Three days ago, that is, local time, at 5:30 pm on January 24, 2012, the 84th Oscars announced the list of nominees.

On the second day after the list of nominees was announced, Huang Wen had already contacted Xu Hui, and the two made an appointment to prepare to kill together in the suburbs of Hangzhou West Lake, where Zhang Yimou lived!

Today is the agreed time, Xu Hui didn't lie, he did come to the airport for something!

The pick-up was successful, the two got into the car, and Xu Hui held a script in his hand - "International Market"

A Korean movie that reflects overseas workers, but also shows the changes of the times, which can be called the Korean version of "Forrest Gump"...

It's similar to "Alive"!

Xu Hui believes that such a script should be able to impress Lao Mouzi, and Lao Mouzi himself sighed: "When literature is prosperous, good scripts will follow one after another, and good movies will emerge one after another, and in this era, there are too few works like "Red Sorghum". But the good script is not accepted, so I have to accept the fact that the excellent is withering. ’

And Zhang Yimou later said, 'I have a fame and a profit, and I want to make two good works now!'

In the script of "International Market", Xu Hui changed the background of the story to Qingtian County, telling the story of the post-40s born in Qingtian who worked hard in a foreign land, of course, it must involve a bunch of scenes about historical changes, such as the Liberation War, Brother Wen, reform and opening up, etc.

Qingtian is the most famous county for overseas workers in our country, there is a statistic, the total population of Qingtian County is only 480,000, but there are 220,000 overseas Chinese!

This history is very interesting, and Xu Hui had the company's screenwriters compile several works based on this prototype.

He read the script, but he was not very satisfied, he always felt that he had gone astray, Xu Hui wanted a sense of history, not to reflect how difficult it is to start a business overseas...

Simply he organizes the language himself, intersperses the hero's own experience according to each paragraph of history, and deliberately creates the feeling of a little person in history, although there is a little problem in logic, but I believe that after the polishing and filling of professional screenwriters, there are still a lot of things that can be shown in the whole work.

……

Seeing Zhang Yimou, Xu Hui and Huang Wen were very respectful.

After a few idle words, Lao Zhang suddenly asked: "Xiao Xu, do you really think that it is impossible for "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" to win the Oscar?"

Nima, and said that she didn't care about the awards!

"The Oscar is not the vane of Chinese films, but a platform for filmmakers from all over the world to exchange and learn from each other, and should not be deified, there are more than 400 international film festivals in the world, whether it is the Oscars of the United States, Cannes of France or the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers of China, a group of filmmakers bring their own dishes to taste each other, it's as simple as that. ”

Here are his exact words...

"Director Zhang, Xu Hui said nonsense to cooperate with the promotion of the movie..."

Huang Wen thought that Lao Zhang wanted to ask the teacher for the crime, so he hurriedly helped explain.

Xu Hui was also quite embarrassed, after all, he turned over old accounts when they first met, and this conversation felt very difficult to continue!

“… No, I just want to know what's wrong with my movie!"

“… I think the main reason is that the values are not quite the same as those in the West, and if you change the age of those students to 7 or 8 years old, I guess it will be acceptable..."

Xu Hui stubbornly explained.

"Yes, Americans believe that all lives are equal, no wonder they say there is something wrong with this story!"

Zhang Yimou sighed, it is estimated that he also knows this in his heart, after thinking about it, he continued to ask: "But if you are 7 or 8 years old, the story will not be easy to control, and it will be difficult to pass the review!"

Xu Hui thought for a while: "Yes, the level of censorship is not good... However, the Oscars tend to tell stories of redemption and children, and if you can combine the two, you have a good chance of winning the award!"

“… I'm telling this story exactly according to our Oriental habits, and the basis of the movie is wrong!"

Zhang Yimou sighed, and then invited Xu Hui and Huang Wen to sit down: "By the way, I haven't thanked you two yet, if it weren't for Huang Wen's reminder, I guess I would still be in the dark." ”

“… This is what we should do. ”

With Chen Ting debunking the truth about Zhang Weipin, this move is right.

"I probably know your intentions, what about me, I do have the idea of leaving the new crown, but I said in advance, although I don't reject commercial films, I am afraid of being coerced by business!"

"Director Zhang, you are such a big-name director, and investors dare to threaten you?"

Huang Wen asked in surprise.

Zhang Yimou waved his hand and explained: "He is not threatening me, but it is more sad to grind and hard, and make your ideas and creations distorted." ”

"For example, for a work like "Three Guns", I didn't plan to shoot this drama, but the production company wanted to make money, so I used Xiao Shen Yang to play a commercial hype, so I pieced together an immature script. I feel like I'm falling into a ditch because it lacks cultural value and is the product of commercial coercion!"

Being coerced by business and capital is actually a very painful thing for directors.

Xing Ye once said to Wu Yifan, I know why I am looking for you?

People spent 400 million yuan to make this movie, and by the way, they also bought Xingye's company, so what happened to letting the actor he was optimistic about play the male lead?

It's like "Three Guns" forced to stuff Xiao Shen Yang, and "The City Full of Golden Armor" stuffed Zhou Jielun, which is all the product of capital coercion.

You have to say, I'm a big director, I can refuse, hehe, people paid for it...

Even Xu Hui is not exempt from vulgarity, and his films rarely find actors outside the company, unless they are really inappropriate...

Lao Zhang is fed up, he has been regarded as a cash cow by Zhang Weipin for so many years, and he finally wants to find himself!

"You can rest assured that all the works produced by our company will basically not interfere with the director's thinking, and you can use whoever you want!"

Huang Wen spoke decisively.

"Director Zhang, I am also a director, I understand a lot of problems encountered by our creators, I am the most opposed to people who don't know how to command casually, and seriously, we invite you, just to make some movies with thickness and thought, as for the box office and revenue, you don't have to worry about this at all, our company is not short of money!"

Xu Hui also hurriedly followed and added.

“… I may have to take a break for two years, and the consumption of "Thirteen Hairpins" is too great for me!"

Zhang Yimou looked at the two people in front of him, was silent for a while, and continued to put forward conditions...

"No problem, you give yourself a vacation first, and we'll help collect the script..."

Huang Wen's face was happy, this is the rhythm to promise!

"Director Zhang, I have a script here, do you want to read it?"

Xu Hui thought about it for less than three seconds, but still took out the script of "International Market".