Li Shi pondered for a moment and felt that since he saw it, he might as well reply.
He clicked on the input method and typed: "Are you suffering from insomnia?"
In less than three seconds, the other party’s reply came over:
"(horror)"
"Senior, why aren't you asleep yet?"
"It wasn't my message that woke you up, I'm sorry."
Li Shi saw three messages in a row and could feel her emotional fluctuations. He replied: "It wasn't the messages that woke me up. I was drawing the storyboard script and I wasn't asleep yet."
There was silence for a long time. Li Shi thought she didn't want to chat anymore, so he ignored her and picked up the pencil to continue creating.
He found that the creation of storyboard scripts really made use of everything he had learned before.
Chinese was used to refine the script, photography and painting were used to convert text into images, calligraphy was used to write... Overall, his accumulation of aesthetics and literature was used.
After he finished creating the storyboard for the tenth scene, Zhang Jingyi's message came back again.
"So...senior, did you see the message I sent before?"
Seeing her direct question, Li Shi couldn't help but shake the pencil held between two fingers of his right hand a few times. Then he changed the pencil to his left hand. He typed with his right hand and said truthfully: "Yes, I did see it. Your condition seems to be Something's wrong?"
This time, the other person was silent for only half a minute: "Yeah, sometimes I wonder if I'm crazy, and some crazy thoughts always pop up in my mind... Maybe I'm a born lunatic, and I just act like this." Crazy energy was aroused.”
Li Shi suddenly thought of Chen Qiuye and asked, "Have you ever seen a psychiatrist?"
Zhang Jingyi: "Actually, I went to see a psychiatrist yesterday afternoon, but it didn't work... Forget it, I don't want to talk about this. Senior, you haven't answered yet, can I go see you for a film?"
Seeing that she didn't want to continue this topic, Li Shi didn't ask any more.
After all, this is a very private matter, and the relationship between the two has not yet reached this level.
As for coming to see him filming, he thought that Zhang Jingyi had experience in filming many film and television dramas, and might be able to help him in his first filming, so he typed: "Okay, you are welcome to come."
The two exchanged a few more useless words. Just when Li Shi decided to end the chat and draw two more scenes before taking a break, Zhang Jingyi suddenly said: "Senior, you just said that you are creating a storyboard script, can I appreciate it? ?”
Li Shi took his mobile phone and took a picture from an angle: "You are a professional actor now, please give me some advice."
In Beijing, in a well-decorated apartment.
Zhang Jingyi was curled up on the sofa in the living room, the TV was on and the sound was very low. She occasionally glanced forward, but the content of the TV never entered her eyes.
She would temporarily come out of her mysterious low mood.
When the phone rings, he immediately raises it to his eyes to read the new information.
When she enlarged the photo sent by Li Shi, her beautiful eyes with some dark circles were startled, and then she couldn't help but look carefully -
The photo was taken on an A4 paper. It was very clear and had very high pixels. She used her two white and slender fingers to zoom in and out to view the content on it. She just felt that the beauty of lead-ink painting and weaving came to her face. , the pictures and handwriting are all so comfortable.
After admiring it for a long time, Zhang Jingyi felt that her depressed mood was somewhat relieved.
"His storyboard manuscript is simply a work of art."
And this is actually not a simple text storyboard!
Although Zhang Jingyi has not been an actress for a long time, she has been a top student who loves to learn since she was a child. As soon as she entered this industry, she adopted the attitude of a top student to understand everything in this circle.
She knows that most directors in the industry don't draw storyboards directly, not only because the directors are too busy, but also because they don't know how. Either shoot directly with the text script, or take out the text storyboard, and then find a professional artist, or storyboard artist, to help draw it.
In addition to understanding painting skills, you also need to understand photography - in fact, many directors rely heavily on professional photographers when shooting.
Excellent directors need very good overall qualities. In today's industry, there are a lot of bastards in every position, and there are not many truly outstanding talents. In other words, many capable people have no channels and find it difficult to get promoted.
"A storyboard is so lifelike. His painting skills are so good, and his beautiful calligraphy is really pleasing to the eye."
Zhang Jingyi carefully watched this storyboard and couldn't help but want to continue watching more. However, she knew that this was a script that had not yet been filmed, so naturally she could not ask for more.
"When you go to watch him filming, you must look at the manuscript with your own eyes!"
…
After Li Shi sent the photo, there was no movement on the other side, so he didn't care. He continued to create and waited until almost four o'clock before returning to the master bedroom to rest.
I don't know whether it was because he had been studying in seclusion for too long without eating meat recently, or whether he was affected by Zhang Jingyi's nonsense. During this sleep, Li Shi had a rare dream.
He usually doesn't dream nowadays.
Unexpectedly, this would be a very outrageous dream.
First there was Chen Qiuye in a nightgown, then Wang Yuelan in a cheongsam, and then for some reason, she turned into Zhang Jingyi, a school girl whom she had only met a few times. And inexplicably, twin sisters came along halfway, and there seemed to be more behind them. There was a woman who looked like... In the end, even the "Poetry Fairy of the Tang Dynasty" whom I had only seen on TV, walked into the room strangely wearing black, white, and flesh-colored stockings. Well, the fairy sister was wearing the ones she played as Xiaolong. The woman is wearing a long white dress with wide sleeves and fluttering sleeves...
I don't know when, he asked the women to lie on their sides or on their backs, and he used the snow-white skin of the beauties as paper, summoned the inspiration from heaven and earth, transformed it into a pen, and began to write "Luo Shen Fu", saying:
"Its shape is as graceful as a startled giant, as graceful as a swimming dragon. It is full of autumn chrysanthemums and luxuriant spring pines. It looks like the moon covered by light clouds, and flutters like snow blown by the flowing wind. Looking at it from a distance, it is as bright as the sun. As the morning glow rises... Wear gold and jade jewelry, embellished with pearls to dazzle your body. Walk on the shoes of a long journey, dragging the light skirt of mist and gauze. The gentle fragrance of orchid is gentle, walking hesitantly in the corner of the mountain."
One sentence or two for each person.
Everyone has a share.
I don’t know how long it took for the dream to dissipate.
Li Shiren leaned against the bed and sat in a daze for a long time, and finally couldn't help but curse: "Damn, it turns out that deep down in my heart I am so... astringent!"
He knew before that he was rather sullen and that some parts of his heart were dirty and astringent, but he never expected that he still underestimated himself.
It was already bright outside the window at this time, but when I touched my phone under the pillow and looked at the time, it was only after seven o'clock.
"In my dream, it seemed like I had been fighting for three days and three nights, but I didn't expect that I only slept for more than three hours."
"However, when I was writing the piece "Ode to the Goddess of Luo" in my dream, I seemed to be influenced by beauty, and I was so inspired that I wrote it very well. Unfortunately, a dream is a dream after all, and now I can't remember what I wrote specifically. "
Li Shi thought of "Luo Shen Fu", looked down at it again, and thought, he'd better write "Tao Te Ching" first.
He didn't bother to go to the study room, so he closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, then imagined that he was holding a brush in his hand, and began to write in the air: The Tao can be Tao, but it is not the eternal Tao. A name can be named, but it is not a permanent name.
Without the restrictions of tangible things, he can rely on his imagination to express his will, and his writing becomes more and more unconstrained.
Sometimes it’s running script, sometimes it’s regular script.
Occasionally I copied Ouyang Xun, and occasionally I copied Wang Xizhi.
After more than ten minutes, the "sequelae" that made his blood surge to the sky subsided, he opened his eyes: "I didn't expect that this imaginative way of practicing calligraphy is quite good. I can keep it in the future."
On this day, Li Shi was interviewing actors from morning to afternoon.
The main thing is to interview the male lead.
In this film, the male protagonist's role is as high as 60 to 70%, which is the top priority.
Unfortunately, the standards dropped again and again, and I still couldn't find the actor I wanted.
"This story takes place in my hometown. Why don't you look for it there? After all, people from a place have their own local characteristics."
"And the lines are also designed to have a bit of a hometown accent."
Li Shi called his assistant Zhang Huijing over and told her the situation: "Tomorrow you will take people there. On the one hand, you will use various methods to find people, and on the other hand, you will also scout the location."
Zhang Huijing said immediately: "Okay boss, I have contacted a school girl whose hometown is Baoqing City, and I will ask her to be our guide when we get there. In addition to scouting the location, I will also ask her to help contact the location." Universities nearby and publish recruitment notices.”
Li Shi nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, you are doing things more and more thoughtfully now. I can rest assured. I am going to Yangcheng tonight and will come back in two days. If anything happens, you can report to me at any time."
After saying that, he looked at Zhao Lu who was following Zhang Huijing: "It's your turn."
Zhao Lu walked up to him nervously: "Boss, how do I audition?"
Twenty minutes later, Li Shi raised his eyebrows.
He didn't expect that Zhao Lu would stutter when speaking his lines. This was in front of a few of their acquaintances. When the filming officially started, there might be many people watching.
He turned to Zhang Huijing and said: "She has the second most roles, and she is the heroine. Let's look for her again."
Then he said to Zhao Lu: "You should do your job well and be a good assistant to Huijing."
"oh."
Zhao Lu lowered his head and rubbed his thumb, index and middle fingers on his right hand, looking frustrated.
Li Shi is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to pity women, but this time, he pretended not to see it.
This film not only tells a story about calligraphy and spreads his thoughts on calligraphy and youth, but also intends to show his calligraphy to the world for the first time in the film!
This is very important to him.
When it comes to the path of becoming a master, he must do his best in everything!
"If you really can't find a suitable amateur actor, then use your skills and find a professional actor!"
"I can't let the quality of the film hold me back from showing the world the effect of my calligraphy for the first time!"
At 4:30 in the afternoon, Li Shi asked Zhang Huijing to drive him back to Phoenix Bay to pick up some things, and then transferred to the high-speed rail station to take the bus.
Just after the car crossed the river, Zhang Jingyi sent a WeChat message: "Senior, I was not in a good state of mind last night, please don't take it to heart."
Li Shi now regards her as a "drama madman". This is the first time he has met such a person. In fact, he is quite curious and typed: "It's okay. How are you doing now?"
After sending the message, he suddenly remembered the bizarre dream he had last night. This person was one of them. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand and scratched his right temple awkwardly.
Zhang Jingyi: "It's much better when you're not alone during the day. By the way, senior, I'm your fan now (呲呲)"
Li Shi was stunned: "How do you say that?"
Zhang Jingyi sent a voice message this time:
"The storyboard of yours is very well drawn. Look carefully at the characters in it. It's a few simple strokes, but the drawing is very vivid. I can even feel the emotions of the characters. This is what great professional actors use. In a split-shot script, the director can show the emotions of the characters without even saying a few words!"
"And your calligraphy is so beautiful too! I like it very much. Next time we meet, please ask for an autograph. I have already thought about it and call it 'Zhang Jingyi'. I hope you will never really become a madman." '!"
Li Shi couldn't help but smile after hearing this. Unexpectedly, this school girl was quite good at talking.
However, it is also quite special.
He replied: "Okay, I will write it to you when the time comes."
The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Jingyi asked him about the casting again.
"It didn't go well. Even if I compromised with myself and thought about lowering my standards first and adjusting them later or on set, it still didn't work. The character I had in mind was so far away that no one could barely meet my requirements. , especially the male protagonist and the female protagonist.”
Zhang Jingyi asked: "Can you tell me about these two characters?"
Li Shi directly found the biography and sent it to her.
He also wanted to discuss more with professionals.
Over there, Zhang Jingyi was reading character biographies, but Li Shi himself began to think about the two works he planned to show in the film based on the plot.
"My calligraphy is debuting to the world for the first time, and I must show my best work!"
"If we classify it in terms of high quality, wonderful work, and divine work, it must be at least high quality. It is best to see if we can create a wonderful work before the film is produced!"
Li Shi made up his mind.
It’s just that creation always requires opportunity and inspiration.
"It's not advisable to wait for opportunities. Well, you still have to take the initiative to create inspiration for yourself!"
He suddenly remembered the dream he had last night. When he wrote "Luo Shen Fu" in the dream, he was full of inspiration.
When the car was about to arrive at the high-speed rail station, the beep of his mobile phone woke up Li Shi, who was thinking. He thought it was Zhang Jingyi who had replied to the message, and was about to continue discussing the casting and filming with her. When he unlocked the screen, it turned out to be Zhang Jingyi. Zhao Lu.
"Boss, are you busy?"
Li Shi thought she had something to report at work, so he typed and asked, "What's wrong?"
She didn't want to think about it but said: "I want to fight with you again about that character. I think I am quite similar to the character in some aspects."
Li Shi raised his eyebrows and asked, "For example?"
"For example, the script says that Zhou Yan has a pair of slender, white legs that feel particularly smooth to the touch. I agree with that."
Can I ask for a monthly pass?
(End of chapter)
