Just as Hao Yun was looking at the system task worriedly, in an apartment located outside the Fifth Ring Road in Shangjing, a middle-aged man was also sitting at his desk with a sad face, staring at a blank draft book and the "dead line" circled in the red line on the calendar.

It's been a week since he moved to a small dark house in the suburbs.

However, the outline of the script of the new movie still has no idea at all, and the getting closer and closer dead line almost forced him into a corner.

In fact, it stands to reason that as a director, Tian Ye doesn't need to worry about things like scripts.

After all, this thing is just like the screenwriters all over the street, how many or how many you want.

With his reputation in the industry, no one has any doubt that as long as he is willing to let go of his standards, a large number of screenwriters will be happy to send his scripts to him, even if he doesn't need money, as long as the movie can be signed by the chief screenwriter when the curtain is announced, so that his next script will sell a little better.

However, for those garbage delivered to the door, Tian Ye naturally dismisses it.

As a famous director with a strong style, his movies can only be the best of the best.

If there is no ready-made script that can enter his eyes, he will definitely not give in, preferring to write an outline by himself and then throw it to a familiar professional screenwriter to edit and change it until it has an internal taste, change it until he is satisfied, and change it until he nods.

It's just that the process is too painful.

Especially lately, he hasn't had the slightest inspiration, and he hasn't come up with an idea that will satisfy him.

But you can't just sit there.

Not to mention that his Pastoral Pictures still owes a loan from the bank, and the VAM agreement with the investor also forced him to speed up the progress.

If he wants to retain control of the company, he will have to come up with a blockbuster that grosses more than $50 million this year and convince investors who question his shooting style and commercial worth.

“…… I don't have any inspiration at all. ”

Holding his head in pain, Tian Ye stood up from his chair and took out his mobile phone to call his old friend.

"Come and drink with me."

I heard that there was alcohol, and the answer on the other end of the phone was very simple.

"Where is it?"

"My house in the suburbs."

About an hour later, the doorbell rang.

Pushing aside the chair and standing up, Tian Ye casually approved a coat and walked to the entrance and opened the door.

The door opened, and his old friend Lu Fusheng, a professor in the music department of Yan University, who mainly studied piano and guzheng, appeared at the door. The two met in the crew at the beginning, and they hit it off at first sight because of their relationship, and many of the interludes in the movies in Tian Ye were also arranged by him.

"I was in class just now, and the traffic jam on the way over was delayed for a while, I hope I didn't come late," put on slippers and walked into the living room, Lu Fusheng said with a smile, "What's the matter, why did you suddenly remember to ask me for a drink?" Is your new script eyebrow-raising? ”

"Don't mention it, it's not done," said the field, which took out two bottles of vintage wine from the wine cabinet, and walked to the field where he sat down at the coffee table, shaking his head, "I am upset at the mention of this." ”

Lu Fusheng glanced at him.

"And you still have time to drink?"

"It's not that there is no inspiration at all, and I use wine to drown my sorrows." I filled myself with a cup, took a sip of the stuffy field, and grinned at the spicy burst, but I still forced myself to swallow it.

couldn't bear to see his old friend in such pain, Lu Fusheng sighed, took a sip, put down the cup and said.

"Can you tell us about the subject?"

Tian Ye thought for a moment and said with half-squinted eyes.

"The background is ancient, troubled times, and then the theme...... A love that envies others! ”

"Yes, you just tell me that the costume romance film is over, and you have to add envy to others," Lao Lu sneered, took a sip of wine, and continued to ask, "And then?" ”

"It's gone."

"Huh?" Lu Fusheng narrowed his eyes and looked at his old friend in disbelief, "You have been in retreat for a week, and you have tinkered with these words?" ”

Tian Ye explained with a wry smile.

"You're also a creative person, so you know what it feels like to run out of inspiration. And I didn't just tinker with these words, I used a few big paper baskets just for scratch paper......"

Staring at his old friend for a long time, Lu Fusheng seemed to understand something, and finally sighed softly.

"I probably see what you mean...... You want to make a movie that can surpass "Knight", right? ”

Lao Tian nodded silently.

"Hmm...... If I can't shoot it, they're going to force me to shoot Chivalry 2. ”

"Chivalry" is Lao Tian's pinnacle work, the first martial arts movie in the history of Xia Guo film that interprets the words "chivalry" and "Jianghu" to the fullest, and it is also the first epic masterpiece in the history of Xia Guo film that combines romanticism and personal heroism with word-of-mouth and box office.

Before that, Xia Guo's martial arts movies were either overly heroic and not popular, or they were overly romantic, and the atmosphere was exaggerated.

Many well-known film critics commented on "Chivalry", which is more like a volume of poems written about rivers and lakes than a movie.

Whether it is an audience holding popcorn or an old pedant wearing glasses, they can understand their own "chivalry" and "rivers and lakes", and are moved by the characters in the play and that magnificent era.

It can be said that "Chivalry" not only set a precedent in many fields, but also brought Xia Guo's martial arts movies to a new height.

The film brought great success to Tian Ye's career, but on the other hand, it also left a deep imprint on him.

When people mention his name, they think of the movie "Chivalry".

After that, although he also made several movies, none of them could surpass his debut work at the box office and word of mouth.

The debut is the pinnacle, which is obviously not what an ambitious director expects to see.

Later, Tian Ye always wanted to get rid of the imprint of "Knight" and tried to innovate on the basis of the original, but the audience and investors did not seem to buy it.

After the failure of the two long-prepared major projects, the confidence and tolerance of both investors and banks have dropped to the limit, especially at the recent partners' meeting, when the partners' representatives stood up and gave him an ultimatum.

Invest 30 million.

If you lose money again, then shoot "Chivalry 2"!

Although this seems to be the most secure choice, it is also the choice that Tian Ye is most unwilling to accept.

Although "Chivalry" is a brand that he can't get rid of, it is also a work created by his own hands, and it is like a child to him. And now someone wants to strangle it to death with his own hands and squeeze out the last trace of its value, of course he can't agree to it!

However, it is not so easy to fulfill the conditions proposed by investors.

According to the threefold law, if you want to lose 30 million at a cost, you have to have at least 90 million at the box office. Even if the box office ceiling has been refreshed every year in recent years, it is definitely not an easy thing to achieve this result.

What's more, the budget of 30 million is a very tight number for him......

"I don't have to think about big productions, I don't have that much budget to capture the audience through special effects. And I thought that if you want to surpass "Chivalry", you must find an entry point in the shortcomings of "Chivalry". ”

Lu Fusheng thought about it and said.

"Love?"

Tian Ye nodded with a heavy expression.

"That's right."

Although chivalry has achieved good results in many fields, it is only the missing piece in the love line.

On the one hand, it is because the rivers and lakes he depicts only have the pleasure of coming and going and the decisiveness of swords, poetry and wine, and there is not much love between children and daughters, on the other hand, the length of the film is limited, and he can only pick one or two key points to expand, and if there are too many, it will be bloated.

And if you want to break through yourself, you can only use this field that he has never set foot in as an entry point to depict a "chivalrous" as the rivers and lakes that have been depicted.

Even though, it's not an easy thing to do.

Looking at the old friend with distress written on his face, Lu Fusheng raised his wine glass and tasted it, smacked his lips and said.

"It's a pity that I'm a musician, and things like scripts can't help you much. However, if you're not in a good mood, I happened to hear a nice tune here recently, and I'm going to share it with you. ”

"Tunes?" Tian Ye poured himself another glass and said unconcernedly, "Piano music? ”

"Do you think I only study the piano?" Lu Fusheng smiled, waved his hand and said, "Unfortunately, what I plan to listen to you is really not a piano song, but a popular song that has been relatively popular recently...... Although it is indeed piano accompaniment. ”

"Hah, then I have to listen to it," Tian Ye said in a joking tone after clinking glasses with an old friend, "but when did you become interested in pop music?" ”

Lu Fusheng smiled and didn't explain, took out his mobile phone and clicked on the playback software, and then put the mobile phone on the coffee table.

The prelude sounded slowly, as if it were coming from afar.

Tian Ye frowned, and was about to listen, when the hoarse and delicate voice blew into his ears along with the sound of an ancient bell.

"The sound of prosperity escaped into the empty door and tormented the world,"

"The dream is cold, and there are a few love debts for a lifetime."

Before the first paragraph was finished, the touching melody and poetic lyrics grabbed him deadly.

Looking at the moving expression on his old friend's face, Lu Fusheng smiled and raised the cup and took a sip.

"It seems that you haven't been online for the past few days, so you dare not hear it."

"Don't make any noise," he raised his hand, and Tian Ye sat up straight, his brows tightened as he moved closer to the phone, and muttered in a low voice, "Wait until I'm done." ”

Seeing that his old friend was so engaged, Lu Fusheng smiled in his heart, and no longer spoke, quietly accompanying him to enjoy the sound of the rain through time and space.

The rain outside the temple had been raining for four minutes.

Although it is not long, in the heart of the field, it seems to have fallen for a century.

Until the last sentence "Jialan Temple listens to the sound of rain and looks forward to eternity", he didn't come back to his senses for a long time with dull eyes.

The song, the words, the song......

It was like a key that opened a door to a new world in his heart!

Looking at the shocked expression on his old friend's face, Lu Fusheng's face showed such a smile, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said slowly.

"This piece inspires me a lot."

"Over the years, I have been researching how to integrate elements of the national style into Western music, and the wonderful use of this piece in the partial tone of 'changing palace' is simply a textbook-level innovation."

"Before that, whether it was a pop song or a non-pop song, we usually tried to avoid the four and seven notes on the staff when composing piano music in the national style. But after listening to this piece, I suddenly had a new understanding of composition. ”

"Of course, in addition to the song, I also like the lyrics. The poetic feeling does not need too much pretentious rhetoric, and the description of feelings and artistic conception is just as good as the end of the xi. ”

"It's kind of like your movie."

Before he finished speaking, Tian Ye suddenly stood up from the sofa as if he had returned to his soul.

Looking at his old friend who suddenly got up, Lu Fusheng was slightly stunned.

"You...... What's wrong? ”

Tian Ye didn't answer, just quickly took out his mobile phone, quickly swiped the address book with his thumb trembling with excitement, and called his own "royal editor".

The call was answered quickly.

Tian Ye didn't say a word of greeting nonsense, and said in a commanding tone.

"You can put down your work now and come to me."

"Yes, the new script is already in sight, and I'm going to talk to you about the outline of the script!"