Chapter 811 Zhang Yimou wants to film "Hero"
However, Chen Kaige's depression only lasted for a while, and he soon returned to his usual high spirits.
He said that when he returns from the United States one day, he will definitely be able to show off his ambitions. At the end, he recited a poem very excitedly:
You have to drink too much to sing songs in the white song, and you can return to your hometown with your youth as a companion.
That is, pass through Wu Gorge from Ba Gorge, then go down to Xiangyang towards Luoyang
Du Fu's "Wen Guanjun Takes Henan and Hebei".
Fang Minghua suddenly remembered that there was a legend on the Internet for later generations that when Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou competed for the chief director of the 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony, they recited this poem passionately in front of the judges.
As a result, they were eliminated in the first round.
After the banquet, everyone went home. Zhang Yimou even called a taxi for Chen Kaige and told the driver to take him to the hotel.
Fang Minghua was also about to leave, but Zhang Yimou stopped him.
"Minghua, I thought of the theme!"
"Huh?"
"Let's write about the history of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin. In 1990, I acted in a movie called "Ancient and Modern War between Qin Terracotta Warriors". Although the final performance was unsatisfactory, I am still very interested in this period of history, so I ask you to write a movie about it. Aspects of the script.”
Oh?
Why don't you say that Chen Kaige's "Assassination of Qin" was a flop?
The two men have been secretly competing with each other.
"Okay, let me try." Fang Minghua agreed.
In the next few days, Chen Kaige signed a contract with Shengshi Film and Television, and then returned to Yanjing to prepare a visa to go abroad. Naturally, Fang Minghua did not have to worry about this.
Since Song Tangtang will not be back for the Spring Festival this year and will spend the New Year with his cousin in San Francisco, Fang Minghua decided to take his two children to eat with his parents during the Spring Festival, so there is no need to prepare too much for the New Year.
It's winter vacation now, and the two children have gone to her grandma's house. The nanny Xiaoqin has also returned to her hometown in Shu Province, but she doesn't plan to come back again - she's getting married.
Before leaving, Fang Minghua not only paid off his salary, but also specially wrapped a big red envelope of 10,000 yuan for the girl.
The new nanny didn't come back until after the Chinese New Year. During this time, Fang Minghua was at home alone, concentrating on writing without much work.
Zhang Yimou couldn't wait and wanted to start work after the Chinese New Year, so Fang Minghua also wanted to hurry up and finish writing.
Historically, "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou can definitely be regarded as the first real commercial blockbuster in China, with an investment of 260 million yuan, a domestic box office of 250 million yuan, but a global box office of 180 million US dollars, equivalent to 1.48 billion yuan. Not including disc revenue.
The film was ranked number one among the top ten best films in the world by Time Magazine, and was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, among other honors.
Although the domestic box office was not good, the first Chinese film achieved a box office performance of over 100 million in the country. It is said that the box office accounted for 30% of the total domestic box office that year!
The reason for "Blooming within the wall and fragrant outside the wall" is mainly attributed to two points by domestic audiences and film critics. First, the storyline is thin and the characters are too facial-shaped.
There is also the beautification of the tyrant Qin Shihuang.
Mr. Jin's evaluation is very representative: "I like Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum", and the later "Ju Dou" is also very good. I don't like "Hero" the least, and completely deny it. "Hero" filmed the famous tyrant Qin Shihuang in history. Became like this , which is completely opposite to the image in history. It deceives the audience and has the intention of exonerating him. It classifies the value of people and does not respect life. This is a very ridiculous movie, so I don't like it. ”
But slowly, Qin Shihuang's reputation began to improve.
If I want to rewrite this script, I must deal with this problem seriously.
Take your time and prepare for the New Year.
Every time I enter the twelfth lunar month gate, time passes quickly, and it’s New Year’s Eve in a blink of an eye.
This year’s Chinese New Year is celebrated here by my parents.
My younger sister Fang Mingli took her children and her husband Liu Jianjun back to her hometown early this year when her work was on holiday. Liu Jianjun has been studying abroad for his Ph.D. in the past few years and has not been back for the Spring Festival. Naturally, he wants to go back this year to reunite with his parents. Fang Minghua came with his two children, which just filled the gap left by the younger sister's family. The old couple were extremely happy.
Since the morning of New Year's Eve, her mother Zhang Fenglan has been working in the kitchen, and her father sometimes goes to help. Fang Minghua has been calling and texting since the morning.
They are all relatives and friends who greet each other better than New Year greetings.
Of course, the ones who talked the longest were Song Tangtang and Li Li in San Francisco.
There were also two children calling her mother and aunt, and Xinxin calling Fang Minghua father - of course they were chatting in the room with the two children on their backs, but they didn't expect to be heard by the mother passing by the door.
"Hey Minghua, who are you calling your good daughter?" Zhang Fenglan looked confused.
"Mom, you heard wrong, oh no, I was joking with Tangtang." Fang Minghua hurriedly covered it up.
"Calling your wife a good daughter? Doesn't this mess with the seniority? You can imagine it!" Zhang Fenglan said and turned around to leave.
Alas.
Fang Minghua sighed.
It seems that this matter will be known sooner or later.
The 1999 Spring Festival Gala was the last Spring Festival Gala in the world. CCTV made great efforts and overall it was good.
The songs are all the most popular this year.
"Go Home Often" sung by Chen Hong, Cai Guoqing and others, "Eighteen Bends on the Mountain Road" by Li Qiong and "Look Over the Girl Opposite" by Ren Xianqi
Fang Minghua found that his mother was very interested in the song "Go Home Often" and couldn't help but sing along.
The skit is also good. Zhao Benshan, a black man with his neck crooked and wearing a hat, came up with a golden sentence, "The spring breeze of reform is blowing all over the ground. The Chinese people are really fighting for it. They work together to cross the century, and the flood has made no difference. Thank you."
It made the whole audience laugh.
It's just that Huang Hong and Period's sketch "Cheer Up" really makes people don't know what to say, especially the sentence "We workers have to think about the country. If I don't get laid off, who will get laid off?"
This sounds really awkward.
And the lyrics of the song "Start Over" sung by Liu Huan are also very ridiculous. Forget it, I won't talk about it anymore.
Fortunately, this song did not appear on this Spring Festival Gala.
The next step is to visit relatives to pay New Year's greetings. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is quickly passed in the confusion, and the New Year is considered over.
The children go to school, the adults go to work, and everything begins to fall into place.
At noon that day, Fang Minghua sat down at his work and asked about the Fourth World Chinese Literature Award.
All the shortlisted works of the reading class preliminary round have been announced in newspapers, TV and the Internet. The next step is for the jury to enter the final evaluation stage.
This time the organizing committee decided to hold the meeting of the jury in Lanzhou. Fang Minghua couldn't figure out why it was so remote. Later, he heard from Bai Miao that he was invited by the local government.
Since Bai Miao is completely responsible for it, he will naturally not interfere - you can leave it to a foreign country if you have the ability.
After returning from work, Fang Minghua heard someone ringing the doorbell before he could take a sip of tea. He went to open the door and saw Zhang Yimou standing at the door, holding two bottles of Maotai in his hand.
With a smile on his face: "Minghua, wish you a happy new year."
(End of chapter)