Gu Bei hasn't met Zhang Yimou for a long time, before that, Zhang Yimou has been filming in other places, occasionally returning to the capital, Gu Bei is not there, and when "Alive" is finished, Zhang Yimou went to Xiangjiang, and all the later stages of this movie were completed there.

"Brother Zhang!"

Zhang Yimou was smoking a cigarette, when he heard the sound of the door opening, he looked up and saw Gu Bei, and then stood up and smiled at Gu Bei.

"Sit down!"

Gu Bei said and sat next to Zhang Yimou.

"Done with everything?"

Zhang Yimou nodded, this drama really took him a lot of effort, but the result was not bad, before returning to the capital, he had a small-scale test screening in Xiangjiang, which was well received by Xiangjiang film critics.

"Sort of...... Let's be lucky! ”

Gu Bei smiled: "Don't tell me what you say, I just voted for a lot, and I have a name." ”

As he spoke, he lit a cigarette.

"You're coming back this time, and you're going to rest for a while?"

Zhang Yimou shook his head and said, "What are you resting for?" During this time in Xiangjiang, even if it is a break, I came here this time to take a book to show you. ”

There's a new script again?

Gu Bei frowned slightly, Zhang Yimou's next play, he already had an idea.

But since Zhang Yimou has said it, then ......

Check it out!

Zhang Yimou took out not a script, but a copy, and when he saw the name on the cover, Gu Bei knew which work Zhang Yimou wanted to shoot next.

Door Rules!

After being adapted into a script, it has another name - shake, shake, to grandma bridge.

The story is that in Shanghai in the 30s, a rural boy came to Shanghai to join the sixth uncle, and was immediately taken by the sixth uncle to serve Xiao Jinbao, the queen of song and dance in Shanghai.

Xiao Jinbao is the woman who dominates Master Tang in Shanghai, but she has an adulterous affair with Master Tang's subordinate Song Erye, and Song Erye has always wanted to replace Master Tang and become the boss.

Later, when the sixth uncle died, the lord told Shui Sheng that another gang leader did it, and then took Xiao Jinbao, Shui Sheng and others to take refuge on a small island, where only the widow and her two children were killed.

Master Tang ordered that whoever went to the island should be killed, and soon after, the body of the man who was friendly with the widow appeared in the reeds.

Xiao Jinbao knew that the old man did it, and he was very dissatisfied with the cruelty of the old man, and the lonely and helpless aquatic life also made the little Jinbao, who was also desolate in his heart, feel pity.

Shui Sheng accidentally learned that the second master was going to kill Xiao Jinbao, so he quickly informed Xiao Jinbao and the old man of the matter, and was betrayed by his lover, and Xiao Jinbao was grief-stricken.

The second master was buried alive by the master, and Xiao Jinbao was also killed on the island because of his adulterous affair.

At the end of the story, Master Tang takes Cuihua's daughter-in-law away and prepares to cultivate it into another little Jinbao.

The whole story does not have too many ups and downs, and the biggest feature is that it truly reproduces the drunken Shanghai in the 30s.

The film brought Zhang Yimou the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, but at the box office, like his previous works, it did not perform well.

Gu Bei simply flipped through a few pages and closed the book.

Zhang Yimou couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this: "What's wrong?" You don't like the story? ”

"No, it's just ......"

Gu Bei hesitated, looked at Zhang Yimou and said, "Brother Zhang, you don't have any idea about the box office results?" ”

Belch?

Zhang Yimou was stunned when he heard it, and only said for a long time: "If you want to say that you have no idea, it must be a lie, movies are art and commodities, not only to reflect its artistic value, but also to see the value of his commodity, I am a layman, I never thought of being like Lao Tian." ”

For what happened to the grange, their classmates were very sympathetic.

"Since you say so......"

Gu Bei picked up the book and shook it in his hand.

"How much commercial value do you think this story can be filmed?"

Zhang Yimou didn't know how to answer, he knew that this story was destined to not attract the audience, who wants to watch a bunch of old foxes boring and calculating!

"What do you mean...... Don't shoot? ”

"Don't shoot just yet."

Zhang Yimou was puzzled: "What do you mean?" ”

Gu Bei smiled: "You have to reflect enough commercial value first, and then pursue art." ”

It's like Feng pants.

If he made movies like "Night Banquet" and "1942" as soon as he came up, I am afraid that the box office would be even worse.

It is precisely because he first made commercial films such as "Party A and Party B", "Endless", "See You or Leave", and "Big Names" that the audience recognized his commercial value.

So, when Feng Pants wanted to pursue the artistry of the movie, the audience was willing to cheer.

"Commercial?"

Zhang Yimou said, and first thought of Feng pants.

He watched "Party A and Party B", and at first he scoffed, feeling that it couldn't be regarded as a movie at all, and several sketches were strung together, where did it come from.

But later, as the box office data of "Party A and Party B" was announced, Zhang Yimou was also taken aback, he couldn't understand why this kind of movie was so popular with the audience.

And his previous "Red Sorghum" was ranked among the top three in Europe, but after its release, it encountered the embarrassment that no one cared about.

During this period of time in Xiangjiang, I was busy with the later stage of "Alive", and watched a lot of Xiangjiang movies during this period, including the "East Becomes West" launched by Guangya Pictures, Zhang Yimou gradually understood.

It is necessary to make movies that the audience likes to watch.

As an insider, I will always unconsciously elevate the status of movies, but in fact, at the beginning of the birth of movies, it was just a form of entertainment.

If you want to reflect the true value of the movie, you must look at the audience's reaction, as well as more intuitive box office data.

If it's just for yourself, it's a bit of a high and low, so it's a suspicion of mystery.

"Wait a minute!"

Gu Bei got up and went out as he spoke, and when he came back, he was holding a stack of manuscript paper in his hand.

Screenplay??

Zhang Yimou hurriedly took it.

There are many scripts like this, or story outlines, and there are many more in the safe in Gu Bei's office, all of which he took the time to write.

Who said he didn't do anything but be a shopkeeper?

Usually he is not idle, otherwise, where did these scripts come from?

Even if it's copied, it takes a lot of work.

"The story of the Warring States period?"

Zhang Yimou muttered to himself, and then looked back.

Hero!

Previously, Gu Bei had discussed with Zhang Yimou about the Chinese making blockbusters themselves, and since then, Gu Bei has been preparing.

The pioneering work of China's commercial blockbuster must be "Hero".

In the previous life, many people complained about the movie "Hero", thinking that the story was very thin, telling a story about the assassination of Qin, but they told several different versions in a mysterious way.

It makes people confused, and it is not clear which is true and which is false.

Anyone who says this must be looking at piracy.

Because the things contained in the genuine movie are not so superficial.

Family and country, this is what the story wants to tell people.

From assassinating Qin to giving up assassinating Qin, whether it is nameless, or the remnant sword, Feixue, or even the king of Qin, they all have this world in their hearts.

The script is not very long, Zhang Yimou only took half an hour to read it, and then lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

Gu Bei's script is written very carefully, even to the color to be presented in each scene, just looking at the words on the script, Zhang Yimou's eyes appeared one after another.

"How did you come up with this??"

Zhang Yimou looked up at Gu Bei, and his tone was inexplicable.

Usually when people talk about Thorn Qin, the first thing that comes to mind is Jing Ke's offering of pictures, as well as the wind and water, and the strong man is gone.

But Gu Bei broke the convention and used fictional techniques to depict the four warriors who assassinated Qin, Nameless, Feixue, Remnant Sword, and Changkong, as well as the King of Qin who was both a tyrant and had the world in mind.

even pulled the story line directly to the station of Qin's annihilation of Zhao State, accompanied by the shouts of the Qin army's armor soldiers "Gale, Gale", a city was crushed into powder.

"Just sit at home, and then come up with it!"

!

Zhang Yimou pursed his lips, feeling that the most sensitive place in his heart had been caught.

"What do you think of the story?"

Hehe!

How else can I say that Zhang Yimou can't start work now, and he doesn't want to delay for a moment.

"Xiaobei, if you want to shoot this story, investment is indispensable."

Gu Bei wrote very specifically in the script, and even wrote the moves of Nameless, Remnant Sword and others, so he almost drew it directly.

It is not easy to shoot those fight scenes, as well as the scenes when the Qin army attacked Zhao, which requires a lot of money and ......

"You may have to hire Lao Mei's special effects team!"

Zhang Yimou has watched a lot of Hollywood commercial blockbusters, and the special effects in them are breathtaking every time I see them, and I can't help but admire Lao Mei's imagination and the magical scientific and technological means.

"I know it in my heart, otherwise how can I call it a blockbuster!"

Hollywood's invasion of Hong Kong has already begun, and in the next step, they will definitely target the mainland market.

With the domestic policy of reopening and economic development is getting faster and faster, seeing that this untapped market is about to be harvested, can Lao Mei sit still?

Before again, Gu Bei must drum up the Chinese's own blockbusters, not only to let Lao Mei see the ability of Chinese filmmakers, but more importantly, to let domestic audiences first fall in love with movies with their own cultural imprints.

Only in this way will the domestic film market not fall so quickly when the United States invades.

If Gu Bei remembers correctly, the broken ship has officially set sail, and it will land in the mainland in two years.

The box office of 360 million is like a sword hanging over the heads of Chinese filmmakers for 10 years!!

"Brother Zhang! I'll just ask you a word, do you dare to take this job!! ”

Zhang Yimou and Gu Bei looked at each other, and suddenly laughed after a while: "You kid are trying to provoke me?" Don't dare to pick it up? ”

As he spoke, he rolled up the script and carried it in his arms.

"Who do you look down on?"