Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

Zhou Luyao's personal story touched Shanhe deeply. He not only made changes to the script and characters, but also called together several main actors and crew members such as Sun Honglei and Liu Ye to listen to the personal experience of Zhou Luyao, the prototype character.

The entire crew was touched by the twists and turns of the "August 9" case and the efforts of the front-line police officers, especially Sun Honglei and Liu Ye, both of whom were in tears.

Since they decided to star in "Operation Mekong", the two began various preparations, read various materials, and learned about the daily life of the police.

In their minds, "Operation Mekong" is a mainstream movie, and the protagonists in the film cannot escape the routine of mainstream movies. Even if it is directed by Shanhe, it is estimated that it cannot escape the routine of praising heroes.

But Zhou Luyao's story shocked the two. It is really difficult for ordinary people to imagine the difficulties and cruelty experienced in the real case.

The chaos in the Golden Triangle and the viciousness of drug dealers are beyond the imagination of normal people who grew up in a peaceful environment.

Both of them have a completely different understanding of their roles. This is not fiction or exaggeration. The reality is more heroic and touching than the script.

Shanhe also made more requests to the two of them.

"Honglei, Liu Ye, the script will be changed a little bit. The most important thing is your roles. The images of Gao Gang and Fang Xinwu will be more three-dimensional. I don't need the high-profile heroes like model operas. They will be more flesh and blood. You need to go deeper into the characters, especially you, Liu Ye. The image of Fang Xinwu will change a lot. You need to contact and observe some drug users in advance!"

"No problem, big brother, the sacrifice and dedication of drug enforcement police officers are indeed unimaginable. I will do my best to play them well and let everyone know what it means to be a nameless hero!"

After Liu Ye finished speaking, Sun Honglei made a request to Shanhe. Request,

"Director, can I live with Captain Zhou for a while?"

"Honglei, don't worry. Captain Zhou will give us targeted training next year. You are lucky to have a real template to refer to and learn from!"

"Indeed, to be honest, I really can't imagine what it feels like to hunt and fight in the jungle for more than two months. It is really an admirable profession!"

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The addition of Zhou Luyao, the prototype character, gave Shanhe too much inspiration and made the crew of "Operation Mekong" busy again. Combined with Zhou Luyao's personal experience, Shanhe made extensive changes to the script and shooting plan.

In addition to the necessary commercial elements, he also added more documentary elements to the shooting plan and used more handheld shooting lenses to make the whole movie more real, more tense and more immersive.

In terms of light and color, Shanhe also made great adjustments and changes. He plans to add more dark colors to the picture to add a sense of heaviness and depression to the lush green jungle of the Golden Triangle.

He added a sentence at the beginning of the script:

The Mekong River flows through the deep jungle like an artery with blood flowing...

Half a month later, after reading the new version of the "Operation Mekong" script and shooting plan, Dante Lam couldn't help but sigh to Shanhe:

"This is simply a combination of "Black Hawk Down" and "Fast and Furious". Shanhe, if this movie can be completed according to this idea, it will definitely be a model of a commercial action blockbuster. It's so interesting!"

Shanhe quite agrees with Dante Lam's praise. He confirmed some of the shooting techniques of "Black Hawk Down" and "Fast and Furious".

"Black Hawk Down" and "Operation Mekong" are both adapted from real events. Shanhe fully absorbed the advantages of them, such as: the scenes and costumes are relatively simple in color, and they are mostly integrated with the environment.

In terms of the color saturation of the picture, Shanhe decided to control it relatively low, which makes the audience feel heavy. Indoor scenes mostly use high light ratio and high contrast tonal effects, while outdoor scenes are generally overexposed.

There are also a lot of handheld, shoulder-mounted, follow-up, panning and small zooms to make the picture dynamic and increase the tension of the film. High-speed photography is often used to show some war scenes, and overhead shots with foregrounds are often used to create a voyeuristic feeling and express a tense atmosphere.

In the action scenes, Shanhe borrowed the dynamics and vitality of "Fast and Furious", with car, speedboat and helicopter chases intertwined and full of imagination.

In Shanhe's imagination, "Operation Mekong" is a documentary film with sufficient commercial elements, but with a heavy overall weight. He hopes that the film can not only bring passion and pride to the audience, but also make them feel sacrifice and grief.

Shanhe is very satisfied with his changes. He looked at the original director Lin Chaoxian next to him and smiled. Shanhe's version of "Operation Mekong" will be completely different from the original version of the previous life and will be more successful. He is confident about this!

Just as Shanhe and the crew were busy revising the script and filming plan, news came from across the Pacific that "Young Yi" had a great harvest at the Golden Globe Awards in the United States.

Although it did not win the Best Picture Award, the film won six awards including Best Director, Best Actor in a Drama Series, Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects, becoming the biggest winner of the Golden Globe Awards that year.

After Gong Li, Tang Xiaoyu became the second Chinese to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and the first Chinese actor to win the Golden Globe Award.

After winning the award, Tang Xiaoyu was the first to call Shanhe to report the good news. Although Shanhe had no idea about winning the Golden Globe Award, he was still very happy for Tang Xiaoyu.

This kid is really a god. Not only did he win the title of Best Actor in Venice, but he also won the Best Honor at the North American Golden Globe. Coupled with the terrifying box office data of "Life is Easy", he broke the ceiling of all domestic male actors in one fell swoop. It is conceivable how popular he will be in China.

This is indeed the case. The big win of "Life is Easy" at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony was reported to varying degrees by global media, especially the domestic media, which was the most active and excited.

There is nothing to say about Shanhe's award. It is natural to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Many media are even indignant that "Life is Easy" did not win the Best Picture.

Tang Xiaoyu won the Best Actor award for the first Chinese actor, which was the focus of the domestic media reports.

"Young Easy" swept the Golden Globe Awards, and Tang Zhiyu became the first Chinese Golden Globe Award winner!"

"Young Easy" was suspected to be suppressed and missed the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. Shanhe won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director again, and Tang Zhiyu won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor!"

"My little cousin is awesome in Europe and the United States, and Tang Xiaoyu won the Best Actor award again!"

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While the domestic media and the public were still cheering and discussing Tang Xiaoyu's award, good news came from the other side of the Pacific Ocean again.

The list of nominees for the 86th Academy Awards in 2014 was announced. Young Easy received ten Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Visual Effects.

It became the biggest nomination winner of this year's Oscars.

As soon as the news reached China, it was a double happiness. Domestic media once again climaxed, and the discussion on the Internet was even more heated.

"Speaking of which, can my cousin win another Oscar for Best Actor? Just look at my cousin to see what it means to soar to the sky and make a big splash!"

"It's difficult. Just look at Shanhe to see. Hollywood has never stopped suppressing him. Shanhe is too abnormal. The Academy of Oscars couldn't suppress him at all and gave him the award. But last year's "Joker" was suppressed again. Only Heath Ledger won the Best Actor award undisputedly, and the Best Director and Best Picture awards were both taken away!"

"Hehe... Shanhe doesn't care about the Oscar awards at all. He has missed the Oscars for two consecutive years. It's still a question whether he will go this year!"

"Shanhe has won all the influential film awards in the world. The Oscars are just chicken ribs to him. I guess he doesn't even have a trace of expectation now!"

" It's really annoying to compare yourself to others. If this happened to other directors, they would be blown up!"

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The fans were right. Shanhe was indeed indifferent to the Oscar nomination. However, he was being harassed by the old rogue Bruckheimer over the phone because of this.

"Qiu, you have been absent from the Oscars for two consecutive years. You won't come this year, right?"

"Uh~ You know Annie is pregnant again!"

"Don't make excuses. What's wrong with being pregnant? Which Hollywood actress is not pregnant and still filming as usual? There are many who use pregnancy to hype up publicity. Qiu, you need to give the Academy some face!"

"We are not that important, are we? Are there still stars missing from the Oscars?"

"There is no shortage of stars, but you and your wife are missing. You don't know that the attention paid to the Oscars has been getting lower and lower in the past two years. Last year's The ratings hit the lowest value in the history of TV broadcasts. You and Anne are the biggest hot spots this year. If you don't come, the Oscars will lose half of its popularity! Besides, Anne will have to win the Oscar next year for "Room"! "

"Okay, let me discuss with Anne. I won't go empty-handed, right? I don't care, but there will be a lot of trouble when the time comes!"

"Impossible, those old antiques in the Academy are not fools. Hawk Koch has already told me that you will definitely win the Best Director award!"

"Who is this Hawk Koch? I haven't heard of him!"

"Fuck! You don't care about the trend of Hollywood. Hawk Koch is the new chairman of the Oscar Executive Committee!"

"Really? Why should I care about these? Okay, nothing else, I'm hanging up!"

" Wait, let's talk for a few more words. How is your Chinese national mission going?"

"It's going pretty well. It's expected to start filming in April or May next year. Jerry, are the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series and "Deadpool" going well?"

"It's okay, but the pressure is quite high. You know I'm old and will retire in two years. I can't really get excited about these purely commercial projects!"

"Hehe... Jerry, what new project have you set your sights on? I know you too well. Fuck, just speak your mind!"

"Haha... I knew I couldn't hide it from you. I just read a script called "Green Book". Fuck, it's too similar to your "Parasite". Qiu, when you were filming "Parasite", you were too young and didn't direct it yourself. How about we make up for this regret together?"

"Green Book? Send the script to my email and I'll take a look first. You know, I have two national tasks to complete!"

"This is a feature film, without special effects and big scenes. I will prepare everything. At your speed, I can finish the film in my spare time while preparing for the movie!"

"You really think highly of me. Okay, send it to me first!"

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After ending the call with the old rogue, Shanhe tried his best to recall the information about "Green Book" in his mind.

He had an impression of this movie, but he only watched it once, and the impression was not very deep. He remembered that it was about a black musician and a taxi driver in the 1950s and 1960s.

It is indeed similar to the Shanhe version of "Parasite", but there are also many differences.

The Shanhe version of "Parasite" mainly expresses class solidification. Of course, racial discrimination is also involved, but it is not the theme. The theme of "Green Book" is only racial discrimination, and it is racial discrimination against black people. This theme is naturally the best theme for winning awards in the United States.

Do you want to take it?

Shanhe was a little hesitant. He was not very interested in winning the award, but this subject matter did have some appeal to him. Bruckheimer knew Shanhe very well, and he did regret not directing "Parasite" himself!

Let's take a look at the script first. The old rogue's vision is really poisonous. Even if Shanhe did not direct this subject matter, it would have a high probability of success!

Bruckheimer was very considerate. He not only sent Shanhe the script, but also provided other relevant information.

That night, Shanhe finished reading these things on the computer.

It turned out that the name of "Green Book" came from a travel guide called "The Green Book for Negro Drivers". There was a reminder on the cover of the book: "Carry your "Green Book" with you, you may need it."

This book was specially designed for black drivers in the United States during the apartheid era to remind them that restaurants, garages and hotels provided services to black people, and that travelers would encounter "sunset towns" where black people were prohibited from going out after nightfall.

This green-covered travel guide was first published in 1936 and published annually for the next 30 years. The book is sold at gas stations across the United States, with annual sales of up to 20,000 copies. It is one of the biggest evidences of racial discrimination in the United States.

This script is based on real events. Every character in the script exists in reality, without deliberate exaggeration or fabrication. The author of this script is the son of the white driver in the play.

The real prototypes of the two protagonists in the script happened to die together this year, which prompted the birth of this script.

Compared with "Parasite", "Green Book" does not have a dramatic plot conflict tension, and the satire and revelation are not direct enough. This story is more like a warm and even humorous road comedy.

But the story's lashing out at "racial discrimination" and its analysis of human nature are not superficial.

The theme revolves around "mutual redemption". An out-and-out racist and a black musician popular with white people promoted their self-discovery and cognition during an accidental road trip, and achieved mutual spiritual redemption.

The script is very accurate in terms of both laughs and tears, and the expression and analysis of human nature are also very accurate. There are no shortage of laughs and tears. The various laughs are very refreshing and refreshing, and the tears are full of expectations for the kindness of human nature, which is very warm.

It is indeed a rare good script!

Shanhe considered it for a night and decided to take on this movie, but he would not start preparing until "Operation Mekong" was finished.

With the help of Bruckheimer, the gold medal producer, "Green Book" should not take much time and will not delay the preparations for "Operation North Africa".

"Operation North Africa" ​​involves more things than "Operation Mekong", involving diplomacy and international relations. The first draft of the script has been completed, and Shanhe has not had time to change it.

It seems that the above is not in a hurry, and there is no intention to urge. Han Shanping means that there is no need to rush to prepare for the start of filming!

After Bruckheimer got Shanhe's affirmative answer, he was overjoyed and made a solemn promise that as long as Shanhe was responsible for making the movie, he would take care of everything else.

After finding another job for himself, time has already come to the end of the year and the Year of the Horse is about to arrive. Shanhe put aside work and the troubles of the outside world and welcomed the arrival of the Spring Festival with his family.