Chinese Entertainment 2017: Starting from the Top Writers

Chapter 62 Flowers
When the dust settled, Chen Chao and others walked out of the reception room one after another, and began to greet Cai Yinong, Bai Caiyun and others.

Although Cai Yinong was somewhat unhappy that Hu Ge did not get the male lead, the situation was stronger than she was, so she could only face it with a smile.

After Chen Chao exchanged pleasantries with her, he turned to Hu Ge and extended his hand to him excitedly: "Hello, Mr. Hu Ge. It was not convenient to talk more during the interview just now. I have always liked you very much. Li Xiaoyao is one of my favorite characters."

Hu Ge was startled, but he didn't expect that the general manager of Nanxun Culture was also a fan of his drama. He politely shook Chen Chao's hand and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your love. I'm flattered."

Chen Chao looked like a fanboy: "Teacher Hu Ge may not know that you are very popular among our boys."

Hu Ge smiled knowingly: "I have heard of this before. Thank you for your support."

Then Chen Chao changed the subject: "By the way, Mr. Hu Ge, our General Manager Lin specifically asked you to wait for a while after the interview. He will come to meet you after finishing today's class. He has something important to discuss with you."

Hu Ge opened his mouth in surprise: "Teacher Nanxun wants to see me for something? What a coincidence. I stayed here because I have admired Teacher Nanxun for a long time. I wanted to meet him, so I will wait for him here."

Cai Yinong, who was standing by, was also moved when he heard the conversation between the two. Could there be other gains today?
The others were also watching with concern, observing this side silently, each with their own plans in mind.

At this time, Xu Fei called everyone: "Please take a rest in the reception room. Our General Manager Lin will come over later and we can have dinner together."

Everyone present agreed and followed Xu Fei into the reception room.

Chen Chao led Hu Ge and Cai Yinong to Lin Li's office, and chatted with them while waiting for Lin Li to arrive.

Around five o'clock, Lin Li finally arrived.

When he opened the office door and saw Hu Ge getting up, he quickly walked over and held out his hand: "Teacher Hu Ge, I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting. The professor who taught today was late, otherwise he would have been here an hour earlier."

Hu Ge also shook Lin Li's hand with some fear: "Teacher Nanxun, you are too polite. Academics are the priority. This is what I should do."

After a pause, he looked him up and down: "Teacher Nanxun is indeed a person who cannot be judged by appearance. Who would have thought that such a young man would become a world-famous writer!"

Taking his hand back, Lin Li smiled calmly: "Teacher Hu Ge, you are too kind. I am only a little famous in China. Who would know who I am abroad? But Teacher Hu Ge has always been my idol. I have always been looking forward to working with him."

Hu Ge raised his eyebrows: "That's a coincidence, we can be considered each other's idols."

Lin Li spread his hands: "Why not?"

"Hahaha"

The two looked at each other and both laughed heartily.

It was then that Lin Li noticed Cai Yinong standing beside him and extended his hand: "Hello, Mr. Cai. I'm a little excited to see my idol. Please forgive me."

Cai Yinong naturally pretended to be indifferent. He shook Lin Li's hand and praised him. Then, at Lin Li's invitation, the four of them sat down together.

"I heard that Teacher Nanxun wants to see me about something?" Hu Ge asked first after sitting down.

Lin Li did not answer him directly, but asked an unrelated question first: "If Teacher Hu Ge asked you to shoot a movie, but it would take you a year, or even two or three years, would you be willing?"

Hu Ge was stunned, and then he was silent for a while before he spoke: "If the story and the script are enough to move me, I am willing."

"No, that's impossible!"

Cai Yinong on the side spoke subconsciously, then reacted and looked at Lin Li embarrassedly, but did not explain.

After all, Hu Ge is now the face of their company. If he really spends two or three years shooting a movie, what do they expect to keep the company running?
The most important thing is, the fans won’t agree, right?
Lin Li ignored Cai Yinong and stared at Hu Ge: "Does what Mr. Hu Ge said count?"

Hugo nodded firmly: "Of course it counts."

Seeing him confirm, Lin Li relaxed his expression and said in a relaxed tone: "Since Mr. Hu Ge said he is a fan of my books, I wonder if you have read my short novels about urban literature in Shanghai from the 1960s to the 1970s to the 1980s and 1990s?"

Hugo thought about it for a while, then asked uncertainly: "Flowers?"

Lin Li's eyes lit up and he nodded: "Yes, it's Fanhua." "Teacher Nanxun wants to film Fanhua? I remember there are three protagonists in Fanhua, right?"

"Yes, I want to shoot the line of Po."

"Teacher Nanxun means that I should play the role of Po?"

"Yes, after much thought, I think that as a native of Shanghai, you are the best choice for Abao. And I plan to cast almost all the main actors of this drama as Shanghai locals according to the story background. The final film will also be edited into two versions, Mandarin and Shanghai dialect."

Hu Ge leaned forward excitedly and stared at Lin Li: "Teacher Nanxun, no one has ever done this before!"

Lin Li leaned back, his eyes thoughtfully: "Then why can't I be the first?"

"really?"

"really"

“Then why did it take so long?”

"Because I plan to let Sunglass King shoot it, I will only provide a preliminary script, and leave the final shooting to him. And I plan to find a suitable location in Shanghai to create a real scene that restores the style of the time, which requires time and huge manpower and material resources."

The more Hu Ge listened, the brighter his eyes became. Finally, he slapped his hands on the coffee table in front of him and said, "Teacher Nanxun, if you write the script and Director Wang shoots it, then I'll take it."

Lin Li showed a satisfied smile and turned his gaze to Cai Yinong: "What does Mr. Cai mean?"

After listening to the conversation between the two, what else could Cai Yinong say? Of course he agreed.

Cai Yinong put on a big smile and said, "Of course there is no problem. Lao Hu has a lot of freedom in our company. As long as he agrees, we will support him unconditionally."

Are you kidding? The original work is written by Nan Xun and directed by King of Sunglasses. She even has to restore and build the scenes of that era by herself. With such a luxurious configuration, she must have a hole in her brain to refuse!
The most important thing is that she considered that if she really wanted to use a large number of local actors from Shanghai, as well as the Shanghai dialect version, once successful, the bonus to Lao Hu would be huge!

After working in the film and television industry for so many years, she still has some market sensitivity.

Seeing that Cai Yinong had no objection, Lin Li stood up and extended his hand to Hu Ge: "In that case, after the filming of my new movie is completed, I will start preparing the script for Fan Hua and contact Director Wang. Mr. Hu Ge, you should finish the work at hand during this period, and at the same time, learn the original work thoroughly, and wait to join the crew. How do you think?"

Hu Ge shook his hand vigorously and said sincerely, "No problem, and thank you Teacher Nanxun for giving me this opportunity."

Lin Li shook his head and stared at Hu Ge: "Teacher Hu Ge is not right. We are mutually successful."

"Yes, we achieve each other, haha."

Lin Li was of course sure that Hu Ge would be convinced by him, because during this period he was really trying hard to transform himself. He believed that if it weren't for Cai Yinong's efforts, he would not have come for a drama like "Glory".

Moreover, Hu Ge, who has been determined to develop on the big screen, has been practicing and improving his acting skills through various means after failing several times. As long as the character creation has depth and there is room for acting skills, he will definitely be interested.

Another point is that King of Sunglasses does not have a very good reputation among certain actors, and it is very tiring to play his role.

When filming Ashes of Time, it almost drove all the movie stars crazy, and in the end, Liu Zhenwei was pulled in to save the day.

A group of movie stars were being tortured on the set of Ashes of Time, while going crazy on the set of A Chinese Odyssey.

In the end, Wang Zuxian was eliminated by him in Ashes of Time!

But that year, Ashes of Time swept all the awards, and A Chinese Odyssey swept the box office.

You can say that King of Sunglasses is a scoundrel, but you can't say that he is bad, because he can really help people win awards!
Looking at Hu Ge, who had become very elegant, and thinking of the current situation of the short video platform after the broadcast of "Flowers in the Previous Life", Lin Li inexplicably heard a long cry in his mind.

"Hey, Mr. Bao is here!"

(End of this chapter)