China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

In the office, a group of leaders were holding books, staring blankly at the script that Han Sanpin had just taken.

Generally speaking, something like a script would never pass through the hands of a leader.

The auditor will look at it first and then submit it for approval. Basically, there will be no problem and the leader only needs to sign.

If there is a small problem, the leader will consider it and then decide whether to pass it.

But today's script is different because it was brought by Han Sanpin.

The screenwriter is Guan Ling.

Guan Ling, who just won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for her animated film.

Guan Ling won three animation awards for "Even if the Wind Rises".

But even so, several leaders in the room were hesitant.

Because in addition to bringing the script, Han Sanpin also brought doubts to everyone.

Director Li had originally only agreed to hold a meeting with the leadership to discuss the matter, but as soon as he got the script, he broke out in a cold sweat.

There are two names for the script, one is "In the Dark" and the other is "Coco".

These two names are printed on the first page of the script, and the first page after opening it is a summary of the plot.

"Zhongyuan Festival, the Day of the Dead, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the world of ghosts..."

As soon as the few words in the summary came out, Director Li was paralyzed.

He knew that since Han Sanpin had raised the request for discussion, it must be because the film involved some plot that could not be accepted.

But I really didn't expect this to be a movie like this.

As expected, the expressions of the other leaders in the room also looked unhappy.

"If it wasn't Guan Ling's script, I wouldn't have asked to discuss it at the meeting."

Han Sanpin also looked at everyone's eyes, "But even so, I will not elaborate too much. Please make comments after reading the specific content."

The room fell into silence.

Someone started flipping through the script. There were not many pages in the script because Guan Ling did not write thoroughly about many details.

But some of the leaders just flipped through it casually and didn't take it too seriously.

They are only responsible for their own little piece of land, and they hope Guan Ling will not cause trouble and increase their workload.

As for whether there is more or less content, it is not that important to them.

But soon, some people began to sit up straight.

There are many Chinese customs in the play "In the Dark", such as the Yulan Festival and the release of lotus lanterns. People use colored paper to make lotus flowers, use eggplants, watermelons or pumpkins as bases, insert lighted candles in the middle, and place them on the water to drift down naturally. Lotus lanterns are released in Jishuitan and Paozi River to ferry ghosts.

Someone is very familiar with this scene because some of the elderly in his family believe in this.

This is indeed one of the customs in the capital. Old BJs, especially the older ones, all remember this.

It also involves many festival customs. When a leader from Guangxi saw the important festival foods involved, such as chicken, glutinous rice cakes, red eggs, rice flour bait, banana leaf glutinous rice cakes, dumplings, melons and fruits, he suddenly thought of the customs at home.

At least in the script, there is no exaggeration or feudal superstition.

Most of what is written actually exists.

This made some people at the scene stop looking at the drama with tinted glasses and start to watch the plot involuntarily.

“The opposite of life is not death, but oblivion.”

"The emotional core of memories and forgetting overflows with stories of family, music, dreams and adventure."

"When you are forgotten by the living, you die again."

One leader, after reading the plot, felt as if the ghosts described in it were not scary at all.

Guan Ling created a relatively warm world for ghosts in a way that is rarely seen by everyone. There is no violence and no harm, but there are villains in it that even children can understand.

More than half an hour passed.
A leader then spoke up: "The setting is very creative. Guan Ling's level of creating a different world is self-evident, and his ability to sensationalize is unmatched. If this movie is really made, it will probably be more fascinating than "Even if the Wind Rises."

"The problem still lies in the simplest setting. Must we use ghosts and the Zhongyuan Festival? Must we set up a ghost world? If we must set up a world, why not the memory world? Why not the heaven world?"

A leader asked,
In his opinion, as long as Guan Ling changed a setting, there would be no need to discuss this issue at all.

"Dear leaders, what we need to do is to export culture. China has these cultures and has always had these cultures. Why should we go far away and change the settings?"

Han Sanpin looked at everyone and whispered, "I specifically checked. Two years ago, the Hong Kong SAR's Zhongyuan Festival Yulan Shenghui was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. We really don't need to block Guan Ling from this angle, because it will only make us look suspicious."

If it were someone else, they would certainly not dare to say this.

But China Film Group is responsible for the external publicity of Chinese culture. Faced with minor issues raised by the leadership, Han Sanpin still argued with reason.

This time the leader was not talking.

After a moment, Director Li nodded first.

"Some things we can't just look at on the surface. I think this script is good, but the most important thing for us is the story. This story is warm and touching. We shouldn't pay too much attention to the external form."

"Good culture can break through cultural barriers. The idea of ​​turning death into an adventure is a good idea for the development of Chinese animation. The world is now a dangerous world, and truth, goodness and beauty are a good idea to achieve harmony and unite. It is important to use Chinese culture to convey this imagination of truth, goodness and beauty."

A leader also knocked on the table. Although he didn't say whether it was okay or not, his meaning was very clear.

"I agree."

"I agree."

Finally, the leader who first raised the question was given the answer. He said reluctantly, "I can approve this movie. But I heard that he has other requirements?"

"Yes, Guan Ling requested that we hold a meeting to discuss and give a few quotas to animated films every year. As long as they are good animations, we should not block too many. He also cited an example, "Legend of the Seven Heroes of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit", saying that since we can allow the existence of martial arts, there is no need to impose too many restrictions on martial arts animations."

"He wants to force us to reform our animation."

One leader smiled and said, "Very ambitious."

“I think it’s reasonable. Otherwise, even if this film ‘In the Dark’ passes the review, I’m afraid it won’t be able to appease the public anger.” Han Sanpin said.

"They've even thought about how we're going to explain it next," someone laughed. "But since we've let this one go, it's okay to relax the rules a bit on the other content."

The leader obviously didn't want to discuss this topic any more. Apart from Guan Ling, no one else could join the club, so the relaxation of the limit was essentially just a gimmick.

It may even promote the rapid development of animated films.

The meeting discussion ended and the script was passed unanimously.

And ever since Han Sanpin explained a few words, no leader stopped him anymore.

That day, a notice was suddenly issued. "All provinces...

In order to give full play to the demonstration and driving role of excellent TV, film and animation, and to promote the creation and production of domestic animation, the radio and television administrative departments have upgraded and organized expert reviews to determine that the restrictions on animation will be relaxed to a certain extent in the future. Specific examples include Guan Ling's new animation film script "In the Dark". It is hoped that the majority of animation producers will adhere to the correct orientation and value guidance, focus on the main theme, promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and have strong ideological and artistic qualities.

Please be informed.”

Generally speaking, people don’t pay too much attention to announcements.

But since Guan Ling had just won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, he was already very popular. As a result, when someone saw Guan Ling's name in the announcement, it caused an uproar in the industry in an instant!
"what's the situation?"

“What does it mean to relax restrictions to a certain extent?”

"Am I the only one paying attention? Guan Ling already has a new animated film script?"

"Super Boy, it's really Super Boy! He won an Oscar over there, and he has already started a new movie over here. Director Guan, please keep going like this, and never retire!"

"I really admire Director Guan. He is a master of time management."

"Isn't Scarlet Witch almost finished? Are you going to make an animation after you come back from the United States?"

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"There's no point in making animations. I'd rather Director Guan make live-action movies, preferably blockbusters."

"It's almost the same now. With Scarlet Witch coming out, Director Guan will most likely not make any more animated films, right? He can just hand over the animated films to the team and shoot some new ones himself."

"Ip Man 3 is being filmed, Hot Pot Heroes is about to be released, Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds is about to be released, The Legend of Sword and Fairy has already started filming, Ning Hao is now filming Wild Stories, and Liu Yifei is also producing a new movie. Speaking of these big domestic directors, only Director Guan himself has not made any moves. He won't keep shooting cartoons, right? That's not exciting enough!"

Many people are discussing this online, but everyone is aware of one problem, which is that there is indeed no news yet about what movie Guan Ling will be filming next.

……

In the big villa.

While filming and producing the movie, Liu Yifei saw the news that Guan Ling won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

I was extremely excited for a moment.

When I got home, I happened to see that Liu's mother had not gone out to play mahjong, so the two of them chatted for a while in the house.

"Now, you have to make a decision."

Liu's mother whispered, "My advice is to just have a baby. You are old enough, and you are going to be a producer soon, so you can take a year off. Just keep it a secret."

After hesitating for a moment, Liu's mother said, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether we keep it secret or not."

Liu Yifei fell silent.

Mother Liu continued, "I was playing mahjong with others a few days ago and heard a piece of news that a woman named Zhang Tianai is filming a new TV series for Lingyun Media, which seems to be called "Go Princess Go". I searched the appearance of this actress and she is very cool. Although she is not young, she is really pretty.

There are some things I have to say. If these actresses have the chance to throw themselves into Guan Ling's bed, they will never give up even the slightest possibility.

And now you are producing in China, he is going abroad to receive awards, and then he will direct a new movie in the United States. How can he not feel uncomfortable? "

In Liu's mother's eyes, it is impossible for a man not to want to share the great harmony of life.

"So, my suggestion is that you go there soon. I saw online that he doesn't have any new movies recently. Either you ask him to shoot the next movie for you and you two can stay together for a while, or you go there this time and bring back a child. Anyway, it's best if one of the two can happen. You really have to have a child."

There was a hint of shock in the depths of Liu's mother's eyes. "It's actually quite scary. Guan Ling is too strong, with almost no weaknesses. I admit that I underestimated him."

The three awards for the animated film caused a great mental shock to Liu's mother.

Liu Yifei hummed and nodded.

……

Liu Yifei stayed in the crew for half a day and handed over the shooting content to the director.
Shu Chang looked at Liu Yifei, "You want to go out?"

"Director Guan won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, I must go to celebrate." Liu Yifei said shyly with her head down.

"Director Guan invited you?"

After saying this, Shu Chang clearly felt that Liu Yifei was in a bad mood.

I secretly thought to myself, what a scumbag! Does Feifei really want to take the initiative in this matter?

Liu Yifei did not answer, but continued to board the plane and then embarked on the journey to Hollywood.

In the room, Guan Ling and Fan Bingbing had just finished discussing acting and then decided to rest.

After spending several times with Amber, Guan Ling felt the benefits of learning a foreign language. Even when he was with Fan Bingbing, he felt a little indifferent.

Maybe it was because he had been with Fan Bingbing for a long time,
From the United States to Germany, and then from Germany to the United States, with Zhang Ziyi acting as a wingman in between.

Guan Ling didn't feel anything anymore.

Thinking about when to return to China, Guan Ling flipped through the text messages she received from domestic celebrities after she won awards.

There were too many text messages, Guan Ling was too lazy to read them, and only opened them when he was free. And he didn't know how to reply, and he couldn't reply at all.

Yang Mi sent several text messages, "Brother is so strong, it's a pity that I can't accompany him to receive the award.

Hey, do you prefer people to call you brother or husband?
I will work harder and harder to go to Hollywood to accompany you."

Guan Ling smiled and looked again. Zhang Tianai, Liu Yan, Mu Tingting and others had all sent text messages.
But the only one missing was Liu Yifei's.

Guan Ling made a call, but the other party's phone was turned off.

Guan Ling was a little suspicious and called again, but the phone was still turned off.

On this day, Guan Ling was watching the final scene of "Scarlet Witch" in the crew, and then returned to the hotel.

Fan Bingbing wanted to serve and learn acting skills, but Guan Ling refused. He felt that he had entered the sage time and didn't want to travel every day.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Guan Ling opened the doorbell curiously and saw Liu Yifei's face appear in front of his door.

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Director Guan, are you surprised? Are you surprised?"

Guan Ling's previous sage time was instantly shattered.

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Is it convenient for me to come in?"

"Of course!" Guan Ling smiled, "I miss you very much."

Then Guan Ling carried Liu Yifei horizontally into the house, and Liu Yifei shyly lay in Guan Ling's arms.

Whispering in my heart.

"It's worth my long journey. There's actually no one else in the house." (End of this chapter)