They also brought Shen Long a good news, "Old Well" was taken by director Wu Tianming and wanted to adapt this into a movie, and when he heard that they were coming to Shaanxi, they asked Shen Long what he meant first.

"This is a good thing, I still trust Director Wu's ability." Shen Long agreed, this was originally Wu Tianming's movie, and Shen Long didn't feel at ease when he handed it over to others, "When I have time, I'll change the script first!" ”

"Well, that's for the best." Seeing Shen Long's agreement, Chen Kaige was relieved, "But Director Wu is now co-directing "Kinship" with director Teng Wenji, and after that, he will shoot "River Without Navigation", I am afraid that I will not be able to spare time to shoot "Old Well" for the time being, and it will be two or three years later at the earliest." ”

"It's okay, if you want to make a good movie, you can't rush it." Shen Long doesn't care much, he won't be excited about the script fee of more than 1,000 yuan now, and "Old Well" was originally a work in 1987, even if filming starts in two or three years, it will be much earlier than the original history.

"Then let's go to Huangyuan to survey the scenery first? Shaoping, do you have time? Chen Kaige asked, the three of them are now familiar with each other, and they all call each other by their names.

"Well, no problem, writing, you can go there." Shen Long agreed, he hadn't gone home for a long time, and he just took this opportunity to go home to take a look, and he didn't know what happened to Shao'an's brick factory.

"Shaoping, do you have any new works recently?" Chen Kaige asked, Zhang Yimou also showed an expectant expression, it is not easy to find a good story now, and it is even more difficult to meet a good story suitable for his own shooting, thanks to the good relationship between the two of them and Shen Long, they can see the unpublished works in advance.

"Recently, I am planning to write a long novel, and it is estimated that it will take several years." Shen Long handed them the manuscript of "Loess High Heaven", "I'm afraid this story is not easy to adapt into a movie, and the length is a bit long; But I'll also write some short stories in the past few years, and if there's something suitable for the two of you, I'll show it to both of you first. ”

"Oh, by the way, there are a few more short sci-fi stories here, you two can check them out." Shen Long handed over "The Country Teacher", "Chinese Sun" and "Happy Hunting" to them, and an impulse suddenly surged in his heart, I wonder what it would be like for these two to make science fiction films? It must be interesting, right?

"Science fiction? Shaoping, why did you think about writing this? Chen Kaige looked disgusted, affected by the times, he can't look down on this thing now, although Zhang Yimou didn't speak, looking at his expression is also a meaning.

Tsk, I'm a little unconvinced, Shen Long thought for a while and said, "Have you two watched Star Wars?" "Now "Star Wars" is obviously impossible to be released in China, but they are both Nortel, and Nortel students often watch some foreign classics, maybe they have really seen them.

"I've seen it, and the story structure is quite a bit of Kurosawa's "Warring States Heroes"." Zhang Yimou replied sullenly, the answer was somewhat unexpected by Shen Long, but it was reasonable to think about it, from the director's point of view, Zhang Yimou must pay more attention to the story structure and the use of the camera, and Kurosawa is his and Lucas's idol.

"That's not what I'm going to say, I don't know where I saw the information last time, it is said that several big directors in Xiangjiang were shocked after watching "Star Wars", saying that they were confident to make a movie like "The Godfather", but they couldn't make "Star Wars" at all." Shen Long didn't bother with Akira Kurosawa.

"Star Wars can be compared to "The Godfather", from an artistic point of view, these two works are not at the same level at all." Chen Kaige retorted.

"But, you tell me, if you were asked to direct, would it be harder to make 'The Godfather' or 'Star Wars'?" Shen Long asked rhetorically.

"......Forehead" Chen Kaige stopped talking, these two works are beyond his current ability, but if you think about it seriously, it is obvious that "Star Wars" is more difficult, this has nothing to do with art, more technical problems.

"We can't shoot "Star Wars" at all, the technology used in it is too advanced." Zhang Yimou is honest, he told the truth, and issued the same emotion as Director Xiangjiang.

"Due to the influence of television, the box office growth of American movies has been slow, and it was not until the advent of Star Wars that audiences were pulled back into the cinema; I think this will happen in the future in China. "Look at the domestic movies of the 90s, what has become of them.

"Therefore, at this time, special effects movies with great visual impact can get a higher box office." From "Star Wars" to Marvel movies, even in China, it is Zhang Yimou's "Hero" that brings the audience back to the cinema.

"A simple feature film is no different from watching it on TV and watching it in a movie theater, and sometimes it's even better to watch it on TV at home." "The Shawshank Redemption" is like this, the movie lost money at the box office in theaters, and the videotapes were sold and rented but made a lot of money, and when you think about it, such a movie is indeed more suitable to enjoy quietly at home.

"And if you want to shoot special effects blockbusters, then fantasy works such as science fiction and mythology are obviously more suitable, so I tried to do some science fiction creation, and I hope that in the future, we can also make visual blockbusters like "Star Wars"." After talking for a long time, Shen Long went back to the topic.

The directors of Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou's generation pay too much attention to art films, except for the two of them, there are not many who can achieve results at the box office in the future, which is not a good thing for domestic films.

The two of them are still young now, and they have not yet developed the temperament that will be invincible in the future, listening to Shen Long say it so seriously, although it is a little conflicting with their own inherent concepts, they still pick up these science fiction and look at it.

"Hey, this work is kind of interesting." For "Country Teacher" and "Chinese Sun", Chen Kaige doesn't like it very much, but "Happy Hunting" makes him want to stop.

Are you also interested in these strange stories? Shen Long remembered the failed "Legend of the Demon Cat" in the future, and didn't know what Chen Kaige would be like when he came to shoot "Happy Hunting".

"If this movie is going to be made, it can't be done now, at least twenty or thirty years later." Shen Long said regretfully, it seems that he will not be able to see it in a short time.

Slightly changed the minds of the two great directors, Shen Long returned to Huangyuan with them the next day, went to Yuanxi County to survey the location, and made preliminary preparations for the filming of the film.

As soon as he returned to Yuanxi County, Shen Long heard very bad news that Shao'an's brick factory had collapsed, and Shao'an was now on the verge of bankruptcy.