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Chapter 846: I won't fall for your tricks, history
The transmission of information is always at a speed beyond cognition.

Just like I just told Gong Li and Zhou Xun that there was no female lead in "The Battle at Lake Changjin", but that afternoon, people in the circle already knew about it and three generations of actresses born in the 70s, 80s and 90s all sighed in despair.

"It's a pity indeed. It's such a good opportunity, but unfortunately due to the subject matter, there are almost no actresses involved in the role."

In the Peking University Third Hospital, Xie Nan was sitting beside the bed and chatting about this with Wu Jing, who had just undergone surgery yesterday.

At present, whether in domestic entertainment or on the Internet, the popularity of this incident has overshadowed all the hot news in recent days.

"You said you couldn't participate in it. Wouldn't it be a pity? After all, this might be the first time that three major directors have joined forces, and there might not be such an opportunity in the future."

Xie Nan couldn't help but sigh as she looked at Wu Jing's legs, which were wrapped like dumplings.

Wu Jing was a little hesitant at this moment, his lips slightly opened, and he seemed to not know where to start.

"What's up, what do you want to say?"

Xie Nan saw that Wu Jing seemed to be hesitant to speak. She had already given birth to two children, and she knew Wu Jing too well. She knew that Wu Jing must have something to say, and it must be something that was difficult to say.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Wu Jing thought about it and felt that it would be better to wait until her leg got better.

Anyway, the operation is done and it doesn't seem to be a big problem at the moment. If I tell you about it now, I'm afraid Xie Nan will react strongly.

He also didn't expect that Li Mu's lineup was so dreamy that it couldn't be more dreamy.

If you miss this opportunity and fail to participate in it, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

Xie Nan looked at Wu Jing deeply, "Did you promise anything to Director Li?"

"Ah?" Xie Nan's words made Wu Jing a little stunned. He didn't react for a while. His eyes began to dodge and he didn't dare to look Xie Nan in the eye.

"Don't hide. We've been married for so many years, don't I know you?" Xie Nan sighed, "Can you make sure your legs won't be injured this time? How many leg injuries have you had? You just had surgery and now you have to go through it again."

"Nannan, I!" Wu Jing didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Are there many action scenes in 'Changjin Lake'?" Xie Nan asked directly without further ado.

At this point, Wu Jing naturally couldn't hide it, and said truthfully, "Not a small amount, but Director Li also took my leg problem into consideration and will change the character setting, so that the action design will be much easier."

"You should thank Director Li a lot here. It's not easy for Director Li to modify the settings of a movie like this." Xie Nan looked at Wu Jing and said slowly.

"If I tell you not to go, I don't think you'd be willing to do so. This opportunity is indeed rare. It can be said that this is also the first time in the history of Chinese cinema that people in the domestic entertainment industry are using all means to get a role.

If it weren’t for the fact that there aren’t many female characters in this movie, I think the quarrels among the actresses alone would have been a hot topic for a while.”

Xie Nan naturally knew that in the face of such huge benefits, many people would not be willing to be left out. After all, the quality of this cake is almost certain. If there is a chance, no one wants to give up.

Then there will be some competition, after all, who is worse than who.

When Wu Jing heard Xie Nan's words at this time, she immediately showed a look of ecstasy, because these words meant that Xie Nan basically agreed.

Although if he insists on acting, he can definitely do it, but a harmonious family is the key to success, and it would naturally be best if he could get support.

"Don't be too anxious to be happy. It's okay for you to be crazy before. After all, you were young and brave enough to fight. But you are old now, and some things must be governed by rules."

"Okay, not to mention three chapters, ten chapters will be fine." Wu Jing said without hesitation.

When Xie Nan saw Wu Jing's look, she couldn't help but feel a headache, not knowing whether to say she was lucky or unlucky.

"Now that you're discharged from the hospital, let's go visit Director Li and Xixi. We should be very grateful to Director Li for taking such good care of you."

"Yeah!" Wu Jing nodded vigorously, then touched Xie Nan's hand and was about to say some nice things, but unexpectedly Xie Nan had already guessed it.

"Come on, you're trying to coax me with some nice words again. It's been so many years, and I still fall for your tricks?"

"hey-hey!"

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Chen Chihong ignored the shock in the industry because it was not important. For her, "Shanghai Fortress" was still the most important thing at hand.

However, the hot topics and popularity of discussion have now been snatched away. During the release period, the tiger "Nezha" is also being released. "Shanghai Fortress" is struggling. She can even imagine the cold situation on major portals and media after the premiere tonight.

"I hope I won't be so unlucky!"

Chen Chihong muttered to himself. However, things did not go as planned. Generally, after the premiere, the industry would find some insiders and film critics to spread word of mouth, and then arrange for the film critics' public account to promote it.

For most movies, word-of-mouth fermentation among real audiences occurs during the first weekend. Of course, for directors like Li Mu and Zhang Yimou, word-of-mouth will generally be spread in advance because the response they cause is so great.

However, what made "Shanghai Fortress" a little upset was that there didn't seem to be much waves after its premiere, because the media reporting on it only gave a few brief introductions, while the invited film critics praised it for being very professional.

"I was fortunate enough to attend the premiere, where I watched Shanghai Fortress with other professionals. From the names and contents of the two trailers, I preliminarily concluded that this was a film about a tragic love story in the apocalypse, and it was a bit like a love film set in an abnormal context.

After watching the movie, I feel that it cannot be completely classified as hardcore science fiction. It does have a love storyline, but it is just enough. It is not as sentimental as I imagined. It is mostly a mechanical war. It is worthy of the news that "it took 6 years to build the future battlefield". The whole movie has a very good sense of technology. I think this is a must-see for science fiction fans."

However, the various arrangements for the agents were very good, but the expected traffic could not be generated.

The popularity of "Shanghai Fortress" is still very low, and only Lu Han's fans are very enthusiastic.

"Nezha" took in over 6 million yuan at the box office over the weekend. Apart from the extraordinary popularity of "The Battle at Lake Changjin", "Nezha", the new national comic light, was the most popular.

Everyone in the industry is waiting to see what happens. "Shanghai Fortress", which was originally designed to ride on the popularity of "The Wandering Earth", caused widespread discussion for a while. Coupled with the publicity of "six years of hard work", it seems to be quite decent.

However, at this moment, things seem to have returned to normal. Judging from the current popularity, it seems that most people are not optimistic.

However, Li Mu didn't care too much about "Shanghai Fortress" at this time. He just did these things casually. The matters of "Changjin Lake" on his hands were much more important than this little matter.

In fact, the real nightmare of "Shanghai Fortress" is the audience's emotions after the actual premiere, which is fatal.

"In the script, I think we should not only not belittle the U.S. military, but also give them enough opportunities to show their own differences of opinion within the U.S. military, their strategies and tactics, etc. We are filming history, and we probably need to find people from that time to describe it in detail and try to restore it as much as possible."

As the chief producer and chief director, Li Mu is responsible for almost all the tasks in the crew.

Especially the refinement of the script, since Zhang Yi is not free yet, currently only he, Chen Kaige, Huang Jianxin and screenwriter Lan Xiaolong are discussing this aspect.

Lan Xiaolong immediately recorded the suggestions made by Li Mu.

"Director Huang, please find Director Ming from Bayi. He should be able to arrange everything. Try to find as many veterans as possible. We are shooting an epic, so the details must be accurate and true."

"Okay, I'll take care of this." Huang Jianxin nodded.

"I think that in addition to showing the heroic sacrifices of our volunteers, we also have to tell the Americans how and why they failed, and why it was a doomed battle for them. This part should be portrayed more."

Brother Chen Kai also began to share his views, "I heard that the United States is also making movies of the same theme, we need to make this clearer"

Li Mu nodded, and then thought of something, "By the way, Director Huang, is there any news from the General Administration? When will the filming start in the United States?"

"The shooting start date has not been confirmed yet, but we will definitely be able to get ahead of him. I also bought a book adapted from this project, which is quite interesting and very much in line with the current political correctness in Hollywood!"

Huang Jianxin couldn't help but laugh at this story, "But if this story is made into a movie, it will be a complete slap in the face!"

"Ok?"

After hearing what Huang Jianxin said, several people became interested.

"Black?" When Li Mu heard this, he guessed the protagonist's skin color.

"Director Li guessed correctly. This book tells the story of Jesse Brown, the first black pilot trained by the U.S. Navy and the first black pilot to participate in the war. He participated in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in November 1950. He was hit and crashed. His comrade-in-arms pilot Hudner tried desperately to rescue him."

While Chen Kaige and Lan Xiaolong were still thinking, Li Mu immediately understood why Huang Jianxin said that filming this story was completely a slap in the face.

"1950, I remember." Martin Luther King seemed to have delivered his famous speech "I Have a Dream" in 1963. " Li Mu smiled.

After hearing what Li Mu said, Chen Kaige and Lan Xiaolong reacted quickly.

Because this time point is so critical, and going back to 1950, the social status of black people in the United States was still very low.

We can see this from the Oscar-winning Green Book (which tells the story of the 60s) and the 8.9-point film Hidden Figures (which tells the story of 1962):

Black people cannot use white people's bathrooms, black people cannot enter white people's restaurants, black people cannot use white people's locker rooms, black people cannot enter white people's bars, and black people can only choose black people's hotels when traveling.
Even in the 60s, blacks were still living in a society of racial segregation and discrimination, let alone in 1950?
In the actual historical context of the time, there was resistance to the lifting of racial segregation within the U.S. military. In the eyes of most white people, the black soldiers who fought side by side with them were not comrades.

Therefore, black and white soldiers were separated in the US military at that time, which led to the real situation that during the Korean War, an entire black company surrendered to the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.

Well, in this historical context, the basic setting of praising the side-by-side fighting of blacks and whites is simply untenable, and the setting of this friendship of sacrificing one's life is also very outrageous.

"They want to build a common American dream and establish an imaginary view of history. Let's make a true historical film to tell them what history is."

(End of this chapter)