The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 668 Who is the Drama Monster?

Faraway Media.

Lu Yuan signed his name on the contract, put down the pen, and looked up at the two people sitting opposite him.

“When is the filming of “The Breakup Master” going to start?”

Deng Chao and Yu Baimei stared at the handwriting on the contract, their mouths grinning to the back of their heads, and answered in unison.

"next month!"

"These two months."

Lu Yuan looked at the two of them, smiled, shook his head, and pushed the contract on the table over.

After a month of discussion, Yuanfang Media decided to invest in "Breakup Guru" with a total investment of 3000 million yuan, which is a low-cost production.

Among them, the Star Project invested 1800 million yuan, accounting for 60%, Deng Chao and Yu Baimei's Orange Image invested 600 million yuan, accounting for 20%, and the remaining 600 million yuan was taken by Guangxian.

Wang Changtian was originally hesitant about Deng Chao's appeal on the big screen because he had no hit movies before.

Seeing that Lu Yuan was interested in investing, he no longer hesitated and agreed immediately.

"Director Deng!" After signing the contract, Lu Yuan changed his address, leaned back in his chair, and asked with interest: "Can you tell me in advance who you are going to choose for the female lead?"

Deng Chao didn't think twice and said frankly: "It hasn't been confirmed yet, but we are in contact with several people."

"Oh, tell me."

"Liu Xinyou, Yang Mi, Liu Qian, Shu Chang, Gao Yuanyuan, Dong Jie."

Lu Yuan's eyebrows jumped. It was obvious that the candidates chosen by Deng Chao were all relatively popular actresses at the moment.

"Duh duh duh!"

His index finger tapped the table unconsciously, and he said, "How about this, remove Dong Jie from the list."

"My Love from the Star" will be broadcast on PPS at the end of the month, and "Soul Ferry" starring Pan Yuemin will follow.

Chen Zhixi had some big news about Dong Jie in his hand, just waiting to reveal it before the show started to create a topic.

He didn't know exactly how Chen Zhixi would do it, but when it came to dealing with women, women were more ruthless than men.

Especially when the female star cheats unilaterally and the other party is still the ugly-looking one.

If this continues, even if Dong Jie does not retire, there will not be much development in the future.

Asking him to star in "Breakup Guru" at this time is like making a joke of the 30 million yuan of funds.

No investor would allow this.

Lu Yuan even wanted to remove Liu Qian from the people Deng Chao mentioned.

From the perspective of a classmate, he naturally hopes that the other party's career will advance. After all, the two had a good relationship during college.

But he is also a film and television investor. Yuanfang Media has hundreds of employees under him and he cannot do whatever he wants.

From the perspective of the company's interests, if we are going to produce a TV series this time, it would be fine to choose her, as her popularity is there.

But the big screen is different. We don’t look at the ratings, we look at the box office.

Given this student's past track record of starring in movies, it's hard not to suspect that her fate is incompatible with the big screen.

Lu Yuan is not the kind of person who can't tell right from wrong.

Classmates are just classmates after all, and their relationship is far from good enough to make him willing to spend tens of millions to support her.

Currently, there is only one person in the entire entertainment industry who can make an exception for him.

When Deng Chao heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He looked at Yu Baimei calmly, and they both thought that the other party wanted to interfere in the casting of the leading actress.

He was also tactful. He exchanged glances with Yu Baimei and was about to blurt out that the leading female role was decided to be Liu Xinyu.

Lu Yuan realized that they had misunderstood and explained: "Don't worry, I have made it clear before that I will not interfere with your casting."

"This is also the purpose of the Star Project's investment in movies. It does not interfere with the director's casting. After all, no one can compare to you in terms of understanding the script. The reason why I want to eliminate Dong Jie is because he is not suitable. As for the specific reasons, you will know in two months."

"Okay." Deng Chao breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't say much about the reason and didn't want to know. He just wanted to finish filming his debut film as soon as possible.

Lu Yuan held his chin with one hand, recalling those names, and then he remembered something and became a little curious.

"Why not let Sun Li play the lead role? After The Legend of Zhen Huan, her popularity is no less than those you just mentioned."

He actually thinks Hao Ling might be more suitable, both in terms of acting skills and topic value, but he would probably get beaten if he said that.

Deng Chao heard this, his face filled with fatherly love: "When she first learned that I wanted to be a director, she said she wanted to be the leading actress, and I agreed, but unfortunately, she got pregnant this year."

"She's pregnant, oh, congratulations!" Lu Yuan congratulated her: "If I remember correctly, this is the second child, the first one is a soft son."

Deng Chao's smile widened: "Yes, the baby will be born in 11. He will be two years old this year. The one in my belly will probably be born next year."

"It's really not good to work too hard when you're pregnant. This is your first time as a director, and you're going to have to work hard. There will definitely be a lot of problems on the set during filming, so please save her from worrying."

"I thought so too. She always said it was okay, but I was still worried. In the end, it was Baimei who persuaded her and she agreed to just make a cameo appearance."

“The cameo is not bad either.”

The three of them chatted about the script for a while, and Deng Chao and Yu Baimei took the contract and left with satisfaction.

Lu Yuan was dealing with company matters. Less than five minutes later, Wen Muye knocked on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Is something wrong?"

"Boss, Duan Yihong is here, and Senior Brother Cao is chatting with him. Senior Brother asked me to ask you if you want to go and take a look."

Lu Yuan thought for a moment and stood up: "Let's go!"

meeting room.

Cao Baoping and Duan Yihong sat face to face.

Duan Yihong complimented, "Director Cao, I have seen your film "The Rage of Glory", especially Wu Gang's portrayal of the village official Ye Guangrong, a grassroots hero. Since then, I have been looking forward to working with you."

Cao Baoping smiled. When he was studying at the Beijing Film Academy, the fifth generation of Chinese directors was shining.

I graduated from the Film Academy in 1989, catching the afterglow of the late s.

He was a classmate of Lou Ye, Wang Xiaoshuai and others.

But what makes him different from them is that he did not let himself go through the turbulent and dark underground film period.

Of course, it has not fallen into the other extreme, commercial films.

His film style finds a balance between art and commercial films.

The content is extreme, fierce, and occasionally reckless, but it is within an acceptable range.

His lens presents the aesthetics of Chinese films in the 90s. The blurred and somewhat rough images have a sense of presence of the early sixth-generation directors.

In 2004, at the age of 42, he made the movie "The Glorious Fury", which is a movie that explores the bad nature.

Wu Gang plays the seemingly cowardly village party secretary Ye Guangrong, who uses his wisdom to overthrow the village bully and rid the villagers of harm.

Cao Baoping sighed: "It's a very old film. Looking back, there are still many problems. For example, the plot tension at the end of the story is too weak and not worth mentioning."

"You are modest." Duan Yihong laughed.

He just said that he had seen "The Glory of Fury" and it was not a lie. He also knew the inside story.

In fact, it’s not Cao Baoping’s fault.

After writing the script, he gave it to Zhao Benshan, who liked the story very much and helped him get investment.

But the scale is too big. How can the village secretary be so vulgar and cowardly? How can there be a bully like the Xiong family in the village? Why are the lines so straightforward and explicit?

So Cao Baoping moved the story to a remote mountain village in Yunnan.

During the filming, they were walking on thin ice, worried that the film would be rejected at any time, and even called to ask: "How many sticks do I need to fight with to pass the censorship?"

Therefore, this is a castrated work, which starts in darkness and ends in harmony.

It needs to be savored carefully to appreciate the deep meaning behind it.

Cao Baoping waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this. Let's talk about "Burning Sun". I sent you the script last night and I want to hear your feelings about it." "A feeling of excitement!" Duan Yihong became a little excited.

"To be honest, I read the script two and a half times last night. The first time took me half an hour, and the second time took me a full five hours."

"I only read half of it the third time because it was daybreak. When I closed the script, those words on paper were no longer just about the story and the characters, but more like the interaction of souls. I felt a refreshing sense of mutual understanding."

Duan Yihong makes no secret of her love for the script.

When Cao Baoping heard that he had not slept all night, he was surprised, but he also felt that it was reasonable.

Duan Yihong is recognized in the circle as a drama maniac and a drama fanatic, and is also a very "difficult" actor in the eyes of directors.

For a certain performance detail, he would work hard with the crew and himself until there was nothing wrong to find.

When filming "Detective Dee", he practiced the action of drawing a gun thousands of times in order to perform it well.

While filming "Love Has a Future", he fell five times and broke his ribs.

When filming "White Deer Plain", in order to make the action of harvesting wheat more in line with the people of that era, he went to the fields with a sickle and harvested wheat until his hands were covered in blood.

This is a good actor in the traditional sense, and Cao Baoping is very willing to use him.

Duan Yihong continued, "There are things in the script that I'm not too sure about, such as what attitude Yi Guchun has towards Xin Xiaofeng."

"In Yi Guchun's understanding, Xin Xiaofeng was the murderer who murdered his entire family seven years ago, but he was doing good deeds to make up for it, even risking his own life to help others."

"Human nature is a complex contradiction, with both good and evil. Yi Guchun admires his talent, but is also very clear that the crime he committed is unforgivable. I have a lot of ideas in my mind, and I am still unsure."

"Let's talk about Xin Xiaofeng. He had a bright future, but an accident ruined it all. He is kind by nature. He is in agony and constantly tells himself to atone for the crimes he committed."

He talked nonstop for nearly ten minutes, first talking about Yi Guchun and then about Xin Xiaofeng.

Lu Yuan listened outside the door for ten minutes and found that the other party only spent less than three minutes talking about Yi Guchun, and the rest of the time was spent talking about Xin Xiaofeng.

He looked at Wen Muye in confusion: "Isn't the character that Director Cao invited him to play Yi Guchun?"

"Yes."

"Then why does he keep talking about Xin Xiaofeng?"

Wen Muye smacked his lips and wondered, "Could it be that he wants to steal the role of the boss and play Xin Xiaofeng?"

Lu Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and pushed open the door.

"Hey, we're chatting."

Duan Yihong hurriedly stood up and greeted: "Mr. Lu, Director Wen."

Lu Yuan shook hands with him and patted him on the back: "It's been a long time since we last met. What have you been busy with recently?"

"I worked with Mr. Li Youbin to film a TV series."

Lu Yuan nodded without further ado. Since you want to play Xin Xiaofeng, let’s give it a try.

"Let's go first."

Duan Yihong was startled, not knowing why he was so direct, but she agreed without hesitation.

"Which one?"

"Hmm" Lu Yuan thought.

Cao Baoping suggested: "Or, let's just film the scene where Xin Xiaofeng was arrested and Yi Guchun went to visit him in the detention center."

"it is good!"

"no problem."

"Do you need to prepare?" Lu Yuan asked.

Duan Yihong shook her head, pointed at her temple, and said, "It's all inside."

Lu Yuan raised his thumb and sat down next to Cao Baoping, across the table from Duan Yihong.

Cao Baoping's eyes moved between the two of them.

"Action!"

Duan Yihong stood up, his eyes full of hunger, like a wild beast craving for food all day long.

Cao Baoping was satisfied. Yi Guchun was an old criminal policeman and this was his condition.

Duan Yihong pretended to take out a cigarette box from her pocket and lit a cigarette.

There was a table between the two of them, like an invisible iron fence in a detention center. He stretched out his arm and passed the cigarette over.

Lu Yuan placed his hands on the table and subconsciously reached out to receive it.

But the hand was lifted and then stopped in the air, with an obvious pause in the pulling, as if it was fixed by handcuffs.

He could only lift his hips, stretch his neck to reach it, catch it with his mouth, take a deep breath, then lower his head and use his head to find his hand.

He took the cigarette from his mouth and exhaled.

Hiss. Duan Yihong witnessed the whole process and suddenly felt unbearable. Her scalp felt like it was being electrified and was numb.

Real reactions are the key to performance and can also bring out the layers.

There was no sign of deliberate design in Lu Yuan's reaction just now. He stood up slightly, stretched his neck, and paused his hand in the air for a moment. It was a completely subconscious action.

He even had an illusion that Lu Yuan was Xin Xiaofeng himself at this moment, and the feeling of oppression simply burst out.

Cao Baoping on the side was also dumbfounded.

Are you kidding me? It's just a performance. Are you going to compete for the Oscar for Best Actor?

But soon he became excited again and was excited for the next shooting.

You should know that realistic themes are easiest to win awards.

Only Wen Muye smiled disdainfully and still wanted to steal the boss's role. You know nothing about the boss's acting skills.

Duan Yihong withdrew her thoughts, her expression bitter, mixed with a little self-mockery: "In order to lead me into the ditch, you would rather risk being gay, pretending that it's okay and there are no flaws, right?"

Lu Yuan held the imaginary cigarette, lowered his head and took another deep puff.

"call!"

Then he looked up and stared at Duan Yihong in a daze.

Duan Yihong looked at him and tried hard not to dodge.

In fact, he didn't know how to act next, and just mechanically recited the lines: "In fact, you have already succeeded. With such meticulous thoughts and logic, it's a pity that you don't become a policeman."

Lu Yuan still didn't answer and lowered his head to smoke for the third time.

However, this time the action of smoking seemed particularly urgent. Duan Yihong could see his cheeks rising and falling, and his fingers trembling for half a second.

This shows that Xin Xiaofeng's mind is already in turmoil, and Yi Guchun has revealed his thoughts.

Fuck fuck fuck! ! !
Do you have a criminal record? Have you ever been to jail? Is this scene your personal experience? You are the acting demon, Duan Yihong complained wildly in her heart.

He no longer thought about whether he could play the role of Xin Xiaofeng. He was not as skilled as others and had to admit defeat.

Wen Muye saw that Cao Baoping and Duan Yihong were both stunned, and clapped his hands: "Cut!"

Lu Yuan shook his head, changed his expression, and looked at Duan Yihong with a smile.

"Very good. I'll leave Yi Guchun to you. Let the agent sign the contract."

Duan Yihong's eyes were complicated. She was able to detach herself from the role so quickly. I was so envious.

He nodded and asked, "Director, when will the filming start?"

"August!" Cao Baoping replied.

"it is good!"

Duan Yihong turned around and left, not wanting to stay any longer. He was hit hard and didn't want to play anymore. He wanted to go to the police station to experience life.

PS: 665 has been released and some things have been deleted. Actually, it’s nothing. People’s Daily has published something similar.

(End of this chapter)