Chapter 58: Talking

Lin Weiqiang was carefully wrapping the film and preparing to put it back in its place, only to see Lu Xiaomeng and Li Zhe still in the room.

"Why don't you go back? You want me to open a small stove for you?"

Ever since he was willing to let his students come to watch the movie, many people have come to watch it every day. But he only plays one film a day, and some people feel that they are not happy enough after watching it, so they want him to continue to open a small stove, but he does not agree.

"Teacher Lin, my friend has something to look for you!"

Lu Xiaomeng pulled Li Zhe and introduced him to Lin Weiqiang: "His name is Li Zhe." ”

Lin Weiqiang looked at Li Zhe in bewilderment, someone actually came to look for me? I can't speak in the academy, what's the use of looking for me? Could it be that he wants to copy the film? This is not good.

Li Zhe stretched out his right hand and said, "Hello, my name is Li Zhe." It was introduced by Yu Minxia and Sister Yu. ”

"Yu Minxia?" Lin Weiqiang thought for a while, and remembered that he once had such a classmate, but the two didn't seem to have contact at any other time except for meeting at the class reunion, right?

But it's also someone called by an old classmate, and he's not too cold. After putting the film back in its place, he took the two of them to the outside hall and sat down at their desks.

Lu Xiaomeng also knew that the two had something to talk about, so she left here with interest.

"I haven't been in touch with Yu Minxia for a long time, what can she ask you to come to me for?"

Lin Weiqiang's words were very casual, but they revealed a feeling of rejection from thousands of miles away. What he meant by this was that I am not familiar with Yu Minxia, so I may not be able to help?

Li Zhe was not afraid that he would misunderstand, and said: "That's the case, I'm planning to make a movie, and Sister Yu introduced you to me, so I came to find you." ”

"Oh?" he was a little surprised, Yu Minxia actually introduced himself to a movie? He just wanted to refuse, but driven by curiosity, he asked, "What movie?"

"A comedy movie. ”

"Oh!" Lin Weiqiang only then knew why Yu Minxia wanted to introduce herself, at the beginning of their session, several people changed industries, and the rest was Lin Weiqiang who could make comedy movies, and several other tadpoles were bent on drilling into literary movies.

Don't be funny, it's a comedy when you go to him.

Thinking of this, Lin Weiqiang became a little excited, he had long wanted to make a comedy movie, but he had been suffering from lack of resources, and now someone invited him, could it be that I am going to turn over?

But he still asked very carefully, "I wonder if you can let me read the script?"

He is afraid that the other party's movie is a black comedy, although he likes to watch this kind of irony, but if he really asks him to make it, he is unwilling.

Li Zhe didn't say much, took the script out of his bag and handed it to the other party.

Lin Weiqiang took a look, "Nightclub"?

It can't be vulgar, right?

He opened it anyway and looked at it.

It turns out that 'nightclub' refers to a supermarket on the night shift, and the mantra of the police is very good, and it has a sense of comedy.

He Sanshui appeared, and the first conflict came! This tire character is good, although he is a semi-villain, but he is likable and not annoying.

The role of Zhu Liao is also good, a second-year teenager, funny and responsible.

The proprietress came out, and there were robbers, and the plot was very dramatic.

Lin Weiqiang whispered on the script while watching, sometimes nodding, sometimes shaking his head, already completely immersed in the script.

didn't let Li Zhe wait too long, he quickly put down the script in his hand.

"How is it? Mr. Lin is still satisfied with this script?"

"I think it's a good script. ”

Lin Weiqiang nodded, but with an expression that wanted to say something.

Li Zhe saw it and hurriedly said, "Teacher Lin, do you have any questions? ”

"Then I'll be blunt, this movie is a very pure comedy, and I can guarantee that if it can be made, there will definitely be many people who will like to watch it. But ......"

He looked at Li Zhe, Li Zhe looked like 'you say it directly', and he continued: "But this kind of movie can't get much scheduled, and it can be seen that this movie is a low-budget movie, so there will be less attention, and I estimate that there is a high probability that it will lose money." ”

Lin Weiqiang, as a member of Yenching Film Academy, naturally knows what the film industry is like today.

Take last year as an example, are there comedies in the top 10 at the box office?

There are two, namely "Unparalleled in the World" and "Hedong Lion's Roar", both of which are Chinese-language films.

It stands to reason that the market for comedy movies should not be bad, but why is Lin Weiqiang not optimistic about Li Zhe's movie?

Because these two movies were made by directors of Xiangjiang, the actors are also big names. Like "Unparalleled in the World", there are Liang Chaowei, Zhao Wei and the princess, and "Hedong Lion's Roar" is not bad, starring Zhang Baizhi and Gu Tianle.

And it is precisely by virtue of the influence of Xiangjiang that this has a high-ranking film. For a mainland comedy movie like Li Zhe, the film schedule must be pitifully low, and it may be released before word-of-mouth fermentation.

In the past few years, it is not that there have been no mainland filmmakers making comedies, but without exception, they have all died miserably.

Therefore, in recent years, only Xiangjiang and T provinces can make comedies, because the mainland does not support local comedy movies at all, and it can even be said that they can't watch it.

Of course, they can't watch Xiangjiang's comedy movies, but there is no way, people are famous, you have to give face, you are not famous, and you don't make literary films, what do you want to do?

Lin Weiqiang is also paying attention to these at all times, otherwise if the market could let him make comedies, he would have run out to attract investment a long time ago, how could he still stay here to guard the warehouse.

He was not surprised by Lin Weiqiang's worries. Because this is also a problem that Li Zhe has always been worried about, but there is no way, this is the task of the system. And with the support of the third master, he also has some confidence.

"Let's not talk about this for now, you can talk about how you would shoot if you were filmed. ”

As soon as he said this, it tickled Lin Weiqiang's itch, he had long wanted to make a movie of his own, and for many years, even if he stayed in school, he was concentrating on studying shooting skills.

"First of all, you are a pure comedy, we can make the dramatic conflict a little more exaggerated, and the actors' expressions can also be more exaggerated, and there is no need to pursue realism. ”

"Secondly, the jokes don't need to be too dense, they don't need to be stacked, they just need to be strengthened a little. For example, the policeman's sentence 'I'm busy' can be emphasized, because this sentence is the easiest for the audience to remember. ”

He is right, it is estimated that after watching "Nightclub", in addition to the general plot, the most impressive thing is the phrase "I'm busy", and even many people have this mantra.

"In the end, the actor has to be chosen. Except for Tang Xiaolian and Li Junwei, who choose handsome guys and beautiful girls, it is best to use some old drama bones, who are proficient in drama performance techniques. And the drama style can be exaggerated when it should be exaggerated, and it can be restrained when it should be converged, which is very suitable for this movie. ”

Lin Weiqiang only said three points, but Li Zhe was shocked, because he had always been unsure of what the actor's performance method was, and he even thought that it might be good to use a 'nonsensical' comedy to act.

But listening to Lin Weiqiang say this, I think it is better to interpret this movie in the style of drama. So in my heart, I have decided that the other party will block the director of "Nightclub".