I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 676: High Safety Factor (55)

Many directors’ debut works astound the audience, and then their successive films get worse and worse!
District 9 by Neill Blomkamp;
Orson Welles made his directorial debut with Citizen Kane, and never surpassed it in his lifetime;
Sidney Lumet's directorial debut, 12 Angry Men, will never be surpassed...

Guy Ritchie's directorial debut, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...

"The Godfather" was also Ford Coppola's first feature-length film produced by a regular major studio. Before that, he made low-budget films with Roger Corman.

In fact, for many directors’ debut works, the script may have been polished for a long time. It is no exaggeration to say that the first draft may have been prepared during undergraduate studies.

I shoot my student assignment once, and my graduation project once. After graduation, I go to various project investment meetings, where I have to keep telling my own story and answering other people's questions. After being chosen, I communicate with the producer and polish it again.

A story that has been overturned and rewritten over and over again, coupled with the corresponding directorial ability, the debut work will naturally make everyone feel wow.

But the second work is a completely new story, and investors will ask you to continue some of the styles of your debut work, because it is your debut work that they invest in.

Compared to the painstaking effort put into the debut film, the preparation period for the second film was shorter and it had to continue the style of the previous one, so it was certainly difficult to surpass it.

It's good enough to not drop the standard.

Director Teng Congcong is good. "Send Me to the Clouds" has a good reputation and a box office of over 3000 million. Then he made a TV series "My Altay"...

If there is a chance, let's work together...

Oh, back to Liu Xunzimo: "Are you and Rouba boyfriend and girlfriend?"

“…Why are you asking that?”

"Just gossiping..."

"Guess what?"

"I guess your relationship with her is similar to your relationship with Yang Mi..."

Shen Liang shook his head: "...It's different, Yang Mi is my idol!"

"Pay attention to yourself!"

"…What's wrong? Are you worried about my bad behavior?"

“…Of course I’m worried. Our movie hasn’t even been released yet!”

"Don't worry," Shen Liang smiled, and then asked Zhang Benyu: "Brother Benyu, how is my reputation in the circle?"

"Very good, the brand trusts you very much!"

Shen Liang spread his hands: "Brother, don't worry about me."

As they were talking, Shen Liang's cell phone rang...it was Rouba calling!
"I'll take a call!"

After Shen Liang left, Zhang Benyu said to Liu Xunzi: "Brother Liang has a very high safety factor..."

Liu Xunzimo seemed a little confused: "What is the safety factor?"

“It’s the probability of reputation collapse…” Zhang Benyu explained: “Nowadays, brands and investors are very cautious. They classify artists and those who are unlikely to collapse are their first choice…

Liang Ge belongs to this category!"

"Then...what about the other category?"

"The house collapses and then collapses..."

"What is Ruta?"

"The artist has not violated any laws or public order and morality, so on the surface there is no reason to ban him. But because he has done some "well-known behavior", the investors have to hide him in order to avoid offending high-level organizations... This kind of artist is the most embarrassing!"

Liu Xunzi put himself in the situation for a moment, then nodded: "It is indeed embarrassing."

Zhang Benyu changed the subject: "What do you think the first thing he would say when he comes in?"

"Sorry, I have to leave first!"

"I guess so..."

Then Shen Liang walked in and said, "I'm leaving first. When Zhang Chi and Jiang Long come over later, you can tell them that I have something urgent to do..."

……

Although it is not a completely accurate prediction, it is pretty close.

Liang Ge went to see Rouba...

Rouba missed the truth—the truth is infinite, and every inch of progress brings joy!

When a man looks for a woman, he should look for a woman he wants to sleep with at first sight;
When a woman is looking for a man, she wants to find a man who cannot be rejected after a touch. If she is even annoyed by physical contact, where does the love come from?
Aren’t love and affection all about indulging in the flesh?

Realistically speaking: love starts with appearance, falls in love with talent, is obsessed with body, is intoxicated with affection, and is loyal to character.
It’s just that the two key words, intoxicated by deep affection and loyal to character, have nothing to do with Shen Liang…

So, just enjoy yourself...

However, Rouba was quite satisfied: "You have been very honest these days!"

“…How do you know?”

"Nonsense, I've been with you for so long, what habits do you have that I don't know?"

Shen Liang really wanted to ask, "What are my habits?"

Sorry!
However, I sighed in my heart: It's amazing that you can infer these things through posture and habits...

"The filming will start tomorrow. Have you gotten to know the director and the actors?"

Rouba nodded: "...I talked to the director a few times, and he told me to play myself..."

"Yes, you play a popular top star!"

Rouba thought for a moment, then said, "I've read the script... You guys are really brave, aren't you afraid of offending people?"

Shen Liang asked back: "Who can we offend... We just recorded what happened in the form of a movie, without any malicious editing or expressing any stance... How can we be considered offending anyone?"

"You even dare to slander Chen Kun and Zhou Xun... You must not be afraid!"

“Did I blackmail them?”

“Didn’t you say in the live broadcast that ‘The Order of the Samurai’ performed by two people together is not as good as Guo Jingming’s The Yin Yang Master: Dream of Eternity’…”

"This is the truth... it's not black!"

Rouba curled his lips and suddenly remembered something: "…By the way, do you know "The Scenery Here"? "

"Knowing... Wang Meng's works..."

Wang Meng is very famous in the literary world. He is recognized as a great writer and can be said to be the most virtuous and respected figure in China's literary world today.

He is the only honorary chairman of the Writers Association, and he has gone one step further than Ba ​​Jin, as can be proved here.

However, he was known to young people because he strongly recommended Guo Jingming to join the Writers Association...

In fact, Wang Meng really values ​​talent. Back then, heretics like Wang Shuo and Liu Sola all relied on his protection.

As for his books, Shen Liang hasn't read many, but Brother Liang has attended his lectures.

This old man's words are quite interesting...

I am over eighty years old and have experienced everything. I have seen through the ways of the world.

For example, he said that he was a 14-year-old revolutionist, and there were no other entertainment toys besides revolution…

Chinese culture is popular. A primary school student wore ancient costumes and recited the Three Character Classic in the middle of summer. He said, "Has the Qing Dynasty been restored?"

It’s really fun!

The Scenery Here...

In 2015, he won the th Mao Dun Literature Award.

Shen Liang also bought this book, but it seems he couldn't finish reading 40 pages!

The names of Uyghurs are long, numerous, boring, and extremely political, so I gave up reading them...

The positive and negative characters in the book are clearly divided into black and white, as if there are only two colors in the author's inner world, black and white. The negative characters are evil to the core, and the positive characters are perfect to the extreme...

In a word: not good looking.

However, since Rouba asked the question, Shen Liang immediately asked back, "What's the matter? Are you going to adapt it into a TV series?"

"Um... Director Li Lu!"

"Looking for you?"

"Talked to me for a while!"

(End of this chapter)