Li Yi has always felt that "Train to Busan" is a rare and good movie.
The protagonist is a single father named Shi Yu. He and his daughter Xiu An took the KTX high-speed train to Busan. The zombie virus brought by a girl on the train began to wreak havoc and spread. In an instant, the train fell into disaster.
story.
Li Yi remembers that "Train to Busan" broke the record for the highest number of moviegoers on a premiere day in Korean film history with 870,000 people on its first day of release.
In the end, it set a single-day box office record in Korean film history with 1.28 million viewers.
But Chen Yanyu asked him at this time: "The details of the filming of this movie are all meaningful. It can be said that the fable of class counterattack and moral polarity is used to implement this movie. Is there really a market for this kind of filming?"
Li Yi was silent for a while. He had also thought about this question when he saw the script.
Making reality-critical films has always been a specialty of Korea.
But there are almost no movies with this kind of theme in China, and no one even dares to make it.
After all, if you make a movie like this, you will go to the Mariana Trench!
Li Yi was reluctant to part with such a good script. He looked at Chen Yanyu and said, "I don't know if it will sell well at the box office, but I want to give it a try."
After hearing this, Chen Yanyu nodded and continued to read the script. While reading, she said: "I think this script is quite interesting. For example, the supporting character lends a helping hand to others, and in turn, others just happen to save his own life; and those who have done it for
It’s a very meaningful movie to live by using others as a shield, but in the end you lose your life.”
"Yes, and the character of the protagonist is not perfect. He was originally set up as a bright and capable fund manager of a securities company, but he is also a person who values profits over righteousness. Both his wife and daughter are more and more jealous of such a selfish father.
I’m getting more and more disappointed.”
"However, in this zombie crisis, he only cared about himself and his daughter at the beginning, but later in order to save others, he was bitten by zombies. This is the growth of the protagonist, and each of us has it more or less in our hearts.
There is a dark side, but in the face of great right and wrong, we must always find the original sincerity."
Li Yi said a lot without realizing it, and Chen Yanyu on the side was even fascinated by it.
He then paused and said with a smile: "I think this protagonist is quite similar to me."
After hearing this, Chen Yanyu shook her head, "No, it's different."
Li Yi thought Chen Yanyu would say some nice things, such as you are not confident, he is handsome and has a kind heart.
As a result, Chen Yanyu said coldly: "He has a wife and a daughter, but you are still single."
Li Yi: "..."
Does it have to be a personal attack?
Is it okay that all good people are single?!
After the joke, Chen Yanyu asked Li Yi: "As for the director, who do you want to find?"
"This time I want to try it myself." Li Yi said calmly.
When filming "The Unknown Man" before, he explored a lot of new shooting techniques.
Although "The Unknown" is a low-budget film, it simply uses a multi-line narrative technique and has some black humor.
But this time the filming of "Train to Busan" will definitely be much more difficult.
First of all, when shooting on location, you have to go to multiple stations to capture the real feeling.
In addition, it is necessary to allow the actors to perform smoothly while reducing the need for CG processing.
Li Yi revised the script before and divided a total of about 1,800 scenes into each scene.
He wanted to ensure that only one-third of the shots needed to be shot on the green set in the studio, and then cooperated with post-processing to achieve a realistic feel.
As for the body movements of the infected people shown in the film, Li Yi also needed to find dancers to guide the actors' movement training.
There is so much preliminary work that needs to be done.
But Li Yi knew that this was a rare opportunity.
If this movie is made well, then I can have a certain status in the film industry.
Just one "Unknown Man" is not enough to make yourself famous in the director circle.
Chen Yanyu has always supported Li Yi's decision. She nodded and said, "Then I will immediately arrange manpower to start a project for the film and find actors."
Seeing that Chen Yanyu did not raise any objection, Li Yi thanked him and said, "Thank you. I will try my best to make and act in this movie well."
"What nonsense are you talking about? This company belongs to you, and the script is also yours. You can decide how you want to film it and who to act in it. You are no longer in Huayi." Chen Yanyu gave Li Yi some confidence.
Li Yi sighed and said, "I didn't expect that a small boss like me would have such great power."
Chen Yanyu was speechless and said: "You are still a small boss, do you know that your artistic and beautiful products have become a website that many women in Korea love to visit?"
"Ah?" Li Yi didn't quite understand what this sentence meant.
Chen Yanyu explained with a smile: "I just asked Qiu Haifeng a few days ago, and he said that girls in Korea like the website Yimei Youpin very much, and the sales volume has increased thirty times compared to the opening day of overseas stores!
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Li Yi was quite surprised. He didn't expect that the overseas stores in Korea were getting better and better under the efforts of Qiu Haifeng and others?!
"It seems that when Qiu Haifeng comes back, I will give him some salary."
Li Yi left Guoke Film and Television and prepared to go home.
As soon as he got home, he saw Song Yingying packing her luggage.
Li Yi was a little puzzled, "What's going on?"
"By the way, Sister Fen just called and said that your "The Tuner" was nominated for the Domestic Film Golden Rooster Award, and you were also nominated for the Best Actor Award!" Song Yingying immediately said excitedly.
Li Yi was surprised, "This year's domestic film Golden Rooster Awards have already started?"
"Yes, this year it will be earlier than in previous years, and then Sister Fen asked us to go to Kyoto to attend this film festival to award awards."
Song Yingying took out her mobile phone, clicked on the calendar, and muttered: "Let's go today, then take a rest tomorrow, and join tomorrow night. The time is just right."
Seeing that Song Yingying had already arranged the procedures for the next few days, Li Yi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Sure enough, it would be better to have an assistant around. When I was filming before, well, I had to boil water myself."
Song Yingying rolled her eyes at him, "I want to work hard and be worthy of my salary, so can I pay back the money as soon as possible?!"
Although Li Yi never mentioned when the 200,000 yuan would be returned, Song Yingying was a person who kept accounts clearly and she did not want to take advantage of others.
Although my salary is not high, I pay back some every month and I will be able to pay it off one day.
When Li Yi saw that Song Yingying was determined to pay back his money, he didn't say anything more.
After all, this is Song Yingying's character.
She will argue hard for what she should get, and she will never get an extra point for what she shouldn't get.
Li Yihui will repay her money accordingly and give it to her as a bonus.
In this way, after three or four years, this debt will be offset.
Li Yi snapped his fingers, "Let's go, let's go walk the red carpet!"
Speaking of red carpet shows, Li Yi has done so once before at the Berlin Film Festival.
Although the foreign media were not optimistic about me at that time, after all, it was because I was not well-known, and this was also a normal thing.
But things are different now. I can be considered a popular little star in China.
Anyway, my own film and television drama "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" is currently being aired!
If you don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, then those giants will surely flatter you.
Liu Hong's car has been waiting downstairs of Li Yi's house for a long time.
When Li Yi and Song Yingying appeared in his sight, Liu Hong got out of the car and helped carry their luggage.
The car drove all the way to the airport with almost no traffic jams.
Li Yi was very low-key this time, wearing sunglasses and a mask throughout the whole process, and almost no one around her recognized her.
Just when Li Yi thought that his disguise skills were good, several school girls came from nowhere and walked over excitedly.
But they kept a certain distance from Li Yi and asked weakly: "Are you brother Li Yi?"
Li Yi took off his sunglasses and said with a smile: "What? Is my appearance already so blurry in everyone's minds?"
With this pick, the emotions of the three schoolgirls immediately reached a climax!
"Ahhhh!! It's really true!"
"Oh my god, I've seen living stars!"
Finally, the three of them said in unison: "We are your fans!!"
One of the long-haired student girls took out her notebook and pen from her bag. She asked sheepishly: "Brother Li Yi, can I get an autograph?"
"Of course." Li Yi nodded and took the notebook.
Li Yi feels that signing autographs for fans is a natural thing.
After all, if someone is a fan of you and you don’t even give them an autograph, it’s totally unjustifiable.
After Li Yi signed all three of them, he asked them where they were going next.
Their answer was that they wanted to go to Yundian, see the Erhai Lake, and feel the scenery there.
Li Yi nodded and warned: "Then you should be more careful when traveling."
"Okay, thank you brother Li Yi, goodbye brother Li Yi~"
The three of them saw that they wasted too much time on Li Yi, so they took the initiative to leave.
After the three of them left, Song Yingying said with emotion: "I really want to go to Yundian! I want to see Dali! I want to see Erhai Lake."
Li Yi patted her head and said, "What are you thinking? There is no word travel in the dictionary of adults! There is only life! Work hard!"
Song Yingying pursed her lips and said "oh".
But she didn't know that Li Yi remembered Song Yingying's little wish.
Soon, the plane flew to Kyoto.
When we landed in Kyoto, the film festival staff were waiting outside the airport early.
When they saw Li Yi coming out, they immediately greeted him and said, "Hello, Mr. Li Yi, we are the organizers of the Film Golden Rooster Awards. My name is Xiao Cheng."
"Hello." Li Yi smiled and nodded.
After Li Yi got in the car, he made a phone call to Zhang Tianai.
"Hey, senior brother, have you arrived in Kyoto?"
As soon as the call was connected, Zhang Tianai asked anxiously.
Li Yi responded: "Here we are, where are you."
"Here we are, hehe."
This time, Zhang Tianai, as the lead actor in "The Tuner", can also participate in this Golden Rooster Film Festival.
Although she was not nominated for the Best Actress Award, she was very satisfied to be able to attend such a big occasion.
"Senior brother, I read on the Internet that there are many delicious foods in Kyoto, such as the 13 specialties of old Kyoto, pea yellow, donkey rolling..."
Li Yi couldn't help but interrupt her: "You came to Kyoto just to eat?"
"That's right! If a person doesn't do it for food, then wouldn't she be a salted fish?" Zhang Tianai affirmed.
After hearing this, Li Yi actually felt that it made sense!!
