As the command "start" sounded, Zheng Yi and his father slowly walked along the wet street.

The child who plays Zheng Yi is called Zhang Kunming, the son of a staff member in Yindu, because the child is smart and cute, he was taken by Xu Wangqiu and asked him to play the role of the young Zheng Yi. Playing the father is Bao Qijing's husband Fang Ping, who played Zheng Yi's parents with Bao Qijing in the movie.

While Fang Ping and Zhang Kunming walked forward, the extras walked towards them. These extras wore white shirts or white short sleeves, and they held up signs reading "Protest against the atrocities of Hong Kong and the British" and held up portraits of Xiang Taizu. Someone in the crowd shouted, "Down with the Yellow Dog!"

The yellow dog is scolding the Xiangjiang police, because in this era, the Xiangjiang police are corrupt, the police collude, and the reputation among the people is very poor, and many people scold them as yellow dogs. The "Four Detectives" ruled black and white, and it happened during this period.

However, during the June Seventh Riots, the Heung Kong police, who had done little on weekdays, performed well in suppressing the riots, and made great contributions to it, and in 1969, the Queen of England ****** bestowed on them the title of "Royal". In the later Xiangjiang movies, the Xiangjiang police opened their mouths and closed their mouths "Xiangjiang Royal Police", in fact, this is how the "Royal Police" came about.

Due to the heavy rain last night, there was water on the ground, forming puddles. When the extras hold the slogan and walk to the edge of the puddle, the person is reflected in the puddle, giving people a wonderful feeling of time and space being reversed.

When Xu Wangqiu saw this scene, he felt a spiritual light pass through his mind. He suddenly had a brilliant idea, and immediately picked up the horn and shouted, "Stop!" and then added, "Rest for a while, everyone." ”

Hearing that Xu Wangqiu let him rest, the extras put down the slogans and the statue of Taizu in their hands and went to the side of the road to rest. Zhang Yimou put the camera off his shoulder and put it back on the tripod. The gaffer lowered the diffuser in his hand. Xia Meng, who was quietly watching everything from the side, walked over and wanted to ask what was going on.

Xu Wangqiu shouted at Zhang Yimou: "Lao Mou! Come here! I have a new idea, let's discuss it." ”

Zhang Yimou knows Xu Wangqiu's habits, Xu Wangqiu will really write the storyboard script before filming, and will draw the storyboard very seriously, but he does not completely follow the storyboard when shooting. In the process of filming, if he wants to have a new idea, he will discuss it with everyone. If it works, then he will overturn the previous idea and shoot according to the new idea.

Hearing that Xu Wangqiu had a new idea, Zhang Yimou hurriedly walked over: "Director, what new ideas?"

Assistant director Yan Hao heard that Xu Wangqiu had a new idea, and hurriedly walked over.

Yan Hao was born in a red family, and his father, Yan Qingshu, whose pen name was "Tang Ren", was a famous Zuopai literati. The famous Romance of the Republic of China "Jinling Spring Dream" is from Yan Hao's father, and the image of Chiang Kai-shek who likes to scold "Niang Xipi" in mainland film and television dramas comes from this book, in fact, Kaishen in real life does not have this mantra.

Because of his family background, Yan Hao himself has also been labeled as a Zopai, and his films are different from other directors in Hong Kong, many of which are shot in the mainland and taken from China. In the previous life, in 1984, Yan Hao filmed the movie "Like Water", and won 6 awards for Best Film and Best Director at the Xiangjiang Film Awards. In 1990, he collected Sanmao, Lin Qingxia, Qin Han, and Maggie Cheung to shoot "Rolling Red Dust", which won 8 awards at the Golden Horse Awards. In 1995, he collaborated with Zhang Yu on the film "The Sun Has Ears", which won the Best Director and International Film Critics Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

Now Yan Hao has made three movies, but none of them have had any impact. There are neither outstanding box office results nor particularly good word-of-mouth. In mid-June, Yan Hao approached Xia Meng with the script "The Year of Flowing Water", hoping that Xia Meng could invest. "Like a Year of Water" is a story about the people of Xiangjiang who return to the mainland to find their roots, and they must go back to the mainland to shoot, and it is only possible to shoot it if they cooperate with Yindu or Bluebird. Xia Meng liked this story very much, but she didn't know much about life in the mainland, so she asked Xu Wangqiu to help take a look.

Yan Hao has watched all Xu Wangqiu's movies, and he has watched them more than once, he sincerely admires Xu Wangqiu. After meeting Xu Wangqiu and knowing what Xu Wangqiu was going to film, he offered to be Xu Wangqiu's assistant director. Xu Wangqiu naturally couldn't ask for it, so Yan Hao became the first assistant director of the "Cold" crew.

After Zhang Yimou, Yan Hao and Xia Meng came over, Xu Wangqiu pointed to the small puddle on the ground and said: "This puddle gave me a new idea, which is to use this scene as the beginning of the movie." We started with a puddle on the ground, where it was raining and the puddles on the ground were rippling as the procession protesting against the British government of Hong Kong was coming this way. We don't shoot the crowd of protesters, we shoot the reflection in the puddle. From the reflection we can see the protest crowd and see the statue of Taizu. Due to the rain, the water surface is constantly rippling, and the whole picture is unstable, indicating the turmoil of Xiangjiang society. In addition, the ripples and the reflection of the protest procession are intertwined, giving it a particularly dreamlike feeling. If we start with this shot, then we can treat the young Zheng Yi part as a dream, which may be more effective. ”

He paused and continued: "The killing of his parents left a serious psychological wound in Zheng Yi's heart, and he often dreams about everything that happened when he was a teenager. Dealing with it in this way can better present the inner pain of the characters. In this way, the characters at the end of the movie completely collapse and go on a killing spree, which is more convincing. ”

In fact, during the preparation period, when discussing how to shoot, everyone discussed using dreams to deal with the part of the teenager Zheng Yi. However, in the end, Xu Wangqiu did not choose this way of processing, but thought that it was better to shoot normally. filmed the daily life of the teenager Zheng Yi's family, and by the way, the background of the June Seven riots was filmed, and then Zheng Yi's parents were killed, and Zheng Yi was seriously injured. In the hospital, the teenager Zheng Yi was trembling. The nurse asked him, what's wrong with you? Zheng Yi said, I'm cold. At this moment, the title of the movie "Cold" appeared.

Zhang Yimou is not amazing in movies, he always hopes to be innovative, and all aspects show uniqueness, if the story has no way, emphasize the picture, and if the picture has no way, emphasize the form, in short, there must be something different. After listening to Xu Wangqiu's thoughts, he slapped his thigh and shouted: "This opening is good, it's more interesting than our original opening." It turned out to be a clash between the police and the protesters, which was particularly realistic and shocking, but there was not much new. There are many films that open like this, and this year's "Fast in 1920", which tied us for the Golden Bear at the West Berlin Film Festival, opened like this. I think it's a good start and it's interesting!"

Yan Hao also thinks that Xu Wangqiu's idea is very interesting, it would be wonderful if it was an ordinary movie, but the story of "Cold" is not suitable for such a film: ""Cold" is to see the big from the small, telling the past and future of Xiangjiang, so that the film should be thick and epic. In the selection of lenses, it should be calm and atmospheric. I think it's better to shoot the original way, with the footage of the June Seven riots as the opening of the movie. Using dreams to deal with the part of the teenager Zheng Yi will limit the narrative angle and make it impossible to show this history in a panoramic way. For example, Sister Shi Hui and they went to the Governor's Mansion to protest, and the police beat up the protesters, so they couldn't be filmed, because Zheng Yi's father couldn't take him to these places. Since Zheng Yi didn't go, these can't be presented to the audience. In this way, the realism of the whole movie is greatly reduced. ”

Xu Wangqiu shook his head and said, "That's not the case. If we shoot in the original way, we need to consider the perspective and the logic of the shot, but if we deal with it in the way of dreams, we don't need to think about it so much, because dreams are illogical, and people are free in dreams. In a dream, you can be yourself, someone else, or even a bird in the sky. In the dream, Shi Hui and the protesters at the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion appeared, and the picture of the police beating the protesters was completely feasible and would not be affected. ”

Although Yan Hao studied film at the London Film School, he was deeply influenced by the French New Wave and Italian Neorealism, and his films have always been known for their realism. But this is a film about the past and future of Hong Kong, it is a realistic theme, and it should pursue realism. ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "The juvenile part is presented through dreams, which does not affect the overall realism of the movie, just like "A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished", most of the content is memories, but the movie is still realistic. I think realism is not a simple reproduction of the real world, if we can present dreams well, it is actually a kind of realism. ”

Yan Hao thought about it, Xu Wangqiu's words also made sense, and nodded: "That's okay, just shoot like this." ”

Xu Wangqiu turned his head to look at Xia Meng and asked, "Sister Xia Meng, what do you think?"

Xia Meng smiled and waved his hand: "I don't have any opinion. You're all artists, you just shoot the way you think is best. I'm the logistics manager, and I'll provide you with post-production support, so you don't need to ask me about creation. ”

Xu Wangqiu got up and looked at the puddle on the ground, looked at the time again, and muttered: "To shoot the effect we want, we need to make a lot of preparation, and we definitely can't shoot today, so we can only push back the time, let's shoot the content later." ”

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The crew is all engrossed in preparing for the upcoming implementation.

Xu Wangqiu, behind the monitor, beckoned, called the drama manager to his side, took out a banknote from his pocket, and asked him to help him buy a few newspapers. Yesterday, the movie was officially launched, and many Xiangjiang media came to report it, and he wanted to see how the media reported it and what the scale of the report was.

More than ten minutes later, the drama manager put a stack of new newspapers with the scent of ink in front of Xu Wangqiu, including pro-mainland, pro-Taiwan, and neutral newspapers.

Xu Wangqiu picked up the newspaper and slowly flipped through it. As expected, the pro-mainland media praised the start of "Cold", focusing on Xu Wangqiu's agreement with Truffaut, and determined that the film would shine internationally. The pro-Taiwan media sneered at "Cold", believing that Xu Wangqiu did not know Xiangjiang at all, and it was impossible to shoot the story of Xiangjiang well, and "Cold" was destined to be a failed work. To Xu Wangqiu's surprise, "Ming Pao" originally belonged to a relatively neutral media, but this time he wrote an article criticizing "Cold" with intense emotions. It was none other than Jin Yong himself who wrote the article to criticize "Cold".

Jin Yong used the title of "Whitewashing the Thugs, What Does the Great Director Want", and fiercely attacked Xu Wangqiu and "Cold". Jin Yong wrote in the article: "Today, mainland director Xu Wangqiu's movie "Cold" was officially launched. At the filming site, the extras held a slogan 'Protest against the atrocities of Hong Kong and Britain', held a portrait of Taizu, and shouted slogans to protest against the British government in Hong Kong. This familiar scene is like stepping back in time, taking people back to the dark year of 1967. The June Seventh riots were a scar on Heung Kong society, killing 51 people and injuring 802. Now this director Xu from the mainland actually wants to overturn the case for the rioters and portray them as heroes......"