Chapter 44: After the Premiere
Walking into the venue, Gu Bei carefully looked at the environment of the theater, like most theaters, mainly in dim tones, the front stage is more than 50 square meters, a huge screen is quietly hung directly behind the stage, this is a medium-sized theater, often used to perform dramas, stage plays, performances.
There were about 400-500 spectators present, and nearly 100 reporters and film critics sat at the front, but the most eye-catching thing was the guests at the front, and the film and television and entertainment companies in Peking basically attended the meeting, although they were not important figures, but they were enough to witness Zhang Yimou's appeal.
On the contrary, the star-studded star artists rarely attended, only Chen Zhiming, Ge Wei, and Gu Changwei attended, which may also be related to Zhang Yimou's previous preference for literary films, and he didn't know many popular stars.
Gu Bei sat in his position, his eyes were completely attracted by Zhang Yimou who was talking eloquently in the center of the stage, this was also the first time Gu Bei felt that a person's aura would be so strong, and looked back at the audience, Gu Bei was very self-aware, more than ninety percent of them came to Zhang Yimou's name.
It turns out that a person will shine his own light, not only in literary sublimation, but also in real personality charm.
A smile rose at the corner of Gu Bei's mouth, and he was even more determined to take this road, maybe even Gu Bei himself didn't know that he already had a goal to strive for.
"Gu Bei, what do you think of the movie?"
Zhang Ziyi's question interrupted Gu Bei's thoughts, and he looked over curiously, only to see Zhang Ziyi's face obviously revealing a nervous look, and after a little thought, Gu Bei understood that this was Zhang Ziyi's first work in the strict sense, and Gu Bei was also very excited and nervous before the premiere of "Carry Love to the End".
Sometimes, the original intention is so simple and simple, and people who have not really stepped into the adult world are often the simplest, but with the ruthlessness of age, people will look forward to the people around them becoming simpler and simpler, and at the same time, they will become more and more complex.
Gu Bei looked at the immaturity on Zhang Ziyi's face, and couldn't help but say to himself: "How good it would be if you were as simple as this in the future." ”
"Huh?" Zhang Ziyi didn't understand the meaning of Gu Bei's words, Qiong frowned slightly, "What did you say?" ”
"I said, if you don't believe in yourself, you should also believe in the director, I can see that the director is still making movies with his heart, and it will not be wrong to do one thing with his heart, and although I have not directly played with you, I can see that in this play, you are very attentive, very pure, and have the charm of a performer."
Hearing Gu Bei's words, Zhang Ziyi didn't think too much, and was obviously relieved: "That's good, I'm confident." ”
Hearing this, Gu Bei smiled and said nothing, and continued to appreciate the charm that belongs to Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yimou has never been an extrovert, but when it comes to his favorite film career, Zhang Yimou always has a faint and confident smile on his face.
The premiere went smoothly, without reporters and audiences, Gu Beian quietly enjoyed the solo show of a confident director.
Zhang Yimou at the end of the 90s was the peak moment of the edge, if nothing else, the box office of "My Father and Mother" will not be too bad, when asked about the box office expectations, Gu Bei just said lightly: "The director is a national teacher in the Chinese film industry, and the movies of the national teacher will not be bad at the box office." ”
This is the first time that someone has called Zhang Yimou a national teacher, originally waited until 2008 after Zhang Yimou directed the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and no one called Zhang Yimou a national teacher, but this life was set a precedent by Gu Bei.
At the dinner after the premiere, Zhang Yimou also mentioned his itinerary plan to go to Germany to participate in the Berlin International Film Festival again, Zhang Ziyi and Zheng Hao, one of the two leading actors is about to graduate, and the other is a teacher at the School of Drama, and they both have enough free time to go.
Gu Bei is now a minor in the film and television screenwriting major of the School of Drama, and has been warned again and again by his mentor Tian Youliang that Gu Bei is now ready to focus on his studies, "Carry on Love to the End" was filmed before entering school, "My Father and Mother" started filming during the winter vacation, and "That Mountain, That Man and That Dog" is expected to start filming in the summer vacation at the end of the freshman year.
When "My Father and Mother" was released step by step, Gu Bei's life also returned to plain, but the original four musketeers became two musketeers, Liu Ye and Qin Hailu were filming their debut films "Durian Piao" and "Lan Yu", leaving only Gu Bei and Deng Chao, two difficult brothers, to occasionally have fun on the basketball court.
A few months later, Gu Bei and Deng Chao lay on the familiar grass again, blowing a pleasant evening breeze.
"Lao Gu, when will Lao Ye come back?"
"Come on, Brother Ye called and said that the filming was almost over, and Sister Hailu should be soon, but ......" Gu Bei thought of the call with Liu Ye not long ago, and was a little worried, "I'm afraid that Brother Ye will be too involved in the play." ”
"No, although "Lan Yu" is a same-sex theme, it won't be too deep in the drama in the past few months, right?"
"Brother Ye told me that Director Guan liked his and Hu Jun's performances very much, and he was afraid that they would get too deep into the play, so he suggested that they delete each other's contact information for a period of time after filming, and both parties would leave each other's world."
Gu Bei's words made Deng Chao think a lot, thinking of himself, at the age of about 20, he always loves to think crankily, and his boundless imagination is just the fear of the future and the awe of the unknown, and many times, he can't think of a specific conclusion.
The sunset in the evening went down a little more, and Deng Chaocai said casually: "Xiaobei, you say, what will happen to us in the future?" ”
"I don't know, the future is too far away, no one can say, I want to live a happy life, but I can only be alone now, right?"
"Don't say that, it's really not easy for you to go all the way, but you have a lot of them now, such as me."
The corners of Gu Bei's mouth raised slightly, and he said with disgust: "Can you not be so numb?" ”
Deng Chao sat up and looked at Gu Bei with burning eyes, Gu Bei, who was originally very relaxed, suddenly became nervous, and said weakly: "That, Brother Chao, I don't look for a girlfriend because I haven't met a suitable one, not because you think, I'm a serious person." ”
"What do you think?" Deng Chao patted Gu Bei angrily and said, "I think so, we don't know what the future will be, so let's write some East XZ in a certain place now, five years, or ten, fifteen, twenty years, and then take it out to reminisce." ”
Gu Bei thought about it and sat up: "You can also make a few jars of wine, and take them out when you get married or when I get married." ”
"Let's write the wedding message together."
"What if we don't get married?"
"Let's make do with that."
Just do it, Gu Bei immediately went to the old man's house in Nangong to borrow a car, and drove Deng Chao to the mall to buy a few boxes with better sealing, and for insurance, he also bought some desiccant and plastic film.
As for the wine, it was the local wine that Deng Chao and Gu Bei rushed to the village on the outskirts of Beiping overnight to buy, brewed from pure sorghum, a total of five altars, one for Deng Chao's wedding, one for Gu Bei's wedding, and the other three altars were taken out after ten, twenty, and thirty years.
The method of sealing the altar was taught by the farmers who sold wine, Gu Bei and Deng Chao didn't know how long they could keep it like this, but both of them would work hard to preserve this friendship.
The next day, the two of them buried the written wedding message, future prospects, and the five jars of wine on a barren mountain in the Beipingfang Mountains, which is a deserted suburb that will not be developed for decades in the memory of the old demon HC......