"Mr. Wang, can you tell us about the work directed by Junya Sato?" After finalizing the cooperation of "The Last Emperor", Xu Wangqiu found Shen Long again and talked about cooperation with the Japanese film industry.

"Dunhuang" is based on Mr. Inoue's work of the same name, is a project prepared by Mr. Tokuma Yasukuai to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, this project is expected to invest 4.5 billion yen, and the Japanese side even intends to rebuild an ancient Dunhuang city according to the documents left by the ancient city of Dunhuang." Shen Long gave a briefing on the situation.

"This time, they heard that I was going to talk to you about cooperation, so they asked someone from Toei Co., Ltd. to come and listen to what you mean." In addition to asking Shen Long to help spread the word, they also wanted him to be in charge of the soundtrack of "Dunhuang", and they were deeply impressed by the success of "Three Kingdoms".

"It turned out to be the work of Mr. Yasukuai Tokuma and director Junya Sato, Mr. Tokuma and director Sato are our old friends, and we will definitely support his project." Xu Wangqiu said with a smile.

Tokuma Yasukuai was a pacifist who was received by Premier Zhou after the founding of New China because he had his teeth broken by right-wingers for opposing the war during World War II. After the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, he devoted himself to the exchange of cultural circles between the two countries.

The Sino-Japanese co-production of the anti-Japanese ****-themed film "A Game of Unfinished Chess" that Chinese audiences are familiar with and love is a cooperation between the Japanese Daiei Film Company hosted by Yasushi Tokuma and the Chinese side, and the director of this film is also Junya Sato, so as soon as he heard that it was them, Xu Wangqiu was immediately relieved.

And later generations of fans know Tokuma Yasukuai for another reason, he is one of the founders of Studio Ghibli, "Valley of the Wind", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Witch Home Delivery Service", "Enchanted Princess" and other blockbuster animated films were completed with his support, it can be said that without his support, there would be no future Miyazaki.

With the help of Shen Long, the "Last Emperor" project team was able to start filming earlier than in history, Shen Long returned to New York and told Bertruch about the relevant situation, and China Film Company quickly sent Xu Wangqiu over and signed a formal contract with the crew, and Bertruch immediately came to the capital with the crew.

And Shen Long also came with the crew with Ang Lee, they started filming in the Forbidden City, Ang Lee was busy helping Betruch coordinate the crew, and Shen Long's soundtrack work didn't start until post-production, so he didn't have anything to do for the time being, but he wasn't idle.

Every day in the crew to help the two sides communicate and coordinate, after all, this is the first time that China Film Company has cooperated with European and American directors, the habits of the two sides are very different, at the beginning it is inevitable to encounter some bumps and panpans, there are people like Shen Long who understand the ideas of both sides at the same time to communicate in the middle, these bumps and panpans have never brewed a big contradiction.

He has also formed a good relationship with the staff of China Film Company, but many of them will become bigwigs in the Chinese film and television industry in the future, and Shen Long will return to China in the future to find them if he wants to develop in this area.

After the initial run-in and adaptation, Shen Long's work gradually became easier, so he supervised the crew with the staff of the Forbidden City to prevent them from destroying cultural relics, and at the same time asked them about the history and allusions of the Forbidden City, which felt quite rewarding.

The staff of the Forbidden City were also surprised by Shen Long's attainments in cultural relics, "Mr. Wang, I think you can come to us as an expert when it comes to the study of cultural relics in the Tang and Song dynasties!" ”

"Hehe, I'm just bold enough to say it casually, you guys are overrated." Shen Long said modestly, in fact, no matter how awesome an expert is, he is also rummaging things in the pile of old papers, which is comparable to a traveler like him who has lived in the Tang and Song dynasties for many years, and some of the cultural relics in it were born under his nose.

For example, the calligraphy and painting works of those people in the Song Dynasty, Shen Long was good friends with them back then, and asked them for calligraphy and painting.

"By the way, I've made a little money outside these years, seeing that the Forbidden City's funds are so tight, and many precious cultural relics are not well protected, I feel uncomfortable, so I want to donate some money to the Forbidden City, I don't know if there is a problem?" Now it is not as good as the future generations, even the Forbidden City is very short of funds, Shen Long is impulsive and wants to do something for them.

Someone wants to send money? How could the Forbidden City refuse? After asking the leader, he immediately accepted Shen Long's kindness and thanked Shen Long.

With this relationship, Shen Long can eat more openly in the Forbidden City, and many undeveloped places can also be visited, and even some precious cultural relics can be appreciated accompanied by the staff.

This also brought new inspiration to Shen Long, in the later stage of filming in the Forbidden City, he sat there every day, writing and painting with a five-line song, and people passing by took it easy, they knew that the artist could not be disturbed when creating.

After completing the filming in the Forbidden City, the crew moved to the Northeast to continue filming, and at this time Shen Long did not follow, but returned to New York to continue to refine his harvest in the Forbidden City.

In the second year, Bertruch finally completed the filming of "The Last Emperor" and returned to New York with Ang Lee.

"Mr. Wang, then the rest of the work will be handed over to you and David, by the way, are those tunes you wrote when you were in the Forbidden City for this movie?" Bertruch asked.

"Not really, I was writing something else at the time, but rest assured, Mr. Bertrucci, I'll be sure to deliver a soundtrack that satisfies you." Shen Long said with a smile.

"That's good, I'll be patient and wait for you and David's tune." Bertruch nodded, "Oh, by the way, can you take the liberty of asking, what kind of tune did you write at that time?" ”

"Ah, it's also a song related to the Forbidden City, and now I've handed it over to the music company to start the production of the album, I believe you will be able to hear these songs in a while." Shen Long didn't reveal much information for the time being.

Shen Long, along with David Byrne, spent some time working on the soundtrack for The Last Emperor, and then handed over the finished product to Bertruch for him to complete the post-production of the film.

And at this time, Shen Long's new album was officially released.