Chapter 460: The meaning of existence
Du An was stunned when he saw Wei Rongchen's expression and looked at himself in surprise several times. He obviously didn't understand why a producer who had been stumbled on his life suddenly said "no".
It is normal for directors to change the script in filming films and TV series. Basically, they just say that they can change it. The screenwriter obediently changes it according to the director's wishes. However, this convention is not necessarily the case with an unknown director and a famous screenwriter. For example, the couple in the crew of "Xiaoshan". Therefore, even though Wei Rongchen had his own ideas about the drama "Xiaoshan" and wanted to modify the script, he had never revealed any slightest touch. Until this period of cooperation, he had fully seen that Du An was a producer and screenwriter who only kept saying "good", he finally revealed his idea and felt that he would not have any rebound.
That's it. Du An turned out to be such a bastard character. He didn't really write this drama himself. He bought the copyright and usurped the name. There is no emotional bondage, so what reason does he have to object? From Wei Rongchen's perspective, it can't be found.
But Duane said "no" this time.
So Wei Rongchen blurted out very naturally and casually.
"Why?"
If Duane was on the set of directors, facing such questions, Duane would definitely retort the question with a sentence "Because I am a director", and he was too lazy to explain, but this was not the set of directors. He also hoped that the other party could understand some of the secrets here, so he explained patiently.
"According to your idea, it is indeed possible to shoot, and it has another flavor, but the positioning of this drama is originally a commercial movie. According to what you think, the ending will not be perfect and the commercial nature will be discounted. Although the ending of the Great Perfection has caused many people to complain, why are there still so many people using it? Many movies that do not use the Great Perfection are just a failure? It is because the form of Great Perfection itself is very commercial. If you forcefully abandon it, the commercial nature will inevitably be discounted. If the commercial nature is discounted, the money you make is less and the money you make is less. Do you think the producer is happy? I am the representative of the producer, so I must not say this time."
Wei Rongchen seemed to be a little unbelievable, Du An, who had been in trouble, finally got serious and said without giving up: "The male protagonist is not not getting married anymore. He just made another choice, why is it not perfect? My ending is also a kind of great perfection. If it really doesn't work, we can still take pictures of some happy scenes of the wedding and post-marriage to add in."
As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered something and immediately added: "By the way, we can also increase the role of Wang Jinshu and Wang Ying in the front. In this way, the final choice will naturally be many, and the audience will be more easily accepted, and the commercial nature will be better!"
When he added these, he smiled unconsciously on his face, obviously thinking that his idea was good, but Duan just shook his head and said, "You are going further and further away, and you still haven't seen the core of this drama clearly."
"The core of this drama is actually a story of a sparrow turning into a phoenix, just like "The Pretty Beauty of Wind and Moon", but in "The Moon", the sparrow is the woman, and here the sparrow is the man. The low identity difference is the attractiveness of this kind of subject matter, and only the interaction between two people with a huge identity difference can attract the audience. How could you want to increase the role of two people in love? How could the audience like to watch this? If you really do this, it would be even worse."
Duan's pig farming strategy has been effective during this period. Wei Rongchen seems to have forgotten that the internationally renowned director was sitting in front of him. He continued to argue for his own philosophy: "But movies should not be purely pursuing business and ignoring reason, and insisting on complying with the Dzogchen for the sake of Dzogchen! And what if it is not perfect? Many of the most classic movies are not perfect! This is the meaning of the existence of the movie, not those vulgar Dzogchen bad movies!"
Since the film started filming, this is the first dispute between the director and the producer. Director Wei Rongchen looks very excited and speaks a little unscrupulously. "Bad movies" come out. You know, Du An, who was sitting in front of him, has made many of the so-called "Bad movies".
Du An did not follow his words to him, nor was he angry, but just looked at Wei Rongchen and didn't say anything for a moment.
He saw many shadows of Wei Rongchen at this moment. He seemed to be just looking at Wei Rongchen, but in fact he was looking at many people, many directors.
In today's China and in the current Chinese film and television industry, there are too many people like Wei Rongchen in front of us. There are especially many such people in major film academies. They all hold the same concept as Wei Rongchen now, believing that thought-provoking is the meaning of the existence of the film and the ultimate goal they should pursue.
Duane only wants to say one thing about these people.
"That's not the meaning of the existence of the movie, that's the meaning of your existence."
Chapter completed!