On November 20, 2004, Zhang Chunru was buried in the Heaven's Gate Cemetery at St. Anthony's Ranch in Los Gaido, California, in the presence of about 300 people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At the funeral, Qiu Xuejun, Deputy Consul General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco, made a special trip to attend and read out a message of condolence from Consul General Peng Keyu, expressing condolences to Zhang Chunru's family.

Zhang Chunru's tombstone bears these words: "Beloved wife and mother, writer, historian, human rights fighter." ”

After Zhang Chunru's funeral, Zhang Ran followed Zhang Chunru's parents to Urbana, Illinois, and got a lot of information. These include four videotapes taken by Zhang Chun in '95 to interview Holocaust survivors in Nanjing, which recorded the testimonies of nine Holocaust survivors.

Each 150-minute videotape is 600 minutes in total, and these 600 minutes of video materials leave "living evidence" for the history of the Nanjing Massacre. Zhang Chunru's parents asked Zhang Ran to send the four boxes of video to the Holocaust Memorial Hall in Nanjing, and they felt that the big memorial hall was where the four video tapes should go.

Zhang Ran assured them that he would personally send the four video tapes to the memorial hall.

Biopics are based on real people and events, but they are not without fiction or imagination.

However, the movie that Zhang Ran wants to make involves the Nanjing Massacre, and it will inevitably be provoked by people with intentions. Just like Zhang Chunru's "Nanjing Massacre", because of some flaws, it was taken by people with intentions to talk about things, wanting to deny the value of the whole book. Therefore, he hopes that every plot, every event, and even every sentence of his film can find a real source.

After leaving Urbana, Zhang Ran did not rush to interview Zhang Chunru's friends and colleagues before his death, but classified and sorted out the qualifications he got from Zhang Chunru's family and sorted out the action lines of the characters. Zhang Ran's hope plan began in 1994 when Zhang Chunru went to Cupertino, California, to attend a conference to commemorate the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, and it was the bloody materials on display at that conference that evoked her memories of her ancestors' experiences in Nanjing, and decided to use the pen as a weapon to uncover the historical truth.

On November 30, Zhang Ran returned to Beiping with a large package of materials. He had hoped to stay a few more days to interview Zhang Chunru's friends and colleagues, but the Golden Horse Awards were about to open, and he promised Hou Xiaoxian to go to the show, and he couldn't keep his word.

These days, Zhang Ran has been thinking about who to find to play Zhang Chunru in the future, and after going through the excellent domestic actors, he found that Zhang Jingchu was the most suitable. This is not because Zhang Jingchu is his girlfriend, but he really thinks it is appropriate. Zhang Jingchu's face shape is relatively close to Zhang Chunru, she can look like Zhang Chunru through makeup, and her English is very good, so she is fully qualified for this role.

However, Zhang Ran didn't tell Zhang Jingchu about this, and he didn't even say that he planned to shoot Zhang Chunru, but just told her that she would have the opportunity to make a movie involving the Nanjing Massacre in the future. Zhang Ran remembered that Gao Yuanyuan filmed "Nanjing, Nanjing", and suffered from depression because he was too depressed. Zhang Jingchu is only 24 years old now, too young, and it is not a good thing for her to touch these things too early.

Ahh

Zhang Ran woke up in fear, and his body sat up suddenly. It was pitch black inside, with only the faint light from outside the window penetrating through the heavy curtains. He wiped the sweat from his head, and he could almost hear the terrifying screams in his heart, what a terrible dream!

Dead bodies were everywhere, human heads were rolling down, babies were carried on bayonets, and devilish Japanese soldiers were laughing. In the dead gray sky, the raven monster screamed and flew away. The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, which used to be a bustling market, has become a desolate and hopeless dead city.

Zhang Ran felt extreme fear, and his body trembled slightly. The scene of the massacre appeared in the dream, and the hellish scene was like a devil's claw grabbing Zhang Ran's heart, making him almost breathless.

It's terrible!

Zhang Ran remembered that Zhang Chunru's husband had told him that Zhang Chunru was often shaking with anger, having insomnia and nightmares, losing weight, and losing his hair during the process of writing "The Nanjing Massacre." Probably such a nightmare, right?

The bedside lamp suddenly turned on, Zhang Jingchu sat up, looked at Zhang Ran who was sweating profusely, and asked with concern, "What's wrong, have a nightmare?"

Zhang Ran smiled at her: "I had a nightmare! I'm fine, you can continue to sleep!"

The lights went out, and Zhang Jingchu hugged Zhang Ran and fell asleep again, but Zhang Ran couldn't sleep at all, and there were living faces in his mind.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Zhang Ran received a call from Xie Xiaojing, the new director of Qingying Studio. Xie Xiaojing was originally the head of the directing department, and now he is the vice president of Nortel, and after Qiu Yuanxu resigned and left Qingying Studio, he also served as the director of Qingying Studio. The vice president is also the director of Qingying Studio, which is quite high, which shows that the school attaches great importance to Qingying Studio.

Zhang Ran asked, "Dean Xie, why did you remember to call me, there must be something, right?"

Xie Xiaojing said: "Isn't "The Aviator" going to Taiwan to participate in the Golden Horse Awards, and the pass to Taiwan is the school helping you. Got a little bit of trouble with this?"

Zhang Ran was stunned: "What's the matter?

Zhang Ran watched the news just now, and some media said that the actor of "Ke Ke Xili", Dobujie, may not be able to bend in Taiwan because his visa has not yet been issued.

Xie Xiaojing said: "That's not it, the visa has been issued." However, Taiwan has put forward three requirements for you to go to Taiwan this time: first, you are not allowed to approach the fans, second, you are not allowed to sign for the fans, third, you are not allowed to be interviewed by the media, and if you violate the relevant requirements, you will not be allowed to go to the Taiwan Bend for five years. ”

Zhang Ran couldn't believe his ears a little: "What do these three requirements mean, I can't speak when I get to Taiwan?"

Xie Xiaojing explained: "It was requested by the department in charge of mainland affairs in Taiwan, and Mr. Zheng Dongdong said that it may be because you were on the news network, and the government propaganda department mentioned your name many times, which is a card for the government's foreign cultural propaganda, and Taiwan is more vigilant!"

Zhang Ran couldn't laugh or cry a little: "These people are sick, and they can pull anything politically." Forget it, it makes me seem to be very strange to go, why don't I break the Golden Horse Award, I won't go!"

Many people say that the mainland likes to talk about politics, but in fact, Taiwan likes to talk about politics, and anything can be said to be a conspiracy of the Arab Communist Party.

Singers and actors from Taiwan go to the mainland to dig for gold, hold concerts, filming, and commercial endorsements, and make a lot of money, but it is more difficult for mainland artists to go to Taiwan to pan for gold.

For example, when filming a movie, there can only be two mainland actors in the lineup; for filming TV dramas, mainland actors are completely restricted; the most difficult thing is that singers are not allowed to sing on stage or appear on programs, and they must follow the scheduled itinerary when they arrive at Taiwan Bend. Even the movie "The Past of Taiwan", which involves Taiwan Bend, can only be filmed in the mainland.

It will not be until 2008 that this policy will be relaxed, and mainland actors will be able to film in Taiwan.

To tell the truth, who would a director like Zhang Ran, who has already won the top award in the three major categories, take the Golden Horse Award in his eyes? If Hou Xiaoxian hadn't called Zhang Ran and asked him to participate in the Golden Horse Awards, saying that he wanted to cheer for Chinese films, he wouldn't have signed up at all!

Obviously, you invited me to come over, but now you are here, and Lao Tzu is no longer waiting!

Zhang Jingchu was also very angry after knowing about this, although she was nominated for Best Actress, but she didn't care: "Isn't it just a Golden Horse Award, who is rare, we won't go!"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "I didn't go because there were more important things, and I was too lazy to bother with them, otherwise I would definitely go, and then deliberately give an interview and disgust them to death." You still have to go, if you can win the award, you can come to the stage to help me receive the award, and then tell me about it, and see how they end!"

Zhang Jingchu said worriedly: "It won't cause any trouble, right?"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "What kind of trouble can you cause? I am only not allowed to go to Taiwan for five years." Aren't we still going to be rare?"

In the afternoon, Zhang Ran got on a plane to Nanjing. This time, in addition to sending the four video tapes to the memorial hall, he also visited some experts and scholars to explore Zhang Chunru's experience after he was in Nanjing in 1995, which is the most important part of the film.

The next morning, Zhang Ran came to the Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Invasion of China and found the office of Director Zhu Chengshan.

Zhu Chengshan took the 4 video tapes from Zhang Ran's hand and sighed deeply: "What a good girl, why did you leave like this!"

Zhang Ran also sighed deeply: "Director Zhu, in addition to sending these 4 boxes of videotapes this time, there is one more thing I want to ask you." I want to make a film about Zhang Chunru, to commemorate this amazing woman, and at the same time, to tell the Nanjing Massacre from another angle, so that more people can understand this matter!"

Zhu Chengshan was very happy to hear this: "For a long time, Western countries only knew about the Nazi massacre of Jews, and did not know that the Japanese army that invaded China had frantically massacred Chinese in World War II. International public opinion only condemned the atrocities of the Nazis in World War II and rarely criticized the atrocities of Japanese militarism in World War II. One of the important reasons for this is that in the decades since the victory in World War II, there has been too little propaganda and too weak voice in the mainstream of Western society about the historical facts of the Japanese invasion of China. If we can have a film like Schindler's List, if we can speak out internationally, how can the Japanese right wing be so rampant!"

Zhang Ran used it as a guarantee: "I don't dare to say that I can make a film like Schindler's List, but I will do my best to make a film that can stand the test and be distributed worldwide." This is also Zhang Chunru's last wish!"

Zhu Chengshan looked at Zhang Ran and remembered the first time he saw Zhang Chunru, who was also 27 years old and had the same firm and sharp eyes. He started talking, and the first time he met Zhang Chunru was on August 9, 95. At that time, he looked at Zhang Chunru, who was 27 years old at the time but could not speak Chinese, and was both happy for her courage, but also couldn't help but worry, can such a young and weak woman write a weighty work on the Nanjing Massacre?

Zhang Chunru, who had sharp eyes, seemed to see Zhu Chengshan's concerns, and handed Zhu Chengshan a copy of her work "Silk" with the theme of Qian Xuesen, the father of Chinese missiles.

Zhu Chengshan immediately expressed his full support for her, not only did he give her a full set of materials in the collection, but also, considering that Zhang Chunru knew little about the historical materials of the Nanjing Massacre, Zhu Chengshan made a long list of suggestions.

Now, nine years later, Zhang Ran has received the same treatment. Director Zhu presented Zhang Ran with a complete set of materials from the collection, and at the same time told Zhang Ran the addresses of several experts who helped Zhang Chunru in Nanjing, as well as the addresses of the nine survivors in the videotape.

According to Director Zhu's guidance, Zhang Ran found Wang Weixing of the Institute of History of the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences and Professor Yang Xiaming of the School of Administration, who assisted Zhang Chunru in investigating and collecting information. Zhang Chunru spent a total of 25 days in Nanjing. The time was very tight, and they worked separately, Wang Weixing collected and sorted out the information, and Yang Xiaming accompanied Zhang Chunru to interview the survivors, and after the interview was over, the translation was carried out.

Under the memories of the two experts, the most important part of the movie, Zhang Chunru's experience in Nanjing, slowly became clear in Zhang Ran's mind.

While Zhang Ran was busy collecting information, the 41st Golden Horse Awards opened. (To be continued.) )