Legendary star: Signed to the Palace at the beginning

Chapter 233 Investing in "Crazy Stone"

Ning Hao hurriedly raised his glass and said, "President Xiao, you are welcome. Not only is he a great screenwriter, but he also directed "Han Soul" and "Blood Diamond", and participated in "Initial D". We learned from both directing and acting skills. The role model, my brother admires it very much, all in the wine, done it!"

Guo Tao, Liu Ye and others also raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

Seeing Xiao Chuan and Wang Dangdang's humorous and unassuming language, several people gradually felt relieved, and the atmosphere at the wine table was very harmonious.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Xiao Chuan said: "Director Ning, what movie are you going to make, I'll read the script."

Ning Hao immediately took out a stack of papers from a somewhat worn-out briefcase, and handed them to Xiao Chuan with both hands.

The script was not long, so Xiao Chuan quickly flipped through it. It was indeed the black comedy he saw in the future, so he said, "Director Ning, the script is well written, and I can invest in it."

Ning Hao was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Chuan raised his right hand and said, "Director Ning, don't worry, I have a few suggestions. If you agree, I will invest."

Ning Hao's heart sank, and he thought that Mr. Xiao would not stuff some related accounts without acting skills into the crew.

But there is no way, who will let someone be the father of the sponsor, let's listen first.

Seeing the change in Ning Hao's face, Xiao Chuan knew what was on his mind, and he didn't explain it, just talked about his own thoughts.

"Director Ning, your movie is going to be a comedy, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Xiao."

"We have had too many Chinese comedy movies in recent years. The Chen Xiaoer series filmed by Chen Beisi in the Mainland in the first few years, "Party A and Party B" and "Big Whistle" filmed by Director Feng recently, director Wang and Director Zhou of Hong Kong Island, etc. The comedies he makes are quite popular, but they also cause aesthetic fatigue and become mere formality, so if Director Ning makes comedy movies in the normal way, it will not be easy to become popular."

Ning Hao is also not very confident in his own scripts. In the past two years, he has been studying Chinese comedy movies and TV series. His scripts are written following the trend, but there is nothing unique about them.

So I asked for advice: "Mr. Xiao, please guide me."

Xiao Chuan said: "I suggest Director Ning to make a black comedy movie."

Ning Hao asked suspiciously, "A black comedy movie?"

Xiao Chuan said: "First, I think the name of the movie needs to be changed. Don't call it "Emerald and Diamond". This name can't attract the audience. Change it to "Crazy Stone"."

Ning Hao recollected in his heart, clapped his hands and said: "Mr. Xiao, "Crazy Stone", this name is good."

Seeing that Ning Hao readily accepted the suggestion, Xiao Chuan continued: "Second, change the location where the movie's story takes place."

Ning Hao said: "Mr. Xiao, where do you think it is better to change?"

Xiao Chuan said: "Yucheng, Yucheng is a mountain city, the city is different from others, and many strange and absurd scenes can be shot to deepen the crazy comedy effect of the movie."

The landscape of Yucheng, hot pot, and stick-stick army immediately appeared in Ning Hao's mind.

"Well, Yucheng is not bad, better than the city I originally chose."

"Third, you don't need to make a phone call in Mandarin, but use more dialects and various dialects, which can achieve unexpected results."

Huang Bo said: "I can speak Daocheng dialect, Mr. Xiao thinks it's okay?"

Huang Bo took the script, found a passage, and read it in Daocheng dialect: "I'm telling you, this is purely a moral issue. I'm telling you, I don't even want to say anything about you."

Xiao Chuan said: "Director Ning, do you think Huang Bo's paragraph is okay?"

Ning Hao stretched out his thumb and said: "Mr. Xiao, your suggestion is really the finishing touch. Putting Huang Bo's island dialect here is much more exciting than Mandarin."

Guo Tao and Liu Ye knew that they were invited to the banquet because Xiao Chuan wanted to recommend them to join the crew, how could they let this opportunity go, so they looked at the script head to head.

Liu Ye looked like a bad guy, and he quickly fell in love with the role of Brother Dao. He recommended himself: "Mr. Xiao, Director Ning, although I am from the Northeast, I can speak Yisheng dialect. How about I say a few words?"

Ning Hao saw Xiao Chuan nodding his head, so he said, "Okay, Ye Zi will try."

Liu Ye said in Baoding's words: "Now is the rising period of my career...We are not married, but we have true feelings."

Ning Hao applauded and cheered: "Yezi, I didn't expect you to talk so slippery in Baoding."

Guo Tao saw that Huang Bo chose Hei Pi and Liu Ye chose Brother Dao. They were both very comedic roles. He said helplessly: "You have all chosen good roles. What should I choose?"

Liu Yedao: "Brother Guo, why don't you play Killer Mike?"

Guo Tao said: "Yezi, do you think I look like a ruthless killer?"

Liu Yedao: "It's really not like it, but it looks like it was killed."

Xiao Chuan said: "Don't just stare at the supporting roles, the leading role hasn't been played yet."

Guo Tao was surprised: "Can losers like us play the leading role?"

Ning Hao smiled and said: "The male protagonist of my movie is an unlucky guy, a loser. I can't find someone with thick eyebrows and big eyes to play the role. I think you, Lao Guo, are somewhat suitable."

Guo Tao didn't expect that the pie would fall on his own head, but he soon came to his senses and said, "I'm from Chang'an, so I can't speak Yucheng dialect, but I can learn it."

Xiao Chuan said: "Old Guo, as long as you learn the Yucheng dialect, I believe Director Ning will give you this opportunity."

Ning Hao said: "Yes, Lao Guo, if you learn Yucheng dialect, the protagonist of Lao Bao will be yours."

Guo Tao said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Xiao. Director Ning, I will definitely practice Chongqing dialect well."

Wang Dangdang couldn't bear it anymore, and interjected: "Brother Chuan, you only invested 350 million, isn't it a bit small, why don't you invest a few more million?"

Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "Young Master Wang, this is called small cost and high box office. If you invest too much, you won't be able to show the level of Director Ning."

Wang Dangdang didn't understand movies, so he looked at Ning Hao and said, "Director Ning, is this the truth?"

Ning Hao thought: "That's bullshit. If you invest money, my photos will be better!"

However, Xiao Chuan is the father of the funder, so he can't change his mind, so he gritted his teeth reluctantly and said: "Yes, 350 million is enough for my movie!"

Xiao Chuan said: "Young Master Wang, if you have too much money and nothing to do, I will ask you to invest in my next movie."

Wang Dangdang rolled his eyes and said, "You have so much money, how can you still fall in love with my hundreds of millions?"

Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "Let's play together."

Wang Dangdang said: "Okay, let's play with our temper."

Then the toasts were staggered, and they broke up happily.

On the second day, Xiao Chuan and Ning Hao studied the script in detail. Xiao Chuan felt that "Crazy Stone" would definitely look better than the previous film, and the box office would be higher.

At the same time, in a luxurious private room in the Yanjing Hotel, Zheng Shaoqiang and his sons, Sister Ying, Brother Feng and several singers gathered together.

Zheng Shaoqiang stared at Sister Ying's not-so-beautiful but charming face like a fly, with an indescribable light in his eyes.

Although Sister Ying wandered around the rivers and lakes when she was young, she was really a little girl, and she was not inferior to men in drinking and fighting, but she had always kept herself clean in terms of men and women.

The female assistant felt her master's discomfort, so she turned her body slightly to cover Sister Ying's body, and patted Sister Ying's thigh with her fingers under the table.

(End of this chapter)