Lao Jia never admitted that "Xiao Wu" was his first movie, because as early as 95, when he was a sophomore, he had completed the script of the movie "Platform", so the first movie in his mind was always "Platform"

The film needed a lot of space to depict the incredible social, economic and cultural changes in China in the 1980s, so it was impossible to make the film with just 200,000 dollars from Hong Kong Hutong Productions alone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Fortunately, "Xiao Wu" won two awards at the Berlin Film Festival and was praised by international film critics, which made him famous, so that he could raise funds to start making the film he really wanted to make.

Of course, the future is bright, but the road is tortuous. Originally, he wanted to dedicate his films to domestic audiences. For this reason, the start-up time was delayed for a year, but neither Shanghai Film Studio nor Beijing Film Studio had the ability to change his current illegal identity in the eyes of the relevant departments and obtain a film production license.

When the deputy director of Beijing Film Studio and the director of Tianzhuang Zhuang who appreciated him informed him with helplessness and regret, he was already mentally prepared without saying a word, and notified overseas investors, and it took a month to pull up a film crew of hundreds of people and go straight to his hometown Fenyang.

Like "Xiao Wu", the story background of "Platform" is still set in Lao Jia's hometown of Fenyang. He is a man with a strong sense of homeland, and in his words, all his inspiration comes from this, and out of this place, he is a fish out of water, and he can't jump for long.

In fact, when "When the Flowers Bloomed" was completed, Lao Jia had already taken most of the film crew to Fenyang for almost a week. Wang Dalun has always kept in touch with him, Wang Hongwei, and Gu Zheng on the phone during this time.

It is said that the preparatory work in the early stage did not go very smoothly. Because the story of "Platform" is set in 1979, the atmosphere of the times is the most important feature. The rough work style of the domestic props team made Lao Jia very dissatisfied, and he was known for his good temper, and in just one week, he was angry several times for various props that did not conform to the atmosphere of the times in which the story was set. At present, he is mobilizing all his connections in Fenyang, looking for all kinds of old furniture and daily necessities from ten or twenty years ago. The original plan to start at the beginning of the month had to be delayed for a few days, which also made Wang Dalun not have to rush to Fenyang the next day after the finalization.

"When you get there, you must pay attention to safety, the security in that place is not very good, don't go out alone at night...... And don't bring more money when you go out, just bring a few hundred yuan. ”

The girl's "Youth Bao Qingtian" is also about to start, because the producer is Guangzhou Oriental Pearl Communication Company, and the location is specially selected in CCTV Nanhai Film and Television City on the outskirts of Guangzhou.

This year is the time of the great development of the Pearl River Delta, Wang Dalun came out of his hometown in his last life, and after working in the magic capital for three years, he came to work in the largest city in South China. At the turn of the century, public order in Guangzhou, especially in the surrounding areas, was not very good, and petty theft and even open robbery often occurred.

Before leaving, Wang Dalun had to tell his girlfriend well, don't be like when you were filming in Songjiang and Xiangnan, the magic capital, wandering around alone, that place is not safe.

Fortunately, this time, a total of four artists under Sister Hua participated in this play, and the company also specially equipped them with life assistants. However, except for Uncle Daoming, who is detached, the three young actors share an assistant.

"Got it, I know it in my heart. Oh, you're not bothered, it's been since last night. ”

Fan Ziyi is very impatient with her boyfriend's nagging, and since the two officially snapped, her attitude has intensified.

"Hey, when are you going to Fenyang?"

"If it's all right, I'm going to go tomorrow. ”

He left a few days late, mainly to send his girlfriend away first, of course, in the days before leaving, the two of them tacitly increased the frequency of snapping. "Youth Bao Qingtian" has a total of 40 episodes, and the filming cycle takes four months, the girl goes out this time, and she can't come back until before the Chinese New Year, and the crew only has a week's vacation during the New Year.

Wang Dalun is slightly better, because "Platform" contains scenes that occur in various seasons, spanning ten years of narrative time, three separate shootings, this time autumn and winter, the cycle is about two months or less, and it is estimated that the first phase of filming will end around New Year's Day.

At this time, the crew of "Youth Bao Qingtian" almost finished filming on location and returned to the capital to shoot interiors, which means that the next time the two snap will at least wait until around New Year's Day.

"Oh, and is it reliable for Rose to be fostered by your classmate?"

Both of them have to go out, the only trouble is the dog raised at home, and they originally wanted to be fostered to Liu Ling like last time, but Liu Ling will also go out to film next month. Wang Dalun inquired around, and Chengchuang was left, Fugui also stayed in the capital after graduating from college last year to develop, rented a house, and talked about a girlfriend, but he was limited to a poor image, and there are not many film appointments at present, so he ran around at the National Theater. Wang Dalun could only ask Rose to him.

"Don't worry, I'll bring Rose over this afternoon to recognize the door, he also has a girlfriend, and he likes pets. Hey, don't forget the mosquito repellent and wind oil essence, there are many mosquitoes in that place. ”

The girl's skin is not resistant to mosquito bites, and a bite is a big bag of red, which can't fade for several days.

"Got it. ”

As soon as I finished packing up the girl's thoughts and packing two large boxes, I heard the doorbell ring.

"Brother Lun, Sister Ziyi. ”

"Oh, the car has arrived, did the two pick it up?"

"Yes, it's all in the car. ”

The one who came was the little assistant sent to them by the girl's company, named Hou Shasha, Wang Dalun had met twice before, and he knew each other. It's just that this Hou Shasha is two years older than the girl, so she has to call her sister, and the girl should be at ease.

Hou Shasha wanted to help with the luggage, seeing her struggling appearance, Wang Dalun hurriedly said: "Sasha, let me come." ”

He pocketed two boxes of cigarettes and carried two suitcases downstairs.

It was a van that came, and the driver saw him go downstairs and hurriedly got out of the car to help.

The luggage was loaded into the car, and Wang Dalun stuffed two boxes of cigarettes to the driver. Although this is the driver's business, after all, he is a colleague of the company with the girl, and this kind of favor must be right.

Seeing Wang Dalun coming down, Ren Quan and Li Bingbing, who were originally sitting in the car, also got out of the car and said hello. Speaking of which, it was the first time they had visited the neighborhood where they lived.

"Yo, the environment is very good, when are you going to do things?" Li Bingbing looked left and right, and said with a sour tone.

"Hehe, it's early. Wang Dalun smiled, although she asked knowingly, he didn't raise the bar with her.

He patted Ren Quan on the shoulder again and said, "Please." ”

Ren Quan smiled: "Don't forget, we are still partners." ”

"Hey, Sister Bingbing, Ren is the big boss!"

Fan Ziyi finally came down from upstairs with her bag and beckoned to Ren Quan and Li Bingbing in a gesture.

Li Bingbing's mouth twitched, and he smiled at her reluctantly, this woman is old, and she is most afraid that others will say that she is older, the same company, taking the same route, the coffee position is not as good as others, and she is a full eight years older than others, if you think about it carefully, I am afraid that everyone will feel sad for her.

Ren Quan smiled bitterly, the nickname of Big Boss Ren was passed through Fan Ziyi's mouth, and now it is called in a small area.

Fan Ziyi walked to the car door, turned back to her boyfriend and said, "Let's go, I didn't close the door upstairs." ”

"Well, be careful, I'll give you a call when it's time to call. ”

Wang Dalun patted his girlfriend's arm and watched her get into the car, if he didn't have these light bulbs, he really wanted to kiss goodbye. Looking at his girlfriend's eyes, I'm afraid she also has the same thoughts as herself.

"Bye-bye!"

When the car started, Fan Ziyi poked her head out of the window and waved at him.

"Goodbye, watch out for yourself. Wang Dalun also waved and shouted, and watched the van disappear at the entrance of the community.

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Early the next morning, Wang Dalun still got on the long-distance bus bound for Fenyang at the Lize Bridge long-distance bus station, which was different from two years ago, and the highways along the way were basically connected, and there was no dispute between the police in Hebei, Shandong, and West to close the road, and the distance of more than 600 kilometers to Fenyang was not yet dark.

The hotel where the crew stayed was newly opened, he only knew the name, called a taxi at the station, reported the name of the hotel, and the driver was a little surprised when he heard the name. When he arrived, he found that the hotel was only a few hundred meters away from the long-distance bus station, and it would take less than ten minutes to walk.

I haven't been here for more than two years, and Fenyang is still the same hanging, and there are no big changes at all that Lao Jia usually brags about. In addition, it is said that there has been a storm of fake sake in this area, and the economy is very depressed.

The taxi drove directly into the compound of the hotel, and there were many cars parked in the courtyard, all of which were vans and small goods. Wang Dalun paid ten yuan and got out of the car with the suitcase, looked at the whitewashed six-story building in front of him, and thought of the dilapidated guest house where he filmed "Xiao Wu", and couldn't help but feel emotional.

The door of the hotel was full of people, it was very lively, he wanted to find someone to know, but it turned out that they were all fresh faces, and there was actually a blonde foreigner among them.

He had just taken out his mobile phone and was about to make a call to Lao Jia, when he heard someone shouting: "Da Lun!"

As soon as he looked up, he saw a small man with four eyes standing in the doorway, looking at him in surprise.

"Hongwei!"

"Ha, you guy, why didn't you make a phone call in advance and came by yourself, I'll arrange for someone to pick you up at the station!

Wang Hongwei ran over and gave him a hug. Speaking of knowing these people back then, Wang Hongwei was the first, and this guy still owes him hundreds of gambling debts that have not been repaid.

"I took a taxi, who knows that's the way. Hey, you all live here, don't you?"

"Of course, you don't look at Boss Jia's worth now!" Wang Hongwei said with a sneering face.

"Let's go, follow me upstairs, Lao Yu They just arrived yesterday, and they talked about you during dinner, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

In a temporary office on the second floor, Wang Dalun met Lao Jia, Gu Zheng, Yu Liwei, and Jacob.

Compared with Lao Jia and Gu Zheng, who often get together, he hasn't seen Yu Liwei and Jacob for two years, especially Yu Liwei, who still slept in the same room.

He hugged him heavily and shook Jacob's hand. This time is different from "Xiao Wu", Jacob has to follow the group throughout the whole process and serve as the producer.

Lao Jia is still the same, his hair is unkempt, wrapped in a windbreaker, and his bitter face is probably squeezed out of some smiling faces when he sees him.

"Director, do you think my hairstyle is okay?" he asked with a smile as he raised his hand to comb his hair, which was almost covering his ears.

When filming "When the Flowers Bloomed", Gao Xiaosong originally asked him to trim his hair, but he resolutely did not agree.

Lao Jia really looked at it seriously before nodding and saying, "Well, yes, yes." ”

"When will it turn on?"

"I guess there will be three or four days, and if you don't come today, I'm going to call you tomorrow. Lao Jia said.

"Well, has the script been changed again?"

Wang Dalun knows Lao Jia's temper, and the script is often changed, and every inspiration has to be added. The script he has now is the one he sent for review last year.

"Change it a little, and I'll give it to you later. ”

After chatting for a while, seeing that the sky was dark, Lao Jia first asked Wang Hongwei to help him settle down. This time, he didn't have to squeeze a room with others, the crew chartered half of the rooms in this big hotel, and he was assigned a single room.

The house is well heated, everything is complete, and the wardrobe and writing desk are all available. He packed his luggage, washed his face, changed into a down sweater and went out. Although it is only the middle of November, Fenyang is much colder than Beijing. said that he would pick up the wind for him in the evening, and he would also introduce the other two actresses in the crew. I always heard Lao Jia say how good the dance teacher he found was, and he was looking forward to it.

When they arrived at the lobby on the first floor, Gu Zheng and another thin-faced and thin-eyed man were waiting.

"Brother Dong!"

This is the art designer of "Xiao Wu", and Liang Jingdong, the second male lead of "Platform", a senior member of the Youth Experimental Film Group.

"Da Lun, please take care of me. Liang Jingdong shook hands with him with a smile and said.

"Brother Dong, what do you mean?" Wang Dalun said puzzled.

"You're a professional, I'm an amateur, so of course please take care of me. ”

"Yes, yes, you are a professional, we are both halfway monks, we have to call you Teacher Wang in this regard, right?" Gu Zheng interjected with a smile.

Wang Dalun pointed at them and said, "You, you are scolding me. By the way, what about them, Lao Jia?"

"They went over first, the hotel is opposite, and Brother Dong and I are waiting for you here. ”

"Let's go!"

The restaurant opposite the hotel is quite large, Wang Dalun followed Gu Zheng and Liang Jingdong to the private room on the second floor, there were six or seven people sitting in it, except for the two girls, the others were comrades-in-arms from "Xiao Wu".

"Da Lun, come and sit. Lao Jia patted the seat next to him and said.

Lao Gu and Lao Liang casually found a seat and sat down.

"This is Zhao Tao, playing Yin Ruijuan. Lao Jia pointed to a girl with an average appearance, a small nose and small eyes.

Wang Dalun knew that she was a dancer, and hurriedly said, "Teacher Yin, hello!"

"Don't dare to be, this, Mr. Wang, hello, just call me by name. Zhao Tao looked a little at a loss and hurriedly said.

"Hey, don't scare the little girl, Zhao Tao is younger than you, everyone's name, and then we have to work together next, why are you so polite!"

It's rare for Lao Jia to be so enthusiastic, Wang Dalun was a little surprised, but thinking about it, she was just a little girl, and she was the number one female in the play, and it was reasonable for the director to take care of it, so he didn't think much about it. He smiled again and greeted Zhao Tao: "Zhao Tao, hello!"

"Brother Lun, hello!" Zhao Tao shook his hand with a blushing face. This girl stood up, she was quite tall, and she had a fight with Zuo Wenlu in "Xiao Wu", but she was not as beautiful as Zuo Wenlu.

"This is Yang Lina, playing Zhong Ping. Lao Jia pointed to another girl who was obviously older than Zhao Tao, but who looked quite tasteful.

"Sister Na, hello!" Wang Dalun said politely.

This Yang Lina has long heard Lao Jia say that she is a native of the Northeast, a dancer, a host, and a drama. Later, he began to tinker with documentaries. It is said that she spent three years making a documentary called "The Old Man", which has just won the Asian New Wave Award of Excellence at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan.

Wang Dalun listened to Lao Jia's introduction that in order to shoot this documentary, she spent two and a half years just shooting, shooting 160 hours of material on DV, and another half a year for post-production, and cut out 90 minutes of finished film from 160 hours of material.

Lao Jia has watched this documentary, it is said that the scene in the film is extremely simple, basically the old man "gathered" on the side of the street and the homes of several old men, the picture is simple and rough, there is no "technique" and "kung fu" at all, but Lao Jia can feel the heartbeat, breathing and even sweat of the characters when watching it. After watching the film, I directly came to a conclusion that being an old man is really a scary thing.

Wang Dalun felt a little unbelievable when he heard it, such a beautiful woman would be obsessed with this kind of real image without a storyline, or even boring. Maybe others don't quite understand her obsession or obsession, but he thinks that Yang Lina should belong to the same category of people as Lao Jia and Zhang Yuan, and they are all respectable people.

Yang Lina winked at him and said with a smile: "Da Lun, I'm your fan!"

"Don't talk nonsense, tell me, what films have you watched about him?" Gu Zheng interjected again.

Don't look at Lao Gu, they don't mix well now, but as filmmakers, they have a high vision, and those TV series are not in their eyes at all.

Yang Lina smiled: "Xiao Wu". As she spoke, she pointed at Lao Jia again and said, "When Director Jia came to me, he showed it to me." ”

"Haha!"

Everyone laughed together, maybe Zhao Tao was a little inexplicable, but except for her and Yang Lina, it can be said that they are the creators of "Xiao Wu".

"Xiao Wu" is a miracle and a pride for them, and now they are going to work together to create another miracle and pride. (To be continued.) )