Bai Yuhan was in a teahouse on the edge of the New Parkway Building, and met Feng Xiaogang.

Feng Xiaogang was wearing a peaked cap, and his face had turned white in many places because of vitiligo, white and black, which looked quite scary. Of course, Bai Yuhan would not stare at him so rudely, and after saying hello, he ordered tea and then started chatting.

"I call you a swordsman?"

"Of course, people who know me basically call me that."

"I've heard your name for a long time, and I've been hearing them say that there is a very powerful young man in the director's circle. I want to get to know each other, because I have to be busy making films, and I don't have much opportunity. happened to have recently finished "The Assembly", and the Huayi brothers urged me to get the next film as soon as possible, and I just wanted to meet and talk to you. Feng Xiaogang spoke very straightforwardly and casually.

Bai Yuhan put on the posture of a junior: "I am honored to be able to chat with Director Feng. ”

As a big director named after the fifth-generation director, Feng Xiaogang studied art in his early years, and in 90, after being introduced by his friend Ge You, he wrote the movie script "Encounter Radical" for Zheng Xiaolong. Love", and then wrote "The Story of the Editorial Department" with Wang Shuo and Ma Weidu, and since then has embarked on the career of a director.

At this time, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and other Nortel graduate college directors have become the pillars of the fifth generation of directors and are famous all over the world. And Feng Xiaogang is still a small director who wanders outside the mainstream circle of films, until [one ^ book ^ read ^ novel] [.[ yb][du].] In 1997, Feng Xiaogang met Wang Zhongjun, who was ready to squeeze into the film and television industry.

Wang Zhongjun is the owner of Huayi Brothers advertising agency and has gone to the United States to stay abroad. After returning to China, he worked in the advertising industry, and later accidentally invested in a TV series and made 5 times as much money. woke up in an instant, investing in film and television is really making money. However, at that time, art films were still rampant, and most directors were also studying art.

"Farewell My Concubine" and "Alive" are all products of that era.

Therefore, Wang Zhongjun, who is bent on making commercial films, can't find a good partner. If you want to invest in Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, the other party doesn't like him. In the end, Wang Zhongjun and Feng Xiaogang collided. One wants to make a film to make money, and the other is a vulgar film that has been criticized, and he decides in a fit of anger that he wants to make a money-making film.

As soon as the two combined, the sensational "Party A and Party B" came out. In addition, Han Sanye pushed it at that time. It has become the first Chinese New Year film in the history of Chinese film. Then there are Feng's humorous commercial films such as "See You or Leave", "Endless", "Big Names", "Mobile Phone" and so on.

While being spurned by the director's circle, he earned a breath of air with his outstanding performance in business. However, Feng Xiaogang is not unconcerned about art, he also has artistic pursuits, and "A Sigh" is an art film.

It's a pity that "A Sigh" was at the Golden Rooster Awards that year. The four are empty. The group of academic directors gave Feng Xiaogang a slap in the face. Wake him up, the art world is not something you can get into.

Feng Xiaogang then went to Nortel and wrote a speech angrily.

said that Chinese films, after the hard work of the first three generations of directors, have finally built a treasure hall, which is magnificent. Later, a sentry came in, occupied the treasure hall in a grand manner, and also controlled the gate. If others want to make films, they have to follow their genre style, but if others shoot according to their style, they will definitely not be able to shoot them.

This whistle is the fourth generation of directors, and the representative figures are Xie Fei and others, so they comforted and stayed.

However, when the fourth generation of directors was living a stable life, suddenly another group of people came in, they did not come in through the gate, but entered through the window, creating a new way of filming, this is the fifth generation of directors, represented by Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. Then they closed the windows tightly, too.

The fourth-generation directors and the fifth-generation directors, each guarding the doors and windows, have lived a stable life, and it is even more difficult for people outside to come in.

But I never expected that the sixth generation of directors also came in, not through the door, not through the window, but out of the ground, because they did not follow the route of their predecessors, but created a way by themselves. The representatives of the sixth generation of directors are Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yang.

In this way, the Chinese film palace has doors, windows, and the sixth generation of directors have blocked the tunnels. When Feng Xiaogang arrived at the door, not only could he not enter, but even if he did, he didn't even have a place to stay. So he built a room on the edge of the palace, and lived very comfortably.

So many people envied him and envied him......

At that time, this speech was a counterattack to the Golden Rooster Award, and the two sides almost ripped off half of their faces.

In this way, because of the contradiction with the Golden Rooster Awards, because of the disagreement with academic directors, because he was scolded for kitsch for making commercial films, and because he did not merge with several generations of directors, everyone did not mention Feng Xiaogang when dividing the directors into generations. Feng Xiaogang is also happy and quiet, no one expects him to win glory for the country with the grand prize, so he slowly makes money.

In cooperation with Huayi Brothers, many blockbuster films have been launched.

However, last year's blockbuster "Night Banquet" was scolded badly, and this year's "Assembly" has fulfilled its own attempt at war film style.

Now, Feng Xiaogang is ready to return to Feng's humor and promote the New Year film again.

"The last time I had dinner with Teng Huatao, I also heard him mention you, saying that your screenwriter's comedy style is stronger than mine, and he has a fight with Stephen Chow. I also watched "Never Expected", and "All in all", a short drama that is quite innovative. Feng Xiaogang expressed his affirmation of Bai Yuhan.

"When you do a skit, you will condense the laughter, and you have to take strong medicine, otherwise there will be no such thing as attracting attention." Bai Yuhan smiled reservedly.

"Your show is very profitable now, I heard that there are tens of millions of advertising sponsorships for an episode?" Feng Xiaogang drank tea and asked a little curiously, to be honest, he was moved when he heard that the skit was so profitable.

Bai Yuhan shook his head: "Director Feng, I won't hide it from you, it's very profitable, but tens of millions of episodes are theoretical values, and they are also hyped results." In fact, it is not so high, and there are some rebates and returns. Basically, a large million-dollar episode can barely do it. Now advertisers are a bit blind and wait for the real results to not meet their expectations. The follow-up advertising costs still have to be cooled. The madness of skits is not the norm, and there is still a long way to go. ”

"That's right, if you really want to make so much money, those film and television companies must not go crazy. I just said that Wang Zhongjun and the guy who saw the money didn't move, but they still saw their feelings. The limitations of such skits. ”

"It's true, in fact, when I calm down, I'm a little worried. The madness of "Never Expected". Will it overdraft the market for this new form of entertainment. This market is not yet mature, we set the tone too high, and we have not been able to patch all the software and hardware, it is likely to be artificially matured. ”

"There's no need to worry too much. The Chinese market is large. The digestive ability is still very strong. In the past, we made movies for the post-70s, but now you post-80s have become the main force, and in a few years, the post-90s will definitely emerge again, and the money will not be exhausted. ”

"That's right."

After chatting about some messy things, I quickly got to the point.

"I came to you this time, and I also wanted to cooperate with you. Have you seen a Taiwanese movie "Marriage Notice", I want to make a comedy that starts with marriage. I'm going to ask you to help me write a script. A funny script. Feng Xiaogang said.

Are you going to shoot "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb"?

Bai Yuhan's heart was open, and before he met Feng Xiaogang, he guessed that Feng Xiaogang might be going to shoot "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb". This movie exists in Bai Yuhan's mind, it is a good film, and it has also made a sequel. Of course, Bai Yuhan, who already has a very high taste, feels that "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" still has a lot of bad looks.

The style of petty bourgeoisie is a little exaggerated, maybe Feng Xiaogang has also been beautiful in recent years, and he has paid attention to the taste of life, but he has lost his original down-to-earth style.

And the original intention of the movie was to tell an inspirational and affectionate story, but many of the jokes were too deliberate and artificial, and they didn't fit the story at all. Fan Wei's copycat and the stock market at the end were red, but they did not achieve the expected effect, but destroyed the structural integrity of the story.

However, it is enough to circle money.

……

Bai Yuhan happily took over the work and wrote the script for Feng Xiaogang's new film.

For him, copying the movie in his mind can make a very good script, and even the storyboard can be written. Such a simple job, why not. Money is not important, the important thing is that being able to write a script for Feng Xiaogang will definitely be of great benefit to Bai Yuhan to make movies in the future.

Especially once "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" is a big hit, he Bai Yuhan has a promotion qualification and a guarantee of success......

After taking the job happily, Bai Yuhan and Feng Xiaogang went to Huayi Brothers Media Group to agree on the specific contract or something. Writing a script must not be free, and the money that should be negotiated must be negotiated. In the past, Wang Shuo wrote scripts for Feng Xiaogang, and he had to participate in the sharing, but Bai Yuhan didn't have the qualifications to get the share, but he couldn't ask for less money.

He is also very famous in the screenwriting industry, and the works of screenwriters are very popular.

In the car, the two began to talk again, mainly listening to Feng Xiaogang's braggadocio and various gossip and interesting stories.

"In the nineties, "Party A and Party B" had not yet come out, and I was also a newcomer in the director circle. At that time, I wanted to be famous, a reporter interviewed me, and as soon as I was called, I immediately called him back. Haha, at that time, reporters all said that Feng Xiaogang had 'Hude', and he would reply as soon as he called out. ”

Feng Xiaogang chatted about the past, very happy, cigarettes were also smoked, and his addiction to cigarettes was much more fierce than Bai Yuhan: "I remember that in 95 or 96, I went to Beiying (another abbreviation of Nortel) to participate in an event, what kind of award." There were a lot of reporters present, and I was worried. ”

"There are many reporters, what is there to worry about?" Bai Yuhan asked curiously.

"You don't understand, at that time, information was not as developed as it is now, on the Internet, I know what you look like, you also know what I look like, you can find out where your ancestral home is and what you have done by reporting your name. At that time, the reporters couldn't tell which one was Feng Xiaogang. ”

Feng Xiaogang talked eloquently: "Some reporters shook hands with me when they saw me: '"Beiyang Sailor" is well filmed! Actually, it was taken by Feng Xiaoning; Or say, 'The Kyoto Chronicle is too bad, you shouldn't be so foolish.'" Actually, it was taken by You Xiaogang; said to Zhao Baogang: 'What about filming "Chicken Feathers"? Say to me, 'Your 'Addiction' is good!' 'Where is this!' Someone else saw me and said, 'You missed 'Seahorse Cabaret.' "There are also people who put "Love You Without Discussion" on my head......"

"I was very depressed at the time, I was mistaken, and I was not allowed to explain: 'Xiaogang, you are boring, why is this, Wang Shuo doesn't explain when you look at others.'" Can I compare with Wang Shuo? He is a writer, and he doesn't care about the success or failure of film and television dramas. And I'm a director, of course I care, you can't put the stunned head on me that isn't mine. So I just explained when I met people, what I wrote and what I filmed. ”

Bai Yuhan complimented: "Definitely not now, from top to bottom in China, there are really not many people who have not heard of Director Feng's name." ”

Feng Xiaogang laughed at himself: "There are more people who know you, and there are more people who scold you, what I shoot is vulgar, but everyone can understand it." The original atmosphere was that what you can't understand is the best, and the more you don't understand, the better, and no one can read it, because that's called Ya. I used to watch a avant-garde drama, and I gritted my teeth for more than an hour to persevere, and I had no chance with 'Ya'. So I watched your work, and I think it's especially good for appetite, vulgarity, I just like this kind of vulgarity, comedy, you have to be vulgar. (To be continued......)

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