Chapter 50: The Old Boy Script
Because he spends all his time on codewords, Li Jie has very little time to reply to messages on the Internet, and he naturally doesn't know that because of Lao Liang's comments, his Weibo messages are already astronomical.
opened the Weibo background and frantically popped out a message, hundreds of thousands of netizen comments, almost didn't let his computer crash, seeing this number, Rao is Li Jie is well-informed, and he can't help but secretly smash his tongue at this moment.
He knew that "The Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" would definitely be popular, after all, the divine book in his previous life had more than 100 million hits in two months, but it was still much beyond his surprise that it could be so popular in this world, after all, this novel was only serialized about a small part.
casually clicked on a message: "Li Jieda, may I ask if Ran Jing and Lu Fei finally got married?
In fact, on the earth in the previous life, this question was asked the most by readers, because many people hoped that they could be happy together in the end.
"Why is Ran Jing so perfect, how can you make me, who is also a star, embarrassed, and ask weakly, what was the inspiration for the author Jun to create this novel?"
Big star Lin Ruoxi directly @李杰 on Weibo, of course, this question is also the gossip of many book fans.
"Occasional encounters on benches in the middle of the night, pure love and cohabitation show warmth. Knowing each other and falling in love for a long time, a long letter is difficult to decide. "The Days of Living with the Goddess" - the love at the intersection of ideal and reality. ”
This is a poet netizen, in his previous life, because of the popularity of this novel, there are really a lot of similar limericks on the Internet, even Li Jie can open his mouth to recite a few.
"YY is not a sin, I was deeply moved by the story of "I" and Ran Jing in the book, maybe such pure love can only happen in dreams, no matter what the evaluation of "Days of Living with the Goddess" is. I only know that Li Jie is big and can write the hearts of all our otaku, and this book will definitely be a hit. ”
This otaku speaks the hearts of all men, YY is innocent, pure love is glorious, and it is with the support of these otaku that this novel will achieve such results.
Reading the comments one by one, most of the comments are praises for this novel, of course, there are many advertisements in the middle, and there are also messages from some publishing houses and cultural companies, and many people are very interested in publishing this book.
Finally, Ye Fan also saw the message of critic Lao Liang, and I have to say that this celebrity is really a little talented, and it is very intoxicating to read thousands of words, at least from this point, he deserves to be a Weibo big V.
The phone number of this old Liang was left behind the comment, and Li Jie saved it in his mobile phone.
For the adaptation of novels to movies and TV series, he has no idea about this now, which must be produced by investors, and most importantly, he doesn't want some so-called little fresh meat to tarnish this classic.
But no matter what, because of Lao Liang's comments, the clicks and reprints of "Days of Living with the Goddess" have increased several times on the Internet.
This novel is unsurprisingly completely popular on the Internet again.
Unconsciously, it has been almost a month since Li Jie returned, and it can be said that his original life has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The past is fading, a new life is beckoning, and everything is changing for the better.
But Li Jie will not get carried away, let alone be arrogant, he needs to remind himself all the time...
Don't forget your original intention.
His greatest hope is to be by Xi'er's side, protect her, love her, and grow up healthy and happy with her, so that she will always be happy!
......
"This is the script I wrote overnight last night. Li Jie took out a copy of the script from the drawer and handed it to Guan Ning.
"The name 'Oldboy' is interesting. Guan Ning, who was wiping the quilt, took the script and was immediately attracted.
Screenplay: "Old Boy"
Editor: Li Jie
Director: Guan Ning
Producer: Li Jie
Actors: Xiao Dabao, Wang Xiaoshuai, Bao Xiaobai, Ban Hua, Hao Fang, motorcycle man......
Movie Thread:
Xiao Dabao, one of the protagonists of this film, was a gangster leader when he was a student, and he once bullied many people, including Wang Xiaoshuai and Bao Xiaobai.
But because Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai have the same music dream, they became friends in the future.
When they were students, they fell in love with Michael Jackson and became a popular "idol" on campus because of their imitation of Michael Jackson.
At the same time, the love life of another protagonist, Wang Xiaoshuai, has also experienced some twists and turns. A fat girl named Hao Fang has been secretly in love with Wang Xiaoshuai, but Wang Xiaoshuai is deeply fond of the school flower.
Time is like flowing water, and more than 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye. At this time, Xiao Dabao became a crappy wedding host, while Wang Xiaoshuai became the owner of a barber shop and married the fat girl Hao Fang.
They live a plain life like water. Until one day, when Xiao Dabao was driving on the street, he scraped someone else's car because of lack of concentration. The bodyguard of this car owner is going to trouble Xiao Dabao. Coincidentally, the owner of the car appeared at this time, and he was Xiao Dabao's high school classmate Bao Xiaobai.
At this time, Bao Xiaobai was no longer an ordinary gangster, he was no longer a gangster who was bullied by Xiao Dabao back then, but became a TV producer, and married the school girl of the year.
Old classmates, so Xiao Dabao will no longer be held accountable for scratching the car, and gave Xiao Dabao a business card, and told Xiao Dabao that if you want to continue your music dream, you can go to his show "Happy Boys.......
Script Scene:
Scene 1 [The sound of gymnastics is broadcast in the classroom, two men are pretending to read a book, but they are actually peeking at the little yellow book, and Brother Bao plays the guitar and practices the song "There is a girl named Xiaofang in the village"]
Scene 2 [In school, Wang Xiaoshuai watched the M***illieJean video and practiced, performing MJ Space Walk, everyone watched after the performance, and Xiaoshuai stared at Brother Bao affectionately, hiding behind the garbage truck and watching Baozi push away the garbage truck.......
Relying on the memories of his previous life, and the fact that this script is not long, Li Jie also typed it on the Internet yesterday.
"Brother Li, ...... are you" Guan Ning couldn't help but leak a trace of doubt.
"Do you have the confidence to make this micro-film well?" Li Jie looked at Guan Ning and smiled faintly.
"You...... You said...... Is it true......" Guan Ning was really shocked, and he couldn't help but stammer.
"Of course, isn't this your dream?" Li Jie said very seriously: "Do you really want to do nothing in my house? If it's a man, hurry up and make this movie for me." ”
"Master, I really love you to death. Guan Ning was stunned for a while, and then hugged Li Jie, as if he had seen a peerless beauty, and that kind of look was eager to eat the other party immediately.
Although he has been diligently helping Li Jie take care of the canteen in the past few days, he still can't forget his dream of directing in the dead of night.
Could it be that because of a sudden blow, I gave up my dream.
He is unwilling, but he also understands how difficult it is to chase this dream, and no matter how you find it, a good script alone is something that directors can't find.
Although Li Jie is the "teacher" by his side, in Guan Ning's subconscious, even if Li Jie is talented, it is impossible for Li Jie to write a good script, after all, novels and scripts are two different concepts.
Because the process of writing a screenplay is far more complex than that of a novel, it is often not the work of one person, but the result of multiple collaborations – and games – of multiple parties.
For more experienced authors, the creation of novels is basically a personal matter, and even if there are certain restrictions on the selection of topics, there is a lot of freedom to play.
Roughly speaking, as long as it doesn't violate national regulations, you can write as much as you want - whether it looks good or not is another matter.
The creation of the script is subject to the will of the producer and the director. Moreover, the creation of the script must have visual thinking and the concepts of length control, cost control, and rhythm control......
However, these problems are no longer a problem, seeing the script of "Old Boy", Guan Ning absolutely believes that if this micro-film is filmed by him, it definitely has the potential to become a fire.
Li Jie shocked him again with facts.
"I said buddy, you let me go, I'm not a rabbit. Li Jie is really a little anxious, he is really not used to men touching him: "And I warn you, don't go to my master in the future, otherwise I will be in a hurry with you."
"It's a little too excited, it's hard to be emotional, it's hard to be emotional, I'm sorry, hehe, hehe!" Guan Ning just smiled and quickly let go of Li Jie.
"How about this script? It's not inferior to "Days of Living with the Goddess", right?" asked Li Jie with a faint smile.
"It's really a very good story, Brother Li, don't worry, I won't let you down. Guan Ning has absolute confidence to shoot this micro-film well, so he patted his chest and promised.
At this moment, Guan Ning just became very serious.
He is grateful to Li Jie from the bottom of his heart, now he has nothing, that is to say, there is no way out, if he can't seize this opportunity, even he will look down on himself in the future.
"Since there is no problem with the script, let's talk about the actors. "The success of a movie, in addition to the director and script, etc., is actually the most decisive thing in life and death is the leading actor of the movie. This problem is also what Lu Wushuang is most worried about now.
Movies are commodities, with all the attributes of commodities, some sell stories, some sell feelings, some sell stunts, and some have to sell idols, for a micro-film that costs only hundreds of thousands, the core place is the actors.
"First-line actors and second-tier actors don't even think about it, their announcement fees are often hundreds of thousands or millions, and even third-rate actors need tens of thousands of appearance fees, which will account for a large proportion of film investment. Ma Dagang has an absolute say on this issue: "But if we find some actors who are not in the stream, at least we will lose a lot in publicity and selling points, after all, now is an era that pays attention to star effect."
Guan Ning is not wrong, Li Jie plans to invest a total of 1 million in him this time, and he has to remove the consumption of venues, costumes, props, staff salaries, etc., he really has no money to hire second-tier actors, and the market influence of third-tier actors is a chicken rib, and it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless, which is why many movies can't become popular.
"We don't need any professional actors, find a group of passers-by to play, what do you think of this idea?" Li Jie suddenly said in a surprising voice.
In fact, he has been thinking about this for a long time, on the earth in his previous life, this idea was used by many big directors, Zhang Yimou's "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", "No One is Missing", and Er Dongsheng's "I Am a Passerby" are more or less non-professional actors.
Guan Ning was really a little confused, it was really difficult for him to accept Li Jie's risky decision, because in this parallel world, no director had used it.
"Put it down, just have confidence in ourselves, there is nothing in this world that you can't do.
Next, I plan to make a series, which will focus on the unified theme of "post-80s youth" as a clue, in line with the current life situation of young people, to show the appeal of "I struggle, I perform".
The theme involves rich content such as time-travel, psychedelia, and love, and presents the theme of "youth and struggle" from multiple angles. Li Jie said endlessly.
He is talking about "11 Degrees of Youth", which was on fire on the earth, and this micro-film was claimed to be the first top-level professionally produced series of short films with the same theme in the history of China's Internet.
The "11 Degrees of Youth" series of short films are "The Secret of the Boxer", "Sunset Flowers", "Miss Puff's Goldfish Bowl", "Li Lei and Han Meimei", "Old Boy", etc., with romance, fantasy, suspense, love, friendship, joy, anger, tragedy and other beings, recording the struggle of contemporary young people "on the road".
In particular, since the 43-minute online movie "Old Boy" was launched, it has swept the entire Internet at a "viral" transmission speed, causing countless post-70s and post-80s generations to burst into tears. The film was rated by many netizens as the strongest voice of those who have passed away from youth.
Although Li Jie's prospect is very good, Guan Ning still does not have the confidence that he can make a classic movie with a group of passers-by.
He has already failed once, and as a lesson from the past, he really doesn't want Li Jie's million to go down the drain.
"So be it. I'll sing you a song first, after singing this song, let's discuss the issue of actors: "Looking at Guan Ning, who was in shock, Li Jie gently hummed the familiar melody.
"That's the person I love day and night,
How do I express it, will she accept me?
Maybe I'll never say that to her,
I am destined to wander the world, how can I have concerns.
Dreams are always out of reach, should I give up?
It's the rainy season again, so where are you ......in spring?"
Before Li Jie's song was finished, the corners of Guan Ning's eyes had become moist, just like the lyrics, life changed our appearance like a ruthless carving knife. Dreams are always out of reach, and you should not give up.
This song "Old Boy" hit his tears all of a sudden, and he had mixed feelings for a while, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Brother Li, this song is really good, we will definitely succeed. ”