Chapter 533 I Don’t Have the Final Say
Although Li Ye's words were very objective, he said that it would be very difficult for "Hometown" to win an Oscar.
But all the actors and crew members at the scene were delighted, especially Pan Hong, who played the princess in the movie, and several other actors, whose eyes were bright with excitement.
Li Ye's heart moved and he remembered a rumor of this era.
It is said that there was a strange phenomenon in the mainland's film and television circles in the 1980s, that is, whoever won the Best Actress award would go abroad, whether it was voluntary or forced, anyway, any actress who won the award basically could not escape this curse.
And if you can win an international award like the Oscars, it should be even easier!
Pan Hong saw Li Ye looking at her, and immediately smiled and said, "Student Li Ye, I heard that your literature club's "The Longest Day in Chang'an" has also started preparations for filming, right?"
Li Ye nodded slightly and said, "It is true that we have started preparing for filming, but the exact start date is still up to Director Xiong. We are only responsible for matters related to the script."
Pan Hong smiled and suddenly took out a thick stack of manuscript paper from her bag.
"I've been reading the novel of The Longest Day in Chang'an recently, and I have some insights into the character of Tan Qi, the heroine in the play. Can you help me take a look, give me some advice, and correct any inappropriate parts?"
Li Ye looked at Pan Hong in surprise, but still took the stack of manuscript paper.
But he then said: "There is actually no female lead in "The Longest Day in Chang'an". The main characters are Zhang Xiaojing and Li Mi. Tan Qi just has a few more scenes at most."
Pan Hong nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, whether it is the protagonist or the supporting role, I will try my best to treat it."
"Oh, have you chosen your roles? Actually, how to grasp the role still depends on the director's arrangement. My opinion may have a wrong influence on you."
Li Ye opened the manuscript paper and wanted to see what was written on it.
It is normal for actors of this era to have a deep knowledge and understanding of their roles. The actress who played Daiyu in Dream of Red Mansions sent similar insights on the role to the crew during the audition stage.
However, just as Li Ye opened the manuscript, he felt Lao Xiong kicking his foot.
Li Ye calmly closed the manuscript and said gently, "It's a great honor for everyone to come here. Let's have dinner first, and then we will hold an exchange meeting to discuss the conversion relationship between literature and film and television."
"Yes, yes, yes. We have many questions and would like to discuss them with professionals in the film and television industry."
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Many students in the literature club immediately agreed with Li Ye's proposal, because they really had a lot to say to a big star like Pan Hong.
After everyone left the literature club, Li Ye found an opportunity to ask Director Xiong with a smile: "What's wrong, Brother Xiong, did you kick me just now? Was it intentional or unintentional?"
Director Xiong said in a tangled tone: "Hey, brother! There are some things I can't tell you directly, but do you think Pan Hong is suitable for the role of Tan Qi?"
Li Ye glanced at Director Xiong and smiled, "What's the use of me thinking she's suitable for the role? Don't you have the final say on which actor to use?"
"No, your opinion is useful, and very useful."
Director Xiong shook his head and said calmly: "During the two years of filming, Mr. Huo made many suggestions on filming, which were basically adopted by the crew and achieved very good results."
"Later, Mr. Huo accidentally revealed that many of the opinions actually came from you, Li Ye. In addition, due to your relationship with Mr. Pei, you'd better not express your opinions casually, so as not to be taken advantage of by others."
Li Ye blinked and said with a smile: "So you don't want to continue using Pan Hong?"
Pan Hong was already a well-known actress in mainland China. After the movie "Hometown Lonely Man", her fame will only grow even greater. So if they don't want to use her, there must be another reason.
Director Xiong sighed and said cryptically, "It's not convenient to tell you the specific situation. Brother, just listen to me. Some women are troublesome."
"Tsk, you're still so secretive, isn't it just that she and Director Mi are divorced and there's a new scandal going around? Old Xiong, you're not a good friend, hiding this hot news from me."
Director Xiong was surprised and asked, "Brother, you know about this?"
Li Ye smiled proudly: "I know a lot more."
The mainland's film and television circles in the 1980s did not seem to have as many troubles as in later generations, but it was not possible to be absolutely clean.
In the first year after Pan Hong graduated from school, she got the opportunity to play the leading role in a movie. The director of that movie was Mi Jiashan, who later became Pan Hong's husband.
From then on, Pan Hong began her road to fame, which lasted until 1985.
In 1985, Director Mi's father, who was a department-level official, retired, and Pan Hong immediately divorced Director Mi, claiming that "there was an eight-year age difference between us, and we only had family affection, not love."
But the problem is that Pan Hong later had scandals with two other directors, both of whom were older than Director Mi.
The ex-wife of one of the directors was very powerful. She left no room for any leniency and exposed the family scandal herself. She covered the bulletin board with the love letters Pan Hong wrote to her husband and forced Pan Hong to apologize.
Later, Pan Hong had a boyfriend, but his father did not agree, so the relationship ended in nothing.
But what is ridiculous is that the father married the original wife who exposed the family scandal mentioned above.
So it can be said that interesting things have always happened in that circle since ancient times.
Now Pan Hong has suddenly divorced Director Mi, which seems to have some subtle impact on the future path.
Director Mi is not an ordinary person. Even if his father has retired, he still has friends around him. For example, Mr. Han Sanye, who has not yet become a big boss, is a very good brother to Director Mi.
"Brother Li Ye, the directors have been very busy recently, so in a few days, they will come to discuss the casting with you. The people you chose this time are very suitable, so your opinion is very important."
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The success of "Homesickness" made Li Ye gain the trust of many people, but this trust also brought troubles.
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A few days later, people from Chang'an Film Studio and Beijing Film Studio found Li Ye together.
Li Ye was a little puzzled, because it had been basically confirmed that "The Longest Day in Chang'an" would be filmed by Chang'an Film Studio, so what would the Beijing Film Studio do?
[Will the time come when the time comes? Will we start arguing again? 】
In the 1980s, Jilin Film Studio, Shanghai Film Studio, Bayi Film Studio and Beijing Film Studio were the strongest in mainland China, while Chang'an Film Studio was much weaker. However, Datang Film City was located in Shaanxi Province, so they had a geographical advantage.
If a quarrel really breaks out, it will cause a lot of trouble.
But what Li Ye didn't expect was that this time people were not here to discuss "The Longest Day in Chang'an".
"Student Li Ye, we intend to adapt another of your novels into a film, so we hope you can cooperate as soon as possible and turn the novel into a script."
Li Ye was stunned, thought for a moment and said, "You want to make "The Hidden"? But will that movie pass the review? And I think "The Hidden" is more suitable for a TV series!"
"No, we are not going to shoot "Insidious", but "Escape from the War"."
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"You guys want to film the deserters from the war?"
Li Ye was stunned, and the pain of being urged to submit manuscripts by countless bigwigs emerged in his mind.
After a long while, Li Ye finally told the truth: "I don't have the final say on this."
(End of this chapter)
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