Chapter 40 Participate in the improvement of the script of "Journey to the West"
Zhou Xingchi's eyes lit up. After filming "Kung Fu", he decided to retreat behind the scenes. He was afraid that his thoughts would not be fully displayed on the screen because he did not participate in the show, so Ye Zhou was definitely not the only actor in the role of Supreme Treasure he invited.
Just now, Ye Zhou's acting skills displayed in Nianbai have been recognized by him, but the content in the script has ended. Ye Zhou, as a professional actor, has no play, which shows that he still has his own ideas.
At this moment, Zhou Xingchi couldn't help but feel a little expectant.
"If I had to add a deadline to this love, I hope it would be... ten thousand years."
Ye Zhou's eyes were no longer filled with tears, only unspeakable affection.
What a touching love word ten thousand years is. How many lifetimes can a person live to reach ten thousand years? I believe that no matter what love word the world is, it will appear pale and powerless in these ten thousand years.
It was precisely this ten thousand years that completely moved Zixia's heart.
Liu Zhenwei, who was watching the show, almost felt the urge to applaud. He could not be picky about Ye Zhou's performance, and even the tone of the long line was not bad.
And this is just his performance after watching a short script for five minutes.
"Haha, it seems that Mr. Huo recommended you to me as the right recommendation." Zhou Xingchi's tone of speaking was obviously excited.
Ye Zhou was barely out of the show. Listening to Zhou Xingchi's words, he knew that he should have decided to play Supreme Bao and Sun Wukong. He couldn't help but be excited. This would be his first big screen work, and the target of his collaboration was Zhou Xingchi.
"Thank you, Director Zhou."
At this time, Liu Zhenwei suddenly asked, "The last line is very wonderful. Can you tell me why?"
Ye Zhou looked at Liu Zhenwei. He could not say that he had watched the film "A Chinese Odyssey" countless times in the last time and space, nor was he complacent because of Liu Zhenwei's words. After all, if he had not been himself, he and Zhou Xingchi would have been able to perfect this line.
"I think in that scene, Supreme Treasure's emotions should be at its peak. After all, it is easy for Fairy Zixia, a god, to kill him as a mortal. He can no longer control his expression, so he can only make the lines more moving."
"Is it moving?" Zhou Xingchi nodded with approval. He thought that the words he had just added to Ye Zhou were flashed. At this time, after Ye Zhou said this, he was sure that this young actor from the mainland was really in line with his and Liu Zhenwei's ideas.
"Actually, the script was probably written by Director Liu more than ten years ago. At that time, Director Liu and I planned to improve the script while filming, but some investors felt that the script was too avant-garde and had not collected all the funds, so the shooting plan for the script was stranded.
It is also in recent years that people's aesthetic trends have gradually pursued novelty that I called Director Liu to prepare to restart the shooting plan of this script."
Ye Zhou was puzzled. He didn't understand why Zhou Xingchi said so much to him.
Liu Zhenwei, who was sitting on the chair, laughed a few times and said, "Director Zhou means that he wants to invite you to come and improve the script with us."
Zhou Xingchi smiled knowingly at Liu Zhenwei, then looked at Ye Zhou and said, "In the process of improving the script, Director Liu and I were always stuck because of some problems. In fact, we also think that the emotions in the lines of Supreme Treasure were not thorough enough, but we couldn't discuss more natural lines. After all, the three words I love you are already very touching.
And because of you, this problem is easily solved. You have a very similar idea to us, and may bring us some different thinking.”
Since Zhou Xingchi said this, Ye Zhou was no longer pretentious. "A Chinese Odyssey" was an indelible classic in his heart, and it was ten years later. He could not guarantee whether this classic could remain authentic in Zhou and Liu and the other people's hands.
"Okay, then I'll give it a try."
Afterwards, the three of them fell into a state of complete scripts. During this period, Zhou Xingchi's assistant and Huo Xiaoshi came in to see it several times. What is incredible is that once Ye Zhou was talking about the process of shaping a character to two powerful directors.
This almost scared Huo Xiaoshi. If Ye Zhou's "arrogant" words were disliked by two big-name directors in Hong Kong, it would undoubtedly have a great impact on his future development.
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Immersed in something, time always passes quickly, and before I knew it, it was two o'clock in the morning.
Ye Zhou leaned on Zhou Xingchi's office with a little tiredness, and finally perfected the script of "A Chinese Odyssey".
During this period, Zhou and Liu were indeed deviated from some of the ideas in the script of "A Chinese Odyssey" when compared with the finished films shot in the last time and space. Even the settings of many lines and individual characters were completely different from the original ones.
For example, the character setting of Tang Monk was originally an annoying speech that could directly talk about the monsters. However, the two of them had the idea of setting Tang Monk into a funny character who was greedy for life and fear of death. Compared with the character setting of both Tang Monks can play a funny role, but the setting of Tang Monk in the last time and space would undoubtedly be even more impressive.
Of course, these problems may have appeared in the last time and space, and were then improved during shooting, but now it seems that Stephen Chow's idea is to perfect the script first and then shoot it.
Zhou Xingchi had an uncontrollable smile on his face. He will direct the script of "A Chinese Odyssey" at that time. After nearly ten hours of improvement by the three of them, this is also the first time he got his most satisfied script before directing the drama.
"Ye Zhou, thank you this time. Maybe it's only these ten hours that saved the crew millions of funds."
The industry says that Zhou Xingchi likes to modify scripts during filming. In fact, this is true. However, changing scripts means that the crew will have to stop working. For example, his movies are often large-scale productions, and one-day suspension means a lot of expenses. Now he can't find any problem with the scripts he gets, and it is unlikely that he will change the show at will, which will naturally save a lot of money.
Ye Zhou laughed a few times and said, "Director Zhou, you are polite. In fact, it is also a kind of learning for me to communicate and improve the script with you and Director Liu. I really don't dare to be Xie."
Liu Zhenwei is one of the investors in "A Chinese Odyssey" and is very happy now. He got up and patted Ye Zhou on the shoulder and said, "You're welcome. Let's go have a midnight snack together. I'll treat you, hahaha."
(These two chapters have actually been written long ago, but they looked unsatisfactory and had been revised for a long time, but they still didn't work well. So I posted them first, please collect them!)
Chapter completed!