Chapter 184: Project Raidon
In the closed study, a table lamp emits a gentle light.
There is not much space, and the large bookshelves with high walls occupy a lot of space, and the bookshelves are filled with various types of books.
There is a computer in the study, the screen is on, and the screensaver wallpaper is displayed, and the owner does not seem to want to use the computer.
Lu Zhou sat on the opposite side of his desk, and in front of him was screenwriter Li Wen with a black signature pen in his hand, a pile of old and yellowed blank scratch paper.
Li Wen, a well-known screenwriter in the industry, wears a pair of black-framed glasses, is in his early 40s, dresses ordinarily, has a scholarly temperament, is not impatient or impatient, and speaks slowly.
In the current fast-paced society, whether it is him or his study, it faintly gives Lu Zhou a feeling of being born, and it seems that he can't keep up with the development of the times.
But Li Wen is a delicate screenwriter, many of the works he writes are shot with a sense of uniqueness, and he is a creator who can properly integrate humanistic emotions into the script.
In the previous life, Lu Zhou asked a screenwriter to help him write a movie script, and invited several well-known science fiction screenwriters in China, and Lu Zhou was dissatisfied with what he wrote.
Those famous screenwriters who have representative works in the field of domestic science fiction film themes, every time they listen to him explain the storyline he wants to shoot, they like to carry private goods.
Either they think that this arrangement is inappropriate, or that arrangement is unreasonable, and they have a strong attitude to explain that it is not as smooth as they themselves think...... In the end, he couldn't write what Lu Zhou wanted to shoot well.
Holding those scripts that were not what he wanted, Lu Zhou looked up at the starry sky, and a strong sense of loneliness invaded his heart.
No one can understand him.
He has an impulse to pursue the ultimate in art in his bones, and what he wants to do must first satisfy himself.
In the last life, why did he make this movie?
For money? No.
To challenge yourself with a new point of interest? No.
Making movies is not his hobby.
He just suddenly didn't know where the meaning of life was, he enjoyed enough on stage, and tried the unprecedented taste of love, got the person he loved, lost the person he loved, turned his career upside down, and tried hard to get up with blood and tears......
His life experience is very rich, and that life should not be in vain, but his heart is very empty, a sad emptiness, and deep regret.
He used to look at the starry sky in a daze alone, but he couldn't find where he belonged in his heart.
He also often thought of his first life, that completely different world, and missed his former parents, and inevitably shed tears.
No one knows where he came from, the only place he found in this world is lost, and no one can really enter his heart again.
He suddenly had an urge.
I want to tell the story of that world in a different way.
The world he hadn't had time to describe to her, he wanted to talk about in a cinematic way.
Although he knew that with the technology at the time, he couldn't shoot much realism, but he thought that even if he shot a corner of it, it would be okay.
He doesn't know how to make movies.
So, he spent money to find a screenwriter, a director, and a producer.
After a wave of screening, the screenwriting alone is quite bumpy.
It wasn't until later that he found another way to find a screenwriter who was not good at this theme, but he was unexpectedly surprised.
This screenwriter is Li Wen.
A famous screenwriter who seems to have an antique temperament that does not follow the trend of the times.
He is very delicate, he has his own opinions, but he will not change the plot that Lu Zhou wants to present, he can grasp the expression of emotions well, and he will not overdo it or be abrupt.
In the end, they worked together to make a version of Lu Zhou's satisfactory work.
If you ask him why he asked Luo Feng to dig Li Wen over in this life, this is the reason.
Because they used to work together successfully.
Lu Zhou's thoughts drifted back to the present, and the soft light in the study made it easy to immerse himself in the storyline he wanted to express.
"What kind of story do you want to tell in this movie?"
Li Wen pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose, held the pen and raised his eyes to ask Lu Zhou.
He prepares handwritten notes, which is his personal habit.
"The story of a new world."
Lu Zhou clasped his hands and fingers together, naturally placed them on his thighs, and there was a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth.
"It's a world where humans are divided into three, six, nine, and so on according to their genes."
Li Wen listened to Lu Zhou's description, and the black pen wrote methodically on the scratch paper.
"People live under high walls."
Li Wen glanced up at Lu Zhou when he heard this, interrupted him for the first time, and asked, "High wall? β
"Yes, the wall."
Lu Zhou didn't look at Li Wen, his eyes fell on the bookshelf behind him, and his mind was a picture of that world.
"That's a high wall to protect human beings, non-genetically special human beings, it is impossible to witness the scenery beyond the high wall in their lifetime, of course, ordinary people don't want to see it, everyone just wants to live in the wall and live their own small life."
"In that world, the moment you are born, determines how high you can stand in the future. Because your genes determine everything. β
"The genetically superior ones control the world."
"Those who are genetically inferior are reduced to commoners, accept the allocation of survival resources by the upper class of humans, and live a life with no end in sight."
Li Wenshu's pen stopped, frowned and asked, "Can't you break through by hard work?" β
Lu Zhou shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "It's very difficult, it's very difficult." β
"There is a lack of resources to survive under the high walls, and everyone has to accept the distribution."
"This is a crisis of the entire human ecological civilization, and the fertility rate of human beings has become very low."
"The Confederation believes that improvement can only be done through genes from generation to generation. All people are subjected to genetic testing after birth and then imported into a genetic analysis bank. β
"After adulthood, the marriage match is also waiting to be assigned, and Zhibrain will conduct a comprehensive evaluation to arrange a spouse candidate for each person."
Listening to Lu Zhou's words, his expression and the tone of the narrative made Li Wen have an illusion, did Lu Zhou live in the world of this story?
"Therefore, people are relatively numb to love, or even not, men and women just complete the task of childbirth together."
"Mission?" Li Wen frowned again, "Could it be that it is still an indicator that must be completed?" β
Lu Zhou shook his head.
"The federal government does not give clear indicators, but ...... The form of society will force everyone to choose this path forward. β
"Of course, if you are a genetically inferior human, you will be freer than genetically superior people in this regard, you can not marry, you can not have children, anyway, it is not easy for inferior genes to pass on a generation of good genes."
"I heard that there are still many inferior human beings who voluntarily choose to die alone, and they think that if they don't waste resources, they can make some contribution to society."
When Lu Zhou said this, his expression was a little embarrassed.
"I heard?" Li Wen raised his eyebrows, always feeling that Lu Zhou's words gave him a strange feeling.
Lu Zhou came back to his senses and realized that he had said the wrong thing.
From Lu Zhou's point of view, I did hear about it...... Because he was born into a superior gene family and was born as a superior genetic human, he did not personally experience the life of the inferior gene layer, so he ......
He pursed his lips and smiled, explaining, "Oh, I took the lead role...... It's a bit of a play. β
Li Wen nodded clearly, he could not rule out that there was such a situation, it was normal.
"So, what is the situation of the main character you want to write about?" Li Wen asked.
"The protagonist I want to write about ......" Lu Zhou recalled, a smile of adoration appeared on his face, and said, "It's just a teenager who came out of inferior genes." β
Li Wen became interested and wrote scratch paper.
"His name is Jay Redden."
"His birth was a plan for their family."
"Didn't you just ask people with inferior genes if they can break through the class through hard work?"
When Lu Zhou said this, he also interacted with Li Wen.
Li Wen was stunned, how could this kid really feel like he was telling the story of his own experience?
"Actually, it's possible, but it's hard."
Lu Zhou asked and answered himself.
"Jay Redden is a classic example of moving from an inferior genetic slum to a higher genetic circle."
"Not only that, but he ended up leading the team out of the walls."
"He's a hero."
Lu Zhou said this and smiled.
Levine: "You said before that Jay Redden's birth was a plan of their family, what kind of plan was that?" β
Lu Zhou raised his eyes and looked at the night sky outside the window.
"It was a plan for generations to sacrifice themselves to fight together for the family's day......"
That night, Lu Zhou sat in Li Wen's study until the second half of the night and had a detailed discussion on the story of the movie script.
Li Wen was surprised that Lu Zhou's control of this story was actually very complete, he could write the story by himself, and the whole story only needed to be fine-tuned by the characters and branches, and it could be used to make a movie.
Li Wen felt that he did not play a big role in this script, and when he told Lu Zhou his true inner thoughts, he smiled disapprerovingly.
"No, you're an integral part of this script, and this story is a story that the two of us can only work together."
"Without you, it would have less soul."
"With you, we can also make the core of the story fuller, the collision of characters more dramatic, and the character design more three-dimensional. These are my blind spots as a non-professional. β
This is Lu Zhou's reply to Li Wen.
As a result, Li Wen had a different view of Lu Zhou.
Tonight, for the first time, he felt that he had made the right choice to join Luming Culture.
Eventually, they named the film script "Project Raidon."
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The script of the movie needs to be polished, and it will definitely take time, but now that the prototype has come out, it can be used to show the investors.
Lu Zhou asked people to make a detailed film project plan, and brought the first draft of the script of "Raidon Project" that was rushed out by Li Wen, and met with Zhang Chen and Ye Fangfei together.
It's been more than a week since I last met them.
Time can quickly dilute something, like embarrassment.
Ye Fangfei had forgotten her previous drunken embarrassment, and when she appeared in front of Lu Zhou again, she was still the generous and unscrupulous Ye Fangfei.
It's just that after experiencing that drunkenness, her mood has changed somewhat.
When I see him, I can't help but feel a little nervous and excited, I can't help but want to get closer to him, I want to listen to his voice, see his smile, and my attention is always attracted by his every move.
Brief summary: When she sees him, she is always itchy.
That's what it's like to have a crush on someone, right? It's really amazing.
Oh no, she's in love now!
He knew she liked him!
She knew he meant that to herself, too!
It's just that neither of them chose to pierce the thin layer of window paper when they were sober.
Really pretending to be confused.
Once she didn't understand his behavior, now she can understand, and she chooses to respect him.
She used to thinkβ
"I like you, you like me, it's good that we're together. I don't care about any so-called money, fame, or status, because I have them all. I can easily get everything you want, you just need to have the courage to be with me, it's enough. β
Now that she understands it, she feelsβ
"It turns out that I like you and you like me, so I shouldn't just think about whether I care or not, but also whether you will care. If you want to abandon the dignity you value so much and be with me, then the sweetness will definitely bring you a certain amount of harm at the same time. β
Therefore, Ye Fangfei has now made up her mind.
The man who came to her side step by step by her own efforts, she felt that she would be more attractive.
Of course, she doesn't stand still and wait for him to come, she takes the initiative to walk towards him.
He walked fifty steps closer to her, and she would approach him fifty steps as well.
I just hope that this process will not take too long.
On the projection screen, page by page switching between project financing proposals, market evaluation data, and detailed descriptions of movie themes...... Clear.
Lu Zhou's voice came slowly, and he told Ye Fangfei and Zhang Chen about the movie he was going to do, including the production team he expected to find, and he had a clear plan.
Ye Fangfei looked at the man in front of her, and his conversation at this time made her a little unfamiliar with him.
Ye Fangfei's understanding of Lu Zhou is mainly in music and art, but he has a temperament similar to that of her father and brother in business at the moment.
There seems to be a hint of disobedience, but it doesn't seem to be.
It can be seen that he is trying to switch states.
He's really trying to do things that he's not so good at, but he's doing surprisingly well.
To tell the truth, Ye Fangfei said to Lu Zhou at the beginning that she wanted to make a movie, although she gave him a lot of acceptance because she liked him, but in fact, deep down in her heart, she didn't have much hope.
She didn't think Lu Zhou would have much good movie creativity at first, after all, no matter what, he was a layman in the movie.
But now that she saw his script and project plan, she was amazed.
It can be seen that he is doing this seriously, not for fun.
The person who was also surprised by Lu Zhou's film project was Zhang Chen.
After listening to Lu Zhou's project introduction, Zhang Chen's heart was ready to move.
He had a hunch that this project could make a lot of money, so he excitedly clapped the decision at the moment, "200 million, I'll invest!" β
When Lu Zhou heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he smiled and asked, "Are you sure?" β
"Sure, but we still have to sign the bet you said before." Zhang Chen said.
Ye Fangfei next to her raised her eyebrows when she heard this, looked at Zhang Chen, and said, "Do you want to sign a bet?" Okay, you? Otherwise, you should quit, and I will invest all 300 million. β
Zhang Chen was stimulated.
"Let me quit? No way! I talked to Lu Zhou about this project first, but if you are a latecomer, you can either quit, and I will also cover your 100 million, anyway, you are only interested in music, and it is not rare to make money, don't meddle in this. β
Lu Zhou was amused and said, "I don't invest too much, or you all have a little more." β
Zhang Chen: "......"
Ye Fangfei: "......"
In the end, the three finalized the investment amount.
Zhang Chen finally said that when the time comes, the special effects of the movie, the team of his game company can contribute.
Today's negotiation ended smoothly, Lu Zhou was very happy, and he proposed to invite the two to dinner.
As soon as Zhang Chen heard this, he remembered the scene of the last meal, looked at Ye Fangfei with a smile, and said, "Are you still drinking?" β
Ye Fangfei's face sank, and she gave him a "Are you looking for a fight?" Expression.
Lu Zhou patted Zhang Chen's shoulder and said with a smile: "You know that she doesn't drink well, and you deliberately mention this, and it's okay to hate you." β
In the end, the three of them did not eat, Ye Fangfei still had work to do, and Zhang Chen also had something to do, so the investor did not get together for dinner.
The three of them went out together, and then went their separate ways.
Not long after, a candid photo circulated on the Internet.
It was the illegitimate meal who followed Lu Zhou who secretly photographed the scene where he, Zhang Chen, and Ye Fangfei were talking and laughing and going out, and then he didn't understand what the situation was, so he posted it on the Internet.
This photo is on the hot search, and melon-eating netizens are also full of question marks about this scene.
[What does that mean?] How did they end up together? Don't you respond? ]
[Look at these three people talking and laughing, the private relationship seems to be very good, they can't be dead friends with each other, right......?] That's outrageous]
[Ahhh The Feizhou couple actually went on a private date! Will they be secretly together? ]
[Filipino CP fans are simply stunned, are they blind?] So the big Zhang Chen pestle between the two of them, can't you see it? If Lu Zhou and Ye Fangfei were really in a relationship, how could they meet Zhang Chen in private together? Lu Zhou is not diaphragm? Ye Fangfei is not diaphragm? Zhang Chen doesn't respond? It's obvious that Lu and Ye are friends at all, so it's not taboo]
[It's worthy of the entertainment industry, my ex is my good friend, and the person who has had an affair with my ex is also my good friend, which perfectly forms a closed loop]
[The CP I tasted eventually became either a friend or an enemy...... Tired and don't love]
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When Ye Fangfei saw this hot search, she frowned, and pulled a three-person chat group, named it "Raidon Project Production Team".
After doing all this, she threw the hot search screenshot in the group.
Ye Fangfei: [Who is being followed]
Zhang Chen scolded and entered the group chatββ
[Damn, why am I on the hot search again?!] ]
[Annoying, it's really a wave of just flat wave after wave]
[You two are celebrities, you must have been followed by the paparazzi and implicated me in the hot search]
Ye Fangfei: [There are very few paparazzi who dare to follow me]
Lu Zhou: [It could be me...... There are a lot of people with me lately......]
Ye Fangfei: [You are famous now, if you need to, you should bring some people with you when you go out]
Lu Zhou: [Not famous enough yet......]
Lu Zhou: [This hot search is quite nonsensical, not quite like paparazzi behavior]
Zhang Chen: [That's it]
Ye Fangfei: [??? ]
Lu Zhou: [??? ]
Zhang Chen: [Hot search withdrawn]
Ye Fangfei: [......]
Lu Zhou: [......]
Zhang Chen: [(hehe) Commit my Zhang Chen's hot search, all of them will be killed!] ]
Ye Fangfei: [......]
Lu Zhou: [......]
Lu Zhou: [What's wrong with you in this hot search?] ]
Zhang Chen: [Reasonable, it doesn't seem to have offended me anything?] ]
Zhang Chen: [Oh, it may be the sequelae left by the last hot search]
Ye Fangfei: [I want to block you again @εΌ θΎ°]
Zhang Chen: [......]