I'm not just a director

On the day of the official start-up, when Jiang Wen came out of the dressing room with short hair, Jiang Peian only felt that the sense of historical confusion reappeared in his mind.

Although he had seen Jiang Wen's makeup photos of Zhang Muzhi before, he was blended into the background of the shooting, so he could not help but feel in a trance.

Seeing Jiang Peian's stunned look, Jiang Wen wiped his big face and said doubtfully:

"What are you looking at? I have a flower growing on my face?"

Jiang Peian shook his head and smiled, sitting back in front of his monitor.

Others in the crew are also preparing at their respective stations.

"Let the Bullets Fly" has attracted the attention of many people since the beginning of the project, and it is even more so now that it has been launched.

Jiang Pei'an's village welcomed a large number of reporters and people from society not long after the power was turned on.

There are scenic spots like watchtowers in this place, and the crew is filming here, so people immediately find a place to go.

Reporters came here to interview the cast and crew.

People from the society come to watch the celebrities and join in the fun, the majority of whom are college students.

"Uncle, is there filming going on here?"

"Uncle, we are students from Guangdong University. I would like to ask if there are any stars in our village who come to film movies?"

"Didn't Weibo say that the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly" was filming here? Why didn't I see the crew?"

In a village two kilometers away.

Many people gathered in this little-known village.

These are all people who came here to watch the crew filming. Most of them came here specially after seeing the news on Weibo.

There are also business-minded people in the village, so they set up a stall in the village to guard the crew.

There are people coming to the stalls selling fruits, drinks, and grilled sausages one after another.

"Holy crap, is that Feng Xiaogang?"

"What, where is Director Feng?"

"Feng Xiaogang is here too?"

I don’t know who took the lead in exclaiming, as an off-road vehicle with a Beijing license plate drove past the dirt road in the village.

The man sitting in the passenger seat wearing a peaked cap and smoking a cigarette is none other than Xiaogang Pao Feng Xiaogang.

At this time, he opened the window, held a cigarette butt in his hand, and greeted passers-by from time to time.

"Director Feng also came to the set to visit Director Jiang?"

"That's nonsense. They have a very good relationship."

"Do you think it's possible that Director Feng is also one of the actors in "Let the Bullets Fly"?"

"Impossible, isn't Feng Xiaogang filming his "The Night Banquet"?"

After Feng Xiaogang left, the crowd was still talking.

……

After Feng Xiaogang arrived at the set, Jiang Peian called the sound card and asked everyone to rest for fifteen minutes.

"Thank you, Director Feng."

Jiang Peian walked away from Feng Xiaogang with a smile and shook hands with him.

Feng Xiaogang still looked skinny and skinny, grinning and saying:

"You, Director Jiang, need us, so you have to come over quickly."

"No, I don't dare to use our Director Feng. It's you who give me face and help the younger generation."

Jiang Peian said with a smile.

"I tell you two, let's stop flattering each other. It's boring."

The two of them were chatting, when suddenly a powerful voice came over.

Jiang Wen walked over with a smile on his face and wearing a rough costume.

"Hey, Wenzi, do you feel comfortable staying on Director Jiang's crew? Do you want to come over to my place?"

Feng Xiaogang joked with a smile.

Jiang Wen waved his hand and said:

"If you don't go, you won't go. Your movie won't work and it's not suitable for me."

The movie Jiang Wen was talking about was the masterpiece "The Night Banquet" that Feng Xiaogang was preparing to shoot.

Before the movie script was revised, Feng Xiaogang had already promoted it in the industry.

After the script came out, Feng Xiaogang began to "harass" friends in the industry for their opinions.

Sometimes, when others ask you to give opinions, they do not necessarily require you to give them.

If you are really stupid and rush to get it, you will definitely not be good in the eyes of others, or at least they will scold you in their hearts.

The script "The Night Banquet" has existed for a long time. It was written by Qiu Gangjian. The script is very traditional. It was once called "The Sword and the Prince".

At that time, "China Film" in Bay Province was suffering from losses, and in the 90s, no one overseas was willing to invest such a large amount of money in Bay Province films.

At that time, "Assassination of Qin" caused China Film to lose everything, and dozens of people were directly fired. This is even more hopeless.

So the script was shelved until Feng Xiaogang finally discovered it.

"The Banquet" claims to be an adaptation of "Hamlet", and it is indeed an adaptation and re-editing of "Hamlet".

However, since the national conditions of Denmark and China in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are very different, simply moving the plot over will undoubtedly squeeze out many flaws along the way.

The prince in "Hamlet" is not a weak man, he has the opportunity to assassinate his uncle.

But considering that his father was killed in his sleep, without a chance to repent before his death, this made his father go to hell.

Hamlet therefore refuses to kill his uncle while he is praying because it would instead send his uncle to heaven.

This element cannot be transferred to "The Night Banquet", which makes the prince in "The Night Banquet" seem to lack the determination to revenge and is extremely weak.

In addition, many flaws in the movie are related to simple copies of "Hamlet".

For example, the empress could enter and leave the court freely, and she loudly suggested to the emperor to carve a "flying dragon in the sky".

A young girl can perform songs and dances without authorization at the emperor's night banquet. This is not in line with the common sense of an ordinary person...

Feng Xiaogang was just polite, but he really didn't think of asking Jiang Wen to come over.

The three of them chatted for a while, and then Jiang Peian asked the life producer to come over to entertain Feng Xiaogang, and he followed the crew there to continue filming.

"Let the Bullets Fly" has a plot before it officially enters the plot.

That is, the county magistrate Ge You took his wife and master, that is, the character Feng Xiaogang, to take office in Goose City.

Therefore, the beginning of the movie is a shot of the white horse-drawn locomotive that makes people fall into infinite magic.

There have been many interpretations of this shot in later generations, and they are all very nonsense.

No one has ever thought about it, what if this is a real event in history?

In 1881, the Tangxu Coal Railway was officially opened to traffic. This was the first standard gauge railway built by my country, with a total length of 9.7 kilometers.

On the day it was opened to traffic, the locomotive ran back and forth at a speed of thirty kilometers per hour, fully loaded with local officials and gentry who were watching the ceremony.

The people attending the ceremony were in high spirits, and the Westernizers were even more excited. However, when the news reached the capital, Lafayette was furious. The Westernizers were talking about express roads, but why did they become railways and run trains?

The die-hards took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, saying that "the locomotive was driving straight ahead, shaking Tangling, and emitting black smoke, damaging the crops."

Dongling is the imperial mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty. Shocking Dongling is a great disrespect to our ancestors.

It’s unreasonable that black smoke can damage crops!
Thus, the most incredible and ridiculous scene in the history of Chinese railways occurred:
On the standardized railway track, several mules pulled the Dragon locomotive, traveling between Tangshan and Xugezhuang.

Until the eve of the Sino-French war.

Due to the surge in coal consumption, the ban on locomotives was lifted and it was agreed to purchase two more steam locomotives from Britain.

The No. 0 locomotive currently in the China Railway Museum is one of them.

From then on, the Tangxu Railway became a commercial railway in the true sense...

After Feng Xiaogang settled down, he came to Jiang Peian with the script in hand.

Jiang Peian was sitting next to the monitor, which showed Ni Dahong and Jiang Wen going back and forth.

Seeing Ni Dahong's performance, Feng Xiaogang was amazed and said:

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, where did you find this actor? It's really good. I feel comfortable watching the plays of old actors."

Hearing Feng Xiaogang's words, Jiang Peian laughed and said:

"Director Feng, you are just pretending to be young. I am two years younger than you, so why do you think you are an old actor?"

Hearing this, Feng Xiaogang looked at Ni Dahong's somewhat old face with a look of astonishment.

Jiang Pei'an glanced at the script in his hand. Feng Xiaogang didn't have many roles, so he only missed one at the beginning.

But there are a lot of words written down densely on the script, and it looks like a lot of effort was put into it.

"Director Feng, your scene will be filmed tomorrow. Take a good rest today."

Feng Xiaogang nodded, looked at the picture on the monitor with him, and sighed:
"I really don't know what you think. The train is pulled by horses. Haha, it's interesting."

Jiang Peian smiled and said nothing, and only listened to Feng Xiaogang continue:
"Making movies is getting more and more boring now. It's all about finding a few big names and building a budget together. It's boring."

What Feng Xiaogang said is quite interesting, as if his "A World Without Thieves" is not included in this list.

Feng Xiaogang glanced at him and knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile:
"Although "A World Without Thieves" has many stars, it also has many attractions. It's not like those people in Hong Kong who can recruit anyone to become an actor."

Jiang Peian reacted immediately when he heard Feng Xiaogang's words that sounded like he was complaining but sounded very sour.

This guy should be talking about the upcoming "Initial D".

The movie that left the most to future generations is probably the "Akura Mountain Riding God".

In fact, there is also a song that became popular with this movie called "All the Way North".

This is Jay Chou's song, and Jay Chou is also the male protagonist of "Initial D".

Yes, this is also Jay Chou's first movie.

What Xiaogang Pao said just now, "Anyone can be an actor," probably refers to Jay Chou, who is at the height of his popularity in the music industry.

How popular is Jay Chou?
Son of the Golden Melody Award, CCTV’s Quality Idol, King of Aisan POP (King of Asian Pop) in Western media
At his peak, Jay Chou became the first Asian male singer to be featured in Time Magazine in 03. The Western media praised him as a king.

Then last year he appeared on the 04 Spring Festival Gala and officially entered the mainland market, and this was just the beginning of his glory...

At the 04 Golden Melody Awards, Jay Chou's album "Ye Huimei" once again won the Album of the Year, officially becoming the first person to win the Golden Melody Awards.

What's even more frightening is that he only debuted for 4 years and has released 4 of 3 albums in just one year!
Then the album "Qilixiang" was released, which became a huge hit.

In the same year, Jay Chou, as the spokesperson of China Mobile’s M-Zone business, created an extremely classic marketing campaign in the history of China Mobile’s advertising:

"My Land" is an advertising theme song that has become popular among young people across the country.

Slogans such as "My territory, listen to me" and "M-zone people" are still well-known to later generations.

Another example is this "Initial D", which is simply a star-studded movie.

Guan Xige, Yu Wenle, Du Wenze, Chen Xiaochun, Huang Qiusheng, Zhong Zhentao...

This is a movie tailor-made for Jay Chou. He doesn't even have to act. He just has to act coquettishly and talk a little, as usual.

And his true acting skills won him the Academy Award and the Golden Horse Award...

"Initial D" did very well at the box office, and many movie theatergoers actually had to listen to the final credits song before leaving.

In the same year, he skipped the summer for the first time and postponed it to late autumn, releasing the album "Chopin in November".

Then the album sold out, and every bookstore and video store kept replenishing stock, selling out, and then waiting for the next batch, waiting for the next batch, waiting for the next batch...

Whoever can own an album is the superstar in the class.

It’s no wonder that Feng Xiaogang was so angry. With Jay Chou’s popularity, “Initial D” didn’t have much publicity, and it immediately became a hit in mainland theaters.

Seeing Feng Xiaogang's expression of eating a lemon, Jiang Peian didn't have the heart to tell him.

Wait until next year, this singer, who is not an actor in his eyes, will also appear in Lao Mouzi's "The City is Full of Golden Armor"...

"Haha, is there any interesting news in the capital recently that you can tell me?"

Jiang Peian didn't answer Feng Xiaogang's words and asked with a smile.

This man is a famous loudmouth. If he expresses his position on Jay Chou, he will be fired at reporters one day with a small steel cannon.

Let me say this: Regarding this issue of actors, Director Jiang and I have the same opinion...

That's it.

Although Jiang Pei'an is not afraid of Jay Chou, there is no need to fall in love with someone for no reason.

Feng Xiaogang shook his head and said:
"We are all busy on the set, so there is no fun.

Oh, but there is some gossip about Director Chen, saying that he lost his temper on the set and made his wife cry.

Haha, we don’t know whether it’s true or not.”

Feng Xiaogang grinned. He was also a famous gossip.

The director Chen he mentioned was the director Chen who was filming "The Promise".

After Director Chen and Chen Hong registered their marriage in 96, Chen Hong faded away from the screen and went behind the scenes to engage in production work.

In "The Promise", Chen Hong not only serves as the producer, but also plays the role of Man Shen.

Although the number of times I spoke out was not many, it was always on some important occasions.

Chen Hong, who had not filmed for many years, found it difficult to get into the role.

Director Chen directly said loudly to Chen Hong on the stage in front of everyone:
"If you can't take good pictures, don't come down."

This loud roar brought Chen Hong to tears, and the entire crew was stunned.

How can this couple make the studio their home?

However, after Chen Hong was yelled at, the rest of the scene was smoothed out and everything was over at once.

Of course, the scenes are not as good as Director Chen’s decision.

Such a small trick immediately spread the matter throughout the small circle.

Jiang Pei'an had never heard of this incident, but he didn't expect that the great beauty Chen Hong and Director Chen would have such an affair.

I just don’t know if Director Chen would dare to play the role of Man Shen if Hong Huang was cast... (End of Chapter)