You Made Me a Superstar

   Chapter 238 A Movie With Only One Actor

  The drawer is gently opened.

  The original script of "The Bottom of the Mine" that has been in dust for more than a year has not been stained with dust over time, and there is not even any trace of being torn. Instead, it is very well preserved, just like a year ago.

   Zheng Jun sat obediently on the chair, his expression was a little restrained, his once lofty sentiments had long been smoothed out by life.

   Although his spirit was still there, and his willpower was as strong as ever, his unease and anxiety pervaded his whole body, and he stared at "The Bottom of the Mine".

   That year...

  He made a movie, and like other directors who wanted to make a difference in this world, he took the movie without authorization and went overseas to participate in a small pheasant film festival.

   He was shortlisted and screened. Although the screening results were mediocre, he sold the first overseas film copyright in his life.

  He returned to China with great pride, and ambitiously planned the next step in his life...

  However, after returning to China, what greeted him was not infinite glory, not being recognized by the mainstream film association and receiving an invitation letter to join, nor was he famous all over the world in one fell swoop.

   He received an official ban order, and was one of those "underground directors" who were dealt with seriously.

   His scripts cannot be signed, copyrighted, and cannot be filmed in any way...

  The joy of success is pounded by reality.

   Repeated complaints, actively admit mistakes, publicly apologize, and go to the relationship...

   He had used all of these methods, and it had no effect at all except to drain the money out of his pockets.

   He watched as his colleagues couldn't bear the hopeless days, and began to change their careers one by one...

   Some became clerks in movie theaters, some went to work in factories, and some even started their own hawker businesses. They were overwhelmed by life.

  Only he persisted...

  Although he cannot appear in any public places, he has always insisted on writing the script and conceiving the story in his heart.

   To make a living, he started selling scripts.

The script    "The Bottom of the Mine" was sold by him during that period.

   He remembered that day, when he was in debt, and in poverty, he really had no choice, and finally sold his carefully prepared script "The Bottom of the Mine" to a script middleman for 20,000 yuan.

   "These pictures are beautiful! But 20,000 yuan is still a bit expensive. After all, this kind of large-scale production book is destined to be no one wants... Forget it, it's a charity, and by the way, it's a hoarding..."

   He still remembers the middleman holding the book silently, with a trace of contempt on his face.

   Lost and disappointed, but he had to smile, watching his notebook tucked into his pocket, and humbly added that he can still write a notebook, and after writing, it can be cheaper...

  Dignity was crushed, like an old dog with its tongue sticking out, constantly wagging its tail and begging for pity.

   But there is no way, he has to live!

   That year...

   After Huaxing's "The Bottom of the Mine" was released, he ran to the cinema and finished "The Bottom of the Mine" with excitement and anticipation.

   He thought this was his book, that his book was released, and even expected the director to present the underground world in his heart.

   But unfortunately.

   "The Bottom of the Mine" is not "The Bottom of the Mine" written by him. It is just a movie of the same name. Although it was made very real and moved him extremely, it was not his after all.

   Later, I heard that "The Bottom of the Mine" won the award, which made a sensation in China...

   But he is still hiding in the dark basement, writing the book over and over again, not knowing when the ban will be lifted...

   Although he was strong, his mood became more and more depressed. He wanted to commit suicide by jumping off the building several times, but in the end, he still gritted his teeth and survived when he looked at the book all over the floor.

   "Don't be restrained."

   "In these years, I can see that you have suffered a lot..."

   "Okay, tell me about the plot of "Mine Bottom" first."

  In the office.

Zhou Yang looked at him with a gentle smile on his face, especially when he saw that Zheng Jun's ID card was only 31 years old, but he had half white hair and pale skin. After staying in the small space for a long time, he sighed slightly in his heart.

"The basis of this movie is, the hollow of the earth, that modern physicists believe that the mass of the earth is almost a billion times that of 6 megatons. This data is already quite magnificent, but if the interior of the earth is solid, the mass should be more than that... From this it can be seen that the earth is very likely to be hollow, or partially hollow..."

"Zhang Mingyang, a modern geological prospector, happened to have a big collapse during the exploration of the bottom of the mine. When he woke up, he found that he had come to a magical world. According to his speculation, he was very likely to reach The legendary "center of the earth"..."

   "He struggled to survive alone in that world..."

  “…”

  Although more than a year has passed.

   The plot of the script of "The Bottom of the Mine" still reverberated in Zheng Jun's mind over and over again.

   In order to write the script of "The Bottom of the Mine", he consumed energy unimaginable to ordinary people, and read various books and illustrations over and over again...

  The existence of every animal, every plant, and even every rock in the movie can be logically justified by the content in the theory of evolution...

   This is his most completed script, and it is also his hard work!

   He said over and over again, Zhou Yang's expression became more and more serious.

   After he finished talking about the plot of the script of "The Bottom of the Mine", he saw Zhou Yang put down the script silently.

   "This movie needs a lot of investment, right?"

   "80 million is needed, at least 80 million..." After Zheng Jun looked at Zhou Yang's serious expression, he was silent for a long time, and finally said this sentence.

   The ridicule and shock that Zheng Jun imagined did not appear. Zhou Yang seemed to be not surprised by the number of 80 million, and he did not feel that he was talking about the lion.

   Zhou Yang's expression was very serious, staring at Zheng Jun seriously: "Eighty million is enough?"

   Zheng Jun finally remained silent for a while after facing the question.

  The evening sun shines through the window, and the setting sun in the distance is like snow.

   Zheng Jun moved his lips, then lowered his head: "If you really want to shoot the effect, 80 million is far from enough..."

   "Oh, that's a pity, it doesn't look like it can be filmed yet."

  In the past, there were many old and beautiful blockbusters in the world, all of which were stories of adventures in the center of the earth. Although the box office was uneven, the really well-made movies did not hit the streets.

   The script of "The Bottom of the Mine" is really well written, and the plot is impeccable. There is even a hand-drawn version of the special biological composition of the underground world. These compositions make him very amazing and full of strict logic.

   Zhou Yang himself is not sure that he can shoot well, and Zhou Yang is even less likely to let Zheng Jun get the book and go to shoot...

   He is not alone now, he is the person in charge of a company, and he must be responsible for his every action.

   "I know, so I'm not here today for "The Bottom of the Mine", I'm here today for another movie, "Struggle"..."

   "Another movie?"

"Yes!" Perhaps it was Zhou Yang's interest in "The Bottom of the Mine" that calmed Zheng Jun's originally uneasy mood, or perhaps he had absolute confidence in his script. Zheng Jun stood up and wrote "Struggling" written by himself. Handed it to Zhou Yang: "Mr. Zhou, this is a movie that only requires five people to participate in. The initial investment is very small, only one million, no, 500,000 can be done!"

   Zhou Yang did not speak after seeing Zheng Jun's excited expression, but took over the script of "Struggling".

The screenwriter Zheng Jun is definitely very qualified, at least the script format and the supplements during the shooting of the script are more perfect than Zhou Yang, especially the script is full of various shooting techniques and methods, especially he drew it by himself. The storyboard of the character is like a film shooting guide...

   When Zhou Yang saw the content in "Struggling", Zhou Yang was a little surprised.

   He thought of a movie he had heard by chance, the movie was called "Buried Alive"!

The script of    "Struggle" is similar to the main line of "Buried Alive", in which the protagonist is imprisoned in a dark world, and under the torture of claustrophobia and fear, he tries every means to escape.

  The main line of the script is no problem, and the detailed description makes Zhou Yang feel extremely amazing.

   But some of the content left Zhou Yang at a loss.

   "Why is the protagonist of the movie called Jeff? Although he is in Iraq, he is a Chinese, right?"

   "Many directors now like movies with foreign names... I think it's very compelling to have some Western names, and the script is also relatively easy to sell..." Zheng Jun answered honestly.

   "Why in the end of the movie, after the protagonist was rescued by the old American soldier, he deliberately emphasized that the old American soldier was very kind, benevolent, and kind, with a faint feeling of whitewashing the war?" Zhou Yang stared at Zheng Jun with a deep frown.

   "Because it's easy to write and sell like this, many directors and producers in Huaxia like this type of book, and it's easier to pass the trial overseas..." Zheng Jun continued to answer.

   "Oh, this content makes me feel very disconnected..." Zhou Yang nodded, seeing the kindness of the old American soldier to the Iraqi civilians in the last scene, he felt a full sense of disobedience.

   In 2007 in this world, Laomei still had that war, almost exactly the same as the trajectory of the original world.

   Not only the trajectory is exactly the same, but many major events are no different from the original world.

   "Mr. Zhou, you shouldn't...well, you shouldn't be a public official, right?" After thinking of the content of "The Chainsaw" filmed by Zhou Yang, Zheng Jun asked tentatively subconsciously, as if he realized something.

   "No." Zhou Yang shook his head.

"That war was not just. If I were filming it, I would prefer to film the real scene. I hope that "Struggle" is an anti-war film that exposes the truth. This is a friend of mine in Iraq. I told me a real thing, and the version I showed you is the version that many directors asked me to modify..." Zheng Jun finally let out a sigh, and then took out another version from his arms. version of Struggle.

   "Huh?" Zhou Yang took over another version of "Struggling" in surprise. After reading it again, he couldn't help nodding his head.

   The struggle of this version focuses on describing the escape of the protagonist and psychological interpretation in all aspects, and all those embarrassing and deliberately kneeling and licking content have been deleted, and it looks much smoother!

   "Mr. Zhou, what do you think of this version?" Zheng Jun looked at Zhou Yang cautiously.

   "This movie actually only needs one actor!"

"one person……"

"right!"

  “??”

   (end of this chapter)