In the office, Luo Heng observed Ying Liang opposite.

Ying Liang's hair is full of eyebrows, but it is not messy, his clothes are plain, his skin is dark, and he does not look like Ning Haokou's Chinese art director temperament at all.

Ying Liang came alone today, according to his words, Ning Hao was together, and he and Luo Heng couldn't talk.

"Mr. Luo, hello."

"You're welcome, since they're all friends of Brother Hao, you can just call me by my name. Director Ying, I heard Brother Hao say that you have made a few documentaries before, and I am curious about the difference between making documentaries and feature films? ”

"Independent documentaries are more realistic, they're direct and powerful. Our country is so big, there are so many topics, and there are too many things to shoot. The process of making a documentary is a great experience, and everything you experience is the source of creation. Just like painting, I was still in the realistic stage and didn't know how to fly, so I chose to start by shooting documentaries at first.

Feature films should incorporate more personal thinking from the director, which is a way for the director to express himself, more freely. Of course, I'm not talking about commercial dramas. In fact, there are a lot of things that can be filmed in feature films, so it depends on personal ability.

I've made five or six experimental short films before, and I've also worked on three documentaries, and recently I feel like I've had something to express myself, so I had the idea of making my first feature film. ”

Ying Liang also gave a general introduction to his own situation, after all, Luo Heng is an investor, and he is not a big director, so his posture will naturally be a little lower.

"Director Ying, I read your script, it's very well written, is there any inspiration?"

"The theme of "Looking for the Father" also has part of my personal experience, when I was growing up, my father was not around for a few years, and I think this still has a great impact on the child's growth experience.

Moreover, this film is ostensibly about the growth experience of boys, but in fact, it is more about exploring the subjective composition of the relationship between people, growth and environmental space, and it also reflects the pain brought to individuals in the entire urbanization process of China. ”

"Brother Hao said before that you plan to shoot the film for 30,000 yuan, I'm more curious about how you plan to shoot it with so little money?"

Ying Liang smiled and said: "Actually, this mouse is more experienced, his "Incense" is only 20,000 yuan, and I also asked him to learn from it."

I had already planned to go to Zigong, the hometown of my girlfriend Peng Shan, most of the actors were her relatives and friends, volunteering to act, and I was shooting in DV throughout the whole process, and the main money was spent on shooting.

Because the style of the film is realistic, I don't need them to have good acting skills, as long as they perform in their true colors and show their usual state.

In addition to this reason, I chose Zigong because it has the characteristics of combining urban and rural areas. Although it is the second largest city in Sichuan and Shu Province, it is mainly based on rare metals and chemicals, and its presence in the country and even in the southwest is not particularly strong. I have seen on the street scenes of peasant pigs running around in front of "McDonald's", screaming and jumping to avoid being caught by their owners.

Throughout the film, I wanted to communicate in the local dialect. This will not only help local non-professional actors show their own status, but also show a relatively barbaric feeling and style of economically backward areas and marginal cities."

Luo Heng nodded when he heard this, and he could hear that Ying Liang had thought a lot about his debut feature film.

Then he asked another question:

"Director Ying, I heard that you are very disgusted with commercial films?"

"That's not too accurate. I pay more attention to personal desire to express, and I don't want to shoot what I want to shoot because of external factors.

What I am disgusted with is not the commercial film itself, but the conditions imposed on me by the producer and investor during the filming process, requiring me to change what I originally wanted to shoot beyond recognition according to the needs of the market, I feel that this is not what I want at all, and it is a waste of my creative life. ”

Ying Liang said this very sincerely, and he could be regarded as making his attitude clear to Luo Heng.

Luo Heng also understood what he meant, and it was still the same sentence, creative freedom, don't impose market demand on me.

If it were other producers and investors, it would definitely be to make money as the first priority, but Luo Heng is different.

In fact, Luo Heng's appeal has no conflict with Ying Liang, his first goal is to increase his acting skills, and he also hopes that the film can be released normally, so that he can be rewarded for his works.

So what he considers are two points, the director's ability, and whether the scale of the work can be released normally.

He asked so much just now, just to see how much Ying Liang had prepared for this movie, after all, a director who has never proven himself, it would be better for him to know more. Now it seems that this aspect is quite convincing to him for the time being.

"Then can our film be released normally?"

Ying Liang thought about it and said truthfully:

"On the mainland, I can't guarantee it. Because the father-son relationship at the end may violate the traditional Chinese virtue of filial piety, maybe I can't even pass the first level. ”

Luo Heng smiled when he heard this: "If you believe me, I will wait for another month, I don't dare to guarantee the dragon standard, and the project will definitely be possible." ”

In his previous life, Luo Heng happened to see the relevant information, in June 2004, a certain orange issued a new rule, in order to encourage creation, in the future, only need to submit three copies of no less than 1,000 words of the movie plot synopsis, and at the same time, several sixth-generation directors who have been banned have also been lifted.

Since then, domestic films have become wide in and strict out, that is, it is easy to set up projects, but the content review level after the film is still stuck, and as for the technical review of the last level, the pass rate is as high as 99%.

The so-called getting the Dragon Mark is to pass the second level of content review, which means that you can get a public screening license.

Hearing this, Ying Liang also looked overjoyed: "Do you have any news, will our domestic scale be liberalized?" ”

Luo Heng explained: "The scale will be relaxed, and the project will be easy to set up, but the content review is still strict, but I don't think there is anything deliberately insinuated in our films, as long as you communicate with a certain orange in time, there should be no big problem in filming." ”

Jia Zhangke's subject matter of the Three Gorges can be filmed, they only reflect the problems of some marginal groups, and do not involve prohibited content at all.

In fact, many underground films are banned because they don't want to communicate with the official, and they are banned after being sent abroad to participate in film festivals without permission, and some things are really a matter of communication costs.

"Even if you can't get on the mainland, there will definitely be no problem on Hong Kong Island, and to be honest, my goal is not to go to the box office, but to go to the film festival to find opportunities."

"Then you still have to think about the box office, I think my name can still attract some attention.

Since last year, I have starred in three TV series, and I have just finished a very heavy role in a Xianxia TV series, and I think that my acting skills should be much better than group performances, and I hope I can be the leading actor in this play. Luo Heng said with a smile, and at the same time told him about his own situation.

After hearing this, Ying Liang understood that through the conversation just now, Luo Heng was sure to invest and play the leading role, but he did not breathe a sigh of relief:

"Luo Heng, your situation was already told to me yesterday, no director will hate the funds and fame, and he will not resist you playing the leading role, there is a requirement: if you want to play the leading role, you must experience life until you have the temperament of a country boy.

You have also read the script, Xu Yun's image and temperament are far from your current situation, if you perform in your current state, it will not be effective at all. ”