Chapter 53: The Creator's Meeting
Since David Tong finished filming "It's All Angels", he has been idle in school and has nothing to do.
So far, no agency has signed him, and most of the roles rely on the introduction of the school's seniors, and basically he can only play a small marginal supporting role that can't even get on the cover.
When he received a call from China Film, his first reaction was a scam call, and he almost gave it away.
After learning that China Film had a movie asking him to play the leading role, he didn't think about it, he immediately agreed, and then began to prepare to salute and leave the magic capital.
It's just a trip to the capital, even if it's to go to the Three Kingdoms, as long as he is the actor in the movie, David Tong has no hesitation.
Not to mention that this movie is still a film by classmate Gu.
David Tong has already gone to the cinema to watch "The Butterfly Effect" twice, and he is also actively talking to his classmates and friends around him about Amway, which can be regarded as a die-hard fan of the movie.
While admiring Gu Zhi, the screenwriter, he envied Tang Wei and Liu Ye even more.
The box office of "The Butterfly Effect" beat the two big directors of the same period all the way, and these two newcomers have become hot little names at the moment.
Liu Ye has won the appreciation of Hong Kong Island directors, and has already gone to Hong Kong Island to prepare a new movie, and the future is bright.
Tang Weixin is studying in Chinese opera, although she is very low-key, but on the news of various entertainment sectors, there will be reports of her every day. David Tong also heard that many agents of performing arts companies have to line up to meet her, which shows how popular she is.
When "Butterfly Effect" is released, as soon as the total box office results come out, these two newcomers may be about to break the box office record of newcomer movies.
And all of this is inseparable from this classmate Gu. Almost everyone in the circle knows that he is the real core of this movie.
The first screenwriter's film was nominated for the Golden Horse Best Original Screenplay, this award, Gu Zhi doesn't care, but media reporters and film and television colleagues do.
A few days ago, Huaguo Entertainment reported that "Butterfly Effect" was nominated for the Golden Horse Award, and interviewed Han Sanping.
During this period, he was full of praise for Gu Zhi, and also revealed that China Film had started planning a new movie with Gu Zhi, and it was still written by Gu Zhi himself, and he was currently selecting actors.
David Tong has not fantasized that he can participate in this movie, but he is more self-aware, so he just stops at fantasy.
As soon as this news came out, I don't know how many artists want to climb the dragon and the phoenix, even if he wants to climb, he doesn't have that way.
But fate is such a, David Tong never expected that he would be smashed by it.
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In late October, the weather in the capital is completely cold, and there are strong winds blowing continuously every day, and frequent sandstorms make the whole capital dyed with a layer of earthy yellow.
The preparatory work for "My Sassy Girlfriend" has almost been completed, the crew and various equipment are in place, and many of the staff members are still the same groups of people they worked with last time.
There are many scenes in this movie, most of the time they are outdoors, and the rental and application of the venue are mainly negotiated by Liu Qi and the people of China Film.
Hotels, family apartments, hot pot restaurants, cafes, streets are all a must and the easiest to solve.
The scene of the university campus was chosen in Beiying, and the leaders of Gu Zhi and Beiying also had a bit of friendship, coupled with Ning Hao's promotion and the role of Zhongying, the big backstage, the two sides negotiated the work of just one meal.
The scene on the subway, after communicating with the Ministry of Transportation and the Beijing Metro Company, allowed the crew to shoot late at night.
There are also parks, playgrounds, and other things that need to coordinate the time of the venue, and the people of China Film have long been familiar with the road.
The preliminary work was ready, and before the official start-up, Gu Zhi arranged a meeting with the main creators. In fact, it is to let everyone get to know each other and exchange the content of the script by the way.
The meeting was scheduled for eight o'clock in the morning, and from half past seven, people came to the conference room of China Film one after another.
The first one to come was Liu Qi, she came to the company at this time every day, and she had been used to it for several years, and this morning she also brought Gu Zhi a special breakfast in Beijing - bean juice.
Gu Zhi was the second to come, and he recently moved again, moving to the vicinity of China Film Company. Originally, he was going to buy a house, but he forgot about it when he was busy.
Waiting until eight o'clock, all the creators arrived in time.
Lu Chuan, Gao Yuanyuan, Tong Dawei, Ni Dahong, Huang Haibo, except for Ni Dahong, who has been in the industry for nearly ten years, the rest are newcomers.
These people are not very familiar with each other, so Lu Chuan and Huang Haibo just met and nodded and said hello, both of them came from Beiying, and they didn't need to be matched, they had contacted each other earlier.
They all know Ni Dahong, an old actor, and they have more or less seen him on TV, his name may not be named, but as soon as they meet, they remember who he is. Whoever makes him good at acting will be remembered by the audience at a glance.
In the face of such old-timers, these pure newcomers are indispensable to a few polite words of respect.
"Clear-mouthed girl" Gao Yuanyuan is not famous, and almost everyone here has seen her advertisement.
As for the others, they really haven't even seen each other.
Fortunately, the last movie was a brand-new lineup, and Gu Zhi and Liu Qi had already adapted to the same scene.
Everyone is also a person in the entertainment industry, there is no introversion, Ni Dahong started up, Gu Zhi was in the middle to do the lubricant, and soon a group of people got to know each other, sat together and chatted happily.
The content of the chat is still based on the plot of the script, and several leading actors are dedicated masters, and they have already memorized their respective lines, and the script is about to be rotted by them.
Including Ni Dahong, everyone likes this story very much, and Lu Chuan feels that the heroine is too simple, and the relationship between the heroine and the male protagonist is not lingering enough or sensational enough.
"You're really hypocritical."
Gu Zhi complained fiercely about Lu Chuan in his heart, and directly ignored his opinion.
"If you don't understand anything about the script, say it now, don't wait until you join the group to start filming. The efficiency must be high when shooting, I don't want you to delay the time of the entire crew because of one or two small problems. โ
Everyone nodded in unison.
Now that these people know that Gu Zhi is the person who speaks for the whole movie, and even the producers of China Film are on his side, the actors naturally have no objection to this "ugly" statement.
Besides, this is not an excessive request, it is just a little stricter than other crews.
"Classmate Gu, there is something I don't understand very well."
Gao Yuanyuan was the first to speak.
"The time egg buried by Song Mingxi and Liu Lian is obviously closed, why did Liu Lian open the time egg two years later, and a frog appeared? Is it deliberately funny? โ
After asking a question, Gao Yuanyuan still felt that he was not satisfied, so he simply threw out all his questions.
"Also, Song Mingxi has always said that she hopes to be able to travel through time and space, go back to the past and change the future, is this a reflection of your last movie "Butterfly Effect"?"
In the last sentence of the script, Song Mingxi said: "You may not believe it, but I think I met someone from the future", what does this sentence mean? Is it just to correspond to her previous fantasies? โ
"It's a bit too blunt to say that the encounter with Liu Lian is an encounter with someone in the future, right?"