Chapter 225: Harvest (II)
Guan Chen has not tried to write his own script.
After a year of hard reading, Guan Chen thinks that he is a person who has read a lot of books, especially some children's classics and bestsellers of the year, in which he can memorize every plot backwards and knows what kind of stories are most attractive to illiterate and children. Coupled with Guan Chen's personal experience in his previous life, it is really simple to write about the loss of control and abuse of public power, as well as the darkness that breeds between the cracks of power.
As a result, it becomes a criminal confession, a whistleblower letter, a criminal guide, or a textbook for bribing officials.
Fortunately, Guan Chen is not a stupid person, he immediately bought the screenwriter's tool book to read it, and wrote it section by section.
But soon gave up. The protagonist Ah Guang is in Guan Chen's pen, nine of the ten endings can't help but go along with it, and the remaining one is played to death after refusal, and it can only be written full of ten pages at most. He really couldn't think of how to turn the tables in the face of systemic oppression with his own strength.
Guan Chen told Hawley, who lived with him at the time, that Guan Chen should throw away the reference books and not have to be superstitious about the reference book textbooks, because their effectiveness is only to allow people to avoid low-level mistakes. Exactly following them is more likely to be nothing more than a well-structured, old-fashioned mediocre work.
The source of the so-called good work is often an impulse, an impulse to express, an atmosphere, a feeling, its appearance has no purpose, it comes from the deepest part of the heart, it will lead you to think, to guide you to construct a story. And this lowest thing is precisely the soul of a work, and it is the key to making it different from other people's works. Once you have this soul, you will naturally know what kind of structure, medium and form of expression are best suited to carry the story.
Guan Chen always remembered his original intention of participating in the villain [Chen] of "Black Dragon 2", which stemmed from a kind of persistence, hoping to change his perspective and explore the reason for being abandoned in the first place.
Guan Chen tried to use the identity of [Chen] to face Ah Guang's questioning, and the first sentence that came out was: "You obviously have the ability to go, but you didn't go, and you have been staying here to do things, in fact, you want to be controlled." Obey orders, carry out orders, your life is simple and pure, happier than a dog, until you die, isn't this what you want, and why ask? ”
In the empty document, there was only this one sentence.
Guan Chen was stunned for a long time, and that night, he experienced the most powerless loneliness in the world - sitting in front of a blank document for six hours, unable to write a word.
reminds me of a sentence written by my predecessor in "The Road of the Actor": [Most of the creation of human beings is the defense mechanism in psychology, escaping reality is the most primary, and it is necessary to resist suffering and misery. Ultimately, it is to resist death. Almost all great creations are efforts to resist death and disappear completely. 】
Guan Chen didn't know which one he wanted to write. But no matter which one it is, he can't write it right now.
"There is no first draft of the script right now, but it should be available in a few days." Guan Chen swore an oath.
Because he gave the screenwriting task to Hawley.
Before returning to the magic capital, Guan Chen gave Holly a task of "practicing the pen", [If you are the screenwriter of "Black Dragon 3", ......]
Guan Chen still believes in Holly's talent.
"In the past few days in the capital, I actually made a short film." Guan Chen was proud. Although the "Gift" for Xiong Ruojin was only a few minutes, Guan Chen still regarded him as his own work. Because as long as an audience is touched, then Guan Chen feels that his efforts are not in vain.
"Short films?" Director Zhou was a little surprised, followed by curiosity, "Where can I see it?" ”
"You shouldn't be able to see anywhere." Guan Chen said, "It is made individually. ”
"......" Director Zhou thought to himself, then what do you say it is for.
Guan Chen said at this moment, the purpose was simply to show off his vision, and he accepted Holly's little brother early, he was really as wise as a torch and a hero.
Guan Chen turned around and dragged Hawley from the crowd.
"Don't look at his current work, and he can't sell the script when he writes it, but he will definitely be a very powerful director in the future." Guan Chen assured the camera.
"Ah......" Holly waved his hand back in a panic, not knowing where he had provoked Guan Chen again.
"I know you want me to turn pressure into motivation, but it's too much pressure." Hawley wanted to cry without tears.
"What are you. Stress will not be transformed into motivation, stress will only be transformed into medical records, and enthusiasm will be transformed into motivation. Guan Chen patted Holly on the shoulder, "Your enthusiasm for movies is not inferior to mine, so I am optimistic about you." ”
"It's an exaggeration......," Hawley touched his neck, his face still smiling helplessly and shyly, but his feet were firmly on his feet.
Guan Chen's judgment is also well-founded. As a creator, it's useless to have enthusiasm alone, you have to have professional ability. Holly is not short of both.
Although Hawley has not been able to find a decent job for several years, it is inevitable that people will doubt his own ability, literary and artistic young people like him who are attracted by the Chinese dream often find that xenophobia is everywhere when he arrives here, and as a foreign director, if he wants to gain a foothold here, he must either change his nationality, or "abandon the darkness and turn to the light" to show his determination to the motherland, otherwise there is no chance to direct at all. At the beginning, Guan Chen accepted Holly, because he took a fancy to the other party's bachelor's degree, and after getting along again and again, he felt that Holly had something to offer, and he was loyal. This cooperation in shooting short films, Guan Chen has more feelings.
Holly not only has a theory, but also has good kung fu, doing odd jobs in the crew, and has been exposed to every type of work, from writing and directing to shooting to post-production, he knows everything, he is simply a compound talent, and one person can be worth a simple crew. And as a middle-aged man, he has been trained by Party A to be very mature, extremely flexible, and has no excess self-esteem. When Guan Chen and Hawley cooperated, in the face of Guan Chen's unself-aware fingering and Guan Chen's immature artistic aesthetics, Hawley always tried his best to praise for a few minutes, and then cleverly proposed that if something was added, the effect should be better. The final result is that Guan Chen's body and mind are all controlled by Holly in the spring breeze and rain.
In the field of creation, in fact, there is no superstition about strong alliances.
I have already tried to do addition, and spent a lot of money to gather a bunch of top practitioners, each of whom has amazing resumes and won several awards, but everyone worked hard together, but in the end they made a beautiful garbage. And it's not an isolated case.
In Zhang Jingsheng's words, the vast majority of those who can rely on their skills in the film and television industry are capable of working, and even if there is a gap between them, it will not be too big. When a film is bad, sometimes the problem will only lie at the specific implementation level, outside of the picture and sound, and these things will not be well known to practitioners in the public, so as to become a lesson. The corresponding method can only be to do the project not to pick the ability or worse, but to pick the person who is comfortable with each other and can meet the eye.
Anyone with work experience knows that everyone is very stubborn at work, and it takes a lot of effort to promote every communication. If the mouth approves but the brain does not understand, people will be passive and slack off; If the brain and mouth do not approve, they will fall into a terrible war of mental attrition. On the one hand, people must insist on their own opinions, and on the other hand, they must push others and learn to compromise. That's the risk of team creation.
Guan Chen has worked with three film directors, and although he has played well, he always feels that he has not been able to enjoy himself, as if he has not fully played it.
And Holly gave Guan Chen a different feeling, and his intuition felt that when the day came when he really collaborated on a feature-length film, he could see another version of himself. Guan Chen was looking forward to it.
"Let's go, let's take you to recognize the other boss of our [Hsinchu]." Guan Chen tilted his neck into his shoulders and took Hawley to the restaurant.
Xie Jinzhu was already looking at the door of the restaurant.
Guan Chen had just taken a step over there, and Xie Jinzhu had already taken the initiative to take the remaining ninety-nine steps, and he opened his arms far away.
"Why don't you wear more, are you cold?" Xie Jinzhu pinched Guan Chen's arm, obviously his snot was so cold that he was about to hang out, but he still had the kung fu to worry about others.
Guan Chen pulled off his coat and showed the warm baby attached inside, indicating that it was not cold at all.
Guan Chen took off a warm baby and handed it to Xie Jinzhu, then pulled Holly behind him diagonally and introduced him to Xie Jinzhu.
"Good! We have added another general to Hsinchu! Xie Jinzhu didn't ask Holly about his education at all, and he warmly welcomed Holly's hand when he held Holly's hand, so that Holly, who was prepared in his stomach, didn't have time to say anything, so he could only say that he didn't dare to take it.
As a fledgling newcomer to the workplace, Hawley wanted to take advantage of today's opportunity to meet new colleagues, so he asked, "...... the generals in front of me?"
"It's all going to school."
“……”
"I joined the company today, and I am also one of us, come and come, there are red envelopes and red envelopes." Xie Jinzhu took the red envelope in his hand and made room to warm the baby.
Xie Jinzhu introduced the reporters around him to Guan Chen. The reporter was very excited after seeing Guan Chen, and seemed to have a lot of questions to ask, as if the interview with Xie Jinzhu was just a trick.
But Guan Chen was most afraid of being interviewed, so he hurriedly pretended to be hungry.
"Don't blow the wind outside, you guys go in for tea and snacks." Xie Jinzhu asked Guan Chen to hurry up and go in first.
When Guan Chen and Holly walked into the restaurant, Xie Jinzhu called Manager Qian, "His wife and children didn't come, so there is no need to leave the place." ”
Manager Qian nodded, took out the list and drawings, and silently wrote the new name above the positions on both sides of Holly. In addition, there is no need to leave the position of the expected criminal rookie brought back by Guan Chen. Manager Qian breathed a sigh of relief as he adjusted his seat. There's a whole extra table.
As the number one star of the studio and the boss behind the scenes, as soon as Guan Chen walked into the restaurant, he immediately received the attention of all parties.
"Brother Chen! Come on! ”
"Senior brother!"
"Brother Chen, come and sit here and sit here!"
"Ahh Teacher Guan~ Can you take a group photo? ”
The seats in the entire restaurant are divided into [Staff Table], [Artist Table], [Performance Class Table] and two tables [Xie Jinzhu's Circle Friends Table]. The handwriting is very large, which is unimaginable for Xie Jinzhu's studio last year.
All the guests today can bring their relatives to participate, so some people are seeing Guan Chen for the first time, and they react like ordinary people seeing stars, very happy and excited.
Guan Chen is also very host-oriented, waving his hand to the people who greeted him along the way, while walking around in a circle and chatting with the people at each table.
Then Guan Chen walked to the table of the acting class. For those who came out of the acting class, Guan Chen is their idol. Whether it's acting, or the way to become famous. After seeing Guan Chen, he was extremely excited, and one by one he called "senior brother and senior brother" very diligently.
But no matter how excited the young people are, they also have some restraint. When Guan Chen walked to the artist's table, the atmosphere suddenly became lively, even to the point of noise. Most of the artists and hosts who take over from the studio actually rarely see Guan Chen. When Manager Qian arranges commercial performances for them, in most cases, they don't need to call people to the studio, unless they are smashed, and they will be scolded when they are reprimanded.
At this time, when they saw Guan Chen and the camera following behind Guan Chen, they couldn't sit still excitedly.
They all talk about cross talk, sing two-person turns, and become emcees, relying on their mouths to speak, you and I say a word, and the words never fall to the ground. After a while, they had to perform on stage one by one, obviously just taking advantage of the excitement of the annual meeting, just performing casually, but one by one they showed their attitude towards the final assessment, and one by one they began to warm up their mouths with "Dudu Dudu-", "Eight Hundred Pacesetters Jumping on the North Slope" and "Red Phoenix and Green Phoenix", so that Guan Chen remembered to score them later and decide the winner.
After Guan Chen got rid of them and greeted the audience, the [Golden Bull Award] shortlist was still twenty minutes before it was revealed.
For various reasons, I couldn't update it before, so I'm sorry for everyone.
Two chapters will be posted today, and there will be more tomorrow.