As we enter May, the weather in the capital is getting warmer and warmer.

In the company's office, Luo Heng was receiving Ning Hao, who came to visit suddenly.

"Brother Hao, I thought you had gone to Cannes."

Luo Heng looked at Ning Hao, at this time he had already come out of the excitement of learning about going to Cannes at the beginning.

"The plane the day after tomorrow, there is an opportunity here, I think the phone may not be clear, it is better to run it in person."

Ning Hao doesn't talk nonsense, he really has something to do today.

"You say."

"Two days ago, a college classmate of mine came to me and talked to me about the film he was going to make, and I personally think it's a good book, so I'm going to let you take a look at it first."

The college classmates Ning Hao said were not referring to the Beijing Film and Television Academy, but the Beijing Normal University he studied a few years ago.

Luo Heng also understood what Ning Hao meant, and he subconsciously felt that it was estimated that Ning Hao was here to help his classmates attract investment.

If you are a classmate of Beijing Film, it is a matter of course, after all, it is from several major film schools.

But the film and television major of Beijing Normal University? A junior college......

Luo Heng felt that it was great to be able to produce a Ning Hao, could it be that a chicken nest could produce two golden phoenixes?

"Brother Hao, who is this classmate of yours? What have you done before? ”

"His name is Ying Liang. After graduating from Beijing Normal University, he went to study the directing department of the Meishi Film School of Yamashiro University. When he was in school, he started to make his own short films and documentaries, and to be honest, he was probably the best in our class during school. ”

Hearing this, Luo Heng was a little surprised: "Better than you?" Didn't your graduation work "Wednesday, Thursday" win the Best Director Award at the Beijing University Student Film Festival? ”

Ning Hao scratched his head and said with a smile.

"When I was in college, I was thinking about making music videos to make money, and I didn't usually shoot serious films at all, and I didn't expect my graduation work to win an award.

Ying Liang studied with the TV station when he went to school, and then shot his own short films and documentaries, and he was very thoughtful, which I still admire. ”

Luo Heng also probably understood, Ning Hao should belong to the kind of person who usually doesn't say anything, but his graduation work is a blockbuster, and Ying Liang is the top student in the class when he was in school.

Ning Hao went on to say:

"This is his first feature film debut, you have always said that you want to play the leading actor in the movie, I read this script, there is a lot of room to play, I think it is a good opportunity for both of you."

Luo Heng also became a little interested: "Brother Hao, what kind of film is it, did you bring the script?" ”

"I made a special copy of his manuscript, you can take a look at it first." After speaking, Ning Hao took out a copy of the manuscript.

Luo Heng took a copy of the manuscript nailed up, fortunately the handwriting was not sloppy, and the title was written at the beginning: "Looking for Father".

Luo Heng looked at the script intently, Ning Hao didn't bother, and the room fell into silence.

The script tells the story of Xu Yun, a 17-year-old rural boy, who goes from the village to the city to find his father, and a series of events happen along the way.

Luo Heng's biggest feeling when he reads the script is that it is real.

The things depicted in the script are things that are happening in many places, but the combination of these real and insignificant things is to make people have the desire to watch it, and when Luo Heng saw the result of Xu Yun finally finding his father in the ending, he couldn't help but be a little stunned.

The ending is a bit abrupt, but combined with the series of things Xu Yun experienced earlier, it is reasonable.

To be honest, Luo Heng had seen a lot of brain holes and reversals in his previous life, but this time he was still a little shocked, not because of how exquisitely the ending was set, but because it was true.

Closing the script, Luo Hengchang let out a sigh: "It's indeed a good book!" ”

This is a movie about the growth of a boy to a man, and the point is that you can't judge whether this growth is good or bad, because life is like that, it doesn't go the way you think.

Several characters set up in it have their own intentions, and the whole film has a strong realistic meaning.

"Brother Hao, I voted for this film!" Luo Heng said directly.

"Heng Shao, you wait. I'll explain it to you, it's not Ying Liang who asked me to help find funds. Ning Hao hurriedly said.

"Huh?" Luo Heng looked at Ning Hao suspiciously.

"That's right, he came to me this time to learn from me. Because I spent more than 20,000 yuan to shoot "Incense" before, and I won an award, he came to ask me what experience I had. He has now scraped together 30,000 yuan, and plans to find a group of local people to act.

I talked to him and thought it was pretty reliable, and the script was good, so I thought if you liked it, I'd introduce you two to talk.

But he is a relatively pure art film director, and he is also stubborn, he wants absolute creative freedom, if he doesn't negotiate, then I guess it's useless for you to throw money, he would rather shoot with his own 30,000 yuan. ”

Ning Hao explained in detail.

Hearing this, Luo Heng couldn't help but groan in his heart.

He is a little bit of a headache for this kind of person, because the money ability is useless.

He also heard later that the director Shangjing he met before did not let him play the leading role because of this creative freedom.

Now I have met this kind of literary film director again......

"What do you mean, Brother Hao?"

"If you really want to act, I'll go tell him first. To be honest, if you have good conditions to make a movie, which director is willing to make a shoddy work?

I'll ask him to come tomorrow, and the two of you will talk about it yourself, his starting point must be for the good of the movie, as long as the two of you don't have too many differences in shooting, it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

"Brother Hao, you tell me the truth, how is your classmate's level? The book is really a good book.,But if the director doesn't shoot it well.,That's the end! ”

The actor Xu Yun in this script is 17 years old, which is just suitable for Luo Heng to play, and this kind of literary film does have high requirements for the tension and emotional performance of the actors' performances, which can train the acting skills of the actors.

If it can be made well, maybe it will be a good movie. Although Luo Heng hadn't heard of it in his previous life, he still wanted to try it when he had the opportunity, and it just so happened that he should have nothing to do in the past few months.

"I don't dare to give you a packing ticket for this. However, he is quite good at this kind of realistic theme, and he used to make documentaries, and he should have accumulated a lot of experience in shooting a few short films. His personal style is also quite strong, and I think it will not be bad to shoot.

"Okay, you can introduce us to talk tomorrow."

Luo Heng thought to himself that he had only been in the industry for half a year, and he had never interfered with the director's creative freedom, right?

Shang Jing didn't give him a chance to join the group at the beginning.

As for his own conversation with the screenwriter about the script in the crew of "Fairy Sword", he subconsciously ignored it.

On the other side, Ning Hao was also talking to Ying Liang after he went back:

"Liangzi, I still know Luo Heng. He is not short of money, he comes to act not for fame and fortune, but for interest, and he is also a person who truly loves art.

If you don't have this opportunity, then I also support you to shoot with DV in hand, after all, our conditions are limited, and this is the environment in China now.

But now that there is such a good opportunity, you should use what you can to make your first movie as good as possible!

The first part is done, and the rest is easy to say!

After my "Incense" won the award, several investors also took the initiative to contact me to make a film. ”

Ying Liang nodded beside him: "I understand what you said." But the objective fact is that he is a big star and an investor, if there is a conflict in the middle of the filming, I am afraid that I will not be able to control it at all.

And I'm a reality movie, to be honest, his temperament is not too consistent with the actor, if you really want him to act, you must experience life, can a big star like him endure this hardship? ”

When it comes to this, Ning Hao doesn't dare to say it to death:

"You have to think about everything for the better, and you haven't talked about it yet, don't think of people as too squeamish and stereotypical! Tomorrow you two have a good talk, maybe everything will go in a good direction! ”