James Dean did not have any doubts about this, and arranged for Carlos, who Li Yi had worked with earlier, to serve as the assistant director of the film. He would also help Li Yi form the crew of "Life is Beautiful".
James Dean also wanted to invest in "Life is Beautiful" on behalf of Dean Films, and Li Yi did not refuse this time.
After finishing the "Beautiful Life" matter, Li Yi began to write scripts in retreat.
The previous script was just the simplest outline of the story script. What Li Yi had to do next was to make the director's story script.
at the same time.
Domestic aspect.
When Zhuo Yixiong finished filming the last scene of Li Yi's script, he felt a little numb.
Li Yi left the crew behind and ran away, so he had to take over the crew with two assistant directors.
That's okay, "Heaven Replies" is really the simplest of all Li Yi's movies.
It can be said that there are no special scenes in the whole movie. There are only three main actors. Even if you include the supporting characters, there are only five.
Xu Ding plays the role of grandfather, grandson Chenchen, Chenchen’s good friend Linlin, Chenchen’s mother, and an elderly supporting role.
The plot is also very simple and clear.
It can be said that this kind of movie is more than enough even for the assistant directors of the crew.
But this is Li Yi's movie after all, and Zhuo Yixiong is just a contract worker. But he never expected that the movie was already finished, but the director Li Yi was still missing.
Is there anything more outrageous than this?
But the fact is before our eyes.
Zhuo Yixiong had no choice but to call Li Yi.
"Lao Zhuo, what's wrong?" Li Yi was working on the script of "Life is Beautiful" when he answered the phone.
"Director Li, when will you come back?" Zhuo Yixiong asked.
"What? Is there something wrong with the crew?" Li Yi asked with a frown.
"No, no, it's just that the movie is finished, but if you don't come back, I don't know how the filming went..." Zhuo Yixiong said helplessly.
"Oh? Finished? That's okay. I'm working on a new movie here. Time is tight and I can't leave. How about you just follow my script and just start post-production? Anyway, this movie is very simple.
With your ability, there will be no problem." Li Yi said with a smile.
"No, Director Li, this is your movie. What's going on if you give up and quit?" Zhuo Yixiong said in a dumbfounded voice.
"Hey, this movie was originally an impromptu idea of mine, and the movie itself is very simple. Don't tell me you don't have the confidence to complete it?" Li Yi didn't take it seriously.
The movie "Heaven Replies" is indeed very simple, because in my memory this movie is just a TV movie, so there is nothing too difficult about it.
With Zhuo Yixiong's ability, there is no problem at all.
"By the way, if you are willing, just put your name on it. If it is released, just contact Mr. Mu. As for me, I really can't leave." Li Yi said.
"It's better to say goodbye. Although this was shot with my hands, the storyboards were prepared by you in advance, and the fans don't recognize my name." Zhuo Yixiong immediately shook his head.
He really has no idea of going out on his own.
It's so easy to follow Li Yi. He is not too young, so he naturally knows that the people close to the emperor live a much more comfortable life than the ministers in the outer dynasty.
And he is Li Yi's royal assistant director. No matter if he is a superstar, a movie king or a movie queen, or the boss of a film company, who would not be polite to him?
While Li Yi was working on the script for "Life Is Beautiful" in North America, he was also paying attention to the progress of the film's preparations. At the same time, he also walked around with Xu Nannan from time to time.
Life was quite comfortable.
But back home, Mu Nanxing and Zhuo Yixiong felt a little unsure.
The main reason is that the movie "Heaven Replies" is really too simple, which made them feel a little unconfident.
Especially Zhuo Yixiong, although the movie was shot according to the split-shot script written by Li Yi, the effect was really simple and outrageous. Is this kind of movie really Li Yi's movie?
Especially after watching the finished film, although it looks pretty good, both Zhuo Yixiong and Mu Nanxing are a little unconfident.
But Li Yi obviously won't come back for the time being. They can't shelve the movie and wait for Li Yi to come back, right?
This is not impossible, but Li Yi directly let them watch.
He also said that if it doesn’t work, he can just go to online theaters.
Li Yi doesn't care, but they can't help but care.
After all, Li Yi's importance to the entire Oceanwide Group is self-evident.
Li Yi's movie is in online theaters? Who are you looking down on?
Although Li Yi also had "Lilac" released in online theaters earlier, Li Yi is no longer what he used to be.
Not to mention anything else, those in the physical theater chain are probably going to be blown away.
While Mu Nanxing was frowning, Fang Dongbai said after watching the sample film: "Just invite theater representatives to watch the film."
"This is the only way." Mu Nanxing had no choice but to agree.
It's just that after the invitations to the movie screening were sent out, many theaters were a little confused.
Mainly because "Heaven Replies" can be said to be a simple drama film with only a few main actors, so the filming speed was naturally very fast.
Zhuo Yixiong actually has very high demands here, but it's really easy to not be able to handle the movie.
A single narrative style, a simple story, a simple relationship between characters, and the total shooting time did not exceed one month.
Even if you include post-production, it only takes more than a month, which can be said to be really fast.
As a result, many theater representatives were dumbfounded.
"What's going on? Li Yi's new movie?"
"Isn't "Dark War" released not long ago? It's only been two months, so why is the new movie coming?"
"It couldn't have been taken under the guise of someone else, under Li Yi's name, right?"
"Is it really possible that Li Yi's movie can make no noise at all?"
However, although the theater representatives were very skeptical, after all, they were invited by Oceanwide Films, and even if it was a proxy film, they could not remain indifferent.
The treatment is still of the highest standard, and the theater representatives who go there are all senior representatives of major theater chains.
Then, when they started watching the movie "Heaven Replies", they all looked at each other in shock.
Mainly, it's too simple!
The lens is so clean and simple.
So is the story.
However, the strange thing is that during the movie screening, the theater representatives were extremely quiet.
And after watching the back, each theater representative still felt that this movie simply did not look like Li Yi's handiwork, but it still made them feel a familiar Li Yi style. What style? The ultimate
Sensational, ultimate tear-jerking style!
The final conclusion was that the movie's shots and story were very simple and did not look like Li Yi's style at all, but the context of the story and the movie-watching experience made them feel like a long-lost dog director.
Because the plot was obviously very simple, but it still made them all unable to hold back tears.
