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Chapter 287 Heroes

"Along the ups and downs of the mountains and rivers, gentle curves
Let the horses love the Central Plains, love the North and the South
Facing the stormy and passionate companionship of ice knives and snow swords

Cherish the golden years bestowed upon me by heaven..."

The entire editing room was silent, only Liao Yuan's singing came slowly from the player.

The prelude of "Borrowing 500 Years from the Sky" is the same as "Unlimited Rivers and Mountains". It also has the timbre of the national musical instrument "cymbal", but it is also accompanied by dense drum beats and the shouts of thousands of people synthesized by a synthesizer. At the same time, it can be described as majestic, which made Zhang Yichi very satisfied.

"This song is good, Liao Yuan's singing is also very good, his tone is sonorous, and he has a strong masculinity."

Director Zhang Yichi nodded frequently, feeling quite comfortable.

Sure enough, it makes sense to entrust professional things to professional people.

However, when the chorus sounded, Zhang Yichi frowned visibly.

The others also obviously felt that something was wrong, and they were all a little surprised.

Zhang Yichi ordered: "Play it again."

The assistant quickly rewinds the tape.

"Look at the clattering of iron hooves, walking all over thousands of miles of rivers and mountains

I stand on the cusp of the storm, holding the sun and the moon tightly

May the world of fireworks be peaceful and happy
I really want to live another 500 years—"

Needle drop could be heard in the editing room, only Liao Yuan's sonorous and powerful singing voice was still echoing.

"Hey, that's not right!"

The assistant raised a question: "It's okay to say 'iron hooves clank', but this 'May the world of fireworks be peaceful and happy'... Cough, why does this sentence feel a little disharmonious?"

Zhang Yichi paused and said, "Tell me your opinion."

The assistant quickly said: "Director Zhang, my knowledge is not as profound as Teacher Liao's. Maybe it's because I'm overthinking it, so it's not worth mentioning."

"Just say it!" Zhang Yichi scolded, "Don't be twitchy like a bitch!"

The assistant laughed dryly: "That's what you asked me to say, Director Zhang, look, the phrase 'Look at the clanging of iron hooves, and walk all over thousands of miles of rivers and mountains' doesn't seem to be suitable for Emperor Kangxi? In history, iron hoofs trampled everywhere Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are usually used to describe the invasion of foreign races, which is a relatively tragic and infuriating behavior. In the descriptions of many literary works, the most described iron hooves are Japan, which invaded our country from 1931 to 1945. If it is Kangxi dynasty……"

"At that time, Kangxi's own camp was the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had already controlled most of the country's territory. Whether it was Wu Sangui's or Ge Erdan's rebellion, it only affected some provinces. The invasion of Tsarist Russia was a small-scale conflict in the bitter cold border area. There is no such thing as 'treading thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with iron hoofs'. Therefore, if Kangxi used 'treading thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with iron hoofs' to describe their rule of the Qing Dynasty, then we can only say... hehe, he is too arrogant."

Zhang Yichi nodded slowly: "That's right, let's continue."

The assistant received the award, cheered up, coughed, and continued: "As for the 'May the world of fireworks, peace and happiness' is even more weird, it is obvious that the sentence is not smooth! This sentence is also very awkward for Kangxi. First of all, "fireworks in the world" is often used to refer to secular life, so what does "fireworks in the world" mean? Why "wish for fireworks in the world"? Could it be that there were no fireworks in the world before, and did Kangxi need to raise it as a great hope? As for "An De Tai Ping Happiness" is even more strange. I am a liberal arts student, and I have studied classical Chinese. This "An De" means "where to find it, where to find it", and there is a sense of "desirable". Looking forward. I said earlier that I would like to see fireworks in the world, and then I added a sentence about where to find peace and happiness... Is this really the main style of "The Prosperous Age of Kangxi and Qianlong"? It is quite different from the TV content you shot, director Zhang. Does it seem a bit inexplicable to put it here? gone?"

Zhang Yichi tapped his fingers on the table, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Play the whole song again."

As a result, "Borrowing from the Sky for Another 500 Years" resounded throughout the editing room.

If playing it once is not enough, play it again.

It went on for half an hour.

The more Zhang Yichi listens to this song, the more he likes it.

Liao Yuan's interpretation of the song was quite to his liking. The tone of the whole song is sonorous and full of emotion. It sounds like it fully demonstrates the broad-mindedness and heroic temperament of a generation of emperors who look forward to the past and present, and possesses difficult singing skills. ,only……

The lyrics are so jarring.

The more I listened, the more awkward I became.

Zhang Yichi stood up, walked out of the editing room, took out his mobile phone, found Liao Yuan's name in the address book, and clicked to dial.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Xiao Liao, I listened to the song you sent, but the more I think about it, the more I don't understand it."

Zhang Yichi was not polite to Liao Yuan, and said straightforwardly: "I like "Unlimited Rivers and Mountains" very much, and it fits the momentum of the Qing Dynasty, but "Borrowing 500 Years from the Sky", although the tune is majestic and domineering, some of the lyrics , I think there may be some mistakes, especially the lyrics of "May there be peace and happiness in the world of fireworks"-my assistant is a liberal arts graduate, and he also thinks the meaning of this sentence is a bit unreasonable."

Liao Yuan was not surprised, and said bluntly: "Director Zhang, the lyrics of the song "Borrow from the Sky for Another 500 Years" are actually used to describe Zheng Chenggong."

"Zheng Chenggong?"

Zhang Yichi was taken aback for a moment, he obviously didn't expect it.

"Yes, 'May there be peace and happiness in the world of fireworks', the original lyrics were 'Blood flooded the world, peace and happiness in the world', I'm sorry Director Zhang, I didn't make it clear in advance, this is my fault."

Liao Yuan said seriously.

"Borrowing from Heaven for Another 500 Years" was the theme song of "Kangxi Dynasty" in the previous life.

When Liao Yuan searched for songs about Kangxi in his mind, he naturally thought of this song, but he didn't pay too much attention to the lyrics.

But according to the collation of fans in previous lives, this song "Borrowing from the Sky for Another 500 Years" was indeed originally about Zheng Chenggong.

Later, due to various reasons, it was passed on to the TV series "Kangxi Dynasty", so the lyrics have also been slightly changed, but if you understand it carefully, it is obvious that this song is more suitable for describing Zheng Chenggong than Kangxi.

Zhang Yichi didn't react for a while.

It took him a long time to let out a long breath, and said with a wry smile: "It turns out that the world is flooded with blood, and it is peaceful and happy. Well, this is more smooth."

The air was silent.

Liao Yuan was a little embarrassed.

Zheng Chenggong and Kangxi are two extremes. As far as the present is concerned, throughout the long history, the 56 ethnic groups are all one family and have been completely integrated into one body. There is no need to dispute this point.But at that time, Kangxi's Manchu camp was an alien invasion for Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong's existence was to "anti-Qing and restore Ming".

From Zheng Chenggong's point of view, this song complains about how the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, bloody massacres, how to be peaceful and happy.

In this way, the logical relationship between the upper and lower sentences is clear.

On the other hand, "May the world of fireworks be peaceful and happy", there is no logical connection.

"This song is not bad. Compared with "Unlimited Rivers and Mountains", "Borrowing to the Sky for Another 500 Years" is more in line with my taste, but how can I say it as a person?" Zhang Yichi thought for a while, and said: "It's a bit of a pursuit. Perfectionism, in the crew, even if a scene or an actor's acting skills don't meet my taste, I will ask for a reshoot, no matter how much time and money is wasted, Xiao Liao, I will use "Unlimited Country" , As for "Borrowing from the Sky for Another 500 Years", I can recommend a crew to you, I think it is very suitable for their work."

"No need, Director Zhang."

Liao Yuan said: ""Unlimited Rivers and Mountains" is my gift to you. Thank you for your willingness to pay a high price for my work. As for "Borrowing from the Heaven for Another 500 Years", forget it. I believe in fate. It doesn't have enough opportunities. Just put it in the bottom of the box first!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yichi felt a little uncomfortable.

There is no doubt that "Borrowing 500 Years from the Sky" is a good song. He really wanted to ignore those flaws and abruptly put this song in the TV series, but he couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart.

As for the tone of Liao Yuan's phone call, although he couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, he looked at it from Liao Yuan's point of view: I just wrote you a song to return favors, can I value the copyright fee?Is I short of money?
To be honest, in Zhang Yichi's opinion, Liao Yuan is really not short of money.

I rejected Liao Yuan like this, it seems that Liao Yuan has formed a rift in Liao Yuan's heart, and it will be really difficult to cooperate in the future.

Zhang Yichi felt a little regretful. He called his assistant and said, "For the song "Unlimited Rivers and Mountains", pay Little Yellow Fish according to the market price—we should charge a little more, and the price should be higher than the market price."

The assistant responded quickly, and then hurriedly went to the finance to discuss the matter.

Zhang Yichi sat in the editing room and continued to work, but he was still restless. Within 10 minutes, he stood up again, picked up the phone, and dialed: "Hey, Kang Cheng, there is something I have to tell you. You mention..."

"That's right, that's Liao Yuan, the pianist Liao Yuan, um..."

"Isn't your movie missing a theme song? What? Already have it?"

"Okay, I'll send you this song first, and you make up your own mind."

……

Taiwan, Pingtung County, Kenting Park.

It faces the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Taiwan Strait to the west, and the Bashi Channel to the south.

The name of Kenting is said to be that during the Qing Dynasty, a group of strong men came from the mainland to cultivate the southernmost place in Taiwan, and this place was called "Kenting" by later generations.

Here is a tropical climate, with an annual average of 25 degrees.The geology is dominated by coral reefs. The terrain surrounded by the sea on three sides and mountains on the north, coupled with the half-year-long downhill wind, has created Kenting's special topography.

The landscape of Kenting is diverse, including beach shells, cliffs, sand waterfalls, skirts, stalactite caves, etc.

The crew of "The Great Hero Zheng Chenggong" was shot here.

After receiving a call from his senior Zhang Yichi, the famous film director Wu Kangcheng felt a little strange.

He graduated from the same film school as Zhang Yichi, but he is a junior. He is 37 years old. At the beginning of his debut, he worked under Zhang Yichi as an assistant director. Later, he went out independently and made several films. Gradually, his reputation has risen. Although he has not yet had a statuette, he can be regarded as a good director who is well-known in the circle.

The epic movie "Big Hero Zheng Chenggong" is another masterpiece he carefully prepared, with a total investment of 6000 million. It was invested and produced by Beijing Film Studio. eyeball,
Wu Kangcheng is quite complacent. The preparation work before the shooting took nearly a year. Not only did he simulate and build a large number of Dutch warships and Ming Dynasty gunboats on a 1:1 scale, he also produced a large number of costumes and props that fully conformed to historical facts. It has attracted great attention from the film industry at home and abroad.

It has been three months since the official shooting, and the work is about to be finalized, and everything is ready.

With the support of Beijing Film Production, no matter how bloody or restricted the movie is, it is absolutely certain that it will pass the first trial.

At the same time, this is also the proud work of Wu Kangcheng who tried his best and tried his best to complete it.

But a phone call from senior Zhang Yichi made him feel a little depressed.

He felt that the senior was trying to intervene in his work to train his newcomers.

And this is what he has always hated since he was in the shadows.

But Zhang Yichi has the grace of rebuilding him, and he can't ignore it.

"Liao Yuan? Pianist? What the hell, I've never heard of it!"

Recently, he has been filming in Taiwan. Wu Kangcheng, who doesn't pay much attention to the turmoil in the entertainment industry, smoked a cigarette and puffed out the smoke, trying to escape the depression in his heart.

After smoking for a while, he waited until the phone vibrated, and a new email was sent to his e-mail.

He handed over the work in hand to the assistant director, then said a few words on the scene, pointed out the actors' body movements for a while, and finally returned to the nanny's car in a dispirited mood, and ordered the assistant to play the audio from the mailbox.

This nanny car is worth more than 200 million yuan, and it is also equipped with the world's top audio system, the Sound of Berlin.

The Sound of Berlin is also known as the Rolls-Royce of the audio industry, and its sound quality is evident.

The assistant quickly connected the director's mobile phone with bluetooth, and then the sound of music came slowly.

The initial folk music ensemble made Wu Kangcheng feel a little interesting.

He lay lazily on the sofa chair, closed his eyes, with a tired face, as if he wanted to sleep.

"Along the ups and downs and gentle curves of the mountains and rivers

Letting horses love the Central Plains, loving the North and Jiangnan..."

When the singing started, he slowly opened his eyes, showing the appearance of listening carefully.

"Being a man is daring, and being a man is not afraid of hardships and dangers.
The pride remains the same, year after year..."

As the singing progressed step by step, he sat up all of a sudden, with a look of surprise on his face, as if... something different from what he imagined?
With the description of the singing, the information about Zheng Sen that he had consulted during this period emerged in his mind.

Zheng Sen is Zheng Chenggong, the son of Zheng Zhilong, the commander-in-chief of southern Fujian Province. Emperor Longwu gave him the surname of the country and the name "Chenggong". The story of the "one generation of lonely ministers" of Fuming became the national hero who regained Taiwan.

Therefore, Wu Kangcheng couldn't understand that heroic epic that turned the world around.

Just because he knew too well, when the image of the hero in his mind gradually overlapped with the singing voice, he couldn't help but his eyes were red and he almost shed tears.

"Look at the clattering of iron hooves, walking all over thousands of miles of rivers and mountains

I stand on the cusp of the storm, holding the sun and the moon tightly

May the world of fireworks be peaceful and happy
I really want to live another 500 years—"

If you give this national hero another 500 years...

Wu Kangcheng's nasal cavity was sore, and the seven-foot man burst into tears at this moment.
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