The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 450 Adapting the Screenplay
The time has entered the second half of July, and the domestic film protection month has officially arrived.

At this time, domestic films are finally going to show off their power.

Of course you can't say they are cowardly, it's just a strategy.

After all, it's true that you can't beat Hollywood movies now, so there's no need to go head-to-head with them.

In another decade or so, Hollywood movies will no longer be popular, and mainland movies will start to be tough.

Various superhero movies are popular in Hollywood, and the stories are similar, except that a group of actors and backgrounds have been changed.

This is actually a lazy approach, because the creators don't want to spend more energy to produce more excellent, fresh and interesting stories.

Those super-English movies are still very popular in Europe and the United States, but not in the mainland.

The main reason is that the Chinese audience is probably the most picky in the world.

We pay attention to the fact that the blue is better than the blue, and we pay attention to the emergence of talented people from generation to generation.

You can't stand still.

In fact, commercial films in the mainland have been making progress, while Hollywood has been regressing. In the mainland, no matter what industry it is, it is like sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat.

At this time, "Keep Loving You" is the first to be released. This is a co-produced love movie, but the main actors are a group of new-generation actors from Hong Kong Island.

For example, Deng Lixin, Xie Tian, ​​Yang Aijin, Xie Anqi, etc., there are a lot of small actors, all of them are not as well-known as Mr. Chen alone.

This kind of movie is undoubtedly a cannon fodder movie.

The movie released on the same day was "The Fall of Hong Kong Island".

Wu Jing and Hong Jinbao had already produced "The Fall of Hong Kong Island" in May this year. Later, the two approached Lee Sing Yew to discuss the release schedule.

Considering that this movie will also be released in the beautiful country and Europe, in order to avoid being tyrannized by "Transformers 2".

Lee Shing Yew made July 21st.

Judging from the movies scheduled later, this time is actually more dangerous.

After three days in the mainland, there will be "McDull", "Eavesdropping", "My Robot Girlfriend" on the 28th, and "Zero Dog" and "Chasing Shadow" on the 30th.

Wu Jing and Hong Jinbao were both a little surprised when they heard Li Shengyao's schedule. They thought it would be better to put it on July 30th.

As far as the trailers that are released now, although there are many stars in "Chasing Shadow" and "Secret Agent Zero Dog", they are just blockbuster movies at first glance.

And "Eavesdropping" has Gu Tianle, Wu Yanzu, Liu Qingyun, and it looks very fierce.

But Li Shengyao refused. Although "Eavesdropping" has a very good reputation, it is only [-] million in the mainland, and the annual ranking is outside the top [-].

Such Hong Kong Island-themed movies, except for the later "Wu Shuang" and "Cold War", which had relatively high box office, other movies even if they have a good reputation, the box office can only be said to be okay.

There is no need to be afraid.

So "The Fall of Hong Kong Island" was released on July 21.

With the reputation of the previous "Raid" series, Wu Jing is indeed very suitable for acting as a soldier, and after the Olympics, the confidence of the people in the mainland has risen, and everyone is more and more accepting of the view that Chinese soldiers can save the world.

And this movie also has Brother Xiaoming, Huayi invested, and Huayi made a lot of publicity.

The movie exploded on the first day of its premiere, with a box office of 300 million on the first day, 2000 million on the second day, and 100 million on the third day.

It reached 400 million in three days, and the momentum is very strong.

The audience seems to have discovered that the baby-faced Wu Jing is very suitable to play a soldier after being tanned, and playing such a role is very exciting.

The media all over the country praised it.

On the fourth day, although "McDull is Great" and "The Overheard" were released, "The Occupation of Hong Kong Island" was still not affected, and the premiere of "Eavesdropped" was also suppressed.

Wu Jing was stunned by such a result.

Wu Jing was doing a road show in Shanghai, he called Li Shengyao, "Director Li, I seem to be really suitable to play a soldier."

"As I said, you are very suitable for acting as a soldier. Military action movies are your future development direction. Act well. I still have a lot of books here."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

……

"The Fall of Hong Kong" is reaping box office success, and Lee Sing-yew is perfecting the script of "Sicario" at home.

In order to pass the trial, he did not write about Lao Myanmar, but wrote about a certain country.

The plot is that the heroine led a group of team members to raid a drug lair. It went very smoothly at first, and successfully captured and killed a group of drug dealers.

Then they accidentally discovered that the drug dealers had built 36 corpses inside the wall.

At the same time, two police officers discovered a basement entrance, and the two opened the entrance door, pulling the fuse of the bomb, and the two died.

Because of this incident, the heroine lost two important subordinates. She blamed herself very much, sad, sad, and angry.

She found her superiors and wanted revenge.

At the same time, the above also noticed a drug lord lurking in the country.

The heroine was assigned to a special operations team to eradicate the drug lord, and the members of this team were all elites.

The male protagonist is also among them, and the female protagonist notices that the male protagonist looks like a fool, not like a serious person at all.

Then they will enter Lao Myanmar and bring a small drug dealer to the country for interrogation.

Their purpose is to dig out the drug smuggling channel through small drug dealers, as long as they destroy this drug smuggling channel.

Domestic drug lords will come out, go to Lao Myanmar to find drug lords over there, and discuss new smuggling channels.

In this case, the domestic special operations team can hope to catch the two drug lords in one fell swoop.

This is their plan.

Li Shengyao's changed plot is generally similar to his previous life's "Sicario", the difference is that the actor's identity has been changed.

In the previous life of "Sicario", the male protagonist worked for a drug dealer in Glenbia, but now he is an anti-drug elite who has been fighting on the front line all year round.

The hero's family members were all killed by drug dealers in revenge. He seems to be sloppy and out of shape, but he actually uses this attitude to cover up his inner sadness.

In Lee Shing Yew's adaptation of the script, both the male and female protagonists have grown up.

At the beginning, the heroine pursued correct procedures and had absolute certainty in everything. Later, she saw the brutality of drug dealers and the huge sacrifices of her front-line anti-drug partners. .

After the hero's family was killed by drug dealers in revenge, his heart was dead.

In the arduous struggle, he realized that it is not okay to be self-deprecating, he needs to grow up, and he cannot let the departed relatives down.

He was relieved, and after capturing the two drug lords, he actively embraced the world.

After writing the script, he revised it repeatedly to confirm that there were no problems with the main character line and the story structure, and then sent it for review.

After about seven days, the review was passed, and Lee Shengyao got the filming permit.

He can officially prepare the film.

……

When Li Shengyao arranged for the assistant director and photographer to go to the border city of Yunnan and Guizhou to scout the scene, and he was thinking about the main actors, an unexpected person found him.

"Hi boss."

Yu Zheng stood aside, wearing a white shirt and jeans, squinting his eyes, looking at Li Shengyao tenderly.

If this guy hadn't had a child later on, Li Shengyao would really have doubted whether he was crooked.

"Hello."

A few years ago, Yu Zheng felt that his strength was not enough, so he entered Fenghua's screenwriting department to work and study. After several years of tempering, he was finally about to step on stage.

"How about it, did you write a satisfactory script?"

"Boss, I wrote a notebook, but..."

Li Shengyao smiled, "Go on."

"But I want to set up my own studio, and I want to resign."

This is an ambitious person. Li Shengyao can understand that such a person wants to go it alone.

Yu Zheng has received a basic salary in Fenghua for the past few years. Although he has not written a good book for him, Li Shengyao is definitely not at a disadvantage.

He is not a small-minded person.

"Okay, let's go, I wish you every step of the way and a bright future."

Yu Zheng looked grateful, but he didn't leave.

"Boss, I...I don't have enough funds now, can you invest in my studio, 500 million, and I will give you [-]% of the shares."

"I have really learned knowledge in the past few years. I am definitely not as good as you, but I think my current strength is stronger than others. The dramas I write will definitely make money."

"I can sign a gambling agreement. If I can't make money within three years, I will accompany you twice."

Although Yu Zheng made suture dramas and plagiarized dramas, he had to say that he definitely made money.

Investing in the certificate studio is a good investment.

However, it was impossible for Li Shengyao to agree to whatever Yu Zheng said.

And it's different from Li Shengyao's previous life. In his previous life, Yu Zheng had already tried to make TV dramas, but now, Yu Zheng has been doing Fenghua and writing scripts for the past few years, so he is completely new to the production.

He thought for a while, and then said: "I can invest, but I want [-]% of the shares. Don't worry, I only want the shares, and it won't interfere with the normal operation of the studio. This can be written into the contract."

"You have a story for nothing now, but you don't have a filming team or actors. Do you have to start from scratch?"

"I hold [-]% of the shares and will not interfere with the operation of the studio. I can also ask Fenghua's TV drama production department to lend you a group of people."

Hearing the words, Yu Zheng lowered his head and thought.

After 2 minutes, he raised his head, "Okay, I promise you."

"Okay, let's sign the contract."

Not long after, Yu Zheng took the contract and almost jumped away from Fenghua.

Li Shengyao lit the table, thinking about whether he would be accused of plagiarizing Qiong Yao's TV series in the future, and whether Qiong Yao would seek justice from him?
"Boss, here is the actress information you want."

At this moment, the assistant came in and put a document on Li Shengyao's desk.

"Okay, I know."

The heroine of "Sicario" needs a 30-year-old actress with pure eyes and strong skills to play.

Li Shengyao has not decided who is more suitable, he intends to choose seriously.

He considered the actresses in his company, but they were all too feminine and not heroic enough.

This time, although he doesn't need to find a policewoman like in "Let's Punch, Dad", he hopes to be an actress who looks like a policeman.

In his previous life, Denis Villeneuve, the director of "Sicario", intentionally found an actress with a gentle face. According to him, this would have a more contrast and a stronger dramatic tension.

But Li Shengyao felt that this was unreasonable. After all, they were Juárez in deep chaos. Even if the heroine was just a decoration, they should find someone who was smarter and more elite.

In fact, the heroine in the movie made very low-level mistakes in several places.

Now when he came to find an actress, he wanted to find a woman who looked very smart and capable.

(End of this chapter)