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Chapter 773 New Year, Movie [Two in One]

The script that Sun Yi thought of was one of the "Shan"-generation movies about the trafficking of women, one of which was "The Shouting Mountain".

This movie was released in 16. In that era of box office boom, it only earned 84 in the entire release period.

Logically speaking, a movie that is not popular with the audience or even ignored by everyone should not be among Sun Yi's choices.

But there are exceptions to everything. In that era when bad movies dominated, publicity and promotion were king, and bad money drove out good money, there were still a few excellent movies.

And this movie "The Shouting Mountain" is one of them.

It is very similar to the "Secret" shot by Jay Chou in 08.

No one was optimistic about the film in the early days of its release, and even the audience's reputation was average.

It wasn't until many years later, when movie fans watched the film over and over again, that they discovered the excellence of the film.

However, Jay Chou still has fans supporting him, so at least the box office results were not bad. However, this "Crying Mountain" did not have this treatment, so it did not make any splash. It was only many years later, thanks to the rise of short videos, that this "hidden pearl" was discovered by a large number of movie lovers, and the word-of-mouth rating also increased, from 6.0 points at the beginning of its release to 8.1 points.

This is a very incredible thing among all the movie's word-of-mouth ratings.

To be honest, among domestic films, any film that scores above 8 is already the best of the best.

It’s a pity that this movie was born at the wrong time. There were no big-name stars, no well-known directors, and almost no publicity. It was indeed difficult to attract attention in that era.

Now that Sun Yi has ideas about this movie, I believe its fate will definitely change.

"The Mountain Shout? This name sounds so familiar."

When she heard the title of the new script, Liu Yifei frowned slightly. She felt that the name was very familiar, as if she had seen this movie before.

Sun Yi smiled slightly and said, "There are many movies with the character '山' in their names. The one you are thinking of should be 'Blind Mountain' directed by Li Yang."

"Oh, yes, yes, it's Blind Mountain. I've seen it."

Liu Yifei suddenly realized. Although she did not have a solid foundation in acting when she was in school, she was still very hard-working in theory. In her spare time, she would also look for excellent films to watch and learn. Although she did not watch as many films as Sun Yi, she was definitely above his level.

"So what is this film, Shouting Mountain, about?"

Liu Yifei was curious. She had just finished reading the outline of the script of "Dear". As an actor, she would be lying if she said she wasn't itching to write such an excellent script.

However, she was well aware that her conditions in all aspects were far from those of "Li Hongqin", so she had no choice but to give up.

But who would have thought that in such a short period of time, her brother had actually thought of a new story, and it seemed to be tailor-made for her. Her heart suddenly became as eager as a kitten scratching its head, and she couldn't wait to learn about it.

I have just spent a long time organizing the script outline of "Dear". If I ask Sun Yi to come up with the outline of "The Shouting Mountain", I probably won't be able to sleep tonight. I can only simply tell Liu Yifei the story content.

"The story of "The Shouting Mountain" takes place in the 1980s and 1990s. In the closed Taihang Mountains, La Hong, a beggar from outside, accidentally stepped on the explosives set by the male protagonist Han Chong for hunting and had his legs blown off. He died, leaving behind his mute wife Hongxia and a pair of young children. When the village cadres discussed compensation and private settlement with Han Chong's father, the mute girl Hongxia put on red makeup and cried and laughed. Everyone thought she was crazy due to the stimulation, so the male protagonist Han Chong had to temporarily take care of the daily life of the mother and daughter. But as they spent time together day and night, the two hearts slowly came closer, and the mystery of Hongxia's tortuous life experience of being abducted and sold was gradually revealed."

The 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, this is a movie of the era.

The male protagonist is Han Chong, who killed someone in a hunting explosion and is a bit reckless. The female protagonist is Hongxia, who is a mute.
Liu Yifei was listening and analyzing at the same time. When she was getting excited, she found that Sun Yi suddenly stopped. She was immediately dissatisfied and asked quickly: "That's it?"

"Ah, that's what I thought of."

"You're lying. You must have a complete one in your mind. Tell me now."

"I haven't figured out the ending yet. Besides, I have to leave some suspense."

Sun Yi replied with a smile.

Liu Yifei had a look of dissatisfaction on her face and reached out her bare hands directly to Sun Yi's waist.

"I don't care, just tell me."

It is obvious that he is preparing to "torture someone into confessing."

"Wife, please don't, we are one family, one family."

Sun Yi quickly raised his hands in surrender, begging for mercy, "I really haven't thought it through yet."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be pretending, Liu Yifei stopped what she was doing, but there was still a hint of suspicion in her beautiful eyes, and it was obvious that she still didn't quite believe it.

Sun Yi saw that this matter was not easy to fool people, so he had to confess.

"Well, although I haven't thought of a good ending yet, my story has an original novel, so you can take a look at it first."

After saying that, he logged into the company's copyright material library on his computer, searched for a while, and actually found this novel, "Shouting. Mountain" by Ge Shuiping.

The novel was published in 2004 and won the 2005th Lu Xun Literature Award and the People's Literature Award.

When Sun Yi decided to establish the Star Copyright Material Library, he had requested that in addition to the famous IP outlines he had written down, he should also purchase the film and television adaptation rights for other winning works such as the annual Lu Xun Literature Award, Mao Dun Literature Award, and People's Literature Award as much as possible.

At this time, the results of Starry Sky's efforts in collecting the rights to adapt excellent scripts can be seen.

No matter which work you think of, you can directly find the corresponding original work in the company's script library.

Liu Yifei was so happy that she didn't even wait to print a copy and started reading it directly on the screen.

Fortunately, Starry Sky’s script system is pretty good, with built-in electronic reading software that can convert formats and adjust fonts, so it’s not too tiring for the eyes when reading directly on the computer.

Sun Yi was pushed aside and had no choice but to give the computer to Liu Yifei.

Looking at the time, it was indeed getting late, so I went to wash up first.

When he cleaned up and came out of the bathroom, he found the girl still sitting in front of the computer, biting her lips and watching with great interest.

"The Shouting Mountain" is a novella with about 4 words. If you read it roughly, it won't take much time at all, 30 minutes at most.

But after Sun Yi washed and took a shower, Liu Yifei had not finished reading yet and was obviously reading it carefully.

"Xixi, it's late, it's time to go to bed. If not, let's wait until tomorrow."

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Well, they are all ignoring each other.

"Sissi."

"Hmm~ Wait a moment, just a moment."

Sun Yi felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have aroused the girl's craving at this time. Shouldn't they be discussing life on such a nice night? What's the point of reading a script all night?

Although he regretted it, Sun Yi was reluctant to disturb them and began to think about the feasibility of these two films.

Of course, we can shoot, and even start two projects at the same time. It’s not a big deal for Starry Sky at the moment.

However, as a director, he can only choose one, after all, he doesn't know how to clone himself.

If the two movies were shot consecutively, he would not have anything else to do for the next six months.

So, you need to be selective.

From the perspective of social topicality, "Dear" is clearly superior because its main characters and stories are based on real anti-trafficking incidents.

Once the effect is achieved, it will definitely cause a huge social response.

However, this film was not easy to shoot, because it involves the process of the two protagonist families "searching for their children" again and again, as well as the plot of Li Hongqin using legal weapons to protect her rights and get her "daughter back."

Most of these are outdoor scenes, and it is difficult to fix the shooting location. At that time, the crew will definitely have to travel back and forth. In addition, there are many characters, with 5 main characters alone, which makes the shooting more difficult.

The difficulty that Sun Yi is considering here is from the perspective of time.

The more actors there are, the harder it is to coordinate their schedules. What's more, his generals Zhang Yi and Zhang Songwen are in other crews and haven't finished their work yet. It will probably be after the Chinese New Year when their schedules are free.

"The Shouting Mountain" is the exact opposite of "Dear". Although it is also about "trafficking", the movie does not exaggerate this aspect. Instead, it shows it through the tragic life experience of the heroine Hongxia. The core of the movie is still love.

And the entire movie takes place in a small mountain village, which made filming much simpler.

Sun Yi is inclined to shoot "The Shouting Mountain".

As for why the shooting time has to be considered, because the Beijing International Film Festival has been approved to be held, the Beijing Municipal Government has initially set the time in April next year.

At the premiere of "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate", Mr. Li of Xiaoma Pentium had already revealed the decision of the Beijing Municipal Government to him.

And sure enough, about a week later, the official notice from the Beijing Municipal Government was sent to Xingkong.

The first Beijing International Film Festival was jointly established by the Beijing Municipal Government, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and CCTV Film Channel, in collaboration with Star Image and other companies.

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At that time, Sun Yi considered whether to shoot a movie for the opening of the film festival.

It's just that the time is too short, and he hasn't yet decided what kind of movie to shoot.

After all, this is the first film festival, so the selection of the opening film must be cautious.

From today's perspective, this film on the theme of "fighting human trafficking" is very good. It has a certain degree of social appeal and is not overly entertaining.

The only thing to consider is whether the production cycle will be in time.

It took 4 months, excluding post-production and the Spring Festival holiday, the preliminary preparations and filming took less than 2 months in total.

With this calculation, "The Shouting Mountain" is the best choice.

Not to mention, there is also a role that is suitable for Liu Yifei.

Yes, Sun Yi wanted Liu Yifei to play the role of Hongxia.

This role is quite a challenge for her.

First of all, the character positioning is something Liu Yifei has never played before.

A woman from the mountains.

No matter whether Hongxia was born in a wealthy family when she was a child, she was the woman who was abducted into the mountains when the story of the movie took place.

Since her debut, Liu Yifei has played either the role of a young lady, a fairy, a school belle, a star, a female astronaut, etc., all of which were glamorous and beautiful. She has never played such a "earthy" role.

The contrast is huge.

Secondly, the performance is more difficult.

Liu Yifei played the blind girl Jinghua in "Only You". In the film, she is "blind" and cannot express emotions with her eyes, but she can speak and use tone and lines to express the character's state.

Hongxia, the mute girl, was directly deprived of the right to speak her lines. The character's emotional state could only be expressed through facial expressions and eyes.

Just like pantomime, speaking to the audience with your eyes is the most difficult thing in the performing arts industry.

Sun Yi feels that as long as Liu Yifei can handle the role of Hongxia and understand it thoroughly, her acting skills will be improved significantly.

Thinking of this, Sun Yi felt that there was no need to consider it any further.

The next movie I'll make is "The Shouting Mountain"

While Sun Yi was thinking about his decision, Liu Yifei was watching with great interest.

She likes this role more and more.

It turns out that Hongxia was not born unable to speak. Her aphasia was caused by La Hong's postnatal injuries and stimulation.

She didn't want any compensation, but only wanted Han Chong to take care of the three of them, just because she thought Han Chong was a good person.

When she found out that she liked Han Chong, she dared to love and hate.

The more Liu Yifei read, the brighter her eyes became. After finally finishing it once, she actually wanted to read it again.

"Okay, it's quite late."

Sun Yi quickly stopped her.

Still looking? It’s already midnight and you can’t sleep yet.

"I want to play Hongxia."

"Okay, okay, okay. I chose this script because it was tailor-made for you."

Sun Yi nodded repeatedly.

When Liu Yifei heard this, her heart felt sweet. She couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth and made a small request.

"Then~ we need to write the script quickly."

"Ha, you really treat me like a cow or a horse. Even cows need to eat grass to work."

Sun Yi joked and looked at Liu Yifei with a smirk on his face.

Who would have thought that Liu Yifei seemed to see through his thoughts, narrowed her eyes, and asked back,
"what do you want?"

"You're asking even though you already know the answer. Of course I want it."

Before Sun Yi finished his words, Liu Yifei jumped up from her chair like a frightened rabbit, walked around Sun Yi and ran towards the living room.

Unexpectedly, Sun Yi was well prepared. He stretched out his hands and hugged Liu Yifei by the waist.

"It's too late to run now~"

"I knew you had bad intentions."

"My lady, I will help you change your clothes."

"Stop making trouble, go back to the room and go to bed."

"According to the order!"

During the New Year's Day holiday in 2012, Sun Yi and Liu Yifei lived a shameless and happy life for a few more days.

Fortunately, he used his spare time in the past few days, note, it was his spare time after being shameless, and finally put together the complete script.

The relevant project plan has also been sent to the company. The production department has begun to set up the crew according to his requirements. After the New Year's Day holiday, they can officially start the preliminary preparations.

Just after the New Year’s Day holiday, Sun Yi received a notice from the Beijing Municipal Government inviting him to attend a press conference.

It's about the first Beijing International Film Festival.

(End of this chapter)