I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 688 685 One story, two versions

Chapter 688 685. One story, two versions

"Liu Yifei and Xu Xin met at the restaurant, suspected of preparing for a new work! 》

This news suddenly and inexplicably became popular at noon on Saturday.

In several circulated pictures, you can clearly see Xu Xin holding a document in his hand and reading it, and then the two of them are drinking tea and chatting.

Neither of them brought an assistant, and the place they chose to meet was also a public place.

Adding to the relationship between the two, netizens did not think wrong.

But the popularity of this topic is still visibly increasing.

What does it mean?

One "Hawthorn Tree" is not enough, what about another one?

Are the two of them joining hands again?

What is the theme of this movie?

What kind of new surprise does this director, who knows how to use our fairy sister best, plan to bring us this time?

With many questions, one noon passed, and the news about "Xu Xin's new movie" and "Liu Yifei's joining" inexplicably spread all over the Internet.

As the well-deserved first director of the new era, although Xu Xin has the style of an old director, unless it is a movie promotion, you will basically not see his shadow. But the heat on his body was always there.

In addition, since she won the Best Newcomer Award at Venice last year with the movie "Hawthorn Tree", her career has been on the rise. It is expected that Liu Yifei will make further progress after returning to the top...

When these two people get together...the heat seems to be even higher than that of Yang Mi.

Xu Xin used two movies to make Yang Mi a double golden actress.

She collaborated with Liu Yifei on a movie, and her acting skills were criticized, so she turned around and won the Newcomer Award recognized by the newcomers of the three major representative teams.

What about this fourth one?

What kind of honor will Liu Yifei receive?

Why don't others mention it, Liu Yifei's fans are celebrating the New Year on Weibo and Tieba.

It’s really a new year.

…

"What a hell of a year. Yindu asked her to film that script. I'll help her take a look."

Xu Xin held up the phone and couldn't laugh or cry:

"No...what do you think? I've already told you, I'm working on "Heart of the Burning Sun" this year. Others don't know, brother Qi, don't you know?"

"Of course I know this..."

Qi Lei's voice on the phone suddenly had a touch of regret:

"Sigh... I thought you were planning to write a new script. Yindu doesn't matter, we can cooperate. Are you interested in that script?"

"I'm not interested, it's pretty average. I don't care if it looks good or not~"

"Then you still want her to pick it up?"

"She played the role of a ruthless person who was slumped in a wheelchair. This restriction made her feel that her acting skills could be improved, so she took the role. As for the overall script, I can only say it was average."

"this……"

Qi Lei paused and sighed again:

"well……"

Hearing him sigh, Xu Xin asked in confusion:

"What's wrong? What's there to sigh about?"

The relationship between the two is destined not to be hidden, Qi Lei said directly:

"I really thought you had a next target after "Scorching Sun". When I heard it was "Four Famous Catchers", I thought you were eyeing this book. I thought about how to film this kind of martial arts novel. If you don’t want to make a literary film, you’re going to move into a commercial film…”

After hearing this, Xu Xin finally understood why he sighed.

So he laughed and said:

"Haha, you mean you want me to make a commercial film?"

"I'm definitely not forcing you, but if you make a literary film and the box office is so high, I really want to see how you do in a commercial film..."

"Well, let's wait and see. If there is a suitable script, you can try it."

"Uh-huh?"

Qi Lei was suddenly stunned:

"What?!"

After coming to his senses, he asked in surprise:

"Last time I asked you, didn't you say you weren't interested..."

"This time, that time."

He didn't say that his change of mind was due to the old man's words.

No need.

He just said in a relaxed tone:

"If you come across a script that interests you, you can give it a try."

"……ah?"

Xu Xin could feel his surprise across the phone.

After surprise, comes excitement:

"Got a target!?"

"No, let's not talk about it. I can give it a try if I encounter a suitable script, but I don't have any other ideas for the time being."

"Uh...then I can find some good scripts for you?"

"...My brother Qi, are we short of money or something? Why are we in such a hurry?"

Xu Xin couldn’t laugh or cry:

"You have to eat your food one bite at a time, take your time, and you won't become fat after eating it in one sitting. Can you let me finish what I'm about to do first?"

"Haha, that's okay, that's what I'm saying... The key is that when you said you could take on commercial films, wasn't I excited? Hahahahaha..."

Listening to the emotion in Qi Lei's words, it seemed that he was really excited.

Xu Xin unconsciously rubbed his chin.

Are you really looking forward to making a commercial film?

Finally, after Qi Lei slapped his chest and said loudly, "I'll find a good script for you," the phone hung up.

Xu Xin shook his head in a funny way, lying on the massage chair and continuing to enjoy the relaxation on the plane with his eyes squinted.

He will never sleep on the sofa again, he said to himself.

No matter how we quarrel in the future, Yang will be the one to sleep on the sofa!

It’s so uncomfortable…

Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly, the phone rang again.

He opened his eyes helplessly, but was stunned for a moment when he saw the caller on the phone screen.

Lu Yang.

He answered the phone in confusion:

"Hello?"

"Hey, Director Xu, are you busy right now?"

"You're not busy, what's wrong?"

"Are you in Yanjing?"

"No, I just left and rushed to the devil's capital. What's wrong? Do you have anything to do with me?"

Hearing this, Lu Yang looked very surprised:

"Are you going to the Magic City?"

"Yes, I'm on the plane...what's going on?"

Seeing that he never mentioned his purpose, Xu Xin was a little puzzled.

Mysterious, what is this for?

Then I heard Lu Yang say:

"This... ok, we just came back from Nanjing. I originally said that you were going to be in Yanjing, so I went to see you. Remember that I mentioned to you last time that we are both interested in Jin Yiwei's affairs and want to write about it. A story..."

"..."

Xu Xin frowned and thought about it, and found that he didn't remember this at all.

But it wasn’t important, he asked directly:

"Did you write it down?"

"……not yet."

"ah?"

Xu Xinxin said that he didn’t write it down. Why are you two looking for me?

Lu Yang seemed to understand what Xu Xin meant and said:

"It's like this, Director Xu, we have a disagreement now. Because the market evaluation of "Cinema for the Blind" is very average, so this time we want to try a commercial film type. But now there is a disagreement, which is the difference between our stories. The entry point is completely different, because there have been several quarrels about this matter, so I want you to take a look..."

"Cinema for the Blind" is not released yet.

Lu Yang’s plan is to participate in the Yanjing College Student Film Festival next month.

If it can win an award or something, the factory can also give it to the theater chain.

After all, according to the factory's internal evaluation, the market audience of this movie is already negligible.

All literary and artistic films have all the "street fighting" elements.

New director + unknown actor + unpopular subject = a hit.

Therefore, Lu Yang must take the film festival route this time, otherwise it will be troublesome to even go to theaters.

However, Xu Xin invested a total of two million in this movie, and he never cared about it.

Just treat it as training for Lu Yang.

But now that he heard about the new script, he asked in confusion:

"What's the main point of disagreement? Is this a story about Jin Yiwei?"

"Yes. On the one hand, the inspiration came from the fact that we both like the character setting and attributes of Jin Yiwei. On the other hand, the inspiration came from Denny Yen's "Jin Yiwei" which was released during the Spring Festival the year before last.

But I think that story is very ordinary. Rather than telling about the Jin Yiwei, it is more like a story of martial arts heroes wearing the skin of the Jin Yiwei. There is quite a big difference from the Jin Yiwei we both know.

But that's where the difference between the two of us lies, or the starting points are very different. Her entry point is a complete story, and what I want to write is to combine the Jin Yiwei and the background of the short-lived emperors of the late Ming Dynasty, and divide it into several parts. Neither of us can convince anyone.

So I each wrote a synopsis and synopsis of the story, and I thought you could give it a look and see which one is more appropriate from a commercial film perspective..."

"Well……"

After hearing this, Xu Xin thought for a while and said:

"Do you have an electronic version? Can you send it directly to my email? I'll read the story first, and then you two can talk about it in detail after I return to Yanjing. How about it?"

"Ah? That's okay, then I'll send it to your email."

"okay."

After hanging up the phone, he got up from the massage chair and came to the desk.

I opened my laptop, logged into my mailbox, and after refreshing it, the mailbox was empty.

He wasn't in a hurry either.

After waiting for about two or three minutes, I received an email.

There are two attachments in the email, both of which are WORD documents.

One is "Lu Yang" and the other is "Chen Shu".

After downloading both files, he opened Lu Yang's first.

"Entry Point: The Battle of Saarhu"

Role: Shen Lian (Jinyiwei of Beizhen Fusi)

Lu Wenzhao (Zhenfu Si Qianhu, Shen Lian's eldest brother, and Shen Lian are both survivors of the Battle of Sarhu)

Ding Baiying (descendant of Qi Jiadao, junior sister of Lu Wenzhao)

Pei Lun...

summary of the story:

In the Battle of Saarhu, the Ming army was defeated. Shen Lian and Lu Wenzhao were fateful friends who crawled out from the dead..."

It was said to be a summary of the story, but in fact Xu Xin could see that Lu Yang's story was already very detailed.

It mainly tells the story of Shen Lian and Lu Wenzhao, two brothers of life and death, from the beginning of their friendship to the end when they turned against each other.

Although various scattered plots are given a relatively detailed explanation and explanation.

For example, Shen Lian regarded Lu Wenzhao as his eldest brother, but Lu Wenzhao was a villain who wanted to climb to the top of power. He and Ding Baiying just used Shen Lian as a pawn...

Another example is that Shen Lian and Ding Baiying had a fierce battle. Shen Lian was defeated at first, but he was very good at reflecting on himself and rehearsing the matchup with Ding Baiying over and over again in his mind, looking for flaws.

Another example is that there is a "master" behind Lu Wenzhao...

After reading Xu Xin's general story, he felt that he was in two words: middle grade.

Shen Lian is like...how should I put it, the kind of male protagonist in a martial arts novel.

Lu Wenzhao and Ding Baiying are like level bosses.

First he beat Ding Baiying, and finally challenged Lu Wenzhao.

After Lu Wenzhao was killed by him, a "mysterious man" actually appeared in the end.

Not only did this "mysterious man" not kill him, he also gave him a more difficult task...

What the mission is, I didn’t tell you.

But Lu Yang also said just now that he divided this story into several parts to prepare.

But this story...

so so.

He turned around and opened Chen Shu's version again.

Chen Shu's version is actually similar to his story, except that the villain in it has changed from Lu Wenzhao to Zhao Jingzhong, who is Wei Zhongxian's adopted son...

But the overall direction of the story made Xu Xin's eyes light up.

That secondary energy was gone, and Shen Lian became a nobody.

In other words, the three protagonists are all minor characters.

Shen Lian goes with the flow, Lu Jianxing wants to climb up the ladder, and Jin Yichuan wants to avenge the girl he likes being defiled by his senior brother...

Xu Xinxin said good guy.

After all, male screenwriters and female screenwriters have different perspectives.

Chen Shu's version is much more interesting.

However, that doesn't mean she doesn't have shortcomings.

In other words... Lu Yang has already pointed out all the shortcomings.

A personal heroic love story disguised as martial arts.

Although the plot is not similar to "Jinyiwei", the core of the story is the same.

It just adds a layer of redemption at the end of the story.

This is the ending of the last part of her script, "Shen Lian chased Zhao Jingzhong, the mastermind of all this, for thousands of miles, and beheaded him."

As far as plot design is concerned, Chen Shu's is obviously more subtle.

But you have to ask Xu Xin which one he likes...

The answer is I don't like either.

Although these two stories are only in the "outline" stage, perhaps due to his habit of reading scripts, he is always looking for the characteristics of the protagonist in the story outline.

Characteristics throughout.

But neither script is perfect.

To put it bluntly, he could not see the spiritual core running through the two scripts.

The spiritual core is the soul of a script.

In other words, the backbone of the script.

Must have.

Otherwise, the whole story has no bones to support it and is just a puddle of flesh.

Although he understood that this was a script for a commercial film, it didn't need to be so serious. But there are still things that should be there.

The feeling given to him by these two scripts was exactly the same as that of "Jinyiwei".

It can only be said to be a martial arts film, but there is no positive or ironic spirit in it.

to be honest.

There's just a story.

But there are no bones to remember.

After briefly reading the synopses of the two stories again, and pondering them in his mind for a while, he thought for a moment, put his hands on the keyboard and started typing.

But after typing a few words, I felt troublesome again, so I picked up my phone and opened WeChat.

"I have read both of your stories. Frankly speaking, both stories are quite average. I see that the protagonists in both your scripts are named "Shen Lian", so I will treat Shen Lian in these two stories as the same person. Say it.

I think your story lacks a spiritual core. Just like what you said just now, Lu Yang, "Jinyiwei" is a personal heroic romance film disguised as martial arts. The essence of your stories is actually similar. They all tried to shape Shen Lian into a hero.

But the core of the hero is not there.

In other words, you two lack Shen Lian's shaping.

He feels like a tool to me. He will do whatever the story requires of him.

The plot is pushing him, not him controlling his own plot.

This is what Shen Lian lacks.

But you two can still resolve this issue...or your disagreements about this story quite easily. From the perspective of storytelling, you can definitely give Shen Lian a sense of "the helplessness and struggle of a little person".

From the beginning of the Battle of Saarhu, he was just a pawn who could not save himself after crossing the river. He resisted and fought, but no one cared.

From a grand perspective, the Battle of Sarhu was a battle that laid the foundation for the rise and fall of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Under this general trend of the world, personal powerlessness and struggle are the best spirits to find and best endowed with.

And it fits your story too.

I think you two can start from this core point of view. It portrays Shen Lian as a sad figure who has never been able to help himself. Even if he resists, he will still be ruthlessly crushed by the wheels of history and the general trend of the world.

This is the sorrow of a small person, and it is very suitable for Shen Lian in your story.

And when Shen Lian is given this spiritual core, your differences will disappear.

Lu Yang, you can divide it into as many parts as you want, because your story setting is very big, but under the grandness it is very empty. But it just so happens that Chen Shu's story is small but precise, which can make up for it.

As for how to make up for it, should you combine the two stories into one based on the spiritual core of the protagonist...or should you continue to divide it into several parts and then refine them carefully? That depends on the two of you.

At this stage, both stories are pretty average.

But if this story can be written well and use the rolling wheel of the world's general trend to portray the powerlessness of a tragic little character, this classic story quality should be very pleasing. It would be nice to add some fighting and stuff.

That's how I feel. "

After saying that, he released his hand pressing the screen and sighed:

"WeChat is so convenient..."

What used to be typed by hand can now be said with the mouth in just two words in 60 seconds.

It's so convenient.

He put down his phone and lay down on the massage chair again.

After about a few minutes, Lu Yang replied with a text:

"Okay, Director Xu, I have to go back and sort out what you said, and then polish it again. I actually feel that the story is too linear and not the flavor I want. But after what you said, I and I Chen Shu has already felt it. Then I will redesign a version based on this idea first, and then you can help me take a look? "

"good."

Xu Xin replied with one hand.

Then after seeing the "OK" expression from Lu Yang, he didn't reply and just lay down on the massage chair, intending to continue to feel comfortable for a while...

The stewardess came over.

"Director Xu, the plane is about to land..."

"..."

Xu Xin's mouth twitched...

Fine.

After turning off the massage chair, he sat back on the sofa dejectedly.

…

"Would you like some oil?"

Lying on the bed, Xu Xin raised his head and glanced at her after hearing his wife's words.

"The oil you put on...is it serious?"

"What nonsense?"

Yang Mi rolled her eyes:

"Your trapezius muscles are stiff."

With that said, she walked directly into the bathroom and took out a bath towel and a bottle.

"I'm giving you an advantage. This essential oil is expensive."

"I thought it was lubricant..."

He said this while taking off his shirt.

Unexpectedly, this girl immediately said something that made people blush:

"Chrysanthemum brand?"

"Hey~~~~~~~"

Xu Xin's eyes were filled with disgust.

"Snapped."

Yang Mi slapped him on the back:

"Lie down! Hurry~"

As she spoke, she sat astride Xu Xin's waist.

Soon, his shoulders were greasy.

But my daughter-in-law has no other advantages except her strong hands.

It hurt a little at first, but as the scent of the essential oil warmed up, the soreness and itching quickly made him feel better.

"You...sigh."

Sitting on her husband, she said with some distress:

"You said you could just go back to bed when you were tired. What kind of sofa should you sleep on? What happened? When I'm not at home, you become so virtuous? Why can't such a big man take care of himself?"

Xu Xin snorted:

"It's not your fault... When I was single, I took good care of myself. With you, I become useless..."

"When you have me, burn high incense! You have accumulated blessings over several lifetimes! Humph!"

She wrinkled her nose in displeasure and snorted softly.

Then he aimed at a certain spot on her husband's back and pushed in with the knuckles of her fingers.

At this time...

"Dong dong dong."

The door sounded.

"Enter."

Yang Mi said something and then started to exert her strength.

"Ouch yo yo..."

A wave of soreness made him groan.

"Don't move, just be patient, you'll feel better in a while..."

"Ouch, no, it's sour... it's too sore... my arms are numb!"

"Hold on, we'll be there soon! Just hold on!"

People who don't know think that the couple are talking about tigers and wolves.

Sun Ting, who was standing at the door, had a rare blush on her face.

no……

This is really not my heart.

It's really Brother Xu that your voice is too... too that.

She thought and took a look.

At this time, Yang Mi pushed Xu Xin's shoulder blade hard and turned to look at who it was.

After realizing it was Sun Ting, she asked in confusion:

"What's the matter?"

"Ouch yo yo..."

In Xu Xin's not very serious voice, Sun Ting said:

"Sister, Nazha called me. She just came out of the company and wanted to ask if there is anything wrong with you... If nothing happens, she will go back to Yanjing."

Yang Mi was stunned and subconsciously slowed down her attack.

In exchange, Xu Xin let out a long sigh:

"Huh...hey, hurry up, keep going, switch to the other side..."

Yang Mi ignored him and asked:

"Didn't she come with her agent?"

"Yes, but Zhang Ye is not with her. Li Minnian has already handed in his resignation report, and Cai Yinong called all the agents over to have a meeting on Monday."

"In other words, there is no one around her?"

"Um."

"That's okay, you can ask her to come directly to your home..."

Speaking of this, Yang Mi paused again and then said:

"Tell her not to worry about the flight, I'll let the plane take her away."

Hearing this, Sun Ting was stunned for a moment.

But he immediately realized what Sister Mi meant and nodded:

"Okay, I understand. Then about dinner..."

"Tell my dad, just fry one more dish later. It's a family dinner tonight~"

"OK."

Sun Ting nodded and quickly retreated.

As soon as he retreated to the door, he heard a voice: