This director needs to apologize

Chapter 57 The value of confidants

Chen Yiming was the only person participating in the audition today.

In this regard, he enjoyed the treatment of a top director in advance. All matters related to film shooting were decided by him, and the other four producers had no involvement at all.

He and Hou Yong sat at eye level, and could observe the latter's state very clearly.

In the process of thinking, Teacher Hou was repeatedly trying to figure out the character's mood at that time, and his face began to change expressions involuntarily.

In other words, he's doing a performance without lines.

Impatient, angry, sad, and determined, various expressions were switched continuously, conveying the corresponding emotions to Chen Yiming very accurately.

What a good actor!

In the end, Hou Yong stayed in one state and stopped changing.

What appeared in front of Chen Yiming was a plain and slightly tired face.

His eyes seemed completely unfocused, looking at the ground at an angle of 45 degrees and talking to himself.

The voice was equally flat, without a trace of ups and downs.

“The main peak position of Tianma Mountain had the last contact with the regiment headquarters two days ago, and has completely lost contact since then.

At that time, the deputy instructor of the 9th Company reported that the company commander and instructor had died, and that only 5 squads could be formed including the cadres and soldiers on the position with minor injuries.

Yesterday, the scouts observing from the outside reported that the Nut Army attacked 6 times throughout the day, prepared artillery fire for 4 hours, and conducted 3 air strikes on the ground.

The position is still in the hands of the 9th Company. "

He suddenly raised his head and stared at Chen Yiming with cold eyes, which made Chen Yiming freeze in his heart.

"Positions 473 and 432 on the left and right wings of the main peak have been lost. They are surrounded by enemy forces on three sides, and the communication line with the rear is covered and blocked by artillery fire from two directions 24 hours a day.

I need a guide who is familiar with the terrain of the main peak to infiltrate with Staff Zhang and notify the 9th Company to retreat.

You two are their only hope of survival, because the order given to the 9th Company is that unless reinforcements arrive to take over the defense, they must defend until dark tomorrow.

I have decided to retreat to the second-line position and will not send any more reinforcements.

In another 24 hours, Company 9 may not be able to last that long.

The specific details of the mission will be communicated between the two of you on the way. "

Hou Yong raised his hand and glanced at his wrist, making a gesture of looking at his watch. After putting it down, he aligned his eyes again coolly.

“现在是下午3点45分，2个小时之后，团里仅存的3门75山炮会向主峰阵地前沿打3轮急速射，掩护你们撤退。”

After saying this large set of self-written lines, Hou Yong remained motionless, his expression remained the same, only his eyes relaxed slightly.

Chen Yiming felt that his heartbeat also slowed down with Teacher Hou's eyes, telling himself that the impromptu performance was over.

"Bah bang bang," Chen Yiming expressed his admiration by clapping. Xiangrui behind the camera also woke up from a dream and also clapped desperately.

"That's great, Teacher Hou. In front of me is a volcano before it erupts, trying its best to suppress the slightly trembling mountain.

The lines are well written, even better than the original version I imagined. I should give you a screenwriting fee.

Your performance perfectly answered my question, but I still want to hear you talk specifically about what you were thinking before you entered the performance state. "

If the slight fatigue just now was a manifestation of his acting skills, the fatigue revealed on Hou Yong's face now is a true physical reaction.

Acting has always been a strenuous job.

He relaxed his body, leaned back on the chair with his back straight, and said with a smile.

"Director Chen asked a good question and gave me a lot of inspiration. I have to say thank you first.

In fact, I don’t have an answer, I just act according to my own instinctive thoughts.

Fighting means exchanging lives. Now I have a new understanding of this sentence.

I think the commander of the 14th Regiment at that time must have been very tortured because he had to fight against his own humanity and because he wanted to keep letting others die.

When the orders were given to the messengers and staff, it was already the end of the first phase of the blocking battle, and the troops suffered heavy losses.

If I were the group leader, I would be numb with heartache.

So after repeated simulations, I felt that I should act as I did just now, plain, a little tired, with no emotion on my face. "At the end of the sentence, Hou Yong suddenly asked back.

"Director Chen, what is your answer to that question?"

Chen Yiming spread his hands, "I don't have an answer, so I didn't even give you the audition lines.

You can act however you want, and if I think your mood matches the overall movie, I'll use you. "

He laughed and said, "Mr. Hou, now I feel that your performance matches the tone of the movie very well. It shows that we have the same views. Having a confidant in life will make things clear."

Hou Yong, on the other hand, was dumbfounded, "We'll talk about knowing ourselves and not knowing ourselves later. Director Chen, are you a bit too willful in this way of filming?"

I heard Li Jian say before I came here that this is a main theme movie. Would it be too risky and radical to interpret the commander of our army as an old hero in the Peninsular War in this way? "

The actor questioned the director during the audition!
But Hou Yong has this qualification.

Of course, Chen Yiming was not angry that his authority was offended. Instead, he felt that the most critical part of the audition had come.

Whether he can convince Mr. Hou, who is the most senior, and let all the main creators follow his lead depends on his next answer.

Auditions are not just directors auditioning actors, but also actors auditioning for directors.

Chen Yiming straightened his back and answered solemnly word for word.

"Teacher Hou, that war happened nearly 60 years ago. It was the last national war in China.

Its great significance and historical status have been understood, studied and recited by every Chinese more than once.

If you pick up a random person on the street and ask him, "Defend your home and country," he will tell you.

But how much practical weight do these four words have in the hearts of current Chinese people?
The war is so far away from the Chinese people that it is difficult for ordinary people, including ordinary soldiers, to participate in it. Therefore, we will hear a lot of bad voices questioning the martyrs, questioning the sacrifices, and questioning the meaning of every battle.

I don’t think those voices are all deliberate slanders and slanders. As a director and a mass creator, I have always insisted on treating all voices in society equally and objectively.

Because those voices are the positive or negative refraction and echo of ordinary people's inner thoughts.

Movies are part of an ideology and have the function of conveying certain values.

Movies from different eras inevitably convey different values. This is not determined by the creators, but by the audience.

Movies on the Peninsula War must first be based on the audience's common memory of the Peninsula War, which is something that no creator can violate.

In the early 50s, the Bayi Factory sacrificed more than 20 photographers in order to shoot documentaries on the Peninsular War. After these films were broadcast in China, they played a great inspiring role and inspired people's determination to support the war.

In the 60s and [-]s, the films we shot on the Peninsular War focused on showing the wit and bravery of the soldiers and the astute decision-making of the commanders.We won that battle, and the audience and the creator had a common memory of being proud and proud. The audience at the time of the filming naturally liked it.

The further we go, the more the Peninsula War gets out of the sight of film creators, because films also have to fit in with the country’s development situation.

Now that I am filming Peninsular War after a gap of 40 to [-] years, the first question I think about after confirming that the subject matter is feasible is, do the creators and the audience still have a common memory? "

Chen Yiming stopped his tirade and looked at Hou Yong, waiting for his answer.

Hou Yong has been trying his best to follow Chen Yiming's narration and start thinking. The deeper the narration goes, the tighter his brows become.

Facing Chen Yiming's sudden question, he frowned, and it took him a while to answer, "You mean, the main theme of the movie is too far away from the audience?"

Chen Yiming couldn't help but smile, "Mr. Hou, you are thinking too far. Our "1951" does not expect to answer such profound questions.

What I mean is that China is now a very diverse society. This is an objective fact.

Regarding the Peninsula War, society’s common memory has been reduced to a minimum with the passage of time. This is also an objective fact.

I have been chatting with people casually these days, and I have heard more than one person say that sending troops is actually unnecessary. Do Nuts really dare to fight across the Yalu River?

You see, times have changed, and there are many people who understand MacArthur better than MacArthur. "

Hou Yong understood this time and asked, "So, what kind of value does Director Chen hope that "1951" will cater to?"

Finally turning the topic in his own direction, Chen Yiming happily replied, "I don't want to cater to any of them.

Since the collective memory of society is already extremely low, we might as well suppress the value transmission of movies to a minimum.

Using cold lenses and objective facts, it awakens the sleeping memory of the Peninsula War.

This is the greatest value of "1951". "

(End of this chapter)