Seeing Director Zhang's proud expression, Levy was beside him and also brought some smiles.

Before that, he had thought many times about how to treat the domestic film industry. He doesn't want the domestic film industry to expand wildly, blindly compare technology with American films, and finally lose a mess, and how to operate this process is also something he has thought about many times.

And if you think about it, the best way is to invest directly. If you want to control the level of domestic film shooting, then simply send the technical power over by yourself. They saw the gap between their technical level and their own technical level, and after knowing why American movies burned money, they would naturally stop fighting.

It's just that the problem here is that the Chinese film industry is not like the Korean film industry, and they are not so welcoming to foreign investment. If you want to invest in the Chinese film industry, then you have to take into account that there is a State Administration of Radio, Film and Television suppressing it above, and all kinds of things have to be ordered by them.

Even if you want to support the construction of domestic films, you have to consider whether the General Administration agrees.

If it was before, he naturally had no way to deal with the General Administration. However, thanks to Ang Lee, he won the Oscar, which also made all the directors in China ready to move.

Now that the General Administration is in the way, someone will bulldoze them.

And their imminent action can affect the General Administration. After all, none of these people are fuel-efficient lamps, and if they really join forces to exert pressure, even the General Administration can only relax.

And now, Levy has found one of them.

In fact, seeing Director Zhang in a hurry, he almost refused to wait and ran to Hollywood. Levy also knew that in his heart, he was already impatient: they are big directors. As early as the 80s and 90s, they were already famous, and for them, the only possibility of further career was to be recognized on a global scale. Seeing Ang Lee recognized, they must have been quite unconvinced in their hearts.

For them, if someone is willing to help them. Let them surpass Ang Lee, they will never object.

Therefore, Levy did not hesitate to send a timely compliment. Sure enough, this immediately put him in a good mood.

"I've always wanted to shoot movies like this, but it's all blockbusters. It's not very easy to shoot. It was more time-consuming and labor-intensive......"

Director Zhang was beaming and began to talk about his film ideas, and Levi also listened to his words, nodding his head incessantly, listening quite face-saving.

"Actually, this time, I also specially brought a script ......" Saying this, Director Zhang has revealed his true intentions. And Levy immediately understood, "Can I take a look?" I'd love to know. Your new movie, what it looks like. ”

Director Zhang proudly sent his script, and Levy, who took the script, saw those two words: hero.

He has already seen this movie, and he is already familiar with the characters and stories in the movie. He knows very well that this movie is the beginning of domestic blockbuster movies.

Of course, as far as the movie is concerned, this one is still much stronger than the future city full of golden armor, or Wuji or something. However, from this one, it is also an indisputable fact that the movie has begun to distort the technology tree. Domestic films are increasingly pursuing big scenes and good special effects, which is where it begins. The positive and negative implications of this movie can be said to be just as huge.

Fortunately, he is still only at the script stage. This gives Levy room to operate.

After getting the script and pretending to look through it, he also raised his head.

"Mr. Zhang, please forgive me...... I don't see your talent in this script. You've had a lot of amazing movies in the past, Red Sorghum, Alive, and the Red Lantern Hangs High, these three movies, which I've always admired. However, this movie seems to be completely different from those movies, it is not a continuation of those movies, it is not an expression of your thoughts. You've been making humanistic films all along, how did you suddenly change your view of history? It's more like ...... Maybe I'm not right—he's more of a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It's hard for me to understand, at your level, why go the way of someone else? ”

Levy's words made Director Zhang's face turn red immediately.

Although it is criticism, Levy actually gives Director Zhang a lot of face. In his words, he exaggerated Director Zhang's level very highly, which can be regarded as saving enough face. It's just that, no matter how gentle he is, it's an accusation, and no one will feel comfortable hearing this.

Director Zhang is the same, he took the script back, "In terms of general humanistic connotation, I think there is no problem." You say follow the trend, but I think martial arts movies are basically like this, there is no big difference...... However, this is indeed the subject chosen by the producers, and we are still discussing. ”

Director Zhang obviously felt a little embarrassed to follow Ang Lee, and he was a little unconfident in his words. However, his affirmation of the humanistic connotation of the movie made Levy smile bitterly: he is worthy of being a man known as a national teacher, and now he has realized that the ideological connotation in his previous movies does not match the mainstream, is he ready to change his course?

"In terms of humanistic connotation, maybe I don't know much about Chinese culture. Maybe your mind has a deeper understanding, and what you want to reflect is more profound. However, not to mention those, as far as the movie is concerned, I think this movie is too flashy and a bit noisy. The picture of the movie serves the theme, and if this is reversed, it will not be good. Also, I don't understand why you want to make a martial arts film at all - it's just a very bad genre, you could have made a different type of movie. ”

For martial arts films are not a good film, Director Zhang also agrees. However, he has also heard that for Americans, Chinese movies are just martial arts films. He wanted to be recognized by the Americans, so he chose martial arts films, and now he was a little surprised to hear Levy say this.

"Other films? However, what can other films be filmed? ”

He asked what he could shoot. But Levi heard it very clearly: what he asked was what he would shoot to get an Oscar.

This is his biggest knot: if it is a modern film, then. What foreigners have in their hearts must be those that reflect the darkness of society. Director Zhang has also shot movies like that before, but in the past few years, he has become more and more mainstream in his consideration, and he is not ready to make such things again. If you don't shoot these, you don't shoot martial arts that foreigners like. So what is good to shoot?

"Actually, Mr. Zhang, have you ever thought about it. Shoot some historical films? Levy said his idea to Director Zhang.

In fact, this is also an idea that he has been thinking about for a long time and thinks he can throw out.

"Historical themes. Isn't that what this is? ”

"Nope. This is just a little story about history, I'm talking about a real historical theme, a blockbuster in the real sense. Levy shook his head.

"I still don't understand." Director Zhang was puzzled.

"Well, let's put it this way: I think a country always has to take into account its own situation if it wants to make a blockbuster. China's film industry, in terms of scientific and technological level, is too far behind the United States. This gap cannot be filled simply by studying. China wants to make blockbuster films. If it's just imitation, then. After all, what is filmed is just a copycat version of an American movie, and it doesn't have much of a feature. ”

Actually, the real point is this: the Americans will never be able to give you the real technical essence, and you can only shoot second-rate goods - but Levy doesn't feel the need to say that.

"However, Chinese films can have their own development direction. If there is anything in the films of China and the USSR that cannot be compared with the United States, it is obviously not the technology of filmmaking, but the human and material resources that can be mobilized. Compared to works like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, War and Peace in 1968, that's the direction you should pursue. ”

War and Peace in 1968 was a Soviet work, and as soon as Levy mentioned it, Director Zhang immediately knew about it.

The multi-episode film was a miracle, costing $100 million at the price of the time, and during the filming, there were a large number of extras participating in the filming, and in the filming, with the participation of the military, the number of troops could be kept as close as possible to the actual battle -- these large-scale filming methods, American movies don't even dare to think of it. Hundreds of thousands of actors, how terrifying is this?

It is precisely because of such a large expenditure and the amazing results of the shooting that although the film was a Soviet film, it easily won the Oscar of that year - for such an indisputable blockbuster, no one in the film industry can deny its achievement.

Coincidentally, the use of the military to shoot TV dramas has also appeared in China. When filming the 95th version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a large number of PLA soldiers were used. It is said that during the filming, some PLA soldiers who joined the army for three years and filmed for three years have been running around in costumes all the time. And this TV series, which is also famous for its grandiose production, conquered all the directors of Taiga dramas in Japan as soon as it was launched - this is a historical drama that they could not imagine.

Such a magnificent movie can't really be imitated by other countries. This thing can only belong to a country that can concentrate on doing great things.

From the day the film began to develop, only four countries really had the ability to mobilize enough manpower to make films: the United States, Japan, China, and the Soviet Union. Europeans have always been playing with small freshness, they can't shoot real big scenes, a large number of manpower gathered, blockbusters need cooperation, and blockbusters require financial and material resources, which are even more amazing.

Only these four countries have the financial resources and the ability to shoot really big scenes. And now that the Soviet Union has collapsed, and the manpower of the United States and Japan is becoming more and more expensive, where is there a second one that can really shoot a scene of thousands of troops besides China?

Americans can use computers to simulate thousands of troops, but no matter how good the simulation is, how can it be real?

This is the path China should take -- only by giving full play to its own strengths can it make its own good movies.

And in this regard, Levy believes that no one will be stronger than Director Zhang - after all, this is the director who has directed large-scale group exercises for 08 years, if he can command tens of thousands of people to shoot big scenes, can there be anyone in the world who can be stronger than him?

With a top director and a large amount of manpower, he does not compete with Hollywood for technology, but develops his own advantages and gives full play to his strengths to shoot historical masterpieces - compared to blindly chasing the footsteps of Hollywood, this is the way for domestic blockbusters. (To be continued......)

PS: The State Administration allowed foreign investment in film companies in 2004. In the book the main character facilitates this process.