1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 60 Attention, fellow plagiarists
Zhai Yuan and Deng Leling chatted awkwardly for a while before Peng Jiayan finally arrived.

"Let me introduce you. This is the heroine of our movie, Sister Deng Lelingling."

Zhai Yuan acted as a middleman and said to Deng Leling, "Director Pang Jiayan, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

The two women greeted each other.

Deng Leling looked relaxed, but Peng Jiayan looked a little unhappy.

"I've read the script, how come it's from a Category III movie?"

She pulled Zhai Yuan aside, glanced at Deng Leling, and asked in a low voice.

"Didn't I tell you?"

Zhai Yuan asked curiously, and then started to play the victim again: "It can't be helped. Who doesn't want to make a blockbuster right from the start? But our team is poor."

Pang Ka Yin’s face was full of confusion: “Why don’t I help you find a second director? I have a senior brother who is better at shooting than me. He learned from Li Hanxiang…”

Without Zhai Yuan saying anything, Deng Leling stood up immediately.

She said urgently, "No!"

Zhai Yuan shrugged his shoulders and made a helpless expression to Peng Jiayan.

Seeing that Peng Jiayan was still hesitating, he had no choice but to continue fooling her.

"Director, although I am not as professional as you, I know that a work with true artistic value is not divided into different genres."

Zhai Yuan patiently advised: "A qualified director should analyze himself and reflect social phenomena in his works. You have to know that the development of film is progressing with the times. The current society's attitude towards sexual issues is becoming more and more open. The film industry should also keep pace with the times. Otherwise, it will be like Peking Opera and Cantonese Opera, sticking to the traditional set and being gradually eliminated by the audience."

When Peng Jiayan first heard this, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.

Just like the big theaters in Hong Kong in the past, they were the home venues for Peking opera and Cantonese opera, but after the big screen came into being, the entire theaters were demolished and rebuilt into cinemas.

But when she thought about it carefully again, she realized that Zhai Yuan was completely changing the concept.

Look at what you wrote in your script: Blind Ah Ling groped her way into the bathroom, took off her clothes and took a shower, but she didn't know that Ah Yuan had been hiding in the bathtub, his greedy eyes wandering unscrupulously over Ah Ling's body. Brackets, a stand-in comes on stage here, the camera focuses on the fruits and grass, cuts to a close-up, brackets end. Ah Yuan could no longer bear it, and finally stretched out his claws towards the unaware Ah Ling...

There's nothing wrong with movies keeping up with the times, but there are so many progressive things in this era, and you just focus on those, right?
“So I think you’re wrong!”

Peng Jiayan expressed her thoughts and looked at Zhai Yuan with a look that showed him that he was waiting for him to make excuses.

How could Zhai Yuan possibly argue with her about such an issue?

"Because it is easier to show the inner emotions of the character."

After he finished his ambiguous words, he smoothly changed the subject: "I have another script here. If I tell you briefly, you will know how important the dirty scenes are. The story takes place in Huangpu, the heroine is Wang Jiazhi, and the hero is Mr. Yi..."

That’s right, Zhai Yuan talked about the movie “The Ring” which he had watched many times.

I'm really sorry Director Li, but there's no need to use this kind of love-themed art film as an example, because I really can't handle a stubborn person like Pang Ka Yin.

"...Wang Jiazhi and Mr. Yi have a primitive hunter-prey relationship, a tiger-and-claw relationship. Do you think that if this script were made into a movie, without those pornographic scenes you despise, and without the emotional transformation of the characters, would it still have a strong realistic impact?"

After spending about ten minutes going over the plot of "The Ring", Zhai Yuan licked his dry lips.

Peng Jiayan listened with fascination.

Zhai Yuan felt that this time he would definitely succeed.

"Zhai Yuan, you just said that you came up with this script?"

"Yes!"

Zhai Yuan answered with a firm voice.

The next second, Peng Jiayan laughed out loud: "Shameless! This is obviously a novel by Eileen Chang!"

This time it was Mr. Zhai's turn to be dumbfounded.

What! I copied the movie back to 2007, how come it was dug out again! He really didn't know that "The Ring" had an original novel. After all, few male compatriots read Zhang Ailing, and even went to the movie just for A Wei, so who cares about the story behind it?

Fortunately, the goal was finally achieved.

"The script you described is clearer than the novel. From the perspective of the film's audio-visual language, the pornographic scenes are indeed more conducive to shaping the character's image and the character's psychological transformation. I was wearing tinted glasses before."

After Peng Jiayan finished speaking, she winked at Zhai Yuan and said, "Although you are still trying to change the subject and not answering the question directly. But since you are so attentive in making up the story, I will try to help you make this movie. But I have to tell you in advance that I will not use my name."

He was willing to help with the filming and voluntarily gave up his right to be credited. This was simply pie in the sky.

But Zhai Yuan was not happy at all and just laughed dryly.

Attention, fellow plagiarists: be sure to check the background of the work before plagiarizing, otherwise it will be really embarrassing.

"By the way, where is the male lead of your play?" Peng Jiayan suddenly asked.

"The script writes about A Yuan, so of course the male lead is me!" Zhai Yuan said as a matter of course.

"You! Both of you?"

Peng Jiayan's voice suddenly rose, and she glanced at Deng Leling who was sitting next to her, her face full of shock: "Zhai Yuan, you are still underage, and she is almost 30 years old, right?"

She forced herself to swallow back the words "old cow eats young grass".

He added in a low voice: "It's illegal to do this..."

Having a baby face has its advantages. Even Pang Ka Yin, a woman, can’t tell that Tang Lok Ling is actually in her thirties.

But Deng Leling was not happy.

She looked like she was being publicly executed, her head almost buried in her chest, and the blush on her face spread all the way to her ears.

……

The time soon arrived in the afternoon.

After packing up their equipment, the three of them drove to a villa in Ngau Tau Kok.

The owner of the villa lives overseas all year round. Zhai Yuan spent one thousand yuan to rent the right to use the villa for three days from the property management office.

Renting a location for filming is a tradition in the film industry. After all, not every company is like Zhaoshi, which has its own studio and can build any scene it wants.

I chose the movie "Blind Girl" because more than 90% of its scenes take place in the rooms of the villa, there are only two main actors, and the extras have almost no role.

The villa had just been cleaned the day before and was very clean.

Zhai Yuan led the two women into the living room. Sunlight poured in through the window, casting a layer of golden powder over the room.

"The light was too bright, and the magnetic recorder couldn't adjust the exposure."

Peng Jiayan quickly pulled down the curtains and looked very professional as she found the angle. She then turned on the ceiling light and wall light in turn to try different lighting.

Zhai Yuan felt that she was somewhat nitpicking.

It's just a TV movie. With a resolution of 480P, even Avatar can become Avanti, and the details cannot be seen on the screen at all.

However, it was still early and did not interrupt Peng Jiayan's interest.

He stood up and walked to the refrigerator, took out a few cans of beer that he had prepared in advance and placed them on the table, then sat down next to Deng Leling.

One hand naturally patted her plump thighs wrapped in jeans, and with the other hand he opened the can and handed the beer to her.

"Don't be nervous, just have a beer and relax, no one will sue you for molesting a boy."

Zhai Yuan smiled at Deng Leling, looked at the tightly wrapped high-necked long-sleeved thin shirt on her body, rubbed his chin and said:

"Your clothes are not homely enough. I have prepared a few pajamas in the bedroom. Please go in and try them on. I think one of the translucent tulle lace nightgowns is suitable for you."

(End of this chapter)