In April, flowers bloom all over the city. White apricot blossoms, crimson peach blossoms, golden forsythia blossoms are blooming lively, crabapple blossoms, magnolia flowers and some unknown small flowers are blooming secretly, and flowers are flying everywhere in the capital.

In addition to blooming flowers, there are also catkins that fly gracefully in the clear sky. There are willow trees everywhere on the streets and alleys of Beiping. In spring, catkins are like snowflakes in winter, flying all over the sky.

As the poem says, the pear blossoms are pale and the willows are deep green, and the willow catkins fly all over the city.

Xu Zhengdao sat by the window, watching the snow-like catkins fall on people's hair, shoulders, and even faces. People patted them impatiently, wanting to drive them away. The catkins are like naughty elves, sticking to their hands and faces, and staying on their backs. If they are photographed, they will fly and find new goals.

Xu Zhengdao couldn't help but feel happy, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he snorted softly: "It's another year of spring, and willow catkins are floating all over the sky; the warm wind blows lightly and the peach blossoms are red, and the elm seeds are rising to the top..."

The bus arrived at the station soon. Xu Zhengdao got off the bus and walked to the entrance of Huahuiyuan Community. He took out his cell phone and called Chen Yimou's assistant Pang Liwei. Shortly after learning "Save the Cat", he began to write "Golden Armor". He completed the script in a week and then revised it repeatedly. It was not until he was satisfied with all aspects of the script that he took the script to Chen Yimou's studio to submit.

Soon Pang Liwei came out and took Xu Zhengdao to Chen Yimou's studio on the third floor.

The layout of the room was unrestrained and there was almost no unique design. The studio did not have a dedicated high-end office desk, only a dark green ping-pong table, which was neatly placed, and the high-rise documents occupied half of the land. At this time, Chen Yimou and Zhao Xiaoding were sitting on the sofa, discussing something enthusiastically.

When Chen Yimou saw Xu Zhengdao, he smiled and said, "Zhengdao, you are here!"

Xu Zhengdao hurriedly said, "Director, it's been a long time since we met." After he greeted Zhao Xiaoding and the others, he took out the script and handed it to Chen Yimou: "Director, the script has been written. It is a script with the perspective of the Second Prince. Look. If there is no dissatisfaction, I will take it back and modify it."

Chen Yimou has always attached importance to scripts. When he heard that Xu Zhengdao's script was written, he was not pretentious and said directly: "You can chat with Xiaoding and the others. I will read the script first, and we will chat after reading it." After that, he took the script to the inner room to read it.

Pang Liwei poured a cup of tea for Xu Zhengdao, and greeted with a smile: "Zhengdao, don't stand, sit quickly. The director reads his script, don't worry about him, and talk to Xiao Ding and the others. If there is anything, call me at any time."

Xu Zhengdao smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Sister Li Wei, I can." He turned around and asked Zhao Xiaoding and the others: "Brother Xiaoding, what are you discussing today? Can I help me?"

Zhao Xiaoding laughed: "We are preparing to watch beautiful girls, you can watch them with us." Seeing Xu Zhengdao's face was confused, he explained with a smile: "The male and female directors of this drama are preparing to let Gong Li and Chow Yun-fat play. The eldest prince, Jiang Taiyi and others will use mature actors. Jiang Chan, the second prince and the little prince are preparing to use newcomers. Casting takes time, and there are newcomers, which requires time to train, so the casting work of the crew has begun. Several deputy directors of the crew have gone to various places to discover suitable actors, take video materials, and let the director choose. An associate director has taken some video materials for actresses. We are preparing to watch them. If you have nothing to do, just watch them with us."

Xu Zhengdao smiled and said, "Okay, I like to see beautiful women!"

When Zhao Xiaoding and the others heard this, they laughed: "Just, do you have a girlfriend?"

Xu Zhengdao smiled and shook his head: "It was originally there, but it has broken up."

Zhao Xiaoding joked: "Isn't it because I'm stumbling outside and I'm caught. My girlfriend broke up with you in anger, right?"

Xu Zhengdao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm not that kind of person, mainly because they think I'm incompetent."

Hearing this, Zhao Xiaoding was slightly stunned, and then comforted: "This girl is blind. This is nothing great. Why don't a real man have no wife? With your ability and ability, you will definitely become famous in the film industry in the future. It will not be a problem to find any kind of girl at that time."

After chatting for a few words, Zhao Xiaoding began to play the video materials taken by the assistant director. Because there are a lot of video materials taken, it takes a long time. If you look at them in detail, you will watch them for a long time. When Zhao Xiaoding and the others are looking at the video materials, they will press the fast forward button. When they find actors with good image, they will press the pause. After observing, they will either continue to fast forward or record the number to allow the actors who are attracted to enter the rematch.

Not long after watching, a familiar face appeared on the TV screen and introduced himself to the camera lens. It was no one else, it was Jiang Yan.

Xu Zhengdao looked dazed, but he didn't expect Jiang Yan to participate in the casting of "Golden Armor".

Zhao Xiaoding was quite satisfied with Jiang Yan's image and temperament. He pressed the remote control and asked Jiang Yan's picture to go back to the beginning, and then pressed the play button. Jiang Yan faced the camera and smiled and introduced herself: "My name is Jiang Yan. I am 22 years old this year. I am a junior in the Performance Department of Peking Film Academy..."

Xu Zhengdao looked at Jiang Yan's familiar face, and the past couldn't help but emerge in his mind. You are Xu Zhengdao, I know you, they all say that you are a talented man in the director department...

After Jiang Yan's picture was played, Zhao Xiaoding pressed the pause button and began to express his opinion: "I think this girl is good. She has a very good image and temperament, is very photogenic and has a good figure. It should be okay to let her play Jiang Chan. I think it can be listed as an alternative. If the director wants to have it, she will enter the rematch. What do you think?"

"I think it's OK, this girl has a really good appearance and temperament."

"I feel so, let the director watch it later."

Seeing Xu Zhengdao silent, Zhao Xiaoding said, "Zhengdao, what do you think?"

If Jiang Yan was Xu Zhengdao's girlfriend, he would definitely pretend not to know each other and talk about a lot of advantages, but now he really can't say it, so he can only smile and shake his head: "I won't comment on this."

Zhao Xiaoding said in surprise: "What's wrong, do you know each other?"

Xu Zhengdao smiled bitterly and said, "My ex-girlfriend."

"That's it. This girl looks good, but her eyesight is not very good." In Zhao Xiaoding's opinion, there are not many actors like Jiang Yan, and one less. Even if she is allowed to enter the semi-finals, it will be difficult to get to the end. He did not make annotation, picked up the remote control, pressed the play button, and began to put down the screen of an actor.

At this moment, Chen Yimou walked out of the inner room with excitement. He sat on the sofa and stared at Xu Zhengdao excitedly and said: "Zhengdao, your script is a bit interesting. The plot is generally consistent with our script, but the structure and perspective have changed. Your script is not that heavy or so desperate, but instead makes people feel hopeful. Although Yuan Jie is dead, Yuan Jie's spirit will not die, and this kind of imperial power and rules will definitely be broken."

Xu Zhengdao immediately smiled. Chen Yimou is a director who has high requirements for scripts. If he can get his affirmation, his efforts over the past few days will not be in vain: "I wrote it completely according to the routine of commercial films. Commercial films should give everyone hope. If they are too desperate, the audience will not buy it. I don't know what the director is not satisfied with? If there is something that I am not satisfied with, I can take it back and change it."

Chen Yimou smiled and said, "No need to be modified. If you shoot from Yuanjie as the main perspective, then your script needs to be modified in many places. We should shoot from the original script and the queen as the main perspective. Your script can provide us with some useful things, so that we can add these things to the original script, which is enough."

Xu Zhengdao said satisfiedly: "I can provide the director with some useful things, which I can fulfill my mission. I am afraid that what I write will not help the movie at all."

Chen Yimou laughed and said, "Helpful! Helpful! Yuan Jie's character is written very vividly. You gave the character more rebellious spirit and made the character more modern. For example, in our script, before Yuan Jie committed suicide, he said that the son-in-law knew that this battle could not be won. The son-in-law just wanted the father to know that the son-in-law rebelled not for the throne, but for the mother-in-law. When you wrote this paragraph, it was written that the son-in-law rebelled not for the throne, but for the throne, but to tell you that I don't want to live like a puppet, and don't want to live as you prescribed. I think this paragraph is more interesting, and there are other well-written points that we will use."

Xu Zhengdao was particularly happy to see Chen Yimou discovering his thoughts: "When I wrote the script, I was always thinking about a question. "Golden Armor" is an ancient story, but does it have modern significance? How can it resonate with the audience? Rules have been used in ancient royals. Do families have no more now? Do parents like the King have no more now?

I think not only there are, but also a lot. Nowadays, many parents especially like to talk about "for your own good" and strictly control their children's various requirements. Some of them are extreme, and even planned everything for their children. Everything must be based on what they set, and must be correct. This way, "love" is too heavy, and it often makes the children breathless.

In high school, there was a girl in our class who was very beautiful, quiet, and had good academic performance. She was the kind of girl who was very well-behaved and likable. When the second year of high school started, she did not come to school. The reason was that during the summer vacation, she met a gangster and went directly to work with the gangster. I was particularly surprised. How could such a girl not study or go to the south to work with others? Later I gradually understood that because her parents had very high requirements for her, as long as there was something wrong, she would scold her if she was beaten and scolded her.

There are many similar examples in junior high school and high school. Many well-behaved and quiet girls are obviously very good and will always be caught by bad boys who are raspy and social. In fact, the reason is that their quiet and well-behaved personality means that they are suppressed when they are with their parents. Being with bad boys will make them feel safe, their inner emotions are released, and it is also a subconscious resistance to their parents.

The main force of movie viewing is young audiences, and many of them have similar experiences. Parents kidnapped them in the name of ‘love’, making them tired. I believe they can empathize when they see Yuanjie.”

Chen Yimou stared at Xu Zhengdao in a daze and said for a while: "You will definitely become a very excellent director in the future."

That night, Xu Zhengdao entered the system to learn as usual. As soon as he entered the system, Holly reminded: "It has been two months since the system started, so we should start shooting."

"I want to study for a few more days, so that I can make it more sure to change bad movies into good ones!"
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