Star Yan Shi (novella) Zhang Baotong

The magazine "Fans" published a large bust photo of Xiuxiu on the cover of the last issue of the year. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info This is a photo taken by Director Li for Xiuxiu on the river beach of Taibai Pass, the picture is very delicate and beautiful, and the appearance is pure and beautiful. Looking at the cover photo in the pictorial, Xiuxiu couldn't believe that this radiant and bright girl was herself.

She has consciously taken a lot of lenses and photos, but none of them can be so good. When I opened the pictorial and looked inside, there was also an interview with her character and a set of stills of playing the heroine in "Adventure in Heaven" and "Vigilant Soul". The character interview is not written for a long time, but the writing is fresh and elegant, poetic and song-like, and several accompanying pictures are selected and selected by Director Li from a large number of photos. The paper is delicate, and the text and pictures are brightly colored.

She has always been called a star, but she has never seen herself as a star, and even feels that she is far from a star, but the interviews and photos in the pictorial magazine make her really feel that she is a star, and a great star. She read the pictorial over and over again, and felt that this young and beautiful actress seemed to be herself, but not like herself. It's not even clear whether it's her interviews and pictures that add to the brilliance of the magazine, or whether the magazine has packaged her as a dazzling star.

In fact, she never noticed that an illustrated magazine could make an actor shine or become an overnight celebrity in the same way that a movie did. Only then did she deeply understand why Director Huang asked her to receive Director Li well, and the director of the photography department of an illustrated magazine would be so highly regarded by people in the film and television industry. No wonder Director Li told her that there are no actors who have been praised by him who are not popular.

Along with the "Movie Fans" pictorial, there are also some nude photos of Director Li for Xiuxiu. The photographs were taken on black and white film, but they are extremely delicate in terms of clarity and technique. But Xiuxiu didn't see how beautiful she was, but felt that not only did she not look beautiful about these things, but it would be a disaster if she let others see them.

So, she wrapped these photos in an envelope, stuffed them under the suitcase, and then called Director Li and said, "Director Li, I have received the photos you gave me, but I tell you that you can't make these photos public under any circumstances." Director Li said, "My little beauty, you just have to rest assured, I have always cherished your photos, since I left you, I have been missing you day and night, and sometimes I can't think about it, so I will take out these photos of yours to see." Rest assured, these photos are part of my personal feelings, and I won't let anyone see them. ”

As soon as she finished the phone call, Director Huang also walked towards her from the office with a copy of the "Movie Fans" pictorial, and said to her happily, "Your photo is on the cover of the pictorial." Xiuxiu smiled, "I watched it." I really became a big star in the magazine. Director Huang said, "You are a big star." If I can't make you a big star, what kind of famous director am I? You just wait to get the Hundred Flowers Award. ”

Xiuxiu shook her head and said modestly, "There are so many people competing for the Hundred Flowers Award, how can it be my turn?" Director Huang said, "According to my inference, almost all the cover characters published in the last issue of "Movie Fans" pictorial magazine every year can win awards. This seems to have become an unwritten rule. What's more, the pictorial not only published your cover portrait, but also gave you interviews and illustrations. ”

Director Huang is a very discerning director, and Xiuxiu has always believed in what he says. Although she herself was unsure about whether she could win the Hundred Flowers Award, Director Huang's words still made her feel some confidence in her heart.

On that day, Editor Shang called and said, "Wenxiu, your "Where is the Road" has been fully loaded, and according to the reader's request, our newspaper is going to collect the serialized novels of "Where is the Road" into a book, so I want to ask for your opinion." When Xiuxiu heard this, she was very happy, and said, "Of course I can't ask for your book to publish my book." ”

Then, I reported the matter to Director Huang. When Director Huang heard this, he asked, "When did you publish this book?" Xiuxiu said, "I don't know yet, it doesn't matter if it's earlier or later, right?" But Director Huang said in a blaming tone, "Why doesn't it matter? The Hundred Flowers Award for Movies will be announced next month, and if nothing else, the Best Actress Award is none other than you. If the book can be published before the awards, it will add a lot of weight to your selection. ”

As soon as Xiuxiu heard this, she immediately called Editor Shang, "Editor Shang, I just told Director Huang about the publication of the book, and he said that the Hundred Flowers Award for Films will be awarded next month, and if the book "Where is the Road" can come out before the awards, it will be very beneficial to my election. ”

Editor Shang thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's a little too late, right?" However, if you wait until you are elected, the book will sell even more. But Xiuxiu said, "What if I don't get elected?" I think it's better to publish a book before the awards. ”

Ke Shang editor, said, "I feel that it is still too late, but I think it is better to wait for the awards to come out, and at that time, we also want to add some wonderful content about the selection and awards in the book, because these are the events that the majority of fans are more concerned about." However, in order to help you get elected, we can advertise the book in advance to create some momentum and publicity. ”

A few days later, Xiuxiu took back a copy from Editor Shang, and made some additions and modifications according to Editor Shang's requirements to enrich some emotional and suspenseful content, because after all, there are still some differences and differences between novels and newspaper serials, and the characters and feelings should be vivid and full of personality. Originally, writing this biography had exhausted almost all of her mind, and now she had to revise and add to it, which made her feel very embarrassed.

She took the proof and read it over and over again, but she didn't know where to start at all, because if it was revised according to the requirements of the editor, although the human and emotional color of the book was strong and the suspense was more, the plot in the book would also be detached from the facts. A biography and novel that does not look like oneself, can fans and readers accept it? Even if fans and readers can accept it, can she accept it herself?

Therefore, this incident made her restless and restless for several days. Sometimes, she can't even think of a book and doesn't revise it, but she has already promised people and signed a contract with them. Therefore, she was deeply annoyed and regretted that she agreed to someone and signed a contract with someone, and she was not in a good mood.

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Star Yan Shi (novella) Zhang Baotong

Director Huang came to her house at night and saw a book without a cover in front of her, her eyes were at a loss, so she asked, "What's wrong with you?" She threw the book in front of Director Huang and said, "That editor Shang wants me to revise 'Where Is the Road' into a biographical novel full of emotion, color and suspense." Isn't that embarrassing for me? ”

Director Huang picked up the book and flipped through it, saying, "Why is this difficult? No, give this book to Director Zhang of the Literature Department and ask him to change it. When Xiuxiu heard this, her eyes lit up, and she immediately smiled, "This is a good way, but you have to beg him." Director Huang said, "No problem, but the book has been changed, how can you thank people?" Xiuxiu said, "Whatever, let him say the conditions." ”

Director Huang spent the night in Xiuxiu's house and called Director Zhang early the next morning. After making the call, Director Huang said to Xiuxiu, "Director Zhang said that he has read your serialization in Business Times, and said that he is very interested in your story and wants to adapt your story into a movie script." When Xiuxiu heard this, she said with relief, "That's great, it's really good." ”

However, after nearly half a month, when Director Huang brought the adapted movie script to Xiuxiu, the title of "The History of Celebrities" alone scared Xiuxiu. This is the name of a serious biography of eight hundred, just like those *** names.

When Xiuxiu took the script home after getting off work and took a closer look, she felt that it was ridiculous to cry and laugh. This is a serious and pure autobiographical novel, which is simply a rich and colorful love history of an amorous woman. Originally, she wanted to use this book to tell the story of a rural female teacher's arduous struggle in the ups and downs of life, so as to inspire and inspire those young rural girls to be angry and strive to change their lives. At present, the literary script of this film that has been revised by director Zhang is more about promoting an emotional experience.

Perhaps because of the needs of the film's plot and suspense, the script has undergone major changes in content and style, not only the content and plot in it have become unrecognizable, but even the names and descriptions of the characters' feelings have completely changed their tone, and even some bold and direct emotional descriptions have appeared, making the whole script full of emotional entanglements and love suspense, making her feel Yan Khan when she looks at it: Is this still her Xu Wenxiu's autobiographical novel?

She immediately called Director Huang and said in a reproachful tone, "Director Huang, I read this script, it still seems like my life experience?" It's simply an explicit love history. This movie was made for the audience to watch, and they thought I was really a shameless woman. No, no, no, this script is too adapted and too marginal. ”

But Director Huang explained, "Although the storyline in the script is the same as your experience, the names of the characters and the rural background are different from your original, and besides, a girl from the countryside can become a movie star itself means a lot of extraordinary." In fact, this is just a film script, not a biography. ”

Director Huang explained to her for a long time, and then said, "Xiuxiu, you don't have to worry. This script mainly describes the struggle of a rural girl from a female teacher in a mountain village to a movie star, and the emotional entanglement in it is only a means for the heroine to use it. Because as a movie, it needs some emotional pictures and emotional suspense to cater to the audience's psychology and taste. I have read the whole script two or three times, and the adaptation is good, and if it is made into a movie, the effect will definitely surpass "Heavenly Adventure". ”

"Heavenly Adventure" is Xiuxiu's famous work, and it is also the best box office film this year, if "Star History" can surpass "Heavenly Adventure", this will undoubtedly be another milestone in her Xu Wenxiu's film and television career, and it will definitely lay a solid foundation for her to become popular in the film and television industry. She also knows that if Director Huang wants to put "The History of Celebrities" on the screen, she can't stop it, and she also hopes that her work can be put on the screen. It's just that she is worried that after watching the movie, others will think that the protagonist in it will be her own, because many people have seen her biographical novel "Where is the Road", which was serialized in the supplement of the "Business Times" for three months.

So, she said to Director Huang, "If you want to make a movie, I have no objection, but I have to change some of the plot and background in it, so that people don't think of me as the prototype of the protagonist in it at first glance." Director Huang asked, "How do you think it should be changed?" ”

Xiuxiu said, "For example, you can change the female teacher inside to a working girl, and change the movie star to a company owner." However, without waiting for Xiuxiu to finish speaking, Director Huang said, "A working girl struggles to become a company boss, this story is too prosaic, no, I think it's better to shoot according to the script directed by Zhang." However, you can rest assured, I will definitely use serious and artistic techniques to deal with the emotional problems in the play, and try to make people feel the hardships and distress of the heroine in the process of growth and struggle, and never let people feel that the heroine is relying on eroticism to drill camp, if that happens, it can only show that the film I directed is shallow and vulgar. ”

Xiuxiu felt that Director Huang's words were quite reasonable, so she didn't have to say more. Director Huang saw that Xiuxiu was made sense by him, and said, "I've thought about it, you are the only candidate for this heroine." And, I think this film will definitely win the award. ”

The script of "The History of Celebrities" was further revised by Director Zhang and Director Huang, and finally finalized. After a lot of preliminary preparations, the filming began in full swing. As the heroine in the film, Xiuxiu naturally filmed during the day, and had to memorize lines at night, so she was very busy. Therefore, the revisions and additions to the book "Where is the Road" have not been taken into account. Under the urging of Editor Shang several times, Xiuxiu called Editor Shang and said, "I'm really sorry, I'm making a new film, and I'm so busy all day that I can't even go home, how can I have time to revise the manuscript?" I really don't have time, what do you think about this? ”

Editor Shang thought about it for a while, and said, "Or, in this case, if you don't have time to revise, you can bring the book over, and I will make a comprehensive revision, addition or deletion of the book." Xiuxiu was worried that Editor Shang would change the content of the book beyond recognition like Director Zhang, so she said, "Editor Shang, this book can only be revised by you, but there is one thing I want to remind you that the content of the book cannot be drastically changed, nor can it be added or deleted at will, and you must seriously grasp the facts and style of the book to avoid complication and vulgarization." ”

Editor Shang said, "I understand what you mean, you can rest assured, when I finish revising, I will definitely let you look at it first." When Xiuxiu heard this, she said, "Okay, then you can use it and revise it." But the editor immediately said, "However, I have one condition. Xiuxiu was stunned and asked, "What conditions?" Editor Shang said, "That is, I want to get 30 percent of the manuscript fee." ”

When Xiuxiu heard what editor Shang said, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, thinking that what I worked so hard to write, if you revise it, you will take 30% of the remuneration, and her heart is too dark. She really wanted to say unceremoniously, "I don't have this book with you, I'm going to publish it somewhere else." She knows that celebrity biographies like this are popular and sought-after wherever she gets them, and she doesn't need to change a word. But she also wanted the National Film Hundred Flowers Award to be announced next month, and she also needed the "Business Times" to publish a book for her to promote her to increase her popularity and prepare for her award, so she still held back. She felt that although Editor Shang was greedy for money, he had also helped her a lot, and the copyright of "Where is the Road" itself belonged to the Business Times, so she felt that the book should still be revised by Editor Shang. So, she held back the anger in her stomach, but said to Editor Shang in a very polite tone, "Okay, that's it." Editor Shang was afraid that Xiuxiu would regret it, so he said, "Otherwise, I'll go to your place to sign the contract." Xiuxiu said, "Okay, you come to the studio of Feitian Film and Television Production Company in the afternoon, and I will wait for you here." ”

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