Chapter 63 Director Guo is in a good mood these days
Liu Cixin, the original author of Little Broken Ball, believes that when Chinese people make science fiction films, they not only lack technology, funds, and experience, but what they lack most is actually the feeling of science fiction.
This sentence makes sense, because in the past few decades, few science fiction films have appeared in the history of Chinese cinema.
Even science fiction novels are rarely attempted, which is why Liu Cixin's collection of works is so rare and valuable.
He may not be the first person to take the path of science fiction, but he is definitely the first person to try it.
However, it is not enough to simply catch the crab in the field of novels. The inspired Chinese science fiction people must also strive to be the first to catch the crab in the broader field of film.
Guo Fan is one of them.
Guo Fan's biggest advantage over other directors is that he has this rare sci-fi sentiment.
"Terminator 2" released in 1991 planted the seed of science fiction in Guo Fan's heart. The reason why he chose to become a director was influenced by "Terminator 2", so it can be said that he made movies
The ultimate goal is to make a science fiction film.
First of all, he made a preliminary attempt at science fiction in his debut novel "The Adventures of Li Xianji".
Then in the second work "My Deskmate", a youth romance film, I also tried some fantasy things, but it was later cut.
These two movies were actually an accumulation of his directing experience. As soon as he saw that he was almost done with the leveling, he immediately went abroad to study, and then came back and started preparing for this little movie.
The embarrassing thing is that science fiction movies are really too expensive...
So far, as far as Lin Qingyuan knows, the film has already exceeded budget twice during the entire production process, and the production cost has been increasing again and again.
Every time Guo Fan contacted the boss of the investment company because of the need to increase film production costs, he felt very anxious and ashamed.
But fortunately, the situation has improved in the past few days, and the reserve funds are suddenly sufficient.
"So will Teacher Wu Jing come?" Lin Qingyuan and Guo Fan sat next to the monitor, chatting while eating lunch.
This protective suit was too heavy and thick, making it inconvenient for Lin Qingyuan to simply eat a packed lunch, just like an injured person recovering from an injury.
"Yes, Brother Jing is coming in November! He has almost finished the finishing work of Wolf Warrior 2 recently." Guo Fan couldn't control the joy on his face.
After all, the arrival of Wu Jing not only means that this movie has an actor who can truly carry the box office, but also means that additional investment in Little Breaking Ball has been secured.
"so good..."
Lin Qingyuan was a little envious.
It's not that he's envious of "Wolf Warrior 2"'s astonishing box office of 5.6 billion, which is his skill, but that Wu Jing can enter the market as a latecomer and invest.
It's not like he is not even qualified to enter the market. Unless there are capital companies that can suddenly withdraw their capital like Yida, providing him with an opportunity to fill the capital gap, otherwise he really has money and no place to spend it.
However, Nezha seems to have a very low barrier to entry, so I can try this movie...
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While waiting for the scene, Zhao Jinmai held the high school English textbook and leaned next to Lin Qingyuan to recite the vocabulary text carefully. This month she officially left her original status as a junior high school student and was promoted to a key high school in her hometown.
, and became a glorious high school student.
Although she missed the opening ceremony and military training due to filming, she still needed to make up for the missed lessons through her own efforts, but she didn't have the mood to continue memorizing it before long.
It's not that she doesn't like studying, but it's just too difficult to find time to study between filming. There are too many things around her that distract her, not to mention that after wearing a 60-pound special protective suit for a whole day of filming, the actor
I am already very tired, so it is really difficult to read the book when I am exhausted both physically and mentally.
“I really can’t carry it in anymore!”
"If you can't memorize it, then don't memorize it. You shouldn't memorize words when you are so tired. Let's rest for a while." Lin Qingyuan comforted the anxious girl.
"But I haven't attended a single class since the beginning of high school..." Zhao Jinmai also has her own reasons for anxiety. It's been more than half a month since school started, but she hasn't even been to school once. Indeed,
It will make people panic.
Zhao Jinmai looked at Lin Qingyuan who was playing on his mobile phone and sighed secretly.
It would be great if I could be like my brother and don’t have to go to school. I haven’t even met my teacher for more than half a month since school started. There’s no one better than me...
So when will this movie be finished?
"By the way, my next movie has been decided, and it will probably start filming in December this year." Lin Qingyuan knew that she was flustered, so naturally he would not talk more about the original topic.
"In December this year?" Zhao Jinmai wondered: "Does this mean that after you finish filming this film, you will immediately go to the next crew to catch up, and you don't have to go to school?"
Lin Qingyuan was embarrassed: "You know, Nortel encourages students to go out and practice, and I am already a junior..."
"It seems that Nortel is still comfortable, but I heard that it's not so easy to ask for leave at China Film and Television." Zhao Jinmai put the English book into the small school bag she brought to the set.
"Then do you prefer Nortel, which is easy to ask for leave, or Chinese drama, which is hard to ask for leave?" Lin Qingyuan took her schoolbag and put it in a clean place, and asked casually.
"Thank you, brother, I should..." Zhao Jinmai thought carefully for a while but still couldn't get an accurate answer. After all, it's still too early to talk about this kind of thing. As the saying goes, plans can't keep up with changes, and the goals set now may be possible at any time in the future.
Subject to change based on actual circumstances.
"It's okay. I just asked casually. It depends on your own ideas whether you should choose Nortel or China National Theater. Both schools have their own advantages. I can't tell you which one is better."
Zhao Jinmai suddenly remembered a piece of gossip news she saw on the Internet last night and asked: "By the way, brother, are you really related to sister Ju Jingyi?"
"What are you talking about?" Lin Qingyuan frowned, not understanding why she would ask such a question.
"I saw someone on Weibo last night who broke the news that you and she were in love because of drama, and there are photos!" Zhao Jinmai carefully looked around, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to them, he moved closer to Lin Qingyuan.
He asked in a low voice: "Brother, I'm a little curious. Is this true?"
"Why are you so gossipy? Of course this is false." Lin Qingyuan shook his head and laughed. He guessed that what Mai Mai saw was probably celebrity scandals fabricated by unscrupulous media for the sake of traffic and clicks.
This kind of baseless but very interesting stuff he often watches when he is free and bored. After all, some of it is quite interesting, but he stopped watching it later.
Not because of anything else, but because whenever he sees the master of the Eight Diagrams appearing in front of him, he can't help but think about some random things in his mind, which makes him a little a little bit confused when communicating normally with others.
Not very natural.
"Okay, I believe you!"
Zhao Jinmai smiled, seemingly happy that Lin Qingyuan was honest with him.
"Um, thank you..." He was a little confused.
After the two chatted for a few words, Lin Qingyuan's assistant Xia Xin came over: "Brother Lin, come here."
Lin Qingyuan glanced at Zhao Jinmai and saw her smiling and waving her hands: "Brother, go ahead. I can just memorize the words quietly after you leave."