B-level director

Chapter 5 Going through the back door

In the evening, Cheng Tianlu brought Xiao Dongli to a newly opened restaurant.The restaurant is opened by a famous TV host, and it is not yet open to the public. First, invite friends and relatives to warm up the scene.

Seeing the elegant environment and expensive decoration, Xiao Dongli sighed, "Now that someone is famous, they all run out to open restaurants."

"Walking on eight legs, whoever stays in the unit earns a dead wage."

"That's right, I have to find a part-time job too."

"In front of the leader, can you be hypocritical? Just make a fortune secretly, don't let me know."

"Master Lu, what part-time job do you have?"

Cheng Tianlu said seriously: "How about I teach aerobics? The fitness industry is doing well recently, and there must be a lot of money."

"I think it's okay! With your appearance and figure, don't you fool the girls around and collect money and sex?"

"That's it! Eight pack abs."

Xiao Dongli took the opportunity to touch it, and said in surprise: "It really is, it's really magnificent, with clear gullies."

Cheng Tianlu laughed and scolded: "I haven't seen you slap so many words when writing a manuscript, but you just open your mouth to flatter."

Xiao Dongli smiled recklessly: "If you teach aerobics, I will be the first to sign up."

Someone from inside came out to greet him, and walked two steps forward to say hello.Xiao Dongli looked at the tall leader's back and thought, if Master Lu taught aerobics, maybe he would really be very popular.In the paper media industry, one can see the head at a glance, so it is better to teach girls aerobics to have a future.

The dinner was full of cups and cups, lively and far-fetched as always.When the atmosphere was getting hot, the boss Wei Yuan poured a glass of wine for Cheng Tianlu through Huatou: "I heard that you are publishing a special topic on Antarctic warming. You are really courageous."

Cheng Tianlu frowned exaggeratedly, "Damn courage, it's a big pit! The fee is huge, and you always introduce sponsors to me?" He knew that Wei Yuan mentioned this for no reason. Cry and cry.

Wei Yuan didn't play Tai Chi with him, "Sponsor, you have a lot of contacts, you want me to introduce you? Brother, I'll be honest, I have a very good friend who has acted in many TV dramas and movies, and it is currently on the rise. You send people to Antarctica, who is not sending, how good is it to find a beautiful actress?"

"You have a grudge against this 'friend'. Antarctica is not Disneyland. Going there will lose a few layers of skin. Not many reporters are willing to go."

"To tell you the truth, she has a lot of negative news recently, and she wants to establish a positive image. You are a high-profile magazine, and you are dealing with major environmental protection issues. A trip to Antarctica is no better than a walk in Tibet or disaster relief. ?”

"Actors need to establish a positive image, just act well, what's the use of doing so much fancy work."

Wei Yuan put down his wine glass: "Don't be careless, in a word, do you use it or not?"

Cheng Tianlu felt a little anxious when he saw Wei Yuan, and said with a smile, "When have I been sloppy about your affairs——no need!"

"Tsk." Wei Yuan looked at Cheng Tianlu resentfully.It's good to be a brother all day long, but it's very strict on the job, and it's not easy to accommodate.At this time, an old reporter interjected: "Old Wei, is your friend out of filming? Going to Antarctica is so hard, why don't you ask Master Lu to find a heroine for your friend."

Wei Yuan was taken aback, "Are you fucking entertaining me?"

"No, yo, don't you know, Master Lu is going to make a movie, and he has joined a real estate agent to make a domestic blockbuster!"

Cheng Tianlu was startled, and exchanged a look with Xiao Dongli.There is no word about the movie, how did it get wind outside?

Wei Yuan: "Is it true?"

The old reporter said in a lively tone: "Tang Weiqin, you know, that little director who went to Cannes and was so awesome, recently scolded Lord Lu everywhere, saying that he was tricked into making a movie, but it turned out to be a pit. , the investor only talks about money! Master Lu, why do you provoke such a person?"

Cheng Tianlu felt aggrieved: "Damn it, investors don't talk about money and ideals? People's money is not for nothing." He has nothing to say about the accusation that laymen control insiders.He defended Tang Weiqin in every possible way, but he was very angry when someone turned his back and gave him a knife. But after thinking about it, isn't human nature like this? Lu failed to keep him and his independence of creation. This is the betrayal and the greatest harm to him.

After Cheng Tianlu figured it out, he felt that there was no reason to be angry.

Seeing that Tianlu was silent all day, Xiao Dongli knew that this was the time to shield the leader from the wind and rain, so he opened his mouth to make a relief: "The movie is just a preliminary negotiation. The person who contacted Director Tang is not Lu Ye. How can our editor-in-chief have time to take care of this? Investors Dissatisfaction is due to disagreement of ideas and ideas, it is better to break up the partnership as soon as possible, so as to avoid entanglement in the future. Brothers, am I right?"

Wei Yuan answered immediately: "That's the reason. What people outside say, let them fart. But Tianlu, are you really going to make a movie?"

Cheng Tianlu was helpless: "It's fake that I can be so depressed."

"Just right!" Wei Yuan smiled, "What you do must be reliable. Bring my friend in?"

"Do you know who the director is? Brother Qi, there is no work that scores more than five."

The table suddenly fell silent.Among these people, there are writers, TV producers, and media people. Their works may not be more than five points in the comments, but they all think that it is the lack of readers or audiences, the vision is too narrow, or the attack of the trolls; The views on Qi Geer's bloody movies are very unified: kitsch, bad taste, superficial and brainless.

Cheng Tianlu sneered: "Do you still want her to fuck?"

"Arrange it if you can, and let her try the mirror first?"

Tianlu was horrified: "How cruel are her resources, she is willing to use everything?"

Wei Yuan told them a name.This actress is very well-known. Recently, she is on the cusp of the limelight. She is the hot topic and the news. If she is not acting, but to be interviewed, Cheng Tianlu immediately sent a reporter there.

He patted Wei Yuan on the shoulder, shook his head and said with a smile: "You're not helping her, you're harming her. She's going to be in Brother Qi's film in this life, she'll never stand up!"

At the end of a meal, I didn't eat much all day long, and I even took on personal tasks.

If Wei Yuan asked him for the magazine page, he would not agree to it anyway. Apart from the work principle, the magazine is being merged and acquired recently, and all parties are closely watching the page, afraid of making mistakes.He didn't care about movies, and he didn't have any objections to stuffing a dolphin. In addition, Wei Yuan had been kind to him for supporting him. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he agreed.

He didn't start to worry until the alcohol had subsided a bit: He didn't want to take over this female star, would Brother Qi be willing?Thinking of begging Ling Lingjiu and Brother Qi, he began to hesitate.

The meeting ended hastily that day, and Cheng Tianlu didn't even ask for their contact information.He wanted to call Mao Qian, but after hesitating for a moment, he put down his phone and took out the alien detector.

The fewer links involved in this kind of thing, the better.

He sent a text message to the only caller ID inside: Call Planet 276.

There was an echo soon: Brother base, what's the matter? "It's not clear here, I will go to your planet to find you?

Brother Qi returned an address to him.

Xiao Dongli saw Cheng Tianlu playing with an antique machine, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Cheng Tianlu lowered his voice, "This is an information catcher for extraterrestrial intelligent creatures. If there are aliens who want to attack the earth, we can intercept the enemy's information and destroy their front in advance."

Xiao Dongli opened his mouth wide, and after a while he said, "Then did you intercept the message?"

Cheng Tianlu sighed: "Well, let's go to that planet tomorrow to find out if this person is a friend or an enemy!"

Planet 276 is not far from the magazine, and it takes 20 minutes to get there from the highway.It's just that the location is already on the edge of the Fifth Ring Road, which is the urban-rural junction where dragons and snakes are mixed. After passing a large construction site, a row of dilapidated small shops selling Guilin rice noodles, Hangzhou steamed buns, mobile phone parts and adult goods, and then passing through a full of The grove of rubbish just reached the outside of the studio wall.

From the outside, the studio looks like a large gymnasium, which is sub-leased to various crews, there are also professional recording studios and editing rooms, and a small theater.There were half a dozen exterior vehicles parked inside, and lights, cables, and other equipment were neatly stacked on the ground.

He doesn't go to the film and television entrance all day long, and this is his first time to the studio.

This professional studio is naturally not owned by Brother Qi, but he must be here permanently, and there are many posters of his movies hanging in the reception room at the entrance.

Xiao Dongli read it with relish: "When our film is released, your name will be on this poster. 'Script Consultant', written in words as big as a fist."

Tianlu only felt hopeless.

Seeing that he was unhappy, Xiao Dongli coaxed him, "Be happy, isn't it said that all of Brother Qi's films are hits, maybe there will be dividends."

"How can a movie be sure to be a hit? If it loses money, will we have to fine our wages?"

"Don't!" Xiao Dongli wailed.

"Xiao Er, have you seen Brother Qi's film?"

"No, I don't like this kind of ruthlessness. To be honest, your report is a model for me when I was studying journalism, and I can memorize it word by word. Such a good work is given to a B-level director, it is more cruel than this film Ah." He pointed to a poster.The poster shows a cactus passing through a man's tongue, with a scarlet lily growing from the top.

Cheng Tianlu turned his attention from the poster to Xiao Dongli: "Don't beat him to death with a single stick. There are many good B-level films abroad. The director started off shooting zombies and ended up winning a bunch of Oscars. But this set is not good in China. Grasp the scale, there are more domestic films that are shocking and one-off, and less really abnormal. There is no grading system, everything is one size fits all, there are regulations on the amount of blood, and there are also three principles and five constants, and three views on human relations, which are restricted by a bunch of things.”

"Master Lu, do you think Brother Qi is not perverted enough? This poster hurts me no matter how I look at it."

Hearing what Xiao Dongli said, he also felt as if a cactus had been stuffed into his mouth, thinking: "Maybe He Le Qi is a special case, he is a real pervert..."

——————————————————Too long dividing line

In the 30s in the United States, theater audiences surged under the background of the Great Depression, and the "dual-film system" was introduced: a serious big production was paired with a crudely made low-cost movie, packaged into one ticket and sold.Big productions are called A-level, and small films that buy one get one free are called B-level. In order to attract the audience, B-grade movies are full of bloody, violent, yellow and various kidney elements.Later, B-grade films specifically referred to low-cost films with heavy taste and poor production.

Everyone is familiar with Peter Jackson, who started out as a B-level movie. Before "Lord of the Rings", he made the classic "Corpse".Many great directors love monsters, aliens, zombies, and vampires. Tim Burton made a biographical film of the same name for B-movie director Ed Wood, which is my favorite film. The spinning top director of "The Shape of Water" is also a fan of monsters, but the filming is either superficial or kitsch.Horror films have long been discriminated against by film critics in our country. Douban can see that the scores are generally low.There are many reasons, such as not being able to get the religious elements of Western horror films, watching horror films with a realistic eye, being picky about the depth of movies, and so on.This article does not discuss this, and has no intention of rehabilitating B-grade movies. Qi Geer’s filming is not a good movie, so I write it here as a background for your reference.