Chapter 17 First Meeting, First Cooperation

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

Ning Hao rubbed his eyes, his expression was a little restrained, but his speech was crisp and neat.

The masses in the north love to say "you", especially when they meet the elder leaders, they must say it.

Southerners generally don't have this habit, they have been "you" since childhood, and they rarely hear the pronunciation of you, and they are generally only used for mutual taunting between friends, or in written language.

Ning Hao has been drifting north for several years, and a stranger with an elegant temperament suddenly appeared in front of him, although he didn't look very old, he still unconsciously used the title "you".

However, Gu Zhi, who grew up in Shenyong, does not have this habit.

"Hello, my name is Gu Zhi, and I'm here to make a movie with you."

Gu Zhi also didn't like to drag mud and water, so he went straight to the point and directly told Ning Hao the purpose of his trip.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Hao suddenly shouted.

"Ahh I know you! โ€

"You're the one... That teen writer, wrote Wukong and Wu Hard! โ€

Now Ning Hao can be regarded as waking up from his drowsy hazy state, and after a closer look, he recognized Gu Zhi's identity, and couldn't help but shout, even you can't help it.

He is half a fan of Gu Zhi's books, and he doesn't feel much about Wukong's writing, but he likes it very much.

A few days ago, I heard that Gu Zhi was going to come to the academy to participate in the signing party, and he thought about asking for an autograph, but he slept so hard today that he forgot about it at all.

Unexpectedly, this person actually came to the door in person.

"Wait... What did he just say? Looking for me to make a movie? โ€

A series of events made his head turn a little, as if he was in a dream, and he deeply doubted that he had just had auditory hallucinations.

"Did you just say you wanted me to make a movie?"

Unconsciously, the tone of his voice became respectful again.

"Yes, it's you, Ning Hao."

Gu Zhi nodded and affirmed very definitely.

"Shall we go in first?"

"Yes, yes, please come in, please come in."

Ning Hao hurriedly gave up a position, and after Gu Zhi came in, he deliberately closed the dormitory door tightly, as if he was afraid of revealing some secrets.

The dormitory is really a bit chaotic, and it can be seen that his usual living habits are more casual.

Fortunately, the space was quite large, so Ning Hao casually cleaned up and vacated two seats in a piece of waste paper.

Gu Zhi didn't care, and after the two sat down, he took the lead in speaking.

"Brother, don't be "you" to me in the future, just use "you". According to my age, I am younger than you, so I should call you brother. โ€

"Okay."

The two exchanged a few simple greetings, got a little closer to each other, and went straight to the point.

"I wrote a notebook and wanted to take a picture of it. To be honest, I don't want to move those big directors, and I don't know anyone in the film and television industry.

This time I came to the Beijing Film Academy to find a student director with stronger ability who can do this job. I heard the head of your department say, brother, you have already filmed a TV series and become an executive director, so I came to you. โ€

Gu Zhi's words were half-truths and half-falses, and he couldn't hear any flaws.

He couldn't say to Ning Hao, "I've already seen your future works, and I know that you will be old and forced in the future, so I just came to you today." โ€

But Ning Hao's attitude changed a little quickly, and now he seems a little hesitant.

"I've only been in the industry for a long time, and you suddenly came to me to make a movie, I'm afraid I'm not up to the task."

This is tantamount to a direct rejection.

In fact, in addition to this reason, there was another reason why Ning Hao didn't say it clearly, he didn't want to ruin Gu Zhi's face in person.

He had already woken up from his initial state of confusion, and after calming down, after thinking about it a little, he felt more and more that this matter was unreliable.

Although Gu Zhi's novels are quite good, the two books topped the sales list, which is enough to prove Gu Zhi's writing skills.

But a novel is a novel, and a script belongs to a script, and the two are completely different subject matter.

A novelist turned screenwriter to enter the film and television industry, Ning Hao has really never heard of this kind of thing.

Even if the novel is adapted into a screenplay, it must be slowly revised by a professional screenwriter, and often after the change, it is not the same, which is very different from the original book.

This is enough to show that the script and the novel are completely different.

Moreover, making a movie is not so simple.

A script and director are only one of the basic conditions, and you have to find a film and television company to invest, produce, publicize, distribute, release, etc., and there are a series of complex things that must be operated.

Ning Hao estimated that this young writer who had not long become famous might not know these things at all, and thought that he could make a movie simply by finding a director.

wrote a so-called script on a whim, and brought it to him to shoot, if he took it rashly, it would really be seen as a joke by insiders.

Although he is eager to make a movie signed by himself, he will not be hungry and cold, and he will not choose his own reputation by cooperating with a person who plays tickets.

Gu Zhi heard the refusal in Ning Hao's words, he frowned slightly, and then unhurriedly took out the printed script from his backpack, put it on the table, and slowly pushed it to Ning Hao's hand.

"Brother, don't be in a hurry to refuse, why don't you read the script first, how about it?"

Ning Hao glanced at the four big characters on the cover - butterfly effect, and his heart moved, in the instinct of a director, he was somewhat curious about the content inside.

However, he didn't move in the end, just smiled bitterly at Gu Zhi and shook his head.

Seeing that he was indifferent, Gu Zhi explained:

"I didn't write something casually on a whim and bring it to you to shoot, I also understand the process of the birth of a movie, it's not a simple thing.

It is precisely because I don't have the resources and connections in the film and television industry that I can't solve so many things, so I went to the Beijing Film Academy to find a director.

Brother, you might as well think about it again, I, the author of two top bestsellers, seem to be the kind of person who does something without thinking about it? โ€

After saying this, Ning Hao did not speak.

He could clearly feel the true emotions in Gu Zhi's heart and the seriousness of focusing on doing things.

At this point, if he still refuses, he will not take other people's sincerity seriously.

Ning Hao didn't say anything more, nodded slightly, picked up the script of the butterfly effect and read it.

Before opening the script, he was mentally prepared, no matter how bad it was, it was just a sparse work, and he had seen a lot in recent years.

As a result, within a few minutes of watching it, he was conquered by the whimsy inside.

"How did this protagonist encounter these strange things when he was a child..."

"Holy! Reading a diary to travel through time and space, change the past, and influence the future, you can do it! โ€

"It turns out that his father also has this ability, and he has harmed the family, no wonder he wants to kill him."

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Ning Hao's whole person was trapped, and this look was an hour.

"This book is so good!"

He raised his head and stared at Gu Zhi, his eyes full of excited flashes.

Seeing this, Gu Zhi grinned happily.

Looking for Ning Hao, I really found the right person!

The two smirked at each other for a while, and Ning Hao suddenly stood up and slapped the script on the table, making a loud bang.

", it!"