In Beiping City in late September, the autumn is high and crisp, and the sky is very high and blue, as if it has just been painted with paint. Bus No. 345 runs silently on the road, with the canopy of towering poplar trees rattling in the autumn breeze on both sides. On either side of the poplar trees are patches of flat farmland, which are golden in color.

Xu Wangqiu sat by the window, looking at the golden fields outside, slightly distracted. Two days ago, he received a telegram from Su Bai, saying that Zhao Dan had terminal cancer and was dying. She asked Xu Wangqiu to go to Beiping to see Zhao Dan and see Zhao Dan for the last time.

At the beginning of this year, Zhao Shan was admitted to the East China Hospital of the Magic Capital due to epigastric pain, and during the hospitalization, he received an invitation telegram from the Beiping Film Factory, inviting him to appear in a movie. After hearing the news, Zhao Shan immediately asked to be discharged from the hospital and went to Huangshan to revise the script. But the doctor did not agree to discharge him from the hospital, saying that he would need to do some further necessary tests. The doctor's attitude made Zhao Shan suddenly realize something, so he asked, I can't be discharged from the hospital, is it because I have cancer? If I can operate, I should be operated on immediately; if I can't operate, I will be discharged immediately, and it would be good if I could finish filming this film.

At that time, Zhao Dan had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and it was at an advanced stage, so there was no way to operate, so he could only undergo conservative treatment. Zhao Dan kept taking medicine and injections in the hospital, but his condition did not improve significantly. Soon after, he was sent to Beiping. Many well-known experts in Peking consulted him, hoping to find an effective way, but the cancer had spread to the lungs, and there was no cure.

Su Bai told Xu Wangqiu that Zhao Dan could live for another year, but he didn't expect it to be just over a month, and he didn't expect the situation to take a turn for the worse. When Xu Wangqiu was filming "The Rape", he cooperated with Zhao Dan very happily, and he was a junior, so he would definitely have to see the last side. Therefore, he gave the crew a week's vacation and returned to Peking to visit Zhao Dan.

After arriving in Beiping, Xu Wangqiu first went to Peking University to look for Su Bai, but he didn't find anyone. Su Bai interned at China News Service and went to other places to conduct interviews. Xu Wangqiu didn't know which hospital Zhao Shan was hospitalized in, so he could only go back to Nortel to find Zhao Ban.

The bus stopped at Zhu Xinzhuang, and as soon as Xu Wangqiu got off the bus, he saw Li Shaohong and Hu Mei. The two of them looked at Xu Wangqiu's eyes and walked up quickly: "Xu Wangqiu, when did you come back, your movie is finished?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Not yet, it may take another month to finish filming the location scene, and then go back to Beiping to shoot some special effects shots in the studio." Why don't you two study hard, why are you wandering around?"

Li Shaohong smiled: "What is it called wandering, let's go to the art museum to see the exhibition." ”

Hu Mei Zhenzhen said eloquently: "We want to be directors, and film is a comprehensive art." Literature, art, photography, etc., you must understand, otherwise you can't be a good director. We're going to study at an art museum, so we're not wandering around!"

"That's okay! Look at it! I'll go back to school first!" Xu Wangqiu waved at Hu Mei and Li Shaohong and walked towards the school.

Just took two steps, Xu Wangqiu suddenly remembered that Li Shaohong and Zeng Lianping would have become a couple, but now Zeng Lianping has been filming with him, and there is less contact with Li Shaohong. It's better to demolish 10 temples than destroy a single marriage. If the two of them are really yellow, then their own sins will be great. He hurriedly turned around and shouted at Li Shaohong: "Shaohong, Comrade Zeng Lianping asked me to say hello to you on his behalf!"

Li Shaohong felt inexplicable, why did Zeng Lianping say hello to me.

Hu Mei was excited when she heard this, this is a situation, she pulled Li Shaohong and asked, "Shaohong, what's the matter with you and Zeng Lianping? You won't have anything to hide from me, right?"

Li Shaohong's face suddenly turned red: "What are you talking about, I don't know Zeng Lianping at all!"

When he walked into the 303 dormitory, Xu Wangqiu found that Wu Zhiliu and Liu Lin were discussing something around the table, and Gu Changwei was sitting on the side, holding a pen and drawing a storyboard. Seeing this scene, Xu Wangqiu was very happy, everyone did not slack off, and they were all concentrating on creation. He walked over and picked up the storyboard that Gu Changwei was drawing, wanting to see what was going on.

Gu Changwei was immersed in painting, the manuscript paper in his hand was taken away, and he was about to scold, when he suddenly saw Xu Wangqiu, his eyes flashed with surprise, and he shouted: "Wangqiu, you are back!"

Wu Zhiliu and the others, who were immersed in discussing the script, raised their heads when they heard Gu Changwei shouting Wangqiu. After seeing Xu Wangqiu, they immediately gathered around, and said excitedly: "Wangqiu, you're back!", "Is the filming of "Falcon" finished?", "Why was the filming finished so quickly, didn't Su Bai say that it would be finished in November?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "The movie hasn't finished yet, but I'll come back when I have something." Why didn't you see Zhao Ban?"

Wu Zhiliu heard that as soon as Xu Wangqiu came back, he asked Zhao Ban and guessed what was going on: "He is with him in the hospital, Uncle Zhao Dan is in the terminal stage of cancer, and his condition is more serious." You're back to see Uncle Zhao Dan, right?"

Xu Wangqiu nodded and said, "Two days ago, Su Bai sent me a telegram, saying that Uncle Zhao's condition is more serious, let me see him." I did go and see him, too. Do you know which hospital he was in?"

Gu Changwei said: "In Union Hospital, I don't remember the specific ward. ”

The others didn't remember that Zhao Shan was in that ward, so they could only wait for Zhao Ban to come back.

Wu Zhiliu and the others all participated in the preparation of "Falcon" and contributed a lot to the movie, and they were all particularly concerned about the filming of "Falcon", and pulled Xu Wangqiu to ask questions non-stop. Xu Wangqiu naturally did not hide it, and talked about using the cableway system to shoot aerial shots, talking about using model airplanes to shoot simulated artillery shells, talking about Yuan Heping filming martial arts scenes, and also talking about the Vietnamese on the other side. Wu Zhiliu and the others were all envious, and they couldn't wait to finish their knowledge as soon as possible and make movies with Xu Wangqiu.

When Gu Changwei heard that Zhang Yimou had already carried the camera as a photographer, and he hadn't even touched the camera yet, he was so envious that he said to Xu Wangqiu: "Wangqiu, you must bring your buddies with you in your next movie!"

Xu Wangqiu smiled: "No problem, I will definitely bring you when the time comes." ”

When the others heard this, they said: "Don't patronize Lao Gu, there are still us!", "Yes, there are still us!", "You must take us with you then!"

Xu Wangqiu chuckled and said: "A few of you are going to be directors, if you have the opportunity, you still have to strive to be your own director, what's the matter with me!" He picked up the script on the table and said, "Aren't you writing a script, this is what you should do." I'll take a look at your script first and see how well you write it. ”

Wu Zhiliu and the others were not talking, they all sat quietly, like elementary school students waiting for the teacher's correction. Their genre film knowledge was taught by Xu Wangqiu, and they all wanted to hear Xu Wangqiu's evaluation and his suggestions.

This script, called "Deadly Tracking", tells the story of a homicide case that occurred in a missile research institute in China, in which scientist Huang Zhenyu was assassinated and part of the information on the Dongfeng missile was stolen. Fang Mengqiao of the institute was identified as the murderer and sentenced to death, but he escaped on the way to prison.

The Public Security Bureau sent investigator Lin Zhengyi to hunt down Fang Mengqiao and made him wanted across the country. Fang Mengqiao, who was wronged, not only had to find out how to get rid of the pursuit of the investigators, but also tried every means to find out the real culprit and clear his name. In the process of chasing Fang Mengqiao, Lin Zhengyi mastered Fang Mengqiao's actions several times, but was escaped by Fang Mengqiao, he had to be witty by Fang Mengqiao, and at the same time doubtful of the murder, and began to think about the possibility of Fang Mengqiao being framed. In the end, with the joint efforts of the two, the real culprit was found and the enemy's earth-shattering conspiracy was destroyed.

After reading the script, Xu Wangqiu was very relieved and felt that his efforts were not in vain. Wu Zhiliu not only mastered the knowledge of genre films, but also was really able to skillfully use genre film skills to write scripts. When to appear what plot, what to turn to, is very accurate.

Xu Wangqiu is also very excited, film industrialization is the future development direction of Chinese films, and genre is the foundation of the film industry. The film industry must be based on genre films, art films cannot support the huge film industry, and Chinese films must have a group of genre film directors to achieve industrialization. Now Wu Zhiliu has mastered the skills of genre films and has begun to try genre film creation, thinking that their ability, talent and ability will definitely become excellent genre film directors.

However, Xu Wangqiu knows that the elites' attempts to control the discourse in the film industry will not change, and anti-dramatization and anti-story films will be sought after by academics and critics, while genre films will be ignored and suppressed. "Hoe Rape" was a big hit at the domestic box office, and it was also rave reviews abroad, and even Akira Kurosawa said that it was good, which can be said to be a model of the combination of art and commerce. But at the 3rd Hundred Flowers Award held in April this year, "Hoe Rape" did not have an award, and it was completely ignored.

Xu Wangqiu saw Wu Zhiliu and the others all looking at him with anticipation, knowing that they wanted to know their opinions, and said with a smile: "Very good, but it can be said that it is the product of the combination of Hollywood genre film techniques and Chinese stories." In recent years, there have been many excellent anti-special movies in China, such as "Black Triangle", "405 Murder" and so on. As far as the drama goes, "Deadly Pursuit" is better than these films, and if it is made into a movie, it will definitely be a big hit. ”

Wu Zhiliu and the others were very happy to hear that Xu Wangqiu's evaluation was so high, and they all smiled.

Wu Zhiliu asked, "What about the problem, is there any problem?"

Xu Wangqiu groaned: ""Deadly Tracking" will definitely be no problem in China, it will be very popular, but it will not have any repercussions abroad." For example, "Gunshots of the Secret Bureau" and "405 Murder", which are particularly popular in our country, are not sold in other areas. The main thing is that it's not thrilling enough. "Deadly Pursuit" is also this problem, not thrilling enough. You should be a little more open and think about how to make the movie better. ”

At nine o'clock in the evening, Xu Wangqiu and Wu Zhiliu gathered around the table to discuss the script. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Wangqiu, why are you back, is the filming of "Falcon" finished?"

Xu Wangqiu looked up and saw that it was Zhao Ban, and said with a smile: "The crew has something to do and temporarily suspend work for a few days, I'll go back to Beiping to take a look." By the way, I heard that Uncle Zhao's situation is not very good, what is going on?"

The light in Zhao Ban's eyes suddenly went out: "The situation is very bad, there may not be many days left." ”

Xu Wangqiu sighed slightly: "Can you take me to see Uncle Zhao tomorrow? When I was filming "The Rape", he helped me a lot; A few days ago, Tokuma Yasushi and the others came to southern Yunnan to discuss the script with us, and I rewrote a new draft, and I brought the newly revised script to him, and wanted to show him. ”

Zhao Ban was very moved when he heard this: "My father has always remembered "A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished", and he especially wants to act in this play, but unfortunately he can't do it. But he's glad he knows you're still in his mind. I'll take you there every morning. ”