Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 248 Confronting Chen Shiping

Chen Shiping never likes to think too badly of others.

As much as I dislike Cheng Kaige, I still continue to support him in making films.

But I can’t help but think that some people always think that they are the devil.

If Cheng Long wanted to go to Hollywood, he could go. Why did he make it seem like he wasn't allowed to go?

Chen Shiping guessed that Cheng Long still disliked the Bourne Supremacy script.

Chen Shiping was quite helpless at this point, but what could he do?

I can only let him go.

However, Chen Shiping still managed to create a peak moment for him.

Otherwise, if Jackie Chan goes to Hollywood now, I don’t know what scripts he will receive.

Since I am going to Hollywood on behalf of Chinese action actors, let’s open the eyes of foreigners!
When Cheng Long received the fax from Chen Shiping in Xiangjiang, he couldn't help but shout "Director Chen" to the north!

I also pretended to go to ask Chen Shiping if it would be a good idea to go to Hollywood to develop his career.

Isn't it just telling people that they don't want to make your next movie?

Unexpectedly, Chen Shiping wrote a script specifically for himself.

Cheng Long took the script and couldn't help but said: "This is the pattern! Go back to Hollywood and help the director to ask for script fees!"

Compared with Hollywood screenwriters, Cheng Long believed in Chen Shiping's vision.

There are many people who know the international film market better than Chen Shiping, but they don’t know themselves as well as Chen Shiping.

Rather than letting Hollywood write the script, it would be better to let Chen Shiping write it.

No matter how bad it is, it won't be any worse.

After watching Rush Hour, Cheng Long felt that the script was very similar to his original movie style.

It is very suitable for me, and it has also been adapted internationally, making it easier to be accepted by the international film market.

"Director Chen is very attentive."

Cheng Long immediately found someone to buy a bunch of things and send them to Guan Zhilin.

Guan Zhilin couldn't help but curl his lips when he looked at what Cheng Long sent.

What kind of tea is this? The packaging is in tatters and looks expired.

Make milk tea and drink it.

Guan Zhilin broke off a piece of tea cake and threw it into the pot to cook.

Zhang Min came back from outside at this time and suddenly felt a little heady when he smelled the aroma of tea in the room.

This taste is so rich!
Zhang Min ran to the kitchen and saw Guan Zhi digging through the trash can.

When the aroma of tea overflowed, Guan Zhilin felt like he was finished.

This tea is definitely not simple!
If Chen Shiping knew that he used such good tea to make milk tea and drink it, he would definitely kill himself.

Guan Zhilin's movements paused.

Hey, it seems pretty good.

Forget it, I won’t pick up the dropped piece.

Zhang Min looked at Guan Zhilin and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you digging through the trash can?"

Guan Zhilin clapped his hands and said, "Nothing, I made milk tea, do you want to drink it?"

"What kind of tea did you use? It smells so good. This milk tea must be delicious."

"I don't know, someone else gave it to me. Come and try it. You won't get tired of the green tea."

Two female artists were making a cup of milk tea, sitting on the sofa and starting to drink it.

In the Beijing Film Studio, Chen Shiping looked at the crumbs in the tea jar and took out a new box of tea from the cabinet.

This box of tea costs one tael more than sixty!

After brewing, Chen Shiping smelled the tea and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

The tea costing more than sixty one tael is indeed delicious!
It’s not that you can’t afford more expensive ones, but who would brew good tea into a thermos cup?

A thermos cup cannot bring out the aroma of good tea.

Good tea cannot be wasted. Drink a little less of it.

"It's delicious. Let's cook some more!" Guan Zhilin finished drinking the milk tea in the cup and stood up to cook another pot.

Zhang Min shouted from behind: "Cook more, I'll pack a thermos cup and take it out to drink in the afternoon!"

"no problem!"

The aroma of tea slowly rises along with the heat, and a beautiful smoke rises in the air and finally slowly dissipates.

Chen Shiping stared at the white porcelain cup in front of him in a daze, and was temporarily pulled over by Beijing Normal University for a meeting.

Beijing Normal University can also be regarded as Chen Shiping's alma mater.

When discussing the College Student Film Festival, you must talk to him, a film expert.

"This year's film festival has been put on hold due to some reasons, but next year's will be held well."

"Director Chen, I wonder if you have any suggestions for the Beijing University Student Film Festival."

Chen Shiping came back to his senses and looked at the chairman of the organizing committee and said: "I don't have any objections, but the word BJ should be removed and it should be called China University Student Film Festival.

Otherwise, there will be other college student film festivals in Guangzhou and Shanghai in the future, which will affect the credibility and influence of the film festival. "

"Another suggestion is that the organizing committee should try not to participate in the film selection. Since it is a college student film festival, let college students make the selections. Don't try to sell the film on your own, otherwise there is no point."

After Chen Shiping finished speaking, people in the office gave a few shouts of agreement, but no one agreed with Chen Shiping's words.

How could a film festival be such a serious thing to be chosen by college students?

Chen Shiping also knew that no one liked to hear such words, but he didn't care.

Invite yourself to a meeting and you won’t hear any truth at all?

The College Student Film Festival is not the Golden Rooster Award or a higher-level International Category A, so let college students choose.

In subsequent meetings, Chen Shiping rarely spoke, and few people took the initiative to speak to him.

Chen Shiping left after the meeting ended.

People from the organizing committee gathered together and said, "Did Chen Shiping do this on purpose?"

"It's okay if you don't want to participate. I didn't ask Beijing Film Studio when it was first organized. It's normal if people don't want to participate."

"Forget it, I still want to find him to host the next film festival."

Chen Shiping had to look for himself. He had no time to organize any film festivals.

After returning to the factory, Chen Shiping saw Cheng Kaige waiting for him.

"What do you want from me?" Chen Shiping asked curiously.

Cheng Kaige nodded and said, "What about the script of Bai Ye Xing? The last time you showed me it was a novel."

Chen Shiping then remembered that he hadn't written the script for White Night Walk yet.

Cheng Kaige looked at his expression and said, "How about I find someone to write it."

"no!"

Chen Shiping immediately refused, and then explained: "It is better to leave it to a professional screenwriter."

Cheng Kaige: "." You just don't like me.

But now he doesn't care about this opinion.

Chen Shiping despised his scripts for a day or two.

When I was filming Walking and Singing, the script was criticized.

Cheng Kaige took a step back and said, "You don't have time to write now. Let the Literature Department adapt it and I will assist."

Chen Shiping thought about it and decided to give Cheng Kaige a chance.

What if it really grows?

In the next few days, Cheng Kaige spent time in the Literature Department.

His mother is the old editor of the Literature Department, and he is very familiar with the old people in the Literature Department.

But now the literature department has undergone a major change.

The young editors had all been educated by Chen Shiping and did not listen to some of Cheng Kaige's opinions at all.

You think you are the director of the Palme d'Or!
Don't listen, don't listen!

Cheng Kaige makes people numb. Today’s young people have no respect for their elders at all.

Cheng Kaige originally planned to focus his perspective on the heroine. But the editors in the literature department were reluctant, saying that it would only produce disgusting evil.

"Director Cheng, don't try to catch the heroine's evil deeds and ambition to climb up. The real power lies in the hero walking in the dark!"

"The male protagonist is struggling and confused, and the police are also a ray of light in his life."

"Yes, a large part of people in today's society are like this. They cannot control their inner desires and regard money as their salvation in life."

Cheng Kaige opened his mouth, feeling that he couldn't speak to them, and was being lectured in turn.

"Human nature should be captured. The heroine is the embodiment of the distortion of human nature."

Cheng Kaige finally struggled and said.

"How can the key point be after the distortion? Otherwise, why is it called White Night Walk!"

Cheng Kaige was determined, but in the end he felt that this was not bad!
Some of the perspectives of young people are indeed novel.

Cheng Kaige finally fully integrated into these young people and began to enthusiastically discuss larger themes apart from individual characters.

Movies with Cheng Kaige participating in the script often capture a certain emotion and amplify it.

When the movie is finally shot, it will give people a very strong feeling, but when you really think about it, you will find that it is only skin without flesh and blood.

People can't rely on one emotion to support them, that's called being hot-headed.

The script for White Night Walk is still in preparation.

Chen Shiping was looking for a director suitable for filming The Bourne Supremacy.

This time Chen Shiping didn't plan to take action himself.

The Bourne Supremacy is not considered a blockbuster, it is just an ordinary action movie.

It's just that the script is more exciting, the action scenes are more realistic, the pursuit of practicality, and the camera rhythm is faster.

Such commercial films are easy to imitate, and are just for other domestic directors to watch.

You don't have to watch commercial action movies with him, Chen Shiping.

You can also make a movie like this!
When Chen Shiping chose a director, he didn't hesitate and called Xu Ke directly!
Xu Ke's Hei Xia was pretty good, and he is also very good at this kind of action scenes.

The director is tentatively named Xu Ke, and actor Chen Shiping is directly targeting Hu Jun.

Hu Jun's tendons and muscles cannot be exercised in vain, and the explosive speed of life and death cannot be stopped.

Chen Shiping spent a week finishing the storyboards for The Bourne Supremacy, and when Xu Ke came over with his people, he threw them directly to him.

Xu Ke took the storyboard and started discussing the action scene design with Yuan Heping.

Chen Shiping has too many requirements. He must be real, punch to the flesh, and be fast-paced and clean.

The action design is about killing techniques that are close to reality, not about making the fight cool and beautiful and back and forth.

In many action movies, it takes several minutes to kill someone.

You punch me and I punch you until both sides are exhausted, and then you hit with a fatal blow.

There is no such a powerful villain in The Bourne Supremacy, so naturally we should avoid that kind of design.

Yuan Heping really couldn't figure it out, so after discussing it with Xu Ke, they went to the army to find someone.

Hu Jun also went to training with him.

After the Bourne Supremacy incident was resolved, Chen Shiping had time to focus on the drama "Girls."

This drama was difficult to film, and Chen Shiping could not find a suitable director.

Domestic directors tend to make this kind of literary films very heavy.

This is their style, but it is not what Chen Shiping wants.

Not even Xia Gang, who has worked with Chen Shiping twice.

Xia Gang is more realistic, and neither the pictures nor the colors are bright and vivid enough.

It's not bad for a movie about Party A and Party B, which mainly relies on laughter and curses in the lines.

But hearing girls don’t have so many lines, and even use silent sign language in many key scenes.

This requires strong enough tension in the picture!

After much thought, Chen Shiping went to find Zhang Yimo.

When Chen Shiping came to Zhang Yimo's house, he found that Gong Li was still there, and he suddenly felt strange.

Didn't you say we broke up?
Still living together after a breakup? What kind of operation is this!
Seeing Chen Shiping coming, Gong Li first said, "Shiping, you're here. I just happened to come and talk to him about the new script."

Chen Shiping had a strange expression, "Why do you explain to me? I'm not your boyfriend. Don't let Zhang Yimo misunderstand me. I'm still filming with him!"
"No, what new script did you just say?" Chen Shiping suddenly reacted.

"He is going to make a new movie and the script is being written."

Zhang Yimo explained at this time: "I am ready to start a new play."

"Then it's an unlucky time for me to come." Chen Shiping sighed helplessly. With Zhang Yimou's character, he probably would not give up on the script he had chosen.

Gong Li asked curiously: "Shi Ping, do you want to film with him?"

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't expect you all to be ready to start a new play."

Gong Li was a little moved and wanted Zhang Yimo to think about it. Just when she was about to say it, she remembered that they had broken up!

Zhang Yimo took the initiative and said: "I don't have time, the factory director should find someone else."

"Don't you decide after reading the script?" Chen Shiping said with a smile.

Zhang Yimo shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it after watching it. By then, I won't be able to film this movie anymore."

"You are awake." Chen Shiping smiled and said, "Forget it, I'll see you next time."

Chen Shiping still admires Zhang Yimo. He has come all the way and knows exactly what he wants to do.

Moreover, he is really energetic and has a rhythm of one film a year. Later, when he gets older, he can make several films a year.

Most young directors don't have this energy.

Unable to find a suitable director, Chen Shiping had no choice but to do it himself.

Fortunately, the factory hasn't been very busy recently, otherwise he really wouldn't have time.

But this time it’s really a big fight between the five generations of directors!

Chen Shiping, Cheng Kaige, and Zhang Yimo are the real pillars of the Five Generations of directors.

Jiang Wen can only be counted as half, but based on the time he has been a director, he is only half!

Next year will be another free-for-all between the five generations of directors.

After Cheng Kaige learned that Chen Shiping was also going to make a literary film, he was ready to face Chen Shiping directly!

Zhang Yimo looked calm on the surface, but he was very excited in his heart.

This year I will personally kill Cheng Kaige, and next year I will kill Chen Shiping!

From now on he will be the best director in China!
After Chen Shiping confirmed that he would take over, the preparations began immediately.

Those who went out for location scouting were already flying everywhere.

The cast members have already gone to the deaf community to find suitable actors.

At the entrance of a school for the deaf and mute, Chen Shiping looked at Li Xiaoran with a reluctant face, pushed her head and stuffed her in.

"Study hard and be able to communicate in sign language!"

Li Xiaoran is about to cry. Is this too difficult?

I am an actor, why do I need to learn sign language?

Just looking at Chen Shiping, she didn't dare to refute, fearing that Chen Shiping would beat her up.

In the teacher's office at the school, Chen Shiping communicated with the teacher to choose a deaf-mute in his twenties from the school to play the role of the heroine's brother.

The deaf-mute people who come out of school are very well educated, and those who come to act will get into the mood faster.

There are very few young male students in their early twenties in the school, and most of them have graduated.

The teacher compiled a list of graduates and gave it to Chen Shiping.

After saying these things, Chen Shiping took Li Xiaoran to the classroom.

Like an old father sending his children to school.

Li Xiaoran followed Chen Shiping and stretched out his hand to tug at his clothes.

"Director, you should visit me often."

The leading teacher turned around with a smile and explained: "The school has a holiday once a week."

Li Xiaoran: "."

Teacher, if you don't speak, I won't treat you as a mute.

(End of this chapter)