N-M Chapter 329 I don’t agree with you getting married!
Chapter 329 I don’t agree with you getting married!
The original "The Embalmer" was filmed in a small city in Neon. But the situation in Neon is different from that in China. Neon is a developed country after all, and even some small cities have already completed upgrading. Today's third-tier small cities in China are still relatively backward, and many plots would be very inconsistent in small cities.
Therefore, Wu Yuchen changed the location to Magic City. Magic City is the city with the most connections between China and the West. It is most reasonable for the male protagonist's style of integrating Chinese and Western styles to be set in Magic City, and his residence can be set to live in the suburbs.
To put it simply, after the male protagonist was laid off by a band in Shanghai, he was forced to move from a rented house in the city center back to a suburban residence. In order to find a job again, he found an encarnation company.
Another point is that the film "The Embalmer" must be spread to the whole world, and Wu Yuchen also wants to make China as good as possible. If you really go to third- and fourth-tier small cities to shoot various backward scenes, the artistic conception of the movie will be lost.
Even the original version of "The Embalmer" was shot with all kinds of beautiful scenery. The small neon place makes people feel that it is beautiful and the environment is also very good. Although the various clothes of the people are not luxurious, they are also very... Appropriate and make a good impression on people.
Therefore, Wu Yuchen's filming must be in a slightly beautified tone. Not only the scenery must be photographed well, but the people must also be photographed well, so as to promote the country's culture to the outside world and enhance its image!
Moreover, this kind of decent style of dressing is also in line with the characteristics of people in the magic city, so that domestic audiences will not feel that it is a show.
Then there are the actors. In addition to the male and female protagonists, there are several supporting roles that are also very important.
"What?! Why?" Lao Mouzi was even more surprised.
When Zhang Weiping saw Lao Mouzi defending Chen Ting in this way, he became more determined to prevent the two from getting married. Otherwise, wouldn't the affair become even worse after they got married?
Zhang Weiping directly made a big move: "Are you getting married now? Are you worthy of Gong Li? Have you forgotten how Gong Li begged you back then? And your daughter Mo Mo, we are still hiding it from her now! She is still here She also wants you to remarry her mother. How would she feel if she knew you were married? "
Zhang Weiping's eyes widened when he heard this, and he waved his hand directly:
"No, I don't agree! You must not get married!"
"Too tacky! Nondescript! Neither Chinese nor foreign!"
Since the filming was scheduled to take place in Shanghai, Wu Yuchen simply gave priority to selecting actors from Shanghai.
As for some other small roles, Wu Yuchen doesn’t need to worry about them, they can be left to the people below. He is currently inspecting some of the previously prepared sets and putting forward some suggestions for modifications. On the other hand, he is also looking at the scenes that were previously selected by the crew and picking out the ones that best meet his requirements.
"A hodgepodge of mechanical tricks!"
The last one is the old man who often goes to the bathhouse to play chess. He usually looks a little happy, but in the end after the proprietress passed away, he was also very sad and expressed some philosophy of life. There is a teacher at Shanghai Film Studio who is just right for me, Mr. Niu Ben.
Lao Mouzi raised his head and glanced at Zhang Weiping. He didn't expect his reaction to be so strong, and then explained: "It's not easy for Chen Ting to follow me."
Lao Mouzi's words have already shifted the topic to the new movie "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles". He actually wanted to make this movie two years ago. After finishing "Hero", he actually wanted to make "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles", but was persuaded by Zhang Weiping.
"What is this thing that Zhang Yimou took? Is this to embarrass China?"
Then there is the male protagonist’s colleague, a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties. She is the person to whom the male protagonist confides in the film, and also gives him persuasion when he is troubled.
This Athens Olympics gave birth to China's biggest hero Liu Xiang. His world record-tying results and the first yellow sprint Olympic champion made the whole country proud.
This time, this character is gentle, passionate, and attentive at the same time. She loves to laugh at ordinary times, and at critical moments, she is similar to the actor Lin Wu’s confidant sister. It would be great to have He Saifei play the role.
"The content of the performance is old-fashioned and the form of the performance is old-fashioned!"
Zhang Weiping looked at Lao Mouzi's leaving figure and couldn't help but sneered. He had to give this guy a hard time before he could obey him!
After Lao Mouzi returned, he was a little irritable, not because Zhang Weiping prevented him from getting married, but because he always felt that his creative tendencies had been interfered with. However, he has always been a dull man, and what Zhang Weiping said this time was for his own good. The other party has always taken care of these things.
Zhang Weiping shook his head and said:
"How could you have sold as much as 200 million? Didn't I do this all to build up your image and brag so much to the media? Otherwise, you are so far behind Wu Yuchen, and you can't even compare to Li An, so what? Where do you put your face?”
Fortunately, now that he is home, his wife and children are with him. He was holding his little son, who had been born for half a year but had not seen him a few times, feeling quite pleased.
Gong Li wanted to marry him back then, but he had too many scruples and refused to agree, which eventually led to the two breaking up.
This wasn't over yet, he continued to speak to Lao Mouzi: "Also, we gave you 30 million in promotional expenses alone. If you think about the investment in the movie, 280 million, how can you get back so much?
Lao Mouzi immediately retorted: "She is not such a person..."
Now that he has Chen Ting, it is impossible for him to have anything to do with Gong Li, but he still remembers that on the Great Wall, he promised her to play the queen once.
Zhang Weiping simply said directly: "Mouzi, let me tell you the truth, we can't film "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles"."
The income of "House of Flying Daggers" this time is much lower than that of "Heroes". In fact, we lost money on our investment! I still have to spend money to help you solve the birth problem. How can the company have so much spare money now? "
Zhang Weiping spread his hands: "No money!"
Upon hearing this, Lao Mouzi became anxious:
Then Zhang Weiping said to Lao Mouzi: "Mouzi, I think I'll forget about "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles". Didn't you say before that you had the idea of making an ancient version of "Thunderstorm"? How about we try this?"
“Not a single bit of Chinese culture or Chinese spirit was displayed!”
This made Lao Mouzi open his mouth, but then became speechless again.
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Therefore, Wu Yuchen directly invited Mr. You Benchang. There is no doubt about Mr. You's acting skills. When he played Jigong in the game world before, he would reveal many truths to the audience. Let's be a life mentor again this time!
In short, in this "Eight Minutes of Black", no program can satisfy the audience. Every second is flawed.
Wu Yuchen invited He Saifei for this role. He Saifei's acting career has also been going very smoothly in the past few years. He originally played the heroine in "The Passionate Years", and after the popularity, he has no shortage of acting roles.
This criticism hit Lao Mouzi hard. He and his people carefully prepared for more than four months. When he returned to China after filming "House of Flying Daggers", he didn't even stay at home for long and went straight to work on this matter. .
Ken Takakura was Lao Mouzi's idol since he was young. He really wanted to work with him once. This time he also designated Ken Takakura as the leading actor and wrote a special letter to him.
But Chen Ting finally made a request to him at this time...
"What? Get married?"
Lao Mouzi was stunned when Zhang Weiping said this, with hesitation and struggle in his eyes. He had never thought about these issues before.
These comments are all aimed at the eight minutes in the capital during the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games, which are now also called the "black eight minutes" by the domestic media!
The first program was a performance of the famous Chinese song "Jasmine" by 14 young and beautiful girls. The point that was criticized was that it made many Chinese viewers extremely uncomfortable. It was an ultra-short cheongsam in the style of a red and green floral jacket. The skirt was already as short as hip level, which shocked many Chinese people's jaws.
"No money? No, didn't we sell the overseas copyright of "House of Flying Daggers" for 200 million? And the box office is more than 100 million, so how can we have no money?"
It can be said that these are all experienced actors and have a lot of life experience. Wu Yuchen is not worried about their acting skills at all.
Before his father died, he told him to have more children. The more children he has, the more happiness he will have, and the family will prosper. Now that he has two sons, he feels that his old father will also laugh when he sees them. But two were not enough, he wanted to give birth to one more.
But at the same time, some people have been criticized from all sides after the Athens Olympics. It was none other than Lao Mouzi.
Several veteran actors were also very happy after receiving Wu Yuchen's invitation. When Wu Yuchen was filming "Love", he invited Wang Danfeng from their studio, and then won the Oscar for Foreign Language Film, which made them jealous. . This time I was able to receive Wu Yuchen's invitation, and it was such a good script as "The Embalmer", so I naturally accepted it.
"Impossible? He told me it was only 400,000 US dollars!" Zhang Yimou questioned.
In the words of a certain newspaper, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is vulgar. Such a dress would be scolded even if it was put on a new store opening program in a third-tier city! It’s even harder to imagine that it was done by Zhang Yimou!
Among these 14 girls is Tang Yan, but she has never taken the initiative to mention or market her identity and experience as an "Olympic baby" in her future star career. It can be seen that this wave of criticism has left a big mark in her heart. shadow.
After that, there was a group of children performing Peking Opera, Tai Chi, etc., but the audience felt that the whole performance was noisy, just like watching a temple fair. There was also a performance on stilts holding lanterns at the back to express welcome to the guests, but some people complained that their costumes were too eerie and weird. They looked like they were attending a funeral, and they smelled like a coffin...
Just as Wu Yuchen was making final preparations for the filming of "The Embalmer", the Athens Olympics also came to an end.
Wu Yuchen invited Mr. Xiang Mei from Shanghai Film Studio, who has appeared in "Women's Basketball Team No. 5" and "Red Detachment of Women". The role that young audiences are familiar with is the Silky King Queen played in the 1986 version of "Journey to the West".
There is also the proprietress who runs the bathhouse independently. She watched the male protagonist grow up in the film, and then died suddenly, and the protagonist completed his burial. This character shouldn't be too old, he should look somewhat capable, and after all, he can run a bathhouse by himself, so he should be in his 60s.
But Zhang Weiping looked at Lao Mouzi and said, "Mouzi, the negotiation didn't work out. The salary he wants is too high."
Zhang Weiping thought about what his wife had told him. Chen Ting was not that easy to fool. She had her own ideas and always kept an eye on his wife. Such a woman must not be allowed to marry Zhang Yimou. It would not be conducive for him to control Zhang Yimou. The instability factors brought about are too great!
Zhang Weiping pressed Lao Mouzi's shoulders: "Mouzi! Look at you now. Just because of the Olympics, you were scolded by the whole country, and your reputation has dropped a lot. This When you go to get married? What do you think everyone will think if the civil affairs department spreads the news and reveals that you have given birth to a child?
Everyone will think that you don’t take the Olympic 8 minutes seriously at all! He is just fooling around and patronizing himself to be happy with getting married and having children! Then your reputation and image will be completely ruined! "
First of all, the boss and mentor of the male protagonist is the guide who unexpectedly entered this industry. He taught the male protagonist Lin Wu the various tasks of an embalmer step by step.
Lao Mouzi stood dumbfounded at this moment. Whether it was Gong Li or his eldest daughter from his ex-wife, they were all women he felt sorry for. They directly poked his heart and made him wilt.
Seeing this, Zhang Weiping continued to say to him: "Mouzi, think about it again, what does Chen Ting's behavior mean now? She is using the child to blackmail you! If you agree to her this time, what about next time? ? She must be pushing the envelope!"
Moreover, when it came to the project of the ancient version of "Thunderstorm", he thought of Gong Li. The mention of Gong Li in Zhang Weiping's words today made him feel a lot of guilt.
If it were before, Zhang Weiping would still support Lao Mouzi. But looking at Lao Mouzi like this, and then thinking about Lao Mouzi wanting to get married, all these ways of trying to get out of his control, he became even more determined that he could no longer follow Lao Mouzi's ideas.
The boss is steady and mature, sometimes serious, sometimes funny, sometimes silent, sometimes telling Dawu many philosophies about life. He is an old man who has experienced the vicissitudes of life, and his age is set to be between 60-70 years old.
Lao Mouzi said in a low voice: "Do you still shoot costumes? Doesn't this cost more money?"
Zhang Weiping clapped his hands and said: "We can raise funds this time. If you make a costume film, there will be people willing to invest. If you make "Ride Alone, Thousands of Miles", who will be willing to lose money and invest in it for you?"
Lao Mouzi was silent for a long time, and stopped mentioning the marriage. He asked Zhang Weiping, "How is your discussion with Takakura Ken?"
Therefore, when Zhang Weiping talked about the ancient version of "Thunderstorm", Zhang Yimou had no objection. If Gong Li was willing to play the role of the queen, he would start preparing for the project now.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yimou took out his mobile phone and found Gong Li's number. He hesitated for a moment and finally dialed it.