Chapter 208 As long as you can drink, nothing else matters
“What’s there to be embarrassed about?!” Wu Tianmin’s eyes widened after hearing this: “Yimou, writers are also human beings and they have to eat and drink! It’s just that Let’s have a drink, what’s there to be afraid of?”
At this point, Wu Tianmin softened his tone and said, “Yimou, these writers are all from Qin Province, and we are all from the township party! Let’s make peace with them! There are only advantages and no disadvantages to the relationship! Look, weren’t the two movies I made adapted from novels written by others?”
Mentioning this made Zhang Yimou envious.
Although I am just a photographer now.
But isn’t there a good saying: If you don’t want to be a general, aren’t you a good soldier?
Who doesn’t want to be a director and make movies?
"Okay, Director Wu, I'll go tonight!" Zhang Yimou made up his mind, thought for a while and then asked: "So, Director Wu, what should I pay attention to then?"
“Don’t think too much about anything, just drink!”
Zhang Yimou left happily.
Looking at the other person's leaving figure, Wu Tianmin showed a smile on his face.
He admired the young photographer.
The acquaintance was also very dramatic. When Qin Bei was filming "Life", he met a group of students who had just graduated from Yidian and were assigned to the Guangxi Film Factory to shoot a movie called "Yellow Earth".
Wu Tianmin took the initiative to help solve some of their difficulties. He also got to know this township party member and admired his photography skills.
This time Zhang Yimou returned to his hometown from Guizhou Province to celebrate the New Year. He paid a special visit to Wu Tianmin and talked about some of his ideas. Wu Tianmin and Yan Xueshu, another director in the factory, originally wanted to invite Fang Minghua and the others to dinner, so they immediately decided to let him participate. Party tonight.
It would be best if he could be hired into Xiying Film Studio
Wu Tianmin thought to himself. However, this was not mentioned in front of Zhang Yimou, mainly due to opportunities.
After get off work in the afternoon, Fang Minghua rode his bicycle home to say goodbye to his parents, and then rushed to the Wuyi Hotel on Banban Street, Xiyiyi Road.
This is very close to Yisu Society.
Xijing Yisu Society, formerly known as "Qin Province Ling Academy", is a famous Qin Opera class. Founder Sun Renyu. Yisu Society, along with the Bolshoi Theater and the Royal British Theatre, are known as the three oldest theater societies in the world's art world.
Fang Minghua once went in to watch the famous play: "Three Drops of Blood"
Fang Minghua rushed to the hotel by bicycle, locked his bicycle outside and went up to the second floor. He followed the private room mentioned on the phone by Wu Tianmin and went in to take a look.
Oh, I came a little early.
There were three people in the private room. In addition to Wu Tianmin, there was also a thin man about forty years old, whom Fang Minghua was not familiar with. The other one is a man in his thirties, with a short crew cut and high cheekbones. Why does he look more and more like a newly unearthed terracotta warrior?
Seeing Fang Minghua come in, the younger man quickly stood up.
"Minghua, are you here?" Wu Tianmin also greeted warmly: "Let me introduce to you, this is director Yan Xueshu from our factory."
"Hi, Editor Fang." Yan Xueshu took the initiative to shake hands.
"Hello, Director Yan."
Director Yan Xueshu is not very famous and has not made many movies, but he made a very awesome movie called "Wild Mountain"< br>
This film has won 6 Golden Rooster Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, as well as several international awards.
This movie is adapted from Jia Pingwa's novel "The Family in the Chicken Cove".
But it hasn’t been filmed yet
Jia Pingwa also came to the party today but did not call her Chen Zhongshi. Is this what he meant?
Fang Minghua thought to himself.
At this time Wu Tianmin introduced him to the younger man.
"This is our township party member, Zhang Yimou. He graduated from Yandian University of Science and Technology and is now working at the Guangxi Film Factory as a photographer." "Hello, Photographer Zhang." Fang Minghua guessed when he saw the dull-looking man. He is the famous representative of the fifth generation of directors.
I have a very close relationship with Wu Tianming. It can be said that Wu Tianmin is his mentor, but they have known each other so early?
The two shook hands and chatted for a while. After a while, Jia Pingwa arrived, and within a few minutes Lu Yao and Linda also arrived.
After being introduced to Zhang Yimou, everyone chatted with each other and the room suddenly became lively.
People in Qin Province drink and eat very simply. Before the food is served, everyone has a "Third Plenary Session" of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
That is, the host holds the wine glass and says some scene-like remarks, and everyone drinks three glasses at a time and then officially eats and drinks.
Except for Lin Da and Yan Xueshu, a native of Hubei province who has a low drinking capacity, the other four here have good drinking capacity and are not polite. It didn’t take long for the two bottles of Xifeng to bottom out.
Everyone is slightly drunk, so this is a good time to talk.
Wu Tianmin picked up his wine glass and said: "We are all township party members and brothers. If I have something to say, I will say it directly. After becoming the director of the factory, I have many things to do. I not only have to consider my own filming, but also consider other people's filming. , but there is only so much money in the factory, and good steel needs to be spent on the blade. So, this time I am looking for you three great writers to see if there is a suitable novel and let us make it into a movie!”
After hearing this, Lu Yao smiled and said immediately: "Old Wu, you come to me for drinking, but don't come to me for this matter. I haven't written anything during this time."
"I know, you Are you planning to win a Mao Dun Award for writing a long novel?”
“Don’t say goodbye, I don’t have the ability.” Lu Yao said modestly:
“I just started writing. He hasn’t even written a word yet, but Minghua is still very good, and his novel has already been nominated for the Mao Dun Award. Should each of us give him a toast?”
This is already an open secret, and Fang Minghua doesn’t hide it. Standing still, he just said humbly: "Don't dare, don't dare, just run with me, run with me."
But despite this, Fang Minghua still drank the glass of wine that everyone toasted to him.
With Wu Tianmin's opening remarks, Yan Xueshu stood up, picked up a glass of wine and said to Jia Pingwa: "Chairman Jia (Jia Pingwa is the chairman of the Xijing Writers Association), I am very satisfied with the article "Chicken Cove Wa" written by you. "I'm very interested. Can you let me make it into a movie?"
It is indeed this novel!
After hearing this, Jia Pingwa also picked up the wine glass and stood up and said with a smile: "Director Yan likes this novel? No problem, just take it and shoot it! But you have to agree to a condition."
“What conditions?”
"We have to drink three times. This is the rule of us Shangluo people. After drinking, we are friends."
Jia Pingwa's drinking capacity can be said to be the best here, even Fang Minghua is ashamed.
No way, I have been drinking Baogu wine since I was a child.
After listening to Jia Pingwa’s words, Yan Xueshu thought to himself, I will work hard to make this novel!
After picking up the wine glass, Jia Pingwa and I drank three times in one breath, and our faces suddenly turned as red as a monkey's butt.
"Okay, you're a man enough, I'll leave this novel to you!" Jia Pingwa laughed.
Zhang Yimou, who had been sitting silently next to him, smacked his tongue when he saw it. No wonder Director Wu said this before leaving.
As long as you can drink, nothing else matters.
Thinking of this, his heart suddenly became warm.
(End of this chapter)