Chapter 91: Two Scripts
In a seemingly inconspicuous café in Nishinari District, Kyoto, Liu Meng, who is rarely dressed in formal clothes, sits by the window of the café, although there is steaming and fragrant coffee in front of him, but it can be clearly seen that his mind is not on it, as long as he hears the sound of pushing the door in, he will definitely look at it at the first time, and the rest of the time he is looking at a copy of "Director's Play" on the table in a daze.
Liu Meng himself doesn't know what kind of mood he is in now, excited, anxious, uneasy, and excited is very complicated, and he can't say what it feels like, but he should be happy after all!
That's right, it's joy.
Since he saw the TV series on the theme of recruiting special forces for Lin Yuquan released by Shuguang Film Company on the Internet, he buried himself in creating it at home, and it took two months to finally write the TV script of "The Last Bullet Left for Me", and then sent it to Shuguang Film Company, and then waited anxiously with anticipation and longing.
Although he has full confidence in his script, as time passes, his heart gradually sinks, and he can't help but start wondering, is it because there are too many good scripts delivered to Shuguang Film Company, and he brushes down his script? It's still that my script is not good at all, but I subjectively think it's good.
Liu Meng, who has no experience in script delivery, is really unsure, and being inaccurate will naturally make people feel irritable.
Just when he was almost hopeless, the staff of Shuguang Film Company called him last week to inform him, saying that Lin Yuquan asked him to meet today, although he did not explicitly say that his script was selected, but who is Lin Yuquan, the boss of Shuguang Film Company, is he such an idle person?
I remember how excited and excited he was, almost smashed the phone, bought a beer at night, and stood on the balcony with a red face and howled wolf.
And today, he put on a suit and leather shoes that made him feel very uncomfortable, and came to the café where he met early.
But at this time, the mood became complicated, and this is the previous scene.
The heat of the coffee gradually dissipated, and as time approached the time to meet, Liu Meng became more and more unbearable.
The glass door of the café was pushed open again, and he looked up almost subconsciously.
What appeared in front of him was a middle-aged man with glasses, an inch head, and a little thin, seeing that the person who came was not the person he expected, Liu Ran sighed without breath, and was about to withdraw his gaze, but his gaze suddenly shrank, and it happened that there was also a copy of "Director's Play" on the person's right hand.
As a professional directing course book, "Director's Play" is not as popular as ordinary novels, is there such a coincidence? You must know that in order to make it easier for Lin Yuquan to recognize them, the staff specially reminded them to bring this book as a token of their meeting.
Could it be that Lin Yuquan has something to deal with, the temporarily assigned staff of Shuguang Film Company, Liu Ran felt a sigh in his heart, and at this time, the eyes of the middle-aged man with glasses were also stunned after seeing the "Director's Play" on his desk, and walked towards him closely, such a move undoubtedly strengthened his thoughts.
He hurriedly got up, and when the middle-aged man with glasses came to him, he immediately said with a smile: "Hello, I'm Liu Meng." ”
"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Lan Xiaolong." The man with glasses politely stretched out his right hand and shook it with the other party.
Then the two sat down opposite each other.
Liu Meng put his hands on his laps, his waist was straight, and after exhaling secretly, he looked at each other's eyes calmly, quietly waiting for the man with glasses to speak.
A minute passed, two minutes passed, and five minutes passed, but the man in glasses never said a word, just looked at him without squinting, and the other party's sitting posture was also very upright, and his body revealed traces of army life that he was very familiar with.
Liu Meng was almost certain that the other party was from the army, but why didn't he speak?
Liu Meng was puzzled, Lan Xiaolong, who was sitting opposite him, was not like this in his heart, but the other party didn't speak, and he was embarrassed to take the initiative to ask the other party.
Time passed quietly in this silent and awkward atmosphere.
The door of the "pop" café was pushed open again, and this time Liu Meng didn't look at it.
Lin Yuquan slowly pushed open the door of this inconspicuous café, the main reason for meeting here was to avoid trouble, this time is different from the past, and now he has to pay more attention.
After returning to Kyoto, after a brief lunch, he rushed over, thinking that he had arrived early, but as soon as he entered the café, he found that the two targets he was going to meet were sitting face to face.
Lin Yuquan didn't suspect anything else, and walked straight to where the two of them were, until he came to the table, neither of them noticed him, and seeing the two of them staring at each other, Lin Yuquan's face couldn't help but smile.
"Mr. Liu Mong and Mr. Lan Xiaolong, right!"
The sudden voice broke the awkward atmosphere between the two, but when the two saw Lin Yuquan, their expressions immediately became very exciting.
"Yes, Director Lin, I'm Liu Meng."
"Director Lin, I'm Lan Xiaolong."
After reacting, the two hurriedly got up and said hurriedly.
"Don't shout so loudly, it's not good to be heard."
The two immediately closed their voices in understanding, and Lan Xiaolong gave up his seat and stood with Liu Meng.
"Sit and talk slowly!" Lin Yuquan smiled and sat down first.
Liu Ran and Lan Xiaolong also sat down immediately, and unlike Lin Yuquan's casualness, the two of them still maintained their previous sitting posture, but the object of their eyes was changed to him.
"Heh, when I came, I saw you sitting like this, didn't you talk together?" Lin Yuquan smiled dumbly.
Liu Meng and Lan Xiaolong were a little embarrassed, at this time, they still didn't understand each other's identities, and it was ridiculous that they had misunderstood each other before.
"It's not too late to meet now, it's quite fateful to say that both of you graduated from the Kyoto Theater Academy, one is a theater director major, and the other is a drama literature major." Lin Yuquan said this mainly to alleviate the awkward atmosphere between the two, in a strange situation, the common characteristics of each other are easy to get closer.
Sure enough, hearing Lin Yuquan say this, the two of them looked at each other in surprise, and they both smiled happily.
"You can talk more when you have time in the future, first of all, congratulations, your scripts have been selected." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.
Although they knew that this was the result, the feelings of listening to Lin Yuquan were obviously different, and the two of them were a little excited.
"Thank you!"
"Thank you!"
"Don't thank me, this is your own strength, if you really want to say thank you, it should be me to thank you, thank you two for writing the script so well, whether it is "Soldier Assault" or "The Last Bullet Left for Me", I like it very much, and I believe that there will be countless viewers who will like them as much as I do in the future, so, really, I am lucky to have met you, and I am lucky to have them filmed, and now the copyright of the script is still in your hands?" Lin Yuquan waved his hand and said from the bottom of his heart.
He does like these two scripts very much, not only personal preferences, "Soldier Assault" and "The Last Bullet Left for Me" are very appetizing to him, and the quality of these two scripts is really high, although he also likes "Happiness Like Flowers" and "The Age of True Love", but I have to admit that the quality of these two scripts is above them.
Especially "Soldier Assault", the story runs through the whole with "don't abandon, don't give up", and the growth experience of the soldier Xu Sanduo made him feel very deeply when he read the script, unlike ordinary soap operas, this drama has no love and love, but it is such a pure drama series, which will bring people deep spiritual baptism.
This makes Lin Yuquan feel that it is very meaningful to shoot it.
"Yes." Liu Meng said.
Lan Xiaolong next to him nodded.
"Well, if you don't have any disagreement with the previously announced price plan for soliciting scripts, I will arrange for the staff to draw up the contract later." Lin Yuquan asked with a smile.
"No, just sign the contract on that condition." Lan Xiaolong shook his head.
"I don't have it either, the conditions you gave Director Lin are already good for me, and they can't be more generous." Liu Meng also shook his head, he had only written novels on the Internet before, and this was the first time his novel had been adapted into a TV series, in the face of an astronomical figure of 1 million, could he ask for more?
Lin Yuquan showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Finally solved the script problem, I will ask the general manager of Shuguang Film Company to sign a contract with you, by the way, Mr. Liu, I think it will be more difficult for the audience to understand the title of the TV series with "The last bullet left for me", so it is better to change the name." ”
"Actually, I took this issue into account when I wrote the script, but I never thought of a suitable name, since Director Lin said it, there should be a suitable one!" Liu Ran glanced at Lin Yuquan in surprise.
"We are filming the story of special forces, so it is better to call it "I am a special forces"! It's simple, easy to remember, and the theme is clear at a glance, and maybe it can be made into a special forces series in the future. ”
Next, Lin Yuquan chatted with the two about the creative concept of the script, and then left, and as soon as he left the café, he immediately dialed Xu Jinglei's phone.
"Senior sister, where are you now, I'll come to you right away after I've dealt with the matter."