Coming out of the homes of the Holocaust survivors, Zhang Ran drove to the Shiqiu Film and Television Base.

Zhang Ran's films have a lot of scenes during the Nanjing Massacre, and it is necessary to build and restore the scenes at that time. When Zhang Yimou filmed "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", he set up scenes in Shiqiu Film and Television Base, and those scenes are still there and can still be used after restoration. However, the scenery of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is not enough at all, and "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" only takes one street. Zhang Ran's movie also has a lot of scenes, in addition to building a few streets, it is also necessary to build the real scene of the Golden Lady and Rabe's house.

In addition, in 1995, Zhang Chunru went to Nanjing to interview the survivors of the massacre and visit the place where the Japanese atrocities occurred, which is particularly important and can be said to be an important turning point in the whole film. Therefore, the trip to Nanjing had a very big impact on Zhang Chunru, she found that many survivors were poor and had a difficult life, so she felt particularly unfair, and vowed to seek justice for the victims, and since then she has changed from an ordinary writer to a fighter, and began to run for the 300,000 unjust souls in Nanjing. However, most of the survivors interviewed by Zhang Chunru have died, and most of their houses have been demolished, and this part of the building needs to be rebuilt.

Zhang Ran told art director Huo Tingxiao that Jin Nuda and Rabe's family do not require 100% restoration, nor can they be 100% restored, but at least they must be restored to more than 90%. Huo Tingxiao also did according to this requirement, restoring the scene at that time as much as possible.

After Zhang Ran came to the Shiqiu base, he found that Rabe's house had been built, and the building of the Golden Girl University was still under construction, and it would take two or three months to complete. Zhang Ran took out the photo and looked at Rabe's house, and felt that the restoration work was done very well. However, he also specially invited a few old people to come and see, and everyone said that this was the case at that time, and he was satisfied.

Zhang Ran finished his investigation in Nanjing, and as soon as he returned to Lin'an, Zhang Yimou came to the door. Zhang Yimou is going to make a movie "Shadow" about stand-ins, and wants to talk to Zhang Ran and listen to his opinions.

As a result, as soon as they met, Zhang Ran threw his script to Zhang Yimou and asked him to take a look at it and give some opinions casually.

After reading the script, Zhang Yimou was shocked: "This script is good, better than "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling". The idea of the movie is very high, the pattern is very large, and it is very profound. I think after watching the movie, everyone will think about a question, such a thing as the Nanjing Massacre has been forgotten in the West, why is this happening? I think that even the Nanjing Massacre will be forgotten, so how many things will be forgotten and erased? I think this movie is, to a certain extent, a continuation of "Future Apocalypse", and "Future Apocalypse" is about historical reincarnation. This movie is telling us why we are reincarnated, because we are too forgetful, we are too easy to forget the past!"

Zhang Ran couldn't help but smile when he heard Zhang Yimou say this: "Okay, don't say anything good, what's the problem?"

Zhang Yimou thought for a while and said, "There's really no problem, the whole script can be said to be meticulous." If I get such a script, I will wake up laughing in my dreams. But there's one area I'm more worried about. ”

Zhang Ran immediately said, "Where is it?"

Zhang Yimou said: "After "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was released in the United States, I received a lot of scolding. Many media outlets do not criticize the film itself at all, but from a political perspective. They say that the film is nationalism and national chauvinism, and the most unacceptable thing to me is that they say that the movie scandalizes the people of Dongying and portrays the soldiers as beasts. What are the Dongying soldiers in Nanjing in 1937 who were not beasts? Your film not only depicts the brutality of the Dongying soldiers, but also accuses the people who covered up the massacre as accomplices, which is tantamount to scolding these people. After the movie was released, it was definitely attacked more than "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling". ”

Zhang Ran knew that the Dongying people had a great influence in the United States, and he also knew that many works depicting the Nanjing Massacre had been attacked.

The Chinese writer Liu Yukun had this to say about Zhang Chunru's death: not only was he attacked on the Internet, but even prominent Western scholars began to publish academic articles expressing doubts about Zhang Chunru's work and motives. Some claim that she exaggerated the death toll, while others point out that the details of her account are either unverifiable or to the left of other evidence, and have tried to insult her as a result. Incredibly, there are so many people who seem to think that trying to remember an atrocity is more shameful than the atrocity itself.

These vicious attackers of Zhang Chunru wore the mask of civilization of academic discussion, neither shouting wildly nor adding to the vicious language, they just refused to recognize the authenticity and importance of "The Nanjing Massacre". They dissected Zhang Chunru with cautious and careful words, and finally smashed her and her writings, as well as the truth in the book. Unable to get rid of all this, Zhang Chunru fell into depression and eventually committed suicide.

The Chinese writer Ha Jin was also attacked after writing the Nanjing Requiem. Because Dongying has a very close relationship with the United States, it has a lot of influence in the book review circle. However, Ha Jin wrote about Ji Entity, and the attack was not as powerful as Zhang Chunru.

In the American film industry, the Dongying people have a lot of influence, Columbia Pictures is a subsidiary of Sony, and there are a large number of potential supporters of Dongying in the critics. Zhang Ran will definitely be violently attacked by these people after the release of this movie, and even the Dongying forces in the academic world will jump out!

However, Zhang Ran had long been prepared for this and said firmly: "Zhang Chunru said, ** The massacre of Jews, this matter is known to people all over the world, but in the United States, in the West, the facts of the Nanjing Massacre are almost unknown, as a descendant of Chinese, it is my responsibility to write about it." I feel that making this film well is my responsibility as a director and as a Chinese. Zhang Chunru fought with them alone, and when "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was released, we had very little say in the American film and television industry. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran raised his voice and said: "But now it is different! In the United States, we have enough strength to make our voice heard. If they do, I'll beat them all over the ground!"

Zhang Yimou smiled when he heard this: "I'm looking forward to the day when the movie is released!"

Just then, the assistant knocked on the door and walked in: "Dieter Koslick, president of the Berlin Film Festival, is here. ”

Zhang Ran thought to himself what he was doing, could he have seen "Full Band Blocking Interference", so he said, "Please let him in!"

Soon the assistant brought Koslick into the office. When Koslick saw Zhang Ran, he came up and gave him a hug, and said in half-baked Chinese: "Dear friend, I want to kill you!" and turned to Zhang Yimou and said, "Yimou, I want to kill you!"

Zhang Ran thought it was funny, how did he learn Feng Gong's words? He smiled and praised: "Dieter, you can speak Chinese well, when did you learn it?"

Koslick couldn't understand Chinese, but he knew that Zhang Ran was praising himself, so he laughed proudly and said in English: "I can speak three sentences in Chinese, dear friend, I want to kill you! Thank you, and, goodbye! I will only speak these three sentences, you still speak English!"

Zhang Ran laughed and said, "Learning Chinese is a trend now, I thought you also caught up with the trend and learned Chinese!" He looked at Koslick and asked, "How did you come to China?"

Koslick smiled like an old fox: "I heard that you are going to make a film about Rabe, who is German, and I think it would be most appropriate for the film to premiere in Berlin, and I would like to invite your film to Berlin." ”

Zhang Yimou's eyes widened instantly when he heard this, he won numerous awards in the nineties, and was very popular with the film festival, but at most he also enjoyed the treatment of the chairman of the film festival to pick up the airport at most;

Zhang Ran said in surprise: "My new film is still in the preparation stage, the actors have not been fully finalized, and the movie will not start until the end of this year, so it is too early to invite me to participate in the competition?"

Koslick heard from Ulrich Tukel earlier this year that he would be involved in Zhang Ran's new film and would play Rabe in the film. Koslick knew about this movie, and when Zhang Ran brought "One Man with Lights" to the Berlin Film Festival five years ago, he helped find Rabe's descendants, and he told Zhang Ran at that time that the Berlin Film Festival was booked.

Hearing this movie now, there will be a lot of Rabe's scenes, and Koslick's movie is not an ordinary biopic, it will be a very unique movie. Rabe is German, and the Berlinale has a penchant for political themes, so the film is undoubtedly the most suitable place for the Berlinale. However, Koslick also understands that Berlin has no advantage over Cannes and Venice, and that "One Man Shines on the Lights", which is considered the best film of the new millennium, did not win the Golden Bear.

Koslick felt that the film should be won as soon as possible, otherwise Berlin would have no chance when Cannes and Venice made a move. So, as soon as the Berlin Film Festival ended, he rushed to China as soon as possible and sent an invitation to Zhang Ran's new film.

At this time, Koslick's head shook like a rattle: "It's not early at all, if you wait for the movie to start, Cannes and Venice will definitely come to the door." My dear friend, have you forgotten? I booked this movie!"

Zhang Ran spread out his hands and made a helpless expression: "From the perspective of the theme of the movie, it is indeed suitable to be placed in Berlin, but the time is not appropriate." We want to win the Olympics for this movie, it's not that I care about the Oscars, but I hope to use the influence of the Oscars to let more audiences know about this movie and finally enter the cinema. We might choose to premiere at the New York Film Festival, because the New York Film Festival is in October, and after the New York Film Festival, the awards season starts very quickly, and it is more advantageous to hedge against the Olympics. ”

In fact, in terms of publicity effect, it is the best choice to go to Venice first, and then to Telluride and Toronto. But the film, which is nearly 200 minutes long, will be shot in China, the United States and Germany, and is scheduled to be shot over a six-month period. If you go to Venice, then the time to do the post-production is only about three months. In terms of time, it's too rushed. Of course, if the film can be completed in advance and finished in four or five months, then it is still possible to go to Venice.

Koslick breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Zhang Ran's new film was going to the New York Film Festival. If Zhang Ran decides to go to Venice, then Berlin will have no chance, because if a film is shortlisted for the competition unit of the A-category film festival, it cannot go to another A-category competition unit. The New York Film Festival is not a Class A film festival, and going to the New York Film Festival to be screened does not affect the film's entry into Berlin.

Koslick said: "Going to New York to screen does not affect the Berlin Film Festival. Rabe is German, so it would make sense to show it in Berlin. ”

Zhang Ran felt that this statement made sense, it was indeed meaningful for this film to be screened in Berlin, and when the time came, Rabe's descendants could be invited to the scene to watch this movie together, and immediately said: "Okay, I will take the main creator of the crew to Berlin at that time." ”

Meanwhile, at the Capital International Airport, Wang Sichong was sitting in his private jet, waiting for the plane to take off. He looked out the window at the gray sky and was stunned, knowing that he might not be able to return for years.

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