The scenery of the Qinhuai River is very beautiful, but there are no flower boats on the river, and the lights on the shore are imprinted on the water, turning into ripples under the microwave ripples, which seems to tell the story of the past.

Chen Li'an walked by the Qinhuai River and thought of the news he had read, and the women of the flower buildings in the Qinhuai River during the Anti-Japanese War also contributed money and efforts to contribute their own strength, but few people mentioned them.

The evening breeze gently blows through the falling willow branches on the shore, and it seems to beckon to the passers-by on the shore, and there may be many souls of poor people buried here.

Yasuko Tomita reached out and folded a willow branch that had just pulled out a new sprout and held it in her hand, the delicate willow branch resembled her soft body.

"Does coming here make you feel immersed?" Chen Li'an looked at Yasuko Tomita and asked.

Yasuko Tomita turned the willow branch in her hand, looked at the sparkling waves on the river, and said softly, "I can feel the history here, but I didn't find that feeling." ”

If Yasuko Tomita is not a girl, Chen Li'an would like to say that the most important thing here is those innocent souls, but this is not appropriate, you can't see a Japanese and want to force people to apologize.

Coming to Qinhuai River to hang out at night was not Chen Li'an's original intention, but was specially arranged by Ou Dingping, so that he and Yasuko Tomita could find a feeling and cultivate a tacit understanding.

After all, we have to shoot so many large-scale passion scenes together in the future, and we will also take a bath and scratch our feet together.

The two walked by the river for a while, and Chen Li'an suddenly asked, "Why did you take this movie?" There are a lot of passionate scenes in it, which are very different from your previous routes. ”

Yasuko Tomita turned her head to look at Chen Li'an and asked with some joy, "Has Mr. Li'an seen my movie?" ”

Chen Li'an felt a little strange to be called Mr., but in Japanese salutation etiquette, writers and artists are called like this.

Chen Li'an looked at Yasuko Tomita and nodded, "I have seen most of your works." ”

Since Chen Li'an knew that the heroine was Yasuko Tomita, he went to check it, after all, if you want to film together, you always have to understand the level of the other party.

After Yasuko Tomita laughed, she said a little melancholy: "I debuted at the age of sixteen, and I was popular for a while, but becoming famous too early means that it will be downhill in the future, and now many newcomers in the firm have surpassed me, and it's time to make changes." ”

This may be the sadness of celebrities, it is not difficult to become popular, but it is difficult to be popular all the time, and it is difficult to maintain popularity, which is also the reason why later traffic stars send press releases every day.

Even if I don't have any works, I can't let everyone forget about me, otherwise there really won't be any more works.

Fortunately, Chen Li'an doesn't have this trouble, and he doesn't want to be the king of heaven, so the impact of fire is not very great.

"Hopefully, this movie will make you popular again." Chen Li'an looked at Yasuko Tomita and blessed him, and then pondered: "There will be a lot of intimate scenes in the future, if you have any scruples, you can tell me now." ”

Yasuko Tomita looked at Chen Li'an with a cheerful smile and said, "Why do you have scruples, since I have decided to take over this play, I am ready, and I am still filming with an artist like Mr. Li'an, I am very honored." ”

Typical small-day thinking, with an open-minded consciousness, Chen Li'an couldn't help but praise Yasuko Tomita, and by the way, I wanted to ask her colleagues in Japan if they also had this kind of awareness.

"Does Mr. Li'an have any scruples? Do you have a girlfriend? Yasuko Tomita looked at Chen Li'an's handsome face, thinking in her heart that there would definitely be many people pursuing such a person.

Chen Li'an shrugged his shoulders lightly and said, "I don't have a girlfriend, so I won't have any scruples." ”

"That's great! Then I won't have any scruples. Yasuko Tomita's eyes lit up, and there was a hint of excitement, which looked very cute.

"But don't get too involved." Chen Li'an said jokingly.

Yasuko Tomita tilted her head and looked at Chen Li'an and said, "It's hard not to invest in the face of Mr. Li'an." ”

Chen Li'an was amused by Yasuko Tomita's words, and said with a smile: "In that case, I will also be 100% committed!" ”

Yasuko Tomita stretched out her hand and said with a bright smile: "Then let's work together!" ”

"Let's do it together!" Chen Li'an held Yasuko Tomita's hand and said.

Many Japanese people have a very extreme attitude, either decadent to death, or positive and optimistic, but Yasuko Tomita's cheerful optimism is indeed infectious.

After walking around the Qinhuai River, Chen Li'an and Tomita Yasuko became familiar with each other a lot, at least Tomita Yasuko would no longer call Chen Li'an Mr.

After returning to the hotel, the two said goodnight to each other in the corridor and went back to their rooms.

Yasuko Tomita, who returned to the room, was in a very happy mood, and it was naturally fake that she was not nervous when she was filming a large-scale scene for the first time, but if she was filming with a person with a good personality and handsome appearance, why was she still nervous, and even had some expectations.

Chen Li'an took a simple shower in the bathroom, went to bed, and will continue the discussion tomorrow.

In the next few days, the main creative team collided with various opinions together every day, and walked around the city of Nanjing in their spare time, the main crew had no locals, and they didn't know much about Nanjing's Hualou culture of the Qinhuai River.

In fact, the filming of the movie will not be in Nanjing, and the filming location has been set in Huangshan.

In the past few days in Nanjing, Chen Li'an will go out for a spin with Yasuko Tomita every night to cultivate their feelings, otherwise it will be difficult to perform the feeling of the two of them being together in honey.

At night, after Chen Li'an and Yasuko Tomita came back from outside with a smile and a smile, they met Cheng Shufen in the corridor of the room.

"Sister Shufen, haven't slept so late?"

Cheng Shufen said with a smile: "I'm waiting for you to come back, I have to leave early tomorrow morning, and I want to talk to you." ”

"Then let's go in and talk." Chen Li'an opened the door and invited Cheng Shufen in, poured her a glass of water and asked, "What does Sister Shufen want to talk to me about?" ”

Cheng Shufen took a sip of water and said: "It's that the company has recently had new changes, which may affect the future plans, so I'll tell you in advance." ”

Chen Li'an raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Can you elaborate on it?" ”

"The company intends to create a musical for Xueyou, and the planned investment is likely to exceed 50 million Hong Kong dollars, and if such a large investment is used, the company's capital chain will also be tight."

After Cheng Shufen explained in detail, she looked at Chen Li'an's frowning appearance and added: "But I promise that we will not stop the project we have said, but the investment in the early stage may have to wait for a while." ”

According to the plan, after the filming of this film, Chen Li'an will go to Xiangjiang to start the art space plan in the future, turning the popularization of artworks into a trend.

Now that Cheng Shufen suddenly said this, she directly strangled the plan behind her, and Chen Li'an understood why Cheng Shufen suddenly came over, and her feelings were to come over and tell him about it.

And according to Chen Li'an's understanding, Zhang Xueyou's musical has invested hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars before and after, and it will last for several years, Chen Li'an can't wait that long.

Chen Li'an's fingers unconsciously cocked the armrests of the chair, looked at Cheng Shufen and said, "Sister Shufen, when we signed the contract, it was clearly stipulated, and now the company is in breach of contract. ”

Cheng Shufen immediately reassured: "Li'an, don't get excited, this matter is still being discussed, and I don't know what the specific result will be." ”

Chen Li'an shook his head slightly and said: "The company should have seen Zhang Xueyou's global tour so successful, so if you want to replicate this miracle, this plan will most likely be passed, and my plan should be shelved." ”

Cheng Shufen nodded, she thought the same way, but still said: "Li'an, don't worry, I will definitely fight for you, my idea is to make a smaller try first, so that the company's capital chain will not be so tight, and the above will agree to continue." ”

"Sister Shufen, it's not a matter of being bigger or smaller, the main thing is that you can make sure that the company won't put my plan on hold for the time being?" Chen Li'an sat up slightly and said, "Maybe the company itself just wants to wait, wait for me to be a little more popular, and grasp it a little bigger." ”

Cheng Shufen was silent, the company did have this idea. If Zhang Xueyou's musical project hadn't started so quickly, the company wouldn't have so many concerns, and it wouldn't be bad for money.

But now that the money is short, it is natural to consider it comprehensively.

Chen Li'an looked at Cheng Shufen, who didn't speak, and said: "Sister Shufen, let's do it, I'll wait for your news, Zhang Xueyou's tour is about to end, and the company should also make a decision in the near future, if my plan is really shelved at that time, then I can only choose to terminate the contract." ”

The room was very quiet, and the dark clouds that had accumulated outside all night were also surging at this moment, and suddenly a thunderbolt exploded, Cheng Shufen raised her head and looked at Chen Li'an and said: "Li'an, I promise to fight for you, you can film with peace of mind, and I will handle the rest." ”

"Okay." Chen Li'an said with a smile.

After sending Cheng Shufen away, Chen Li'an closed the door and couldn't help but rub his temples, if he didn't have so much, he would have done it himself.

It doesn't cost much money to make an art space alone, but Chen Li'an can pay for it when he squeezes it. But if you want to commercialize and industrialize art, you need a lot of money and professional people.

"I would have fooled Bernard Arnault if I had known." Chen Li'an sighed.

In fact, Ji Fa is also a good choice, and the little rich woman is still very rich. However, Chen Li'an can't guarantee that he will succeed, once he invests so much money and can't earn it back, Ji Fa is estimated to be able to cry to death, and then lock Chen Li'an in a small black room and paint hard.

This kind of risky thing, it's better to find someone else, spend other people's money to do your own thing, how can you spend your own people's money and realize your own dreams.

Chen Li'an took a shower irritably, and stopped thinking about these things, it was useless to think about it, so he wouldn't do it if he couldn't do it, or change to a rich wronged boss.

The next day, after another day of brainstorming, Chen Li'an was going to say goodbye to the crew and go to Cannes for the time being.

The crew is also going to Huangshan to make preparations, and when Chen Li'an comes back from Cannes, he can start filming immediately.

At night, under the protective walls of Nanjing City, Yasuko Tomita's fingers touched the bluestone of the city wall, followed behind Chen Li'an, and stepped on his swaying shadow with light steps.

In the past few days of getting along, Yasuko Tomita has found a feeling of love, she is not sure whether she is substituted for the role of Jinhua, or whether she really experiences the sweetness of love in Chen Li'an.

This is a very attractive man who will make people want to be close.

Yasuko Tomita thought that Chen Li'an was leaving, and suddenly raised her head and patted her shoulder behind him.

At the moment when Chen Li'an turned around, Yasuko Tomita jumped out from behind, naturally put her arm around him and said, "I hope you get the grand prize at Cannes!" ”

Chen Li'an doubted whether Yasuko Tomita was connotating herself, and the evaluation of the movie Fengyue had already spread, and almost no one thought that this movie would win an award.

That is to say, Director Cheng's girlfriend on CCTV is more powerful, and the domestic media did not criticize it aggressively, but only discussed it in a small range in the circle.

The movie itself is not so bad, but the domestic media has always liked to follow the West, and Director Cheng has been in the limelight for several years, and there will always be people who want to take the opportunity to step on it.

"Haven't you been following the news in Cannes lately?" Chen Li'an looked at Yasuko Tomita and asked.

Yasuko Tomita shook her head and asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

"No, it's just that the movie I participated in had mixed reviews, and I guess I won't have a chance to win the award." Chen Li'an explained casually.

Yasuko Tomita said with some surprise: "Director Cheng is so powerful, will he also be criticized?" ”

In the hearts of the Japanese, Director Cheng is a very powerful director, and there are not too many people who respect him, which is also the reason why Director Cheng was able to hit so many movies on the street and still get Japanese investment.

This is all the aura brought by the overlord Farewell My Concubine, maybe in Japan the director is the god of movies, aren't they popular with all kinds of gods.

Facing Yasuko Tomita's surprise, Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "There's nothing strange about this, gods will be blamed, let alone people." ”

Yasuko Tomita sighed and explained: "In the hearts of many Japanese filmmakers, Director Cheng is a very powerful director. ”

"Maybe the movie Fengyue will be popular in Japan, there is a difference in aesthetics between the East and the West." Chen Li'an said simply, and then said to Yasuko Tomita: "It's not early, go back and rest." ”

"Okay, I'll send you tomorrow, right? I want to experience the feeling of Jinhua saying goodbye to Okagawa. ”

"Of course, but you'll have to get up early."

"No problem! I'll be up on time! ”

After returning to the hotel, Chen Li'an lay on the bed thinking about all kinds of messy questions, and more about the meaning of the film festival.

It was also in this year that the Western Film Festival began, and I began to have aesthetic fatigue with the works of the fifth generation of directors in China, and then fell in love with the works of the sixth generation of directors.

I fell in love with those movies that told about the suffering of modern society in China, and I rejected those things of feudal society.

In the final analysis, it is only because of the needs of public opinion, when they find out that China is rising rapidly, they begin to influence China's international image through various means.

And movies are the best means, and if you keep giving awards to those films, more filmmakers will make this kind of film, and then the people in Western society will see more of China's problems and have a worse impression.

Of course, this is not a work that belittles the sixth generation of directors, their works are all very good and meaningful, and Chen Li'an also likes those movies.

Suffering should be recorded, it should be pointed out, but who you want to show is the most important thing, China's suffering you show to foreigners, people will only stand on a high place and watch the joke.

So a very paradoxical thing happened, the people who should have seen it didn't see it, and the people who shouldn't have seen it all saw it.

It's like Hollywood movies, which have been using their position as the world's film hegemon to constantly export their own cultural values and establish their free and beautiful image.

Even if it is exported, it will be overwhelmed by countless heroic movies, and people don't care about the criticism of those two movies at all.

But the situation in China is different, and you can't let it go if you want to show it to others, for example, isn't it good to come out of nowhere? Is a garland under a high mountain bad? But people don't want it.

I don't want to show others, such as some works of the sixth generation of directors, movies that profoundly describe people on the margins of society, and people rush to ask for them.

Does everyone love suffering, and everyone loves tragedy? Or just like to watch other people's tragedies, and finally become your own comedy.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Li'an suddenly felt that compared with movies, art is relatively pure, and there will not be so many restrictions.

Looking at the dark ceiling, Chen Li'an turned over and covered the quilt and went to sleep, thinking about what he was doing so much, what should he do when he got up to sleep!

If you don't feel good, go back and work hard! Start with your own art space!

Come on! Artist!

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