Entertainment, I just like making movies

October 1st!

During the National Day holiday, everyone in China is celebrating.

The turbulent movie market is also in full swing with the seven-day holiday.

The first is "囧", which dominates the National Day slot. It grossed 125 million at the box office in five days on its first weekend and easily exceeded 200 million in eight days.

The next "Hawthorn Tree" was released for 16 days, with a total box office of 170 million. Relevant agencies predict that the film will have at least 230 to 250 million when it is released.

The name of the film master Lao Mouzi was mentioned again. Fans were so happy that they took to the Weibo account of New Picture and cursed that Zhang Weiping was nothing and deserved the collapse of New Picture.

At the same time, "Inception", which was released for one month, quietly took in a box office of 400 million.

The media doesn’t want to mention this, but there are so many fans who like science fiction blockbusters that they can’t stand it, so “Inception” has been searched one after another in the past two days.

Many people went to Fang Ziheng and Hengyu Media's Weibo posts, asking when "Edge of Tomorrow" would be released.

One buddy posted an emoji of someone sighing up to the sky, shouting that China has been suffering from sci-fi blockbusters for a long time, and hoped that "Edge of Tomorrow" would never disappoint the public.

Fang Ziheng @contacted this buddy and replied, ‘Don’t worry, see you in the Lunar New Year’!

In addition to the above three movies, "Detective Dee: The Empire" premiered on the evening of the 28th and attracted even more attention!

20 million on the first day!

26 million the next day!

On the 1st, which is the National Day, "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" had a big hit, reaching the 35 million mark in one fell swoop.

It dropped slightly on the fourth day, with 32.7 million, and exceeded 100 million in four days, which is more fierce than "囧".

Mr. Xu spent five years sharpening his sword and swept away the decline with "Detective Dee". He was hailed by the media as the only master of martial arts movies after the new century.

Huayi's stock has once again ushered in spring, with its total market value reaching 22 billion. In an interview, Wang Zhongjun even shouted the slogan of breaking 900 million.

900 million!

Lao Wang really thinks too much.

When Fang Ziheng heard the news, he shook his head and laughed.

Not to mention 900 million, even a half of 450 million is probably impossible.

In the previous life, "Detective Dee" also started in Tianhu, and then started high and low, reaching 300 million soft sister coins in the mainland.

In this life, "Four Famous Catchers" has opened the way. It stands to reason that the release of "Detective Dee" will naturally attract a large number of accumulated movie fans.

The strange thing is that first, "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" became an inexplicable hit, breaking the convention from a movie that exceeded 100 million to 200 million.

Then "囧" was released ahead of schedule and grabbed most of the viewing traffic during the National Day holiday.

When "Detective Detective" encounters these two opponents, it is likely to be the same as in its previous life. It suffered a waterloo after the first weekend and was defeated in Maicheng in despair.

October 3rd.

In a private restaurant in the imperial capital, in an antique private room.

Fang Ziheng and Lao Mouzi sat opposite each other.

On the small round dining table, there are seven dishes, one soup, and a small pot of Maotai national wine bottled in blue and white porcelain.

The two were chatting and laughing, drinking leisurely.

The topic shifted from scenic spots and historic sites across the country, to anecdotes about celebrities from various dynasties and generations, and finally returned to the movie itself.

Lao Mouzi graduated from the Department of Photography at Nortel. He picked up a camera for the first time in 1984 and collaborated with Zhang Junchuan and Dao Mingshu on "One and Eight" and with Chen Daren on "Yellow Earth".

In 1986, he starred in "Old Well" and won three Best Actor trophies in one fell swoop.

In 1987, he directed his first film, "Red Sorghum", which won the Golden Bear Award at China's first international film festival.

As far as movies are concerned, Lao Mouzi is definitely a master-level figure who can direct, act, and shoot.

Especially in terms of photography, images, and composition, it has reached its peak.

In the entire Chinese film and television industry, and even in the world of film, Lao Mouzi's capture and conception of movie scenes can definitely be ranked in the top five, or even the top three.

Lao Mouzi's only weakness is the screenwriting aspect.

The stories of the movies he makes are very simple, and many of the rhythms are driven not by the plot, but by the pictures and actors.

It wasn't until the release of "Cliff" that the situation improved slightly, but not much.

The two exchanged glasses and talked about their respective understandings of the movie. Fang Ziheng mostly asked questions and Lao Mouzi was responsible for explaining.

In terms of film attainments, Fang Ziheng does still have many shortcomings. It is rare to meet a film master, so of course he has to learn from his master.

After three rounds of drinking, the two of them were almost done drinking.

Fang Ziheng put down his chopsticks, took out a small stack of A4 paper from his bag and handed it over. He smiled lightly and said, "Director Zhang, I have a notebook here. Please take a look."

"Oh script!"

Lao Mouzi's eyes flashed and he looked at Fang Ziheng in surprise.

He had been waiting for the other party to make a condition. Unexpectedly, he had almost finished his meal and took out a script.

The operations of young people are indeed different from other film and television companies!

Lao Mouzi secretly praised it in his heart, drank the wine in one gulp, reached out to take the A4 paper and started browsing.

"The Year of Dreams"!

Four large black characters came into view.

Just by looking at the name of the script, Lao Mouzi guessed the type of the script.

This is a literary film!

He shook his head mentally. He had just filmed "Hawthorn Tree Love", and he wanted to film a commercial blockbuster for his next film.

Grasping both literature, art and business, this is his film career path.

Of course, just because you don’t want to take pictures now doesn’t mean you don’t want to take pictures in the future.

The key is to read the script, okay?

Speaking of scripts, Fang Ziheng in front of me is a master.

Could it be

Lao Mouzi's heart moved, he lowered his eyes and opened the paper.

Three minutes later.

Lao Mouzi's eyes brightened.

He loves this book!

Ten minutes later, I finished reading the 10,000-word outline.

Lao Mouzi breathed a long sigh of relief, raised his head and stared at Fang Ziheng with burning eyes.

"Director Fang, did you write this book?"

"That's right, it was written just two days ago!"

Fang Ziheng nodded lightly, got a glass of wine for Lao Mouzi, and said with a smile: "I want Director Zhang to shoot this book."

"Shall I take the photo?"

Lao Mouzi exhaled softly and tightened the A4 paper in his hand.

My heart is excited!

He was moved.

Just now, I had the idea of ​​not making a literary film, but now I will lose everything to the country.

Make a commercial film!

How important is it to win an Oscar?

At this moment, Lao Mouzi finally understood why people in the industry called Fang Ziheng a master screenwriter.

The outline story of just 10,000 words is no less than any outstanding award-winning literary film script.

If the finished film turns out well, it will definitely have a chance to win an Oscar!

sharp!

Amazing!

Lao Mouzi praised Fang Ziheng repeatedly in his heart and sighed that Fang Ziheng was amazing.

"Director Fang, let me toast you!"

"Director Zhang, you're too polite. It's my turn to respect you!"

Fang Ziheng smiled, picked up the wine glass and touched it lightly with Lao Mouzi.

The two had a tacit understanding and did not discuss the specific details of the cooperation, nor did they mention the conditions required for Lao Mouzi to join Hengyu Media.

Such an occasion!

Such a moment!

It’s just two directors who love movies chatting, and everything else has to give way.

After clinking glasses, Fang Ziheng talked about the direction of improving the script of "The Year of Dreams".

The two had a detailed exchange on how to balance the literary, artistic and commercial attributes of the script and the values ​​​​of the characters.

During this period, Fang Ziheng also casually mentioned Hengyu’s literary editorial department.

"Director Zhang, Hengyu Media has established a literary editorial department. There are not many people in this department, but they are all experts!"

"The film and television projects currently developed by Hengyu Media must go through this department, and be filled in and reviewed by the literary editorial department in all aspects to ensure that every project produced by Hengyu is logically reasonable and has an online IQ!"

Lao Mouzi's eyes narrowed and he asked aloud: "Is the same true for "Four Famous Catchers"?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Fang Ziheng smiled softly, without any hesitation, and directly told the 'inside truth'.

"After I wrote the outline of "Four Famous Catchers", I worked with people in the literary editorial department to improve the script. After the script was formed, I independently conceived the script and illustrations, and added ideas and creativity for filming."

“The purpose of this approach is to craft a good script so that the director cannot freely express his personal views on the story.

Being responsible for the project is also responsible for the director himself! "

Hearing this, Lao Mouzi understood.

Hengyu Literary Editorial Department follows the Hollywood path and decides the script of a drama together with the director!

After the script is finalized, the director's creativity and ideas can only be reflected in the shooting techniques, techniques, images, and film rhythm control.

You can’t dictate the story of the script!

The same goes for characters. After the script is finalized, each character has his or her own role and cannot be left to the director's whim.

There will never be a situation where the director is so excited that he adds two lines to the female lead today and one more glamorous scene to the second female lead tomorrow.

After realizing the 'truth', Lao Mouzi asked his third question: "What if the director and the literary editorial department have different ideas?"

“It’s a good thing to have ideas. All the director’s ideas can be put forward when perfecting the script!

Even if the director doesn't mention it, they will try their best to mention it and even take the initiative to provide you with various creative ideas for you to choose from!

You know, they are all top-notch screenwriters.

Those who have crazy ideas about scripts are much more courageous than us directors. They can write what we want to shoot and dare to shoot, and they can also write what we don’t want to shoot and dare not shoot! "

Fang Ziheng spoke calmly, with a calm and confident smile on his face, calming down Lao Mouzi's worries in a few words.

After listening to his description, Lao Mouzi was very surprised.

The screenwriter has a bigger imagination than the director.

There are more creative ideas and ideas than directors!

He had never heard of this conclusion before, nor had he thought about it.

However, if you think about it carefully, this is really the case.

Almost instantly, a wild idea came to Lao Mouzi's mind.

There are so many of his previous movies, and the story in each one of them is pretty bad.

It's not because I have too many ideas that I took away the screenwriter's original job.

Lao Mouzi smiled bitterly in his heart and said to Fang Ziheng: "Director Fang, after hearing what you said, I really want to go over and have a look and talk to the people in the literary editorial department. If possible, I would like to submit "The Year of Dreaming" Give them perfection.”

"No problem. With Director Zhang's arrival, the literary editorial department will flourish. He will definitely create a different spark with the young people in the editorial department."

Fang Ziheng smiled while stroking his palms, picked up the wine glass, touched it with Lao Mouzi, and drank it all in one gulp.

A lunch.

Eating from 12 noon to 4 pm.

The two had a great conversation and agreed to meet again next time.

Outside the private restaurant.

Fang Ziheng waved and watched Lao Mouzi get into the car.

Then, he could no longer suppress his drunkenness, his body swayed, and he almost stumbled to the ground.

The attendants quickly helped him and supported him into the car.

"Mr. Fang, where are you going!"

"go home!"

Today, he was willing to risk everything.

He was explaining the script to Lao Mouzi and risking his life to accompany him while drinking. It was better than treating his girlfriend.

well.

I'm sorry for someone's drinking capacity. When can I increase it?

Back at the duplex, Liu Qianqian had already gone home. Lin Feifei and Andy got off work early and rushed over.

The two men took over Fang Ziheng and asked the driver: "Xiao Fang, I met Lao Mouzi. How was their conversation?"

"seen!"

The driver nodded repeatedly and recounted the scene when Fang Ziheng and Lao Mouzi went out.

Xiao Fang is a distant relative of Fang Ziheng's hometown, named Fang Zhongxin, a young man who retired from the armed police.

Loyal, honest, and very trustworthy.

Concubine Lin and Andy looked at each other and helped Fang Ziheng into the house. The other party said: "Xiao Fang, you go back first. Remember to keep this matter confidential!"

"clear!"

Xiaofang looked solemn, closed the door and walked away.

the next day!

Fang Ziheng woke up quietly, rubbed Lou's swollen head, climbed out of bed, and stumbled to the living room downstairs.

On the sofa in the living room.

Concubine Lin sat cross-legged in silence. She opened her eyes when she heard the sound, looked at Fang Ziheng who had lost his soul, and joked: "Wake up, how much did you drink yesterday?"

“Not much to drink, just a bottle of Maotai for two!”

Fang Ziheng was a little embarrassed. His drinking capacity was so embarrassing.

Lin Feifei was speechless, pointed to the bathroom, and said angrily: "Hurry up and take a shower, I've made millet porridge for you in the kitchen."

"Yeah, sister, you are still good to me."

Fang Ziheng patted his haggard cheeks, grinned at Sister Lin, and was about to go over and give her a loving hug.

"Go away, you smell of alcohol, stay away from me!" Sister Lin frowned in fear and waved her hands repeatedly.

Take a shower, brush your teeth, drink millet porridge, and take a nap on the sofa.

Until almost noon.

Fang Ziheng just regained his energy and felt that he was okay again.

Liu Qianqian and Andy came hand in hand, carrying large and small bags of food, fruits, and ingredients.

The young lady helped Fang Ziheng sit up and checked him. Seeing that he was fine, she smiled and said, "Ziheng, how was your chat with Lao Mouzi yesterday?"

"fine!"

Fang Ziheng leisurely picked up an apple from the coffee table, gnawed on it and said with a smile: "We talked about many topics, astronomy and geography, all kinds of things."

"Then will he agree to come to our Hengyu?"

"No, I didn't agree!"

"What!"

The three beauties exclaimed in unison, stood up suddenly, and looked at Fang Ziheng in disbelief.

I have to send...

No answer!

You can still be so leisurely without promising!

Lin Feifei and Andy were so angry that they really wanted to kick this guy.

The two of them were busy last night, undressing him, wiping his body, and pouring him tea and water.

Now Fang Ziheng told them that Lao Mouzi did not agree to come to Hengyu.

They spent the entire night taking care of this guy in vain!

"Lao Fang, Xiao Fang said that when you and Lao Mouzi walked out of the private restaurant yesterday, you put your arms around your shoulders and talked and laughed."

"Yes, there is such a thing, I still remember it."

"Since it's a good conversation, why not?"

Concubine Lin looked at him with doubts in her eyes.

Fang Ziheng is drunk, what are you doing!

Whoever talks well will surely win Lao Mouzi.

The other party is an international director, and he wants to drag people into the chariot after just one meal. How can such a good thing happen?

Taking a bite of the apple, Fang Ziheng spread his hands and said vaguely: "Relax, people like Lao Mouzi are as wise as they are foolish. There is no need to follow him so closely. He will come to our Hengyu in a few days. Then you can knew."

"Sister Lin, I'm hungry. Let's cook quickly!"

After speaking, Fang Ziheng touched his empty belly.

"You can't eat too greasy today. I'll steam two steamed buns, so you can deal with it!"

Lin Feifei hummed, picked up a bag of ingredients, twisted her waist and walked into the kitchen.

"Cook two more corn cobs, just right with millet porridge."

Andy also rolled his eyes and picked up other ingredients, leaving the back of his head to him.

Fang Ziheng: "."

What the hell, this is how you treat a hero who has returned triumphantly!

He looked at Liu Qianqian, trying to get comfort.

The young lady went upstairs with her hands behind her back and threw him a health blow!