Three big names in the entertainment industry, plus a bajiquan pervert, and four of them are inevitably eye-catching wherever they go, and they actually stayed in a hotel room in a way similar to curling up, staring at a screen less than 20 in size, and watched it for a full 2 hours.

After the film was played, Wang Kefan and Wei Yunhu both breathed a long sigh of relief. I have to say that it's a good film, and I can hardly find fault with it.

Brother Chen Kai observed Wang Kefan's reaction while turning off the computer. He had a smug smile on his face, but he was very restrained and silent. Since the filming of "Wu Ji", Director Chen Da has not had this feeling of raising his eyebrows for a long time.

Wang Kefan is a doctor of aesthetics and a professor of philosophy at Stanford University, as long as he nods, there is no doubt that this film will not be complained about by too many people. You must know that in this Internet era, the spit rate does not exceed 50%, which is a treatment only available for super good films!

Brother Chen Kai saw the satisfaction in Wang Kefan's eyes, he was waiting, waiting for Wang Kefan to praise him.

But the result disappointed Brother Chen Kai.

As soon as Wang Kefan opened his mouth, he said something that surprised him extremely much.

"Director Chen, this movie is good, but it's definitely not perfect."

Chen Kaige was stunned, he looked at Wang Kefan in amazement, and he really couldn't think of anything to find fault with this film.

Speaking of the plot, he spent two full years writing the script and revising it for more than half a year, ensuring that it is not bloody, not brain-dead, there is absolutely no problem with the logic, and the story itself has reached enough depth. Speaking of pictures, he found the best camera team in Hollywood to shoot it. found the top art team in Asia to ensure the style of the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, one of which was even a Japanese he didn't like very much; Speaking of the director's style, it is not hypocritical, not pretentious, and does not have too many personal feelings, it is definitely in the service of the story itself.

has already done this, what else does Wang Kefan have to say?

Chen Kaige felt a little angry, he could obviously feel that Wang Kefan was satisfied with this film, but he heard such comments.

is indeed as Chen Kaige thought, Wang Kefan is actually picking thorns.

However, Brother Chen Kai obviously ignored one point. That is, there is absolutely no such thing as a perfect work of art. In particular, film is a product of a mixture of various forms of artistic expression. It's easy to find fault. A guy like Wang Kefan who is engaged in theory is precisely a master of picking thorns.

Wang Kefan made up his mind to take Chen Kaige's express train to Venice, so he naturally would not show mercy.

Wang Kefan looked at Brother Chen Kai firmly, completely ignoring the unhappiness in the other party's eyes. said: "Director Chen." Have you ever read that paper I published in the journal Humanities about the roots of tragedy and comedy in each other? ”

This question. Let Chen Kaige calm down quickly. He hadn't read Wang Kefan's paper, but after all, the title of professor at Stanford University would shine, especially in front of a pure literati like Lao Chen. It also has a functional bonus.

Chen Kaige was fooled, he simply thought that Wang Kefan was doing academic discussions with him at this time.

He couldn't help but feel a little more ashamed in his heart, and after secretly criticizing himself for two sentences of small-bellied chicken intestines, Chen Kaige replied to Wang Kefan: "I haven't read it, does this theory of yours have anything to do with my work?" ”

"Of course it does." Wang Kefan began to officially flicker, "Director Chen, do you think this film of yours is a tragedy or a comedy?" ”

Chen Kaige thought for a while and said: "Feature films don't necessarily have to be divided into sad and joyful, right? ”

"Of course, it doesn't have to be divided." Wang Kefan followed Brother Chen Kai's meaning and said, but in a blink of an eye, he took the initiative back into his hands, "But Director Chen, a film will always have a tone, right?" In other words, even if the film can't be simply reduced to comedy or tragedy, it always has its own basic emotions. ”

Brother Chen Kai couldn't help but nodded, "Yes, if you insist on talking about the emotional tone, it is indeed biased towards sadness." Especially the more you get to the end, the stronger the emotion becomes. ”

"That's right." Wang Kefan smiled slightly, took the mineral water handed over by Chen Hong, took a sip to moisten his throat, put on a cosmic expert's posture, and said, "Director Chen, Europeans' ability to appreciate art is higher than that of Chinese audiences, even if I am patriotic, I can't open my eyes and talk nonsense." So your film, no matter how well it is received abroad, it will definitely be more praised than at home. ”

Chen Kaige nodded in belief, and Wang Kefan asked: "But do you know that most of the Chinese who go to the movies now are not low, but they can't see what a movie wants to express like European audiences?" ”

Chen Kaige said without thinking: "It is the reason for cultural accumulation, but this is the humanistic achievements accumulated over the past hundred years......"

"That's not right." Wang Kefan didn't give Brother Chen Kai a chance to play, so he simply interrupted him, and then without waiting for Brother Chen Kai to refute, he immediately continued, "Director Chen, internal factors are the fundamental factors that determine the development of things, and the objective reason of the so-called cultural accumulation, no matter how significant it is, is just an external factor and cannot play a fundamental role. I'll give you an example, why did "Titanic" get praise all over the world, and to this day not many people scold this movie for not being good? ”

Chen Kaige was speechless for a while, but he heard Wei Yunhu say: "Because there are too many people in China who worship foreign countries." ”

Chen Hong couldn't help but smile, Wang Kefan didn't pay attention to Wei Yunhu at all, and explained to Chen Kaige: "Because the film expression of "Titanic" has reached a level that can be understood by people of all cultural levels around the world. To put it bluntly, it is to use the simplest method to tell a story thoroughly, not only thoroughly, but also the truth. ”

Brother Chen Kai was thoughtful.

Wang Kefan went on to say quickly: "The film "Looking at the Moon" is very good, the story is complete and smooth, the meaning is profound, with the degree of humanistic accumulation of Europeans in films, the vast majority of people can understand it, but not in China, this film is too literary. If Wen Zhi is not a literary youth, it is difficult to resonate with him, so in China, the reputation of this film must be polarized. ”

For this assumption, Chen Kaige simply agreed to the point that he couldn't do it, and he hurriedly said: "Kefan, you are right, my films are basically polarized by word-of-mouth in Chinese mainland. ”

The corners of Wang Kefan's mouth curved, and he asked with a smile, "Director Chen." Do you know what is the most important reason for this phenomenon? ”

"What is it?"

"It's that you can't tell a story thoroughly. Speak profoundly. ”

Brother Chen Kai's brows furrowed, and after thinking quietly for a moment, he asked in a deep voice, "Then how do you think this story should be told in order to tell it profoundly?" ”

Wang Kefan knew that Brother Chen Kai was unhappy again. But I can't do that much now. He said bluntly: "Director Chen." The theory I've come up with can solve this problem for you. If we want the Chinese audience to experience the great tragedy, we only need to add comedy to the film. ”

Brother Chen Kai's brows furrowed more and more. He was a little uncontrollable and said: "Kefan, even if you are right, it is too late to make up the shooting now." Besides, I can't make the story of the film into the needle, and now if I add some more material, I'm afraid that if it's a good film, it will really become a bad movie. When the time comes, not to mention the country, even foreign countries will no longer buy my account. ”

Brother Chen Kai said angrily, but Wang Kefan still kept a smile, at this moment, he had to convince Brother Chen Kai of his thoughts.

The room was quiet, and Wang Kefan said indifferently: "Director Chen, film is a comprehensive art, in addition to the visual content, we have other ways to change the artistic conception it expresses." ”

"In addition to the visual ......," Chen Kaige came back to his senses slightly, "You mean film music?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Kefan nodded and said, "As long as the soundtrack of the film can be appropriately changed, the artistic conception of this film will change dramatically." ”

"This time's music is supervised by Masanori Takahashi!"

Hearing this name, Wang Kefan couldn't help but be stunned. Takahashi Masanori, nicknamed Kitaro, is known as a genius in film music.

Wang Kefan really didn't expect that China Film Company would actually spend such a large amount of money this time to find Kitaro to score music, and the price is estimated to be definitely not lower than asking him to sing the theme song.

But the words have already been spoken, and Wang Kefan can only bite the bullet.

"......I see," Wang Kefan quickly turned his brain, slowed down his speech slightly, and said slowly, "In terms of the general tone of the film, this dubbing can be called perfect, but as I said, it lacks the ingredients to make people laugh, but this is not to blame the producer of the music, after all, the creator's creation is also to implement your ideas." ”

Brother Chen Kai was told by Wang Kefan again and again, and finally couldn't help it, and asked: "Kefan, then you should tell me, what kind of change should be made to the music of this film?" ”

Wang Kefan heard Brother Chen Kai ask this question, and secretly shouted in his heart to get it done.

After going through the video just now very quickly in his mind, Wang Kefan opened his mouth and came: "The music of the protagonist abusing and killing several bandits in the 5th minute of the film can be doubled, and you can bring a little freehand in the killing......

In the 12th minute, the short intimacy scene of the hero and heroine should be removed from the soundtrack, and the most primitive gasp can make the audience concentrate the most......

In the 16th minute, the protagonist master kills the heroine, and the double bass in this section is too low, and the audience's biggest feeling at this time is actually shock rather than sadness, so it is enough to play it on the cello......

In the 87th minute, the protagonist kills the leader of the revolutionary party, this paragraph can be completely rewritten, with a cheerful music, at this time the protagonist's heart should be happy, we should let the audience feel this happiness as well, there is such an emotional foreshadowing, when the last moment comes, the audience will sigh together......"

Wang Kefan kept saying in one breath, and Brother Chen Kai hurriedly turned on the computer again, but the speed of listening couldn't catch up with what Wang Kefan said, so he simply gave up.

After talking non-stop for almost half an hour, Wang Kefan picked up the mineral water and took a big sip of water.

Brother Chen Kai and Chen Hong didn't say anything, Wei Yunhu couldn't help but praise Wang Kefan and said, "Amazing!" ”

Wang Kefan smiled and did not answer.

Brother Chen Kai slowly re-watched the replays of the more than 20 places that Wang Kefan said, sometimes nodding, sometimes pondering, and after reading them all, although there was still a trace of doubt in his heart, he was shaken in the end.

He hesitated for a while, but he couldn't help asking: "Kefan, can you make a complete adaptation for me first?" ”

Wang Kefan was waiting for this sentence, and immediately agreed: "Of course you can." ”

Brother Chen Kai seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said: "That's it, you make one first, let me and Weijie and Lao Han take a look, if everyone thinks it's better than the previous version, let's change it." Anyway, the film hasn't been released yet, and we still have two weeks to make adjustments. But you'd better hurry, or I'm afraid of another accident, and I won't be able to catch up. ”

"I know, my time is precious!" Wang Kefan said with a smile.

When Chen Hong heard this joke, he hurriedly said: "Wang Kefan, you should be a volunteer labor this time, and you won't take my brother Kai's money, right?" ”

"What did Mr. Chen say, it is my honor to participate in the production of this movie, of course, it is voluntary labor!"

When Brother Chen Kai heard this, he finally smiled. He patted Wang Kefan on the shoulder and said, "Do a good job, for your sake, I asked Lao Han and them to change the schedule for the next few days, and I will wait for your news here." ”

……

When I walked out of the hotel, it was already past 4 p.m.

Wang Kefan took out his mobile phone and looked at it, there were no missed calls and text messages, indicating that Old Man Guo had not yet arrived, but he still instructed Wei Yunhu: "Huzi, we have to hurry." ”

It took more than half an hour to take a taxi back to the school where the plane was parked.

On the playground where the plane was parked, there were actually many people standing.

A few children climbed up and down on the plane, several parents watched happily, Wang Kefan and Wei Yunhu walked over by themselves, and after making the action of opening the door, those children immediately dispersed and ran back to their parents, but they still watched closely.

Wang Kefan didn't care, and if he was his former self, he might not be much better than them.

The engines of the plane moved together, and the strong wind brought up by the onlookers blew the crowd back and retreated a long way, and a few bear children who were dressed as supermen in the windward were too close to each other, and were blown a few times by the wind, and stood up and laughed at their partners.

In the huge roar, Wei Yunhu looked down and said to Wang Kefan: "How do I feel like I have become a lackey of the capitalists?" ”

Wang Kefan shook his head and said: "I used to think so, but then I figured it out, as long as there are people in this world who are not lazy, there will definitely be a gap between the rich and the poor." Huzi, you see that I don't have enough time to work 12 hours a day, they work 8 hours a day and at least 6 hours are deserting. I spent 1,000 yuan, just to ask people to watch the plane for me, but the old man was gone, so it stands to reason that I have a helicopter, and they can only watch, you can't expect some people who can't even do such a small thing as helping people see things to make a fortune. (To be continued.) )