China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 637 When I meet a small composition, let the bullets fly for a while

Cao Xuan didn't care too much about the noise outside. After the opening ceremony, he devoted himself to the filming of "Hunting".

In an old but tidy old house, Cao Xuan wore a slightly outdated sweater and a plaid apron, cooking in a small kitchen.

Compared with the previous state, Cao Xuan's hair naturally fell down at this time, and the makeup artist darkened his face slightly, and made a few wrinkles, and put on a pair of thick thick-rimmed glasses, making him look older than before He is several years old, and his dress is also a little rustic.

He was cooking in the kitchen, and Du Yulu, who played the father, sat on the sofa and read the newspaper.

After this scene was shot, the staff took away Cao Xuan's uncooked dishes, and brought in two more dishes, which were steaming stewed tofu with cabbage and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

The camera was readjusted, he put two dishes on the dining table, and wiped his hands with a scarf.

"Dad, it's time to eat."

"coming."

Du Yulu put down the newspaper and sat on the seat, Cao Xuan served him a meal, Du Yulu took it, and then the father and son ate together silently. In the 2-minute segment, there was no line other than the greeting at the beginning.

There is only a yellow soil dog, wandering around the table, licking a little bit of rice soup on the ground.

If it was a commercial movie, the audience would have scolded the street, but literary and artistic movies pay attention to this kind of blank space and artistic conception.

The taciturn father and son's daily routine, combined with the plot, can have countless interpretations and applications.

The most common application is contrast. The normal state of eating, the state of encountering events, and the state of intense emotional climax can form a very intuitive lens language.

And such plots abound in literary and artistic films, but it is difficult for commercial films that focus on the amount of information and plot rhythm to regard them as the main course.

Cao and Du are both mature actors, so they went through it directly, and the crew began to toss and rearrange the room, and then waited until the evening for the second scene.

Cao Xuan didn't get involved too much, he greeted Du Yulu, and then retreated to the corner sofa to sit, silently trying to figure out the mood of the next scene.

Although Cao Xuan thinks he puts his best effort into every work, it is undeniable that when he encounters some difficult and complicated characters, he will put more effort than normal shooting, devote himself to the characters, and dig out his own talents little by little. potential.

The last time Cao Xuan was in such a state, it was Huang Silang in "Let the Bullets Fly", the last time he won the Golden Horse Best Actor's "Save Mr. Me", and the last time he won the Golden Horse Best Actor's "New World".

These films are relatively similar in that their commercial attributes are relatively low, they are very heavy on literary drama, and their characters or emotions are relatively complex and deep.

For actors at the level of Cao Xuan, most of the scenes are as simple as drinking water for them. Without certain external stimulation, it is difficult for them to perform at a super level.

Either the character is good, or the script is wonderful, or the opponent's actors are strong, or the director is of high level...

Only in these situations can Cao Xuan dedicate himself to it and show his best performance.

"Hunting" accommodates almost all the motivating conditions, and Cao Xuan naturally has to go all out, hoping to use this work to improve his acting skills or career honor resume.

In terms of commercial films, Cao Xuan does not say that he has climbed to the top, but there are indeed not many places where he can break through. The follow-up mainly depends on the market and the right time, place and people.

But in terms of personal honor, although he has won the Chinese Grand Slam, it is not recommended to win a few more trophies, especially the international actor.

Hu Jing has a Tokyo best actress in the A-category film festival, and she usually "despices" him a lot. Cao Xuan has long wanted to revive her husband with an international best actor with some gold content.

In the evening, Cao Xuan and Du Yulu played again. This time, it was a father-son conversation on the sofa. The son insisted that he was innocent and had not been obscene, and the father chose to believe it.

There are still not many lines between father and son, and even expressions and movements are very restrained, and many emotions are conveyed by eyes.

Frankly speaking, Cao Xuan originally wanted to find his master Li Xuejian for this role, but the latter's physical condition has been a bit bad recently, so Cao Xuan didn't dare to take risks.

Later, Lao Mouzi and Cao Xuan repeatedly screened and selected Du Yulu.

At the beginning, they murmured a little, thinking that the old man's relatively few movies would have an impact, but it turned out that old actors are old actors.

In just a few scenes, the image of an old father who is taciturn but has trust and love for his son is outlined. Playing against him, Cao Xuan also felt a lot of pressure.

However, he is not easy to eat. After a short run-in, both sides put on good performances.

.........

Today's scene ended, Cao Xuan did not leave directly, but chatted with Lao Mouzi about the plan.

Although he wanted to be an actor wholeheartedly in this film, he still had the title of producer after all. It was impossible for Lao Mouzi to ignore him, and many things had to be discussed.

In particular, the original version of the script "Hunting" was made abroad. If you want to completely adapt the local script without obvious violations, you still need to work hard.

Different from the original movie in Cao Xuan's impression, today's "Hunting" has more domestic urban and rural atmosphere.

The urban and rural atmosphere here does not mean rough manufacturing or killing Matt.Rather, the background characters and environment are full of the town style of the 90s of the last century.

If the town in the original version is cold and cold, then the temperament of the movie is more rough and cruel now.

"The Hunt" tells a story about rumors. It takes a shotgun to kill a man, but a rumor is all it takes to destroy a heart.

In the 90s, Lu Ying, played by Cao Xuan, was a primary school physical education teacher who was divorced in middle age, and his children and ex-wife left the city where he lived with his retired cadre father.

Lu Ying is a very cheerful person, and he gets along well with the students in class. In his spare time, he likes to invite some friends to hunt wild boars in the mountains.

At that time, guns were not completely banned in the country, and the town where they lived was flooded with wild boars a few years ago. Some people often kept shotguns in their homes, which could not only protect themselves, but also go hunting in the mountains, which improved their lives.

Lu Ying's two best friends are Wu Xi (played by Xin Baiqing), who is self-employed in the town, has a son and a daughter, and another friend is a lawyer (played by Wang Jingchun), but he often travels on business.

So Lu Ying and Wu Xi have the best relationship. Wu Xi even claimed that he could tell whether Lu Ying was lying or not through Lu Ying's eyes.

Wu Xi and his wife are too busy with their business to take care of their children. In addition, there are some patriarchal sons, and their son is also out of tune. Relying on the family's favor, he plays truant from school and even takes some mosaic books and videos home. But he didn't hide it well, and was seen by his sister.

Neglect of discipline, lack of care, and some unhealthy interference make the youngest daughter Wu Zhenzhen (Zhang Zifeng)'s personality different from that of normal children.

Lu Ying is Wu Zhenzhen's teacher and usually takes good care of this niece.

Once Wu Xi and his wife were not at home, and their son disappeared. Wu Zhenzhen was locked outside the door until it was dark. Lu Ying saw it and took it home to cook for him. I know my daughter is not at home.

It was in such an environment that Wu Zhenzhen had a good impression of Lu Ying, an uncle who cared and took care of him.

Out of precocity, or because of the influence of those mosaics, Wu Zhenzhen kissed Lu Ying ignorantly, and gave him a love note made by himself.

Lu Ying was taken aback, and seriously educated Wu Zhenzhen, telling her that she shouldn't be like this.

However, this correct approach deeply hurt Wu Zhenzhen, feeling that his sincerity had been let down, and ran to the corner of the school angrily to cry.

At this time, I ran into a female teacher (Yuan Quan), she stepped forward to ask, and Wu Zhenzhen, who was still angry, told the mosaics and pushed them all on Lu Ying.

But formally, these few words made Lu Ying's life fall into the abyss.

The female teacher is a righteous person, she immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

She immediately called the principal (Yang Xinming), and the two of them questioned Wu Zhenzhen together.

At this time, Wu Zhenzhen already felt that something was wrong, but the principal and the female teacher believed that she had been hurt.

Especially the principal, he and Lu Ying had conflicts before, so he consciously made some inductive inquiries.

The long questioning made Wu Zhenzhen a little impatient. Seeing the bell rang for the end of get out of class and the students playing happily in the playground, she wanted to get rid of it and gave the answer the principal and female teacher wanted.

The female teacher notified the parents and scolded Lu Ying severely, and then the principal expelled him with satisfaction.

Lu Ying, who had just made progress with her girlfriend (Yu Nan), was still thinking about starting a new marriage last night, but when she encountered such a thunderbolt from the blue sky, she was stunned.

He confronted Wu Zhenzhen, but was disgusted and expelled by his old friend Wu Xi and his wife.

Even though Wu Zhenzhen admitted that Lu Ying had done nothing, the couple who suddenly loved their daughter thought it was her timidity.

Even the female teacher asked other students with great fanfare. Nearly half of the students, under the inquiry of their parents and teachers, also ignorantly admitted that Lu Ying had molested them.

As a result, Lu Ying's reputation was completely stink in this small town.

He was expelled from school, spurned by his friends, neighbors deliberately threw rubbish at his house, and was driven away by shopkeepers when he went out to eat and buy things, and someone even threw stones at him on purpose while walking on the road.

Everyone regarded him as a disgusting and nasty hooligan, and even his girlfriend chose to leave after struggling.

Only the old father chose to believe in him persistently, but he was also implicated.

In addition, there was also a lawyer friend who rushed back. He also firmly believed that Lu Ying would not do such a thing, and after the police took Lu Ying away, he searched for evidence, actively ran, and finally released him without charge.

However, although people are not guilty, people's prejudice still makes Lu Ying miserable.

Lu Ying is still ostracized by the whole town, and he thinks he is right and does not give in to the circumstances.But what they often get is cold and brutal expulsion or even beating
Finally, during a school art performance, Lu Ying burst in and questioned Wu Xi in grief and indignation.

The two have been friends for many years, and the latter said that he could tell whether he was lying by looking into his eyes, but why didn't he choose to believe him now...

Lu Ying was taken away by the security guards, and the despair in his eyes made Wu Xi silent when he left. He found his daughter, got Lu Ying's innocent answer again, and then found Lu Ying.

After half a year, everyone reached a superficial reconciliation, and Lu Ying still married the girlfriend who left him at the beginning.

At the end of the wedding, Lu Ying saw Wu Zhenzhen. He didn't blame the other party, and he hugged her friendly to bandage the wound he accidentally bumped into.

The next day, Lu Ying went hunting in the mountains again, but just as she saw a wild boar, her hair was suddenly grazed by a bullet.

He looked back, but in the afterglow he couldn't see the face of the man who had fired the gun.

I only know that the person is standing at the highest point, I only know that the person is standing in the sun, maybe all this is just a coincidence, but that person does not know how dangerous the gun in his hand is.

The name of the movie is "Hunting", which also means that in society, everyone can become a hunter, and everyone can also become a prey...

There are many directions in this movie, and everyone has a different understanding.

For example, Zeng Li, who is a teacher and a new mother, believes that many aspects of this movie discuss children's "innocence and cruelty" and education.

Children are not completely pure, they will lie, and most of them are self-taught, or unintentionally or intentionally, the purpose is to create a favorable environment for themselves.

Little Cao Li once lied about watching more cartoons, and even pretended to be sick when she didn't want to go to school, which made Nishinomiya's teeth itch with hatred.

After reading the book, Hu Jing wondered if Cao Xuan was speaking for Michael Jackson. After all, the plot of the movie was very similar to the "child molestation case".

Lao Mouzi is at a higher level, advocating the plight of an individual after being attacked and excluded by a collective society.

Cao Xuan's own understanding is, in the face of an event, how to stay awake, not follow suit, and make accurate and objective judgments from his own perspective.

It's easy to say, but it's not easy.

For example, the movie "Hunting" is very interesting and frightening to think about. If you are also a small town resident and teacher, 99% of people will not believe in the hero.

A divorced middle-aged man, the female student under his care admitted the fact of molestation, and a large number of other students also confessed, but because of the cover of his retired father and the help of a lawyer friend, he "get away with it"...

Comparing heart to heart, I am afraid that few people will choose to believe in a "hooligan" who has been reviled under the "plenty of facts".

Cao Xuan sometimes even teased that this movie is a bit like an enhanced version of "Let the Bullets Fly".

There is no doubt that such a movie will be thought-provoking, and when people are angry, they can only be silent, and their hearts are full of loss and powerlessness.

Cao Xuan has never advocated that movies should educate the audience about certain principles, but he really hopes that this movie can give the audience some insights.

Know how to be calm, when things happen, don't be easily led by Xiaozuowen, let the bullets fly for a while...

.........

As a result, within a few days of Cao Xuan's idea, he personally experienced what is called a public opinion frenzy.

In January of this year, a movie called "Special Identity" was launched. Now the popular Zhen Zijin is acting as the action director + producer, and Zhao Wenzhuo is invited to play the villain.

Although the latter has been a bit outdated in the past two years, he is still one of the representatives of Mesozoic martial arts actors.

Two years earlier Yuan Baye and An Le made a film "Su Qier", and spent a lot of money to invite Zhou Gongzi, who was the most popular at that time, as the heroine, and also got Xiao Zhou as a cameo, intending to hold a second Zhen bullets.

But then the movie was a bit miserable, with a box office of less than 5000 million, which also ruined Zhao Shangwei's plan.

However, the coffee position is still there, and because he has acted in many popular TV series, his nationality is not low, and he is still an action actor recognized by the audience in the Mesozoic era.

The cooperation between Zhen and Zhao is also a big selling point of the movie "Special Identity". The film crew played the gimmick of "two Kung Fu superstars confronting each other", which is highly anticipated by the audience.

As a result, at the end of February this year, some media revealed that Zhao Wenzhuo was kicked out by the film studio for playing big names, and then the film studio announced the termination of the contract with Zhao.

At the beginning of March, Zhao Wenzhuo posted Weibo to accuse the media of spreading rumors, and then held a press conference, and many celebrities expressed their support.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Wenzhuo was spreading rumors against the media at this time.

This is also the reason for the support of many celebrities, including several star artists who have worked with Zhao Wenzhuo, and even the official Weibo of the crew of "Embroidered Spring Knife".

After that, the direction of the wind was not right. I don't know what happened. Zhao Wenzhuo suddenly accused Zhen Zijin of acting as a bully and changed his part.

Since it was Zhao who fired the shot first, and has been active in the media and Weibo, and gained the support of a large number of netizens, Zhen Bullet was scolded miserably, and a lot of black material was picked up.

In order to fight back, Zhen Fang also began to release Zhao's black material, and even the crew also started to release the material.

He also said that when Zhao was filming with his family and children, he was very demanding and spent tens of thousands of dollars a day, and because of the strike and stoppage of work, the crew suffered huge losses and so on.

At this stage, things have actually risen to the level of Rashomon. The public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the woman is right.

Because of Zhao's native place and good popularity, he has a lot of support from netizens, and Zhen has a lot of die-hard fans, so the two sides can be considered to have exchanges.

Tianya, Weibo and Baidu Tieba are the main battlegrounds, and Tianya, which is more famous for celebrity gossip, is the most intense. It can even be said that this is the last glory of Tianya.

The two sides quarreled for more than half a month, but they still didn't understand the quarrel. Many passers-by were tired of watching it, and their perception and interest in the incident also dropped sharply.

If this matter stops here, it may be that the two actors have a grudge, fans scold each other, and then cause each to attack with black material, which is still within a certain range.

However, in order to intensify his efforts, Zhen Fang pulled a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan actors off the stage, which intensified the conflict, and formed a big team in the mainland and Hong Kong circles.

Many times, when the incident escalates to this level, it is out of the control of others, and many passers-by and netizens who used to eat melons also end one after another.

The answer is obvious. If you form a regional melee at home in the Mainland, you will definitely suffer.

Besides Zhen Bullet, those celebrities were also implicated, and Shu Dazui was the first to bear the brunt.

In fact, it might not be such a big deal if someone else ends up, but because Shu Dazui was just dug up by Tianya a few months ago for the scandal of the year, nicknamed "Baibai", so when she showed up, she was immediately caught fire.

Feng Xiaogang collaborated with him in the "If You Are the One" series, came out to speak for Shu Dazui, and was nicknamed "Hu Shu Bao".

By this time, a carnival of public opinion has actually formed, right or wrong is not so important, and many celebrities have even been chased to stand in line.

Da Mimi just said that he believes in Brother Zhuo's character, and immediately became the center of public opinion, with all kinds of news flying all over the sky, and it was rumored that he was blocked by the Hong Kong circle.

Apart from other things, Da Mimi almost laughed out of anger, she has never been to the Hong Kong circle, so why should she be banned...

Cao Xuan, the leader in the mainland, was naturally pursued to express his opinion. If the crew did not accept interviews, they swiped the screen on Weibo.

To be honest, if there was a real conflict between the two, Zhao suffered a disadvantage, and Boss Cao would speak out for his displeasure in the Hong Kong circle.

But this matter is really not that simple. Others don't know, but his golden finger has picked up the inside story.

This project is completely a piece of shit, the producers and the capital are messing around, all kinds of show operations emerge one after another, and it is even a scam.

Both Zhao and Zhen are targets to some extent. Both of them are wrong, and at the same time, they are both right. They can even be called victims.

It's just that they were deceived to a certain extent, or pointed at each other for some purpose, and then they got out of hand.

There is no winner in this war of words!

Zhao Wenzhuo, who was already a bit out of date, later had a downhill career, and later became a leading actor on the Internet. Zhen Bullet's reputation was greatly affected, and he did not fully recover until ten years later.

Under such circumstances, Cao Xuan would definitely not stand in line, nor would he speak up easily.

Because of his status, no matter what he said, he would definitely be involved in disturbances, which could lead to unpredictable trends.

It is no exaggeration to say that now only some actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan are in conflict with mainland netizens, and most of the stars are not standing in line. If Cao Xuan goes off, it may be a direct collision between the mainland film and television industry and the Hong Kong circle.

At present, the Hong Kong circle is still in danger. Even if the mainland can win, it will suffer a lot of losses, and more seriously, it will lead to the end of official regulation.

As soon as the words "United Front" came out, Cao Xuan and Fan Xing had to grit their teeth and bear it no matter how much they could fight.

Moreover, Cao Xuan also felt that there was no need to go to war. Leaving aside this incident, it was nonsensical. What was more important was that the mainland was now gaining momentum, and the general trend of the future was already clear.

According to normal development, within three years at the most, the Hong Kong circle will no longer be an opponent of the mainland.

In 5 to 10 years, the Hong Kong circle will completely decline, and even the proud stars and funds will go north one after another, and cooperate with mainland giants for dinner.

And the crazy rise of the stars is likely to speed up this process. Perhaps within 5 years, the world will be established.

To put it bluntly, whether the funds from the Hong Kong circle can enter some core projects in the mainland in the future depends on whether Boss Cao nods.

Now that there is pressure from the top, and the audience also has some feelings for Hong Kong movies, even if Cao Xuan has ideas, he can't make too much noise.

After 2019, when many things have settled down, it is time for Cao Xuan, the talker, to truly exert his power.

At that time, there will be no so-called ambiguity and ambiguity. You can either open your mouth and submit your name, or get out of the way. There is no food for you in the mainland...

(End of this chapter)