Zhang Yimou asked seriously, and Mu Rong also replied seriously: "Chen Zihan's dancing skills are good, Zuo Xiaoqing's physical condition is also good, Liu Yifei's skills are the best, and Zhang Ziyi can also use them." ”

The four he counted out were the actors who had passed the test here.

"I also think that Liu Yifei's conditions are the best and the most suitable for the character."

When Zhang Yimou said this, he asked with a smile: "Liu Yifei has acted with you, right?" I feel like the two of you had a tacit understanding when you played just now. ”

"Done."

Mu Rong nodded in acknowledgement.

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Zhang Yimou didn't ask any more, and said to himself: "Chen Zihan and Zuo Xiaoqing are a little older, and they are not suitable for the role of little sister."

Ziyi is okay, whether it is acting skills or market recognition, she is the best choice, but her acting path is too Western, and the sense of suppressed desire is more mature, and the little sister I want is not like this. ”

After a pause, he tapped lightly on the table and muttered: "Overall, Liu Yifei's conditions are the most suitable, her dancing foundation is very good, and the most rare thing is that there is no craftsmanship in acting, it is natural, and she is still careful, which is very important."

Her age is also similar to the role, the little sister in the background of the script is almost sixteen or seventeen years old, but the problem is here, the play is ancient, but the actor is modern, she is too young, and some scenes cannot be filmed. ”

In the film and television industry, there is no exclusion from using underage actors to act, and there are many child stars who have been filming since childhood.

When Zhang Yimou used to film "No One is Missing", the heroine he used was Wei Minzhi, who was only 13 years old.

However, all sectors of society are very strict about the management of minors starring in film and television dramas, and children's associations and women's federations will inquire about film and television dramas starring minors.

Passion plays strictly prohibit minors from participating in performances, and if they are found, they will be banned.

At the beginning, Chen Chong's "Heavenly Bath" was banned, and one of the important reasons was because Li Xiaolu was only 16 years old when he acted in that play.

Zhang Yimou's play also has passion scenes, although the scale is much smaller than "Heavenly Bath", there will also be kiss scenes and some nude shots.

Therefore, when filming these scenes, Liu Yifei is not very suitable.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Yimou looked at Lihong and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Lihong replied very simply: "With Liu Yifei, delete the passion scene, and use Zhang Ziyi, just find a stand-in." ”

The bystanders were clear, and she pointed out the direction in one sentence.

Hearing her words, Mu Rong's heart moved.

If the passion play is deleted, then it is not unacceptable for Sissi to act in this play.

Zhang Yimou is now an international director, and being able to play the heroine in his play is a great improvement for Sissi.

Scratching his scalp, Zhang Yimou was still a little entangled: "Delete the passion scene, then there will be no foothold for emotional advancement, it's not good!" ”

At this time, Mu Rong suddenly asked: "Director Zhang, you have already proved yourself with "Hero", do you still need to please the audience?" ”

Hearing his question, Zhang Yimou was stunned for a moment, and immediately fell into deep thought.

Mu Rong's question was like a slap in the face, and it woke him up in one fell swoop.

Is Passion Play Really Necessary?

Using obscure lens language to express the surging emotions in the characters' hearts is what he is good at.

When he first filmed "The Red Lantern Hangs High", he cleverly designed the foot-beating sequence, and expressed the character's desires and emotions without using any passionate shots.

But why did he design this kind of passion scene in "Hero" and this "Ambush on All Sides"?

To put it bluntly, it's still for the commerciality of the movie.

For film practitioners, all scenes, pictures, and shots that appear in order to attract the audience are counted as commercial elements.

Supernatural elements such as ghosts, aliens, and monsters in the movie, exciting scenes such as gunfights, drag racing, and explosions, as well as kissing and passionate shots of male and female characters, all belong to the commercial elements that attract audiences to the cinema to watch movies.

And the movies that add these commercial elements to the film are also classified as commercial films, which are considered to be the act of pleasing the audience.

"Hero" is Zhang Yimou's attempt at a highly commercialized film.

He designed grand war scenes and wonderful martial arts scenes in the movie in order to attract the audience to the greatest extent and push up the box office.

The passion scene between Zhang Ziyi and Liang Chaowei in the movie is also for the same purpose.

In the plot design, Liang Chaowei wanted to use Zhang Ziyi's anger to take Maggie Cheung.

If you just express the meaning, you only need a shot of a kiss scene or even a silhouette of a light to achieve the goal.

But in the movie, he pushes the plot through a fragrant passion scene.

It is true that such a shot has a better effect and a greater impact on the audience, but it is indeed a trick and not decent enough.

Before filming "Hero", although Zhang Yimou had also made great achievements in business, he basically shot relatively artistic films.

With the impact of Hollywood movies on the domestic market, Zhang Yimou's concept has also been shaken, and a commercial film like "Hero" came into being.

Before filming "Hero", Zhang Yimou actually didn't know much about his commercial film production ability, and he didn't have much confidence.

But the success of "Hero" completely dispelled his concerns.

He realized that it turned out that commercial movies are not so difficult to make!

"Hero" was a huge commercial success, making Zhang Yimou internationally famous.

However, he is also reminding himself not to indulge in commercial success, but to maintain his artistic pursuits.

However, today he suddenly discovered that he was still unconsciously accustomed to the clever way of shooting, using some easy-to-use commercial elements to promote the plot.

He's getting lazy.

This made him instantly more vigilant.

For an artist, laziness in creation means that he has lost his pursuit.

Is he going to be reduced to a popcorn movie director?

This is absolutely unacceptable to Zhang Yimou.

After thinking for a while, he immediately decided: "Just use Liu Yifei!" I'll change the script. ”

It is true that using Liu Yifei will bring more difficulty to the shooting, adding a lot of work and trouble.

But give up the best option because you're afraid of trouble?

Absolutely not!

Zhang Yimou will never allow himself to be lazy on the road of creation, even if it is a commercial movie!

Hearing his words, Mu Rong picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

Sissi should be happy this time.

As he expected, after returning to the car, he told Liu Yifei the news, and Liu Yifei immediately cheered happily.

However, she is not happy because she can participate in Zhang Yimou's movie, but because she is happy to be able to film with Mu Rong.

"Great! I'll go back to school tomorrow and ask for leave! ”

Liu Yifei was excited.

"Don't worry, it won't start until mid-December!"

Mu Rong asked: "Does the school give you leave?" ”

"Here!"

Liu Yifei happily explained: "Many seniors will ask for leave to go out to film, just tell the teacher!" ”

"Okay, just don't affect your studies."

Mu Rong looked at her happy appearance of humming songs, and asked with a smile: "After filming this drama, we won't have time for the New Year, and we have to join the group after the New Year." ”

"It's fine!"

Liu Yifei leaned over, put her arm around Mu Rong, and said with a smile: "As long as I can be with you!" I'm not afraid of getting tired! ”

"That's good."

Mu Rong pondered for a moment and said, "Then after you take leave, train with me!" ”

"Training for what?"

Liu Yifei was puzzled.

"Throwing knives!"

In this play, the little sister played by Liu Yifei is the daughter of Liu Yunfei, the gang leader in front of the Flying Knife Gate, and she is also a flying knife master.

Although when filming, she only needs to pose for poses, but Mu Rong thinks that it is not bad for her to learn some hidden weapon techniques, at least she can have some self-protection ability when he is away.

"Okay!"

Liu Yifei readily agreed.

Mu Rong picked up Liu Yifei's hand and rubbed her wrist and forearm: "Wrist strength still needs to be strengthened." ”

Liu Yifei's physique is already good among her peers, after all, dancing also requires a lot of strength to dance well.

But if she wants to hurt people with a secret weapon, her strength is not enough.

"Do you want to do push-ups?"

Liu Yifei said proudly: "I can now do thirty standard push-ups in one breath!" ”

Mu Rong scared her: "There are many things to practice, strength, and power methods, you have to practice, it's very hard." ”

"Don't be afraid!"

Liu Yifei is very confident: "I want to become as powerful as you!" ”

"That's still a bit difficult."

Mu Rong smiled and started the car: "I'll go back and teach you a set of breathing methods first, and you can practice first." ”

After returning from Zhuhai, Mu Rong went to get a driver's license.

He drove very steadily, found someone again, and got his photo in less than a week.

drove back to Liu Yifei's house, Liu Xiaoli was still in the company and did not come back, there were only Mu Rong and her at home.

It just so happened that Mu Rong took advantage of this alone time to teach Liu Yifei the method of breathing.

This set of breathing luck methods is the introductory basic technique of the Murong family's Dou Zhuan Xing Shift, which has a good effect on strengthening the body and is very suitable for laying a foundation.

However, Liu Yifei's mind was not on practicing at all, and after learning for a while, she hugged Mu Rong to kiss her, which made Mu Rong's heart become more and more angry.

As a last resort, Mu Rong had no choice but to reprimand her with a straight face, and then she reluctantly sat down obediently and learned honestly.

It took a lot of effort for Mu Rong to teach her this set of exercises, but it also made her boss unhappy.

So, Mu Rong could only hug her and kiss her a few times, coaxing her for a while, before she could be happy again.

After it got dark, Liu Xiaoli also went home.

With Liu Xiaoli here, Liu Yifei is a lot more honest, but she will still "sneak attack" Mu Rong when Liu Xiaoli is not paying attention, and she will never get tired of it.

Liu Xiaoli knew about their small actions, but she didn't say anything.

Sometimes when I accidentally see it, I will pretend not to see it, and turn a blind eye.

It's good to be young!

She sighed with emotion, and couldn't help but think of herself when she was young, immersed in memories.

"Wood!"

Liu Yifei attacked from behind again and kissed Mu Rong on the cheek.

Mu Rong pretended to be displeased and glared back at her, but Liu Yifei didn't care, and ran away with a smile, looking proud.

Mu Rong was very helpless, so he could only come to the kitchen to help Liu Xiaoli cook.

"Zhang Yimou has decided, please ask Qianqian to be the heroine."

Mu Rong told Liu Xiaoli about today's events.

"Really?"

Liu Xiaoli was a little surprised, but not surprised.

She knows her daughter very well, as long as Liu Yifei wants to do something, she will definitely do her best to do it well.

It's just that she's too lazy and rarely interested in wanting to do something.

This time, she was able to work hard to fight for an opportunity and successfully achieve her goal, Liu Xiaoli was very happy for her and proud of her.

However, she hesitated and asked, "How much effort have you made in this matter?" ”

"I didn't help."

Mu Rong shook his head: "I didn't know that she would audition at all, Zhang Yi chose Sissi purely because she was good enough." ”

"Of course."

Liu Xiaoli is very proud.

Don't look at whose daughter it is?

She has been cultivating Sissi as a princess since she was a child, teaching her everything, giving her everything, and letting her grow up carefree.

In her opinion, Sissi is the best girl in the world!

"Cousin! Cousin! ”

Liu Yifei poked her head out of the kitchen, only exposing her head, and shouted at Mu Rong in a low voice.

Mu Rong looked back at her and asked helplessly, "What are you doing?" ”

"You come here, come here."

Liu Yifei beckoned at him and smiled slyly.

"I'm not going, I have to help my aunt cook."

Mu Rong knew exactly what she wanted to do.

She's a pro-addict at all!

"Humph!"

Liu Yifei pouted unhappily, muttered "bad guy" in a sullen manner, and retracted her head.

Liu Xiaoli never looked back, silently cutting vegetables.

But her face was full of helplessness at the moment.

Alas!

Her best daughter!

After the meal, Mu Rong said goodbye and left.

Early the next morning, he drove to a machine processing factory and ordered a batch of flying knives for training.

In addition, he also bought a batch of in-game currency, and thinned the edges by half a circle, leaving an area where his fingers touched.

This is one of the hidden weapons commonly used in ancient times, money darts.

It's just that at that time, copper coins were used for money darts, and it is also suitable to use game coins about the same size as copper plates in modern times.

This kind of hidden weapon is more hidden than flying knives and other hidden weapons, and it is more convenient to use, but it is not easy to practice.

But with Mu Rong's guidance, Liu Yifei must be much easier to learn.

Liu Yifei received a notice from Zhang Yimou the next day, telling her that she had been confirmed to play the heroine.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Yifei went back to school and asked for leave.

For students like Liu Yifei who have become famous, the school is still psychologically prepared, and the approval of leave is also very happy.

The day after taking leave, Liu Yifei followed Mu Rong to the suburbs and began to learn the use of flying knives.

Liu Yifei is very talented in hidden weapons, and after only three days of practice, he can already hit the target with a knife at a distance of five meters.

But compared to her progress in internal strength, this talent can only be regarded as pediatric.

Liu Yifei followed the way Mu Rong taught her, and after only practicing for two days, she already had a slight sense of qi.

You must know that even when he practiced internal strength for the first time in his previous life, he practiced for a whole day before he practiced his sense of qi.

Liu Yifei didn't care much about this, when she told Mu Rong that there was a little mouse running around in her stomach, she followed with a sentence: "Don't believe you touch it?" ”

Mu Rong naturally sees her careful thoughts, so he won't fall for her.

Liu Yifei is getting bolder now.

And after she found out that Mu Rong always controlled herself and refused to cross the thunder pool for half a step, she regarded teasing Mu Rong as a fun game, and she never got tired of it.

During the training period with her, Mu Rong spent at least a third of his time dealing with her nonsense, another third of his time kissing, and the last third of his time training.

But even so, Liu Yifei's progress is also rapid, and a few days have caught up with others who have been practicing hard for months.

Under the guidance of Mu Rong, her dart control style is already very standard, and she has mastered the essentials of power generation, and the rest is just the practice of the quasi-head.

There are no shortcuts, and you can only improve effectively by piling up experience with a lot of practice time.

When Mu Rong and Liu Yifei practiced secret weapons, the entertainment industry never stopped.

Since the beginning of December, the news that Feng Xiaogang's latest Chinese New Year film "Mobile Phone" will be released at the end of the month has been overwhelmingly promoted.

Almost overnight, the conspicuous positions in major cities across the country were hung with the propaganda posters of "Mobile Phone".

Not only that, Feng Xiaogang also took the main creative team of the crew, including Ge You, Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan, and Fan Bingbing, to start a national roadshow.

During the roadshow, Feng Xiaogang, who has always been known as a small steel cannon, once again opened up his firepower, saying that he would use this work to sprint to the highest record of his personal box office.

Before the release of "Hero", the box office record of domestic films has always been controlled by Feng Xiaogang.

The birth of "Hero" last year directly broke Feng Xiaogang's personal record, and also raised the mainland box office record to a height of 250 million.

However, this box office is concentrated on the right time, place and people, and I am afraid that even Zhang Yimou himself can't break it.

Therefore, Feng Xiaogang did not dare to shout the bold words of breaking this record, but only said that he wanted to break his personal record.

But his remarks did not cause too many waves, but a passage he said during the roadshow, which caused the media to interpret it.

He said in the roadshow that he should "put an end to some pretentious and mysterious content, focus on telling a good story, not playing side balls, and using national sentiment to circle money."

Originally, this statement was quite reasonable, but the bad thing was in the last sentence, which seemed to mean something.

The media intentionally or unintentionally linked his words with this year's annual box office champion "Big Old Man", thinking that Feng Xiaogang was insinuating that the main creative team of "Big Old Man" deliberately used a way to provoke national emotions to hype up and attract audiences to watch movies in the cinema.

Fueled by the media, his remarks quickly sparked widespread debate.

Some media took to the streets for interviews and asked the audience about their feelings about "Big Old".

Many viewers said that they felt that "Big Old Man" was not good-looking, there were too few martial arts scenes, and they were always reasonable, Zhang Bozhi's head was also very scary, and the final ending was very annoying.

Some viewers also said that when they just finished watching "Big Old Man", they had such a feeling, but because many people were saying that they wanted to watch this movie and supported Mu Rong, they were very fanatical, so they didn't dare to say their true thoughts.

After the report of similar remarks came out, it quickly aroused the support of many people.

For a while, this movie, which had been in theaters for half a year, was pulled out by the media again and pushed to the forefront.

But all the media questioned the script of this movie, but no one dared to point the finger at Mu Rong.

Also at the end of December, Mu Rong will participate in the World Championship Finals.

He carries the expectations of all Chinese, and if you trouble him at this time, it is no different from suicide, you will be drowned by spitting.