Chapter 223 Hong Kong Island Script Filmed by Hong Kong Islanders
It was raining and windy all night.

When Chen An got up in the morning, he opened the window. The rain wasn't heavy last night but the wind was quite strong. The wind made the window frames creak rhythmically, and he couldn't help but move along with it.

He looked down at the wet yard.

The rain has stopped.

The curtains were also opened. After the spring rain, the dry air in the capital city became much fresher and more moist.

The circulating air becomes wind and blows into the room.

"Hmm~" Zeng Li couldn't help but moan while lying on the bed holding the quilt.

After stretching his body, he opened his eyes and saw Chen An standing in front of the window in his shorts.

She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and yawned: "I have to go to the crew. You can't call her in when I'm not here. This is my bed."

She was a little worried about joining the filming crew.

Chen An sighed. What's in your head? "She is in the same crew as you. Where do you think she is in the crew?"

"That's right, it's all your fault that you hit my brain with too much force last night." Zeng Li said stubbornly after she came to her senses.

"There's nothing in the first place. It doesn't matter whether it's broken or not."

Chen An looked at the still slightly dim sky and really wanted to ask where that person who looked so cold and elegant had gone.

Zeng Li, who was still talking nonsense, continued to lie to herself. Chen An had already put on his clothes and went downstairs to wash up.

I made some egg fried rice with last night’s leftovers, and then heated up the remaining dishes.

After washing up and dressing up beautifully, Zeng Li also sat down at the table. "I found that you really like to eat fried rice with egg." She said while looking at the familiar fried rice on the table.

"do not like to eat?"

"Not really, it's just that you eat it so often that you never seem to get tired of it."

"Really? I think it's pretty good. It tastes good and is easy to make."

Chen Ansheng ordered a bowl of egg fried rice and took a bite. It was actually not bad. It wasn’t very delicious, but it wasn’t greasy either.

Zeng Li also rolled up her hair and combed the black hair that fell on her forehead to her ears, then lowered her head and started eating.

In fact, she also likes it very much, especially when eating with Chen An.

You can eat any kind of food and feel full.

When she finished eating, it was almost time for her assistant Xiaoyu to drive over to pick her up.

Chen An carried her things and walked her to the door, put the things in the car, and sent her away.

I took the newspaper from the mailbox at the door and went back to the house. I washed the dishes first, and then picked up the newspaper to read.

We are both fallen people from the end of the world.

At the 75th Academy Awards ceremony held last night, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" once again failed to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Defeated by the film "Nowhere In Africa" ​​directed by a female director from Germany.

It has been more than half a month since Chen An submitted "Shoplifters" for review, but there has been no news yet.

I asked the school and they also said they are waiting.

As the opening of Cannes draws closer, Chen An finally understands how Jiang Wen felt at the time.

What I fear most is that my response will fall on deaf ears.

"Do I have to try Jiang Wen's tricks, too?"

Chen An, who was holding the newspaper but had no intention of continuing to read, muttered to himself.

And I always think about the pros and cons of this behavior in my heart.

Unlike Jiang Wen, even if he ended up like Jiang Wen, he could still develop seamlessly in Hollywood.

However, the company's development focus remains in China.

Finally, Chen An sighed and said, "Wait a little longer."

Now is not the time to take any risk.

Not long after, Chen An called Zhao Xiong over and went to the company.

Walked straight to the office.

I sat on the chair and turned around to see the glass cabinet behind me, which was filled with the trophies I had won.

There is one more, which is last year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Director, awarded to "Chronicles of Time".

The boomerang that he had thrown at Jiang Wen finally flew back and landed in his hands.

Just as he was thinking, the door behind him opened, and he turned around to see Zhang Guorong holding a stack of scripts.

"Director Chen, I have a script here. Please take a look at it. Your scripts are famous all over the world for being good."

Chen An took the script with "Stealing Hearts" written on the cover and had also heard of it.

The other person's posthumous work in the previous life is also said to be one of the important reasons for the aggravation of depression.

"Then let me take a look first. You wait a moment." Chen An took the script and started flipping through it.

Zhang Guorong nodded without saying anything and waited.

It took Chen An more than half an hour to finish reading the script and put it on the table.

It is a story of the 1940s, a hopeless love.

"I heard from Jiang Wen that you plan to ask him to act in the film and learn directing from him, right?" Chen An asked first without talking about the script.

"Yes, it was Ning Jing who recommended it, and Director Jiang Wen agreed."

"How can I say that your script has a wide range, and there are many things to express that are difficult to grasp. Of course, the most important thing is that the investment is relatively large."

Chen An went around in circles but finally got to the point.

Although it seems that this life has been delayed for a while due to medical treatment and no investment has been found yet, the news about the script has been exposed a long time ago.

I had heard about it in my previous life. Not only were the actors chosen big names, but the people behind the scenes were also not simple.

"Of course I'm not saying you can't make it, but you have to do it step by step. Your film investment is estimated to start at 20 million. It's okay to invest more, but I think you should make a movie first to practice."

Chen An went straight to the point.

Help me make money first, then I will invest in your movie.

It's already very good to let you earn and spend your own money.

"But I only have this one script, and it took me a lot of time and a lot of talent to complete it."

"Don't worry about that. I can help you prepare the script."

Chen An had already made a plan. Hong Kong scripts are shot by Hong Kong people, so he just grabbed them.

"And do you still remember the director of 'Looking for the Gun'?" Chen An asked with a smile.

Zhang Guorong nodded to indicate that he knew about it. He and Chen An went to see the premiere and were deeply impressed.

"He is also a director who learned a lot from Jiang Wenxue. I guess he has learned a lot. So this time he will be your assistant director. I will try the script first."

Chen An felt that since Diao Yinan had been holding back on writing a script for such a long time without any results, he might as well use it.

Maybe following the filming of the movie can give him some inspiration.

Once the conditions are given, it depends on whether the other party can accept them.

Anyway, it is impossible to ask Chen An to invest in Zhang Guorong's movie which requires tens of millions of dollars all at once, and his money is not something that comes from the wind.

It took me so many shoots to save up this amount of work, it was exhausting.

It is not the time for QQ and Goose factories to make any efforts yet.

You still have to work hard and make movies to make money.

We have already invested 15 million dollars in "Shoplifters", but there is still no news about the progress.

"The Heart Labyrinth" also made several million.

Money is spent like water.

Zhang Guorong thought about it for a while and finally agreed.

It is indeed an investment of tens of millions, not a small amount of money.

And it’s Chen An’s script, so I think it can’t be bad.

"Okay Director Chen, I understand, I agree."

"Okay then, Mr. Zhang, I will inform Director Diao, and I will give you the script as soon as possible."

Chen An said with a smile when he saw that the other party agreed.

Then he picked up the script on the table and said, "Leave the script here for now. I'll give it back to you when I think the project is ready."

"Then don't take it by mistake and give it to me as if it were a script you wrote."

Zhang Guorong smiled. Although the matter was not settled, he was still in a good mood and kept joking.

　Leslie Cheung, Ning Jing, Hu Jun, Siqin Gaowa, Teresa Teng, Chen Daoming, Huang Xiaoming, Jiang Wen and others co-starred. Look at this horrible lineup. Unfortunately, the original actors of "Stealing Hearts" were aborted.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)