This director needs to apologize

Chapter 185 Su Shenjiang Boss Yang
After Chen Yiming finished speaking, the living room was silent for a while, as the other three people were digesting the large amount of information that poured in in a short period of time.

Da Zhuang and Lao Gu knew little about the history of the Tang Dynasty, so they both looked up names on the Internet.

Lin Xiao, who was familiar with the history of the Tang Dynasty, was the quickest to react and was the first to speak. He pointed at Chen Yiming and said with a smile, "Didn't you plagiarize the deeds of Su Dingfang, the God of War of the Tang Dynasty?"

Chen Yiming admitted very bachelorly, "Who makes Su Dingfang the least famous? Logically speaking, the famous general who destroyed the Three Kingdoms and captured the Three Kings should not be such an unknown person now."

Lao Gu also reacted when he heard this. Compared to Tang history, he was more familiar with the romances of the Sui and Tang Dynasties due to acting, so he asked, "Isn't Su Dingfang a big villain? He killed Luo Yi and Luo Cheng and his son."

Lin Xiao looked at Gu Yuehe and didn't know what to say, so he simply explained to him, "Luo Cheng is a character in the novel. It is generally believed that Luo Cheng's prototype is the Tang Dynasty general Luo Shixin in official history.

Su Dingfang was a subordinate of Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai, the Hebei forces at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. Luo Shixin died in the Tang Dynasty's battle to suppress Liu Heitai's rebel army. This may be the source of Su Dingfang's killing of the Luo family and his son in the novel.

After the failure of the uprising, Su Dingfang returned to his hometown. Later, just like Mulan's father in Chen Yiming's play, he enlisted in the army as a junior officer in the local government army and participated in the battles between the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern and Western Turks.

Yiming split Su Dingfang's deeds into two halves. The experience of fighting the Eastern Turks during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was transferred to Mulan's father. More than 20 years later, the experience of fighting the Western Turks during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty was transferred to Mulan.

However, although Yiming and Su Dingfang are not well-known, they are still famous figures in history. Does it really matter if they have a magical transformation and a sexual transformation like this?This is pure historical nihilism. "

Chen Yiming thought for a while and replied, "Originally, I wanted to make Mulan's surname Su more clever, but when you say it like this, it seems that this problem really exists.

Well, if Mulan is demoted one level and allowed to fight under Su Dingfang, she is a famous general in Lingyan Pavilion. It is not an insult to Mulan.

Moreover, Su Dingfang also came from a poor family, and he belonged to the same anti-family camp as Mulan and Wu Zetian, making him a natural political ally. "

After searching for a long time, Qiandu finally figured out the plot clearly. Only then did he join the discussion group as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Yiming, Mulan's father fought against the Eastern Turks in 629. Mulan was in her early 10s and Wu Zetian was 5 years old. Isn't this meeting arranged too early? Can a 5-year-old remember the person?

Cheng Zhijie set out to conquer the Western Turks in 655. Mulan was nearly 40 by this time. Was she a little old?
Su Dingfang captured Ashina Helu in 657, with only two years between them. Did Mulan have time to grow into a general?
On Wu Zetian's side, Wang Liwu was deposed in 659, which was very close to the time.However, Wu Zetian ascended the throne in 690. If Mulan was still alive at that time, she would already be an old lady in her 80s. This span is too big. "

Chen Yiming took the comparison list of years and major events compiled by Da Zhuang, read it over and said, "I know all the historical facts you listed, and I plan to blur the years when filming the movie.

For example, if Mulan and Wu Zetian meet for the first time, it can be set that they are both around ten years old. Mulan is taller than Wu Zetian, while the latter's young actor is relatively childish.

As for Mulan's military career, her makeup is in the direction of a rough man, but she must not have a beard, and she looks like she is in her 30s or [-]s.

Sometimes adding settings in order to fix bugs will lead to new bugs. If you just ignore it, the audience may notice it and fix it on their own. "

Gu Yuehe didn't pay attention to the historical details because he had filmed too many costume dramas and was already accustomed to all kinds of dramatic changes. He paid more attention to the plot and characters.

After several rounds of internal dismantling and analysis, Guyuehe said, "Yi Ming, I always feel that the plot capacity is a bit too big, and it is difficult to tell the story clearly in two hours.

You see, there are two martial arts scenes between Dad and Mulan at the beginning, a literary scene between Mulan and Wu Zetian, and another literary scene between Dad and his hometown. The early foreshadowing alone is 4 scenes, and it can't even last 15 minutes.

The next big thing is to join the army for my father. It takes at least 10 to 15 minutes to get the emotions ready.

It's been more than half an hour since the movie started, and Mulan is still at home.

Then there is Mulan's growth stage from a soldier to an officer. There are several main supporting characters to be portrayed here, and there are N martial arts scenes. The time is also not short, and half an hour is not enough.

Next, the first battle took another half an hour from beginning to end.

The trip to Chang'an made me feel dizzy thinking about it. There were too many characters and too much information. There would definitely be several twists and turns. This was beyond my imagination. I could only estimate it to be about 45 minutes.

The decisive battle took half an hour to finish.

Not counting the ending, it was almost 3 hours. "

Chen Yiming was happy, "Lao Gu, yes, is it because practice makes perfect after joining more groups, or is there a plan and a goal to develop in the direction of Jiang Huiwen?"

You might as well stop acting and come over and be my assistant director. After Xiangrui became a full-time director, I haven't found my assistant yet. "

Guyuehe shook his arms like rattles, "No, no, I'm not the material to be a director. I haven't figured it out yet as an actor. But I like this story very much. If you think it's suitable, give me a chance to audition."

Chen Yiming smiled and said, "I'd love it if you were willing to come. If it doesn't suit you, I'll make up a character to play for you. The uniformed version of Brother Xiaoyao. Isn't this a ready-made hit?"

Da Zhuang became excited when he heard this, "Master Zhu, do you think the next one will be "Mulan"? I, the royal producer, have finally come to work. Tell me what you need me to do."

Chen Yiming hurriedly held him down, "We haven't written the script yet. Let me refine the script first and then show it to Mr. Ma. If we are sure that there is no problem in the preliminary review, it will not be too late for us to start.

I don't think this film will be released quickly. It will take a year from project establishment to release. If the film bureau bosses put it aside to cause trouble, it wouldn't be surprising if the film isn't paid until the year after next. Chen Yiming looked at Lin Xiao again, "The desert is full of gold and iron, and Chang'an is prosperous in the Tang Dynasty. Great God Lin, are you interested in getting involved?" "

Lin Xiao nodded solemnly, "I don't dare to ask for my ear, but I have my wish!"

After this meal, Chen Yiming began to use the Shanghai Library as his home script, and he could only take charge of Bo Jue's affairs.

The budget of "Mulan" is likely to exceed 1951 million. Da Zhuang needs to solve the funding problem first. The 3500 million allocated for "[-]" may not be enough.

In fact, the funds are not tight. In a few months, the second box office share of "1951" in the domestic market will be paid.

At the same time, Warner will also pay for the overseas copyright income of "1951" in the third quarter.

As of June, the film's overseas release has come to an end. This film is generally promoted as an art film in overseas markets, so the overall box office is not as amazing as "Holiday in the City", which totaled almost 8000 million nut coins.

However, Warner has earned back more than 2000 million in royalties, and most of the subsequent disc and streaming revenue are net profits. This wave has made another good deal.

Now that Warner has included Chen Yiming in the list of A-level directors, the director of Warner China has to make three or five phone calls to Da Zhuang every week. There is only one topic that goes around: When will director Chen's next film be released? What does Warner want? invest.

Due to Ma Erye's interference, Chen Yiming's original plan to write the detective script had to be postponed. However, Chen Yiming told Da Zhuang that the selection of directors would proceed as usual. If the detective drama could not be filmed, he could be offered the position of assistant director first. work to earn a living.

On Monday, June 6, Chen Yiming and Da Zhuang came to No. 20 Caoxi Road again.A week ago, the complete script and production budget had been submitted to Ma Erye.

The two of them entered the office in a familiar manner, only to find that there was not only Mr. Ma inside, but also a thin old man in neat clothes.

Mr. Ma stood up and led Chen Yiming to the old man. Da Zhuang followed Chen Yiming in a sensible manner without asking.

The thin old man didn't care at all. He stood up with a smile and reached out his hand first. Chen Yiming bowed slightly and shook his hand.

Mr. Ma introduced, "Yi Ming, this is the investor of "Mulan", Boss Yang of Xinghuang Pictures."

Old Man Yang smiled and said, "No need to introduce Mr. Ma to me. Chen Yiming, the double-gold director, is known to everyone in the Chinese circle. Now that I have the chance to meet him, it turns out that heroes come from young."

Chen Yiming bowed again and said he didn't even dare to take it seriously.

Second Master Ma introduced Ma Yunteng, the "dog son", and naturally there was another polite and polite exchange of praise and greetings.

After half an hour, we finally got to the point.

Regarding the script, the two big investors had no objections and were extremely happy.

However, Chen Yiming also understands that before the establishment of the group, it was always hello, hello and hello to everyone. If he really had any opinions, he wouldn't raise them now.

When it comes to making a blockbuster movie, it won't last for a year or two. If you want to change the show or add people, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

Second Master Ma called Chen Yiming over this time, actually to discuss the amount of investment, or to be more specific, how to determine the male and female protagonists.

Generally speaking, for the budget of a commercial blockbuster, it is not enough to just decide on the director and script. At least a big-name actor who can handle the box office must be negotiated as a guarantee.

Because the remuneration and share of big-name actors have a great impact on the overall budget, sometimes even much higher than that of the director, it is meaningless to talk about the budget regardless of the remuneration.

Boss Yang is a leader in the Hong Kong industry, so he is very familiar with this set of business logic.

However, Chen Yiming made a shocking statement as soon as he came up, "Uncle Ma, Mr. Yang, I don't plan to hire big-name actors for the movie "Mulan."

Seeing that Boss Yang was about to object, Chen Yiming interrupted first, "Let me tell you the reason for doing this first, and you two can listen to see if it makes sense.

The setting of Mulan in the script is generally in line with the description in Mulan's poem, and also refers to the relevant regulations of the military system in the early Tang Dynasty.

First of all, the height must be above 165cm, because the height of soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty was required to be no less than 5 feet 7 inches, which is the modern 170cm. I relaxed it to 165cm which is the maximum. If you stand any shorter, it will be too abrupt among the male soldiers. It will affect the visual effect.

Then this role has a lot of action scenes and horseback riding scenes, which requires a long time of training, so the schedule has to be signed for one year. From the time of joining the team for training to the completion of filming, the entire period is required to be on call with the team.

With the current market conditions, I don't think any big-name actress can agree to this condition. Even if she agrees, her salary will take up a disproportionate share of the budget.

Since the female lead in Yiyi chooses a non-A-list actor, the male actors from the same team who will accompany her naturally cannot use big names. The reason for this is that the two uncles do not need me to explain in detail. "

(End of this chapter)