The two went downstairs, and Liu Yifei handed the attachment of the real estate certificate form to her mother. After her mother took it, Liu Yifei specifically pointed to her name in the co-owner column.
Liu Xiaoli looked down and raised her eyebrows. She raised her head and looked at Chu Xuan who was walking over. She blinked with a soft look in her eyes, but without saying much, she took off the bag from her shoulder and put the form in her eyes.
Fold it and put it away.
After everything was done, everyone went out with Manager Qi seeing them off.
It takes some time to apply for the real estate certificate, and it also takes a certain amount of time for the formaldehyde in the villa to evaporate. The developer will be responsible for these. Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, and Liu Xiaoli only need to wait for the move-in notice.
"Going to Star City tomorrow?" Wang Jinhua asked. It was a little cold outside, so she put the scarf she took off back on.
"When I came in the morning, I contacted the Mango Channel New Year's Eve party program team. I will go tomorrow." Liu Xiaoli said, slinging her bag on her right shoulder and putting her hands in her pockets.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei sang the song "Sword of Immortality" when they were recording the song in Shenghai Recording Studio last year. It has been more than a year now. They usually neither sing nor listen to it, so they have almost forgotten the lyrics.
The two of them have never taken on a commercial performance, nor have they ever sang on a formal stage. This New Year's Eve party on Mango Channel will be their debut.
Otherwise the stage effect will be ruined, so we need to rehearse more in advance.
"Sing well, I will watch your performance on TV then."
After walking out of the community, Wang Jinhua said something and reached out to open the passenger door of the commercial vehicle. Zhang Jizhong and Yu Min got into another car.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei walked towards the nanny car. After hearing Wang Jinhua's words, they smiled and nodded.
After returning home, she ate a lot at the hotel at noon. She was not too hungry, so Liu Xiaoli just made two dishes and one soup to fill the stomachs of the family of three.
Watching TV on the sofa for an hour or two, Chu Xuan received a call from the production team of "Zhu Xian" during this period. After listening to the report, he heard that everything was normal. Chu Xuan told Liu Yifei that the two of them also
I felt relieved.
They had to catch a flight tomorrow morning, and at Liu Xiaoli's urging, the two of them 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 moon was accompanied.
Chu Xuan was nestled in the quilt, lying sideways facing the window. The moonlight shining on the quilt was much dimmer compared with the bright white light of the mobile phone.
Chu Xuan was lying on the pillow, keeping warm under the quilt with his left hand, and pressing the buttons on his mobile phone with his right hand. The lyrics of "Fairy Sword" were displayed on the screen.
After reading it several times, his memory of the lyrics was deepened. He turned off his phone, put it under his 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 to prepare and post-produce a work. Now he has less than seven months to hand over the work. Time is running out, so he must seize the time to get it done.
Since he and Liu Yifei chose a micro-film as their graduation work, they first had to think of a theme and a story.
Regardless of his and Liu Yifei's popularity or his capital status, his and Liu Yifei's graduation works will definitely attract the attention of the whole school and even the industry.
Therefore, the micro-movie must be a good story, a not bad story, and it must even achieve a not bad effect.
No one hopes that the final graduation project they submit after four years of college is bad, and the same is naturally true for him and Liu Yifei.
But what kind of micro-movie should you make?
Chu Xuan was thinking, and just at this moment, the door was pushed open.
A figure appeared at the door and was caught in the peripheral vision by Chu Xuan, who had just turned over.
Liu Yifei closed the door, walked quietly to the bed, took off her shoes and got under the quilt. Chu Xuan stretched out his arms and hugged her, and she lay softly in Chu Xuan's arms.
She probably suffered some cold, so she lay in Chu Xuan's arms for a while before speaking.
"I was just thinking about the micro-movie," she said.
"What a coincidence, so am I." Chu Xuan said.
Liu Yifei pursed her lips, such a tacit understanding made her smile slightly.
"How about making a short film about youth?" she asked, which was also a suggestion.
"Why do you think so?" Chu Xuan asked.
Liu Yifei stretched out her hand under the quilt, slid along Chu Xuan's arm around her waist, touched Chu Xuan's palm and clasped her fingers together. She didn't know why Chu Xuan's hand was always so warm, in this winter.
It's very comfortable to hold.
"We are of the right age," she said.
Chu Xuan lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then put the hand she held between their necks to prevent her from feeling uncomfortable.
"Given our two ages, it's appropriate to make a youth-themed short film, but it's too conservative and won't give us any surprises," he said.
"Then what do you think?" Liu Yifei didn't take it seriously when her proposal was rejected. Instead, she expected Chu Xuan to come up with a better idea.
Chu Xuan loosened his hand that was tightly clasped with hers, pulled the quilt up to cover her more tightly, and then clasped Liu Yifei's hand with her again, with a look of silent contemplation on his face.
Without interrupting, Liu Yifei extended her free right hand to touch Chu Xuan's forehead, which was also her habitual act of intimacy.
Chu Xuan thought for a moment, perhaps influenced by his recent experience, dealing with the special effects team of "Zhu Xian" every day and talking about special effects, which gave him an idea.
"Making science fiction," he said.
Liu Yifei stared. There are no science fiction movies on the domestic market, right?
She didn't know if it existed, but she had never heard of it.
There seems to be no actor in China who has acted in science fiction movies, right?
In this case...
"Okay!" she said happily.
She just likes to do things that others have never done before. She doesn’t know how difficult it is to make a science fiction movie. Anyway, she is very excited when she hears the word science fiction.
Seeing how happy she was, Chu Xuan couldn't help but raise his chin and kiss her.
The arm being pillowed was a little sore. Chu Xuan moved slightly. Liu Yifei responded by raising her head slightly. After Chu Xuan adjusted the posture of her arm, she lowered her head again.
"No objection?" Chu Xuan smiled.
Liu Yifei looked charming and shook her head repeatedly.
"I like science fiction," she said.
Just like that, the theme of the micro-movie was decided after just one or two simple exchanges.
"When shooting science fiction, you have to think of 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, but it's science fiction?" Liu Yifei muttered.
In her impression, scenes like Star Wars, Alien, and Resident Evil were very grand and shocking to look at.
Since she wants to make science fiction, she also wants to pursue this effect, even if it is just a short film.
Moreover, if a micro-movie can have a shocking effect, then her and Chu Xuan's graduation film will be a solid one.
"You want to make a blockbuster so much?" Chu Xuan said, and he couldn't help laughing at Liu Yifei's murmur that she obviously wanted to make a blockbuster.
Liu Yifei blinked: "As an actor or a young actor, who doesn't want to make a blockbuster?"
The next moment, she added: "But none of the blockbusters on the market hire young actors."
Chu Xuan nodded slightly.
When he was at the company before, he and Liu Yifei looked at the information collected by the company about the domestic film market.
It is obvious that from the turn of the millennium to 2005, none of the leading actors in the blockbuster movies that were well-received and successful at the box office was young.
The top three box-office movies of the millennium are starring seniors such as Ge You and Zhang Guoli.
The top three box office movies in 2001 were also made by Ge You and Cheng Long.
Until 2005, Xu Ke's "Seven Swords" starred Li Ming and Zhen Zhidan; "Myth" starred Cheng Long and Liang Jiahui; including the upcoming "The Promise", starring Zhang Dongjian and Zhang Baizhi.
They are all seniors, 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. Even if young actors audition, they will only audition 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 are not too young, so it is naturally inappropriate for young actors to play them.
As for why the heroes and heroines are set to be in their thirties or forties, or even older, that's because the film producers are hesitant about whether young actors can support the protagonists or even the entire movie.
After all, in the current movie market, movies starring young actors around the age of 20 have yet to succeed at the box office.
As for art films?
Forget it, in Chu Xuan's opinion, Liu Yifei has a face for filming blockbusters, and if she shoots literary and artistic films about human suffering or realistic themes, the audience may become upset every minute.
This girl doesn't look miserable or ordinary at all.
"If those blockbusters don't invite young actors like us to star, then we can create our own and set the age of the male and female protagonists to around 20 years old." Chu Xuan said.
If Liu Yifei hadn't told her, he wouldn't have given much thought to movies yet.
After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that if he and Liu Yifei wanted to make blockbusters, there would be no script in China that would allow them to play the male and female protagonists at the same time.
Even if there is, it is a martial arts with repetitive routines.
Moreover, he never thought about competing for resources with people in the circle.
There is a bright era, and resources can be created by oneself.
"I think so too." Liu Yifei 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 film an urban drama next year, if the urban drama receives a good response, then unless there are special circumstances, she and Chu Xuan will enter the film industry and no longer film TV series.
If you want to enter the film industry, what kind of movies will you make?
She and Chu Xuan have just analyzed it. Judging from the domestic blockbuster movies, there is probably no movie in which she and Chu Xuan can be the male and female protagonists.
If not, then be original.
"By the way, didn't you say that "Twilight" is suitable for adaptation?" Liu Yifei said playfully.
"Without an adaptation, the whole "Twilight Saga" has a Western background, and Chinese faces will star in such a movie. Whoever plays the role will be criticized, and both sides will not be pleased." 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 from overseas markets, but we have to wait.
Let’s discuss it after the company develops.” Liu Yifei nodded.
With Chu Xuan's original proposal and the company spending money, the global film and television adaptation rights of the two novels were now obtained by the company, but were sealed by the people in the project department because the time had not come yet.
Although the male and female protagonists of "The Twilight Saga" are quite suitable for her and Chu Xuan to play, as Chu Xuan said, if Chinese faces are filming a movie with a Western background, and the male and female protagonists are the male and female protagonists, no matter how good the film is, there is a high chance that they will be rejected.
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The difference between Chinese and Western cultures is destined to be a gap that is temporarily difficult to bridge in terms of the current film and television drama market.
"I mean, you said before that you wanted to change "The Twilight Saga" into a Chinese Liaozhai version." Liu Yifei said.
I heard from Chu Xuan and Sister Hua that it was director Chen Kaige's idea to change "The Twilight Saga" into a Chinese Liaozhai version.
If you want to achieve this, you need to Chineseize all the Western elements in this novel.
When she heard it, she found it very interesting.
"Instead of adapting and Chineseizing a completely Western story, it is better to borrow some elements and create something original. The characters of the male and female protagonists are tailor-made according to our age, body shape, appearance, and acting skills." Chu Xuan said.
Tailor-made?...Liu Yifei's eyes lit up, "Then we also want to participate."
Chu Xuan nodded and said: "It's necessary. We can wait until the filming of "Zhu Xian" is finished. We need to discuss it in detail with the screenwriters and teachers."
Liu Yifei nodded repeatedly, "Since this is the case, then the micro-movie must be an original science fiction film, and we can also set the male and female protagonists ourselves."
Chu Xuan hugged Liu Yifei, and Liu Yifei's head resting on Chu Xuan's arm moved closer.
"For a science fiction film, first consider whether it is hard science fiction? Or soft science fiction? Or plot science fiction? Or suspense science fiction?" he said.
"Get rid of the hard science fiction first, the level is not enough." Liu Yifei 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 contents of those foreign science fiction blockbusters are basically wild imagination, or special effects production based on theoretical knowledge and imagination without theoretical logic.
Compared with foreign countries, the domestic science fiction film market is still very scarce.
This is also one of the reasons why Chu Xuan wants to make a science fiction micro-movie.
"No matter what kind of science fiction it is, we need to figure out the basic story framework first, and at least have a story background so that we can better think about the characters." Chu Xuan said.
"What is the background of the story? The end of the world? Interstellar war? Traveling through time and space?" Liu Yifei said several suggestions in succession.
Chu Xuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "I have quite a lot of ideas."
"That's right." Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows proudly.
"Go to Star City and come up with a story as much as possible during these days. Let Brother Liu help us check it out when we get back." Chu Xuan yawned: "Go to bed, I have to catch a flight tomorrow."
Liu Yifei blinked: "Let me go, I'm going back to my room to sleep."
Chu Xuan's left hand tightened and hugged Liu Yifei. He released his right hand that was tied to her, went around her waist and caressed her back.
"You're here and you want to leave? Impossible." He closed his eyes and said.
Seeing that he was pretending to be asleep and not letting go, the corners of Liu Yifei's mouth gradually turned up, she stretched out her hand to pinch his nose, then slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep in his arms.