Chapter 16 Initiation
This young man was so surprising.
Zhang Yi looked at the radiant Lin Yuquan with emotion, he has cooperated with Cheng Xiaodong, a famous Hong Kong director and action director, twice, and now Lin Yuquan's extraordinary attainments in martial arts guidance give him the feeling that he is not inferior to Cheng Xiaodong, who is commanding Ruoding on the spot.
Thinking of Xie Fei's admiration for Lin Yuquan's progress over the past few years, Zhang Yi had an urgent impulse, but it was a pity that this young man did not have any shooting experience, even if he was more experienced, he would definitely not hesitate to let him be the assistant director of his new movie.
What a pity!
"Well taught! Lin Yuquan, I don't know if you would like to be my assistant director? For Lin Yuquan, a gem that has just bloomed, Zhang Yi is really excited, since there is a problem with being an assistant director, then it is better to retreat, so as soon as Lin Yuquan finished speaking, he couldn't wait to ask.
Lin Yuquan was stunned, he knew that Zhang Yimou's return to Kyoto Film Academy this time was more to pick an assistant director, but now he suddenly named him as an assistant director, which was indeed a bit unexpected.
"Director Zhang, can I take the liberty of asking, what exactly is your new movie? When will filming start and how long will it take? Lin Yuquan didn't agree immediately, but thought about it for a while and asked a few questions that he was very concerned about, which were also the key factors affecting his decision.
"Hehe, what's not to ask about this." Zhang Yi smiled and said non-stop: "The new movie I made this time is a literary film about an old Japanese man who went to China, the title is "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone", and now the script has been prepared, and it should be able to start filming at the end of this year, as for the filming time, it is initially estimated that four months will be enough." β
"That's it!" Lin Yuquan frowned unconsciously, the assistant director is different from the assistant director, under the command of the director, he handles the transactional work and the scheduling of some shooting sites for the director, and this kind of work experience is really of great help to him now.
What makes Lin Yuquan hesitate is that the movie can only be shot in at least half a year, during this time, it is estimated that the shooting experience he needs now has already accumulated enough, and it takes four months to be an assistant to the director, which is too much time for him to learn more and more terrifying.
For Lin Yuquan, who got the memory of a cultivator and aspired to become a great director, and made Huang Shengyi regret it, every minute of time was very precious.
Although he knew that this was a very rare opportunity to help him set foot in the entertainment industry more easily, when he thought of delaying it for four months or more after half a year, Lin Yuquan felt a little repulsed in his heart.
"I'm sorry, Director Zhang, I can't reply to you now, I still need time to think about it again." After weighing the pros and cons, Lin Yuquan always couldn't pay attention to it, if the filming started now, he might be able to agree without hesitation.
"Then you think about it, feel free to call me." Regarding Lin Yuquan's rhetoric, Zhang Yi was not disappointed, but looked at Lin Yuquan more and more and felt pleasing to the eye.
"Thank you, Director Zhang." Lin Yuquan is very grateful to Zhang Yi for his easy-going generosity.
"Hey, I said what else are you considering, this is Director Zhang personally invited you to be his assistant director, the opportunity is very rare, if it were me, I would definitely agree immediately, you actually said that you still have to think about it, it's really infuriating!" At the end of the creative exchange meeting, as soon as he walked out of the small theater, Xiao Yang complained angrily.
"But I do have some problems to consider!" Lin Yuquan shrugged his shoulders, if he was just an ordinary director student, he would naturally be ecstatic when he heard that Zhang Yimou asked him to be an assistant director, but since he got the memory of a cultivator, he was no longer ordinary.
"You're mad at me!" Xiao Yang gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and said to Ning Hao next to him: "Brother Hao, I can't do anything about him, you can talk about him." β
"You can't help it, what can I do?" Ning Hao smiled, then turned his head to look at Lin Yuquan and said, "Why didn't you agree?" It was a rare opportunity, and I was very much looking forward to it. β
"And now? If you are willing, I am sure Director Zhang will be very happy. Lin Yuquan did not answer directly, but said rhetorically.
"Of course not now." Ning Hao smiled dumbly, faintly understanding what Lin Yuquan meant.
"Damn, what are you two playing dumb riddles!" Xiao Yang was confused by the two.
"Nothing."
"Nothing, really."
Seeing that it was dinner time, the three of them walked towards the cafeteria, and after meeting Zhu Yawen, Jiang Yan, and Luo Jin, who came to eat, Lin Yuquan also introduced Ning Hao to the three of them.
Because they were all young people, they quickly became acquainted.
"Yuquan, did you really decline the invitation of director Zhang Yi?" Zhu Yawen asked in shock.
"No, I just said I had to think about it." Lin Yuquan's attention was on the plate in front of him.
"Isn't that just a tactful refusal? I really don't know what you think, you even refused Director Zhang's invitation, if you let the media know, you will be famous immediately. Jiang Yan was speechless.
"Yes, Yuquan, the assistant director of Director Zhang's new film, what a rare opportunity for us film school students, why didn't you agree?" Luo Jin couldn't help but say.
"Well, I didn't agree right away, mainly because I didn't want to waste time, after all, it was too cost-effective to delay for four months in order to be an assistant director, so I need to think carefully." Lin Yuquan said.
"Look, I'm right!" Xiao Yang said with a clear expression.
Jiang Yan, Zhu Yawen, and Luo Jin nodded desperately.
After dinner, after Lin Yuquan said goodbye to the five people, as usual, he first read books in the library for two hours, and then practiced boxing in the park close to his home for an hour before Shi Shiran returned home.
In the next two days, Lin Yuquan has been thinking about the assistant director, after half a year in the film school, he already has a new understanding of the current showbiz, just when he was about to make a decision, he got an unexpected news.
The news was that Wang Luodan accidentally leaked his mouth when he was chatting with him.
As soon as the news leaked, Wang Luodan knew that something was going to happen, don't look at her usual grinning appearance, but in fact, her mind is very delicate, because she knows the past of Lin Yuquan and Huang Shengyi, she has always avoided mentioning things about Huang Shengyi in front of Lin Yuquan.
But this news touched her too much, and she unconsciously felt it in front of Lin Yuquan.
In this way, Lin Yuquan's mood suddenly became very confused, because Huang Shengyi took a leave of absence, and Zhou Xingchi's new film "Kung Fu" will be officially launched at Shanghai Chedun Film and Television Base in the next few days.
"Yuquan, are you okay, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have told her about it in front of you." Wang Luodan hurried to Lin Yuquan's residence, and said both apologetically and anxiously, Huang Shengyi and Lin Yuquan broke up because of "Kung Fu", and now that "Kung Fu" is filming, Huang Shengyi is about to become a star, and it is inevitable that Lin Yuquan has no ideas in his heart.
"I'm fine." Lin Yuquan said seemingly calmly, but when he thought that Huang Shengyi was about to shine on the big screen, how could his heart calm down.
According to the news revealed by Zhou Xingchi at the press conference, "Kung Fu" will be released at the end of the year, and it was almost the time when Zhang Yimou's new movie "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" was launched.
Almost instantly, Lin Yuquan had already decided to reject Zhang Yimou, because he really couldn't bear to watch as an assistant director when the girl was shining.
"And said it's okay, your thoughts are all written on your face, it's been so long, why can't you let it go." Wang Luodan glared at Lin Yuquan with hatred, in fact, she didn't feel good in her own heart, seeing Huang Shengyi throw herself away step by step, this feeling was really uncomfortable, and she had to be sandwiched between the two, both of whom were her friends, which made her often in a dilemma, and favoring anyone seemed to cause harm to the other party, so she could only try to hide each other's news from both parties.
"Do you think this is something I can put down if I want to? How can it be so easy, when you fall in love in the future, you will know how I feel now, but I'm really fine, don't worry, it's just that my heart is touched. Lin Yuquan finally showed a smile on his face, because just now, he had already made a decision in his heart, since he was unwilling to sit by, he simply shot his own movie as a director, and then staged a head-to-head showdown with Huang Shengyi's "Kung Fu" in the Chinese New Year.
This is not a challenge to Zhou Xingchi, he has to defeat Zhou Xingchi or something, but he has to do something better and more successful than Huang Shengyi in "Kung Fu".
Although it was an idea that he had on a whim, it seemed very bold and even whimsical to others. But Lin Yuquan has infinite confidence in himself, and he believes that the movies he makes will be successful. This point, whether it is the level of the director who has improved like a flight in the past half a year, or the memories of cultivators stored in his head, have brought him enough confidence.
"Are you really okay?" Wang Luodan looked at Lin Yuquan suspiciously, not understanding how his love could recover so quickly, but according to her understanding of Lin Yuquan, the smile on Lin Yuquan's face at the moment really didn't look like a pretend.
"Am I looking like something's wrong? Isn't she going to be a star? It's not a big deal, I'm going to be a director too. Lin Yuquan said with a smile.
Wang Luodan frowned, a little bit unsure of the meaning of Lin Yuquan's words.
Feeling Wang Luodan's puzzled gaze, Lin Yuquan whispered but was full of undoubted conviction: "I'm ready to shoot my own movie." β
Wang Luodan was momentarily stunned on the spot.
"Remember to help me keep it secret, and don't rush to tell SΓΉ Xiao Yang and Yanzi first."
After sending Wang Luodan away, Lin Yuquan immediately began to think about the movie he wanted to make and could make at this stage.
There are actually a lot of hilarious comedies, thriller horror films, romantic romance films, and literary films full of artistic philosophy, but combined with his current situation, in fact, he has a very small range of choices.
First of all, he didn't have any previous shooting experience, and he couldn't make movies that were too difficult; Secondly, his life experience is very shallow, he has no memory of cultivators, and he really lacks the confidence to shoot comedy, romance, and science fiction films with modern themes, and even if he shoots them, he is not much different from those made by ordinary directors; Secondly, the current level of special effects in China is quite inferior, "Hero" already represents the highest level, but with the special effects in "Hero", the most shocking Xianxia scene in the memory of the cultivator in his mind cannot be replicated at all, even the special effects in the United States are extremely difficult, not to mention that if you really do special effects in the United States, it will cost a lot of money, and there are several domestic film companies with such strong strength.
In this way, Lin Yuquan found that there were almost no subjects left suitable for him to shoot, probably only ancient wars, chivalrous warriors, modern kung fu, etc.
As for the three, which one should you choose?
Lin Yuquan didn't make much effort, thinking about the movie he was preparing for the showdown, a sense of pride suddenly filled his heart, and the whole person was full of fighting spirit.
Didn't you star in Kung Fu? Okay, I'll show you what a real kung fu movie looks like.