Chapter 471: Two Scripts [One Update]
The early morning sun shone into the study through the window, and sprinkled warmly on Wei Jiahui's face, his head and shoulders were resting against the wall, his legs were high on the edge of the table, and only the hind legs of the chair were used to take the center of gravity, and the whole posture was like sitting on a sliding pole.
A certain inspiration flashed through his mind, Wei Jiahui hurriedly took the note, and when the page was full, he put down the pen with satisfaction, put his leg down, and stretched his waist contentedly.
The coffee in the cup was already cold, and when I raised my hand and looked at my watch, it was already past 8 o'clock.
Wei Jiahui yawned, in order to finish the script of "I Have a Date with a Zombie" in a hurry, he stayed up all night last night, he changed his clothes, put on his shoes, and prepared to go downstairs to the Chen Kee shop across the street to finish eating wonton, and then come back to catch up on sleep.
When he went out, Wei Jiahui also deliberately pulled up his hood to save himself from being recognized on the street.
In the past, there was no need for such trouble, but recently, because the TV series "I Have a Date with a Zombie" has not been filmed, many media have sent reporters to secretly film his whereabouts, so that friends who used to eat together and drink afternoon tea now dare not ask him out, because they are afraid of going to the newspaper.
Today's luck is not very good, as soon as Wei Jiahui walked out of the building, several reporters immediately surrounded him.
"Mr. Wei, is it convenient to reveal the progress of the script writing of "I Have a Date with a Zombie"?"
"Uncle Nine's "Zombie Dao Chief" will start broadcasting soon, will you be very stressed?"
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With all kinds of problems, Wei Jiahui suddenly had a big head.
"Alright, alright. So many of you ask. I don't even know which one to answer first. Let's answer it together. Wei Jiahui considered the wording, "The script of "My Zombie Has a Date" is still being written, because I have to fax it to Mr. Lin every 5 episodes I write, and he thinks it's OK and continues to write, and he thinks that if it doesn't work, he will have to rework it." As for the ATV TV series, I think it should be very good to have Lin Zhengying's signboard, after all, he has acted in so many zombie movies. Everyone is familiar with his image. ”
"So you think "My Zombie Has a Date" will lose to "Zombie Daoist"?" A reporter interjected.
"Of course not, we also have killer features, and we will definitely surprise everyone when the time comes." Wei Jiahui deliberately sold a pass, separated the reporter, swaggered across the road, and entered a noodle shop.
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The next morning, Lin Zhengying saw Wei Jiahui's words in the newspaper, and then she kept thinking about what this killer feature would be, so much so that she was distracted during filming.
Today, the crew of "Zombie Dao Chief" is filming a group scene of scuffle, and the director has not called to stop. The cameraman at camera position 2 saw Lin Zhengying suddenly turn around and squat down with her nose covered.
This was not the originally designed action, and the people around him were stunned for three seconds. I immediately realized that something might have happened.
A crowd gathered around, and the director split the crowd and squeezed in to see what was going on.
An actor with a stick next to him stood behind Lin Zhengying and kept apologizing, it turned out that when he was filming just now, the stick in his hand accidentally swept the bridge of Lin Zhengying's nose.
The director became angry on the spot, pointed at the actor's nose and scolded: "How did you do it?" ”
Lin Zhengying stood up straight, covered her nose and buzzed, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just that I was hit." ”
What happened just now was not entirely the actor's fault, Lin Zhengying was distracted while filming, so she didn't dodge the other party's stick in time.
Lin Zhengying helped to intercede, and the director didn't have to trouble the actor again, he asked Lin Zhengying if there was anything wrong, if it didn't work, there would be no need to shoot today's scene.
Lin Zhengying thought it would be fine after a while at first, so she told the director that it didn't matter, he could persevere, and as a result, he spent the whole afternoon in his ears full of buzzing and tears constantly pouring out.
It wasn't until the end of the day that the situation got better.
The crew that Yuan Danqiong was filming today didn't finish work until very late, so Lin Zhengying asked two friends to go out to drink together.
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Lin Zhengying's friend's hair is about an inch long, obviously it hasn't been cut for a long time, but it stands up one by one energetically, and his beard is very stylish, as if the word "one" is written in thick ink, his real name is Zhou, but everyone prefers to call him Awen.
Ah Wen is a lighting engineer, Lin Zhengying met him when he didn't enter the "Hong Family Class", and the two also have a common hobby of drinking.
"Some time ago, I went to the hospital to find out that there was a liver problem, and the doctor said that if I don't want to die early, I can't drink anymore."
Lin Zhengying was still a little unhappy, but when she heard this, she was silent, and after a long time, she said: "It's okay, I'm going to film tomorrow anyway, so I won't drink it today." ”
The two found a restaurant, but at the door, they met an acquaintance that Lin Zhengying didn't want to see - Cheng Long.
Lin Zhengying turned her back, not wanting the other party to see her.
"Did he go in?" Lin Zhengying was inconvenient to turn back, so he had to ask Ah Wen, who was standing beside him.
Ah Wen watched Cheng Long walk into the restaurant, and then patted Lin Zhengying on the shoulder, signaling that he could turn around.
"I can't figure it out, why are you avoiding him?"
"It's hard to say, let's go, let's change the restaurant to eat." Lin Zhengying was about to leave after speaking, but Ah Wen stood still and did not move.
"When you were teaching Bruce Lee martial arts, he was just a stuntman...... Now you have to avoid him even for a meal, is there a mistake? ”
Lin Zhengying began to be a martial arts instructor at the age of nineteen, because he met Bruce Lee during the filming of "Tangshan Big Brother", because Lin Zhengying was very good at "hitting the target", and the designed actions could satisfy Bruce Lee, so the movies starring Bruce Lee later, except for "Raptors Crossing the River", were all taught by Lin Zhengying as a martial arts instructor, and at that time Cheng Long said that he was a stuntman, but he was actually a trickster.
Of course, the past and the present are different from the past, Cheng Long is already an action superstar who has made a name for himself internationally, but Lin Zhengying has been reduced to making a living by filming TV series, no wonder Cheng Long will think of avoiding it.
Lin Zhengying just didn't want to be embarrassed to meet. But Arwen's words made him realize. I'm really going to leave like this. will really make others feel that they are afraid of Cheng Long.
"Okay, listen to you, don't change places, just eat here!"
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Lin Zhengying thought that when she met Cheng Long, she just happened to choose to eat in this restaurant, but she didn't expect that he also made an appointment with someone else, and if this person Lin Zhengying saw him, he would not continue to stay in this restaurant to eat.
"Mr. Lin, last time you mentioned those two scripts to me. I don't know when I can see it? Cheng Long personally poured Lin Youlun full of wine and asked very politely.
Lin Youlun agreed to go to the appointment, and he had already guessed that Cheng Long would tell him about it.
"Mr. Cheng's film has already been filmed?"
Cheng Long nodded and looked at Lin Youlun expectantly.
It's a pity that this time, Lin Youlun disappointed him.
"I haven't written the script yet, but I have a suggestion."
Cheng Long pressed the disappointment in his heart, and still had a respectful expression on the surface, indicating that he was listening carefully.
"I know that Mr. Lu Daocheng's movies have always been written by Deng Jingsheng, so I thought, these two scripts are not written by me. It's better to let Deng Jingsheng write it, I just need to tell him the story framework of the two scripts. Deng Jingsheng and Mr. Cheng have been working together for a long time. The specific bridge section is designed by him, which will be more in line with the characteristics of Mr. Cheng's performance. ”
Lin Youlun said his thoughts, Cheng Long didn't say a word, and immediately picked up the phone to call Deng Jingsheng.
Deng Jingsheng was having dinner with a few friends, and when he received a call from Cheng Long, he immediately pushed the dinner over there and rushed over.
Lin Youlun is also the first time to meet Cheng Long's royal screenwriter, he is about thirty-five or sixteen years old, the hair on his sideburns is slightly bald, his eyebrows are thick and black and neat, and his eyes are shining with brilliance.
Cheng Long only said on the phone that there was an urgent matter for him to come over, and did not say that Lin Youlun was also there, so when Deng Jingsheng pushed open the door of the private room and came in, he preemptively said to Cheng Long: "Guess who I met outside just now?" ”
Cheng Long didn't care who Deng Jingsheng met, and desperately gave him a look.
When Deng Jingsheng saw Lin Youlun, his mind paused for two seconds, and then he walked forward quickly, and one hand had already reached over first.
"Does Mr. Lin remember me?"
"I've met Mr. Deng before?" Lin Youlun was a little curious.
"I met you the last time the Screenwriters Guild was founded, maybe there were too many people at that time, and you didn't pay special attention to it." Deng Jingsheng replied very respectfully, his waist bent slightly, and when he smiled, he showed a row of white teeth, and there was a hint of flattery in his tone.
"I've heard of Mr. Deng's name for a long time, but I didn't expect to miss it in person." Lin Youlun said with a little regret.
Deng Jingsheng waved his hand, "Where, where, Mr. Lin is the person who all Hong Kong screenwriters should look up to and learn from, compared with Mr. Lin, don't mention my little achievements." ”
After sitting down, Cheng Long told Deng Jingsheng about Lin Youlun's plan.
"It was an honor to work with Mr. Lin." Deng Jingsheng promised that if he refused this kind of opportunity, it would be a problem with his brain.
Lin Youlun said that it was just to provide a story framework, but when it came to the specifics, it was told in great detail.
In the first story called "Rush Hour", Cheng Long still plays the role of a Hong Kong policeman, he was invited by an old friend to the United States to participate in the detection of a kidnapping case, in order to prevent Cheng Long from solving the case first, the FBI filmed the Los Angeles Police Department's constant problem detective Carter as Cheng Long's partner, the pair made a lot of jokes in the process of cooperation, and at the same time slowly gave birth to a tacit understanding, and finally the two successfully solved the robbery together and successfully rescued the hostages.
Deng Jingsheng recorded all the content in the notebook he carried while listening, this story is not very special in the content, but the magic is that he found a talkative black partner for Cheng Long, and created dramatic conflicts and jokes through the differences between Chinese and Western cultures. When telling this story, Lin Youlun gives people the feeling of being an American producer who has been immersed in Hollywood film for many years, and then knows very well what kind of movies American audiences like.
On the other hand, Cheng Long is also imagining what kind of effect the film will be when it is filmed, he feels that Lin Youlun's story is like tailor-made for himself, not only insisting on his own action performance style, but also taking care of the taste of American audiences, the bottleneck encountered in the American market in his previous films has completely disappeared in this movie.
Lin Youlun finished telling the plot synopsis of "Rush Hour", took a sip of tea, and just put the cup down, Cheng Long and Deng Jingsheng took a kettle and rushed to refill it for him.
"Rush Hour" gave Cheng Long and Deng Jingsheng too many surprises, and they couldn't help but have a strong interest in the next script that Lin Youlun was going to say, and they both wanted to listen to the next story quickly.
After the last time, Deng Jingsheng sat back and asked Cheng Long to pour water for Lin Youlun, and before Cheng Long's ass was finished, Deng Jingsheng couldn't wait to ask about Lin Youlun's next script story.
"With "Rush Hour" as the foundation, the next movie should consider more thorough integration into American society and culture, so this time, Mr. Cheng can no longer appear as a foreigner, you play a Chinese American in the story, and your identity is a secret agent."
Lin Youlun said this, which made Cheng Long stunned for a moment, his mouth moved but he didn't speak, or Deng Jingsheng understood his thoughts and asked for him: "The American audience is happy to accept this setting, but what if the Hong Kong audience protests?" ”
In this era, most Hong Kong people still attach importance to the concepts of country and nation, and Cheng Long's previous films, including "Red Fan District", have not played foreigners, so they have concerns about this.
"It doesn't matter, because some of the characteristics of the character itself, including kung fu, the first thing the audience thinks of is the previous Cheng Long, this will not change because the character's identity becomes Chinese-American, and this is just acting, and it doesn't mean that you really change your nationality to the United States."
As soon as Lin Youlun said this, Cheng Long was completely relieved.
In this story, Mr. Cheng is a very powerful agent, who has organized terrorists to plant bombs in New York, hunted down notorious drug dealers, and is seen by his colleagues as almost omnipotent. And in the eyes of ordinary people, he is just a person with black-framed glasses and an honest personality, living the same life as a normal person. He had a girlfriend who was a single mother living with three children. In order to strengthen their relationship, he moved next door to his girlfriend's house, and once his girlfriend was going on a business trip, and then entrusted his three children to his care. This short-term 'daddy' is not easy to be, a few mischievous children use all kinds of bizarre tricks to make a mess of him, and because of an inadvertent secret, he attracts a group of unidentified dangerous people, he protects the children while dealing with those heavily armed mysterious people. (To be continued......)