What could be the problem?

Zhang Ziyang is too in need of a serious job related to his profession, and the monthly salary of 2,000 is much more than he expected.

His wife injured her waist some time ago and was unable to go out to work, and the burden of the whole family fell on him. Before he came to Chen Ping'an, in order to treat his wife and get medicine, the family had been without food for two days.

When Chen Ping'an learned of the miserable situation of his family, in the face of Zhang Ziyang's cautious request that Chen Ping'an could pay half a month's salary in advance, Chen Ping'an generously threw him 2,000 Hong Kong dollars and paid the entire month's salary in advance.

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Chen. I will definitely work hard in the future to repay Mr. Chen's great kindness. ”

Seeing Zhang Ziyang holding two thousand Hong Kong dollars with red eyes, sobbing excitedly while thanking him, Chen Ping'an finally understood what it meant to be a penny to defeat a hero.

Zhang Ziyang felt that it was not enough to express his gratitude to Chen Ping'an, and said: "Mr. Chen, from today on, my life is yours, even if I die, I will not frown!" ”

"What do I want your life to do? I just need you to do it with me. I promise that in less than two years, those who have laughed at you will be envious and jealous of you, and those who have helped you will deeply understand what it means to be a good person. ”

"Mr. Chen, rest assured, I will live up to your expectations and do my best to complete everything you have told me!"

Chen Ping'an handed Zhang Ziyang another 10,000 Hong Kong dollars and asked him to register a film company and rent office space. The place doesn't have to be big, but the company has to look like a company after all.

Zhang Ziyang took the money and left, and Shang Geyun kindly reminded: "Chen, you once again let me see your kindness, but aren't you afraid that he is a liar and runs away with the money?" ”

"I believe in my vision."

Chen Ping'an said it very well, but the main reason is that he is not afraid that Zhang Ziyang will run away with money - he really recognizes his four uncles in vain!

"Chen, I think it is necessary for me to remind you that we still have to film, but we have less than 10,000 Hong Kong dollars left in our hands now. Don't look at me like that, I won't lend you any more money, in case one day I'm going to return to the United States, that's my last possessions. ”

"Ah, I won't borrow any more money from you. As for filming, who said I had to spend my own money? ”

Not long after Zhang Ziyang left, the dwarf cow came—it was already rare for a person like him to get up before noon. Dwarf Niu invited Chen Ping'an and Shang Geyundun out to eat, and took advantage of Shang Geyundun's time to go back to the room to change clothes, Chen Ping'an gave Dwarf Niu a task to find out the details of Zhang Ziyang.

In the previous life, the road from scene to director was full of intrigue and deceit, and Chen Ping'an, who successfully fought his way out of the encirclement, developed a strong defensive mentality, otherwise he would not have denied the cheap old bean in Los Angeles, and he would not have been unwilling to be too involved with Xin'an Company after coming to Hong Kong.

After eating, Chen Ping'an continued to write the script, and the dwarf cow made a few phone calls to tell his younger brother to find out the details of Zhang Ziyang, and then got together with Shang Geyundun.

Shang Geyundun finally saw Chen Ping'an's hard work, in addition to eating and sleeping for three days, he was writing scripts, even if the dwarf cow invited them to drink wine and kill chickens at night, Chen Ping'an would not go. Every day in the middle of the night, when the drunken Shang Geyun came back with his arms around the young lady, Chen Ping'an was fighting at night, writing and painting and creating scripts, not caring at all that the Living Spring Palace was being staged in the next room.

This made Shang Geyunton admire Chen Ping'an even more, and firmly believed that he was right to choose to come to Hong Kong with Chen Ping'an. Just like what Chen Ping'an said to him - believe in peace and get eternal life.

Three days later, Chen Ping'an finally finished the script, dropped the pen and stretched out comfortably and walked out of the bedroom, but was surprised to find that the dwarf cow monk Geyundun was sitting in the living room, watching the video "Tangshan Brother" intimately, and from time to time comparing and discussing something.

When I asked, I found out that because he was busy writing scripts in the past few days, he didn't have time to deal with Shang Geyundun, and this guy was extremely bored and pulled the dwarf cow to fight. The status of the dwarf cow in Xin'an Company is completely played, and the kung fu is miscellaneous but very practical, although it can't beat Shang Geyundun, but it still benefits the latter a lot. After coming and going, the two had a feeling of knowing heroes and valuing heroes, and in the end, they found that the two had a common idol Brucelee, so they became friends who cherished each other.

This Nima is really ......

Chen Ping'an was completely speechless. He was worried that there was a gap between the two because of the airport incident, and he wanted to find an opportunity to resolve it for both parties, but he didn't know that he didn't need it at all.

In fact, he is very happy to see the two reconcile, in his script, both of them starred, and it is a partner play. Just imagine, one tall and mighty, the other short and stout; One is more than 1.8 meters, and the other is less than 1.6 meters; A Westerner, an Easterner, such a strong contrast, just one stop there can attract attention.

"Chen, is the script written?"

"Well, I've been exhausted these past few days."

"Chen, it's only been three days, will it be too rushed?" In Hollywood, the creation of movie scripts has never been about speed.

"You put your heart back in your stomach, I write the script quickly, it doesn't mean that the quality is poor."

The dwarf cow poured Chen Ping'an a glass of water and asked, "Mr. Chen, do you want me to arrange it tonight?" I know that there are a few newcomers who have come to the field, and the craftsmanship is good. ”

This kid is quite discerning, but the problem is that I don't have a lot of time right now! After thinking for a moment, Chen Ping'an said: "Let's get down to business first, and if we still have time at night, find a place to kill chickens." ”

The business in his mouth is to find Wang Jing. But within two hours, Ya called seven or eight times, and Ya didn't call back.

Nima, this kid shouldn't be able to run away, right?

Seeing that it was not early, Chen Ping'an told them about the scenes of Shang Geyundun and Dwarf Niu in the new play, so that the two of them could understand and ponder at home, and he went straight to TVB with the script.

For 100 Hong Kong dollars, it was easy to find out Wang Jing's home address. Wang Jing also lives in Broadcasting Road, not far from Longxiang Garden, Chen Ping'an casually bought a fruit basket and came to Wang Jing's house.

The door was opened by a woman in her thirties, giving people a gentle and virtuous feeling: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"You are a sister-in-law, I am a friend of Brother Xiang, come to find Brother Xiang."

……

Wang Jing slept very unsteadily in the past two days, and every day when he went out, he felt that someone was following him, and everyone looked like Chen Ping'an had sent him to spy on him. In the afternoon, Chen Ping'an called him seven or eight times, but he just didn't see it. has no money, no script, and no relationship, so I want to make a movie by being fierce, I want to set up a film company, and I want to sign actors...... He suspected that the water was very deep, and he didn't know how many twists and turns, so he didn't want to have too much contact with Chen Ping'an.

But when it was dark, his wife suddenly called him, and he called back to find out that there was a young man waiting for him at home. According to his wife's description, that young man is Chen Ping'an nine times out of ten!

Now he couldn't sit still any longer, said hello to his colleagues and hurried home. As soon as I entered the house, I saw Chen Ping'an sitting on the sofa in the living room peeling apples, and his five-year-old daughter Wang Tongyi was next to Chen Ping'an, looking at the apple that was about to be finished in Chen Ping'an's hand.

"You street boy, what's coming at me, don't mess with my family!"

"Wow!" What answered him was his daughter's cry, as well as his wife's counting: "What are you yelling about, look at the eldest sister scared!" ”

Chen Ping'an glanced at him, handed the peeled apple to Wang Tongyi, wiped the tears from her face, and coaxed with soft words: "The eldest sister doesn't cry, she will become ugly if she cries, does the eldest sister want to become an ugly girl?" ”

Wang Tongyi quickly stopped crying, tired of being by Chen Ping'an's side, holding the sound of apples and eating. Chen Ping'an touched her head, and then turned to Wang Jing: "I said Brother Xiang, as for making such a big fire, isn't it just that the script is two days late?" Isn't I sending the script to your home now? ”

"Wife, you take your eldest sister to her grandfather first, I have something to discuss with him."

"Okay, but don't discuss it too late, and don't go drinking again in the evening."

Wang Jing asked his wife to take his daughter to Lao Dou Wang Tianlin's house, and when his wife and daughter left, he closed the door and sat next to Chen Ping'an, begging: "Mr. Chen, I beg you not to harass my family, you can just find me directly if there is anything." ”

Chen Ping'an smiled coldly: "Can I find you?" Why don't you call me back in the afternoon? ”

"In the afternoon, the set was busy, and I didn't bring the pager with me."

Chen Ping'an didn't bother to listen to him make up excuses, and directly handed over the script: "This is the script I wrote, you can take a look." ”

"Huh?" Wang Jing never thought that Chen Ping'an would really get a script, especially since this script was written by Chen Ping'an, "Mr. Chen, you can still write a script?" ”

"I understand a little. After making a bet with you that night, I started writing the script the next day, and I just finished writing it this afternoon and wanted to ask you to come and see, who knew that you wouldn't even call me back. ”

Wang Jing didn't want to mention this topic again, for fear of annoying Chen Ping'an, so he laughed embarrassedly twice and opened the script. After only two glances, he exclaimed: "Storyboard script!" ”

If a literary script lays the foundation for filmmaking, then a storyboard script is an important part of turning a literary image into a screen image. The storyboard script includes: shot number, scene, scene, stunt, shot content, music, sound, etc., so that the director's basic intention, story and image can be vividly put on paper.

Many Hong Kong films in the 80s were unscripted, or had no scripts before filming began. Qualified directors can easily get investment as long as they have a story, a budget and a cast. Whether a film starts filming or not, and even a lot depends on the ability to bring in funds, and the script is really pushed to the back, and dispensability is very disadvantaged.

Wang Jing also understands storyboard scripts, but who would spend a lot of effort to create a script when making movies in Hong Kong these years, let alone a nuanced storyboard script. As an insider, Wang Jing even knows that when many films start filming, they often only have a simple story outline, adding flesh and blood during the filming process, and some films are half-filmed without a good ending.

Is he really a director? Wang Jing looked at Chen Ping'an in surprise.

"Look at what I'm doing, and then look down!"