"There is no big problem with literary films, they participate in film festivals every year and win awards. Hearing the host's roll call, Zhang Yimou, who was sitting on the right side of the stage, raised the microphone and smiled seriously: "But now the times are different, in the past, we used to focus on a theme and insist on artistic creation." Today, young people watch Hollywood and watch Director Wang's films, and those of us feel rustic and unfashionable. ”

Wang Yang responded with a smile, Feng Xiaogang, who had his hands on his chest, looked sideways at Zhang Yimou, and the young people in the seat nodded silently, the current market will no longer like those rural movies, and they are hit by Hollywood blockbusters, not only do the audience not like to watch them, but even those of them who are engaged in movies are not happy to focus on the countryside, costume martial arts action love sci-fi ...... After industrialization, it suddenly became clear.

"If young people don't like to watch your movies anymore, there's no point. Zhang Yimou's left hand made hand movements and said, "You can't just stick to your art and enjoy yourself." The times will not wait for you, you haven't woken up yet, you are still high and low, the times have passed, and you have passed. Now we pay attention to the unity of ideology, artistry, and entertainment, which is what everyone calls a commercial film. ”

Zhang Yimou paused as he spoke, how to transform into a commercial blockbuster and get better results than "Hero", he has to peck hard. He continued: "The gap between China's mainstream commercial films and Hollywood is all-round. Cinematic techniques, storytelling, scripts, performances...... In addition to the movie itself, there is also promotional packaging, which we are still feeling the stones to cross the river. ”

"Not only China, Hollywood is the 'enemy' of the world's films, and now all the old European film countries are occupied by Hollywood films to occupy most of the market share, and they are now retreating step by step, discussing how to make national films and local films develop healthily. ”

"Hollywood is like the NBA, and the world leagues don't necessarily beat it. Zhang Yimou's tone was light but seemed to be a little self-deprecating, Feng Xiaogang nodded, Wang Yang was expressionless, Zhang Yimou continued: "China's film industrialization has just started, and it is impossible to catch up with Hollywood in a day or two. We should recognize this gap, recognize it, and gradually narrow it. ”

Looking at the young alumni in the audience, Zhang Yimou finally said: "Our population and economic development are there, and the future will definitely be the world's top film market." I think the hope of cinema lies in young people, in the next 10, 20, 30 years...... There will definitely be an excellent group of young directors who will use their excellent works to compete with Hollywood, and then gradually occupy the overseas market and face the world. ”

A large burst of applause suddenly sounded in the multi-purpose hall, and then it became deafening, and the students of Beiying clapped their hands with a confident smile.

Wang Yang listened to these applause, and his heart was very happy, at least the young people in the industry are very confident and energetic, very good, isn't it? But if you want to narrow the gap in all aspects, you still have to take one step at a time.

As for Hollywood's "global invasion", although he is one of them, he has a rapidly growing film company...... But he was very helpless and didn't want to see such a world movie pattern.

Such a pattern is very unhealthy, each country has its own local cultural temperament, and movies will bloom. For example, Hong Kong movies, which have a very different flavor from Hollywood, gangster films, nonsense, etc., are its flashes, but now they are also declining.

In addition to a filmmaker and an ordinary audience who hope to see a healthy hundred flowers blooming, as a Chinese, Wang Yang naturally sincerely hopes that Chinese-language films can be strong, whether Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, or Taiwan can go to the world; when he is older, he hopes that this land can be free from the shackles in all aspects, become strong as soon as possible, and win greater voice and fairer eyes and treatment for the global Chinese.

But can he provide any help to Chinese films? Not to mention "above", the film industry in every place must rely on the foundation of that place in all aspects, such as education, concepts, environment, and market...... Relying on the development of local filmmakers, only native filmmakers can make local flavor and temperament and characteristics of the times.

Let him make films with the background of the nineties and current generation in Chinese mainland, it is not completely without concept, but he can't find any feeling; besides, the director is just a director, the producer is just a producer, and without a good creative team, a blockbuster cannot be completed.

If you want to make such a movie, such as "Kung Fu Panda", which is still in the preparation stage, a whole creative team is still learning about traditional Chinese culture, absorbing Chinese and Asian members...... Production won't begin until each creative position is ready.

Just a question, what do the post-80s young people in Chinese mainland grow up playing with? What are the common good memories? What are the common slang? Wang Yang is not clear, and his creative team is not clear at all. The people who know this land best are the people who grew up here.

And no matter what Hollywood is or not, making movies is the pursuit he recognizes in his life, and it is impossible to "In order not to help Hollywood movies invade the world, I will not make them, and I will not distribute them overseas after shooting." "What kind of idiot is that?

But despite not being superhuman, Wang Yang believes that there are still some things that he can do, is suitable to do, is willing to do, and should do.

Just like this time "MIT-21-TEAM", it brings a new image of a Chinese actor to the global big screen, isn't it great? and the upcoming "Firefly", he will integrate more Chinese elements, and he will bring the aesthetic conception of the East into the science fiction world.

In addition to himself, Wang Yang hopes that Hollywood, the world film center, will emerge more Chinese faces, more Chinese directors and producers with market positions. As long as the number of people goes up, the influence will naturally form. And the work he can do is to use the financial resources in his hands to let Flame Movies give a good environment and more opportunities like Lin Yibin, Wen Ziren, and Ang Lee...... At the same time, if there are any excellent movies in the Chinese-speaking world, Flame Films will also strive for its overseas distribution rights and bring it to North America and the world.

Director Zhang said it very well. When the applause of the students in the audience stopped, the bespectacled male host looked at the three of them and asked: "Since there is a gap in all aspects of film technology, is it better for us to be the most familiar with ourselves?" Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Then Director Zhang also filmed "Hero", and now he is preparing for "Ambush on All Sides", will Chinese films enter an era of costume martial arts blockbusters?"

"I know that Chen Kaige is also interested in making a costume film. Feng Xiaogang took the microphone and said. Talking about "Ambush on All Sides", Zhang Yimou said: "Martial arts films are a challenging genre for me, which can show your imagination and test your creativity. In fact, when filming "Hero", we were writing the script of "Ambush on All Sides". ”

"I hope it's a completely different theme from 'Heroes,' so let's not talk about what direction it is. Zhang Yimou smiled honestly and said: ""Hero" is our first attempt, and this time "Ambush on All Sides", we are all better prepared, so challenge again." ”

The students in the audience burst into applause again, and the male host looked at Wang Yang, who was drinking mineral water, and asked with a smile: "Director Wang, do you have any opinions?"

Wang Yang twisted the cap of the water bottle and put it down, lifted the microphone and said: "I think Chinese culture is not only about ancient costume martial arts, of course, it is representative and unique. But if we all follow the trend, this is ...... There is a great danger. He looked at the smiling Zhang Yimou and said with a smile: "I'm not talking about Director Zhang, I just want to say that the industry needs to try more and do its own culture." Movies sometimes have different borders, or different audiences. ”

The media reporters in the seats in the audience have already written in their notebooks: "Magical Yang warned Zhang and Feng to follow the trend of ancient costume martial arts, which is very dangerous. ”

"A movie that Chinese audiences like, and is very moved or funny to watch, but American audiences don't like it, and they don't react at all. Why?"

Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders as he spoke, looked at the serious students in front of him, and continued: "Because the audience has to grow up and live in the cultural environment in the movie, they will feel the same way. This is a cultural difference, the attraction is always your own local culture, if you do a good job, people will naturally come to appreciate it, the United States does not shoot China, and China does not shoot the United States. ”

"I think the most important thing for Chinese films to do now is to make Chinese audiences like them. Ignore those foreign awards. Wang Yang looked serious and didn't look at anyone, but the last sentence was said to Zhang Yimou, and he was going to discuss it in private later.

After several contacts, he could see that Zhang Yimou seemed to be very eager for Cannes and Oscar awards, and it was normal to want to get honors, but he couldn't be obsessed, because there were cultural differences in the selection criteria of the judges, and he couldn't just go for these awards at the beginning of his creation, just as Ang Lee said, "You have to feel the truth of your heart." "The reason why 'Hero' feels so hollow is precisely because it doesn't have real feelings.

"Director Wang, can you comment on "Hero"?" The male host felt that he had found a good topic, but it made the atmosphere a little weird. The media reporters in the seats were all in good spirits, and the recent bombardment of "Hero" has become a trend, Jin Yong said: "The shooting is ridiculous. Chen Kaige said: "It's a mess, it's all empty." Feng Xiaogang on the stage said long before the Oscars at the beginning of the year: "There is no tension, no connotation." ”

Zhang Yimou kept smiling; Feng Xiaogang changed his Erlang leg on the side and continued to look fierce; Wang Yang looked at Zhang Yimou, and under the expectant gaze of everyone, he said seriously: "The camera picture and bright colors of "Hero" are very beautiful, which is amazing. The props and make-up we talked about before are also top-notch in terms of film technology, and the story structure is messy, which is its weak link. ”

Wang Yang did not want to continue this topic that tends to be critical of the individual, and said: "I want to talk about the way of storytelling, maybe there is no classification system, and Chinese films seem to take care of the entire market in terms of storytelling, but this is impossible......"

Listening to this young director, "The audience is different, how the needs are different", "Editing will make a movie magical, turn an ordinary story into a charming, and suspense movies such as "Memory Fragments" are exemplary. Zhang Yimou, who had just been criticized, had a calm expression, and Feng Xiaogang wanted to speak and stopped, wanting to spit out the bitterness in his heart in one breath.

He asked himself that among the people in China, he Feng Xiaogang knows most about commercial films and knows best what the audience wants, but so what? Many things know that it will be better to do that, but they can't implement it at all, not because they can't do it, but they don't do it.

It's like "No Thieves in the World" that is being planned now, he doesn't want the police on the train, it's better to stuff that police character into the luggage compartment and let him fend for himself. However, now in the script, there is still a paragraph of robbery and police, which makes it inexplicable, what kind of commercial art is there to talk about? The result of talking about art is that the future review will not pass, and if you don't compromise, those films are waiting to rot!

He said that ideological censorship is the biggest stumbling block and the biggest problem in the development of Chinese films and culture.

Time passed amid the sound of conversation and applause, the mineral water bottles gradually emptied, and there was an intermission...... The discussion lasted for nearly two hours, and finally ended with warm applause from students and media reporters.

After leaving the multi-purpose hall, Wang Yang talked with Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang privately for a while, and persuaded a few words, "Don't cater to the awards, that will lose everything, and you won't like it." Wang Yang didn't know if the two could listen, and just as he was about to leave Beiying, Susan McCarthy received a request from the school, she said, "There is a female student in the acting department who is your fan, I hope to meet you and ask for an autograph group photo." ”

"Thank her! But I'm gone, no one has any privileges. ”

On the sunny campus road in the afternoon, accompanied by the bodyguards, Wang Yang walked straight to the parking lot. After the discussion and dialogue just now, he laughed and talked with the students of Youbeiying for a while, signed autographs and took a group photo. The current request for a private meeting is probably because the girl has some background, and he is very tired of this now, especially on a college campus.

"Can't Mr. Wang really see her? The kid adores him. Susan McCarthy conveyed Wang Yang's meaning to the agent on the other side of the phone, and heard the voice full of regret and reluctance. She looked at Wang Yang, who was not far in front, and said, "No, he's a little tired and doesn't want to see him." ”

Soon, a black sedan slowly drove out of the Beiying campus, causing a dazzling flash of light from the cameras in the hands of media reporters and fans waiting at the door, and some fans ran to chase the car, shouting loudly: "Wang Yang, Wang Yang!——

(To be continued)