1979 Golden Age

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bah bang bang!"

A scene was set up in the studio, with earthen walls on both sides and several wooden shelves. The aisle was only two or three meters narrow. Li Lianjie used a wooden stick to block, while Zhen Zidan swung wildly with a cloth stick.

The cloth stick was soaked in water and twisted into a stick, which could be soft or hard.

The soft one is simple and can be used like a nine-section whip, while the hard one goes against the common sense of the human body. Unless you really know your internal strength, you can shake a cloth stick until it becomes hard.

So when filming, the soft ones were shot directly, while the hard ones were actually props - a real stick wrapped in cloth.

At this moment, Zhen Zidan was playing with the nine-section whip, twirling it around his neck twice, dancing like a tiger, and then whipped it suddenly, breaking through the earth wall with a snap, and debris of earth flew out, which showed its great power.

The two passed a few more moves, and Yuan Heping shouted: "Ka, that's it!"

"Next group!"

The next group is not next to each other at all. It is the Madonna of Huanglian played by Ge Chunyan, flying up and down with a wire, pretending to be a ghost.

We took a break at noon and went out to the ancient street in the afternoon to take pictures of the double-faced Bodhisattva.

He Qing and Tao Huimin were wearing bright red robes, standing on the lotus seat. The red cloth on their heads looked like gauze curtains and red hijabs. Their beautiful faces were obscured by shadows, giving them a beauty that blended temptation and holiness.

A few women in red clothes and trousers in front were scattering flowers, holding lanterns, and some were playing and playing, which added a bit of spookiness, as if a ghost king was marrying his daughter, and the atmosphere was full...

After "Tai Chi 2" was launched, it was not shot as everyone expected. Instead, it was shot here and there, with no logic. After shooting like this for several days, Chen Qi felt that he had enough material, so he stopped and asked Li Wenhua to follow the normal process.

And he took these about 5 minutes of material and went directly to post-production. He said he wanted to cut out a copy first and then take it to Hong Kong.

No one understood what he wanted to do, only the Yuan brothers understood.

Today, the crew is filming.

Chen Qi gradually began to delegate power, only watching without speaking. Li Wenhua and Yuan Heping could understand his intentions. When the three of them agreed on the film style, he could let go.

"Xiao Chen!"

Suddenly a person came in from outside, walked up to him, and greeted him in a low voice. He turned his head, somewhat surprised: "Old Tian, ​​why did you return to the factory?"

"It's summer vacation."

"Oh, I forgot. It's been a long time. I'm going to drink tonight."

The person who came was none other than Tian Zhuangzhuang. He could only come back during the winter and summer vacations. He had interacted with Chen Qi several times and the relationship was okay. He was still unshaven and looked very slovenly, and said, "Shall I bring a classmate and let him come in and see what he has to say?"

"Okay, where is it?"

"Old Zhang!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang waved, and a man in his early 30s walked in. He had thick eyebrows and narrow eyes, dark skin and a simple face. His posture was relatively humble. When shaking hands with Chen Qi, he nodded and bowed: "I heard about your name earlier, I hope I didn't disturb you."

"Hello, are you majoring in directing?"

"I study photography, my name is Zhang Yimou."

"Oh, just take a look, don't be restrained, just don't disturb the filming."

"Hey!"

Zhang Yimou came with Tian Zhuangzhuang today. He didn't expect to sneak into the "Tai Chi 2" live viewing. There are not many opportunities like this. He stood on the outside watching a little nervously. After a while, he squatted down again, watching with gusto. .

Behind him, Tian Zhuangzhuang yawned and muttered: "We have no classes in Grade 78 and are all doing internships. I don't need to do an internship. I will stay in school to make a short film and treat it as my graduation work."

"What short film?"

"It's called "Small Courtyard" and tells the trivial affairs of several families in a large courtyard.

Eight photographers, eight recorders, one artist... Anyway, almost all the 78-level technical positions have been filled in. "

"Eight photographers? How do you divide them?" Chen Qi asked in horror.

"Two minutes for each person. The school gave us 20 minutes of footage. I took Lao Zhang here today to choose a location. I want to go to Haizi to find a suitable yard, eh?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang raised his head and asked, "I heard that you bought a house there?"

"That's not appropriate for me."

"Why isn't it appropriate?"

"My yard is too beautiful for you to ruin."

Tian Zhuangzhuang raised his eyebrows and said, "I have to take a look at what you said!"

"You can take a look, but you can't take pictures... Hey, why didn't my eldest nephew participate?"

"He, he went to intern at a children's film studio."

The Children's Film Studio was just established this year, and the director is Tian Zhuangzhuang's mother, Yu Lan, who plays Sister Jiang.

Chen Qi was amused. He thought for a moment about the compatibility between Chen Kaige's image and that of the Children's Film Studio, and said with a smile, "Why didn't he come to Beijing Film Studio?"

"Which factory you want to intern at will basically be decided after graduation. Kai Ge wants to get into Beijing Film Studio. To be honest, it's a bit difficult..."

Tian Zhuangzhuang shook his head. There were too many directors at Beijing Film Studio, which was already a surplus. There were still so many seniors waiting for opportunities, so it was difficult to recruit new ones. But to put it bluntly, Chen Kaige's family background is poor and he can't get in.

And Zhang Yimou was even worse. He was from a grassroots background. Not to mention entering the Beijing Film Studio, he couldn't even stay in Kyoto, so he was assigned to the distant Guangxi.

Tian Zhuangzhuang was a very loyal person. At that time, he also begged Yu Lan and wanted Zhang Yimou to join the Children's Film Studio, but unfortunately it didn't work out. Then he often went to Guangxi to see Zhang Yi, who was much better than Chen Kaige.

Da Dao didn't look down on Lao Mouzi at all.

It is said, it is said that when the news that "Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear came back to China, the director was so angry and sour that he could even dip his dumplings in it, and cursed: "Fuck! I'm the only photographer!"

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Over there, Zhang Yimou watched for a long time. He didn't come over until the crew took a break.

Tian Zhuangzhuang put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile: "Xiao Chen has a yard in Shichahai. If he doesn't lend it to us, we will pester him today. We must go and see what kind of yard it is, but it can't be filmed?"

"Are you sure? I'm going to look at the furniture later. I don't know when I can go shopping." Chen Qi said.

"Let's go shopping. Anyway, we have plenty of time. We can go shopping and drink in the evening."

"Okay, then come with me... Hey, why don't you call my eldest nephew?"

"He won't participate, why do you ask him to do it!"

Ever since, Chen Qi told Li Wenhua and left the studio.

Zhang Yimou had been silent all this time, but now he asked in a low voice: "Who is his eldest nephew?"

"Kaige!"

"ah?"

Zhang Yimou was frightened, and then he thought again, it was right, they both had the surname Chen, they might be from the same family, Chen Qi had a higher seniority, so they had an uncle-nephew relationship.

When Tian Zhuangzhuang looked at him, he lost his mind and said with a smile: "When Xiao Chen came here, he had a good relationship with Kai Ge's father. They were friends with each other, so they had such a joking nickname..."

"Oh, you scared me!"

The three of them went out, Chen Qi rode his bicycle, and Tian Zhuangzhuang took Zhang Yimou on his bicycle.

After riding a long way, we arrived at a hardwood furniture factory.

Brick walls surrounded a large yard filled with lumber and rows of bungalows serving as workshops and warehouses.

During the flood period, a large number of cultural relics and antiques were confiscated in the capital. Furniture took up space and was generally stored in various furniture factories. After the re-opening, there was a policy to return these cultural relics, but many people could not find them and they became ownerless items.

So some people with connections often come over to buy things.

When Li Hanxiang was in Beijing filming "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Under the Curtain", he spent 120,000 to buy out a furniture factory in the name of filming and setting up scenes.

It looked like a mistake, but who could afford 120,000 at that time? ?