The Birth of the Best Director

Chapter 29 From today on, I want to be a rich woman!

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Teacher Li Jianyi, as a first-class actor of the National Theatre, is very busy with his work.

After filming "Maze of the Heart", the unit assigned him a task to star in the main theme drama "This is the Last Struggle".

This drama will be performed as a celebration program on May 1st Labor Day this year.

In fact, his scenes were filmed in just one week.

After all, "Maze of the Heart" is a group portrait drama, and even the male protagonist, the role of the village chief, does not have many scenes.

Theoretically, Teacher Li Jianyi should have passed away three days ago.

But he refused to move.

Every day, holding a teacup, he followed Xin Yukun, like a student, listening attentively to the lectures given by director Lu Zhiyuan.

"Ayuan, I have a question."

"When [Liqin] and [Wang Baoshan] were having an affair, why did they adjust the lighting to an orange tint? Why not use those cold, incandescent lights?"

"You told me that the main tone of this movie is obviously cold and lonely. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to suddenly add these warm colors?"

Xin Yukun suffered repeated setbacks with the two goddesses Zhang Tianai and Liu Shishi.

However, the two goddesses in his mind licked Lu Zhiyuan like dogs.

Lu Zhiyuan still ignored them and just did whatever he wanted.

This made Xin Yukun admire Lu Zhiyuan very much, and at the same time, it generated a huge motivation to learn.

He also wants to be a director.

Right.

Assistant director, you are still not attractive enough to the goddess.

"Brother Kun, didn't I discuss this with you privately before? I plan to incorporate Edward Hopper's painting techniques into the style of this film."

“[Edward Hopper] occasionally added warm colors to his cool-toned paintings, like the orange-red curtains in Night Window.”

"It often signals false warmth or a sign of danger."

"When [Liqin] and [Wang Baoshan] were having an affair, the orange light reflected through the glass inside the house appeared in the camera, giving people a strong psychological suggestion."

"Desire contains murderous intent."

After he finished speaking, Lu Zhiyuan took out a pen and wrote in his notebook: "I almost forgot. In the gambling scene of White Tiger, there should also be a glaring red light on the gambling table to give people a hint that greed is the fuse of tragedy."

Xin Yukun was dumbfounded.

He started working before he even graduated from high school, spending all day on film crews. He's seen all sorts of people, but he's never met a painter.

Forgive him, I really don't understand.

Although I don’t understand, it doesn’t matter. What Lu Zhiyuan said makes a lot of sense and sounds very powerful.

The others are probably similar to him.

At this time, Lu Zhiyuan asked the actors on the scene to do it again. Just now, the lighting felt a little wrong.

"It starts again..."

The staff on the scene woke up as if from a dream, and wailed in their hearts when they heard these words.

[The feeling of the light is not right]. As soon as they heard this, they knew that director Lu Zhiyuan had an old problem.

However, every time Lu Zhiyuan asked them to start over, he would give them a suitable reason, and this reason would often make their scalps itch and they felt like they were going to grow a brain.

They are here to work.

As a result, it felt like entering a university classroom.

Director Lu Zhiyuan transformed himself into a knowledgeable professor to help them embark on their artistic journey.

wrong.

We went to college.

It seems that these things are not taught in university classes.

"Okay, the lighting and tone are almost right, let's do it again."

"All departments, prepare yourselves. Actors, please take your positions."

"start!"

The crew members were a little uncomfortable with Lu Zhiyuan's working style at first and thought he was a troublemaker.

But after working together for a long time, they gradually discovered that Lu Zhiyuan did not have high requirements for the actors' acting skills, but was very demanding on the lighting and the structure of the picture.

This left them speechless.

Because Lu Zhiyuan was not looking for problems with other people, but was competing with himself.

……

"Teacher Li, do you think Ayuan looks like Wong Kar-wai? I heard that Wong Kar-wai has a very strict and paranoid attitude towards visual effects."

The crew started working inside. Liu Shishi and Li Jianyi had already completed their parts. They felt that their acting was very easy.

However, once the movie is released, the effect will definitely be very good.

There is no other reason, I simply have confidence in director Lu Zhiyuan.

Liu Shishi is even more full of fantasies about the future. She feels like she is 20-year-old Maggie Cheung, who is at the right age and happened to meet the talented Wong Kar-wai.

How beautiful was Maggie Cheung in "In the Mood for Love"?

She had always longed for it. She hoped that one day, Lu Zhiyuan would be able to capture her as beautifully in the camera.

Teacher Li Jianyi, after hearing Liu Shishi's reverie, couldn't help but laugh: "Shishi, the way you say that shows you don't understand Wong Kar-wai at all."

"This great director is really good at tormenting the actors."

"I heard people say he often does something called 'descriptive' to dispel the actors' assumptions."

"Maggie Cheung wore the same cheongsam for 27 takes of different emotions while filming In the Mood for Love, until she completely shed her formulaic acting.

"Tony Leung's 3-minute monologue of combing his hair and eating a pear at the end of Days of Being Wild was cut to just the last 10 seconds after over 20 NGs."

After complaining, Mr. Li Jianyi sighed: "Of course, these shots of theirs have become classics in the history of Chinese films!"

"There is no comparison between A-Yuan and Wong Kar-wai at this stage."

"However, there are some similarities between the two people's pursuit of art. They are both extremely obsessed with perfectionism."

“They are all writing poetry with the camera, and the actors, the scenes, the lighting, are all rhymes that have been repeatedly polished.”

Writing poetry with a camera?

Hearing these words, Liu Shishi's somewhat hazy eyes suddenly widened, flashing with a dazzling light.

but……

Liu Shishi smiled and shook her head: "Teacher Li, if you say Wong Kar-wai is a poet, I reluctantly agree. But if you say Ayuan is a poet, Ayuan himself would not agree."

"He's a painter."

"He's a disciple of Impressionism. His shots, in every scene, pursue the flow of light and shadow, and the simplification and purity of color. But he occasionally makes some adjustments. For example, the shots he's been shooting recently seem to be super-realism."

Speaking of the painter, Liu Shishi couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

In the past few days, she has been asking Xin Yukun indirectly about Lu Zhiyuan's situation. With such talent and ability, how come he failed the college entrance examination?

He doesn't seem like someone who is poor at academic subjects.

Xin Yukun told Liu Shishi that no one knew this secret, and if one day she knew this secret, she should be congratulated.

In this life, I will definitely have a long way to go!

In order to win the heart of Lu Zhiyuan, Liu Shishi worked hard and started to learn the basics of art little by little.

After a period of hard work, Liu Shishi had an illusion that although she had not yet become a painter, she was about to become a painter's family member.

"You said Ayuan is a painter?"

When Teacher Li Jianyi heard this, he smiled.

He looked at Liu Shishi, and suddenly thought of something, and said, "I remember that the great Japanese director, Kurosawa Akira, was also a painter when he was young."

"And he was quite successful. His work was accepted into national exhibitions right after he graduated from junior high school. At 17, he was even selected for an exhibition of new artists in the Japanese painting world."

This was the first time Liu Shishi had heard such rumors, and she suddenly felt very familiar with them. She couldn't help but ask, "What happened next?"

"Later..."

Teacher Li Jianyi sighed softly and said with deep emotion, "He found it difficult to make a living just by painting. At the age of 20, he submitted his resume to a film company, and that's how he embarked on the path of directing."

After saying this, Li Jianyi murmured, "If the 20-year-old Kurosawa Akira could meet a wealthy woman who admired him, he might give up his directing career and go back to being a painter."

Upon hearing this, Liu Shishi suddenly became excited and made a great wish: "I want to make a lot of money and become a rich woman!"

Make a lot of money and become a rich woman.

Let Lu Zhiyuan stop being a director and go back to being a painter.

As a photographer and a director, I always meet all kinds of beautiful girls, which is really unsettling.

"But, I'm so confused..."

"If I wanted Ayuan to return to being a painter, the prerequisite was that the movie would flop. But Ayuan really put so much effort into this movie. It's such a shame that it flopped like that."

"How to do?"

Liu Shishi couldn't think of a good solution.

However, the bell of departure has already rung.

After she finished filming her part, she stayed in the crew for another half a month. During this period, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was broadcast on satellite TV and the ratings exploded.

The character she played, Mu Nianci, triggered a rivalry between two handsome men, Ouyang Ke and Yang Kang... Although the plot was very subversive, it was still a hot topic of discussion.

Liu Shishi became an overnight sensation.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Tangren helped Liu Shishi to take on several business collaborations, one of which was a game endorsement.

It seemed that Liu Shishi was about to become a wealthy woman.

As a result, Liu Shishi stayed in the countryside, refused to come back, and did not want to accept any notices.

This is all hard-earned money.

As long as Liu Shishi doesn’t come back, the money will never go into my pocket!
What a sin.

So, Boss Cai had to go out himself to capture the man and find out whose yellow-haired animal had bewitched the cabbage he raised.

"Get in the car and go home. Are you still watching?"

"My eyeballs are about to fall out!"

"I'll give you a piece of advice. Handsome guys are just empty-headed fools, hollow straw bags, and silver-plated spearheads. You're still young. Make more money and become a rich woman. What kind of man do you want to find?"

The word "rich woman" completely opened Liu Shishi's heart.

She nodded heavily, agreeing deeply: "Sister K, you are right. From today on, I am determined to become a rich woman! Help me get more business, and I will never be a slacker again!"

(End of this chapter)