"The Dust Settles" is one of He Mu's favorite novels, and the foolish second young master in it is also the role he wants to play the most, since he was able to shoot a big-budget movie, he was thinking about putting this classic on the big screen, for which he has personally visited the author A Lai many times.

Finally, last year, it was decided that Chen Kaige would be in charge of the directorship of this film, for this film that is likely to turn himself over, Chen Kaige has been preparing for more than half a year, devoting himself wholeheartedly to it, and for this reason, he has also pushed off the director of several large-scale zuò films, and most of the time has been on the plateau in the past six months, he hopes that when people talk about his Kaizi brother, they will not always mention the classic "Farewell My Concubine" and the ruined character of "Wuji", he hopes that he can find other good films in his masterpieces, is even a classic that can be compared to "Farewell My Concubine".

"Mei Lanfang", "Zhao's Orphan", and "Search" after "Wuji" are not amazing enough to make him completely turn over, but this "Dust Settled" has a strong original foundation, as well as the full joining of his old partner Lu Wei, as long as the movie can be made with the eight successes of the original work, it must be a classic, and the biggest problem he faces is how to compress a 300,000-word novel into a 120-minute movie, without losing its essence.

He Mu came to Kangding this time to meet with the team of "The Dust Settles", set the look, and learn about the casting work by the way.

In this movie, the foolish second young master played by He Mu is the absolute core, and the whole story revolves around him, but there are several other important characters. For example, the second young master's father, Mai Qi Toast, two toast wives, one Tibetan and one Han, and Tana, the second young master's wife. The eldest young master Danzhen Kampo, the wise man Weng Bo Yixi and so on.

As early as 02, there was a TV series version of "The Dust Settled", starring the second young master and Tana were Li Xie and Zhu Bingbing, when the movie version was prepared, Zhu Bingbing also entered the producer's sight, after all, she had interpreted this role before. has also done some homework on the original work, and Zhu Bingbing is a popular star in China and can create topics. Her beauty is also very consistent with the description of Tana in the original book, and Zhu Bingbing is also happy to play Tana again, after all, the director of this movie is Chen Kaige, and the actor is He Mu. She needed to find some high-end partners. to add a weighty masterpiece to your list.

However, after reading the script, Zhu Bingbing thought about it for a few days and still refused, the role was too light, except for a few cheating scenes with the eldest young master, there are not many highlights, it is a role that is more disgusting to the audience, with the current status of the master in the circle, it is a bit of a loss to play this role. succeeded, the credit lies with Chen Kaige and He Mu. If the box office reputation fails, maybe people will blame her.

It was okay for Zhu Bingbing to refuse, Chen Kaige still hoped to find a Tibetan girl to play this role, and later He Mu recommended Alain, Alain. Dawa Zhuoma and Han Hong (Yang Jin Zhuoma) are the only Tibetan female artists He Mu knows, Han Hong's eldest sister is definitely inappropriate to play this role, but Alan has good appearance conditions, it is no problem to play this red face and trouble, Alan himself also hopes to expand his career in the mainland, although he is a singer, but acting can also be tried, but when she saw the passionate 'love scene' in the script, she was timid first, and then tried the mirror once, and her acting skills were too bad, and she was mercilessly rejected by director Chen Kaige.

Later, Datang recommended a contracted actress from Xiao Hetang, Tibetan, who played the tiger wolf's "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" last year, named Qu Ni Tsering, she is really beautiful, and her acting skills are reasonable.

Chen Kaige was not very satisfied after the audition, Quni Tsering has her advantages, beautiful, good acting skills, and the spirit of dedication to art, but she lacks the original taste of a Tibetan girl, and is not the most perfect Tana in the director's heart, Chen Kaige thinks that this movie has He Mu, the male protagonist, it is enough to have him as a director, the appeal is leveraged, and it doesn't matter if the other actors all use new faces, thinking that his old buddy Zhang Yimou has the famous "Mou Girl", Chen Kaige also wants to praise the newcomer, Therefore, a grand audition was held in Tibetan areas, hoping to find a perfect "Tibetan flower", and Quni Tsering could only be one of the candidates.

He Mu stayed in Tibet for two days and met Duobujie who played the role of Mai Qi Tusi, a Tibetan man who was born in the theater many years ago with Lu Chuan's "Ke Ke Xili" is well-known to fans of literary films, and last year's table in that "No Man's Land" can be described as amazing, and the eagle-like eyes are talked about by the audience. Twelve years ago, he played the wise man Weng Bo Yixi in the TV series version of "The Dust Settles", he didn't want to repeat himself, so when Chen Kaige found him, he took the initiative to ask to play the greedy, lustful and authoritarian Mai Qi Tusi, that is, the father of He Mu's role, Chen Kaige is a hundred willing, Duobujie is a rare acting genius among Tibetans, a national first-class actor, talent is rare, and he also has confidence in Dobujie's ability to shape characters.

Playing the eldest son of Tusi is Shao Bing, a mainland-type man who worked with Dobujie in "Red River Valley" many years ago, and his image is very suitable for playing a Tibetan, this is his second time playing a Tibetan, and he will train here for more than a month.

Shao Bing recently signed a contract with Xiao Hetang, this is a regrettable actor, his starting point is very high, graduated from Beiying, has a Huabiao actor, and starred in TV series such as "Chinese Heroes" are also widely circulated, but unfortunately when the acting career is in full swing, he has to transform into a singer, Shishi just stepped into the entertainment industry and starred in his song MV with Ma Yili, but unfortunately he was unsuccessful as a singer, and he came back to continue acting but has missed the golden stage of development, and can only be in some well-known movies such as "Let the Bullets Fly" and "If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 2" played some supporting roles.

After signing Xiao Hetang, there will be a large wave of plans to support Shao Bing, "The Dust Settles" is the beginning, and there will be the male number one in the Chinese monster series "Tianchi Water Monster" that succeeded Wu Jing, and the company is also actively recommending him to star in the series of adventure movies "Tibetan Code" prepared by China Film.

He Mu, accompanied by Director Chen, met the "Tana Top 10" selected by him, all of them were wearing traditional Tibetan clothes, all of them were beautiful, I dare not say that they surpassed Alan, but they were also the top beauty among Tibetans.

He Mu has read their information, except for three who went to college in the mainland and rushed back to participate in the audition when they heard about this audition, the remaining seven have been living on the plateau, and three of these seven are students of Tibet University, who have both face and knowledge.

Although He Mu is an investor, he expressed full respect for Chen Kaige, Tana is the most important female character in the film, he gave the final choice to the director, when Director Chen asked him for his opinion, he just started from the perspective of the male protagonist, and pointed out three that best met his vision from an aesthetic point of view, two of which were Tibetan girls studying at Tibet University, or one was a Tibetan girl who studied at the Capital University for Nationalities and rushed back.

Chen Kaige feels that the three girls He Mu ordered are the best among the ten, and the aesthetics of the two are still relatively close, and he will also respect He Mu, the producer, not surprisingly, the role of Tana will be selected from these three girls, as for Xiao Hetang's signed artist Qu Ni Tsering, he can play the personal maid of the second young master in the film, which is not light.

Two days later, He Mu understood the preparation progress of the crew of "The Dust Settled", and the local relevant departments gave strong support, both in terms of land use and employment are very convenient, after all, this is the epic of the Tibetans, with the help of the local government, "The Dust Settles" needs to build several buildings such as the Tusi Mansion have all been completed, just waiting for the filming equipment to be transported one after another, He Mu, the male number one, can be filmed when he enters the group, and the construction can start in March.

After that, He Mu returned to Berlin again to participate in the premiere of "The Ladder of Love", which was also the first time that "The Ladder of Love" was screened in public, Yu Feihong, who was the director for the second time, was not so nervous, but Li Bingbing was even more nervous, she cared about the evaluation of the media, and was more concerned about whether the possibility of her Berlin closure was high or low, although Maggie Cheung and Xiao Fangfang had already won the silver bear among the Chinese actresses, but she didn't care about becoming the third Chinese Berlin actress, but no Chinese actor in Berlin had won it, which was also Cannes, Berlin, Venice, the only Chinese actor among the six emperors and queens has not won.

"Does Mr. He Mu have the confidence to become the first man to win the Berlin Best Actor with this movie?" Before the film screening, Li Bingbing interviewed He Mu.

"Actually, I don't think I take the award very seriously, just follow the fate, in fact, what I hope most is that the beauty next to me can become a Berlin actress." He Mu said seriously.

"This beauty next to you, is it Miss Li Bingbing?" Li Bingbing joked.

"Actually, I'm talking about Miss Bingbing, hey, I was still here just now, where did I go?" He Mu pretended to look for it and couldn't find it, until Li Bingbing threw him a few big white eyes in a row, and he flattered, "Okay, in fact, what I want to say is Miss Li Bingbing, this year's actress must be yours." ”

"It's pretty much the same, this is my sister's good brother." Li Bingbing pinched He Mu's face, this is the action she has always wanted to do, in the movie, she once pinched the little actor who played He Mu as a child, at that time she thought about what would be different if she treated He Mu like this, in fact, she was also very nervous when she pinched He Mu's face, after all, He Mu is not an ordinary actor, you let her pinch Wang Zhongjun like this to try, and when she saw that He Mu was not angry, she put her mind at ease.

The crew of "Fireworks in the Day" who came to cheer not far away, Liao Fan heard the jokes of He Mu and Li Bingbing, and said to his partner Gui Lunmei next to him, "I think your chances of winning the award are not small." ”

Golden Horse actress Gui Lunmei smiled, "Then I also want to congratulate you in advance on becoming a Berlin actor." ”

Liao Fan waved his hand modestly, "I didn't take the actor's life, alas, it's all tears when I talk too much." ”

In the chat, "The Ladder of Love" finally began to play...... (To be continued......)