I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 824 820. This knife... super cool~

How the special effects company can survive in the Chinese film industry in the future is indeed a long way to go. But the acquisition process has come to an end for Xu Xin.

Dealing with prices...he's really not good at it.

It's not clear whether Wang Sicong is good at it, but Pus' team must be good. If they don't help the boss save a piece of meat for this kind of billion-yuan acquisition, it would be against the saying of a professional team.

When he arrived at the door of his house, Xu Xin didn't say anything like "come and sit at home".

The eyes of these two people were almost drawn.

Hurry up and do whatever you need to do.

Before parting, Xu Xin waved to Di Wei:

"Brother Qi, come on for the audition. We will definitely support you."

"Um!"

Di Wei nodded vigorously and responded:

"Don't worry, Director Xu! I'll do my best!"

"Bye-Bye."

Waving goodbye to Alpha, he and Su Meng returned home together.

"Remember to pick up Lao Xu tomorrow morning."

"Okay, Brother Xu."

Su Meng responded.

"Well, I'm going to bed, good night."

After Xu Xin finished speaking, he walked directly upstairs and returned to the bedroom.

Hu Chen and Keanu Reeves are acquired.

With "Tai Chi" screenwriter Michael G. Cooney. As for Yuan Heping, after Chen Hu talked about the script, the great martial arts instructor also mobilized his connections and found a great screenwriter for his apprentice.

Wang Huiling.

One of the two screenwriters of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

If the rivers and lakes in "Lying" are from Mr. Wang Dulu, one of the five great masters of the Northern School, the delicate portrayal of love and friendship is what Wang Huiling is best at.

Although Mr. Wang died of illness in 1977. But it was his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that first set the framework and gave Wang Huiling so much room to play. In order to express his respect, Li Yu added Wang Dulu, who technically did not participate in the film and television adaptation, but only created the novel, in the screenwriter column.

Wang Huiling also agreed.

But in fact, she is the screenwriter of the adaptation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

It must be admitted that Yuan Heping does have a lot of face.

The screenwriter of "Myth", "Lust, Caution" and "Red Cliff" is actually not easy to hire.

But Yuan Heping was invited.

And Xu Xin also found someone who was very suitable for adapting this story, and that was Lao Xu.

It was during the preparation of "Liu Bai Yuan" that Lao Xu was pulled over by him.

However, Lao Xu was indeed upright. After listening to the outline of the story and Xu Xin's understanding of the story, he felt inspired.

The reason is very simple. The core of Xu Xin's "exploring whether kung fu is still useful due to the changes of the times" is exactly the same as the story of "Master".

It will be very easy to change.

Initially, he thought Xu Xin was going to take the photo, but when he heard that the other person was just helping a friend, he was actually a little speechless.

But he still agreed.

By the way, I also brought the newly revised script of "Liu Bai Yuan".

To be honest, Xu Xin is also looking forward to it.

I took a quick shower in the bedroom and it was past 11 o'clock.

While he was adjusting the TV station in bed, he received a message from Yang Mi:

"Wrong posture, get up and go back to sleep!"

After setting the TV to play "The Legend of Zhen Huan" on China Television Channel, he sighed helplessly.

She is the mother of two children, why are she still so childish?

So, he ignored her joke at all and took a photo. In the photo, there was no one except himself on the bed and the TV hanging on the wall:

"Reporting to the leader, the bed is very cold tonight, no one is sleeping with me, and I have no intention of falling asleep."

Yang Mi also responded quickly:

"Copy that, stay alert."

"yes!"

"Ah, I just realized that you are watching "Zhen Huan"?"

"Yes, Xiangjiang China Television...how is the copyright sales going now?"

"Currently, there are 20 local stations and 5 satellite channels. Hey, am I good?"

After Yang Mi posted this sentence, she also sent an emoticon of a cartoon character pinching her waist and laughing wildly.

And Xu Xin also replied with an emoticon of "big man smoking".

Gotta admit it.

She really has a great eye.

Although Xu Xin hasn't finished watching the entire series of "Zhen Huan" yet, he only occasionally turns to the TV and watches it for a while. But I have to admit that the drama "Zhen Huan"... has a lot of staying power.

From the initial launch, there were countless negative reviews, to the word-of-mouth counterattack in the later period.

After Shaanxi TV station finished broadcasting the entire "Zhen Huan", its Douban score has jumped to 8.1 points.

Unfortunately, the ratings are a bit underwhelming.

In the end, it didn’t break 3.

The highest is only 2.72.

But even so, it also broke the highest ratings record of Shaanxi TV in the past fifteen years.

The previous holder of this record was the TV series version of "The Wind" 2.1.

From the beginning of this drama, I complained: "The emperor played by Chen Jianbin is so different from Wu Qilong, he looks half-dead" to "Dad, please grow up quickly, your son is already getting along with Liu Zhishi, Why can’t you escape from this monster Liang Bingning?”…

Then about Liang Bingning, "Why did Bingbing choose such a drama? She is really not suitable for this kind of drama!" to "Huanhuan, believe me, stealing people is not stealing! Just steal when you need to!"...

The popularity of actors such as Concubine Hua, Queen, Sister Mei, etc., who were injected into the series, has rapidly increased...

After more than 80 episodes of the TV series were aired, all the enthusiasm related to "Zhen Huan" completely exploded.

If we purely talk about the ratings, it will definitely not be as good as a phenomenal drama like "Bu Bu Jing Xin".

But the problem is that it has too much stamina.

At first glance, it seems ordinary, but once you take a look, you can't stop.

The most intuitive reaction is that the second round of this drama did not sell very well.

But now he was looking at the arrogant and domineering appearance of Concubine Hua on TV... and thought that Jiang Xin was really good as an actor. Although they can't be said to have beaten Sister Bingbing in the play, the two were equally matched, which was not easy.

So, I sent a message to Yang Mi:

"I'm watching Concubine Hua right now. This actress is really good."

"Falling in?... Then choose a day to recruit him into the palace."

"..."

"Who else does the emperor like? Tell me, recruit them all, and give birth to more heirs. I will be worthy of the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty."

"Sister, the smell is too strong..."

"Hey hey hey..."

After chatting for a while, Yang Mi made an appointment with Vanessa to do yoga.

It's almost 12 o'clock.

Xu Xin yawned and turned off the lamp.

Listening to "The Legend of Zhen Huan", I closed my eyes and fell asleep until dawn.

When he woke up, there was no one downstairs.

Lao Xu came here in the morning, and Su Meng had already gone to pick him up.

With nothing to do, he came to the backyard with a basketball. After shooting for a while, there was a sound of the car door closing outside.

When he walked into the room with a slight sweat, he saw Xu Haofeng walking in with Su Meng.

"Old Xu~!"

After saying hello, he saw Su Meng holding a bag of breakfast.

"Um."

Xu Haofeng nodded with a smile. Seeing his slightly sweaty look, he smiled and said:

"What about sports?"

"Learned a few tricks from Kobe and practiced a bit."

"Good guy, why are you so powerful?"

The two of them came to the dining table while chatting and laughing.

"Have you eaten?"

"Just a bite to eat on the plane."

Xu Haofeng said as he took out the printed script from his bag.

"Here, this is the latest version. If nothing else happens, this will be the final script of "Liu Bai Yuan"."

Hearing this, Xu Xin nodded, but did not look anxiously, but asked:

"When do you plan to start filming?"

"After the new year. The casting process has started recently. It is expected that things will start after the new year."

Xu Xin was stunned:

"Then the script of "The Man of Tai Chi"..."

"No delay."

Xu Haofeng shook his head:

"As long as you don't rush me into "The Master," I'll be working on it while preparing "Liu Bai Yuan." The part I'm responsible for should be pretty easy. Just after reading the Chinese translation of the script, I had an idea in my heart. But... Are you sure Keanu Reeves can shoot it? It involves a lot of Eastern philosophy, and he may not understand it."

"It all depends on people. What's more, Chen Hu's side is not without this consideration. His film is probably shot in Xiangjiang. Yuan Heping's status is here. As for the producer, I guess he will be a local in Xiangjiang."

"I thought you would jump right into it. I'm going to shoot this story for you...I think it will be very exciting. You help sublimate the entire theme of this story."

Xu Haofeng's words came from the bottom of his heart.

In his opinion, the original story of "The Man of Tai Chi" was really bad.

But as Xiao Xu, the tinkerer, tinkered with the story... the taste immediately became completely different. The concept is deeper, the plot of the story is smoother, and even the characteristics exuded both inside and outside the script are in line with Xu Haofeng's own taste.

It's really good.

But in the face of his compliment, Xu Xin, who was drinking porridge, just smiled and shook his head.

"This story is too shallow and too niche for Hollywood."

Hearing this, Xu Haofeng asked curiously:

"Is Keanu Reeves really just trying to fulfill the dream of this martial arts instructor named Chen Hu?...Is this man so generous?"

"Um."

Xu Xin nodded in agreement and said:

"This man is truly righteous. The two of them are like brothers, loving and righteous."

"...It's really rare."

"No..."

Eat in a hurry and chat in a hurry.

After finishing breakfast, Xu Xin sat on the sofa and started reading the script.

Have to admit...

Lao Xu's scripts always bring him all kinds of surprises.

For example, the opening chapter of "Liu Bai Yuan".

Whoosh, whoosh, three arrows hit the plaque. At first glance, it was a warning, but in fact it was also a self-expression of force.

The three arrows, with the same strength, are embedded in the plaque on both sides, indicating the stability of the archer's strength... Another example is fighting on the street. As long as the opponent hits the back of the head, he will lie down.

It means admitting defeat.

People will also keep their hands on it.

If you have been beaten and still don't admit defeat, then you will fight to the death.

This kind of rules in the martial arts world was something he had never heard of and had never seen in movies. But Lao Xu’s script gave a precise explanation and reflection...

Speaking from my heart.

Like a novel.

But it’s also a bit hard to put down.

but……

"I think you still need to polish your literary drama carefully. Sometimes the story is too obscure, which is not good."

After reading the story of "Liu Bai Yuan" as a whole, he gave his own suggestions:

"Including the later duel and some martial arts content. If you don't explain it in the script, I actually can't understand it. How are you going to do this part? Introduce narration?... If you don't narrate it, then the audience will not understand it. Li Wuli. This is not good... If you really want to tell the story clearly and tell the audience the unwritten rules of the martial arts world in the old days, or the conflicts and conflicts of martial artists adapting to the times... you still have to tell the story first. speak clearly."

After hearing his words, Xu Haofeng nodded slightly and then asked:

"What about the overall feeling?"

"It's pretty good. But in this story you still made the same mistake as "Japanese Pirates". That is, you take what you know for granted and think that as long as you write it and film it, everyone will understand it. But some people are real I don’t understand, so... I need to make it more... clear. You don’t have to be straightforward, but you have to explain it clearly to everyone."

"... Narrator: To be honest, I didn't think about it. But after hearing what you said, it seems possible..."

"You must explain it clearly, otherwise people will still not understand what they should not understand. "Master" does this very well. In the story, you use words to describe the rules of Tianjin martial arts and various conflicts. It was expressed. But you ignored it in "Liu Bai Yuan"..."

"Um……"

The two of them were chatting about the script.

After they had finished talking, Xu Haofeng began to take notes in his notebook.

Xu Xin also marked the areas that he felt were inappropriate and helped him start splitting them.

In fact, in the past two years, Xu Xin has increasingly understood the importance of "telling a story well."

Making movies is about telling stories.

Whether it's Wang Jiawei's confusion or Lou Ye's swaying... no matter what, we should not deviate from the core idea of ​​"storytelling".

The story of a movie must be greater than the spiritual attributes of the director.

If the director wants to express something, that's fine. But let’s get the story straight first.

Lao Xu's "Japanese Pirates" actually suffered from this problem.

"Liu Bai Yuan" can only be said to be that he has realized it, but has not yet fully understood it. Now that I have seen it, I have to point it out.

Otherwise, the look and feel of this film... based on a director's intuition, he estimated that it would not be very good-looking.

The two of them chatted until noon, and the entire script was filled with all kinds of "graffiti."

Su Meng was about to remind Brother Xu that it was almost time and it was time to go eat.

At this time, Xu Xin's phone rang.

Glancing at the caller, he was stunned.

The call was answered:

"Hello?"

"Director Xu, are you busy right now?"

Lu Yang's voice rang from the phone.

"Well... I'm not busy, what's wrong? Tell me."

"I have finished writing the story of "Xiu Chun Dao". Can I send it to you now?"

Xu Haofeng, who was recording inspiration in his notebook, subconsciously raised his head.

Embroidered spring knife?

Jinyiwei?

"Hmm... ok, you can send it to my email. Have you finished writing both stories? Or did you combine those two stories into one story?"

"It's still two, I can't write one story. It's better to divide it into two parts. One is about Shen Lian after the Battle of Saarhu. The other is about the fall of the eunuch Wei Zhongxian."

"Okay, send it to me. I'll take a look now."

"Yes. It has been sent."

"I'll tell you after I've finished reading it."

"good."

Lu Yang quickly hung up the phone.

Xu Xin didn't even need to speak, Su Meng was already carrying Xu Xin's laptop to the computer room to connect it to the printer.

At this time, Xu Haofeng asked:

"Is this also the martial arts movie you plan to make?"

"You can count it if you say it counts, but it doesn't count if you say it doesn't. Lu Haibo, you know, right?"

"Well, your literary advisor."

"This is his son, who has been following me for the past two years. He is also a director, and he and his fiancée can also write scripts. The two of them went to Nanjing. It is said that they got inspiration from an embroidered spring knife and started writing This story has been written for a year or two...well...Mengmeng, I have two copies."

"I know, Brother Xu."

Soon, Su Meng handed two scripts to them respectively.

The heat on the paper has not yet dissipated.

""Embroidered Spring Knife · Front"

1. battlefield, day, outside

There was light snow falling in the sky, and it was a messy battlefield with corpses strewn across the field. Some were lying on the ground, some were leaning against stones with arrows and spears stuck through their bodies, and some were piled in a pile.

Shen Lian woke up among a pile of corpses, propped himself up with a knife, and walked away, faster and faster.

I ran behind a tree and quickly hid when I heard a noise. I looked out and saw three enemy soldiers dealing with three open soldiers..."

In fact, to be fair, screenwriters also need writing skills for their scripts.

For example, Lao Xu's script.

Whether it’s the structure of the writing or the use of vocabulary... to use a metaphor, it’s like poetry.

There is an... indescribable sense of beauty.

Lu Yang's script is the opposite.

There are no too many flowery words, on the contrary, he is very straightforward.

But there are also a lot of descriptions of the actors' actions, backgrounds, and how the story happened that should be reflected.

It seems particularly refined.

In the morning, the two of them were still talking about "Liu Bai Yuan", but now there was a completely new style of script before them.

For a moment, to Xu Xin, it was like two women with different styles appeared in front of him.

That taste...

Quite enjoyable.

The story told in the "prequel" of "Xiu Chun Dao" is actually much more direct than that of "Liu Bai Yuan".

Shen Lian saved Lu Wenzhao on the battlefield.

The two returned to the imperial court and became royal guards.

Lu Wenzhao chose to be a flatterer and relied on Wei Zhongxian to climb up the ladder, while Shen Lian became a ruthless Jin Yiwei who specialized in investigating cases.

Because of an investigation, he fell in love with a gangster woman named Hokusai.

In order to save Hokusai, he killed his colleagues and silenced him.

As a result, because of this incident, he was blackmailed by a mysterious man named Ding Baiying to work for Ding Baiying.

Finally, it was discovered that Ding Baiying and Lu Wenzhao were in the same group. And they have only one purpose, which is to kill Wei Zhongxian...

There is actually no suspense in the story, it is simple and clear.

As for the coherence of the entire story...it's just okay.

Except for the fact that Shen Lian actually killed his colleagues for a woman, everything else was fine.

It's just a bit "white".

A lot of the logic in it actually doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

After reading the story, he did not rush to read the second one. Instead, he waited for Xu Haofeng to finish reading and asked:

"First story, how do you feel?"

Xu Haofeng said nothing.

Just lit a cigarette.

After thinking for a while, he said:

"The characters of Lu Wenzhao and Ding Baiying have been successfully created. But... I don't understand this Shen Lian. You said that in order not to offend Wei Zhongxian, he would not hesitate to let his brothers take the blame. But he will For a woman, he directly killed Wei Zhongxian's cronies... This character is too inconsistent. And the emotional drama was not very well written... The screenwriter couldn't find a character that allowed Shen Lian to stick to it. I think this Not very good~”

"There is indeed a flaw here. To put it bluntly, the character was not well developed."

"Yes, the supporting characters are exciting enough, putting all the plots and intrigues under the water. In fact, only Shen Lian has been kept in the dark throughout the whole drama. But the problem is... he is the protagonist. For the sake of the story, it is forced It’s not a very smart idea to reduce the protagonist’s intelligence.”

There is nothing wrong with what Xu Haofeng said.

But Xu Xin couldn't help but ask after listening:

"Old Xu...you are fair and righteous when you judge others, how come you are like this..."

"..."

Xu Haofeng was speechless for a while.

Finally, he grabbed the cigarette case and threw it to him.

Meaning: Smoking.

Xu Xin laughed and then picked up the laptop next to him.

"I wrote down all the things that we both thought were unreasonable and sent it to him... This script is not good, and it still needs to be changed. If the changes are not satisfactory, he will not want my wife to star."

Xu Haofeng was stunned:

"Let Mimi act?"

"Well, this Ding Baiying is a martial arts master, and he has been attracted to Yang Mi from the beginning."

"Well……"

Hearing this, Xu Haofeng fell into deep thought.

After Xu Xin wrote down everything they just said and handed him the laptop, he suddenly saw Xu Haofeng pointing to a section of the script:

"Then your fight scene between Shen Lian and Ding Baiying needs to be changed even more. It doesn't highlight Mimi's advantages at all."

Xu Xin was stunned.

"What's the meaning?"

"The meaning is very simple. Look..."

As he spoke, he stood up.

Looking around, his eyes fell on the mop in the corner.

He walked over quickly and picked up the mop.

"In that scene, didn't Shen Lian and Ding Baiying meet in the bamboo forest? The fight scene between the two was actually very ordinary. At first glance, Ding Baiying used a Japanese knife, but later Shen Lian looked at the cut of his broken knife and discovered that, That's not a Japanese sword, but a Qi family sword. But how is it written in the script? Ding Baiying holds a sword in one hand and fights with Shen Lian... That's nonsense."

Picked up the mop:

"Such a long Qi family sword can only be swung with one hand, which is too ugly. Since we want to write about crushing, we have to crush it more resolutely. Shen Lian's sword is coming... Yan Ling sword, right? ? Three feet and three inches. What about the Qi family sword? Ancient cloud: Kuai Ma Qing Dao. Today, the Japanese sword is used as the style. The sword is three feet and eight inches, and the target is one foot and two inches, so it is five feet long. The five-foot sword is one-handed. Fight? Then this is the only way to fight..."

The mop was swung left and right in Lao Xu's hand.

Of course, the magnitude is not huge.

He was mainly explaining.

After hitting him twice, he asked Xu Xin:

"Do you think it looks good?"

"Well... you continue."

Xu Xin didn't say whether it looked good or not, but he was just curious...why Lao Xu was so serious about fighting scenes.

And Xu Haofeng said:

"Do you still remember my portrayal of the sword-drawing technique in "Japanese Pirates"? Fighting like this is the most beautiful thing about Qi's sword. When someone attacks with a sword, the defender flicks the sword, and the sword and sheath are separated. He dodges sideways and straight away. Stab, and then... don't you want to break the blade?"

Even though he is fat, his fat body is extremely flexible at this moment.

Sideways, across the waist.

It is paired with a hand-waving motion to indicate that the knife has been drawn out.

at last……

"Down!"

He held his hand in the air, as if there was a real knife slashing him down.

He slashed hard, and then his waist and horse became one, and his body remained motionless.

"state!"

"The knife is broken."

"The advantage of a long sword lies in its length. I am better at kung fu than you, and if I use a long sword, you have no chance. But it is precisely because I am better at kung fu than you that I let you in. Let your short sword take advantage of it at the same time , in such a small space, one knife went down. If I cut off your knife, I will cut off your knife. If I say I want your life, I will take your life. In the end, the knife was placed on Shen Lian's neck... Let's live together. Such a change is not better than his. Is the fight much better?"

"..."

Xu Xin blinked quickly subconsciously.

Along with his explanation, two vague shadows of a man and a woman appeared in his mind.

Like a gourd and a gourd, "Yang Mi" imitated Lao Xu's movements, turning sideways, drawing a knife, and slashing...

Finally, he put the knife on Shen Lian's neck with a calm expression...

Hiss~

Unconsciously, he nodded:

"Don't mention it...it's interesting."

Just thinking about it, I feel like this knife...

Very cool.

I read the comments and someone said that I write one chapter a day... No, buddy, we can't act openly and unconscionably! It’s obviously two chapters! ! ! !