A widower's entertainment

Chapter 239 [Standing on my daughter's side] (Subscribe)
Although Lin Youcheng had never thought of letting his own little guys act in the movie "My Brothers and Sisters" at the beginning, since Cheng Zhigu mentioned it, Lin Youcheng did not refuse it outright, but just said: "It still depends on whether the actors are suitable."

"Besides, I don't know if these guys in my family are still willing to act."

Cheng Zhigu listened to Lin Youcheng's words and said with a smile: "I saw Zhao Mei acted very well in "War Meridian"."

"She said before that she wanted to be a director and win the Palme d'Or."

Cheng Zhigu was a little surprised when he heard what Lin Youcheng said, and said with great joy: "I didn't expect that she would have such an amazing idea. That's really amazing."

It was the first time that Cheng Zhigu heard that Lin Youcheng’s child actually wanted to win the Palme d’Or. He is really ambitious!

Lin Youcheng smiled and said, "No one can predict what a child says. Zhaoqing has always said that he wants to be a scientist, and he even needs his sister to help him with his math grades."

"No one can predict what will happen in the future. Maybe Lin Zhaomei will become a director."

"Now we have female directors at our film studio making movies, and they're horror movies."

Lin Youcheng raised his eyebrows. It should be the director Li Shaohong. He had also heard of the horror movie he shot, called "Silver Snake Murder Case". As expected, it had a horror and gloomy movie style from the beginning.

"Silver Snake Murder Case, which was released this year."

Lin Youcheng nodded, it was indeed this movie.

In fact, this time, that is, the late 80s and early 90s, was the most turbulent period for domestic film creation.

This was a time when domestic film companies, under pressure to make profits, challenged commercial films one after another. It was also a period of transformation for domestic film companies. It can also be said that thanks to the relatively relaxed creative environment, many domestic commercial films with bold themes, diverse genres and groundbreaking scale began to appear on mainland screens, setting off the famous "87 domestic commercial film boom".

In fact, the film "Silver Snake Murder Case" directed by Li Shaohong performed well after its release, and the film also set a record for copies. Even in the off-season, the cinema would play this film again, and it was still very popular. In addition to cinemas, the film was also very popular in video screening halls.

This shows the appeal and influence of this type of film subject matter at the time. However, later, with the advancement of film censorship, this film naturally became a "banned" film.

This is also why Cheng Zhigu asked Lin Youcheng to write the script at this time, hoping to make a popular movie.

"Youcheng, what do you think of Zhaomei playing Qi Sitian?"

Lin Zhaomei plays Qi Sitian?

After hearing Cheng Zhigu's words, Lin Youcheng thought about it seriously. Lin Zhaomei is already eleven years old now, and it is obviously suitable in terms of age to play Qi Sitian.

But speaking of it, the ages of Lam Siu-huan and Lam Siu-lok, five and seven years old respectively, are quite suitable for the roles of Qi Tian and Qi Miao in the script. However, it is obvious that even if Lin Youcheng is the screenwriter of this play, no matter how close his relationship is, he cannot really let all three of his children act in the movie "My Brothers and Sisters".

Of course, even so, Lin Youcheng still asked the children for their opinions on this matter.

"I'll ask her." Cheng Zhigu nodded. He just mentioned it to Lin Youcheng. After all, he had seen the art troupe played by Lin Zhaomei in "War Meridian".

Of course, regardless of whether Lin Youcheng is willing to let his children play in "My Brothers and Sisters", he will find other children. After all, these young actors are also very important.

It is impossible for Cheng Zhigu to blindly agree to let Lin Youcheng's child act in this movie. After all, that would be irresponsible to the movie. Obviously, as the director of a film studio, Cheng Zhigu would not say such irresponsible words.

After Cheng Zhigu got the script, he naturally went back to Yanjing Film Studio first. Now that the script has been completed, the next step is to decide on the actors and then prepare for the filming of the film.

There are still tough battles to fight next.

However, even though he knew that the filming task was heavy, Cheng Zhigu was full of confidence as he held the script, because in his opinion, the script written by Lin Youcheng was quite touching and the movie would definitely be a success when it was released.

After Lin Youcheng waited for Lin Zhaomei and others to come back from school, he specifically asked them about starring in "My Brothers and Sisters".

Lin Zhaoxi is not of the right age, there are no suitable roles, and he has no desire to act, so naturally he would not think of being an extra in "My Brothers and Sisters".

Lin Zhaoqing was not interested. Although he was old enough to try the role of Qi Yiku, the eldest brother, it was obvious that he was not interested. Moreover, even if Lin Zhaoqing was interested, Lin Youcheng did not think that Lin Zhaoqing could play the role of Qi Yiku well.

Although Lin Youcheng has connections and can make recommendations, he would not be like those capitalists who would casually send their own children into the entertainment industry to perform in a shameful drama.

In addition, Lin Zhaoman and Lin Zhaohuan also shook their heads and did not want to go. As for Lin Zhaole, he was confused and did not understand a lot of things, so he also shook his head following Lin Zhaohuan.

As for Lin Zhaomei, she asked, "Dad, I like movies, can I act in them?"

After hearing what Lin Zhaomei said, Lin Youcheng thought for a moment and said, "It depends on whether the director chooses you or not."

Although Lin Youcheng felt that there should be no problem for Lin Zhaomei to play the young Qi Sitian in "My Brothers and Sisters", after all, the director of Yanjing Film Studio Cheng Zhigu said that Lin Zhaomei was very suitable for the role, and Lin Zhaomei also performed very well in "War Meridian", not to mention that Qi Sitian did not have too many parts in the movie, but Lin Youcheng still did not say anything definite to avoid any changes later that would disappoint the child.

Lin Zhaomei didn't ask why it depended on whether the director chose her or not, she just nodded because she knew about the crew's actor selection process.

However, at this time, Lin Zhaomei also looked up at Lin Youcheng and said, "Dad, when I become a director in the future, I also have to decide who to choose."

When Lin Youcheng heard what Lin Zhaomei said, he couldn't help but laugh. Now, with his identity as a screenwriter, he might have a certain influence on the actors he recommended. But when the times change in the future, not only screenwriters like him, but even directors would lose the power to choose actors. Those roles would be firmly in the hands of investors, who would not give up even an ounce of them.

Of course, if Lin Zhaomei really becomes a director in the future, his father, as a screenwriter, will naturally stand on his daughter's side unconditionally and firmly defend all of her rights as a director.

However, by that time, maybe, it won’t be my screenwriter father, but the real——

My investor dad.

(End of this chapter)