I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 150 Change the script

"Director Wan, please sit down quickly."

In the box, Jiang Zhiqiang stood up and greeted Wan Qingshan warmly.

"Mr. Jiang, Producer Zhang, Director Zhang, you all gathered together to invite me to give me a three-room trial." Wan Qingshan joked with a smile, walked over and sat down.

Zhang Weiping, with a smile on his face, answered, "Director Wan, you are very good at using the three-court trial. We invite you, Director Wan, to come, so it can be said to be a three-court trial."

"Thank you!"

After thanking Jiang Zhiqiang for serving the tea, Wan Qingshan took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Then I, the client, are here. You can tell me what crimes I committed."

Seeing that Zhang Weiping really wanted to continue talking, Jiang Zhiqiang said quickly, "Director Wan, it's your fault. We'll talk about it later. Let's order food first."

When the food arrived and several of them had taken a few bites, Jiang Zhiqiang, who had just told Wan Qingshan that the box office of "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness" had reached [-] million yen after three days of release in the island country, suddenly changed the topic.

"Director Wan, now that I've finished telling you what makes you happy, I'm going to talk about your crimes next."

"Haha, Mr. Jiang, tell me, I'm all ears."

"Director Wan, together with Mr. Zhang, we can be considered friends!" Jiang Zhiqiang said deliberately with a straight face.

"Of course, Mr. Jiang and Mr. Zhang, you two have helped me a lot, and I will keep it in my heart."

"We are friends, and Director Zhang has helped you before. Director Zhang helped you submit your first film "Selection" to the Berlin Film Festival.

Two friends and one benefactor, Director Wan, the three of us together are quite heavy for you. "

"Heavy enough, heavy enough!" Wan Qingshan put down his chopsticks and smiled.

Jiang Zhiqiang pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Since it's serious enough, Director Wan, you can't handle us a little bit. Since you know that there is a problem with the script of "City of Golden Armor", why don't you just say it? "

Wan Qingshan had already guessed that Jiang Zhiqiang came over to invite him to the banquet to talk about the script, so he was not surprised at all.

"Mr. Jiang, you've said so, so I'll tell you directly. It's precisely because I value our friendship and Director Zhang's kindness to me that I dare not say it.

If I say there is a problem with the script, doesn't it seem like I'm overstepping my authority? I'm just an actor in Director Zhang's crew.How can any actor do something beyond their authority? Are you right? "

Jiang Zhiqiang was a little dumbfounded. Both he and Zhang Weiping knew that Wan Qingshan was greedy for money. If they directly asked Wan Qingshan how to change the script, Wan Qingshan would definitely kill them.

So the two discussed it and decided to use the emotional card to let Wan Qingshan off the hook and help change the script for free. Who knew that Wan Qingshan actually blocked it with words that exceeded his authority.

Jiang Zhiqiang got stuck, and Zhang Weiping picked up again.

"Director Wan, Director Zhang is here, I am here, and Mr. Jiang is here too. We invite you to talk about the script. You don't have to worry about overstepping your authority now!"

Wan Qingshan said with an embarrassed look, "Mr. Zhang, this is not okay. "City of Golden Armor" was written by Director Zhang and several senior screenwriters.

If I change the script, even if Director Zhang doesn't have any objections, there are several other editors, so it can't be said that I don't respect my seniors!
What's more, if I, an actor, change the script and it gets spread, then I won't be like Jiang Wen and become a drama tyrant.

Jiang Wen'a was just doing some acting on Brother Lu Chuan's crew, and already he was rumored to be a drama tyrant!

As for me, this is Director Zhang's crew, and the starring roles are Ms. Gong Li and Fa Ge.

If I change the script, I will not only bear the nickname of drama tyrant, but also the reputation of disrespecting my seniors. "

Zhang Weiping was also stuck immediately. He and Jiang Zhiqiang looked at each other and understood in their hearts that Wanqingshan would not let go of the rabbit before it saw the rabbit, and it would not do anything without giving benefits!It seems that we can only use the last resort - add more money!
Jiang Zhiqiang shouted in a very helpless tone, "300 million, Director Wan, 300 million, please help change the script!"

"No, no, Mr. Jiang, what do you mean? We are friends, and Director Zhang is my benefactor, how can I accept money!"

Looking at Wan Qingshan who was pretending to be aggrieved, Jiang Zhiqiang was dumbfounded, and Zhang Weiping was also stunned.

Even Zhang Yimou, who had been silent, was a little surprised. He had heard Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Weiping say before that the last resort and the most useful way was to give money.With Wan Qingshan's greed for money, he would definitely agree as long as he was given money.

Now, the most useful method mentioned by Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Weiping is useless!

After Jiang Zhiqiang came to his senses, his heart was filled with anger!
300 million!Nowadays, which screenwriter in the Mainland or Hong Kong Island can have a screenwriting fee of 300 million, not even one with more than 100 million!
At this time, Wan Qingshan changed his words and said, "I can't accept the money, otherwise it will affect our relationship. However, I want to trouble Director Zhang with something."

The anger in Jiang Zhiqiang's heart disappeared immediately. He just thought Wan Qingshan wanted to add more money!

Zhang Yimou was stunned for a moment and asked, "Director Wan, tell me!"

"Haha, Director Zhang, I told reporters before that I participated in "The Golden Armor" mainly because I wanted to learn from you how to make blockbusters.

So I hope that after the crew starts filming, I can learn from you. "

There are three main types of people in a movie: actors, directors, and screenwriters.

Among them, screenwriters have the lowest income.Jiang Zhiqiang and the others are the ones who give high screenwriting fees, but they are not that high.

Therefore, Wan Qingshan had already thought about it before he came. It would be better to use his suggestions on the script in exchange for the opportunity to learn from Zhang Yimou.

Although you can learn something secretly, it is definitely not as comprehensive as Zhang Yimou’s personal teaching!

"That's no problem, Director Wan, let alone study. We will communicate with each other when the time comes." Zhang Yimou replied with a smile like a chrysanthemum.

At this time, Jiang Zhiqiang said quickly, "Director Wan, Director Zhang has agreed, can you help change the script now?"

Wan Qingshan shook his head slightly and said, "Mr. Jiang, I still won't change the script. After all, if I change it, where will the original screenwriters be?

I'll just tell you my suggestions. If you think it's appropriate, Mr. Zhang, just ask the screenwriters to make changes without giving me the right to sign.

At the same time, I don’t want you to tell anyone. The suggestion for the new script is mine. "

Jiang Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Director Wan, you are really smart. If you give suggestions without signing them, we won't pass them on.

Not only did you save face for those screenwriters, but the outside world didn't say that you were a drama tyrant, let alone that you disrespected your predecessors, and you still ended up in peace. "

"Mr. Jiang, you say I'm smart, but aren't you smarter? You can see through all my thoughts at once." Wan Qingshan replied with a smile.

"Director Wan, everything you said is fine, let's talk about your suggestions first!" Zhang Yimou urged.

After learning that there was a problem with the script, he contacted Zhang Weiping and talked to Zhang Weiping.

Then, he kept thinking about how to change the script. In order to think about changing the script, he even suspended the discussion with Zhao Xiaoding and others for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games for an entire afternoon.

It’s difficult to change the script, especially when the actors have already been established, it’s even harder!
Gong Li, Zhou Runfa, and Wan Qingshan, the status of the three of them is here, even Zhang Yimou cannot easily offend them directly.

Therefore, since Gong Li's role is guaranteed to have a lot of scenes, it is also necessary to ensure that Wan Qingshan and Zhou Runfa's scenes are not much different.

Even, it was necessary to ensure that Fan Bayi and Zhou Jielun had enough scenes, which made Zhang Yimou even think of how to change it.

Therefore, he was very curious about how Wanqingshan would change!
"Director Zhang, let me tell you my humble opinion.

I think the script can completely abandon the structure of "Thunderstorm".

Director Zhang, I think you must have discovered that it is not appropriate at all to tell the story of "Thunderstorm" with an ancient background. "

Zhang Yimou nodded and said, "Yes, when Director Wan mentioned the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms before, I realized that I ignored the background issue and told a story about class oppression in feudal society from the perspective of the royal family. If you tell it, it will be difficult for the audience to understand.”

“Director Zhang, it’s really inappropriate to talk about class oppression in ancient times!
My suggestion is to directly change it into a Machiavellian drama, and push the timeline forward ten years from the timeline of the original script.

The king led the rebellion and established his own kingdom. In order to consolidate the kingdom, he expelled his ex-wife and married the princess of Liang, who is now the queen.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, countries were either on the way to annexation or preparing for annexation.

The king of Liang State married the princess of Liang State to the king, in fact, he wanted to annex the king's kingdom.

The queen is the one who subverts the king's kingdom, so she colludes with Yuan Xiang.

The king had long known that the queen was an insider and that the queen was colluding with Yuan Xiang, but he still held back.It was because his kingdom had only been established for a few years and there was no force to resist Liang Guo yet, so he wanted to delay.

The scenes behind the king will be similar to the original script.

A few years later, he has grown the kingdom and controls everything from the shadows.He had been waiting for the queen to take action and drag Liang Guo in, and then he would weaken Liang Guo's strength.

As for the Queen, she has been working as a spy on the King's side for several years and has recruited many people in the palace. She feels that she is well prepared.So he contacted Liang Guo and decided to attack the palace on the Double Ninth Festival in September to overthrow the king's kingdom.

Although the queen originally got together with Yuan Xiang to disturb the king's internal affairs, she was in the palace as a spy and felt lonely in her heart, and she really fell in love with Yuan Xiang.

She would give Yuan Xiang clothes embroidered with chrysanthemums on the eve of the Double Ninth Festival because she informed Liang Guo that the person wearing chrysanthemums was one of her own.

Yuan Xiang is not a fool. From the time when the queen took the initiative to have a relationship with him, to the time when the queen gave him clothes, and her words were a bit abnormal, he guessed that the queen was planning to rebel!
As for Yuan Xiang's subsequent scenes, they are almost the same as the original script.

The queen united Liang Guo to attack the king. No matter whether he succeeded or not, he, the prince who colluded with the queen, would be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, so he stabbed himself in the chest.

In the end, he was assimilated by the Confucian rules and reported to the king!

Because the timeline is pushed forward ten years, the existence of the character of the Second Prince would be a bit out of place.

He can be changed into a Liang general who led the army to attack the palace. With the help of the queen, he led his soldiers, all wearing silk scarves with chrysanthemums, to surprise the palace.

Director Zhang, the general plot I suggested is this. The specific details and ending will have to be added slowly by several screenwriters.

After all, this is just a momentary thought, and there must be some imperfections in many places. "

As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Weiping immediately looked at Zhang Yimou.

Wan Qingshan only gave a general plot. Compared with the original script, it was too straightforward, had no depth, no connotation, and the characters did not lose their original three-dimensionality!

But to their ears, this is straightforward. What kind of depth and three-dimensionality do the characters have in a commercial film?

Commercial films are made for a general audience, and they must focus on storyline, depth, and characters, which are only considered in literary films.

In commercial films, everything must make way for the plot. As long as the plot is good, everything can be abandoned!

The general plot described by Wan Qingshan includes tense and exciting plots, battles, conspiracy, and love.

Although this love is a bit deformed, it is not love.

According to this general plot addition and improvement, it will be a wonderful commercial blockbuster script.

If it hadn't been agreed at the beginning that Zhang Yimou would control the content of the movie, they would have agreed immediately.

Under the gazes of Zhang Weiping and Jiang Zhiqiang, Zhang Yimou frowned and asked, "Director Wan, I have no objection to the general idea you said.

Yuanxiang, the king, and the queen, you have also considered these three roles, and they all have a lot of roles.Even if any character has more or less roles, I can ask the screenwriter to balance it when writing.

But you didn’t say anything about the three characters of Jiang Chan’s family, and if you pushed the timeline forward ten years, then Jiang Chan is Yuan Xiang’s half-daughter, so that’s not right.

Also, if the second prince is changed to a general of the Liang Kingdom, then his role will be a bit less! "

"Director Zhang, the two characters of Imperial Physician Jiang and Mrs. Jiang can still be recast according to the original script. As for Jiang Chan,"

Wan Qingshan thought for a moment before continuing,

"We can write another hidden line based on this character and make her a Buddhist!"

Zhang Weiping and Jiang Zhiqiang were both dumbfounded!

Buddhism!What is Wan Qingshan thinking in his head?He just said it was a Machiavellian drama, why did he include Buddhism in it?
Zhang Yimou was also stunned in surprise.

After a while, Zhang Yimou asked, "Director Wan, how did you come up with the idea of ​​writing her as a Buddhist!

You just said that the character Jiang Chan will be written into a hidden plot, Buddhism?How to write a plot in a Machiavellian drama? "

Under the gazes of Zhang Yi and the others, Wan Qingshan smiled and said, "Director Zhang, during the Tang Dynasty, the struggle between Buddhism and Confucianism was very fierce.

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were just after the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Buddhism was particularly prosperous, but in the courts of several kingdoms, Confucianism still dominated.

In this situation, isn't it normal for the Buddhists to send people into the palace to slowly guide Prince Yuanxiang to the Buddha? "

Zhang Yimou's eyes suddenly lit up. The hidden line of Wan Qingshan expanded the concept of the movie again!
At this time, Wan Qingshan suddenly thought of something and said quickly,
"Director Zhang, if you really follow what I just said and change the character of Jiang Chan into a Buddhist, then you have to make it a little more subtle. It's too obvious. Maybe the Buddhist Association will sue the film for slandering Buddhism. Religion is involved. It’s better to be careful.”

Zhang Yimou also knows the dangers of being involved in religion. Once he is sued by religious people, the movie will definitely be released immediately.

"Director Wan, I know this and I will pay attention to it."

Immediately, Zhang Yimou frowned slightly and said, "Director Wan, if Jiang Chan is changed to Yuan Xiang's half-sister, then Yuan Xiang collapses and stabs himself in the chest to seek death, but it won't be so convincing!"

"That's a perfect thing, Director Zhang. Sometimes you have to make a choice!" Wan Qingshan said with a helpless smile.

Zhang Yimou was in a daze and laughed. "Haha, Director Wan, you are right, nothing is perfect."

After the laughter subsided, Zhang Yimou asked again, "Director Wan, the role of General Liang Guo is a bit small. Do you think how to add more scenes?"

Adding the role of General Liang Guo really stumped Wan Qingshan at this time. He thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of it.

Seeing that Wan Qingshan couldn't think of anything for a while, Jiang Zhiqiang advised,
"Director Wan, don't think about it anymore. Director Zhang, don't think about it so much. Why don't you just play less roles?

Anyway, according to what Director Wan just said, General Liang Guo is still a major supporting character. Although his role is a little smaller than that of Yuan Jie, his status as a major supporting character has not changed.

What's more, in order to change the script, Director Wan was willing to let the characters he played have flaws. What else could Zhou Jielun have to say?

As for Zhou Jielun, I'll just go and say it, so you don't have to worry about it. "

As soon as Jiang Zhiqiang finished speaking, Wan Qingshan's voice sounded.

"I thought, Director Zhang, that we could change this general from the Liang Kingdom to a general from the king's side. He is highly favored by the king.

But he is actually the queen's man, and the reason why he was bribed by the queen is that he loves the queen deeply.That's why he fought bloody battles for the queen until he committed suicide. "

Zhang Yimou frowned and said, "Director Wan, you have to give him a reason why he loves the queen, otherwise this character will be a bit untenable!"

Wan Qingshan smiled weirdly, "Because this general's parents died when he was young, and he was raised by his sister.

And the queen's appearance is very similar to his deceased sister!
Director Zhang, this reason is enough for this general to stand up! "

Zhang Yimou immediately laughed. Wan Qingshan deleted an undue love relationship in the character Yuan Xiang, and then added back the character of the general.

"Wan Dao, your reason is tenable, very tenable."

Jiang Zhiqiang felt slightly relieved when he saw that Zhang Yimou agreed with Wan Qingshan's role for the general.

Although he was sure to deal with Zhou Jielun, it would be better if he didn't have to do it.

Seeing that Zhang Yimou didn't ask any more questions about the script, Zhang Weiping said with emotion, "Director Wan, I really want to thank you this time. If not, I'm afraid we wouldn't have discovered the problem with the script until after the movie was released."

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, you are so embarrassed to say this!"

Afterwards, several people in Wanqingshan picked up their chopsticks again and ate while chatting.

Because the script matter was settled, Zhang Yimou no longer kept silent in worry and joined in the conversation of several people.

After eating, everyone was still busy tomorrow, so they didn't do any entertainment activities and went back to the hotel directly.

(End of this chapter)