"The Tuner" is a 14-minute feature film directed by French director Olivier Trenet, full of suspense and reversal, and has won the French César Award for Best Short Film and the Louvin International Film Festival Best Short Film Award.

Later, Indian director Sriram Ragwan adapted it into a two-hour comedy suspense film, which was staged in Chinese mainland and achieved a good result of nearly 300 million box office.

Yu Dongqing is ready to move this micro-film over.

Hearing Yu Dongqing narrate the whole plot, the two girls' eyes widened, and even Yu Tongtong, who had never been interested in her father's filmmaking, listened with relish.

There were some things I didn't understand, and I asked Yu Dongqing to talk about it twice.

"Wow, brother-in-law, that's great! It's even better than that "Leave Me"! Mingmei said excitedly.

"I'll help you find the equipment, venue and actors, and you must make this short film well!" Elena is also eager to try.

The film is only more than ten minutes long, and there are four main actors, Mingmei and Elena play two female roles respectively, the hostess and dancer in the play, and the rest can find two male actors - the male protagonist tuner and the coffee shop owner.

"Brother-in-law, you continue to play the male lead." Mingmei said.

Yu Dongqing shook his head.

For this film, he was going to set the setting in Venice, and it was not appropriate for the protagonist to be an oriental face.

"Don't worry, I'll find an actor to make sure you're satisfied." Elena said.

In this case, Yu Dongqing didn't worry too much, and took Mingmei and Yu Tongtong to play in Venice to the fullest.

Feed pigeons in St. Mark's Square, stand on the Slavic Embankment and take a photo with the Bridge of Sighs, and climb to the island of Burano to watch the stained glass being made. Every day, I take a small boat and wander through the city's canals, which is very leisurely.

Elena is busy, on the one hand, she sometimes accompanies Yu Dongqing and them on tours, and on the other hand, she has to worry about the preparation of the movie.

The camera equipment was quickly rented, the shooting area was ready-made, most of the scenes were filmed in your own home, and there was a piano at home that was just right for props.

It takes a lot of work to find actors, and Elena posted the news of temporarily recruiting two actors to star in the micro-film on the Internet.

Unexpectedly, there were still a lot of applicants, Yu Dongqing quickly selected the actor who played the owner of the coffee shop - named Antonio, who had acted but was unknown and later changed his career to work as a waiter in a coffee shop in Venice, and was attracted by the 2,000 euro salary written on the recruitment and came to sign up.

Yu Dongqing saw that he was a little obese and slightly bald, which was very similar to the character image and temperament in his mind.

I also had acting experience, so I felt good that he did a few scene exercises at random, so I agreed.

Now it is difficult to choose the male number one Adrian, he is the soul of this play, Yu Dongqing returned to Elena's house in the evening and auditioned several actors who came to apply, Yu Dongqing was not very satisfied.

The next morning, Yu Dongqing got up and was about to continue playing after breakfast, Elena ran down from upstairs and said excitedly: "Just now, Robert's agent contacted me and said that he was very interested in this role and wanted to appear in this movie!" ”

Roberte?

Seeing that Yu Dongqing was a little confused, Elena explained that Roberte is a very good actor in our Italy, and he starred in a film that won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival!

Is it?

That's pretty good acting.

"What about the pay? Did you say that? Mingmei interjected.

For such an actor, it is estimated that the salary of 2,000 euros can't be opened, right?

"I haven't talked to his agent yet, I'll call right away." Elena replied.

Sure enough, the other party offered an offer of at least 200,000 euros!

the groove

200,000 euros, nearly 1.5 million yuan.

The overall budget of this movie Yu Dongqing is only 100,000 yuan!

This is a typical literary film, it is not popular, and it turns out that the director of that time and space did not make any money.

"100,000! 100,000 euros! If he wants, he can come to the audition. Yu Dongqing decided to take her own blood.

But I didn't expect the other party to disagree, the price of 200,000 is a lot of money!

In the slightly arrogant tone of Roberte's agent, he said that Robert is the winner of the Golden Lion, and he feels that your script is very interesting so he wants to play it, and it happens to be a little scheduled recently.

Otherwise, how can you watch a short film that is less than 15 minutes long?

it!

This attitude?

Yu Dongqing refused on the spot.

Yu Dongqing and the three of them have been in Venice for five days, and they will return to China according to the original plan, but they have to film temporarily, so they have to stay for a few days, but they can't find a suitable leading actor for a long time, which makes him very helpless.

Or don't shoot it?

Or do you play yourself?

Niko was sitting at the piano in the café, looking at his phone.

After playing for more than two hours in one breath, my fingers were already sore.

Also, there is a ten-minute break for a cheap cup of coffee.

While drinking coffee, he swiped his phone and accidentally saw the message of the photo extra, although he didn't say the specific plot of the story, but it made him more interested in the protagonist's character and felt a bit similar to him.

I have been playing the piano since I was a child, but my life is dull and a little down.

Of course, there are differences, he is not a talented pianist like the protagonist Adrian, and Bo has not participated in the Ernstein Piano Competition, let alone succeeded.

Also, he didn't pretend to be a blind tuner like the main character.

Life is so uneventful, I come to this café in the morning, and I have to work until the evening, nearly twelve hours, and nothing has changed in ten years.

Just like the inferior Venetian coffee I often drink, it is tasteless.

Should it change?

Nick looked at the story carefully, and he believed that he could play it well, because it felt like he was playing himself.

"Niko! What's in a daze? It's time to get started! Without looking back, Nick knew it was the owner of the café, the rude man.

"Mr. Chris" Nick turned his head to look at the pot-bellied man, "I want to take half a day off." ”

"Leave?"

"yes, I'd like to try this." Nick pulls out his phone.

Looking at the text on the web page, Chris suddenly laughed, and if it weren't for the fact that the café had customers, he would have laughed even more.

"Nick, you want to go to the movies? Do you still have what it takes? I advise you to die, playing the piano here is your business. ”

"But I want to try." Nick stood up and walked out, "Also, boss, you haven't given me a raise in five years. ”

Yu Dongqing saw Nick at night, and they played all day during the day before coming back at night.

If he couldn't find a suitable actor today, he decided to give up.

When I returned to Elena's house, I saw Nick at the gate of the courtyard, looking a little restrained.

After explaining her intentions, Elena enthusiastically let him into the courtyard.

But when he heard that he had no acting experience and was just a pianist in a coffee shop, he refused repeatedly.

"How's that going to work? This film is going to be exhibited at the film festival! ”

"I thought, I can try." Nick was rejected by Elena on the spot, feeling a little embarrassed, but didn't give up.

"Let him try." Yu Dongqing next to him spoke.

Because, he thinks that this man with a scruffy face and a little melancholy is the tuner in his mind!

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