"I'm a musician. ”

Lin Hai opened with a seemingly irrelevant sentence.

Lin Hai took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and said: "Just as art has influenced you, as a musician, I am more accustomed to observing a film from the perspective of music. Ever since I took over as a screenwriter, I've been thinking about what kind of story should I tell, or what kind of melody should this story have, and what kind of instruments should I use to present it?"

After Lin Hai asked, he replied, "Zhu, this is my answer. ”

Kurosawa's expression became serious and asked, "Tsuki?"

Lin Hai said: "Zhu is a stringed instrument in ancient China, similar to the guzheng, struck with a bamboo ruler, and the sound is tragic. This instrument is at the heart of the story. Gao Jianli was good at building buildings, so he was first accepted by Prince Dan as a doorman, and later was pardoned by Qin Shi Huang ...... exceptions.

"Director Chen Kaige told me that Qin Shihuang can pardon Gao Yuanli to reflect that heroes cherish heroes, but in my opinion, it has nothing to do with 'heroes', just 'bosom friends'. Qin Shi Huang finally ended up alone, just in response to the sentence of high and low, and Jing Ke and Gao gradually separated, how could it not be the boya and the child period in the troubled times...... In addition, in ancient Chinese, it means bamboo, and bamboo symbolizes the integrity of the Chinese. In this film, it is the inner spiritual ...... of the scholars in the Warring States Period"

Lin Hai's speed of speech was very slow, and in the quiet courtyard, there was a different kind of charm.

……

"Da ......"

There was a faint noise in the courtyard.

This is the voice of Lu Wei.

Luwei, which is common in Japanese gardens, is a seesaw-like device made of bamboo tubes. One end of the bamboo tube is sealed, the other end is cut, and the cut end is used to catch the water, when the water is full, the bamboo tube will fall, the water will be poured out, and then reset, knocking on the stone to make a crisp sound.

Lin Hai and Kurosawa looked at each other invariably, Kurosawa thought of Lin Hai's previous words, and said with a smile: "Your idea is very good, but will it be too elegant to use bamboo as the spiritual core of your film?"

Lin Hai replied: "There is a saying in China that silk and bamboo are pleasant to the ear, and it can also be used as the sound of killing. ”

Explaining the meaning of this sentence, Lin Hai smiled: "Moreover, I didn't say that this film has only one core. ”

"Oh?" Kurosawa said with interest, "I would like to hear about it." ”

Lin Hai didn't answer in a hurry, he dipped his finger in the teacup and wrote two words on the floor - rafters.

Then, Lin Hai said unhurriedly: "This word in Japanese refers to a tool for playing music, such as the tsuki, which I just said, is a musical instrument. But in ancient Chinese, these two characters should be looked at separately. Music, music, instruments, utensils. ”

"The building in the film represents music, and the instrument refers to something else in the film. ”

"You're talking about...... Swords?" Kurosawa asked.

Lin Haiyi raised his eyebrows and said, "That's right, it's the sword." Tian Guang used a sword to persuade Jing Ke to kill himself; Fan Yuzhi cut off his head to win the trust of the King of Qin, using a sword; and King Qin killed Jing Ke with the same sword. ”

"You seem to have missed Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin?" Kurosawa keenly spotted the loophole.

Lin Hai replied: "Jing Ke stabbed the King of Qin, not with a sword, but with a dagger, which is why he failed. ”

"Because the dagger is too short?"

"No, because a dagger is not the right way. ”

Lin Hai said high-spiritedly: "The sword, the weapon of the emperor, the weapon of the gentleman, the weapon of the hero, the weapon of the loyal minister and the righteous...... Lu Jujian said that Jing Ke failed to assassinate Qin because he did not pay attention to swordsmanship, and in my opinion, this sentence is only half right. Lin Hai said meaningfully: "The dagger is sharp, after all, it is the weapon of the villain;

Kurosawa chewed Lin Hai's words, suddenly shook his head, and smiled helplessly: "You kid, when you talk about movies, you talk about movies, why do you mention history......"

Lin Hai smiled and concluded.

"If the spiritual core of Japan is chrysanthemum and sword, then the spiritual core of China is sword and bamboo, which is also the ...... I hope to show to the world through the film."

……

Kurosawa listened to what Lin Hai said and fell into thought.

After a while, he said, "These seem to be the questions that the director needs to consider?"

Lin Hai said: "When the script is completed, I will communicate carefully with Director Chen Kaige, now ......"

Lin Hai doesn't want to say too much to Chen Kaige now, this is not as simple as changing the script, but imposing his creative intentions on others, in case Chen Kaige is annoyed and angry, Lin Hai can only end up empty.

It's different when the script is finished. In the script, Lin Hai has a deep ink on sword and bamboo, and I believe that even if he doesn't say it, Chen Kaige can see the mystery.

Besides, when the script is completed, there is not much time left for Lao Chen, he is just unhappy, so he can only pinch his nose and admit it.

Lin Hai wondered in his heart, should he deliberately delay the draft?

……

"It's me who has lost my eyes. Kurosawa said happily: "I didn't see through your creative intentions, and I shouldn't judge your work at will." ”

Is this really Akira Kurosawa?

Lin Hai was stunned, thinking that this might be the real him, how could a master among masters not be able to afford to let go.

"But," Kurosawa said with a smile on his face, "you seem to have avoided the original question, and you haven't said yet, what is the meaning of that singer?"

"Uh......" Lin Hai scratched his head and said: "The role of the singer is strictly more complex than the spiritual core of "Sword and Bamboo", and I can't tell if it's so good or not, if you want to hear it, I'll talk about it." ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"Hmm. Lin Hai pondered for a moment and said: "As I said earlier, this is a dual-core movie, with two protagonists, one on the table and one on the inside, forming two clues. Through these two threads, as well as the people and events in the clues, the two core themes of 'sword and bamboo' are intertwined. ”

Seeing Kurosawa nodding, Lin Hai continued: "If these two threads are compared to two movements, then the singer is the harmony that echoes the music...... And the idea about the role of the singer came to me when I read the book "Yan Danzi". Yan Danzi is also a book related to the history of the Assassin Qin, and in this book, there is such a story......"

……

In "Yan Danzi", such a story is told -

The Qin army approached the Yan Kingdom, and the Prince of Yan decided to find someone to assassinate the King of Qin in order to solve the urgent need. He first found Tian Guang, who recommended Jing Ke to him.

After Prince Dan saw Jing Ke, he tried his best to entrap the other party in order to make the other party work hard. No matter food, clothing, housing and transportation, as long as Jing Ke wants, Prince Dan is all satisfied.

Once, when Prince Dan was feasting Jing Ke, he specially arranged a beauty who could play the piano and be happy. Jing Ke listened to the pleasant sound of the piano, and on a whim, he looked at the beauty's dexterous hands, and praised happily: "Good hands, good hands!"

Seeing this, Prince Dan decided to give the singer to Jing Ke. However, Jing Ke only admired the other party's piano skills, not greedy for beauty, so he politely declined, saying "but I love his hands".

Outcome...... Prince Dan cut off the beauty's hand, put it on a plate, and gave it to Jing Ke, and Jing Ke was moved by his corporal Lixian, and since then he has been dead to Prince Dan.

……

After Lin Hai finished telling this story, he said: "In the eyes of the ancients, the matter of cutting off hands and giving gifts was 'Corporal Lixian', but from today's point of view, it is the embodiment of Prince Dan's cruelty and stupidity. After reading this story, I have been thinking that Jing Ke's righteous deeds have been spread to this day, but what happened to the singer who had her hand cut off? No one can give an answer. ”

"The reason why this character was created and let her run through the whole play, connecting the two lines between the outside and the inside, is to explore the two sides of people through an objective perspective. Needless to say, before going to Yan Kingdom, Jing Ke once argued with the hero Gai Nie about swords, but he ran away in a hurry - this paragraph will not be presented in the play, but it can be seen that Jing Ke is by no means perfect......"

Kurosawa laughed and said, "You also said that the dagger is a villain's weapon. ”

Lin Hai nodded and said, "Jing Ke is like this, is there no other side to Gao Yuanli?" Of course there is. Gao gradually hid in Song Zicheng, and he was hiding well, but because of a momentary itch, his identity was exposed. After being exposed, he could have escaped in time, but because he was sought after, he chose to stay. Judging from these places, he also has a side of vanity and luck. According to the tone of conspiracy theories, it is okay to interpret his assassination of Qin as a personal grudge or a last resort. ”

"Would you write that?"

"Of course not. Lin Hai shook his head.

It's okay to make any jokes, it's okay to dig up the character flaws of the protagonist moderately, but if you go overboard, it is tantamount to feeding the audience flies, which is self-defeating.

Kurosawa was a little regretful for his answer, shook his head and said, "It's a pity, in fact, it can be bolder......"

If the bold result is a box office dive, then Lin Hai would rather not.

Lin Hai couldn't help but say: "I know you are against deliberately pandering to the audience, but what China needs most now is precisely commercial films......"

In 1997, the top of the mainland film box office was "Jurassic Park 4", with a total box office of 72.1 million, and the domestic film "Duck War" ranked second with a slight gap of 100,000. However, this year, "Big Boat" pushed the box office figure to 360 million in one fell swoop, and the top three box office were all dominated by imported films, which had too much impact on the Chinese film market.

Chinese films need commercial films, this is not a slogan.

Thinking of this, Lin Hai no longer hesitated, and said: "Japanese films are walking on two legs, but China is now jumping on one foot, we need films with more box office appeal to resist the invasion of Hollywood, if compromise can be exchanged for the box office, there is no pity to give up the pursuit of art......

When Kurosawa heard this, his eyebrows were about to rise, but looking at Lin Hai's resolute face, he opened his mouth and couldn't say anything about swearing.

"Alas......"

Akira Kurosawa let out a long sigh, as if his backbone had been removed, and his body, which had been kept straight, suddenly became stiff.