Huayu since 1980

Chapter 390 Visiting Lao Mouzi (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

"Director Wu, welcome to Phoenix City. When it comes to the scenery of our Phoenix City, there is absolutely nothing to choose from. The film crew is also willing to come here. Not long ago, a crew called "Red Sorghum" came to our place to shoot! "

The tour guide assigned to Wu Jianye and others in Phoenix City was a young man named Lianjie Geng from the first office. He also liked to watch movies on weekdays, and he was diligent in speaking and doing things.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "I know the crew, Zhang Yimou of the crew is our college classmate!"

The filming location of "Red Sorghum" was in Zhenbei Fort. Zhang Yimou rushed over with the crew not long after the casting of Gong Li, and it was estimated that it had already been started for half a month.

"Oh, I didn't expect Director Wu to be so fated with Director Zhang. This is fate. If Director Zhang's movie can also be shot in our Phoenix City, it will definitely become a good story!" Geng Lianjie laughed.

"Well, take us to Zhenbei Fort first!" Wu Jianye said.

"Ok!"

A group of people drove three cars to Zhenbei Fort. The arrival of Wu Jianye and others still had some influence on this place.

When I came to Zhenbeibao to inquire, Zhang Yimou and the others were filming, and Wu Jianye also wanted to see the filming location here first, and it would be too late to visit Zhang Yimou after watching it.

Zhang Xianliang has no idea of ​​building Zhenbeibao Film and Television City yet.

However, the town of Beibao Film and Television City in later generations has also produced countless classics, such as "Red Sorghum", "New Dragon Inn", and "A Chinese Journey to the West" have all used this place as a filming location.

In fact, "One and Eight" was filmed here by Wu Jianye's classmate Zhang Junzhao and "The Wrangler" directed by Xie Jin was also filmed here.

It is a pity that because of the special environment here, it is always worse than Hengdian World Studios.In the era when Wu Jianye was reborn, very few crews came here to shoot.

Walking around the area around Zhenbei Fort, Zhao Fei took countless photos, all of which will be discussed by Wu Jianye and the whole behind-the-scenes team after returning home, in order to find the most suitable location for his shooting among these scenery.

What Wu Jianye was looking for was the location of the Longmen Inn. The Longmen Inn in the movie is located in the thousands of miles of yellow sand, which is a kind of heartbreaking beauty.

In the boundless yellow sand, stands a Longmen Inn, where there are countless stories.

Looking at the sky, Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Let's see here today, and go to a few other places tomorrow."

Zhao Fei also put away his camera and exclaimed, "It's so beautiful here!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "It's definitely okay for you to come and visit occasionally, but what if you're allowed to live here for a long time?"

Zhao Fei quickly said: "Let's forget it, I prefer life in Yanjing!"

Wu Jianye smiled "haha" and didn't say anything. Whether it's the Dragon Inn in "New Dragon Gate Inn" or the respective towers in "A Chinese Journey to the West", in the movie, there is indeed a kind of beauty that makes people's heart beat.

But if you want people to live here forever, I am afraid that ten out of ten people will not want it.

"Let's go, let's go see Lao Mouzi!" Wu Jianye waved his hand, and everyone got into the jeep and went to the village where the crew of "Red Sorghum" was located.

This is a typical northwest village. Before Wu Jianye and others entered the village, they saw Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei and others finishing work.

Wu Jianye drove the car directly towards Zhang Yimou and the others. The jeep drove through the rolled up dust, making it difficult for them to see who was sitting in the car, but he saw a car hit him Come here, still startled.

Wu Jianye slammed on the brakes not far from them, and the dust was stirred up, causing Zhang Yimou and others to fall into the dust.

"Bah bah bah! Who is so wicked!" Jiang Yun couldn't help cursing.

"Haha, what's up, comrades, the leader is here to condolence your life!" Wu Jianye laughed and got out of the car.

Hearing it was Wu Jianye's voice, Zhang Yimou and others were relieved, but as old classmates for many years, Zhang Yimou and Gu Changwei quit at that time, threw the guy in their hands, and went straight to Wu Jianye and Zhao Changwei. Fei chased after him.

"Old Wu, you are too bad!" Zhang Yimou and Gu Changwei shouted while chasing after him.

"It can only be said that you don't have the eyesight to see, and you don't know how to hide when you see the car crashing into it!" Wu Jianye shouted while hiding.

How could Wu Jianye and Zhao Fei be caught by them? They also ran away.

Soon everyone saw the four chasing in the dust.

At the side, Gong Li couldn't help but said: "I've never seen Director Zhang do this before." At the end, Gong Li didn't know how to express it.

When she first joined the group, she found that Zhang Yimou was very serious, as if all her mind was in the movie, and this was the first time that she behaved like a big boy.

Jiang Yun laughed from the sidelines and said, "It's nothing, both Angkor and Director Zhang are classmates in Class 78. I heard that they had a very good relationship when they were in school, and this film also has Angkor's dignified culture." Investing."

Gong Li whispered 'oh'.

The four of them quarreled for a while before it was over, but when the four returned to the crowd, they were all disheveled.

"Old Mouzi, you're still so sluggish that you've even learned how to pick out gear." Wu Jianye shook his hair. Ever since he cut a bald head when filming "Qujing Daughter Country", Wu Jianye has gotten used to it. short hair.

"Don't talk nonsense!" At this time Wu Jianye found that Zhang Yimou was a little shy.

Wu Jianye didn't think much about it, he patted the car he was driving, and said: "The things in the trunk are for you to improve your food, hurry up and find someone to carry them out, damn it, I almost died of smoke during this journey."

Hearing this, Zhang Yimou quickly asked someone to open the trunk, and moved all the food Wu Jianye had brought to their yard.

Looking at the chicken, duck and fish in the trunk, the crew of "Red Sorghum" applauded loudly.

The crew of "Red Sorghum" borrowed two courtyards here. Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, Jiang Yun, Gong Li and others lived in one courtyard, while others lived in another.

Chicken, duck and fish were moved into the compound where Zhang Yimou lived, so someone was naturally responsible for cooking.

But Wu Jianye and the others were in the yard, washing the dust off their bodies.

"I thought it would take a while for you guys to come over!" Zhang Yimou said, wiping his face with a towel.

When Zhang Yimou left Yanjing, Wu Jianye never knew that he was going to come here to take pictures.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "The sooner you finish the selection, the better you can start setting the scene earlier."

Zhang Yimou sat down on the mound in the yard and asked, "How long are you going to stay here this time?"

"Two or three days, there are still a few places I haven't seen, so I'll go to Dunhuang after finishing it." Wu Jianye said.

"Oh, what about the official shooting?"

"It will probably be in the second half of the year."

"Then we won't be able to touch each other. At that time, my side will also finish filming!" Zhang Yimou said.

Then Gu Changwei and Zhao Fei also joined in the chatting process.

"How about these actors?" Wu Jianye asked.

Gu Changwei smiled and said: "This Jiang Yan is really good, but he has his own ideas too much, and he has to quarrel with Lao Mouzi every now and then."

Zhang Yimou shook his head and smiled wryly after hearing this, but he had to admit that Jiang Yun is indeed a very good actor.

"Then what about the actress he chose?" Wu Jianye walked to Gu Changwei with a smile and asked.

Gu Changwei complained: "At the beginning, it was not very good, but this is also a good seedling, and now it has fully entered the state."

Then Gu Changwei told Wu Jianye the story of Gong Li just joining the crew.

It turned out that when the crew first came to the filming location, Zhang Yimou asked Gong Li to learn the lifestyle of rural women here.

You have to learn how to feed chickens, herd ducks, carry water, and chop firewood.

".I remember that Gong Li was wearing a fancy bat shirt, and went to fetch water. There were wooden barrels here, and there was no water in the barrels. She was walking around in the yard by herself. Hey, yes, according to your The saying is that the picture is too hot for the eyes!"

"Haha!" Wu Jianye couldn't help laughing. In his memory, he only knew Lao Mouzi and Gong Li. He really didn't know the story that appeared in the movie.

Zhang Yimou defended Gong Li from the side: "She just came here, so I don't know about it. Later, I asked her to learn from the women in the village. It didn't take long for her to look decent!"

Listening to Zhang Yimou defending Gong Li, Wu Jianye showed him a deep smile, and Zhang Yimou's rough face turned slightly red.
After a few people chatted for a while, they shouted that it was time to eat.

Before Wu Jianye and the others came, Zhang Yimou and the others could sit down at almost two tables, but today there were more Wu Jianye and the others, and another table was borrowed from someone in the village, and there were three tables for people.

Wu Jianye was sitting with Zhang Yimou, Zhao Fei, Gu Changwei and others were sitting next to them, and Jiang Yun, Gong Li, Feng Kuoyu and others were sitting opposite.

"How is it? Were there any difficulties during filming?" Wu Jianye asked.

Zhang Yimou shook his head and said, "It's going well."

"Hey, don't you two always have such a tacit understanding, okay? The dishes are all the same, we will be jealous!"

Wu Jianye and Zhang Yimou were chatting about movies when they heard Gu Changwei's funny voice next to him. Wu Jianye looked up and saw that it was Jiang Yun and Gong Li who also picked up spinach with their chopsticks.

Looking at the appearance of other people in the crew, they are obviously used to teasing Gu Changwei.

Jiang Yun said nonchalantly: "You can pick it up if you want to eat it, it's okay!"

"By the way, are you going to shoot that movie tomorrow?" Wu Jianye didn't take it seriously and continued to ask Zhang Yimou about the movie.

But this time Wu Jianye did not get an answer from Zhang Yimou. He turned his head and found that Zhang Yimou was looking straight at Gong Li with a trace of doubt in his eyes, while Gong Li was blushing a little.
This is interesting!

Wu Jianye laughed, and then he didn't chat with Zhang Yimou anymore, but concentrated on eating dinner.

At night, Wu Jianye and the others did not leave, but decided to spend the night with Zhang Yimou and the others.

At night, Wu Jianye lived in Zhang Yimou's room. Zhang Yimou's mood had recovered at this time, and he was chatting casually with Wu Jianye.

"In the past, everyone said that I had been interested in movies for a long time. In fact, what really aroused my interest was when I was filming "Yellow Earth" with Kaige two years ago. Now I am filming "Red Sorghum" not for a self-entertainment movie. It is not a longing for happy movies, but a yearning for quickly integrating the repressed oriental culture into the world through movies.”

At this time, Zhang Yimou's eyes were shining with light, but he also showed great pressure.

Compared with the film directors of later generations, Zhang Yimou's generation of directors, no matter good or bad, always put a lot of pressure on themselves outside of the film itself. This is a kind of responsibility and the pursuit of their generation.

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Nowadays, there are very few domestic movies like "Red Sorghum". Those nearly perfect Chinese war movies will seem a bit monotonous in this era, and everyone is eager to see something new. To open up the thoughts that everyone is eager to move around.”

A surprised smile appeared on Zhang Yimou's face: "Yes, Chinese people are now madly infatuated with Nietzsche from the West. His 'dionysian spirit' has stimulated many people like me. I have traveled to many places in the past two years. Seeing that everything on the vast land is thriving after the catastrophe and rebirth, people are eager to use fresh blood to expand themselves. The spiritual joy seems to explode in a moment, but no one can give it. Everyone has a reason to explode, so I chose Mo Yan's "Red Sorghum Family"!"

Zhang Yimou, who used to be reticent in the past, was very excited when he talked about his thoughts on the movie, which was quite different from his previous image.

Wu Jianye understands that this is the emotion that a person who has just started to work hard for his inner thoughts should have.

He laughed and said, "Then let's make a good film. Our Tangting Culture has invested in this film. If it succeeds, our Tangting Culture will also be honored."

Zhang Yimou curled his lips, "Old Wu, what we are talking about now is the art of film, can you stop being so clichéd?"

How could Wu Jianye be used to Zhang Yimou?

"Nonsense, not clichéd, where is the money to invest in your movie!"

Ideal and reality always collide so inadvertently.

Zhang Yimou pouted, but still felt that he couldn't explain Wu Jianye, so he had to shut up.

Wu Jianye smiled triumphantly.

At this time, he thought of Feng Pants next door again. The development paths of the two were really different. Lao Mouzi was the peak when he debuted. In terms of official recognition, Lao Mouzi can be said to have achieved success, but later he also bowed to the capital and started to fight. Commercial Film.

As for Feng Pants, he first made great achievements in business, and then turned his head to pursue official recognition.
"Okay, you go to bed first, I'll go out for a while." Zhang Yimou said suddenly.

Wu Jianye smiled and shook his head, but didn't ask Zhang Yimou why he went out!
　Thanks to 'woofer' for rewarding 100 starting coins ~ good people have money in life ~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)