It's reasonable for me to be a three-time Golden Horse Award-winning director and an all-around

Chapter 2: Who's really being indecent?
Because he had done a lot of work in the morning, Lü Rui's clothes were covered in dust, and he looked drab.

But the curve of his raised eyebrows revealed an extremely strong sense of confidence.

The hand-drawing skills that the system previously rewarded me with can finally be put to good use!

"The opportunity has come!"

At that moment, a bold idea suddenly popped into Lü Rui's mind, waiting for him to put it into practice and verify it.

"You? You don't know anything! Get lost."

Lu Chuan, who had been humiliated by Jiang Wen, saw that Lu Rui, an intern, dared to come over, and immediately started cursing.

But the next second, Jiang Wen spat on his face, "Shut the hell up!"

Lu Chuan: "..."

After scolding the bespectacled guy next to him, Jiang Wen asked Lü Rui with a serious expression, "Have you studied storyboard drawing?"

"Well, I learned it!"

Lu Rui nodded emphatically, his gaze resolute.

With the help of the system, he is now thoroughly familiar with David Fincher's storyboard drawing techniques.

Jiang Wen looked him up and down for a moment, then reached out and took paper and pen from the stagehand, slapping them into his hand with a "smack".

"What we need to shoot now is the scene where Ma Shan is frantically searching for his gun between dreams and reality. We need to capture the fluidity of the streetlights and shadows as he runs wildly with the gun, the shifting between reality and illusion in his eyes during the confrontation between illusions, and the long take needs to create a dizzying, drunken composition..."

Before he finished speaking, Lü Rui's pen had already touched the paper.

David Fincher's signature use of line and black-and-white shading techniques in his sketches come to life in his work!

In the first storyboard, the flashlight beam is elongated, splitting the light and shadow on the bluestone slab, and Ma Shan's distorted shadow is stuck to the wall.

In the second image, smoke billows from the phantom gun barrel, reflecting Ma Shan's childhood face, with the light spot spiraling towards the center.

In the third long take breakdown diagram, the trajectory of the camera shake is marked as a dotted line, forming a torn diagonal line with the character's staggering steps.

Jiang Wen kept talking, and Lü Rui kept drawing.

As the pencil dust fell from the drawing paper, he felt his heart pounding like a drum!

The creative pleasure of sketching out the scene in my mind stroke by stroke is just so damn satisfying!

Lu Rui drew extremely fast. As soon as Jiang Wen finished speaking, several sketches and storyboards were laid out in front of him.

At that moment! Jiang Wen's pupils shrank dramatically!

The sense of fragmentation, a mixture of madness and fragility, presented in the storyboard was even sharper than what he had imagined in his mind!
It’s amazing!
"Haha! This drawing is fucking amazing!" Jiang Wen suddenly burst into hearty laughter, then lightly kicked Lü Rui's knee. "Did you sneak into my head and steal all my inspiration?"

As soon as he said that, everyone in the crew gathered around.

Director of Photography Xie Zhengyu looked at the double-faced portrait in the storyboard sketch and couldn't help but gasp, exclaiming, "Awesome!"
Niu Le also came over, and after looking at it, he exclaimed in amazement: "Wow, it's really creepy, like watching a horror movie!"

Just then, someone suddenly blurted out, "With this storyboard, you could film a movie even if you tied a dog to the director's chair, right?"

Upon hearing this, the veins on Lu Chuan's hand, which was gripping the walkie-talkie, bulged instantly, and his four eyes stared intently at Lü Rui, filled with resentment.

He was not a very big-minded person to begin with, and the drawing skills that Lü Rui displayed in the manuscript drawings were simply hitting him squarely in the face, making him, the director, look both clumsy and incompetent.

"No, we have to find a way to get this kid out of here. We can't let him stay any longer..."

I've lost face, I have to regain it!
He was not like Liu Bei, who went to great lengths to seek out talented people, even making three visits to the thatched cottage.

But then, Jiang Wen instructed, "Xiao Lü, put down all your chores and start drawing storyboards with me."

So he got a 'promotion'?

Lu Rui's face lit up with joy as he pondered his next plan, and he quickly nodded, "Okay, Director Jiang."

"???"

Before Lu Chuan could react, Jiang Wen turned to him and started yelling, "What are you standing there for? Didn't you want the storyboard? Now that you've finished it, why don't you take it to the camera crew to check the lighting and settings? If you can't get the effect shown in the storyboard, don't blame me for not giving your father any face."

Lu Chuan turned and walked away, looking dejected.

Lu Rui, on the other hand, became increasingly convinced of a rumor he had heard in his previous life.

The director of "Looking for a Gun" appears to be Lu Chuan, but the real power is in the hands of Jiang Wen!

……

With the precise guidance of the storyboard, the filming process was incredibly smooth.

In the blink of an eye, the day's work has come to an end.

After finishing dinner, Lü Rui had just returned to his room when he was greeted by Niu Le's congratulations: "Congratulations! Lü Rui, you've risen to the top in one step!"

"Brother Niu, please don't make fun of me."

Even with Jiang Wen's appreciation, Lü Rui showed no arrogance whatsoever. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, offered one to Niu Le, and said, "I'll have to rely on you for guidance in the future. There's no such thing as instant success."

"Haha, keep up the good work, you'll definitely amount to something in the future." Niu Le was very pleased with his humble attitude.

To possess talent yet remain humble is a truly rare and admirable quality.

The two were chatting when there was a knock on the door.

Lu Rui stepped forward and opened the door, whereupon Jiang Wen's assistant appeared before him.

"Brother Xu? Is something the matter?"

"Xiao Lü, Director Jiang wants you to go to his room. Remember to bring paper and pen."

"okay."

Lu Rui quickly nodded in agreement, picked up a pen and paper from the table, greeted Niu Le, and hurriedly walked out.

But after taking only a few steps outside, he suddenly stopped, remembering something very important.

He then quickly returned to the bedside, lifted the pillow, took out the thick notebook hidden underneath, put it in his pocket, and continued walking out.

Upon reaching the second floor and arriving at Jiang Wen's door, they found the door wide open and several people inside.

Ning Jing, Wu Yujuan, Liu Xiaoning, Shi Liang...

They are all actors from the "Looking for a Gun" film crew.

Upon seeing Lü Rui, Jiang Wen, who was inside the room, waved to him with a smile. "Not in a hurry to sleep, are you? We're going to go over tomorrow's scenes. Could you help me draw some storyboards while you're at it?"

"Ok."

Lu Rui naturally wouldn't refuse. He entered the room, found a corner to sit down, and began to get busy.

At the same time, he also discovered something.

The actors were all rehearsing their lines, but director Lu Chuan was nowhere to be seen.

"Tsk tsk, so they've really been sidelined?"

He muttered to himself, but his hands kept moving, drawing rapidly.

This whole thing took more than an hour!

After the rehearsal, all the other actors left, but Lü Rui was kept behind by Jiang Wen, who began to check the storyboards with him.

Before we knew it, another half hour had passed.

After checking the storyboards, Jiang Wen glanced at the wall clock and slapped his thigh: "Goodness, it's already midnight? I've kept you up for so long, go back to sleep!"

After saying that, he deftly tidied up the storyboards scattered on the table, planning to have Lu Chuan, that pig, shoot according to the storyboards tomorrow.

But when he finished tidying up and turned around, he saw that Lü Rui was still standing there, staring intently at him.

Jiang Wen tensed up instantly, reflexively turning to the side and frowning: "Why aren't you leaving yet? I'm warning you, our crew doesn't do anything crooked or underhanded, and I don't have any weird fetishes!"

"???"

Looking at Jiang Wen with some doubt, Lü Rui took out the thick notebook he had prepared in advance from his pocket.

He held out his hand, full of expectation, and said, "Director Jiang, this is a script I wrote myself. Could you take a look at it for me?"

Seeing this, Jiang Wen scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

Well, it turns out he was just being chauvinistic. The young man is a perfectly respectable person.

"I'm a decent man, a real man!"

He muttered to himself, took the script from Lü Rui, and casually flipped through it: "You wrote this yourself?"

Lü Rui nodded: "Yes, I wrote it."

"I remember you just started college, right?"

"I'll be a sophomore in the second half of the year."

"Directing major?"

"Correct!"

"Hey? Then why are you in such a hurry? Focus on solidifying your studies first. You can work on your projects in your junior year. Now is the time to build a foundation... Hmm?!"

Jiang Wen's tone suddenly froze halfway through his sentence, his gaze fixed on the script. "This script... is it real?"

He suddenly increased the speed at which he turned the pages.

In an instant, the quiet room was filled with the rapid rustling sound of papers being turned over!

(End of this chapter)