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The story of the script "Glass of Love" is not complicated. After simply reading the script, Wu Yuan almost understood it. In fact, the story of this script is adapted from Zhang Guorong's emotional experience.

In the story, the male protagonist fell in love with an 22-year-old girl at first sight when he was 18 years old. The two supported and helped each other and experienced many setbacks and difficulties together.

The male protagonist not only gave the girl a lot of help in her career, but also took care of her in every possible way in life.

They often attended various parties and activities together and spent many unforgettable times together.

But just when the male protagonist thought that their relationship should enter a new stage and secretly prepared a proposal ceremony, he was rejected by the girl when he proposed.

The girl thought that she was only in her early 20s and it was the right time for her to work hard on her career. She should not get married so early. After all, it is always difficult for women to balance family and career.

"I'm sorry, I appreciate it, but I can't accept your proposal."

The male protagonist did not expect to be rejected. He always thought that this girl was his life partner.

"I know you love your career and I support you. But our love is not in conflict. We can work hard together and grow together."

The actor's words were full of sincerity and enthusiasm, "I believe our future will be even better."

However, the girl still insisted on her own idea. She felt that the male protagonist was too idealistic and she needed more time to think and make a decision.

Seeing that he could not convince the girl, the male protagonist finally chose to let go reluctantly, and the two chose to separate and calm down for a while.

"But I will wait for you until you are willing to spend the rest of your life with me."

Despite their breakup, their feelings for each other remain deep.

However, time passed like flowing water, and the lives of the two people changed dramatically. It is not so easy to mend a broken mirror.

The girl's career development was not smooth, and she even encountered a career low. The male protagonist, who learned the news, tried his best to help her through the difficulties, helped her contact clients, and asked friends for help. In the end, the girl did get through this difficult time, and her career flourished and entered a stable period.

She also feels that now is the right time to move on to the next stage of her life, and believes that she can balance her career and family.

However, during the years when she missed the male protagonist's life, he met another "soul mate", and even this incident made him confused and hesitant for a long time.

And he and the girl are still good friends. Although they have missed their love, life is not just made up of love. Apart from love, their friendship is equally precious.

At the end of the script, he and his "soul mate" walked hand in hand on the streets at sunset. He ignored the strange and surprised looks around him and just smiled at his partner.

Well, as one of Zhang Guorong’s good friends who knew him very well, Wu Yuan naturally saw at a glance that the script was adapted from his own emotional experience, so he asked about it.

It's not that he really didn't know, he just wanted to get a positive answer from Zhang Guorong to see his determination.

After all, it takes a lot of courage to bring one's own emotional experience, especially "taboo love", to the big screen. Not to mention that this kind of movie is destined not to pass the review in China. Even if it wins an award, it is estimated that it will not be reported on a large scale in China.

Just like the movie "A Touch of Sin".

But as for the script itself, Wu Yuan actually thinks it is quite good.

He pointed to the script that had been put back on the table and said, "Those Europeans like this kind of love story that challenges the world."

"Especially when it involves the emotions and life transformation of sexual minorities, it is even more popular in the European and American film circles."

It must be said that the LGBT trend is indeed gaining momentum in Europe and the United States.

Slogans such as gender cannot be defined and love knows no gender have long been shouted loudly in Europe and the United States.

Wu Yuan is very clear that in the next three to five years, the trend of the LGBT movement will also spread to the film industry.

Apart from anything else, Hollywood has already made many love films of this type. "Moonlight", the winner of the Best Picture Award at the 2017th Academy Awards in 89, is a story about an LGBT boy who gradually discovers his sexual orientation from childhood to adolescence.

Even in September next year, the film will be selected by the British newspaper The Guardian as one of the "9 Best Films of the 21st Century", ranking 100th.
The 2018 Oscar-winning film "The Shape of Water" is even more outrageous. It tells the strange love story between Elisa, a mute girl who does low-level work in a laboratory, and a mermaid used for experiments.

Wow, in 2017 at least it was still about love between people, but in 2018 it’s all about interracial love!

From this perspective, we can understand how powerful the LGBT movement is in Europe and the United States. Even the film industry has to pay more attention to movies in this regard!
Of course, the movie story itself has to be good enough. If the script is written simply for the sake of LGBT, it will definitely not impress the judges.

The fact that the awards are more inclined towards LGBT themes does not mean that the award standards will be lowered. It is just about finding the best movies in this theme. At least this is definitely the case for the three major European film festivals.

But Wu Yuan is still optimistic about Zhang Guorong's "Glass Love".

This script is adapted from his real experience. From this point of view, at least the story logic and the emotions contained in it will definitely not be bad. After all, art comes from reality and is higher than reality!
Speaking of which, the lyricist of "Glass Love" is Lin Xi, and Lin Xi is similar to Zhang Guorong in terms of emotions. Even the lyrics of this song seem to match the script very well. No wonder he gave it a movie with the same name.

"Leslie, if you want to shoot, go ahead." Wu Yuan encouraged with a smile: "The script is already great, you don't need any more advice from me."

"We should select actors and form a crew right now, and try to start filming after the Spring Festival in February next year."

"If we move quickly, we can still make it to the Venice International Film Festival next year."

“Venice also favors this type of film.”

After all, "Brokeback Mountain", "Lust, Caution" and "The Shape of Water" all won the Golden Lion Award in Venice!

Facing Wu Yuan's encouraging eyes, Zhang Guorong straightened his back and said, "It's decided then. Thank you, Director Wu!" (End of this chapter)