Be famous early

Chapter 85 9.13|

What Tang Lei is going to shoot this time is a movie with realistic themes. In a sense, it is a kind of public welfare movie, which has something to do with the fight against abduction.

This movie is adapted from a true story ten years ago. The story spans most of the large and small cities in China. The protagonist of the story is a young man named Lin Baoyi who was trafficked since childhood.

Lin Baoyi accidentally found out that he was bought by his current parents when he was 16 years old, so he resolutely bid farewell to the old couple who had raised him for 13 years, put on a dilapidated backpack, left that remote mountain village, and set foot on the road ever since. On the road to find relatives.

Back then, he was sold into a very remote mountain village by human traffickers and given to a very poor couple who could only afford him to finish the third grade of primary school. Do the simplest jobs that are physically demanding.

He has moved bricks on the construction site, painted walls in the decoration team, and once hung outside a building with more than [-] floors to wipe the glass. He has no home, no friends, he looks everywhere, and his home is everywhere.

He didn’t earn enough money. In order to save money, he worked during the day and slept in parks or other public places at night, living like a homeless man.

However, these hardships are nothing to Lin Baoyi. He has an obsession in his heart. He wants to find his parents and tell them that he is still alive and well.

From the age of 16 to 26, Lin Baoyi never lived a single day of comfort. He searched hard for a whole ten years in the vast sea of ​​people. He grew from a boy to a young man, and crossed half of China. Finally, one day, He came to the north, and here he found his parents.

When they got together again, Lin Baoyi also knew that over the years, not only was he looking for it unilaterally, but his parents also did not give up looking for him——

They have been looking for him for 23 years, his hair is gray and his body is exhausted.

The ending of the story, of course, is a happy reunion without any surprise.

Just like the name of the movie, "Reunion" - the meaning is very beautiful, that is, I hope that all abducted children can find their parents and relatives in the end, and share the reunion with them.

The script was well written. From the very beginning, it was revised more than a dozen times in the middle. After five screenwriters' hands, it was finally finalized.

Although it seems that this story is very ordinary, there is no doubt that this will be a very touching movie. When Shu Ziwen read the script for the first time, his nose was sore and he wanted to cry.

This is probably the unique charm of realistic-themed movies. No matter how ordinary the story itself is, it will still hit people's tears, which makes people cry.

——There is great love hidden in the ordinary, so it touches people's hearts.

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The movie will be officially launched in April, and the shooting time is expected to be three months. Tang Lei has to make the movie before September, and then send it to the Golden Lion Award Organizing Committee for registration.

Although the time will be a bit rushed, but if you spend more time shooting every day and catch up with the progress, it is still completely enough.

When Shu Ziwen showed the script to Shi Baiqian, Shi Baiqian frowned, and then said: "Are you sure you want to make this movie? Although the script is very good, its subject matter is still limited. It's too heavy."

"I have already accepted it." Shu Ziwen said to him: "I have considered it. Although it is a realistic literary film, the role of Lin Baoyi is very challenging. I started acting from the age of 16 to At the age of 26, this requires very high acting skills for an actor, I want to try it, not to mention this script, it really moved me."

Hearing this, Shi Baiqian knew that Shu Ziwen had made up his mind, and no one could shake him, so he didn't say anything more, since it was a waste of words anyway.

Before the official start, Tang Lei told Shu Ziwen that the prototype of the protagonist of the crew wanted to meet him.

The meeting place was at the Huayue Hotel. The hotel is very close to Huayu, about ten minutes' walk away.

On the way together, Tang Lei reminded Shu Ziwen, "In fact, Lin Heng is not satisfied with your role as Lin Baoyi. When we meet later, you have to remember to perform better, and I will also find a way ,Convince him."

Lin Heng is the real name of the prototype of the protagonist in the play.

Shu Ziwen nodded clearly, "Don't worry, Director Tang."

They met in the reception room of the hotel. Shu Ziwen looked at the thin middle-aged man who was sitting on the seat. It was hard to imagine that he could use such a body and rely on his perseverance and determination to survive ten years of rain or shine. The way to find relatives.

Looking away, Shu Ziwen first said politely: "Mr. Lin, hello."

"Hello." Lin Heng nodded, with a smile on his face. Although he was not very satisfied with Shu Ziwen playing Lin Baoyi, he was not unfriendly to Shu Ziwen himself.

The three of them sat down in the spacious living room, and Lin Heng was not polite, and directly expressed his concerns, "You look really good, you are completely different from me, I know your acting skills are good, and it feels like you can act like that." , but you are still different from the actor I want."

"I know your box office appeal is very strong, but I don't pay attention to the box office. What I want is a more realistic movie that will restore my story, and you make me feel that it is not real enough. Like Lin Bao It doesn't fit the image at all."

The reason why he let Tang Lei use him as the prototype to make this film is to tell everyone who has the same experience as him not to give up lightly, and at the same time, he wants to arouse the society's attention to child abduction.

However, Shu Ziwen's outstanding appearance will only make the audience pay more attention to his appearance, thus ignoring what the movie is supposed to tell, which is not in line with Lin Heng's original intention.

After patiently listening to Lin Heng, Shu Ziwen pondered for a while, and then asked: "Do you just think my appearance is inappropriate?"

Lin Heng nodded his head, then shook his head again, he said: "Yes and no, there is one reason why your appearance is too outstanding, and another reason is your temperament, which doesn't seem to match, you look like a As a child who has been pampered and pampered since childhood, life seems to have never given you difficulties."

Without refuting, Shu Ziwen smiled, stood up and said, "Then, can you give me half an hour?"

"……it is good."

Lin Heng originally wanted to refuse directly, he firmly believed in his own ideas, but when he met Shu Ziwen's serious eyes, he hesitated and agreed.

"Thank you." Shu Ziwen thanked Lin Heng, then nodded to Tang Lei, then turned and left the living room.

Half an hour, if it is long, is actually not long at all, but if it is short, if you have something on your mind, then the seconds are like years, this period of time is not easy to endure.

The situation of Tang Lei and Lin Heng belongs to the latter. They feel that half an hour is not short, and even to a certain extent, it is very long.

When the hands of the clock turned to ten o'clock, the door of the living room was pushed open again, and a young man who walked in was wearing a patched T-shirt on his upper body and a pair of loose and washed white jeans on his lower body.

The young man's skin was dark, his exposed wrists were too slender, and his small palms were covered with calluses. His face was sallow, his lips were a little chapped, his eyes were bloodshot, his hair was messy, and he looked very haggard and weak.

Although a little decadent, his back is straight, his eyes are full of anticipation and hope, and there is a smile on his mouth, as if no matter how difficult it is, his back cannot be crushed, and his hope cannot be removed.

This young man is Shu Ziwen.

When Lin Heng saw Shu Ziwen walking in dressed like this, he was already stunned. He stared blankly, his eyes were slightly red.

For many years, he has always been this image. He used to sleep on the side of the road, was treated as a beggar, slept in the park, was chased and scolded by people... But it has passed, he is very lucky, after so many years, he finally found own family.

Fortunately, they were all fine, and he still had time to support and honor them.

How long has it been since he saw himself like this, maybe more than ten years, Lin Heng fell into the memory, he thought of the year, thought of the past.

For a moment, the entire conference hall was silent. Shu Ziwen stood there, watching Lin Heng's eyes moistened, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and handed it to him.

He said: "You wipe it off."

Restored by this sound, Lin Heng took the handkerchief and pressed his eye sockets. He looked up at Shu Ziwen with a sincere smile in his eyes.

Lin Heng said: "Thank you, you remind me of the past."

After pausing for a while, he said again: "I'm sorry, I defined it too arbitrarily just now. Your appearance doesn't affect you. You are a very professional actor. Director Tang didn't choose wrongly. You probably are The most suitable person to play Lin Baoyi, I apologize to you for my behavior just now."

"No." Shu Ziwen quickly waved his hand and said, "You are not wrong. You have the right to choose the actor you think is suitable. It was my negligence just now that made your judgment wrong. I should apologize to you. of."

Hearing this, Lin Heng smiled, then he turned his head and said to Tang Lei, "Thank you for choosing such an excellent actor."

"Where is there." After saying it politely, Tang Lei shook his body, laughed a few times boldly, then changed the subject and chatted with Lin Heng about other things.

Later, they chatted a lot, and Shu Ziwen also got a clearer understanding of Lin Baoyi in the play. It was not until noon that he and Tang Lei got up to say goodbye and leave.

Back in Huayu, Shu Ziwen went to change his costume first, and after he came out, Tang Lei asked him, "When did you prepare that costume?"

Without hiding anything, he told Tang Lei: "Just when you said that Mr. Lin wanted to see me, I asked Chen Yuan to borrow it from a costume designer. I guess that the reason why Mr. Lin wanted to see me might be because he was dissatisfied with me playing the role." This role, and the only way to convince him is to let him really see Lin Baoyi appearing in front of his eyes."

After listening to the words, Tang Lei smiled with satisfaction, patted Shu Ziwen on the shoulder, and said, "Yes, you are very thoughtful, otherwise there will be some trouble."

After all, it is impossible for him to choose to change actors. Their contracts have been signed, and he has a hunch that he will never find a more suitable candidate than Shu Ziwen.

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In a blink of an eye, the date on the calendar slipped to April.

After spending the night with Qin Yue, Shu Ziwen took Chen Yuan and Tang Lei to their first filming location - a very remote village in G Province early the next morning.

Now in this village, there are only some old people who are over fifty years old, and most of the younger people have left, and many houses have been abandoned.

Shu Ziwen didn't know how Tang Lei found such a place, but Tang Lei quickly negotiated with the villagers and successfully rented a few buildings. During the filming here, everyone will live in it. Everyone squeezed each other.

After putting down all the luggage, the prop team began to set up in a selected mud house. What they are going to shoot now is the scene of Lin Bao leaving home after knowing his life experience.

There are about three scenes in this scene, and all of them need to stay here for two or three days.

It's too remote here, there's almost no signal, and several supporting actors are complaining, but if Tang Lei hears it, he'll be stern and stare, and everyone will immediately disperse like birds and beasts, for fear of being a step late , was caught by Tang Lei, 'kill the chicken for the monkey' to see.

They have put in too much effort to be able to enter the crew, and they can't fail again.

Shu Ziwen was also pinching the phone, feeling very helpless. He looked at his text messages that kept showing that sending failed, pursed his lips for a while, and then sighed, handed the phone to Chen Yuan for safekeeping, and went to put on makeup.

It took almost half a day, and the props team had finished arranging the mud room. Tang Lei went in to check it, and nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, Shu Ziwen and the two actors playing the old couple had already put on their makeup. They looked down at the time, and Tang Lei returned to sit in front of the monitor.

Seeing that everyone was already standing in their positions and ready, Tang Lei signaled to the recorder, and soon, the recorder hit the board, and the first scene of "Reunion" officially started shooting.