The wrap party is over, and all the filming-related parts of "Red Owl" have been completed. The next step is post-production, which is expected to take ten months. The film will be released tentatively during next summer vacation.
At the same time, Mu Zhixing, the most eccentric and respected director in the industry, announced that he is about to shoot a new movie - the name of the movie has not been revealed; the subject of the movie is to be kept secret; the cast is still being sought, and it is said that the search has been going on for six years, and he finally met the actor for one of the important roles recently.
Look at the word: encounter.
This shows that this actor is rare and cannot be replaced.
Of course, many people in the circle knew about the script in Mu Zhixing’s hand, especially those who were close to him and Chu Yinlong. But when this news came out, Director Mu’s die-hard fans outside the circle were shocked - after shooting several commercial films in a row, Director Mu was finally going to do something big again!
Even a number of marketing accounts gave up on celebrity gossip and started speculating: Will Director Mu’s movie this time be based on the script left by the mysterious screenwriter?
"This is the script left by my late wife, so I can only accept the best interpretation."
In a private room of a private restaurant in Yan City, Mu Zhixing handed a book to Jiang Dao and said, "I have been looking for an actor for the role of Little Gray Wolf for six years. Finally, God helped me and I found you."
Jiang Dao stroked the script cover, pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time, then said, "Are you expecting too much from me? I have never learned acting. The role you have been looking for for six years must be very important. I may not be able to handle it."
Director Mu shook his head: "Xiao Chu recognized your acting skills, so I also believe you can do it."
Seeing his determined look, Jiang Dao did not refuse again and said seriously: "Okay, I will do it."
Director Mu finally smiled and looked at Chu Yinlong who was sitting next to him: "Talking to Xiaodao is easy, straightforward, and not pretentious."
Then he turned to Jiang Dao and said, "Take the script back and read it today, but remember to keep it confidential. Shooting will probably start next year. The background of this movie is a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and the pre-production cycle is very long. Even if I have designed the original scene paintings a long time ago, I still have to wait until the beginning of the year to start the final makeup... Xiao Dao?"
Jiang Dao suddenly came back to his senses: "Yeah, I'm listening to... the end of the world wasteland?"
Director Mu smiled and said, "It's a near-future fantasy story, and most of it is set in an urban setting, in the middle or late stages of a catastrophe, when civilization has just been rebuilt but is not yet perfect... I'll say too much, you can go back and read the script and you'll understand."
Jiang Dao nodded silently.
At this time, Chu Yinlong suddenly squinted his eyes and looked at Jiang Dao, unsure: "Director Mu, I think Xiaodao needs to lose weight?"
Hearing this, Jiang Dao suddenly became alert: "What? No way? I'm not fat at all!"
Unexpectedly, Director Mu actually agreed with Chu Yinlong: "It's time to reduce it."
Jiangdao: ...
"Don't make that expression, I don't mean to say you're fat." Director Mu laughed, "You have a beautiful figure now, but the problem is, it's too beautiful. Although the character of Little Gray Wolf is a warrior, he obviously doesn't have the same good nutritional conditions as you, so, in less than half a year, you'd better lose weight to less than 120 pounds."
Jiang Dao is not short. If he loses weight to below 120 kilograms, he will be almost the same as the original owner at the beginning.
Thinking of this, Jiang Dao couldn't help but retort: "In the end times, it's hard for people who are too thin and too weak to survive. Isn't it a bit..."
"So, it can't be weak." Director Mu added, "It has to be thin, but not weak, and have a sense of strength. Do you know cheetahs? That's the feeling I want, thin, but powerful, and light, without any unnecessary lines on the body. Or put it this way - it looks more like a precision machine, with each component designed for maximum efficiency."
Jiang Dao pondered for a moment and nodded: "Well, I think I understand."
"It's difficult, so I hope you can start preparing in advance." Mu Zhixing said, then turned to Chu Yinlong and said, "He needs a professional body trainer and nutritionist. In the next six months, all his diet and exercise methods must be strictly controlled."
Hearing this, Jiang Dao was shocked: "Ah? To this extent?!"
Even diet has to be controlled? !
He still has so many delicious foods to eat!
How could this world treat him like this!
Seeing Jiang Dao like this, Mu Zhixing and Chu Yinlong couldn't help laughing out loud.
After laughing, Chu Yinlong picked up a goose leg from the big pot and put it into Jiang Dao’s bowl: “You can eat more today, just as the last carnival.”
Jiangdao gritted his teeth and bit off a piece of goose leg meat.
Then he muttered, "I saw an ad for a new flavor of Fizzy Ice Cream yesterday, and I'm going to eat a big box of it today!"
Chu Yinlong doted: "Okay, I'll buy it in a while."
We had almost finished talking about the new script when the conversation gradually went off topic.
Director Mu took a sip of tea, smiled and shook his head: "If you ask me, Lao Zhang has finally experienced how difficult it is to work behind the scenes. He didn't dare to use Xiaodao before, but what happened? The investor stuffed a little model who can only frown and glare into the crew... Haha, he will have a headache when the filming starts."
Chu Yinlong laughed when he heard this: "What capital do you have? You can actually interfere with Teacher Zhang's play?"
Director Mu smacked his lips and replied, "Tian Qin. He must have gotten tired of real estate and wanted to promote a young model, so he approached Old Zhang."
Hearing about Tianqin Capital, Chu Yinlong quickly glanced at Jiang Dao and raised his eyebrows: "Tianqin? What's the name of that little model? Do you know?"
Director Mu was surprised when he heard this: "Why do you care about this?"
Chu Yinlong smiled and said, "I said I was curious, do you believe it?"
Seeing that Chu Yinlong didn't want to explain the reason, Director Mu didn't ask any more questions. After recalling for a moment, he nodded and said, "Old Zhang mentioned that his name seemed to be... Liu something Ran? Liu Tianran?"
"Liu Yueran?" Jiang Dao suddenly spoke.
"Oh, yes! Liu Yueran!" Director Mu slapped the table and looked at Jiang Dao suspiciously, "Do you know him?"
Jiang Dao smiled and said, "I've seen it once."
It really is a piece of cake.
In fact, after the wrap party, Jiang Dao called back the number that had called him before, but the other party kept rejecting the call. Jiang Dao checked online and found out that the other party might have put him on the automatic rejection list, cutting off his way to actively contact them.
Originally Jiang Dao was thinking about trying other methods to find it in the next two days, but he didn't expect that having a meal with Mu Zhixing would actually solve his problem.
No matter whether it is "Tianqin" or "Tianqin" or something else, since he has the ability to intervene in Zhang Heng's movie, he should not be too unknown. However, with a few homophones, if you go back and check slowly, you can always find out who his cheap brother is, and... who he himself is.
"Well... let's not talk about this." Chu Yinlong didn't want to expose Jiang Dao's scars, so he reminded him.
"Okay, let's not talk about it anymore." Director Maki waved his hand and quickly changed the subject. "I wanted Xiaodao to play the role in the first place to train him in emotional scenes. Otherwise, he has never been in love and has never played such a plot. I'm afraid he won't be able to grasp the feeling when the time comes... No, I have to ask someone else if there are any other roles like this."
Chu Yinlong cleared his throat and said, "It's not necessary."
Director Mu was surprised: "Huh? What?"
Chu Yinlong said: "I can teach him."
Hearing this, Director Mu sneered: "You? You talk as if you've been in love and filmed a love scene before! You have to practice it yourself, and you're still teaching him?"
Chu Yinlong tried to struggle: "We can practice together, it's a good opportunity to cultivate..."
Director Mu stopped him immediately: "Don't do that! On the contrary, it's best if you two don't have much contact before filming. You know what's going on with the character of Little Gray Wolf? How did you develop your feelings? The middle part? What about the beginning and the end?"
Jiang Dao hadn't read the script yet, so he was confused by what he heard.
Chu Yinlong was left with no room for rebuttal and his face suddenly became depressed.
So Jiangdao became curious, grabbed the script in front of him and flipped through a few pages at random.
Then a paragraph of text enclosed in brackets jumped into my eyes - "Suddenly, a little eagerly. Little Gray Wolf pressed Xia Tian against the wall and kissed him. Their lips touched, briefly. Little Gray Wolf and Xia Tian looked at each other."
What follows is the line from the character "Little Gray Wolf": "Brother, hug me."
Jiangdao: ...
He suddenly remembered that Chu Yinlong once said that he would have plenty of opportunities to film intimate scenes in the future.
It turned out that she was waiting for him here!
Jiang Dao glanced at Chu Yinlong with a half-smile on his face.
Chu Yinlong's ears were suspiciously flushed. He coughed lightly, picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip, only to find that the cup was empty, so he hurried to pick up the pot and pour tea.
Jiangdao roughly flipped through the script. Fortunately, there were not many similar chapters, and most of them were battles.
However, that small part is really exciting, with kissing scenes, nude scenes, bed scenes, and everything else. When they are happy, they roll together; when they are angry, they roll together; and after surviving a disaster, they must roll together again... It really is like the crazy energy of the world outside the book.
Seeing Jiang Dao close the script, Director Maki asked with a smile: "How was it? Was it difficult?"
"Well, it's a bit difficult." Jiang Dao smiled, "But I'm not completely inexperienced. I should be able to do it." At least he had really seen pigs run, with his own eyes, in all kinds of ways, many times.
Unexpectedly, his words startled the two people at the table.
"You have experience?!" Mu Zhixing was surprised.
"How could you?!" Chu Yinlong was stunned.
Jiang Dao blinked innocently: "...What's wrong?"
Mu Zhixing looked strange: "Uh, nothing. You said you had never been in love, and I thought... well, young people..."
Chu Yinlong's expression became even more subtle. After a long while, he finally uttered one word: "You..."
Jiang Dao understood now and immediately explained: "Oh, I mean I've seen it. Uh, I haven't tried it myself, but seeing it counts as experience, right?"
Chu Yinlong: ...
Mu Zhixing: …
After a long silence, Director Mu said earnestly, "Watch less! Those things are too exaggerated and have no artistic beauty. You must not follow them or you will be led astray!"
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