After the news of the joint film was announced, it caused a great response. The issue of gender equality has always been a hot topic, and the centenary of the Women's Protection Association naturally attracted a lot of public attention. The news that four well-known directors would co-produce a movie about women's sexual consciousness triggered heated discussions among netizens.
'That's great. I've been looking forward to this kind of work. It represents the official attitude towards equal rights.'
"I hope this time I can shoot something new and meaningful, not the same old stereotyped female image."
'I'm reminded of that crappy TV series xx that was all about women's virtues. Are the writers and directors thinking in ancient times?'
'It feels difficult to film this with color. For a movie with this kind of main theme, many spicy opinions cannot be expressed. I feel that the final film should be handled with care.'
"The association's announced intention is to make a biographical film. There are so many great and accomplished women in history, so it shouldn't be a failure, right? As long as the general direction is grasped, it will be fine. Besides, these directors don't have any black history."
On this topic, the audience can't help but make a lot of speculations, because although there are many excellent works reflecting female "sexuality" in the world, there are also many films and TV series that are very bad from story ideas to shooting effects. They rely entirely on criticism to increase their popularity and refresh the list of bad film explanations on the D site.
However, once someone mentioned the director, the topic inevitably turned to the four directors who were selected and invited to shoot the film.
The other three are all well-known directors who have been famous for many years and have made their own achievements in the television and film industry. Only Wei Lan has not only debuted recently, but is also the youngest. In particular, she is a hot topic in the first place and has immediately become another hot topic of discussion besides the theme of the movie.
"Director Wei is awesome! It's an honor to be able to be involved in filming a movie like this."
"There is a bright future ahead. I have a feeling that Wei may become the youngest player in the national team."
'I'm looking forward to Director Wei's unit. Her works are always refreshing. I really want to know what the theme of her photos is! '
"New World" has just been released, and it has achieved great success in both box office and reputation, becoming a well-deserved phenomenal work at the end of the year. Because of the interview with "Time Monthly", the fact that Wei Lan's total box office of movies has reached 10 billion since his debut has become well known to the public. For a while, Wei Lan's popularity was even higher than that of the two male protagonists Ye Jingran and Gu Yun in the movie.
Even the leading actors of the recently popular "New World" are always inevitably asked about Wei Lan during interviews, which subverts the usual situation of focusing on the film's main creators.
Normally, the leading actors in front of the camera always receive the most attention, while the people behind the scenes receive less attention. Except for professionals or people who are interested in filmmaking, the general audience does not watch interviews about the behind-the-scenes personnel, and the content of the interviews also revolves around the plot or the actors. However, when it comes to Wei Lan, the opposite is true.
Because Wei Lan is obviously full of public opinion hotspots, with amazing box office results and movie reputation, the movie battle with Chen Yuanhang, unconventional appearances in variety shows, unexpected publicity methods... etc. In contrast to these high-profile things is Wei Lan's low-key behavior. She has been in the industry for two years, but has never appeared in front of the public in person. None of the actors who have worked with her have seen her in person.
This sense of mystery, which was not intentionally created by Wei Lan, perfectly created a hunger marketing strategy, making the public very eager to get news about her.
What is her personality like when filming? Does she really have social phobia as rumored? After all, judging from Wei Lan's performance in variety shows and award ceremonies, she doesn't seem like a person with social disorders.
"It's no use asking me. The Director Wei we saw during the filming was the image of the panda that you all often see."
Because of Ye Jingran's words during the interview, #Everyone loves red pandas# has been on the hot search list on Weibo for some time.
The directors were originally required to be present at this meeting, but given Wei Lan's situation, he was naturally unable to participate and could only communicate over the phone.
The official discussion meeting was without the media and was attended by directors who wanted to cooperate, but Wei Lan still did not come. Not only were the other three directors quite dissatisfied, but the president of the association who was the organizer was also somewhat dissatisfied. However, the news had been announced, and temporarily canceling the meeting and looking for other directors would inevitably cause another storm.
They said they invited directors to come and discuss, but in fact the theme and format had already been basically decided, which was to shoot a biographical film with women as the protagonists. The theme was the awakening of women's sexual consciousness. As long as the theme was expressed well, there were no restrictions on the specific plot, and the director could just find a screenwriter to create it.
Among the three people present, Director Ye Jingwen had the highest level of experience. He was also an old acquaintance of the other two directors in the circle. They had communicated with each other and had a good relationship. He was the first to speak: "Since it is the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the association, everyone will create separately, but in the end they will combine into one, so they must maintain a certain degree of integrity. I think we can do it from two directions..."
"One is that the association was founded a hundred years ago, so we filmed four outstanding female biographies of that era. The other is to make a distinction directly from the era. Our lines are from different eras from ancient times to the present, and we arrange them according to this history to form a line... What do you think?"
Zheng Yongyan and Zhao Jiayu beside them nodded as they listened. Although they all knew that the four directors shot the films separately, as a movie to be released in the end, if there was no connection in the format, it would give the audience a sense of disconnection. The three directors were all people who valued their reputation, so of course they would not fail to consider this point.
Zhao Jiayu said, "I think the second option is better. Everyone has more room to play, and the progression of time and space is in line with the changes of the 100th anniversary, which is more commemorative."
Zheng Yongyan also agreed casually: "I can accept both options."
"Then it's settled." The president of the association thought for a moment and looked at the panda head in the center of the desktop: "Director Wei, do you have any other opinions?"
One reason was that they thought Wei Lan didn't come, and the other was that the four directors all cast three votes, so it would be useless for Wei Lan to vote against it, as everyone's opinions had to be respected.
Wei Lan on the other end of the phone said, "No, it's just how do we divide the topics in terms of specific eras?"
Wei Lan had no particular objection to either plan, because this was actually a very broad topic, and there were many outstanding women. No matter which plan was used, she felt that there was a lot of room for development, and there was no need to go against everyone at this time.
Seeing that Wei Lan did not raise any objections in this situation, Ye Jingwen nodded, his expression much more relaxed: "From ancient times to the present, everyone, please see if there is any era that you particularly want to film. Let's discuss and decide. If there is a conflict, we can draw lots."
Zheng Yongyan is a good guy, he said with a smile: "Ladies first, Director Zhao and Director Wei, please choose first."
Zhao Jiayu said: "Director Wei is young, I will let the young people come first."
Wei Lan was not so ignorant of the ways of the world, and said modestly: "Director Zhao, you are too polite. Everyone sitting here is a senior, so they must have chosen me first."
Seeing that Wei Lan took the initiative to lower her attitude and did not rely on her talent to be arrogant, the dissatisfaction of several seniors about her not being on the scene also disappeared. After a few polite words, Zhao Jiayu chose first: "I have been shooting costume dramas for most of my life, and this time I will also shoot ancient times."
Zheng Yongyan chose the same ancient time as Zhao Jiayu, Ye Jingwen chose the modern times, the era when the Women's Federation was founded, leaving Wei Lan with no choice but to choose the modern times.
When shooting such a movie under official requirements, the directors did not dare to be careless and chose the background of the era they were relatively good at. Zhao Jiayu and Zheng Yongyan's were easier to shoot. In ancient times, due to time constraints, there were only a few characters with awakened female consciousness, and there were many established examples. Ye Jingwen chose the modern era to focus on the spirit of resistance. Wei Lan's seemed the simplest, but in fact, the three directors knew that it was the most difficult to shoot.
In this era, there are many controversial arguments about the topic of women's awakening. There are many things to choose from, but it is difficult to make them outstanding. The audience has seen too many stories about strong women and dodder, and it is easy to fall into clichés.
However, the task has been assigned, and since Wei Lan has taken it on, no one will say anything more.
Putting the four short stories together not only connects them, but also makes it easier to make comparisons. No one wants their part to receive the lowest audience rating in the entire movie.
Wei Lan is a person who cannot sit still. After deciding to shoot in a modern setting, he began the initial preparations for the film, which included selecting real people and events for adaptation, casting and auditioning, and making preliminary scene structures in the director's machine.
Wei Lan's workaholic nature is well known, and overtime is a common occurrence for him.
It was past eight o'clock that evening, and Wei Lan was still working overtime in the director's office. Today, it was not Ye Luoxue who brought her to the company, but Wei's driver, Lao Wang.
Lao Wang was playing with his phone outside the director's room while waiting for Wei Lan inside.
Everything seemed the same as usual, just another ordinary day.
Suddenly, the lights went out, not only in the aisle where Lao Wang was, but the power of the entire studio was cut off, and it was dark.
"What's going on?" Lao Wang took out his cell phone, turned on the flashlight, and subconsciously turned back to turn the door of the director's office to see what was going on with Wei Lan inside.
As a result, the door could not be swung open. When the director's cabin was working, the door inside was also locked and could only be unlocked when the director's cabin was opened.
It was time to find a technician. Lao Wang directly found Wei Mingjie's phone number in the address book, but before he answered it, a strong wind suddenly blew from behind him.
“Bang!”
Lao Wang couldn't stand steadily and was hit on the back of the neck. He fainted. The mobile phone in his hand was still glowing in the dark, showing the connection time as 00:01 seconds.
"Hello?" Wei Mingjie's voice came from inside: "What's wrong, Lao Wang?"
"Hello? Hello? What's the matter..."
In the darkness, a man's hand reached out, picked up the phone, and pressed the red hang-up button.
"beep……"
A light came on, and another man in black, holding a microphone in his mouth, opened the bag in his hand, which contained tools for picking locks.
I saw him holding an object like a long stick and twisting the lock of the director's office hard.
"clatter!"
The door opened.
The only item inside - the director's machine, which was still turned off, fell in front of the two people.
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