The day after the awards ceremony, most of the other main creative staff of "ET" returned to Hong Kong and Taiwan, and only a few two or three stayed in the United States to travel.

Wang Zijun didn't go back immediately, because at the Oscar dinner, Spielberg invited Wang Zijun to his home as a guest. He had no reason to refuse, not to mention that Spielberg also said that it was about the movie.

"Oh, it's Zachary, come in!" It was Spielberg himself who opened the door. However, this bearded director was hanging a cloth bag in his arms at this time, supporting his young son Max Samuel on his arm, and holding a milk bottle in his hand.

Wang Zijun walked into the house, praised Spielberg's son by the way, and said: "Very handsome little guy, born with the appearance of a great director." ”

"Haha, you're kidding." Spielberg laughed happily, "Sit down." ”

Spielberg's wife came over with a cup of coffee and handed it to Wang Zijun, then stretched out her hand and said, "You are very welcome to be a guest, Mr. Wang." ”

"Amy Irwin, my wife." Spielberg introduced.

"Nice to meet you, Lady Erwin." Wang Zijun shook hands with her and couldn't help but take a closer look.

Spielberg's wife is the same age as Wang Zijun, but like most Westerners, Amy Erwin has begun to age and lose shape. The contours of her face are beautiful, but the skin on her face is quite rough, and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes can't be covered up with makeup.

This woman is not simple, she fascinated Spielberg ten years ago. After the two broke up a few years ago, Spielberg, who has always been timid and loyal to women, broke the jar and changed women like a marquee, and there were definitely a lot more female stars than Wang Zijun who slept in the past few years.

Until two years ago, Amy Erwin, who had changed several men, may have had enough, and the two reunited, gave birth to a son last summer, and officially got married in winter.

At the moment, the two look good, but as far as Wang Zijun knows, they will divorce in two or three years, and Spielberg will have to pay $100 million in child support.

The main reason for the breakup is that Steven Spielberg's heart has been wild for the first two years, and it is not easy to let go of the reins and tie the horse again.

If she were another woman, she might turn a blind eye to Spielberg's status and money, but Amy Erwin would not. Although Amy has always been a young actor, her father Jules Ervin has been the president of the Los Angeles Screen Actors Guild and the director of the Lincoln Central Theater in New York, and her mother Plescilla Pointe is also a celebrity in the circle, so that a woman who grew up in a family will accommodate Spielberg?

After making coffee for Wang Zijun, Amy Erwen did not leave like an ordinary housewife and let her husband talk about business with the guests, but sat on the sofa by herself and chatted with Wang Zijun about the movie.

As for Spielberg, he is concentrating on being a wet nurse, and has been feeding his son with a bottle, and only occasionally interjects.

It wasn't until he finished feeding the milk that Spielberg handed his son into his wife's hands, pulled out a script and said, "Zachary, I wonder if you're interested in this?" ”

Wang Zijun took the script and looked at it, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, the name of the script was: "Schindler's Ark", which was later "Schindler's List".

Just as Wang Zijun was flipping through the script, Spielberg introduced: "This is a story about a German entrepreneur who saves Jews from the Nazi butcher's knife......"

"I know," interrupted Wang Zijun, "I've read the original. ”

Spielberg said: "At the moment the rights to this film are in my hands, I wonder if Zachary is interested in directing this film?" ”

"Why me?" Wang Zijun said strangely, "I am a Chinese, and you and your wife are both Jews, I think it is more appropriate for you to direct." ”

Spielberg rubbed his face and said, "To be honest, I don't have the confidence to handle this movie, it's too heavy." ”

Wang Zijun frowned and said, "Then you can also find other Jewish directors." ”

Spielberg said: "I've had several directors since Mr. Sienburg bought it to me four years ago, and I've had several directors, including Scorsese, Wilder and Roman Polanski, all of whom thought it was a good screenplay, but none of them wanted to take it. I think that if you are an Oriental, you should be able to direct this film more objectively, and you have successfully directed the highest box office "Titanic" in history, and you can completely control the big scenes in "Schindler's Ark". ”

Why is Spielberg reluctant to shoot? Because "Schindler's List" is so hot, it has to be a big production if it is to be filmed well, but who dares to guarantee that such a heavy historical pseudo-documentary type of film will be released at the box office?

Who are the people Spielberg was looking for?

Martin Scorsese, Oscar, Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Cannes Palme d'Or, Berlin Golden Bear Award winner, world-class film master.

Proportional Wilder, nominated for the Oscar for Best Director eight times, won the Oscar for Best Director twice, and was the first person to win three consecutive trophies at the same Academy Awards.

As for Roman Polanski, well, although this director is not as influential as the above two, he escaped from the Nazi concentration camps, and his personal experience is enough to make him more qualified to direct this masterpiece.

If a director wants to make a good movie with such a theme, he first has to enter the play, and a director who is not strong in nerves may collapse after filming the scene. Who wants to do a thankless errand?

What's more important to Spielberg is that no studio is willing to invest enough in him, because the film is a bit of a suspense if it wants to recoup its costs.

Wang Zijun threw the script on the coffee table and said, "I'm sorry, Stephen, if I were to make the same type of movie, I would make "Nanjing Massacre", not "Schindler's Ark." ”

Spielberg nodded and said, "Oh, the Nanjing Massacre, I know this, I've been reading information about the Sino-Chinese War recently." ”

"What are you looking for about the war?" Wang Zijun suddenly remembered that the "Sun Empire" was spurned by countless Chinese indignant youths in later generations, and the beautification of the Yue Army and the scandalization of the Chinese in it became a powerful "evidence" for Spielberg's insult to China.

"Yes," Spielberg nodded, "I'm going to make a war film based on Mr. Badera's The Empire of the Sun, and I'll be shooting in southern China in the second half of the year." ”

Wang Zijun asked, "Can I read the script?" ”

"Of course." Spielberg nodded, and went back to the study to take out another script.

Wang Zijun read the literary script of "Empire of the Sun", as well as some of Spielberg's unfinished director's scripts. The content of the script is a little more than that of the "Empire of the Sun" movie, but it is about the same.

Wang Zijun read it for an hour before closing the script and said, "Very good script." ”

Spielberg laughed: "I think so too, after all, this is based on his own real experience." ”

Wang Zijun sneered: "If I have the opportunity to meet him, I ask him, his real experience is that there is no good person in China?" The original work of "Empire of the Sun" is a little more reliable, this shit-like movie script, the ending is actually a group of American GIs running to China to rescue prisoners of war. The funniest thing is that the Yue army did not kill a single Chinese indiscriminately when it entered Shanghai, and the only Chinese civilian who died was mistakenly killed by a stray bullet from the Chinese guerrillas. ”

"Uh......" Spielberg muttered. The accidental killing of civilians by Chinese guerrillas was not written in Bhadra's script, but Spielberg added it in the director's storyboard, mainly to show the cruelty and injustice of war, but I didn't expect it to be interpreted by Wang Zijun in this way.

Wang Zijun sneered: "The Nazi army is beautified enough in the script, and the invaded Chinese have all become bad guys." ”

Spielberg shrugged and said, "Wang, I think you're a little too sensitive, neither the screenwriter nor I have that intention." The script is indeed based on Mr. Bhadra's real experience, and I believe that he will be objective when writing the script and will not deliberately glorify the army. ”

Wang Zijun smiled: "Maybe everything in this script is true." But don't forget, Mr. Badra was just a young English master who didn't know anything, and the war in his eyes may not be like that at all. ”

Spielberg explains: "I'm just going to look at war from a child's point of view, and that makes everything simpler and purer. ”

"I think I'm looking at the war from a Western perspective." Wang Zijun sneered unceremoniously: "Why do I say that? Because that Mr. Badera was an ignorant rich young master before the war. What he saw was only a part of the war. If he hadn't been seized into the concentration camp, the whole war would have been irrelevant to him. This is understandable, and it is impossible to ask an Englishman to love China. However, I very much suspect that when you were writing the script, you deliberately avoided scenes that showed the murder of the Yue army in order to consider the box office. The whole movie will mislead Western audiences who don't know the truth, that is, the army is brave and rewards and punishments are clear, and they are as pure as angels compared to Nazi virtue. In fact, the Nazi army was no different from the German army. ”

Spielberg frowned, he directly regarded Wang Zijun as a nationalist, and he was still very fanatical. He doesn't have a good feeling for the Chinese, but he doesn't have any bad feelings, that distant country is about his, about such a movie, Spielberg is completely from an artistic point of view, thinking how easy to express the director's intention and how to shoot.

Wang Zijun said: "Stephen, I think "Schindler's Ark" is more suitable for you. As for this "Empire of the Sun", I also regret that I refused to go to the cinema after it was filmed. Of course, you can ignore the Chinese-speaking market at all. ”

Spielberg said helplessly: "Wang, I think you should calm down, this is just a movie." ”

Wang Zijun said: "But if I watch this movie, it will be as disgusting as letting a Muslim eat pork." ”

(To be continued)