Govin smiled and welcomed Wei Bida and Zhang Yimou into the living room.

Having seen too many celebrities and idols, Govin will not lose his temper now. Besides, for him, liking some movies shot with Zhang Yimou and worshiping Zhang Yimou are fundamentally different things, those older generation of cultural and artistic masters with noble personality charm such as Ba Jin, Su Buqing, Bingxin, Hua Luogeng, Xie Jin, etc., in this era, he must have great respect in his heart, and celebrities like Zhang Yimou, who have received mixed reviews in later generations, really don't have much worship for him.

"Thank you." Zhang Yimou took the water cup handed over by Gewen, nodded and said.

On the one hand, Wei Bida was already anxiously waiting for Gowen to hurry up and finish pouring water for the two of them.

As soon as Gewen sat down on the sofa, Wei Bida began to introduce Gewen to their Guangxi Film Studio, during which Zhang Yimou also interjected to supplement.

Guangxi Film Studio was established in 1958, originally known as Nanning Film Studio, and was renamed Guangxi Film Studio after completion.

Due to the lack of technical strength and economic strength, the name of Guangxi Film Studio was not used for a long time, and it was reorganized in 1960, only a news documentary film crew was retained, and the name of the factory was changed to Guangxi Film Film Group. Fourteen years later, in order to cope with the large demand for domestic news briefings, or to cope with the needs of political propaganda, the studio began to develop, expanding on the original basis to form the Guangxi News Documentary Film Studio.

In 1974, it was renamed Guangxi Film Translation Studio, and at that time it was considered to be mainly engaged in film translation. However, at that time, there were very few film imports, and most of the translation work was undertaken by large factories such as Běijīng and Shanghai, and the Guangxi factory received very few tasks. In order to survive, they had to find another way to finance self-made feature films starting in 1975. However, due to the lack of funds and talents, the Guangxi factory has not made any achievements, and has faced life and death several times.

After the end of the "Cultural Revolution" and the reform and opening up, the cultural undertakings have been greatly developed, especially the unprecedented prosperity of the film industry, and various provinces have prepared to build their own film factories. Guangxi seized this favorable opportunity and was approved by the State Council in November 1978 to become a film factory mainly engaged in the production of feature films, officially named Guangxi Film Studio, and officially put into operation in 1980.

The Guangxi factory has always had ambitions and has always wanted to make influential films, but up to now, although the factory has also made several feature films, there is no one that is really influential and successful.

On the day of Chūn in 1982, when Wei Bida, who was seeking to break through, learned that the Běijīng Film Academy had a group of fresh graduates who enrolled in 1978 to be allocated, he personally went to Běijīng to find the dean and secretary in the hope that they would assign some outstanding graduates to the Guangxi factory, and then in the autumn of that year, Zhang Junzhao of the director department, Zhang Yimou and Xiao Feng of the photography department, and He Qun of the art department came to the Guangxi Film Studio.

Wei Bida is not a film professional, so there are no rules and regulations in his mind, and there are not too many rules and regulations, so after Zhang Yimou and they arrived in the factory, they did not talk about seniority like the general old factories and large factories, in order to cultivate their own talents, the factory decided to let these four young people practice on the front line, and half a year later, a young film crew was set up with four people as the main body, and "One and Eight" was filmed.

At the end of October 1983, when Zhang Yimou and other young film crew members happily sent their "debut" to the Ministry of Culture for review in mid-November of that year, it happened to coincide with the JĪNG Divine Clean-up Movement at the end of last year, which coincided with a large number of "human xìng theories" in the literary and artistic circles. At that time, a national meeting of feature film directors was being held in Běijīng, and the film "One and Eight" was criticized at the meeting as a living target for "jīng god pollution", and was not allowed to be released without censorship.

invested 442,600 yuan to make a film, but in the end it could not be released in cinemas, and if the film could not be screened, the investment could not be recovered, and this responsibility could not be borne by Zhang Yimou, Zhang Junzhao and other young people. Fortunately, Wei Bida and other factory leaders did not pursue the responsibility of Zhang Yimou and others, but it was precisely because of the openness and generosity of the leaders that Zhang Yimou and others were very heartwarming and excited, and they were inspired to make a good film for Guangxi Film Studio and make a blockbuster that could bring huge benefits to the factory.

Then Zhang Yimou and other members of the youth film crew began to pay attention to and collect various script themes, and then they noticed Gowen's "Soldier Assault".

So when Zhang Yimou, Zhang Junzhao, Xiao Feng, and He Qun jointly recommended themselves to Wei Bida and other factory leaders to make a film in order to atone for their crimes, some factory leaders laughed angrily, and Wei Bida, the factory director, did not scold a few people, but asked them what movie they were going to make this time. Then, Zhang Yimou, as a representative, took out the "Soldier Assault" that he had just bought from Nanning Xinhua Bookstore to show the leaders.

Although there is a hint of woodenness in ordinary times, it does not mean that Zhang Yimou is not eloquent, he catchily analyzed the various benefits of filming "Soldier Assault" to the leaders one by one This is an outstanding military novel, which has now caused a sensation throughout China. Both the army and zhōngyāng appreciate this novel, and if the Guangxi factory can win the film adaptation rights, there is no need to worry about censorship and other problems, and more importantly, just by virtue of the fame of the novel "Soldier Assault", even if the movie is smashed, the cost can be recovered.

A group of irritable leaders were persuaded by Zhang Yimou, and then Wei Bida finally slapped the table and scolded his mother, and decided to shoot them one by one! We also shoot! I don't believe that our Guangxi Film Studio can't make good works! I don't believe that the level of your young film crew is so bad!

His words aroused everyone's ambitions, and the whole factory worked together to do it directly with a breath of air.

Zhang Yimou and the others began to adapt the script, and all departments in the factory also began to make some overall preparations, just waiting for the crew to get started.

When Zhang Yimou and several people prepared the script of "Soldier Assault" and passed the unanimous approval of the factory, Wei Bida and Zhang Yimou hurriedly rushed to Shanghai to meet Gewen.

This is the reason why Wei Bida, who is the director of Guangxi Film Studio, can come to Shanghai in person, for this opportunity, not only Zhang Yimou and they have done their best, but he also pressed his future and destiny on it.

Wei Bida sincerely introduced to Gewen the development of Guangxi Film Studio in recent years, as well as the predicament they are facing now, and then finally stared at Gewen with his faint bloodshot eyes, and officially proposed to him that Guangxi Factory wanted to shoot his "Soldier Assault".

"Comrade Govyn, as long as you can hand over the film adaptation rights of "Soldier Assault" to our Guangxi factory, you can mention the conditions, as long as I can do it, there is no problem!"

Gewen picked up the water cup on the coffee table and took a sip of water, and Gewen was very emotional about Wei Bida's words. If Guangxi Film Studio can develop, if Guangxi Film Studio can make a big mark in the history of Chinese film, then there must be one person who will end up in this pen.

This person is Wei Bida!

If there is no Wei Bida, then there will be no young film crew in the Guangxi factory, and naturally there will be no "One and Eight", there will be no Zhang Yimou, a master who has just graduated and is in charge of the camera for less than a year, and maybe there will be no Zhang Yimou's later scenery!

So although Wei Bida is not famous, he has achieved one of the most powerful directors in China.

Whether it is in his previous life or in this life, Gewen has never heard of the name Wei Bida, he has never even heard of this Guangxi Film Studio, Gewen has always thought that Zhang Yimou is from Xi'an Film Studio, but he didn't expect Zhang Yimou to be from Guangxi Film Studio!

In his previous life, when Govin was in college, he had a hobby of watching movies, not going to the cinema to watch them, but downloading them from his computer in his dormitory. During his four years in college, Govin watched countless movies, and when he didn't have a movie, he looked up movies about his favorite directors or actors on the Internet, and then downloaded them from the Internet.

This period naturally includes the movies made by Zhang Yimou, but unfortunately because of the long time, he did not find Zhang Yimou's earliest films, but this did not prevent him from understanding Zhang Yimou's film career, he knew that Zhang Yimou was a photographer at the beginning, although he only shot three movies and changed his career to become a director, but these three films have won awards and become a sensation.

So Wei Bida said "One and Eight", Govin is no stranger, this is the first work Zhang Yimou made when he was a photographer, it seems that this movie won the best photography award in China in the end, I didn't expect there to be such a big twist and turn in the middle of this movie!

If it weren't for Wei Bida's guarantee, I'm afraid that this extremely powerful old planner in later generations would have already fallen into Pingyang and been refrigerated!

Govin had to praise Zhang Yimou's good luck.

And Zhang Yimou, who was stared at by Govin unconsciously, moved his butt on the sofa with some uneasiness at this time. Whether or not Ge Wen can agree to the request of the Guangxi Factory is related to himself, the young film crew, Wei Bida, and even the future of the Guangxi Factory, so he can't help but care.

So Zhang Yimou looked at Gowen, who was in deep thought, took out the script of "Soldier Assault" that they had prepared long ago from his pocket, and handed it to Govern, while saying: "Comrade Govern, this is the script of "Soldier Assault" adapted by our factory, can you take a look?" ”

Gewen, who was awakened by Zhang Yimou's words, took the script and read it.

[Note: After graduation, Zhang Yimou was assigned to Guangxi Film Studio, and he went to Xi'an Film Studio two or three years later. In Guangxi Film Studio, Zhang Yimou served as a photographer in less than half a year and completed the filming of "One and Eight". When "One and Eight" could not be released, "Yellow Earth" was filmed immediately afterward...... Whether it is now or in the past, college graduates who have just graduated need to hone in the crew for several years before it is possible to take charge of the director, and Zhang Yimou is directly on the horse, which is indeed a very lucky thing. I see that there are questions about children's shoes in the book review area, and this explanation is specially marked]