"What?" Su Ze looked at the script that Kong Xue hurriedly sent and asked curiously: "Are you in such a hurry?"
"My motherland and I!" Kong Xue gasped and drank some water, and said quickly: "The National Day gift film must be released on October 1st."
"But, right?" Su Ze was stunned. It's already August, and it's only two months before the release. Filming starts now?
"It's not like we just started shooting." Kong Xue explained: "It has been shooting for a while, but there was a sudden accident and we needed to change the leading actor immediately."
"Director Zhang Yibai found me through connections, and I hope you can take over!"
Su Ze didn't say anything. After reading the script, he finally understood why Kong Xue said that. So the so-called National Day gift is to find seven directors to shoot seven different themes?
"This time Chen Kaige serves as the chief director, along with Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, Xue Xiaolu, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao and Wen Muye."
"Huang Bo, Yu Hewei, Wu Jing, Du Jiang, Ge You, Liu Haoran, Chen Feiyu, Song Jia..."
“The National Day gift is so classy!”
Su Ze nodded. In the past two years, platters have become popular. To be fair, not many of them are of high quality, but after all, they focus on patriotism and have a good reputation at the box office.
What's more, making money is secondary. Being able to participate in official works is a kind of recognition and honor in itself, so even if they get zero pay, celebrities and big names are flocking to it, and they want to pay for it.
"Now do you know how powerful the Filmmakers Association is?" Kong Xue said proudly: "All actors, no matter how big or small, must be their own people, otherwise they won't even be able to play supporting roles!"
"This is called a circle!"
Su Ze pouted, as long as you are happy.
"This time it was a complete accident. Something happened at Zhang Yibai's side and had to be replaced. The time was too tight. It only took two months, instead of one and a half months at most, it had to be done!"
Kong Xue said seriously: "This is an opportunity. The script is very simple. The opponent is Ren Suxi. Are you interested?"
"Ren Su Xi?" Su Ze's eyes lit up. It was indeed worth looking forward to. Since it was seven-in-one, there was no need to read other scripts, just read his own.
"Meet?" Su Ze began to read the script. The story was very simple. In 1964, due to the extremely high confidentiality of the atomic bomb research and development work, and colleagues did not know each other's names, the male protagonist Gao Yuan did not contact his family for three years and later left the job due to illness.
I met my former lover Fang Min by chance on the bus. Between the great love of the country and the small love of lovers, that generation of scientific researchers chose the former in order to keep it secret. From then on, there were only encounters and no reunions in life.
The plot is very simple, basically a one-man show between the male and female protagonists. The filming went smoothly, not to mention two months, not even half a month.
"The story is a bit thin!" Su Ze frowned and said dissatisfied: "Even if there is a big background to support it, many of the logic does not make sense, and..."
Kong Xue looked helpless. After listening to the complaints for a few minutes, she couldn't help but interrupt: "Does Zhang Yibai understand?"
"Do you understand the year that passed by your whole world and was in a hurry?"
“Romance movie maniac!”
Su Ze shook his head. Zhang Yibai also knew something about it, but his level was average. I don’t know why he was chosen?
Even Wang Wei can do it for five hundred!
"I think this opportunity is rare. After all, I am the leading actor in a National Day gift film." Kong Xue said seriously: "Yes, I am one of the leading actors."
"The plot isn't very good, but the characters are outstanding, especially when you're acting with a mask on. Isn't that your strength?"
"Otherwise why would Zhang Yibai come to us!"
Su Ze was noncommittal and was just okay with the role. His opponent was Ren Suxi. No matter how bad he was, he wouldn't be any worse.
"Anyway, there's no new script now, so I'm just idle." Kong Xue advised: "It's a rare opportunity to make a gift film, not to mention it's the leading actor, right?"
"Look who are the others?"
"Huang Bo, Wu Jing, Uncle Ge."
"Which one is not a famous actor?"
"They are all vice-presidents of the Film Association!"
Seeing Su Ze frowning, he said earnestly: "Actually, there is another purpose, and it is to fly to the sky."
"You think about it, the gift film has to be released on October 1st, right?"
"In other short months, let alone filming, it would be difficult to pass the review, right?"
"There is also a lot of trouble in announcing and arranging films!"
"If you act well in the gift film, and add the icing on the cake properly, and produce two blockbuster gift films in a year, wouldn't Feitian be more confident?"
"Think about it carefully."
"I have already inquired. In addition to you and Ren Suxi, Zhou Dongyu will also make a guest appearance, as well as Zhang Jiayi, and by the way, Peng Peng!"
Su Ze was stunned for a moment, then helpless, but he also admitted that Kong Xue was doing it for his own good, studied the script again, nodded and said: "Okay."
Looking at Kong Xue's excited back, I couldn't help but sigh. How could a person wander around the rivers and lakes without getting stabbed? How could he always stand by the river without getting his shoes wet?
Although I am not satisfied with the script, since I have accepted the role, I will go all out and use my acting skills to make up for the shortcomings. In fact, the platter is the same, and the 120 minutes is divided into seven parts?
Who has enough?
What's more, Zhang Yibai has the lowest status and right to speak among all directors. Even fifteen minutes is good news. A clever woman is in trouble and can't make a living, not to mention that he is not...
Hey, let’s do our best to obey fate!
The first reason why I took the role was that the role was quite interesting. I had to wear a mask throughout the whole process due to illness, so my emotions could only be conveyed through my eyes and body movements, which was a small challenge to my acting skills.
The second is Ren Suxi, who came from a drama background and has good acting skills. She was unknown until she met Donkey Deshui. She worked with Chen Jianbing in an unknown person, and even Uncle Chen was full of praise for her.
It is fate that we have the opportunity to cooperate with a powerful company. After passing this village, we may not necessarily have this store. If we are idle, we will be idle.
Two days later, he joined the set and officially started filming without saying a word, breaking Su Ze's record for the shortest start of filming. Only now did I know that the character Gao Yuan actually had a prototype?
It’s the famous two-bomb pioneer Deng Jiaxian!
He joined the nuclear industry when he was less than 35 years old and disappeared for 28 years. When he returned to his wife, he only had one year left to live, and he spent almost all of it in a hospital bed.
My wife Xu Luxi raises two children by herself, but have she and her husband really only lived together for five years after being married for 33 years?
"Because he put his hand into the high-risk radiation machine and turned off the equipment while exposing his skin." Zhang Yibai said to Su Ze, "The result was already doomed."
"It's like everyone knows what happens when you drink a bottle of paraquat!"
Su Ze nodded. Because the time was too tight, the actual shooting could not exceed fifteen days at most. Everyone was in a hurry and there was no time to waste.
Fortunately, the story is simple, the scenes are ready-made, and there are only five main characters. Zhou Dongyu guest-starred as a nurse, Zhang Jiayi guest-starred as an engineer, Luo Haiqiong guest-starred as a professor, and as for Peng Peng...
Only one lens?
Zhang Yibai also worked hard. Can't the script be cobbled together by actors?
This lineup is unbeatable!
It's a pity that except for Ren Suxi, no one else has joined the group for the time being. Who would wait in advance for a guest appearance that can be done in half a day?
I have already said hello to Zhang Jiayi and Peng Peng in advance. They are both filming in other places. When they come to the capital to have a good reunion, the crew schedule will be forgotten and each will not waste their own time.