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Secretary He asked a few more questions, wrote down the requirements for the team members, and then asked:"Director Chen, when is a convenient day for you to meet? I estimate that the candidates can be decided around February 15th."

After asking this question, Secretary He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Four months ago, the meeting time was still coordinated and determined by the Ministry of Culture.

But now Chen Xiao's status has been raised to the point that others have to adapt to him.

His status has really risen rapidly.

Chen Xiao thought for a moment.

The 5th is New Year's Eve, and the 20th is Lantern Festival.

"Then let's do it on February 21st."On the 16th day of the first lunar month, it won't interfere with everyone's celebration.

"OK, Director Chen, there is one more thing. The Security Department suggested that you hold a press conference. Director Li also has the same idea. Is it convenient for you?"

Chen Xiao was slightly stunned and asked casually,"Security Department?"

Secretary He smiled bitterly and said,"Yes, after you won the award in Cannes, you only accepted interviews with the crew in Cannes. You haven't held a press conference in China. In addition,"Farewell My Concubine" has caused a lot of discussion on the Internet in the past two days, and many media want to meet with you."

So they stayed near the Ministry of Culture...

It was fine during the day, but at night.

The media couldn't see the age of the staff and didn't dare to approach and talk to them. So they stared at them eagerly, and only when they saw a young staff member did they dare to come up and interview him. As a result, when he worked overtime and went home at night, he always felt like he was being stared at on the road, and his back went cold.

Some timid employees called the Security Department directly, which made the Security Department extremely anxious and tried to drive the media away. One wave after another came, and some of them couldn't be driven away at all.

Then they reported to the superiors, hoping to invite him to hold a press conference to calm the restless hearts of the reporters.

Chen Xiao thought for a moment and replied,"Why not just hold it on the 21st. After meeting the team members, we will hold a press conference."

Secretary He was relieved to hear Chen Xiao agreed.

Great, the date for meeting Director Chen has been confirmed, and the media can finally disperse.

The two chatted briefly about the specific time and place arrangements, and then ended the call.

Chen Xiao put the phone on the stand and opened the calendar.

Today is the 3rd, and the day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve.

Recently, colleagues and actors from the crew have come to invite him to dinner during the New Year.

His original reply was to see how things go.

But when he woke up this morning, four people asked him to have dinner or wanted to visit.

It would be fine to get together with people of the same age like Leo, but if he saw Leo and the others, he would definitely have to meet seniors like Fan Rilin and Fang Rong.

During the New Year, these seniors have another identity - elders.

It's a headache to think that they are going to introduce him to someone.

If you can't afford to offend, can't you avoid it?

Go travel!

Wait until my parents have a holiday on New Year's Eve, and the whole family will travel together.

Come back on the 12th, the seventh day of the Chinese New Year. After coming back, there are still 9 days left, just in time to organize the detailed script, draw the storyboard script, and plan the shooting location.

With this plan, Chen Xiao picked up the phone and called his mom and dad.

The New Year's bell rang soon.

Chen Xiao received invitations one by one on his phone, but was politely rejected.

The happy time passed quickly.

Soon, it was the seventh day of the Chinese New Year.

Chen Xiao and his parents took the return flight from Sanya to the capital.

After resting for half a day.

Chen Xiao turned on the computer and returned to work again.

The first thing was to organize the script.

The last time I wrote a simplified version of the script, many names were not written.

For localization, the names of the characters in"Interstellar" need to be changed.

(ps: the names of the characters are changed as little as possible to prevent those who have seen it from being too distracted) The protagonist Joseph Cooper is generally called Cooper.

There is a surname"Ku" in China.

The word"Amber" generally refers to amber.

Su Che once wrote about amber: After a thousand years, it turns into amber, is strengthened by rain and dew, and ends with the sun and the moon, so it can calm the soul and settle the mind.

This is quite consistent with Cooper's personality.

Then let's not change it.

Since his last name is Ku, his daughter must also have the last name Ku.

Murphy refers to Murphy's Law, and the name cannot be changed.

Ku Murphy...

uh, I don't know why, I want to laugh.

However, it would be much better for Cooper to call her by her name directly.

As for the son, he has been guarding the cabin and the cornfield.

Then change it to Ku Heng, which is quite Chinese.

In addition to the three of them, there are two others with the same last name.

John Brand, a professor at NASA.

His daughter, who is also the astronaut who arrived at the last planet- Irelia...

cough!

No.

Emilia Brand

"The surname"Bu" is too rare, so let's call her"Ai".

It sounds like"Ai", which corresponds to what the daughter said. She thinks we should believe in love.

Emilia... Ai Mi Li! Aimi Li

? Uh, too funny.

Let's call her Aimi. The earth is short of food, and Aimi also expressed her love for food.

Her father John was changed to Ai Han.

Han means flying high, which looks quite Chinese, and it fits his plan.

……

Another hour passed, Chen Xiao let out a long sigh and threw away the pen in his hand.

The revision is finished!

Next, we need to correct the minor problems in the plot.

In the original plot, the biggest plot problem occurred on the first planet.

After the three astronauts arrived at the first planet. In addition to Cooper, the other two astronauts walked out of the airship.

After a while, Cooper found a huge wave coming in the distance.

Amy insisted on getting the data and got stuck. Seeing that the huge wave was about to hit, the robot rushed over to save her.

But the other astronaut standing near the airship just watched and didn't get into the spacecraft earlier, and was swept away by the huge wave.

This needs to be changed.

Amy's behavior is not incomprehensible. She is emotional. Seeing the bodies of the previous batch of astronauts, she was emotional. She wanted to complete the mission of her predecessors and save the earth, so she tried her best to get the data.

But the one who stood next to him and was swallowed by the huge wave must be changed!

His death was too sloppy.

It didn't seem like a sacrifice, but rather like a gift.

The plot needs to be fine-tuned to make his death meaningful.

Then change it to... He also went to save Amy, but it was too late to come back, so he decided to use the last few seconds of his life to dive into the water, plug in the equipment on the space suit, and read the data.

Before he could see the data results, the huge waves swept over and swallowed his life.

But the data signal was still transmitted to Cooper.

The collected data showed that not only the place where they landed, but also the entire planet had huge tidal waves, which posed a major threat to any attempt to land or establish a base here, so it was not suitable for immigration.

This change, firstly, does not affect the direction of the plot.

Secondly, his death is at least a sacrifice.

Thirdly, it also explains more clearly why they gave up the first planet. Let's decide it this way first.

Five days later, Chen Xiao sorted out the script and began to plan the shooting location and props.

Space suits and space station separation cabins can partly use the original film design. But some places need to be modified.

For example, the waterproof white tiles in the hibernation cabin are made to look like a public bathroom.

Change!

Change it yourself first. If you lack professional information, contact the Ministry of Science and Technology and ask professionals for advice

……

As he was painting and revising, the time came to 2:30 pm on February 21st.

Chen Xiao drove to the Ministry of Culture.

As soon as he stopped the car, he saw Secretary He coming out of the parking lot security booth and welcoming him.

It seems that the effect of"Farewell My Concubine" in spreading Peking Opera during the Spring Festival is very good, and now Secretary He has come down to pick him up in person.

Chen Xiao threw the key into his pocket and said hello to Secretary He.

The two took the elevator together and went to the Art Department.

"Director Chen, let me repeat the schedule with you." Secretary He said with a smile,"The core team of the crew will meet in half an hour, that is, at three o'clock. The press conference will be held at seven o'clock in the evening."

"Okay."

Secretary He was silent for a moment, then said with some embarrassment:"Director Chen, there is one thing I don't know whether I should tell you or not."

Chen Xiao glanced at him and said as a matter of course:"Then you should ask your superiors."

Secretary He blinked.

Well, why didn't he say it? If he didn't know, then he didn't tell you?

It seems that he has to decide for himself.

He hesitated for a moment, sighed and said:

"I had originally followed your request and was looking for young and hardworking members. But when Director Fang heard about the shooting of the new film, he said he was very worried about you and insisted on coming to support you. I couldn't refuse him. So I arranged the position of director of photography for him and chose a young assistant. It shouldn't be a problem."

Director Fang also specifically told him not to tell Director Chen to avoid putting pressure on him.

But if he didn't say it, Chen Xiao would mistakenly think that he deliberately found older people, which would be bad.

He hesitated for a while before deciding to say it.

Chen Xiao smiled and said,"It's okay, Director Fang's legs and feet are fine."

"Director Fang told me not to tell you, so just pretend you don't know."

"good."