I really can't act

If nothing else, the "China's Past" series is Fang Yi's definitive work so far.In the next few decades, even if he is more developed, this will be the representative work of his youth.

If it turns to 100 years later, the predecessor Fang Yi is mentioned in future textbooks.Then in the textbook where every sentence represents the life of countless amazing and brilliant people, Fang Yi's label may be this "Chinese Past" series.It won't be his net worth of tens of billions, it won't be his appearance, and it won't be his box office—judging by the standards of the times, the above things are too superficial.

Only works.

So he wants to promote it when he is on the show, and he will take the initiative to promote it when he is not on the show. Whether it is in "Interview with Yang Lan" or "Forbes", he will always mention this series.When it comes to his own historical status, even Fang Yi, who is as light as the clouds and the wind, has to show some utilitarianism.

Yang Lan also gave him time to narrate:
"'Once upon a time in China' is a big proposition. I think you need to disassemble your thoughts and let the audience in front of the TV know your efforts...I know it must be something you are very proud of."

Fang Yi pondered for a few seconds and said:
"The 'Once Upon a Time in China' series is not a film. As you said, it is a big proposition, and a film cannot be described... and China has a very rich history, and I am afraid that it will not be able to explain it in place in a lifetime. , so I set my sights on the decades after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Even so, I had to spend several films, many years, to gain a little confidence.”

Yang Lan: "There are ancient, modern, and modern divisions in textbooks...you chose the era closest to you?"

"Yes." He continued: "'China's past' is not the past of the Republic of China, nor the past of the feudal dynasty, but can be understood as the past of the new China. It is a story that happened after our nation entered the modern society. "Love Letter", "Returning to 17" and the new film being filmed respectively reflect the thoughts of people in different eras, what kind of stories they are, and what kind of society they live in. I think people in the future can look back when they go back to the past. These few films...my skills and abilities are limited, this series must not be perfect, but I hope it can play such a role."

Fang Yi said: "Hundreds of millions of box office, billions of box office, billions of box office... These things are small achievements at present. In fact, people in the future will not care. What they care about is the value of the movie itself. And this value will come in the future." Only when it becomes a part of today's era can it be more apparent."

Yang Lan joked: "Fang Yi, you always talk about the future. What if it's a very distant future? For example, the future where human beings are extinct. Are these things you photographed meaningful?"

"Everything that exists has meaning..." Fang Yi started to say, and began to gesture, "Look, human beings are extinct, and a bunch of aliens have come to the earth. They are digging the soil, ah, or using other Technology - I don't know how they will do archaeology at that time. Anyway, it was detected that civilization was born on this planet, and we were in civilization, and we have those few representative video materials for reference at a certain point in time , Even the aliens saw it and said, the shot is not bad, so there was art in this place... They don't know that I, Fang Yi, took the shot, and they can't worship me, I have been turned into ashes long ago, but I It's been too satisfying."

Yang Lan was taken aback. She was slightly stuck on her high stool, which was a slightly loose attitude. Following Fang Yi's explanation, she gradually leaned forward, and couldn't help but forget to breathe. .

Fang Yi's words are a bit philosophical, and full of artist's wit.Belonging to the creator's top self-spiritual realization.

It's a bit like a science fiction story by Liu Cixin: Aliens sweep the interstellar battlefield, randomly check the civilization level of the planets they encounter, and get the earth, and the lucky representatives of the earth are a bunch of rural children who have just learned Newton's three laws. Newton's law was presented, so the aliens felt that the level of civilization on the earth was qualified, and they did not use the "singularity bomb" to blow up the earth.

Science fiction, a type of fantasy literature.To put it bluntly, it is YY literature, and the novels written by Xiaoguang Lianqu mostly serve the same kind of entertainment.In this story, the great benefactors of mankind are those rural children and the rural teachers who teach them knowledge... But!How awesome is Newton who proposed the three laws.

When Newton was alive, did he ever think he would be so awesome?

Fang Yi wants to be such a great man.

So what kind of program is on, what kind of words are said.Yang Lan understood what he meant, and was amused, and said with emotion: "You are doing a great thing... you want to be the recorder of the times?"

Fang Yi did not deny her words: "I was just lucky, born in this era, which gave me the opportunity to record."

"Why don't others record it?"

"Others have also recorded it. In fact, there are many directors who want to be such a person. It's just that the box office is not ideal, or they didn't win enough awards... It takes a little luck to take into account art and audience at the same time, and I just got the qualification. I This opportunity will not be wasted.”

Yang Lan was touched by his words and didn't answer for a while.It took a while before I straightened my hair, and took this opportunity to read the lines in the script to restore my mood.

Fang Yi was also thinking about what he said just now.What he gave was ready-made, his own inner thoughts, not a pre-compiled draft.

Many truths are spoken in jest.

He was thinking: yo.It turns out that I still have such a big goal.

——The question was timed out too much, and the question was too deep, so that Yang Lan had to skip some prepared questions and cut to Fang Yi's latest movie.

"I heard you're going to make a war movie?"

"There is such a thing."

"War films are not easy to shoot. Some cutting-edge domestic directors dare not do it. It is thankless... They always have to reflect the director's own worldview and self-thinking, and the thinking of these directors may not satisfy everyone, and may even be different from mainstream filmmakers. The values ​​are at odds — how do you deal with that conflict."

"I choose to do the opposite. Think less, stuff less private goods, and honestly restore that period of history as much as possible. Don't you have a saying today called 'recorder of history'? I will be A craftsman is good, what happened, what to shoot. I use film to record this history."

Yang Lan: "Fang Yi, you are very famous, but you are also very mysterious, because you rarely appear in variety shows, and there are not many talk shows. There are some rumors about you... But today I feel that you are very easy to get along with. Sincerely, you are very suitable for interview."

Fang Yi: "I can tell you this too."

The two looked at each other and laughed.