In the private room of the hotel, facing a table of leftovers, Xie Jin, Xie Yan, father and son sat silent.

Lin Youlun left after eating, but it left Xie Jin with a problem: during the meal, Lin Youlun said a script idea and wanted to invite Xie Jin to be the director of the film.

It stands to reason that Xie Jin has no reason to refuse such an opportunity, but in fact, Xie Jin hesitated for a while, and did not give Lin Youlun a clear answer after the end.

It's not that Lin Youlun's script is not good enough, or the plot is too "deviant", which directly scared Xie Jin.

A simple and somewhat clichéd story: in 1937, the whole of China was shrouded in the shadow of the war of aggression against China, but an ordinary town in the south remained peaceful on the surface. A woman of intoxicating beauty, with wavy black hair, wearing the most fashionable cheongsam and stockings, and stepping on high heels full of affection, walked into this closed and conservative town, and also entered the heart of the young Ah Cheng.

At the age of thirteen, Ah Cheng is hopelessly infatuated with Hong, and like all the men in the town, he can't help himself with his beauty. Every day after school, he runs to the side of the road, just to wait for the graceful Red to walk by him gently, and every evening, climbs up to the high roof, just to see Red dancing lonely in the living room.

The clouds of war are approaching the town, and bad news comes from the front line, and Hong's husband is killed in battle, and she is a widow.

In the end, Hong has to be reduced to life choices, or "compromise", when she sells her body to men to get food to survive, and after Rì's soldiers occupy the town, she becomes a plaything in the hands of Rì herself.

A few years later, after the defeat and evacuation, the women of the town were finally able to insult the woman whom they were both envious and jealous in the most vicious language, beating her and tearing her clothes as if to tear Mei apart at once, while the men were silent, regretful or regretful. It's all the same coldness.

At this moment, Red finally cried, did not struggle, just hugged herself tightly with her arms, and cried heartbreakingly. Not just because of the hurt and pain, but also because of the outburst that has been suppressed for a long time. She had been quiet for too long. Serenity, bearing all the insults and blasphemys brought about by the flower-like countenance. She finally cried. Wash all the wounds with tears and prove that you are still alive.

Red is expelled from the town, but Hong's husband drags his crippled body back to his hometown to find his wife, but he is met with merciless ridicule, and only Ah Cheng secretly tells him about Hong's whereabouts.

After liberation, Red returned to the town, calmly holding her husband through the surprised crowd, as if the humiliation and pain had never existed. What people see is not what they used to be. A beautiful young woman with a heartstring, but an ordinary middle-aged woman. The body is a little bloated. She wore very simple clothes and hairstyles, carried baskets to buy things at the market, and the women who had hurt her also greeted her.

Ah Cheng stood on the side of the street, with joy and sadness in his eyes. He finally got his courage. You can honestly help Hong pick up the fallen fruit, and then say to her: Take care!

Xie Jin always had a strange feeling that the story left by Lin Youlun was similar to the one he had just finished filming. The story of Rong Zhen is so similar: it also takes place in a small town, a group of seemingly kind residents, a beautiful weak woman, and the greed and hypocrisy of men. The woman's jealousy and arrogance, rumors, rejection, and the cruelty of reality finally drove the woman out of town, and she and her husband returned after the war, the most in a light "good morning". The beautiful woman who was insulted and damaged was accepted by the people of this town.

"Fu. In Rongzhen", Hu Yuyin also has the help of Qin Shutian, Gu Yanshan and others, but Hong is desperate and helpless, no one helps her, only a powerless teenager silently witnesses her misfortune.

Although the two stories take place in different eras, the last one tells a common theme: the abuser chooses to forget, and the victim pretends to forget.

The only difference is that the story told by Lin Youlun exposes the ugly side of people more profoundly, and Xie Jin is almost certain that the film will never be released in the mainland.

Xie Yan was deeply shocked by this story, and at the same time had a deep worry. From the bottom of his heart, Xie Yan definitely doesn't want his father to direct this movie, because when this movie is made, the possible fate is to be like the red in the story, not being understood, being isolated by everyone, and even spurned and abused. But Xie Yan had a strong premonition that his father was likely to agree.

Seeing the hesitant look in his father's eyes gradually dissipating, the uneasiness in Xie Yan's heart became more and more intense, and he even regretted that he had met Lin Youlun in the morning and invited the other party out for dinner.

After being silent for a long time, Xie Jin slowly raised his head, but Xie Yan grabbed his father before he opened his mouth and said, "You have to think about it carefully, if this movie is made, it will definitely be a forbidden film. Piece, riding on your reputation for so many years, is it really worth it? ”

"I've already decided, you don't have to persuade again, if the mainland even bans one of them. Xie Jin can't tolerate the film, so I'll leave! ”

Xie Yan's mouth moved, but he didn't speak in the end. How stubborn Xie Jinxìngzi is, as a son Xie Yan knows very well that as long as he sees his father's shining eyes and teeth, it means that he has made up his mind, and any persuasion is useless.

And what Xie Jin said also has some truth, if Xie Jin is rejected by China because of filming this film, Lin Youlun will probably welcome Xie Jin to Hong Kong for development, and there will be no way back at all.

And Lin Youlun saw this and invited Xie Jin to shoot this movie, because he knew that Xie Jin couldn't refuse.

Throughout the 80s, China was in an era of magnificent and radical changes. Stubborn conservatism and fashionable radicalism have opened the greatest distance on the stage of contemporary Chinese thought, and they each occupy two extremes on the spectrum of contemporary Chinese thought. At a time when Xie Jin's films were being subjected to all kinds of criticism from conservatism in order to pass censorship, radicalism also launched a fierce attack on him without mercy. Xie Jin is able to assert his moral convictions in the face of criticism from the right, but he is perplexed by the radical attacks that come with moral superiority.

This kind of confusion made Xie Jin very depressed. "Rong Zhen" is one of his expressions, but this expression is not thorough and complete, Xie Jin still feels confused in the fierce debate of the times, and Lin Youlun used the story adapted from the famous Italian movie "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" to successfully move Xie Jin.

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There is an ancient porcelain vase on the bookshelf, and on the desk there is a pot of evergreen asparagus in winter and summer. On the wall hangs a picture of a white-bearded Marx, and on the other side is an eight-inch half-length photograph of the owner and his wife. The picture is embedded in a jīng frame, looking at people with a smile. In short, the room is cleverly arranged by the owner, which looks warm and elegant, as if there is a chūn heavenly atmosphere.

Other than that, there is no more decoration in the room, a small round table in the center, there is a pot of aragonite of rain flower stone, this aragonite is quiet, clear, solid, and selfless, which seems to symbolize the owner's jīng god.

On the sofa next to the small round table, Liang Bolong and Xie Jin sat opposite each other, and the two old friends who had known each other for many years were silent. Liang Bolong can't just listen to it, no one will be surprised, in the words of others, he is a gourd with few words! Xie Jin kept silent, which was a rare thing.

"Have you really thought about it?" But it was Liang Bolong who opened his mouth first.

"Are you going to persuade me not to shoot too?" Xie Jin raised his head, there was obvious bloodshot in his eyes, but he couldn't hide his exhaustion.

Ever since he decided to take over that movie, people who knew the plot of the movie were trying to persuade him, which made him in a contradictory mood all the time, and he hadn't slept well for several days, and his mind was full of this thing.

Liang Bolong is extremely familiar with Xie Jin's temper, "I advise you, will you listen?" ”

Xie Jin didn't say anything, and Liang Bolong knew that he had made up his mind.

"Although you won't listen to me, I still have to say some things. Over the years, it is true that there have been many actresses who have passed through your hands, and it stands to reason that I should be happy that you have asked me for someone this time, and then recommend the best students to you. If you hadn't told me about the plot of this play, maybe I wouldn't have thought about it and agreed to you, but you just told me that story again, and now I'm worried, pushing students into your filming, you can just don't care, what if you ruin her in the end? ”

In addition to being Xie Jin's friend, Liang Bolong also has a double identity as a mentor of Chinese opera, which is why Xie Jin came to him today, Xie Jin hopes to choose a suitable heroine from the students of Chinese opera.

Xie Jin looked at Liang Bolong and said very seriously: "If the student you recommended here lost the opportunity to develop in China because of this play, I would recommend her to go to Hong Kong." As I mentioned to you just now, the screenwriter and producer of this movie is Lin Youlun, and with his care, your students will not be worse off than in the mainland. ”

Xie Jin's assurance, Liang Bolong's towering brows eased a little, the prosperity of the Hong Kong film industry is incomparable to the mainland, and it has always been something that many mainland actors are looking forward to to developing in Hong Kong. There is such a way out, and it is not impossible to recommend the students under his command to Xie Jin.

Of course, after knowing each other for so many years, Liang Bolong knows very well how critical Xie Jin's gaze is, and it is impossible to find someone for him casually.

After thinking about it, Liang Bolong thought of being a student in the class where he was the head teacher.

That girl from Shandong may be able to meet Xie Jin's requirements.

[Asking for a commuter pass, recommended]