"Do you know which two directors Xudong admires the most?"

"Which two?"

"Zhang Yi and Qiu Litao..."

In the car, Chen Xi chatted with Tan Songyun.

Tan Songyun didn't know why: "I participated in the Xiangshan Film Festival that day, and Shen Dong said that his favorite director was Yang Dechang..."

"I'm talking about admiration... I also admire! ”

"What's wrong with them?"

"I am still tireless over sixty years old, and my key energy is very good, and director Zhang Yi talks about movies with others, and he can explore for five or six hours in a row, without a break in between... Qiu Litao is similar, Qiu Litao has an average of three plays a year, and he often stays up late filming! ”

Indeed, they are both very energetic!

"Wine debts are commonplace, and life is rare for seventy years."

The ideal version of the Chinese for the elderly is to tease their grandchildren and enjoy the joy of family.

But Zhang Yi still maintains a strong desire to create at the age of seventy!

Let's take a look at a set of data: In mid-December 2019, "On the Cliff" was launched;

In January 2021, "Sniper Starts" (co-directed by Zhang and Zhang Mo), and in June 2022, "Man Jianghong" was launched;

In July 2023, Article 20 was launched.

In addition, Zhang Yi also served as the chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2022 BJ Winter Olympics and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Paralympics.

In addition, he was involved in the promotion of each film!

With this kind of directing speed, only Qiu Litao can compete with the current directors in the Chinese-speaking circle, but Qiu Litao is 11 years younger than Zhang Yimou.

In recent years, Tsui Hark has actually been much better, but he has served more as a producer...

And after 70, Xu Laowei's efficiency has declined significantly.

Chen Xi continued: "I talked to Zhou Xiaofeng about this..."

"Zhou Xiaofeng?"

After a pause, Chen Xi continued: "He said that Zhang Yi had seen a flying saucer, which may be the result of "the brain being scanned by aliens". ”

Tan Songyun was surprised: "Flying saucer? That's, isn't it? ”

This is what Director Chen can also testify, Zhou Xiaofeng wrote this paragraph in the book "Fate: Lonely Zhang Yimou"...

Regarding Zhang Yi's magical place, Yu Hua also said: Zhang Yi sleeps for one or two hours every day!

"I think it's a bit of a... However, his team execution is really strong, in the past, he was looking for scripts everywhere to shoot, and many scripts were bought copyrights, but now many scripts are looking for him to shoot, let him pick them, and it becomes easier. ”

After a pause, Chen Xi added: "Director Zhang's studio has at least five projects in progress... You go, behave well, even if you can't get this project, there is a suitable play, he can think of you, it's also excellent! ”

Tan Songyun nodded...

……

Shen Xudong is talking nonsense with Amou...

In fact, Ah Mou University majored in photography, however, on a visit to Beijing Film Studio: "I saw Chen Youqun, who was in his fifties, measuring light, and he only became a photographer at the age of 60. ”

"According to the regulations of the studio, after graduating from the photography department, students will work as assistants for three years, and their job is to push rail cars. If you do a good job, you will be promoted to the second assistant, responsible for focusing. Further up is the big assistant, who is responsible for measuring the light - this is exactly the work that Chen Youqun does.

The assistant does a good job, then serves as an assistant photographer, and finally becomes a photographer.

Most people want to go from assistant to photographer, it takes a decade or two! ”

"I calculated at the time, according to this process, I will be in my fifties when I become a cinematographer, in order to avoid such a life, I decided to learn directing skills..."

"How to learn? Audit? ”

"At that time, I was not allowed to audit, I asked the students of the directing department for advice, Chen Kaige, Wu Ziniu, Tian Zhuangzhuang They shared a list of must-read for directors, as long as the books mentioned by the classmates, I will read them, and take notes on important parts... But I never thought I would become a photographer as soon as I graduated! ”

After graduation, Zhang Yimou, He Qun, Zhang Junzhao and others were assigned to Guangxi Film Studio, and Guo Baochang guided them in business...

And supported them to launch "One and Eight"...

Filmed in 1984, Zhang Yimou was the chief photographer, and became the chief photographer two years after graduation!

In the same year, his old classmate Chen Kaige filmed the movie "Yellow Earth" and named Ah Mou as a photographer, and then, Ah Mou won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematography in 1985!

By the way, "Yellow Earth" is also a project supported by Guo Baochang.

But this thing... In fact, the core content is 'buddy will win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Photography after graduation'...

Not only that, Ya took the time to act in a play "Old Well", won the best actor at the Tokyo Film Festival, and won the Berlin Golden Bear Award for the first film she made...

To be honest, any entertainer can meet one of these three conditions, which is enough to brag about for a lifetime, and as a result, this thing is his norm!

……

Why Zhang Yi shoots so fast, mainly because of his wealth, basically a lens has 4~8 cameras to shoot together, and all angles can be shot at once...

How can the average crew have this financial resources?

Ordinary directors don't have such strong control!

Oh, Tan Songyun, Cai Wenjing, Mao Xiaotong and Kan Qingzi, who came to audition later, were all selected...

It is not necessarily "Parasitic Upperclass", but also "Burning", Yan Lianke's "Years, Months and Days", "On the Cliff", Tian Er's "A Man Puts on the Lights", in addition, "Jingzhou Killing" is also being adapted...

Shen Xudong didn't participate in the follow-up, but just instructed, 'If there is anything you want to try, just mention it!' ’

In fact, Ah Mou should be a little reluctant to go - the company gave a dividend of 50 million, and in addition, the Xiangshan Film Festival also rewarded 10 million...

In comparison, he cooperated with Zhang Weiping for 16 years before he received a salary of 11.63 million...

Oh, Shen Xudong is busy - Taobao tickets are starting to exert force!

Taobao is very fierce, backed by Taobao and Alipay, and from the beginning they said 'no upper limit'!

Since April 2014, Taopiao has launched a series of menacing marketing activities, "9.9 yuan to choose a seat to watch "Magic Police", "9.9 yuan to choose a seat to watch "Frozen: The Gate of Rebirth", tens of thousands of tickets are often sold out within a minute, and the marketing cost of a movie is often more than 10 million.

The intensity of throwing money far exceeds that of Baidu glutinous rice!

Moreover, from the very beginning, Ahri Pictures has been aiming for the strategy of production, distribution, and ticketing, not only covering the ticket compensation of the two films, but also co-distributor, and also launching entertainment treasures...

It is menacing, and it has made the most various terms, plans, and products.

I casually remembered a bunch of things from the film industry Youku's Plan A, the Stupid Bird Project, Jincheng Co-production, Lighthouse, Ali Entertainment, Entertainment Treasure, Taopiao Ticket, and a marketing regression...

The level of word-making is top-notch!

But the secondary market believes in him - Ahri Pictures was listed on the backdoor, with a market value of more than 60 billion Hong Kong dollars, and on the premise of not having a single work, it surpassed Golden Harvest and became the leader of Hong Kong entertainment stocks!

Then the Internet began to blow the myth of Zhao Yanzi's Buffett, what is worth more than 10 billion, the female version of Buffett...

There's everything to say...

It's all a beautiful word!

Anyway, the news on the Internet has been dominated by Ahri recently, so much so that Han Yan's new film "Send You a Little Red Flower" released in April broke 500 million at the box office, and few people cared!