I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 257 Plot
"Hey Evan, look at the shooting schedule!"

Wan Qingshan took the document handed over by Peter and asked casually, "Peter, how are you preparing?"

In order to fit the role, Pete, who had gained a lot of weight, raised his eyebrows and said very confidently, "OK, everything is ready."

Wan Qingshan smiled and looked down at the document.

After a while, Wan Qingshan closed the document and said, "OK, shooting plan, I have no objections."

"Evan, since it's okay, I have to leave first. I have some things to deal with."

"OK, you get busy first!"

After meeting with Pete, Wan Qingshan accepted the appointment to meet with Koch.

"Evan, you are finally back!"

Wan Qingshan returned to China after finishing "Ati" and stayed there for nearly two months, which almost made Colombia anxious to death.

"Ms. Koch, I said on the phone that the release date and publicity are all up to Colombia."

"Yes, but you have to cooperate with the promotion. Now you have to collaborate with Pete on a new movie. If the release time is not coincident, can you still find time to promote it?"

"I understand, I understand, Soory, the new movie I'm cooperating with Pete will start shooting the day after tomorrow. The plan is to finish shooting at the end of November."

Koch immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "The time is still urgent. The company plans to release "Ati" between December 12th and December 5th."

Afterwards, Wan Qingshan and Koch chatted for a few words. When they were saying goodbye, Koch suddenly hugged Wan Qingshan.

When Wan Qingshan was a little confused, Koch's soft whispering voice sounded in his ears.

"Evan, no matter how good the box office of "Ati" is, you must be mentally prepared. The profits represented by Universe Movies will make anyone excited."

Wan Qingshan was not surprised, he just sighed slightly in his heart. "Fire" was a hit, so he knew this would happen!
"Koch, thank you!"

Koch patted Wan Qingshan on the back, let go of Wan Qingshan and said, "Evan, you are a very good filmmaker, but unfortunately, you have no foundation here. I wish you good luck in the future!"

"Thank you and I wish you good luck too."

a few days later.

“Evan, this is Mahershala Ali, you can call him Ali.

This time I asked him to play the role of pianist Don Shirley. Although he is not famous, his acting skills are very good.

I had worked with him before in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and his performance really amazed me.

When I first read your script, I thought Ali should play the pianist. "

Looking at Mahershala Ali, who was praised lavishly by Pitt and looked a little nervous, Wan Qingshan wanted to laugh. It was quite a coincidence that Pitt actually cast the actor who originally played Don Shelly to play Don Shelly.

"Hello, Ali!" Wan Qingshan greeted.

"Evan, hello!" Ali replied awkwardly.

Wan Qingshan smiled and looked at Peter.

"Peter, of course I believe in the person you chose!"

Peter immediately laughed, although Wan Qingshan was just a paid director and was not qualified to decide the actors.

But if Wan Qingshan is not satisfied, problems will inevitably arise in the cooperation.

Ali let out a long breath and was not so nervous.

The roles he played in the past were all supporting roles that were extremely small, and they were almost not famous at all.

Although Peter was willing to give him a hand, he also told him, 'If Evan is dissatisfied with you, then I'm sorry, I have to be responsible for the movie. '

Now that Wan Qingshan has no objection, his role is saved.

The movie Wan Qingshan prepared for Peter was "Green Book".

This movie was a bit difficult to shoot.

It’s not the actors who need superb acting skills, nor the troublesome shooting techniques, but the shooting location.

There are too many iconic buildings in the movie, so for this filming, we had to follow the route in the movie's plot and go to more than a dozen states.

Shooting in this state today, and shooting in which state tomorrow.

Almost half of the three months of filming was spent on the road.

Fortunately, Peter found someone to plan the shooting very carefully, and the shooting was only two days overdue, and the shooting was completed in early December.

Then, after Pete repeatedly warned, 'Evan, hurry up, the movie needs to be released before mid-January, otherwise you won't be able to catch up with the Oscars early next year! Next, Wan Qingshan rushed to meet up with Liu Yifei, Zhou Xun, and Duan Yihong who had come to Los Angeles a long time ago to promote "Ati".

"Ati" is scheduled to be released on December 12th, and the promotion has already been done, but Wan Qingshan was busy before, so he had to let Liu Yifei and others promote it.

But their publicity is almost useless. Among the three of them, Liu Yifei is a little famous, but that's it.

They had been promoting it for several days, but it was not as popular as the second part of "Ati" and "Fire". Except for the media that Colombia paid to find, the media only reported on the movie and did not report on the three of them.

If the movie is covered but the three of them are not covered, then what is written about them is just a passing mention, with very little publicity.

After Wan Qingshan joined in, the popularity finally changed, and the media finally began to report on the director, and by the way, the actors, and they reported on "Ati" more and more.

After a few days of promotion, the publicity method of appearing on TV and being interviewed finally stopped. Then it was Colombia's final sprint for publicity, and "Ati" was promoted on major programs. Wan Qingshan hurriedly rushed to get it. The later period of "Green Book".

On December 12, "Ati" will have its world premiere and additional screenings!
The premiere was still held at the Huaxia Grand Theater. This time there were more celebrities and reporters than at the premiere of "Fire".

Celebrities, film critics, reporters, and colleagues all take up half of the space.

"Evan, I heard that your new movie with Pete has been completed?" Leonardo walked over and asked, hugging his new Victoria's Secret girlfriend.

"Not yet. The post-production process hasn't been completed yet. I guess I won't be able to make it in time for next year's Oscars."

Suddenly, Leonardo let go of his girlfriend's hand and motioned her to step aside. He then stepped forward, put his arm around Wan Qingshan's shoulders, and whispered in Wan Qingshan's ear,
"Evan, the news I know is that Universal and Disney are planning to take action on your movie universe, so be careful."

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said,
"Thanks, I'll be ready."

The happy smile on Wan Qingshan's face made Leonardo stunned for a moment.

"Evan, don't think that Columbia will help you. I'm afraid they will take advantage of this to put pressure on you. There is no company in the movie universe that will not be tempted.

The box office of "Fire" is nearly one billion U.S. dollars. One billion U.S. dollars would already drive those companies crazy, not to mention that this is a movie universe.

In the past, it was not the right time to take action blatantly, but now the general environment has changed, international relations have changed, and they dare to take action.

Evan, please don’t take this seriously! "

"I know, I already have a plan.

Leonardo, if you have the opportunity to come to China in the future, you can come to me and I will take you to experience the authentic Chinese food. "

Wan Qingshan's words shocked Leonardo. After coming to his senses, he said in disbelief,
"Evan, are you planning to return to China?"

Wan Qingshan nodded, "Actually, even if this matter hadn't happened, I would have planned to return to China to develop.

My wife and I are trying to conceive, and I don't want to miss out on my son or daughter's childhood. "

Leonardo was stunned for a moment and sighed, "Okay, Evan, you are my best friend. I will go to China to find you when I have time. After your little angel is born, you must tell me that I want to see you." look."

Wan Qingshan smiled and nodded, and then whispered, "Best friend, can you do me a favor?"

Leonardo was stunned for another moment before asking, "What's the business?"

"I still have several scripts here, all of which are promising for Oscars. Can you help me contact my contacts to sell them, each script is worth 500 million US dollars!"

"How many copies!" Leonardo exclaimed in shock.

Then, he said excitedly, "Shet, Evan, you are such a genius, you actually have a few scripts that can compete for Oscars!
If the news gets out, Damon and those people will go crazy! "

“I originally planned to take pictures myself in the future, but I have no choice but to sell them now.

Leonardo, I hope you can help me with this. I have a lot of things to do next and I don’t have time to do this. "

"OK, no problem."

After saying that, Leonardo's eyes flashed and he said with a smile, "Evan, can you let me see the scripts first and let me choose a few. I also hope to win another Oscar."

"No problem, I'll let you read the script after the premiere."

"Thank you!"

After Wan Qingshan and Leonardo finished chatting, the premiere of "Arti" began.

After everyone entered the room, the screen lit up and the movie started to show.

"Ati" is a plot, a bit more of an art film.

At the beginning of the movie, on an ancient street, a group of people wearing sackcloth were walking on the street with smiles on their faces.

On both sides of the street, there was a sound of hawking, and then a child stopped and looked closely at the steaming buns beside him.

The woman holding the child's hand patted his back gently, stepped forward and bought a bun and gave it to the child.

The child took the bun with a satisfied smile, and as soon as he took a bite, his hand couldn't hold it firmly, and it clicked!The bun fell to the ground.

When the child was about to squat down to pick up the buns, Liu Yifei, who was completely dirty and covered with burn scars on half of her face and arms, came out from the side with a whoosh and picked up the fallen buns, regardless of the dust on them. He swallowed hard and started eating.

When the people around him saw this, they quickly dispersed in fear. When the child saw that the bun was gone, he burst into tears.

The woman quickly picked up the child, covered the child's mouth, and said in the child's ear, "You're still crying, be careful she eats you!"

As he spoke, he turned around and left quickly with everyone.

Then, Zhou Xun, dressed in a black dress and looking like a black elf, appeared out of thin air. She squatted down and said to Liu Yifei,
"I have told you before that people in the world are ignorant and only seek profit. In fact, the world is more terrifying than anything else."

While Zhou Xun was speaking, someone hurriedly passed through her body, like passing through the air, but had no effect on her.

People around her couldn't see her or hear her voice, as if she wasn't in this space at all.

Liu Yifei turned a deaf ear to Zhou Xun's words. After finishing the buns, she stood up and staggered along the street.

Zhou Xun looked at Liu Yifei's back and smiled. The smile was very charming, but paired with the indifferent eyes, it made people feel shuddering.

After Zhou Xun smiled, he disappeared into thin air.

Liu Yifei was walking along the street. Wherever she passed, the people around her dispersed in fear.

Then, the camera turned and Liu Yifei appeared in the woods on the outskirts. Her lips turned white, she stumbled and fell to the ground and fainted.

At this time, Wan Qingshan, carrying a medicine basket, appeared in the camera.

"It's you!" Wan Qingshan exclaimed, then used his hand to detect Liu Yifei's breathing and pulse, then carried Liu Yifei on his back and walked forward.

Then, the camera turned again, and Liu Yifei, who looked several years younger and had no burn scars on her face and arms, was squatting and pulling grass beside the endless fields.

"Artie!"

Off camera, a shout made her look up.

Then, she showed her teeth and looked forward with a very sweet smile.

As the camera turned, Duan Yihong, who was smiling like a fool, ran over quickly with a ball of oil paper in his arms.

"Ati, guess what I brought you?" Duan Yihong said with a smile on her face as she approached.

Liu Yifei smiled and said happily, "Braised pork!"

"It's roasted chicken. I was helping Wang Yuan's wife today, and he gave me half a roasted chicken."

Duan Yihong smiled and opened the oil paper, and inside was half a roast chicken.

"Come on, here it is!"

Liu Yifei stood up, wiped her hands on the linen clothes on her body, took the roast chicken, pulled off a drumstick and handed it to Duan Yihong.

"Ading, you eat!"

"Okay, I'll eat it, and you'll eat it too!"

The plot of the next ten minutes is all about Liu Yifei and Duan Yihong.

Seen as a demon by the villagers, it is revealed that when Liu Yifei was born, her mother suffered a massive hemorrhage and died.

Her father and her brother still loved her, but unfortunately, when she was 13 years old, they went up the mountain to collect medicine and were killed by a tiger.

The entire family died, causing her to be regarded as an unknown person by the villagers, and no relatives were willing to accept her.

Fortunately, there is Yang Ding, played by Duan Yihong, a playmate in the village who often steals things from home for her and helps her until she grows up.

She and Duan Yihong had been falling in love for a long time, but because Duan Yihong's parents thought she was an unknown person, Duan Yihong was not allowed to marry her, and they even scolded her every time they met, so the two could only meet secretly.

This memory is very interesting, and Wanqing Mountain appears at the same time.

He was a famous doctor, and because he didn't charge for medical treatment, people in Yangjiacun would ask him to see a doctor whenever they had any minor problems.

However, he has a peculiar habit of not letting other people be present when seeing a doctor, and he also closes the doors and windows.

Although weird, his medical skills were high and he didn't charge money. Everyone thought that Wan Qingshan didn't want people to learn his medical skills secretly, so they didn't care.

Wan Qingshan often goes to Yangjia Village for medical treatment. He is very familiar with the people in the village and also knows Ati.

After the ten-minute memory plot was over, the camera turned and there was a courtyard made of bamboo in the misty mountains. Wan Qingshan was tinkering with herbs in the courtyard.

The camera turned and Liu Yifei woke up from the bamboo bed in the room. She opened her eyes and looked around.

Then, just as she was about to get up, Wan Qingshan walked in with a night of white porridge.

"You're awake, come and have some porridge!" Liu Yifei glanced at Wanqing Mountain, her weak voice full of surprise.

"Zuo Langzhong!"

"It was me. When I came back from collecting medicine, I saw you fainted in the woods, so I brought you back."

Wan Qingshan said with a look of compassion, "Hey, I've heard about what happened in your Yangjiacun."

Liu Yifei's expression suddenly became frightened!
"I remember your name is Ati, right.

Arti, don't think too much now. I checked your pulse when you were asleep.

There's nothing wrong with you, you're just too hungry. Please drink a bowl of porridge first to recuperate your health. "

Facing the white porridge handed over by Wan Qingshan, Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment and reached out to take the porridge.

As soon as she stretched out her hand, she immediately retracted her hand, hurriedly grabbed her hair, covered half of her scarred cheek with her hair, and then shrank toward the foot of the bed like a frightened elk.

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then turned around and placed the porridge beside the bed.

"Ati, this is where the porridge is. Remember to drink it."

After walking out of Wanqingshan, Liu Yifei stretched her head and glanced at the door, then crawled over, reached out to pick up the porridge and drank it.

After taking two sips, Liu Yifei froze. Under the close-up shot, two drops of tears fell into the white porridge.

After Liu Yifei finished the porridge in a big gulp, she turned around and reached out to push open the window next to the bed.

Looking at the Wanqing Mountains tinkering with medicinal herbs in the yard, then——

"He must have another purpose for saving you. You haven't understood it yet. There are no good people in this world!"

Zhou Xun appeared beside the bed out of thin air, looking at Liu Yifei with a smile.

Liu Yifei looked back at Zhou Xun, then withdrew her hand and lay down.

"Think about Yang Ding, how good he was to you before, but he watched you being tied to the fire.

What kind of ominous person, what kind of devil, what a liar made up to defraud money, the world is cowardly and ignorant, and that’s why..."

"To shut up!"

Liu Yifei suddenly started doing it and roared with all her strength.

"I am your heart. If there is no more doubt or anger in your heart, I will naturally shut up!" Zhou Xun revealed a very proud smile.

At this time, the sound of pounding medicinal materials outside the hospital disappeared.

"Ati, what's wrong?" Wan Qingshan walked in and asked with curiosity on his face.

"it's okay no problem."

After Liu Yifei finished speaking, he lifted the quilt and prepared to get out of bed.

"Mr. Zuo, thank you. I'm ready and I'm leaving now."

Wan Qingshan hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Yifei. As soon as he finished speaking, he staggered out of bed and was about to fall.

Just as Wan Qingshan helped Liu Yifei, Liu Yifei suddenly used all her strength to break free, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, leaned down and said, "Ati, I have heard about you. I can't blame you. You are not an unknown person, let alone a demon."

Liu Yifei suddenly raised her head and looked at Wan Qingshan. Seeing Wan Qingshan's sincere expression, she hesitated.

"Do you really believe that I'm not an evil person?"

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have brought you back!"

Liu Yifei suddenly laughed, and while laughing, tears couldn't stop flowing out.

Seeing this, Wan Qingshan reached out to help Liu Yifei, but this time Liu Yifei did not break away.

After helping Liu Yifei to the bed, Wan Qingshan said in a very gentle voice,
"The most important thing for you now is to rest. Let's talk about everything after you have rested."

Liu Yifei nodded very meekly.

Seeing this, Wan Qingshan turned and left.

Lying on the bed, looking at Wan Qingshan's departing back, Liu Yifei's eyes were full of dependence.

"Do you believe what he said? Stop deceiving yourself and think about the people you have met, think about Yang Ding!" Zhou Xun said in a bewitching voice from the side.

This time, Liu Yifei did not retort excitedly, but there was suspicion in her eyes.

Then the scene changed, and it was the down-and-out Yangjiacun again.

The faces of all the villagers in Yangjia Village were filled with fear.

From the conversations between several people, I learned that a wall of the Yangjiacun ancestral hall suddenly fell down last night.

Some people said that the ancestors were angry, but they all believed it, so they were frightened and frightened.

After discussion, the villagers decided to pool their money and find a famous goddess a few miles away to come and have a look.

When the goddess came, she told her that there was an unlucky person in the village and that she was the reincarnation of a demon. It was she who made the ancestors angry. If she was not driven out of the village, the ancestors would continue to blame her.

Drive Ati away, the goddess said this deliberately to make money.

It was the request of Yang Ding's parents to drive Ati away.

Yang Ding and Ati have been entangled together, and some time ago, Yang Ding actually resisted their proposed marriage for Ati's sake.

So, they thought of a way, smashed a wall of the ancestral hall in the middle of the night, and encouraged them to collect money to find the goddess, and this goddess had already been bribed by them.

They just wanted to get rid of Ati, but someone in the village suggested burning Ati to death, which would make their ancestors forgive them.

Everyone in the village agreed with this proposal.

When Duan Yihong found out about this, she yelled and stopped them from burning Ati.

But among everyone, "Yang Ding, if the ancestors blame us because of her, what should we do?" '

'Ading, you can't be so selfish. Think about your father, your mother, and the whole village. We can't let the whole village suffer because of Ati. '

'Ading, our village is already poor. If we don't burn the devil to death, the ancestors will blame us and the harvest will be reduced. How many people in our village will have to sell their sons and daughters! '

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Under these remarks, and when his parents saw this situation, they also thought that it would be best to burn Ati to death to prevent Duan Yihong from finding him, so they threatened death and even brought his sister over, saying that if Ati didn't die, he might die next year. She was about to sell her sister, so Duan Yihong began to give in.

As Duan Yi watched with red eyes, the villagers took Liu Yifei to the fire.

"Ading, save me!"

"Adin!"

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Amid Liu Yifei's pitiful shouts, Duan Yihong, with red eyes, turned around and ran away.

The torch was lit, and Liu Yifei stopped shouting in despair.

Under the firelight, she watched the villagers' smiles with cold eyes.

When the fire burned her body and burned her cheeks and arms, she screamed, "You are the devil!"

Then, a black light poured into Liu Yifei's body from the sky.

Then, Liu Yifei passed out. Amidst the horror of the villagers, countless black gases filled with corpses emerged from Liu Yifei's body.

The black air extinguished the flames and then enveloped the entire village.

Shrouded in black air, all the villagers died instantly, and their corpses had symptoms like those of the plague.

At this time, Zhou Xun, who was like a black elf, appeared out of thin air. She looked at Liu Yifei, who was still in a coma, and murmured with a smile,
"It's easy for a little girl to do it!"

Then, Zhou Xun waved his hand, put away his black energy, and appeared outside the village carrying Liu Yifei.

Then, the camera turned, it was dawn, and Liu Yifei woke up.

She looked at her arm in surprise, surprised that she was still alive.

Then she quietly ran back to the village.

Everyone in the village was dead, which frightened her. After looking at it twice, she crawled and ran out of the village, shouting at the same time, "I am not a devil, I am not a devil!"

This voice sounded like he was trying to convince himself again!
When the camera turned, Liu Yifei, disheveled and slovenly, was walking on the street, and the people around her were so frightened that they backed away.

'She is that Ati from Yangjiacun! '

'Everyone in the village contracted the plague and died overnight, but she was still alive. '

'He killed his mother when he was born, killed his father and brother when he grew up, and now he kills the whole village. This is simply a devil. '

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Amid the murmurs of the people around, the scene turned and returned to the small courtyard.

The movie is almost at the end now, and the next 10 minutes of the plot are under the care of Wan Qingshan, especially because he does not believe that she is a devil, so Liu Yifei quickly opens her heart to Wan Qingshan.

She is becoming more and more cheerful, smiling more and more, and the frequency of weekly news is becoming less and less!

Until one day, she discovered that Wan Qingshan used animal carcasses to practice medicine, used various medicinal materials, and then boiled a pool of black potion.

Wan Qingshan's move was hidden from her before, so she began to be suspicious again, and Zhou Xun appeared again.

Inspired by curiosity and Zhou Xun, Liu Yifei began to secretly observe Wanqing Mountain.

One night, she found Wan Qingshan studying a book.

When researching, Wan Qingshan was not at all as elegant and indifferent as usual.

He has a crazy expression, sometimes he is full of anger, sometimes he laughs dumbly, he is simply a lunatic!

Out of curiosity, Liu Yifei took a peek at the book while Wan Qingshan was busy.

Although she was illiterate, she secretly wrote down some words, and then asked Wan Qingshan randomly.

Half a month later, the potion in Wanqing Mountain was boiled, and Liu Yifei also asked what the words meant.

That is a book, a book about cultivating immortals. It records how to make potions and then soak them to become immortals.

The main medicine is the whole body blood of the ominous person!
Then, the camera turned and described Wanqing Mountain.

When he was a child, Wan Qingshan witnessed his father dying in bed due to a genetic disease.

When he was a teenager, he discovered that symptoms of genetic diseases appeared in his own body, so he began to study medicine in order to cure his genetic diseases.

But after more than ten years of studying medicine and seeing countless doctors, they could not solve his own genetic disease.

Normal medical skills could not save him, so he began to engage in what was considered an evil path by medicine at the time - dissecting cadavers and studying the structure of the human body.

At first, he dissected animals and rescued people for free in several surrounding villages, just to get more exposure to human bodies and see what the difference was.

He closed the doors and windows when seeing a doctor, and used acupuncture to put the patient into a deep sleep, so that he could undress the patient and study the human body.

Later, he began to dig up the freshly buried corpses nearby and dissected them to study the human structure.

Studying the structure of the human body still cannot solve his genetic disease.

His illness became more and more severe, and his body hair began to fall out.

He was unwilling to die like this, so he began to look for ways to become an immortal.

In the end, he found the book about becoming an immortal by soaking in medicine.

The most important ingredient is the whole body blood of the ominous person.

At that time, he thought of Liu Yifei, who had killed the whole village, but at that time Liu Yifei was wandering everywhere and he had no time to look for her. His illness was getting worse and his hair had begun to fall out slowly.

According to the process of his father's death from illness, half a year after his hair began to fall out, he would die of the disease.

He had no time to search, so he changed his target. He found out that there was an ominous person who killed his mother at birth more than ten miles away.

He was about to collect the rest of the medicine and went over to do it, but unexpectedly he met Liu Yifei who had fainted.

So he set his target on Liu Yifei.

As soon as the plot describing Wanqing Mountain was finished, the camera turned.

Knowing the content of the book, Liu Yifei's already broken heart was completely torn apart, and her eyes became completely 'gloomy'.

Then, encouraged by Zhou Xun, she used the pharmacological knowledge she learned from Wan Qingshan during this period to stun Wan Qingshan, and then she carried Wan Qingshan and sank into the black medicine pool together.

The two of them submerged into the medicinal pool. Under a close-up shot, after the ripples on the surface of the medicinal pool disappeared, Zhou Xun appeared out of thin air, and she stepped into the black pool with a smile on her face.

After Zhou Xun entered for a while, Liu Yifei emerged from the black pool.

At this time, her entire temperament changed, exuding a dead air and indifference.

The clothes on her body also changed, and Zhou Xun's black dress appeared on her body.

Liu Yifei glanced at the black medicine pool, and then gave a cold smile to the camera.

As soon as the smile appeared, Liu Yifei's face changed slightly, as if there was a trace of Zhou Xun's appearance.

Then, the screen went black, and the crew list appeared amid the low-pitched, inaudible, yet psychedelic theme song.

(End of this chapter)