Chapter 65: Demolition?
The waiter quickly came over to serve tea, Cheng Suhua thanked him, personally picked up the teapot, poured a cup for each of them, and then looked at Li Qian with a smile.
Li Qian opened it and looked at the beginning, and made sure that it was correct, and there was no change, so he turned back to the first page, raised his head, and smiled helplessly.
Cheng Suhua also smiled, pointed to the first page of the script, and asked, "That Li Qian, is this Li Qian?"
Li Qian nodded, closed the notebook, and asked, "Who is looking for you? Which character?"
Cheng Suhua said: "It's that Director Yu." Brother Wang brought him to listen to a play of mine, and then they went backstage, talked first, and the next day, he sent the notebook to my house. said that he wanted me to play the heroine, green onion. β
Li Qian nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "Then you...... Promised?"
Cheng Subei smiled when he heard this, "I don't want to listen to your advice! You are also one of the screenwriters!"
Li Qian thought for a while and said, "Brother Yu, we have a good relationship, this is true." This book was also saved up by me and Brother Cao for him. Even here, there are a lot of plays, which I wrote by myself. β¦β¦β
Speaking of this, he stopped suddenly, looked up at Cheng Suhua, and suddenly asked: "Sister, in fact, you prefer acting in film and television dramas to singing, right?"
Cheng Subei didn't look surprised when he heard this, but after thinking about it for a while, he smiled and said, "That's right, it's not right." Actually, I like it a lot. Merely...... Now singing is even my old profession, and I want to try something new. β
Li Qian nodded, "So, you're going to take it?"
Cheng Subei smiled again when he heard this, "I've been graduating for several years, and this is the first drama to come to me...... Well. That's right, I want to try it and see if I can play this kind of play. β
Li Qian sighed in his heart when he heard this, a little entangled.
This play, let's put it simply, is actually not complicated. But it's not simple, it's not a simple play.
This story is about the period of the Republic of China, that is, the Shun Dynasty has fallen, but the period when New China has not yet been established, modern consciousness is gradually entering the country and beginning to affect many people. Serving people badly, so she was sent to the kitchen to help the kitchen chop vegetables, and everyone called her "green onion flowers". Basically, she was the lowest person in society at the time.
She was ignorant at first, and was deceived by the housekeeper in charge of buying vegetables, but the housekeeper refused to even marry her as a concubine, not because he was afraid of his wife, but mainly because the scallion was a "slave". It can only be rationed to the servants of the family and give birth to offspring. Continue to be a slave. However, he has always maintained a lover relationship with Green Blossom, and later introduced her to a good friend of his, who is a bookkeeper, and even, under his introduction. Green onion also slept with a pig killer, because the housekeeper wanted to buy meat cheaper and get more kickbacks from it.
In short, just unconsciously, green onions have almost become the courtesans of the bottom society.
But the green onion flowers are very resigned to their fate. has always been obedient, but begged the housekeeper to help him say that he was a protΓ©gΓ©, and not to let herself marry the slave of her family in the future, because she didn't want her children to be slaves of others in the future. The butler couldn't stop agreeing, saying that he was going to tell her to a distant nephew of himself.
So the green onion flower was ignorant as the housekeeper's underground lover, and the courtesan in the housekeeper's hand, while looking forward to the future marriage. She even went to sneak a look at the housekeeper's distant nephew, although she didn't get along very well in her heart, thinking that he was quite stupid and very dark, but because the man was a free body and a commoner, she had no idea of resisting in her heart, just thinking about marrying a chicken and marrying a dog and a dog, and fantasizing about a bright future after future generations no longer be human slaves.
But she didn't know that the housekeeper was just lying to her.
He, a small butler in charge of purchasing, has the right to marry off his master's property?
So, in the face of Green Onion Huaer's request, he kept using excuses to shirk, but he patted his chest and said that there was no problem, and later, the news came that his distant nephew was married.
Green Blossom was furious, feeling that she had been deceived, and once took a knife to kill the housekeeper. But who is she, and who is the housekeeper? In the face of her kitchen knife, the housekeeper scolded her, but she cringed when she scolded. The housekeeper told her that she was just the lowliest slave, and that in this life, in the next life, she would never want to marry freely.
After the hope in his heart was extinguished, the green onion flowers became more and more swaying. She even became a "sister" in some people's mouths, and in the face of those ugly-looking guys, she gradually became numb.
Later, with the introduction of the free consciousness of modern society, the concept of freedom of marriage and love also came in, and even at this time, the old man who had been scolding the revolutionary party all the time also turned into a new figure and began to serve as a member of the Shuncheonfu Council, talking about democracy and freedom at home and abroad. The green onion flowers gradually became familiar with the ears and eyes, and the heart began to have thoughts.
At this time, by chance, she met a college student and helped him hide in the councilor's house, so that he could escape arrest. Then, I don't have to say, the young college student, full of new ideas, new thinking, and democracy and freedom in the country, fell in love with him almost immediately.
So, it was as if she had suddenly come back to life.
She began to take the initiative to break free, often sneaking out to listen to the college student's lectures, the two of them came into contact frequently, and then, the two of them finally fell asleep together. For that night, she even secretly made a handkerchief with chicken blood, trying to hide that she was no longer a place. The fact that the woman, and the college student, did not seem to be aware of it.
Then the student left, and according to him, the revolution was about to be won, and he was going to join the army. also said that when he came back, he would marry her in a beautiful manner. So, after he left, the green onion waited with hope. Her former lovers, the housekeeper, and the bookkeeper, came to tease her one after another, but she turned to each other with kitchen knives, so frightened that the gang did not dare to come near her again.
But more than a year later, Green Onion Huaer is almost 20 years old, and according to the rules, she was assigned by the master of the family to another subordinate. Green onion Huaer resolutely disagreed, and told the old lady about democracy and freedom in a righteous and strict manner, and the old man was furious. beat her all the way, and ignored her objections, and ordered her to marry.
Dramatically, the next day, the revolutionary army entered the city.
A woman who was good friends with Green Onion told her that she had seen it with her own eyes. The college student was sitting in a jeep and wearing a sleek military uniform, and it seemed that he had become a senior official. Green onion flowers are very happy and full of anticipation.
When the news spread, even the big housekeeper in the house looked at her differently, and her former housekeeper lover also came with his wife at home, crying bitterly and begging for forgiveness. Everyone is also talking about green onions as a legend.
All of this seems to show the democracy, freedom, and love that Green Onion has been pursuing. It's finally coming.
And sure enough, as the situation in the city gradually stabilized, about ten days after the revolutionary army entered the city, just when the green onion was about to wear it, the college student really came to the door.
Green Blossom was overjoyed, but then, the news came that he had come to propose to the former councilor. He fell in love with the third daughter of the congressman, and the nervous congressman was overjoyed. At that time, he agreed, and the wedding date was set for a month later.
After Green Onion Hua'er got the news, she found the yamen where the college student was, but she was beaten out without even seeing the other party, but she went every day, like crazy. Afterward. The college student came out, and she questioned him, but the other party replied with a sneer: You are no longer worthy of me.
So, a month later, the night the college students got married. The green onion flower hanged herself.
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After the script came out, according to Yu Bojun's estimate, it would be about two hours long.
And to be honest, the story itself is not novel, and there is not much story tension, coupled with the fact that it is destined to be quite lengthy and slow, it is destined that this film will never become a blockbuster.
In people's minds, and even in the eyes of many directors, screenwriters, and producers who have been in the film industry for many years, it can't become a commercial blockbuster, and it seems that it can only be called a literary film?
Actually, literary films are not so cheap!
It's not that if you don't have business, you can be very "literary".
In Li Qian's view, in addition to commercial films and literary films, there is also a kind of film called bad movies.
And the book he and Cao Zhan and Yu Bojun made up three people, if it falls into the hands of some extremely powerful directors, it may really be able to rejuvenate and make a shocking and even tortured human nature literary film, but it falls into the hands of Yu Bojun, who is just ready to use it to practice...... This guy has been doing commercial films for so many years before, and he is the kind that is very careless, how high can you expect him to suddenly transform into a literary film?
Therefore, even if it is not made into a bad movie, in Li Qian's opinion, it is estimated that it is just an ordinary level.
The reason is very simple, the penetration of the script itself is a little worse, I always feel that there is still a layer and it is not fully explained, and the director's skills must be a little worse......
If Yu Bojun found other actors, Li Qian had nothing to do with himself and was too lazy to take care of it, but he just found Cheng Suhua to play this "green onion flower", and Li Qian was suddenly a little entangled in his heart.
Picking up the cup and taking a sip of tea, he raised his head and looked at Cheng Suhua, and said slowly: "Although I also have a part in this book, I still think it...... Sister, why don't you think about this book?"
When Cheng Subei heard this, he glanced at Li Qian with a little surprise, and then smiled: "What's the matter? As a screenwriter, you are so familiar with the director, you actually have no confidence in it?"
Li Qian shrugged, it was inconvenient to dismantle his buddy's stage and say that Yu Bojun's director level was not enough, so he had to patiently analyze the defects of this book with Cheng Suhua - this means that his level is not enough.
In short, under Li Qian's analysis, this film almost has one result, that is, it has become a bad movie.
And there is no doubt that to make a bad movie, in addition to the salary you can get, it is often more negative than positive for the actor's acting career. It's not just word of mouth, even acting, many times, because a film is bad, it often affects the actor's confidence in himself.
Cheng Subei nodded slowly while listening to Li Qian's analysis, and when Li Qian said almost, she thought about it and asked with some reluctance: "Since you also know that there are so many shortcomings, can't you find a way to change them?"
Li Qian said helplessly when he heard this: "I'm not an immortal, I want to change, Brother Cao also wants to change, Brother Yu must want to change more than the two of us! We all want to change this book to be more complete and more penetrating, but ...... We have a limited level!"
Cheng Subei smiled when she heard this, and really comforted Li Qian like a big sister, and said, "Don't say that." How old are you? Before you even graduated from college, you have already written so many good songs, made so many albums, and now you can write not only photography, but even scripts to this level, which is already amazing!"
Speaking of this, she thought for a while and said: "After graduating for so many years, I've been busy singing, in fact, after reading this book, I didn't see what you said, I think it's pretty good." But...... Since you've said that, I'll think about it again. β
After finishing speaking, she raised her wrist to look at her watch, and said with a smile: "I've been sitting here for a long time, are you hungry? Let's go, sister, invite you to dinner! Thank you for being so oriented to me, even your good buddy's platform has been demolished." β
Li Qian smiled when he heard this, and while casually responding "yes", he subconsciously glanced down at the name of the script in his hand, and then returned the book to Cheng Suhua in a complicated mood.
To tell the truth, at least half of this book is Li Qian's hard work, regardless of the level, but he really put a lot of effort into it. So, no matter what angle he thinks about it, how can he be willing to say that his work is a bad movie even if it is made?
But think again...... Hey, forget it, I have gone from being a third-rate actor and a small assistant director to not only writing the script by myself now, but also writing to the current level, in fact, I have made great progress. At this stage, you should be content, right?
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After eating together in the evening, watching Cheng Suhua drive away, Li Qian got into his car and drove back.
Tossed around Xie Bing twice, Xie Bing was tired and sleepy, and soon fell asleep, but Li Qian was still mentally dead, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.
After staying up until more than twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, still tossing and turning and unable to sleep, Li Qian simply put on his clothes and got up, poured himself a glass of warm water and drank it, and then came to the studio, turned on the computer, entered his mailbox, downloaded the document of "The Love of Green Onions", and read it from the beginning.
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