The guest in Li Xiuying's mouth was a middle-aged man, about forty years old.

This person's outfit really startled Su Wen, his clothes were very ordinary, he was dressed in denim clothes, which looked a little whitish, which made him uninhibited.

The most curious thing is that his hair, which is shoulder-length and scattered on his shoulders, swaying as he walks, and his face is broad, looking extremely energetic and tenacious.

In short, he looks so artistic, and the temperament of the whole Wenqing.

Li Xiuying stood next to him, guiding the way, as if she valued this guest very much, and as for Concubine Bai Luo, she greeted people even more carefully, and a teacher saw the appearance of a student.

"Mr. Zhang, please be seated!" Li Xiuying beckoned the guests to sit down beside her, around the round table, she and the guests were on one side, and Su Wen and Bai Luofei were on the other side.

"Who is he?" Su Wen didn't recognize this person, so he could only ask Concubine Bai Luo softly.

Concubine Bai Luo was surprised, and her beautiful eyes kept flashing: "You don't know him?" ”

Su Wen shook his head.

Concubine Bai Luo was even more surprised: "No, you're joking!" ”

Su Wen was unhappy: "What, he is the king of heaven, everyone has to recognize him?" ”

"He's Zhang Fangge!" Concubine Bai Luo's pretty face was full of doubts, and she glanced at Su Wen a few times, thinking that he was pretending to be stupid, "You don't know Zhang Fangge?" ”

Su Wen smiled indifferently: "I don't hear anything outside the window, and I only read the books of sages and sages, so it's me." ”

That is to say, I just don't know what Zhang Fangge, what are you doing?

Who has kept him in this world for only a few months, I don't know much about anything other than the literary things that I care about the most.

However, judging from the attitude of Li Xiuying and Concubine Bai Luo towards this Zhang Fangge, it can be seen that this person has a great background.

Concubine Bai Luo didn't seem to be a fake when she saw Su Wen. can only say: "You are really lonely! Zhang Fangge, that is the most famous and powerful film director of the middle-aged generation in our Chinese Empire. In terms of movies, he used to win awards softly, and now his movies have repeatedly broken our domestic box office records. ”

"A director?" Su Wen's heart moved, looked at Zhang Fangge, and said nothing else. His hair really looks like an artist.

Concubine Bai Luo was afraid that Su Wen would not know anything, so she said: "Not to mention anything else, Director Zhang's last movie "Conquest" is about the story of our Chinese Empire's westward expedition to Europe. Whether it is martial arts or literary drama, they are all very appropriate, so word of mouth and box office are flying together. When this movie comes out. Just in our country, there are two billion Chinese yuan at the box office, which is equivalent to 200 million people watching this movie. Note that this is only the domestic box office in China, not counting the box office in Asia in those countries where we have a Chinese-speaking sphere of influence. The global box office of this movie definitely exceeds 3 billion Chinese dollars, which is equivalent to 3 billion US dollars, which is not inferior to those sci-fi movies in the United States! Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first commercial director in our country. ”

"Commercial Film ......" Under the explanation of Concubine Bai Luo, Su Wen knew what a cow was. Film is the ultimate expression of the cultural and entertainment industry, and the most direct embodiment is its industrial scale.

A single movie will create a box office of at least 3 billion Chinese dollars. Counting the development of peripherals and the like, what is that concept?

Judging by the sales of books, it would take billions of copies to sell for a writer to get so many royalties. What is the concept of billions of copies, which is equivalent to more than half of the world's people buying a copy.

It's unimaginable!

Such a well-known commercial director found Fresh Culture Company, and Li Xiuying also called Bai Luofei and Su Wen. What does that mean?

Su Wen had a vague guess in his heart, and before he could ask Concubine Bai Luo, he saw Li Xiuying pointing at him and saying, "Director Zhang, today I want to introduce a special person to you, and that is him." Suven! Author of Romeo and Juliet! Director Zhang, if you want to put this work on the big screen, then I think it shouldn't be a bad thing for you to meet the original author, right? ”

Zhang Fangge turned his head and glanced at Su Wen, a little surprised: "I have long heard that the author of "Romeo and Juliet" is very young, and now when I look at it, I am still surprised. Hello Mr. Su, I've been looking up to my name for a long time! ”

Su Wen also hurriedly said that he had admired him for a long time and was polite, but his mind was always haunted by Li Xiuying's words that Zhang Fangge wanted to make "Romeo and Juliet" into a movie.

A big director, who took a fancy to his work, also came to negotiate with the representatives of Fresh Culture Company in person, this is too exaggerated.

In Su Wen's heart, Luo Zhu's classics are classics, but that is more about the charm of words and stage effects, in his memory, the movie version does not have much influence, and it is estimated that the box office is not high.

Zhang Fangge is known as the No. 1 commercial film in China, why did he fall in love with "Romeo and Juliet"?

He came to talk about it himself, and obviously valued this work very much.

Does Su Wen want to say that he is honored?

Zhang Fangge looked at Su Wen as if he was still confused, and reiterated his intention.

Director Zhang Da, who used to make literary films and won awards, broke box office records in a row after entering the commercial film circle, and achieved the ultimate in the last movie "Conquest", and the word of mouth and box office flew together.

However, in the eyes of filmmakers, it is still a complete commercial film, and everyone will only praise its economic value, but will not praise its artistic contribution much, and some people even say that Zhang Fangge has completely degenerated, completely abandoning his previous ideas and ideals for films, saying that he has become a slave at the box office and a disgrace to the director.

Although these words are sour, Zhang Fangge, who has achieved the ultimate in business, is still not convinced, and feels that he has to show those people that he still has the skills to make movies with connotation, and even he doesn't mind using awards and box office to slap those yin and yang weird people in the face.

In other words, his plan for the next film is a literary film. However, after years of grasping commercial elements, Zhang Fangge is not willing to completely turn to literary films, he plans to make a film that balances literature and commerce.

In "Conquest", although he still uses commercial elements and cinematic effects, he also adds some more literary and artistic things, but unfortunately this is a big production, even if you want to stuff private goods, you can only come little by little.

He intends to experiment with more ideas in the next film. Literature and Commerce. If you want to balance, you have to find the right subject.

Zhang Fangge quickly determined the theme idea, that is, the theme of love. Love is eternal, as long as it is filmed well, the box office will not be worried. And if you carefully carve it, literary and artistic ideas can also be reflected in it.

Once he had decided on the subject matter, he began to search for stories about it. The reason why the drama works of the Chinese Empire can occupy half of the literary world and keep pace with the novel genre is because more drama works have been adapted into film and television works.

Because there are dialogue lines directly, it naturally has the advantage of adaptation, and without this large market, drama works really can't be compared with novels with more readable plots.

Zhang Fangge is no exception, he crosses other stories. Go straight to theatrical productions. Soon, "Romeo and Juliet", which has recently been in the market, came into his sights.

After reading through this work, Zhang Fangge thought that this was the script story he wanted, and he wanted to make it into a movie so that more people could see this story.

He first contacted Fresh Culture Company by phone to discuss copyright issues, and Li Xiuying was overjoyed when she heard that there was such a big director to cooperate. bluntly said that there is no problem with the copyright, and Zhang Fangge can be released. But she still has a request.

What are the requirements?

She asked Zhang Fangge to use their company's Bai Luofei as the heroine in "Romeo and Juliet" directed by Zhang Fangge.

Zhang Fangge did not agree to this request, saying that in his movies, who to use and who plays the role has always been his master. If you don't fit the right person, you don't need to stuff it even if the investor stuffs it.

The general manager of a small cultural company wants to negotiate conditions with him, or is it an important role for the heroine, Zhang Fangge definitely disagrees.

Li Xiuying is also stubborn. If you don't agree, she doesn't authorize. She bluntly said that "Romeo and Juliet" is related to their company's development in other directions, and it is her long-brewing plan to use a work to promote Bai Luofei into the film industry. finally came out with a "Romeo and Juliet", how could she casually let go of this opportunity!

Zhang Fangge disagreed, she would rather postpone this plan, not even go over a big director like Zhang Fangge, as long as she finds a well-known director, they invest in it themselves, and then find a distributor, then you can also let Bai Luofei star.

Neither side would budge, and the matter was deadlocked.

After talking for almost a month, Zhang Fangge was relieved, saying that he came to Guangdong in person to meet Concubine Bai Luo, which was an audition, and if he was satisfied, he could let her star in Juliet!

After explaining this, Su Wen finally knew what was going on today.

The only doubt is that Zhang Fangge wants to see Concubine Bai Luo, and it is the right thing to call her back from other places, but what does Li Xiuying mean by bringing him Su Wen over?

Just to let the director meet the original author?

Or is it ......

Su Wen looked at her as if he sensed Concubine Bai Luo's pleading, and his moving eyes, blinking, as if they could speak, were begging him and asking him for help.

Su Wen was startled, and before he could react, he heard Li Xiuying say: "Director Zhang, when it comes to the choice of roles, I think no one knows better than the original author, who is the heroine in his mind, he should also have the right to speak." To tell you the truth, at first, Su Wen was not very satisfied with Concubine Bai Luo's interpretation of this Juliet on the stage, saying that she was not suitable and did not have the taste of Juliet. But later, Concubine Bai Luo used her own efforts to make Su Wen feel that she was Juliet, and she was the most suitable to play this role. Now it turns out that Concubine Bai Luo's performance is really good, you go outside to inquire, in our Dongguang Province, when it comes to Concubine Bai Luo, everyone thinks of Juliet, and when it comes to Juliet, everyone is talking about Concubine Bai Luo! ”

"It's because she was so successful on stage that I couldn't use her!" Zhang Fangge also openly and honestly stated his reasons.

"Why?" Li Xiuying was puzzled, "Her acting is so successful, which shows that she has a very proper grasp and grasp of Juliet." The most familiar actor plays the most familiar role, doesn't it also make it easier for Director Zhang to shoot? ”

Zhang Fangge smiled bitterly: "Mr. Li, do you think the stage is the same as the interpretation of the movie?" Not to mention anything else, in order to highlight the effect on the stage, many of the actors' actions and language are very exaggerated, and the amplitude is very large, which is the so-called stage flavor! As for movies, many times they are convergent, not in a straight line, but in a brewing explosion. Also, the movie is very demanding in all kinds of positions, do you think a person who has never made a movie before can play the role well as soon as he comes up? When the time comes, in order to train her, don't say anything about how easy it is to shoot, I'm annoyed to death! ”

"But ......"

"Mr. Li!" Zhang Fangge interrupted what Li Xiuying wanted to say and looked at her deeply, "You are in the cultural industry, I don't believe you will not understand the difference between film and stage." You're just deluding yourself! ”

Li Xiuying was silent.

Bai Luofei Huo stood up and said to Zhang Fangge: "Director Zhang, whether it is suitable or not, don't you know if you try it!" I'm coming back today, don't I just want you to see if I can play Juliet! ”

Su Wen was amazed in his heart when he heard this, he really deserved to be Sister Bai, she was resolute!

Even if she is eager to get this role and respects Zhang Fangge, she will not keep her voice down, she just wants to succeed with her own ability.

Zhang Fangge's eyes turned to Concubine Bai Luo, looked at it carefully, nodded slightly and said, "With your appearance, you do have the capital to be a heroine." I remember Juliet was set to be sixteen years old, I needed a youthful beauty, how old are you? ”

"Twenty-one!" Concubine Bai Luo said in a loud voice, and couldn't help but glance at Su Wen next to her, saying that he also talked about age that day, saying that she couldn't play Juliet's innocence, she was too mature.

Could it be that Zhang Fangge is also saying the same thing?

I only heard Zhang Fangge say noncommittally: "Twenty-one...... It's not big, and makeup can solve the problem of age. It's this temperament and style...... Then it depends on the acting! ”

Concubine Bai Luo's eyes lit up, and she nodded again and again, feeling that Zhang Fangge was much more professional than Su Wen, a layman, and at least she knew that makeup could deceive people!

"Has Director Zhang seen my performance on stage?" Concubine Bai Luo asked directly.

Zhang Fangge shook his head: "I haven't had the pleasure of seeing it yet." ”

"That'...... I'm going to take a look at a classic Juliet scene. Concubine Bai Luo said carefully.

Zhang Fangge nodded in agreement.

Concubine Bai Luo looked at Su Wen and wondered if she wanted him to be Romeo temporarily and play with her, but after thinking about it, this guy was unprofessional, and it was estimated that he was not reliable, and if he didn't do it, it would affect her performance, but it would not be beautiful.

After thinking about it, Concubine Bai Luo came to the open space of the office, dragged a chair, put it on the ground, and began to act as Romeo.

She burst into an uproar, and cried as she spoke, and tears flowed profusely, and her face was full of grief, and she knelt on the ground, holding on to the chair she was lying down on, and cried out, "What is this? A cup clinging tightly to the hand of my faithful lover? I know, it must have been poison that killed him. Alas, the enemy! Won't you drink it all together and leave me a drop? I'm going to kiss you on the lips, and maybe there's some venom left on it, so I can take it as a stimulant and die. Your lips are still warm! Ah, good knives! This is your sheath; You plugged in and let me die. ”

As she spoke, Concubine Bai Luo thrust a dagger into her heart with both hands, and then slowly fell down on the chair.

This is a scene where Juliet commits suicide.

Concubine Bai Luo acted very vividly, but Zhang Fangge shook her head and said loudly: "No! Your performance, let alone passing, I'll give you 30 points! (To be continued......)