For the first movie he acted in and directed, Ye Zhiqiu chose "No Man's Land", a work by Ning Hao, who was known as a "genius director" in his previous life.

The first consideration was the cost issue. The cast and scenes of this movie were not complicated. It was a medium-low-cost movie, which was quite suitable for a "new" director like him to get started.

After all, it was impossible for him to make a blockbuster movie with a production cost of hundreds of millions right away. That was unrealistic.

Although he had no shortage of scripts in his mind, knowing how to do it and whether it could be done were often two different things, and it often took a process.

Ye Zhiqiu knew his own strengths and weaknesses. With his current experience and level, he could not control large scenes such as wars involving hundreds of thousands of people. He would take it step by step.

Secondly, the movie "No Man's Land" in his previous life had high ratings and reputations on film review websites such as Douban, and it was also a "small wins big" movie at the box office.

At the same time, this kind of road movie with a plot and crime theme is still relatively unpopular in China, and the competition from similar films will be much smaller. The only difference is that the filming locations are concentrated in the remote areas of the northwest of China, and the conditions are still quite difficult.

In the conference room, after Ye Zhiqiu took out the script, it fell into silence again.

In fact, after learning that this is a realistic film, Huahai Entertainment has sufficient confidence in this script, which is just a process.

After all, many successful works such as "Crazy Stone" and "Dying to Survive" have proved Ye Zhiqiu's talent in creating this kind of work.

On the side, Xiaoru, an assistant who had time, secretly looked at the faces of the people who were looking at the script.

As a result, she found that everyone's expressions changed from doubt, to confusion, to solemnity, to astonishment, and changed several times, which was wonderful.

Is it because the script is not well written? The little assistant was curious.

After a long time, Lu Ping, the head of the film and television department, took a long breath and asked a question.

"I want to know, who is the good guy in this story?"

Ye Zhiqiu shook his head, "No."

"Hiss..." Everyone gasped and looked at each other.

It's really a story of "everyone is a villain"! Everyone has read the script, and some of the scenes described in it are a little tingling.

Lu Ping considered it for a while, and hesitated: "Isn't this... a little inconsistent with the current mainstream values?"

"Would it be better to slightly modify the character of the protagonist, or add one or two decent characters to appear in the play?"

Ye Zhiqiu refused without thinking much, "No."

"The name 'No Man's Land' is meant to show that this place is a gathering place for evil, a black hole of desire and greed, in which everyone is infinitely magnifying their greed, anger and ignorance, and the protagonist is no exception."

"Also, who says that the protagonist of a movie must be a good person?"

Everyone fell silent, knowing that what Ye Zhiqiu said made sense.

Lu Ping smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, I also enjoyed watching it."

"But to be honest, the scale of this story is quite large. If it is really filmed, I don't know if there will be any problems with the review."

"No problem, shoot it!" Li Wenrui immediately decided, "As for the review, invite them to dinner in advance to find out whether it complies with the regulations!"

After the project was approved, the crew preparation work of "No Man's Land" started quickly and is in full swing.

For his first film to be directed, Ye Zhiqiu is still cautious in selecting actors.

First, he plays the role of "Pan Xiao", a black-hearted lawyer with a little fame but greed, and "Zhan Tiejun", the boss of the poaching gang, is played by Huang Zhengmin.

Another important role is "killer", and Ye Zhiqiu already has a target candidate in mind for this role.

Shandong Province, Qingdao City,

"Hello? Zhiqiu?" Huang Bo was quite surprised to receive Ye Zhiqiu's call.

"The last drama just finished filming, I don't have any now, but I'm considering the next crew..."

"Okay! I'm interested, of course I'm interested! Send it to me..."

Huang Bo put down his phone with excitement. At the side, his agent Cai Liang asked curiously: "Is it Ye Zhiqiu? What did he say to you on the phone?"

"He is going to shoot a new movie, a movie he directed and acted in, and invited me to play a role!" Huang Bo explained, his eyes did not leave the phone screen.

The agent was stunned, and a hint of joy flashed across his face. He quickly asked: "What role, which male?"

Huang Bo pondered and said: "According to what he said, he should be the third male in the movie."

"The third male..." The agent frowned and hesitated.

"You have three film contracts now, and the worst one is also the second male, and one of them is the first male, and it's a big movie...Ye ZhiqiuIt's my first time as a director, so I guess it's just a small job. This opportunity is not very suitable. "

"How about we decline him?"

In the movie "Crazy Stone", Huang Bo impressed people with his excellent performance. Later, his value also rose and he received many film offers.

Huang Bo shook his head and didn't agree to the agent's proposal.

"Read the script first. If the script is good, the number of male actors is not a problem." Huang Bo said. He noticed that Ye Zhiqiu seemed to have sent the document on WeChat. His eyes lit up and he opened it quickly.

After reading it, another half an hour passed, and he was completely immersed in it.

On the side, the agent looked at Huang Bo's changing expression and was also wondering in his heart.

Is this good or bad!

However, the next second Huang Bo slapped his thigh and his face was extremely excited.

"I'll play this one!"

The agent was shocked and quickly took the phone and looked at the document.

——"No Man's Land".

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