The milk drinking incident really made Wei Lan withdrawn for a while. Maybe it was because the 100 million points were still very useful. The expected accelerated growth and other side effects did not affect Wei Lan at all, except for the occasional cramp. After receiving the Golden Tripod Award, Wei Lan could no longer sit still.
The reason was that the Women's United Protective Association contacted her about the project she had taken over before she fell into a coma.
What they meant was that given Wei Lan's physical condition, they would definitely not pursue liability for breach of contract, but would choose to find another director to take over Wei Lan's part of the creation.
The movie will probably be released in September, so it’s perfectly possible to change the director and prepare now.
Another reason is that the story that Wei Lan was preparing to shoot was an autobiography written by a single female nurse. It was originally under negotiation, but because of Wei Lan's coma, the female nurse received an invitation from other producers and has now sold the copyright to another film producer, which has already been registered and started shooting.
Although Wei Lan can still purchase the copyright to shoot, but releasing two movies of the same type with the same protagonist in the same time period will not have good impact or box office, so Wei Lan will definitely need to change the content.
Wei Lan is not shy about meeting people now. When the head of the Women's Association saw Wei Lan, who looked to be about seven or eight years old, he asked tentatively, "How about you record your growth process directly?"
The person in charge wholeheartedly agrees with this. Wei Lan is an extremely outstanding woman in the industry. If you ask who is the most popular person nowadays, it is not any top star, but Wei Lan.
Not only because she just won the Best Director award again, breaking the record and becoming the youngest director to win two Golden Tripod Awards, her story itself is also legendary enough.
Ye Luoxue's eyes lit up when she heard this: "I think it's a good idea. I'll be the director this time." She shook the camera equipment in her hand.
Since Wei Lan woke up, Ye Luoxue has been with her almost the entire time, and she also keeps a high-definition camera in her hand every day.
Wei Lan felt a little uncomfortable, but she didn't refuse, because she had heard the conversation between Wei Mingjie and Ye Luoxue before -
"Xue'er, why are you taking pictures of Lanlan with a camera every day?"
"I have missed Lanlan's 18 years. Now I have such a good opportunity. I must record her entire growth process, even if it is accelerated."
However, for Wei Lan, it is okay to shoot a family documentary for his mother's wish, but there is no need to make it into a movie.
She shook her head at the head of the Women's Federation: "I'm a director, not an actor."
"I have found new characters to film. You don't have to worry about my physical condition. I can complete the movie." Wei Lan assured the person in charge.
This was something Wei Lan had fought hard for. Now she spends every day in the hospital being studied and taking medicine. She has nothing to do most of the other time. She has been thinking about the previous movie for a long time. She couldn't stand giving up a half-filmed movie because of her obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Especially since this film is not as long as a whole movie, but just a medium-length thirty minutes. Half a year is more than enough for directing, even if Wei Lan cannot devote all day to filming.
“Okay, that would be great if you could take pictures here.” The person in charge smiled happily after hearing this.
Wei Lan was the association's preferred candidate from the beginning. Although what they wanted most was to film Wei Lan's own experience, Wei Lan herself was a hot topic, and the first movie she filmed after making her identity public would certainly attract attention.
The previous script was not usable, and Wei Lan had also determined the content of the new script. She rented a studio from a film and television company that was closest to the Imperial Capital Medical College.
Secretary Wang then contacted the original protagonist of the film script.
Shen Xia was a little surprised when she received the call. Although she was always on the road, she still checked her phone frequently. She didn't expect that the legendary director who could see news on any platform recently would use her experience to make a movie.
"I won't leave my name here, haha... Although everyone might know me after the filming, I feel embarrassed to use my name in the movie. Since my story was reported, many netizens have been following me and chatting with me! But I don't want to be an internet celebrity. I have saved enough money now, so I want to travel."
Secretary Wang didn't expect Chen Xia to be so easy to talk to. He gave a questioning look to the cute loli Wei Lan who was drinking milk in the studio.
Even though Director Wei repeatedly emphasized that it was not milk, and most importantly, the bottle was replaced with a cup, she still couldn't stop everyone around her from teasing her. After all, what happened at the Golden Tripod Awards ceremony was known not only to people in the industry, but also to the entire federation.
Wei Lan nodded in response to Secretary Wang's question.
Secretary Wang said to Shen Xia, "We want to film your story, and we will sponsor the gas card for your entire self-driving tour."
"Ah..." Chen Xia originally wanted to refuse, but after hearing about the sponsorship, she accepted it shyly: "Thank you."
Since her story was reported, some film and television media companies have expressed their intention to create secondary works about her story. In response, a kind-hearted lawyer explained to her that her story was a real social report and there was no way for her to obtain copyright fees from it. However, these secondary creators could not use her real name as this would be considered an invasion of personal privacy.
This was the first time that someone came forward to offer copyright sponsorship, and Shen Xia felt flattered.
But the sponsorship was so thoughtful that she couldn't refuse it.
…
The special form of this anniversary film adopts the autobiographical model. The modern part of Wei Lan uses the story of Shen Xia.
Qin An is the heroine, and for the supporting roles, Wei Lan directly brought in his old acquaintances, Yang Xingyuan and Wei Sijia, as well as a male actor with a suitable appearance who was signed to Wei's B contract.
At this time, Wei Lan looked like a normal seven or eight-year-old child, which was much more convenient than the toddler who often had to be held by adults.
Of course, when filming the director's camera, she is still used to using the image of a panda.
Now Wei Lan doesn’t have to avoid his colleagues in the crew in real life. The personality of Wei Lan in real life is the same as that of Wei Lan in the director’s film, only the appearance is different.
Even though Wei Lan's actual working hours did not exceed four hours a day, the filming of this novella was completed in just over a month. Because it was very short, only thirty minutes, and Qin An and Yang Xingyuan's acting skills were needless to say, the filming process went very smoothly.
The image of Wei Lan in everyone's mind also completely overlapped. The only thing that needed to be adapted to was that time seemed to have accelerated for Wei Lan. She was growing up almost every day, slowly shedding her childish appearance and transforming into the image of a young girl.
Especially since Wei Lan has a gentle and reserved temperament and is more mature than his peers.
Wei Lan traveled between the hospital and the studio every day to do post-production music editing. In early August, everything was completed. She sent the sample film to the Women's Protection Association for review and summary, and soon received a reply that it was approved.
In fact, the association leaders and copyright office reviewers who received the sample were also surprised.
It is undeniable that this is a good work, but before Wei Lan sent it over, the reviewers did not expect it to be of this style and content. It was really different from the impression Wei Lan had given them in the past.
The style is unprecedented in literature and art.
Although movies with this kind of ideological connotation are originally literary, it was unexpected that Wei Lan, who seems to be the most commercial among the four directors, shot the most academic and literary movie this time.
Of course, Wei Lan is Wei Lan after all. This light dish is not inferior to the works of the other three directors, but rather refreshing.
Wei Lan, who has shot two consecutive R-rated movies, received a rating from the reviewers that his sample film can be watched by all ages without restrictions.
Not to mention the people in charge of review at the association's side, as long as there is no problem with the ideas reflected in this movie, then there is no problem. Wei Lan's legendary experience, it doesn't matter even if the movie itself is mediocre, because the story behind the director is attractive enough. For the anniversary movies, the standard is to maximize the influence while having no problems with the ideas.
Is there any star director in the entire federation who has a greater influence and is more popular than Wei Lan?
Finally, the film commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Women's United Protective Association was officially named "Women of Our Time" and was released nationwide on September 1st.
"How long did it take for her to return to her normal growth rate?"
Yi Yuan was walking in the corridor of Imperial Capital Medical College and asked a doctoral student who was older than him.
"For one week, all indicators were normal."
Yi Yuan's main research project is Wei Lan's genes. He doesn't need to stay by her side like other doctors. He went abroad two months ago to attend a scientific research summit. His impression of Wei Lan was that she was only six or seven years old. Now he sees this young woman who is a head shorter than him again.
Yi Yuan frowned, feeling that the Wei Lan in front of him looked strange no matter how he looked at him.
After learning about Yi Yuan's achievements during her coma, this young academician left a great impression on Wei Lan. She always believed in and respected people who excelled in their professional fields. Seeing Yi Yuan's serious expression, especially since it seemed to be related to her own health, Wei Lan couldn't help but get nervous: "What's wrong?"
As an adult, Wei Lan inherited the good looks of both Wei Mingjie and Ye Luoxue. Her facial features are delicate and beautiful, and she is a face that can be a star in a girl group. However, her temperament is still the same as Director Wei's heroic aura as the emperor on the set. The combination forms a unique charm that is unforgettable.
"I feel so strange when I see you." Yi Yuan couldn't help but walk around Wei Lan.
"What's strange?" Wei Lan wondered. Was there something wrong with him? His height hadn't grown recently and remained at 168. Could it be that other doctors saw his changes every day and thought they were normal, but Yi Yuan hadn't seen him for a while and therefore saw something wrong?
"Check again." Yi Yuan thought that the data should be able to reflect the problem, so he pulled Wei Lan to do a complex and comprehensive examination.
After Wei Lan's medical team completed the examination as if they were facing a major enemy, Yi Yuan read the examination report three times but still could not find any problems.
Yi Yuan took off his glasses and rubbed his high nose bridge: "It must be a misunderstanding."
"Huh..." Wei Lan breathed a sigh of relief after the misunderstanding. Today was a good day for her to be discharged from the hospital. Wei Mingjie drove here specially to pick her up. Ye Luoxue and Wei Sijia prepared a sumptuous meal at home to welcome her. She didn't want to break her promise.
From afar, I watched through the glass window as Wei Lan, accompanied by Wei Mingjie, completed the discharge procedures and left the Imperial Capital Medical College.
Yi Yuan stretched out his hand and looked at the bracelet on his wrist, and was somewhat surprised to find that his heart rate displayed on the bracelet was much faster than usual.
Could it be——
The problem isn't Wei Lan, but himself?
Yi Yuan walked out the door, went into the examination room, took off his coat, and walked in front of the instrument.
"I've been staying up late for the past two days. I don't know if there's something wrong with my body. I'll do a set of tests while I'm at it."
…
On September 1st, "A Woman of Our Time" was officially released in major cinemas.
As a promotional film for the centenary of the Women's United Association, and co-created by four famous directors, this film had no competitors in the same period, and all films with box office ambitions had to reschedule their release dates to give way.
As Wei Lan's first work after waking up, even though it only accounts for one quarter of the film, it has attracted great attention. Her fans flocked to the cinema on this day, looking forward to what kind of surprises Wei Lan will bring this time.
Arranged by time, Wei Lan's modern part is naturally ranked last.
The parts directed by the first three directors were also very exciting. They all performed very well in their respective areas of expertise. They went through the modern times when women's consciousness was awakening and came to the modern times. The audience's eyes went dark and the title of Wei Lan's part of the story appeared - "The Way Out".
Because the part shot by Wei Lan was deliberately kept mysterious by the association, and there was no content about her in the movie trailer, before seeing the movie, the audience had many speculations about what Wei Lan would shoot, and they didn't expect that it would end up being this perspective.
Zhao Jin, played by Qin An, is an ordinary middle-aged woman who lives in a small county town, and the story revolves around her life.
Her life seems very boring and hopeless, with a husband who has nothing in common with her. Since the beginning of the movie, she has always had a dream, which is to be able to drive her own car one day, go out for a self-driving tour, and go wherever she wants.
The film's structure is bright and simple, with a neat format and a standard three-act structure. Critics who are familiar with Wei Lan's style think that this should be her most "academic" work to date.
In the first scene, Zhao Jin yearns for the scenery outside the small county town and has the idea of going on a self-driving tour.
She put a lot of effort into this. She learned to drive, worked in a supermarket to save money, and bought a cheap second-hand car.
Just when everything was ready, Zhao Jin's daughter became pregnant.
Since his son-in-law was working outside, in order to take care of his daughter, Zhao Jin had to temporarily put his plans on hold and let his daughter move back.
Zhao Jin is the one taking care of the pregnant daughter at her parents' home. The husband Yang Yong, played by Yang Xingyuan, comes home from work every day and sits at the door smoking, doing nothing and not talking to his mother and daughter. He treats his daughter well, but once Zhao Jin asks her husband to do something, he will show an expression of boredom and disgust. At home, Yang Yong does not talk to Zhao Jin.
Every time Zhao Jin wanted to communicate with him, she was turned away, especially when she wanted to go on a self-driving tour, which made Yang Yong feel that she was...
If we look at this plot from the perspective of the heroine Zhao Jin, it should be tortuous and depressing.
Seeing Zhao Jin's dream tortuous and difficult, the audience couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness, a kind of frustration in the face of the heavy pressure of life.
The cold marriage, after finally preparing everything, was held back by his own daughter.
However, with such a plot development, the texture of the entire film is not rough and gloomy, but is filled with a brilliant and warm atmosphere of life.
The family in the story is not actually in a completely sharp conflict.
Although Yang Yong always looks annoyed, he will still help his daughter and granddaughter if asked. Apart from having a bad relationship with his wife, he looks like a silent middle-aged father. Their son-in-law is an honest man who works away from home and rarely comes back, but he gives all the money to his daughter. The daughter needs to be taken care of, but he will also understand her mother and encourage her to fulfill her dream of self-driving travel.
Zhao Jin's relatives are just like life, not completely useless. They have good sides and bad sides.
But the more this happens, the more suffocated, depressed and unwilling one feels.
Because in everyone's life, there is inevitably the helplessness of having to do things that you don't want to do.
The audience has different ideas, and they can't help but put themselves in Zhao Jin's perspective, wondering how to choose between dreams and family responsibilities.
Everything turns around in the 20-minute third act, when Zhao Jin's granddaughter goes to elementary school and no longer needs adult care all the time.
Six years have passed, and ordinary people have become more weathered by the passage of time. Not only Yang Yong and his daughter, but even the audience thought that Zhao Jin might have given up the idea of self-driving tour. She couldn't wait to buy equipment and dry food, loaded them into her car, said goodbye to her family, and drove away without looking back.
When the car carrying the simple and worn-out outdoor equipment drove out of the county road, the audience, who had been depressed for twenty minutes, felt refreshed.
But when the car really drove out, the audience felt a little panicked. Zhao Jin's monthly pension was not high, and he lived a very leisurely self-driving tour, but he could not go too far because the cost of gas, highways, etc. was very high. Most modern people have a consensus that without sufficient funds, they would not be very happy when traveling.
Moreover, there are too many accidents that may be encountered when driving alone. This second-hand car does not look very reliable, and the tent and dry food that Zhao Jin loaded in the car do not look so comfortable either.
Is this self-driving tour really as enjoyable as imagined?
Should I really do as Yang Yong advised, and live a stable life at my age, enjoy my grandchildren at home, and not think about those messy things?
With this question in mind, the audience saw a heavy rain coming in the evening, and Zhao Jin was driving on a winding mountain road with only two opposite lanes, which looked extremely dangerous.
The audience's suspicion reaches its peak when the car disappears in the heavy rain.
The perspective switched, still next to the mountain road, the car was parked on a piece of empty space on the mountain road.
A close-up of Zhao Jin's hands showed her taking out a waterproof sheet from the car and spreading it on a large rock that had been washed clean by rain in the open space. She then took out a cushion with a rustic pattern that she bought at the county market and placed it on the waterproof sheet. Finally, she picked up a bowl of instant noodles from the side and sat on the 'seat' that had just been laid out.
"call……"
The view moved to Zhao Jin's face. She took a mouthful of hot instant noodles, exhaled, raised her head to look at the sky, her eyes sparkling, and an extremely relaxed and happy smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.
The director's perspective follows her smile and her gaze upwards——
The perspective suddenly changed from extremely close to extremely far, and a clear, beautiful and bright starry sky appeared in the eyes of all the viewers. Under this mountain and forest starry sky, people and cars are extremely small. In contrast, the mind is extremely spacious.
At this moment, the audience felt that all their previous worries and depression disappeared without a trace, and their souls seemed to have received a baptism, which was a pure sense of freedom.
This novella also ends here.
Almost 99% of the plot is about the daily necessities of life, but in the last moment, people see the poetry and the distance that are within reach.
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