Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 43 New Edition Not Drunk
"Teacher Situ is still very optimistic about you."

After leaving Situ Zhaodun's house, Gao Xixi expressed encouragement to Lu Jiang.

But after the encouragement, he still added: "It's okay if you really can't think of any way to change it. He has already told me privately that your version is actually good enough. If the effect of shooting it in one take is good, you will basically have no problem getting into the Beijing Film Academy, so don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"Actually, whether I get into Beijing Film Academy or not, I want to give it a try."

"Got an idea?"

"Not yet. I have to go back and think about it carefully first."

"Okay, I still say the same thing, completing a single take is the most important thing. If you can do it well, you've already accomplished a huge feat for domestic filmmakers. As for the script, good inspiration is hard to come by, so don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"Okay, thank you, uncle."

"Hey, stop talking like that. My hair can't handle it."

"Ha ha."

Return to the crew and continue filming.

For the next three days, Lu Jiang kept an eye on the crew while thinking about the adaptation, but the progress was slow in the first two days and he didn't have any good ideas.

On the morning of the third day, Fan Xiaotian brought news that "Spring Pig" had officially entered the post-production stage, which was expected to take about four months.

However, there is no need to wait that long to sell the film. You can start the process after making the first few episodes.

Lu Jiang agreed to take him with him when selling films to broaden his horizons and prepare for his own films in the future.

In the afternoon, Lu Jiang received an invitation to a new variety show.

It is Anhui TV's "Super Winner".

The other party's attitude was sincere, which was not like what a TV station should have. He said that the first episode of the program would be broadcast on April 4, and they were now preparing to record the first episode and wanted to invite Lu Jiang to be the guest of the first episode.

Li Chao's attitude towards this is somewhat conservative. After all, it is a small variety show, the host team is also put together at the last minute, and the content of the program is a bit "deviant" and noisy, which requires the guests to completely abandon their idol image. He thinks that this program may be successful, but it will not survive for long, and it may even be banned.

But Lu Jiang is very familiar with this show.

This is the memory of countless people born in the 1980s and 1990s.

At its peak, it shared the same viewership with several top variety shows such as "Happy Camp", and was even ranked first in many cases.

Lu Jiang was quite emotional at this moment.

I remember when he appeared on "Variety Show" before the Chinese New Year, he was still lamenting that variety shows in the mainland were too scarce, and the few that were available were also very serious.

As a result, only a few months have passed and the new era variety show "Super Winner" is about to be released.

The emergence of "Super Winner" also means that domestic entertainment variety shows have entered a new period of rapid development, and similar variety shows will spring up more and more in the future.

Feel the tide of the times rolling in.

At this moment, Lu Jiang suddenly found the direction of adaptation.

Without hesitation, he asked Li Chao to reply to Anhui TV to confirm that he would go and then he opened the notebook and started recording.

Soon, the adapted plot was completed.

Then we designed the shooting plan based on the new plot.

I wrote and drew all the way until 1am.

Looking at the new script, Lu Jiang was very pleased.

Although Situ Zhaodun might not be satisfied tomorrow, and might even think he was childish and superficial.

But no matter what, this is the result of my own independent research, which has exhausted my memory and brainpower.

As for whether it can be successful?
It's the first time anyway.

Life is heroic, no matter success or failure, at worst you can start over again.

The next morning, Lu Jiang arrived at Situ Zhaodun's house at the appointed time.

Situ Zhaodun invited him in as warmly as he had three days ago.

But just as he sat down, before Lu Jiang took out the new script, a big man came in at the door.

"Lao Zhao, are they here? Oh, they're here. Hello, Lu Jiang, I'm Jiang Wen."

Jiang Wen just walked into Lu Jiang's sight and stretched out his hand to Lu Jiang with a smile, being bold yet polite.

Just as I remembered, this person has a very strong aura.

Fortunately, Lu Jiang is now a quasi-king, and although he has never seen a super large scene, he has seen ordinary scenes with thousands of people more than ten times.

So he remained calm and extended his hand: "Hello Director Jiang, nice to meet you."

After the two shook hands, Jiang Wen asked directly: "The script has been revised, let me take a look."

How did he know?
Lu Jiang, who had been calm just now, suddenly felt a tightness on his back for no reason. He seemed to have a voice named Lu Tailang shouting in his ear: Run!
In the end, Lu Jiang came up with a new script.

Then Situ Zhaodun and Jiang Wen took turns looking through it.

The new script has been modified based on the original one.

The original version had five rooms, but this time Lu Jiang changed it to three.

At the beginning of the story, the protagonist is drunk and lost, looking for his original box.

We were stopped by security in front of a familiar door, who told us that the place was under maintenance and we were not allowed to enter. A maintenance warning sign was also put up.

The protagonist thought he had recognized the wrong door and continued looking in a different direction.

As a result, the first box I accidentally entered saw the person I had always dreamed of but never talked to, the one I had a crush on, whom I called my goddess.

Because of this accidental entry, the protagonist and the goddess had their first conversation. They were surprised at each other's presence. Afterwards, the other party did not dislike the protagonist's appearance. Instead, she warmly invited the protagonist and her friends to have fun together and drink. The scene was very harmonious.

This made the protagonist very happy, and he felt that the goddess who was originally high and mighty was not that difficult to approach.

Halfway through the party, the goddess left the house, and the drunk protagonist mustered up the courage to follow her, only to lose his way again. But he soon saw the goddess in the second box.

But this time, the goddess performed a striptease, which was in the first box of Huang Bo's version, and the plot remained unchanged.

A group of rich men looked at each other aggressively and with high attitudes, drinking XO, smoking cigars, and watching the goddess posing on the table.

When the goddess saw the protagonist coming in, she was slightly stunned, but she didn't stop. After a set of dances, it was time for the protagonist to pay.

The protagonist gave ten dollars, which was in sharp contrast to the countless hundred-dollar bills in the goddess' bra. As expected, he was despised by everyone, including the goddess, and the protagonist could only run away in shame.

Then he drunkenly broke into the third box, only to find that the rich people in the second box had become clowns here.

Under the oppression of a group of men in black, the protagonist was forced to drink with them, while the goddess became the woman beside the leader of the men in black. There were several other beauties with her, some of whom had sad and decadent expressions, while others were very happy and enjoyed themselves.

After being forced to drink several glasses of wine, some of the rich people in the second box put on black clothes, and some wanted to run away, but the men in black were angry and would not let them go. They were ready to give the protagonist a good beating. At the critical moment, a group of new men in black rushed into the box and fought with the original men in black. A gang conflict broke out suddenly and the scene was chaotic for a while.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the protagonist ran away, and on the way he was forced to use a wine bottle to open the head of one of the men in black.

The scene suddenly became quiet.

Then the new man in black applauded the protagonist.

The protagonist was escorted to the new box.

At this time, the new man in black changed out of his black suit and put on various brand-name casual wear. He also gave the protagonist expensive clothes and money. Everyone drank XO and smoked cigars with the protagonist in groups of five or six.

With a wave of his hand, the new goddess came up to the table to dance. This time, the protagonist was not embarrassed or awkward. He began to actively enjoy the process and stuffed a few big bills into the new goddess's chest. Then another young man accidentally broke in, repeated the protagonist's previous behavior, stuffed 10 yuan into the chest, and left in shame.

After watching the dance, the protagonist and the new dignitaries brought the new goddess to the next box. More beauties appeared, and the level of debauchery reached a new level. But the good times did not last long. The third wave of men in black appeared and subdued the new dignitaries with violence.

Then there was another round of drinking and beatings. At the critical moment, the fourth group of men in black came in and chaos broke out again. The protagonist was stripped of his suit and thrown back into the corridor. Everything seemed to be back to the starting point.

The protagonist was vomiting in the corridor, and was even more drunk at this time. He continued to look for the original box, and then accidentally entered the box again and saw the goddess, which was the first box at the beginning.

The box now looked exactly the same as it did at the beginning.

When the goddess saw the protagonist, she gave him the same warm invitation as at the beginning, and the scene inside was also extremely harmonious.

But this time, the protagonist refused.

He left the room, closed the door, and no longer dared to enter a new box.

Because the scenes he had experienced were being repeated in every box he passed by.

It was at this time that the protagonist's brothers and friends appeared.

The protagonist was surprised and asked, "Where have you been?" The drunken protagonist joked that he had walked into the wrong private room.

The brothers laughed and said no wonder they couldn’t find you after looking for so long.

Then take the protagonist forward.

Finally, the protagonist came to the door that said "under repair". He kicked open the repair sign and pushed the door open.

I walked through the winding safety passage filled with all kinds of garbage, avoided all kinds of messy people, and finally got out of the building smoothly.

Come to the street.

The man in black, the goddess, the dignitary, the waiter, etc. who had appeared in the box earlier all had new identities.

Everyone is in a hurry, busy and harmonious with each other.

The protagonist looked at the building where the KTV was located and felt that what just happened was like a dream.

Finally, the protagonist said goodbye to his brothers and friends, and took turns seeing them off.

But when one of the drunken brothers left in a car, the protagonist suddenly shouted, "We got on the wrong car!"

The last shot freezes on a group of brothers chasing a car.

Finish.

Strictly speaking, this idea was not original to Lu Jiang, but was borrowed from many movie scenes.

But Lu Jiang couldn't remember what movie it was.

Anyway, I have watched so many movies in my previous life, and there are always many movies with time loops or story loops.

Lu Jiang then decided to learn from it.

In his opinion, even if Situ Zhaodun did not appreciate the depth of the plot's meaning, the circular structure should still be eye-catching.

Taking a step back, even if he still thinks this structure is not new, it is definitely better than the original version and deserves praise.

The reality is indeed as Lu Jiang thought.

Plots with a loop structure are rare nowadays, especially those shot in one take, which are even rarer.

So when Lu Jiang drank another cup of tea and looked up at the two of them again.

The green treasure chest on Situ Zhaodun’s head instantly came into his mind and upgraded to blue.

At the same time, Situ Zhaodun produced a new blue treasure chest:
[Situ Zhaodun wants to personally supervise the host to make a satisfactory film of the new script and send the film to the Venice Film Festival]

This is not over yet.

A green treasure chest also appeared next to Jiang Wen.

This made Lu Jiang's heart jump again.

He doesn't want to be the protagonist, does he?

But Jiang Wen is Jiang Wen.

The green treasure chest is indeed: [Jiang Wen wants to play the leading role]

(End of this chapter)