Chapter 362, Death Poets Society
Er Dongsheng mechanically took the script from Mo Fei's hand, the name of the play on it is "Chariots of Fire", just seeing these four words, Er Dongsheng's interest has been raised a lot, temporarily let go of the matter of "The True Story of the Crazy Guy", and see what the content is here.
In Hong Kong, Er Dongsheng is definitely a special case, this guy looks honest and gentle, and he is really a super passionate character in his bones, and his hobby is also racing or extreme sports such as parachuting and diving that ordinary people will not touch.
In the history of Mo Fei's previous life, Er Dongsheng's reputation on the racing circuit and in the extreme circle is no less than his director's name, and he has basically submerged in the places where he can dive in Asia, and even won two rookie championships at the Macau Grand Prix.
And this "Chariots of Fire" is actually Er Dongsheng's work inspired by his racing career, which can be said to be a Hong Kong film masterpiece in the 90s, and it is also one of Er Dongsheng's classic commercial films, which has allowed him to gain a firm foothold in the extremely competitive Hong Kong film industry, and has also gained a lot of money.
At this time, Er Dongsheng was still in the era when he devoted a large part of his energy to racing, not to mention that he has always been like making a similar film, and now when he encounters such a film, it is no wonder that he is not attracted to attention.
After opening the script and reading it briefly, Er Dongsheng liked this script even more, but when he saw the final ending, he frowned, looking very unhappy.
The story told in the script is: Azu was born in an ordinary family in Hong Kong and lost his mother at an early age. The father and son each have their own lives and are safe and sound. Since the stepmother entered the door, the relationship between father and son became tense. Azu rarely goes home.
He has no satisfactory job, no future, and is struggling to live alone. Fortunately, there is a docile and kind girlfriend Ah Yi who cares about him. Azu has a resolute personality and loves drag racing, which is the only hobby he considers his life. The car is speeding on the highway, the strong wind is coming, everything is falling backwards at a fast speed, and all the bad things are left behind. How pleasant, a sense of satisfaction arises spontaneously.
In the downtown area, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts often get together. Azu's skills are outstanding, and he is the best of this group of young people, and is known as the "Rampage Warrior". Azu's father made a fortune in the motorcycle business, and he not only engaged in motorcycle repair. It also organizes famous brand teams to compete in various parts of Southeast Asia. HE HAD A THRIVING BUSINESS AND BECAME A GIANT IN HONG KONG'S MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY, KNOWN AS UNCLE PAUL. But for the sake of his dignity, he didn't let Azu participate in the brand-name team, and Azu was annoyed and angry. The contradiction between father and son is even more acute.
Azu couldn't swallow this breath and looked for his father's drivers to challenge. Rejoice in overcoming them, and bring away the prestige of your father. Dawei has just returned from studying in the UK, and his car skills are first-class. YOUNG AND VIGOROUS, JOINING UNCLE PAUL'S TEAM, HE HAS TO COMPARE WITH AZU. The race was intense and tense, and Azu had an accident due to a roadblock on a corner. Azu was in a coma in the hospital for ten days, and Ayi accompanied him day and night, carefully cared for him, and turned him around.
But since then, the shadow of fear has been left in Azu's heart, and he no longer plays with cars. He runs a small motorcycle repair shop with his friend. One day, they patronize the bar they haven't seen for a long time, and are ridiculed by their former motorcycle friends, who call them cowardly and humiliating, compete with Dawei, and die tragically in a car accident by Azu's side. For the sake of his friends, for the sake of dignity, Azu must regain his self-confidence, overcome the timidity in his heart, defeat himself and defeat his opponent at the same time. Azu decides to fight against Dawei.
Ah Yi often advises Ah Zu to stop flying, and she does not want to live in fear of losing her beloved. But Azu was determined to find himself, and Ah Yi was heartbroken and decided to leave Hong Kong.
Azu and Ah Wei fought again, and the familiar feeling finally made him regain his confidence, leaving Ah Wei far behind. As the finish line approached, Azu braked sharply to avoid a rag-picking grandmother on the road, allowing David to overtake him from behind.
Azu wanted to fight again on a bike, but the car couldn't catch fire......
At this point, there is no more, this is not reasonable and unscientific at all, not to mention that Er Dongsheng is a person who wants to be a director, and he is an old actor who has worked hard for many years, even from the perspective of a racing driver, or even from the perspective of an unrelated person, this story is incomplete and lacks a most critical perfect ending.
But Mo Fei's reputation will never write a half-drawn script, Er Dongsheng had to close the script and looked at Mo Fei very puzzled, and asked: "Mr. Mo, your script is incomplete, why did it end when the car didn't catch fire, is your metaphor too deep I didn't understand it thoroughly, or what is the reason?" ”
Mo Fei was not in a hurry to explain, took a sip of the teacup, lit a cigarette, and then said slowly: "Your understanding is correct, this script is indeed incomplete, and it needs an ending that can be accepted by everyone." And this ending, roughly that Azu originally wanted to light a fire to chase Dawei, but he had an epiphany because of the words of Grandma who picked up garbage, and then Dawei also returned, and decided to give up this indifferent fight under the effect of double forces, and rode Dawei's car to chase Ayi.
This is just a macro ending that I proposed, as for what Grandma said, can make Azu give up chasing victory, and then decide to chase back Ayi, this is up to you, you are a person who plays racing, you should know better than me, a layman. You make up the end of the script first, and then I will invest 8 million Hong Kong dollars in this film. ”
said and patted Guan Zhilin's hand, and continued: "The actor of the heroine Ayi is Zhizhi, the actor I will use Andy Lau of Phoenix Culture, Uncle Paul of Azu's old bean I think it is very suitable for your eldest brother to play the role, and I am ready to let some newcomers test the water for other roles, how about it, are you confident that you will make this film well?" Oh, by the way, the role of Ah Quan in "The True Story of the Crazy Guy" can also be handed over to Mr. Da Jiang to do, I believe he will definitely bring you a lot of surprises. ”
Guan Zhilin is also a very ingenious person, knowing that all her face comes from Mo Fei, and she gives Mo Fei face at any time, and after Mo Fei's words are finished, she took the initiative to fill a cup of tea for Er Dongsheng, and said: "I will cooperate with the director soon, and please take care of the director." ”
This situation couldn't be more obvious, Er Dongsheng is an old man in the circle, and if he can't even see this, it's better to die directly, so he hurriedly raised his hand to block the teapot in Guan Zhilin's hand, and said, "Don't dare, Miss Guan is polite", and then began to think about the script, which coupled with Mo Fei's promise, has completely attracted him.
With this "Chariot of Fire" and Er Dongsheng's own "The True Story of the Crazy Guy", Er Dongsheng can basically take it, and sooner or later it will be in the bag of Phoenix Culture. won Er Dongsheng, a director with a good reputation in the future, so will his second brother Jiang Dawei be far away?
If Mo Fei suggested that Er Dongsheng use Qin Pei to play important roles in the two movies, there is no special reason, just to not affect the original historical rules, and sell Er Dongsheng's favor by the way.
Could it be that Jiang Dawei is really tempted, the earliest Asia-Pacific actor in the Hong Kong film industry is not capable, he entered the industry when he was only four years old in 52, he can be said to be a standard old drama bone and old-timer, his qualifications are much deeper than Feng Baobao, and he is still an evergreen tree, and after more than 50 years, there is still this unusual activity, such an actor is really rare in Hong Kong.
What can be done at one time will never be separated twice, Mo Fei Zai had planned it before he came, and while Er Dongsheng was thinking, he said to Jiang Dawei: "Mr. Jiang should be free now, I don't know what films are there recently?" ”
As soon as he asked, Jiang Dawei roughly knew what it meant, I thought that I would accompany my brother today, but I didn't expect that there would be my own business, put down the tea cup in my hand, and said: "After the suspension of production, most of our contracts have ended, and recently I just took a Debao film, and the others have not been contacted much, I don't know what Mr. Mo cares about." ”
"Gangnan College has always taught students in a traditional and conservative way, but Luo Ji, a new literature teacher who came to the school in the new semester, has changed the routine of the school to let his students emancipate their minds and give full play to their abilities. He also told students to "seize the moment" and act on that principle. In the first class of teaching, Roki did not attend the class, but showed the students the photos and materials in the school history hall of the library, so that they could listen to the voices of the dead and understand the true meaning of life.
Rocky even asks students to tear out the old-fashioned content in the textbook, and the free teaching method allows students to understand their interests, hobbies, futures, and goals. His students even rebelled against the school's ban and re-established the Dead Poets Society, a secret group that Roki had been involved in when he was a student at the school, to discuss poetry and life in caves and on the beach far away from school. But soon after, the school discovered the group, and the school was very opposed to Mr. Rocky's education methods, and trouble ensued.
Rocky's student, Ah Cheng, loves acting and has a great success with one performance. But his father was adamantly against it, and took him home and decided to let him change schools the next day; Ah Cheng was in extreme pain but unable to confide in him, and committed suicide that night. Next, the school continues to crack down on the "Dead Poets Society", but one of the group members, Lin Tsai, betrays them; The school forced the team members to sign the statement, shifting the blame to Roki and expelling him from the school. As the teacher was about to leave the school, the students stood at their desks and shouted the nickname "Captain" they had given to Roki because he had led them on the course of life, to show that the faith that the teacher had conveyed to them would always be in their hearts, and Roki smiled contentedly. ”
Mo Fei first told Jiang Dawei such a story, until Jiang Dawei also listened to it, then he sent him an invitation, and said: "This story is called "Dead Poets Society", I plan to shoot it and broadcast it at the beginning of next year, that is, during the students' winter vacation, I don't know if Brother Zun is interested in playing Teacher Roki?" (To be continued......)