Chapter 251: Pony Gallop and Disney's First PK!
Zhang Yimou is the best director in China, and Ang Lee is able to be compatible with both traditional Eastern culture and the aesthetic psychology of Western audiences.
In 2016, Zhang Yimou "auditioned" Liu Haocun from 3,000 people and selected Liu Haocun to star in the movie "One Second".
After Zhang Yimou finalized Liu Haocun as the heroine, Zhang Yimou revealed that he originally wanted to choose Liu Haocun to star in "Shadow", but found that the age of the heroine in the script was not suitable for Liu Haocun, so he chose Guan Xiaotong.
Zhang Yimou's words made Guan Xiaotong a laughing stock, and he felt like Liu Haocun's spare tire. It is understandable that the big director wants to praise the newcomer, but there is no need to deliberately step on Guan Xiaotong.
There are a lot of rumors about Liu Haocun, saying that Liu Haocun's aunt participated in the rehearsal of the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympic Games, fell from the three-meter-high stage, and was accidentally paraplegic, Zhang Yimou felt guilty, so he forced Liu Haocun to make up for it.
In addition, it is said that Liu Haocun's grandfather is the director of Changying Studio, and he is also the old leader of Zhang Yimou when he was a photographer, and he has the grace of knowing things, so he praised Liu Haocun. The most outrageous rumor said that Zhang Yimou was looking for someone to tell his fortune, saying that Liu Haocun could help him change his life against the sky. Therefore, netizens ridiculed Liu Haocun as Zhang Yimou's life-saving benefactor, so they spared no effort to support Liu Haocun.
It's just that what Zhang Yimou didn't expect was that netizens were not as easy to fool as before, and Internet netizens had memories of the Liu Haocun incident. The actions of Liu Haocun's parents made Liu Haocun completely lose his popularity, and netizens consciously boycotted Liu Haocun's movie.
As the person in charge of the dance training institution, Liu's mother instructed the little girl to complete the lower back movement, causing others to be paralyzed and in a wheelchair. As a result, Liu's mother has been dragging her feet and refusing to compensate, preferring to be the person subject to execution, and finally in 18 years, the movie "One Second" starring Liu Haocun was ready to be released, and Liu's mother was worried about affecting Liu Haocun's star career, so she contacted the little girl's family to reconcile and pay compensation.
Liu's mother's explanation was that the family was in difficulty at that time, so there was no way to compensate. However, Liu Haocun studied in the middle school attached to the Yanjing Dance Academy very early, and Liu Haocun was admitted to Yanwu with the first place in classical dance, and as a result, Liu's team has been promoting Liu Haocun as the first place in Yan dance.
The 21-year Golden Rooster Award has not yet been awarded, Liu Haocun has just been nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress, but the information on the back foot has been changed to "won the 34th Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress", which seems too impatient, netizens have questioned whether Liu Haocun has set the award in advance? In the end, in order to avoid suspicion, the judges of the Golden Rooster Award awarded the best heroine to Zhang Xiaofei.
Zhang Yimou wants to support Liu Haocun, and he may not be willing to come forward to shoot a movie with Bai Xiaolu as the heroine, unless Pony Galloping is willing to tilt resources to Zhang Yimou's studio, support Zhang Yimou's films, and the artists signed by the studio, which is also an exchange of interests. From this point of view, Ang Lee is undoubtedly a more suitable director for "The Legend of Mulan".
As for some fans' worries that directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan will not be able to make a sense of solemnity in the history of "The Legend of Mulan", they are actually a little worried. The background of Mulan's story is the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty, when he joined the army on behalf of his father and fought against Rouran. When the director shoots this drama, he must reprocess this familiar historical story artistically.
At the end of February, Yanjing Pony Galloping was ready to shoot a big heroine movie, in which the heroine is a well-known heroine, and the company is ready to cooperate with world-class directors.
At this time, everyone thought of the video of Bai Xiaolu kicking the sword in the air, and guessed that Bai Xiaolu was likely to be the heroine of this play. Some people can't help but sourly, "Even if it's to praise your girlfriend, you don't have to be so obvious, right?" How unfair is this to other actors with no background? ”
Dinis Films made the animated film "Mulan" in 98, and the evaluation was not bad. Dinis has been taking the route of live-action animation over the years, and they also intend to shoot the movie "Mulan", and Princess Mulan is also one of the twelve princesses of Dinis.
Liu Yifei's performance in "Mulan" can't be considered bad, but Dinis uses a Chinese-style skin to tell a nondescript Western story, and the appearance of witches in Mulan's story is simply outrageous, and it is normal for mainland audiences not to buy it.
Since Zheng Wentong plans to PK "The Legend of Mulan" and Disney's version of "Mulan" at the same scene, Zheng Wentong wants to tell a story with an easy-to-understand oriental core.
The film adopts a double-line narrative, and at the beginning of the film, Mulan declines the emperor's reward and returns to the field.
Mulan's younger brother has become an adult, and Mulan is in her early thirties and has not yet married. Hua Mulan, who has an amazing force value, couldn't find a suitable partner and was talked about by the neighbors and the countryside, so Mulan's comrades-in-arms changed their methods to go to Mulan's house to propose marriage, just to let Mulan have face in front of the villagers.
The film will also use flashbacks to recall the scene of Mulan's father's joining the army, buying horses in the east market, saddle sheaths in the west market, bridles in the south market, and long whips in the north market. Hua Mulan and her parents, the younger brother resigned, the flower father and the mother burst into tears, but the little brother Hua didn't know what was going on, and he didn't understand why his sister suddenly became a brother.
Mulan's restraining in life after returning to the field is in stark contrast to Mulan's heroic killing of the enemy on the battlefield and the undue courage of ten thousand people.
In fact, the villagers don't know what to do with the hero Mulan, they think that Mulan, who doesn't marry, is an outlier, but they also think that no one can be worthy of Mulan. In the process of getting along with the villagers, Mulan also made a lot of jokes, such as wanting to help the eldest lady carry water, but the eldest lady refused, but the bucket overturned.
The two men looked at each other at the overturned bucket, not knowing what to do. In the end, Mulan directly lifted the wooden bucket, and did not need to be flattened, one bucket in one hand, carrying two buckets like flying, and soon filled the water tank of the eldest mother's house.
There is a rampant village tyrant in the township, Mulan punished him, Mulan said that she would send the village bully to join the army, but the village tyrant was ecstatic, he had long wanted to join the army, and Mulan looked at the village tyrant with the expression of a fool.
At the end of the film, Rouran people are attacking again, Mulan receives an order, fights on the battlefield again, and says goodbye to her parents, younger brother and kind villagers who care for her.
Although the film focuses on anti-war, but war can be used to control war, and the soldiers do not want war and love peace, but soldiers must not be afraid of war and avoid station. Mulan's growing old on the battlefield is her fate that she can't escape, because some people are destined to be different from birth. Mulan, who is born with divine powers, confirms the line of "Spider-Man", "With great ability comes great responsibility".
According to the side story of "Mulan Has No Eldest Brother", Mulan finally gained her love. However, Zheng Wentong did not plan to write a cliché love story, such as getting together with her comrades-in-arms who had a crush on her.
The movie can imply that someone admires Mulan, and when Mulan accepted the emperor's reward in the court, the emperor also wanted to give Mulan a marriage and marry her to the royal children of the Northern Wei Dynasty. However, the emperor still gave up this idea, because the princess Mulan could only stay in the palace, and there was no way to continue the expedition to protect her family and defend the country.
Because of the appearance of Mulan, the social status of women in the Northern Wei Dynasty has also been improved. These details will be reflected in the film, and it is up to the audience to discover and compare them for themselves.
Why Mulan's father joined the army was not noticed, because Mulan rarely goes out and often dresses as a man, so everyone does not question Mulan's identity as a daughter. When Mulan was rewarded by the emperor and returned to her hometown, Mulan's villagers gathered on the road to watch the excitement, and many women showed up to see the excitement, which was actually a change in the social atmosphere, and these changes actually affected a series of reforms later implemented by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
After reading the revised script with her boyfriend's participation, Bai Xiaolu felt that this version of "The Legend of Mulan" was more full of characters and richer storylines, which had a different flavor than the original book.
Hou Hongliang previously praised Zheng Wentong as an ace screenwriter, Zheng Wentong participated in the screenwriting of "Ode to Joy 2", "Ode to Joy 3" and "Ordinary Glory", "The Legend of Mulan" is also the first movie starring Bai Xiaolu, and he can't be sloppy. This is also the first positive PK between Pony Galloping and Disney, he must show the strong competitiveness of mainland film companies, and he must prove that the mainland is not only about making good movies with the main theme.
Zheng Wentong and "Praying Jun on the Gallows" talked about another "The Beginning" she was conceiving, Zheng Wentong had booked this one in advance, which was also a hit drama prepared in advance for Zhao Jinmai and Bai Jingting.
However, Zhao Jinmai is still too young to shoot this drama for the time being, just like Wu Lei and Zhao Lusi can't star together in "Splendid Stars" now.
In addition to the pony galloping to prepare to shoot a big heroine movie, there are two big news in February, CCTV's production of "Reader" was launched, this program is well received at home and abroad, and the other news is that Da Yao is appointed to the Basketball Association. Host. Mat.
Before Da Yao took office, he wanted to sell the Puhai men's basketball team, and at that time, Yi Zhongnan asked if Slope Investment was willing to take over, after all, Mr. Ma also built a football team with Boss Yan of Yongfang Real Estate. Huang Jisheng, the richest man in Puhai, also bought Wolves in the Premier League, and it has become a trend for wealthy people to buy sports clubs across borders.
Zheng Wentong has no intention of taking over domestic sports clubs, whether it is football or basketball, the degree of professionalism is not enough, in addition to the naming rights of the team, the commercial value is not advertised, and the return on investment is not suitable, so he politely declined.
However, Da Yao's work in basketball reform is remarkable, and in a few years, the women's basketball team won the World Cup runner-up, tying the best ranking of the women's basketball team, and 3v3 basketball also won the championship.
CCTV actually invited Zheng Wentong to participate in the recording of the program "Reader" as a representative of entrepreneurs, Zheng Wentong recommended his girlfriend Bai Xiaolu, and Bai Xiaolu will read "Mulan Ci" in "Reader" to tell her growth story in the acting ......