This morning.

Light and Shadow Company.

Not long after Lin Xiaoguang arrived at the office, Xiaolan walked in and said, "Chairman, there is a photographer named Song Xiaofei, who has not made an appointment, so he has to contact you immediately." “

Lin Xiaoguang asked suspiciously, "Oh, what about others?"

Xiaolan replied, "Do you want to see him in the reception room?"

Lin Xiaoguang said bluntly: "Yes, you invite him in immediately." ”

In other words, this photographer named Song Xiaofei is one of Lin Xiaoguang's favorite photographers to work with, and he was personally in charge of the previous "Detective Chinatown" directed by Lin Xiaoguang.

Lin Xiaoguang likes to work with Song Xiaofei because he has a solid photography foundation and pays great attention to the use of emerging photography techniques.

From the strong sense of form of the trilogy of "Stubborn Radish", "Bullfighting" and "Killing", to the traditional realistic photography of "A Date with the Police", "Double Food", "Sea of Stars" and "Detective Chinatown", to the "dream-like" "The Grandmaster" is beautiful and poetic.

Song Xiaofei can not only pursue the strong expression of literary films, but also take into account the audio-visual experience of commercial films, and can also be sublimated into a freehand artistic conception of China.

His photography is like water, indisputable, flexible, cooperative and full of tension.

In terms of images, Song Xiaofei deliberately creates an effect that is not in harmony with the audience's traditional thinking through deformation, magnification, and exaggeration, which makes the audience have a plot dislocation in the process of watching the movie, constantly withdraw from the story, and even reach a certain degree of drama experience, triggering the audience's reflection and awakening.

Moreover, in the "reverse" use of sports lenses, he always breaks the routine and achieves his ultimate.

After a while, Song Xiaofei was brought in by Xiaolan, for some reason, he always had a sense of restraint every time he saw Lin Xiaoguang, although Lin Xiaoguang and he were always commensurate with brothers, they spoke carefully, which is the case in the crew.

It's not that Lin Xiaoguang is quite dignified in private and likes to dictate to his employees, but Song Xiaofei's nature is like this.

Lin Xiaoguang and Song Xiaofei shook hands: "Brother Xiaofei, don't come to harm, is there anything wrong with me?"

Song Xiaofei hesitated for a moment, and said embarrassedly: "Xiaoguang, I want to make a movie myself." ”

Lin Xiaoguang is not surprised that Song Xiaofei wants to make a movie, because many directors have changed careers from photographers, and the most successful photographer to become a director is Zhang Yimou.

Moreover, the photographer transforms into a director, regardless of the rest, the picture must be guaranteed, and the aesthetics of others are one level higher than most people.

Everyone knows that most photographers are originally doing the work of directors.

There is a saying that a photographer who doesn't want to be a director is not a good photographer.

Therefore, Lin Xiaoguang can fully understand Song Xiaofei's idea of wanting to be a director.

After a pause, Lin Xiaoguang asked with great interest: "What movie, is there a script?"

"Yes Xiaoguang, this is the script I want to shoot. Song Xiaofei said, and handed a copy of the script to Lin Xiaoguang.

Lin Xiaoguang took it and took a look, the name was "Love Saint", and the script was very attractive, which made people feel the urge to watch it.

Seeing Lin Xiaoguang reading the script seriously, Song Xiaofei was waiting on the side, and he didn't dare to speak, for fear of disturbing Lin Xiaoguang's thoughts.

This script is adapted from the 1984 American movie "The Lady in Red", which tells the story of Xiao Han, who is between three women and experiences a series of embarrassing things under the advice of his good brother.

Although "Love Saint" is a comedy script with the theme of "sex", it is rare that it has not become a vulgar comedy that makes jokes about meat jokes outright, and the main plot and jokes are more like a "gang of men" comedy.

The film achieves the narrative and commercialization of the script, but in addition, the style of the script is relaxed and bright, neither dull nor overly noisy.

is full of jokes and at the same time gives the audience a certain space to think, as a humorous farce that does not need to be brainless, the script of "Love Saint" has completed its own intended goal.

If Song Xiaofei hadn't said it in advance, he wanted to be the director of this script himself, and Lin Xiaoguang himself would have wanted to shoot it a little.

After reading the script, Lin Xiaoguang asked: "Brother Xiaofei, if you need my help, just say it, they are all your own brothers, just talk to me." ”

Hearing Lin Xiaoguang say this, Song Xiaofei also breathed a sigh of relief, and after thinking for a while, Fang said: "Xiaoguang, you know me, I only know how to shoot, and you are the top expert in China in terms of production, so I hope you can help me operate this project." ”

Lin Xiaoguang didn't think about it, so he said, "Okay, no problem, I can be your producer." ”

Without waiting for Song Xiaofei to answer, Lin Xiaoguang then asked, "Brother Xiaofei, do you have any other requirements?"

Song Xiaofei shook his head first, then nodded with a smile: "Xiaoguang, I hope you can invite Yan Ni, the female number one Ma Lilian to play this play." ”

Lin Xiaoguang was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, this Song Xiaofei looks like he is always stammering, and he is actually a sullen mature woman, and he actually wants to ask Yan Ni to be the heroine of the movie "Love Saint".

You must know that Yan Ni, who became popular with the role of "Tong Shopkeeper" in "Wulin Gaiden", is an actress who still has charm.

"I'll find a way to do this, as long as her schedule allows, there shouldn't be any big problems. Lin Xiaoguang said.

"Brother Xiaofei, can you tell me why you want to choose Yan Ni as the female number one? ”

Under Lin Xiaoguang's questioning, Song Xiaofei smiled embarrassedly, and then told Lin Xiaoguang what had happened.

It turned out that Song Xiaofei and Yan Ni had cooperated in the movie "Bullfighting" before, and when he saw the script, he thought of Yan Ni as the first choice of "Ma Lilian".

The reason why Lin Xiaoguang did not object was also because of personal preference, it is obvious that Lin Xiaoguang also has an appreciative attitude towards half-aged like Yan Ni, like Song Xiaofei.

On the other hand, Lin Xiaoguang is also optimistic about Song Xiaofei's directing ability, and along the way, he especially likes to cooperate with new directors.

In fact, after Lin Xiaoguang's "", the path he took can be explained by the concept of "playing new stocks" in the stock market.

The so-called "playing new stocks" is to put the treasure on the rookie director.

From the perspective of Han Sanping, Lin Xiaoguang is his super potential new stock, and his investment in Lin Xiaoguang in "People in Embarrassment" has also been rumored to be a good story of "discerning people" in the circle.

Moreover, except for Feng Xiaogang and Huo Jianqi, Lin Xiaoguang cooperates with almost all new directors.

Fei Xing of "Witnessed by the Whole People" is a rookie director; "Master of Hypnosis" is a semi-new director Xu Zheng in the mainland; Wu Jing, the director of "Wolf Warrior", is a young director who no one cares about: the director of "Pancake Man" is Dapeng, and the whole movie is operated by Cheng Lingxi; Yan Fei and Peng Damo of "Charlotte's Troubles" are also rookie directors; Wen Zhang, the director of "Lu Yao Zhima Li", is a rookie director; and even Ning Hao of "" is also a rookie director......

It is conceivable that with Lin Xiaoguang's right to speak, he is more involved in the rookie director's plate, and he can easily get the starring role, producer, add his own opinions to the script, get investment quotas and even change the way of sharing.

In the game of entertainment, Lin Xiaoguang has always been a good chess player.

Especially in recent years, the biggest change in his identity is to retreat into the background and support new people.

When Song Xiaofei was about to praise this behavior, Lin Xiaoguang said frankly: "I'm not so noble. ”

"Walking with you new directors is actually an accumulation of your own works, and the ultimate goal is to return to the work itself and let the good works surface. ”

I have to say that the 10 years of walking with Chinese films are also the 10 years that Lin Xiaoguang has discussed the meaning of movies with the market and the audience.

Many people will think that comedy and business are the shortcuts to Lin Xiaoguang's movie fame, so that everyone is stingy with word-of-mouth to reward Lin Xiaoguang's works.

In the traditional consciousness of the audience, comedy and art seem to be forever difficult to coexist.

However, looking back on the past 10 years, the significance of comedy works such as "People in Embarrassment", "Thai Embarrassment" and "Detective Chinatown" directed by Lin Xiaoguang to Chinese films is by no means just a label of high box office.

In the past 10 years, whether it is the expression form of comedy or the content value wrapped in black humor, Lin Xiaoguang and his works have been moisturizing things silently, influencing Chinese films and the general public.

After all these years of precipitation, when Lin Xiaoguang faced the relationship between comedy, business and art again, he summed up such an answer:

People tend to look at art and commerce separately. But as a filmmaker, they should be a whole in their own right.

In this system, how you can convey better, in fact, every step is art.