"Hehe, Senior Ning Hao, it seems that Director Zhang is about to order your general, Yuquan's words are also very likely, you two better prepare quickly!" Xiao Yang poked his head over and smiled as a thief.

Of course, Lin Yuquan also found clues from it, did not speak, and smiled confidently, while Ning Hao looked at the two of them with some suspicion.

"Senior Ning Hao, you shouldn't know yet!" Xiao Yang said incredulously.

Lin Yuquan was also a little surprised.

"Know what?" Ning Hao's eyes were even more puzzled.

"Naturally, Director Zhang wants to select a director in our academy!" At that moment, Xiao Yang concisely and easily told Ning Hao the ins and outs of the matter.

"Is there such a thing?" Ning Hao really didn't know about this, he racked his brains during this time, and he had been busy with the new movie script, where could he take care of anything else.

And even now that he knows about it, Ning Hao is only slightly impressed, and he has no intention of being the assistant director of Zhang Yimou's new film.

"You're not tempted?" Xiao Yang asked incredulously, that is the assistant director of Zhang Yi's new film, Ning Hao didn't really care about it.

Ning Hao replied quite simply: "It's not a film investment, why should I be tempted!" To put it bluntly, the assistant director is just a high-paying job, and only those unsatisfactory directors who can't get ahead will be willing to rush to do it. ”

"Awesome!" Lin Yuquan gave a thumbs up with his right hand, his heart was full of feelings, he had not been in contact with Ning Hao for a long time, but Ning Hao's eye-catching ability and fanatical love for movies made him admire it tightly in his heart.

"Ning Hao, tell me your opinion."

Sure enough, it was Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrived.

was named by Zhang Yi, but Ning Hao's expression was not nervous at all, he pondered for a while, and then said aloud: ""Hero" has reached a very high level in terms of visuals, sound effects, martial arts scenes, themes, and color applications, I won't go into too much detail in this regard, I mainly want to talk about the plot. In the film, both Nameless and Remnant Sword try to convey the concept of calling for peace in the world in front of Emperor Qin in their own way, and such a theme is undoubtedly very noble. But throughout the film, the theme is almost realized by the palace dialogue and the fights in the memory, but it is inevitably a little weaker. Moreover, such a simple plot structure and pale dialogue content also greatly reduce the excitement of the film, and it can only rely on gorgeous audio-visual effects to arouse the audience's interest. But any classic is supported by a wonderful plot, if there is no talker-about plot, no matter how brilliant it was at the time, it was just a flash in the pan, a few years later, people's memory of "Hero" may only stay at the box office figure of 250 million and the all-star lineup composed of Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung and others, but they can't remember the story. Therefore, in the next commercialization process of mainland films, aside from artistry, the plot of the film must be carefully crafted, and its genre must also be enriched, rather than blindly following the trend of classical martial arts and Feng's comedy, otherwise the subject matter will be rotten and the market will be rotten, just like Hong Kong before, after experiencing a glorious period, it fell rapidly. In this regard, we can learn from Hollywood, Hong Kong in the 70s and 80s, and as filmmakers, we need to make genre films that the public likes to see. I think making genre films is a crucial step in the industrialization of Chinese films, and it is also a necessary step, only in this way can we make movies that the audience loves to watch, in order to cultivate our national film industry before Hollywood movies are all killed, in order to make the audience like to watch the movies made by Chinese themselves, in order to let more and more audiences enter the cinema, so that China's film market will become better and better. I think there is only one way, and now it seems that there is no other better way out. And those directors who can't keep up with the pace of the times and only pay attention to artistry, while winning the love of the jury of several major European film festivals, will get farther and farther away from the public, and will eventually be abandoned by the public. ”

As soon as Ning Hao's words fell, the scene suddenly resounded with bursts of applause.

Zhang Yimou's eyes are even more different, although he has learned from Xie Fei about Ning Hao's amazing talent, but he still feels very incredible, his attention to the plot makes him feel overwhelmed, the plot is indeed the hard injury of "Hero", after filming "Ambush on All Sides", he is even more deeply aware of this, so he did not hesitate to personally ask Zou Jingzhi, the recognized No. 1 screenwriter in China, to be the screenwriter of this new film.

And among the people he came into contact with, except for Feng Xiaogang and Jiang Wen, Ning Hao's understanding of the future domestic film pattern is the most mature.

To be honest, with the improvement of the mainland film market in the past two years, he has become more and more worried, there is no shortage of good literary directors in China, but commercial films are almost supported by him and Feng Xiaogang, but how can the two of them compete with Hong Kong directors who are flocking to the mainland market.

Count those shining names, Zhou Xingchi, Cheng Jiashang, Chen Kexin, Wang Jin, Du Qifeng, Liu Zhenwei, Wu Yusen, Xu Ke, Wong Kar-wai, Er Dongsheng, Mak Zhaohui, Zhuang Wenqiang, Cheng Xiaodong, Yuan Heping

Now the mainland urgently needs more and more commercial directors to stand up, whether it is Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen and other famous directors, or Ning Hao and other unknown young directors, how can the domestic big screen lack the presence of domestic filmmakers.

Although Hong Kong and Taiwan nominally belong to China, they have always been incompatible with the mainland, and the performers in the two places have always had a sense of arrogance, believing that they are above the mainland performers. For example, although he has won numerous international awards, he has never been recognized by the people of both places.

Not only him, but Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige and others are in a similar situation to him, so he is holding his breath from the bottom of his heart, to prove himself, a "Hero" is not enough, he still needs more works, and hopes that more filmmakers can do this.

What makes Zhang Yi satisfied is that he was able to find a talent like Ning Hao and an unexpected surprise like Xiao Yang in a back-to-school exchange, and the only regret may be that he did not find an excellent candidate for assistant director.

Ning Hao is really good, but judging from his "Incense" filmed last year, the two have completely different directing styles, and the cooperation will not only not produce gains, but will hinder the shooting of new films, which is really a pity.

Time flies, and the creative exchange meeting is gradually coming to an end.

"Who is Lin Yuquan? Oh, there, hehe, the young man is very handsome, tell me what you think! Zhang Yi had an inexplicable smile on his face, since he learned about Lin Yuquan's situation from Zhang Huijun and Xie Fei, he was curious about this young man, how could a beginner who became a monk halfway progress faster than a student in the directing department of the film academy, and he even specially watched the short film shot by Lin Yuquan in the director training class, although some places are still immature, but as a beginner in the director department, the level is quite high.

Of course, Lin Yuquan didn't know Zhang Yimou's attitude towards him, his mind was focused on the next point to be said, because he had been prepared for a long time, so he soon had a plan in his heart.

"Undoubtedly, "Hero" is an extremely successful domestic blockbuster, which can be called a milestone in the commercialization of domestic films, and it actually has too many success factors. But in terms of the action design of the movie, I have a different opinion, and I would like to share it with you. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yuquan paused, looked around, and then continued: "As we all know, the most successful part of "Hero" lies in its unprecedented visual effects in the history of domestic films, and among them, the martial arts scenes designed by Cheng Xiaodong are the most attractive. It is undeniable that such a beautiful martial arts scene is indeed very comfortable to watch. However, do you think it really fits into the "Heroes" setting? ”

It was as if a stone was suddenly thrown into the calm lake, which immediately broke the atmosphere of the venue.

Many people look at Lin Yuquan as if they were a clown, this is a beautiful martial arts scene praised by almost everyone! But in Lin Yuquan, it has become an anachronistic, such a ridiculous point of view, what is it if it is not grandstanding?

Lin Yuquan didn't care about it, and continued unaffected: "Although in "Hero", Nameless and Changkong, Feixue, Remnant Sword and others are all regarded by us as knights full of justice, but they are assassins after all. What the Assassin's methods should be, he will silently, without the alertness of the target, use a possible tool to carry out a deadly attack. Yes, I also know that if it were really a completely assassin duel, it would be much less enjoyable to watch. But even if a head-to-head duel between several people is arranged for the sake of ornamentation, the authenticity and logic of the fights between assassins in the era of cold weapons should be taken into account. Take the martial arts scene in the first scene of the movie as an example, the seven masters of the Qin Palace found Changkong in the teahouse and arrested him, but in order to set off Changkong and the nameless ones who appeared later, the seven masters were manipulated like dolls, first one person was defeated by Changkong, and then two people joined forces to defeat Changkong, and then four people were defeated by Changkong, so the seven people who failed miserably let Changkong leave leisurely like a walk. But is that really the case? If this was the case, Emperor Qin would have died a thousand times a long time ago. Besides, the nameless and Changkong who appeared later fought directly in the teahouse as if no one was around, and under the sound of the piano, he closed his eyes and stalemate for half an hour, you must know that there are seven masters of the Qin Palace in the teahouse at this time! As for the martial arts scenes that unfold with the plot later, they are also reduced to juggling for the sake of visual effects, and the concept of fighting between various ideas has completely abandoned the traditional martial arts, so that several people do not have the posture that assassins should have. And the whole play also seems to be a theme of several people who have been arranged to be assassins in juggling and shouting for peace, which seems hollow and superficial. Therefore, although it seems that there is only a flaw in the action design, it really affects the theme of the whole movie. ”

Zhang Yimou's whole body was shocked, in the past two years, all he heard in his ears were praises for the visual effects of the martial arts of "Hero", and even he himself was complacent about it, so when filming "Ambush on All Sides", he intensified his efforts to shoot the martial arts scenes more beautifully, originally thought that it would be well received after the release, but now after listening to Lin Yuquan's words, he realized that he was outrageously wrong, and there are too many absurd scenes in such action design.

"So what kind of action design do you think is suitable for Heroes?" Zhang Yi asked with some expectation, of course, even he didn't think that Lin Yuquan could give any substantive advice, after all, Lin Yuquan was able to perceive this point very well, but to say that only action design masters like Yuan Heping and Cheng Xiaodong had this ability.

And it was not only Zhang Yi who was deeply shocked, but those who previously thought that Lin Yuquan was grandstanding and making nonsense now felt that their faces were hot, they only focused on the artistry and ornamentation of martial arts movements, and even ignored the authenticity and logic of the scene.

At this time, under Zhang Yi's question, everyone's eyes invariably moved to Lin Yuquan's face, holding their breath and waiting for him to answer.

There seemed to be an invisible pressure rushing towards him, but to Lin Yuquan, it was nothing, he just chuckled, and then said confidently: "The easiest way is to let Yuan Heping be the martial arts instructor, his style is true and coherent, and he is proficient in various factions of kung fu, and the assassin's fight design will definitely not be difficult for him." Of course, if it were me to do it, I would. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yuquan immediately gestured with his hand in combination with the assassin situation that the cultivator had seen during his ordinary travels.