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"Is it impossible to change the form?" Shen Fangyuan stared at Zhang Yun and asked coldly.

"Of course." Zhang Yun replied.

"If you can, why do you have to make a horror movie? Don't you know, there are some things in it that don't conform to social values?" Shen Fangyuan pressed forward step by step.

"I know that this kind of thing is inconsistent with social values. The use of horror films is also to stimulate viewers and promote ratings." Zhang Yun told Shen Fangyuan without any concealment.

However, after saying this, he changed his voice and asked: "But Director Shen, I want to ask you, did you hear ghost stories when you were a kid?"

"This...I've heard it." Shen Fangyuan was stunned, "What do you want to say?"

"How did you hear these ghost stories?" Zhang Yun asked again without answering.

Shen Fangyuan hesitated for a moment, and said, "My father told me."

With a little memory, Zhang Yun said slowly:

"When I was young, my dad would occasionally tell me ghost stories. I remember clearly that at that time my family was still living in the countryside, there was no computer at home, no internet, and even the mobile phone was just a mobile phone that could call and send text messages. At that time, the only things that allowed me to gain more knowledge were books and stories told by the older generation.

"I still remember that I was only seven or eight years old. My father held me and told me the story of "Human Skin". I didn't understand anything at that time. I only knew that the one in the book could peel off the skin. The evil spirit with brush strokes is so fierce and terrifying. I will resent the king's life being dug out by it, and I will be excited for the Taoist priest to finally kill the evil spirit.

"At that time, I didn't understand that people should not be fooled by the beauty on the surface, let alone the truth of loyalty and deeds. I only knew that Taoist priests are good, evil spirits are bad, and Wang Sheng is confused.

"When I grew up, I gradually understood that, oh, it turns out that evil spirits symbolize beautiful but evil, and Taoist priests symbolize ugly but kind.

"Then Director Shen, I will have a child in the future, will I tell a story like this to the child?

"When my child grows up, will he tell such a story to his child?"

"What are you trying to say?" Shen Fangyuan was aware of Zhang Yun's purpose and asked bluntly.

"What I want to say is very simple. Stories like "Human Skin" containing traditional Chinese culture and thought should not be buried in the long river of history." Zhang Yun finally said what he really wanted to say, "Now Children of, unlike decades ago, they can only get knowledge from the mouth and books of the elderly. They only need to use a mobile phone or tablet to see what they want. Adults The same is true for people.

"In this world of fragmented information, movies, TV shows, and books are the ones that let everyone receive the most massive amounts of information.

"It is often said now that we must cultivate cultural self-confidence and inherit traditional culture. I want to know whether those folklore that have been passed down for thousands of years are considered traditional culture? Why can the current TV series have three wrong views? The heroine is in love, but the folk tales and ghost legends that people love to hear slowly fade out of our sight?

"Perhaps, those stories do contain dregs such as feudal superstitions, but the core of the stories does not inspire people to work hard? Why do we have to take all of them because of the small shortcomings in them that do not conform to social values? Abandon all the stories?

"If this continues, maybe after a few years, Bangzi will have their own folklore system, and Riben will have their own folklore system. But we young people in China don’t know what kind of folklore in China is. Style.

"If this continues, maybe a few years later, when our children see the nine-tailed demon fox, they will ask if it is Yuzao Qian; when they see the Tengu Eating Day, they will ask if the dog that day is the big Tengu in the Onmyoji.

"Isn't this a kind of sorrow?"

Zhang Yun's words are sonorous. At the end of the speech, even he was a little bit sad and indignant, and everyone else fell silent.

It is true that there are many dross in many folklore and customs in China, but that is an inevitable product under the constraints of the times. If you deny its entire existence value just because of a little bit of dross, it is really a waste of food due to choking.

Shouldn’t the correct approach be to take the essence, remove the dross, and transform it into a new type of folklore that conforms to the values ​​of modern society?

Just like "The Devil Boy of Nezha Comes to the World". In many previous editions, Li Jing was the image of an icy father who "righteously destroys relatives". This is a stereotyped image portrayed under the ancient three principles and five constants. However, in "The Devil Child Comes into the World", Li Jing is adapted into a hard-talked and soft-hearted father, in which he is willing to change his life for another and die for his child, which makes people cry even more.

Shouldn't this kind of work that is inherited from the traditional Chinese culture and integrated with the current era be the correct way to inherit the Chinese culture?

Regardless of the essence and dross, blindly inherit it, and blindly discard it without seeing its actual value. Both of these ideas are wrong!

Just like the one-size-fits-all not allowed to burn paper during the Ching Ming Festival, they only saw the feudal superstition and the threat of fire, but they never thought about why people would sacrifice for their ancestors on such a day.

In today's highly developed information dissemination, burning paper sacrifices contains more of the nostalgia for the person you love the most. It is a way of offering sacrifices to express consolation, instead of really believing that ancestors can spend the money underground. ?

——The so-called fire threat is more like a lazy government.

"We filmed "China Tricks" in the hope that through such a TV series, young people today can see the Chinese folklore passed down by word of mouth, show the charm of Chinese traditional culture, and let young people like traditional culture and identify with tradition. culture.

"What is cultural self-confidence? What is cultural rise? After so many years, how many of Huaxia Culture really go out? Where are young people confident?

"The movies that everyone likes are still American blockbusters, and the TV shows that everyone likes are still well-made American dramas, stick dramas, and Japanese dramas. What about our Huaxia movies? What about our Huaxia TV series?

"I have heard such a sentence,'Youth is strong, the country is strong'. Only the young people of my generation have a sense of identity with Huaxia culture and believe that Huaxia culture is the most powerful culture in the world. Our Huaxia culture can truly be a culture. Confidence can truly rise in the world!

"Director Shen, do you understand what I mean?"

Zhang Yun looked at Shen Fangyuan and asked word by word.

Shen Fangyuan was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed.

"Xiao Shen, I think what Zhang Yun said makes sense, what are you laughing at?" Hu Yong had already been moved by Zhang Yun's words at this time, and asked somewhat puzzledly.

"I also think what he said is reasonable, but he said so much for nothing more than one thing." Shen Fangyuan laughed and stopped abruptly, and said coldly, "Let you talk about it, the ultimate goal, Isn’t it just for the review of "Chinese Tricks"? If you really want to spread Chinese traditional culture, myths and legends, and traditional novels, there are so many traditional cultures and folk tales that can be filmed. Would you rather shoot "Chinese Tricks"? "

"Ah this..."

Shen Fangyuan's words brought back everyone's emotions.

——Zhang Yun said so sadly and passionately, in the final analysis, it is for the trial of "China Cheat"!

Purpose is not pure!

After being exposed by Shen Fangyuan, Zhang Yun was not impatient or impatient. He said frankly: "I did do it for the trial of "China Cheat", but it was not just for the review of "China Cheat"."

Shen Fangyuan frowned: "What do you mean?"

"I only wanted to make good domestic dramas, but not long ago, I suddenly discovered that making good dramas is not enough. I have to make good dramas that contain Chinese thought and Chinese culture!" Zhang Yun said a little lonely. "China's Tricks" is just the first step. Through "China's Tricks", I want young people to know that China's horror stories are even better than those foreign horror stories that they regard as gods!

"And after "China Tricks", I will film myths, legends, and various types of good dramas derived from Chinese traditional culture. I will use this batch of movies and televisions born out of Chinese traditional folk tales and traditional novels. The drama tells the young people of China: What is not available abroad, China has, and it is wonderful; what is available abroad, China also has, and it is unmatched!