Chapter 2 Time is running out

The main injury of Ye Jianren's body is in the brain, after his soul dove occupies the magpie's nest, the injury in the brain no longer exists, and within a few days, the body moves freely, no different from a normal person. As soon as his health was good, Ye Jianren couldn't stay idle.

Xiangjiang in the 80s was an era that countless people in later generations yearned for. A classic and unforgettable movie, a peerless beauty, has created the glory of Xiangjiang films, this is the best decade in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry.

Ye Jianren has more than 30 years of memory and experience, just like having an inexhaustible gold mine, at this time of the storm, he has a feeling of ambition in his heart, wanting to make a career.

With his poor worth and baseless connections, the best way is to write scripts for some big directors first, do it behind the scenes, and then attract investment to make movies by himself after he has a certain reputation. But it took too long, and in the 80s, every minute and every second of Xiangjiang was money.

After he survives for two or three years, the overall pattern of the Xiangjiang entertainment industry will basically take shape, and the energy and cost he will have to pay ten times more to disrupt the situation again, so Ye Jianren has a sense of urgency. In order to be able to enter the game as soon as possible, he can only make dangerous moves.

Digging out a small notebook from the drawer, there were some numbers densely written on it, which were all written down by his predecessor when he was a dragon and tiger martial artist. In the era when there was no mobile phone and no address book, contact information could only be written down in a notebook.

Bigwigs in the circle like Hong Jingbao will carry a notebook with numbers when filming movies, with hundreds of numbers on them, and if there is a shortage of people or something, you can call at any time.

Of course, Ye Jianren can't be compared with these big guys, and he wrote down these numbers in order to be able to take on more stand-in jobs in the future, so the contacts above are basically dragon and tiger martial artists.

Among these people, there is a name that makes Ye Jianren's eyes shine, and it is also the key figure in his entry into the Xiangjiang entertainment circle - Zeng Zhiwei.

Ye Jianren couldn't remember how this predecessor wrote down Zeng Zhiwei's phone number after thinking about it for a long time, but it doesn't matter if he can't remember it, if he has contact information, he can talk.

Ye Jianren dialed the number recorded above, and after two rings, it was connected.

"May I ask if this is Zeng Zhiwei's family?" Ye Jianren asked with a hint of apprehension.

"That's right, I'm Zeng Zhiwei, who are you!"

The familiar male duck voice came from the microphone, which made Ye Jianren breathe a sigh of relief.

"My name is Ye Jianren, and I am Li Ying-jeou's younger brother. Ye Jianren introduced himself.

Lai Ying-jeou is the eldest disciple of Ip Man's apprentice Zhao Yun, Wing Chun is quite accomplished, and under the influence of his uncle Bruce Lee, he is keen on the film industry and wants to promote traditional martial arts through movies. A few years ago, he founded Pioneer Pictures with Wu Yaohan, and then worked as a producer at Garbo Pictures, and now he has joined Mecca's Struggle Pictures, the predecessor of New Arts City. Ye Jianren wanted to enter the industry as a martial artist before, so he defected to this fellow senior brother.

Li Ying-jeou's junior brother? Zeng Zhiwei muttered in his heart on the other end of the phone, after Bruce Lee became popular all over the world, the Wing Chun martial arts hall was opened all over Hong Kong, and Lai Ying-jeou's junior brother also went to the sea, and the ghost knows which one you are.

"I'm going to start a drama recently, and I want to ask Zeng Sheng to be the director, I wonder if Zeng Sheng is interested?" Ye Jianren said his purpose straight to the point.

"Please let me be the director?" Zeng Zhiwei asked in disbelief.

The current Zeng Zhiwei is not the big man in the circle who can strengthen female stars in the future, he just directed the first movie in his life "Kicking the Hall" last year, with a box office of less than 2 million, which can only be regarded as decent.

"That's right, I've seen the movies directed by Zeng Sheng, and I think you're very talented. Ye Jianren opened his eyes and said nonsense, and threw his high hats out one by one.

"I don't know what type of movie it is?" Zeng Zhiwei asked with suppressed excitement in his heart.

"It's a comedy, I can't say it clearly on the phone, if Zeng Sheng has time, we can find a place to communicate in detail. Ye Jianren sent out an invitation.

"No problem, how about the Xingji Tea Restaurant at half past three in the afternoon?" Zeng Zhiwei asked.

"Yes, see you in the afternoon. Ye Jianren agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Jianren exhaled deeply, and finally took the first step, hoping that the next step would be so smooth.

Ye Jianren's invitation to Zeng Zhiwei to be a director does not really value his directing level, in terms of directorial ability, he can now dump Zeng Zhiwei ten streets. But Zeng Zhiwei has one thing that Ye Jianren is incomparable, that is, connections. In terms of connections, Zeng Zhiwei can dump him for ten streets.

In the 80s, if you want to make a good movie, connections are very important. Because except for Shaw Brothers, all other film companies, including Golden Harvest, only have a small number of staff, and the crews are temporarily formed every time they make a movie.

Photography, lighting, and scene notes, these excellent behind-the-scenes personnel, even if they use money to smash them, they can't pull them up in half a month, not to mention that Ye Jianren has no money now. After Zeng Zhiwei became a director, with his contacts in the entertainment industry for many years, making phone calls and pulling relationships, he could easily pull up a crew, which could save him a lot of time and energy.

At half past three in the afternoon, Ye Jianren came to the Xingji Tea Restaurant on time, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zeng Zhiwei sitting by the window, and immediately put on a smiling face and walked over.

"Zeng Sheng, long admired the name!"

"You are Ye Jianren Ye Sheng?" Zeng Zhiwei asked in surprise as he looked at the young man with a young face in front of him.

"That's right, it's me. I know Zeng Sheng will have a lot of questions, but you can read this script first, and if you have any questions after reading the script, I will answer them for you. Ye Jianren handed over the script he had written during his cultivation in the past few days.

Zeng Zhiwei had no choice but to swallow the full stomach of questions when he heard this, took the script and read it.

Ye Jianren's script is a very classic low-budget movie "Nightclub Supermarket", which was filmed in 2009 and starred by Xu Zheng and Li Xiaolu (distressed Liangliang), the cost was only more than two million, and it swept the box office of eight million in the first week of release, which can be called a dark horse of the year.

The film is mainly about an actor who plays a robber, a fake robber who collects debts and a real robber who meet in a 24-hour supermarket, and a series of ridiculous things happen.

Of course, Ye Jianren is not simply a rigid copy, in order to be able to fit the actual situation of Xiangjiang at the moment, he has made some appropriate modifications to make it more reasonable.

For example, the plot about the mobile phone that appeared in the movie was replaced by him with a pager, after all, even the big brother has no shadow now. There is also the big color TV hanging in the air, but there is no such a sassy operation yet.

"Haha!" Zeng Zhiwei suddenly laughed, and then suddenly remembered that he was in a tea restaurant, and when he saw that the people around him were looking at him with strange eyes, he quickly lowered his head and covered his mouth, but his body was still trembling uncontrollably.

Some of the plots in "Nightclub and Supermarket" may seem a little old-fashioned in later generations, but they are still very novel at the moment, and even just the text description makes Zeng Zhiwei laugh.

After a long time, Zeng Zhiwei finally finished reading the script, and as soon as he put down the script, he couldn't wait to confirm: "Ye Sheng, really let me direct this movie?"

"That's right. I don't know what Zeng Sheng thinks of this script?" Ye Jianren took a sip of the teacup.

"Just call me Luo Han Guo, everyone calls me that. Zeng Zhiwei's attitude is obviously different from when they first met, "I think this script is very brilliant, and if it is made into a movie, it will definitely become a hit, but there is something missing in it." ”

"Oh, what's missing?" Ye Jianren raised his eyebrows, put down the teacup, and motioned for Zeng Zhiwei to continue.