the bones, is unforgettable at first sight, and her works are either smooth and gurgling, like a clear spring, flowing into the bottom of the heart, or soothing the atmosphere, showing a surprising tension of detail.
The thirteenth aunt in "Huang Feihong" made her an instant hit as an actor, and "Carry on Love to the End" made her establish her reputation as a director in one fell swoop.
With such two successful works, Lu Lingxi, as a director, of course, has established himself steadily.
But a TV drama director and a film director are two completely different things.
After doing miscellaneous work for Li Qian, miscellaneous for Han Shunzhang, and directing two TV series herself, Lu Lingxi seemed to feel that she was almost ready, so she chatted with Han Shunzhang and said: I want to make movies.
This kind of thing is obviously not something that Han Shunzhang can decide, so he personally called Li Qian's office to make an appointment, and the two came over together.
In their opinion, this matter is not easy.
Maybe in other companies, with Lu Lingxi's resume over the years, she has been the head of the Shuntian Film Academy, she is a famous movie star, a well-known beauty in the country, and the two TV series she directed are both word-of-mouth and ratings, at this time, she wants to make a movie of her own, and she already has a certain right to speak, if the investment is not very large, the theme story or something, it also makes people feel a little reliable, and there are already many companies that are willing to invest and try it.
However, here is the Minghu culture.
The company already has several big-name directors to make movies, which is not a problem, and it is not a problem for TV series directors to want to transfer movies, but the problem is ...... Is it your turn?
Before Zhao He took over the "Huang Feihong" series, he had been at the helm of the small film company in Yu Bojun's house for many years, and when he came to Minghu Culture, he also started with Li Qian, until Li Qian felt that he was really good, and asked him to be the assistant director, and participated in the filming of the first part of "Huang Feihong", so that the second part of "Huang Feihong" "Men should be self-reliant" was handed over to him.
Feng Bicheng doesn't need to say, there is no need to talk about his past qualifications, and he doesn't need to say anything about Li Qian and Zhao He, just one, the old man of the family is called Feng Yumin, and it just so happens that Li Qian still owes Feng Yumin a favor, so you can't compare.
Kim Han ...... Needless to say.
The key is to talk about the ratings of TV dramas or something, among the current group of TV drama directors in the company, how can I say that there is also a Han Shunzhang!
Lao Han's qualifications are second only to Jin Han, and Lao Han's role is even second only to Li Qian.
The second part of "Princess Huanzhu", "Deep Love and Rain", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which one is not a popular work? Moreover, how many times has Lao Hanguang been a producer and assistant director for Li Qian?
Well, that's okay, leave it aside.
The biggest problem is actually that Lu Lingxi knows that he can't make a purely commercial movie!
That's the heart of the matter!
Take a look at the productions of Minghu Culture since it participated in film and television, almost all of them are commercially successful works. Of course, some are very artistic, and the reputation is also excellent, but in the final analysis, in addition to Li Qian's "Red Sorghum" and Jin Han's previous two films, Minghu Culture will invest in the production of films, with extremely clear goals, that is, to go directly to the box office!
"My Sassy Girlfriend" fired the first shot, "Once Upon a Time", "Big Names", "Once Upon a Time", "Once Upon a Time", "The Matrix", "Dragon Gate Inn", including "Shaolin Temple" and "Crazy Stone", which are still being filmed, including Li Qian's next movie that is still in preparation with a huge investment, each of them.
As for Lu Lingxi herself, even if she is filming a TV series that is known to be absolutely storytelling as the first point, the way she shoots is "Carry Love to the End" with a bit of literary style, and "Daming Palace Ci", transforming into a movie, she will definitely continue to follow this path.
Like Jin Han, he said, "I've made two TV series for you, and you have to invest money in me to make the movie I want to make"?
No, she's not Kim Han, and she's not the same now.
She couldn't say this kind of thing.
So she's struggling.
But she didn't expect that Li Qian would ask directly, "Movie? or TV series?"
Lu Lingxi turned his head and glanced at Han Shunzhang, and saw that Han Shunzhang was also a little surprised, knowing that he should not have told Li Qian his thoughts in advance, hesitated, and said, "I know that I may not be very good at making commercial movies that can make a lot of money." I...... How can I say it, I ......"
Before she could finish speaking, Li Qian asked, "That means I still want to make a movie, right?"
Lu Lingxi nodded stubbornly.
That's exactly what she's here for.
Li Qian cocked Erlang's legs, thought about it, and said, "Yes, no problem." ”
Lu Lingxi was stunned for a long time, and then said: "No, don't you understand what I just meant? I mean, I want to make movies, but I can't make those commercial films of the company, I ......."
Li Qian laughed, "My teacher Lu, who told you that what makes money must be a commercial movie? Who told you that as long as you make some slow and low-fledged movies, there must be no box office?"
Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment, and then slowly came back to his senses.
She could hear the subtle difference in Li Qian's statement.
What he said was, "slow and leisurely movies with small feelings", not "literary films".
That's right, that's her vein!
Although in the past ten years, the commercialization of film production is irresistible, and the film academy is also transforming the ideas and direction of education little by little, but in the final analysis, the temple of art teaches film art, how can you ask the professors of the film academy to praise a Hollywood commercial film that simply pursues the box office, tells the story sparsely, and is full of special effects?
has been in it for many years, and Lu Lingxi is of course also a part of literary films and a staunch supporter.
However, she is different from those who insist on studying European cinema from beginning to end.
When she was still in school, she taught and served as the head of the department, and her thinking would be a little more over the side, and she regarded many European literary films as classics, but even at that time, she did not reject some classic commercial films in Hollywood, and even when she taught Li Qian and them, she took several class hours to deconstruct the lens language of several Hollywood commercial blockbusters.
It can be said that even when she was a staunch supporter of art films, she has always been very sober, and she understands very well that movies are made for people to see, although some masters can make some extremely high-end and extremely awesome art films, and those movies can be said to be specially made for them. But a really good movie must be based on artistic style and artistic appeal, so that ordinary audiences can understand and like it.
Later, she resigned and entered Minghu culture, from the beginning of following the crew to do chores for Li Qian, and later participating in the filming of "Huang Feihong" as an actor, she has always been attentive to observe and think hard, I don't know how many times, she, as a teacher, asked Li Qian in turn, and Li Qian also tried his best to give her answers, at least throwing an introduction to enlighten her.
Then, Lu Lingxi began to take charge of the director by himself and became a director.
Her personal view of cinema and her directing philosophy have gradually become clear - although her past two works are TV series, Li Qian has always paid close attention to her and can still see what her thinking is.
She respects the necessary artistry of film as a form of artistic expression, but at the same time, she also respects the viewer's experience – her compositions are particularly exquisite, and almost every important shot feels particularly evocative, while at the same time, despite the slow pace, she strives to tell a complete, clear, and logically consistent human story.
Therefore, Li Qian said that she is "talking about small emotions slowly".
It's just in a word!
Of course, Lu Lingxi knew what she loved, and of course she knew what her thinking was, but she never thought about giving her directing ideas a proper name or something, so when she heard Li Qian's words, she summed up her ideas in one sentence with great precision, she was stunned for a while, then nodded and said, "That's right! I just want to make this kind of movie." ”
Li Qian nodded, "Yes." ”
Lu Lingxi turned his head to look at Han Shunzhang.
At this time, Han Shunzhang already had a smile on his face.
Although he didn't speak, his expression came out clearly, and he seemed to say, "Congratulations!"
Li Qian actually nodded and agreed so easily!
Although the person sitting in front of him used to be his student, he has stayed in Minghu Culture in the past few years, and it is better when he gets together outside of work, and when he is in the company or when he talks about work, the feeling of being his teacher has long been gone.
She is no different from other contracted directors and contracted actors in the company, they are all facing their own bosses, and they are a boss who crushes themselves in terms of talent and achievements in the same job!
Therefore, Li Qian didn't wait for her to say anything, she directly agreed, but she looked more nervous than just now, and said, "No, I'm ...... I feel like I might lose money. ”
Li Qian laughed and said, "You haven't tried it yet, how do you know that you will definitely lose?"
After a pause, he said, "Besides, even if you don't look for me, I think you can already try the movie in the next play." So, in your next play, you will shoot a romance-themed film?"
Lu Lingxi's eyes lit up when she heard this, and the little nervousness just now was thrown away at once, and even her body subconsciously leaned forward, "Don't tell me you have a script again?"
Li Qian is the most famous gold medal screenwriter in China at present!
Some even call him a master storyteller.
Since Minghu Culture's first TV series "The Legend of the New White Lady", more than ninety percent of the film and television works produced by Minghu Culture are his scripts, and almost every TV series and movie has a particularly good story.
Lu Lingxi wants to change careers to direct movies, and if she can get Li Qian's script for this first work, in her opinion, of course, it will add a successful insurance to this work that tests the waters.
It's just that she doubts that Li Qian will have it, or whether he can write the kind of story he wants - Li Qian guessed very accurately, she really wants to make a love movie, and she really wants to make the kind of story that "tells a little mood slowly", but, "Meteor Garden", "Princess Huanzhu" and other bloody romance dramas forget it, "Carry on Love to the End" is better, but it is only a youth drama, in terms of story, taste, and style, it does not meet her requirements.
Even the kind of "My Sassy Girlfriend", she is too noisy and deliberate.
At present, she is still conceiving the story herself, and she also asked her good friend Chen Kefang to help her think of the story and write a book, but until now, she still did not expect and encountered a good story that made her heart pound and wanted to start filming immediately.
At this time, Li Qian had already stood up, walked behind his desk, opened the safe, looked for a while, and then walked back with two thin scripts, handed them to Lu Lingxi, and said, "Two, choose as you choose." ”
Lu Lingxi took it in surprise and opened the first book, called "Autumn Fairy Tale".