Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 297 Science Fiction
The two went downstairs, and Concubine Liu Yi handed over the attachment of the real estate certificate form to her mother. After her mother took it, Concubine Liu pointed to her name in the co-owner column.

Liu Xiaoli looked down, raised her eyebrows, raised her head and looked at Chu Xuan who was walking over, she blinked, with soft eyes, but didn't say much, took off the bag on her shoulder and took the form Fold it and put it away.

After the matter was settled, under the escort of Manager Qi, everyone went out.

It will take some time to apply for the real estate certificate, and it will take some time for the volatilization of formaldehyde in the villa. The developer will be responsible for these. Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, and Liu Xiaoli only need to wait for the occupancy notice.

"Going to Star City tomorrow?" Wang Jinhua asked, it was a bit cold outside, so she put on the scarf she had taken off again.

"When I came in the morning, I contacted the program group of the New Year's Eve party on Mango TV, and I will go tomorrow." Liu Xiaoli said, she put her bag on her right shoulder and put her hands in her pockets.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei sang the song "Immortal Sword" when they recorded the song in the Shenghai recording studio last year, and it has been more than a year since now. They usually neither sing nor listen to it, and have almost forgotten the lyrics.

The two of them have never taken on a commercial performance, nor have they sung on a formal stage. This time, the New Year's Eve Gala on Mango Channel will be their first performance.

It is inevitable that the stage effect will be broken, so we still have to rehearse more in advance.

"Sing well, I'll watch your performance on TV then."

Walking out of the community, Wang Jinhua said something, reached out and opened the door of the co-pilot of the commercial vehicle, Zhang Jizhong and Yu Min got into another car.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi walked towards the nanny's car, and after hearing Wang Jinhua's words, they nodded with a smile.

When I got home, I ate a lot at the hotel at noon. I was not too hungry, so Liu Xiaoli just made two dishes and one soup, and the family of three could fill their stomachs.

I watched TV on the sofa for an hour or two, during which Chu Xuan received a call from the production team of "Zhu Xian", and after listening to the report, he heard that everything was normal. Take it easy.

To catch a plane tomorrow morning, under the urging of Liu Xiaoli, the two went back to their rooms to rest.

But it was still early, and it was impossible for the two young people to fall asleep so early.

……

In the dark bedroom, the faint light of the stars and the moon are companions.

Chu Xuan nestled under the quilt, lying sideways facing the window, the moonlight shining on the quilt, compared with the bright white light of the mobile phone, was finally much dimmer.

Chu Xuan lay on the pillow, kept warm in the quilt with his left hand, and pressed the button of the phone with his right hand, and the lyrics of "Sword of Heaven" were displayed on the screen.

After reading it several times, the memory of the lyrics was deepened. He turned off the phone, put it under the pillow, closed his eyes and prepared to fall asleep.

Just before falling asleep, he fell into a thought.

What kind of micro movie should he and Liu Yifei make?

As a producer, he knows how long it takes for the pre-production work and post-production of a work. Now the work is only less than seven months away from handover, and we must hurry up to get it done.

Since he and Concubine Liu chose to make a microfilm as their graduation project, they first had to think about a theme and a story.

Whether he and Concubine Liu Yi's popularity is good or his capital status is good, the graduation works of him and Concubine Liu Yi will definitely attract the attention of the whole school and even the industry.

Therefore, a microfilm must be a good story, not a bad story, and even achieve a not bad effect.

No one hopes that the graduation work handed in at the end of the four years of university will be poor, and he and Concubine Liu Yi are naturally the same.

But what kind of microfilm should we make?

Chu Xuan was thinking, just at this moment, the door was pushed open.

A figure appeared at the door, captured by Chu Xuan who had just turned over from the corner of his eye.

Concubine Liu Yi closed the door, came to the bed lightly, took off her shoes and got under the quilt, Chu Xuan stretched out her arms to hug her, and she lay softly in Chu Xuan's arms.

Probably because of the cold, she nestled in Chu Xuan's arms for a long time before speaking.

"I was just thinking about microfilms," she said.

"Coincidentally, me too." Chu Xuan said.

Concubine Liu Yi pursed her lips, such a tacit understanding made her show off her face slightly.

"Would you like to make a youth-themed micro-movie?" She tried to ask, which was also a suggestion.

"Why do you think so?" Chu Xuan asked.

Concubine Liu Yi stretched out her hand under the quilt, and slid along Chu Xuan's arm around her waist. After touching Chu Xuan's palm, she clasped her fingers tightly. She didn't know why Chu Xuan's hand was always so warm. It's very comfortable to hold.

"We're the right age," she said.

Chu Xuan lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, and put the hand that was held by her between their necks to prevent her from being uncomfortable.

"At the age of the two of us, it's appropriate to make a youth-themed micro-movie, but it's too conservative to give any surprises." He said.

"Then what do you think?" Seeing that her proposal was rejected, Concubine Liu Yi didn't take it seriously, but instead expected Chu Xuan to come up with a better idea.

Chu Xuan let go of her hand, pulled up the quilt to make it tighter, and then re-wrapped Liu Yifei's hand, looking silently thinking.

Concubine Liu Yi did not bother, and stretched out her free right hand to caress Chu Xuan's forehead, which was also her habitual act of intimacy.

Chu Xuan thought for a while, perhaps influenced by his recent experience, dealing with the special effects team of "Zhu Xian" every day and talking about special effects, gave him an idea.

"Sci-fi," he said.

Concubine Liu Yi rolled her eyes. There are no sci-fi movies on the domestic market, right?

She didn't know if there was, anyway, she hadn't heard of it.

It seems that there are no domestic actors who have acted in sci-fi movies, right?
That being the case...

"Okay!" she exclaimed happily.

She just likes to do things that others haven't done before, and she doesn't know the difficulty of making sci-fi movies. Anyway, she is very excited when she hears the word sci-fi.

Seeing how happy she was, Chu Xuan couldn't help but raised his chin and kissed her.

The arm under the pillow was a little sore, Chu Xuan moved slightly, Concubine Liu Yi raised her head slightly in coordination, and lowered her head after Chu Xuan adjusted the posture of her arm.

"No objection?" Chu Xuan smiled.

Concubine Liu Yi kept shaking her head with a delicate appearance.

"I like sci-fi," she said.

In this way, the theme of the micro-movie was settled after a simple exchange of one or two sentences.

"When shooting science fiction, you have to think about a story with a small scene, otherwise you don't know how much time it will take to set up the scene, let alone the post-production special effects." Chu Xuan pondered.

"It's not a big scene, so it's called science fiction?" Concubine Liu Yi muttered.

In her impression, scenes like Star Wars, Alien, and Resident Evil are very grand and shocking.

Since she wants to shoot science fiction, she also wants to pursue this effect, even if it's just a micro movie.

Moreover, if a micro-movie can have a shocking effect, then her and Chu Xuan's graduation work will be stable.

"You want to make a big movie so much?" Chu Xuan said, he couldn't help laughing at Concubine Liu Yi's muttering that she obviously wanted to make a big movie.

Concubine Liu Yi blinked: "As an actor, or a young actor, who wouldn't want to make a big movie?"

The next moment, she added: "But the blockbuster movies on the market don't hire young actors."

Chu Xuan nodded slightly.

When he was in the company before, he and Concubine Liu read the information about the domestic film market collected by the company.

It is obvious that, from the millennium to this year's 05, none of the blockbuster movies that were well-received and well-received had a young star in them.

The top three box office movies of the millennium starred seniors such as Ge You and Zhang Guoli.

The top three box office movies in 01 were also Ge ​​You and Chenglong.

Until 05, Xu Ke's "Seven Swords" starred Li Ming and Zhen Zhidan;

They are all seniors, and indeed there are no young people.

The current media has also given the film market a conclusion: directors and producers of commercial blockbusters do not like young actors, and even if young actors go to auditions, they are only auditions for supporting roles.

But in Chu Xuan's view, it's not that the director and producer don't like young actors, but the problem with the script.

The male and female protagonists in the script do not have to be young, so it is naturally inappropriate for young actors to act.

As for why the hero and heroine should be set at the age of 40, [-], or even higher, it is because the film producers are hesitant about whether young actors can support the protagonist and even the entire movie.

After all, in the current movie market, movies starring young actors in their 20s have not been successful at the box office.

As for literary films?
Forget it, in Chu Xuan's view, Concubine Liu Yi has a face for making blockbuster movies, and if she goes to make literary movies about human suffering or realistic themes, the audience may play in minutes.

This girl doesn't look bitter at all, not ordinary at all.

"Those blockbuster movies don't invite young actors like us to star in them, so we can create our own, and set the age of the hero and heroine to be around 20 years old." Chu Xuan said.

If Concubine Liu Yi didn't say anything, he hasn't given much thought to movies yet.

After thinking about it for a while, he really found out that if he and Concubine Liu Yi want to go on the road of blockbuster movies, there is indeed no script in China that allows them to act as male and female leads at the same time.

Even if there is, it is a martial arts with repetitive routines.

Besides, he never thought about competing for resources with people in the circle.

In the bright era, resources can be created by themselves.

"I think so too." Concubine Liu Yi raised her head, moved Chu Xuan's arm down, and let her neck rest on Chu Xuan's arm, so that Chu Xuan would be more comfortable.

According to Sister Hua's plan for her and Chu Xuan, after they shoot an urban drama next year, if the urban drama responds well, then unless there are special circumstances, she and Chu Xuan will enter the film industry and stop making TV dramas.

To enter the film industry, what kind of film will you make?
She and Chu Xuan had both analyzed it just now. Judging from the situation of domestic blockbuster movies, it is estimated that there are really no movies that allow her and Chu Xuan to be the hero and heroine.

If not, make it original.

"By the way, didn't you say that "The Twilight Saga" is suitable for adaptation?" Concubine Liu Yi said charmingly.

"No adaptation, the entire story of "Twilight" has a western background, and if Chinese faces act in such a movie, whoever plays the role will rush to both sides." Chu Xuan shook his head.

"I know, Sister Hua told me that "Twilight" and "Game of Thrones" are used to see if they can cooperate with Hollywood, and they are also used to make money in overseas markets, but we have to wait Let's talk about the development of the company." Concubine Liu Yi nodded.

At the beginning of Chu Xuan's proposal, after the company spent a lot of money, the global film and television adaptation rights of these two novels were currently taken by the company, but they were sealed by the people in the project department because the time did not come.

Although the hero and heroine of "Twilight" is quite suitable for her and Chu Xuan to play, but as Chu Xuan said, if Chinese faces go to film a movie with a Western background, and the hero and heroine are the protagonists, no matter how good the filming is, there is a high probability that they will hit the street .

The difference between Chinese and Western cultures, as far as the current film and television drama market is concerned, is destined to be a gap that is difficult to bridge for the time being.

"I mean, you said before that you wanted to change "The Twilight Saga" to the Huaxia Liaozhai version." Concubine Liu Yi said.

I heard from Chu Xuan and Sister Hua that it was director Chen Kaige's idea to change "The Twilight Saga" to the Huaxia Liaozhai version.

If this is to be done, all Western elements in this novel need to be Chineseized.

When she heard it, she thought it was very interesting.

"It's better to learn from some elements and directly create original ones instead of adapting a fully Westernized story. The hero and heroine are tailored according to our age, body shape, appearance, and acting skills." Chu Xuan said.

Tailored? …Concubine Liu Yi's eyes lit up, "Then we also have to participate."

Chu Xuan nodded and said: "It is necessary. This matter will be discussed after the filming of "Zhu Xian" is finished, and we must discuss it with the screenwriter teachers in detail."

Concubine Liu Yi nodded again and again, "Since this is the case, then the micro-film needs to be an original sci-fi film, and we can also set the hero and heroine in it."

Chu Xuan hugged Concubine Liu Yi, and Concubine Liu Yi's head resting on Chu Xuan's arm moved closer.

"Science fiction, first consider whether it is hard science fiction? Or soft science fiction? Or plot science fiction? Or suspense science fiction?" He said.

"Remove the hard science fiction first, the level is not enough." Concubine Liu Yi said decisively.

Chu Xuan nodded.

Hard science fiction requires a lot of theoretical knowledge as the underlying logic of the film, which is undoubtedly difficult to achieve.

The content of those foreign sci-fi blockbusters is basically unconstrained imagination, or the production of special effects based on theoretical knowledge and non-theoretical imagination.

Compared with foreign countries, the domestic science fiction film market is still very scarce.

This is also one of the reasons why Chu Xuan wanted to make a sci-fi micro-movie.

"No matter what science fiction it is, first think out the basic story frame, at least there must be a story background, so that we can better think about the character design." Chu Xuan said.

"What's the background of the story? The end of the world? Interstellar war? Traveling through time and space?" Concubine Liu Yi made several proposals in succession.

The corner of Chu Xuan's mouth raised slightly, and he said, "There are quite a lot of brain holes."

"That's right." Concubine Liu Yi raised her eyebrows arrogantly.

"Go to Star City these days and think of a story as much as possible. When the time comes, let Brother Liu help us check it out." Chu Xuan yawned: "Sleep, we have to catch a plane tomorrow."

Concubine Liu Yi blinked: "Let go of me, I'm going back to my room to sleep."

Chu Xuan's left hand tightened, encircling Concubine Liu Yi, loosened his right hand that was clasped with her, and went around her waist to caress her back.

"Want to leave after coming? Impossible." He closed his eyes and said.

Seeing that he was pretending to sleep and not letting go, the corners of Concubine Liu Yi's mouth turned up, she stretched out her hand and pinched his nose, then slowly closed her eyes, leaning into his arms and falling asleep.

(End of this chapter)