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"Xiao Sun. Did you know that Brother Chen Kai wanted to write the script for "Farewell My Concubine" back then? His father, Mr. Chen Huaikai, asked me how I was doing. I said directly that Brother Kai didn't pay attention to plot when he made movies before, and he was too obsessed with poetry. It was very boring, and the old man agreed, so he asked me to write Farewell My Concubine.”

Sun Yi: "Teacher Lu, please drink slowly."

Tian Zhuang: "Haha, it's all this old sesame and rotten millet thing again."

"Back then, Leslie Cheung went to northern Shaanxi to shoot "Ashes of Time" and had to stop in Xi'an. He specially asked me to meet him. He wanted to make an appointment with me and said that he would try his hand at directing in the future. Alas, I had written the story, but it didn't work. Opportunity."

After Lu Wei drank wine, one cup after another, he became drunk quickly and began to tell Sun Yi old stories.

Sun Yi took a sip of wine and a sip of peanuts and listened with gusto. Not everyone knows these "secrets" about their fifth-generation director period.

"Xiao Sun, let me tell you that when we were making movies, our appeal was very simple. To make a good movie, there are so many demands for a movie like now. We also need to win awards, make a lot of money, and praise female stars. We have to think about everything. It’s a good thing, they are all traitors.”

Sun Yi narrowed his eyes, who are they talking about?

"In 97, for "Jing Ke's Assassination of the King of Qin," he asked me to help him read the script. The plot was messy and the characters couldn't stand up. I asked him if he felt safe making an experimental film using investors' money under the guise of a commercial film."

"He replied, "It's so down-to-earth!"

"Lao Lu, you drank too much."

"Don't worry about it, Tian Zhuang. You have become somewhat self-aware after being banned for ten years, otherwise I will scold you as well."

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Lu Wei drank another drink, opened his scarlet eyes, patted his chest vigorously, and said: "I was invited to read the script before the filming of "The Golden Armor" started, and I made a lot of suggestions, Xiao Sun, What do you think he said?"

How could Sun Yi dare to answer this? He shook his head repeatedly.

"He said, put my opinions aside for now. With his name as a director, plus the combination of Chow Yun-fa, Gong Li, and Jay Chou, the box office is worth [-] million."

"Hmph, in the end it was really over two hundred million."

"I wrote the script of "Red Cliff". I wanted to make an epic that belongs to us Chinese people, but in the end it ended up being nothing."

Lu Wei's body was shaking a little, and Sun Yi quickly gave him a hand. "Teacher Lu, slow down, slow down."

Unexpectedly, Lu Wei actually grabbed Sun Yi's arm, looked at him with burning eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "In this industry, when you have more and more power and more and more resources, you You will become more and more narrow-minded and think that you are omnipotent, but this is wrong.”

"When I was filming "Farewell My Concubine" and "Alive", I was very happy. I thought we had finally started, but I didn't expect that it would be the end."

Lu Wei shook his head and picked up a glass of wine again and saluted Sun Yi, "This film should be made well." After saying that, he was ready to drink it all in one gulp, but as soon as the sip of wine came to his lips, his whole body "popped" He collapsed on the table, unconscious.

Sun Yi was stunned. What Lu Wei had just said to him echoed repeatedly in his ears. For the first time, his heart felt heavy.

With a "click" sound, Tian Zhuang lit up a cigarette dully, took a deep breath and then slowly said as if in reply: "Old Ruby is more serious than anyone else, but he is also the purest about movies. Compared to us All strong."

That night, Sun Yi didn't know how he got home. It wasn't that he drank too much. On the contrary, his consciousness was normal, but his mind was very confused.

Without Liu Yifei, the small courtyard suddenly seemed much deserted. Sun Yi sat alone on the sofa, put his legs on the coffee table, and lit a cigarette.

At first during the dinner, he listened to Lu Wei's words as gossip, but as he listened, those last few sentences made him feel the burden on his shoulders. This was the respect that the older generation of filmmakers had for him. ardent expectations.

In fact, he is still a little confused about "The Intouchables", whether to completely adapt it into a Chinese story, or whether to film it according to the original version, which is a foreign story.

According to the original version, this film has a global box office of more than 4 million. Although it did not win any major awards, it has gained a huge reputation and made a lot of money, which can also enhance his status in the country.

These days, exporting to domestic sales is more popular.

But that is the story of foreigners after all.

Money can be made at any time. The commercial blockbusters in his mind are gone. He can make money at any time, but there are very few good movies that can be adapted into Chinese stories.

Just be willful and change the damn thing.

After thinking about this, Sun Yi sat up, turned out the script again, and began to think about the actor's role.

This movie needs to be high quality.

In the entire film, there are only four main characters, two male characters, the male protagonist Philip, and one of the male protagonists, Driss. The two of them took over 4% of the entire film.

There are two remaining female characters. Although they don't have many roles, they appear throughout the film, Philip's housekeeper and secretary.

The rest can be counted as supporting roles, such as Dris's mother and brother, Philip's gardener, etc.

Regarding the choice of the male protagonist Philip, Sun Yi immediately had four names in his mind, and then he wrote them directly on the script.

"Chen Daoming, Zhang Guoli, Wang Zhiwen, Li Jiejian." These four can be said to be the best in acting among the Mesozoic actors in the Chinese film and television industry.

To use an analogy, as long as the age is not too high, no matter what type of role it is, one of the four of them can always be selected.

But Sun Yi was in trouble for a while about whom to choose.

After thinking about it, he crossed out Teacher Li Jiejian's name first. He noticed a piece of news a few days ago that Teacher Li Jiejian was recuperating and preparing for throat cancer surgery. It was really not suitable for him to worry about it at this time.

Needless to say, Zhang Guoli is very familiar with the remaining three people. As for Wang Zhiwen, he also worked with them in "Send You a Little Red Flower".But Mr. Chen, Sun Yi had never been in contact with him.

First of all, regardless of acting skills, let’s just talk about the suitability of the role. Philip should be a mature, stable, charming, elegant, smart, and kind person, but he feels lonely and helpless because of his physical disability.

In terms of appearance and temperament, Teacher Wang Zhiwen seems to be worse.

Sun Yi gave priority to Zhang Guoli and Chen Daoming.

The performance styles of the two are quite different.

Zhang Guoli's style is plain and simple, not focusing on performance techniques, but focusing on inner experience to get close to the characters' emotions. It belongs to the so-called "life-oriented" school of performance theory.

Chen Daoming's performance is more angular than that of a drama stage, and his performance techniques are richer. He likes to use rhythm, pauses, sonority, body posture, etc., which belongs to the so-called "drama-like" performance style in performance theory.

The acting skills of the two are equally good, but Sun Yi feels that this film is more "life-oriented", and as a character who is a paraplegic, there is not so much room for Chen Daoming to develop.

After the analysis, Zhang Guoli was still the first choice. Sun Yi didn't care about the late night and directly called Uncle Zhang.

"Hey, Xiaoyi, it's so late, what's wrong?"

"Uncle Zhang, I have a book. I wonder if you are interested in it."

"Hey, it's so rare. Is it your new book?"

"Correct."

"I've given you all my schedule before the Chinese New Year."

"Hey, Uncle Zhang, why don't you read the book first?"

"Let's not talk about this. I can trust your script. If you have time, just arrange for someone to send it over."

"Hey, Uncle Zhang, I will send you an electronic version first. You can read it first."

"also."

Sun Yi reorganized the script on the computer and then sent an email to Zhang Guoli.

Next, he began to consider Driss, one of the male protagonists. This is an optimistic, brave, and somewhat rebellious young man who is immature and has a bad temper. His personality should be in contrast to Philip's maturity and stability.

It also has a handsome appearance. Originally, Sun Yi's idea was to cast Zhu Yawen, but now that I think about it, in order to perfectly express the characters in the story, it seems that there is no one else except him, the director and editor.

In the original version of the film, he was focused on the director's position. If he acted in it, he would inevitably be a little distracted, fearing that it would affect the overall effect of the film.

Well, there's no problem. If it doesn't work, the old man will still check it.

Thinking of this, Sun Yi marked his name behind Derris' character.

Looking at the time, it was already very late. Sun Yi was getting ready to wash up and go to bed.

As soon as I lay on the bed, my phone rang. I picked it up and saw that it was Uncle Zhang.

"Xiao Yi, when will the filming of your movie start?"

"The sooner the better, try to finish filming before the year."

"Well give me a week to prepare."

"Ah, Uncle Zhang, do you have anything to do?"

"I want to lose 30 pounds."

　When searching for information, I found Lu Wei's interview records. This boss really dared to speak out.

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