Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 811 Zhang Yimou is going to film "Hero"

However, Chen Kaige's decadence only lasted for a moment, and he soon regained his usual high spirits.

He said that he would be able to realize his ambitions when he returned from the United States one day, and finally he recited a poem excitedly:
When you are old, you should sing and drink, and when you are young, you should return home.

Then he went through Wu Gorge from Ba Gorge, and then went down to Xiangyang and headed towards Luoyang.

Du Fu's "Hearing that the Government Troops Have Recovered Henan and Hebei".

Fang Minghua suddenly remembered that there was a legend on the Internet later that when Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou were competing for the chief director of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, they both recited this poem passionately in front of the judges.

As a result, he was 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've thought of a topic!"

"Ok?"

"Let's write about the history of Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin. In 90, I starred in a movie called "The Terracotta Warriors". Although my performance was not satisfactory in the end, I am still very interested in this period of history, so please write a script about it."

Ah?
Why don’t you say that Chen Kaige’s “The Assassination of Qin” was a failure?
The two have been competing secretly.

"Okay, I'll try." Fang Minghua agreed.

In the following days, Chen Kaige signed a contract with Shengshi Film and Television, and then returned to Yanjing to prepare for an overseas visa. Fang Minghua naturally didn't have to worry about these things.

Since Song Tangtang will not be coming back for the Spring Festival this year and will be spending the holiday with her cousin in San Francisco, Fang Minghua decided to take the two children to her parents' house for meals during the Spring Festival, so there is no need to prepare too much for the New Year.

It is winter vacation now. The two children have gone to their grandmother's house, and the nanny Xiaoqin has also returned to her hometown in Sichuan Province, but she does not plan to come back - she is getting married.

Before leaving, Fang Minghua not only paid off the girl's salary, but also gave the girl a big red envelope of 10,000 yuan.

The new nanny didn't come back until after the Chinese New Year. During this time, Fang Minghua was alone at home and had little to do, so he concentrated on writing.

Zhang Yimou is already impatient and seems to want to start work right after the Chinese New Year, so Fang Minghua also wants to hurry up and finish writing.

Historically, "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou can definitely be regarded as the first truly commercial blockbuster in China. It had an investment of 2.6 million yuan and a domestic box office of 2.5 million yuan, but the global box office was as high as 1.8 million US dollars, equivalent to 14.8 billion yuan, not including the revenue from discs.

The film was ranked number one among the world's top ten best films by Time magazine, and won many honors including nominations for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.

Although it did not perform well at the domestic box office, it was the first Chinese film to achieve a box office of over 30 million yuan in its home country, and it is said that the box office accounted for % of the total domestic box office that year!

The reasons why "flowers bloom inside the wall but are fragrant outside the wall" are mainly due to the domestic audiences and film critics' opinions. First, the plot is thin and the characters are too stereotyped.

Another thing is that it glorifies the tyrant Qin Shihuang.

Mr. Jin's comments are very representative: "I like Zhang Yimou's Red Sorghum, and the later Ju Dou is also very good. I dislike Hero the most and I totally reject it. Hero portrays the famous tyrant Qin Shihuang in this way, which is completely opposite to his historical image, deceiving the audience and trying to clear his name and reverse his verdict, dividing people's values ​​into several levels and disrespecting life. This is a ridiculous movie, so I don't like it."

But gradually, Qin Shihuang's reputation began to improve.

If I were to rewrite the script, I had to deal with this issue seriously.

Take your time and prepare for the New Year.

As we enter the twelfth lunar month, time passes quickly and before we know it, it’s New Year’s Eve.

I spent this year's New Year at my parents' home.

As soon as my younger sister Fang Mingli got off work this year, she took her children and husband Liu Jianjun back to his hometown. Liu Jianjun has been studying for a doctorate abroad for the past few years and did not come back for the Spring Festival. Naturally, he had to go back this year to reunite with his parents. Fang Minghua brought her two children here to fill the void left by my younger sister's family, and the old couple was extremely happy.

Starting from the morning of New Year's Eve, my mother Zhang Fenglan has been busy in the kitchen. My father sometimes goes over to help. Fang Minghua has been receiving phone calls and text messages since morning.

It’s all about relatives and friends wishing each other a happy new year.

Of course, the ones who had the longest conversation were Song Tangtang and Li Li who were far away in San Francisco.

There were also their two children calling them mom and aunt, and Xinxin calling Fang Minghua dad - of course they were talking in the room with their backs to the children, but they didn't expect their mother who was passing by the door to hear it.

"Hey Minghua, who are you calling your good daughter?" Zhang Fenglan looked confused.

"Mom, you heard it wrong. Oh, no, I was just joking with Tangtang." Fang Minghua hurriedly covered up.

"Calling your own wife a good daughter? Isn't this confusing the generations? How could you think of such a thing!" Zhang Fenglan said and turned to leave.

Ugh.
Fang Minghua sighed.

It seems that this matter will be known sooner or later.

The 1999 Spring Festival Gala was the last one in this world. CCTV put a lot of effort into it and it was generally good.

The songs are the most popular these days.

"Go Home Often" sung by Chen Hong, Cai Guoqing and others, "Eighteen Bends on the Mountain Road" by Li Qiong, and "Look at the Girl Across the Street" by Richie Jen

Fang Minghua found that her mother was very interested in the song "Go Home Often" and couldn't help singing along.

The skit was also good. Zhao Benshan, who was wearing a crooked hat and hunched his neck, said a golden line, "The spring breeze of reform is blowing everywhere. The Chinese people are really striving hard. They have worked together to cross the century. A flood is nothing. Thank you."

The whole audience laughed.

It’s just that I don’t know what to say about Huang Hong and Juhao’s skit “Cheer Up”, especially the line “We workers have to think for the country. If I don’t get laid off, who will?”

This sounds really awkward.

And the lyrics of the song "Start Over Again" sung by Liu Huan are also ridiculous. Forget it, I won’t talk about it.

Fortunately, this song did not appear in this Spring Festival Gala.

The next step was visiting relatives and friends to wish them a happy new year. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed quickly in the chaos and the new year was over.

The children go to school and the adults go to work, and everything starts to get back on track.

At noon that day, Fang Minghua went to the office and sat for a while, and asked about the 4th World Chinese Literature Award.

The shortlisted works for the reading class preliminary selection have all been announced in newspapers, on television and on the Internet. The next step is for the jury to enter the final review stage.

This time the organizing committee decided to hold the jury meeting in Lanzhou. Fang Minghua didn't understand why it was so remote, but later he heard from Bai Miao that it was the local government that invited them.

Since the entire matter has been handed over to Bai Miao, he naturally will not interfere - if you have the ability, you can also move it to a foreign country.

After returning from work, Fang Minghua hadn't even had time to drink a sip of tea when she heard someone ringing the doorbell. She went to open the door and saw Zhang Yimou standing at the door with two bottles of Moutai in his hands.

With a smile on his face, he said, "Minghua, I wish you a happy new year."

(End of this chapter)