China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 535: The male protagonist who has had many twists and turns
Wu Renlin is the uncle of director Li Ruijun. He was born in 67 and is twenty-two years old this year. Although the time is ten years earlier, in Sun Yi's view, his current appearance is almost nothing like the image in the movies of his previous life. difference.

The washed cotton-padded jacket that has faded a bit, the weather-beaten look on his face, the knife-like wrinkles on his forehead, the slightly reserved smile, and the rough feeling that can only grow in the soil, are simply the representative of hard-working farmers today. .

Li Ruijun pulled his uncle over and briefly introduced Sun Yi.

This simple northwest man couldn't hide his excitement when he heard Sun Yi's identity, but he didn't say any gorgeous words. He just thanked Sun Yi for taking care of Li Ruijun, and then nodded and smiled while passing Sun Yi a cigarette. .

Sun Yi took it with a smile and clicked it directly.

"Cough cough."

It's quite energetic.

The uncle was a little embarrassed, and Sun Yi quickly waved his hand and explained that he was planning to quit smoking recently, and he hadn't smoked for a long time.

This made the man from the northwest look a little more natural.

Then Sun Yi gently sipped his cigarette while chatting with his uncle about the recent harvest in the fields.

When it comes to farm work, my uncle regains his confidence and speaks more fluently.

Sun Yi didn't know much about farm work at all, but he knew how to treat others. At this time, as long as he was a listener, he could let his uncle open up the conversation.

In addition, Li Ruijun would interject a few words from time to time, and after a while, they became familiar with each other.

Seeing that it was almost done, Sun Yi simply asked:
"Uncle, are you interested in acting in a movie?"

Wu Renlin hesitated to respond and looked at his nephew Li Ruijun for help.

"It's similar to TV. After you perform, audiences across the country will be able to see you on TV." Li Ruijun explained in layman's terms.

Wu Renlin blinked, his face instantly turned red, and he said incoherently:

"Come on, go on TV, no, no, no, no, I'm just a farmer, how can I be on TV?"

Sun Yi explained with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, you don't have to do anything, we will just let you farm."

"Me, I really can't do this."

Wu Renlin still refused, and Sun Yi also understood in his heart that it would be difficult for a farmer who had been stuck in the soil for half his life to take the first step in the novelty of acting in a movie.

In his previous life, Li Ruijun probably couldn't find a regular actor, so he had no choice but to cast his uncle. After all, you can tell at a glance that the subject of this movie will be very difficult to film.

Sun Yi tried hard to persuade him for a long time, but failed to persuade him. In the end, he even threatened his eldest nephew's future, which made Wu Renlin slightly shaken. But in the end, he still refused to agree. Delay their major events.

There was no other way, and Sun Yi couldn't force him anymore. After all, it wouldn't be sweet to force him.

The matter of the male protagonist was put on hold for now.

Sun Yi stayed at Li Ruijun's house for two days. During this period, Sun Yi took photographer Liu Jun with him and followed Li Ruijun around the entire village, including the county seat. While collecting photos, he took video records and set several shooting scenes.

The entire filming plan of the film was also released under Li Ruijun's revision.

After that, Sun Yi returned to the capital and began to think about the specific male and female protagonists. For the male protagonist, he directly contacted Teacher Li Xuejian. For the female protagonist, he officially issued an invitation announcement through the company.

This is the first time that Sun Yi, as a director, has solicited actresses from outside.

But it also gave rise to many worries, not that there were no people, but that there were too many.

The director of the Palme d'Or in Cannes chose the heroine, and the effect was truly extraordinary. A number of domestic first-line actors, either through their agents or companies, and even had powerful phone calls directly to Sun Yi himself, expressed their disapproval of the film. interest of.

Not to mention those second-tier actresses, let’s talk about the top domestic first-tier actresses. Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, and even Zhao Wei have all expressed strong thoughts on Sun Yi’s movies. Even if Sun Yi said it, the filming conditions are very difficult. , the time span is also relatively long, and no one quits.

Sun Yi pondered.

Fan Bingbing is not very good, just like his own daughter-in-law, she is too beautiful and cannot portray the feeling of a rural woman at all. As for Zhao Wei, the same goes for her eyes, which are too big and not suitable for her.

As for Zhang Ziyi, his appearance and acting skills are quite consistent, but he is a little afraid of the jealousy at home.

There are too many women.

It’s so difficult!
For a time, Sun Yi fell into difficulty in choosing, and he felt like opening up his harem.

But two days before he was proud, the heroine here had not yet been decided. The originally determined male protagonist had problems again. Teacher Tian Zhuang suddenly appeared to replace Teacher Li Xuejian and rejected Sun Yi.

Speaking of which, Teacher Li Xuejian really wanted to cooperate with Sun Yi again, and he himself agreed. However, when Lao Tiantou learned about it later, he suddenly jumped out and interfered.

In his words, Lao Li had just completed surgery for throat cancer and had only rested for less than three months. You are in such a difficult shooting environment, and you are in the northwest, and you have to do farm work yourself. If something happens, you will be responsible for it. Can you afford it?
The two are cousins, and they often hang out in private. When they learned about Sun Yi's movie, they immediately called Sun Yi and gave him a scolding.

Sun Yi was a little confused at first. Is this old man crazy? Why is his life so incongruous?
Later, after hearing the explanation, I realized that I had not considered it.

Teacher Li Xuejian had surgery right after filming "The Intouchables" in the middle of the year. Strictly speaking, he is still recovering from the surgery and his body is not as good as before.

And with the temperament of an old artist like him, he must be personally involved in the scenes in the movie, and he will do his best to avoid using a stunt double.

There are so many farm work in the movie, such as sowing, weeding, plowing, chopping firewood, making clay embryos, etc., not to mention all, but more than 70% require actors to perform it themselves.

If we shoot at this intensity, it will indeed pose a great risk to the old man's body.

For the sake of the old man's health, Sun Yi rejected the idea of ​​​​cooperating. Because of his own negligence, he went out of his way to persuade the old man.

"Teacher Li, I'm really sorry. I didn't know your physical condition in advance. If I had known about it earlier, I wouldn't have sent you this invitation."

Li Xuejian was aware of his own health and was quite sorry. He had originally planned to perform the play despite having to hold on.

"Director Xiao Sun, let me tell you the truth. I have been acting for so many years, and I have seen countless scripts, but this one is really good. I really want to act, but my body sucks."

Teacher Li Xuejian secretly agreed to it before. Later, his wife found out and tried to persuade him to no avail. He contacted Tian Zhuang out of desperation. Today Tian Zhuang also came with him. Seeing that Li Xuejian couldn’t put it down, he still didn’t want to give up and directly advised:
"Xuejian, there are many good books. You still focus on your body now. When you take good care of your body, everything will be easier."

Then he pointed at Sun Yi and issued the mission.

"This kid is gone. There are many good books in his company. Don't worry, he is my student. I asked him to arrange one for you at that time."

Old man, you are so generous. The feelings are not yours.

Sun Yi was speechless, but looking at Teacher Li Xuejian's slightly hopeful eyes, he still agreed.

"Yes, yes, Teacher Li, don't worry. When you recover, I'm eager to work with an old-timer like you."

Li Xuejian is quite old this year. He has been an actor all his life, and now he is suffering from cancer. He doesn’t know whether he can successfully fight cancer in the future, so he has nothing else to pursue at the moment. He just wants to spend the rest of his time. Here, perform more good shows and bring them to the audience.

Sun Yi's promise made him feel relieved.

After sitting for a while, he followed Lao Tiantou and left Teacher Li's house.

Sun Yi was thinking about the male protagonist again in his mind, and suddenly an idea came to him.

"Teacher Tian, ​​you have messed up my leading actor, don't you have to think of a way?"

"What does it have to do with me? You are the director and I am the director."

"Otherwise, if you look at this, you can play the male lead for me." Sun Yi smiled playfully.

He set his sights on Tian Zhuang. The appearance of the old Tiantou was absolutely fine, with gray hair and a sad face.

"Go away, I, what am I acting? I have to take care of the students." Tian Zhuangyi refused righteously, then quickened his pace, and disappeared after a few steps.

He probably didn't want to lose his dignity and refused to play the male lead for his student.

Sun Yi looked helpless. He returned to the company to think about it, and arranged for someone to contact Chen Baoguo. His acting skills in the drama "Old Farmer" were still remarkable, but he had no choice but to be declined again. The reason was that No schedule, I am filming "Teahouse".

Damn, it’s so hard to find a male protagonist.

Sun Yi suddenly felt that the world was full of malice. In a fit of anger, he stopped looking and called Li Ruijun directly and said to him in a commanding tone:
"Rui Jun, the male lead is your uncle."

Li Ruijun on the other side of the phone looked confused.
"Ah? Sun, Teacher Sun, my uncle has never acted in a movie."

"No one is born to act in movies. As a director, I think your uncle is good. He fits the role. You are the assistant director now. I will assign you a task. You are responsible for taking care of your uncle. If he doesn't act, If he has to act, I've fallen in love with him. He will be the male lead in this movie. Okay, that's all. I'll wait for your good news. I'll hang up."

After saying that, Sun Yi hung up the phone. He believed that as long as he put some pressure on Li Ruijun, he would be able to convince his uncle.

Sure enough, two days later, good news came from Li Ruijun that he had won.

The twisted melon is indeed not sweet, but it quenches thirst.

The male protagonist was settled, and just when Sun Yi started to think about the heroine, he suddenly received a call from the operations director Guo Ming.

"Wait a minute, Lao Guo, who did you just say you wanted to play?"

"Gong Li!!??"

ps: I wish everyone a happy new year, all the best, and good luck in the Year of the Dragon.

(End of this chapter)