Chapter 43: This script is so scary that even an immortal would die!
After finalizing the candidate, Han Zhou needs to stay with Wang Xiya.
On the one hand, we have to wait for the people from "Real Challenge" to come and sign the contract.
On the other hand, waiting for the actors' contracts.
What Han Zhou needed was to sign contracts with everyone immediately and then quickly return to Hengdian to film the movie.
Therefore, there cannot be any unstable factors.
All must be signed now.
If anyone cannot be present to sign the contract today, he must be replaced immediately.
Just kidding, this movie was shot in just six days.
The actual shooting time should be about three days.
It will take another two or three days to check for omissions and make up for any deficiencies, as well as to prepare props and arrange the shooting location before shooting begins, etc.
Soon, Han Zhou welcomed its first actor, the well-known veteran actor, Zhou Guoqing, who was a pretty boy when he was young and played the protagonist of the movie from the age of twenty to fifty, and is now nearly seventy years old.
Han Zhou has already printed out the script using Wang Xiya's company's printer.
At this time, Wang Xiya was reading Han Zhou's script carefully.
As soon as Zhou Guoqing arrived, he smiled and extended his hand: "You are young and promising. I heard that you are only 22 years old, and this is your second time as a director. Your first movie will be released on New Year's Day?"
Han Zhou laughed: "Hello, Teacher Zhou, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Zhou Guoqing took the script without hesitation and said, "Let me take a look."
Zhou Guoqing is a veteran actor and knows how to read a script very well. It only took him five minutes to read the outline and get a general idea of the style and content of the story.
"Tea party, or fireside chat?"
"This is quite common in the north, but rare in the south."
“But why is this movie called This Man is from Earth?”
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment. This was really hard to explain.
The original version is actually called "The Man from the Cave", but cave and earth are the same word in English.
When this movie was already successful abroad, it was introduced to China. The original translator thought it was a science fiction movie, but when it was translated into "The Man from the Cave", it lost its science fiction meaning.
The original English name actually has a strong science fiction connotation. In the English context, "The Man from the Cave" should mean "modern caveman", which immediately makes people think of the story of an ancient human in a modern environment.
So the translator responsible for the Chinese-English translation thought for a long time and finally translated the movie into "This Man From Earth". In this way, the science fiction connotation is very strong.
And in essence, there is nothing wrong with this, this is indeed an earthling.
Han Zhou: "Yeah, it feels more like science fiction."
In Han Zhou’s background setting, the protagonist is called Gu Lang, an ancient human who was born 11,000 years ago from the Shangshan site in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
If it really has to be named, this movie should be called "People Going Up the Mountain". This is ridiculous. Not many movie fans in the country know that "Shangshan" is the name of an ancient civilization site.
Let’s not talk about this. Even Liangzhu, Longshan and Erlitou are not necessarily known to everyone. Perhaps Sanxingdui is the one that most people know about.
But! That was in the previous life.
The Sanxingdui in this world is far less famous than the Sanxingdui in the previous life. Only two site pits have been excavated in Sanxingdui, while eight pits had been excavated in the 22nd year of the previous life (actually there were nine pits, one of which was excavated in the Qing Dynasty. A large number of jade artifacts were unearthed, but on the way to the capital, they were molested by Qing officials from all over the country. In the end, all the jade artifacts that were sent to the Qing court were gone).
Therefore, in the end, Han Zhou did not use these ancient ruins as the title of the film.
Zhou Guoqing: "Which role is mine?"
"Psychologist, Sui Xin."
Zhou Guoqing nodded and started reading the script.
[Gu Lang, a 35-year-old history professor at Jiangsu and Zhejiang University, resolutely chose to resign after working for ten years. His colleagues came to see him off and expressed their confusion. The story begins from here.
The seemingly simple house is decorated with paintings by Wu Daozi, bows and arrows from the Three Kingdoms period, and prehistoric stone knives. Anthropologists, historians, sinologists, biologists, psychologists and other knowledgeable people gather in the simple suburban courtyard.
Gu Lang, who claimed to have experienced 11,000 years, blurted out a miniature version of the history of human civilization, which turned this final gathering from a simple farewell into an academic debate that subverted tradition and tested the audience's ability to think critically. 】
Soon, Zhou Guoqing raised his head and looked at Han Zhou in astonishment: "This movie is going to be a science fiction film in the form of a campfire night talk?!"
“Can you still shoot like this?”
Han Zhou smiled and nodded: "As expected of Teacher Zhou, you figured it out so quickly."
Zhou Guoqing was puzzled: "Why do you design it this way? This setting of Wu Daozi's painting is wrong. The country does not allow private transactions of paintings before the Song Dynasty."
"In the modern context, this is inconsistent and flawed."
Han Zhou: "So, what I wrote is that the protagonist said that this painting is a fake. The protagonist never admitted that it was a real painting, except for this time. And this painting is equivalent to being passed down, and there is no cultural relic transaction."
" It makes sense logically ."
Han Zhou spent nine days translating the script completely into Chinese, and the changes were more than just a few.
For example, Wu Daozi, Wu Daozi is also a painting saint in this world.
Although the time traveler who overthrew the rule of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty changed history, he also knew that Wu Daozi was the future painting saint, so he accepted Wu Daozi's father as his apprentice.
Later, Wu Daozi became his great-grandson, and he deliberately trained Wu Daozi to become a painter.
The Wu Daozi in this world history is even more famous than the Wu Daozi in his previous life, and is well-known throughout the world.
After all, China in this world has almost reached the top of the world in terms of hard power and is on par with the United States, and its soft cultural propaganda is also slightly higher than in the previous life.
The appearance of such a link can quickly bring people into the play.
Soon, Zhou Guoqing felt the charm of the script and asked questions excitedly.
Zhou Guoqing asked a lot of questions, and Han Zhou patiently explained them one by one.
This process took a full three hours.
At the end of three hours, Zhou Guoqing saw the last part and his eyes widened: "So, your character, Han Zhou, is the father of my Sui Xin's character?!"
It is indeed a bit outrageous that 70-year-old Zhou Guoqing plays the son of a 20-year-old man in a movie.
However, Zhou Guoqing was only surprised for a moment, and then he slapped his thigh and said, "This is a great design!"
"It means that the movie finally confirms the man's identity, rather than leaving it blank."
Someone nearby said, "It's really wonderful. This script is absolutely amazing!"
On the other side: "That's right, it actually uses dialogue, which can almost be said to be in the form of a drama, to fully present such a sci-fi scene. Our domestic sci-fi is relatively weak to begin with. This movie may open up the era of sci-fi movies in our country!"
China is so pragmatic.
If you are pragmatic, it will be difficult to achieve success in science fiction.
Unless the practitioner himself is a genius far beyond the entire era, such as Liu Cixin.
There are such people in China today.
But! This does not mean that such people will enter the industry of science fiction writing and science fiction film creation.
There is no shortage of talented people among the 1.4 billion people, but not everyone can find a job that suits their talents. If there are ten science fiction geniuses in the country, the probability of one of them entering the science fiction industry is too low.
After all, the entire industry consists of only about 200 to 300 people. Among the 1.4 billion people, 200 to 300 of them just happen to include that 1 in 1.4 billion science fiction genius, and the probability is almost zero.
Everyone was marveling at the script, but Han Zhou and Zhou Guoqing were stunned.
It turns out that the entire cast is in place!
They were all looking at the script together in the back and listening to Han Zhou explain the script.
I didn't say anything at first, and only started talking now that I had finished watching it.
Ye Manyi, a popular young actress, looked at Han Zhou with a hint of excitement, three parts of smile, and seven parts of curiosity.
"Hello Han Zhou, I'm Ye Manyi, your girlfriend in the drama."
Han Zhou laughed: "Don't talk about girlfriends. My wife in the drama is worth at least 800 if not 1,000, hahahaha~"
Han Zhou made a rather sarcastic joke.
Ye Manyi also smiled and said: "But only one of them actually appeared in the picture, and the others were just mentioned in words."
“There are several that aren’t even mentioned in the script.”
Everyone gathered around and got to know Han Zhou.
Han Zhou's script gave them a very strong sense of familiarity.
As an actor, it is very difficult to find a suitable good script.
Basically, some more sophisticated actors may not get a single role in a drama throughout the entire year.
This time, when inviting the actors, Wang Xiya had considered them carefully and chose those who were very suitable for the roles. They were suitable for the roles, and the full script was very exciting, even amazing.
These exquisite gold medal supporting actors are all very excited.
I've even become addicted to acting.
When this group of people get together, they all think: let's show off our acting skills, right? I must be the best.
The youngest among them is Liu Xi, who debuted as a child star and is now in college. She is considered a quasi-second-tier actress who has barely entered the ranks of second-tier actors, but has only filmed TV series and never movies.
To be honest, Liu Xi's role is not outstanding, even a bit redundant, just a seasoning.
But Liu Xi felt that being able to star in this movie would be a very important bargaining chip for him in the future, so he asked directly: "Director Han, are we going to sign the contract now? Are we going to start shooting soon?"
Han Zhou nodded: "Let's sign the contract now. Once all the actors have signed, we will leave for Hengdian and start preparing for the filming."
"It will take at most one or two days to prepare, and then we will start the official shooting."
Wang Xiya next to her took out the contract.
Liu Xi signed without even looking at it, then went to get a set of scripts: "Then I'm going to study the lines."
Liu Xi knew that someone of Wang Xiya's level had many ways to trick him, and others would not bother to trick a small character like him, so he directly expressed his attitude.
Others also picked up the contract and started reading it.
The contract was simple, but due to the special nature of this film, Han Zhou required that if someone withdrew midway and caused the film to fail, they must pay ten times the salary.
Because once one person withdraws, all the time and plans of the entire shooting cycle will almost be wasted.
Seeing this clause, no one thought too much about it.
Originally, there were only six days of filming time and the pay was not high, so ten times the compensation was equivalent to two months' pay. For them, this meant they could make up for the money they earned by playing the gold medal supporting roles in two dramas.
Besides, what could possibly go wrong in a week? There was no schedule conflict.
So, we signed the contracts one by one.
Wang Xiya: “To be honest, I really want to invest in this movie.”
Han Zhou smiled and said, "Come on, there will definitely be a time when I will ask you for investment, but not this time."
This is definitely the first pot of gold he made, and Han Zhou will not share any of the profits.
After earning his first pot of gold and officially entering the film and television industry, Han Zhou needed Wang Xiya's support and resources.
It’s not too late to cooperate then.
After signing the contract, Han Zhou and his team quickly booked tickets and flew to Hengdian.
The money for this ticket was paid by Wang Xiya.
Han Zhou had to go back faster, not just to start shooting as soon as possible.
And it was also because Chen Xiaoyong found an assistant director for Han Zhou!
But Chen Xiaoyong told Han Zhou: If you don’t come back, assistant director Zhang Jiuquan will run away!
Han Zhou only had one sentence: "Stupid! Leave the people at New World Entertainment, I'll be back soon!"
…
When they arrived in Hengdian, Tianle’s people came over and took everyone to the hotel that Wang Xiya had booked for them.
Han Zhou quickly took a taxi back to the company.
When Han Zhou returned to the company, he saw someone trying to go out stealthily.
Chen Xiaoyong blocked the door in a flash: "Brother, I'm really back soon! Believe me, I really didn't go to a pyramid scheme! You have to believe me!"
