The script Li Qing assigned to Zhu Rongjie was about music, which was relatively niche, but it had achieved relatively outstanding results in his previous life.
In Japan and South Korea, the influence of this movie has been ranked among the top ten Chinese-language films.
Especially in South Korea, this movie has been re-released, with more than 100,000 people mobilized, and has been remade many times. It also scored an unprecedented 9.27 points on the film review website, with nearly 40,000 people rating it. It once became the entire
It is the highest-rated movie in South Korea, and the music in the movie even ranks TP5 on the Korean music chart. It has aroused strong reactions in South Korea, with many discussants, and is hailed as the Jay Chou phenomenon by the media.
""The Secret That Cannot Be Told"?"
When Zhang Ye handed the script to Zhu Rongjie, for some reason, Zhu Rongjie's heart seemed to burn when he saw the name of the script. He was so hot that he couldn't help but take off his coat, and then said to himself
: "Oh, spring is here!"
Yes, spring is here!
He wished Rongjie a happy spring.
"The Untold Secret" was written by Li Qing himself and cost nearly NT$40 million, about 8 million yuan, and Zhu Rongjie will be the male lead!
The director is Meng Haochu, a famous Taiwanese artistic film director.
"The director and the leading actor have been decided."
Zhang Ye knocked on the table and said with a smile: "As for the other actors in the play, Meng Haochu will host an audition across Taiwan, including first-line actors and new actors. As long as they are suitable, they can participate."
Zhu Rongjie didn't say anything. He was already attracted by the synopsis of the movie "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable".
When he saw the male protagonist Ye Xianglun, Zhu Rongjie suddenly felt an innate kindness. He muttered the name while continuing to look down.
Ye Xianglun and his father are dependent on each other. His father is the academic director of Tamkang Art Middle School.
Ye Xianglun was nurtured by his father since he was a child and has extraordinary musical talent.
This day was the first day that Ye Xianglun transferred to Tamkang Arts Middle School. When he visited the campus with his classmate Qingyi, he was suddenly attracted by a piece of mysterious piano music.
Driven by curiosity, Ye Xianglun followed the guidance of the piano music and walked through the long corridor to an old piano room. Through the door and window, he saw a girl with a delicate appearance who was playing mysterious piano music.
A refined girl, her name is Xiaoyu.
Although the two did not talk, there was a subtle feeling on both sides as their eyes met.
In this way, a beautiful love story begins.
When Xianglun asked about the mysterious music they heard in the century-old piano room when they first met, Xiaoyu replied: "This is a secret that cannot be told."
Afterwards, the two fell in love.
But Ye Xianglun always felt that Xiaoyu was full of mystery, but could not understand her further.
Until one day, Ye Xianglun asked Xiao Yu to meet in the piano room. Because his eyes were closed, Ye Xianglun thought his classmate Qingyi was Xiao Yu. When he was kissing Qingyi, he was seen by Xiao Yu outside the window...
From then on, Ye Xianglun never saw Xiao Yu again.
He searched for Xiao Yu everywhere, and through various clues, Ye Xianglun finally discovered the whole truth about the "unspeakable secret" that Xiao Yu said...
When he saw the truth revealed at the end of the script, Zhu Rongjie felt the cold wind blowing from the back of his head, then his whole body went numb and he shivered subconsciously.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Ye looked curiously.
Zhu Rongjie said blankly: "Brother Ye, have you read this script?"
"I haven't had time to take a closer look."
Zhang Ye said with a smile: "But after a quick glance, it feels like a campus love story of high school students. The plot is a bit bland, but it doesn't matter. After all, it is a musical-themed literary film!"
Zhu Rongjie asked: "You haven't finished reading it, have you?"
"What's wrong?" Zhang Ye said in surprise: "It's not a romance movie?"
"It's a romance movie, but I feel like it's a bit like a ghost movie."
Zhu Rongjie trembled again and said with a wry smile: "It's really another village with a bright future. This heroine turned out to be someone from twenty years ago. She came to twenty years later through a piano and met the hero..."
"People from twenty years ago?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Ye took the script in surprise, opened it and started watching it alone.
After a long while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The previous plot is unremarkable. People of my age will feel drowsy after watching it, but the subsequent plot is completely jaw-dropping. Through
A piano connects twenty years of time and space. Ajie, this is also a big challenge for you! How to attract the audience to watch further requires the acting skills of the actors to support it, especially for this movie.
Those piano fighting scenes in the film, such as four-handed playing, are a great test for the actors’ basic piano skills!”
"It's hard to say about my acting skills, but I'm not worried about my basic piano skills..."
Zhu Rongjie smiled and said: "I have been practicing piano since I was four years old. I can play any difficult piece of music."
Zhang Ye nodded, then took another look at the script and said with emotion: "As expected of Li Qing, he is really good at time-travel-themed movies."
"How do you say that?" Zhu Rongjie asked curiously.
Zhang Ye smiled and said: "Have you seen "Looking for Qin"? The originator of time travel..."
Zhu Rongjie nodded: "Of course I have seen it! This film is also very popular in Taiwan, and the TV series version has been broadcast many times in Taiwan! It is a well-known work."
Zhang Ye hummed and then added: "Aside from "The Legend of the Qin", "A Chinese Journey to the West" is also a time-travel movie. The Supreme Treasure travels back five hundred years ago..."
After Zhang Ye's reminder, Zhu Rongjie suddenly opened his eyes wide, hehe, it's really true!
"Looking for Qin" and "Journey to the West", as well as this "Secret That Cannot Be Tellable", have the same thing in common: time travel!
Time travel, time travel again!
"The boss really has a soft spot for time-travel-themed stories."
Zhu Rongjie said with a smile: "However, this is not a bad joke, because each subject is different. "The Story of Qin" travels back to the Warring States Period, "Westward Journey" travels back to the mythical era, and "The Untold Secret"
It’s modern time travel…”
Before Zhu Rongjie finished speaking, the phone in front of his desk rang.
Zhang Ye answered casually.
After a while, Zhang Ye said to Zhu Rongjie: "Meng Haochu is here."
Meng Haochu is a famous literary film director in Taiwan. He has been in the business for seven years and has won many film awards. Although there is some gap in fame and ability with top-tier directors such as Wang Jiachen, Liu Weilin, and Jiang Chendong, he still has a good reputation.
After receiving the commission from Legendary Pictures this time, Meng Haochu was a little flattered when he learned that he would direct Li Qing's new script.
In the industry, it is well known that Li Qing's scripts are even sought after by big-name directors such as Jiang Chendong and Liu Weilin. Unexpectedly, sitting alone at home, I am blessed from heaven.
Meng Hao was so shocked at first when this huge pie smashed down that he is still a little confused now.
After repeatedly confirming that Legendary Pictures was a film company under the Hanhai Group, Meng Haochu excitedly accepted the commission and agreed on a time to go to Julu Records to meet the actor.
Like Zhu Rongjie, after watching "The Secret That Cannot Be Telled", Meng Haochu excitedly slapped his thigh three times in a row: "What a script!"
When he learned that the script had an investment of more than NT$40 million, Meng Hao's heart started to twitch a little, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt it was reasonable.
It stands to reason that the investment in literary and artistic films is generally not large. If you can have NT$10 million, you are considered top-notch.
Of course, if you hire big-name actors, the investment is another matter.
But "The Untold Secret" obviously won't use big-name actors. In Meng Haochu's opinion, the reason why this movie has so much investment is mainly because of the special effects.
As we all know, nowadays, special effects are still quite expensive. If you want to achieve the tornado-like special effects scene described in the script, judging from the current domestic special effects production capabilities, it is obviously beyond the capabilities, so the later stage of the film must be
I have to ask the Americans to make it.
In this way, NT$40 million is a conservative budget.