Chapter 414: Why Fired Her
Tong Lu answered a few questions one after another, and when the press conference was about to end, she suddenly picked up the microphone and said in a clear voice, "I plan to take a long vacation after filming this movie, the time is undecided, maybe this is my last work to say goodbye to the film industry." β
Tong Lu herself is not sure, if she comes back from a long vacation of a few years and finds that she still loves this industry, maybe she will continue to write scripts, and if she finds that she is not suitable for this industry, she may quit.
Her words surprised Andre a little, and Andre had never received news that she was going to quit the film industry before. But with so many people present, Andriy didn't immediately ask the reason, but waited quietly, and when the press conference was over, he planned to talk to Tong Lu in private.
He thinks that it is really rare for Tong Lu to be such a talented female screenwriter, and if she quits like this, it will be a huge loss.
The fans present were a little sorry and persuaded one after another, "Director Tong, don't quit, we are willing to wait for how long you want to take a vacation, and we will definitely wait for you to come back." β
Tong Lu was a little moved, and nodded at them with a smile, "Thank you for your heart." β
In the regret of fans, the press conference ended quickly, and Tong Lu came to the backstage to rest, at which time Andre was already waiting for her.
"Tong Lu, why did you make such a decision? Don't you think it's a pity? Andrei asked, puzzled.
Tong Lu shook her head, "To be honest, my mind has been blank lately, and I have no inspiration at all, and when I was writing this script, I encountered bottlenecks many times and needed help from outsiders to complete it." β
For this reason, she was not allowed to go to Chen Baixi, Yi Feng and others to help her.
Maybe she paid too much attention to this movie, so she also put a lot of energy, which caused her to be very stressed, and she often had insomnia in her dreams, so she planned to take a long vacation after filming this movie.
"There's no inspiration to take a break, and I've been in this situation before. When you say this to the audience today, in addition to really wanting to rest, do you also want to use it to attract the audience's attention and make them cherish this movie more? AndrΓ© thought to himself that this would be a good way to spread the word.
Tong Lu shook her head again, when she said that sentence, she didn't think about it so much, and of course she didn't use it as a means of propaganda.
"Whether or not this is your intention, we have achieved the effect so far." Andrei praised, "The box office this time will definitely not be low." β
Tong Lu was a little speechless, it seemed that she wouldn't believe what she said, but she didn't bother to explain too much. She stood up from her position, "I have to go back to the crew, Li Lan has just joined the group, and he is not familiar with the script yet." β
Speaking of Li Lan, Andre naturally thought of the woman who worked hard and seriously for the drama performance, "I think this Li Lan is much better than that Bai Meng, although Bai Meng's acting skills are better than her, but she is not dedicated." β
Tong Lu smiled secretly, this Andre can't praise anyone, if Li Lan hears this, he will definitely think that Andre dislikes her.
After Tong Lu left, Andre deliberately released mysterious news on the Internet, revealing that Tong Lu's script took a year to prepare, he is worthy of being an old director for many years, and he is very experienced in publicity.
When Tong Lu saw the news, she was already in the crew, she rolled her eyes silently, in fact, she had less than a year to prepare the script, and Andre used any trick in order to promote the movie.
Tong Lu is very strict with the actors, more strict than in previous filming, maybe the protagonist of this film is based on her, so in this regard, she hopes to be as perfect as possible.
There are several actors in the crew who can't stand it, a scene with only one shot, but it has to be filmed more than a dozen times, but it hasn't been done yet.
At halftime, they were a little angry and gave advice to Tong Lu.
"Director Tong, don't you think your requirements are too strict?" It was Su Yu, a popular traffic student, who spoke.
She was introduced by an investor, because she only participated in a supporting role with only one minute of footage, so Tong Lu didn't care, so she just bought a favor from the investor.
"Really?" Tong Lu put down the water cup in her hand and worked under the scorching sun, she was sweating.
"I didn't have such a strict crew before, such a shot of less than a minute, passed casually, why did you become so picky?" Su Yu's face was very bad, her face was red from the sun, she was originally a flower raised in a greenhouse, her skin was white and delicate, she couldn't stand a little suffering, and now she had been exposed to the sun for so long, she was so angry that she was about to explode, if it weren't for Tong Lu being the director, she would definitely scold people on the spot.
In order to pursue the effect and make the picture more realistic, Tong Lu uses real-life shooting. Su Yu used to shoot in indoor greenhouses, and the background was all added in post.
"Your acting skills are not up to standard, and I asked you to reshoot, so you have an opinion?" Tong Lu's tone was slightly cold, and after being exposed to the sun all afternoon, no one would be in a good mood.
Tong Lu even regretted it a little, knowing that she shouldn't have softened her heart and used these stars who couldn't stand it.
"Why am my acting skills not up to par? It's clear that you are deliberately picky, picking the bones in the egg! Su Yu couldn't bear it anymore, "If my skin gets sunburned, it will ruin my acting career in the future, can you afford it!" β
Li Lan heard the quarrel from afar, she frowned and walked over, as one of the leading actors, Li Lan saw this scene, she only felt ridiculous, her drama was much more than Su Yu, and she had more scenes exposed to the sun, she didn't even complain, where did this little star dare to scold?
"You think it's just you who are suffering, our entire crew is drying, and everyone is suffering." Li Lan's voice came lukewarmly, "But we won't have any complaints, because we are dedicated and different from some people." β
"What do you mean? Are you humiliating me for not being dedicated? Su Yu glared at Li Lan angrily, in her eyes, Li Lan was a vase, and her acting skills were not half as good as hers, so why should she be picky.
"I didn't name names, you rushed over and confessed what you did." Li Lan scoffed.
"The king is always my uncle, and if you do this to me, I will let my uncle come and speak to you." Su Yu gritted her teeth and turned her head to leave, as if she had gone to call Mr. Wang from afar.
Li Lan looked at the back, and his eyes were even more disdainful, "Uncle? I remember that Mr. Wang's surname is Wang, isn't her surname Su? β
Tong Lu secretly gave her a look, Li Lan suddenly understood, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, what uncle, this is a casual relative, who knows what the relationship is behind it.
Not long after, Mr. Wang's call reached Tong Lu's mobile phone.
"Director Tong, how did I hear that my niece was wronged by you? With this big sun, how can the actor be exposed to the sun, it's not good if he suffers from heat stroke. Mr. Wang's tone is gentle, although he is an investor, there are many investors in Tong Lu's movie, no more than him, and no less than him.
Tong Lu's tone was calm, but her sentences hit the nail on the head, "The sun is the strongest at noon, we won't choose to shoot at the most intense time, the temperature is twenty-three degrees today, the weather is sunny, and there will be no heat stroke." If your niece really can't stand it, I can choose to change people and won't let her continue to shoot such a hard scene. β
"Do you have any other lighter roles?"
"Sorry, we already have people for each of our roles, and there are a lot of actors waiting in line behind us to be replaced."
Hearing this, Mr. Wang's face was not very good, doesn't this mean that Su Yu can be replaced casually?
"Look, why don't we shoot indoors, and I'll pay for the post-production." Mr. Wang continued to persuade.
Tong Lu refused, "Mr. Wang, I don't think Su Yu is suitable for this kind of shooting conditions, so please go back." β
After the call, Su Yu was quickly told that she had been fired. She was shocked, just now Mr. Wang swore that he would change her to a role with a relaxed and high appearance rate, but now she was directly notified that she was replaced!
She ran over to Tong Lu angrily, "Why do you want to change me?" My uncle is an investor, if you don't give me a satisfactory answer, I will let my uncle withdraw his investment! β
Tong Lu was not afraid of her withdrawal, but she smiled and said, "If you are really that capable, then you can go ahead." β
Her drama is well promoted, and many fans on the Internet have expressed their desire to watch it, and these actors understand in their hearts that even if it is just a role, as long as they act well and can be noticed by the audience, then they will be popular.
And those investors also took a fancy to this, and invested money one after another, waiting for the time to make a big profit, who would be so stupid to withdraw because of a woman.
Su Yu's face turned green and left the crew angrily.
Tong Lu waited for a few hours, but she didn't wait for the news of Mr. Wang's withdrawal, she thought that Mr. Wang was very courageous, and it seemed that this Su Yu was not so important in Mr. Wang's eyes.
On the Internet, Tong Lu returned home and found Gu Chuan in the study, as if rummaging through something. Tong Lu asked suspiciously, "What are you looking for?" β
"Your script."
"My script? Haven't you seen it? β
Gu Chuan coughed lightly, his cold face was a little unnatural, "I only looked at the front part before. β
The front part is more abusive, and he is written a little badly, but the role of Xiao Boming is well written, he is a little angry when he sees it, and he doesn't read it directly. Now that the news about the script is hot on the Internet, he is suddenly interested in it and plans to read the rest of the story.
Tong Lu never let Gu Chuan enter the study when he was creating, and Gu Chuan was usually busy with things, so he didn't pay attention to it. Now that I think about it, the story is based on him, but he hasn't read the script, and he feels that he has the right to read it again.