Chapter 386: Micro Movie
Cannes "Rizhao Chongqing" exhibition hall.
There was applause in the exhibition hall after the movie, but neither its loudness nor duration could be compared with the "Love Letter" scene.
Moreover, most of the people in this exhibition hall are from the Celestial Empire.
At this time, they looked at the direction of the film's main creative team, and their eyes flashed with gossip.
The domestic melon has spread to Cannes, and in this form of "water and fire are incompatible", Qin Muchu actually appeared in the exhibition hall of "Rizhao Chongqing", and also sat with the main creative team.
"The media is talking nonsense, but it's still reconciled, it's too fast, it's only been two days."
"How can it be reconciled, and now there is a lot of noise...... Didn't you watch Qin Muchu come to the premiere alone? The rest of the crew of "Love Letter" didn't come, and neither did Lou Ye and Jia Zhangke......"
"yes, hey, they're gone, or go up and ask for a signed photo......"
Outside the exhibition hall, Qin Muchu said with a smile:
"Very good movie."
At first glance, "Rizhao Chongqing" thought it was a documentary about the city, but in fact, it was fatherly love.
is a very pure literary film, and the picture style is also a strong sixth-generation director style, the kind that is more realistic in documentaries.
The movie is above the standard, but no matter how amazing it is, there is none.
As for praising this movie as "good"...... The rivers and lakes are not fighting and killing.
"It's over, it's over."
Wang Xiaoshuai smiled, he was quite satisfied with this movie.
After a polite moment, send out an invitation:
"Director Qin, let's go have a meal together in a while?"
"No, there's something to do in a while, next time."
Qin Muchu shook his hand.
The tone is polite, but the attitude is firm.
If it had been two days ago, Wang Xiaoshuai would have had to persuade again, but now, the relationship between the few people is a little awkward, and it is difficult to say more.
But since Qin Muchu didn't go to eat, he had to say something here.
touched Qin Muchu and pointed to one place:
"Director Qin, shall we go there for a while?"
Seeing Wang Xiaoshuai like this, Qin Muchu almost guessed what he was going to do, nodded and followed.
"To be honest, I'm quite surprised that Director Qin can come today."
Ziyi looked at the backs of the two and said.
"They didn't have a heart to interview Director Lou, just one sentence, who knew that the media hyped up, and it was really a group of ......"
Qin Hao endured it and didn't completely swear out.
After the incident of Lou Ye and Qin Muchu, he, who was caught in the middle, was the most uncomfortable.
Originally, everyone was friends, but now it's embarrassing to meet like this.
No, he learned from his mouth that Qin Muchu would come to the premiere today, but Lou Ye didn't come, for fear that a person wouldn't come too deliberately, and he didn't come with Jia Zhangke.
It's not that he has a grudge, after learning that his words caused such a big public opinion, he also called Qin Muchu to explain, and got a reply of "It's okay".
But I'm still a little guilty and embarrassed to meet.
After all, it was because of him.
At that time, he did have some resentment during the interview, so he mentioned Qin Muchu and Zhang Yimou, but he definitely didn't want to cause such a big turmoil.
He lit a spark, but now it has become a prairie fire, and he has the intention to extinguish the fire, but it is no longer out of his control.
The two of them said one by one, and Fan Shuishui on the side had his eyes flickering and did not say a word.
Strictly speaking, she was also a "victim" of this incident.
The news of "Dragon Robe", which should have occupied the headlines for at least two or three days, was lost the next day, and the expected effect was much worse.
"Director Qin, then goodbye."
Just thinking about it, Wang Xiaoshuai's voice came from over there, he and Qin Muchu had finished chatting and walked over here together.
"Goodbye."
Qin Muchu waved his hand, said hello and walked straight outside the movie palace.
……
Back at the hotel, Zeng Li and several people have not returned.
Unlike Lou Ye, who didn't participate in "Rizhao Chongqing" because he was afraid of being embarrassed to meet, the reason why the three of them didn't go was simple and pure.
I am not happy with Lou Ye and a few people.
They are more likely to go shopping than to attend the premiere.
sent a message to Zeng Li asking them if they would go back to the hotel or eat at the restaurant outside, and walked to the bedroom.
There is pen and paper on the desk, and when I open the notebook, it is densely written.
He said to Wang Xiaoshuai that something is not nonsense, this "thing" is to write a script.
A script inspired by the events of these two days.
After two days of creation, the script was only left with an ending.
The main reason why it can be so fast is that this is not a standard movie or TV script, if it is more serious, it is not a script at all, it is more similar to a story or a short story.
If you want to shoot it, you will definitely have to adapt it and make it scripted.
It took half an hour to finish writing the end of the story, and after looking at Zeng Li's text messages back, he left the hotel with his notebook.
"Here."
In the restaurant, Zhang Mo stood up and waved.
"Where have you left them?"
Qin Muchu walked over and saw that Zhang Mo was the only one and asked.
"I left my sister and they went shopping, and I came in a while, I didn't go to the movies together in the morning."
Zhang Mo explained, and handed over the menu again.
Qin Muchu took the menu, did not order immediately, and asked the waiter who came over to come back later, and handed the notebook in his hand to Zhang Mo:
"Write a story, if you are interested, you can try it."
That's right, this story is going to be filmed for Zhang Mo, if he really shoots it himself, he will write the script directly.
"I shoot?"
Zhang Mo looked at the notebook handed over by Qin Muchu, his wide eyes full of surprise.
"Well, don't want to?"
Qin Muchu said with a smile.
Zhang Mo swallowed.
Who wouldn't want a script written by Qin Muchu, that is a guarantee of quality.
But can I shoot it well?
Gritting her teeth, she pushed the notebook back:
"Forget it, I know what level I have, it's too reluctant to make a movie now, and it's a waste of the script you wrote for me."
As she spoke, she looked at the notebook in the distance with some reluctance, and added:
"Wait a minute, I have the ability to shoot and you can write me a ...... Well, I'll trade my dad for you. ”
Good guy, take Lao Mouzi for a script, and make a big filial piety.
This little padded jacket is estimated to have leaked into a bikini.
Qin Muchu smiled and shook his head:
"I'll talk about it later, this is the script of a micro-movie, are you sure you don't want it?"
Micro films?
Zhang Mo was stunned.
A micro-film is a scaled-down version of a movie that is very short in duration and much simpler than a movie that is at least more than an hour.
If you make a micro movie......
Zhang Mo's eyes lit up.
Coach, I can!
"Yes, definitely."
snatched the notebook from Qin Muchu's hand and looked at it beautifully.
Qin Muchu reminded again:
"I only wrote a rough plot, and you have to do the specific script adaptation yourself, I heard Director Zhang say that you studied screenwriting in the United States, right?"
"Well, that's fine."
Zhang Mo didn't raise his head, made an OK gesture, and locked his eyes on the notebook.
"A number of media outlets received calls from the masses, and a mother on the street was holding her baby, kowtowing step by step, and immediately sent reporters to cover it."
Mother holding baby and kowtowing?
Zhang Mo was a little surprised, is it about maternal love? But why kowtow?
Kowtow is rare in modern times, except in costume dramas, where you go to the grave to worship your ancestors and celebrate the New Year.
And then there's ...... Beg.
She remembered the occasional beggar on the street, huddled in front of a market or shopping mall, with a piece of paper at her feet describing her misery.
Or sick and begging for money, or the money was stolen in the hope of raising money to go home.
The money of the well-wisher is put on paper, and every time there is more money on the paper, the beggar will kowtow.
So this mother holds the child and kowtows because the child is sick and begging for money to see a doctor?
With some expectation of verification, she continued to read.
"Hello, why are you doing this?" The reporter asked.
"My child has eye cancer, and I don't have the money to treat her." Mother replied.
The corners of Zhang Mo's mouth rose slightly, but soon, this was burned out by anger because of the faint joy of guessing the plot.
The mother whose child is sick and desperate posts on the Internet, hoping that someone with a good Samaritan can help them, and a person with an ID named "Rich Boy" commented at the bottom of the post:
"There are so many people in need in the world, why should they help you? If you have the ability to kneel and climb a thousand meters on the street, I will donate 20,000 yuan to you immediately. ”
The condescending tone, the joking tone, anyone who sees it thinks this is a mouthful, and he said this to play tricks on this poor mother.
Sure enough, after the mother knelt and crawled, this netizen disappeared.
"And this kind of person, no, is he a human?"
Zhang Mo scolded angrily in her heart, she had already imagined in her mind that when she made this micro-movie, she must dress up the role of this "rich boy" with an abominable face, which makes people disgusting at first sight.
It's best for her ex-husband to play it, huh...... Zhang Weiping is okay too!
……
Because it's just a general plot, except for the main story line and a few necessary character dialogues, there is nothing else, so the length is not long, and you can read it in ten minutes.
The ending of the story is good.
Although the "rich son" did not fulfill his promise, this incident was reported by the media and caused a big wave, countless netizens abused this "rich son", and at the same time, the mother raised enough money for the child's treatment.
"It's a pity that I didn't get this scum out."
Zhang Mo said something in his heart with some pity, and then put aside the "reader mentality" and looked at the story from the professional perspective of people in the industry.
Well...... To be honest, it's average.
To sum up, a mother knelt and climbed a thousand meters in order to raise money for her sick child, and listened to the words of unscrupulous netizens.
If this is really a piece of social news, it's true.
But as a movie plot, even if it is a micro-movie, it is too ordinary.
It's the same as the diary written by a primary school student: I get up in the morning to get dressed, my mother makes my favorite braised pork ribs at noon, and I watch TV and sleep at night, what a fulfilling day!
Who wants to watch this into a movie?
If it weren't for Qin Muchu handing over the notebook to herself, she would never believe that this would be a script written by Qin Muchu.
If you go to the Yanying Screenwriting Department, you can find any student who is not only at this level.
Give me back my dad, I won't change it!
Seeing that Zhang Mo on the opposite side was in a daze, and the notebook was on the table, but his eyes were looking away, obviously out of focus, Qin Muchu opened his mouth and asked:
"Sister Mo, have you finished reading?"
"Well, oh, I'm done."
Zhang Mo came back to his senses, his face full of hesitation.
Qin Muchu thought that she was not confident in making this micro-film, and encouraged:
"Sister Mo, you have been studying with Director Zhang for two years, and you have followed three crews in "Hawthorn Tree", so you should also practice, the micro movie is a good test."
Then this test is too simple.
Knowing that Qin Muchu might have misunderstood himself, Zhang Mo hesitated again and again, but decided to euphemistically say his thoughts:
"It's not that I don't dare to shoot, micro-movies are really suitable for me to practice, it's just ...... Xiao Qin, do you think the ending is too friendly to the arrangement of this 'rich boy'? ”
Too friendly?
Qin Muchu was stunned.
Since he only wrote the general plot and handed over the right to adapt the script to Zhang Mo, he was ready to discuss the plot with him.
And in the discussion, there will inevitably be disagreements.
But he never expected that this point of divergence would be in the arrangement of the "rich son".
This character is the biggest highlight of this story, it can be said that he sublimates the story and is where the soul lies.
At this moment, he even questioned Zhang Mo's aesthetics.
Seeing Qin Muchu's unacceptable look, Zhang Mo sighed in his heart.
Geniuses always have extreme confidence in their work.
But this time the story really doesn't work.
After pondering the wording for a while, she spoke:
"Xiao Qin, I'm not saying it's bad, it's just that I don't think the 'rich boy' has been punished as he deserves, although many people scolded him in the end, but it was his online identity, and it didn't cause him any substantial harm at all.
What do you think of the last paragraph, when his true identity is revealed, his job or everything is lost, and his daily life is greatly affected? ”
It is illegal to open the box......
Qin Muchu subconsciously came up with this idea, and before he could say this, he was suddenly stunned, looked at Zhang Mo, and his expression became extremely speechless.
"Sister Mo, didn't you see the last page? I wrote a total of three pages. ”
"Huh? Isn't it two pages? ”
Zhang Moren was stupid and immediately flipped up his notebook.
Sure enough, when I turned the second page and the third page, I suddenly had a little embarrassment on my face and continued to read.
The third page has no plot, it's all dialogue.
A call between the mother of a sick child and an unknown person.
"Eldest sister, has the money arrived?"
"It's here, it's here, thank you, thank you."
"If only I could save the child."
"By the way, the surgery fee is enough, I can't charge your 20,000 yuan......"
Twenty thousand dollars?
As if realizing something, Zhang Mo suddenly turned to the previous page, his fingers swiped over each line, and finally stopped at one sentence.
"If you have the ability to kneel and climb a thousand meters on the street, I will donate 20,000 yuan to you immediately."
Like an electric shock, Zhang Mo only felt a tingling sensation rising from the Tianling Gai, and quickly spilled all over his body.
Looking at the words "rich boy" again, she only felt that a breath was blocked in her throat, which made her choke a little:
"Xiao Qin, this rich boy is ......"
"Yes, he is the mastermind of this public opinion, and the purpose is to help the mother and daughter raise money."
Qin Muchu nodded.
In the past two days, there has been a lot of excitement on the Internet about his avoidance of talking about the film classification system, some saying that he was not responsible, and some defending him.
But not many people pay attention to the core of the matter, which is what the film classification system that he avoids talking about.
It is said that public opinion cannot be controlled, and this is true.
Public opinion is the speech of the public, and you cannot control what the public says or thinks.
But it can be guided, whether it is through lies or out of context, it can also achieve the effect of "control".
Just like this time with him.
first said "Lou Ye said that Qin Muchu has the ability to change the film system" as "Lou Ye angrily scolded Qin Muchu for not taking responsibility", and then through his avoidance of talking about the film classification system, the focus was firmly locked on whether he was responsible.
For ordinary people, the film system is definitely not as attractive as the topic of "Qin Muchu is not responsible".
Like this story he wrote.
It's just that the difference is that someone uses public opinion to do something bad, and someone does something good.
Zhang Mo, who received an affirmative answer, took a deep breath, his eyes full of incredulity and admiration.
Well, that's the level of a top screenwriter.
Thinking of something, she suddenly asked again:
"Xiao Qin, are you the 'rich son'?"
Isn't it well known that I have money?
Is the person on the Forbes rich list on Ma's father good last year, do you want to see the screenshots?
Qin Muchu was stunned for a moment, and reacted that "rich boy" was referring to the character in the story, he shook his head and said with a smile:
"Although this story was inspired by recent events, they are two different things, and they don't matter."
"Really?"
Zhang Mo was skeptical.
Writing such a story at this juncture, she couldn't help but think about it, and even she had already figured out the various metaphors.
The sick daughter alludes to film censorship.
Mom is Lou Ye.
The Film Bureau is the hospital.
And Qin Muchu is the "rich boy", who entered the game and planned this public opinion, hoping to stimulate the public's discussion of the film censorship system, so that the Film Bureau can change the film censorship system.
It's just a pity that the chess is half a move, and the public opinion has gone astray, so I have to borrow the movie to give a perfect ending.
Zhang Mo was thinking about it here, and Qin Muchu, who originally had no superfluous ideas, was mentioned by her like this, and couldn't help but connect the story with reality......
Sick daughter alludes to film censorship, and mom is Lou ......
Hey, it's reasonable to think about it.
"Sister Mo, I really don't have any metaphors."
Facing Zhang Mo's increasingly suspicious gaze, Qin Muchu raised three fingers speechlessly.
"Well, I know, Liuzi."
Hearing Zhang Mo mention his role in "Bullet", the corners of Qin Muchu's mouth twitched.
This is to point him to "Bullet".
Just as he was about to speak, his phone rang.
I glanced at the caller ID, and it was the number of a landline.
Although the first landline has not completely withdrawn from the stage of history this year, it is not common anymore, and it is generally used by companies.
Scam calls are not ruled out.
With some strangeness, he chose to connect the phone anyway.
At the same time, many people received this call from the self-proclaimed "Film Bureau", including writers, teachers from art academies, but more often directors, screenwriters, actors, invited to a conference......
(End of chapter)