China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Early on the morning of April 12th, inside Xingchen Film and Television Company.

At present, Xingchen Film and Television has 32 employees, and the ten new people who have only been working for a week are nervous.

After they entered the company, except for their boss, Director Lu, they had not seen any of the other stars so far.

As a result, yesterday, the manager Wu Guohua suddenly announced that Guorong would come to the company tomorrow, and Jiang Wen would come with him, asking everyone to clean up immediately and prepare for it!

At this time, all the new employees were not calm.

Jiang Wen put it aside for now, the other one is his elder brother!

Ning Caichen from "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Cheng Dieyi from "Farewell My Concubine".

There are also "The Wind Keeps Blowing", "Silence is Golden" and "The Love of the Year". . .

Yesterday, the whole company played all my brother's songs.

The older employees are much calmer.

Although they have only been in the company for a short time, there are not many celebrities in the company.

But they followed Lu Ping'an to the set and to Berlin, and they had seen a lot of the world.

But beneath the calm exterior, everyone was actually equally excited.

That is Guorong after all!

Now in 2002, Hong Kong and Taiwan stars would have been elevated to at least one celebrity status in the mainland.

Among Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, although Guorong does not appear as often as the Four Heavenly Kings, for people in the entertainment industry, Guorong's status is recognized to be higher than the Four Heavenly Kings.

Guorong came over today. If the boss could really deal with him, it would be of great significance to the company, so no one dared to neglect him.

Soon, as the elevator outside the company opened, the first people who came out were a few assistants and a big man who looked like bodyguards.

Then Lu Ping'an, Guorong, and Jiang Wen came out talking and laughing.

Guorong is of average height, a bit petite in front of Lu Ping'an and Jiang Wen, who are both about 1.8 meters tall.

But the temperament is indescribably special.

Lu Ping'an doesn't have much aura, mainly because he has a tender face and is just a student.

And Guorong looks like a student, and seems to be no different from Lu Ping'an, but in fact his aura is restrained and agile, his eyes are full of light, he is very handsome!

Especially in front of Jiang Wen, who exuded domineering and banditry, Jiang Wen looked like an ancient general, while Guorong looked like an ancient prince who visited privately in private. He came here today just for an outing.

Superstar! This is it!

The employees of Xingchen Company sighed inwardly, and then began the welcome ceremony.

"Hello, brother!"

More than 20 employees stood in a row to say hello.

"Hello you all."

Guorong was so friendly that he smiled and waved to everyone, "There's no need to be so solemn. I'm just here to take a look. You guys are busy with your work."

His Mandarin is very standard, his voice is nice, and from a close distance, he doesn't look like someone in his forties at all.

After entering the company, Lu Pingan took Guorong for a tour.

There was still nothing interesting to see, but Guorong was very interested.

"This is the Palme d'Or from Black Hole, right..."

"This Palme d'Or is so fascinating. If it were me, I would like this one better..."

"This is the manuscript of "Hired Life", can you give me a copy?"

Guorong's interest was very high, or he was very interested in Lu Ping'an.

What impressed him most about Lu Pingan was not other movies, but "Life for Employment".

Before that, Lu Pingan contacted Jiang Wen and asked him if he could contact Guorong and want him to be the protagonist.

After Jiang Wen contacted him, Guorong, like Zhou Xingxing, directly said that he knew Lu Ping An was in the mainland now, so he came directly.

On the way to pick up the plane at the airport, Lu Pingan already knew about the relationship between Jiang Wen and Guorong.

They have known each other for a long time, and they had a long chat not long ago, and the two showed off two bottles of red wine.

The main topic is that Guorong wants to be a director. He said that after acting in so many movies, he has long wanted to direct one by himself. In 2000, he directed the movie "Smoke", but he was very dissatisfied and felt that he There was a big difference, so now I was preparing for the second part, so I found Jiang Wen.

Now the project has entered the preparation stage. I don’t know when it will be filmed, but it will probably be next year.

What happened later was that Lu Ping'an also knew that Guorong's movie would have Jiang Wen and Huang Xiaoming play father and son.

But failed to achieve it, everything stopped on April Fool's Day next year.

After receiving Guorong at the airport, Guorong also recognized Lu Ping An.

But the first thing he said was: "Your "Employment Life" should have an ironing board."

And the reason is now known.

Guorong looked at the manuscript and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I did a stupid thing. I used myself as an ironing board and had people iron clothes on my back. It was so dangerous, I almost got ironed, hahaha. . . ”

As he said that, he pointed to the manuscript of "Employment Life" and said with regret: "I actually had this thought. At that time, I was wondering if there would be someone who would specialize in making ironing boards and someone who would specialize in making chairs. Unfortunately, I can also draw, but I’m just short of learning to direct. Hey, if I had learned directing earlier, I might have been able to make a work like this, hahaha, I’m just kidding, I wouldn’t be able to film it even if I were a director, don’t take it seriously. . . ”

Guorong talked a lot, and he was talking almost all the way. He always smiled when he talked, he was very friendly and childish, and he looked like he was not stressed at all, and he couldn't tell that he would get sick in the future.

After a brief visit, we entered Lu Ping'an's office, invited us for tea, and then started talking about the main topic.

Guorong first said to Lu Ping'an: "Director Jiang said that before working with him, I can try working with you first. He said that your requirements for the film are the same as his, and that you are a perfectionist."

After Lu Pingan heard this, he was even more grateful to Jiang Wen. This was really helping him.

"Can't be considered a perfectionist."

Lu Pingan said modestly, "I can only say that I am trying my best to make the film the same as I imagined, and not to let them fall below the minimum standard, otherwise I will not be able to sleep."

This can be considered to be honest, after all, 90% is indeed the bottom line.

“That’s another word for perfectionism, and I’ve learned that!”

As he spoke, Guorong laughed with Zhu Li next to him, "Don't say that I am a perfectionist in the future. Say that my bottom line is relatively high. Do you understand?"

Everyone laughed.

Then Guorong reached out and said, "Read the script and let me see your imagination."

The word "imagination" belongs to Lu Ping'an in this world.

This is one of the reasons that attracted Guorong to come here.

"You will be satisfied."

Lu Pingan smiled and handed over two scripts, one to Jiang Wen and Guorong, both with storyboards.

Regarding whether Guorong will take the role.

Lu Ping'an and Jiang Wen asked.

After hearing the general content of the script, Jiang Wen said it was very likely.

Now Guorong's film selection preferences have changed.

A more experimental film.

This is the case with "Alien Space", which was just released in Hong Kong on March 28 this year, and the previous "The King of Guns". His characters in them are more likely to have psychological problems.

It’s not that I really like characters with psychological problems, but I prefer movies with different styles and different expression techniques.

"Source Code" is obviously not an experimental film, but a standard Hollywood commercial film.

But if we really talk about the plot, it is indeed more attractive than ordinary movies.

It’s the “brain hole” mentioned by Guorong.

Jiang Wen said that Guorong will not choose non-experimental films, but will consider them comprehensively.

For example, supporting younger generations, trying new and interesting scripts, etc.

Free and casual.

On this point, the movie Safe Road fits perfectly.

At a young age, he is the most promising star of the younger generation in mainland China, and is also Jiang Wen's "good friend".

The films he made were unconventional and avant-garde.

At the same time, the quality is guaranteed and the reputation is very good.

So on the whole, Lu Ping'an has a high probability of winning Guorong. At least Jiang Wen thinks so, but it does not represent Guorong's own meaning.

Ping An Lu still has the same mentality about this.

It's best if it works, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't. No matter what the result is, it will not affect the final shooting plan and the quality of the film.

After half an hour.

Guorong put down the script and asked Lu Ping An: "This idea is great, I like it very much, Ping An, is the male protagonist really not dead in the end? How did the female officer receive the text message?"

This is the biggest doubt in the minds of many people who have watched "Source Code", and it is also the charm of this film.

The theory of parallel worlds is not popular in the current world. Even if films such as "Comet" appear and are mentioned, ordinary people will still be surprised to hear it without the explosion of information on the Internet.

So Lu Ping'an explained it to him in detail, and as the author revealed more hints of the film that were terrifying to consider.

After chatting for a while, Guorong finally understood some of the pioneering ideas in the movie.

Guorong smiled and shook his head, pointed at Lu Ping'an and said to Jiang Wen, "I finally know why everyone says his movies are brain-burning."

Everyone laughed again.

Lu Ping'an took advantage of the situation and asked, "So, brother, do you want to create this interesting movie world together?"

"I don't have many schedules, but..." Guorong put down the script, spread his hands, and said handsomely in English: "of course!"