Many people don't know, in fact, Lao Chen is quite awesome!

I also ran for the director of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games that year, but unfortunately I met the child of destiny!

It's time to talk about it again, "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" was originally a gift project of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the leader suggested that the third master personally serve as the commander and director.

The third master of the year has not directed a play in person for 18 years, and it seems that there is no need for this...

And he has made a lot of tribute films, none of which look like works that sell money, and he is really interested in commercial masterpieces like "October Siege".

For a while, he didn't have a clue!

Lao Chen gave him an idea...

Lao Chen is Brother Chen Kai, and the two of them have collaborated on "Thorn Qin"...

In fact, compared with Zhang Yimou, Lao Chen is from an orthodox background, with red roots and positive roots, which can be said to be the existence that the entire Beijing circle has high hopes for.

Director Xiaogang's autobiography "I Dedicate My Youth to You" mentions Brother Chen Kai: Every nation will have two or three masters, and no matter how poor the country is, it has to be supported. The task is simple, there is only one thing, and if you want to shoot it, you have to shoot an epic that is of great value to the understanding of the nation.

Lao Chen is one of them...

Kai Ye does have a strong humanistic quality, but unfortunately, "My Motherland and Me" doesn't need these...

This one will be mentioned later.

At the beginning, Kai Ye suggested to the third master: There is only one way to succeed in this kind of project, which is to learn from the all-star cast of the "World War II" blockbuster "The Longest Day". You have all the roles played by celebrities, even if it's just one line.

Kai Ye's proposal was considered reasonable, and such an operation was unprecedented, because the salary was a problem.

It's all children who give congratulatory gifts to their mothers to celebrate their birthdays, how can any children still ask their mothers to pay for their salaries?

After getting Zhang Guoli, the domino effect was born.

Later, there was such a joke: During the filming of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", the stars greeted each other like this: "Have you acted in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic"?"

After all, it's a national mobilization production!

Mention an interesting story about the filming of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic": Brother Kun's filming had one or two more scenes than originally planned, and the crew of "Mulan" stopped for a day; filmed the presidential palace of the battle of crossing the river, and cleared all the tourists; filmed the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology, which protected the building, and directly bombed away a unit that worked here...

Without the sequel to the Great Cause trilogy, the act of giving gifts to the country will not stop, and it can become a business, but the torch has been passed from China Film to the other two: Shangying and Huaxia!

"My Motherland and Me" is even more awesome, not only sounding the rallying call for the actors, but also an unprecedented gathering of the director group, and the nominal chief director is Brother Chen Kai, who proposed "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China"!

In fact, in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, and Chen Kexin also directed several scenes in the film respectively, but they didn't sign them!

This time, "My Motherland and Me", in fact, Huang Jianxin is in charge of the operation, and Lao Chen is the chief planner...

……

"Let's sit down. ”

Huang Jianxin waved his hand to signal the 'future of Chinese films': "I think everyone knows the specific process, in short, all major units across the country will fully cooperate with our filming work, what do you want?"

"I have a question. ”

"You say!"

"We're all twenty minutes?"

“… It can't be more than 25 minutes at most..."

"Okay, I got it!"

Huang Jianxin looked at Shen Ming, who was sitting at the end of the table: "Shen Ming, are you okay?

Shen Ming was taken aback: "... I... Shouldn't I finish it?"

"Hehe, we're seven stories in chronological order..."

"I'm a little worried..."

"It's okay, everyone trusts you!"

Trust alone is all it takes?

I'll pick up Lao Chen, you guys are stepping on the horse, this is throwing the pot!

……

At the end of the meeting, a few people found a place to gather, Shen Ming looked at Ning Hao with a bitter face: "Old Ning, I'm afraid I won't be able to take it!"

The main Lao Chen's "Daytime Meteor" is too pit, so what, just do a good job of poverty alleviation and a period of aerospace career, and arrange two gangsters to be the protagonists?

There's something wrong with this protagonist's perspective!

Although the gangsters are also small people, they have not participated in poverty alleviation work, and they are even more 108,000 miles away from the aerospace industry...

No matter how good the scene is, it is difficult for the audience to empathize...

To paraphrase Les Misérables...

“… Hey, hey!"

Ning Hao smiled and said nothing...

Shen Ming suddenly realized: "You can also see the problem with the script?"

Xu Zheng smiled and said nothing...

“… Day, a bunch of bad guys!"

Ning Hao said a fair word: ""Daytime Meteor" is aimed at the return of the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft, so we want to shoot the little people, how do we do it? Let the two of them accompany the old village chief to pick up the spaceship..."

Shen Ming directly retorted: "You can set the protagonist as a college student village official who has just graduated, and the perspective is different, not only can you take care of poverty alleviation, but also take care of the spaceship..."

“… Then Feiyu can't act!"

“…”

How to say, father's love is like a mountain!

Forcibly sublimated the theme: two teenagers wandered from the juvenile detention center and returned to their hometown to engage in construction, just like the return of Shenzhou Eleventh, they are all going home...

Why did those teenagers be so touched when they saw the "Daytime Meteor"?

I don't know...

Xu Zhengle asked, "How are you going to finish?"

"I'm afraid that Lao Chen will arrange a plot in which two gangsters come forward to support the returning astronauts..."Still aggrieved for himself, hearing Xu Zheng's question, Shen Ming subconsciously replied: "... How else can you collect it? Sensationalism, incitement to death..."

Originally, it was just shot in order, not to ask for too much, but to seek no merit - a gift film, not your own movie!

Not now, the conflict must be strengthened...

Otherwise, I can't catch it!

I don't need to add many scenes, at most I play some tricks in the editing, turning the shot into a series of memories, and at the last moment, all the dreams are condensed into a sentence 'The honor of the motherland is above all else'...

Changing the subject, Shen Ming asked, "I have to shoot the day after tomorrow, what about you?"

"I'm not in a hurry, I'll make "Embarrassing Mother" first!"

"This is Russia?"

"Yes!"

"Embarrassing Mother", the total production cost is 217 million, and Brother Shanzheng took 87 million alone, which can be said to be the biggest winner.

Of course, the 87 million includes the script fee, actor fee, director fee and screenwriter fee, etc., of which the actor fee of Brother Shanzheng is 40 million, which is in line with the relevant provisions of the national policy.

To be honest, 40 million is a bit low...

After all, the biggest selling point of the embarrassing series is only Xu Zheng alone!

"I'm going to do the later stage of "Eight Hundred", ready to be released in July!"

“… July?"

"What's wrong?"

Shen Ming said: "... My movie is also coming out in July!"

"Your movie?"

"That's right, Flag Guard!"