tearjerker director

Chapter 1512 Life should be like a fairy tale

The fallout from the Oscars continues.

In China, Zhao Guangming and other Li Yi's old friends in the industry have called to congratulate him, while in Hollywood, there are endless reports about the Oscars.

Of course, Li Yi's two films became the biggest Oscar winners and inevitably became the focus of public opinion.

The most intuitive impact is that Li Yi's reputation in Hollywood has become even greater.

Several Hollywood spoilers have extended their offers, and the conditions given are the treatment of top directors.

Thomas Dean also immediately congratulated Li Yi and then asked about his future movie plans.

But Li Yi really didn't have any plan.

What's even more interesting is that some independent film companies have also sent invitations to Li Yi. Of course, they want to try their luck more. After all, they definitely cannot afford Li Yi's current salary.

But because Li Yi won the Oscar, they thought that Li Yi had a preference for art and literary films, so what if?

What if Li Yi gets crazy and is willing to lower his salary to take on the role?

Of course, this kind of thing cannot happen to Li Yi.

On the other hand, Zhao Guangming also said that Li Yi has been in North America for a long time. Should he return to another country and make a movie?

"When will Director Dog come back to film? I still miss Director Dog's tear-jerking movies!"

At the same time, Li Yi looked at the pile of scripts in front of him, speechless.

"He's a tear-jerking director. I haven't made a sensational movie for a long time, so I feel a little uncomfortable!"

Anyway, all in all, countless people in the country are looking forward to Li Yi's return with great honors.

Basically, those who win awards, especially grand prizes and international awards, will have to attend various meetings for a while, give various speeches, etc.

Many of these scripts are high-quality scripts in the script library of Dean Films. It must be said that as a Hollywood spoiler, Dean Films is still very rich.

Li Yi was not actually a small role player earlier. Although he was often invited, it was not as urgent as this time. The people who could call were almost all the senior and top people in the country.

These are scripts that have been screened. Thomas Dean and Dean Pictures may be worried that Li Yi will be lured away by other giants, or they may want to strike while the iron is hot and want to let Li Yi just win the Oscar. Li Yi will make another Hollywood movie.

"Director Dog is really awesome now! Isn't it too much to say that he is the number one film director in China?"

If he really agreed to it, he wouldn't do anything else.

"The box office is No. 1, but the awards are not yet there!"

It is euphemistically called sharing experience bala bala.

But although this kind of thing is boring, it's really hard for Li Yi to refuse.

But there are some things he can't refuse, such as Optoelectronics, which wants Li Yi to attend meetings and give speeches after he returns. This is actually a Chinese characteristic.

"Must be number one! Not only number one in the country, but even looking at the film industry around the world, his achievements are definitely second to none, right?"

Not only that, Hong Kong Island also did not miss this time, and also invited Li Yi to serve as the chairman or judge of this year's Hong Kong Film Awards.

However, Li Yi really had no interest in these.

"It's not too much. It needs box office and awards, and the most important thing is that it's a Grand Slam. It even won the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture!"

Netizens are talking a lot. It can be said that Li Yi has become synonymous with traffic nowadays.

Not only that, the heads of the organizing committees of several domestic film festivals have called one after another, wanting to make an appointment in advance for Li Yi to support the film festival during the festival.

For a moment, Li Yi got a hot call. To be honest, he didn't expect that an Oscar-winning director would have such a great influence.

In fact, everyone knows that the reason why Hollywood giants are giants is actually their background.

One is the extremely complete global distribution channel that has been operating for many years. It can be said that distribution is always the most profitable.

This is a tacit understanding formed by the Hollywood giants. In North America, apart from the six giants, it can be said that other companies want to get involved in distribution. Unless they fight on a small scale, they will be targeted in minutes.

The distribution here is not only theatrical distribution, but also distribution in various aspects such as DVD, streaming media, etc.

At the same time, issuing companies are also an industry with very high operating costs. It is really difficult for ordinary companies to maintain such a huge issuance chain.

Most of the time, they can only operate at a loss, but the big giants in Hollywood are different. As mentioned before, they all have their own background. It can be said that the film copyrights of Hollywood for many years have been almost completely divided by these giants.

A rich copyright library can continuously create benefits for them, and they can earn huge profits while maintaining huge distribution and operating costs. For many people, after a movie is released, they may sell some copyrights later. , and then it’s gone, but for the major Hollywood giants, they can eat one movie for decades.

This is where their heritage lies, and they also have a huge reserve of scripts. Many scripts have been included in the collection. Although they have not started filming or establishing projects for one reason or another, it has also become their heritage.

This time, Dean Films was not ungenerous, almost opening up Dean Films' script library to Li Yi, and the dozen or so scripts in front of him were all the highest quality scripts after Dean Films' evaluation.

For Li Yi, this is indeed the case.

Of course, a high-quality script does not mean that Li Yi is really interested.

What's interesting is that several of the scripts in it are actually adapted from real stories, and they are also similar to Li Yi's previous movies. For example, one of the scripts is based on a real event in North America. It is a bit similar to the first movie "The Gift of Room No. 7" made by Li Yi. It is also the story of a mentally retarded father and a normal daughter.

Of course, it’s more North American.

Another one is somewhat similar to "I'm Not the God of Medicine", about HIV.

It is also adapted from real events.

In fact, Hollywood is very fond of adapting real events, and there are many excellent works among them.

"What? There are so many scripts that you are not interested in?" Xu Nannan certainly hopes that Li Yi can continue to stay in Hollywood and make one or two more movies, so that he can legitimately accompany her.

Li Yi put down the script in his hand and said with a smile: "That's not true. For example, the story about this mentally retarded father fighting for custody of his daughter is quite good, but I don't want to film it for the time being. This story is similar to "Room No. 7" "The Gift" has the same effect to a certain extent!"

"Why don't you want to film it?" Xu Nannan picked up the script, flipped through it casually, read the outline, and asked.

"Because I'm more interested in another story!" Li Yi said with a smile.

"Which one?" Xu Nannan asked in surprise.

Li Yi pointed to his head and said: "Inside!"

Xu Nannan rolled her eyes and said, "Are you inspired again?"

"Well, let me ask you a question, did your father say anything big to you?" Li Yi's question was a bit abrupt, making Xu Nannan a little confused.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"In other words, has your father ever talked to you about his experiences, some exaggerated and magical experiences?" Li Yi asked again.

"No!" Xu Nannan shook his head.

"What? Is your story related to this?" Xu Nannan asked curiously.

Li Yi nodded and said: "I don't know how girls understand their father. I am a man. I think most men have a similar mental journey: when we were children, our father was an omnipotent god. He He has strong arms that can lift us high, he has a prickly beard that makes hugs sting, he can answer all your questions, he knows everything.

Then, we gradually discovered that they are not omnipotent. When facing the world, they have as many troubles and confusions as us. They retreat from our lives little by little, because they are no longer so important, because we slowly can Carry the sky on your own shoulders.

There may still be fights because we disdain the way they live. We feel that we are stronger and smarter than them and are unwilling to follow the path they set. Although years later, we finally realized that they did it out of love, and a lot of it was proved to be correct. "

Li Yi didn't know why, but he suddenly said a lot of things.

In fact, he also thought of his father.

I remember the time when I was devastated by the failure of my first movie.

My father would always tell himself that so-and-so was so depressed when he failed in the past, and how miserable he was when he was down and out, but how he turned out afterwards.

Talk about how he was back then.

The story triggered by Li Yi's golden finger is also a story about a father and his son.

The difference is that this is a very special, very special story.

To be honest, Li Yi didn't think much of it when he first read it, but gradually he fell in love with the story.

Because he understood the core of the story.

A seemingly bombastic father tells his legendary experiences to many people every waking moment. It's like a romantic and thrilling fairy tale. At first, his son was deeply attracted by the story, but when the child grew up, he stubbornly believed that his father's experience was just a fictional story, and became increasingly intolerant of omnipresent narration, so that in the end the relationship between father and son broke down. Several years of silence and no contact with each other.

Of course, even so, he didn't stop talking. The film can almost be regarded as a beautiful memory: a strange birth, an interview with a witch, a great football player, a key player in basketball, a giant who outwitted a giant, romantic courtship, two-headed twin sisters, the Korean War, a werewolf circus master, and Ghost Town. Every bizarre plot tugs at my heartstrings. Are these things true or false? Li Yi was thinking, this is no longer important. Sometimes, fantasy is reality.

Generally speaking, a person will be more fearless if he knows the outcome of his life. Just like his father knew how he died in the eyes of the witch, he was always so calm and persistent every time he faced a desperate situation. He fought for what should be fought for, and faced what should be faced. There was no reality that could not be changed, and no difficulty that could not be overcome. Suddenly, I felt so envious. If there was such a witch, he would gladly go there.

However, it seems that the cruel reality prefers to accept naked things, thinking that it can face the true self. As a result, we began to reject those fairy tales that we loved as children, preferring to believe in so-called self-esteem and principles, and alienate the purest and truest things in our hearts. The father was so lonely. Li Yi didn't know what it would be like for him to feel when he was lying on the hospital bed, silently thinking about the life he had lived. Sweet people are sweet, warm people are warm, disdainful people are disdainful, and mocking people are mocking.

how to say?

This story is a bit sci-fi and a bit magical, but to put it bluntly, it is a father who likes to talk. This is a habit he developed when his children were young. Because the children like to listen, he keeps talking. .

But what he doesn't know is that the child won't like it when he grows up.

This is a fairy tale, but it is also a gloomy fairy tale. It is not so beautiful, but it makes people sigh.

Li Yi is also a father himself, so he seemed particularly touched after seeing this story.

Perhaps life should be like a fairy tale, and every encounter is a small plot in the story. You don’t need to know the outcome, but you must believe that there is no sorrow, no sorrow, and no misfortune in the fairy tale world. Everything is just to realize a pure, romantic and achievable beautiful dream. Therefore, no matter what you encounter, you will definitely see the most beautiful star in the sky, and you will definitely get the warmest embrace of your own. That belonging, that happiness, have already been prepared for you, but the steps are not yet close and the door is not yet opened.

At the end of the film, the son tells his father the ending of his life: his father escaped from the hospital, got into the red car he drove when he was young, and came to the river where he was fishing. All the friends he had interacted with in his life gathered on the riverside. They said goodbye with a smile, without any sadness. The son hugged his father and walked towards the river. The beautiful wife in the river said goodbye again with a peaceful smile. The father took off the ring with his mouth and gave it to his favorite wife. Then he folded his arms in his son's arms and became a big boy. The fish swims freely into the distance.

My father died. In the fairy tale world, there is no sadness on the river bank.

When my father dies, will there be sadness in the real world?

Li Yi remembers that the most profound impression, or what shocked him the most, was the last part of the movie. At the funeral, his father's friends were all present. They bid farewell to his father with solemn expressions. Those people in fairy tales can all be found in reality. got the template. A respectable father who uses his own power to give those around him a beautiful fairy tale. Behind the beauty are difficult sadness and painful memories, but is it necessary to pass these on?

Give those who give birth to an eternally beautiful fairy tale, and give those who love an eternally beautiful life. Perhaps this is the responsibility that a person, a man, should have!

(End of this chapter)