Chapter 370 Will "Butterfly Lovers" also be made into a movie?

Liang Wen is a professional assistant director who has assisted many directors and has received very good reviews from the industry. He is an excellent partner who can cover the bottom line, control the situation, and not steal the show.

But in the past two years, Liang Wen has rarely taken on any work.

The reason is simple. Big-budget and big-IP movies are easily made by famous directors. They have their own teams and do not need to hire external assistant directors.

Movies with good plots and potential have also become the cake on the table of new directors. The new directors are quite disdainful of Liang Wen's somewhat "old-fashioned" shooting methods and habits.

As for those shoddy movies, Liang Wen could still take them at first, but later he couldn't stand it anymore and simply stopped taking the jobs.

This time, Earthling Studio was recruiting an assistant director, and Liang Wen was tempted.

Because Liang Wen was attracted by the story of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

The first time Liang Wen saw this story was when his daughter introduced it to him. Liang Wen was immediately attracted by the whole story and then came up with the idea of ​​making it into a movie.

This is such a good story! The story structure is complete, the story line is clear, the plot is ups and downs, the ending is both unexpected and reasonable, the human-ghost relationship is naturally topical, and the chivalrous sentiment remains. This story must be very exciting to film! Unfortunately, I am just an assistant director and cannot complete such a job. More importantly, the copyright of this story belongs to a star. If I want to buy the copyright from him, this matter is really not so easy to do.

However, who could have thought that, in a twist of fate, Lin Fan would set up his own studio and actually recruit an assistant director! Liang Wen immediately guessed Lin Fan's intention, he was going to film "A Chinese Ghost Story"! But at the same time, Liang Wen was also very worried, can Lin Fan, who was born as a talent show idol and is now a well-known singer-songwriter, really film this story well?

Don't ruin such a good story!

Liang Wen was worried, but also very tempted. He wanted to participate in this matter, but he was afraid that he would be cheated by joining an unknown crew. He was so worried that he couldn't sleep for several days, and finally couldn't make up his mind. He could only sigh every day, causing his family to think that something was wrong with him!

Until Liang Wen received a call from Yang Hongxia.

"Hello, Director Liang. I'm Yang Hongxia. Do you remember me? We met at the crew's celebration party two years ago. At that time, it was Xia Shaozhang who brought me along. Now I'm the producer of A Chinese Ghost Story. I wonder if you have time. Let's meet up for a cup of tea?"

Liang Wen wanted to politely decline the offer to show off his status, but unfortunately he failed. He heard himself quickly say to the other party, "Ah, it's Mr. Yang. I'm free!"

I really want to slap myself in the face for speaking so quickly!

However, Yang Hongxia did not mind Liang Wen's excessive enthusiasm. The two parties agreed on a time and place to meet and hung up the phone.

Liang Wen then looked at the phone in his hand, his mouth almost grinning to his ears: Yang Hongxia was talking about "A Chinese Ghost Story" just now, right? Did I hear it right? Are they really going to invite me to join this project? Although it was a question, Liang Wen knew that his chance had come! ...

At the appointed time, Liang Wen arrived at the appointed place on time. Yang Hongxia and a tall young man wearing sunglasses received him. After Yang Hongxia's introduction, Liang Wen learned that this was the author of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Lin Fan!

At the same time, he is also the director and male lead of this film.

Liang Wen didn't say anything.

It’s not that Liang Wen looked down on Lin Fan, the truth is, Liang Wen really didn’t see any “director temperament” in Lin Fan. Of course, there was no problem with him being the protagonist, but it would be a problem if he didn’t play the protagonist of his own story.

Liang Wen believes that when Lin Fan was creating the character of Ning Caichen, he probably used himself as the prototype, and no one is more suitable to be the leading actor than Lin Fan.

Even if Liang Wen were to be the director himself, he would probably give priority to Lin Fan, unless Lin Fan's acting skills were so bad that he was unable to take on the role, then he would consider other actors.

Acting is not a big problem, there are many ways to solve it.

But Lin Fan being the director is not a good thing.

In response, Yang Hongxia gave Lin Fan a look.

Then Lin Fan took out the comic he had drawn, which was adapted into a storyboard script, and handed it to Liang Wen: "Director Liang, this is the storyboard I made, take a look and see if it works."

Liang Wen was polite for a while before taking it and reading it carefully.

As soon as he opened it, Liang Wen was attracted by this professional-level storyboard script. No matter whether Lin Fan relied on himself or the entire studio to make this storyboard script, as long as this thing existed, the entire movie would have the possibility of being actually filmed.

Moreover, Liang Wen noticed that Lin Fan even drew every shot!

From Liang Wen's professional point of view, if these paintings can really be transformed into movie scenes, then the movie may not be a hit, but at least it will not fail.

It’s fine as long as it doesn’t fail. After all, before a movie is released, no one can guarantee whether it will be a hit.

The script was not long, so confidentiality was still needed. Lin Fan only revealed a small part, but it was enough to show Liang Wen his ability and confidence, as well as his plans for the film.

Liang Wen put down the script, and Yang Hongxia then spoke up, "Director Liang, what do you think?"

Liang Wen hesitated for a moment, weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and then said, "From the script, it's still very professional."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Yang Hongxia and Lin Fan exchanged glances, and Yang Hongxia smiled and said, "Director Liang, you are too kind. This is the first time we are preparing to make a movie, and we are still crossing the river by feeling the stones in many aspects. If we can get guidance from professionals like Director Liang, I believe we can do better."

"Moreover, A Chinese Ghost Story is only our first project, and we have other projects in preparation."

Liang Wen was surprised: "Anything else?"

Lin Fan continued: "Yes, Director Liang, I wonder if you have the habit of reading comics. Well, I just released a comic short called "Liang Zhu". I wonder if you are interested in reading the story outline?"

Liang Wen narrowed his eyes. "A Chinese Ghost Story" was a comic that came out with a story first. Now Lin Fan has come out with a new story. Is this to cultivate the market first and then make it into a movie and release it online to reap the market?

This is quite an ambition!

Liang Wen quickly read the story outline of "Liang Zhu", and suddenly looked up at Lin Fan, his voice changed a little: "This is also going to be made into a movie?"

“Yes.”

Lin Fan nodded, "But not now. All our energy is now focused on A Chinese Ghost Story, and we can't run two projects at the same time for now. But, it will eventually be made into a movie."

That's enough! Liang Wen smiled and said, "Then count me in!"

Yang Hongxia and Lin Fan looked at each other and said in unison: "Welcome Director Liang to join us!"

(End of this chapter)