Chapter 150 148. Hoh Xil
Nie Wei looked at the unfamiliar man and smiled at him. His eyes clearly recognized him, but who was this man? Nie Wei nodded and responded politely while guessing the man's identity.
After all, the person who could enter the general manager's lounge must not be too unknown.
"Hello, Nie Wei, my name is Lu Chuan, and I'm a director." Just when Nie Wei was still quietly observing the details of this person to infer his profession, he didn't expect that this man took the initiative to greet Nie Wei and even revealed his family background.
Lu Chuan? As soon as this name came out, Nie Wei immediately had an impression in his mind.
It turned out to be the director who married the female anchor of Huaxia TV.
When it comes to Lu Chuan, Nie Wei thinks of his gossip and his sometimes good and sometimes bad directing level. He can shoot high-quality movies such as "Kekexili" and "Nanjing! Nanjing!", and he can also direct works such as "The Feast of the King" and "Nine-story Demon Tower" that only have four or five points on the film review website.
In short, this is a demon director, but I don't know why he came to Wang Zhonglei this time?
As his thoughts turned, Nie Wei found that the other party had stretched out his hand in front of him and shook it. Nie Wei also introduced himself: "Hello, Director Lu, I am Nie Wei, an actor."
"Nie Wei, I have seen your performance in "The Golden Age". The performance is very good, especially the expression of micro-expressions, which is quite in place. However, the TV series restricts you. In the first half of the play, your performance is actually better, but you are obviously holding back in the second half. Although it seems to be more in line with the content of the TV series, it is undoubtedly not your acting skills to the limit..."
Nie Wei raised his eyebrows slightly. He never expected that this Lu Chuan was still a chatterbox. However, his vision was quite accurate at that time. In the second half of "The Golden Age", Nie Wei was indeed holding back, which was indeed more in line with the role of the movie. Generally, film critics would think that Nie Wei performed better in the second half, but they did not expect that the director in front of him could see it at a glance.
"TV dramas have their own way of acting. Going beyond that frame is not beautiful." Nie Wei explained.
"That's why I said it's a pity." Lu Chuan sighed, as if she was regretting for Nie Wei again, which made Nie Wei laugh.
"Director Lu, why are you here today?" After chatting for a while, Nie Wei finally asked tentatively.
Lu Chuan didn't hide anything, and answered directly and generously: "I'm here today because of my movie. Aren't you here to ask Mr. Wang for investment?"
"New movie? What's it called?"
"Kekexili, a movie adapted from a true story, telling the story of a group of people protecting the Tibetan antelopes and ecological environment in Kekexili, and fighting tenaciously against Tibetan antelope poachers and even sacrificing their lives."
Hearing this answer, Nie Wei secretly said in his heart, as expected.
"Is that a script? Can I take a look?" Nie Wei found that Lu Chuan had been holding a brown paper bag in his hand, guessing that it was the script, so he asked.
"Of course." Lu Chuan handed the brown paper bag directly to Nie Wei, who was not polite and opened it immediately after receiving it.
A stack of A4 paper, standard script format, and even a part of the storyboard was drawn. The story was not much different from the movie he saw in the future. It seemed that this script was basically finished. No wonder he dared to take it out to ask Wang Zhonglei for funds. However, I remember that the box office of this movie was not very good, but the reputation was very good.
Perhaps, this is also an opportunity for me, Nie Wei thought while holding the script.
Ten minutes later, Nie Wei sorted out the script, put it in the brown paper bag, and handed it back to Lu Chuan, praising it at the same time: "Great script, great creativity, it will definitely make a wonderful movie."
"I think so too." Lu Chuan laughed, his eyes revealing confidence.
In fact, Lu Chuan has already released a movie this year, called "Looking for a Gun", starring the famous Jiang Wen. This movie not only caused quite a stir in the literary and artistic circles of Taiwan, but also entered the competition unit of the Venice Film Festival.
Although his first film achieved very good results, Lu Chuan was very unwilling to accept it, and this unwillingness came from Jiang Wen, the main factor in the success of his first film.
Lu Chuan could no longer remember the original script of "Looking for a Gun", but he was very clear that the final work was different from what he wanted at the beginning, because there were too many ideas about Jiang Wen in it. The outside media also spread rumors that Lu Chuan's success this time was mostly due to Jiang Wen. Such rumors or reality made Lu Chuan very unwilling.
So there was the second movie script, Kekexili.
After three months of continuous creation and revision, Lu Chuan was full of confidence in this script, which is why Nie Wei's praise made him so happy, everything came from a sense of identity.
"Director Lu, I don't know when you will cast, do I have a chance to interview." Nie Wei suddenly said while Lu Chuan was still laughing after dropping the script.
Such initiative made Lu Chuan startled.
"Nie Wei, do you want to act in this script?" Lu Chuan came back to his senses and confirmed.
"Yes."
"This... let me think about it, haha." This time Lu Chuan's answer was not so straightforward, but Nie Wei's initiative made him quite happy. After all, Nie Wei took the initiative to fight for a role, didn't it mean that he was really optimistic about this script?
In fact, Lu Chuan was also very tempted. Although Nie Wei didn't have many works, his acting skills were great. The key was that he was popular and had appeal. Movies are not made for oneself. The final box office is also very important. A director who can only win awards but not box office is destined to not work in this industry for long.
Unfortunately, Lu Chuan was "tricked" by Jiang Wen in the last movie. Now when he heard that a star wanted to play his script, the first thing he thought of was whether Nie Wei would interfere with his script during the filming. After the experience with Jiang Wen, he was now full of vigilance. This was the main reason why he was very hesitant when Nie Wei took the initiative to fight for it.
Nie Wei fought for it, but Lu Chuan did not give an answer on the spot. Nie Wei was not in a hurry about this. After all, since Lu Chuan came to Huayi to ask for funds, Huayi was destined to become the producer. As an actor of Huayi, he would of course have the right to interview first. At that time, he could just let Luo Kai and the upper management know.
Soon, Nie Wei led the topic to other aspects, such as what kind of scenes to use what kind of lenses and other technical issues. Lu Chuan was indeed quite interested in these, and no one bothered about the previous question for a while.
Half an hour later, there was a sound of kicking outside the door. As the footsteps approached, the door of the lounge was soon pushed open.
Thanks to Yanyue Xinming for the reward, and Beichen Zhansha, Lianmeng Ruyan, Shuyou 120924181737868, and the Torch of Hope, who cast precious monthly tickets, thank you.