Chapter five hundred and forty-ninth love has an afterlife
Thirty-six years old, thin, fresh, and with a soft voice, but inexplicably a bit strong. It's not aggressive or arrogant, but something natural, beautiful and majestic.
Her name is Yu Feihong. Because she once worked as a teacher at Nortel, she is usually called Teacher Yu.
She was introduced by Wang Xiaoshuai. Director Xiaoshuai was recruited back to the system and made his first movie called "Dream Pastoral". She was the female lead in the film.
He Xin has watched this movie. Among Wang Xiaoshuai's many works, it can only be considered of average quality, and the teacher's performance does not seem to be anything brilliant.
In fact, his impression of Feihong came more from the various photos he saw on the Internet in his previous life touting the age-old goddess. But to be honest, the authenticity of those photos with layers of filters and various retouchings on the Internet in later generations must be
There has to be a big question mark.
However, Teacher Yu who appeared in front of him at this time still surprised him a little.
Although she has somewhat disappeared on the big or small screen in recent years, He Xin has still heard many legends about her. For example, she was born in a scholarly family; she has been abroad and worked in Hollywood; and there is that famous old man in the capital.
In the Men's Gang, the group favorite on the surface is Xu Jinglei, but behind the scenes it's people like her.
What Wang Xiaoshuai said on the phone at the beginning was relatively simple, that is, Teacher Yu wanted to find him.
It's just that he didn't expect...
"Are you the director?"
He looked at the beautiful woman in front of him in surprise, wearing a slightly tight white shirt and denim cropped pants.
To be honest, there are many actors who invest in movies and become producers these days, but it is really rare to say that they become directors. It is also the first time that an actress wants to transform into a female director, except for Xu Jinglei.
explain.
Could it be that the women favored by the old men's circle in the capital have a desire to be "talented women", whether openly or behind the scenes, or are they incompatible with each other?
The profession of director requires a master of all kinds of literature, aesthetics, art, and various techniques. It also requires high professional requirements and professional qualities.
These days, the threshold for becoming a director is still very high. In later generations, cats and dogs can all become directors, or there are more than a dozen assistant directors under their command, which has not yet become popular.
As soon as He Xin's words came out, he knew that there was something rude about the beauty, and he said hurriedly and apologetically: "I'm sorry, Teacher Yu, I just feel a little surprised."
"It doesn't matter, this is indeed my first time as a director."
But Yu Feihong didn't mind at all. He brushed his long, silky hair, then took out the script and a large pile of storyboards he had completed himself from his bag. He looked at him sincerely and said, "I have prepared ten minutes for this movie."
In 2017, I knew that I didn’t have any film skills to show off, but this ghost story about people entangled in love and hate in past lives moved me, and I wanted to film it honestly. I believe that only by moving the creator can others be moved.
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He Xin did not turn over the script, but first picked up the storyboard and read it. From his critical point of view, the painter's work was average, and there seemed to be a faint air of pretentiousness among literary youths.
Since last year, he has deliberately slowed down his work pace. On the one hand, this is because so far, the salary + stock market + property market gains have allowed him to initially achieve financial freedom, without the pressure of "being afraid of being poor".
On the other hand, he wants to make some movies that he wants to make. For example, he is craning his neck and waiting for the novel "The Wind" to be released.
If it weren't for Wang Xiaoshuai's greeting, he would definitely have rejected Teacher Yu at first. He had never even heard of "Love Has an Afterlife" in his previous life. Moreover, Teacher Yu has transformed from an actor into a director, and this is still his debut film.
It feels unreliable.
Yu Feihong may have been mentally prepared, knowing that his first directing was not very convincing. Seeing his lackluster reaction, he started with the story, hoping to impress the other person through a beautiful and sad love story.
In her opinion, He Xin, who has acted in many literary films, should be an artistic young man.
Literary young people are usually very emotional!
Yu Feihong was talking and He Xin was listening.
The speaker is full of emotion and the listener is serious.
To be full of emotions is really to be full of emotions, but to listen carefully is a kind of seriousness in etiquette.
This is a story in the late Qing Dynasty. There is a pair of brothers who are the leaders of a group of horse thieves. The younger brother is called A Ming, and he is the male protagonist. One day, he meets a woman named Ah Jiu. He likes her and takes her back to the village.
Ah Jiu seems to hate him very much and has always been taciturn. Even though the two of them got married, it didn't get better. A Ming is not discouraged and just wants to resolve the other's resentment with sincerity.
After a year like this, A Ming suddenly realized that no matter how hard he tried, he could not change the status quo. Frustrated, he chose to become a monk.
Ah Jiu followed him inexplicably and stayed in a broken house outside the temple, making tea and cooking for him every day. Another day, his brother was suddenly ambushed and fled to the temple, where he was seriously injured and died. Following closely, another group
Horse thieves surrounded the temple, and their leader was Ah Jiu's brother.
The parents of this brother and sister were killed by A Ming's brother. They endured the humiliation for many years and planned to take revenge today. But A Jiu had fallen in love with A Ming and insisted on seeking death. They made a promise: We will meet again in the next life.
Later, during the Republic of China, a couple moved here, and the wife looked exactly like Ah Jiu. Under the ginkgo tree in the temple, A Ming turned into a ghost and had been waiting for fifty years...
He Xin roughly understood it. If he could sum up the hero of this story in three sentences:
He is a ghost.
He is a monk.
He has been waiting for a woman for fifty years.
And this story is probably a Chinese version of "The Love between Ghosts and Humans".
After Yu Feihong had a long speech, he looked at him with big eyes.
He Xin was so embarrassed that he was embarrassed to look at her. It was the first time that he saw a thirty-six-year-old woman with the clear eyes of a sixteen-year-old girl. He even guessed that the other party had lived in a privileged environment since she was a child.
, and then I was cared for all the way until now. I am carefree and worry-free, and then I have such great courage.
"Oh, you have tea!"
"Thanks!"
Yu Feihong's mouth was indeed a little dry, so he picked up the cup and drank in small sips.
As she said, she had been preparing for this play for nearly ten years. In the late 1990s, she came up with the idea of adapting her favorite novel "Ginkgo Ginkgo" into a movie.
From the beginning, I hired someone to adapt it, but when I was not satisfied with the script, I then learned to write the script, draw storyboards, and then to directing techniques and camera use. I just pondered over it little by little, and it was not until the end of the year before last that I completed the draft.
The next step is to find investors. Even if she is a secret group favorite in the Beijing circle, real money is not that easy to find. Moreover, she is a bit silly and sweet, and cannot talk too much. She can only tell stories and sell feelings to others.
Anyone who knows the industry knows that literary and artistic films like this will not do very well at the box office. Unless it is directed by a great director like Guo Shi, Director Chen. For a fledgling female director like her, people really don’t have confidence.
Maybe she didn't know how to "pay", so she went round and round and took more than a year to find the sponsor. But they were unwilling to pay more.
Since the director doesn't have enough weight, he can only find big-name stars.
It's very simple. If you want to invest in a film, the employer will not only look at the feasibility of the script, but also look at the quality of the director and actors to see if they can handle the box office.
Just like when Feng Xiaogang made his first transformation, from making joke movies to making his first real drama movie "A World Without Thieves", why did he use Andy Lau and milk tea? To put it bluntly, he didn't have enough confidence in himself, so he had to rely on big-name stars.
"A World Without Thieves" has a box office of over 100 million. He has proven himself and boasts that he is one of the "Top Three Directors in Mainland China" along with Guo Shi and Director Chen. He will have enough confidence to shoot "Assembly", which has a huge investment.
He has been following his little brother for many years.
Because he is confident enough that with his reputation as a director, he can handle the box office. This is the same reason that Guoshi launches a new person "Mou Girl" every once in a while.
Yu Feihong actually liked Zhong Duan Yihong at first. She felt that Lao Duan had a kind of temperament that could lead her into a situation. Unfortunately, Lao Duan was not popular enough, and there was no work to prove that he could carry the box office of a movie.
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As for the domestic actors who she thinks have the artistic style, are suitable for the role, are popular enough, and even have overseas box office appeal, and are recognized by the management, there is probably only one He Xin.
Maybe it was because she had run into too many obstacles before, and she didn’t know where she heard it from, saying that He Xin was very difficult to deal with. She was clever for once, and did not come directly to the door, but through the introduction of Wang Xiaoshuai, who she had worked with before.
, today I really got to be in front of this double-gold actor.
To be honest, she was feeling very nervous at this time, and her eyes were full of expectation when she looked at him.
After a long while, He Xin patted the script on the table and said sincerely: "The theme of the story is quite novel. It should be a good story. Let me take a look at the script and think about it. What do you think?"
"No problem!" Yu Feihong flipped his hair and said with a smile.
For her, it was good news as long as the other party didn't refuse her.
Then, she asked tentatively: "So when will it be more convenient for us to talk next time?"
He Xin didn't expect her to be so impatient. He was stunned for a moment and then said with a dumb smile: "Next week, which day is more convenient for you?"