Coquettish Rebirth

() Jia Hongjian returned to China urgently, and Ye Jing, Zhang Chaoyang and others returned with him urgently.It was so urgent for them to return to China, making others think that something big happened in China!After the three of them returned to the country, they didn't even have time to rest, so they got on the plane again, and finally arrived in Tiannan Province all the way.When they arrived in Nan Province, after getting off the plane, they drove all the way in the car again.What happened to them?

When they finally stopped the car, they had already reached the deserted place in Tiannan Province, and saw an old foreign man coming up to shake hands with Jia Hongjian and the others, "Hey, Jia, why are you in such a hurry to come back? I refer to Is there any problem with the previous movie?" "Stephen, of course there is a problem!" Jia Hongjian said seriously.At this time, Spielberg is quite incomprehensible!

Isn't he going to make a Chinese version of "Saving Private Ryan"?Then, besides trying to restore the real appearance of World War II, of course he also tried to refer to some documentaries or movies, which is normal!So he referred to a war film on the Chinese battlefield made by the United States as an ally in the 40s. Is there any problem with this?From Jia Hongjian's point of view, this is of course a problem!At this time, listening to Jia Hongjian's seriousness, he asked the same question as if the United States respected China: "Mr. Spielberg, let me ask you, are you really referring to a war movie with the main theme, or The main theme of Chinese films made by you Americans?"

"That's right, didn't I tell you before? This film was made by MGM in 1944. It reflected the story of you Chinese fighting against Japan, and then won the Oscar nomination for Best Actress and Best Actress in 1945." Best black and white photography nomination... this is the main theme, what's wrong?"

"Brother, you are in for a big event. Be careful that you will be criticized by many Chinese filmmakers in this era!" Jia Hongjian criticized very harshly, "You know, in the current Chinese film industry, you must not follow Compromise with the main theme! Compromise with the main theme. That is a guy who has no independent opinion! That is no artistic talent! As a well-known director who held a film symposium before, a director who pays equal attention to art and business, how can you shoot What about the main theme movie? Eh? If you did this and made the main theme movie beautiful and well-received, doesn’t that prove that they can’t make money purely because they are mentally retarded?”

At the end of saying this, Jia Hongjian himself laughed!Smiling and laughing, Jia Hongjian's laughter became louder and louder, and this kind of laughter infected Ye Jing, Zhang Chaoyang and even Spielberg who couldn't help laughing too.But the more he laughed, the weirder his voice became. In the end, Jia Hongjian seemed to be laughing dryly!The sound of this dry laughter made others feel a little chilled, because everyone could hear the irony in this laughter!

Wait until the laugh is over.Jia Hongjian, who was laughing out of tears, wiped his eyes, sat down on a stone by the side of the road without hesitation, sighed and said to Spielberg, "Steven, you don't know, the current gang in the Chinese film industry People, it’s hard to say. Many new directors, I don’t know what’s wrong with their brains, they always think that making commercial films is vulgar! Even making mainstream films is a disgrace, because it’s not artistic! They shoot as soon as they want. The so-called art films. Metaphysically, their art films seem to be discussing life, but in fact they are moaning about nothing. It’s wrong to be happy, because you feel like you don’t have depth, and there are even some directors who aim at the political restricted area to make films, in order to be banned, and then go to the international arena to seek hugs from corrupt forces...you know What Stephen. When you do this, how many people are slapped in the face!"

That's right, many people in later generations say that radio and television are bad.There are many restrictions on the subject matter, and only mainstream films can be made, so the director cannot make good-looking films.Jia Hongjian also partly agrees that radio and television is indeed bad, but if there are restrictions on subject matter, please!Spielberg has made a lot of mainstream films, why didn't he try taboo subjects?How can someone make a mainstream film and become a great one?So domestic movies are bad, the most important thing is the investors and filmmakers, they are so bad that they can't even make a main theme movie!I can only go hunting to find some weird themes, and rely on themes to attract people!

So a great talent who can find the right balance between art and commerce, to shoot a Chinese filmmaker's main theme film, and it was well received in the end, maybe he could win the Nobel Prize in the end, no, Oscar Award, isn't that right? Is it a slap in the face of Chinese filmmakers?It’s not just telling the other party—it’s not that you don’t have good subjects, it’s because you yourself can’t shoot!You can't even make a good movie from your own domestic stories!

Isn't this kind of thing exciting?This kind of slap in the face that he likes to hear, can Jia Hongjian not come back all the way to see it?This is necessary!It was for this reason that Jia Hongjian came back.But Ye Jing and Zhang Chaoyang didn't come back for this reason, they came back because they heard from Jia Hongjian that here Spielberg has a Chinese anti-Japanese war film made in the United States in 44!Can they not be interested in Chinese films made by foreigners who are still nominated for Oscars?That's when he came back with Jia Hongjian in a hurry.

Spielberg didn't know what expression to express when he complained about Jia Hongjian, so he could only pat Jia Hongjian's shoulder in understanding.At this time, Zhang Chaoyang and Ye Jing also understood and accompanied Jia Hongjian, especially Ye Jing, who kept comforting Jia Hongjian.Soon Jia Hongjian recovered, "Okay, I'm fine, now let's go and watch that film, Stephen, what's the name of this film?"

"It's called "Dragon Seed", dragon-seed, it was filmed by MGM and Mitro-Goldwin-Meyer Film Company, and it was adapted from Pearl Barker's novel of the same name." Steven Spielberg introduced at this time road.And Jia Hongjian helped Spielberg do the second translation - "Pearl Barker is the English name, and the Chinese name of this female writer is Pearl Buck. Although it sounds like the name of a jerk, in fact she She is a purebred Caucasian. Her father was a missionary. Shortly after she was born in the United States, she followed her parents to China and lived here in the south of the Yangtze River. She can be said to be one of the white American writers whose mother tongue is Chinese. And she With her love for the Chinese land, the second hometown of the Chinese people and the second compatriots, she wrote many novels on Chinese themes, such as "The Great Earth" published in 31. Her description of Chinese farmers is very wonderful, Very good, even senior government officials and businessmen in the United States basically relied on Pearl Buck’s novels to understand China at that time. By the way, Xu Zhimo, Mei Lanfang, Hu Shi, Lin Yutang, Lao She and others all She is a guest of Pearl Buck's house, and they are all on good terms... In addition, although "Water Margin" has many names nowadays, such as "Stories by the Water" or "One Hundred and Five Men and Three Women", But the most accurate version is still the first version translated by Pearl Buck, which is called "All Brothers Within the World"... At the same time, she also won the 1938 Oscar, no, the Nobel Prize in Literature for her theme of rural China. prize……"

Hearing this, Ye Jing and Zhang Chaoyang were really shocked!They had never known such a writer!I didn't even know that such a female writer could make such a big contribution to China's international image!Then the movie adapted from her novel should be watched carefully!

The film was ready soon. In this open-air tent in the wild, a group of people, accompanied by Spielberg, watched a black and white film.The movie opens with a lengthy list of people, all of which are in English, of course.As for the background music, it's a bit strange. It's hard to say whether it's Eastern or Western. Anyway, it sounds like all the movies in the 40s have this kind of soundtrack.

The first shot appeared, and I saw a distant shot of a hilly area, where there are many rice fields, a group of farmers wearing straw hats plowing the fields with oxen, and some people are planting seedlings in the rice fields.At this time, there is some monologue outside the camera, introducing this valley called Ling, and saying that there is a family named Tan Ling, which probably means that this valley is the valley where Tan Ling's family lives.The camera slowly zoomed in, and typical Chinese rural buildings appeared one by one.The earthen walls, wooden doors, and cornices all look like the scenery in the Chinese countryside. At this time, people are surprised whether this American has gone to China to take pictures!After all, this is too Chinese!

At the same time, the monologue began to introduce, saying that their group of farmers lived in the mountains, and they knew that there was a bigger world outside the mountains, but no one had ever gone out.People in this village are neither poor nor rich, and everyone is happy and happy.They have some traits of Chinese peasants, good and evil, smart and stupid, and sometimes, these traits will appear at the same time...

So far this film is quite Chinese, the only feeling is that it is a Chinese film with English.But soon this feeling was broken. I saw Tan Ling and his two sons planting rice seedlings in the rice field, and Tan Ling's wife called Tan Ling at the door of the house, saying that she wanted to say a few words to the old man Tan Ling. The old man named Tan Ling raised his head and said, "When the sun goes down, there will be plenty of time to talk to women..."

There is nothing wrong with this, but the problem is that although Tan Ling has a goatee, and even though he is wearing a vest and trousers, and the trousers are rolled up, he definitely looks like a Chinese, but the old man's face...it is a The face of a purebred white man!Even the two sons behind the old man were played by white men!Even the Chinese in the whole film are played by white people!