The lights in the room were a little dim, and the two people in the living room were silent, only the sound of paper turning pages came from time to time, breaking the silence in the room.

After a long time, the slightly older man in the prime of life put down the script in his hand and looked up at the young man: "The script is very simple, a divorced father, after twelve years, appeared in front of the two brothers again, and took his two sons to an island to find something, and finally because of the estrangement between father and son, the younger brother killed his father by mistake. ”

The young man nodded and said, "Yes, it's very simple, a story that is told directly." ”

"But is there any other use for your plot? I went to the island to look for something, and I did find it in the end, but why didn't the script mention what I found? Also, why did he bring his two children to the island? ”

"Because it's not necessary." The young man shook his head, took a sip of the tea on the table, and explained, "This story tells the story of a very authoritarian father who reunites with his two sons, the eldest son is cowardly and obedient, and the younger son is rebellious and irritable. To a certain extent, he did everything he should do as a father. ”

"Doesn't there be any other meaning? Xiaobei? ”

"You will know when it is filmed, the film is still mainly about the father, not about the father's love, as for the moral behind it, it is the wisdom of the benevolent and the wise." After speaking, Gu Bei looked at Zhang Jiayi with burning eyes, "So, Brother Jiayi, do you like the script of "Return"?" ”

"Return" is a feature film adapted by Gu Bei from the 2003 Russian film, the whole script has changed a lot of details, and the background has also been changed by Gu Bei, it can be said that except for the synopsis of the story, all the details are rearranged by Gu Bei from beginning to end.

Zhang Jiayi didn't know that Gu Bei was going to invest in this movie, and asked: "It's okay, it feels very bland, but the character image is quite distinct, and it's good to have the opportunity to star." ”

"Then Brother Jiayi came over to play the role of my father for me, how about it?"

"Me?" Zhang Jiayi was very surprised, and then reacted and asked, "Aren't you now unable to come out to film again?" Could it be that this play is yours? ”

Hearing Zhang Jiayi say this, Gu Bei nodded with a smile and said, "I invested in it, and it was also a script written by myself, I want to try to be a director." ”

After speaking, Gu Bei looked at Zhang Jiayi with a little expectation, Gu Bei was able to enter this line of work is the way Zhang Jiayi leads, so when he takes this step, he hopes to get Zhang Jiayi's support......

Zhang Jiayi didn't think much about it, nodded directly and said: "If you want to make a movie, how can you miss me, when will you shoot it?" ”

Leaving Zhang Jiayi's residence, Gu Bei was a lot easier, and Zhang Jiayi finally agreed to star in Gu Bei's film directorial debut "Return", choosing to believe that Gu Bei, who did not have much directing experience.

He was not in a hurry to go home, walking in various neighborhoods of Beiping, Gu Bei dialed a number that would only be contacted once for a long time, and after less than a minute of blind tone, a familiar voice came out: "Xiaobei, how are you doing lately?" Why did you remember to call me? ”

"Brother Xiong, I'm okay here, I just graduated from the drama academy a short time ago." Gu Bei responded to Xiong Zhengyu with a smile and said, "What about you?" Brother Xiong, have you been busy lately? ”

"I'm not very busy, but my son is too scratchy, and I'm reluctant to fight." Xiong Zhengyu was also very happy to receive Gu Bei's call, and hugged his son, who had just turned 5 years old, on his lap, "Son, this is your Uncle Gu, your father's former very good buddy, and now he is a big star." ”

Hearing this, Gu Bei smiled bitterly: "What kind of big star am I now." ”

"Not now, it was before, and it will always be." In an unquestionable tone, Xiong Zhengyu seemed to have great confidence in Gu Bei, and continued to say to his son, "Come, call Uncle to your Uncle Gu Bei." ”

"Uncle~Uncle~"

The milky child's voice instantly melted Gu Bei's whole person, and the bright smile on his face was about to squeeze out the folds, and he was busy: "Eh! Uncle heard it, big nephew, your little mouth is so sweet. ”

After laughing for a while, Xiong Zhengyu asked, "Okay, it's almost time to say something, right?" You kid must have something to hold in your heart. ”

"Brother Xiong, my brother wants to ask you a favor and go back to your old job."

The other end of the phone was silent for a long time, as if thinking about the meaning of Gu Bei's words just now, and as if he was making a decision and weighing in his heart, a few minutes later, Xiong Zhengyu said slowly: "You want to make a movie?" ”

"Yes, Brother Xiong, I wrote a script and wanted to shoot it myself, called "The Return", are you willing to return to the days when you ran the crew before? Together with me, there are also Brother Yang and Fat Man, making the same movie together. ”

There was another silence, Gu Bei didn't say anything more, quietly waiting for an answer, whether this answer was what he wanted or not.

"Give me a little time, and I'll settle down at home."

didn't give Gu Bei a chance to speak, and didn't ask about the payment, Xiong Zhengyu hung up the phone directly, maybe he would arrange his family affairs immediately, and rushed over from Chongqing to help Gu Bei finish filming this "Return".

Immediately afterwards, Gu Bei called Qu Yang and Zhang Haixin once, several people may not be particularly talented, but their business ability has been infinitely close to full score, they have been in the crew for nearly ten years, and they are very familiar with everything about filming, and Gu Bei really has these old brothers in his heart, so he wants them to come over to help him.

During the time when he was running the crew to save money, Gu Bei was taken care of by these three old brothers, and during that time, they also left many memories together.

It's a pity that Xiong Zhengyu and the three of them don't continue to run the crew, Gu Bei doesn't know what will happen when the movie is made, but at least there is a chance for himself and Xiong Zhengyu, Qu Yang, and Zhang Haixin to "return".

Zhang Haixin and Qu Yang have already married and have their own lovers and children, and when they heard Gu Bei's sudden request, they both hesitated a little, but it was only a moment of hesitation, and they quickly agreed and began to pack their bags.

The three of them agreed very simply, believing that Gu Bei would not cheat themselves, and Gu Bei also believed that the three old brothers would become one of the biggest helpers in their initial stage.

All the shots of "Return" will revolve around the father and the two sons, and there are only three leading actors needed, Zhang Jiayi plays the father, and the two sons are played by Gu Bei The two children selected by Gu Bei in the Beiping Experimental Middle School, where he had studied for a year in high school, according to the character's personality, the two children who were found correspondingly looked very clean, and their eyebrows looked a little like Zhang Jiayi.

The small island that was filmed, Gu Bei inspected many places, and finally chose a lonely island in the coastal city of Shandong, usually no one is on the island, and not many people are willing to travel to the island, so the cost of venue rental is much less.

At the same time that Gu Bei Film Studio recruited a group of new employees, Gu Bei also contacted engineering companies and shipping companies to build the required scenes on the island and build a small external propeller boat that would be involved in the movie.

Gu Bei also bought a few cars, transportation equipment is on the one hand, mainly to facilitate the development of work, two faces, a light truck, and his own Passat.

"The Return" may fail, but Gu Bei plans to mainly make movies in the future, so he has invested such a large amount of money at one time, plus the equipment for shooting, computer equipment for post-production, film, props, etc., the movie has not officially started filming, and Gu Bei has already invested nearly two million.

The rest can only be decided when the finished film is made......