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Not long after, it was Lu Lingheng's turn to audition.

This is a martial arts film, set in the Ming Dynasty, and it tells the story of a group of martial arts warriors who are involved in court disputes.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian was favored by the emperor. Many officials in the court opposed him very much, and many people wanted to bring him down.Wei Zhongxian wanted to eradicate dissidents, but he couldn't do it openly, so he decided to use the power of martial arts people in the rivers and lakes.He found Bai Wenpeng, a very famous swordsman in the world.Bai Wenpeng's wife was seriously ill, and the swordsman had no money to treat his daughter. Wei Zhongxian promised to help him heal his daughter and asked him to help assassinate an upright official.Bai Wenpeng's assassination succeeded, but he was also silenced after the incident.Wei Zhongxian sent someone to kill his wife and daughter. His wife got the news in advance, entrusted her young daughter to a friend, and committed suicide by herself.

The next story is ten years later.Bai Wenpeng's daughter is already 20 years old, and she devotes herself to practicing martial arts in the Kunlun faction, and is going to seek revenge from Wei Zhongxian after learning martial arts well.And the upright official who was killed by Bai Wenpeng also had a ten-year-old son at the time. After the upright official died, his son joined the Qingcheng School, studied martial arts hard and became the successor of the Qingcheng School. He also wanted to avenge his father, but he I don't know that everything is Wei Zhongxian's trick.After Wei Zhongxian killed Bai Wenpeng, he fabricated a lie that he fled in fear of crime, so the son of an upright official wanted to find Bai Wenpeng to avenge his father.

This son and this daughter are the hero and heroine of "The Great Martial Arts".The heroine also has a senior brother, who is a very kind-hearted young man who is dedicated to the heroine. Unfortunately, the heroine only thinks of revenge, and has never noticed the brother's intentions.At this time, a martial arts competition is held in the martial arts forest, and the winner can get a unparalleled sword in the world. It is said that this sword is the best sword in the world.The Unparalleled Sword was Bai Wenpeng's personal sword back then. After hearing the news, the hero and heroine would of course go to grab the sword, and the senior brother also helped the junior sister, and a Jianghu heroine also participated in the sword competition. Several of them are starring roles of big names.After the protagonists get together, there will be all kinds of love and killing and misunderstandings.

However, this so-called martial arts competition was actually a conspiracy by Wei Zhongxian. Emperor Chongzhen came to power and his status was threatened. He wanted to take this opportunity to recruit available people from the martial arts world.

At the end of the movie, the brother died for the heroine, and the heroine died. The hero who understood the truth and the second heroine teamed up to kill Wei Zhongxian, and then wandered around the world.

This is a script full of all kinds of divine logic. When Lu Lingheng finished reading the script, his impressions were only four words—inexplicable.Nowadays, in many scripts, martial arts are martial arts, and they have to be related to the court. Let him carry it.But for the current domestic market, as long as the actors are big-name and the pictures are gorgeous, even if the film is smashed, it will definitely be a hit.The story is a bit of a court conspiracy, and it looks even more grand.

The role that Lu Lingheng wanted to try was Wei Zhongxian's adopted son, Qing Qu, the number one eunuch among the eunuchs. There were three types of his plays, the first one was to stand beside Wei Zhongxian as the background board, the second was to show courteousness to Wei Zhongxian, and the third was to obstruct The hero and heroine are also lucky enough to get a fight scene or two.He ended up dying to save Wei Zhongxian.

It wasn't long before it was his turn to audition.

This time it was an audition with makeup on, and the role of Qing Qu wore very heavy makeup, because she was a eunuch, her face was very white, and she also wore thick eyeliner.But Wang Ling is not a sissy, he is the number one expert in Dongchang. What he wants to show is not the beauty of women, but the beauty of neutrality and femininity.

Lu Lingheng walked into the audition room and stood there without saying hello to the audition officers. He straightened his back, raised his head slightly, and scanned everyone with haughty eyes.

Several audition officers nodded one after another.

The actors who came to try out the role of Wang Ling, some are too girly, some are too hot, like Lu Lingheng is just right.Although the show hadn't officially started yet, in fact, from the moment Lu Lingheng walked into the room, he had already entered the state.Wang Ling is very aloof and arrogant.Eunuchs are despised by others, and they have low self-esteem, and those with low self-esteem are more likely to be conceited. Wang Ling is Wei Zhongxian's most favored adopted son, and has extremely high power, so his arrogance is further exacerbated.He is loyal to only one person in this world, and that is Wei Zhongxian, and he doesn't even pay much attention to the emperor.

"Wang Ling, come here and let foster father take a look." The assistant director said.

Lu Lingheng stepped forward and knelt down on one knee in front of the assistant director, the aura he had shown just now subsided in an instant, and he was as obedient as a puppy: "Father."

"Good boy, foster father wants you to help me kill someone."

Lu Lingheng raised his head immediately.His shoulders are drooping and arched, showing his obedience and respect, but his eyes are sharp, and there seems to be a murderous flash: "Father, please tell me."

The audition officers are very satisfied.

After the experiment, the producer told Lu Lingheng to go back and wait for the notice, and Lu Lingheng took Qian Yue to catch the plane back.

A few days later, Shen Boyan brought Lu Lingheng to meet with the producer, director and screenwriter of the Hunjun project.

On the way to the restaurant, Shen Boyan turned on the car stereo and started playing music.

As soon as the prelude was played, Lu Lingheng recognized that Shen Boyan was playing "Dream".He originally thought it was just playing the accompaniment, but after the prelude ended, his deep and slightly hoarse voice sounded, and he glanced at Shen Boyan in surprise: "It's done so quickly?"

"Hmm." Shen Boyan said, "It's been done a long time ago. You've been too busy recently so I haven't had a chance to listen to you. Listen, how about it?"

"People always say I'm too brave, impulsive and reckless in the face of challenges..."

The previous piece of music is relatively soothing, it sounds like a folk song, Lu Lingheng sang softly, with a touch of sadness.

"I said that dream is my hope, it brings me the energy to overcome everything..."

The rhythm gradually became brighter, and the drumbeat became stronger, as if the dawn finally ushered in after the night.

Lu Lingheng sighed, "It's amazing."

Shen Boyan smiled and said, "Yes, I also think you sing very well."

"No." Lu Lingheng said, "I mean the music maker is too good."

Just like actors acting, the audience only pays attention to the actors, but in fact, lighting, composition, background music, etc. are all very important. Only with these factors can there be a good-looking picture.The same is true for singing. The singer's voice and singing voice are only part of it. Arrangement, soundtrack, harmony, etc. Only with these factors can a song sound good.

"You can live in both music and shadow."

"Forget it." Lu Lingheng smiled, "As far as my singing skills are concerned, don't be ashamed."

In a blink of an eye, the car arrived at the hotel where we agreed to meet.They arrived 10 minutes earlier than the agreed time, but the producer and director came earlier to show sincerity and were already waiting in the box.

As soon as he entered the door, Lu Lingheng saw an old man in the room, and his eyes lit up: "Director Guo!"

That was the new director hired by the producer, Guo Chuan.Guo Chuan is 60 years old this year. He is short, with gray hair and wrinkled face. He probably dressed up to meet investors today, so he wore a suit, but the style of the suit was very old and did not fit well. , he looks several years older than his actual age.

After being called by Lu Lingheng, Guo Chuan hurriedly stood up: "Mr. Shen, Xiao Lu, hello."

Producer Chai Yun also warmly greeted them and shook hands.

After exchanging pleasantries with several people, they took their seats. Lu Lingheng said enthusiastically, "Director Guo, I really like the movies you made, and I'm your fan."

Guo Chuan was flattered: "Me? Really?"

Few young people know about Guo Chuan now, because he has passed away now.More than ten years ago, Guo Chuan was also brilliant, making many literary and artistic films, but at that time the mainland film market was not prosperous, piracy was rampant, and many film industry people could not survive and were forced to change careers.Later, the market got better, and Guo Chuan failed to keep up with the transformation of the commercial film model, so he was squeezed out to the edge. Over the years, he has been contacting messy projects to make ends meet.

Although the script of the Hunjun project is good, but a good script without a good director is also a bad film. The first thing Lu Lingheng did after knowing this project was to find out which director would direct the film.An actor who won an Oscar once said that no matter how good an actor is, he cannot surpass his director. The director's upper limit determines the actor's upper limit.After knowing that Guo Chuan took over the film, Lu Lingheng had the idea of ​​further contact.

Lu Lingheng said: "I like "Thousands of Miles" and "Turning the Tide" directed by you very much. I used to watch them several times when I was in school."

Guo Chuan originally thought that Lu Lingheng was just being polite to him, but when he heard Lu Lingheng talk about his favorite works, his face finally burst into a smile: "I didn't expect that the post-90s would watch such old movies."

Lu Lingheng was embarrassed.His cousin is a few years younger than him, and now he is regarded as a post-90s generation, so he is really ashamed of being an old cucumber with green paint.

A few minutes later, Hunjun's screenwriter also came.It was a woman in her forties, named Xie Yu.As soon as she entered the door, she found that everyone had arrived. She panicked and apologized hastily: "I'm sorry, I'm late."

"No." Shen Boyan looked at his watch, "You are very punctual."

Now everyone came together, Shen Boyan ordered a few dishes, and everyone started the meeting.

The script of Hunjun was written by Xie Yu for five years.Her experience is a bit similar to Guo Chuan's. She has also been in this circle for many years, but she has never made it to the top.Her screenwriting skills are very solid, she has a strong control over the rhythm and contradictions of the story, and she digs deep into the hearts of the characters. None of the characters are simple and rude, and they all have their positions and reasonable emotions.But her biggest problem is that the scripts she creates are not commercialized enough to survive in this impetuous market.

The current market is relatively deformed. Everyone is complaining about the bad movies in the cinema, the stories are bloody, the characters are simple and rough, and they only rely on big scenes and big stars to support the show.But it happens that this kind of movie sells the best. Even the more shocking the story, the more people scold it, and the more people watch it. Some crews even use thunder as a selling point. The audience wants to know how thunderous this movie is. money to see.Investors are all looking at money, as long as any film can make money, investors will invest in it regardless of word-of-mouth.Just like commodities, sometimes when people buy commodities, what they actually buy is marketing, not the commodity itself.And those who can calm down and tell stories well, because the income is too low and the risks are too high, have also been marginalized.

For a low-budget movie, because the investment is small, the pay is also low, and no big stars are invited, and the scene is not grand.Such crews often have few contacts and resources, and they can’t even get a movie in theaters, so how can they compete with commercial blockbusters?

Xie Yu has written a lot of stories, but few of them are hits. The only one that sells better is "Princess Taiping". The story was changed to a domineering president and a silly heroine. She felt that the love story, characters and logic were all distorted. As a result, she still couldn't get the first credit of the screenwriter, so she has been unknown for so many years.

Now that such a group of people has formed such a team, no one would be optimistic about this film. If there is no Shen Boyan, this project may be aborted.

Shen Boyan cleared his throat: "Then let's start."