A great director who grew up happily

Huang Bo really didn't understand ocean currents, but he could understand that he came at the wrong time, especially after learning that the crew should come in the fall, he regretted it so much.

In September and October last year, several leading actors in the crew used their schedules.

It’s just that Zhang Yixing has a lot of commercial performances on a daily basis, and Huang Bo, considering the level of his commitment to the performance, has been postponing the start time of the film until everything is ready.

In the end, man proposes, God disposes, but in the end, I still lost to God.

After a long sigh of regret, Huang Bo, who has always been worldly-wise, left his friends aside and went back to his room.

"Is the blow so big?" Wang Yidi asked in surprise.

"Don't worry about him. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder. He feels that since it's his first time as a director, he must make everything perfect and strive to make a big splash." Xu Zheng teased Huang Bo casually and asked his assistant to bring a fruit plate and drinks.

Xu Zheng is a person who likes to play a lot and is the type who doesn't care about food or meat. With him present, the atmosphere was livened up and Huang Bo's withdrawal was quickly covered up.

After it got a little dark, Xu Zheng suggested going out for some fun, and many people responded.

However, after being drugged last night, Chen Jinnian felt nauseous at the sight of alcohol. He immediately declined Xu Zheng's invitation and stayed in the hotel with Wang Yidi.

In addition, Baoqiang and Yu Hewei, who don't like to join in the fun, also stayed.

After everyone left, the living room suddenly became quiet.

Chen Jinnian took the initiative to sit next to Yu Hewei. Just now, there were too many people around and he didn't talk about business. Now that it was quiet, it was a good opportunity to have a good chat with him about the movie.

Yu Hewei thought it was just a casual chat, but when Chen Jinnian said, "I have a film project in preparation," Yu Hewei immediately realized that the next thing to talk about was work.

He immediately changed his lazy sitting posture, stood up from the sofa he was leaning on, and listened carefully.

Baoqiang, who was thinking about his role nearby, also focused his attention on Chen Jinnian and listened to what he said next.

The reason why the two were so formal was mainly because of Chen Jinnian's identity.

The other party was undoubtedly the biggest dark horse in the field of directing last year. Although he had a very unpleasant experience with the mainstream film awards in terms of awards, he was blacklisted by the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards.

But in terms of actual influence, Chen Jinnian's film projects are definitely very popular. Many actors are openly or secretly inquiring about his next movie, hoping to get an important role in it.

As the two listened, Chen Jinnian briefly narrated the content of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" and focused on explaining the role of the Venerable.

This is also the reason why he looked for Yu Hewei.

He wanted to find an actor with the image of a good guy to play the evil criminal, and Yu Hewei's image of Liu Bei was undoubtedly a plus.

The plot content that Chen Jinnian mentioned is already the version in which China Film Corporation has deleted the metaphorical content. It does not have the representative meanings of greed, anger, and ignorance. What China Film Corporation meant is that if he wants to shoot it, he should shoot it more purely, treat it as a simple crime film, and not leave the opportunity for Taiwan Province to over-interpret it.

After he finished speaking, Yu Hewei asked, "It has been reviewed by the Radio and Television Administration. Can we still shoot it?"

"Of course, Mr. La from China Film Group personally adjusted the script. Since he gave me the notice to shoot, there is naturally no problem."

"Oh, that's good."

Yu Hewei smiled. The subject matter was a little sensitive. He was afraid that Chen Jinnian would be like those directors who would get on the train first and buy the ticket later, using investment companies and costs to force the radio and television to approve the film.

Speaking objectively, the standards given by the radio and television authorities on sensitive issues are acceptable, but they often receive complaints after the release, causing the radio and television authorities to temporarily stop the release of content and ask the producers to make changes.

Jitiao is a living example.

"Director Chen, what you just said feels very real to me. Is there a story prototype for it?" Wang Baoqiang, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help but ask.

"Indeed, there are two prototypes. The first is Zhou Chu, a minister during the Western Jin Dynasty. When he was young, he indulged in lust and ran rampant in the countryside. He was known as one of the three evils, along with the fierce tiger of Nanshan and the dragon under the long bridge. Later, someone persuaded Zhou Chu to kill the tiger and the dragon, hoping to reduce the three evils to one."

"Zhou Chu also listened to the advice and immediately went up the mountain to kill the white-browed tiger. He then went into the water to fight the dragon for three days and three nights. When the locals saw that Zhou Chu had not returned, they all thought he was dead and celebrated. When Zhou Chu returned from killing the dragon, he learned that the villagers were celebrating his death. He realized that he was the biggest troublemaker and decided to repent."

After telling Zhou Chu's story, Chen Jinnian went on to talk about the prototype of Chen Guilin.

"Another prototype is Liu Huanrong, one of the ten most wanted gunmen in Taiwan. He killed people in public, with 14 lives on his hands. But on the other hand, he did do a lot of good deeds. When he was wanted and on the run, a major mining disaster occurred at the Haishan Coal Mine, and he immediately donated all the money he had saved to save his life."

"Later, he saw an orphanage in dilapidated condition. After learning that the director had no funds to repair it, he single-handedly robbed a casino and donated the proceeds to the director."

"When he was sentenced to death, he painted in prison and sold the paintings to donate to the Women's Rescue Foundation to save child prostitutes. Before he was executed, he also signed an organ donation agreement."

Everything Chen Jinnian said can be found on the Internet, but he is not sure whether it has been polished. However, human nature is inherently complex. In a society full of gangs, being a good person means being bullied.

When swept by the times, ordinary people don’t actually have much choice as to whether to be a good person or a bad person.

After listening to this, Baoqiang felt mixed emotions. His experiences in the past two years deeply explained the saying that one can only know a person's face but not his heart. The person closest to him was actually thinking about how to make him fall into ruin.

"This movie is great, brother. Director Chen wants you to do this kind of movie, you have to take it."

Baoqiang's words were quite realistic. He was not forcing Yu Hewei to make a choice. He simply liked the story. If there were a role suitable for him, he would have already asked for it.

"I will definitely accept the role." Yu Hewei followed Baoqiang's words and made a promise, but then hesitated, "It's just that due to Brother Bo's situation, the filming progress is difficult to guarantee, so I can't give a specific time to join the crew."

As a new director, Huang Bo was bound to face delays in filming, especially when the filming location was Yakushima, where delays were a 100% possibility.

Yu Hewei really wanted the olive branch that Chen Jinnian offered him, but he was afraid that there would be problems coordinating the schedule, which would cause losses to the crew.

"really."

Chen Jinnian nodded. Normally, Huang Bo should have finished filming before June, but after joining the crew, he had some doubts about the completion time.

Can we finish filming?