Just as Hao Yun was looking at the system task, in an apartment far away from the Fifth Ring Road in Shangjing, a middle-aged man was also sitting in front of his desk, staring at a blank manuscript and the "dead line" circled on the calendar.

It's been a week since he moved to a small black house in the suburbs.

However, the script outline of the new film still has no idea, and the nearer and nearer dead line almost forces him to the corner.

In fact, as a director, you don't have to worry about scripts.

After all, this thing is just like the screenwriters all over the street.

With his reputation in the industry, no one has any doubt that as long as he is willing to let go and lower the standard, a large number of screenwriters will be happy to send their scripts to him, even if it doesn't matter if they don't need money. As long as the chief screenwriter can be signed when the film is announced, his next script will sell a little better.

However, for those who send door-to-door garbage, the field is naturally dismissive.

As a famous director, his films can only be the best of the best.

If there is no ready-made script that can catch his eye, he will definitely not make do with it. He would rather write an outline himself and then throw it to a familiar professional screenwriter to edit and change it now until he is satisfied with it and nods.

However, this process is too painful.

Especially recently, he didn't have any inspiration, and he didn't come up with an idea that satisfied him.

But you can't just sit there.

Not to mention that he still owes the loan from the bank, and the gambling agreement with the investor also forces him to speed up the progress.

If he wants to keep control of the company, he has to come up with a blockbuster with a box office of more than 50 million this year to persuade investors who question his shooting style and commercial value.

"... no inspiration at all."

Holding his head in pain, the field stood up from his chair and took out his mobile phone to call his old friend.

"Come and drink with me."

I heard that there was wine, and the answer on the other end of the phone was very simple.

"Over there?"

"My house in the suburbs."

About an hour later, the doorbell rang.

Push the chair to stand up in the field, casually approved a coat, then went to the porch to open the door.

The door opened and his old friend LV Fusheng, a professor of music at Yanda, who mainly studied piano and guzheng, appeared at the door. They met in the production group at the beginning, and because they fell in love with each other, they became familiar at first sight. He also arranged many episodes in the field movies.

"I was in class just now, and I was delayed by traffic jam on the way here. I hope I'm not late," said LV Fusheng with a smile as he put on his slippers and walked into the living room? Have you got something in your new play? "

"Don't mention it, it's not done," he said, shaking his head as he took out two bottles of aged wine from the wine cabinet and sat down beside the tea table

LV Fusheng squinted at him.

"Do you have time to drink?"

"It's not that I don't have any inspiration. I'm drowning my worries by drinking." To his full on a cup, a stuffy field, was a hot grin, but still forced himself to swallow.

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

"Can you tell me something?"

The field thought about it, half squinted and said.

"The background is ancient times, troubled times, and then the theme... A period of envious love!"

"Well, you can directly tell me that the costume romance is over, and you have to add envy to others," Lao Lu sneered, sipped his wine and continued, "and then what?"

"No more."

"Ah?" LV Fusheng stared at his old friend in disbelief. "You've been shut up for a week, and you've made these words?"

The field explained with a bitter smile.

"You are also a creative person. You should understand the feeling of exhaustion of inspiration. And I didn't just create these words. I used several big paper baskets just for the draft paper... "

After staring at his old friend for a long time, LV Fusheng seemed to understand something and finally sighed.

"I see what you mean... You want to make a movie that can surpass swordsman, right?"

Lao Tian nodded silently.

"Well... If I can't do it, they will force me to do Xiake 2."

"Swordsman" is the peak of Laotian's work. It is the first martial arts film in the history of Xia's film, in which the two words "chivalrous" and "rivers and lakes" are interpreted incisively and vividly. It is also the first epic work in the history of Xia's film, in which Romanticism and personal heroism are combined into one, and the word-of-mouth and box office are both popular.

Before that, Xia Guo's martial arts movies were either too personal heroism or too romantic color and atmosphere.

Many well-known film critics comment on Xiake, which is more like a poem about the world than a movie.

No matter the audience holding popcorn or the old scholar wearing glasses, they can understand their own "Chivalry" and "rivers and lakes", and are moved by the characters in the play and the magnificent times.

It can be said that "knight errant" not only opened the precedent in many fields, but also brought Xia's martial arts films to a new height.

This film has brought great success to his career, but on the other hand, it also has a deep brand on him.

When people mention his name, they think of the movie knight errant.

After that, although he also made several films, none of them can surpass his debut works in box office and word-of-mouth.

Coming out is the peak, which is obviously not what an ambitious director expects.

Later, the field has been trying to get rid of the mark of "knight errant" and try to make innovation on the basis of the original, but the audience and investors do not seem to buy it.

After the failure of the two long-term preparations, the confidence and tolerance of both investors and banks to him have dropped to the limit, especially at the recent general meeting of partners, representatives of partners came forward and issued an ultimatum to him.

30 million yuan.

If you lose money again, shoot swordsman 2!

Although this seems to be the most stable choice, but it is also the most reluctant choice.

"Knight errant" is a brand that he can't get rid of, but it's also a work that he created himself. To him, it's just like his child. Now someone wants to strangle it and drain its last bit of value. Of course, he can't agree!

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

According to the triple law, if you want to keep the cost of 30 million yuan, you will get at least 90 million yuan at the box office. Even if the box office ceiling is being refreshed every year in recent years, it is definitely not an easy thing to achieve this result.

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

"Big production doesn't need to be considered. I don't have that much budget to capture the audience through special effects. And I thought that if I want to surpass the swordsman, I must find a breakthrough point in the short board of the swordsman. "

LV Fusheng thought and said.

"Love?"

The field nodded heavily.

"That's right."

Although Xiake has made great achievements in many fields, he is the only one missing in the love line.

On the one hand, it's because he only describes the river and lake in a hurry, and he doesn't have much love for children. On the other hand, the length of the film is limited, so he can only choose one or two key points to carry out, and too much will make it cumbersome.

If you want to break through yourself, you can only take this field he has never set foot in as the starting point to describe a river and lake once depicted in swordsman.

Even so, it's not easy.

Looking at the distressed old friend on his face, LV Fusheng took a sip of his glass and smacked his mouth.

"It's a pity that I'm a musician. Scripts can't help you. However, if you are not in a good mood, I just heard a good song here recently, and I'm going to share it with you. "

"Music?" The field poured a cup for himself again and said, "piano music?"

"Do I only study piano in your eyes?" LV Fusheng laughed, waved his hand and said, "unfortunately, what I'm going to show you is that it's not really a piano piece, but a popular piece recently... Although it's really accompanied by piano."

"Ha, I have to listen to that," he said jokingly after having a drink with his old friend. "But when did you become interested in pop music?"

LV Fusheng did not explain with a smile. He took out his mobile phone, turned on the playback software, and then put it on the coffee table.

The prelude sounded as if it were coming from afar.

The field frowned and was about to listen carefully when his hoarse and delicate voice came into his ears with the sound of the ancient bells.

"The sound of prosperity escapes into the empty door and turns the world away."

"The dream is cold, and I've been in debt all my life."

Before the end of the first paragraph, the touching melody and poetic lyrics caught him dead.

Looking at the moving expression on the old friend's face, LV Fusheng raised his cup with a smile and took a drink.

"It seems that you haven't been on the Internet these days. How dare you have never heard of it."

"Don't make a noise," he raised his hand. The whole field was sitting upright, frowning tightly towards the mobile phone. He came a little closer and whispered, "when I'm finished."

Seeing that his old friend was so devoted, LV Fusheng laughed in his heart and stopped talking. He quietly accompanied him to enjoy the rain through time and space.

The rain outside Jialan Temple lasted for four minutes.

Although not long, but in the heart of the field, it is like falling a century.

Until the last sentence "Jialan Temple listens to the sound of rain and hopes for eternity" was finished, he didn't come back for a long time with dull eyes.

That song, that word, that song

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

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

"This song inspired me a lot."

"Over the years, I have been studying how to integrate the elements of national style into western music, and the wonderful use of this tune in the pianyin of" biangong "is a textbook level innovation."

"Before that, no matter popular music or non popular music, we usually try to avoid four and seven notes on the staff when we create piano music with national style. But after listening to this song, I suddenly have a new understanding of composition. "

"Of course, besides the music, I also like its words. The poetic feeling doesn't need too much artificial rhetoric. The description of feelings and artistic conception is just as good as the ending of Xi. "

"That's like your movie."

Words did not finish, the field like a soul, suddenly stood up from the sofa.

Looking at the old friend who suddenly got up, LV Fusheng was slightly stunned.

"What's the matter with you?"

The field didn't answer, just quickly took out the mobile phone, with that excited and trembling thumb quickly sliding the address book, called his own "Royal editor".

The call will be through soon.

The field didn't say a word of greeting, and said in an imperative tone.

"Now put down your work and come to me."

"Yes, the new play has already begun. I want to talk to you about the outline of the play!"