Although the summer season can be said to be over, the movie market is still going strong.
"Jaws 3" is slowly widening the gap with "Painted Skin 2". Except for "Search", which has a good reputation and a decent trend, other movies have performed mediocrely.
In the TV drama market, "Legend of Lu Zhen" has been at the top of the ratings list since its premiere.
However, as the popularity grew higher and higher, the ratings became higher and higher, and Xiangnan Satellite TV spared no effort to promote it, and Zhao Liying became popular.
With her unique round and cute face, she is very lovable and is perfect for all ages.
Young people in their teens and twenties, as well as uncles and aunts in their forties and fifties, all fell in love with her round face.
There are people all over the Internet complaining about how she dresses in a very tacky way. She appeared on a Kuaiben variety show and was criticized for being rude.
This is commonplace. In fact, if you think about it for a moment, you can find that these black spots are suitable for many female celebrities.
Then her academic qualifications were revealed, causing a lot of people to accuse her of low quality.
It's normal for female celebrities to be at odds with each other. There is no day when the teams behind these famous young actresses are not at odds with each other.
However, being earthy is indeed earthy, as is the case when you suddenly become famous. If you look at the early photos of actresses, in addition to having a good background and good temperament, each one is basically more earthy than the last one.
This is unavoidable. Compared with Liu Yufei and Yang Mi, this is all child's play.
...
Han Sanping suddenly wanted to complete the film and show it to the boss. In order to compete for the Olympics, Li Qian also ended his vacation and returned to the company to edit.
But before taking action, Zhao Liying happened to be in the company, so Li Qian found her and gave her a few words of advice.
"Liying, don't take this kind of thing to heart, don't get angry, and don't feel inferior. Those who scold you are not because you are stupid, but because you have become famous. The more famous you become in the future, the more people who scold you will
more and more."
"Director Li, I understand." Zhao Liying lowered her head, obviously in low mood.
"By the way, don't wear any brand-name clothes during this period, otherwise the scolding will be worse. Don't forget that before Baoqiang, I was scolded even for wearing a suit."
Li Qian said, remembering something and smiled, "You should learn more from Yang Mi in this regard, laugh away all kinds of dirty information, and become stronger mentally. Didn't she post on Weibo last year that she would only be killed if she couldn't be killed?"
Make her stronger."
Zhao Liying said indignantly, "But Director Li, they went too far."
"This is the only way for actresses like you. The competition is too great. When you are hit, you will get what others want. It is exactly what others want to see. Don't be so aggressive in character, especially in front of the public. Just act like it."
It’s acting.”
In fact, if you think about it, it's nothing more than a few groups of people who have no stakes and who are full and spend a lot of energy and money to blackmail someone.
Living in this circle, she cannot avoid the fact that others cannot help her and she can only help herself.
After all, she was also an actor under the company. Li Qian had a chat with her. Whether she listened or not was her own business.
After it was over, Xue Xiaolu happened to come and came to Li Qian to discuss the choice of actors.
The selection of actors for film and television dramas will never pass the level of the investors, no matter whether the investors interfere or not.
Tong Liya has been chosen as the heroine, and the most important thing is the male lead, and Xue Xiaolu also has a suitable candidate.
"Director Li, the character of Frank is completely different from Wen Jiajia in all aspects. I imagined an uncle-like literary and warm-hearted man, and I think Wu Xiubo is perfect for it."
Li Qian nodded, indeed the original Wu Xiubo itself was very suitable.
The type of Hollywood romantic comedy, with the theme of women's courage to love, is called a girly movie by men in Hollywood, also known as a "chick movie".
Since it is a comedy, conflicts are inevitable. The completely different personalities of the male and female protagonists will inevitably produce a lot of conflicts.
The character of Frank, just like Wu Xiubo's performance, is calm and restrained, considerate and tolerant, and a bit artistic.
A driver himself should not have such characteristics, but he was also a first-class doctor before. This status not only elevated the role, but also paved the way for Wen Jiajia to bravely pursue love in the end.
If the gap between the two parties is too big, this love will usually be a bit awkward. The matching between men and women has always been a prince matching a Cinderella. At least it should be similar, that is, the male is stronger than the female.
After all, this is a movie for girls, and the male protagonist should better meet their requirements.
Of course, romance films centered on male protagonists are different, but "Beautiful Destiny" focuses on women, mainly Wen Jiajia.
However, if the male protagonist is so handsome that the female audience ignores other conditions, then that's a different matter.
Apart from Wu Xiubo, Li Qian had no other better choice for a while. He thought for a while and said, "Director Xue, let's give Lei Jiayin a chance to audition. If it's not suitable, let Wu Xiubo be chosen."
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Lei Jiayin?
Xue Xiaolu had considered it before. After all, "Cohabitation in Time and Space" was also the first comedy romance to break 100 million, but she still chose Wu Xiubo.
She simply said, "Director Li, there is nothing wrong with the considerate and tolerant warm-hearted Lei Jiayin, but in terms of overall temperament, there is a big gap between him and Wu Xiubo, and he is too young, less than 30 years old."
Li Qian smiled and said, "Age is not a problem. Lei Jiayin is also older. In terms of temperament, although his roles are... to say the least, he is a loser. But Director Xue can take a look at this aspect when the time comes. In fact, the main difference is
Still in terms of appearance, Lei Jiayin is not handsome enough, and he does not have the uncle-like appearance of Wu Xiubo to make girls like him."
Xue Xiaolu nodded. From her perspective as a woman, the gap was visible to the naked eye.
But since Li Qian said it, let’s just audition.
Seeing as after "Living Together", Li Qian never gave Lei Jiayin any roles, and it doesn't seem like he would force her into it.
It was basically confirmed, Lei Jiayin was replaced, and Xue Xiaolu also left.
In the office, Li Qian secretly shook his head. After all, he would inevitably favor his own people.
Let’s look at Lei Datou later. His diaosi temperament and Northeastern accent are easy to change, but the modern Lu Ming in "Cohabitation in Time and Space" is different.
The main thing is his appearance, which is not handsome enough and not attractive enough to girls. At most, he is honest and honest.
Li Qian didn't care whether it was successful or not, and started to work on his own.
I asked someone to pour me a cup of tea and went straight into the computer room. Guo Fan was already waiting.
"Boss."
Seeing Li Qian coming, Guo Fan stood up and gave up his position to him, "The early rough editing has been completed. Some of the shots need to be blocked, and the TV angle needs to be processed separately. They have also been picked out."
Li Qian smiled and said, "Lao Guo, go and have a rest. Aren't you going to study your "Three-Body Problem"?"
Guo Fan shook his head, "The Three-Body Problem is too complicated. I don't have the ability to shoot it well now. If I ruin this movie, it will be my fault."
As a science fiction fan, Guo Fan decided to pursue a career in directing. His goal was to make a real science fiction blockbuster.
The initial target was Three-Body Problem, which is also the best science fiction in China.
However, while researching and conceiving, there was no suitable entry point for such a large-scale, broad-scope, and grand-vision work.
The nonchalant attitude of "gods" whose civilization level is higher than that of human beings, "what does it have to do with destroying you", and the inhumanity of heaven and earth, the Oriental worldview that regards all things as stupid dogs.
It would be a bit weak to simply film fighting against aliens.
Therefore, he set his sights on another science fiction and said to Li Qian with great interest, "Boss, I have recently been studying another book by Liu "The Wandering Earth", and I think the difficulty of adapting this story is more appropriate."
"Have you fallen in love with someone too quickly?" Li Qian was shocked. A few months ago, he vowed to study "The Three-Body Problem" thoroughly and would make an Eastern science fiction epic.
How long ago did it take to change the target and adapt "The Wandering Earth"?
wrong!
"The Wandering Earth"?
Li Qian was immediately stunned. Of course he had this movie in his memory. It can be said to be the best domestic science fiction movie in his memory.
To be precise, there is no domestic science fiction in my memory. That movie "Shanghai Fortress" looked like shit. I would rather watch "The Promise" than "Shanghai Fortress". Even comparing them is an insult to "Shanghai Fortress".
"The Promise".
"The Wandering Earth" is definitely an epoch-making science fiction blockbuster, and it is a serious science fiction film. Li Qian has always been curious about which domestic director made it.
Could it be?
Li Qian turned his head and stared at Guo Fan.
scare!
Guo Fan was startled by Li Qian's eyes. He touched his face uneasily and asked, "Is there something on my face?"
Li Qian remained silent, looked at Guo Fan, and began to recall in his mind the manuscripts he had drawn before.
Guo Fan majored in law, but after graduation he made a living by drawing for others. When he applied for the job for the first time, Li Qian returned the comic book "Kung Fu King Prequel".
In the past few years, he has drawn a lot of manuscripts for his own entertainment, all of which are science fiction, including robots, mechas, apocalyptic buildings, etc.
Moreover, many punk styles, so-called punk refers to people on the margins of society. Driven by punk music and punk social culture, they eventually became a cultural banner for marginalized people to speak for themselves and oppose the mainstream.
Later, due to the Cold War, punk became a modern spirit and was gradually widely used in science fiction films.
As for the movie "The Wandering Earth", the theme style is polar bear heavy industry aesthetics, with a bit of steampunk and cyberpunk style.
In the movie, cyberpunk has made a surreal setting for future technology, with huge machines, advanced digital technology, asymmetric development of technology trees, and the coexistence of advanced and backward. It is a typical utopian social structure that perfectly fits the theme of the movie.
background.
People who don't know better may question that they can build planetary thrusters, but they are still driving backward and clumsy transport vehicles.
But anyone who has a certain understanding of the science fiction genre and style will not ask this kind of question.
Li Qian remembered that Guo Fan had previously written a series of manuscripts, which were roughly about humans responding to the invasion of aliens. The arsenal was working overtime, and the arsenal had a typical polar bear heavy industry style.
The styles match up, and the punk style can be vaguely seen in some of his previous manuscripts.
In other words, it is very possible?
"Oh it's you!"
Li Qian laughed. Unexpectedly, he had to go through all kinds of iron shoes to find it, and it took no effort to get it. That epoch-making science fiction blockbuster was probably shot by Guo Fan!