Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 324 I am afraid that the world will not be in chaos
"Look, what this is!" In addition to buying a pair of expensive professional audiophile headphones for Li Qiutang from Paris, Liu Yifei also brought back an actor intention agreement with Europa Films.

"He invited you?!" Li Qiutang was quite surprised, because he was too busy with his work and did not get involved in the play "Lucy". He did not expect that Liu Yifei would win it.

"Didn't they say Angelina Jolie is here too?" If Angelina Jolie leaves, even eight Liu Yifeis tied together won't be able to win.

"Her schedule didn't fit, so she withdrew." Liu Yifei still had lingering fears when she talked about this. "When I first heard that she would also compete for the same role, I was really worried. I didn't expect that she would directly withdraw when she went to Paris this time."

"When will "Lucy" start filming?" Since the release schedule has already begun, the film's start time should have been confirmed.

"In September, we will shoot for three months. I haven't booked any films this year, so I have plenty of time." Liu Yifei, who is unemployed, seems very proud.

She is not a workaholic, so one film a year is enough for her.

"Oh, I need to learn French," Liu Yifei suddenly said. "Lucy" is an English film, but many people in Luc Besson's team speak French, and the film will be shot in France. In order to facilitate communication, Liu Yifei needs to pick up French.

"Don't you know how?"

"It's been too long since I last learned it. I've forgotten everything. I need to find a teacher to teach me." Liu Yifei picked up her phone and started flipping through her contacts. Seeing that Li Qiutang was still standing there, she said, "Why are you still standing there? Go take a shower."

"Why are you talking in a mixed bag? One moment you're talking about learning French to make a movie, and the next moment you're talking about this."

Liu Yifei touched her boyfriend's cheek and said with a smile: "Learning French is my business, and your business is to take a shower now."

"What have I become to you?" Li Qiutang muttered and went to the bathroom.

Calculating the time, my girlfriend's period should be coming soon, no wonder the demand is so strong.

"Yifei, come here." He didn't say why.

After the first week of January, Li Qiutang and the location scouting team of "The Invisible Guest" completed the location scouting work in Hong Kong and returned to Yanjing.

Li Qiutang became even busier because she took on the work of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

After returning to Yanjing, he finally met the original author of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" Zhang Muye and screenwriter Zhang Jialu. Zhang Mu also served as a script consultant and wrote the script with Zhang Jialu.

Zhang Mu was particularly willing to let Li Qiutang direct the film - although whether he was willing or not didn't matter much.

When they first met, Li Qiutang said he had not read the original novel of Ghost Blows Out the Light, and he would take some time to read the novel before he could have a writing meeting with them. The two are now continuing to move forward with the scriptwriting.

Zhang Mu also gave Li Qiutang a set of books on the spot. Li Qiutang asked him to sign it. After Zhang Mu signed it, he picked up the book next to him and asked Li Qiutang to sign his name on it as well: "I can brag that I met you when I go back, otherwise they won't believe it."

Although "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was still in its early stages, Li Qiutang still stayed with Zhang Jialu for more than half a day and gained a preliminary understanding of the project.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light" has a total of 8 books. The copyright of the first four books is in the hands of China Film, and the copyright of the last four books was purchased by Wan Da.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light" is really good to watch, and Li Qiutang was quickly attracted to it. From a director's perspective, such an adventure story is naturally suitable for film and television adaptation.

Li Qiutang watched very slowly. As he watched, he was thinking of ideas for adaptation in his mind. Although he did not participate in the writing of the script, the director would definitely convey his ideas to the screenwriter.

First of all, there must be no ghosts! Li Qiutang is not that powerful enough to film ghosts in the country.

Secondly, you can’t really rob tombs because it is illegal.

These are the two basic premises for the adaptation of "Ghost Blowing the Light". There can't be ghosts, but there must be fantasy phenomena, otherwise it won't fit the theme, but these fantasy phenomena, according to the requirements of the General Administration, must have a materialistic explanation.

Of course, many creators choose the panacea of hallucination.

As for why hallucinations occur, the General Administration does not require a materialistic explanation, that is, all the fantastic phenomena seen by the protagonist must be false. As for why they are false, the creators can make up whatever they want, and the General Administration does not care.

Second, they cannot actually rob a tomb, but they must let the trio go down to the tomb, otherwise it would not fit the theme. This requires that in the film and television adaptation, the trio cannot enter the ancient tomb just to steal treasures, otherwise the trio would be the leaders of breaking the law and have impure motives.

If this happened in Hollywood, no one would care about you. The protagonist would just rob tombs and steal treasures because they have a tradition of colonial plunder and their audiences accept the protagonist doing this, but it is not allowed in China.

I believe screenwriter Zhang Jialu understands these two major adaptation premises without Li Qiutang reminding him.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light" needs to be made, but Li Qiutang's current work focus is still on "The Invisible Guest".

The male lead Qin Lang and the second female lead Xu Lin could not be decided for a long time, and the production department could not even decide on a start time, so they could only keep urging Li Qiutang, otherwise the start time could not be decided, the venue could not be decided, and all the subsequent procedures could not be decided.

"I think Zhang Jingchu is pretty good. Her acting skills are among the best among this generation of actresses."

"But she's not very popular in the circle. We're not afraid of anything, but there's no need to deliberately cause trouble."

Many times, the so-called ban comes like this: I can use you or not, but I won’t use you to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The so-called group of directors' wives, would Li Qiutang be afraid of those old ladies? She just didn't want to cause trouble.

"Where is Sun Li? She is so popular in "The Legend of Zhen Huan". Her acting skills are not that great, but they are good enough, and she is also an acquaintance. Deng Chao greeted me a few days ago and said that Sun Li can make a guest appearance." A guest appearance means no pay, but a red envelope must be given.

"Sun Li didn't say this, so Deng Chao said it?"

"There's a layer in the middle, so it looks better. It's embarrassing to say you lowered the price yourself."

After looking at the actresses again, Li Qiutang's assistant director suddenly said, "If it's me, I'll use Qin Lan. She's very good at playing this kind of role, and it will be easier to market it when the time comes."

Li Qiutang laughed and said, "Qin Lan has played the role of a mistress for so many times. At that time, she would be marketing herself as a professional mistress, specializing in poaching people's girls? This is not a good word at all."

"But she is indeed experienced and has a better image than Sun Li and Zhang Jingchu. I believe that Qin Lang cheated on such a beauty." The assistant director became more and more excited. "If Qin Lan is used, Huang Xiaoming will be the male lead!"

"You little brat, you little brat," everyone in the audience laughed, "You're just looking for chaos in the world, and if a fight breaks out on the set, will you be responsible for cleaning it up?"

"When the movie comes out, there won't be any need for marketing. The two of them will have everything they need when they go there."

In terms of role matching, Huang Xiaoming and Qin Lan are of course very suitable for Qin Lang and Xu Lin, but the two are ex-lovers, which is a bit troublesome.

"This is nothing in the industry. It's just a collaboration with an ex. Some people even ask their ex to be the witness at their wedding."

"Who?" Li Qiutang really didn't know this information.

"The one with the Palme d'Or."

A great director is a great director, and Li Qiutang admired him even more.

(End of this chapter)