Chapter 333 Jiang Dabao Comes to Visit

In the footage, after You Benchang took Zhao Wenxuan and the family to say goodbye, he met the deceased's father outside the door.

The man's eyes were red, and he lowered his head slightly and said: "After Tetsuo became like this, he often fought with people outside and didn't go home for a long time. I also didn't see him for a long, long time. "

Then he looked up at You Benchang and Zhao Wenxuan in front of him: "But just now I saw his smiling face again...ah, this is my son! Even if he looks like a girl, he is still my son!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man couldn't help crying, and then his tall figure stooped down. While crying, he bowed to the two of them: "Thank you! Thank you so much!"

You Benchang and Zhao Wenxuan both held hands on the middle-aged man, and then couldn't help but look at each other.

This experience was unusual for both of them, but it also made them both feel very meaningful. Let the deceased be able to leave according to their own wishes, so that the living can get a certain amount of relief in their hearts. Isn't this the meaning of their work?

"Pass!"

The filming process is already halfway through, and Wu Yuchen expects that the film will be completed in about a month.

In fact, it can only be said to be a pseudo "finalization", because the movie has only completed most of the shooting, and there are still some scenes to be shot, mainly the scene where the male protagonist Lin Wu plays the cello in the wild.

The reason why it cannot be taken now is because the season has not yet arrived, and the scenery behind it has to change seasonally, from autumn, to winter, and then to spring. The male protagonist in different seasons will play the cello in different styles, representing his different moods.

At the same time, this seasonal change is also consistent with the situation of the male protagonist. At the beginning of autumn, everything began to be depressed, and the male protagonist lost his job and accidentally entered the funeral industry. In winter, his wife left him and he encountered difficulties in his career. He wanted to resign and retreat. And when spring comes, both family and career are developing in a good direction. Putting spring at the end also means that the future is full of hope.

Wu Yuchen does not plan to shoot this scene in the Magic City. Instead, he will find a location near Longwang Mountain in Huzhou further north to shoot. There are mountains and snow, so the photos can be effective.

Although it is said that it rarely snows in the Magic City, the movie is originally a fictional story. The splicing of scenery from multiple places is normal in the movie and should not be too rigid.

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"Director Wu, I came here uninvited, you won't welcome me, right?"

Seeing Jiang Wen's lack of worry, Wu Yuchen couldn't help but point at him and said with a smile: "You're already here, how can I say you're not welcome?"

"Hahaha, they say that Director Wu is a generous and righteous person. This is a well-deserved reputation!"

Hearing that Jiang Wen was wearing a high hat for himself when they met, Wu Yuchen glanced at him without hiding it, poured him a cup of tea, and said directly: "Lao Jiang, we are not strangers, open the door Tianluo said it’s been two days, but you’re praising me now, what’s the matter?”

Hearing this, Jiang Wen's face straightened, and he stretched out his hand and said, "Director Wu, what you said is wrong. I praise you because you are capable, you make good movies, you are a righteous person, you are well-known in the circle, and you are now But as a leader of Chinese-language films, what’s wrong with me complimenting you? I mean it all sincerely!”

Wu Yuchen swallowed the tea in his mouth, and then quickly waved his hand: "Okay, let's talk about things!"

The more he heard Jiang Wen say this, the more certain Wu Yuchen became that this guy had something to ask him for.

"One yard comes back to the other, what I said before was spoken from the bottom of my heart!"

Jiang Wen emphasized again, then took out a script from his arms and said to Wu Yuchen: "Director Wu, you are an expert, come to review it for me?"

As soon as Jiang Wen handed over the script, Wu Yuchen probably guessed what he meant.

It's already the end of 2004. Jiang Wen was originally banned in 2000, and he should be "released after serving his sentence" next year.

Although there is still more than half a year left, Jiang Wen is already impatient and has begun preparing for his comeback masterpiece, which will be launched as soon as he is released from the ban!

Wu Yuchen took Jiang Wen's script and looked at it. Sure enough, it was "The Sun Also Rises". It is not an exaggeration to say that this movie suffered a huge loss. An investment of 50 million was invested, but the final box office was 17 million. As for how much money it can get back from selling the international copyright, it is probably not much.

However, Wu Yuchen still opened the script and read it. In my previous life, many people complained that Jiang Wen's movie was shot in a fog, too obscure and incomprehensible, which is why its box office flopped.

"The Sun Also Rises" is ostensibly composed of four seemingly independent stories, and its structure is modeled on the circular narrative of "Pulp Fiction." The order from the movies is 1, 2, 3, 4, but in fact the real story timeline should be 4, 2, 1, 3. . Therefore, this structural arrangement alone makes it difficult for the audience to watch the movie to a certain extent.

Then, this movie also has many metaphors. On the surface it is about the pursuit of love and desire, but in fact it is a story about an idealist's disillusionment.

These four independent stories are "Crazy", "Love", "Gun" and "Dream". The first three episodes took place in the spring, summer and autumn of 1976 respectively, while "Dream" took place in the winter of 1958. The last appearance of flowers and herbs is from winter to spring, which can be regarded as an expression of hope for the future, which is the same as his seasonal setting in "The Embalmer".

Anyone who is a little sensitive to the history of this period will probably know what happened, from the great jump in 1958 to the sudden death of the great man in 1976, as well as the events of the ten years in between. I will not go into details.

While Wu Yuchen was reading the script, he also expressed his admiration without concealment. This Jiang Wen is still the same Jiang Bold.

Wherever Wu Yuchen looks, metaphors and connotations can be seen everywhere. The 18 years from 1958 to 1976 happened to be the period from birth to death of the character named Li Dongfang in the movie. He was talking about the young people of that generation, and his crazy mother was the mother of the motherland. Alyosha alluded to Mao Zi. These are almost They're all similes.

And the loveliest people, the train, that is, the train refers to the Marxist-Leninist movement, and the velvet implicitly refers to Mr. De. Uncle Li, Su Maozi who left, big brother who turned against him...

This way of looking at the story, it is that in 1958, Alyosha's relationship with Mad Mom was still very hot, but the former still forced her. Later, she discovered that his motives were not pure, so she broke up with him and eliminated his hair. The result was so serious that many Xiaoliang died unjustly.

The male protagonist Jiang Wen, who holds the gun, is still making a big splash. As a result, the Western style represented by the heroine Kong Wei seduces Li Dongfang. Although the latter once destroyed the White House once built by the crazy mother, he still has a strong interest in the symbol of democracy. Velvet Revolution has expectations. But Jiang Wen pointed out that it was just a fig leaf, so he shot the opponent.

But before that, friends in Beijing had told Jiang Wen that he had to realize his mistakes, otherwise history would wash away him like a crazy mother's shoes and clothes. The sun, which symbolizes ideals, dreams, and the future, will still rise as usual.

Wu Yuchen sighed while watching. There were many deep things in it that he didn't dare to think about in detail. After he turned the last page, he pointed at Jiang Wen and cursed:

"You don't have a damn good memory, so you have to test the edges of sensitive subjects! You haven't even released this yet, and you're thinking of making it big?!"

Jiang Wen said with an aggrieved look: "Director Wu, what am I testing? This is a very simple movie about love and love. Are you too imaginative and making too many associations?"

However, Wu Yuchen’s expression remained unchanged:

"Are you still pretending in front of me? If you fooled the scissors, are you still fooling me? Do you still want to invest?"

Jiang Wen immediately smiled and said: "Hey, Director Wu, I'm just kidding you! How can this thing be hidden from your eyes? Are you willing to invest in me?"

Wu Yuchen snorted lightly, but did not answer him, but said: "Don't think that Scissors is easy to fool, there are many people who understand, and no one is a fool."

Jiang Wen also spread his hands: "Hey! I've already made the script this far, you can't just give me a ban!"

Wu Yuchen glanced at him: "Whether you can film it or not is only a matter of time. But even if you can film it and make it so obscure, how many people do you think can understand it?"

"Director Wu, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. I've been holding back my nerves for the past few years. Even if I try to sell it, I still have to make this movie!" Jiang Wen said confidently.

Wu Yuchen said angrily: "Smashing pots and selling iron? What you are smashing is other people's pots, and what you are selling is other people's iron! Now that you are on my head, do you think we are easy to bully?"

"Ouch! My Director Wu, who among us in China dares to bully you? If you turn us upside down, you can't help but bully me!" Jiang Wen began to show weakness.

Wu Yuchen sneered: "Should I bully you? I can't bully you Jiang Daudao."

Seeing that Wu Yuchen was not letting go at all, Jiang Wen simply asked directly:

"Director Wu, just tell me, why are you willing to invest money for me? How about I help you act in a movie now? I will act for you for free!"

In the past few years, Jiang Wen has not been able to become a director, but he has acted in several movies in a row. In addition to the well-known "Looking for a Gun", he also has "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", "Green Tea" and "Letter from a Strange Woman". 》. Among them, "Letter from an Unknown Woman" is also Xu Cairen's directorial debut, but Jiang Wen probably wasn't too interested in this subject, so he didn't have much involvement in it to leave a mark.

Wu Yuchen waved his hand directly: "Come on, you are just causing trouble in my movie. If you play a corpse, I think the coffin is too small!"

Then Wu Yuchen said: "This movie of yours is 100% a money-loser. I don't want to be taken advantage of!"

When Jiang Wen heard this, he immediately became a little anxious: "Hey, Director Wu, you can't treat me differently like this!! You can vote for other people's art films, so why did you end up with me and just label me as a loser?"

"Ha! How dare you say that? When I give money to others, who wouldn't break a penny in half and spend it? What kind of virtue do you have, Jiang Wen? Are you planning to set a new record for the highest film-to-film ratio for China?"

Jiang Wen directly stretched out his hand and said: "Hey, Director Wu, don't say that to me, why is Sunglasses King even in front of me!"

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but uttered a curse word: "Damn, you're so proud of me!"

Jiang Wen and Sunglasses King are both directors who are best at burning film in the Chinese film industry.

Jiang Wen was not annoyed at all. He chuckled, then clasped his fists at Wu Yuchen and said, "Director Wu, just show me a clear path. Why are you willing to invest this money for me?"

The two talked for a long time, and he also saw Wu Yuchen's attitude clearly. If he really didn't plan to invest a penny from the beginning, he wouldn't have said so much to him, and would only send him away politely.

Wu Yuchen looked at Jiang Wen for a few times. He did have the intention to invest in this movie. But he was not only targeting this movie, but also the one after it.

In the previous life, "The Sun Also Rises" was invested by Emperor Entertainment Group's boss Yang Shoucheng, but it ended up with a big loss. Later, Jiang Wen made "Let the Bullets Fly" specifically and made all the money back for Yang Shoucheng.

Wu Yuchen said, "It's okay for me to invest, but there is a condition."

Jiang Wen immediately said, "You say!"

"You made this movie just for your own pleasure. I dare say that 95% of people will not understand it after it is made. For this movie, I will only give you 40 million, not a cent more, and you can solve the rest yourself.

If this movie loses money, you have to promise me that you will honestly make a movie for me that everyone can understand and enjoy watching, and that people are willing to buy tickets, climb over walls, and step on bricks to watch it!" Wu Yuchen looked at Jiang Wen and said.

In his previous life, when Jiang Wen was on "Round Table" and talked about movies with others, he was asked about his opinion on entertainment movies:

"You use movies to talk about how to make money, and how to pick up girls, but that's nothing!

What is entertainment? You can make me scramble for tickets, you can make me climb over the wall, and you can make me watch it by leaning on the wall and stepping on bricks. That's awesome. Entertainment is not about standing on the street, it's not about singing a little song, it's hard to open your mouth, and it's entertainment to accompany your big brother for dinner. That's cheap."

Jiang Wen is not saying that he looks down on vulgar people or entertainment movies. It's probably that your entertainment movies like "Titanic" and "Avatar" that attract people to watch by leaning on the wall are awesome, but making rubbish movies and relying on publicity to win people's rewards is standing on the street and cheap.

Although Jiang Wen hasn't said this yet, he can understand what Wu Yuchen means. If someone else said this, he would agree without hesitation, and he can also win investment in the next movie, which is simply pie in the sky.

But Wu Yuchen is not easy to fool. If this movie loses money, then when he comes up with the script for the next movie, Wu Yuchen will know what he is up to and whether he is aiming to make money. At that time, we will definitely have to obey him.

However, thinking of his current situation, many people dare not invest in him at all, for fear that he will do the same thing as "Devils on the Doorstep"...

"Okay, Director Wu, it's a deal!"