"Chakawa is a street fiction writer who lives in 3-chome. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info He once contributed to a literary magazine, and he was not so popular. Later, with the development of society, the market for serious literature became smaller and smaller, and the magazine he contributed gradually turned to the development route of low-cost light novels and low-cost volumes.

Cha Chuan was unwilling to accept the persuasion of the editor-in-chief of the magazine, and changed the character of his protagonist to be more ambiguous, so as to be compatible with more new readers to get a sense of substitution. After Cha Chuan's novel received many letters of criticism from readers and a cold reception from market research, the editor-in-chief had to lower Cha Chuan's transcription rate and remuneration standards. But although Chachuan is poor, he does not change his original intention and adheres to his own creative philosophy.

Hiromi, the proprietress of a dance hall on the third chome, has a crush on Chakawa and entrusts an orphan, Junnosuke, to Chagawa for adoption. Originally, Cha Chuan didn't want to agree, but when he heard that the child was a fan of his own book, he reluctantly agreed. Later, he found that this child's immature and not strict brushstrokes were even more popular than Cha Chuan's when he was writing in imitation of Cha Chuan's works, which made him feel even more ridiculous about life. At the same time, the appearance of children and Hiromi makes Chakawa, who once didn't have to worry about raising a woman and a child, have to face the responsibility of life. ”

Yotaro is Chakawa's neighbor in Sanchome, and he used to be a rakugo performer who hasn't yet graduated. Two years ago, with the spread of television, NHK TV invited Yotaro's master to perform rakugo on TV, but Yotaro's master refused.

Yotaro didn't understand why his master refused to go on TV, a shortcut to the end of the art form of rakugo that more young people would see, so he left his master and chose to accept the invitation of NHK TV and became a TV rakugo master who is currently glamorous on the surface. In order to learn the new form of rakugo suitable for TV performances, he also went to China to learn cross talk, making rakugo more suitable for TV performances. But while making money, the hidden worries in his heart are getting bigger and bigger, and he always feels that this is not the rakugo that the master wants to teach him. ”

Rokuko is a high school graduate who came to Beijing from the countryside of Tohoku to work and lives as an apprentice at the Suzuki garage across the Chagawa River. President Suzuki has big ambitions to eventually turn the depot into a major brand car dealership. In the face of the invasion of a large number of extensive production methods produced by Ford cars.

President Suzuki was inspired by Rokuko and realized that "there is no future for standardization, streamlining, and mass production with Ford/GM, and that in order for Fuso's own cars to be sold all over the world, it is necessary to adopt lean production methods, respect customers' requirements for car customization, and make customers feel respected according to tailor-made cars, and make cars before making them, and all the interior equipment is selected by the customers themselves." From what is made and what is sold, to what is sold, what is made, what is made, and what is made'. In the end, the rise of the national automobile industry was realized, and the bad cars of the Chinese people were driven out of the country. ”

"This is a group portrait story that takes place between a writer in the declining period, a rakugo master in the confused period, and a technician in a rising depot in the Sanchome. and the drags, fetters, and lovers they have to face around them. ”

Cai Mingliang roughly looked at the outline of the script of Gu Chengmo's revised version of "Sunset in the Third Chome", and suddenly the whole person froze.

He felt that the power condensed in his heart when he filmed "Not Scattered" last year did not seem to be well vented.

Although "Not Scattered" just won the Critics Award at the Venice Film Festival a few months ago.

The idea of the script that Gu Cheng changed in front of him is simply more positive than his "Not Scattering", and the idea of pointing out the way out for the confused is more neat.

The historical "Sunset of the Three Chomes" was prepared by Fuso director Takashi Yamazaki in the second half of this year and filmed at the beginning of 05, and the original intention was just a small production art film to "discover the beauty of life".

But just "discovering the beauty of life" is also a rare weather vane in the Fuso film industry in 05. Prior to this, the field of art films was full of all kinds of ways to "make the soon-to-be-eliminated samurai face the bleak life and rush to the machine gun". Everywhere we see the collapse of etiquette, but we do not see the beauty of details, the warmth of details and the positive struggle in social transformation.

Of course, because the story of the original drama is set in the fifties and sixties in Tokyo, it was the period of the vigorous rise of Fuso society, and from the late 80s to the early 90s in China, economic income skyrocketed, and the wave of layoffs had not yet come, so everything could be done to make money. So after the final shooting, it also earned a lot of tears from the Fusang audience, just like the rebirth texts that later generations of Chinese people watched after they felt that life was sad.

Under the dual factors, this "Sunset of the Three Chomes" was very brutally slaughtered at the 2005 Fuso Film Academy Awards, and won 13 awards and 14 nominations (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Female Lead, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Soundtrack, Best Cinematography, Best Lighting, Best Art, Best Recording, Best Editing, Best Newcomer. Except for the best actress, who was only nominated and did not win, all the others won awards)

The Fusang Film Academy Award, although it is not a great international film festival award, is the highest award in Fuso after all - this award is set up in imitation of the "Mi Guo Film Academy Award" of the people of the United States; And the "National Film Academy Award" is commonly known as the Oscar.

It is precisely because this film has slaughtered so many awards that it is still famous in history, although for Gu Cheng in later generations, this is a "movie made five or six years before he was born", but he still vaguely remembers the reputation of the film. As a result, when Lin Zhiling went to Fusang to sweep the book, he instantly felt enlightened when he swept this Gu Cheng, the story fits, although the idea is not high enough, but it is also obedient, much better than the stories that can be found in China in the same period.

It's worth the magic change.

After being changed by Gu Chengmo, there are a lot fewer factors that make Fusang people nostalgic and regressive and earn tears, but the pain and transformation brought about by the upgrading of media technology in an era are more profound than the original.

Among them, the addition of Rakugo Master and Taro is a completely new character, and there was no such line in the original first draft of the script, but in order to strengthen the rise and fall of the career line, Gu Cheng seamlessly joined such a confused bond between the rise and fall. In the end, some street writers were also arranged to point out the drama of him finding his heart and understanding the true meaning of art.

The only trouble is that after Lin Zhiling spent 100 million yen to buy a book, the original author Yamazaki Gui was reluctant to be his own creativity and asked to be an assistant director and assistant screenwriter.

Standing in Yamazaki Gui's position, with Gu Cheng, a big financier, intervening, on the one hand, the investment funds are guaranteed, and on the other hand, Gu Cheng's magic reform is indeed higher than him. With a pure artist's heart, he is also eager to know how far Gu Cheng can finally pull the script up.

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"This book is good! I filmed! Found a treasure. I knew that you could change such a script, and when you first took it out when you met Brother Li, maybe he wouldn't think about making his base film every day - eh, but now you can't regret it, I've already taken it! ”

Cai Mingliang was so excited that the moles on his bald head were a little shiny, and the more he read this script, the more he liked it. In my heart, I was also in awe of Gu Cheng's insight.

Sure enough, the world is going to cross the circle of masters, people who are purely engaged in movies, they don't know much about the progress of media technology, and they have no research on the historical impact of the progress of media technology, how can they write such a book?

"Don't worry, since this film said that I was looking for you, this bit of righteousness still has to be talked about." Gu Cheng replied very simply.

"Then you actors, are you interested? The technical crew members are not a problem, but the actors are troublesome, no matter how much this book is changed, the Fusang background cannot be completely erased, and it is estimated that some Fusang actors will be used. ”

Cai Mingliang knew that Gu Cheng was a local tyrant, so he didn't ask about the financing of the crew members and equipment such as lighting props and sets, anyway, this aspect could be done with money. What's more, there is no martial arts in this film, it can be made into a small production at a glance, and it does not pick the level of a stuntman.

Of course, if there is really too much money to spend, you can spend more money on street scene decoration and try to restore the Tokyo street scene in the fifties and sixties. If you do this, you will need to find a construction team from Fuso, and it is estimated that tens of millions of dollars can be spent.

Faced with Cai Mingliang's question, Gu Cheng replied very sincerely: "Director Cai, this depends on your Fusang language level, my Fusang language is no problem, if you are okay, you can consider more Fusang actors, they are more able to substitute the plot." ”

Cai Mingliang also patted his chest to show that he was not afraid: "Fortunately, I have no problem, the older generation of directors here in Wanwan have learned Fusang language at home." ”

Gu Cheng had an in-depth conversation with Cai Mingliang about the setting of the role, while scrutinizing the refinement and modification of the script, and then listed the approximate intended role actors.

Naturally, this work cannot be done in a day, because after Lin Zhiling has an intention, he has to call each other one by one to ask if he is rewarding, talking about salary, and scheduling......

So, Gu Cheng lived in Taipei for three days, and thanks to the high efficiency of the silver bullet, there is basically no salary problem for the actors he meets, it depends on whether there is a schedule. Lin Zhiling was so busy that he was tired of his mouth, so he got the manpower.

Only some of Gu Cheng's own artists are on call and do not need to consider the opinions of the other party.

"Cha Chuan, the writer who hit the street, will be played by me personally. Falling Rain Master and Taro, listen to your opinion and find Kim Sung-moo. Dancehall proprietress Hiromi, I'm looking for Mika Nakajima, she has been in my company for three years and has acted in two TV series, including "Shibuya Scar Love", which is suitable for those characters with a bit of wind and dust. Suzuki Motor's Hoshino Rokuko, just use my company's newcomer Horikita Maki, and ......"

Most of the people on this list, Cai Mingliang did not explicitly object, but when Gu Cheng mentioned Horikita Maki, a newcomer who had just trained for two years of acting skills and had no practical experience at all, he was a little skeptical.

To be honest, Gu Cheng didn't know why Gui Yamazaki used Horikita Maki as a pure newcomer in history, not to mention that Horikita Maki before the age of 16 was really baby fat, and he had a cute and cute earth bun gas at a glance. But after Gu Cheng in his previous life saw the six sons played by Maki Horikita, he felt that the "growth" embodied in this role was very appropriate.

This is also the only wayward place in the mediation between him and Cai Mingliang.

"Okay, then I'll arrange an audition for these people and give her a chance. If this Horikita Maki is not strong enough, then I can't complain about it. "After all, Cai Mingliang is a director who has won the Golden Lion Award, and this artistic persistence is still there.

"Of course, if her temperament is not in line with her acting skills, you can brush it casually." Gu Cheng agreed.

"Huh? It seems that she is not a woman who has slept with Gu Cheng's kid, otherwise it would be impossible to agree so easily. Cai Mingliang secretly worried, and his assessment of Gu Cheng's lolita control attribute was also reduced.