"This script was written by you, Mr. Jia!" Liu Zhengwei asked in astonishment.
"Yes, I wrote it myself!" Jia Yapeng nodded. This was indeed written by him, so there was no problem.
"Mr. Jia, you are really amazing. Not only are you successful in business, but you are also able to write a script. I really admire you!" Liu Zhengwei said with admiration, but in fact, he had already sentenced this script to death in his heart.
What could be in a script written by a businessman for fun? Maybe even the sentences wouldn't be smooth. This kind of script was only for him to enjoy, but in the eyes of others, it would be a joke.
Of course, this kind of script would definitely not be good enough to make a movie. Even if Liu Zhengwei personally revised the script, the main plot and the plot would definitely be a mess. Not to mention whether it could make money, it would be good enough if it didn't make the crew feel disgusted during the shooting.
Although he was complaining in his heart, Director Liu's face was full of smiles and expectations. He opened the script and read the first few pages.
"What nonsense is this?" Just by looking at the first few pages, he already knew that there were bandits, spider spirits, and a few inexplicable leaders. Furthermore, they were in a desert.
All kinds of opening plots made Liu Zhengwei unable to bear it. As he had guessed, this was really a piece of garbage, an invincible piece of garbage.
Director Liu would never have thought that this script was actually a movie script that he had written himself a year later. In other words, it was a script that was reverse engineered according to the movie he had made.
When he had been shooting "A Journey to the West," there had been a script, but the script was completely different from the movie. Because from the beginning of the shooting, whether it was Stephen Chow or Liu Zhengwei, they had a lot of new ideas and all kinds of nonsense in their hearts.
Therefore, they simply threw the entire script aside and began to write the script while filming.
According to Liu Zhengwei's memories in the future, when they were filming, the script for the day was usually written by him and Stephen Chow together the night before. During actual filming, whenever an actor felt that a certain line was more interesting or more nonsensical, they would change the line at the last minute. It didn't even matter if they changed the script at the last minute.
For example, Fairy Zi Xia was originally the only female lead. Bai Jingjing was only secretly in love with Joker Bao. She was just a character to trigger the storyline.
During filming, Bai Jingjing had more and more scenes, and her character became more and more developed. In the end, Liu Zhengwei had no choice but to modify the script and split the movie into two parts. At the same time, he also let Bai Jingjing be the female lead of the first movie.
Therefore, when Jia Yapeng put the script that was based on the actual movie in front of the author, Liu Zhengwei, the author himself felt that the script was a mess. It was a complete mess. It was a completely nonsensical script. It would only be a money-losing product if it was produced.
Therefore, Director Liu quickly said in a slightly apologetic tone, "Mr. Jia, there is nothing wrong with your script. It's really a perfect script. But this style doesn't suit me, and my schedule is already full this year. I'm afraid it'll be difficult for me to find time to go to Ningxia with you to shoot a movie. So, do you think it's better for you to hire someone else? "
"Director Liu, you really don't want to shoot this movie?" Manager Jia looked at Liu Zhengwei in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, this movie doesn't suit me. I can't make this kind of movie. You'd better find someone else!" Liu Zhengwei said sincerely.
"Are you sure this script doesn't suit you?" Manager Jia was a little confused. If Liu Zhengwei wasn't suitable for this script, then who was? Who was suitable to shoot this movie?
Manager Jia fell into deep thought.
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Manager Jia really didn't expect that Liu Zhengwei, as the original director, would directly reject the director after seeing the script of "A Journey to the West." He had obviously copied the script according to the finished product's effects!
However, Liu Zhengwei's rejection couldn't make Manager Jia give up on "A Journey to the West." Not to mention, Manager Jia's original purpose had been achieved. Liu Zhengwei, who had rejected the script of "A Journey to the West," had completely relieved Manager Jia of any burden in his heart.
As for the problem of the director, there were so many directors in the world. It was not difficult to find someone who was willing to be a director.
The key was Master Xing. If Master Xing wasn't willing to shoot this movie, then Manager Jia was really helpless.
But no matter what, President Jia still had to meet this Master Xing.
However, it wasn't easy to meet Master Xing. At this time, Zhou Xingxing was at the peak of his career. There were a lot of people who wanted to hire him to shoot movies with money. Therefore, even if Manager Jia was rich, if Master Xing didn't want to meet him, Jia Yapeng wouldn't be able to meet him.
Fortunately, Master Xing seemed to be in a good mood. Zhu Qiushui made a call and agreed on a time to meet one day later.
Jia Yapeng didn't know that it was all thanks to "Farewell My Concubine." Master Xing secretly went to watch "Farewell My Concubine" on the first day of its release. After hearing that Guo Rong was acting as a gay man, he was very curious about how the movie would turn out.
Afterwards, Master Xing was in a bad mood for an entire day. He often lost his temper for no reason.
However, when he heard that Jia Yapeng, the investor and producer of "Farewell My Concubine," wanted to meet him, he agreed without hesitation. He had a lot of things to discuss with Jia Yapeng.
"Can we shoot another ending so that Dieyi doesn't die?" This was the first thing Master Xing said when he saw Jia Yapeng. Jia Yapeng didn't know what expression to make.
"You'll have to ask Director Chen and the other main actors. If they're willing to shoot another ending, I have no objections!" Jia Yapeng said with a bitter smile.
"My apologies, Manager Jia. I was too engrossed in the movie. This is truly a one-of-a-kind movie!" Master Xing sighed. In the movie, Master Xing was a nonsensical comedian. However, every actor who had interacted with Master Xing knew that he was the strictest, coldest, and most emotionless person.
In private, he wasn't funny at all. His jokes were all faked.
The most outstanding comedian in Hua Xia was actually faking his jokes. It sounded unbelievable, but it was the truth.
In addition, Chaplin and Han Dou, who were overseas, lived very serious and old-fashioned lives. There was no humor in them at all. They were extremely difficult to get along with.
"May I know why Mr. Jia is looking for me today?" Master Xing sighed for quite a while before he remembered the main topic and asked.
"Shoot a movie!" Jia Yapeng said.
"What movie?"
"A tragicomedy related to the Journey to the West!" Jia Yapeng said after pondering for a while.
"Do you have a script?"
"The script is here!" Manager Jia learned his lesson and didn't say that the script was written by him. He didn't want Master Xing to lose interest in it.
"Alright, leave it here. I'll take a look at it. After I'm done, I'll ask Manager Jia out for a meal!" Master Xing said. At this moment, he didn't even look at the script.
"It seems that even the main actor is going to be changed!" Jia Yapeng said with a frown when he walked out of Master Xing's house. If the director was changed, Manager Jia still had the confidence to shoot "A Journey to the West." However, if Zhou Xingxing was changed, the flavor of "A Journey to the West" would really change.
Even Manager Jia, who had taken every possibility into account, couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
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