Chapter XXVIII
Xu Jinglei hesitated for a moment, and then said calmly: "Your movie is really good from the script to the investment, but I don't know what kind of effect it will be made if you direct it?" ”
"It turns out that the senior sister is worried about my directing level, how can I say it? I don't have any previous works, so even if I say a lot of directorial jargon here, it's only theoretical, and it doesn't have any reference value. So I'll talk about the advantages of making this movie by me, first of all, I am both the director and screenwriter of the film "Huo Yuanjia", I believe that no one will know the theme and concept of this movie better than me, and secondly, I have taught myself boxing before, hehe, the level is not bad in this regard, as a kung fu movie, the biggest selling point of "Huo Yuanjia", and the most critical place is naturally the fight scene, and now all the battle scenes in this movie are all in my mind, I promise it will be absolutely amazing when it comes. Finally, the role of Liu Yiran, in fact, I have considered Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin, Zhang Ziyi and others before, and none of them are worse than you in terms of fame, but the reason why I chose you is only because I think senior sister is more suitable for this role. And, senior sister, don't you just need such a role right now? All along, the role you have created has been the image of a pure and jade girl, and there has been no breakthrough, even in the movies you directed, but do you think you can continue to play like this now? What will the audience think of you, who are still playing the flower girl. If you can't achieve a breakthrough, then the gap between you and Zhou Xun, Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei and others will only get farther and farther, maybe in five or ten years, when people see you, they will sigh that Xu Jinglei was one of the four major flowers! Lin Yuquan said earnestly.
This is his true view of Xu Jinglei's current development, compared to the rapid progress of several other people, Xu Jinglei has indeed been going downhill in the past two years, it seems that she has become a director, and the scenery is infinite, but in fact, she has won some awards and a lot of media praise, and her acting career can almost be described as no achievements.
Xu Jinglei was even more surprised in her heart, and she was a little surprised by Lin Yuquan's identity as a screenwriter, although many directors' scripts were written by themselves, but if it was a large-scale movie, almost all of them were written by professional screenwriters, Lin Yuquan's situation was still relatively rare, and Lin Yuquan's later words touched her even more. Although her personality is free and casual, she can only hope that she will seek greater development opportunities in this way when she sees that the other people who were originally on a par with her are getting better and better, and she has directed movies by herself in the past two years.
But his talent as a director can only be said to be very mediocre, far from achieving his expected goals, indeed, as Lin Yuquan said, he needs to make a breakthrough in order to have more room for development.
At present, the role of Liu Yiran in "Huo Yuanjia" may be a good opportunity, although Lin Yuquan on the opposite side is young and makes it difficult for her to believe his strength, but the talent of director Ning Hao next to her is really outstanding, look at the relationship between Ning Hao and Lin Yuquan's friends is far more than the boss, close to Zhu Zhechi, presumably Lin Yuquan's directing level is definitely not bad, and as a director, screenwriter, and martial arts instructor, when he directs "Huo Yuanjia", he invisibly has a great advantage over other directors, putting aside the concerns of age, He is truly an excellent person to direct this film.
Thinking about it like this, Xu Jinglei made a decision, she has never been a person who drags mud and water, and there is no hesitation at the moment.
"Well, seeing that you are so sincere, I decided to star in your movie, and I hope we have a good time working together."
"OK", Lin Yuquan smiled very brightly: "We will definitely cooperate very happily, I believe that the senior sister will never regret today's choice in the future, then let's talk about the specific salary and schedule!" If the senior sister has any requirements in terms of accommodation and food, please mention it. ”
"Okay." Xu Jinglei nodded, and then listened carefully to Lin Yuquan's words.
After getting Xu Jinglei, Lin Yuquan was in a good mood, and specially invited Xu Jinglei to dinner in order to contact the relationship, in fact, Xu Jinglei's personality is very easy to get along with, and after letting go of the guardedness against Lin Yuquan in her heart, the two also chatted quite happily.
After getting Xu Jinglei, the good news in other aspects is one after another, Zhen Zidan didn't have any trouble there, after offering a high salary of 5 million, the other party very readily agreed to play an important supporting role in the movie. Lewis, Muslim Abdulaev, and Isao Machii were also connected. After contacting the other party, Lin Yuquan did not hesitate and immediately sent the letter he had carefully prepared.
Since "Huo Yuanjia" is a kung fu movie, the actors selected by Lin Yuquan in other roles are basically action actors with kung fu foundations.
For example, Wu Jin, a kung fu actor who has won two national martial arts competitions and sparring championships, although he is not a well-known actor, he has repeatedly performed well in film and television dramas in recent years. In addition, people like Fu Zhaolong and Fan Shaohuang are also well-known action stars in the Chinese film industry, and they have participated in many famous kung fu movies before, which is impressive.
At the same time, other preparations are also being carried out in an orderly manner, and the efficiency of film companies specializing in costumes, props, equipment, and scene selection is different, and Lin Yuquan is getting closer and closer to his first shooting.
Time always flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is June, before filming, Lin Yuquan got together with everyone again, not only to see him off, but also to cheer up, this time except for Liu Yifei and Wang Luodan, who are filming, everyone else is there.
"I'm sorry, I didn't arrange a scene for you in "Huo Yuanjia" this time." Lin Yuquan said apologetically to Jiang Yan and the others, he himself is also very regretful, because there is no suitable main role, so he did not arrange roles for Jiang Yan and Wang Luodan this time, and he couldn't cooperate with his friends in the first movie.
"It's okay, who made you make this movie a big production, we don't have the strength to star in it!" Jiang Yan can see it, not to mention that this is a kung fu movie, the protagonists are all big men, and in terms of the heroine, she is really not enough to watch in front of Xu Jinglei.
"It doesn't matter if you don't play the leading role, in fact, it doesn't matter if you play the show, even if you play the corpse, I don't mind." Zhu Yawen said with a hippie smile, he didn't expect to play the leading role, look at the actors in "Huo Yuanjia", everyone else has real kung fu, and they are all famous, he can only be a minion thug in it at best.
Although Luo Jin has some martial arts skills, he is not famous in the end, it is difficult to compare with Wu Jing, Fu Zhaolong and others, and Lin Yuquan's movie will use almost real fists and feet to fight, in this regard, Luo Jin's strength is still slightly insufficient.
"It's still a trick and a dead corpse, I don't dare to arrange it if you want to play! If I arrange for you to play such a role, can't Mr. Jiang say that I will lower the level of the acting class of the Kyoto Film Academy? Lin Yuquan smiled, this is actually the unwritten rule of the Kyoto Film Academy, if it is not the protagonist or an important supporting role, during the study period, the tutor will not let go, since it is a student in the acting class, it must have the pride of the students in the acting class, like the role of the dragon is a group of performers who are mixed in various film and television bases, and as a student of the acting class, they must aim at the protagonist and important supporting roles from the beginning, otherwise how could Luo Jin and the previous Wang Luodan never be able to play.
Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin sighed, indeed as Lin Yuquan said, with Teacher Jiang's temper, not only will they not let them play tricks, but they will also clean them up ruthlessly, thinking about Teacher Jiang's torture methods, it is simply chilling.
Jiang Yan seemed to have thought of something, and a sly smile flashed on her face.
"Xiao Yang, you are Yuquan's assistant director this time, don't drag him back!"
Xiao Yangbian, who was gobbling up the food on the table, flattened his mouth: "Yanzi, you underestimate me too much, although I haven't made a movie, but what is the level of my advertising, you still don't know, of course it's not a problem to be an assistant to the director." ”
"The assistant director is fine, but what about the assistant director?" Jiang Yan asked with a smile on her face, since Lin Yuquan did not invite an assistant director, although Xiao Yang is only an assistant director in name, he will actually work as an assistant director during the filming of "Huo Yuanjia".
Xiao Yang hesitated, and finally didn't take care of it as much as just now: "It is estimated that it is difficult, Yuquan, or you should hire a special assistant director, you are the leading actor, and you have a lot of scenes in the play, and when you perform, you definitely need an assistant director to grasp the shooting." ”
"No, you can do it then." Lin Yuquan shook his head, he originally wanted to find Ning Hao to help, with his actual directing experience, it will undoubtedly make the filming much easier, and Ning Hao accompanied him almost throughout the preliminary preparations, he knew his creative ideas very well, there was no need to communicate at all, and he could get started as soon as he came, but Ning Hao had been busy preparing for "Green Meadow" a long time ago, and he had been delayed for a while, Lin Yuquan couldn't continue to bother him, so he simply asked Xiao Yang to do this work, at most he would pay attention to the situation on the field when filming.
"Don't, it's not good if I mess up, Brother Hao, when will your "Green Meadow" start filming, and you really can't find time?" Xiao Yang turned sideways to Ning Hao and said, after all, this is the first time to participate in the filming of a movie, and he does not have the confidence of Lin Yuquan.
"Brother Hao is about to be filmed in "Green Meadow", don't delay his work." Lin Yuquan immediately stopped.
"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry like you need to." Ning Hao smiled, although his movie is almost ready, but unlike Lin Yuquan's movie, which needs to be released in time for the Chinese New Year and strive for a better box office, "Green Meadow", as a low-cost literary film, has no impact on two or three months sooner or later, Lin Yuquan didn't say it before, and he didn't take the initiative to mention it, but now that Xiao Yang said it, he said happily: "Why don't I come and join in the fun, when your movie is finished, I will shoot "Green Meadow" again, and by the way, learn your unique director's skills." ”
"Hehe, this time, our three directors are on the battlefield, it seems that it will be difficult for our movies to be made well." Lin Yuquan didn't say anything to thank him, he just needed to keep it in his heart.
"Wrong, it's the five directors who are right, in addition to the three of us, Zhen Zidan and Xu Jinglei are also directors." Xiao Yang said with a hippie smile.
"Don't say it's true."