Hotel meeting room, script reading, last day.

Director Zhang Kaige closed the script with satisfaction, and after two days of reading the script, he could feel that the main creators had studied the characters well, which added some confidence to the success of the film.

But in the end, he still habitually asked, "Do you have any other ideas about the role you play?" ”

Jiang Baizhi sits in the first place on Zhang Kaige's right hand, which not only shows her coffee position, but also shows the closeness of her relationship with the director.

Zhang Kaige is a leading figure of the fifth generation of directors in China, and he is destined to be written in film history textbooks in the future. The movie that Jiang Baizhi made her debut was directed by Zhang Kaige, and only such a big director dared to use newcomers, because they themselves had enough box office appeal, and then Jiang Baizhi also signed with Zhang Kaige's company naturally, which has continued to this day.

To be honest, in the past two days, the script has been read, and through the play with other characters, Jiang Baizhi has also gained a deeper understanding of her role, but what followed is Su Ye's analysis of the role, which has been constantly echoing in her mind.

"Bai Zhi, I see you frowning, do you have any ideas?"

"Yes."

Jiang Baizhi calmly looked at Zhang Kaige's eyes, one is that she does think that Su Ye has a better understanding of the role, and secondly, she has a close relationship with the director and understands the director's character, so there is nothing wrong with being outspoken.

"Oh? Let's talk about it. ”

"What we want to tell you in this drama is that death is just a peaceful goodbye. But I have a different opinion on the handling of the ending of the story and the core of the driving character. The first is the ending of the story, all the family members of the female professor are with her before she dies, and she welcomes the arrival of death in nostalgia for the past, which is too reunited. ”

Zhang Kaige couldn't help frowning, which meant that he began to think, "If it were you, what would you do?" ”

"The female professor is an independent and elegant person, but let's not forget that she is also a philosopher, and she may have a very different view of the meaning of life, she is more independent, or she will be more 'herself'. She will say goodbye to her loved ones, according to the Bible, children are God-given inheritances, and husbands are from the union of ribs, but other than that, she is also living for her, and she has her own things to pursue.

I think at the last minute, she will enjoy being alone with herself, just as people come alone and leave alone. Maybe she will light the stove, light incense, put on a favorite music, and enjoy the last moments calmly and freely, and sprinkle away......"

There was a sudden silence in the room, but the eyes of the other actors couldn't help but focus on Jiang Baizhi, maybe Jiang Baizhi didn't know how radiant and eye-catching she was when she said this.

Zhang Kaige didn't make a final evaluation, but looked at a middle-aged man beside him, this is his royal screenwriter Lu Ming, who is also the chief editor of this script, "Old Lu, what do you think of Bai Zhi's thoughts?" ”

Lu Ming had a bitter face, "The logic is very reasonable, and it even makes this character more brilliant." If it weren't for the start of the film soon, I would have wanted to rewrite the script. ”

Zhang Kaige laughed and patted Lu Ming's shoulder, "I also think it's good, but it's not so exaggerated, it's just a modification of the ending." Speaking of this, Zhang Kaige looked at Jiang Baizhi, "Bai Zhi, tell your remaining thoughts." ”

Jiang Baizhi nodded, "In order to highlight that the heroine regards death as a peaceful farewell, in the foreshadowing of the plot in front of us, the heroine is set to be knowledgeable and experienced ups and downs in her early years, so she will treat death calmly." But I don't think this core is enough, and it's not closely related to the identity of the heroine's philosophy professor. ”

"Do you want to look for it from the philosophical classics?" Lu Ming was reminded by Jiang Baizhi and immediately woke up.

"Yes, the original meaning of philosophy in the earliest periods was actually a way of looking at the world, the ancient Greek philosopher Thales believed that everything is made up of water, Anaximander believed that man evolved from fish, and Anaximmenes believed that it was 'qi' that made up our world and soul...... These views, whether right or wrong, represent the philosopher's attitude towards things, including life and death. ”

Seeing everyone's pensive looks, Jiang Baizhi paused for a moment before continuing, "And I think there are two reasons for being able to deal with death calmly. First, don't covet the world. This is what the ancient Roman philosopher Epictetus points us in and makes us humble: we go on a stage that we don't choose, we don't play a play we choose. The glory we have received is nothing but the gift of fate, and our ideals are simply not worth mentioning if it were not for the gift of fate......"

When Jiang Baizhi said this, her voice unconsciously lowered a lot, firstly, such words themselves involuntarily made people think, and secondly, she remembered Su Ye, Su Ye was very low when she said this, and there was a trace of bitterness and weakness in the lowness......

"The second reason is that the heroine doesn't think death is a painful thing. A man once asked a wise man, will I go to heaven when I die? The wise man replied yes. The man asked again where hell was, and the wise man pointed to his feet and said, Here, hell on earth. This story is just a reference to show that death is not that scary. And for the heroine, the feeling of death may be more like Heine's poem: death is a cool night. And the lines of Cao Cao, the TV series of the Three Kingdoms, also quoted this poem and rewrote it as: Death is like the coolness of a summer night, which can be used for people to sleep without worry......"

"Daigo empowerment! I feel like I have a lot of inspiration right now, and I can't wait to revise it. Lu Ming looked excited, "Bai Zhi, you are really a cow BEE!" ”

Even Zhang Kaige couldn't help laughing and said, "Bai Zhi, don't be three days, you should be impressed!" Just quoting the scriptures, I think the heroine is already standing in front of me alive, you are a real philosophy professor! ”

The other people in the conference room also praised them in twos and threes, we all know the cultural level of art students, but just now Jiang Baizhi is an ancient Greek philosopher, and what is an ancient Roman Heine, it really suppressed them!

However, Jiang Baizhi couldn't help blushing a little when she listened to everyone's praise, what she said was what Su Ye told her.

"Director Zhang, Mr. Lu, in fact, I'm not that good, these are all from my friends, you know that I specially found a philosophy professor to experience life for this role."

"I've heard Xiao Lu say, but your friend is very powerful, and he has real talent and learning."

"Of course, he is the youngest professor of philosophy at Jinghua University, and he is also a young Changjiang scholar!"

Even Jiang Baizhi didn't realize that others were more happy to praise Su Ye than herself.

When everyone was in joy, Lu Ming on the side lowered his head and showed a thoughtful expression......