No. 8 Hunan Road is a three-storey detached garden house with modern architectural style. Built in 1930. The structure of the house is reinforced concrete, with a clear cement façade on the exterior walls, floor-to-ceiling steel windows and doors, and a south-facing balcony surrounded by semicircular iron railings. The whole building appears simple and bright.

In 1962, China and Japan opened a window for semi-official and half-civilian contacts and exchanges. As a superstar in the Chinese film industry, Zhao Dan is naturally the object of Dongying people's visits. In order to receive his colleagues from the Dongying film industry who visited China, the leaders of the Modu Film Bureau took into account the inconvenience of Zhao Dan's original residence, so he moved into the 3rd floor of No. 8 Hunan Road.

Zhao Shan had seen Xu Wangqiu and knew that he was his son's classmate and the apprentice of his best friend Su Zhensheng, so when he saw Xu Wangqiu, he was extremely enthusiastic and pulled Xu Wangqiu to talk. When he heard that Xu Wangqiu came with a script and asked him to act in a movie, he was like a child, and he was so excited that he danced: "I finally have a play to play! What to play, what is the role? Is there a script? I will look at the script! Show me the script!"

Xu Wangqiu took out the script from his bag, put it on the coffee table, and smiled at Zhao Dan: "Uncle Zhao, this is the movie script." The movie we are going to make is called "The Hoe", which is mainly about the story of the underground party and the traitors......"

Zhao Shan waved his hand to interrupt Xu Wangqiu's words, and said impatiently: "I'll read the script first, you drink water, and I'll talk to you after reading the script." Saying that, Zhao Dan didn't care about Xu Wangqiu anymore, and looked at the script directly.

Zhao Dan's wife Huang Zhangying shook her head helplessly when she saw this, and said to Xu Wangqiu apologetically: "He hasn't acted for more than ten years, and he especially wants to act, but he has no drama at all, and he wants to act." Don't laugh at him. ”

When Xu Wangqiu met Zhao Dan in the hospital, he knew that he had no drama to play, but he didn't know why, and when he heard Huang Brown Ying talk about it, he couldn't help but ask: "How can an actor like Uncle Zhao have no drama to play, how can this be?"

Huang Zhangying sighed slightly and told Zhao Dan's situation. Zhao Dan, who was naïve, thought that the Gang of Four was crushed and he could play any role, so he drew up a series of performance plans "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin...... However, although the movement ended, rumors about Zhao Dan were still flying, and he was not reused. When a friend came to comfort Zhao Dan and persuade him not to be in a hurry, he said bitterly: "How can I not be in a hurry? I'm a hungry ghost now! Even if it's a crowd without lines!"

In 1977, when Wang Yang, the director of Peking Film Studio, asked him to play the president/manager in "The River Flows", he was very excited and locked himself in the house for a month to study the information of the president/manager. Zhao Dan walked in the factory area after trying it out, and the people who saw him were shocked. He himself was very surprised to see the test film photos, it was so similar. But it backfired, and Zhao Dan was suddenly withdrawn. Zhao Shan didn't know why, and asked Wang Yang, the director of Beijing Film Studio: "You invited me to play the president/manager, why didn't you let me play it?" Wang Yang was speechless. Later, someone quietly told Huang Zhangying the truth, and some people said that Zhao Dan had some personal problems in the thirties and forties that had not been thoroughly figured out, and he was not suitable to play a great figure like the president/manager.

Zhao Dan was deeply shocked, and when he returned home, he covered himself in the quilt and cried loudly. After Zhao Dan was withdrawn, he lay on the ground all day long and splashed ink, and the visitors praised him for his good handwriting, but he shouted: "I'm an actor! I'm an actor!" For fear that he would be too lonely, Huang Brown Ying quickly wrote the script of "Wen Yiduo" for him, but after the book was handed to the Magic Shadow Studio, it was rejected due to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, and the anti-imperialist theme was out of place.

The depressed Zhao Dan is like Xianglin's sister-in-law, who meets someone to write him a notebook, and told Su Shuyang, Bai Hua, and Li Zhun that he also wants Huang Brown Ying to write Qi Baishi to him, and even said that he will write "Dream of Red Mansions" otherwise.

Xu Wangqiu was very emotional after hearing this, Zhao Shan is a genius actor, but his life is ill-fated. Xu Wangqiu heard from his master that in 1934, Zhao Shan collaborated with Xie Xiaojing's father Zhang Meng in the drama "Nala". In the process, he learned about Stani Lavsky and became a follower of Stani Lawski. In 1939, Zhao Shan said goodbye to his wife and children, contacted a friend and went to Xinjiang, from where he wanted to transfer to the Soviet Union to learn Stanley's performance theory, hoping to establish China's own performance system after returning to China.

Unexpectedly, Sheng Shicai, a warlord who advertised democracy and equality, defected to the Kuomintang in the blink of an eye; Zhao Dan was imprisoned for five years because of his close ties with left-wing organizations. After Zhao Dan, who escaped death, returned to the magic capital, he found that his wife, like everyone else, thought that he had been killed by Sheng Shicai, had remarried someone else, and was pregnant. After the two met, they were stupid, hugged their heads and cried, and Zhao Shan asked his wife to go with him. But my wife calmly said that I had destroyed one family and could not destroy another family.

Soon after the liberation, Zhao Shan starred in "The Legend of Wu Xun" directed by Sun Yu, but this film was quickly criticized by Taizu and became the first banned film in New China. Fortunately, all friends tried their best to protect Zhao Dan and escaped. When the movement began, Zhao Dan was branded as a counter-revolutionary and imprisoned for five years. He once said at a meeting that Zhao Dan was not suitable for a public sentence to be shot, so he let him die slowly in custody.

Xu Wangqiu remembered that Zhao Dan did not have a work after the exercise, "A Game of Chess That Wasn't Finished" was originally intended for Zhao Dan to play the leading role, and the script of "The True Story of Ah Q" was also written for him, but Zhao Dan died of cancer in 1980, and the two movies were eventually replaced by other actors.

Xu Wangqiu felt a little emotional, "Hoe Rape" should be Zhao Dan's last movie.

Time ticks forward, Zhao Dan is immersed in the script, every line of dialogue will be repeatedly considered, and even close his eyes to think, and rub his temples from time to time, as if he will enter the performance in his mind.

An hour later, Zhao Shan raised his head, stared at Xu Wangqiu's face, and said excitedly: "The character of Duan Haiping is very interesting, the characters are very real, and the growth and transformation of the characters are very well written!"

Xu Wangqiu chuckled and said, "Uncle Zhao, we are not asking you to play Duan Haiping, but Zhou Hanting." ”

Zhao Shan immediately shouted: "I think I can play Duan Haiping, I want to play Duan Haiping." ”

Xu Wangqiu has absolute trust in Zhao Dan's acting skills, but some things are not just good with acting skills. Duan Haiping is a young man in his twenties, and it is definitely not possible to let an old man in his sixties act, no matter how good his acting skills are, it is impossible to block the wrinkles on his face. The character is in his twenties, but he appears in front of the audience with a wrinkled face, and he will definitely not be able to enter the play.

"Hoe Rape" is Xu Wangqiu's first play, and he will definitely not joke about it. Even in the face of Zhao Dan, he will never back down: "Our film pursues realism, whether it is the performance, lighting, set, or characters, it is as close to reality as possible." I trust Uncle Zhao's acting skills 100%, and I know that Uncle Zhao can act well, but after all, you are in the 60s, and the traces of time cannot be erased. The audience won't believe you're a young man in his twenties. On the contrary, you don't have this problem when you play Zhou Hanting, we think the role of Zhou Hanting is more suitable for you. ”

Zhao Shan said depressedly: "Zhou Hanting doesn't have a lot of scenes, it's not enjoyable to act, I haven't acted for a long time." ”

Xu Wangqiu knew that Zhao Dan didn't think the role was small, and the role of the president/manager in "The River Flows" was not the protagonist, so he still prepared seriously, and said with a smile: "Zhou Hanting is the second male lead, and he is Duan Haiping's spiritual mentor, and this role is calm, calm, and decisive, and the whole performance is restrained, and the acting skills of the actors are very demanding." When we were looking for this role, we thought about a lot of actors, and finally felt that you were the most suitable. This role is completely tailored to you, especially for you. ”

When Zhao Shan heard Xu Wangqiu say this, he nodded slightly and said, "It's not challenging for me to play a role like Zhou Hanting, but if you want me to play it, then I'll play it." If you have a suitable role in the future, you must find me again. ”

At the same time, in the conference room of the Magic Shadow Factory, Xu Shangchu was watching the clip of "Hoe Rape" filmed by Xu Wangqiu with the people of the Magic Shadow Factory's Art Management Committee, Xie Jin, and several other directors. Xu Shangchu likes the script of "Hoe Rape" very much, and thinks that Xu Wangqiu's filming technique is very novel, and he supports the filming of this drama in his heart. However, whether the movie can be made or not is not up to him alone, and it must be reviewed by the Arts Management Committee. Therefore, he called people from the Arts Management Committee, and also called Xie Jin and several other directors to discuss "Hoe Rape".

Like Nortel's teacher, the people at the Shadow Factory were also shocked when they saw the moving zoom. They had never seen such a shot, and they all thought it was incredible. The Arts Management Committee whispered, and the directors began to discuss how the shot was made.

When everyone was talking, Xie Jin couldn't help but say: "It's been a long time since I've seen such a powerful director!"

The people from the Arts Management Committee were a little surprised: "The shots in this scene are used well, especially the scene where the background is moving, but it's too early to say how good the director is, right?"

Xie Jin shook his head solemnly: "How good a director is, you can see it in a few shots." That moving camera just now is very powerful, and I don't need to say more, but I don't know if you feel it, but I always feel a little uncomfortable and nervous when watching this scene, don't you?"

Everyone nodded slightly, this scene is a little uncomfortable, but they can't say why.

Xie Jin continued: "This scene is preparing to rob a prisoner car to save people, and it needs to create a sense of tension, but this director does not achieve it through music or other means, but through the movement of the picture. When people watch movies or things, they will feel comfortable if they conform to their visual habits, and if they are contrary to their habits, they will feel uncomfortable. We usually read books and look at pictures from left to right; this director deliberately asked the person who reported the news to Zhou Hanting to run from right to left, and the prisoner car also drove from right to left; in this way, we would feel a little uncomfortable, and people would instinctively be nervous when they were uncomfortable, so the tension would come out naturally. ”

After listening to this, everyone suddenly realized, no wonder everyone felt nervous, it turned out to be like this.

Someone questioned, "Maybe he did it unintentionally?"

Xie Jin shook his head and said: "For a director like this, how the shots are arranged and how the characters are scheduled cannot be unintentional, it must be intentional." Speaking of editing, if you look at the editing point selection, the editing point is extremely accurate, and there is not even a single extra frame. If you don't believe it, go and re-cut these shots, even if you cut one frame, the lens will go wrong. When he cuts, he cuts the first frame of the movement. This director is of a very high level, really, really good!"

Xu Shangchu saw that Xie Jin had such a high evaluation of the clip of "Hoe Rape", and couldn't help asking: "Do you think we can make this film and let these people do it?"

Xie Jin almost had the urge to scold: "With a director of this level, what are you hesitating about, what is there to hesitate about?"