Zhang Yimou came to Hengdian, and he was accompanied by Gong Li.

"Alive" ended filming last year, and now even the post-production has been completed, but it encountered the same problem as "Farewell My Concubine", that is, because of the subject matter, it has not been reviewed.

Lao Mouzi came to Hengdian, firstly, because he wanted to relax, and by the way, he saw if Wu Jianye had any way, the three major directors who became famous at level 78.

Wu Jianye, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yimou's relationship at the top has always been the worst, even when he became famous later.

At that time, at a certain award ceremony, the first person who won the award was Han Heping, which shows Han Heping's prestige in China at that time.

The award ceremony brought together almost all the filmmakers in China at that time, but only Zhang Yimou was missing, although Zhang Yimou did not express his opinion on this matter, but at that time, Zhang Weiping, who always regarded himself as Zhang Yimou's good buddy, directly opened his mouth and sprayed that the film festival was a mountain carving conference.

The metaphor can be imagined.

This also shows from another aspect, the relationship between Zhang Yimou and the upper echelons has always maintained a sense of imminent separation, and the "Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" led by Han Heping brought together many star directors in China, but there are also reasons for the lack of Zhang Yimou.

In fact, these things have nothing to do with Zhang Yimou, because at that time, Zhang Weiping held that he had Zhang Yimou as a trump card in his hand, and wanted to pry the banner of Zhongying, so he often competed with Zhongying, which also led to the relationship between Zhang Yimou, who was not good at handling this kind of thing, and Zhongying even colder.

What really made Zhang Yimou ease his relationship with Zhongying was after he left the new picture and Zhang Weiping.

In the early days, Zhang Yimou was because of the relationship with the Western Film Studio, and the relationship with China Film was also a little dull, and the relationship with radio and television was even more so.

Now, if it weren't for Wu Jianye's court culture, Zhang Yimou could only rely on the capital in Xiangjiang and Wanwan to make movies at this time, and no film company in China dared him to invest in his films, even if Zhang Yimou's reputation was already very loud at this time.

"The movie "Alive", I have already talked to Ai Bu, if you want to release it now, it is almost impossible, let's take the route of Kaige!"

Sitting in the hotel room, Wu Jianye preached with Zhang Yimou.

After coming to Hengdian, Wu Jianye didn't talk to Zhang Yimou about this topic at the beginning, after all, Wu Jianye's new movie is still in the process of filming, and Wu Jianye's rule is that no one is allowed to disturb himself during the filming of the movie.

Zhang Yimou can't either!

Zhang Yimou also knew the rules of Wu Jianye's filming, so when he arrived at Hengdian Film and Television City during the day, he just sat next to Wu Jianye and watched Wu Jianye directing here.

In fact, Zhang Yimou has wanted to do this for a long time, the two have known each other for more than ten years, Wu Jianye has been like a mountain over the years, and has been pressing him and Chen Kaige and others, except for the previous cameo in the movie "The Last Emperor" directed by Wu Jianye, the two have no chance to work together.

This time, Zhang Yimou also wanted to see how far Wu Jianye had grown!

At the same time, the arrival of Zhang Yimou also made the group performers on the scene even more excited, originally because this is Wu Jianye's movie, everyone has riveted themselves to express themselves, hoping to become the second Dandan, and now I see Zhang Yimou also came to the scene, as the film director who is second only to Wu Jianye in China, the mood of these people can be imagined.

But unfortunately, these people's actions turned out to be useless.

The eyes of the group performance were on Zhang Yimou's body, and Zhang Yimou's eyes were on Wu Jianye's body.

Zhang Yimou sat there, watching Wu Jianye tell the actors and give orders to the other behind-the-scenes personnel in the crew, and at the same time, Zhang Yimou also looked at the shooting effect presented in the camera, and sometimes even wondered what he would do if he directed this scene.

But the more this is the case, the more Zhang Yimou discovers Wu Jianye's skill in dealing with these problems, because many times, even he feels quite good, but he can still see the problem in Wu Jianye.

During the whole day, Zhang Yimou didn't speak much, just watched where Wu Jianye was directing.

Even during the lunch break, Zhang Yimou didn't say much, just watched Wu Jianye discuss with Zhao Fei and others how to shoot the next scenes.

At this time, Zhang Yimou may not have noticed that his mentality has changed from the beginning of the competition to learning.

Of course, this is not to say that Zhang Yimou admits that he is not as good as Wu Jianye, in fact, every director has what he is best at.

For example, Zhang Yimou's use of film color has always been the top existence, so during the filming process, Wu Jianye will also consult Zhang Yimou's opinion.

Zhang Yimou seriously expounded his thoughts.

Jiang Kuan and Ni Dahong, who had no role in the middle, also came over to say hello to Zhang Yimou.

Both were involved in the filming of "Alive" last year.

Jiang Kuan played Feng Xia's husband Erxi in it, that is, the daughter of the rich and noble played by Ge You, while Ni Dahong played the role of Long Wu, the shadow puppet troupe owner who defrauded the rich and noble property.

It was precisely because of the filming of the role of Erxi that Jiang Kuan gave Wu Jianye a period of vacation.

Zhang Yimou encouraged the two to learn from Wu Jianye, and said that being able to participate in the filming of Wu Jianye's movie was a very precious opportunity for them.

At this time, Zhang Yimou was sitting in Wu Jianye's room, and his expression did not have too many regrets, after all, before "Alive", he had the movie "Farewell My Concubine" as the frontrunner.

What's more, this book was written by Wu Jianye himself, and Wu Jianye definitely hopes that this adapted movie can be released!

"Then which film festival is more suitable for you to apply for this movie?" Zhang Yimou is now used to it, and after a problem arises, he asked Wu Jianye's opinion.

"It's better to go to the Cannes Film Festival just like Veuve Clicquot's movie, Fengge Pictures has already sent the movie "Alive" to Jacob!" Wu Jianye said.

In fact, in another time and space, this movie did bring Zhang Yimou a lot of honors, first of all, although this film did not win the Palme d'Or, but won the jury award, and at the same time, Ge You also became the first Chinese actor to win the Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival with this movie, but unfortunately, this honor was won by Zhang Guolu in advance.

However, Wu Jianye also knew that this movie did not get the same treatment as "Farewell My Concubine" in another time and space, and it was released in China, and when Wu Jianye was reborn, this movie still did not let it be released in China.

Whether it can be released now is still two theories, but there is no need to block Zhang Yimou at this time.

Zhang Yimou heard Wu Jianye say this, and he had no opinion, and now the three most well-known directors in China, Wu Jianye, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Yimou.

Only Chen Kaige won the Palme d'Or alone, which made Zhang Yimou want to do something on this, she had already won the Golden Bear Award before, if she could win the Palme d'Or before Wu saw the night, it was also an expectation for Zhang Yimou.

Regardless of whether Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are willing to admit it or not, Wu Jianye has always been the target of the two to catch up.

"By the way, what's the eyebrow for the new movie?" Wu Jianye asked.

Any director does not have only one project in his hands, but will have many projects in his hands, and will eventually choose a film that is most relevant to him at this time.

Everyone knows that Feng Pants' "No Thieves in the World" was filmed after filming "Mobile Phone", but in fact, before the establishment of the "Mobile Phone" project, Feng Pants already had the story of "No Thieves in the World", but later due to policy reasons, the movie "Mobile Phone" was filmed first, and then with the loosening of the policy and changes in the script, "No Thieves in the World" was filmed.

Sometimes, that's just the way it is.

If it weren't for the postponement of the filming of "No Thieves in the World", it is estimated that there would be no actor Wang Baoqiang, and the rest may not be possible.

Zhang Yimou smiled: "There is a story, but I haven't figured out whether to shoot it or not, I spent too much energy filming the movie "Alive" before, I want to take a break and decide whether to shoot this movie!"

The movie "Alive" can be regarded as one of Zhang Yimou's pinnacle works, and it does pour a lot of passion into him, and now it is natural to want to take a break!

In fact, every creator will encounter such a problem, such as the author of online texts in later generations, after a peak work, often the next work will have some gaps with the previous one, not because he doesn't want to write it well, but because the previous work poured too much passion into him, and when he writes the next one, he will be a little inadequate.......

"Since you don't have anything to do next, then stay, it happens that in the color of the movie "Eternal Night", I need you to provide some opinions!" Wu Jianye directly left Zhang Yimou behind.

As I said before, every director has what he is best at, and what Zhang Yimou is best at is the use of film color.

And the pinnacle of it is the movie "Hero", which really exists in every frame as a computer wallpaper.

If the movie "Eternal Night" can have Zhang Yimou's participation, it will definitely be a good supplement to the color of the new movie.

Zhang Yimou didn't think much about it, nodded and said, "Since you have already spoken, there is naturally no problem!"

Then Wu Jianye asked people to book rooms for Zhang Yimou and Gong Li in the hotel, as for whether it is two rooms or one room, there is no need to introduce it.......

The next day, Wu Jianye announced in front of everyone in the crew that Zhang Yimou would participate in the filming of "Eternal Night" as the art director of the film.

This kind of thing is actually a one-sentence thing for Wu Jianye and Zhang Yimou, but for these actors, it has become amazing news.

No one thought that Wu Jianye and Zhang Yimou would cooperate in this form, and when Zhang Yimou also participated in this movie, everyone was even more optimistic about the prospects of this movie.

Soon, Zhang Yimou's appointment as the art director of "Eternal Night" was also known to outsiders.

"Zhang Yimou joined Wu Jianye's latest film work "Eternal Night"!"

"The king doesn't see the king, it doesn't exist, in order to present the best works to the audience, Wu Jianye brought his college classmate, Zhang Yimou, who is also the most well-known director in China!"

"What kind of combination is this? Wu Jianye added Zhang Yimou, Wu Jianye's new movie has been named the best Chinese film next year!"

For a while, the news about Zhang Yimou joining "Eternal Night" was reported by major domestic newspaper media, which once again added countless topics to the film.

At this time, everyone discovered that Wu Jianye's new movie "Eternal Night" had become the focus of domestic news from the place of preparation.

The first national casting, then a huge investment of 130 million, and then the protagonist was replaced, and then it was revealed that the investment in this movie was actually 380 million, until now Zhang Yimou joined!

It seems that this movie, which has not yet appeared in front of the audience, has already been deeply implanted in the hearts of the audience.

Wu Jianye also saw these reports at this time, and he did have a temporary intention for Zhang Yimou to join, but other things were actually intentional by Wu Jianye.

If the future generations are brought down, this kind of behavior will definitely be able to let all the audience know that this is actually a means of publicity, and many filmmakers do this, and at the beginning of preparation, they began to build momentum for their films.

It's just that the current domestic film industry, although it has experienced the baptism of Wu Jianye, and the studios and companies in the film industry already know some propaganda methods, but when it comes to the control of the audience's curiosity, they are nearly 30 years behind Wu Jianye!

The reporters came to Hengdian again and began to find a way to interview Wu Jianye or Zhang Yimou.

Wu Jianye did not come forward to be interviewed, but Zhang Yimou was caught by reporters.

"Director Zhang, what is the reason why you chose to join Director Wu's new film and serve as the art director this time?" The reporter of "Popular Film" found Zhang Yimou and asked directly.

Zhang Yimou thought for a while, showed a helpless expression, and said: "I actually came to Hengdian to discuss other things with Director Wu, but I chatted with Director Wu for a while, and then became the art director of the movie "Eternal Night" in a daze!"

The reporter of "Popular Film" was stunned, are you big directors so casual?

Shouldn't it be that Wu Jianye looked at the thatched house three times, and Zhang Yimou came forward to help in the friendship of his classmates?

Why does it sound like Zhang Yimou sent it to the door himself?

"Then can we ask, this time Director Wu asked you to be the art director of the film, how much did you pay you?" In this era, everything in China will be linked to money, and it is two diametrically opposed situations from the early eighties.

Zhang Yimou smiled bitterly: "I gave a place to live, and I took care of three meals a day by the way, so there should be no other remuneration, right?"

Reporter: "......"