Chapter 651 Farewell My Concubine!
this world.
It is a culturally diverse world.
With the advancement of science and technology, globalization is getting closer and closer.
Globalization is both an opportunity and a challenge.
Foreign cultures from all directions are constantly impacting or changing China's traditional culture.
From Christmas to Valentine's Day, on the shelves, there are various figures from Japan, tokusatsu drama peripherals, and Hollywood movies...
As if I don’t know when, China’s traditional culture has begun to drift away under the impact of countless foreign cultures.
Original world.
The movie "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" was released for 22 days, with a box office of only 3.65 million.
A data that is so overwhelming that it can no longer be defeated.
The producers did not give up on saving the film. They appealed to theater managers on the live broadcast platform to schedule more films for the film, and even kowtowed and cried on the spot.
That kneeling caused countless controversies, and they thought it was hype, but it is undeniable that that kneeling really made "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" come back to life.
And this world!
Similar stories are being written constantly.
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November 5th.
5 days.
When the total box office exceeds 30 million...
When there are more and more comments on the Internet, they are all praise and touching.
You Tianming, who was over fifty years old, couldn't control his emotions and his eyes became wet.
He took Ke Zhanyi to drink, until he was drunk and dizzy. All the grievances, unwillingness, and lack of understanding accumulated deep in his heart over the years were all released from this moment on.
This meal lasted from night to early morning.
Ke Zhanyi didn't know when he fell asleep. When he woke up, he found his teacher You Tianming sitting on the bedside, smoking cigarettes one by one.
"teacher?"
He touched his head, which had a headache, but saw that his teacher You Tianming no longer looked happy as he did last night.
"You have betrayed Mr. Zhang before, haven't you?"
You Tianming's cell phone contains countless news about Ke Zhanyi.
Ke Zhanyi has been working with Zhang Sheng since "That Summer". Later, he did not follow Zhang Sheng like Bi Feiyu, but stayed at [Shengshi Entertainment].
[Shengshi Entertainment] There was some turmoil with Zhang Sheng, and during the turmoil, Ke Zhanyi did some messy things to gain position.
These things.
It should have been buried in history and considered insignificant, but obviously, the Internet has memory. When the movie "Birds" became a hot search, it was inevitable that Ke Zhanyi's words and deeds were also uncovered...
Then……
"I didn't betray, I... I just didn't choose him. Moreover, many videos were maliciously edited by netizens. Those are not my original words..."
When Ke Zhanyi faced You Tianming's eyes, he subconsciously avoided it.
After You Tianming saw Ke Zhanyi's eyes, he sighed quietly.
"Let's go!"
"Where to go?"
"Go and see Mr. Zhang..."
"..."
"Mr. Zhang has trouble making appointments. Now..."
"I've already made an appointment with him!"
Ke Zhanyi saw You Tianming carefully take out an old script from the suitcase, then hid it in his arms and stood up.
Ke Zhanyi lowered his head.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally followed You Tianming obediently.
Along the way, You Tianming didn't say anything to Ke Zhanyi. Ke Zhanyi felt more and more unsure, with an inexplicable sense of uneasiness in his heart.
In his own memory, his teacher had been writing that old script before "Hundred Birds", but as to what script he wrote, Ke Zhanyi didn't know.
Not only Ke Zhanyi didn't know, but even You Tianming's children didn't know.
The two of them soon arrived at the door of the organizer of the [Southern California International Film Awards].
After the briefing, the two walked into Zhang Sheng's office.
"Teacher You, Director Ke? Haha, come in... come in, you're welcome..."
When Zhang Sheng saw the two of them, he immediately stood up from his chair and came over with a smile on his face.
When the door closed, You Tianming, who was smiling and saying many words of gratitude, suddenly stared at Ke Zhanyi with a serious expression.
"Kneel down!"
Ke Zhanyi was stunned and couldn't believe his ears.
Zhang Sheng was also stunned.
Then, he watched Ke Zhanyi kneel in front of him with a pop.
He frowned: "You Lao, where are you singing?"
"Mr. Zhang, I recently saw some of his previous actions on the Internet. As his teacher, I apologize to him and you..."
You Tianming looked at Zhang Sheng seriously.
Zhang Sheng still frowned and looked at Ke Zhanyi with some confusion: "What did Director Ke do?"
"Your Excellency has a lot, and you may not remember it, but you have a lot, but we can't be vague... Whatever you do is right, and wrong is wrong..."
Zhang Sheng looked at Ke Zhanyi who was kneeling on the ground, and then at You Tianming.
With his emotional intelligence, he guessed something in an instant, and then he laughed: "Director Ke, you should get up first. The past is in the past. Let's look forward..."
Ke Zhanyi did not get up, but knelt down to apologize.
"He is young. He can be confused and easily fooled when he is young, but he is not bad at all..." You Tianming did not let Ke spread his wings, but looked at Zhang Sheng.
"Teacher You, what are you..."
"Mr. Zhang, if you are willing to believe me, I hope that he will invest in your company and follow you in the future..."
"Teacher You, please don't be like this. Director Ke and I are friends and partners. There is no such thing as following or not... Director Ke, please get up. If you don't get up, I will really call the security!" Zhang Sheng looked at Ke Zhanchi with a smile.
Ke Zhanchi finally stood up after hearing this.
You Tianming silently took out a script from his arms, and then carefully handed it to Zhang Sheng: "Mr. Zhang, this is a gift from me to you..."
Zhang Sheng subconsciously took the script and was very confused: "This is..."
"This is a script I wrote with my life's work..."
"..."
Zhang Sheng returned to his seat and flipped through the script called "Ten Sides of Ambush".
At first, he simply flipped through it, but after reading the story of the script carefully, Zhang Sheng became serious.
This is a story about Peking Opera.
From the perspective of two boys, under the persistent pursuit of Peking Opera art, they have gone through the changes of the times and unfolded half a century of love, hate, sorrow, joy and excitement...
When Zhang Sheng read half of it, even he was slightly shocked.
"Farewell My Concubine"!
The plots of "House of Flying Daggers" and "Farewell My Concubine" are slightly different, but the story framework is relatively similar. The ending is different, but the things hidden in it are extremely profound.
More than an hour later, after Zhang Sheng finished reading it, he looked up at You Tianming: "Teacher You, this script..."
Zhang Sheng's emotions suddenly became more complicated than ever when he watched "House of Flying Daggers".
"If, Mr. Zhang, you think this script is pleasing to the eye, I hope to give it to you." You Tianming observed Zhang Sheng carefully.
He did not see contempt on Zhang Sheng's face, but when he became more serious and solemn, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then he was a little happy.
"This gift is a bit expensive..."
After reading the script, Zhang Sheng naturally realized that every word and action of every character in the script had been carefully crafted.
He was not sure what the film would be like, but what he was sure of was that this should be the most precious thing in You Tianming's life.
"If it doesn't meet a mentor, then it is just a piece of paper, worthless. It will be valuable only if it really meets a mentor, someone who can really appreciate it..."
Zhang Sheng nodded after listening, closed the script and looked at You Tianming: "When do you plan to shoot it?"
"If Mr. Zhang approves of us, then we will go back now and prepare for the filming of this film..."
"Oh..."
Zhang Sheng nodded.
Then he was silent for a while.
He took out another script from his bag.
You Tianming looked at the script with some doubts.
Zhang Sheng showed a more complicated smile: "This is what I have figured out in the past few days. I was going to talk to you today... Now it seems that this script I put together seems to have no meaning..."
"Can I take a look?" You Tianming asked immediately.
"Well, take a look, it's just a simple storyline, and it's also about some stories in the opera world..." Zhang Sheng nodded and handed the script he had just written to You Tianming.
"..."
After You Tianming took Zhang Sheng's script, he saw four words written on it.
"Farewell My Concubine"!
Then...
When You Tianming flipped through the script called "Farewell My Concubine", he was stunned!
Then his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and then he sat on the chair...
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The door in the office opened.
You Tianming followed Ke Zhanchi out.
You Tianming was a little nervous.
"Teacher, this "Farewell My Concubine"..."
"I have a hunch that this movie, if it is really made, may go down in history!"
"Ah?" He was stunned when he heard his teacher You Tianming say this so seriously.
In his memory, he seemed to have never seen his teacher comment on a script like this.
"Then compared to your "House of Flying Daggers"..."
"If Mr. Zhang's script skills were a little better, his understanding of some things in the opera world was more detailed, and the story was more refined, then..."
"Then what?"
"It won't be worse than "House of Flying Daggers" that I wrote for most of my life. Maybe Mr. Zhang has another possibility that I overlooked!"
"..."
You Tianming murmured to himself.
Then he looked at the beach in the distance, and after a long time, he made a decision.
Then, in Ke Zhanchi's confused eyes, he knocked on the door of Zhang Sheng's office again.
"Mr. Zhang?"
"Teacher You?"
"If possible, I hope to complete this "Farewell My Concubine" with you..."
"Ah?"
"Mr. Zhang, you be the director, and I will help you make this movie!"
"I don't understand movies..."
"Just tell me what kind of effect you want to present, and what the story in your mind is like..." When you heard Zhang Sheng say that he didn't understand movies, You Tianming's mouth twitched slightly, and then continued.
"That's fine, but I don't have time to stay on the set..."
"You can give remote commands, and Ke Zhanchi can help with the things that need to be done..."
"..."
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[Southern California International Film Awards] is in full swing.
One Chinese film after another is being screened in the commercial area.
Zhou Songtao walked out of the screening area where a movie called "Guanyin" was being screened.
"Guanyin" has a very high-sounding name, but the content of the movie is not about a fairy saving people.
It is Guanyin soil.
The tone of the movie is full of despair from beginning to end.
It was the great famine in the 1960s. The scene was so cruel that it was suffocating. People who were starving and skinny, one by one, ate tree bark and soil to survive...
After watching the first half, Zhou Songtao from the cultural department felt like a knife stabbed into his heart, making him want to escape from the claustrophobic movie theater.
However...
The second half of the movie is different from the [Underground Director] that China used to win awards overseas.
It did not blindly exaggerate the ugliness of human nature, nor did it condense evil to the extreme, and then completely make people feel desperate and disgusted with the world.
Since Chinese directors have been scrambling to participate in the three major film festivals, the films that have won rankings and even awards have always been of this type.
They blindly present the ugly side of human nature, the poverty and backwardness of society, and the sadness of the current era with fictional stories. As for the good side, even if it exists, it is hidden in the plot and is finally completely strangled by evil...
Zhou Songtao has been to several film festivals. When he returned to China, he even heard an overseas moviegoer ask such a question.
[Do all Chinese people have braids, live in adobe houses, and are there thieves and prostitutes all over the streets? ]
Zhou Songtao was shocked at the time and denied it immediately.
After hearing the denial, the foreigner was obviously a little skeptical.
It is hard to believe that this is a question asked by a foreigner after the millennium.
At that moment, Zhou Songtao felt only sadness.
He watched countless overseas award-winning and nominated films before the millennium.
Except for the film "Xiang Chu", almost all the shortlisted films are from the perspective of thieves, prostitutes, P-shoppers and other marginalized people in society. Then, through a series of things they do, the audience unconsciously thinks that it is a backward, sad, and even desolate world.
The cultural department naturally realized the horror of this kind of thing, so it chose to ban those directors at the first time.
Of course, there are also some voices on the Internet, constantly saying that the relevant departments have corrected the past, and some people have said things like "Why does Qingfeng flip through books when he can't read?" "Everywhere is peaceful and prosperous, and no one tells the truth anymore."
A group of people from the China Film Association also had strong opinions on this, and they all came to him to explain, claiming that film is an art, and art should not be thought too much.
If everyone can be like Zhang Sheng, it would be great.
Just when he was thinking...
Zhang Sheng's call came.
He answered the phone...
"Director Zhou..."
"Hello, Mr. Zhang..."
"Director Zhou, I'm planning to make a movie, um, I want a little support..."
"How much is your money?"
"Just a little bit, are you in Brazil? Can we talk in person?"
"You can talk, but don't drink tea, your tea is too famous, I can't afford it..."
"..."
(Ahhhhh, I'm trash, I'm a waste, I'm a playboy... I can't update more today, I only have 4,000, this Chinese New Year, I'm a little self-doubting)