My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 888 Am I Pan Jinlian? (big chapter [-] in [-])

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In the kitchen, Wu Xiaozu looked at the thin-skinned dumplings filled with juicy filling... Satisfied, he took out a large stirring spoon and swirled it in the water.

As the saying goes, dumplings are not as good as delicious, fun...it's better to knead dumplings!

"Honey, cook one more pot of dumplings."

Wang Zuzhen is leaning against the door, and his electric eyes lightly gouge out and act like a baby, especially the long legs with two legs that play for years. He never tires of playing, and can satisfy any fantasy about legs~
"What?"

"Director Luo and Sister Lilian are here, I invite them to have lunch together."

"Director Luo—Which Director Luo? Luo Shouyao or Luo Qirui?"

Wu Xiaozu looked at the coquettish Wang Xianxian in surprise, took the towel and wiped his hands, and asked in doubt, "What are they looking for?"

Luo Shouyao, a rich young man, has shot a lot of commercials in the industry after studying with him, and is now considered to be the most famous commercial director in the industry.Recently, it is said that he intends to start his own film company and shoot his first film.

Is it the new company's business that he is chasing himself?

As for Luo Qirui, he is naturally famous.

He and Zhang Wanting's husband-and-wife file is very popular. "Illegal Immigrants", "Autumn Fairy Tales", and "Seven Little Fortunes" are all very high-level classics.

However, the relationship between this couple and [-] is average... let alone come to the house for dinner for no reason.

"What~~~ Director Luo I'm talking about is director Luo Zhuoyao."

Luo Zhuo ballad?
Before Wu Xiaozu asked curiously, Wang Zuzhen left him to greet Luo Zhuoyao and Li Bihua, and soon heard the sound of laughter from outside.

After thinking about it, Wu Xiaozu still untied his apron and walked out.

Luo Zhuoyao can be regarded as one of the few female directors who are active behind the scenes in the industry. Today, only Zhang Wanting and Zhang Aijia can be compared with her.

Since Tang Shuxuan, a female director, led the new wave, the living space of female directors in Hong Kong Island has been slightly relieved, but it is better than nothing...

In the social form where capital is in power, people who are shaking and cold have never received the respect and attention they deserve.

...

The living room is next to the large sofa with floor-to-ceiling windows, and the sunlight shines on the floor, making it extraordinarily warm.

Three women sat side by side.

Wang Zuzhen took the initiative to pour tea, glanced at a script on the coffee table, and picked it up fondly.

"I like this novel and script very much~~ It is different from those Qiong Yao-style loves and loves on the market." Wang Zuzhen took the notebook with a smile, "This is a little biography of the characters I made..."

"You really want to take this movie??"

Li Bihua was holding the tea, her eyes narrowed and surprised, she really didn't expect Wang Zuzhen to attach so much importance to this drama.

"Although this film is a story from a purely female perspective, it will be very controversial, and the role reversal will be even greater. You have to think carefully, maybe it will cause huge criticism after filming... For you, I'm afraid not the best choice."

She did care.

Just as Yi Shu loves Lin Qingxia, Li Bihua also loves Wang Zuzhu's personality very much.

She is a typical feminist, but she doesn't shake her fists coldly.

It's not like Yishu's fake feminism who secretly gives birth to a child with her husband's surname...ahem...ahem.You fall in love with me in the book, but the toss is extraordinary in reality.

In her works and the image world formed by her works, the women are the absolute protagonists, strong and poisonous, but although her novels are quite strange, in reality, she likes the pots and pans in ordinary life , and even many people don't believe that she has good cooking skills...

Don't look at her boycott of reality in the works, in reality she loves life and food very much.

This man has opened up the two worlds of yin and yang, and his human nature, demon nature, and evil nature are naked behind the paper. If you look closely, you can see that there are love as deep as the sea, and some eyes are full of absurdity. It seems unbelievable, but it is actually a metaphor for reality. The implications are endless.

"Rouge Button" is like the love entanglement between flowers and the twelve young yin and yang worlds, and the love-hate relationship in "Terracotta Warriors" spanning thousands of years...a very good female writer.

If this was born in the Internet age, she would be a perfect female video platinum god.

He has imagination and dares to write, and he is also a habit of driving.

"I especially like Sister Lilian, your reinterpretation of the role of Pan Jinlian, which really overturned my previous perception." Wang Zuzhen's eyes were bright, full of curiosity.

Uh…

Luo Zhuoyao wanted to remind Wang Zuzhen that this modern concept subversively interprets Pan Jinlian, and Li Bihua is not No. 1...Many scholars have raised it in recent years...the mouth is non-no, but in the end they chose not to say it.

In any case, Li Bihua's writing is indeed bizarre, absurd, bold and novel, and at the same time it is in line with the viewpoint of the times.

In many cases, values ​​must be interpreted in the context of the current era.

Definitely……

"You have to think carefully, the characters in this movie are likely to subvert your image among movie fans."

"I've been a female ghost...this role...is it alright..." Wang Zuzhen was not sure, and added, "The most I can accept is a backless scene, not for large-scale scenes...not for kissing scenes."

"That's okay, everything can be handled technically."

Luo Zhuo Yao didn't take it seriously, it's normal for actors to intervene in plays these days, and it's common to use doubles.

"That's fine."

Wang Zuchen breathed a sigh of relief.Wu Xiaozu can allow her to have intimate scenes with his brother because his brother... is his sister.Every time I make an intimate scene with an actress, my brother actually suffers more than her.

"If you really want to act, you may have to reduce your salary...you are too expensive." Li Bihua said.

"It's okay, I can lower my salary."

She does have a precedent in the industry for reducing her salary. When she was filming "A Chinese Ghost Story", although she was not very popular at the time, the market has already risen, and the salary price is also 20. In order to play this role, she deliberately After finding Shi Nansheng, he lowered his salary before impressing him.

Many people say that Tsui Hark chose Akina Nakamori as Nie Xiaoqian's No. 1 choice. Later, when he stopped acting, it fell to Wang Zuchen. In fact, this statement is not accurate.

At the beginning, when Tsui Hark designed Nie Xiaoqian, it was true that the picture in his mind had the shadow of Akina Nakamori, and even said that it was drawn according to the image of the other party...

But in fact, he never invited Akira Nakamori.Not to mention the so-called resignation.

"A Chinese Ghost Story" was mentioned a few hundred chapters ago, this kind of costume drama is not favored by investors because of the lonely market, therefore, even if Shi Nansheng used all kinds of tricks, the investment brought in is very limited .

The first actor to be finalized was the elder brother.

Because, when Tsui Hark first produced and produced "The True Colors of Heroes", he used his brother's name to fool the filmmaker. Everyone knows the development of the matter later, and "A Chinese Ghost Story" is meant to compensate his brother...

Moreover, Tsui Hark was not in charge of the preparations for this film, and Shi Nansheng was actually in charge of casting.She wants her brother Zhang Guoying to bring in a new actor, who can be flattering and cheap.

Therefore, Nakamori Minglai has been said to be "missing Nie Xiaoqian" and then gave Wang Zuchen a chance, which is really wronged.

There is no such thing as the big star Akira Nakamori here... With the other party's fame and salary at the time, Shi Nansheng and Tsui Hark didn't think about it at all.At that time, Wang Zuchen recommended himself not because of his height, but because of his high salary.

As for the reason why she was finalized, it was not entirely because her appearance met the requirements. The most important reason was that Wang Zuzhen lowered her salary.

Wang Zuzhen responded immediately, and then asked, "Is the film's investment settled? How about letting my Mr. Wu invest?"

"Really???" Luo Zhuo Yao's face brightened.

The situation of female directors in the industry is actually not good. The reason why they are happy to see Wang Zuzhen join is that the other party's name can attract more investment?But now if Wu Xiaozu agrees, it will undoubtedly be the best result.

She still admires Wu Xiaozu's achievements.

Li Bihua also looked at Wang Zuzhen, if this film can have Wu Xiaozu's investment...

"That's definitely no problem." Wang Zuzhen took a big bag, then suddenly thought about it, and asked nervously: "How much is the investment for this movie?"

"300 million should be fine."

"So..." Wang Zuzhen pursed her lips, thinking about whether she would have enough money after her album was paid out... Part of her account was handed over to Wang Mama, and the other part was connected to Wu Xiaozu's checkbook.

"how?"

"it's okay no problem…"

"It would be great if Director Wu could personally supervise the production of this film. His handling of love is really second to none among the filmmakers I have seen. The love line of "Suspect" is really impressive. My heart is trembling." Li Bihua said regretfully.

"Supervisor??" Wang Zuzhen smiled slightly, holding the idea of ​​how bold and prolific he was, Zhang Kou said: "This bag is on me..."

"Are you sure it's on you?" Suddenly, there was a faint sound from behind, and Wang Zuzhen, who was so frightened that he patted his chest, changed his face in an instant, and turned his head to look at the dark-faced Wu Xiaozu with a bright smile.

"When did you show up?" Wang Zuchen rested his cheeks and stared at the other party with charming big eyes.

"It's just the phrase 'It's okay, I can lower the salary myself.' came..." Wu Xiaozu said with a smile.

Looking at Wang Zuzhuan who was so pitiful and begging for mercy, Wu Xiaozu couldn't help laughing angrily.

How dare she... spend her own money without authorization! ! !
Outrageous!

Whose check book does not count B?snort!

"Director Wu."

"Azu."

Luo Zhuoyao and Li Bihua smiled and stood up to say hello. The latter is no stranger to Wu Xiaozu, and he wanted Wu Xiaozu to play "The Terracotta Warriors".

"Director Luo, Lilian."

Wu Xiaozu smiled and stretched out his hand, "Sit down, I said that Xiaoxian said that a friend is coming. So it's you two." While talking, his eyes swept over the coffee table.

"Pan Jinlian's Past and Present"? ?

This name reveals the charm of an lll movie.But this is indeed Li Bihua's latest novel this year... roughly speaking, Pan Jinlian wanted revenge before his death, filled with resentment, reincarnated as a modern person, and then entangled love and hatred with reincarnated Wu Song, Wu Dalang and Ximen Qing Enmity.

Quite a bloody play.

In the previous life, it belonged to Wang Zuchen's masterpiece of acting during this period... Don't doubt, although Wang Xianxian is a vase, but this vase is very ambitious~~
Basically, the mood is like that of the Chinese team that won the World Cup after putting on a 10-0-0 lineup.

That's pretty much trying to win.

Some people say that Wang Zuzhen has acting skills?
This issue is not discussed, but she must be a person with great ambitions as an actor.Otherwise, before the end of the movie, you can't choose two literary films regardless of the price.

Then you go back and answer, the answer should be yes.

She must have better acting skills than many so-called Houston actresses in later generations. Nie Xiaoqian, White Snake, and Xue Qianxun are all accurate. In this kind of commercial film, being able to fit accurate roles is a rare skill in itself.

Wu Xiaozu nodded slightly, finally touched Wang Zuzhen's head, and said with a smile: "I really want to invest in this movie."

"Really?!" Wang Zuzhuan's pitiful face suddenly showed surprise.

"Really, and you don't need to lower your salary." Wu Xiaozu said angrily.This prodigal woman, of course the investor's money will be used for this kind of thing! ! !
"I have always admired Sister Lilian's works, and I happened to read some of this play a while ago, and the whole idea is very good.

I can see many shadows of "Jin Ping Mei" from here.I have always believed that the fame, spread, and greatness of "Jin Ping Mei" have little to do with yellow.Even great works such as "Dream of Red Mansions" are inspired by this work to a certain extent.

The entanglement in Lin Daiyu actually has many shadows of Pan Jinlian's character.However, in recent years, most of Pan Jinlian's works have basically been entangled in the next three ways... This novel is actually very heartfelt. "

Li Bihua's novels are poignant and spicy...for example, she wrote Disappointed Waiting: What is Redundancy?Cotton jacket in summer, palm leaf fan in winter, and your hospitality after my heart is cold.She wrote about the sorrow of growing up: seeing the baby's heart-warming smile, I feel growing up is very sad.

Is it coquettish and hypocritical but straightforward and easy to understand?

So many directors like to remake her works. The things they can shoot are rich and bizarre, but the content they express can be very explosive.

Therefore, Wu Xiaozu likes her works more than Yi Shu.

Because in her weird and bizarre stories, there is a lot of smoke and fire.

Hearing this, Li Bihua couldn't stop smiling.

"I don't have that much ambition, but I have always been interested in this kind of unofficial biography. I have always liked the sense of fate in your movies, Azu. I firmly believe that love is also a kind of fate."

"That's right, if you, Director Wu, can personally supervise the production, I'd be really grateful." Luo Zhuoyao also said with a smile.

"I'm afraid I don't have enough time for the production, but I think this novel can still be revised in some places. After all, the language of the text is different from the language of the movie..."

The past life "Pan Jinlian's Past and Present" can actually be shot better, but it can only be said to be too superficial...

"No problem, we can discuss it together."

Li Bihua also readily accepted.She did not have the stubbornness of Marguerite Duras, who would not allow others to change her articles.

Many of Li Bihua's works have been adapted into films, and she is very familiar with this process.

"With director Wu personally writing, I think the story must be more exciting." Li Bihua himself also admires Wu Xiaozu's creative ability.

"I'm also dancing a big knife in front of Guan Gong." Wu Xiaozu smiled, and turned to take the initiative: "Sister Lilian, have you sold the rights to adapt your other novels for movies and TV dramas?"

"What? Are you interested?" Li Bihua looked at Wu Xiaozu with great interest.

"Of course. I personally like your works very much, especially "Farewell My Concubine" and "Green Snake."

Needless to say, the former has a great reputation.

The latter is also a must-see movie for many Yangou...

In fact, Wu Xiaozu liked her later work "Dumpling" more, but unfortunately it hasn't been written yet.Of course, the "Tempting a Monk" is also very interesting.

"The rights to these two works have not been sold, but Ms. Xu from Tomson Films approached me to buy the copyright of "Farewell My Concubine". I have been weighing it..." Li Bihua said.

"I personally like to be able to put works on the screen, but I have always had concerns in my heart. For example, for a work like "Farewell My Concubine", the background of the story is in Beiping, and the investment will be huge. Big problem... You should also know that I finished writing the book "Green Snake" two years ago, when Zhongying had just initialed it... I was not sure how to express many things. So I just dragged it down and never let go."

"I can understand, after all I have my own creations." Wu Xiaozu nodded with a smile, "I think I may have a richer understanding of film shooting than Ms. Xu, and at the same time, investment in films is not a problem for me.

Including adaptation, you can also find the best screenwriter to modify.You may know, Sister Lilian, that in fact, many things in the Beijing opera industry in this play are written very vaguely, which needs to be specially corrected...

If this drama is filmed, I will personally act as the producer and supervisor. "

"Aren't you going to shoot it yourself?" Li Bihua asked in surprise.

"In fact, there is a more suitable director in my mind." Wu Xiaozu can't miss the highlight moments in Xiao Kaizi's life, can he? ?
Without "Farewell My Concubine", that little Kaizi would really be finished.He has so many classics, so there's no need to grab Brother Kai's wool, after all, he's one of his own!
The main reason is that Wu Xiaozu doesn't have a good father!

Don't get me wrong, he never thought that "Farewell My Concubine" was filmed by Father Chen... The style of Brother Kai in this movie is very obvious.

However, his old man's guidance and staff advice did play a big role.

"Oh? I'm really looking forward to it."

"I'll ask him to come over and have a talk with you after the next year."

In his previous life, Brother Kai was actually reluctant to shoot such a 'kitsch' work... But I have to say that Brother Kai's perception of this film is very accurate.It was also under his own lobbying that Li Bihua really assured him to go shoot.

"Okay, then I'll wait for the good news." Li Bihua smiled, and neither of them discussed the issue of film adaptation rights.

Instead, the novel "Pan Jinlian" was discussed.

Since Wang Zuzhen is determined to climb the peak of "art", then she can definitely pay for Qian Famian by herself, and she can contribute her own efforts, so it is understandable to help with the adaptation.

After all, it is also one of his pockets.

(End of this chapter)