Lin Hai suddenly went berserk, startling everyone present.

Among the nearly 100 people present, except for Jing Guanyu, who knew some Chinese, the others couldn't understand what Lin Hai and Chen Kaige said, and they were already very curious, but now they are even more curious.

It was probably because Lin Hai's resentment was too strong, and no one dared to stop him, and they all regarded Chen Kaige as the object of confusion.

A reporter asked everyone's common thoughts: "Director Chen, what did you just talk about?"

Chen Kaige was disturbed by him, so he came back to his senses from the inexplicable shock, sighed, and said: "He gave me a lesson, and it touched me a lot......"

After speaking, he ignored the reporters' questions and left the screening hall quickly.

……

Lin Hai made a fuss and regretted it when he left the theater.

"It's a ...... thing"

He patted his head with a wry smile and sat on the edge of the flower bed, looking at the sky intently.

Calm down and think about it, what he just said was too extreme. If foreigners' awards are all bones, then what is he?

He is bent on climbing to the peak of Japanese entertainment, isn't it also for the sake of fighting for his breath? He is allowed to have double standards and does not allow others to win glory for the country? Jumping out of the quagmire to say nicely, what have you done for the quagmire?

There is no such truth in the world!

Lin Hai was annoyed and stood up suddenly, but almost collided with Xiaomei Oshima.

Akimi Oshima asked, "Are you okay?" What did you say, why did you lose your temper so much?"

Lin Hai replied: "It's because I can't think about it for a while, and I'm in a mood...... By the way, what's going on inside?"

"What are you still asking!" "You shouted, everyone else was scared silly, and when I came out, I heard someone say that this soundtrack artist really has a personality, and even international directors don't pay attention to it......"

Hearing her say this, Lin Hai had an even more headache.

was so quick that Chen Kaige couldn't get off the stage, and I didn't know how those unscrupulous reporters would write.

I hope that there are no Chinese reporters at the scene, otherwise if I return to China, I am afraid that I will be labeled as a traitor, and I will really cut myself off from the people.

……

was having a headache, Chen Kaige and Jing Guanyu walked over head-on.

"Director Chen," Lin Hai hurriedly stepped forward and said embarrassedly, "I was impulsive just now, I'm really sorry......"

"Don't come to this set!" Chen Kaige feigned anger: "Didn't you drag it just now?"

After speaking, he laughed, and then said: "I was looking for you, you are happy, I still have a bunch of questions......"

……

"Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin?"

Lin Hai followed Chen Kaige to the hotel where he stayed, Lao Chen didn't say a word of nonsense, and directly stuffed him with a script.

"This is the next movie I'm going to make, you see. ”

Just take a look.

Lin Hai didn't talk nonsense, and directly flipped through the script.

After a while, Lin Hai closed the script and stopped talking.

Chen Kaige was dissatisfied: "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

"Then I'll say it. Lin Haiyang raised the script in his hand and said: "As an art film, it is very exciting, but as a commercial film, it is a failure." ”

"How do you say it?" Chen Kaige was not annoyed, and asked humbly.

Lin Hai said: "The reason aside, I want to ask Director Chen a few questions first. The first question, who is the protagonist in Sima Qian's "The Legend of Jing Ke"?

"The Legend of Jing Ke", of course, the protagonist is Jing Ke. ”

"Then the second question, what kind of artistic image is Jing Ke in the eyes of the public?"

This question is also not difficult, Chen Kaige said without thinking: "Tragic hero." ”

"Good. Lin Hai picked up a piece of paper and wrote the words "Jing Ke, tragic hero" on it, and then said: "Tragic heroes are also heroes, so-"

Lin Hai circled the word "hero" with a pen and said: "This is a heroic story that caters to the public's hero complex, so to this day, people still feel ......excited when they hear 'the wind is sluggish and the water is cold'."

Lin Hai changed his words: "However, your script is not based on Jing Ke. ”

"That's right, I ...... this drama from the perspective of King Yingzheng of Qin"

"That's where the failure lies. Lin Hai motioned to Chen Kaige to calm down, and then said: "I can understand your intentions - King Qin, as an emperor, his human nature is far more complex than Jing Ke, and has more artistic depth, and at the same time, he is also the cause and core figure of the event, throughout the whole process, and there are more scenes that can be tapped than Jing Ke." However, this is from the creator's point of view, and if you stand in the audience's point of view, it will be difficult for them to understand such a complex character in 90 minutes. On top of that, you're also planning to release it overseas. ”

Lin Hai turned to Jing Guan Yu and said, "Mr. Jing Guan, you are Japanese, you tell me, is there an emperor in Japan?" Without waiting for Jing Guan Yu to speak, Lin Hai added: "To be precise, it is the kind of emperor who is full of words and bleeding and drifting." ”

Jing Guan was at a loss, and he didn't know if it was because he couldn't understand it, or if he couldn't think of an answer.

Lin Hai turned to Chen Kaige again.

"The most imperial temperament in Japan is probably Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but compared with the Chinese emperors, at best, he can only be called a hero. Because of this, the Japanese have the most sense of identity with China's Three Kingdoms history, and if Director Chen takes Cao Cao as the protagonist, the box office should be worth looking forward to, if it is replaced by Qin Shi Huang......"

Chen Kaige chewed Lin Hai's words and said to himself: "The sense of identity ......"

"Yes, identity. Lin Hai nodded and said: "The most important thing for an excellent commercial film is a broad sense of cultural identity. I'll give you a few examples – "The Titininic", which is about love, "The Shawshank Redemption", which is about freedom, and Forrest Gump, which is about "hard work, making up for clumsiness," ......"

Lin Hai gave several examples in one breath, and then said: "What these films have in common is that they carry universal values. No matter which country or nation, they all have the same or similar understanding of love, freedom, hard work, and so on. The same is true for the plot. Take "Forrest Gump" as an example, I saw China's foolish man moving mountains, Japan's straw rich, and the West's golden axe and silver axe...... What is identity, that's identity. ”

"Only when the audience agrees with the values in the film can they understand it and accept it. And your "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin", with all due respect, I am afraid that it will be difficult for foreign audiences to understand this story, he is too complicated, too abstract, and completely fails as a commercial film. ”

Chen Kaige was silent for a while and asked, "You mean, use Jing Ke as the protagonist?"

"Yes. Jing Ke is a hero, and his loyalty to Prince Dan, his friendship with Gao, and Fan Yuzhi's trust in him are all of universal value that can resonate even for foreigners who know nothing about Chinese history - who can say that Jing Ke does not have chivalry?"

Chen Kaige nodded again and again, feeling that what Lin Hai said made sense, but he was still a little hesitant.

But then the story is too straightforward. ”

"Isn't it good to be straightforward?" Lin Hai retorted: "Let the audience understand first, and then talk about artistic experience, Chinese history is broad and profound, you think it's shallow, I'm afraid that foreigners can't understand it." ”

Chen Kaige smiled: "You didn't do it yourself, how many people do you think understand your music?"

Lin Hai pouted and said: "Regardless of the difference between music and movies, I didn't pay for that film, I can be willful, but you are different." If you are reluctant to make this script, you can wait until you make money to make another one. ”

"I think what Lin Jun said is very reasonable. Jing Guanyu, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Movies have to make money after all." ”

"Hou Xiaoxian's lessons from the past...... Lin Hai persuaded bitterly: "Art films are not for sale to put it bluntly, but they can't all be non-sale products in the shopping mall, otherwise what do consumers eat and wear?"

Hearing Lin Hai say this, Chen Kaige suddenly woke up.

Yes, the lessons of the film industry in Bay Province are still vivid, and now I don't know how many people are scolding Hou Xiaoxian's new film movement, will the mainland repeat the mistakes of the past?

What is the New Cinema Movement?

The so-called New Cinema in the Bay Province refers to a film modernization movement that took place in the Bay Province from 1982 to 1987. At that time, in order to support the development of the film industry, the provincial government launched a film tutoring fund policy.

To put it bluntly, you don't have enough money to make a film? Don't panic, we'll make it up to you.

This would have been a good thing, but with the money, filmmakers began to argue over what to make.

In the end, the winner was the "art school" represented by Hou Hsiao-hsien, who advocated that film should be rational thinking rather than entertainment, and shot a large number of art films......

And then, there was no then.

Art films are not grounded, the box office is dismal, the artists can't make ends meet, and even if there is a tutoring fund, it won't help, so there is a saying that "the more you supplement, the more you fall".

Filmmakers on the mainland have long been reluctant to stay away from commercial films because of the influence of the Bay Provinces, until last month, when a big ship from the United States swept a wave of box office in China, and artists began to face up to the value of commercial films.

Chen Kaige himself is one of them.

If it weren't for the stimulation from Ofune, he probably wouldn't have agreed to I's request for cooperation.

……

"So, to change, to change!"

Chen Kaige said two things to change, the first one was said to Lin Hai, and the latter was said to himself.

Determined to change the script, the next thing is-

"How to change it?" Chen Kaige asked Lin Hai: "If it were you, how would you change it?"

"Two ways of thinking. Lin Hai cooperated with the gesture and said: "The first is to tell the story step by step according to the chronological order of the original work. The advantage of this is that the film is well structured. From conspiring with Yu Yan, to crossing Yishui, and then to stabbing Qin, it advanced layer by layer, and finally reached a climax. ”

"The other one is a little more complicated. We know that the essence of assassinating Qin is conspiracy, and Jing Ke is only one of the links, if he is used through the main line, it will be too thin. In addition, the main perspective is not easy to create an epic feeling. Therefore, flashbacks and interludes can be used, and the choice of perspective may as well use a high gradient perspective...... Gao Yanli also had the act of assassinating Qin, which was not only loyal, more righteous, and slightly less heroic, but more tragic...... The beginning of the movie is placed after King Qin became emperor, and Gao Yanli's experience in Song Zicheng is used as the main line, and Jing Ke's story is interspersed in the form of memories, so that the layering of the movie will be richer......"