Chapter 232: Qiu Ye
Wu Zhiliu picked up the script from the table and handed it to Xu Wangqiu: "Wangqiu, we recently rewrote a draft and revised the details. In particular, the character of Masaki Hasegawa is portrayed in more depth, dissecting his soul through details. We all felt that the script was very well developed. Look at it, give advice. β
Xu Wangqiu nodded, took the script and slowly flipped it up. Wu Zhiliu's script is mainly about our army's reconnaissance brigade Yan Nanxiang led the troops to capture Major General Hasegawa Masaki of Dongying, which is based on the true story of Zhao Hengde of the Taihang Second Division who led his life to capture Suzuki Denzaburo. Yan Nanxiang, who captured Hasegawa in the script, is the incarnation of Zhao Hengde.
On January 16, 1945, Zhao Hengde of the Taihang Military Division received a notice from his superiors that a special military train was driving from Taiyuan to Beiping. Zhao Deheng selected a reinforced platoon from the main force, braved the vast snow, braved the biting cold wind, and rushed to the destination in Shouyang County day and night. At 12 o'clock in the evening, the military train bound for Beiping arrived, stopped on the railway that had been pulled away by the military engineering team, and then the battle began.
During the battle, Zhao Hengde and the others accidentally captured Suzuki Denzaburo, who was then the chief adviser and school commissioner of the puppet Shanxi Province, and his family. After interrogation, Suzuki Denzaburo had the rank of major general, and a photo of him with members of the Toei Imperial Family, as well as a badge and silver tableware from the Emperor, were found in his luggage. The news of Suzuki's capture shook the Japanese forces in North China, and the commander was very annoyed and soon sent troops in pursuit. In the course of the Japanese pursuit, he repeatedly caught up with the troops escorting Suzuki Denzaburo. Zhao Hengde and the others went out day and night, thrilling all the way, and walked for six full days, and finally escorted Suzuki Chuanzaburo's family to the second division of Taihang.
Later, Suzuki's family was sent to Yan'an, and under the inspiration of the Anti-War Alliance, Suzuki Denzaburo eventually became an anti-war activist. During this period, he had dealings with both Ye Shuai and Liao Chengzhi. In 1980, Suzuki Denzaburo and his daughter Hiroko visited China at the invitation of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and Ye Shuai's daughter came forward to receive them.
Liu Lin and his eyes lit up after they saw the story of Suzuki Denzaburo in the newspaper, and they thought that this story was very exciting, so they planned to write a movie script based on Suzuki Denzaburo.
At the beginning, Liu Lin's script was to write about how our army obtained intelligence, how to set up an ambush, and finally how to capture Suzuki Denzaburo alive. Later, they felt that after our army captured Suzuki Denzaburo, it was more interesting to escort Suzuki Denzaburo to the Taiyue Second Division, and the cost was relatively small and easier to shoot. But in the end, their thinking went back to the beginning, filming how to capture Suzuki Denzaburo.
At the very beginning, Wu Zhiliu wrote about Hasegawa, which was the same as the Toei officers in domestic movies in the past, mainly showing their burning, killing and looting, and portraying them as war machines. Xu Wangqiu felt that there was something wrong with this description, and to write the Dongying people as brainwashed war machines, to a certain extent, was excusing the Dongying people.
There is a plot in the movie "Captain America 3 Civil War", Iron Man's parents were killed by the Winter Soldier, and Iron Man wanted to kill the Winter Soldier to avenge his parents, but Captain America resolutely refused to let it, because the Winter Soldier was brainwashed.
The same is true on the issue of Dongying soldiers, saying that they are brainwashed machines is tantamount to saying that they do not need to be primarily responsible, or even not responsible, which is obviously wrong. Xu Wangqiu believes that Hasegawa should be written as a human being, and his soul should be deeply analyzed.
Wu Zhiliu felt that Xu Wangqiu's words were very reasonable, and in the subsequent revision of the script, they always attached great importance to the portrayal of Hasegawa. Their pen Hasegawa is from an art background, likes to paint in beautiful places, and paints very well, and after arriving in China, he is still very gentle with his children and is a good father, but when facing Chinese, he is extremely cruel and does not treat Chinese as human beings at all.
In Wu Zhiliu's draft, a lot of details have been added. For example, at the end of the script, Hasegawa's most beloved little daughter died, and he hugged his little daughter and cried. Yan Nanxiang said to him, your daughter is dead, heartbroken; but how many Chinese died in your hands, the tears of their relatives add up, I am afraid that you can drown the country of Dongying.
After reading the script, Xu Wangqiu raised his head, saw Wu Zhiliu and the others looking at him expectantly, touched his chin and said proudly: "Not bad, you have already obtained the seven-point true transmission of the teacher." The rhythm of the script is very good, the story is tightly knit, and the characters are all alive, so it's no problem to start filming directly with this script. In this way, when I get my graduation certificate and officially work in the export company, I will submit the script to the art center for discussion, and it will be no problem to pass the review. β
When Liu Lin heard this, he hurriedly walked over to Xu Wangqiu and stretched out his hand, waved his fist like a sand bowl, and gently pounded it on Xu Wangqiu's shoulder, and said with a sycophant taste: "Wangqiu, I will leave this matter to you." β
Wu Zhiliu hurriedly sent the teacup to Xu Wangqiu: "Director Xu, you drink tea!"
"A group of sycophants!" Xia Gang scolded, and everyone thought that he was going to say something righteous, but they saw him pick up a fan and fan Xu Wangqiu, and said with a hippie smile, "Master Qiu, please leave this matter to you!
Everyone scolded Xia Gang for being shameless, Wangqiu is a few years younger than you, and even Qiu Ye called out.
Xu Wangqiu smiled and arched his hand at Xia Gang: "Master Xia, don't worry, this matter is on me." β
After Xu Wangqiu and Xia Gang took the lead in shouting "Master", the entire Nortel 78 students soon began to call each other Master, Zhang Yimou is Mouye, Liu Lin is Liu Ye, Chen Kaige is Kaiye, and He Qun is He Ye......
In fact, before this, the students of the class of 78 all had nicknames, and they used the name of the movie to give others nicknames according to the characteristics of each person. Zhang Yimou's nickname is "The Fox's Story", Tian Zhuangzhuang's nickname is "Son, Grandson and Seed", and Li Shaohong's nickname is "Women Are More Murderous Than Men......
Xu Wangqiu thinks about learning from Hollywood all day long and taking the road of genre films, which is an outlier in Nortel and even in the film industry. In the eyes of Brother Chen Kai, Xu Wangqiu and they are taking an evil path and are simply gangsters, and Xu Wangqiu is the head of several of them, so they named Xu Wangqiu "The Godfather".
While eating lunch, Situ Zhaodun stopped Xu Wangqiu in the cafeteria. He told Xu Wangqiu that the application for the defense had been approved, and the time for the defense was to be determined. He also told Xu Wangqiu that Zhang Ke would invite computer experts from other schools to participate in the defense, and that he must not think that he could pass the test in confusion, and he must prepare well.
Xu Wangqiu said that he would definitely prepare well, but he didn't take it too seriously. There are people in China who are engaged in the research of computer graphics, but no one studies the application of graphics computing in films. China's computer research is not lagging behind, but research and application are completely disconnected. The emergence of computer special effects companies in China will not be until after 2000. Xu Wangqiu didn't dare to say that he was the person who knew the most about the use of computer graphics technology in movies in this era, but he dared to say that he was the one who knew this best in China. With his knowledge, passing the dissertation defense is not a problem at all.
However, Xu Wangqiu is not idle, although the work of "Falcon" has been completed, but at the end of the year, "A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Finished" will be started, and the final script of this play has not yet been completed. In July, Tokuma will come to Peking again to discuss the script, and after this discussion, the final draft of the script will be finalized.
Xu Wangqiu must revise his own script before the Dongying delegation comes to Beiping. Therefore, after handing over the thesis defense draft to the school, Xu Wangqiu locked himself in the room and buried himself in revising the latest draft of "A Game of Unfinished Chess".
In the days when Xu Wangqiu was immersed in revisions, "Falcon" continued to be released in the mainland and in Xiangjiang.
As a result of the start of screening "Falcon" by the Anle Cinema Line, the scale of the film's release reached 31. In the second week of the release of "Falcon", it achieved a reverse decline, with a box office of 6.23 million and a total box office of 12.35 million. In the third week of its release, "Falcon" was hit by the new film, and the box office fell sharply, but it still had 3.87 million, and the cumulative box office reached 16.22 million.
After this result came out, the entire Xiangjiang film circle was a sensation, because it was a foregone conclusion that "Falcon" surpassed "Modern Bodyguard" at the box office.
At the press conference, Xu Wangqiu said at the press conference that the box office of "Falcon" could surpass "Modern Bodyguard", which was wildly ridiculed by the pro-Taiwan media. Now the pro-Taiwan media are all dumbfounded, and they don't understand how the box office of "Falcon" can be so good. They all pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretending that "Falcon" didn't exist. The pro-mainland and neutral media reported the news at the first time, with almost overwhelming praise.
Since its release, the film "Falcon" directed by Xu Wangqiu has aroused strong resonance among the audience with its hot scenes and modern social topics. Under the almost one-sided good word-of-mouth, it reached 16.22 million last week. It is only 1.54 million short of "Modern Bodyguard" of 17.76 million, and if nothing else, "Falcon" will surpass "Modern Bodyguard" next week and set a new box office record for Hong Kong movies. ββMing Pao
"Compared to other films of the same period, "The Falcon" performed extremely steadily, winning word-of-mouth with its excellent quality and echoing hot topics, and then attracting a continuous audience. The interlocking story concept, the star-studded performances, and the shocking graphics are all the keys to winning this tough battle. In the three weeks after the movie was released, the cumulative box office has reached 16.22 million, surpassing "Modern Bodyguard" is a foregone conclusion. - Cheng Pao
"Three new films were released this week, which had a big impact on "Falcon", but the total box office of "Falcon" has reached 16.22 million, surpassing "Modern Bodyguard" is just around the corner. In the eyes of relevant people in the industry, "Falcon" can achieve such results, on the one hand, thanks to its hot scenes and excellent quality, and on the other hand, since the exclusion of Chinese in Vietnam, the entire Xiangjiang society has hated the Vietnamese very much, and everyone agrees with the People's Liberation Army fighting Vietnam. With the reputation and quality of "Falcon", there is no doubt that it will surpass "Modern Bodyguard", and now the biggest question is, how much can the final box office reach, can it exceed 20 million?" - "Oriental Daily"
"The box office of "Falcon" has reached 16.22 million, only 1.54 million short of the record of 17.76 million of "Modern Bodyguard". "Falcon" has an excellent reputation and is full of box office momentum, and industry insiders believe that "Falcon" will surpass "Modern Bodyguard" this week. Xu Dunlin, the manager in charge of distribution in Yindu, told reporters that it is no longer a problem for "Falcon" to surpass "Modern Bodyguard", and according to the current trend, the final box office may exceed 20 million. ββWen Wei Po
Xu Wangqiu didn't know what happened in Xiangjiang, because this day was the day of his dissertation defense. This is a public defense, which is specially prepared for Xu Wangqiu. Because of Brother Chen Kai, they may be onlookers, and if his performance is not good enough, he will definitely say that he graduated through the back door. After getting up in the morning, Xu Wangqiu began to memorize the manuscript. As a result, he was ridiculed by Su Bai, saying that he was temporarily cramming.
After lunch, Xu Wangqiu and Su Bai got on the bus to Nortel. Xu Wangqiu is a celebrity, with a lot of fans all over the country, and there was a lot of trouble when he dropped out of school. In Su Bai's opinion, this matter is worth reporting, so he applied to the newspaper and reported this matter to Nortel.