According to the production rules, the filmmaker takes the script to find the director, and cannot cast a wide net to hand the same script to multiple directors at the same time.

An invitation can only be sent to another director after one director has declined.

This is done to avoid vicious competition between directors, and it is also a sign of respect for the director himself.

After the script outline of "Her" was released, the producers of China Film and MK2 set out to find a suitable director in the Chinese-language film industry.

Chinese directors from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and even overseas are all under consideration.

This is also Zhang Yuanjun's request, he hopes to cooperate with Chinese directors as much as possible, and does not want to increase the communication cost for the crew.

The first object of consideration by the production team was Dai Sijie, a writer and director in France.

With "Balzac and the Little Tailor", he has gained a certain degree of popularity and influence in the international film industry. MK2 thinks he can get a good handle on a movie like "Her".

But after the invitation was sent, the other party rejected it on the grounds that it was necessary to rewrite it, and he had no inspiration or energy to direct a new play.

After Dai Sijie refused, the production team turned their attention to China and sent an invitation to Luo Qirui, whom Zhang Yuanjun had worked with before.

"The Thief of Time" is a rare masterpiece of literary films in Hong Kong in recent years.

But Luo Qirui also refused after reading the outline, saying that he was not familiar with science fiction, and his health was not very good in recent years, so he had no directorial plan.

The selection of the director of "Her" came to a standstill for a while.

The production team of "She" is looking for a director in the circle with such fanfare, it is impossible for the circle not to pay attention.

But now it is difficult to make literary films, not to mention young people like Zhang Yuanjun, it is difficult for even old and well-known directors to attract investment.

Not to mention that it is still a very bold literary science fiction film, and the industry is very unoptimistic about this film for a while.

In fact, there is a funding gap for the crew of "Her".

Zhang Yuanjun has not yet reached the point where others will invest as long as he wants to make a film.

China Film, Anle Pictures and MK2 have only solved half of the cost for themselves, and there is still a gap of about 15 million.

The management says "full support", and you are a fool if you believe it.

"She" is still pushing forward unhurriedly.

One night, it was past 8 o'clock, according to Liu Yifei's previous work and rest habits, she should be doing yoga at home at this time, but today she is going out.

"Why are you going?" Zhang Yuanjun walked around the pond in the backyard to the front yard and saw Liu Yifei slowly reversing out.

"Men don't inquire about women's affairs."

"Hey!"

"I'll go see Zhou Yang." Liu Yifei parked, "Are you going?" ”

"What am I going to do, what's the matter?"

"I don't know, Wang Jia asked us to go, saying that Zhou Yang kept crying on the phone, and he couldn't persuade him."

"Broken out?"

"Who knows."

"You wait a minute." Zhang Yuanjun told Liu Yifei not to leave in a hurry, walked into the house and took a thin coat out, "It's cold at night, put on some clothes." ”

Liu Yifei took the clothes and was about to leave, but was stopped again: "If you don't know how to persuade, don't talk less, let Wang Jia persuade, your mouth is stupid to death, don't persuade people to cry anymore." ”

"Oops." Liu Yifei shouted, "Just you can." "Then he kicked the gas pedal and walked away.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Yuanjun finished writing, and was about to call Liu Yifei to ask her if she would come back tonight, but as soon as she picked up the phone, Liu Yifei's assistant's phone came in, saying that the matter was over, and she drove Liu Yifei back.

Ten minutes later, the two arrived home.

"Drunk?"

"Hmm." The assistant nodded, "Zhou Yang was unconscious by a few of them and was taken away by Wang Jia.

"I don't dare take her back to her mother, I'm going to be seen, and we're both going to be scolded."

Liu Yifei was not drunk, but her cheeks were red from drinking, and Zhang Yuanjun said, "Okay, you go back first." ”

Liu Yifei's assistant left.

Zhang Yuanjun poured a glass of water for Liu Yifei: "How is it?" What's wrong? ”

"I didn't expect him to be that kind of person."

Zhang Yuanjun's gossip heart suddenly rose: "Have you met a scumbag?" ”

"What." Liu Yifei waved her hand, "It's not an emotional problem, I'll tell you when I cut a fruit plate." ”

"You still did it, I'll just ask Wang Jia to know." But Zhang Yuanjun still got up and cut fruit for Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei went to the bathroom to simply wash her face while Zhang Yuanjun was cutting fruits.

Zhang Yuanjun cut the fruit plate and put it in front of Liu Yifei: "Eat, auntie." ”

Liu Yifei took a piece of pear to eat, and Zhang Yuanjun said, "You don't say it." ”

"I take a breath, it's none of your business, you're so positive, why are you so trustworthy."

"You don't say I'm going to sleep." Zhang Yuanjun finished speaking and wanted to get up.

"Don't go, don't go." Liu Yifei grabbed Zhang Yuanjun, "If you leave, I'll gossip to whom." ”

Zhang Yuanjun sat down and only listened to Liu Yifei say: "You know the "Jingwu Fengyun Chen Zhen" that will be released in a few days. ”

"Hmm."

"Zhou Yang plays the second female number one in it, Chen Zhen's fellow junior sister."

"What a good character." Zhang Yuanjun had already guessed what was going on, but he still listened to Liu Yifei say:

"It's very good, Zhou Yang is very happy, in the script, this role also has a play, and there is also an emotional scene with the male No. 2 Huang Bo, there are a lot of literary and martial arts, a very brilliant role.

"Zhou Yang cherished this opportunity very much, and worked hard to train under the guidance of Wu Xing before the start of filming."

"And then the fight was deleted?" Zhang Yuanjun said.

"How do you know?"

"Guess."

"Well, before the start of filming, she said that her fight scenes were canceled, and all the scenes that required her to fight against others became Zhen Dan alone from beginning to end."

"Expected." Zhang Yuanjun said, "Zhen Bullet is very domineering in action movies, it's not an exaggeration to say a word about drama bully, he basically doesn't allow supporting roles to overshadow him, he just wants the audience to watch him play alone." "Painted Skin" was a fight scene that served him alone at the beginning, if he didn't have the money to shoot it, he wouldn't have let Chen Jiashang change it into a love triangle. ”

Liu Yifei continued: "If only the martial arts drama is deleted, Zhou Yang's opinion is not so big, Zhen Bullet also deleted the emotional drama between her and Huang Bo, she has become a dispensable trick from a female number two with both civil and military skills." She protested with the crew, and even quarreled with the director, but now that the publicity doesn't bring her, she is so angry that she cries. ”

Zhang Yuanjun said: "Zhen Dan's literary drama is notoriously poor, and Huang Bo has too much performance, and he will make him as if he can't act." ”

"How bad is very bad?"

Zhang Yuanjun thought for a while and said: "If I are on the same stage with him, I am confident that he will not even be able to speak his lines clearly." ”

If there is no such confidence, Zhang Yuanjun will not be able to win the actor.

There are two kinds of drama tyrants, one is to dominate the crew, and the other is to press the opponent actor in the process of the play, so that the opponent can't keep up with him and live like a clown.

Zhang Yuanjun said helplessly: "Of course the crew is not right in this matter, but," Zhang Yuanjun sighed, "That's it now, big-name stars almost have absolute power in the crew, because investors only pay for celebrities, and directors have no right to speak in front of big names." The entire crew must revolve around big-name stars. ”

How could Liu Yifei, who was a young man in the crew, not understand this truth, just like the crew of "Snow Leopard", Zhang Yuanjun didn't invest a penny, but the investor paid for watching Zhang Yuanjun star, so the boss of the entire "Snow Leopard" crew is actually Zhang Yuanjun.

The list of starring actors, Zhang Yuanjun didn't nod, the list couldn't be passed, Zhang Yuanjun said that Luo Jin, Lu Fangsheng and Tang Yan would be used, and the crew would have to let these three people go.

In fact, there is a cruel truth in the industry: the first-line big names are all drama tyrants.

Liu Yifei was also very helpless: "We drank with her, and in the end she hugged Wang Jia and cried half to death, saying that she was worried that she would be hated by Zhen Dan, and it would be difficult to film in the future." ”

"It's okay, except for the official, no one has the energy to ban an actor."

In the end, Liu Yifei also sighed: "I still hope she can become popular, the little actor is too bitter in this circle." ”

Zhang Yuanjun took a deep look at Liu Yifei, not knowing what to think. (End of chapter)