When I first started reading this book of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", Zhang Yimou was watching it out of a mentality of seeing what the screenwriter of "Eavesdropping" could make.

This mentality is even a bit coping, after all, he himself knows that he won't be able to make too many movies in the short term.

However, when he saw the first page of the script at the beginning, the moment he saw the background introduction, Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up! People who came over in that era will more or less have some memories, painful memories of the whole country, especially Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou also has painful memories of himself, his home was raided, and his father was sent to labor, and the background of this script immediately gave him a sense of déjà vu. Including the father of Jingqiu, the heroine in the play, was also sent down, and seeing this familiar and unfamiliar background, Zhang Yimou's mentality completely changed.

"Can a twenty-year-old write about that feeling?" Although the movie with this script has attracted him, Zhang Yimou still has some doubts in his heart whether Su Li can write this story well. Don't write this script badly because of the special background of the times in the script, with such a somewhat skeptical mentality, he began to figure out the script, and his mentality of reading the script has changed.

When he looked down, inadvertently, his thoughts jumped, and the vague lines of the script brought his thoughts to that era. With the change of the heroine in the play, he slowly let his thoughts fluctuate, and when he read two pages of the script, he found that there was no way to stop him from continuing to read...... Many of the past events of that era have been blurred in the years, but the gray background of those big times, the young heart is still indelible in my heart, looking at this script, Zhang Yimou seems to have returned to his own youth, back to those who are hard but now think about it and have a little aftertaste of the youth.

Some people are left in their memories, and some of the past are drifting away in the wind, but those feelings are not something that time can take away.

When he looked down, he felt that he had to appreciate Su Li's screenwriting ability, a pure and indifferent love story, told in his pen...... In the play, the third male protagonist even cut his wrists in order to let Jingqiu go to the hospital to see a doctor, and Zhang Yimou also wrote a blood book for his current lover when he was young.

"Where did this kid get his talent? Where do so many immersive ideas come from? The writing of the script is also meticulous, meticulous, he seems to be only twenty years old...... "Before I knew it, Zhang Yimou had read nearly half of the script, it was late outside, and the day in January was very short.

Zhang Yimou was so attracted by this script that he couldn't extricate himself, that kind of primitive emotion made his mood gradually wander in a sweet feeling, and he actually read the whole script like this...... Seeing that the script was near the end, the third child was lying on the bed, and he had already reached the end of his life, and the heroine Jingqiu walked to his bed, not knowing what to do. The person next to her said to her: "You can call it quickly, how you usually call it, call him now, call him now, you can still hear it." Then, she shouted: "I'm Jingqiu, I'm Jingqiu!"

When I saw this paragraph, Zhang Yimou accidentally shed a few tears in his eyes, the heroine in the play has always been passive, and some similar experiences made Zhang Yimou immersive. It was as if he had returned to the past years, and it took him a long time to look up from the script and look at the wall clock, which turned out to be nine o'clock in the evening.

"Excuse me...... I've kept you waiting......" Seeing the time on the wall clock, Zhang Yimou also felt a little reluctant to go-he really couldn't bear to leave Su Li here for more than two hours like this. I apologized directly, but the initiator of this incident was also Su Li - who asked him to write the script so that he was so engaged?

"It's okay, Mr. Zhang......" Su Li replied, in fact, he has been waiting for his reply since the script was handed to Zhang Yimou, but he has been immersed in the world of the script, as if he forgot the existence of Su Li, of course, Su Li himself is not good at reminding him, so he had to open the 'superstar cultivation system' in front of him, read some things on it, and did not return to reality until Zhang Yimou spoke out.

"It's really commendable that a young man has such a talent and such a sense of the times......" Zhang Yimou's first thought after reading the script was like this, and then he saw the passage of time, and then he expressed his apologies to Su Li. But at this time, he glanced at Su Li's expression, and there was still no impatience on it, as if he would be the same if he would hang him here for another four hours.

Zhang Yimou suddenly had a vague thought in his heart, and he said to Su Li: "Very good script...... Your faith is not unfounded...... This time you won, I was attracted to this script, in fact, I also want to say thank you to you, the kind of original emotion shown in this script is very rare, I haven't seen it for a long time......"

Su Li breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and from the sound of his tone, Zhang Yimou had completely recognized this script and admitted Su Li's thoughts. Su Li said with some rejoicing: "Teacher Zhang...... I should thank you for your affirmation, this script is trying to find some memories of that era, find some pure things, and find a peaceful ...... in the current society."

"Well......" Zhang Yimou nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, I found that feeling, it's very good, it's just that I will have other film plans after the Olympics, I think you may have heard of it, it's called "Three Guns Shooting Surprise", so I will definitely shoot your "Hawthorn Tree Love", but the time may be pushed back to 2019-2010......"

"It's okay, there's nothing wrong with the timing." Su Li said.

"Hmm...... Okay then......" Zhang Yimou bowed slightly, and after seemingly casually turning another page of the script, Zhang Yimou suddenly said: "Then...... Su Li, how much do you want me to pay you for this book? ”

The meat drama is finally here, the purpose of this special visit to Zhang Yimou is not here, Su Li looked at Zhang Yimou, the corners of his mouth seemed to be a little smiling and said, "Teacher Zhang...... I'm not going to get paid for this script. ”

"Don't be paid?" When he heard Su Li's answer, Zhang Yimou was a little surprised, but he quickly calmed down this surprise. Because when it comes to people in his position, they have seen many things with insight. He thought that Su Li should want to use this script in exchange for some benefits, of course, he would not have any negative evaluation of Su Li because of this, because this kind of thing was originally justified.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I won't ask for your script in vain...... Then tell me your requirements. ”

Su Li heard that Zhang Yimou also said it so bluntly, and he didn't plan to hide it, so he simply said it all: "That's the case, Mr. Zhang, I recently set up a film studio, and the film studio has been built...... I've also launched my first film project, which is a low-budget comedy film, so I hope I'll get some help from you when this film comes out. ”

"Forming a film studio? Launching the first film project? Zhang Yimou couldn't help but glance at the young man, and from these words, he could hear that the young man's intentions were not small. "Eavesdropping", "Seven Pounds", "Love of the Hawthorn Tree"...... It can be seen that Su Li seems to be planning to do something, and now he has formed a film studio ready to launch his first film! Zhang Yimou's mind was spinning rapidly, he was thinking about the possible direction of development for this young man, and for a moment he felt that he had figured out something.

As for what Su Li said about needing his help when it was released, he could also guess it, which was nothing more than hoping to use his influence to try to curb piracy, help pass the review, and help him get a few more screening lines when it was released...... This is not a difficult thing, so Zhang Yimou said: "Is that all? I guess you have something else going on, right? ”

Su Li nodded and said, "Yes...... Mr. Zhang, in the future, my film studio may be upgraded to an entertainment company that includes movies, TV dramas, and TV variety shows......"

Hearing Su Li say this, he completely understood that it is not a simple matter to set up such a company in China, and he needs to be able to help with these things. In this way, the residual value of this script can basically be indebted.

It's just that Zhang Yimou also knows that Su Li is playing a small abacus, as long as he has a relationship with Zhang Yimou, he can pull Zhang Yimou's tiger skin when he does things in the future...... But he didn't want to go into the minutiae now, he thought of something else.

Many old people in the entertainment industry, whether they are directors or actors, after reaching a certain age, finally hope that some of their skills can be continued, and at this time, they gradually begin to support newcomers. This is not only a kind of social responsibility for the new to replace the old, but also a kind of psychological sustenance for the old.

Of course, Zhang Yimou occasionally supports newcomers and brings newcomers, and he is thinking of such things now.

The reason for bringing a newcomer is that the newcomer has some places that attract the old man, and what Su Li attracted to Zhang Yimou is his kind of screenwriting talent, and more importantly, the kind of actions that seem to be methodical!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yimou's face became a little serious: "I know...... Can you show me the script for your studio's upcoming film? ”

Su Li was very surprised to hear Zhang Yimou's question, because he couldn't imagine what Zhang Yimou thought, and of course he wouldn't suspect that Zhang Yimou would plagiarize his own script because of this-he is also the top director in China, and it is impossible for him to do that kind of thing.

Therefore, Su Li's emotions were a little strange, I don't know why Zhang Yimou made this request, but strange is strange, he still handed the script to Zhang Yimou's hands.

Zhang Yimou took the script and said: "That's it, it's not too late, you go back first, two days at the latest, I will give you an accurate answer to this matter......"

(To be continued)