Also present for the rehearsal this time was Chen Yufeng, an Ace Composer whom Su Yu had recently met at the Huayin Award.
After watching the entire rehearsal of the song-based stages, Director Zhang was thoroughly impressed.
He felt he had already highly overestimated Su Yu's achievements in popular music.
But he didn't expect that in the end, he had still severely underestimated him!
Su Yu wasn't just proficient in pop music; he could control it as easily as moving his arm.
Moreover, the song styles Su Yu presented this time were also diverse.
For a composer, to be so versatile is truly incredible.
At least Chen Yufeng felt that he was inferior to Su Yu in many areas.
After the rehearsal, Director Zhang kept Su Yu, and the two began an in-depth discussion and exchange on the details of the stage aesthetics and background videos.
In fact, the second rehearsal was already very perfect, but both Director Zhang and Su Yu hoped it could be even more perfect.
Director Zhang decided that after this Spring Festival Gala, he would retire successfully and would not continue directing if anyone sought him out in the future.
Because it couldn't be surpassed!
Su Yu, on the other hand, wanted Tianxing Entertainment to leave an unforgettable memory for the audience!
Such a high-caliber stage, such classic songs—if they were handled carelessly, Su Yu felt it would be too unfair to himself.
Although the starting points of the elder and the younger man were different, their goals were consistent, so their discussions were exceptionally smooth.
Su Yu provided imaginative ideas, while Director Zhang used his seasoned experience to identify and address shortcomings, and finally put them into practice.
Under such cooperation, Director Zhang even developed a feeling of mutual appreciation, as if they had met too late.
So, after their discussion concluded, he looked at Su Yu: “Su Yu, your scripts are very well written, and you have many ideas. Do you have any suitable scripts for me to direct? Let’s truly collaborate once! My hands are itching now; I want to shoot a movie!”
Most of Director Zhang's previous scripts were co-written by him and only put into action after long periods of refinement.
But this time, he was genuinely looking forward to collaborating with Su Yu.
He felt that such a collaboration would definitely spark something different!
Hearing this, Su Yu immediately thought of several movies on Earth related to Director Zhang.
“Red Sorghum,” “Hero,” “shimen maifu,” “A Simple Noodle Story,” “Curse of the Golden Flower,” “The Great Wall,” “Shadow,” “Full River Red,” “Article 20,” and so on…
Among these films, some won many awards, some had high box office, and naturally, some had terrible reviews and box office.
But no one said that Director Zhang's directing skills were poor.
So, in Su Yu's opinion, any script given to Director Zhang would be fine.
But he didn't have a script on hand now!
As for prestige points, he still had over 200 million, because the recent release of “the return of the condor heroes” brought him a lot of points.
Then, custom-make a script for Director Zhang?
Anyway, Su Yu also had the intention of collaborating with this great director once.
Su Yu put on a thoughtful expression and began to call out to System Miss in his mind.
“System Miss, I'll pay 50 million prestige points; please customize a movie script that meets Director Zhang's psychological expectations!”
【50 million prestige points deducted. Movie script customizing... Customization complete!
Congratulations to the host for obtaining the movie script “let the bullets fly”!】
When Su Yu heard that the customized script was this masterpiece, he was overjoyed.
These 50 million prestige points were truly worth it!
“Director Zhang, I do have a script, but this script might be difficult to pass censorship. Let's find a place to sit down, eat, and talk; I'm hungry.”
With the script in hand, Su Yu didn't plan to give it to Director Zhang a few days later; he decided to get it done today.
Moreover, Su Yu was indeed hungry; he had been holding out since lunch, and Su Yu clearly wouldn't be comfortable without making Director Zhang treat him to a big meal.
“That's great! I know a good private kitchen; let's go there now!”
Director Zhang didn't expect Su Yu to actually have a ready-made script!
He thought Su Yu would agree and then go back to slowly create it.
Now it was settled; he could enjoy Su Yu's masterpiece while eating.
And the private kitchen Director Zhang took Su Yu to, Su Yu had been there before!
It was the one where Han Jiangxue first invited him to eat.
The food was really delicious, but it was also really expensive!
The manager was stunned to see that Director Zhang and Su Yu had come to eat.
They usually had no shortage of celebrity artists coming to eat, but such big names and such a lineup were a first!
Could it be that Su Yu was planning to star in Director Zhang's movie?
Goodness! This was truly explosive news.
Unfortunately, the reason celebrities favored this place was its excellent privacy.
If they dared to leak this news, then this private kitchen would probably have to close down.
After politely leading the two into the private room, the manager personally handled the entire ordering service.
This left some of the service staff who had heard the news and wanted to get Su Yu's autograph and photo feeling helpless.
After ordering four dishes and one soup, Su Yu asked the manager to leave, and he then sent the script, which he had just transferred to his phone, to Director Zhang.
“Director Zhang, please take a look first,” Su Yu said innocently.
Director Zhang had long been impatient and immediately picked up his phone to read.
The manager came to serve the dishes midway, but Director Zhang didn't look up.
Nearly an hour later, after Su Yu had finished all four dishes and one soup, Director Zhang finally looked up, his face excited and exhilarated, yet also with a complex expression.
He had intended to pick up his chopsticks and grab some food, but he found that there wasn't even a side dish left on the plate!
And Su Yu was currently looking at him with a satisfied expression.
“There are too many metaphors in this script! No wonder you said you were afraid it wouldn't pass censorship! But this script is too brilliant! It makes me unable to stop. No need to say more, I want to shoot this movie!”
Director Zhang didn't blame Su Yu for his impolite act of not leaving him any food, after all, this guy had eaten three boxes of lunch, so he must have been really hungry.
However, he genuinely loved the script of “let the bullets fly” to his core!
Wasn't this precisely the kind of script he had always wanted to make but couldn't come up with?
Without the slightest hesitation, Director Zhang expressed his desire to shoot the movie.
“As long as Director Zhang is satisfied! We'll start preparing for this movie after the New Year; for now, please focus on doing a good job with the Spring Festival Gala! As for the investment, Tianxing Entertainment and I will be responsible, so you don't need to worry about that.”
Su Yu replied with a smile.
When did Director Zhang's movies ever lack investment?
Su Yu said this merely to block his idea of inviting other companies to participate!
This movie, released on Earth in 2010, grossed a whopping 680 million at the box office.
Now it's 2013 on Blue Star, the best time for the booming film market, so it would be strange if this movie's box office were low.
“No outside capital will be brought in! But it's fine if my own company invests a portion, right?”
Director Zhang glared at Su Yu, annoyed.