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

Chapter 238 Change, "Big Star"

The script was rejected again. Wan Qingshan didn't bother to ask which plots were inappropriate. After getting the script back, he called Tang Jianli directly.

The next day, Wan Qingshan went back with the script and saw Cai Fuchao and Tang Jianli in Cai Fuchao's office.

"Show me the script first."

After Wan Qingshan handed the script to Tang Jianli, he sat down aside.

After waiting for a while, Tang Jianli put down the script, frowned and said, "This script will definitely not work. If it is shot like this, the impact will be too bad."

Wan Qingshan rolled his eyes in his heart, "Then I can't help it. I'm already very restrained in this script."

"That's it, you told me you're still very restrained!"

Tang Jianli had an expression on his face that said, "Are you kidding me?"

"I'm really restrained. Every character in my script is brilliant."

Seeing that Tang Jianli still had the same expression, Wan Qingshan said helplessly, "I will make a Hollywood movie later, which is about the pharmaceutical industry and is adapted from real people.

That's a complete lack of restraint. If you don't believe it, I can ask Hollywood to upload a script from the Internet for you to read. "

When he heard that it was medicine, Tang Jianli's pupils shrank slightly and he quickly shook his head, "No need."

Then, Tang Jianli frowned and thought for a few seconds before saying, "This script will definitely not work. What will the audience think if this is filmed and released?"

"Then there's nothing I can do. The script has been restrained. If I really had to write it according to reality, the scale would be even bigger."

"If you change it again, the themes of "Marriage Story" and "What's on the Beach" that you shot before are very suitable."

"No, if you shoot a movie like "Marriage Story" in China, to put it bluntly, it's just nonsense.

Our old saying is that we would rather demolish ten temples than ruin one marriage. Making this kind of Chinese-language movie is completely inconsistent with our lives. If we want to make it and submit it to the Oscars, it becomes pandering.

Personally, it doesn’t matter to me. Anyway, I’ve been told this before, but it’s not good if it’s representing Chinese films at the Oscars.

As for "Manchester by the Sea," it's as inappropriate as "Marriage Story."

If you kill your child because of a mistake, no matter how sad you are later, everyone on our side will think that you brought it upon yourself and do not deserve sympathy. "

Tang Jianshe looked deeply at Wanqing Mountain, "Then you can't come up with movies like "In the Heart" and "Selection" you made back then!"

After Wan Qingshan was silent for a few seconds, he asked, "Can that kind of movie still be made now?"

Wan Qingshan's rhetorical question made Tang Jianli's eyelids twitch. Then he was silent for a few seconds and said, "Then let's make the second part of "Huo Qubing". The first part of "Huo Qubing" was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language. The second part It shouldn’t be a big problem.”

This time it was Wan Qingshan's turn to twitch his eyelids.

"The second part of "Huo Qubing" must have taken a long time to shoot. I shot the first part for nearly a whole year.

In addition, I have to shoot a Hollywood movie this July, the second part of "Huo Qubing", which will definitely not be in time for next year's Oscars. "

"This won't work, that won't work either, so why can't you come up with a more normal script?"

Tang Jianli was a little annoyed. He now felt that Wan Qingshan deliberately came up with that kind of script to shirk the task of making a movie to participate in the Oscars.

Wan Qingshan was also a little annoyed. He wanted to do this again, and he wanted to do that again. How do you want me to take pictures?

"If you think my script is abnormal, why don't you come up with a script for me? I'll find a dozen screenwriters to write it, and I'll let you review the scripts I write. Whichever script you think is good, I'll shoot."

Cai Fuchao, who had been silent until now, became angry when he saw the two talking, and quickly interrupted before Tang Jianshe opened his mouth.

"Well, actually the problem with the script is not unsolvable."

Tang Jianshe suppressed the irritability in his heart and looked at Cai Fuchao.

"In fact, I just asked Director Wan to change the things that the male and female protagonists do in the script to become famous, so that they go through more normal hardships."

Before Tang Jianli could say anything, Wan Qingshan immediately said, "That's impossible. If we change it like this, I can guarantee that the movie won't even be shortlisted, let alone the Oscar.

If you make it as you say, the movie will be empty and meaningless.To put it bluntly, this kind of movie will not be shortlisted in any film festival as long as it has a little bit of professional ethics. "

As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, Tang Jianli, who was extremely irritated, said, "Then change the script to a Western-type script. You are not afraid of being said to cater to the West, and I am not afraid either."

Wan Qingshan immediately answered, "Okay, I happen to have a copy of the script here. I will send it to you tomorrow."

Seeing that the two of them had decided so quickly, the corners of Cai Fuchao's mouth twitched slightly.

Tang Jianli, of course you are not afraid, but I am a little worried. If this kind of thing gets serious, it will have a big impact afterwards!

It was agreed that Wan Qingshan didn't stay long. After leaving, he called Chen Yumo and asked him to take out the copy of "The Exploding Drummer" from the drawer in the study and send it via Penguin email.

Then, Wan Qingshan changed the character names in "Exploding Drummer" to Chinese names, and changed everything else.

In the hotel that night, Wan Qingshan closed the modified version of "The Exploding Drummer" and looked at the canceled script "Big Star" beside him, and sighed with great regret, "Oh, what a pity!"

Wan Qingshan himself is very satisfied with the script of "Big Star".

In "Big Star", Wan Qingshan takes the perspective of a couple who have just graduated from drama school. With longing for a better future, the two plunge into the big dyeing vat of the film and television industry.

At first, the two of them refused many temptations for each other and the beauty in their hearts.

But time can pass everything. A few years later, the female lead who once stunned the campus is still playing a small role. The male lead graduated from the directing department and was a famous talent in school, but he has been doing hard work and is often scolded by the director.

During a play, the female lead discovered that the heroine of the movie was her former classmate.

This classmate used to be inconspicuous in school, but after graduation, he became the boss of a film and television company, and has continued to have film and television resources since then.

After being ridiculed by her classmate who was the heroine, and being tortured by reality in the past few years, her thoughts began to waver.

Once, faced with the director's compulsion, she half-deliberately entered the entertainment industry "officially".

After that, the female lead broke up with the male lead directly, and the male lead didn't ask why, because he had seen the female lead enter the director's room before.

In this way, the two separated. After the female lead was let go, they became popular in the film and television industry within a few years.

After the two broke up, the male lead also changed. He began to flatter and secretly attack his competitors. Within a few years, he climbed to the position of assistant director.

Then, the male lead took out the script he had prepared and went to find investors.

At the investor's suggestion, the male lead approached the female lead and asked her to do a favor and accompany the investor.

The female lead immediately cursed the male lead, but the male lead yelled with a crazy face, "You owe me this, don't think I don't know what you did back then."

"Also, why are you pretending to be innocent now? Don't I know what you relied on to make you climb so fast in the past year?
If you don't want me to expose these things, just help me this time, otherwise don't blame me for being cruel and ruining your reputation. "

After the male lead said these words, the female lead went to accompany the investor with despair.

After accompanying the investors, she jumped down from the building.

"You owe me this, it's none of my business!"

After learning that the female lead was dead, the male lead muttered these words desperately, and then he approached his previous investors and started making movies.

At the end, the male lead became famous and became a well-known director. He began to use the director's power to seduce newly graduated actresses.

Like reincarnation, a very beautiful actress followed him half-heartedly, and this actress also had a boyfriend who had just graduated from the directing department. He was also a talented person in school. When they were in school, they were the same as the number one male and female. , is a pair of enviable talents and beauties.

Wan Qingshan can guarantee that if the script "Big Star" is filmed and submitted to the Oscars, it will have a high chance of being nominated.

The naked reality, the star's glamorous appearance, and the private dirty and ugly behavior form a strong contrast.

In addition, every character in the script will say to others that they respect the movie and will work hard for the movie, but privately they regard the movie as a transaction, which is full of irony.

It can be said that this kind of anti-chicken soup movie that pierces the gorgeous appearance of the film and television industry, as long as it is well acted and filmed, it has a high chance of being shortlisted in any film festival.

And this is not to cater to the West. The global film and television industry is all the same. This movie is not just about the Chinese film and television industry, it is about the global film and television industry.

Since last year, Tang Jianli asked him to make a movie to compete in the Oscars. Wan Qingshan has been thinking about what subject matter to write about. Now is the 'new era', and there are many things that cannot be written.

Finally, after much thought, he decided to write about realistic subjects, but his vision changed from the unphotographable bottom to the gorgeous entertainment industry.

After writing it, Wan Qingshan was satisfied with the script no matter what he thought, but unfortunately, Tang Jianli refused to let it be filmed.

Wan Qingshan felt regretful in his heart and began to change the script of "Big Star". If it could not be filmed in China, it would be filmed in Hollywood so that the scale could be larger.

However, some plots have to be changed. The female lead cannot jump off a building. In domestic plots, it is normal for the female lead to jump off a building, but in America, it is a bit too abrupt for the female lead to jump off a building like this.

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The next day, Wan Qingshan went with the modified script of "The Exploding Drummer". This time, as soon as he entered, he was invited to Cai Fuchao's office.

"Director Wan, please sit down first. Tang Si told him when he left yesterday that when you bring the script, tell him and he will rush over immediately to review the script himself."

Wan Qingshan curled his lips and sat down aside.Tang Jianli arrived very quickly. When he arrived, he didn't read the script. Instead, he asked Cai Fuchao to call someone in and review it in front of him.

The three people who were called in nervously reviewed the script under Tang Jianli's gaze from time to time.

"This script," a middle-aged man among the three was hesitant. Tang Jianli was watching it personally. This showed that the script was very important. He was afraid of accidentally saying the wrong thing.

"According to normal standards, is there any problem with the script? If there is a problem, what is it!" Tang Jianli asked immediately.

The middle-aged man looked at Cai Fuchao, and when he saw Cai Fuchao nodding slightly, he said, "There is a problem with that script, that is, the education in the script is high-pressure and coercive, and there are even physical plots. This is not in line with our human nature. Educational facts.”

The corner of Wan Qingshan's mouth twitched slightly, and then he immediately said, "Then I will change it later, change the high-pressure force to light force, and I will try to delete the hands-on plot, okay?"

Tang Jianli looked at the middle-aged man with questioning eyes. The middle-aged man wanted to say, slight, try your best, but still have it. According to normal standards, it's still not enough. There can't be any plot that damages the reputation of education.

But out of the corner of his eye, he saw Cai Fuchao nodding slightly, so he quickly said, "If you change it this way, there will be no problem."

Tang Jianli felt relieved. He was really annoyed by this.

Then, he turned to look at Wanqingshan, "The script is okay, you can prepare it as soon as possible. If you want to invest, it's up to you.

If you don’t want to invest, I will let China Film Group invest and the director’s fee will be paid to you according to the market price.

If you want to invest, then leave it all to you, and China Film Association will be responsible for coordinating and assisting. "

Wan Qingshan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Well, if I make a movie now, the market price is US$500 million plus 20% of the global box office share!"

Tang Jianli felt a sudden thought. He didn't pay attention to Wan Qingshan's director's fee. He only thought that it should be just like that, how much it could be.

But 500 million U.S. dollars and 20% of the box office share, regardless of the 20% of the box office share, it is only 500 million U.S. dollars, which is a big headache.

Twenty-five million U.S. dollars is more than 500 million Chinese dollars. This,,, makes China Film spend so much money to hire Wan Qingshan to make a movie!
He felt a little regretful in his heart, but after letting the words out, Tang Jianli could only pretend not to care and said, "China Film will not miss you this little money!"

"Then thank you in advance!" Wan Qingshan quickly thanked him.

Wan Qingshan would not show off and take the initiative to lower the director's fee. His current market price of director's fee was only so much. Since Tang Jianli said he would pay it according to the market price, he could accept it with peace of mind.

After getting down to business, Wan Qingshan took the script and the approval of the filming permit and left immediately. He had other things to do next.

After leaving, Wan Qingshan went to see Ye Xuan, who flew to the capital this morning to see him.

When Wan Qingshan called Chen Yumo yesterday, Chen Yumo said that Ye Nian wanted to talk to you about the future development of Qingshan Cinema Line.

Qingshan Cinema Line has been stagnant in the past few years. Wan Qingshan also knows that Ye Xuan must be feeling aggrieved, and wants to see what Ye Xuan is thinking now.

In a teahouse, Wan Qingshan met Ye Xuan, whom he had not seen for several years.

"Wan Dao!"

"Mr. Ye, you have worked hard these past few years."

"It's not hard, it's not hard. I've had nothing to do in the past few years, and I'm almost getting sick."

Wan Qingshan frowned slightly and said apologetically, "Mr. Ye, I'm sorry. In the past few years, the development of the Qingshan Cinema Line was stopped because of me."

Ye Xuan immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he quickly stood up to explain.

"Director Wan, I have no other intentions at all. I, Ye Xiang, can do a lot and be in charge of Qingshan Cinema. I am very grateful to you. Without you, I would not be where I am now. What I just said is that I really feel that I have nothing to do in the past two years. , so I can’t help but feel emotional.”

"Haha, Mr. Ye, you sit down first."

After Ye Xuan sat down, Wan Qingshan continued, "Mr. Ye, I didn't mean anything else just now. I really feel sorry for you. When I asked you to establish Qingshan Cinema Line, I was also aiming to develop the first theater chain in China, but There was no way, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and something went wrong later, so the Qingshan Cinema Line had to stop development."

It has to stop!
Ye Nian's heart was trembling. If Wan Qingshan could say that he had to stop, it must be due to the 'two mouths' aspect.

Ye Xuan didn't dare to ask more about the reasons for this, so he changed the subject and talked about business.

"Director Wan, I want to see you this time. I just want to ask for your opinion on something."

"Well, you say?" Wan Qingshan picked up the teacup and took a sip and replied.

"It's like this. The domestic film and television industry has developed in the past two years, and Qingshan Cinema has also made some money.

But because the Qingshan Cinema Line has not expanded, the money has been sitting in the bank earning interest, which I feel is a bit of a waste.

It just so happens that the film and television industry is booming now, so I want to set up a film production company like other theater chains, so I want to ask for your opinion."

Wan Qingshan's eyelids twitched. He now owns a film production company, Qingshan Film and Television Company and Qingshan Media Company.

Qingshan Film and Television Company is small and can't make a few movies every year. Now it's just for Yan Dong and them to make money, so it doesn't have a big impact.

But Qingshan Media Company has started to do business, and now Qingshan Cinema Line is about to enter the film industry. Looking at Ye Neng's situation, and the fact that Qingshan Cinema Chain cannot develop, it will definitely not be a small matter for him to enter the film production industry.

If it develops, the two companies will definitely compete in the future.

Wan Qingshan didn't want Qingshan Cinema to enter the film production industry, but after much deliberation, he couldn't find any excuse.

Although Qingshan Cinema Line belongs to him, he still has to take into account Ye Xuan's thoughts. Now that Qingshan Cinema Line has nothing to do, it is normal for Ye Xuan to want to find trouble.

After all, he is also increasing the operating income of Qingshan Cinema, and he cannot stop it forcefully. If he really wants to do this, he will force Ye Nian to leave.

Wan Qingshan thought about it and finally smiled and said, "You want to lead Qingshan Cinema Line into the film production industry, which is a good thing for Qingshan Cinema Line. Of course I have no objection.

However, Mr. Ye, you also know that Qingshan Media Company is also my company. If there is any conflict between the two companies in film and television projects in the future, please pay more attention. "

Wan Qingshan agreed, which made Ye Xi very excited. Faced with Wan Qingshan's worries, he smiled and said, "Director Wan, you are worrying too much. How can I compete with Qingshan Media Company? I also hope that you can let Qingshan Media Company Take the Qingshan Cinema Line."

Wan Qingshan now believes this. In the early stage, you Ye Xiang definitely hoped that Qingshan Media would lead the development, but after it develops, you will no longer think so.

You have a share of every dollar earned by Qingshan Cinema, but not by Qingshan Media Company.

The same is true for Zhang Zhao. When interests conflict, you will definitely compete.

Wan Qingshan doesn't think of any way to solve this kind of problem now, so he can only take it one step at a time.

Ye Nian came as quickly as he left. He left immediately after talking to Wan Qingshan.

As soon as Ye Nian left, Wan Qingshan went to find a part-time worker to clean up the courtyard house that he had not lived in for a long time. Then he packed up his luggage from the hotel and returned to the courtyard house. He was going to film "The Exploding Drummer" next, so he would have to live in the courtyard house for a while.

Then, Wan Qingshan called Li Yancheng to have dinner together in the evening.

After Yan Dong and Li Yancheng came to the courtyard, they saw Wan Qingshan cooking hot pot himself, so they immediately stepped forward to help.

During the meal, Yan Dong was very excited when he heard that Wan Qingshan wanted to make a movie.

"Qingzi, it's been a long time since we made a movie together. This opportunity is rare."

“It’s been a long time since I’ve made a movie with you, but I have to make it clear first that I am only the director this time, and China Film will be responsible for all the investment.

I can only try to get as high a remuneration as possible for you, but I don’t have any investment share. "

"It's okay, it's okay. We have made a lot of money over the years. We have a house and a car. It doesn't matter whether we have money or not.

Besides, it’s rare to make a movie with you again, and I’ll come even if you don’t pay me. "

Yan Dong's words made Wan Qingshan smile. Then he glanced at Li Yancheng and saw that Li Yancheng didn't have any dissatisfaction on his face. He was relieved.

"This time it will be more urgent. I have to go to the United States to shoot a movie in July.

Brother Cheng, you can start gathering people tomorrow. I will go to China Film Academy tomorrow and prepare to interview actors. You should prepare early.

Yan Dong, I will give you the script in a moment, and you will find a venue according to the script tomorrow. "

"it is good!"

"no problem."

The next day, Li Yancheng and Yan Dong started to get busy. When Wan Qingshan went to China Film to find Han Sanping, "Wan Qingshan was going to make a Chinese-language film. This time it was a literary film, and I asked him to shoot it specifically to win an Oscar." 'The news spread quickly in the circle.

Bosses like Wang Zhongjun didn't feel that way. At the last meeting, Wan Qingshan said that the next movie would be a literary film.

Literary films don't make money, so if Wan Qingshan is willing to let them invest, that's great. No matter whether they make money or not, as long as they can build relationships.

But at the last meeting, Wan Qingshan's attitude made it clear that they would not let them invest in this movie, so don't join in the fun.

Wang Zhongjun and the others don’t have any ideas, but the actors do. It’s rare for Wan Qingshan to make a Chinese-language movie again, and his movies, even if they are literary films, will definitely be released globally. Maybe after starring in this movie, he will become famous. At the national gate.

Just like when Li Yin came to make Chinese-language movies, Wan Qingshan's Chinese-language movies this time also made artists excited, and even more so. After all, Wan Qingshan had just been promoted to the top director industry in Hollywood with "Fire".

This resulted in Wan Qingshan's phone calls not stopping after he came out of China Film Academy. This made him ignore the movie and call Feng Linlin over first.

(End of this chapter)