sick white moonlight

In the room, the dark blue curtains were half drawn, giving it a faint sense of darkness.

He An took his mobile phone and looked at the sent script for a long time.

The title of this movie has been decided. The very simple movie title "Return Home" looks very ordinary. From the name of the movie, it seems to tell the story of a rural wanderer returning home. The content of the story is indeed related to this point relationship.

The story happened in the 90s. An overseas Chinese businessman in his 40s returned to China to invest. He came to his hometown, a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, and prepared to invest and build a factory.Because of his wealth, large amount of investment, and the nature of a foreign-funded enterprise, he was warmly received by government personnel.

After drinking and feasting, he refused to be accompanied by assistants, drivers, and protection personnel, and returned to his alma mater alone when he was young-Yuguang Middle School, a well-known middle school with a long history.

There, he met a high school classmate who now teaches at his alma mater.

The two walked on the tree-lined avenue of the campus, talking about the past, unknowingly, the classmates mentioned their common high school Chinese teacher-Shen Yu.

The returned businessman was stunned for a moment, and this memory involved him in the past. At that time, he was a young man who was discriminated against and came to study in a bustling town from a remote village...

Putting down the phone, He An squinted his eyes, he was thinking about which role the director wanted him to play.

If there is one character with the most roles in this story, it is undoubtedly the Chinese businessman who returned to his hometown.

From the beginning of the script, the businessman was used as a guide, leading people into the obscure and somewhat vague era.

But the script is deeper, more difficult to interpret, and more valuable to discuss. It is quite confusing, and the character who makes people more sympathetic is the Chinese teacher.

Undoubtedly, this is a very good script.

The narrative is exquisite, the dialogue of the characters is well tempered, and there are quite a lot of things to discuss. It can be seen that this script has been honed for a long time and is very delicate.

Director Wang An is in a semi-retired state. In the early years, he made several well-known films with high box office, some of which were highly commercialized, and some feature films that were biased toward narrative. The reviews were all very good.

It was seven years ago since his last film. It was a bland romance film about the separation of young men and women in a small town. The style of painting is simple, the emotion is sincere, the evaluation is very good, and it won an award, but the box office is not special good.

After many years, he once again had the idea of ​​making a movie.

Only this time, it is destined not to be as simple as before.

Because, this time, what he wanted to make was a same-sex film.

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"Ake, I knew that you must be interested in this script. I actually read this script once, and it is a very good script. As for me, although I have long neglected the things I learned in college over the years, I used to After all, I have learned it, and I still have the ability to recognize it. This script definitely took a lot of thought to polish."

Sun Qun stood in the office with his mobile phone in his hand, and said in a somewhat teasing tone.

"In fact, the plot in the script is quite flattering, and the emotional depiction is relatively subtle. If the filming is a little more subtle in the name of growth, it will be easier to pass the review, and it is not impossible to go to the theater."

"It's not easy for Director Wang. In this era, he spends time and time polishing such a script, but because the risk is too high, many actors dare not take it lightly, and it is said that the investment of this film will not be very high, which is the standard. Literary and artistic films with niche themes. Director Wang has high requirements for shooting and actors, and he is relatively strict on the set. Some new generations want to accept this script, but he doesn’t like it. What he wants to find is too expensive. , and I don’t really want to play this kind of subject matter and destroy the Great Wall.”

"After thinking about it, I thought of you, and then I came to me."

"If you have no other comments, I will contact Director Wang if I have to, and let him set a time and place to have a good discussion."

"Okay, Brother Sun."

"Brother, I am actually very grateful for your care for such a long time. Although we don't spend much time together, you are really nice."

Li Ke's voice on the phone was still the same, not any different from what he was used to hearing over the years.

It is still clear and bright, with a bit of drizzle and melancholy.

This time, his tone was a little brisk, and Sun Qun felt quite comfortable. He hadn't heard the title "senior brother" for a long time, and it reminded him of the accidental meeting when he was in college.

They are considered alumni, but Sun Qun has been with Li Ke for several years, and they are regarded as Li Ke's seniors.

Of course, they are not the same profession.Li Ke majored in acting, while Sun Qun was concerned with script planning, but after graduation, because of good interpersonal relationships and the care and introduction of school teachers, Sun Qun did not take the path of screenwriting. On the contrary, After graduation he became a broker.

Because he has a certain sense of the market, a good vision, and can be a human being, he unexpectedly managed to do well on this road.

When he went back to school, he heard from his teacher that Li Ke, a junior, had a great acting talent, was very sensitive, and had a strong ability to interpret roles.If there are no accidents, coupled with his already good-looking face, he should be a popular and well-known actor.

At that time, he was still a small agent in the company. After working as an assistant for a year, he successfully transformed and began to lead artists.

When I was visiting the teacher, it happened that Li Ke participated in a play and was rehearsing it in school. The teacher strongly recommended him to watch it.

He went to see it, and then he was shocked by Li Ke's performance.

In the darkness, that person stood on the stage, and as soon as he appeared, he caught everyone's attention, making the audience follow him, pay attention to him, and didn't want to miss his every appearance.

There was darkness all around, but the person on the stage seemed to have a ball of flame in his eyes, burning blazingly, releasing himself and giving his life.

He is not acting, the people on the stage are real people.

Sun Qun's only thought at the time was that it would be great if he could become his manager in the future.

But he also knew that he was just wishful thinking.

At that time, he had no right to speak at all.He is also very clear that such a person who is as dazzling as a pearl will definitely be discovered and valued, and then appear on the screen to conquer the audience.

And I don't have that qualification.

He is still a small manager with low-level trainees, small artists, looking for small resources, mixing contacts, improving himself, and even supporting himself is not easy.

After the play rehearsal was over, he hurried to the backstage to meet Li Ke. The backstage was a bit messy, but he still noticed Li Ke at a glance as soon as he entered.

There, Sun Qun met Li Ke's girlfriend at the time.

Sun Qun remembered very clearly that at that time, Li Ke was sitting on the stool, before he had time to change out of his drama clothes. His white shirt and suit pants looked very literati.

And that beautiful and gentle girl, wearing a red plaid dress, with a light blue ribbon tied in her hair, she is slender, standing beside her, bent over and carefully helping Li Ke wipe the sweat off his forehead .

The movements were very gentle, and the sweat was wiped seriously, and he was still talking from time to time.

And Li Ke had a faint smile on his face, gentle and gentle. At that time, he was not as quiet and cold as he is now. Although he didn't talk much, he was still a young college student with a little sunshine.

And obviously, he's in love.

The handsome man and the beautiful woman can indeed be called a man of talent and a woman's appearance.

When the two met and introduced each other, Li Ke also called him "senior brother".

Just thinking about what happened later, Sun Qun always felt a little embarrassed.

When he came back to his senses, the matter was almost finished. Li Ke on the other end of the phone stopped talking, and Sun Qun was about to say that he was going to hang up, but he didn't know why Sun Qun always felt a little weird.

"We don't spend a lot of time together." Maybe Li Ke took the wrong medicine again today. They have known each other for seven or eight years, and they have only lived for seven years.

Next time you call, be sure to talk to him about it.

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When it comes to directing, one has to talk about certain things about script selection.

Generally speaking, great directors who know how to choose often do not choose top-level novels or literary works for adaptation. Top-level literary works can give people a unique enjoyment, while the language of movies is completely different.

It is not an easy task to adapt a work. Often first-rate directors use the works of top writers to adapt and shoot movies. In most cases, the movies produced are mostly satisfactory, lack of surprises, and are not loved by the audience. , as remembered.

A director who is good at choosing will know how to choose a suitable story novel, adapt the film language, invite screenwriters, polish the script, and then try his best to organize people, attract investment, find suitable actors to perform, and then make this polished script a success presented on the screen, bringing enough surprises to the audience.

Of course, there is also a very powerful director who can turn decay into magic. They often choose those third-rate novels, dig out new ideas from them, buy the adaptation rights, rewrite the script themselves, and shoot amazing movies.

Of course, for most directors, adapting third-rate novels often ends in a disastrous failure.

Wang An is very aware of his abilities and what he is good at.

He has made a lot of movies in his life, and has achieved a lot, and even has a lot of status in the circle.

It's just that he is not the most powerful director of commercial films after all, who can capture the love of most audiences and get a high box office.

So he didn't make a lot of money, which could support him to make the movies he really wanted to make.

For most directors, the best treatment is the movie box office dividend.

In other words, I participate in the investment of my own movie and make money after the movie is made.

Wang An has always been very clear that he is better at details and expressing emotions.

He was originally a screenwriter, wrote several good scripts, worked with several directors' crews, and later changed careers to become a director.

"Homecoming" is a story he had thought about several years ago. Although the plot of the story is fictitious, the background is about the past he experienced, that obscure era.

And this subject matter was something he had always wanted to try.

He is not young anymore. Since he got the inspiration for the story of "Returning Home" three years ago, he wrote the script and kept polishing it.

It wasn't until this year that he planned to return to the arena and shoot "Homecoming" as his final work.

However, the implementation of this script is not easy.

First of all, the hidden same-sex plot is the biggest obstacle, and secondly, the times are changing too fast. The most popular thing in the market today is popcorn movies, which are fast-paced and explosive. The most important thing is to be able to capture the mainstream market and make a lot of money.

If a movie does not have enough box office after it is shot, it will undoubtedly be a loss-making business.

Even if you can barely make a loss, you have invested manpower, material and financial resources, and consumed human relationships. You have been busy for a lot of time, but you can't earn half of the money. In the minds of some investors, this is undoubtedly a waste of time.

Wang An's films are indeed guaranteed. Generally, the finished products are good, and it can be said that there is no problem in not losing money, but this time his scripts do not have enough market and the subject matter is limited. Many investors are not optimistic and are unwilling to intervene.

Wang An had no choice but to try his best to get in touch with his former friends. Just when he was a little discouraged, a strange phone call came.

That's when he started to get funding and be able to make the movie he wanted to make.

Also, he got a good recommendation, a good actor who could be in his movie.