Director Zhao Yao has favored martial arts films in the past two years. The TV series "Bing Di Lian" he filmed last year was a martial arts film, and the movie "The Sword of the Heart" he filmed this year is also a martial arts film.
The protagonists of traditional martial arts movies are basically teenagers who practice martial arts and become famous in Kyushu. No matter how great the danger or difficulty he encounters, he will always be able to overcome it and even have a chance encounter to turn the situation around.
But the martial arts films shot by Zhao Yao are very different from traditional martial arts films. As for "Bing Di Lian", on the one hand, it has a female protagonist. There are very few martial arts films in which women feel that they are the protagonists. On the other hand, the protagonist's aura no longer exists, and one of the protagonists, Lin Chaoji, is directly destroyed.
The protagonist of "The Sword Asking the Heart" is Ji Yuxing, a forty-year-old uncle who has been living in seclusion for many years and then returns to the world. He is lame and suffers from epilepsy. His beloved died because of him. He seems to hold it like a Template for losers.
Chen Minhao had his feet up on the radiator. He read the script again and was doing push-ups on the floor when Director Zhao knocked on the door and came in.
Wearing a dark green military coat, he said unhurriedly:
"Xiao Chen, you haven't eaten yet? Let's have a simple meal first to catch you up, and then we can talk about the theme song after we finish the meal."
Chen Minhao nodded and said hello, then followed Zhao Dao out.
"The Sword of the Heart" was filmed in the Western Cinema City. The Western Region Cinema City currently covers an area of more than 8,000 square meters. The supporting facilities and services for film and television shooting here are indeed not as good as those in Hengdian, but basic hotels and restaurants are still available.
After Chen Minhao arrived at the restaurant, he felt that he needed to redefine the words "simple meal".
The crew booked the entire hotel lobby, and when more than 60 staff members saw Zhao leading Chen Minhao in, the audience burst into warm applause.
Chen Minhao: Simple? ?
A middle-aged man wearing a suit and tie who was out of tune with the surrounding staff stepped forward to shake hands with Chen Minhao.
Zhao Yao introduced that this is our producer Mr. Fan, whose single name is the word "tong" that unifies the world.
Chen Minhao immediately realized why Zhao Yao introduced his first and last names separately. How much hatred do these parents have
He was complaining a lot in his heart, but Chen Minhao said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Fan, please take care of me when we meet you for the first time. The welcome ceremony is too grand."
Fan Tong smiled and said: "Where, the conditions here are limited, I can only simply pick up the wind for you."
Chen Minhao looked around. There were more than 60 staff waiting for the meal. He thought to himself: What kind of simple welcome is this? There are more than 60 people in the crew to welcome the cast. When a protagonist joins the cast, the welcome ceremony is nothing more than that.
While Chen Minhao showed a flattered expression, he was mentally vigilant about Fan Tong. After all, if he showed courtesy for nothing, he would be either a traitor or a thief. Chen Minhao himself only came to prepare the theme song, so this kind of welcome is a bit too much!
But Fan Tong's idea is actually very simple.
Although Zhao Yao repeatedly told Fan Tong that there was no need to worry about the theme song, he would ask Chen Minhao to handle it.
However, Zhao Yao has never been able to produce the contract he signed with Chen Minhao, so Fan Tong has always been suspicious of Zhao Yao's ability to invite Chen Minhao to do the theme song.
This suspicion reached its peak after Chen Minhao won the Golden Melody Award for Best Newcomer of the Year and Best Song of the Year. Fan Tong has plans to contact other singers.
However, Fan Tong's idea was immediately opposed by Zhao Yao. Zhao Yao firmly believes that Chen Minhao will come and make a theme song for him, and the quality should not be low. But if he finds other singers now, Chen Minhao will be embarrassed by then.
Faced with Zhao Yao's plan to hang himself from a tree, Fan Tong was really dumb and couldn't tell the story of his suffering.
Of course Fan Tong knew that Chen Minhao once wrote a theme song called "Xiaoyao Tan" for Zhao Yao's TV series "Bingdilian". The quality was very high and the response was good.
But the situation at that time was completely different from the situation now. Chen Minhao played a role in "Bingdilian". More importantly, at that time, Chen Minhao was just a newcomer who had just come out of a talent show, but now Chen Minhao has become a rising star in the music industry. What a new star!
Fan Tong never expected that Zhao Yao could invite Chen Minhao so easily.
Fan Tong thought happily: If Chen Minhao sang the theme song, many female viewers who had not originally planned to watch "The Sword" would come to the cinema, and how much publicity expenses would be saved.
Is the money for publicity expenses money? No, that's his life!
Therefore, when Fan Tong knew that Chen Minhao had arrived, he began to prepare for the welcome ceremony. After all, if the "money tree" leaves due to poor hospitality, Fan Tong will feel that he has no place to cry.
As soon as Chen Minhao sat down and took a few bites of the chicken, many staff members came over with wine glasses.
"Brother Hao, I have long admired your name. I heard that you won the role of the male protagonist in "Detective". Congratulations. Currently, there is only one star in the entertainment industry who can sing and perform as well as you do. Let me toast you."
"Brother Hao, we met on the set of "Bing Di Lian". Do you still remember me?"
"You still remember me! I have to give you a toast. You can do whatever you want with me."
Staff who wanted to toast came around one after another. Faced with various reasons for toasting, Chen Minhao looked confused: You don't have to be so enthusiastic, right
Director Zhao solved Chen Minhao's dilemma in his own way. He roared: "Chen Minhao will discuss the theme song with me tonight. He is not good at drinking. If any of you dare to come and toast again, I will break his legs." "
Chen Minhao only got rid of the "care" of the staff after returning to the hotel. Although the songs were all in Chen Minhao's head, Chen Minhao needed to carefully discuss the script with Director Zhao and see the preliminary editing of the film before he could determine which song to use as the song. The theme song is more appropriate.
Chen Minhao smiled and asked: "Director Zhao, when will we see the first cut version of the movie?"
Director Zhao pulled up a chair and sat across from Chen Minhao and said, "Don't worry, just read the script twice first."
"I've watched it three times."
"Read it three times?" Director Zhao was shocked: "The script is more than 300,000 words. I just sent it to you yesterday. You have read it three times?"
Chen Minhao chuckled and said: "The script is quite interesting, so I read it once after the staff sent it to me. I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about the theme song yesterday and read it again. Then after arriving in Northern Xinjiang, here I watched it again at the foot of the snow-capped mountains.”
Director Zhao didn't believe it. He thought it was Chen Minhao who was anxious to see the edited version, so he asked, "Can you briefly tell me what the script is about?"
(End of chapter)