The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 544 A very profound movie

On a cold night, accompanied by the countdown of countless people, I officially left in 2011 and took over with my head held high in 2012.

In the Mainland film market, it is still the two heroes "Jinling Jinling" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" who compete for supremacy, and other released movies have become cannon fodder.

There were almost no movies in early January 2012, and everyone was avoiding "The Thirteen Hairpins" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".

The two heavyweight movies are almost deadlocked. "The Thirteen Beauties" has a domestic box office of more than 2000 million yuan, while "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" has taken more than 6000 million yuan.

Both films have almost no overseas market.

The data of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" are good, but it definitely lost money, and it lost a lot of money.

"Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" can barely protect its capital. Whether Bona can fool Meiliguo's investors depends on Yu Dong's ability.

"Thirteen Hairpins" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" have entered their fourth week, and their box office and film schedule have plummeted. At this time, the Chinese New Year is here, and a batch of new films are released.

The movies that have attracted the most attention are "The Magician", "Reverse", and "Sherlock Holmes 2". In addition to these three movies, there are also some messy comedies, such as "New Year's Eve" and "The Good News" , "The Dinner Party Is Crazy", "Transformation into a Man and a Woman", "Time and Space Rescue".

These movies are not interesting at first glance. To put it bluntly, all the movies in this year’s Spring Festival are very weak, and there is not a single movie that can compete.

Lee Sheng-yew did not pay too much attention to the mainland film market. When "Backlash" was released, he attended the premiere, not because he liked the movie, but simply to support Jay.

Except for "Reverse War", Lee Sheng-yew ignored all other invitations. He concentrated on the post-production of "Parasite".

On this morning, the sun rarely came out in Yanjing. The shallow sunlight fell down, bringing a bit of warmth to the earth that had been gloomy for a long time.

More people went out to play, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere.

Li Shengyao took his assistant and rushed to the Hilton Hotel by car.

Soon after, Li Shengyao arrived at hotel room 1608 and rang the doorbell.

This room lives in Chen Guangrong, an honored guest invited by Li Shengyao from Hong Kong Island.

Chen Guangrong is the Hong Kong musician who admired Cheng Ekin and is also the composer of "Infernal Affairs". He has previously collaborated with Li Shengyao in "Sicario".

His style is to use Western instruments to play music with a Chinese tradition and a sense of destiny.

Li Shengyao thought it was very suitable to score "Parasite", so he invited him over.

The two had cooperated happily before, and Chen Guangrong happily agreed this time.

Lee Sing-yew completed the first cut of "Parasite" and then handed it over to Chen Guangrong to score the score.

After about 20 days, Chen Guangrong completed the score the day before yesterday. Li Shengyao saw the effect of Chen Guangrong's score and he was very satisfied.

Chen Guangrong's salary has been settled long ago. Li Shengyao originally thought that Chen Guangrong would return to Hong Kong Island yesterday, but he heard the news this morning that Chen Guangrong did not return to Hong Kong Island yesterday. Instead, he locked himself in the hotel room and did not go out all day. .

Since he was an honored guest invited by himself, Li Shengyao was naturally worried about Chen Guangrong's safety. Although he did not think Chen Guangrong would do anything stupid, he still brought his assistant over just in case.

The doorbell rang, but no one came to open the door after it rang once.

Li Shengyao felt even more worried and rang the doorbell again.

The doorbell rang continuously, but no one opened the door.

Just when Li Shengyao frowned and was about to ask someone from the hotel to open the door, there was a click and the door opened.

But he saw Chen Guangrong standing in the room. He hadn't seen him for a day. He was unshaven and had two dark circles on his face. His cheeks were sunken and he was much thinner.

The room was airtight, the windows were all closed, and the air was not good.

There was a long-dusted smell coming from inside.

Li Shengyao then discovered that the lights in the room were turned on, but all the windows were closed and the curtains were drawn.

It was obviously just a day of complete closure, but it seemed as if this place had been closed for 50 years.

Li Shengyao waited for Chen Guangrong to sit down, and then asked: "Mr. Chen, what... happened to you?"

Chen Guangrong's hair was messy and his face was greasy, as if he had been playing games all night without rest.

Li Shengyao didn't understand very much. What happened to Lao Chen? Didn't he complete the soundtrack and get 100 million? What else is there to be sad about?
Hearing this, Chen Guangrong looked up at Li Shengyao and said with a wry smile: "Director Li, I'm much better now."

"really?"

Chen Guangrong did not directly answer Li Shengyao's words, so Li Shengyao did not ask further questions.

"Really, I'm much better now."

Apart from Chen Guangrong's haggard appearance, he is in good condition in other aspects, and his eyes are normal.

Li Shengyao said nothing more. He nodded, "When will you return to Hong Kong Island? I will have someone book a flight for you."

"Tonight."

Li Shengyao breathed a sigh of relief, no matter how Chen Guangrong was doing before?When he gets home, he should be able to adjust his mood appropriately. He nodded, "Okay, then I'll have someone book a ticket for you tonight. Chinese New Year is coming soon, and you just go home to reunite with your relatives."

Chen Guangrong heard the concern in Li Shengyao's words. He scratched his head in embarrassment, then looked at Li Shengyao's assistant and whispered: "Director Li, in fact, I am like this because of "Parasite". Done After reading the soundtrack, I watched the finished movie with you. After watching the movie, I felt completely bad. The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I became.

I've watched a lot of movies before and it was hard to watch sometimes.

However, in the past seven or eight years, there have been a lot less cases like this. Probably "Parasite" was filmed on Hong Kong Island, which gave me a deeper feeling.

After reading it, I felt panicked and felt an indescribable feeling of helplessness, grief, anger, sadness, and despair.

For the first time, I discovered that our world is so cruel and bloody, just like a battlefield. "

He paused and said, "I'm lucky. I have some ability to make money and don't need to worry about making a living. But I know that many people in Hong Kong live a very difficult life despite high wages."

After all, Chen Guangrong is a literary and artistic worker, relatively emotional, and he is from Hong Kong Island.

The gap between rich and poor on Hong Kong Island is particularly wide.

After watching "Parasite", I felt something in my heart, which is actually understandable.

Li Shengyao patted Chen Guangrong on the shoulder, "Mr. Chen, don't think too much. We ordinary people, living well, are just making contributions to the world.

Don't think too much, I don't want to see such a result. Your health is important, and you have to produce a lot of excellent music in the future. "

Chen Guangrong nodded, indicating that he was no longer entangled in it and came out of his bad mood.

Li Shengyao continued chatting for a while, then got up and left.

Before leaving, Chen Guangrong solemnly said: "Director Li, "Parasite" is a great movie, and it is an honor for me to score such a movie.

Thank you very much for your appreciation.

If you have a movie in the future, you can come to me at any time. Regardless of whether you have time or not, I will give priority to your movie. "

……

"Parasite" has gone through initial editing, dubbing and scoring, English subtitles, and fine editing. It is considered to be completely completed post-production.

Lee Sheng-yew had already seen the finished film, and he didn't find any problems.

In order to brainstorm ideas, he decided to hold an internal viewing party and invite several assistant directors and photographers to come and watch the finished film of "Parasite".

This afternoon, a black car headed towards the Liangma River area.

This side of Liangma River is the embassy area, where there are many foreigners. The flow of people is relatively less than other places, and it is relatively quiet when walking along the way.Lao Mouzi was sitting in the car. He was wearing a thick dark blue down jacket and cotton pants, just like an ordinary old man.

At this time, he had his eyes closed and his hands rested naturally on his thighs, as if he was asleep.

Zhang Mo was sitting next to Lao Mouzi. She looked much younger. She wore a light gray denim jacket on her upper body, a pair of black leather pants on her lower body, and two large earrings.

She lived in the beautiful country for several years. After she came back, she dressed in American style in her life as long as it was not working time.

It's not that she likes it or admires it, it's just that she's used to it.

At this time, Zhang Mo ignored Lao Mouzi's eyes and kept chirping, just like a bird. After calling, it is difficult to take it back.

Zhang Mo was so noisy that Lao Mouzi couldn't sleep, so he just closed his eyes to hide away.

"Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" has just been finished, and now there are some rumors outside that Zhang Weiping took advantage of Lao Mouzi's dividends.

Lao Mouzi was doubtful. He was not sure whether the rumors were true.

In addition, he is a restless person. After finishing "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", he is thinking about his next movie.

This has made him think a lot recently and his mood is not very stable.

Hearing that Lee Sing-yew was going to hold an internal screening of "Parasite", he planned to go there and watch it to find inspiration.

Zhang Mo is one of the assistant directors, so he will naturally pass by.

She was very excited and kept talking about how good "Parasite" was.

Lao Mouzi was speechless. Zhang Mo was even more enthusiastic than when he was promoting "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" a few days ago.

Zhang Mo is his daughter, so he is somewhat jealous.

"Dad, I can guarantee that "Parasite" is definitely the most profound Chinese-language film after the millennium, better than any other film of the same type."

Zhang Mo did not have such a firm tone when promoting "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins".

Lao Mouzi regretted a little. He had known better that he would not have arranged for Zhang Mo to be the assistant director.

As for Zhang Mo’s words.

Lao Mouzi was doubtful. He had read the script before and knew that the story of "Parasite" was very good.

But the excellent script does not mean that Lee Sheng-yew perfectly expressed the story.

He is not a young man like Zhang Mo. He has made so many movies that reflect the great changes. Although he stopped making similar movies after the millennium, he has always been paid attention to.

This type of film is difficult to make.

Soon after, the car arrived at Liangmahe Building. Lao Mouzi and Zhang Mo entered the headquarters of Fenghua Film and Television Company together, and then watched "Parasite" together in the movie room.

Li Shengyao was not watching the movie with him in the movie room. He had already watched the movie and just chatted with Lao Mouzi for a few words before returning to the office.

In the viewing room, a group of assistant directors, photographers, and Lao Mouzi watched "Parasite".

Before watching it, Lao Mouzi had always had doubts. He felt that given Li Shengyao's age, it would be difficult to control such a movie.

He had read the script of "Parasite" and knew that it was not a very commercial story.

It’s not easy to attract an audience with a story like this.

However, after seeing the beginning of "Parasite", Lao Mouzi understood that this movie was more than half successful.

There is no fierce conflict at the beginning of the movie. Instead, it uses ordinary life to focus on portraying the characters' personalities. The characters drive the plot. The male protagonist's family is used to describe the living conditions of the lower class of Hong Kong Island.

This opening is very objective and grimly expresses the life of the poor.

Logically speaking, it should be a bit boring.

But under Li Shengyao's arrangement, the actors contributed very strong acting skills, and such a plain beginning of the story is still fascinating.

Even though he hasn't seen the final production results yet, Lao Mouzi feels that the character of the movie is solid and the follow-up story of the hero and his family is very worth looking forward to.

Lao Mouzi has not seen such a wonderful beginning for a long time.

Movies like Chief Jia and Lou Ye have better themes, but in terms of movie performance, they are all relatively bland.

The story is mediocre and boring.

There is no way to tell ordinary stories vividly and interestingly.

But "Parasite" is different. The ordinary plot is still attractive enough.

Lao Mouzi glanced at Zhang Mo and nodded secretly when he saw that his daughter was completely immersed in it.

Zhang Mo's participation in such a good movie is very important for her growth.

He then calmed down and watched "Parasite" wholeheartedly.

Two hours later, Lao Mouzi walked out of the viewing room with the others. No one spoke. They quietly found chairs and sat down. They were still digesting the ending of "Parasite".

The rich family didn't insult the male protagonist too much, just a look of disgust, but the male protagonist went on a rampage and killed someone.

This ending seems a bit abrupt, but if you think about it carefully, it seems so reasonable.

The poor and the rich are completely two different creatures, just like day and night, with almost no intersection.

The poor have almost no possibility of leaping into social class. Even if they are very smart, they still cannot change their destiny.

At this time, for the poor, who are so embarrassed, helpless, and desperate, their bottom line is crucial.

The hero's bottom line is human dignity, but the wealthy family repeatedly disdained him for having the "smell of the poor" in him, and he finally broke out.

The ending is undoubtedly shocking.

It was only then that the audience came to their senses and realized that the conflict between the poor and the rich had become so acute.

When Lao Mouzi read the script before, he thought the ending of the story was exciting, but it didn't give him too much emotion.

At this time, he was very shocked and thought of more topics related to the poor and the rich.

Only then did he realize that Lee Sheng-yew had perfectly brought the wonderful story of "Parasite" to the big screen.

He couldn't help but said to Li Shengyao: "Director Li, "Parasite" is definitely the most profound movie after the millennium that reflects the polarization between rich and poor. On this theme, globally, "Parasite" is the most profound." good.

No wonder you want to hit Cannes. This movie definitely has a chance to win the grand prize, and you have a chance to win the Palme d'Or twice in a row. "

Hearing this, Li Shengyao felt happy and said, "Director Zhang, see if there is anything that needs improvement."

"No, the movie maintains a restrained angle from beginning to end. There is no need to adjust at all. This style is most suitable for this movie."

Lao Mouzi paused and said, "Director Li, if you have a good script in the future, don't forget me. I am very willing to challenge different types of stories."

"it is good."

"Also, help me take care of Zhang Mo from now on. Making movies with you will have a better future than following me. I can no longer make such a tense movie."

(End of this chapter)