Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

The global box office hit of "The Young and the Restless" really gave filmmakers from all over the world a big stimulus.

Everyone has seen the amazing explosive power of the global box office, and the investment and expectations for this special effects production have risen to a new level.

With such a big piece of cake, everyone wants to take more of it!

Disney and Marvel immediately announced the overall planning schedule of the Marvel Universe. Following "Avengers 1", they took ambitious steps to dominate Hollywood.

Time Warner responded tit-for-tat by simultaneously developing projects for "Dawn of Justice: Batman v Superman" and "Wonder Woman", and vigorously publicized that Hathaway would star as Wonder Woman Diana Prince in an attempt to separate from the Marvel Universe. contend.

Not to be outdone, other Hollywood film companies have also announced their own special effects blockbuster plans. "Interstellar", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Kong: Skull Island", "Godzilla 2" and other big special effects productions have come forward to give their own opinions. .

China is no exception. Ning Hao's "Bring Her Eyes" has a global box office of more than 600 million US dollars, coupled with Shan He's "Young Yi", which has a two-week revenue of 1.1 billion US dollars, it has given domestic filmmakers a real shot. Chicken blood.

Domestic science fiction novels suddenly became popular. The copyright of Liu Cixin's novels was wrapped up by Chuhe Film and Television. However, Liu Cixin was not the only one in Chinese science fiction novels. The copyrights of novels by "Galaxy Award" winners such as He Xi, Wang Jinkang, and Jiang Bo were acquired by various companies. The focus of competition for Huaxia Film Company.

As a Chinese film giant, Chuhe Film and Television naturally followed the boss's footsteps and immediately announced several blockbuster news:

First, directed by Zhang Yi, with an investment of 800 million yuan in cooperation with China Film Group, China's first monster movie production "The Meg" has been approved and will start filming next year.

Secondly, the domestic fantasy masterpieces "Zhu Xian" and "Fengshen Yanyi", directed by Xu Ke and Wu Ershan respectively, have entered the preparation period at the same time.

Third, Chuhe Film and Television, Golden Shield Film and Television Center, and China Film Group jointly invested 500 million yuan in Shanhe's new film "Operation Mekong", which is expected to start filming next year.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the major domestic film and television companies were made impatient by Chuhe Film and Television's large-scale investment, and were ready to make moves.

Within a few days, news of various large-scale investment and large-scale productions came out one after another, including information about the preparations for movies such as "Time Hunters", "The Fortress", "Memory Master", "RoboCop", "Wesley" and so on. The truth and falsehoods uploaded on the Internet are making a fuss.

After Shanhe learned about it, he couldn't help but burst into laughter. He had really started the craze for Chinese-language movies in advance!

Some of these movies are in my memory, and some are completely unfamiliar. I hope they can all be successful!

Regardless of whether it is true or not, the Chinese film market is in a state of turmoil.

Brother Chen Kai looked at the hustle and bustle in front of him and could no longer hold back the turmoil in his heart. They are all representatives of the fifth generation of directors. I can't be worse than Lao Mouzi!

How could a large-scale domestic investment and production be without me, a former leader of Chinese-language films?

In Chen Kaige's opinion, when it comes to big investment and big production, you still have to look to Chuhe Film and Television and Shanhe.

Others are really unreliable. I know you are not short of money, but you only have money to support a ball!

The fiasco of "The Promise" taught Brother Chen Kai a lesson. Shan He is right. You can't be too self-righteous when making a movie. You still need to have a reliable team!

A project with an investment of hundreds of millions of yuan without a complete supporting shooting, production and distribution team is too risky. Once it fails, the blow to the director will be difficult to make up for!

So, a few days later, Brother Chen Kai showed up at the Chuhe studio with his beautiful wife. He needed to have a good chat with Shanhe!

The studio shooting of "Room" has entered the final stage. The filming of the movie has been started for a month and has been going relatively smoothly.

For Hathaway, this filming was both the easiest and most difficult experience for her as an actor.

It was easy because I was so well prepared before filming started. Not only did I experience the entire novel writing process with my husband and spend more than a month with the Fletschler family, but I also participated in the adaptation of the script and worked with the young actor Ya They lived and trained together for several weeks, and as soon as the filming started, she quickly fell into the role of Elizabeth.

For the same reason, her interpretation process was very difficult. After taking on the role of Elizabeth, she spent almost every day in pain and depression.

A woman who has been imprisoned in a basement for several years, her only hope is her son. This psychological state caused Hathaway, who is already a mother, to have several emotional breakdowns during the filming process.

Especially when she goes home to see her son, or when her son comes to visit the studio, Hathaway almost always holds her little bear and bursts into tears.

Little Bear Qiu Yanche has become more and more afraid of his mother in the past month. He doesn't understand why his mother always cries when she sees him.

Don’t everyone like me? Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, and grandma always smile at me every day, not to mention my aunt. Even if my father pretends to be bluffing, he can feel it. Dad's happiness.

But mother is different. Little Bear can feel that mother is really crying, and she is crying very sadly!

A thought naturally appeared in Little Bear's little head:

My mother is different from the rest of the family. She is untouchable and can cry better than myself. She also cries so much that I feel helpless, and I just want to cry with my mother!

As a husband, Shanhe is a little worried about his wife's status, but as a director, he is quite satisfied with the performances of Hathaway and Jacobs.

Shanhe has always had great confidence in Hathaway, and originally thought that the performance of the child actor would be a huge variable during the filming process.

But in the company of Hathaway and Jacob's father, although little Jacob would inevitably have temper tantrums as a child, he did not cause too much trouble to the crew.

Not only that, little Jacob's genius performance even brought Hathaway into character scenes several times, which amazed the entire crew.

When Chen Kaige and his wife arrived at the shooting scene, the crew was filming the last shot in the studio, which was also the ending of the movie:

After the mother and son escaped from the basement, they returned to the place where they had been imprisoned for several years and said goodbye to this small world forever.

Little Jacob walked into the basement. As soon as he entered the door, there was a toilet, connected to the sink. At the corner was a small wardrobe, and at the next corner was the bed. Moving forward, Elizabeth used an iron spoon to dig the narrow passage for her son. escape space.

Jacob looked at the room carefully;

"Mom, is this room?"

"Yes!"

"Why is it so small? Has it shrunk? Where did everything go?"

"We've all used it as evidence to prove that we once lived here!"

Little Jacob was touching everything in the past in the room, and suddenly said to the depressed Hathaway who was standing aside:

"It's because the door is open!"

Hathaway looked at little Jacob with a question on his face,

"What?"

"If the door is open, it's not the room!"

"Do you want me to close the door?"

"NO!"

"Tate, can we go?"

"YES!"

Little Jacob said his final farewell to the items left in the room,

"Goodbye, Miss Potted Plant!"

"Bye, chair number one!"

"Bye, Mr. Table!"

"Bye, wardrobe man!"

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Finally, little Jacob walked under the skylight and looked up at the sunlight coming from the skylight.

"Bye, Mr. Skylight!"

He walked past Hathaway and whispered to his mother,

"Mom, say goodbye to the room!"

Hathaway looked up at this nightmare room, a trace of relief appeared on her heavy face, and murmured in a voice that only she could hear:

"Bye, room!"

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"Card!"

Shanhe's shout interrupted this long shot shot by several cameras at the same time.

"Very good! Our interior shooting is all over. Everyone can rest for a few days. The next exterior shooting will continue in Canada. Jacob, you can go home!"

"Yes! I miss my mother so much!"

"Very good!"

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Amid loud cheers from the crew, Shanhe walked towards his wife, who was still in the character's mood, and hugged her gently,

"Annie, you did a perfect job. Now you need to go and spend time with your son. Little Bear is waiting for you at home!"

Hathaway hugged her husband with her arms and buried her head in Shanhe's arms.

"I'm fine, don't worry, as long as you and Bernie are here, I will never be fine!"

The couple hugged each other in silence for a while, and then Shanhe noticed the smiling Chen Kaige and his wife.

"Senior Brother Chen, sister-in-law, why are you here?"

Hearing this, Hathaway pulled out of Shanhe's arms, turned to look at the visiting guests, and showed a reluctant smile.

"Hello, senior brother Chen, sister-in-law!"

"Haha... You couple have such a good relationship. Why, have all the interior scenes been filmed?"

"Finished!"

Shanhe responded with a smile,

"There are very few scenes in this drama. It has been delayed for more than ten days because of the Venice Film Festival, otherwise the studio shooting would have ended long ago!"

"That's okay. If we had come a little later, we probably wouldn't have been able to make the trip!"

"Haha... It's better to come early than to come by chance!"

Shanhe looked at Brother Chen Kai and smiled. He knew at a glance that Director Chen was here to talk to him about something, and most likely it was related to making a movie or a new project.

"Senior Brother Chen, how about we find a place to have a drink tonight?"

"Okay!"

Brother Chen Kai smiled and said to his wife,

"Chen Hong, you and your siblings will go see the child later. Shanhe and I have to have a good chat tonight!"

"You men drink, while we women take our children shopping!"

Chen Hong smiled and walked to Hathaway's side.

"Brother and sister, you are in too tight a state. It is absolutely fine for filming, but now it is rest time, you have to relax!"

"Yes, this role is very depressing. It is the most difficult role I have ever played!"

"That's just right. Let's go out for a walk with Little Bear. Shopping is the biggest way for women to relax!"

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In the capital, in terms of local familiarity, Shanhe is far inferior to Brother Chen Kai. He is a local snake who was born and raised in the capital.

That night, Shanhe followed Brother Chen Kai into an antique time-honored private restaurant.

"Shan He, you may not think that this restaurant is big, but my ancestor was a serious imperial chef and his craftsmanship is authentic. But the old man is too lazy and his children and grandchildren are unwilling to pass on his craftsmanship. That's why he doesn't mention it. He doesn't mention it like this." If you mess around, it will become a big restaurant!"

"Really? Then I have to taste it!"

"Let's not drink Maotai Wuliangye tonight. Those things are just things to fool the scene. Let's go to the authentic Xiaoshao in Beijing!"

"Okay, you have the final say, I'm just waiting to eat today!"

"You heard me right, I'm a gourmet in the capital, I don't know how to eat my food!"

…

Brother Chen Kai’s recommendation is indeed correct. This restaurant is indeed an authentic Beijing style, with dishes such as stir-fried tripe in water, stir-fried mutton with green onion, three-bu-stick, fish slices, and it’s like honey, paired with local braised dishes. It's quite comfortable.

The two chatted while eating, gossiping about the current Chinese film industry over the food and wine.

…

"You said there are a few people in the industry who are serious about making good movies, and they are all here for money!"

Brother Chen Kai clinked glasses with Shanhe, drank all the braised wine in the wine cup, and then said,

"We're not saying we don't make money, it's natural to make money, but you also have to have the airs of a director and a literary person, you can't just point fingers and fool people to make money!"

Shanhe drank the wine cup and responded with a smile:

"The domestic market is growing too fast, and there is too much hot money coming too fast. Our film and television industry needs time to adapt. The key is the lack of qualified directors and behind-the-scenes teams!"

"No!"

Brother Chen Kai took advantage of the situation to fill Shan He's wine glass, and sighed to Shan He,

"The most reliable one in the country is Chuhe Film and Television, which has the most complete supporting industries and team training. At the beginning, your vision was too long-term. Look, special effects animation, production center, studio management, theater distribution, a complete set of movies You all have a good grasp of the process and admire it!”

"Haha... This is not my fault, it is all done by Zhong Lifeng and Yang Liu!"

"Without your support, they wouldn't be able to do these things!"

After Brother Chen Kai praised Shanhe for a while, he then stated his purpose.

"Shanhe, do you remember the Flying Tigers you told me about two years ago?"

"of course I remember!"

Shanhe looked at Brother Chen Kai and smiled,

"What, senior brother, do you have any ideas about this theme?"

Brother Chen Kai nodded and replied:

"To tell you the truth, seeing everyone going for big investments and big productions makes me feel itchy. But after thinking about it for a few days, I still think your idea is the most reliable. There is a market for war themes, and the background is grand enough. , and it can also add enough special effects, which is also in line with today’s domestic trends. How about we cooperate with brothers and sisters?”

Listening to Brother Chen Kai's words, Shanhe also felt a little regretful about the subject matter of "Flying Tiger".

Originally, I wanted to write it as a novel, but the information I needed to prepare was too large, and this was a real history, related to the complex diplomatic history of China and the United States, so I couldn't make up too much to give myself The room for performance is too small.

In addition, considering the future relationship between China and the United States, Shanhe has shelved this idea. Now Chen Kai wants to film him. This may be a way for Shanhe to make up for his regrets.

"Brother, do you have a general plot and direction?"

"Yes, I have!"

Brother Chen Kai took out a few folded manuscript papers from his pocket and handed them to Shanhe.

"Actually, since you told me about this idea, I have never let it go. I often think about it for a while and check a lot of information. Every time I read the information, I am moved to tears by these heroes. "

Brother Chen Kai raised his glass and drank it dry, and continued with a bit of excitement:

"In the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese Air Force lost 6,200 people, including 4,321 pilots. This number was almost the total number of Chinese pilots at that time. The average age was less than 23 years old. Among them No one surrendered! Almost all Chinese pilots in each batch died in the sky. Many pilots were even forced to fly fighter planes into the sky to fight the enemy before they completed their training. All the students died, and the teachers followed, one after another. Don’t be afraid. You must know that they are the most educated and elite talents of that era. They can hide behind and enjoy the superior life of the upper class of society comfortably, but they choose to serve the country with their lives. These people are worthy of anything. Boast and deserve to be remembered by the country and the nation forever!”

Shan He looked at the red-eyed and emotional Brother Chen Kai, and couldn't help but feel a surge of sadness in his eyes!

He has also read some historical information on the Chinese Air Force and even seen photos of young pilots.

These young people are almost all college students, the second generation of rich people, and all come from famous families. Before joining the Air Force, they knew that their destination was in the sky of the motherland, but they came happily and left calmly!

At that time, the training cycle for Chinese Air Force pilots was half a year, and this cycle was the time from graduation to death in combat for each generation of pilots.

They created the most tragic history of human aviation and defended their oath with their lives: "My country will survive when I die, and I will be honored when I die"!

Shanhe and Brother Chen Kai were silent for a long time before Shanhe raised his glass in the air and said to Brother Chen Kai:

"We toast the heroes!"

The two of them looked at each other with a distant respect, then spilled the wine in the glass on the table, and then Shanhe picked up the manuscript paper and read the contents.

Brother Chen Kai's plan was very ambitious, and he immediately defined the movie as a series of three parts, telling the heroic history of the entire Anti-Japanese Air Force from China's first air force to the Flying Tigers to the Hump Route.

Shanhe spent nearly twenty minutes reading Brother Chen Kai's general idea, raised his head and asked:

"Brother, how long do you plan to take to complete this idea?"

"Six to eight years!"

Shanhe shook his head and answered directly:

"This is unrealistic!"

Shanhe's answer confused Brother Chen Kai. He expected that Shanhe would make suggestions and make large-scale changes, and even politely excused himself by saying "think about it", but he didn't expect that Shanhe would directly deny it.

"Why?"

Shanhe poured some heat for Brother Chen Kai and replied unhurriedly:

"Because the movie will not be released by then. China is developing too fast. By then, the national conditions will not allow it, and the international situation will not allow it either!"

"Um…"

Brother Chen Kai was stunned by Shan He's question. He looked at Shan He and was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses.

"You mean, in the next few years, our international situation in China will change?"

"Yes, senior brother, this series will definitely not be released by then!"

"ah!"

Brother Chen Kai is not a fool. He would not have thought that far without Shanhe's reminder. But once Shanhe told him, and when he thought about it carefully, the matter became quite clear!

Disappointment and frustration suddenly appeared on his face,

"What you said makes sense. It's true that I didn't think enough about this matter. Alas, you still have a far-sighted vision. I really didn't expect this situation!"

Shanhe smiled slightly and continued:

"Don't be discouraged, senior brother. Instead of making a trilogy, how about we make one part and two parts?"

"Part two?"

"That's right. Three years is enough to film the first and second episodes together. It should be released in one or six years, so that should be no problem!"

"Oh, it's a huge investment to film together, and the risk is extremely high!"

"Money is not an issue. Making a movie is without risk. Besides, I've always been lucky!"

Shanhe's words made Brother Chen Kai put aside his frustration. Shanhe was right. He was famous for his good luck. Didn't he come to him just because he took a fancy to Chuhe Film and Television's strength and Shanhe's luck?

"Then it's done?"

"Brother, let me say it up front. The movie must be operated according to Chuhe Film and Television's process. From screenwriting to shooting and distribution, we have to pool the wisdom of the team, and you have to take care of the early preparations for this movie. I don't have any Time, and there are still national tasks to be completed!”

"Then we are considered co-directors?"

"You are in charge of this matter, I'd better be the producer!"

"Haha...then I can take advantage of you!"

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I hope that the entire Chinese film industry can benefit from me!"

"Haha...Okay, you are brave! I, Brother Chen Kai, am convinced!"

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