On paper, "The Great Wall" is definitely an A-level blockbuster, tempting enough.

Another person was invited by Zhang Yimou in advance, and he would definitely agree to appear without hesitation, but Zhang Yuanjun obviously won't, this film is a big hole.

Unless China Film and LeTV dare to kick the legend and make a version of it themselves.

Zhang Yuanjun has always felt that the genres of domestic films are not rich enough, such as the lack of monster films, and the Great Wall + "Classic of Mountains and Seas" monsters are definitely very popular, but this theme should not be manipulated by Hollywood.

They could not understand the significance of the Great Wall to Chinese civilization, and they would only see it as a "castle that monsters need to breach".

Zhang Yuanjun is very interested in this theme, but for the legendary "The Great Wall", forget it.

Zhang Yuanjun returned to the room, Liu Yifei had already lay down, but she hadn't slept yet.

"Did the director tell you to do it?" The wife asked casually.

"It's nothing," Zhang Yuanjun said as he changed his pajamas, "He took a co-production and asked me to help with the reference." ”

"What film?" Liu Yifei was very interested when she heard it, and the co-production that could be handed to Zhang Yimou was definitely not an ordinary product.

"The ...... about the Great Wall" Zhang Yuanjun told Liu Yifei about "The Great Wall", "It was Thomas Toole who did it." ”

"Why is this kind of plot again?" The more Liu Yifei listened, the more familiar she felt, this was the same as the "Legend of the White Ghost" that looked for her before, but she changed the skin of a monster special effect, "What did you tell the director?" Liu Yifei was worried that her husband would talk nonsense.

"He's already taken it, and more than half of the money is in place, what else can I say." Zhang Yuanjun lay on the bed and pulled the quilt, "Actually, this film is really tempting, with a budget of 150 million US dollars and global distribution, it is strange that Zhang Yimou is not moved." ”

"Aren't you impressed?" Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"Fortunately, I'm too tired to make this kind of film, and I don't want to wade into this troubled water. Go to sleep. Zhang Yuanjun stretched out his hand to take his wife into his arms.

"You're crushing my hair, it hurts." Liu Yifei pushed Zhang Yuanjun's arm away, lay down by herself, put on an eye patch, and fell asleep.

On the 15th, He Saifei finished from the crew of "Pieces of a Woman".

She hugged the flowers, cried like a tearful person, and complained to Zhang Yimou at the end of the scene: "This drama is too difficult to film." ”

In that childbirth scene, Liu Yifei NG 105 times, and she is the same as an opponent actor.

"I've been filming for decades, and I've never had a scene that can be NG so many times, and I doubted that I wouldn't be able to act for a few days." He Saifei burst into tears and smiled after speaking, "But thank you for your help." I'm done. ”

Everyone applauded her, and He Saifei hugged the director and the two protagonists: "Thank you, I'm leaving." ”

On the 20th, Sunday, Zhang Yuanjun was finished.

"A few days ago, Mr. He Saifei finished scolding me for scolding the director." Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile, "Anyway, thank you, I filmed this drama very hard, but I was also very happy." Keep up the good work, and I'll take my leave. Zhang Yuanjun waved his hand, turned around and left the set.

He can no longer be in the crew of "Pieces of a Woman", the FIRST Youth Film Festival is about to open, and as the annual promotion ambassador of the film festival, he must fly over to attend the opening ceremony and all the activities of the film festival.

On the afternoon of the 21st, the 8th FIRST Youth Film Festival opened. Zhang Yuanjun walked on the red carpet as the annual promotion ambassador of the film festival.

On the red carpet, Zhang Yuanjun said: "I have been fascinated by FIRST for a long time, and this year is the first time to come, and the first time I have come is to be a promotion ambassador, and I feel very honored. ”

"As a promotion ambassador, I hope to contribute to the festival."

"I hope that after the first time, there will be a second time, and the third time, and I will come to FIRST more times in the future to help and witness the power of young filmmakers."

"The new drama was just finished yesterday, and as soon as it was finished, I rushed to XN."

The host didn't ask, and Zhang Yuanjun didn't say why the other promotion ambassador didn't come.

Liu Yifei herself is sorry that as a promotion ambassador, she was not able to be present in person.

The opening film of this year's film festival is "Colorful Arrow" directed by Wanma Tsedan.

During the film festival, in addition to the screening of the competition unit films, there are five major screening links, after the film festival ends, the award-winning films will be screened in the open air for the audience on the people's stage for three days to meet the audience's viewing needs.

Zhang Yuanjun thinks the open-air screening session is very good.

Award-winning films may be too literary and avant-garde for ordinary audiences, but doing it is better than not doing it, which is also a major means to cultivate the audience's interest in watching movies.

The best thing FIRST does is the youth film venture capital market, many young filmmakers will bring their own projects to the market, and many domestic film companies will also come to the venture capital market to find excellent projects.

Zhang Yuanjun, as a promotion ambassador, participated in the opening ceremony of the venture capital market on the second day of the opening of the film festival.

His speech was very brief: "I believe everyone has heard a lot of movie ideals, and I will say something different." I'm still a makeshift film investor, I'm here with money, good projects in the market, I will definitely help everyone shoot them, please believe me, and I hope to give me such an opportunity. ”

The venture capital market likes to hear that.

And Zhang Yuanjun is really fulfilling his promise, during the film festival, he traveled to major theaters and venture capital markets, looking for excellent projects and excellent filmmakers.

Today, he watched a 12-minute short film called "Requiem" in theaters. The film was shortlisted for the student film unit of the main competition.

Coincidentally, this movie is a joint graduation assignment of the 14th class of the film academy, and the director is called Wen Muye, which is his master's graduation work.

The short film tells the story of the hero's wife and daughter after a car accident, his wife died, his daughter was seriously injured and hospitalized, and his daughter was in urgent need of money for surgery.

The story is very sad, but the directorial technique is already very mature, with a strong academic style.

The theme of underworld marriage is rare, but it is not new to professional filmmakers.

What Zhang Yuanjun saw in "Requiem" is the restraint of Wen Muye's creation, and many new directors will shoot short films in the direction of stream of consciousness, for fear that others will not know that he is highly skilled and advanced.

But Wen Muye didn't do this, he didn't show off his skills, he finished telling the story according to the timeline action line, and two or three slow motion frames were also used just right, so that the general audience could also understand the director's expression under these slow motions.

At the end of the short film, the scene of the ashes of the burned rice stalks buried in the field has an obvious meaning - turning into spring mud is more protective of flowers.

The mother still guards her child after her death.

It's not that there is no better short film than "Requiem" in the student unit, but what Zhang Yuanjun likes is Wen Muye's restraint.

After watching the short film, he asked his assistant Xiao Zhao to ask for Muye's contact information: "Ask him to talk about it tomorrow morning." ”

"Real investment, huh?" Xiao Zhao always thought that what his boss said was the scene.

"Or else!" Zhang Yuanjun smiled, "Let's talk about it first, and then see if you vote or not." You go and ask for the phone first, and I'll go to another movie, and you wait to find me. ”

"What are you looking at again?"

"Funeral Coffin, a film in the main competition." Zhang Yuanjun finished speaking and left.

(End of chapter)