Chapter 2 Turning Stones into Gold
"What's the solution?"
Xiao Muyu's eyes widened suddenly.
She never doubted Qin Yan's words.
After knowing each other for many years, she knows very well that Qin Yan is not the kind of person who has no purpose, and now that Qin Yan said that there is a way, there must be a way.
Xiao Muyu doesn't want the movie "Parrot Mound" to become a hit, she just hopes that the final box office will be decent and will not slow her down in the film industry.
Seeing Xiao Muyu's expectant expression on his face, Qin Yan smiled confidently, his face full of force.
"Although the original script of "Parrot Tomb" is okay, the story is too ordinary, to put it bluntly, it is the tragic story of an infatuated woman in ancient times who was born in marriage, but failed to stay together, such stories are too many in the 5,000-year history of the Xia Kingdom, so it is too difficult and too difficult to attract audiences. Therefore, if you want the box office of the movie to pass, you must have your own selling point, for example, we set up a character for the heroine of the story! Qin Yan said.
"Liren?" Xiao Muyu looked puzzled.
"Yes!"
Qin Yan continued to explain: "Just like many celebrities like to set up personalities now, personality is equivalent to a mask for celebrities, which is very important for their career development, and it is easier for them to stand out among many stars and have their own special personality. And "Parrot Tomb" wants to highlight so many tragic love stories in ancient and modern China and abroad, and it also needs to set up a character for the heroine! ”
Xiao Muyu nodded, as if he understood a little.
Just like the character set up by the company for her is "silly and sweet girl next door", she didn't understand what it meant at once, but in recent years, most of the female artists in the company and her contemporaries have been obscure, and when she is soaring all the way, she has tasted the benefits brought by the word "personality".
But to understand and understand, it is very simple to set up a character for a star, after all, a star is a living person, and he can play the "character" well, but the protagonist of the story of "Parrot Tomb" is an ancient man thousands of years ago, is this character still standing?
Thinking of this, Xiao Muyu hesitated, but still asked truthfully: "Qin Yan, your idea is not bad, but you can set up a person for the ancients, how does this sound a little unreliable." A non-existent ancient, no matter how good your character is, but the audience has not seen it with their own eyes, this character can't attract everyone's attention at all. ”
"Oh, others may not be able to, but I can. You watch. ”
Qin Yan said and took the pen and paper on the table and wrote quickly.
After a while, an A4 piece of paper full of words was handed to Xiao Muyu.
After the latter took it, he looked at it carefully, and then the expression on his face was first surprised, then turned to horror.
On the piece of paper in her hand were six ancient poems with the theme of lovesickness.
"Cherish the heavenly grandson and cut the purple glow, and the agarwood is ashamed to recognize the old prosperity. Su Lan holds Lingjun alone, without spring breeze children's flowers. ”
"Put the wine on the river beam and send it to Jun Baling Road. Go and never return, the ancient road gives birth to autumn grass. …… He was dressed in clothes, and his face was withered. I don't see the person in the mirror, and I am worried about the old in the mirror. ”
"The mountains are high, and the moonrise is small. The moon is small, what a bright one! I'm thinking about it from afar......"
“……”
The six poems, all of which are of extremely high quality, are not as good as those masterpieces that have been praised through the ages, but they are already considered to be high-quality.
And these six poems, Qin Yan actually wrote them in less than 5 minutes, this is also too demonic?
In the past, she knew that Qin Yan was smart and studious, and she was a top student, but no matter how powerful a scholar was, she couldn't do it to this extent!
"You, you, you ......"
Xiao Muyu pointed at Qin Yan, not knowing what to say for a while.
"I'm amazing, am I? Now I understand, I set the heroine of "Parrot Mound" as a 'talented woman in ancient times'! Qin Yan explained: "An ancient talented woman, born for love and died for love, but she sent her love story to poetry and passed down through the ages. And now, if the movie "Parrot Tomb" uses these poems for promotion, what do you think will happen at the box office? ”
What will happen?
You don't need to ask!
Naturally, it is not a problem to multiply a few times!
In the Xia Kingdom, which has a cultural heritage of 5,000 years, poetry has indelible traces in the long river of history.
Even now, poetry has a large proportion of Xia culture.
At this moment, Xiao Muyu was excited.
With these poems, the quality of the script of "Parrot Tomb" has not improved a little.
"Qin Yan, thank you so much, I'll go to the director in a while, with these six poems, I am full of confidence in my movie debut!" Xiao Muyu said excitedly
"Hehe, then how do you thank me?" Qin Yan asked rhetorically.
Xiao Muyu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Ah, that...... Shall I invite you to dinner? ”
Eat?
Qin Yan was a little disappointed in his heart, and secretly said Am I the one who lacks your meal.
Besides, I've asked you to dinner several times lately, and every time you say yes, but every time you release my pigeons.
Forget it, life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten, and everything cannot be forced.
According to Xiao Muyu's current heavy workload, it is estimated that this meal will not be able to be eaten in a short time.
Qin Yan sighed in his heart and shook off some messy thoughts.
For Xiao Muyu, although she has the influence of the original owner, it is undeniable that Qin Yan herself also likes it a little, but this is not to the point where she has to be.
This kind of thing depends on fate.
"Okay, you invited me this time, you can't release my pigeons anymore." Qin Yan said.
Xiao Muyu blushed a little: "Oh, definitely not this time." ”
"That's good. By the way, I also have a song that goes well with the movie, do you want to watch it? Qin Yan said.
After finalizing the matter of eating, Qin Yan pulled the topic back again.
In order to make Xiao Muyu's movie debut more secure, Qin Yan didn't mind adding more material.
Although the quality of the script "Parrot Tomb" has improved after his refinement, the box office is at most a small fire, and there is still a lot of gap from the big fire.
Thinking of this, Qin Yan decided to help people to the end and send the Buddha to the west.
How can a good movie be without a wonderful theme song.
Xiao Muyu looked confused, she knew that Qin Yan had good literary skills and had a talent for screenwriting, but when would Qin Yan write songs?
"Can you write songs? How did I not know? ”
"Shibei three days, should be impressed, I will write it out for you to see."
Qin Yan picked up the pen and paper again, and after a while, a song was written, and at the top of the score, he also wrote a poem.
"Now, here you go, a song based on poetry, see if it's suitable."
Qin Yan handed over the score.
"Oh, okay."
Xiao Muyu took it and looked at it seriously.
Her music skills are average, and she can read the scores, but her ability to distinguish between good and bad songs is much worse, and she is not sure to judge the merits of the songs before the songs are recorded.
However, Qin Yan's poetic talent is really great.
The quality of the song is not to mention, the lyrics are really good.
"Last night, the rain was sparse and the wind was sudden, and the heavy sleep did not kill the wine.
I tried the curtain people, but the begonias were still the same.
Do you know, do you know? It should be green, fat, red and thin. ”