Chapter 93 Proud
Xu Longbo has been very proud recently.

Although Chu Qingcheng had chosen to give up investing in him without any sense of the matter, although he had mortgaged his own shares and was insulted by his family, although... there were many things that did not go his way.

But Xu Longbo is still very happy.

Just because his new movie received a new batch of investment!

In fact, he originally didn't want to shoot "Blind Love". He just wanted to shoot the love story of rich and powerful children in elegant institutions of higher learning at home and abroad.

The art in his mind is that a well-matched young lady and a bohemian young master of a wealthy family can be together without worrying about family opposition, evil intentions and other worldly difficulties.

But after being scolded by Chu Qingcheng, Xu Longbo wanted to prove himself to Chu Qingcheng.

He is not the kind of director who can only shoot vulgar love stories, he is a true art director!
Then Xu Longbo found out the general content of Li Qing through some means. He didn't bother to read it in detail and just understood a little bit.

After seeing that the content was based on reality and told dirty stories, Xu Longbo tore up the script and threw it into the trash can.

It's so vulgar and has no artistic beauty at all.

Xu Longbo's first thought was that it was fake, he thought.

How could someone travel across mountains and rivers to a strange place for a mere sum of less than ten thousand yuan and then be sold to someone else? On the contrary, he felt that Li Qing did not respect marriage and that this was an act of objectifying the relationship between husband and wife.

And there is also some content later about sacrificing oneself just for a few cents of bus fare, which is vulgar.

In Xu Longbo's opinion, even if he starved to death, he would not eat charity, he would not lose his pride, and he would not fall into a disadvantageous position.

But it’s okay, their vulgarity can highlight their art.

With this in mind, Xu Longbo named the movie "Blind Love", which is extremely similar to "Blind Heart".

The content roughly tells the story of a rich lady who lost her strength, was abandoned by her family, bullied by servants, etc. because she trusted a pretty boy suitor from the countryside who was greedy for money. In the end, after experiencing all the hardships and torture, she found out that the person who had always loved her was actually her childhood sweetheart who was talented but ignored from the neighboring family. Then they got married naturally.

Well, we can only say that it was born from reality and transcends reality.

As for the prototypes of the characters...all I can say is that he is happy.

At present, in addition to the 7 million yuan obtained by Xu Longbo by mortgaging his own shares, "Blind Love" also has 2 million yuan invested by unknown investors and 1 million yuan invested by a cooperative studio, which is also the studio where the leading actor of "Blind Love" is located.

All in all, the investment amount is 10 million.

Although it can't be compared with foreign science fiction blockbusters that cost hundreds of millions of dollars, it can't even compare with some large-scale domestic war films.

But you have to know that "Blind Love" is ultimately a youth art film, not a commercial film.

An investment of tens of millions can be considered a huge investment in art films.

Compared with Li Qing's "Blind Heart" with an investment of two million, it's a crushing win!
Although the unknown investor asked Xu Longbo to modify the script, Xu Longbo had no intention of giving in. He believed that art is elegant.

But the other party was generous enough to give two million directly, and only asked for a few patches to the script according to their ideas.

So Xu Longbo thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with listening to advice.

Anyway, the other party only wants to modify a little bit of it.

Basically, the film downplays the plight of the heroine after being abducted, strengthens the role of love, and reduces the role of the traffickers, making them appear to be hired by certain guys rather than a human trafficking criminal group entrenched in the underground.

I also modified their origins. Xu Longbo originally thought that the heroine was tricked into a remote dead village, and accidentally discovered the crimes of a criminal group, but was let go because of her blindness. Then, after a battle of wits and courage, the hero finally defeated the criminal gang and revealed that the real culprit of the criminal gang was actually the heroine's pursuer. The criminal gang was their family, and then the family was sent to prison by the boy.

He committed suicide in prison shortly afterwards.

This part was modified, and the story became about the heroine who was abducted accidentally, but was bought by the hero by mistake. After a battle of wits and courage with the original suitor who seized their property, she obtained her own inheritance and then became a happy couple.

Xu Longbo felt that this was more to his taste, and there wouldn't be much showing off of wealth this time.

In the early days, in order to save money, the heroine even had her favorite afternoon tea every other day.

Moreover, the male protagonist's paintings could not be sold, so he had no choice but to succumb to the second female lead and sell his paintings to her for only a few hundred thousand yuan.

The scene that moved Xu Longbo the most was when the heroine fell ill unexpectedly and the hero was sadly selling paintings in the rain. Passers-by were all holding umbrellas, but the hero was the only one who continued to paint the heroine's portrait in the pouring rain.

Passerby A: "Oh my god! He is painting without an umbrella!"

Male protagonist: "Because, holding an umbrella would waste time painting."

Passerby B: "Him! It's amazing, he actually draws with his eyes closed!"

Male lead: "Her (the female lead's) appearance has long been engraved in my heart!"

Xu Longbo intended this scene to be the climax of the whole play. It was so touching and sad!
Even though the heroine doesn't approve of the hero, he still willingly sells his paintings to earn money for her medicine. The hero is set to be an artist who loves painting. He would never sell the paintings that he treats as his children, but he breaks the rules for the heroine. It's so touching.

Maybe the audience will be moved to tears...Xu Longbo couldn't help laughing. He was excited all over when he thought of that scene.

Hahaha! ! !
Beep beep——

Who is it? Xu Longbo was very unhappy that someone interrupted his fantasy, so he took out his phone and looked...

Oh, it’s the unknown investor.

"Hello, what's going on?"

After the call was connected, Xu Longbo said impatiently, but the other party was an investor after all, so he could only be patient.

"Director Xu, I would like to ask Miss Chu if she is willing to rent her luxury car for filming."

A hoarse female voice sounded.

Another guy who wants to get in touch with the Chu family, Xu Longbo thought to himself.

It's obviously not necessary for her to be the one, but this investor always mentions Chu Qingcheng intentionally or unintentionally, obviously wanting to introduce her to him.

Humph, he would never follow their ideas.

"No, I can't even see Chu Qingcheng recently, let alone rent a car for filming a movie."

Xu Longbo said that meeting Chu Qingcheng was one thing, and borrowing a car and a venue was another.

Xu Longbo wanted to set the filming location in the coffee shop owned by Chu Qingcheng, and he also wanted to borrow a Rolls-Royce for the heroine to use to liven up the scene.

(End of this chapter)