Chapter 1310: Read the Script (Part 2)

"It's great." Qin Jue closed the folder.

After two seconds, he turned back to the first page and looked at the screenwriter's signature.

The name is quite memorable, the surname is Diwu, and the name is Diwu Antelope.

I don't know if it's a real name or a pseudonym.

"Crazy." Qin Jue laughed softly, "Not bad."

It's a very crazy script, and the pun at the end is particularly wonderful.

This kind of calm madness is different from the style of Yuan Xiao and He Jiayi. You want to summarize a theme, but the theme is quickly rejected. You want to understand the core idea, but the film soon tells you not to understand it blindly. What's the point of reading comprehension? This world is a huge lunatic.

It seems crazy, but in fact the framework is not scattered. The overall plot development and rhythm control are like the screenwriter's name, with a surging wild aura.

This guy is either a mentally ill lunatic or an absurdist genius.

Of course, the two are not contradictory.

Qin Jue was in a good mood and went to find the attached page. As expected, this script was not submitted normally. It was not a film and television project that had been established, and there was no main creative team. From beginning to end, there was only one screenwriter, uh, an antelope.

This Miss Antelope submitted the manuscript through an email, and the note in the email was also very generous.

The first line: Teacher Qin, I have nothing, only a script. If you want to shoot this thing, you have to arrange it yourself.

The second line: After watching "Daytime Rain", I feel that your mental state is not very good, fortunately, I am the same.

The two lines of words made Qin Jue laugh.

"Yes, if I am mentally normal, can I hang out with Freddy?" She grinned.

Tearing off a piece of the title page, Qin Jue replied with a line of words:

According to courtesy, I should have expressed some thoughts on your work, but my mental state has been too abnormal recently, mediocre and boring, so you can just read this note first.

After writing, he signed his name in a flamboyant manner and handed the paper to Hu Changqie:

"Scan it into an image and put it in the email attachment and reply to her."

After thinking for a while, he said, "If she wants the real thing, just pack it and send it to her."

"Okay." Hu Changqie just obeyed and didn't ask any more questions.

Qin Jue continued to read the script.

Among the remaining seven books, two dramas, two award-winning movies, and three commercial films, the types and themes have finally become diversified. The roles invited by the film company to play Qin Jue are also different from the ranking to the personality. It's not like the meeting of the domineering presidents just now, which makes people lose interest after just one look.

In fact, to be more specific, the first six male protagonists are not domineering presidents in the literal sense, but their characteristics and core are really similar.

When you look at the personality, the keywords are all paranoid and tyrannical, possessive, either not long-mouthed or low in emotional intelligence, and finally a red-eyed pinching of your waist, the performance burst highlights in brackets.

For example, the first fairy movie.

The male protagonist invited by Qin Jue is a demon cultivator. In the early stage, he is entangled with the kind and gentle female protagonist. The writing of grievances and entanglements is read as flirting.

Then the plot in which the domineering male protagonist really catches the female protagonist but can't do it is skipped. In the middle and late stages, a flashback brings a reversal.

It turns out that the male protagonist was the female protagonist's apprentice in his previous life. At that time, he voluntarily fell into the path of demons in order to save the female protagonist.

In short, it is necessary to whitewash and sensationalize, and the two of them are happy.

Let's talk about the domineering president with the secretary.

This movie is positioned as a youth fashion urban comedy. The male protagonist is a classic overseas elite who returns to China to inherit the family business. He is a genius in finance and an idiot in emotions.

Such a male protagonist is attracted to the intellectual and intelligent female secretary, but because he doesn't know how to pursue a girl, he makes a series of ridiculous straight male operations. In the end, he finally achieves a positive result with the female protagonist with his clumsy sincerity.

The attached page of the information also specifically wrote that the highlight of this movie is that the domineering and arrogant nobleman repeatedly overturns and hits the wall, and the main feature is a contrast cuteness.

He added that it was because he felt that if such a male lead of a celestial dragon didn't grasp the "degree" well, he would appear very stupid and annoying, so he wanted to invite a talented actor like Qin Jue to play the role.

Qin Jue looked at these scripts and knew that they were all qualified as commercial films, whether it was a fairy tale, a youth city or something else, as long as he was willing to spend money on special effects and costumes, and then recruited a director team with medium or above strength, and found two actors with decent acting skills, the final viewing experience would definitely not be bad.

But such works are like pre-made dishes, the lower limit is guaranteed, but the upper limit is there, and the diners can only comment that "this dish is edible and tastes good", and when it comes to the kind of delicacies that "come here specially just to eat this meal", basically no one considers pre-made dishes.

The audience is not stupid, even if they don't say it, they have a scale in their hearts, knowing that this kind of movie is just for fun, not worthy of "explosive" and "masterpiece".

If Qin Jue has few scenes, it would be good to play these conventional roles to brush up his face/transition/maintain his sense of drama.

Her strength lies here. The most that fans and passersby complain about is that the plot is smooth and has no memorable points, and the male protagonist is homogeneous. However, because the quality of the work is good, it is clichéd but not wrong, so it will still be popular with the audience, and the number of fans will also increase steadily.

However, since there are choices now, and there are many options, Qin Jue naturally wants to get involved in some fresh and challenging roles.

Let's take a look at the two TV series in hand.

First of all, the synopsis and label seem familiar. At a glance, it is the official TV series mentioned by Liu Zhe before.

The one with the official background and the main focus on anti-corruption, the drama gave Qin Jue two scripts, one for the male supporting role among many group portraits, and the other for the youth of an important character.

As for the criminal investigation theme, which focuses on combating crime and eradicating evil, the showrunners offered Qin Jue an olive branch for a supporting actor from a certain villain camp.

Qin Absolute's role assignment is not surprising. When choosing actors, they are inappropriate if the objective conditions are not suitable. You cannot just rely on acting skills, makeup and lighting.

She is only 20 years old now, so she is extremely young. Such age and appearance doomed her to miss out on the main roles and heavyweight supporting roles in these two serious dramas where veteran actors compete together.

After reading the character setting and plot outline, Qin Jue was silent.

Given the priority of the roles, there is not much space for these three characters to play, and their shaping is relatively flat.

The first supporting actor is a typical "sacrificial type".

When he first entered the officialdom, he was full of enthusiasm and wanted to serve the people. He thought he had the favor of the leader, but in fact he was used as a pawn by the superiors. In the end, he died unjustly and unjustly. He is the descendant of thousands of kind-hearted and naive idealists. miniature.

The second character is the "memory killing type".

It is said that a certain high-ranking official was once a fool. Later, after experiencing many changes, he was forced to understand the principle of "in this environment, if you want to accomplish something, you must first do what you don't want to do." , so he gritted his teeth and endured for his ideal.

But he didn't want to have a long road, and the end of the journey would be lost. By the time he realized it, he had already gone astray, going against the original self.

The third villain supporting role is the "foolish and loyal younger brother type".

He never takes other people's lives or legal provisions seriously, he only cares about his family and friends. He helps his relatives but does not help him when things are going wrong.

Later, he crossed the line because of greed and stupidity, and the villain leader failed to restrain him. He felt that this brother would do something bad sooner or later, so he eliminated the hidden dangers in advance and used a trick to silence him.

Qin Jue put these three scripts aside.

It’s not a good review, I’ll think about it again.

From a utilitarian point of view, the first of the three characters is the most "perfect". It can be said that the meaning of his existence in this drama is to earn the tears and sighs of the audience, and at the same time show how cannibalistic the environment is.

With such a character and ending, you don't have to think about it to know how much heartache, regret, and love it will cause after it is broadcast. It is an excellent choice for actors to attract fans.

But Qin Jue is not acting to attract fans.

She has actually played similar characters before. Whether it is Brother Qin in "The Empty Monument" or Qin in "The Furnace", they all have similarities with this character. They are the "broken beauty" most common in tragedies.

It's not impossible to play a similar role again, but it just feels... a bit too much for my comfort zone.

As for the latter two, the former is similar to the situation of Chi Na in "The Cage". He only needs to complete the first half of the role. If he does not consider off-site issues such as whether rejecting will offend the crew and whether he should give up getting to know and communicate with veteran actors, etc., Qin Jue can act or not.

After all, there are too few scenes, more like a guest appearance, Qin Jue is just an introduction, and the majority is with the veteran actor.

As for the last one, to be honest, the invitation from the show owner was quite obvious.

They want controversy.

To put it bluntly, if this "foolish and loyal boy" were to be chosen from among the extras, he would be the most common tool man cannon fodder in film and television works.

But if Qin Jue were to act, it would become:

"Woohoo, so stupid, crazy, a wild dog, what to do with him love and hate!! Finally, the boss who loved and worshiped in the heart was too abused!"

…So sometimes it’s better for actors not to be too handsome.

The experience of playing Mo Sen and Hans both taught Qin Jue one truth:

In this face-based world, faces are good-looking, the characters and plots are hard to describe, and the characters (in the eyes of some people) initially have their own fashionable value.

Comments from home and online popped up in front of my eyes.

[Brown hair + sickly white skin + mute sweet voice + personality breakdown after being bullied, the ultimate feeling of brokenness is so astringent! ! 】

[Hehehehe, the down-and-out little prince transformed into a sinister and scheming careerist. It’s difficult to get such an interesting setting! 】

ah. Pain Mask.

Qin Jue sighed quietly and pulled his attention away from his memories.

He lowered his head and touched his nose. He didn't really want to accept this role.

In fact, the role of "Foolish and Loyal Brother" is not like the previous two, which requires a young man. The screenwriter wants to change him to a man in his thirties or forties. In fact, it will work, and there will be no delay. The supporting actor plays his plot role.

Anyway, put it aside for now. The project is still in the preparation stage anyway and there are many variables, so there is no rush.

Qin Jue continued to look down.

The following two films that are aiming to win awards are, as expected, both art films. The introduction of the first film is very stream-of-consciousness, and the writing style of the invitation also reveals the unique spontaneity of art film directors - the script has not yet been decided, and it needs to be I haven’t decided what to shoot yet. Anyway, will you come?

Qin Jingbang blinked at the few thin pages of paper in his hand and went straight to the attached page for notes.

"Gu Yiyan." She whispered.

This name is by no means unfamiliar to Qin. Gu Yiyan is also a very famous director in Longzhou, but this person can be said to be both famous and infamous. The former is because of his strength and performance, and the latter It's because of his "bad habits" that have been going on for ten years and are well known both inside and outside the industry.

In a word, I am an old ticket bouncer.

Making a movie depends entirely on "the power of my thinking." If you don't have inspiration today, you won't make a movie, and if you don't have the mood tomorrow, you'll stop working.

No film directed by Gu Yiyan has ever been completed as planned.

For him, it is common for a film to be delayed for three to five years. Sometimes the original investors went bankrupt, but his crew has not finished filming yet.

When actors join Gu Yiyan's crew, they cannot exert any subjective initiative at all. They can only wait, wait, wait for the day and time when this great director will be favored by the muse goddess, and call the whole crew to start work like a madman, and then do makeup temporarily, listen to the play and enter the performance area, shoot a bunch of unclear things in a muddle, and go back to rest with fatigue and resentment after the work is done.

Then they return to the daily routine of waiting, doing nothing every day but having to be on standby at all times, waiting for Gu Yiyan's next madman.

Many actors ran away midway because they couldn't stand this kind of nervous style, and some crew members were also like this. There were many people who quit halfway, so the group led by Gu Yiyan always went through twists and turns and had a lot of problems.

But Gu Yiyan's talent allows him to be so unbridled. As the chief director and chief screenwriter, the number of works he produced is shockingly small, but all of them are excellent. As long as they can be filmed, they will win awards.

Some people call him the King of Gu Yan, a respectful title, which means that every film he makes is a top-level Gu-raising from the beginning to the end. No matter whether you are the investor, the actor or the staff, a few people will die anyway, even if they die mentally.

Some people have also counted Gu Yiyan's bloody history - on average, for every ten films shot by this great director that die in the womb, a stunning masterpiece will be released.

So now when Gu Yiyan says he wants to shoot something, someone will immediately open a bet to bet on whether this movie will be a god or die aborted to serve as a sacrifice for the next one, and how long it can last if it dies aborted, and how many actors will be exhausted in the process.

Qin Jue: "..." Just refuse.

She herself didn't mind taking a big gamble, but Yue Yang's "Seven Heroes" was still in preparation, and she had an appointment. She couldn't put everything else aside as Gu Yiyan asked, and wait at any time when she was blind and left it to fate until a play was completely finished.

Gu Yiyan is more suitable for those actors who are desperate.

Qin Jue never lacks awards, so there is no need to raise poison with him.

She also believes that with Gu Yiyan's status and strength, as long as the word is spread, there will be a lot of actors auditioning, and she will not be missing one.

Qin Jue continued to flip down.

Coincidentally, the next drama invitation for the award is just the opposite.

The director who invited her is in a state similar to Jiang Shuming last year, but Jiang Shuming has been in a comfort zone for many years. He woke up one day, so he made up his mind to find Cen Yi and prove his truth with "The Cage". According to Sen Ran's investigation, this director is running out of ideas and is getting worse and worse. He urgently needs an award-winning film to save his reputation and fame.

To put it cruelly, Gu Yiyan is not short of Qin Jue, but this director is short of Qin Jue, or in other words, he desperately needs or even must invite a main actor who can carry the show, otherwise the movie will most likely fail.

But... the fact that such a situation can be created just shows that the director does not have enough confidence in his ability.

Qin Jue is not arrogant and speculative, she has evidence, and the evidence is the director's handwritten letter that has been opened in her hand.

This letter is written with sincerity and she wants to give Qin Jue a piece of cake in every word.

It's almost like saying "If you can come, I promise to give you another actor".

Qin Jue's mood after reading it is a period.

She can see that the other side is quite miserable and is really in a desperate situation, but she has no obligation to be a good person.

Experience tells Qin Jue not to approach a drowning person without sufficient confidence, regardless of whether the other party will take you into the water. Even if you save him, but save him a little late, he has ten thousand reasons to resent you and blame all the faults on you.

"I can't help you." Qin Jue said as he put down the folder and the handwritten letter.

If the director's words were sincere and confident, instead of coaxing and pleading, she might consider starring in this movie.

The last three scripts, commercial action film, commercial drama film, and commercial special effects film.

The reason why they are separated from the previous commercial dramas is that the roles Qin Jue was invited to play in these three films are not the type of domineering CEO, and there are no romantic scenes.

In the first action film, Qin Jue got the script for an important supporting role who is both an enemy and a friend to the protagonist group. There is nothing to dig into the character. In short, it is a car battle, fierce car battle, gun battle, fierce gun battle, fighting scene, fierce fighting scene, and then because the protagonist spared her during the battle, she was touched and blocked a bullet for the protagonist at the critical moment of the decisive battle.

It is unknown whether she died or not, and the ending is open.

As for the second drama film and the third special effects film, Qin Jue's roles in them are the ex-boyfriend of the heroine and the captain of the protagonist group respectively.

Her script is only one or two pages, because this is not strictly considered a film contract, but a "special invitation to star".

That is, the producers wanted to invite a big star with high status and popularity to boost the box office of the movie, so they designed a role with only a few minutes of screen time and insignificant to the plot, so that the supporting guest can show up in the main film.

Commercial films often have such operations. Qin Jue thought about it and thought that if he could arrange the time, he would go to both.

There is no special reason. Ding Mingqian played the male lead in the former drama film, and Su Su was a member of the protagonist group in the latter special effects film. You can post it.jpg

But I have to tell everyone in advance when the time comes, lest some people be misled by the promotional materials and rush to buy tickets as soon as they see Qin Jue's name.

Although this is the means and purpose of "special guest appearance", "I went for Qin Jue, but found that there were only a few sporadic scenes in the film", which still feels like a bit of a fraud.

In short, try to remind you with two words.

The right to know is important. Knowing that there are few scenes but still willing to watch it is a voluntary act; being played with word games so that expectations are frustrated is an injustice.

It feels aggrieved and depressing to eat dumb, so I don’t eat if I can.

Qin Jue went through the possible situations and the details that needed to be paid attention to in his mind. Then he picked up a pen and sketched out the final summary list of drama appointments just like he did the invitation.

Those with a check mark are ready for negotiation, those with a cross are declined, and those with a cross are left pending.

Commander Chai collected a bunch of documents and turned the computer screen around: "Team Qin, Director Zeng sent us news that "The Melting Pot" will join the team in late January next year."

"good."

Qin Jue quickly glanced at the process arrangement. She was familiar with makeup photos, script reading, and live shooting.

"The showrunners of "Sword and Shadow" would like to invite you to their game company for an interview. The location will be in Hong Kong City, and the date is tentatively scheduled for November 20th."

Qin Jue thought for a while: "Okay."

Then he asked: "How are the early preparations over there? Are there any estimates for the start-up time and finalization time?"

"The news I heard so far is that the drama studio is trying to start shooting in May next year." Hu Changchai replied.

"Fight for it." Qin Jue repeated.

"They encountered a little problem." Hu Changchai called out the information.

To put it simply, when I was working on the project, I didn’t expect Qinyi Technology to suddenly announce the “revival of old films” plan. Artists under the age of 28 in the entertainment industry have a soaring sense of crisis, and they are sending resumes everywhere to grab resources, so... in the casting process It's down.

Qin Jue laughed.

It's not surprising that this happens. "Sword and Shadow" is positioned as a costumed fairy tale drama with a male protagonist, not an idol drama. Its plot is adapted from the main line of online games. Although it does not lack emotional drama, it is compared to those sweet and sugary dramas. With the configuration of an ancient puppet show, the emotional drama in this drama is more "serious drama". In other words, everything serves the main line.

Film and television works with main lines >CP are usually not listed as priority options for receiving scripts by popular celebrity teams.

Because traffic stars feed off the fan economy, the reason why they have the right to speak in idol dramas is because such dramas have nothing to see except selling their faces and CP, and their income mainly depends on fans and mindless sugar consumption to pass the time. The audience pays.

Although the main plot of "Sword Shadow Prodigy" is vulgar, it is still exciting. If a popular star joins the cast, there is a high possibility that not only will he not get any benefits in terms of CP, but he will also be criticized by the audience for his poor acting skills.

In this situation where the harm outweighs the benefits, the team naturally knows what choice to make.

But now times are different, and more and more old works will be renovated and seen and loved by young audiences.

Then people will find that the characters in the previous "idol dramas" are vivid and three-dimensional, the plots are interlocking, there is laughter, cruelty and logic. Pure love is really pure love. It is two beautiful handsome guys who have gone through various delicate processes. It took complex psychological changes and emotional development before they solemnly and sincerely exchanged vows of love.

Instead of accidentally meeting each other because of a vulgar misunderstanding, after only a few days of acquaintance, they suddenly became jealous, sad, and possessive. They confessed to each other and quickly entered the sweet, greasy, and contentless industrial saccharine time.

Can artists who make bad dramas not know that they are making bad dramas?

They and their team know better than anyone else that after the audience has eaten the good stuff, it will be difficult to go back to the bad stuff.

Therefore, "Sword Shadow Talent", a costumed fairy tale drama that is very emotional and has a large audience, has suddenly become the first choice for many artists trying to transform.

"I wish them good luck in casting." Qin Jue said.

She remembered that the auditions for the first and second female leads in "The Prodigy of the Sword" were scheduled until December, and she didn't know if they had to be postponed due to "overloaded resumes".

Last night, Yue Yang sent out news that Zhu Zishu is still polishing the script of "The Legend of the Seven Heroes" and the earliest filming will start in October or November next year.

If "Sword Shadow" continues to progress as usual, Qin Jue will just finish filming "The Crucible" and start "Sword Shadow", and finish "Sword Shadow" and move on to "The Legend of the Seven Heroes".

Hu Changchai nodded and continued:

"'Super Power' is still working on advertising plans, and they said they would try to send us the candidate plans before the 14th, and strive to complete the endorsement shoot before the 20th."

Qin Jue nodded: "I have no problem here."

Sports drinks are not as troublesome as the Eagle series of jackets, and the "Super Power" family is not as rich as Kou Ze Shufang. The filming of this endorsement commercial will not take too long.

"Finally, "Daytime Rain" will be officially launched on all major long-form video platforms at 10 a.m. tomorrow, and special content such as behind-the-scenes shooting will be released simultaneously, and you can pay to unlock it."

Qin Jue was startled: "Time flies so fast."

The release of "Daytime Rain" is about the same as that of "The Scaled Man". They are both at the end of October. Today is November 11th. Calculating the days, it is indeed the time for the film to be released online.

Suddenly remembering something, Qin Jue called out:

"Aran."

She briefly recalled, "I put the live broadcast clip of me watching the behind-the-scenes of "Feiyan" on my home homepage. It was the part where I told Ming Qian that it was better to just praise someone's awesomeness than to feel sorry for him."

The four words "Execution Complete" light up quickly in the middle of the phone screen, flash twice and then disappear automatically.

"I hope it can be of some use." Qin Jue sighed.

She looked terrible when she was filming "Daytime Rain". Not to mention He Chang and You Guangcheng, who acted opposite her, even Tang Ting and makeup artist Xu Ying were scared. Who knows how many people will be traumatized by the release of the behind-the-scenes footage tomorrow.

But Qin Jue really didn't want to nag and tell everyone not to worry about her in the live broadcast. First, even if the people didn't get tired of hearing it, she herself was almost tired of it. Second, the situation was so serious that it would be shocking to normal people. She didn't have any position to ask everyone to suppress their fear and sadness.

She could only hint at it indirectly.

It's better to affirm than to feel distressed, and it's better to bless than to worry.

Because words are powerful, take the fact that Qin Jue fell ill on the set of the eighth episode of "Heart and Shadow Link". Some people learned the news from some channels and rushed into the question area to say:

[Ahhhh, are you okay? ! I'm really afraid that you'll die in the filming # Crying # Crying]

... It's hard to describe how Qin Jue felt when he saw this kind of words.

Did he say that the other party didn't care about her? Not really, it was obvious that Qingqing on the other side was already scared and was worried and afraid from the bottom of her heart.

However, from the perspective of Qin Jue, the person involved, this was indeed not very pleasant to hear.

"Cursed worry" has always been difficult for the listener to respond appropriately.

"Can you really do it?", "Why don't you just stop doing it?", "I'm just afraid that you'll have an accident"... and so on, the person who said these words undoubtedly had good intentions, but invisibly conveyed the meaning of doubt and obstruction with words, which made people laugh and cry.

Empathy and heartache are also.

Although Qin Jue can understand the kind of "hindsight" remarks, such as [Wow, if I hadn't filmed "Daytime Rain" in the first place, it would have been better, this is too painful], but in terms of personal wishes, she really doesn't like to see such barrages and comments.

If there are too many such words, it will make Qin Jue look ignorant. He ignores the care and dissuasion of the ladies and insists on taking risks, making everyone nervous and unable to sleep and eat.

To be honest, it feels bad to be wrapped in this atmosphere.

Although I know in my heart that the other party does not mean to point fingers, I do feel that I am being kidnapped by mysterious morality.

In short, it is better to praise her more.

They are both emotions, but Qin Jue often feels that he is better at dealing with "hate" and not good at dealing with "love".

How to properly handle other people's kindness is also a difficult subject.

At least for Qin Jue, it is.

Watching Hu Changjian leave with the documents, Qin Jue stretched and decided to lift weights.

Every time she encounters something related to the ladies but not so relaxing and happy, she feels a little like running away mentally.

It's okay, escaping is shameful but useful.

Go to the gym to clear your mind first.

Open the chapter, and the next chapter contains blood pressure.

(The updated word count is being calculated below, you don't need to worry about it)

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This chapter has 7400+ words, and the previous chapter has 5500+ words, and the previous chapter has 8000+ words, totaling 2w900+ words. It is a ten-in-one update from 4.15 to 4.24, and by the way, it makes up for the 700 words missing on 4.14.

Not sure if there will be more tonight, if there is, it may be after midnight.

I wish you all a happy Labor Day in advance! Be safe when traveling during the holiday~