Coquettish Rebirth

"In the future development, people in the film circle here, and students who will enter the film circle in the future may encounter various problems. For example, everyone wants to make a commercial film that can have a certain return. At the same time, there are also films with certain literary and artistic ideas. But how can it be so easy to make? So you may encounter situations where you have tried your best, but the audience is still dissatisfied, and your peers are still scolding. The audience has passed through years of piracy Disc, I have watched too many movies, and their aesthetic level of commercial films may have risen to the same level as that of American audiences, but we may not be able to produce American-level commercial films. At the same time, we must weaken certain artistic elements for the sake of business. And this will make colleagues or critics dissatisfied. They think that we have deviated from art... Everyone must ask, what should we do about this?

There is no way but to improve your level as much as possible.On the other hand, everyone may or may not be forced to fall into a predicament in the future. Everyone wants to make a good commercial film, but finds it difficult to do so. Instead, they only find a few stars, make some gimmicks, and shoot a Genre blockbusters are easy to shine... and this is actually the process of the big waves washing the sand. This is not an easy road to success. In the future, you will face many, many problems, but I personally hope that everyone can persevere and continue to work hard. Hit your limit, improve your level..."

Jia Hongjian talked about some very practical issues and some very practical suggestions.After he said this, the people at the scene really respected him!Really, many masters come here to give lectures, but they really don’t know how to talk about such practical issues!And what about Jia Hongjian?He directly told everyone what would happen in the future. Although Jia Hongjian looked very young, he had such a vision.That can really be said to be a bit of a rush to see through the fog of time and space!It's really like the feeling of your life mentor, isn't it?Just like a mentor, tell yourself how to go, what kind of problems you may encounter, and what everyone should do in the end.These things are really not something ordinary people can teach.If you can teach, then it is really good for yourself!For many students at the scene, they felt that it would not be an exaggeration to call Jia Hongjian a teacher now!

During the entire process of such a speech, it can be said that Jia Hongjian really did not pretend to be aggressive at all, and his attitude was quite frank.It can be said that I really expressed my own thoughts, observations and predictions about the future without reservation, and what I said was really beneficial to everyone!After such a nearly two-hour speech.At the end of the day, when the students asked questions, all the sincere students called Jia Hongjian "Teacher Jia" and "Teacher Jia", which is really respectful!Such a speech was successfully completed, and the school wanted to entertain Jia Hongjian with a sumptuous dinner to thank Jia Hongjian, but Jia Hongjian politely declined the matter—is he still in short supply?Are you tired of eating good things, why not go home and eat something light!

But just when he was about to leave.But unexpectedly saw a person coming to him.This person is Zhang Yimou, "Mr. Jia, hello, I don't know if you have time. I recently planned a movie. I would like to ask you to correct me..." This old man is really polite when he speaks!Jia Hongjian and Lao Mouzi knew each other before, and Lao Mouzi had also filmed commercials for Jia Hongjian's Huaxia Hi-Tech.In the past, this old schemer was called Jia Hongjian by Mr. Jia and Mr. Jia.Now it has been replaced by "Teacher Jia", and he is much older than Jia Hongjian, and he is also a respectable person in China. This is not only because he agrees with Jia Hongjian on a professional level, but he can even say that He thinks that Jia Hongjian is more professional than him!

"It's time..." Jia Hongjian looked at his watch, "Yes! Where do you think is the right place to say it? Why don't we find a place outside to sit and chat?" "That's too embarrassing... Will it disturb you?" Too much time?" "It's okay, we've known each other for a long time, and you're still telling me this? Let's go!" Jia Hongjian smiled and pulled Lao Mouzi away before leaving.Instead of looking for a place on campus, the two found a restaurant outside the campus and got a private room.Although the two of them didn't eat, they just ordered two cups of tea.However, the minimum consumption in this private room is still given, which is equivalent to finding a relatively private space to talk about.According to Jia Hongjian's thinking, we will talk about the movie in Zhang Yimou's mind in a public place later, if it is leaked out and plagiarized, how troublesome is it?It's better to spend an extra hundred or ten dollars to get a private room!

After sitting down.The old schemer watched Jia Hongjian take a sip of tea. He didn't even drink the tea or even touch the teacup, so he respectfully reported to Jia Hongjian, "Mr. Jia, what's in my mind This movie is like this. Originally in 2000, I thought about trying to make a commercial film. You may also know that I tried commercial films in the early 90s, but the result was not too successful. Seeing Ten years have passed, and I think this person has accumulated a lot of experience, so it's time to make another breakthrough, right?"

Yo!Hearing this, Jia Hongjian really admired this old schemer.Not to mention anything else, at least compared with many other people in the film industry, this old Mouzi does not care whether his level is good enough, no matter whether the movies he makes are good or not, no matter how many people scold him, but at least on a professional level, In terms of eating technology, people didn't say that they were lying on the bed and living on their laurels. They at least wanted to break through themselves, think about innovation, and think about doing things that others dared not do!From this point of view, the old Mouzi was able to guide the opening ceremony of our country's sports meeting, and he really deserved his name!

"At the beginning, I wanted to try pure Hollywood blockbusters, such as police and gangsters. After all, there was still a market for comedy films in our country, and I wanted to try the previous "Code Named America" The way of Leopard's failure is to get up wherever you fall. But in 01, I saw "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". This film is very good in foreign markets, especially the American market. Mr. Jia You should be very familiar with the operation. Then I thought about it. If we want to make a commercial blockbuster in China, how much would you say to invest? Let’s invest [-] million yuan. It can barely be shot, but the special effects are probably not easy to do. The effect will be poor at that time The box office is definitely bad, and it needs at least [-] million box office to make it back. So I think this, or else let’s make a martial arts? Follow the style of Li Ang, let’s try to earn money from foreigners? This method is used to avoid domestic piracy To subsidize investors through both internal and external cultivation, at least not to let them lose money. Don’t you think so? Besides, foreigners seem to like this... What do you think?” Lao Mouzi’s eyes were really twinkling at this time asked brightly.

Hearing Lao Mouzi's question, Jia Hongjian immediately regained his spirits, "Well, that's a good idea!" He recalled in his mind the "Hero" filmed by Lao Mouzi in 02. 3000 million U.S. dollars, or 2.5 million yuan.As a result, the total domestic box office is only 2.5 million, which is the result of several months of release.What is this little money enough for?In China, the share of film studios is not so much, even if it is calculated in half, half of the cost will be lost!Always find a way to earn it back!So obviously if you can't do it at home, you have to look abroad!In other countries, piracy is relatively well managed anyway, and you can still sell dvds, original sound CDs and other things, and you can still make some money after all!This is only to earn money back for investors first.Only then can people invest money in in the future!Otherwise, people will be fooled into investing money, and they will lose money later, and they will be stupid to invest money in the future?As a result, won't the commercialization of domestic films not continue?

Hearing Jia Hongjian praised this idea, Lao Mouzi became even more energetic, "Originally, after I thought about it, I started looking for a book. To tell you the truth, I have read all the books written by Liang Yusheng and Gu Long. Thinking about adapting their novel. After all, isn’t Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon adapted from Wang Dulu’s novel? But after reading it, I always feel that the structure is a bit small... It’s not that I’m criticizing the two of them. They wrote it back then. It is a martial arts novel, so it is naturally about the affairs of the world. But "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which also talks about the affairs of the world, is in China... right? The domestic market cannot be avoided, right? So I mainly want to find A novel similar to Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". It has a feeling similar to the one with the world in mind. It is as grand as possible. But I couldn't find it after searching, so I thought I should just make it myself. , I just want to take the historical story of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin Dynasty and change it..."

Immediately afterwards, the old man outlined his idea for "Heroes"—"Jing Ke's assassination of the Qin Dynasty in the past all said that Jing Ke killed the tyrant bravely, and they were all about praise and praise. So I want to make a reversal, Make a break with this traditional model. Come and rebel. It looks like the magazine run by your company. Doesn’t it say that the new generation of young people like to rebel against the old generation? I want to attract young people to watch it in the cinema , so I wanted to get some ideas, how to rebel against the old things, so I thought about it. Or if Jing Ke assassinated Qin, Jing Ke was persuaded by the King of Qin? But he didn’t assassinate in the end? Because he killed Ying Zhengzheng can only make the world more chaotic? The war of Yingzheng’s annexation of the six countries is actually more likely to bring about long-term peace and stability? Do you think such a theme works? Can it be popular?”

Such a passage really distilled a core concept of "Heroes"!According to Jia Hongjian's memory, this "Hero" basically added some messy details to the above paragraph, and then made it into a movie! "It's a good idea..." Jia Hongjian couldn't help but nodded.And he knew that it was not easy for this old Mouzi as an intellectual to think of such a topic!why?Because intellectuals generally like to sing against the government!Just like when the Japanese government later leaned to the right, Japan's official media NHK has always been occupied by left-wingers.The Japanese Communist Party has always been mixed in the media and education circles!This is exactly the opposite of China!Teachers in China, those in the media industry, there are too many cents!So in China, intellectuals, especially those who work in film and media, many people think that personal resistance to the strong control of the system is the correct line that should be born!They just think that the government should not take care of things, because the Chinese government has too much control, and their intellectuals have to fight against it, so that they can appear to be thoughtful.

If Lao Mouzi wants to rebel in this way, it is right to say that order and strong government control are right, and personal resistance is wrong... Isn't this scolded by intellectuals?Suddenly thinking of this, Jia Hongjian understood why so many people scolded the film "Hero" in history!