For a long time, Feng Pants's film works, whether it is "Party A and Party B" in the early stage, "Endless", "See You or Leave", or later "Journey to the West: Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", "King", "Assembly Number" and so on.

is either a comedy or a special effects blockbuster, although at the box office, Feng Pants can be proud of the domestic directors, and even the cumulative box office of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige cannot reach the height of Feng Pants.

In addition, in the Chinese film industry, Feng pants can also be called a leading era, and has won at major award ceremonies.

However, Feng Pants has always had a knot, that is, internationally, his works have never been recognized.

Not to mention the results at foreign film festivals.

I tried a few times, but nothing came to fruition.

Because of this, Feng pants are indeed going to be a magic barrier.

The same is true of Feng pants in his previous life, for this reason, he filmed "Mobile Phone", "The Great Earthquake", "Night Banquet", and "1942", wanting to try to explore human nature, hoping to be recognized by the international film industry by making in-depth movies.

However, without exception, the results are not very good.

Especially this "1942", it can basically be said that word-of-mouth and box office are both defeats.

If you look at it on the surface, "1942" can be regarded as a good movie, at least Gu Bei likes it very much, but if you analyze it from a deep level, this movie always gives people a feeling that it is not true.

It's like......

It's a little bit worse in every way.

Feng Pants wants to explore human nature in this story, but lacks further thinking about human nature, in layman's terms, it is not deep enough.

The disaster that occurred in 1942 had three causes: one was a natural disaster, the second was a man-made disaster, and the third was war.

The time, place and people are not smooth, so there is this once-in-a-century catastrophe.

But when a catastrophe comes, how do people deal with themselves?

Food can save lives, but so is the salvation of the soul.

In the story of "1942", there is a priest Xiao An, who seems to be quite happy among the victims.

The setting of this character, in addition to pleasing Western audiences, is probably also intended to convey the issue of redemption in the face of disaster.

Because in the face of such great suffering, people with the slightest ability to think will not be able to withstand the torture: since life is so fragile, what is the meaning of man's existence in heaven and earth?

In the midst of hunger and cold, people die in groups like ants, and everything they have, such as family, property, future, and even themselves, will suddenly dissipate, so what is the difference between life and death?

In this world, what can make the deceased leave with peace of mind, and let the living find a reason to live? ?

When Gu Bei watched this movie, he could clearly feel that Feng Pants tried to touch these problems, but unfortunately it was only a flash.

When Father Xiao An discovers that God can't save the hunger, he collapses, and the story retracts his search for God, leaving only a funny version of the hymn sung by the erhu.

In fact, Gu Bei was a little curious, why was it the priest, not the monk, who undertook this kind of thinking?

Compared with Amitabha, Father Xiao'an's hymns and crosses are obviously unreliable, ungrounded, and extremely disobedient.

In the end, because there is really no spiritual support, the story still puts the spiritual destination on family ethics.

This is the foundation of Chinese society for 2,000 years, and people have become accustomed to pinning their hopes on the composition of the family and the continuation of the bloodline.

It's just that in this way, it looks very weak in depth.

In addition, the shaping of the characters also tends to be flattened, and the characters in the play basically show a specific appearance at first glance, lacking changes, and all the character settings have not departed from the inherent image.

For example, Kai Shenjun is a leader who puts the people at risk and ignores it, plays with power, and stifles press freedom.

General Chiang, a ruffian who can't fight, can only escape, and also rampantly recruits.

Bai Xiude, an uncrowned king from the free world, a spokesman for democracy, and a defender of human rights in the West.

Basically, the bad leader, the evil general, and the good foreigner in the audience's mind are what they should be, and they are what they are, and there is no breakthrough at all.

It's dry, and it lacks a bit of flavor.

Then there is that the clues are too chaotic, there are too many layers, the focus is too mixed, and everything is wanted to be expressed, but nothing is unfolded and explained clearly.

To film this history, we must first tell you what happened in 1942 in central Henan.

Although Feng Pants as a director, and Liu Zhenyun as a screenwriter have worked very hard, down to ordinary people, up to the leaders of a country, everything has been filmed, but after all, it is still a glimpse of the shadows, and nothing is clear.

In addition, the exaggerated sensationalism, which Feng pants is best at, has been criticized by the audience for a long time, although this story has been restrained a lot, but it is inevitable to fall into the cliché of excessive sensationalism.

Finally, it comes down to the most practical problem - box office results!

The fiasco of "1942" in the previous life, Feng Pants didn't expect it, and the Wang brothers didn't expect it either, but it just failed, and it was a miserable defeat.

So much so that it was forced to give birth to a movie "Private Custom" just to make money.

Even Feng Pants publicly said at the press conference: I made this movie just to make money.

So, does Gu Bei want to support Feng Pants to make this movie?

"If you want to shoot...... At least let me see the script. ”

Feng Pants was overjoyed when he heard this, Gu Bei said this, and he was basically sure that he was willing to invest.

"Mr. Gu, if I want to shoot, I can take out 20 million, but this is definitely not enough."

Nonsense!

To toss such a big scene, 20 million is not even enough hair!!

In the last life of this movie, the Wang brothers and Feng pants bought more than 200 million together, but the final box office only got 360 million, and they almost didn't lose to death.

Now that it is filmed a few years in advance, the money that needs to be smashed into it is estimated to be not much worse.

"Money isn't an issue, but I have to see the script first!"

Gu Bei gritted his teeth and still admitted it.

It's not that he has a lot of money and nowhere to spend, Feng Pants has been working for so many years, following his work before and after the saddle, the personal relationship between the two is also good, and now Feng Pants wants to shoot a work with depth, whether it is as a boss or a friend, Gu Bei supports it.

Even the brothers of the Wang family are willing to accompany Feng Pants to gamble, even if they know the ending, Gu Bei has to accompany them.

But......

Gu Bei still talked about the problems he had discovered in his previous life and followed Feng Pants.

In addition to being untrue, there is also the problem of character portrayal, Gu Bei also deliberately pointed out several flaws in Liu Zhenyun's book.

Especially Liu Zhenyun's description of the character Li Peiji in the story.

In the original movie, the portrayal of Li Peiji was too positive, so that after watching this movie, the audience came to the conclusion of "thank Li Peiji for everything he has done for Yuzhong".

However, in the real history, Li Peiji should be regarded as one of the sinners of this famine, he was very negative in reporting the disaster, which directly led to the disadvantage of disaster relief, and under his rule, he did not even allow the price of grain in the province to rise, resulting in the lack of motivation for grain from other provinces to be sold to central Henan, which also greatly aggravated the famine.

On the contrary, General Chiang, who was portrayed as a ruffian, truthfully reported the disaster in the face of the catastrophe in central Henan, and also called on the soldiers under his command to save food and relieve the victims.

Listening to Gu Bei's request first, and then pointed out a lot of problems, Feng Pants was also a little confused.

Although the script has not yet been settled, Feng Pants has already outlined the general line of the story in his mind, but now that Gu Bei says this, it seems that everything has to be overturned and restarted.

Even the image of the protagonist has been reversed, and if the script is still written according to the original concept......

Gu Bei will definitely not be able to get through here.

What's the matter?

Why don't you talk to someone else?

This idea, Feng pants is not new to now.

In fact, when deciding to adapt the story of "Reminiscences of 1942", Feng Pants thought about finding someone else to cooperate.

Although his studio is under the command of Mingqian Pictures, it has huge autonomy, and Gu Bei has never asked for his works to cooperate with Mingqian.

Who to look for?

The two brothers of the Wang family!

Huayi Brothers has also developed well in recent years, although it is still far behind Mingqian Pictures, it can be regarded as a large company in the domestic film industry.

The movies produced over the years have also achieved good results, although Feng Pants has always avoided contact with the Wang brothers, but he seems to have been thinking about him all the time.

Even if the new generation of directors is stubble after stubble, the Wang brothers are as enthusiastic about him as ever.

No way!

This thought was thrown back to Feng's pants again.

Although Gu Bei had a lot of requirements, some of them even made Feng Pants very difficult.

But he had to admit that some of Gu Bei's opinions were ultimately proved to be correct.

Now Gu Beidu pointed out that there are flaws in this story, and if you want to make this movie well, you must improve some issues.

There is a good chance that these will become the fatal wounds of this film in the future.

"I ...... Okay, no problem, I'll discuss it with Lao Liu when I go back, and come up with a plan as soon as possible! ”

When he said this, Feng Pants also breathed a sigh of relief, he almost wavered just now.

"Okay!! I'm waiting, when you solve these problems, I will support you to shoot this story, as much as you want! ”

Being willful once, for Gu Bei, it doesn't matter at all.

Hearing Gu Bei say this, Feng Pants' spirit was also more sufficient.

I can't wait to call Liu Zhenyun now and ask him to come over and discuss it together.

Xu Fan hurriedly stopped him and gave Feng his pants a look.

"Mr. Gu, let's eat at home today, make your favorite braised fish!!"

Or Xu Fan can speak and do things.

Otherwise, behind a successful man, it is inseparable from a woman who helps him.

"Not today, there are guests at home, and when I go out, Xiao Xu almost carries my ear to admonish!"

"Who?"

"Godgirl!"