China Entertainment Times 1999

Chapter 214 Let me teach you! (Please subscribe!)

"Director Lin, I'm sorry!"

Li Yang read the new script carefully.

After a moment of silence, he pushed back the script.

Lin Xuan frowned and asked in confusion: "What's wrong, are you not satisfied with the script changes?"

Li Yang shook his head: "I'm very satisfied with the new script, but..."

Lin Xuan waved his hand and said: "Say it, there are no outsiders here, I promise not to spread it."

Li Yang picked up the wine glass, drank all the white wine in the glass, and sighed: "Then I will say it.

Not counting documentaries, this film is my first time directing, so I want to make it according to my own ideas.

Even if no one invests, I just want to sell it, even if I sell cars and houses, I still have to sell it.

Secondly, although Director Lin's script has been revised very well, it is really very good, and this is not a flattery.

But I feel that the new script lacks aggressiveness and is too gentle. It’s just scratching the surface, and it’s almost meaningless…”

After a glass of wine, Li Yang started talking.

He told Lin Xuan exactly what he wanted to do with the film.

From reading the novel "Shenmu", to visiting black mines in various places, to begging his father to sue his mother for investment.

When I was in the black mine, because I asked too many questions, the black boss mistook him for a reporter, and I almost got killed there.

After going through all kinds of hardships, he had already made up his mind to make this movie no matter what.

It will be a sharp sword that cuts through the darkness under the sun and shows all the dirty things inside to the audience.

Therefore, not a single word of this movie can be changed!

Lin Xuan listened to him silently, feeling a little touched in his heart.

No matter what the future holds ten years from now.

At this moment, Li Yangren is the conscientious director who is full of passion, speaks for special groups, and faces the darkness of human nature.

Faced with this kind of person, if you asked him to change the script, he would rather not film it or release it.

Lin Xuan asked: "You should know about Jiang Wen, right? If you don't change a word and directly screen it at the film festival, aren't you afraid of being banned from directing?"

Li Yang smiled: "Although I'm not from their circle, I heard that those people are proud of the ban, and I think that's pretty cool."

Lin Xuan also smiled and said: "If you are banned from teaching, what will happen to your life? People have to eat."

"I have connections in Germany, so it won't be a problem to make a living there."

Lin Xuan smiled and said: "No wonder he is so confident that he has even found a way out."

"Director Lin, the investment in this movie..."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xuan suggested: "Director Li, I think this is it, you make two versions of this movie.

The first version was shot according to the original script, premiered at film festivals, screened abroad, and won awards!

Another version will be filmed according to my script and released in the Mainland. I will distribute it and make money! "

Li Yang was shocked by his proposal.

It's not uncommon to have two versions of a movie.

But Lin Xuan did this because he was treating the radio and television bosses like monkeys.

When the time comes, as a director, he will definitely be indispensable. As the main creator, Lin Xuan will also have to take advantage of the situation.

Lin Xuan handed over a cigarette: "I am only responsible for investment. I don't care how the movie is made."

Hearing this, Li Yang suddenly realized.

He takes the blame, but you get the money. This guy is so thoughtful.

"Director Li, think about it carefully, you won't suffer any loss in this matter.

You want to make a movie, I want box office. If the movie makes a profit, I'll share ten points of the profit with you. "

In addition to the box office, Li Yang also won the Silver Bear Award, and Bao Qiang also won the Golden Horse Newcomer Award.

However, the filming of the movie has not yet started, and even Zhang Yimou does not have such confidence.

"Ten o'clock..." Li Yang lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Okay, I agree!"

Lin Xuan pushed the script over, smiled and extended his hand: "Then I wish us a happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation!"

After the matter was settled, the three of them relaxed and continued eating and drinking.

"Director Li, have you decided on the actor Yuan Fengming yet?"

"Of course not. If the investment is not in place, how can we dare to cast actors?"

"I have a friend who is quite suitable. He is a rural boy, average-looking, a bit rustic and silly, and his acting skills are pretty good."

Li Yang did not agree or refuse on the spot.

"Then wait until you bring him over and I'll talk about it in person."

"Okay, let's do it."

"Director Lin, let me toast you again."

Li Yang toasted to him many times to thank him.

Lin Xuan faced two rookies, so he didn't need to cheat at all and just relied on his true skills.

He drank until late at night, and the dinner was not over until the two of them drank to pieces.

…………

A few days later, Lin Xuan received a call from Han Sanping, deputy director of China Film Group.

"You have time to invest in other people's movies, but you don't have time to make one yourself? I've been waiting for you for half a year, where is the script?"

Although the script submitted was systematically revised.

But just in case, Lin Xuan called Han Sanping and asked him to help clear up the relationship.

"It's coming, it's coming soon."

"Heh, you say that every time."

"Director Han, has the script of "The Blind Shaft" passed the review?"

"almost."

"........."

Lin Xuan laughed helplessly: "I'm really fast here. Please help me with the "Blind Shaft" matter."

"There is nothing wrong with the script. It will be released after two days' notice. Thanks to your method, you can actually get Li Yang to modify the script."

"That's great. Thank you, Director Han. Thank you for your hard work. I'll invite you to dinner later."

"Don't play nonsense. You must give me a deadline today. When will the script of your martial arts film be written?"

"One week! I promise to come to you with the script within a week."

"Okay, then it's settled!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xuan finally let go of the stone in his heart.

He first called Li Yang to inform Li Yang of the good news, and then called Wang Baoqiang.

"Baoqiang, where are you?"

"Filming...I'll take a leave of absence and come back in a few days."

"Of course something happened, and it's a good thing."

"Brother wants to take you to the palace."

"It's okay if you don't understand."

"that is it."

After a few phone calls, Lin Xuan put down his phone and started thinking about martial arts movies.

Follow the career development plan given to him by the studio.

Lin Xuan directs a work every year.

The year before last it was the movie "Adult Style of Love", last year it was the TV series "The Best in the World", and today it's the movie's turn again.

When attending the premiere of "Big Shot", he was asked anxiously by Han Sanping and casually mentioned that he wanted to make a martial arts film.

In fact, he didn't think about it at all.

But since I have agreed, let’s make a martial arts film. He drew out the system panel and entered the filter criteria "Martial Arts" and "Movies"!

After the turn of the millennium, mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan have produced many martial arts movies, but most of them are the works of Jin Gu Huang Liang Wen.

For example, he likes the "Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" series very much.

The movie is invested and produced by the movie channel, and is commonly known as the "Six Princesses" by netizens.

The reason why I call her Princess is because the movie channel is really arrogant.

She often doesn't follow the routine, and it's common for the program list to be inconsistent with the actual broadcast content.

In 98, "Titanic" took the world by storm, and the six princesses were directly released in the unabridged version.

When the Wang Baoqiang incident was in full swing, it played "Detective Chinatown", which included a scene in which his wife cheated on her.

When Feng Shaofeng and Zhao Liying showed off their affection, it played "I Want to Be Good with You" by Feng Shaofeng and his ex Ni Ni.

Every September 9, which is the day when the island nation signed the surrender document during World War II, the Six Princesses will play "Tokyo Trial".

If he makes a martial arts movie, Lin Xuan would prefer it to be original rather than an adaptation of a famous work.

The plots of those famous books are all very familiar, so there really isn’t much to film.

In recent years, directors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places have also made many original works.

"The Grandmaster" by Sunglasses King, "Shadow" by Zhang Yimou, and "Tai Chi" by Feng Delun.

Xu Haofeng's "Archer Liu Baiyuan", Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Assassin Nie Yingniang", Tsui Hark's "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".

Wu Yusen's "Sword Rain", and the martial arts movie "The King of Kung Fu" starring Cheng Long, Jet Li, Liu Yifei, and Li Bingbing with a ceiling of cast.

Some of the above movies are literary films, some have bad reviews, and some failed at the box office. None of them are suitable for Lin Xuan.

When it comes to the favorites of mainland audiences, we have to mention "Xiu Chun Knife" directed by Lu Yang.

"Xiu Chun Knife" is a very realistic movie.

It describes in detail the social chaos in the late Ming Dynasty and criticizes official corruption.

The martial arts world in the play does not follow the common Jianghu logic, but is more realistic.

Through the struggles and resistance of these three "grassroots civil servants", Lu Jianxing, Shen Lian, and Jin Yichuan.

This gives the movie a more down-to-earth resonance beyond simple "chivalry."

The action scenes of the film are mainly in the style of actual combat, using quick cuts and close-ups to enhance the harsh and cold effect, making the battle scenes quite impactful.

Although the movie has a good reputation, the distributor did not do a good job in marketing planning and did not find the right topic for promotion.

There was almost no topical promotion before the release, not even a media word-of-mouth campaign, which resulted in the film's box office failure.

These problems are nothing to Lin Xuan.

As long as the news that he writes, directs and stars is released, millions of fans will help promote it, and media reporters will follow up and report on it.

The hidden danger of failure at the box office has been eliminated. Based on the film quality alone, this movie is well worth buying.

I checked on the system and found that, my dear, the script fee is 150 million points.

Lin Xuan did not hesitate, first bought the original script, and then used system tools to modify the script to make up for its weaknesses.

…………

A few days later in the evening.

Lin Xuan invited Han Sanping, Li Yang, Wang Zhongjun, Wang Baoqiang and others to the club to do two things together.

Opening the door, Han Sanping, Wang Zhongjun was chatting with Li Yang.

Wang Zhongjun learned that Lin Xuan was optimistic about this project and secretly asked if he wanted to invest.

Han Sanping was to be the producer of "The Blind Shaft" and he also contributed to the approval of the script review.

Li Yang was frightened by this request and quickly persuaded him to withdraw his decision.

This producer is not that easy to be a producer. I plan to shoot two versions, the mainland version and the international version.

It's a pity that good words can't persuade a ghost who wants to die, and Han Sanping refuses to listen to advice.

Whenever something good happens in the circle, if Mr. Han doesn't get involved, he won't be called a mountain eagle.

In the corner, Wang Baoqiang was sitting on the sofa, feeling on pins and needles.

One is the deputy director of China Film Group Corporation, one is a returned director, and the other is the boss of Huayi.

The three of them are all big bosses, but Wang Baoqiang is just a transparent person in the entertainment industry, and he doesn't even dare to come forward and say a word.

What he didn't expect was that Li Yang would see every move he made.

That reserved and timid little expression, simple appearance, and silly temperament were exactly the same as the Yuan Fengming he imagined.

Li Yang was very satisfied with his first impression, and at the same time he admired Lin Xuan more and more.

Just after reading the script, I was able to choose such a suitable actor.

Lin Xuan is indeed a new director, with a really vicious vision.

Pushing open the box door, the four people in the room stood up one after another.

"Everyone, I'm sorry for the long wait."

"It's okay, we just arrived."

Wang Zhongjun and Li Yang both responded politely.

"Brother Xuan!"

Wang Baoqiang was even more excited when he saw his elder brother coming.

Han Sanping said with a smile: "When you treat a guest to a meal, the host doesn't come in advance and asks the guest to sit and wait. That's ridiculous."

Lin Xuan took off his coat and explained casually: "I'm busy filming, right? The crew just finished work and I rushed back from Yangcun."

Han Sanping doesn't care about these, he only cares about the script: "Where is the script?"

"Bring it here, Director Han has been urging me for several months, and now I'm finally clean."

Lin Xuan handed over the two scripts, and Han Sanping and Wang Zhongjun reached out to take them.

""Xiu Chun Dao"! The weapon of the Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty..."

Han Sanping looked at the name of the movie, nodded and said a few words, then sat down eagerly and opened the script.

Lin Xuan asked the waiter to serve the food, and then asked Wang Baoqiang to sit over.

"Director Li, you have met my little brother, what do you think of him? Does he look like Yuan Fengming?"

Li Yang nodded and said: "The appearance conditions are very suitable. Director Lin has a really good vision, but I don't know how his acting skills are?"

"My acting skills are definitely fine. I can sell you raw melon and eggs."

"Shenggua..." Li Yang looked at Wang Baoqiang and said with a smile, "This metaphor is very vivid."

"Can you give me an accurate answer?"

"It's just him. But if he doesn't perform well, I'll have to replace him."

"It's a deal, stay strong, but I still don't give Director Li a drink."

"Thank you, director."

The dishes were all served, and several people chatted and ate.

Mainly Lin Xuan, Li Yang, and Wang Baoqiang were chatting.

Because both Han Sanping and Wang Zhongjun were reading the script.

This script seemed to have a magical power that made the two of them not even want to eat or drink.

This made Li Yang feel itchy and wanted to take a look.

When they were almost done eating, Han Sanping and Wang Zhongjun finally read the script in one sitting.

The two looked at each other, smiled and nodded in praise: "What a script, what a script!"

"As long as the two bosses are satisfied." Lin Xuan was secretly proud.

The original script of "Embroidered Spring Knife" is not bad, not to mention that what Lin Xuan has in hand is the plus·pro·max version of "Embroidered Spring Knife"!

"Has the budget been made for this movie?" Wang Zhongjun is most concerned about this.

"It's done, a total of 1500 million." Lin Xuan casually reported a number.

The original movie of "Xiu Chun Knife" was filmed 10 years later.

Despite inflation and actors' salaries skyrocketing, Lu Yang only spent 30 million to complete the film.

Go back ten years.

In 02, Lin Xuan spent half of the money on "Xiu Chun Dao", which was definitely more than enough.

(End of this chapter)