An Expert Is actually By My Side

Chapter 24: Inspiration Is Contagious

While Hao Yun was worrying about the system tasks, in an apartment far away from the Fifth Ring Road in Shangjing, a middle-aged man was also sitting at his desk with a sad face, facing a blank draft book and a calendar. The "dead line" circled by the red line is in a daze.

It has been a week since he moved to the small black house in the suburbs for retreat.

However, the outline of the script for the new movie still has no idea at all, and the deadline that is getting closer and closer has almost pushed him into a corner.

In fact, logically speaking, as a director, Tian Ye doesn't need to worry about such things as the script.

After all, this thing is just like the screenwriters all over the street, there are as many as you want.

With his reputation in the industry, no one doubts that as long as he is willing to let go and lower the standard, many screenwriters will be happy to send their scripts to him, even if they don't need money, it doesn't matter. Being able to give the signature of a chief screenwriter will make my next script a little easier to sell.

However, Tian Ye naturally dismissed the garbage that was delivered to his door.

As a famous director with a strong personality, the films he makes can only be the best of the best.

If there is no ready-made script that catches his eye, he will definitely not settle for it. He would rather write an outline and throw it to a professional screenwriter he is familiar with. He nods.

However, this process is really painful.

Especially recently, he has no inspiration at all, and after thinking about it, he can't come up with an idea that will satisfy him.

But sitting like this is not enough.

Not to mention that his pastoral film industry still owed a loan from the bank, and the gambling agreement with the investor also forced him to speed up the progress.

If he wants to keep his control over the company, he must come up with a blockbuster film with a box office of over 50 million this year to convince investors who question his shooting style and commercial value.

"...no inspiration at all."

Hugging his head in pain, Tian Ye stood up from the chair, took out his mobile phone and called his old friend.

"Come and drink with me."

Hearing that there is wine, the answer on the other end of the phone is also very straightforward.

"Where?"

"My house in the suburbs."

About an hour later, the doorbell rang.

Pushing away the chair, Tian Ye stood up, casually approved a coat, and went to the entrance and opened the door.

The door opened, and it was his old friend Lu Fusheng who appeared at the door, a professor in the music department of Yanda University, who mainly studied piano and guzheng. The two met on the set at the beginning, and they hit it off because they hit it off, and Tian Ye composed many episodes in the movies, and it was he who composed the music.

"I was in class just now, and the traffic jam on the way here delayed me for a while. I hope I'm not late." Putting on his slippers and walking into the living room, Lu Fusheng said with a smile, "What's the matter, why did you suddenly think of asking me for a drink? Your new script Do you have any eyebrows?"

"Don't mention it, it's not done," he took out two bottles of vintage wine from the wine cabinet, walked to Tian Ye who sat down by the tea table and shook his head, "I feel annoyed when I mention it."

Lu Fusheng squinted at him.

"Then you still have time to drink?"

"It's not that I don't have any inspiration at all. I'm using wine to drown my sorrows." I filled myself a glass, took a sip of the suffocated field, and grinned for a while because of the heat, but I still forced myself to swallow it.

Unable to bear to see his old friend in such pain, Lu Fusheng sighed, took a sip, put down his cup and said.

"Can you tell me what the subject matter is?"

Tian Ye thought for a while, then opened his mouth with half-closed eyes.

"The background is ancient times, troubled times, and the theme... a love that envies others!"

"Yeah, you just tell me about ancient costume romance movies and you're done, and you still have to be envious of others," Lao Lu laughed, took a sip of his wine, and continued to ask, "And then?"

"Gone."

"Ah?" Lu Fusheng squinted his eyes and looked at his old friend in disbelief, "You have been in seclusion for a week, and you just came up with these few words?"

Tian Ye explained with a wry smile.

"You are also engaged in creation, you should understand the feeling of lack of inspiration. And I didn't just come up with these words, I used several big wastebaskets just for the draft paper..."

Staring blankly at his old friend for a long time, Lu Fusheng seemed to understand something, and finally sighed softly.

"I probably understand what you mean... You want to make a movie that can surpass "Xia Ke", right?"

Lao Tian nodded silently.

"Well... If I can't make it, they will force me to make Xia Ke 2."

"Xia Ke" is Lao Tian's pinnacle work. It is the first martial arts movie that vividly interprets the words "chivalry" and "jianghu" in the history of Xia Guo film, and it is also the first martial arts film in the history of Xia Guo film that combines romanticism and personal Heroism combined into one epic masterpiece with both word-of-mouth and box office explosions.

Prior to this, Xia Guo's martial arts movies were either too personal heroism, which was not well received, or the romanticism and atmosphere were overly rendered, which was not well received.

Many well-known film critics commented on "Xia Ke", which is more like a volume of poems about rivers and lakes than a movie.

Whether it is the audience holding popcorn or the old pedant wearing glasses, they can understand their own "chivalry" and "jianghu" from it, and are moved by the characters in the play and the magnificent era.

It can be said that "Xia Ke" not only set a precedent in many fields, but also brought Xia Guo's martial arts movies to a new height.

The film brought great success to Tian Ye's career, but on the other hand, it also left a deep imprint on him.

When people mention his name, they will think of the movie "Xia Ke".

Although he made several films afterwards, none of them could surpass his debut work in terms of box office and word of mouth.

Debut is the pinnacle, which is obviously not what an ambitious director expected to see.

Later, Tian Ye always wanted to get rid of the imprint of "Xia Ke" and tried to make innovations on the original basis, but the audience and investors didn't seem to buy it.

After the failure of the two long-prepared masterpieces, the confidence and tolerance of both the investors and the bank have dropped to the limit, especially at the latest partner meeting, the partner representative stood up and issued an order to him. Ultimatum.

Invest 30 million.

If you lose money again, then make "Xia Ke 2"!

Although this seems to be the most secure choice, it is also the choice Tian Ye is least willing to accept.

Although "Xia Ke" is an imprint that he cannot get rid of, it is also a work created by himself, and it is like his child to him. And now someone wants to strangle it to death with his own hands and squeeze out the last trace of its value, of course he, the father, cannot agree!

However, it is not so easy to fulfill the conditions proposed by investors.

According to the law of three times, if the cost of 30 million is not lost, then at least 90 million box office is needed. Even if the box office ceiling has been refreshed every year in recent years, it is definitely not an easy task to achieve this result.

What's more, the budget of 30 million is a very tight figure for him...

"I don't need to think about big productions. I don't have that much budget to capture the audience through special effects. And I thought, if I want to surpass "Xia Ke", I must find an entry point on the short board of "Xia Ke."

Lu Fusheng thought for a while and said.

"love?"

Tian Ye nodded with a heavy expression.

"That's right."

Although Xia Ke has achieved good results in many fields, but only in the line of love is the missing piece.

On the one hand, it is because the rivers and lakes he depicts only come and go in a hurry, and the killing and decisiveness of swords, poems and wine, and there is not much love between children. On the other hand, the length of the film is limited, so we can only pick one or two. If the focus is expanded, too many will appear bloated.

And if you want to break through yourself, you can only use this field he has never set foot in as an entry point to describe a world that "Xia Ke" has never described.

Even, this is not an easy task.

Looking at the old friend with distressed faces, Lu Fusheng raised his wine glass and sipped, then smacked his lips and said.

"It's a pity that I'm a musician. Things like scripts can't help you. However, if you are not in a good mood, I just heard a good piece of music here recently, and I plan to share it with you."

"Music?" Tian Ye poured himself another glass and said indifferently, "Piano music?"

"In your eyes, do I only study the piano?" Lu Fusheng smiled, waved his hands and said, "Unfortunately, what I plan to listen to you is really not a piano piece, but a popular song that has become quite popular recently. ...Although it is indeed accompanied by a piano."

"Ha, then I have to listen to it," Tian Ye said in a joking tone after clinking glasses with his old friend, "But you bastard, when did you become interested in pop music?"

Lu Fusheng smiled without explaining, took out his mobile phone and clicked on the playback software, then put the mobile phone on the coffee table.

The prelude sounded long and leisurely, as if it came from afar.

Tian Ye frowned and was about to listen carefully when the hoarse and delicate voice blew into his ears along with the sound of the ancient bell.

"The sound of prosperity escapes into the empty door and breaks the world,"

"Dreams are cold and tossed about lifelong love debts and a few books."

Before the first paragraph was finished, the moving melody and poetic lyrics grabbed him firmly.

Seeing the moving expression on his old friend's face, Lu Fusheng raised his cup with a smile and took a sip.

"It seems that you haven't been online these days, and you haven't heard of it."

"Don't make noise," raised his hand, Tian Ye sat upright, frowned and moved closer to the phone, whispering, "Wait until I finish listening."

Seeing that his old friend was so devoted, Lu Fusheng smiled in his heart, and stopped talking, and quietly accompanied him to enjoy the sound of rain that traveled through time and space.

The rain outside the Garan Temple lasted for four minutes.

Although it is not long, in Tian Ye's heart, it seems like a century has fallen.

Until the last line "Listen to the sound of rain in Jialan Temple and hope for eternity", he has not recovered from his dull eyes for a long time.

That song, that word, that tune...

Like a key, it opened a door to a new world in his heart!

Seeing the shocked expression on his old friend's face, Lu Fusheng had such a smile on his face, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said slowly.

"This song inspired me a lot."

"I have been researching how to integrate the elements of national style into Western music over the years, and the ingenious use of this song in the partial tone of "Change Palace" is simply a textbook-level innovation."

"Before that, no matter whether it was a popular song or a non-popular song, we usually tried to avoid the two notes of 4 and 7 from appearing on the stave when creating national-style piano music. But after listening to this piece , I suddenly had a new understanding of composition.”

"Of course, apart from the tune, I also like its lyrics. The poetic feeling doesn't need too many pretentious rhetoric, and the description of emotion and artistic conception is just as good as the ending of that xi."

"It's kind of like your movie."

Before he finished speaking, Tian Ye suddenly stood up from the sofa as if returning to his soul.

Looking at his old friend who got up suddenly, Lu Fusheng was slightly taken aback.

"What's wrong with you?"

Tian Ye didn't answer, but quickly took out his mobile phone, quickly swipe the address book with his thumb that was trembling with excitement, and called his own "queen editor".

The phone was connected quickly.

Tian Ye didn't say a single word of greeting or nonsense, and said in a commanding tone.

"You immediately put down the work at hand and come to me."

"Yes, the new script is already in shape, and I want to talk to you about the outline of the script!"