After meeting Liu Yi a few times in Kyoto and discovering his amorous behavior, Liu Pian felt that this guy was either very rich in the family, or very proficient in picking up girls. Now it seems that the family has money is not wrong.

The coming-of-age ceremony is a multi-million sports car, and this kind of local tyrant behavior is not something that can be done casually.

got in the car, Liu Pian followed Liu Yi to a restaurant to settle lunch, and then the two came to a villa by the sea.

"This is my home, but I usually live alone, Liu Pian, you can live here for the time being. ”

Liu Pian looked at this three-storey sea-view villa with a swimming pool, and the impression of Liu Yi being very rich in her heart has been raised to a higher level.

Walking into the villa and looking at the decoration of the entire hall full of cold colors, Liu Pian felt a trace of coldness and asked curiously: "Why don't you live with your parents?"

"They're too busy to talk to me. Liu Yi waved his hand quite freely, took out two cans of beer from the refrigerator, and threw a bottle to Liu Pian, "Actually, there was a cleaning aunt in the villa, and I was sent away later." I'm used to being alone, how good is it? No, no, no, no, I'm not alone, I often bring my friends to my house to play. ”

"It's your girlfriend, right?"

"That's a good word. Liu Yi smiled, "In this era of emptiness and loneliness, you always have to find a companion for yourself, don't you say?"

Liu Pian shrugged and rolled her eyes speechlessly.

Afterwards, Liu Pian went to the guest room to put down his luggage, and then took a brief tour of the villa. To his small surprise, the villa was very tidy and every room was very clean. Before Liu Yi said that there was no cleaning aunt in the villa, this can only mean that Liu Yi cleaned it up by himself, and it is such a big villa.

"By the way, are you here to visit Xiangjiang? I can take you to some interesting places. Liu Yi asked.

"No, get down to business. Have you heard of "Dark War"? I am the screenwriter, and I will follow the crew to complete the filming when the time comes. Liu Pian hesitated for a moment, but still didn't choose to deceive Liu Yi.

"The screenwriter of the dark war?" Liu Yi said in surprise, "I have heard of this film, I remember that the starring roles are Du Yu and Hou Jiaming, both of whom are big stars in Xiangjiang." ”

"Well, that's it, the crew will be on in two days. ”

Hearing Liu Pian admit, Liu Yi was even more surprised, "But I heard that the screenwriter is not called Han Dong?"

"That's my stage name. Liu Pian explained.

Liu Yi nodded and boasted: "It's amazing! It's the first time I've seen a screenwriter as young as you." ”

"Why, you seem to be concerned about this?"

"Entertainment gossip, now the secret war is boiling in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle, just pay a little attention to the entertainment industry. The hottest thing recently is Zedong's dark war, and the other is the killer of the galaxy. Both of them are police and gangster films, but the killer's card looks a little better, starring Liang Leyi, and the box office appeal is higher than that of Du Yu and Hou Jiaming. ”

Hearing this, Liu Pian was also helpless, Liang Leyi would have become the starring actor in the dark war, but later he went to the Galaxy Company, which has to be said to be a pity.

However, Liu Pian will not tell Liu Yi this kind of inside story, saying: "Box office appeal is one thing, and the quality of the film is the last word." In the end, it is not necessary to say who has a high box office. ”

"Looks like you're quite confident in the dark war?"

"That's not it, I wrote the script myself, of course I have to be confident. ”

"It's hard. Liang Leyi shook his head.

"What's so hard?"

"Now Xiangjiang police and gangster films are getting worse and worse than before, there are very few good films, you two belong to rookies pecking each other, I'm afraid that the box office will hit the street in the end. ”

Liu Pian: "......" You said that the killer hit the street, but the secret war is not enough to hit the street, right?

Liu Yi continued: "Think about how brilliant the Xiangjiang police and gangster films were back then, they were popular across the Taiwan Strait and three places, and how many people were affected? Alas, it doesn't work now, I don't know if it's the reason why those old fans are not there. ”

Hmm? Liu Pian was shocked, it was the first time he had heard this statement, the decline of Xiangjiang police gangster films was due to the absence of old fans?

"What do you mean?"

"The real die-hard fans are still squatting in prison, and now they are all fake fans. ”

Liu Pian: (⊙o⊙)!

Liu Yi saw Liu Pian's speechless appearance, and laughed: "Just kidding, don't take it seriously." ”

The corners of Liu Pian's mouth twitched, but there is a saying about this product, there is nothing wrong with it, the Xiangjiang gangster film did affect many people at the beginning.....

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In the evening, Liu Yi continued to live his nightlife in style, and Liu Pian went to Zedong to meet with the crew, this time it was not only Xu Ran and Wu Hao, the two directors, but also the two leading actors and some main staff members of the crew.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Liu Pian has participated in such a formal and important gathering, and the star status of Du Yu and Hou Jiaming also makes him a little restrained, but fortunately, the two leading actors are relatively approachable, and after learning that Liu Pian is a screenwriter, he did not put on a big star posture, nor did he despise him because Liu Pian was not very old.

The people who can come here are all approved by director Xu Ran, even if they are photographers working behind the scenes.

Here, everyone's fame may be high or low, but now they are all "colleagues", all for "Dark War".

In addition to the two leading actors, Liu Pian also met the heroine: Liu Ying, a 27-year-old second-line actor. The fame is not small, but it is not big, and it is a grade worse than Du Yu.

I don't know if it's because it's my family name, Liu Ying is very easy-going to Liu Pian, just like a big sister next door.

After Xu Ran arrived, he told everyone about the start of the film on Women's Day, and then briefly described the current situation of the crew for Galaxy Imaging's "Killer":

"Killer" is a police film to be produced by Galaxy Imaging, with an investment of 60 million Hong Kong dollars, and many first-line stars participate. Xu Ran paused and continued: "As for our "Dark War", with a total investment of 50 million Hong Kong dollars, the star lineup is not inferior to "Killer". ”

"There are a lot of other movies competing with us at the box office, but Hitman is undoubtedly our biggest competitor. ”

I heard that the faces of many people present couldn't help but become a little heavy, but it didn't matter if a few actors were there, they were paid a fixed salary anyway, and whether the movie would hit the street in the end, they would not be affected in any way.

But Liu Pian didn't think so, she got 1% of the box office dividend, and how much she could get in the end was linked to the box office.

Regarding the current box office of Xiangjiang films, Liu Pian also learned that in recent years, the highest-grossing Xiangjiang movies have 70 million Hong Kong dollars. Of course, this only counts Xiangjiang, excluding Southeast Asia, Taiwan Island, and the mainland, which is the largest market.

However, police and gangster films are not particularly easy to mix in the mainland, the movie that harvested 70 million box office in Xiangjiang only has a box office of 300 million RMB in the mainland, and then Lin Lin finally went to Taiwan Island and Southeast Asia, and the last total is less than 500 million RMB.

Liu Pian once asked the system how the box office of "Dark War" was, and the system replied that "the box office is okay, not top-notch, but the evaluation is very good." ”

After Liu Pian heard this, although she was helpless, she also accepted it. It's also that I take it for granted, how can such a nonsense system let myself pull out a movie that blows up at the box office as soon as I come?

You still have to take it slowly, you can't go to the sky one step at a time....

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After the meeting was disbanded, Liu Pian found Xu Ran and asked, "Director Xu, is our situation not optimistic?"

"I can't say that. Xu Ran explained, "It's not that our situation is not optimistic, but the market for police and gangster films has not been very optimistic, this time my investment of 50 million is already the limit, and if there is more, investors will not be willing to lose money." You don't have to look at the plastic surgery luxury of "Hitman", but they may face more pressure than we do. ”

said, Xu Ran smiled, "But I still have more confidence in our script, in fact, police and gangster films have never gone out of style, but the audience is tired of watching the routines of police and gangster films, which has made the market for police and gangster films sluggish." In comparison, the dark war is a very good script. ”

"That's it..."Liu Pian nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile: "Director Xu, I'm just a screenwriter, and I can't do much, but I will do my best to help you shoot the scene." ”

"Hehe, it's good if you have a heart. Xu Ran smiled faintly, but he didn't think so in his heart. The story written by this kid is good, but he doesn't know how to film at all, how can he help himself?

Liu Pian didn't know what Xu Ran thought, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care. It's true that I don't know how to film, but with the original movie as a reference blueprint, it can be said that I know the whole movie well, and in contrast, I can more or less put forward some targeted opinions.

He doesn't want the first movie he wrote to hit the street like this....