Chapter 43 This script scares the immortals to death!
After finalizing the candidate, Han Zhou needed to stay with Wang Xiya.
On the one hand, we have to wait for the people from "Real Challenge" to come and sign the contract.
On the other hand, we are waiting for the actors’ contracts.
What Han Zhou needs is to sign contracts with everyone immediately and then quickly return to Hengdian to film the movie.
Therefore, there cannot be any unstable factors.
All must be signed now.
If one person cannot come to sign today, he must be replaced immediately.
Just kidding, this movie only took six days to shoot.
The actual shooting time should be about three days.
It still takes two or three days to check for leaks and fill in the gaps, prepare props before shooting, arrange the shooting location, etc.
Soon, Han Zhou welcomed his first actor, a well-known gold-medal veteran actor, a young naughty boy, the protagonist of the movie from twenty to fifty, Zhou Guoqing, who is nearly seventy years old.
Han Zhou has already typed out the script using Wang Xiya's company's printer.
At this time, Wang Xiya was reading Han Zhou's script carefully.
As soon as Zhou Guoqing arrived, he smiled and stretched out his hand: "Young people are scary. I heard that you are only twenty-two years old and you are already a director for the second time. Your first movie will be released on New Year's Day?"
Han Zhou laughed loudly: "Hello, Teacher Zhou, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Zhou Guoqing didn't hesitate and took over the script: "Let me take a look."
Zhou Guoqing is a veteran actor and knows how to read a script very well. It only took him five minutes to read an outline and roughly understand the style and content of the story.
"Tea party, or night talk in the fire pond?"
"This is common in the north, but rare in the south."
"But why is this movie called "The Man from Earth"?"
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment, it was really hard to explain.
The original version is actually called "The Man Came from the Cave", but cave and earth are the same words in English.
When this movie was already successful abroad, it was introduced into China. When the original translator saw the movie, it was a science fiction movie, but when it was translated into "The Man Came from the Cave", it no longer had the meaning of science fiction.
The original English name actually has a strong sense of science fiction. In the English context, the meaning of the man coming from the cave should be 'modern caveman', which immediately makes people think of an ancient human being in a modern environment.
s story.
So the translator in charge of the Chinese-English translation thought for a long time and translated the movie into "This Man is from the Earth". In this way, the meaning of science fiction is very strong.
In essence, there is nothing wrong with him. He is indeed an Earthling.
Han Zhou: "Well, it feels more like science fiction."
In Han Zhou's background setting, the protagonist is called Gu Lang, an ancient human from the Shangshan site in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who was born 11,000 years ago.
If we really had to name it, this movie should be called "The Man Who Climbed the Mountain". This is too nonsense. Not many movie fans across the country know that "Shangshan" is the name of an ancient civilization site.
Don't talk about it. Even in Liangzhu, Longshan and Erlitou, not everyone knows about it. Maybe everyone knows more about Sanxingdui.
But! That was a previous life.
Sanxingdui in this world is far less famous than Sanxingdui in the previous life. Only two pits were excavated in Sanxingdui, while eight pits were dug out in the 22nd year of the previous life (actually nine, one was dug out in the Qing Dynasty, and a large number of jade articles were found and sent to
On the way to the capital, Qing officials from all over the country took advantage of him. In the end, none of the hair sent to the Qing court was lost.)
Therefore, in the end, Han Zhou did not use these ancient ruins as the title of the film.
Zhou Guoqing: "Who is my role?"
"Psychiatrist, Suixin."
Zhou Guoqing nodded and then read the script.
[The 35-year-old Gu Lang, a history professor at Jiangzhe University, resolutely chose to resign after working for ten years. His colleagues came to see him off and expressed their confusion. This is how the story began.
In the seemingly simple house, Wu Daozi's paintings, bows and arrows from the Three Kingdoms, and prehistoric stone knives were decorated. Anthropologists, historians, Chinese scholars, biologists, psychologists and other knowledgeable people gathered in the simple house.
suburban courtyard.
Gu Lang, who claimed to have experienced 11,000 years, blurted out an abbreviated version of the history of human civilization, turning this final gathering from a simple farewell into an academic debate that subverted tradition and tested the audience's ability to think.
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Soon, Zhou Guoqing raised his head and looked at Han Zhou in astonishment: "This movie is going to be a science fiction film in the form of campfire night talk?!"
"Can you still shoot like this?"
Han Zhou smiled and nodded: "As expected of Teacher Zhou, you can see it so quickly."
Zhou Guoqing was confused: "Then why do you have such a design here? The setting of Wu Daozi's painting is wrong. The state does not allow private transactions of paintings before the Song Dynasty."
"In the modern context, this is inconsistent and loopholes."
Han Zhou: "So, what I wrote is that the protagonist said that this painting was a fake painting. The protagonist never admitted that it was a real painting, except this time. Moreover, this painting was passed down, and there was no cultural relic trade."
"The logic is round enough."
Han Zhou spent nine days to completely Chineseize the script, with more than a few changes.
For example, Wu Daozi is also a painting saint in this world.
Although the fellow traveler who overthrew Wu Zetian's rule in the Tang Dynasty changed history, that fellow traveler also knew that Wu Daozi was a future painting saint, so he accepted Wu Daozi's father as his disciple.
Later Wu Daozi became his disciple, and he also deliberately trained Wu Daozi in the direction of a painter.
The Wu Daozi in this world's history is more famous than the Wu Daozi in his previous life, and he is world-famous.
After all, China in this world has almost reached the top of the world in terms of hard power and is on par with the United States, and its soft cultural propaganda is also slightly higher than in previous generations.
The appearance of such a link can quickly bring people into the drama.
Soon, Zhou Guoqing felt the charm of this script and kept asking questions excitedly.
Zhou Guoqing asked many questions, and Han Zhou patiently explained them one by one.
This process took a full three hours.
At the end of the three hours, Zhou Guoqing's eyes widened when he saw the last part: "So, Han Zhou, your character is the father of my Suixin character?!"
It is indeed a bit outrageous for the 70-year-old Zhou Guoqing to play the son of a 20-year-old man in a movie.
However, Zhou Guoqing was only surprised for a moment, and then patted his thigh: "This design is very good!"
"It means that in the end the film confirmed the identity of this man, instead of leaving it blank."
Someone next to me said: "It is indeed wonderful, this script is absolutely amazing!"
On the other side: "Yes, it actually uses dialogue, almost in the form of a drama, to completely show such a science fiction scene. Our domestic science fiction is already relatively weak. This movie may start the science fiction movies in our country."
era!"
China is too pragmatic.
If you are pragmatic, it will be difficult to achieve success in science fiction.
Unless the practitioner's level of genius far exceeds that of the entire era, such as Da Liu.
There are people like this in China today.
But! This does not mean that this kind of person will enter the industry of science fiction writing and science fiction film creation.
There is no shortage of talented people among the 1.4 billion people, but not everyone can find a job that suits their talents. If there are ten science fiction geniuses in the country, then the probability of one of these people entering the science fiction industry is too low.
After all, there are only 200 to 300 people in the entire industry, and 200 to 300 people out of 1.4 billion people happen to include one in 1.4 billion science fiction geniuses, so the probability is about zero.
Everyone was sighing at the script, but Han Zhou and Zhou Guoqing were stunned.
It turns out that the entire cast team is in place!
They were all reading the script together behind the scenes and listening to Han Zhou narrate the script.
He didn't speak at first, but he didn't speak until he finished reading it.
Ye Manyi, a popular actress of her age, looked at Han Zhou with a hint of excitement, half smile, and half curiosity.
"Hello Han Zhou, I am Ye Manyi, your girlfriend in the play."
Han Zhou laughed: "Don't talk about girlfriends, my wife in the play doesn't have a thousand but also has an eight hundred, hahahaha~"
Han Zhou made a rather cold joke.
Ye Manyi also smiled: "But only one of them really appeared in the picture, and the others were just talked about."
"A few of them weren't even mentioned in the script."
Everyone gathered around to get to know Han Zhou.
Han Zhou's script gave them a very strong sense of intimacy.
As an actor, it is very difficult to find a good and suitable script.
Basically, some actors who are relatively particular can't get a drama all year round.
But this time, when the invitation was made, it was Wang Xiya who had considered the candidate who was very suitable for the role. He was already suitable for the role. In addition, after reading the complete script, it was very exciting, even very amazing.
These distinguished gold medal supporting actors are all very excited.
In fact, my addiction to drama has already developed.
When this group of people got together, what they all thought about was: Are you so good at acting? I must be the best.
The youngest among them is Liu Xi, who debuted as a child star and is now in college. She is considered a quasi-second-tier actress who has barely entered the ranks of second-tier actors. However, she has only filmed TV series and never made movies.
To be honest, Liu Xi's role is not outstanding, and even a bit redundant. It is just an adjustment.
But Liu Xi felt that being able to star in this movie would be a very important bargaining chip for him in the future, so he directly said: "Director Han, do you want to sign the contract now? Is filming going to start soon?"
Han Zhou nodded: "Let's sign the contract now. After all the actors have signed, we will leave for Hengdian and start preparations for filming."
"We will prepare for a day or two at most before the official shooting begins."
Wang Xiya next to him took out the contract.
Liu Xi signed it without even looking at it, and then went to get a set of scripts: "Then I'm going to study the lines."
Liu Xi knew that there were many ways for people of Wang Xiya's level to deceive him, and others would not bother to deceive a small character like him, so he directly expressed his attitude.
Others also picked up the contract and read it.
The contract was very simple, but because of the special nature of the film, Han Zhou demanded that if someone quit midway and the film was not shot, he must be compensated ten times the salary.
Because once one person quits, all time and plans for the entire shooting cycle will be almost completely wasted.
After seeing this clause, no one thought much about it.
Originally, there were only six days of filming, and the pay was not high. Ten times the compensation was just two months' pay. For them, it was just gold medal supporting roles in two movies that earned them back.
Moreover, what can happen in a week? There are no schedule conflicts.
So, we signed the contracts one by one.
Wang Xiya: "To be honest, I really want to invest in this movie."
Han Zhou smiled and said: "Put it down. There will definitely be a time when I ask you to invest, but not this one."
This is definitely the first pot of gold to make money, and Han Zhou will not share any profits.
After making his first pot of gold and officially entering the film and television industry, Han Zhou will need Wang Xiya's support and resources.
It will not be too late to cooperate by then.
After signing the contract, Han Zhou and his team quickly booked tickets and flew to Hengdian.
The money for this ticket was paid by Wang Xiya.
Han Zhou had to go back quickly, not just to start filming as soon as possible.
And also because Chen Xiaoyong found an assistant director for Han Zhou!
But Chen Xiaoyong told Han Zhou: If he doesn't come back, deputy director Zhang Jiuquan will run away!
Han Zhou only had one sentence: "Oh! Leave me at New World Entertainment and I'll be right back!"
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When they arrived in Hengdian, Tianle's people came over and took everyone to the hotel Wang Xiya booked for them.
Han Zhou quickly took a taxi back to the company.
Back at the company, Han Zhou saw someone sneaking around and trying to go out.
And Chen Xiaoyong stood at the door in a flash of lightning: "Brother, I'll be back soon! Believe me, I really haven't entered a pyramid scheme! You have to believe me!"
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