I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 89 Copyright of "The Wandering Earth"!

April 2010, 4, Imperial Capital.

Ning Hao Film Studio.

Last year, Ning Hao directed a low-budget movie "Crazy Racing", which achieved a box office revenue of over 1000 million yuan with an investment cost of million yuan, making him the fourth mainland director in China to enter the million yuan club after Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang!
The limelight is always there.

The film was also nominated for Best Director at the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse Awards, greatly boosting its industry and fame.

Ning Hao also became more famous because of this and set up his own personal studio.

In addition to making movies, the studio also has another business - copyright agency.

As the name suggests, it is to help some writers sell their copyrights and then make a profit from the difference in price.

In the name of preventing copyright from falling into the hands of copyright dealers, they will help you find a very reliable seller.

Jingle Bell!
The phone in Ning Hao's office rang.

Ning Hao, who had just arrived at the company, looked at the incoming call number displayed and quickly picked up the phone.

"Da Liu, what's the matter?"

"Director Ning, someone wants to buy the copyright of my "The Wandering Earth"!"

A male voice came from the other end of the phone.

Liu Cixin!
A very famous science fiction writer who enjoys extremely high prestige among domestic science fiction fans.

The "Three-Body" series launched two years ago has been hailed as a masterpiece in the history of Chinese science fiction.

The second part has been released, and the third part is said to be released this year. Liu Cixin's letters urging him to submit his manuscripts have piled up in a warehouse at home.

They were all urging him to quickly write the finale of the third part of "The Three-Body Problem".

"which company?"

Ning Hao narrowed his eyes and sat down.

Last year, Ning Hao accidentally read "The Rural Teacher" written by Liu Cixin and felt that it could be made into a movie, so he went directly to Liu Cixin.

The two men were from the same hometown and quickly established cooperation.

Because all the copyrights of "The Three-Body Problem" were sold for 10 yuan while he was drunk, Liu now has a stress reaction when he hears the word "copyright", so he entrusted all his film and television adaptation copyright business to Ning Hao.

"I don't know him. He contacted the editorial department of Science Fiction World. It was my editor who called me!"

"Do you have his contact information?"

"Have!"

Da Liu reported it directly. After Ning Hao wrote it down, he immediately said, "Okay, I'll contact him then!"

“Do you have a price target?”

Selling copyright is something every author hopes for, because it involves promotion and fame, and few people can resist such temptation.

Liu Cixin is no exception.

Of course he wants to be more famous.

What's more, his daughter is about to take the college entrance examination, and there are many places in the family that need money.

"I don't understand either. The more we sell, the better!"

“But The Wandering Earth is a novella, so it probably won’t sell for a high price!”

Ning Hao spent 20 yuan to buy "Rural Teacher", but this one is shorter, it's a short story.

The biggest loss was "The Three-Body Problem", which should have been sold for more than a million yuan, but because he was fooled by the name of "Beijing Film Academy" and a lot of drinking, he signed the contract in a daze.

Until now, that damn Zhang Fanfan from the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Film Academy has ignored him.

He is also Ning Hao’s junior fellow apprentice.

"Then I'll negotiate a price upwards of 50, and then see the other party's company qualifications!"

"Okay, Director Ning, you can do whatever you want!"

In fact, Liu didn't take this matter to heart. It was just that the editor made two phone calls. The other party must be willing to buy the copyright, so he told Ning Hao.

Today, China's science fiction film market is stagnant. It's not just a recession, but there is no excitement at all.

The most famous one before 2000 was "霹雳贝贝", which was directed by Teng Huatao's mother.

As for the period after 2000, there were few hard science fiction films, let alone soft science fiction films.

In this market, who is willing to buy the copyright of science fiction novels?
We should be thankful that a film and television company would take a fancy to us. This is also the reason why Liu Cixin was cheated.

As soon as Liu heard about Beijing Film Academy, he was attracted and closed the deal, but in the end he found out that the other party was a complete idiot.

He doesn't have any famous works. The only movie and two TV series he directed were all flops.

With this level of skills, can a movie like "The Three-Body Problem" be made?
It's difficult to give him an era.

"Guo Xun?"

Ning Hao looked at the contact name and phone number given by Da Liu, thought about it, and then dialed it.

……

On the other hand, "Under the Hawthorn Tree" is currently being filmed.

After a few days of adjustment, except for Zhu Yanmanzi's occasional NG, the scenes of veteran actors such as Li Xuejian and Lv Liping have been completed.

In addition to Xi Meijuan having more roles, she also has to shoot many rival scenes with Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi.

She plays Jingqiu's mother, the "mother-in-law" who has a lot of scenes.

The person who shocked the entire crew the most was Chen Jin.

This new actor, who has no experience in filming and hasn't even entered school yet, is in no way inferior to the veteran actors in terms of acting ability; especially the lines, which can even be omitted in post-production dubbing, and the on-site sound recording effect is particularly good.

With his true-to-life performance and his own speech, even the three screenwriters who came to visit the set had to admit that the third brother seemed like he had walked out of a book.

This role is perfect for Chen Jin.

Putting aside Chen Jin's age, just based on his performance over the past few days, he definitely deserves a Best Actor trophy.

This is not bragging, Zhang Yimou said it himself.

Even though he had a certain degree of appreciation for Chen Jin's performance, the filming over the past few days still surprised Zhang Yimou again.

After all, I underestimated this kid.

Not only are there very few NGs, but this guy always finds some flaws in many shots that Zhang Yimou thinks are good.

Therefore, there are many retakes.

But we have to admit that Chen Jin's understanding of the role of Lao San is very profound. The suggestions he made made each reshoot more reasonable and smooth, just like a book projected into reality.

Zhu Yanmanzi's performance can also be described as rapid improvement.

In the beginning, her lines and acting were poor, but her body shape caught the eye of emo fans; but her improvement was really visible to the naked eye, getting better day by day, and her lines were corrected through repeated NGs, and now they are basically not re-shot more than 10 times.

You know, there was a scene for Jingqiu on the first day, and Zhang Yimou shot it more than 30 times but still couldn't get it right, which almost made him go crazy on the set.

Fortunately, Chen Jin pulled Zhu Yanmanzi away, and then he didn’t know what method he used, but he actually... passed it in one go.

Amazing operation!

This also led to the little girl's increased dependence on Chen Jin.

Whenever there is a problem, she discusses it with him. The two of them haven't started filming the intimate and passionate love scenes yet, but the relationship seems to be gradually heating up.

This is something Zhang Yimou is happy to see. Also, after each day's filming, Chen Jin would always have two followers following him.

One male and one female.

Zhu Yanmanzi, who plays the role of actor Chen Jin, also performs lines every day; as for the other virtual man, he volunteers to accompany Zhang Yimou for jogging and chatting, and learns some skills from him to keep fit.

The relationship between Chen Jin and Zhang Yimou has not improved much, but Guo Xun is about to become an emo registered disciple.

Chen Jin had to admit that Cyber Daji did have some succubus talent.

Because at the beginning Zhang Yimou didn't take Beggar Brother seriously, but as they chatted and got to know each other, Zhang Yimou discovered that this guy Guo Xun was indeed a good candidate to be a director.

First of all, this guy has strong coordination ability.

Secondly, the storyboards for the shooting were very well drawn, although Under the Hawthorn Tree didn’t need to use these things.

Zhang Yimou doesn’t have the habit of using split-screen shooting, but some directors do.

And the more detailed the storyboard is, the better it is for the actors because they can more easily understand how to shoot.

This is actually quite understandable.

If you read scripts and novels, it is still very difficult for ordinary people to act; but if you read comics and animations and learn the characters' movements and performances, it is very easy because they have already drawn the positions, body movements, and so on.

This is why many people who are good at drawing and students who graduate from fine arts departments can also become directors.

Because he can show everyone what he wants to direct through painting.

It is obviously easier for an actor to act out these contents than for him to listen to the director.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou's attitude towards Guo Xun these days is obviously much more enthusiastic and talkative than before.

Even this kid can now stand behind the monitor and watch how Zhang Yimou directs the play and how the actors perform.

Executive director Zang Xichuan was so shocked that he wanted to find someone to put a sack on Guo Xun, beat him up and throw him into the river.

Damn, he has followed Zhang Yimou for so many years and has never been treated like this.

This guy has only been here for a few days, and he has already completed such an epic PY transaction?

How could Lao Zang, who is nearly 50 years old, tolerate this? !
Every time he saw Guo Xun being so caring and concerned about Director Zhang and Director Zhang, he secretly gave them the middle finger in his heart.

There is nothing to be afraid of flatterers!

"Great!"

Zhang Yimou took the walkie-talkie and shouted loudly.

Chen Jin has completed another scene of rivalry with Zhu Yanmanzi, and the next scene will be the next stage.

In love!

Lao San and Jing Qiu finally started dating.

"Director Zhang, your tea!"

Guo Xun brought a cup of brewed wolfberry tea to Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou took it casually, took a sip and moistened his throat with satisfaction.

Zang Xichuan on the side showed a fat and squinting expression.

Chen Jin, who had just walked out holding Zhu Yanmanzi's hand, was also too embarrassed to look at him.

Flattery!

This Cyberman is too flattering.

Why didn’t I realize before that this alms-begging immortal was actually such a person?

Got a new nickname - Licking Man.

"Chen Jin, Xiao Zhu, we'll start filming the love scene tomorrow, did you know that?"

"Know!"

Chen Jin answered as the third brother. Zhu Yanmanzi seemed like a different person in the past few days and had obviously taken on the role of Jingqiu.

She was also shy at every turn. After glancing at Chen Jin, she responded faintly, "Yeah!"

A calm and beautiful girl turned into an inferior, sensible, immature and innocent high school girl.

Zhang Yimou is actually satisfied with Zhu Yanmanzi's current state.

Newcomers, by experiencing the role-playing experience, can get into the mood and rhythm of filming more quickly.

After the shoot, it was a bit difficult to get out of it.

What's more, the story ends with the death of the third child, which hurts a little girl's heart even more.

It would be fine if there is no substitution, just die, at most you will be like a puppy and feel sad for a few days.

But when one really invests his emotions into the role, the death of the third brother is a big blow to the actor.

This needs to be slowly resolved by Chen Jin.

Others are useless.

"Go!"

"Prepare well for tomorrow's play!"

"Let me see your emotions grow..."

Zhang Yimou waved his hand, and Chen Jin held Zhu Yanmanzi's hand, but saw Zhu Yanmanzi's mother sitting not far away.

Yan Ning didn't think there was anything wrong.

Because Director Zhang and the crew told her that this was necessary for filming.

Moreover, Chen Jin and her daughter have not done anything out of the ordinary these days. They just hold hands and cultivate their emotions. Everything is for art.

The main reason is that Yan Ning does have a filter for Chen Jin, and what Chen Jin showed is an excellence that surpasses his peers.

Whether it's the grades, the performance, Director Zhang's optimism, etc.

If nothing unexpected happens in the future, he will definitely become famous.

Of course her daughter is not bad either.

"Xiao Jin, your phone kept ringing just now!"

Yan Ning smiled at Chen Jin. Zhu Yanmanzi sat obediently aside, staring blankly at the front, not knowing what he was thinking.

These days she has been just like Jingqiu, especially quiet.

"Okay, thank you Auntie, I'll take a look!"

Chen Jin picked up the phone and looked at the three missed calls. Two of them were made half an hour ago, and one was just five minutes ago.

Chen Jin quickly called back.

A male voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, is this Guo Xun?"

"Yes, it's me. Who are you?"

A smile appeared at the corner of Chen Jin's mouth.

As soon as the other party said the name, he knew who it was.

He only left the name Guo Xun and his phone number to one person.

An editor from the editorial department of "Science Fiction World"!
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