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Chapter 251 Completely Join
There was no grand appearance, but only a sense of transcendence and comfort, and the light just fell on Li Lianjie.

Not far away on the opposite side, there are farmers leading cows and pushing carts. From the direction of the camera, the two are walking towards each other.

"Crack!"

"The one who's leading the cow, walk slower. You're not rushing to work. Don't be in a hurry."

"Again."

Let Li Lianjie lead the horse back and start filming again.

After he finished walking, Huang Ze looked at Liu Weiqiang and asked, "How was the photo shoot?"

"OK!"

"Let me try too." Although it was set up in advance, Huang Ze still didn't know what the final composition of the picture would be. Considering that this was Li Mubai's appearance scene, in the spirit of continuous improvement, Huang Ze took over the job of photographer, returned to his old job, and shot a segment.

"Okay, passed!"

Looking up at the sun, Huang Ze nodded secretly, "Fortunately, we finished the shooting before the magic light."

"Let's go shoot the interior."

The housekeeper discovered that Li Mubai had arrived and asked Wu Ma to tell Yu Xiulian.

Mother Wu turned and ran towards Yu Xiulian's room.

"It's this shot, Wei Qiang, you have to pay attention."

"Shoot Wu Ma's profile as she runs in from the right side, but when you follow her later, don't follow her. Go this way, and she'll go the other way."

"The effect should be like Wu Ma running through the pillars with the ancestral teachings and family rules written on them, getting farther and farther away, getting smaller and smaller, and the pillars in front of the camera look like prison bars."

"clear?"

"I understand!" Liu Weiqiang nodded.

"Martial arts?" Zhang Yimou, who was standing aside and serving as assistant director, frowned. He sensed something unusual.

Huang Ze's camera movements and shots don't seem to be suitable for shooting martial arts films.

It's more like making an art film.

An art film about feudal ethics.

But he didn't say anything and planned to ask more questions for a while.

Until the scene where Yu Xiulian came out of the room after hearing that Li Mubai was coming was captured.

Huang Ze is explaining the play to Xiao Fangfang.

"You came out with joy because you like Li Mubai."

"But because you are a woman, and Meng Sizhao, who was engaged to you, died to save Li Mubai, you have to be careful about other people's eyes. After you walk out, you have to stop in an instant. Take one step and hold the door frame to stop."

"Come on, walk through it again."

Huang Ze stepped back to the camera and watched.

After he rushed out and grabbed the door frame, suppressing the joy in his heart, Huang Ze shouted "Stop".

"Raise your hands a little higher."

"A little higher."

"Okay, at this height." Huang Ze looked at Liu Weiqiang, "Pay attention when shooting. Yu Xiulian's finger is pointing at this calligraphy. But I don't need you to take a picture of the whole calligraphy. Mainly the two characters in the lower right corner!"

"Words?" Zhang Yimou, who heard Huang Ze's words, then set his eyes on the words. The two words in the lower right corner were "Liyue."

"Liyue." Zhang Yimou muttered secretly, and when he thought of the previous filming of Wu Ma and the play that Huang Ze had just told Xiao Fangfang, his eyes lit up.

That night, Zhang Yimou found Huang Ze and asked, "Old Huang, would you mind showing me the script of this film?"

"What's wrong?" Huang Ze was a little confused, "Why are you reading the script?"

"curious."

Zhang Yimou chuckled, "The more I watch, the more I feel like you're not filming a martial arts movie!"

"I've also seen your previous film, Once Upon a Time in China. I feel like it's very different from what this film is about."

“So I wanted to know the story.”

"Oh, I see." Huang Ze nodded, took out the script and handed it to Zhang Yimou, "Read it here."

Although reading a script of 30,000 to 40,000 words is slower than reading a novel, it is not much slower. It is faster than reading classical Chinese, and the lines in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are also in vernacular Chinese. An hour later, Zhang Yimou had the script completed.

After closing his eyes and recalling for a while, he looked at Huang Ze and asked calmly, "Floyd?"

"Yes." Huang Ze nodded, "Id, ego and superego."

"Yu Jiaolong is the id, Yu Xiulian is the self, and Li Mubai is the superego?" Zhang Yimou asked doubtfully, "It's not quite accurate. Li Mubai should be close to the superego, close to the self Yu Xiulian, and can't get past the id Yu Jiaolong."

"Clap, clap, clap." Huang Ze clapped his hands, "Those who know me well share a common goal."

"It seems that our brain waves can still match each other."

"Hi." Zhang Yimou smiled, "By the way, Old Huang, your film is different from all the martial arts films and novels I've seen."

"The martial arts novels we read before were either Jin Yong's novels about heroes who serve their country and their people, or Gu Long's novels about galloping through the rivers and lakes and taking pleasure in revenge."

"I feel that your film is more about people and feudal ethics, and it may be difficult for the audience to accept it."

"Because everyone already has a subconscious idea of ​​what martial arts films are like."

"Of course, this is also my guess." Zhang Yimou pointed at himself and then at Huang Ze.

"When it comes to judging the box office, I'm far inferior to you. You definitely have your own ideas about the movie, and I'm just saying that."

"No, you're right." Huang Ze nodded slightly. "This movie is actually a bit of a fake. The audience wanted to watch a refreshing martial arts movie, but ended up watching this in the cinema. It probably won't make much at the box office in China or even in Hong Kong."

"I heard that your film cost more than 20 million?"

"Yes, but I didn't expect to recoup the cost through domestic box office. You have to know that the world's largest market is not in Hong Kong Island, nor in China."

"The United States?" Zhang Yimou blurted out, and then fell into deep thought.

"For foreigners who haven't seen any martial arts films, this film is not so anti-subliminal, and they should be able to watch it smoothly and understand it."

"only……"

"I know what you are going to say, but someone has to try, right?" Huang Ze acted as if, if I don't go to hell, who will?

“Maybe American audiences will like this.”

"If we can really open up the US market, it will be great for me, other martial arts film directors, or directors who want to make martial arts films, and even domestic scenic spots will be able to attract a group of tourists, which will play a certain role in promoting economic development.

In the past, many people thought that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was a fusion of foreign works, but no matter what, Li An really brought oriental elements to Hollywood.

It also made Hollywood film producers focus on domestic kung fu films.

If it weren't for this film, which let people know that this type of film can also make a lot of money, "Hero", which can be said to be the pioneering work of domestic commercial blockbusters, would have had a hard time attracting a cost of 30 million US dollars.

You have to know that in 01, the total domestic box office was less than million yuan, and the share given to producers and distributors was only %. If the distributor compressed the share, the producer could get at most one-third of the total box office.

In other words, the total box office for the whole year went to the movie "Hero", which was just enough to recover the cost.

You're really going to spend 30 million US dollars to make a blockbuster movie!
Oh, of course, that movie “The Promise” which also tried to bring philosophical thinking into the film but ended up making a complete mess of it, also didn’t come out.

Director So-and-so might be able to save his reputation.

"I'm just in case. After all, there has been no precedent for ancient martial arts movies to be popular in the United States. They are not as good as modern action movies."

"There have to be explorers. Even if I lose money, I'm willing to give it a try. I can still afford this cost." Huang Ze raised his chin slightly in a pretentious manner.

Zhang Yimou took a deep breath after seeing this.

My heart couldn't help but be excited.

"When the philanthropists and patriots of the past saw the man who shouted "I laugh at the sky with my sword in hand, and my loyalty will remain in Kunlun Mountains whether I live or die," they felt the same way, right?"

"Old Huang, I want to finish this film with you."

"Are you not going to make "Qiu Ju Goes to Court" anymore?"

"Didn't you say that it would take less than half a year to finish filming? I can film Qiu Ju's Lawsuit next year, and Gong Li must go to the countryside to experience rural life for half a year first. I'm not in a hurry."

"That's no problem, come on." Zhang Yimou wanted to join, and Huang Ze had no reason to refuse.

It's just right for him to use his talent to help me with the colors, light and shadow.

"Lao Zhang, welcome to join us!" Huang Ze stretched out his hand.

"Snapped."

The two held hands together.

(End of this chapter)