sailing in that era

Chapter 231 Indecision
As soon as Peng Baili heard this, he asked, "How's the preparation going?"

Although Ah Mou is basically a contracted director of Starfire Entertainment, he has a high degree of freedom, and he has a lot of freedom in creation. He basically has the final say on film casting or preparation.

Besides, he doesn't want to interrupt Ah Mou's progress at this stage. You must know that now is the time when his luck and creative ability are the strongest. One good movie after another, the three major European film festivals are soft.

Every movie can win awards, so it is no exaggeration to say that it is really a child of luck.

Decades later, throughout Greater China, he has won more international awards than all other Chinese directors combined, which is awesome PLUS.

He also took a look at the urban beauty Gong Li next to Ah Mou. This movie was so important to her that she won the Best Actress in Venice, the first Chinese actress to win such an important award.

He trained a beautiful woman like her into a living rural woman.

Ah Mou is awesome!
And Gong Li is also ruthless to herself, pretending to be ugly and humiliating herself without mercy.

Ah Mou thought for a while and said: "For most of the characters in this movie, I want to find non-professional actors with the same status as the characters. For other family members of Qiu Ju's family, I am also going to find real family members from the local countryside to play them." …”

A Mou carefully explained the main plot of his film, which happened in a small mountain village in the northwest.

Qiu Ju's husband, Wang Qinglai, had a dispute with the village chief Wang Shantang over the land contracted by his family. After being kicked to the heart by the village chief, Wang Qinglai lay in bed all day and couldn't work.

Afterwards, Qiu Ju complained everywhere with her big belly, and finally got a seemingly fair result. In the plot, Qiu Ju's character is beautiful, and her spirit of seeking an "explanation" cannot but make people feel sympathetic and thoughtful.

Peng Baili knew it was a good movie as soon as he heard it. To be honest, Yuan Shikong himself rarely thinks about movies or anything, and his writing skills are not very good, and his appreciation ability is not high.

But it’s not the same now. I have been going to the library all these years, and with the blessing of my almost photographic memory, my appreciation of movies has been greatly improved.

This film shows the psychological reaction of farmers in the reform and opening up movement from a rather unique perspective, and better resolves the gap between "realism tendency and modeling tendency" that other directors of Ah Mou's generation failed to deal with perfectly. The contradictions of the whole film are relaxed and the narrative is calm.

It can be said that this is another breakthrough for Ah Mou after the success of "Red Sorghum".

Great directors have a different idea, and they like to use amateurs the most.

According to A Mou's idea, there are only 4 professional actors in the whole movie, and the other actors are all non-professional actors. The purpose is to make the movie more real and increase the artistry of the movie.

At the end, Ah Mou said a little embarrassedly: "Since most non-professional actors will be used, this will waste a lot of submissions, so I plan to shoot with a super 16mm camera, which should save one-third of the film and printing costs~ "

Seeing this, Peng Baili quickly waved his hands, "No, no, just use the best camera. I'm not short of that money. Art can't be flawed."

What a joke, brother, is that money short?
Ah Mou felt very comfortable and a little bit moved after hearing this, but he still had to speak clearly, "Well, I did a rough calculation. If you do this, you will need about 10 feet of film, which is equivalent to the amount of five films." .”

"It's only five or six million." Peng Baili said very relaxedly: "Besides, even though I've heard a rough idea of ​​your movie, I know it's a good story. As long as it's filmed, this year's Venice Awards will be within reach. Maybe Sister Li Can become the first queen of the three major European film festivals among us Chinese!"

Gong Li's eyes lit up, "Really?"

Then she turned her head and looked at Mou expectantly, hoping that he would explain as well.

A Mou gave Peng Baili a resentful look, "Hehe, as long as the role is well interpreted, the possibility is still very high."

Peng Baili said with a smile: "Sister Li, believe me, as long as the acting is good, our company will also do public relations."

"Thank you so much." Gong Li expressed her gratitude, and she was very excited. If she could win the Best Actress, she would be able to ascend to the international stage and become an international superstar.

Maybe I can go to Hollywood to try my luck. I heard that there is a paradise for all actors.At the same time, when he looked at Peng Baili, there was an indescribable color in his eyes.

On the second day after contacting Peng Baili, A Mou took the crew to the shooting location in Shaanxi, planning not to return to the capital until the filming was completed.

"Hey~ Master Peng, Secretary Cha, long time no see."

"Hehe, it seems that you have lost a lot of weight, what's wrong? The food is not good during this period of time?"

"Uh, no, we're not on our honeymoon. We visited some great rivers and mountains in the motherland during this time~"

……

The trousers have been made with great effort during this time, a picture that doesn’t take the body seriously, but there are only exhausted cows, how can there be plowed land?

In just one month, he felt fear directly in his heart, and he trembled a little when he saw the goddess' legs.

Didn't I just return to the capital and quickly find something to do for myself? Well, by the way, I could give myself some time off and take some time off.

Peng Baili just sat in the office when the pants came. After teasing him for a while, he said, "Tell me, what's the matter with you?"

"This~this~" the trousers said eagerly: "I saw a good story a few days ago, and I want to show it to you."

After he finished speaking, he handed a newspaper to Peng Baili, with the words "Harvest" written on it.

Peng Baili opened it and was surprised. The story was called "You Are Not a Common Man". Isn't this a novel by Wang Shuo?
The trousers saw him a little puzzled, rubbed their hands excitedly and said, "Master Shuo's new novel is so well written, I've read it no less than thirty times, and now I can basically memorize it."

"Master Peng, this novel is very suitable for film adaptation, as long as we acquire the copyright..."

When Peng Baili saw his pants reciting Wang Shuo's novel, he felt a little happy. This guy didn't know whether he really liked the novel or was always ready to be a dog lick.

"Okay, you can talk to Wang Shuo about the copyright. As long as you get the copyright, I will support you in making your own movie."

"real?!"

The trousers couldn't believe it at first, but then they thought that Peng Baili would not lie to him, so they jumped up and danced excitedly.

He quickly patted his chest and said, "Master Peng, don't worry, I won't let you down."

Seeing the trousers bouncing away from the office, Peng Baili had an indescribable feeling in his heart that the trousers had changed their luck.

He remembered that Pants only started filming this movie after [-], which was a full five years early. I wonder what kind of surprise he would give himself next?

Kind of wait and see!

The three major directors have now begun to exert their strength, A Mou is temporarily in the lead, and Pants and Poet are also beginning to exert their strength.

He is a little undecided now, that is, whether "Farewell My Concubine" should be filmed by the poet. The copyright of this novel has been acquired early, but there has been no suitable opportunity to film it.

(End of this chapter)