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Chapter 277: Normal
"Haha, that's true."

Huang Ze smiled and nodded.

Of course, he said that.

But I just feel in my heart.

"This matter is really not certain."

My old classmate from a different class is good in every way except that he is a little narrow-minded.

It would be fine if they just cursed Hu Ge, but people often argue with netizens.

But what does it mean to throw the microphone during an interview?
The key point is that the other party did not ask anything excessive. If he was facing a perch, wouldn't Yi Li be covered in blood? Either he would beat the two to death, or he would be pissed off by the two of them?

Hi……

Maybe if I help him remove "Farewell My Concubine", his temper will improve?
I really worry about my classmates!

Huang Ze sighed in his heart and stopped thinking about the old classmate who did not give him face, and continued to greet the people in front of him.

"Let's have dinner together after the movie. It's my treat. Everyone, take a seat first."

Patting Tian Zhuangzhuang's arm, Huang Ze called Zhang Yimou to his side and asked, "How is "Qiu Ju Goes to Court" going? Has it started filming?"

"No, Gong Li hasn't had enough time to experience life, so he can't feel it." Zhang Yimou said.

"We plan to start filming in September this year. The script is already complete, and the composition has been worked on again and again. It's not a problem anymore. The main thing is the state of the actors."

“As long as the actors perform well and the filming is quick, maybe it can make it to Cannes next year.”

"I think you'd better go to Venice." Huang Ze analyzed, "This film is not what Cannes likes at all."

“Cannes prefers something that is more commercial.”

"Do you think Qiu Ju Goes to Court is commercial enough?"

"That's obviously not enough." Zhang Yimou shook his head and couldn't help but smile, "I'll listen to you."

"I listened to you last time and got a Golden Bear."

"Maybe I'll listen to you this time..."

Having said that, Zhang Yimou didn't dare to say any more.

He was a little afraid to think about it.

"Maybe he'll win the Golden Lion." Huang Ze raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, teasing Zhang Yimou, "The bolder the person, the bigger the award for the film!"

"I've been told, stop talking, the pie you painted is too big, I can't eat it!" Zhang Yimou was stunned and waved his hands repeatedly, "How can it be so exaggerated! I'm satisfied with the prize amount, but I don't dare to think of such a big prize."

"Hey, what do you think about making a martial arts movie?"

"You want to make a martial arts movie too?"

"So after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, who wouldn't want to make a martial arts film if given the chance?" Zhang Yimou said in a low voice, "Box office, awards, everything."

"Even if we can't get as high a box office as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, we can still get one-fourth or one-fifth of that, which is not a small amount for a Chinese-language film."

"And, uh, uh, uh..."

"Bending your neck to sing to the sky?" Huang Ze chuckled and continued.

"..." Zhang Yimou was already used to Huang Ze's sudden dry humor, so he didn't say anything and continued, "I think I have figured out the trick to making a martial arts film that can get box office success in North America."

"First of all, you have to fight beautifully, that's the first priority."

“Secondly, there must be beautiful mountains and rivers with an oriental charm, the kind of mountains and rivers they can’t see in the United States.”

“Finally, we need to add some philosophy to the film!”

"Also, the story as a whole can't be too deep. It needs to have depth, but not too deep. If it's too deep, American audiences won't understand it!"

"Yeah, that's right." In fact, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, which had good box office in the United States in the previous life, can be said to meet these points. Huang Ze couldn't deny it.

"Just concentrate on "Qiu Ju Goes to Court" first. After that, come up with an idea for a martial arts film. If that doesn't work out, I can get Li Lianjie to be the lead actor."

"Oh, that's even better." Zhang Yimou couldn't help but rubbed his hands excitedly.

With Li Lianjie around, the North American box office shouldn't be too bad no matter what, right?
After all, I just made such a movie.

"Okay, now we're about to start, let's stop whispering." Huang Ze stopped talking and looked at the screen.

Although I have watched this movie over and over again and am almost sick of it, I still have to make it look like this.

Even though Huang Ze was actually thinking about how to shoot "Speed".

……

Not long after the film started, the younger students started talking to each other.

“This movie feels weird!”

The person who was speaking was obviously still a college student, but he looked like he was in his thirties and had the aura of a gangster. Huang Ze also heard the murmur of the audience who was only one or two rows away from him, and turned his head to take a look.

Same as his brother Jiang Wen, Jiang Wu.

But he is obviously luckier than his brother, but you can't say he has good luck.

It was precisely because his brother was rejected by the Beijing Film Academy because of his looks and then became famous for his performance that the Beijing Film Academy did not dare to reject someone because of his looks again. Otherwise, he would probably have to try out for the Central Academy of Drama.

"Hehe." Jiang Wu saw Huang Ze turning his head to look at him, raised his hand and scratched his head, trying his best to pretend to be honest. When Huang Ze turned his head back, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said to Huang Sanshi, a classmate sitting next to him, in a low voice, "Do you feel that something is wrong?"

"Dialogue?" Huang Sanshi smacked his lips and lowered his voice. "I always feel that these dialogues lack that ancient charm."

"Think back to the lines in Once Upon a Time in China, and then look at this one. Do you think there are a lot of words that have a strong sense of modernity?"

"is a bit."

"Also, the story, I don't think it's that martial arts-y!"

"I don't know how this film got such a great honor." Tian Zhuangzhuang also whispered with his cousin Li Xuejian beside him, "Is it an excellent film? I think it is."

“But I always feel that it’s not good enough to achieve that kind of box office or data!”

"I don't think it's earth-shattering either."

If this was shot by a new director, it would indeed be an excellent film.

If this film hadn't gotten close to 100 million at the box office, it would have won the Best Foreign Language Film.

That would also be an excellent film.

But after adding these limiting conditions, you will feel that this movie is actually just average.

As soon as this thought came up, everyone couldn't help but shake their heads and rejected the idea.

Why can't others do it, but only this film can do it?

Can you think that such a high achievement could be a mediocre work?

There must be something in the film that I didn't notice, it's just that I didn't notice it.

Huang Ze was keenly aware of that point and then conquered the North American audience.

"This classmate is becoming more and more difficult to understand." Tian Zhuangzhuang looked in the direction of Huang Ze, feeling a little emotional and lost.

It was obvious that he was the real boss of the directing department in that class.

But everyone in the photography department is better than the other.

But I...

(End of this chapter)