"Director!"

"Teacher Li, Teacher Wang, long time no see!"

In the afternoon, Li Tang arrived at Director Zhang Yimou's studio in the central villa area ten minutes earlier than the agreed time. Unlike the very lively scene when he came back, except for a few staff members in the studio, the director and three middle-aged men were sitting around the office drinking tea, as if they had just had lunch.

Among the three middle-aged men, one of them is named Li Feng, who wears glasses, has long hair and wears a ponytail; The other is a slightly older and flat-headed man named Wang Bing, both of whom are screenwriters of "Heroes" and screenwriters of new films.

These two have been working with the director for almost ten years, and their names have been in the screenwriting column of all the director's works since "Alive".

When filming "Hero" before, everyone got along day and night for a month, and they were very familiar.

Another man was in his early forties, swarthy and thin, with a conspicuous red baseball cap on his head.

"This is ......"

The director was about to introduce, but Li Tang had already stepped forward and held the other party's hand: "Teacher Hou, hello!" ”

"Hello! Hello! Teacher Hou greeted him with a kind smile.

"Huh, you know each other?" The director, who originally wanted to introduce himself as an old classmate, was a little surprised.

"Director, you forgot, at the Changchun Plum Rooster Hundred Flowers Festival, Mr. Hou and I were both nominated for the Golden Rooster Award." Li Tang said with a smile.

The person in front of him is the famous photographer Hou Yong, and he and Li Tang's other actor friend Hou Ge have different names, so they are more impressive. And he is also the photographer who has won the most best photography in the history of the Golden Rooster Awards, and has won a total of four Golden Rooster Awards for best photography so far.

Only then did the director suddenly realize, and he patted his head and said, "Oh, I remembered." ”

said and smiled with Hou Yong: "It seems that I didn't win the award that time, so I got a nomination." ”

Previously, Hou Yong won three of the biographical films "Sun Cannon", "Evening Bell" directed by Wu Ziniu, who had won the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, and "Opium War" directed by Xie Jin.

Hou Yong nodded with a smile and said, "But I got it in the second year." ”

The next year, he won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematography for the fourth time with his second work "My Father and Mother" with the director.

After a few words of greeting, Hou Yong got up to say goodbye.

On the occasion of parting, he also deliberately held Li Tang's hand and said, "Xiao Li, there is a chance to meet in Shanghai." ”

Li Tang also thought that Hou Yong was the photographer who directed this new work, so he also smiled and said: "Mr. Hou, I also hope to cooperate with you." ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Li Tang hoped to be able to star in the director's new movie, and Hou Yong was slightly stunned when he heard his words, and then looked at Li Tang's handsome face and his heart moved.

The director on the side knew that Li Tang had misunderstood, so he explained with a smile: "Xiao Li, you may not know, Lao Hou has just been transferred to Shanghai Opera as an associate professor. But today he just came to sit down, Xiao Li, if you want to cooperate with him, you have to find a chance. ”

Li Tang remembered that Shangju had just established a film and television art department last year, and there was a film and television photography and production major below. With the development of the times, pure stage dramas are no longer in demand, and the direction of cultivating talents, like Chinese opera, is slowly tilting towards the film and television industry.

At this time, he heard that Hou Yong, a famous photographer, had joined the opera, and as an alumnus of the opera, Li Tang suddenly felt a sense of honor and surprise: "Oh, Mr. Hou, that should really be called Mr. Hou." ”

"I'm also chasing ducks to the shelves, try it first!" Hou Yong smiled heartily, and then looked at Li Tang meaningfully and said, "Xiao Li, in fact, I especially hope to cooperate with you. ”

Li Tang thought that Hou Yong had said a kind word in order to alleviate the embarrassment of the misunderstanding he had just made, but he just smiled gratefully and didn't take it to heart.

Everyone sent Hou Yong to the staircase, watched him go downstairs, and when he returned to the office, the director explained to Li Tang: "Lao Hou has also changed careers to become a director now, this time I found Ziyi, Jiang Wen, and Cheng Chong to prepare to make a movie, and it will start at the beginning of next month." ”

Originally, when he heard the first half of the director's sentence, and then thought of Hou Yong's words just now, Li Tang really moved in his heart, but when he heard the end, the little flame that had just come out of his heart was suddenly extinguished.

The machine will be turned on at the beginning of next month, and it will take only ten days to get full. You think, if you can find Zhang Ziyi, Jiang Wen, and Ms. Cheng Chong of "You Chinese", it must be a big production, and the preparations will be very sufficient, and it is unlikely that you are still looking for actors ten days before the start.

Back in the office, Li Tang thought that he would try a play like last time, but the director directly threw over a script.

"Xiao Li, you read the script first."

"Ah...... Oh. ”

Li Tang took the script and subconsciously asked: "Director, do you want to sign a confidentiality agreement?" ”

The director's originally relaxed expression froze, and after thinking about it seriously, he hesitated: "You just watch it here, no need." ”

Only then did Li Tang set his eyes on the script in his hand, only to see a few thin sheets of printing paper sandwiched between a plastic folder, and four big characters on the cover - people in the rivers and lakes.

The director and the two screenwriters sat around their desks, discussing something in whispers. Li Tang suppressed his excitement and sat down and began to read the script.

In the phone before, the director just said that he wanted to talk to himself, but he didn't say anything, and directly let himself read the script, which is enough to show that the director has decided to use himself.

Li Tang turned the first page.

Introduction:

I, an old man in his last years, quietly picked up a rusty flying knife in this claustrophobic room where I lived. It and the world's No. 1 stunt "Flying Knife Kill", which once terrified the people in the rivers and lakes, have long been gradually barren in my old hands. For many years, I have been immersed in endless remorse, I reminisce about a dark time in my life, and reminisce about my little sister and Xiao Li who died because of my dark heart and crazy love.

Hey, Xiao Li flying knife?

Li Tang secretly pondered in his heart and continued to scroll down.

Body:

My surname is Liu, and in the middle years of the Tang Dynasty more than 30 years ago, I was a catcher in Fengtian County, 300 miles away from the capital Chang'an. At that time, I was in my thirties, single, depressed, but I was able to make a knife with one hand to "draw a knife and cut off the water". I have a brother Xiao Li who works together in the fishing room. Xiao Li is young and handsome, he has a fast knife in one hand, and his smile is as bright as the sun......

Seeing this, Li Tang felt that his role should be Xiao Li. Isn't "young and handsome" just to describe yourself?

It's just that the script doesn't look like a script at all, but like a first-person memoir.

At that time, the court was corrupt and incompetent, and the people were struggling to make a living. Many anti-government organizations have emerged among the people, among which the "Flying Knife Gate" uses flying knife weapons, and everyone is strong in martial arts, so it is the most powerful. Gang leader Liu Yunfei's unique stunt "Flying Knife Killing" is invincible in the world, which is coveted by people in the martial arts.

The "Flying Knife Gate" approached Chang'an, and the imperial court sent the elite "Eight Teams" and the "Flying Eagle Battalion" to set up an ambush and capture and kill heavy troops. In that battle, the men and horses sent by both sides died together, Liu Yunfei was seriously injured, and when he was dying, a masked man appeared beside him, who was Liu Yunfei's best friend over the years.

Suifeng once served Liu Yunfei wholeheartedly, and there were countless enemies in the gang for him, and everyone in the world said that except for Liu Yunfei, no one had seen Suifeng's true face. The renegade forced Liu Yunfei to give the "Flying Knife Kill" knife trick, but Liu did not obey and died of exhaustion. Later, there was a rumor in the rivers and lakes that Liu Yunfei died at the hands of the fast catcher.

The "Flying Knife Gate" has elected a new leader. It is reported that the headquarters is located in our Fengtian County. Xiao Li and I were ordered to arrest the new gang leader of the "Flying Knife Gate" within ten days.

I told Xiao Li that there were all kinds of signs that in the famous peony workshop in Fengtian County, the new blind Maiko girl was very likely to be Liu Yunfei's daughter, and I set up a plan to go with Xiao Li to investigate and arrest him.

Although the little sister is blind, she has excellent appearance and excellent dancing skills. In our scheme, Xiao Li is a guest who comes forward to tease the little sister. And I, Liu Zhutou, appeared in time to save my little sister, and ordered her to dance to confirm the identity of the maiko. The little sister danced in front of us is a blind drum, the most bewitching and beautiful dance in the world. But unexpectedly, in the last form, he secretly killed me, and stabbed at my life with a sword. I struggled to knock my little sister into the water, and took her down and put her in prison.

The little sister's assassination of me is nothing more than mishearing rumors and avenging her father, which preliminarily confirms the identity of her Liu Yunfei's daughter......

I said this to Xiao Li and ordered him to carry out the second step of our plan.

On the night when the moon was dark and the wind was high, Xiao Li assumed the name of the hero with the wind and rescued the little sister, trying to deceive her trust and further find out the nest of the "Flying Knife Gate" and destroy it in one fell swoop. And I followed and responded.

At first, on the way to escape, Xiaomei didn't fully believe Xiao Li. But Xiao Li, an amorous seed, takes great care of her little sister, and she can't help but feel affection for him. And between Xiao Li and Xiao Mei, they are even more attracted by her dusty temperament. The two couldn't hold back and fell in love together......

I hid in the bushes and watched the scene, and my heart ached like a knife.

At dawn, the elite soldiers of the "eight teams" of the government chased and killed, and a dangerous killing unfolded in the flower field where Xiao Li originally showed his love to his little sister. Xiao Li and Xiao Mei joined forces to resist the enemy, and almost fell into a dead situation, and Xiao Mei's three throwing knives were used at the last moment, so that they escaped this initial catastrophe.

How could Xiao Li have expected that in addition to the trap I set up with him, there was an even more sinister conspiracy. Xiao Li would never have thought that my little sister had another secret, and I had an ulterior secret in my heart. What he went through turned out to be a deception set up by the "Flying Knife Gate" to kill him. But the sudden "Eight Team" was personally summoned by me in jealousy.

After Xiao Li led his little sister to escape from the ambush of the "Eight Team", an even more dangerous trap was waiting for him ahead. Xiaomei clearly knew about this conspiracy, and parted ways with Xiao Li in tears. Unexpectedly, he had fallen in love with his little sister, and he couldn't bear to separate, and quietly followed her into a sea of bamboo.

The "Flying Eagle Battalion" set up another ambush here. Xiao Li and Xiao Mei are on the ground to engage the "Flying Eagles" from the sky attack. This is a much more fierce battle. When his life hung by a thread, the "Flying Knife Gate" came under the leadership of the new gang leader, the eldest sister, rescued Xiao Li and the little sister, and brought them back to the "Flying Knife Gate".

The eldest sister married the younger sister Xu to Xiao Li, Xiao Li was overjoyed, and a big net fell from the sky and caught him.

Reading this, Li Tang can basically understand it, and it feels a bit like the meaning of the new Dragon Gate Inn, Xiao Li and Xiao Mei escaped, and the official eagle dog chased and killed. It's just that it's still a little unclear what role this Liu Putou plays, and I always feel that this guy is not a good person.

Continue to turn the page and look down, Liu Putou's secret is finally revealed.

Yes, at this time, I can finally reveal the secret: in the early years, because of my strong martial arts, I was included in the gang by Liu Yunfei, the old gang leader of the "Flying Knife Gate", and became a stealth killer hidden in the government, I am the real follower.

After a long time, I was only seen as a murder tool, and I was tired, so Liu Yunfei sent his daughter Xiaomei to my couch in order to envelop me.

I got my little sister's body, but I didn't get her heart. After my little sister taught me the initial throwing knife, she left me. And in the long two years, I have not only longed for my little sister, but also longed for the highest level of flying knife stunt - "flying knife killing".

Liu Yunfei died. The eldest sister became the gang leader, and in order to secure the position of the gang leader, she wanted to falsely accuse one person of being the real murderer of the former gang leader Liu Yunfei and behead him to serve the public. My eldest sister and I planned and chose Xiao Li as a victim. The reward for betraying his brother is to get the little sister again, and if he gets the little sister, he may get the "flying knife killing" knife trick, because Liu Yunfei left it with his daughter.

Hey, this Liu Zhutou is really a bit of Yue Buqun.

The younger sister was sent to the peony workshop by the eldest sister, and blindness was a deception. The two of us acted together on an opening scene. However, the development of this play is beyond my calculations. Seeing that my little sister who was madly in love but couldn't get a response gradually fell in love with Xiao Li, my originally extremely gloomy heart changed drastically, I became a beast without humanity, and I turned the original pretended pursuit of the two into real killing.

And how unrighteous the eldest sister is to me at this time! After achieving her goal, she ordered me to continue to go back to the government as an undercover agent, and she told me that my little sister would not belong to me because she did not love me. Perhaps, the truth is that the eldest sister is also beating the younger sister's knife trick. I resisted angrily, got hit by my eldest sister's throwing knife in the shoulder, and ran away.

I fled closer to the flower field and saw Xiaomei and Xiaoli from a distance. The younger sister was originally ordered by the eldest sister to escort Xiao Li to the sea of flowers for execution. returned to his hometown, but was moved by Xiao Li's true feelings. They rolled down among the flowers, passionate......

Xiaomei let go of Xiao Li and asked him to stay away. And I hid in the dark and kept peeping, and finally lost my mind completely with jealousy, I stepped forward and slashed my little sister with a knife, and chased after Xiao Li.

Suddenly, there was a heavy snowfall in the sky. In the wilderness of the first snow, all love and hatred are entangled together. Xiao Li is being besieged by the people of the "Flying Knife Gate", and my purpose is to personally kill Xiao Li. I jumped into the battle group and worked with Xiao Li to kill all the people in the "Flying Knife Gate".

So, it was left for me and Xiao Li to face off. Both of us have lost their strength and exhausted our moves, and we can only fight hand-to-hand like beasts. We were both stabbed by each other's knives and lay on the ground dying.

The little sister staggered over, dragging a long trail of blood behind her. She hugged Xiao Li tightly on the ground.

Seeing this scene, the madness came back to me. I gathered the last of my strength and stood behind Xiao Li and raised my knife to cut down......

Finale:

I finally got the knife trick and collapsed with it. Before closing my eyes, I saw the eldest sister leading all the people of the "Flying Knife Gate" to appear not far away, and at the same time, I also heard the shouts of the officers and soldiers covering the killing.

I survived. Afterwards, I learned that in the extremely tragic snow battle that happened after the coma, the "Flying Knife Gate" was completely annihilated. Xiao Li and Xiao Mei died in each other's arms because of excessive blood loss.

I refused the court's reward and said goodbye. I found a secluded place and secluded myself.

With one of the deepest feelings of guilt and pain in the world, I spent the rest of my life, immersed in endless memories......

Li Tang spent almost half an hour, reading every word from beginning to end.

It's a bit brain-burning, and the suspense is very strong. Everyone has a dual identity, if Xiao Li, who pretends to be a hero with the wind, is on the first layer, then the little sister who is disguised as a blind man is on the second layer, and Liu Zhutou, who hides the deepest and plans all this, is on the third layer.

Overall, I feel that this is a story of "Infernal Affairs" and a bloody love triangle. In particular, the relationship between Xiaomei and Xiao Li is very similar to the love between Jack and Ruth in "Big Boat".

Xu watched it too seriously, and the two screenwriters didn't know when they left.

At this time, I saw the director come over with a smile, sat down opposite him, and asked, "Xiao Li, how do you feel?" ”

"Uh...... Director, which role do I play? Li Tang, who was still immersed in the plot, hesitated and asked.

“……”

The director was very surprised, and knew at a glance that the role that Li Tang was going to play was Li Zhutou. And Li Zhutou obviously has more scenes, and he is the first male lead.

After a slight pause, the director spoke: "Do you want to play Liu Zhutou?" ”

National Teacher's "Ambush on All Sides" has always been criticized for its thin story and many loopholes in the script, and I personally think that the original face of the script should be restored and a different "Ambush on All Sides" should be filmed as much as possible.

(End of chapter)