Chapter Seventy-Nine: Questioning
The news that "Hoe Rape" might be dismounted spread far and wide, and the entire crew became panicked. During the afternoon shooting, the whole scene was in a solemn atmosphere, almost like a crematorium.
The solemn atmosphere of the scene had an impact on the actors' performances. There was a problem when filming the dialogue between Fang Shu and Zhou Lijin, this shot required Fang Shu to show a slightly shy smile, which was originally a very simple shot, but Fang Shu couldn't act no matter how she acted, and the smile was either unnatural or shy.
Xu Wangqiu felt an evil fire in his heart, picked up the megaphone and slammed it on the ground, pointed at Fang Shu and shouted: "What the hell are you playing? You can't even play a laugh! Do you know how to act? You said that you have acted several times, do you think that the film does not cost money?"
The loudspeaker crashed to the ground with a thud like a drumstick hitting the hearts of the staff at the scene. They were all frightened, Xu Wangqiu usually roared at the scene with his throat at his throat, but on the whole he was relatively kind, and he had never seen him so angry. Everyone looked at Xu Wangqiu, who roared like a lion, and didn't even dare to come out.
Fang Shu came from a very good background, and when she was very young, she played the little radish head in "Eternal Life in Fire" and became a household name. Almost everyone took her as a treasure, holding her in their hands for fear of falling, holding it in their mouths for fear of melting, and never dared to speak to her like this. Fang Shu only felt aggrieved, tears welled up in her eyes, and she cried out.
Zhang Ke came over and patted Xu Wangqiu on the shoulder and comforted: "Wangqiu, relax! You are the director of this drama and the core of the entire crew. ”
"Thank you, Ke Lao!" Xu Wangqiu regretted it after scolding Fang Shu, knowing that he was worried that "Hoe Rape" would get off the horse, so that his emotions were a little out of control. He looked at Fang Shu, who was squatting on the ground and crying, and apologized softly: "Fang Shu, I was not good just now, I shouldn't have lost my temper at you." It's because I'm not doing a good job as a director. Fang Shu wiped her tears and said, "It's me who is not good, it's that I didn't act well." Let's continue shooting!" Xu Wangqiu had a good impression of Fang Shu, smiled at her, and said loudly: "Each group prepares!
The tense air at the scene flowed, the staff were slightly relieved, and the cemetery-like set suddenly became alive. Everyone laughed, pretending to laugh lightly, and concentrated on their work. It's just that the tense atmosphere hasn't really dissipated, and the shadow of dismounting still hangs over the crew of "Hoe Rape".
At seven o'clock in the evening of the next day, Xu Wangqiu, Xie Fei and Zhang Ke came to the conference room of the Magic Shadow Factory. At this time, there were already more than a dozen directors sitting in the conference room, and they were whispering about the dialogue. At the end of the movement, the state advocated that a hundred schools of thought contend and a hundred flowers bloom, and the directors' minds were all active, and they all wanted to make a few good movies; but yesterday Vice Minister Hu criticized the three films of the Magic Film Studio by name, which was like a slap on the directors on the head, making many people feel that "the cold spring is coming."
The directors in the conference room all knew Xu Wangqiu, and they also knew that "Hoe Rape" was criticized by name, and when they saw Xu Wangqiu and them coming in, they greeted each other. A director asked: "Wangqiu, I heard that "Hoe Rape" was named and criticized, what is the situation?"
Xu Wangqiu sighed and said: "Our film is said to be anti-realism and distorts the image of the underground party, which is simply a random hat. The official word has two mouths, he can say whatever he wants, but I won't recognize it!"
The movie "405 Murder" was also named, and director Shen Yaoting said depressedly: "Our film was said to be made up with a lot of traces, and it was also said that there were martial arts scenes, and major revisions were required." The police fight the bad guys, and there is no martial arts scene, can the movie be good?"
The directors of the two films "Hoe Rape" and "405 Murder" took the lead, and everyone complained. Isn't the country talking about a hundred schools of thought contending and a hundred flowers blooming, but this can't be filmed, that one has a problem, how can everyone make a movie?
With the arrival of Lu Lu, the director of the Magic Shadow Studio and the art management committee, the conference room was quickly filled.
Hu Qingming came in last, he came in surrounded by the leaders of the Shadow Factory, and he looked full of style. Hu Qingming is in his fifties, with a shoehorn face, no hair on the top of his head, bare, surrounded by lush vegetation, and a pair of small eyes with a fierce light, which is not easy to mess with.
After Xu Shangchu sat down, he glanced around the scene, knocked his hand on the table, and stopped the buzz of the scene: "Comrades, we have a meeting!"
"Minister Hu visited our factory in the past two days and put forward a lot of opinions on the production and creation of our factory, and the creative personnel in the factory also have different views. Today's meeting is about dialogue. Minister Hu said that if you have any opinions or different views, you can put them forward. Xu Shangchu said a few opening remarks, and his eyes fell on Xu Wangqiu, "Wangqiu, Minister Hu named "Hoe Rape", and I heard that you have a big opinion, you can talk about it first!"
As soon as these words fell, Xu Wangqiu felt a cold gaze staring at him, as if he was being targeted by some fierce beast, he looked up at that gaze, and saw Hu Qingming staring at him with a poisonous snake-like gaze. Anyway, it is impossible for the other party to let go of himself, and he does not intend to give the other party a good face and show a disdainful smile.
Xu Wangqiu said two polite words, stared at Hu Qingming's fierce little eyes, and said calmly: "Vice Minister Hu named "Hoe Rape" and gave us two big hats, one is anti-realism, and the other is to distort the image of the underground party. I'm young and ignorant, and my shoulders are immature, so I can't stand these two big hats!"
The people in the Shadow Factory were very surprised, thinking that Xu Wangqiu was really bold, he dared Minister Hu to speak like this!
Xu Wangqiu continued: "What is realism? Realism comes from real life, not fabrication out of thin air. The prototype of "Hoe Rape" is Tekko's eradication of the traitor Bai Xin, and most of the team members who died in the story also have prototypes. Since the main characters and events in the story are based on real evidence, why can "The Hoe" be said to be anti-realistic?"
Speaking of this, Xu Wangqiu glanced at the audience, and when he saw that everyone nodded slightly, he continued: "Let's talk about distorting the image of the underground party. In "The Rape", the hoe and rape squad fell into the trap of the enemy, and most of the team members were killed, leaving only Duan Haiping and the three of them. In such a difficult situation, they still resolutely eradicated the traitor regardless of their sacrifice, and in the end, only Duan Haiping survived. In the movie, the underground party sacrificed its life and forgot to die for the revolution, and went forward to succeed the revolution, where did we distort the image of the underground party? Speaking of traitors, do we glorify traitors? No, I don't understand, how can it be that it is a film that praises the underground party for sacrificing its life and forgetting to die for the revolution, so how can it be involved in distorting the image of the underground party?"
Hu Qingming said coldly: "You just said that the prototype of the story is the special branch hoe rape, but in the story of "The Hoe", the Nanjiang Provincial Party Committee was destroyed by the enemy, and the hoe rape team was all sacrificed, leaving only Duan Haiping alive. Is our underground party so incompetent? Isn't this the biggest smear against Teko and the underground party?"
There are many such things in this era, such as the remake of "Southern Expedition and Northern War" by Beijing Film Studio, once filming the soldiers in the battle, in order to increase the atmosphere of the battle, director Cheng Yin painted some black oil paint on the faces of the two soldiers, and was accused of "wantonly distorting the image of our army's heroes". Another example is when China and Canada jointly filmed "Bethune", the foreign director felt that the face of the Eighth Route Army was too clean, and smeared some soil on the soldiers' faces. When the Chinese director saw it, he immediately wiped the soil, saying how could the Eighth Route Army be dirty!
This is almost the same logic in front of me, how can the underground party sacrifice? "Hoe Rape" actually makes the underground party sacrifice so many people, which is to distort the image of the underground party!
This kind of creative thinking has dominated Chinese film and television for many years, resulting in the protagonists of the main theme movies are tall and complete, without any shortcomings, and they are full of advantages, like saints. Because the characters and stories are too false and too detached from reality, the audience doesn't like to watch them at all, so that the vast majority of the audience wave their hands as soon as they hear the main theme.
This also made many filmmakers misunderstand, thinking that the audience doesn't like to watch the main theme. When Chen Kexin's "Casting Names" and "The Assembly" were in the ring, they felt that if they were making a movie about the People's Liberation Army, how could the common people recognize it? As a result, the star-studded "Casting Names" was beaten all over the ground by "The Assembly." Later movies such as "Wolf Warrior" and "Operation Red Sea" have proved that the audience recognizes the main theme, and the key is that you have to shoot well.
Xu Wangqiu couldn't understand Hu Qingming's creative thinking, and couldn't help but say: "On the morning of December 6, 1934, under the leadership of the traitor Zhang Asi, Kuang Hui'an, the head of the Special Branch Operations Section, was arrested. Almost at the same time, Meng Huating, Zhao Xuan and others from the Special Branch Operations Section were arrested. By the evening, all 30 members of the Special Branch had been arrested. On the eve of the Spring Festival in February 1935, four martyrs, Kuang Hui'an, Meng Huating, Zhao Xuan, and Chen Jieming, were hanged, and the rest were either severely punished or defected. Speaking of Beiping Tek, in November 1934, on November 7, all 20 members of Peiping Tek were arrested, and the entire Peiping Tek was completely destroyed by the enemy. If this is not true, then what does Minister Hu mean to be real? If we make the enemy a fool and an idiot, then what is the sacrifice of the seniors? Were they killed by fools?
Xu Wangqiu pointed to the top of his head and said loudly: "Do you dare to touch your conscience and dare to say this to the martyrs in the sky?"
The Shadow Factory was shocked by Xu Wangqiu, thinking that it was really a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers! This was not a dialogue at all, it was a question!
Zhang Ke could not bear everything for his students: "I am an underground party, I have squatted in the Kuomintang prison, and I have seen our comrades in prison taken out by the enemy and shot. In my opinion, if we make the underground work a show, if the underground work is made easy, and the underground party is made as an unbeatable King Kong, then the greatest distortion of the underground work is the greatest distortion of the underground work. ”
Xie Fei is the second generation of red, he is not afraid of things, and he is the co-director of "Hoe Rape", so he couldn't help but speak: "If we make the enemy a fool and the underground party an invincible, what will our juniors think? They think that the enemy is a fool, and the revolution is like a joke, and it will be easy to succeed." When we tell young people that the national flag is stained red with the blood of martyrs, how can they understand this sentence? How can they understand the tremendous sacrifices made by our predecessors? This is the blasphemy of the martyrs and the greatest distortion of the image of the underground party!"
The people of the Shadow Factory looked at the scene in front of them dumbfounded, thinking that Nortel's teachers and students were very powerful, and they were not afraid of Minister Hu, and they made a lot of sense.
Zhang Ke said unceremoniously: "Today I put my words here, if our film is really problematic, then I have nothing to say, but if we are given the hat of anti-realism and smearing the image of the underground party, I will definitely not admit it! This lawsuit is to hit the central government, to the supreme leader, and I will definitely not be afraid!"