Chapter 3: Licking Honey on the Cliff (2)
"Contemptible for the rest of your life, Mr. Zhang's name is like thunder!" The compliments for the rest of my life are sincere.
The name Zhang Shankun is definitely not unfamiliar to the petty bourgeoisie who made a living from old movies in later generations. The development of Chinese films, during the Anti-Japanese War, was divided into five parts. That is, the films of the Kuomintang region, Yan'an films, isolated island films, films of the occupied areas and Hong Kong films.
Among them, the most left over from the shooting films is the island movie, and among the island movies, the most influential thing is the series of movies shot by Zhang Shankun's company in front of him! Occupy almost half of the film industry on the isolated island!
Among them, the most famous is Chen Yunsheng's "Mulan in the Army"! After the release, for several months, the audience was full! This fat man made a lot of money because of this.
It's just that this fat man was on a lonely island, although he made patriotic films that promoted national righteousness. But it's a wall-riding faction. When the Japanese did not call, they used the past as a metaphor for the present to promote the national righteousness to attract the public to watch the movie.
Once the island fell, he served as the deputy general manager and director of the production department of the China Film United Co., Ltd. established by Wang Jingwei's puppet government. Until he found that the Japanese were gradually losing their ability, he began to contact the Kuomintang again, and was arrested by the Japanese.
Later, after spending a lot of money to ask for bail, in the process of fleeing, he was arrested by the Kuomintang army. He was imprisoned until after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, when he was scolded as a traitor and had to flee to Hong Kong.
After Zhang Shankun greeted Yu Sheng, he turned to reveal the man behind him, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a sigh of surprise like sudden realization: "This is Mr. Bu Wancang!" I have seen Mr. Bu for the rest of my life! ”
If you say, Zhang Shankun is only a businessman who has invested successfully in the film industry. Then Bu Wancang is really a leading figure who supported the early Chinese film industry.
He started as an apprentice in the film industry, first learning cinematography and then becoming a director. In the fifteenth year of the Republic of China, he directed his first work "Yujie Bingqing", which was a great success, and made the protagonist of the film, Zhang Zhiyun, become the queen of the movie!
From then on, it was out of control! During the filming of "The Named Couple", Bu Wancang openly recruited the heroine of the movie! And from the many candidates, Ruan Lingyu was chosen! This is a generation of legends!
And the "Mulan in the Army" invested by Zhang Shankun is also directed by Bu Wancang. Moreover, Chen Yunsheng, who played Mulan, also became famous in one fell swoop!
Now at this time, it is the peak of Bu Wancang's career. His influence in the film industry, just like Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, and Ang Lee in later generations, can easily create a star and a successful movie.
Although the two historical celebrities in front of him made the rest of his life like thunder, in the memory of the rest of his life and future generations, he fully knew the ins and outs of these two people in front of him, and fully knew their future encounters and fates. Therefore, although there is respect and curiosity for these two people, there is no fear in the attitude.
Not humble or arrogant, calm and calm. It seems that he is not facing two tycoons who are hanging out in Shanghai, but just two old historical photos.
Bu Wancang and Zhang Shankun have never met anyone with such an attitude towards them, and they can't help but be curious.
Bu Wancang asked, "Mr. Yu is so young, I don't know where to go up?" Have we met before? ”
"The contemptible people have just arrived in Shanghai Tang. Although I had never met Mr. Bu before, I was very fond of the film industry and had seen Mr. Bu's photos in newspapers. Now that Mr. Bu is in person, it is really contemptible luck! ”
Zhang Shankun next to him smiled: "Mr. Yu also likes movies, so you might as well communicate with Mr. Bu, it will be very beneficial!" ”
Bu Wancang also smiled: "I don't know what kind of movies Mr. Yu likes?" Boss Zhang is going to make a movie, and he is worrying, what kind of movie does everyone like! Mr. Yu might as well talk about it. ”
Yu Shengdao: "Although I like movies, to be honest, I don't like the current film format very much!" The shots are always coherent long shots, shooting a very long scene at a time, and then several long shots are connected to make a story, which is really boring. ”
"......" Bu Wancang and Zhang Shankun originally just asked casually, thinking that a young man in his twenties, even if he likes movies, he is just watching a lively one. Who would have thought that the young man in front of him would be able to say such a professional term.
Bu Wancang couldn't help but say: "So, what is Mr. Yu's understanding of movie lenses?" ”
Yu Sheng found that Bu Wancang had no anger at all, and he had no intention of temptation, he was really talking sincerely. Xindao, this person who can go from an apprentice to a famous director is really not simple. Learning has almost become an instinct for him, and there is no shelf of a famous director in the face of knowledge.
"I think that today's movies all take the coherence of action as the standard of shooting. One scene at a time, and in this scene, all the actions and scenes have to be expressed by the actors. This is not right! Can't you break up a continuous action? Can't you break down a long shot into many short shots? ”
"Well, what Mr. Yu said makes sense, but won't it seem too messy?"
"But maybe it's going to be more tense! If there are three shots of A, B and C, A is a person laughing, B is pointing a pistol at him, and C is the same person with a frightened look on his face. Then different connections will have different effects! ”
"If it is connected in the order of A, B, and C, then the causal relationship is that a person who is laughing becomes frightened because he is pointed at a pistol. Then this person is a coward! But what if you reversed the order? What about replacing it with C, B, and A? ”
Then the causal relationship becomes, there is a person who feels fear, and when the pistol is pointed at him, he laughs. His laughter shows that he gave up fear in the face of death, and he was brave! ”
"The tension of these shots is far stronger than that of one long shot. For example, Ruan Lingyu's "The Goddess", what would happen if the scene of killing was changed to a few short shots at the end? Wouldn't it be more intense? ”
Bu Wancang couldn't help but fall into deep thought. The theory that Yu Sheng told him was the most famous montage theory of later generations! The word montage is derived from the French language and originally meant to splic. In the film theory of the former Soviet Union, it was borrowed as the name of the theory of the combination of film shots. When different lenses are grouped together, they often have meanings that the individual lenses do not have when they were on their own. This kind of meaning is not all the lens itself, it relies on people's associations, people's psychological completion, and people's brains, which produce meanings outside the lens!
People have always trusted what they have speculated on, so the power of this technique is far greater than that of long shots.
The theory of montage is well known in later generations, but in this era, it is extremely advanced! Therefore, a few words from the rest of his life made Bu Wancang, a filmmaker with rich experience who has shot more than 20 movies, excited!
It's like a martial arts master seeing the "Nine Yin True Scripture", and immediately fell into it!
Although Zhang Shankun didn't know how to make movies, his eyebrows and eyes were raised, and he looked at Bu Wancang's expression and asked, "Old Bu, what Mr. Yu said is very reasonable?" ”
"Of course! Many of the shooting methods that Mr. Yu said were things I hadn't thought of before! Mr. Yu is definitely a young talent! ”
"Haha! Lao Bu rarely praises people! Since Mr. Yu has such a talent, why don't you come and help the contemptible people? The treatment is absolutely generous! Zhang Shankun said to the rest of his life.
That's what I've been waiting for for the rest of my life! He hadn't thought about what he was going to do in the future before he came, but since Zhang Shankun and Bu Wancang took the initiative to greet him, he naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity!
"This ...... Of course, the younger generation can't ask for it! It's just that the younger generation has just arrived, and Mr. Zhang has to take care of it more! ”
"Haha! Well said, well said! "Although Zhang Shankun is a wall-riding faction, he has always been bold and careful in business, even at any cost! The price of hiring the rest of his life, a young man who can make Bu Wancang defeated, is less than one-tenth of the price of hiring Bu Wancang!
Although I don't know what the true level of this rest of my life is, it is still worth risking the little money, even if the vision is wrong, the loss is not big; But if it succeeds, it will gain another Bu Wancang who can make stars and box office!
The three of them had their own gains, and they had a very pleasant conversation. Before you know it, the dance party is going to the last part. Many upper-class people, after two hours of jumping around, finally felt tired. Some of them are not interested. Therefore, the design of the last link is extremely appetizing.
And this last link is to select a guest on the spot to perform a show for everyone. And get the corresponding bonus - one thousand silver dollars.
Such a link naturally cannot be a fair extraction. Many high-ranking figures were present, and it was impossible to choose one of them on stage and let everyone entertain. Moreover, the thousand silver dollars were really not attractive to them, but only their income for a day or two. Therefore, the general choice is for young people who have no background, or even voluntarily show their faces.
The rest of his life was unfortunately selected and caught off guard. When the male host from the United States announced his winning name, there was no way back for the rest of his life, so he could only go on stage.
Offstage, Cartress said to Yu Sheng very apologetically: "Dear Yu, I didn't expect them to choose you on stage." However, you don't have to be too embarrassed, just do whatever you want. Although these people in the public board are not so friendly to the Chinese, they will also take into account their status! ”
Yu Sheng smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll scold them twice!" ”
Catress listened to the fat face pale, but it was too late to stop the rest of his agile life.
The host on the stage didn't know whether he wanted to or not, and asked Yu Sheng in English: "Sir, what show will you perform for everyone?" ”
"Let me tell you a story! Do you speak Chinese? Please be my translator! The rest of his life replied in English.
The American host was taken aback by Yu Sheng's fluent English, and after a moment of stunned effort, Yu Sheng had already waved to the audience. The audience fell silent.
In the silence of the night, Yu Sheng slowly spoke: "There is a traveler walking in the desert. Suddenly, a pack of hungry wolves appeared behind him, chasing him and attacking him in groups, turning him into food. ”
The traveler was frightened and ran forward with his life. Of course, this kind of running is just to survive, not to exercise. There was a burst of laughter from the audience.
But how can a man's footsteps be faster than the wolves? When the wolves were about to catch up with him, he found that not far in front of him, there was a deep dry well that had been dry for an unknown number of years, and he jumped into it in order to avoid the wolves. ”
But when he jumped in, he found that not only was there no water in the dry well, but that because it was cool and spacious, there were already numerous poisonous snakes living in it. entwined with each other. When he saw him fall, he spat out the snake letter, bared his fangs, and held his head high for the food to be delivered to the door. There was already a lady in the audience who exclaimed.
"The traveler was shocked. But he found that on the wall of the well beside him, a small tree that had dried up grew diagonally. He hurriedly reached out and grabbed it. So, he stayed in mid-air with the little tree. At this time, the hungry wolf had chased to the mouth of the well, and above his head, there was the long howl of the wolves! ”
"At this time, although there are wolves on the top, there are poisonous snakes downstream, and there is a dilemma. But this traveler is safe for the time being. But just as the traveler breathed a sigh of relief, a strange noise came into his ears. He was shocked to follow the sound, and was dismayed to find that a group of large rats were biting at the roots of the tree with their sharp teeth, and that the time of the life-saving tree was running out. ”
At this moment of life and death, he noticed a drop of honey on the leaf in front of him. So he forgot the hungry wolf above, the viper below, and the little tree that was about to be bitten off by the mouse, closed his eyes, stuck out his tongue, and licked the drop of honey with all his heart. ”
"At this point, that drop of honey on a leaf becomes the only meaning of this traveler's life."
Everyone in the audience listened to the host translate and relay the story of the rest of his life, and there was silence. This is an allusion in the masterpiece "Looking for Qin" written by the later martial arts master Huang Yi. For the rest of my life, I watched Xun Qin Ji with the mood of watching Tokyo, and after a long time, the hormones subsided, and the only thing I remember clearly is this fable.
At this time, it is eloquent, and it has a unique flavor. For a while, everyone in the audience couldn't distinguish the real characters reflected in the fable. If the little tree represents the island where the body is located, and the honey represents the present moment, then what do hungry wolves, poisonous snakes, and rats represent?
Thinking about silence, after the story was told, no one spoke for a moment. After that, the audience burst into applause. There is no manuscript in store at the moment.,Guys.,Give a collection.、Give a recommendation!