The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 491 Telephone
"teacher."

"Forehead…"

It was a young girl who opened the door for Wen Muye.

She was wearing simple black casual clothes, with short hair that just touched her neck, a pointed chin, and quite fair skin. She didn't look outstanding, but looked neat and capable.

He first took a step back, carefully checked the door number, and then asked softly, "Excuse me, is Teacher Tian here?"

"It's inside."

The girl turned sideways and glanced into the house.

"Thank you." Wen Muye walked into the office.

Tian Zhuangzhuang was sitting behind his desk, looking through documents.

He is younger than Zhang Yimou, but perhaps because of his difficult experiences in his early years, he looks much older.

His temples are gray, as is his stubble. His face is full of wrinkles, showing the traces of time. He still has a cigarette in his hand and looks unrestrained and has the aloof style of a director.

Tian Zhuangzhuang heard the noise, looked up, held a cigarette in one hand, and scratched his chin with his little finger.

"Hey, rare visitor."

"How come you have time to come to my place when you are not studying the script? Did Lu Yuan kick you out?"

He knew that this student had a gangster-themed script on hand, and Lu Yuan planned to give it to him to direct.

"No."

Wen Muye said with a smile: "The boss is quite satisfied with me."

"I don't know if your directing skills have improved, but you have become much more shameless."

"teacher…"

Tian Zhuangzhuang made a few jokes and said seriously, "Then it's the script's problem?"

"Yes!"

Wen Muye's mouth corners drooped and his expression was bitter.

He has been extremely busy recently. Apart from accompanying Du Yuan in editing "Time Raiders", he is also thinking about the story of "New World", revising the script, and occasionally discussing opinions with Lu Yuan.

I was really tired, so I went out for a walk.

"Teacher, every detail of the story keeps lingering in my mind, but I am still a little unsure about how to shoot it, especially after watching "Infernal Affairs" repeatedly, I am even more unsure..."

Tian Zhuangzhuang listened silently, poked the cigarette butt into the ashtray and put it out.

He pondered for a moment and said, "So, you came here today to ask me to help you with some advice?"

"Yes." Wen Muye nodded repeatedly.

In fact, he also had the idea of ​​inviting Tian Zhuangzhuang to come out again.

But after thinking about it, I feel that the possibility is not high.

One is the style of the movie, and the other is that the teacher is unwilling to do so.

In 1993, Tian Zhuangzhuang teamed up with Lü Liping, Pu Cunxin, Li Xuejian and others to film "The Blue Kite".

He was also banned for ten years because of this work.

The political and historical issues involved in the film are only one aspect.

His family background is absolutely true to this.

The main reason was that the Japanese Prime Minister visited the Yasukuni Shrine at that time, and Sino-Japanese relations reached a freezing point.

"The Blue Kite" is also the first film in mainland China shot with funds from Hong Kong and Japan.

And participate in international film festivals under the name of Japanese films.

This action and this name caused dissatisfaction among the Chinese film delegation and were regarded as betrayal.

After the ban was lifted, Tian Zhuangzhuang rarely appeared in the film industry.

Its reputation still remains in the romanticized 1980s.

When Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaiquan's commercial blockbusters disappoint the audience, people always try to find a little spiritual comfort from Tian Zhuangzhuang.

As a result, crowns such as "the last line of defense of the fifth generation" and "the last dignity of the fifth generation" were put on his head.

In other words, Tian Zhuangzhuang is now burdened by his fame and is being held back by the outside world.

Unless it is necessary, I probably won’t watch commercial films.

Wen Muye knew this very well.

"Give me the script." Tian Zhuangzhuang stretched out his hand.

Most people can't understand the films he makes, and naturally they have no interest in gangster films, but for the sake of his students, he reluctantly agreed.

Wen Muye felt a little embarrassed.

I'm not worried about the teacher, but
He glanced vaguely at the short-haired girl who had come to his side at some point.

"What are you waiting for?" Tian Zhuangzhuang winked at him.

Wen Muye was confused, but he knew that the teacher would not harm him.

"Teacher, here it is."

The office fell into silence, with only the occasional sound of shuffling papers, which became longer and longer in between.

On the other side, the girl from the Han family seemed to have captured some key information and her eyes were fixed on Wen Muye.

He has a flat head, black-framed glasses, ordinary looks, and is wearing pure black clothes without any patterns.

After handing the script to Tian Zhuangzhuang, he hunched over and quietly sat in the corner, not looking around, just like an honest engineering boy in the study room.

The girl from the Han family stood there for a while and felt that the atmosphere was a bit depressing, so she took the initiative to walk over, stretched out her little hand and said hello.

"Hello."

"Hello."

Wen Muye responded, and then asked in confusion: "Who are you?"

The girl from the Han family smiled and introduced herself: "I am also a student in the directing department, my last name is Han."

Her father has a close relationship with Tian Zhuangzhuang.

"You must be Wen Muye."

"Yes, you know me?" Wen Muye was even more surprised.

"Of course, I heard that you signed a contract with Lu Yuan's studio. It hasn't been long since you got the chance to direct a movie. Congratulations."

"Hey." Wen Muye touched the back of his head and remained humble: "No, it's all luck."

"I just heard from Uncle Tian that this is a gangster movie?" Han Jianv asked casually.

"Yes."

“It’s hard to shoot this type of movie in China.”

"We plan to find the opposite side to film together."

The Han family girl understood immediately and nodded: "You mentioned "Infernal Affairs" just now?"

"Yes." Wen Muye said confidently: "I think the quality of this drama can be compared with Infernal Affairs!"

Seeing this, the daughter of the Han family showed some interest in her eyes.

There is no need to elaborate on the quality of "Infernal Affairs", which is called the savior of Hong Kong films.

Hollywood bought the copyright and remade it, and the remake even won the Oscar for Best Picture.

Even though time has passed, it remains a masterpiece in the history of Hong Kong films.

It is hard to imagine that there is a work that can be compared with Han Jianu.

Her first reaction was that this man was bluffing and unreliable.

But when she noticed Tian Zhuangzhuang's expression and the increasingly slow speed of turning the pages, she felt that this might really be a good work.

"Can you tell me more about it?" She was very curious.

Wen Muye frowned, feeling reluctant, as he felt that this woman had no sense of propriety.

But I remembered the look in the teacher's eyes just now, and as a single guy I don't know how to reject a girl, so I picked up some unimportant things and the content that had been rejected before and talked about them.

Han Jianv's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"call!"

After about half an hour, Tian Zhuangzhuang closed the script with a feeling of being unsatisfied.

There is no doubt that this is a good story, but he does not agree with the view that Wen Muye is comparable to "Infernal Affairs".

"Infernal Affairs" is a two-way undercover story, with two lines progressing in parallel and finally intersecting together. "New World" is a single line, with a much faster pace, and is slightly inferior in character portrayal.

But it's still a good movie.

Seeing the students looking at him eagerly, he said, "Tell me what you think."

Wen Muye took a step forward and rested his arms on the table.

“Teacher, this is what I am saying.”

The two of them were so engrossed in the conversation.

The daughter of the Han family quietly pushed the door open and left.

Distant studio.

Zhou Xinchi stretched out his hand and spoke in stiff Hong Kong-style Cantonese.

"Mr. Lu, it's a pleasure to work with you!"

"Director Zhou, it's a pleasure working with you." Lu Yuan held it tightly.

After some discussion, Zhou Xinchi finally revealed the real purpose of his trip, which was to invite him to play the role of Xuanzang in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Lu Yuan read the script in its entirety and after careful consideration, decided to join.

Zhou Xinchi is not only an excellent actor in the circle, but also a very successful director.

He is extremely demanding on himself and his actors, often reshooting a shot hundreds of times just because it is not perfect. His high standards have also made most of the works he has participated in widely acclaimed.

Many actors flock to it.

But the main reason that prompted Lu Yuan to join was not the fame of The King of Comedy.

Lu Yuan focuses on the core of the story, the thinking about human nature and self-reflection.

What kind of demon is he trying to subdue? He believes it is the demon in his heart.

Zhou Xinchi also talked about many of his own ideas, such as great love.

Lu Yuan was quite touched.

In addition, this is also a new direction for him.

He now hopes to try some more challenging roles with different styles.

You might as well give the role of Xuanzang a try.

With his official joining, the distribution rights of this film will most likely no longer belong to Huayi.

As for who will win the award and how to deal with possible counterattacks from Huayi, Zhou Xinchi did not disclose it and Lu Yuan did not ask any further questions.

Bona and Guangguang have a huge market and Huayi has many competitors.

After a brief exchange, he saw one thing clearly: Zhou Xinchi was very sensitive to money and attached great importance to benefits.

When talking about the film remuneration, Lu Yuan's market value is 1500 million due to the huge sales of "Love Is Not Blind".

But Zhou Xinchi disagreed and was only willing to give 1000 million.

After talking for half an hour, both of them took a step back.

The salary for the film is still 1500 million, but he will participate in the form of equity investment, holding 14% of the shares, and will receive dividends in proportion in the future.

After seeing Zhou Xinchi off, Lu Yuan returned to the studio again.

When I pushed open the door of the office on the second floor, I saw Zhou Yaoyao with her shoulders drooping, being scolded by the old woman. The gist of it was that she ordered a large bowl of wide noodles and couldn't finish it.

Seeing that Lu Jia was at a loss for words, he was just about to add fuel to the fire when he received two calls one after the other.

The first one is from Han Sanping!

The other one comes from the class teacher Wang Jinsong.

Wang Jinsong didn't know where he got the news about "New World".

Ask him whether the script went through review smoothly and whether he has any favorite actors in mind.

Lu Yuan originally thought that the other party wanted to recommend an alumnus to him.

It turned out that the name Wang Jinsong mentioned was an actress he had met once.

And he was told to agree to it, as it would only bring benefits and no harm.

Colan.

PS: I came back late from overtime today, so I haven't finished writing. I will take a break tomorrow and write more. Also, the appearance of some characters, such as Kelan in the first two chapters, is to pave the way for the subsequent plot, not for show.
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