This director named Li Yang doesn't seem to be very famous, at least compared to the fifth and sixth generations of directors, there is no comparison at all, but if you mention the films he directed, it will definitely shock many people who have seen it, this Li Yang is the director Li Yang who directed "Blind Well" and "Blind Mountain", and every movie makes people shudder with their naked human nature!

As far as Lu Qiu is concerned, he is not a person who likes to watch movies with heavy themes, but the blind well and the blind mountain have shocked him incomparably, and he does not have many gorgeous shooting skills, but he restores them with the most realistic attitude, and restores the original sin of human nature. The ugliness and blood are presented, the blind well and the blind mountain and Luqiu have only seen it once, but each time it takes him a long time to get out of that gloom, compared to Jia Zhangke, another independent director that Lu Qiu admires, the latter often hides his soul in a plain narration while restoring the truth, while the former uses the truth to impact your moral bottom line and values. It is undeniable that it is precisely because of the existence of these two people that Chinese films in the new century have preserved the dignity of film as an artistic carrier of experiencing, narrating, and reflecting on human life and behavior.

Of course, the current Li Yang has not yet filmed the blind mountain that excavated Wang Baoqiang, and he is just a turtle returning from studying in Germany, and he is in a dilemma of having no film to shoot.

Lu Qiu also made an excuse at random in the face of Li Yang's surprise, "I heard it from Director Li's accent, after going abroad for a long time, returning to his native language will be a little jerky." ”

"Yes, my brother can hear that. Li Yang didn't have any doubts, but returned to the topic and said: "It's still the same sentence, if my brother has any plans to transfer the script, I can offer a price that satisfies you." ”

"So Director Li is optimistic about Xiao Lu's script, but didn't Director Wu say that words are meaningless and worthless?" Before Lu Qiu could speak, Yuan Li was impatient to ask questions.

Li Yang smiled at Yuan Li and said: "From the perspective of art films, it is really worthless, but it is undeniable that this is a commercial film with great potential, I personally think this will be a very popular niche suspense science fiction film, and its commercial value is definitely not bad." ”

"Really?" Yuan Li felt confused, she didn't understand Li Yang's words, but she was very happy for Lu Qiu, and scolded Lu Qiu and said: "Xiao Lu, now you have met someone who knows the goods, you have to grasp it well." ”

Lu Qiu admires Li Yang very much, this eyesight is really amazing, in fact, he made this script is indeed a niche suspense sci-fi film, called the Gate of Destiny, also known as the initiator, because of its complex and difficult logical plot, it belongs to the category of small masterpieces in the circle of hardcore sci-fi fans.

However, Lu Qiu's purpose is not to sell the script, he said to Li Yang: "It's nothing to sell the script to Director Li, but I have told Director Wu and Director Huang before that the purpose of writing this script is to play the male number one by myself, I don't know if I can accept this condition if I sell it to Director Li?"

Li Yang obviously guessed that he would say this, and said with a wry smile: "My brother is also an insider, I should know that the director is not an investor, I have to find investment after I buy this script, although I have a certain right to speak in the casting, but it is more based on the opinions of investors, and with my brother's qualifications, I am afraid that it is impossible to be the leading actor." ”

Lu Qiu knew that Li Yang was telling the truth, except for some local tyrants and nouveau riche who had a special purpose, all of them were for making money without exception, and it was indeed impossible to use a newcomer like him.

"Since that's the case, then I can only refuse Director Li, no matter what, I must play the male lead. ”

Lu Qiu directly refused.

Li Yang didn't give up, "Brother, think about it again, I personally am really optimistic about this movie." ”

Lu Qiu glanced at Li Yang and said, "Actually, I'm curious, Director Li and Director Wu and Director Huang are friends, which means that you may not be interested in commercial films, so why are you so interested in my movie?"

This is indeed where Lu Qiu is confused, a person who can make a movie like Blind Well and Blind Mountain will be interested in a niche science fiction film like Destiny's Gate, and he can't believe it.

Li Yang said: "What commercial film art film, I have never divided the film in this way, in my opinion, the film should be divided into the public and the minority, when I studied in Germany, the Germans generally believed that the film was derived from our Chinese lantern, and its birth was a commercial act, and the pursuit of commercialization was normal." Of course, I don't deny that I don't like pure commercial films, but my brother's script is different, it belongs to the kind of brain-burning sci-fi, and ordinary people can't understand it at all after watching it once, I'm afraid that hardcore sci-fi fans will have to watch it three or five times to figure it out, the reason why I'm optimistic is that this attribute will make it have a potential commercial market, and then there is a sci-fi work that the national film has not been able to get its hands on, brother, this movie doesn't need a big scene and a big production, but it is definitely a sci-fi classic when it is filmed, and it is a work that will become a milestone in domestic sci-fi films. Believe me, this work will never be buried when it is handed over to me!"

Li Yang was slightly excited, showing the state of a pure filmmaker when he has creative impulse and passion.

Lu Qiu felt more and more that Li Yang was the most suitable person to direct this movie, because he fully foresaw the effect of the Gate of Destiny after the film, in fact, the Gate of Destiny is the kind of brain-burning science fiction that is known to be absolutely incomprehensible once, and Lu Qiu also watched this movie several times because he was not convinced, so it was deeply rooted in his mind, and this could be completely copied and turned into his own script.

He thought for a while and said, "Director Li, no matter what, I must play the male lead." ”

Li Yang still wanted to speak, but Lu Qiu stretched out his hand to stop, "Listen to me, in fact, Director Li just said that even if you buy the script, you have to find an investor, and whether I can play a man or not is the attitude of the investor, so if this movie is my own investment, then I should have no problem playing the male lead, right?"

"You invest yourself?" Not only Li Yang was surprised, but so was Yuan Li, although Lu Qiu had mentioned his own investment before, but at that time Yuan Li was more of a joke, and now that Lu Qiu officially said it, she said that it must have been a mistake!

Yuan Li couldn't help but reach out and touch Lu Qiu's head, and said exaggeratedly: "Are you talking nonsense with a fever? Do you know how much it costs to make a movie? You are just an ordinary group performer, where does the money come from to invest?"

Lu Qiu ignored Yuan Li, just looked at Li Yang and said, "If I invest myself and Director Li will direct you, then there is no problem for me to play the male lead, right?"

Li Yang didn't know how to answer, he was confident that his eyesight was good, Lu Qiu's dress was by no means rich or rich, but his expression and bearing were very unusual, even his two younger brothers who were doing well in business did not have this kind of bearing, which was a trait that was only available in some giant-level entrepreneurs and even leaders, which made Li Yang unable to tell for a while whether Lu Qiu was bragging or really confident.

Lu Qiu has too much experience in dealing with elite-level figures, and he can see Li Yang's hesitation at a glance, and he will use the radical method at the right time: "If Director Li is worried about the failure of the movie, then there is no need, I never thought about making money, it doesn't matter if this investment is lost, I should listen to it, as long as I can play the male lead, I will achieve my goal." But then again, I have confidence in Director Li, and I believe that even if I star in it, Director Li will still be able to make this movie a masterpiece, unless Director Li is not confident in himself. ”

Li Yang showed his conceited side when he heard this, and said: "This is different from Director Wu, you don't have to use professional actors for filming, the right actors are the best actors, not to mention that the potential of my brother is much better than that of many professional backgrounds." Even if the film is made, making money is not a problem, I studied in Germany, and I know very well about foreign film festivals, and this film is very likely to win in some film festivals, and it is enough to make money by selling foreign copyrights at that time. ”

Lu Qiu's eyes lit up, which is also the reason why he believes that Li Yang is the most suitable director, Li Yang is a person who is very good at training non-professional actors, Wang Baoqiang was brought out in the blind well, and Blind Mountain is even more except for the heroine Huang Lu, most of the actors are local villagers, the original version of the door of fate was originally made up by a group of non-professional actors, and now with Li Yang at the helm, it will only be better than the original version. In addition, although Lu Qiu's purpose is to dispel the remnants of his predecessor, as a venture capitalist tyrant in his previous life, chasing the rate of return is something that is immersed in his bones, and the domestic film environment is getting worse and worse, and it is almost impossible for the door of fate to make money in China, the only way is to distribute it abroad and make money from foreigners, Li Yang should not have too much advantage in this regard, as he said, his study abroad experience made him familiar with the distribution of films abroad, and later his blind mountain and blind well were banned in China, which was to win awards abroad and sell copyrights to make money, and foreign copyright protection was very mature, Lu Qiu knew until he crossed that time, Li Yangdu can also get the copyright fee for the rebroadcast of Blind Well and Blind Mountain from foreign TV stations and other channels, which can be said to be a little hen that can lay golden eggs.

There is no doubt that Li Yang is definitely the most suitable director for the gate of fate.

Lu Qiu hit the railway while it was hot: "Director Li can rest assured, I only have the requirement of playing the male number one, I don't care about the rest, the preparation of the crew and the selection of actors are all in charge of Director Li, and the director of the gate of fate is none other than Director Li!"

Li Yang wanted to say that it was impossible not to be moved, but he still had doubts and couldn't make up his mind.

"Well, it's really good for my brother to say that, but, this. ”

Lu Qiu said: "Director Li still has any hesitation, just say it directly." ”

Li Yang was embarrassed, but Yuan Li didn't have so many scruples, and said to Lu Qiu with wide eyes: "Are you pretending to be stupid, money, the problem is money, where did you get the money to invest in making movies in a small group of actors, Director Li is generous, I'm embarrassed to lose your face directly, you really pretended to be it, quickly collected the magical powers, and obediently sold the script to Director Li, but if you pretend to be a big clove of garlic, you will be alone!"

Lu Qiu reacted at this time, and then looked at Li Yang slightly embarrassed, realizing that he was negligent, in his previous life, he controlled tens of billions of funds, and he always regarded money as a number, and this habit has not changed in this life, but then again, for him now, money is indeed not a big problem.

He had an idea after a little silence, and said to Li Yang: "It's normal for Director Li to be worried about the investment, but this movie is not a big production, it shouldn't cost much, does Director Li have a rough estimate?"

Li Yang thought for a while: "This movie really doesn't need to invest too much, I estimate that 500,000 is about the same." ”

Yuan Li was surprised: "Is 500,000 so little? This is also a science fiction film, will it not be enough?"

Lu Qiu didn't bother to explain, but he knew that the cost of filming the original version of Destiny's Gate was only 7,000 US dollars, and it was still 2003, after deducting inflation, the cost was even lower, of course, digital photography had been promoted at that time, and they were all non-professional actors, and now it was normal for Li Yang to shoot, and the cost would increase.

"500,000, trivial, I will be able to earn it right away, and Director Li should not hesitate when the time comes, right?" Lu Qiu said, but Yuan Li and Li Yang were stunned when they heard it.

Yuan Li covered his forehead and said, "Have you heard clearly, it's 500,000, not 50,000 yuan, you shouldn't really have a fever and are confused, right?"

Li Yang also didn't believe it, but looking at Lu Qiu's understatement, he was obviously full of confidence, and felt that 500,000 yuan was really not much different from 50 yuan in his mouth, he thought about it and said: "As long as there is investment, I have no reason to refuse such a good script." ”

“ok。 Lu Qiu smiled indifferently, "Then I'll earn 500,000 yuan for you to see." ”