Chapter 329 I Don’t Agree with You Getting Married!

The original filming location of "Departures" was a small city in Japan. But Japan is different from China. Japan is a developed country after all, and even some small cities have been upgraded. Nowadays, China's third-tier small cities are still relatively backward, and many plots will be very inconsistent in small cities.

Therefore, Wu Yuchen changed the location to Shanghai. Shanghai is the city that is most connected with the West in China. The male protagonist's style of fusion of Chinese and Western styles is most reasonable to be set in Shanghai, and the residence can be set to live in the suburbs.

In short, after the male protagonist was laid off by a band in Shanghai, he was forced to move back to his suburban residence from the house he rented in the city center. In order to make a living, he found a certain burial company to find a job again.

Another point is that the film "Departures" must be spread to the world, and Wu Yuchen also wants to make China as good as possible. If you really go to third- and fourth-tier small cities to shoot various backward scenes, the artistic conception of this movie will be lost.

Even the original version of "Departures" was shot with various beautiful scenes, which made people feel that the small places in Japan were also beautiful and the environment was also very good. Although people's clothes were not luxurious, they were also very decent, which made people have a good impression of them.

Therefore, Wu Yuchen's shooting must also be slightly beautified. Not only the scenery should be shot well, but also the people should be shot well, to promote the country's culture and improve the image!

Moreover, this style of dressing and dressing properly is also in line with the characteristics of Shanghai people, so that domestic audiences will not feel out of place when watching it.

Then there are the actors. In addition to the male and female protagonists, there are several supporting roles that are also very important.

Since it was decided to shoot in Shanghai, Wu Yuchen simply gave priority to selecting actors from Shanghai.

The first one is the boss and mentor of the male protagonist, who is the guide for the male protagonist to enter this industry accidentally, and teaches the male protagonist Lin Wu all the work of the undertaker.

The boss is steady and mature, sometimes serious, sometimes humorous, sometimes silent, and sometimes tells Daogu a lot of life philosophy. He is an old man who has experienced the vicissitudes of life, and his age is set to be between 60-70 years old.

Therefore, Wu Yuchen directly invited Mr. You Benchang. There is no doubt about Mr. You's acting skills. When he played Jigong in the game world before, he would reveal many truths to the audience. This time he will be a life mentor again!

Then there is the male protagonist's colleague, a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties, who is the object of the male protagonist's confession in the film and also gave the male protagonist advice when he was troubled.

Wu Yuchen invited He Saifei for this role. He Saifei's acting career has been very smooth in recent years. She played the heroine in "The Passionate Years" at the beginning, and after the fire, she had no shortage of roles to play.

This time, this gentle and enthusiastic, at the same time careful, usually loves to laugh, and at critical times is similar to the male protagonist Lin Wu's intimate elder sister. It is very good to let He Saifei play.

There is also the proprietress who runs the bathhouse independently. In the film, she watched the male protagonist grow up. Later, she died suddenly, and the protagonist completed the coffin for her. This role cannot be too old, and she must look capable. After all, she can still run a bathhouse by herself. Over 60 is just right.

Wu Yuchen invited Xiang Mei from Shanghai Film Studio. She has starred in "Women's Basketball No. 5" and "Red Detachment of Women". The role that young audiences are familiar with is the queen of Wuji Kingdom in the 1986 version of "Journey to the West".

The last one is the old man who often goes to the bathhouse to play chess. He looks a little funny at ordinary times, but in the end, after the proprietress died, he was also very sad and said a life philosophy. There is a suitable one in Shanghai Film Studio, Teacher Niu Ben.

These are all old actors, and they all have a lot of life experience. Wu Yuchen is not worried about their acting skills at all.

Several old actors were very happy after receiving Wu Yuchen's invitation. When Wu Yuchen was filming "Love", he invited Wang Danfeng from their studio, and then won the Oscar for Foreign Language Film. They were all envious. This time, they were able to receive Wu Yuchen's invitation, and it was such a good script for "Departures", so they naturally agreed.

As for other minor roles, Wu Yuchen doesn't have to worry about it, and can leave it to the subordinates. He is now inspecting some of the sets that were prepared before, and then making some suggestions for modification. On the other hand, he is also looking at the scenes that the crew had selected before, and picking out the ones that best meet his requirements.

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Just when Wu Yuchen was making the final preparations for the filming of "Departures", the Athens Olympics also ended.

This Athens Olympics gave birth to Liu Xiang, the greatest hero of China. His performance of tying the world record and the first yellow-skinned Olympic champion in sprinting made the whole country proud.

But at the same time, there were also people who were criticized from all sides after this Athens Olympics. It was none other than Zhang Yimou.

"The performance content is old-fashioned and the performance form is outdated!"

"A hodgepodge of forced adaptations!"

"What kind of crap is this made by Zhang Yimou? Is this embarrassing for China?"

"It doesn't show any Chinese culture or spirit at all!"

"Too rustic! Neither fish nor fowl! Neither Chinese nor Western!"

These comments are all aimed at the Beijing 8 Minutes at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, which is now also called the "Black 8 Minutes" by domestic media!

The first program was 14 young and beautiful girls performing the famous Chinese song "Jasmine Flower". The point of criticism was that the dress made many Chinese audiences extremely uncomfortable, the super short cheongsam with red and green large flowered jacket style, the skirt was so short that it was as short as the hips, which shocked many Chinese people.

In the words of a certain newspaper, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is vulgar. Such a dress would be scolded even if it was put on a new store opening program in a third-tier city! It’s even harder to imagine that it was done by Zhang Yimou!

Among these 14 girls is Tang Yan, but she has never taken the initiative to mention or market her identity and experience as an "Olympic baby" in her future star career. It can be seen that this wave of criticism has left a big mark in her heart. shadow.

After that, there was a group of children performing Peking Opera, Tai Chi, etc., but the audience felt that the whole performance was noisy, just like watching a temple fair. There was also a performance on stilts holding lanterns at the back to express welcome to the guests, but some people complained that their costumes were too eerie and weird. They looked like they were attending a funeral, and they smelled like a coffin...

In short, in this "Eight Minutes of Black", no program can satisfy the audience, every second is faulty.

This criticism hit Lao Mouzi hard. He and his people carefully prepared for more than four months. When he returned to China after filming "House of Flying Daggers", he didn't even stay at home for long and went straight to work on this matter. .

Fortunately, now that he is home, his wife and children are with him. He was holding his little son, who had been born for half a year but had not seen him a few times, feeling quite pleased.

Before his father died, he told him to have more children. The more children he has, the more happiness he will have, so that the family can prosper. Now that he has two sons, he feels that his old father will also laugh when he sees them. But two were not enough, he wanted to give birth to one more.

But Chen Ting finally made a request to him at this time...

"What? Get married?"

Zhang Weiping's eyes widened when he heard this, and he waved his hand directly:

"No, I don't agree! You must not get married!"

Lao Mouzi raised his head and glanced at Zhang Weiping. He didn't expect his reaction to be so strong, and then explained: "It's not easy for Chen Ting to follow me."

Zhang Weiping thought about what his wife had told him. Chen Ting was not that easy to fool. She had her own ideas and always kept an eye on his wife. Such a woman must not be allowed to marry Zhang Yimou. It would not be conducive for him to control Zhang Yimou. The instability factors brought about are too great!

Zhang Weiping pressed Lao Mouzi's shoulders: "Mouzi! Look at you now. Just because of the Olympics, you were scolded by the whole country, and your reputation has dropped a lot. This When you go to get married? What do you think everyone will think if the civil affairs department spreads the news and reveals that you have given birth to a child?

Everyone will think that you don’t take the Olympic 8 minutes seriously at all! He is just fooling around and patronizing himself to be happy with getting married and having children! Then your reputation and image will be completely ruined! "

Lao Mouzi was stunned when Zhang Weiping said this, with hesitation and struggle in his eyes. He had never thought about these issues before.

Seeing this, Zhang Weiping continued to say to him: "Mouzi, think about it again, what does Chen Ting's behavior mean now? She is using the child to blackmail you! If you agree to her this time, what about next time? ? She must be pushing the envelope!"

Lao Mouzi immediately retorted: "She is not such a person..."

When Zhang Weiping saw Lao Mouzi defending Chen Ting in this way, he became more determined to prevent the two from getting married. Otherwise, wouldn't the affair become even worse after they got married?

Zhang Weiping directly made a big move: "Are you getting married now? Are you worthy of Gong Li? Have you forgotten how Gong Li begged you back then? And your daughter Mo Mo, we are still hiding it from her now! She is still here She also wants you to remarry her mother. How would she feel if she knew you were married? "

Lao Mouzi stood dumbfounded at this moment. Whether it was Gong Li or his eldest daughter from his ex-wife, they were all women he felt sorry for. They directly poked his heart and made him wilt.

Lao Mouzi was silent for a long time, and no longer mentioned the matter of marriage. He asked Zhang Weiping, "How is your discussion with Takakura Ken?"

Lao Mouzi's words have already shifted the topic to the new movie "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles". He actually wanted to make this movie two years ago. After finishing "Hero", he actually wanted to make "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles", but was persuaded by Zhang Weiping.

Ken Takakura was Lao Mouzi's idol since he was young. He really wanted to work with him once. This time he also designated Ken Takakura as the leading actor and wrote a special letter to him.

But Zhang Weiping looked at Lao Mouzi and said, "Mouzi, the negotiation didn't work out. The salary he wants is too high."

"Impossible? He told me it was only 400,000 US dollars!" Zhang Yimou questioned.

If it were before, Zhang Weiping would still support Lao Mouzi. But looking at Lao Mouzi like this, and then thinking about Lao Mouzi wanting to get married, all these ways of trying to get out of his control, he became even more determined that he could no longer follow Lao Mouzi's ideas.

Zhang Weiping simply said directly: "Mouzi, let me tell you the truth, we can't film "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles"."

"What?! Why?" Lao Mouzi was even more surprised.

Zhang Weiping spread his hands: "No money!"

Upon hearing this, Lao Mouzi became anxious:

"No money? No, didn't we sell the overseas copyright of "House of Flying Daggers" for 200 million? And the box office is more than 100 million, so how can we have no money?"

Zhang Weiping shook his head and said:

"How could you have sold as much as 200 million? Didn't I do this all to build up your image and brag so much to the media? Otherwise, you are so far behind Wu Yuchen, and you can't even compare to Li An, so what? Where do you put your face?”

It wasn't over yet, he continued to speak to Lao Mouzi: "Also, we paid out 30 million for the promotion fee alone. If you think about the investment in the movie, 280 million, how can you get back so much?

The income of "House of Flying Daggers" this time is much lower than that of "Heroes". In fact, we lost money on our investment! I still have to spend money to help you solve the birth problem. How can the company have so much spare money now? "

This made Lao Mouzi open his mouth, but then became speechless again.

Then Zhang Weiping said to Lao Mouzi: "Mouzi, I think I will forget about "Ride Alone for Thousands of Miles". Didn't you say before that you had the idea of ​​making an ancient version of "Thunderstorm"? How about we try this?"

Lao Mouzi said in a low voice: "Do you still shoot costumes? Isn't this more expensive?"

Zhang Weiping clapped his hands and said: "We can raise funds this time. If you make a costume film, there will be people willing to invest. If you make "Ride Alone, Thousands of Miles", who will be willing to lose money and invest in it for you?"

Zhang Weiping looked at Lao Mouzi's leaving figure and couldn't help but sneered. He had to give this guy a hard time before he could obey him!

After Lao Mouzi returned, he was a little irritable, not because Zhang Weiping prevented him from getting married, but because he always felt that his creative tendencies had been interfered with. However, he has always been a dull man, and what Zhang Weiping said this time was for his own good. The other party has always taken care of these things.

Moreover, when it came to the project of the ancient version of "Thunderstorm", he thought of Gong Li. The mention of Gong Li in Zhang Weiping's words today made him feel a lot of guilt.

Gong Li wanted to marry him back then, but he had too many scruples and refused to agree, which eventually led to the two breaking up.

Now that he has Chen Ting, it is impossible for him to have anything to do with Gong Li, but he still remembers that on the Great Wall, he promised her to play the queen once.

Therefore, when Zhang Weiping talked about the ancient version of "Thunderstorm", Zhang Yimou had no objection. If Gong Li was willing to play the role of the queen, he would start preparing for the project now.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yimou took out his mobile phone and found Gong Li's number. He hesitated for a moment and finally dialed it.