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"I'll call him over for you." Jiang Wen went out and shouted, "Xia Yu, come here!"

"Hey, here we come."

A young man who looked like a monkey ran in.

It was Xia Yu.

There was a strong smell of hormones on her face.

Not handsome, but definitely better looking than Jiang Wen.

Looking at the other person, then at Jiang Wen, Huang Ze smiled and teased, "Old Jiang, does this look like you?"

“Like me!”

"Does this look like you?" Huang Ze asked again, "It's obviously better looking than you."

"No, no, no, you don't understand. I was very thin back then, and I looked just like him!"

"Hey, why don't you believe it?" Seeing Huang Ze's questioning expression, Jiang Wen's unyielding character came out and he walked out. After a while, he trotted back with a photo and slapped it on the table, "Take a look, is it similar?"

"Ok?"

Huang Ze lowered his head and took a quick look.

So where the hell did this monkey come from?
After two seconds, he looked up at Jiang Wen, then at the photo, and couldn't help but sigh, "It has to be you!"

"I've been like this since I was a kid."

"Just tell me if it looks like it or not."

"He doesn't look as handsome as Xia Yushuai!"

"Tell me, who is more handsome!" Jiang Wen shouted as he looked at Xia Yu.

"That must be because you, Director Jiang, are so handsome!"

"You are a good talker, okay, get out." Jiang Wen was afraid that Huang Ze would also ask Xia Yu, so he waved his hand and asked Xia Yu to go out, making the matter an fait accompli.

"You are really, really tough."

"Okay, I'm done talking to you. Let's go!" Huang Ze patted his butt, "Don't overspend again! It's just me. If it were someone else, who do you think would invest nearly 10 million to make you so arrogant?"

Ten million!
It's good enough to be able to make a movie these days, and it requires tens of millions of investment. Don't even think about state-owned film studios, unless you are on a national mission. For private bosses, it's obvious that making TV shows will make more money than TV.

Besides, why would they invest in you, an actor, instead of so many professional directors? Is it because you can attract attention with your ears?

In his previous life, Liu Xiaoqing relied on being a top star to start his transition to being a businessman. He had a wide network of contacts and some money to be able to film this, otherwise how could an actor like him get his turn to make a movie?

"That's right! I will remember Brother Huang's friendship in my heart." Jiang Wen did not deny what Huang Ze said, nor could he deny it. He could only express his gratitude again.

"By the way, Brother Huang."

"What's the matter?" Jiang Wen spoke again when they reached the door. Huang Ze stopped and turned to look over.

"What's your next movie going to be? Are there any more challenging roles? Like Cheng Dieyi?"

"What's the matter? Are you craving for drama?"

"Kind of."

"I don't know what my next film will be, but I think there's a high chance that there won't be a role for you." Huang Ze shook his head, "Just focus on filming your film first."

"If there is a role suitable for you, how can I not look for you?"

"Didn't you want Duan Xiaolou?" Huang Ze waved his hand and walked out on his own.

We drove back to the hotel and looked at the night view of Beijing through the window.

Jiang Wen’s words echoed in his mind.

Yes!

What will the next film be about?

Jennifer Connelly is preparing for an Oscar-winning musical.

But if I really want to shoot this, what about my own film that will win the Golden Bear?
You know, next year will be 95.

The 50th anniversary of the world's victory over fascism.

With such an important festival, this is probably the year when I will be most likely to win the Golden Bear. If I miss this opportunity, I don’t know when I will be able to win the Golden Bear and complete the three major awards.

After all, collecting all three is of great significance.

If the timing, location and people were not right, the award would not be given to an Asian, let alone a person who is less than 35 years old, which is too young in the director circle.

This is a rare opportunity!
After much deliberation, Huang Ze finally decided that he should first make a film that would be entered into next year's Berlin Film Festival.

Let's put the movie that was intended to win an Oscar for the time being.

Anyway, the Oscars are held every year.

This may not be an opportunity at the Berlin Film Festival.

"Let's make an anti-fascist film."

Huang Ze nodded affirmatively.

But when Huang Ze thought about it, he discovered that all the internationally famous anti-fascist films had a core story, which was that the Jews were massacred by the Nazis, etc.

If I take the photo myself, it will look a bit weird!
The 50th anniversary of the anti-fascism movement is also the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War! It is also of great significance.

It would be fine if it were any other year.

But on this ten-year anniversary, why don’t they film their own affairs and speak up for the Jews?

To be honest, the thought of making a movie about Nazis killing Jews and submitting it to the Berlin Film Festival seems a bit too much of a slap in the face.

After thinking about it, Huang Ze felt that it would be best to take a detour.

As for the classics suitable for modification, an option instantly appeared in Huang Ze's mind.

"Life is Beautiful".

An Italian classic from 1997 in my previous life.

It tells the story of a smooth-talking father who made up a white lie for his son, but behind it was his deep love for his son.

The film didn't just win awards.

In terms of box office, such a foreign language film also achieved quite impressive results in the North American market, reaching 57 million US dollars.

In its previous life, it was only inferior to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Even "Hero" can't match it.

Word of mouth potential, both are very suitable!

"The protagonist is just not suitable, the script needs to be changed!"

Huang Ze immediately took out paper and pen and began to write the script of "Life is Beautiful".

In fact, it is not difficult to change.

The Japanese set up concentration camps in their country decades ago.

In Shanghai alone, there are as many as twenty of them. Even the predecessor of Shanghai Middle School was the site of the Longhua Concentration Camp.

Most of the people there were foreigners from the concession.

But in the months before the collapse of the camp, the management of the concentration camp was chaotic and there were all kinds of people.

The male and female protagonists and the children can be replaced by domestic actors, and in order to get enough North American box office, the other actors can be replaced by foreigners.

There were quite a few foreigners in the Shanghai concentration camp during those years.

This is reasonable and logical.

As for the hero being killed in the end, the original novel was about the German army withdrawing from Italy, but it could also be changed to the Japanese soldiers being unable to accept the nuclear summons, so they remained brutal and let the hero die on the eve of seeing the light.

The general direction of the rest of the plot can be completely dug up and then localized.

In the following days, in addition to focusing on the post-production of "Farewell My Concubine", Huang Ze was writing "Life is Beautiful".

Considering that this is a 97 movie, I asked someone to check whether the script had been registered in Italy. After confirming that there was no problem with the copyright, I spent a week writing this script specifically for next year's Berlin Film Festival.

As soon as the script came out, he immediately started contacting the royal team and asked them to go to Shanghai and stand by.

(End of this chapter)