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Chapter 372 One Price
"Come again!"

"OK, passed!"

As time went by, Huang Ze had to tell the truth as they continued filming. Although Jiang Yatou likes young handsome guys, her acting skills are really amazing.

Although not as good as those top actors, he is definitely first-rate.

Especially the words that Xiao Douzi said in order to get the troupe owner to accept him, "It's true that the boy has grown up and can't be kept, so he came to you for help. Please accept him. As long as you accept him, anything is fine."

In the first second, she was crying and wiping her tears, and in the next second, there were tears in her eyes, showing a seductive look.

"Okay, it's passed in one go!"

"One time pass!"

“This time the performance was quite good.”

After finishing the scene where Xiao Douzi was given to the troupe owner by his mother, Huang Ze asked a group of crew members to prepare to shoot the scenes outside, while he walked outside and came to Zhang Yimou who came to visit the crew.

"Lao Zhang, why are you here?"

"First of all, congratulations on Raise the Red Lantern winning a great award in Venice! I was quite busy here, so I didn't go."

"Hey, three yellow eggs, and it's still a second prize." Zhang Yimou waved his hand, "It didn't sell for much money. Compared with your results, it's not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"

"Hey, then are you planning to make a commercial film?" It just so happened that his own Qin Palace was almost completed, which would be a matter of a few months. It would take half a year to prepare, and then it would be just right for filming.

That was prepared for Zhang Yimou in front of him.

It can't be that it was prepared for Chen Kai's "The Emperor and the Assassin"?
“I had that idea, too.”

"Originally?" Huang Ze raised his eyebrows, "So you changed your mind later?"

"Hehe!" Zhang Yimou smiled embarrassedly.

"That's what it is."

"I hadn't thought of the idea of ​​a commercial film yet, but then I saw a really good novel, so I bought the film adaptation rights from the author."

"Who did you buy it from?" Huang Ze didn't even ask him which novel he was talking about.

"Yu Hua."

"To Live?" Huang Ze asked.

"Yes!" Zhang Yimou clapped his hands excitedly, "How did you know?"

"I've seen it too." Huang Ze smiled and made up a story, "I saw it when it first appeared in the 6th issue of Harvest."

"Oh, I forgot, Harvest is from your Shanghai." Zhang Yimou nodded with sudden realization, and asked with shining eyes, "What do you think of making this novel into a movie?"

"Is there any use for it?"

"That must be a good idea."

"So let's shoot this?" Although Zhang Yimou knew that Huang Ze would not refuse given their relationship, there was still a question in his tone. If Huang Ze disagreed, he would naturally agree with Huang Ze's opinion.

"Shoot."

A forced melon is not sweet, so Huang Ze did not force it, but just smiled and said, "Then I know why you came to me, looking for an actor, right?"

"You guessed it right." Zhang Yimou kept it a secret, "Then guess who I'm looking for?"

"Gong Li."

"Hahaha." Zhang Yimou laughed, but there was a hint of pride in his heart. After all, he only guessed half right. No, it wasn't even half, it was at most one-fifth.

Is there any need to guess why Gong Li was chosen to play the female lead?

The whole world can guess it. But you can't guess the other half.

"And Ge You." Huang Ze said the name with an almost certain tone, then squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Yimou who was staring at him, and said calmly, "I thought about the issue of actors after I read this novel."

"There aren't many people in the country who are suitable for the role of Fugui. Ge You is definitely the most suitable one."

"I really can't hide anything from you!"

"How long will it take you to finish filming this scene?"

"At most half a year. If it's less, I don't know. But don't worry, it will definitely not delay your use of Geyou."

"That's good." After confirming that both the main characters would have time, Zhang Yimou secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then turned the topic to Huang Ze's "Farewell My Concubine". "That scene just now was pretty good!"

"I heard that you are going to make an epic about a famous actress? Do you have a complete script? Can you show it to me?"

"You're welcome, aren't you?" Huang Ze waved his hand and Feng Xiaogang came over. "Director Huang, what can I do for you?"

"Feng Xiaogang, my assistant director for this play, I plan to let him try directing a movie in the future."

"This is."

"Director Zhang, I know you. You are my second idol besides Director Huang!" Feng Xiaogang shook hands with him.

"Find a complete script and find a place for Director Zhang to rest for a while. He wants to read the script."

"Okay, Director Zhang, please come with me." The two of them walked away.

Huang Ze went to prepare for the scene where Xiao Douzi was rejected by the troupe owner because he had six fingers on his hand, and then was taken outside by his mother and had his fingers chopped off with a knife.

When work was over at noon, Huang Ze found Zhang Yimou and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Great book!"

“I can see a sense of heaviness from inside.”

“If it’s filmed well, it can really become an epic.”

"However, I feel like there is a problem that is not a problem." Zhang Yimou smiled, "There are those scenes in it, plus it is about homosexuality, especially the former, so it may not be able to be released when the time comes!"

"Have you heard about the Tian Zhuangzhuang incident? He made a film called "The Blue Kite" and it was banned for ten years."

"why are you laughing?"

"Then the film 'To Live' you want to shoot may also be banned, and the possibility is quite high!"

The two looked at each other and laughed.

After laughing, Zhang Yimou asked, "He didn't come to see you? He definitely can't make a movie in China, but he still has a chance to go to your place."

"He is in Beijing and visited the set when filming started. But if he doesn't bring up this kind of thing, I can't bring it up! After all, it just happened not long ago and he is still very sensitive. Let's talk about it in a year or two."

In fact, Huang Ze and he are just ordinary classmates, and they were not even in the same department in college.

Plus, the benefits he can bring to himself are not big enough.

That's why I want to wait for the other party to come to me instead of taking the initiative to find the other party to offer help.

If the other party doesn't come to see you, then you don't know how long it will take for one or two years to come.

"That's good." Zhang Yimou said this and never mentioned the matter again. He happily talked with Huang Ze about how he planned to shoot "To Live" in this way and that way. The discussion was very lively.

Zhang Yimou came to visit the set that day, and the next day, unexpectedly, his old foreign friend George also came.

He didn't waste words when he came. After the customary hug, he said, "Huang, let's not talk too much about our relationship. The price is 50 million!"

(End of this chapter)