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"Bilige is a Mongolian child. He is kind and simple. He has never traveled far and has never seen the prosperity outside."

"One day, an ordinary white ping-pong ball floated along the water and landed in front of Bilige."

"Grandma told him that this was a night-bright pearl sent by God."

"Bilige also firmly believed what his grandma said, so he called two of his friends to watch on the grassland all night. Not only did he find that the night pearl would not shine, he was even beaten when he returned home."

"The three children ran to ask the lama who knew the most on the grassland. The lama had never seen a table tennis ball. When the annual Naadam Conference was held, the projectionist who came down from the city kindly told Bilige that what he picked up was nothing. The Night Pearl is just an ordinary table tennis ball."

"Bilige was ridiculed by other children for this. Disappointed, he threw the ball into the mouse hole."

"When he got home, Bilige hid the woolen blanket that his grandma often carried...and his father won a TV because he drank beer."

"The TV signal is not good. Even if we set up a high antenna, we can still only receive sound, accompanied by the sound of ping-pong-pong. The commentator said that table tennis is our country's national sport."

"Bilige was so inspired that he not only returned the hidden wool blanket to his grandma, but also retrieved a table tennis ball that was not a night pearl but a national sport from the mouse hole. He told his two friends that he wanted to The table tennis balls were returned to the country with the support of two friends."

"So the three of them took the table tennis balls and rushed to the capital without telling the adults at home, but they didn't know how far the road was..."

Listening to Xing Aina's narration, Chen Dong not only frowned and thought deeply, but this was not just an inspiration, it was clearly a very mature story.

Moreover, he was vaguely familiar with it, and before he thought about it carefully, a name already appeared in his mind.

"Green Grass".

Yes, this story is undoubtedly "Green Grass".

It was supposed to be a movie made by Ning Hao last year, but it seems that because of his relationship, "Stone" replaced it.

Unexpectedly, the two couples came up with this story.

"Sister Na, you should already have this story, right?"

Seeing Chen Dong's words, Xing Aina and Ning Hao looked at each other, smiled, and said: "To be honest with Director Chen, in fact, Mouse and I had an idea for this story last year. If Director Chen hadn't helped me perfect the stone, we probably wouldn't have done it." The first thing to shoot was this story.”

Chen Dong nodded, "No wonder, this story is already very mature."

Having said this, he paused, looked at Ning Hao again, and then continued: "I finally understand. You two asked me to come and discuss whether inspiration is fake and investment is real, right?"

"Haha, seeking investment from Director Chen is indeed a purpose, but discussing the script is also a purpose. There is no conflict."

Ning Hao was not polite to Chen Dong and asked directly: "Director Chen, do you think there will be a market for this story if it is filmed?"

"Is Director Ning talking about the box office market?" Seeing Ning Hao nodding, Chen Dong said without any euphemism: "I guess it's a bit confusing."

"Green Grass" is an undisputed literary and artistic drama. Ning Hao and his wife actually know that it is very difficult to achieve success at the box office, so hearing Chen Dong say it so straightforwardly, they are not too disappointed. He just continued to ask: "What about the award?"

"Haha, Director Ning, you are asking the wrong person. I haven't won any awards for my own movies."

"A Cannes Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Berlin Silver Bear Award for Artistic Creation. How can Director Chen say that he has never won a major award?"

"Well, I think this story still has the potential to win awards. If Director Ning makes it, I personally suggest that it be sent to the Berlin International Film Festival for a try."

"Haha, what I'm waiting for is Director Chen's words, but then I'll have to ask Director Chen for help."

"It's easy to talk about." Chen Dong thought of his own experience and added: "Actually, China Film has more channels in this area."

"One thing is worth nothing, and the relationship between me and China Film Group cannot be compared to Director Chen." Ning Hao laughed, "What about investment?"

"Has the investment budget been made?"

Xing Aina replied: "Three million."

"How much is the difference?" Chen Dong asked.

"One million short."

"Okay, I'll invest this one million." Chen Dong knew in his heart that it was not that Ning Hao couldn't get this million in investment now. The reason why he was still short of one million was specially left for him.

……

Last month, before Chen Dong went abroad, he bought a courtyard house and contracted it to an engineering team for decoration.

Now that he came back to see it again, the old courtyard had been completely renewed. After Chen Dong paid the final payment, he purchased a lot of decorative potted plants.

But it will take some time for people to move in. After all, it has just been painted and is toxic.

This year’s Lunar New Year festival is particularly lively. There are not only the blockbuster "The Promise" that Chen Kaige spent three years carefully polishing and Lao Mouzi's literary film "Ride Alone for Thousands of Miles", but also Hong Kong movies "The Great Sage" and "The Savage Secrets" 》.

The release date of "The Promise" is December 12, but the film will have its premiere on December 15.

The premiere was moved up three days, which is actually rare.

I heard it was to compete with Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" for the only spot in this year's Best Foreign Language Film.

On the seventh day after returning to China, Chen Dong received an invitation to the premiere of "The Promise".

Miss Liu also received it.

I'm showing off to him now.

"You also said you would teach me how to drive? Now I can do it myself... I can pick you up on the day of the premiere."

"Okay, then I'll wait!"

Chen Dong agreed happily, completely unaware of how scary the female driver was.

On December 12, "Embroidered Spring Knife" appeared on the latest batch of review lists issued by the General Administration.

This means that the film can be officially released in domestic theaters.

On the same day, Chen Dong appeared at China Film Academy.

Come and choose a good schedule for "Xiu Chun Knife".

"I heard that you invested in another Ning Hao movie?"

When Han Shanping handed Chen Dong the film schedule for the first half of 06, he asked casually.

"Director Han is really well-informed, haha."

"Yesterday you appeared at Bad Monkey Studio with Wang Changtian of Raytheon. This matter was on the news this morning. I'm not blind."

Listening to Han Shanping's complaint, Chen Dong was slightly startled, "Uh, is this still on the news?"

He really didn't pay attention.

But I explained it while browsing the film schedule.

"It is a low-budget literary film with a total investment of only three million. Director Han will naturally look down on it."

It was a little joke, but Han Shanping wasn't angry either.

On the film schedule, there are more than ten movies released in January, including "My Sister and Me", "Savage Secrets", "Light Blue, Dark Blue", "Talk About Love", "…", "That Month", "On the Line of Life and Death", Fearless".

Among these movies, Chen Dong has some impressions of "The Savage Secrets", "That Year and That Month" and "Huo Yuanjia".

"The Savage Secrets" and "Fearless" are both Hong Kong movies. The former is a love work directed by Wang Jing, the "Father of Hong Kong Commercial Films" and "The King of Spoofs". The starring roles are Zhang Baizi and Ku Juji, and the latter is A kung fu movie directed by Yu Rentai and starring Kung Fu Emperor Jet Li and 'Empress' Sun Li.

As for "That Year and That Month", although Chen Dong had filmed the film, he still remembered that the heroine was Zhu Lin.

However, this Zhu Lin is not the one who plays the King of the Daughter Kingdom, he just has the same name.

There are not many movies to be released in February, including "Duplex", "Fragrant Journey", "Falling in Love", "Village Official Celebrates the New Year" and "Speechless Mountain", a total of five movies.

Among them, "Double Floor Apartment" is an imported film, but in Chen Dong's memory, the box office was not high.

"Fragrance Journey" stars Fan Wei, Zhang Jingchu and Nie Yuan. Although the cast is okay, it cannot stand up to the fact that it is an art film.

As we all know, literary and artistic films are favorites in terms of awards, but they really have no advantage at the box office.

There are two more imported films in March, namely "The Train" and "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

In addition, there are "The Two of Us" which won the Best Director and Best Actress awards at the Golden Rooster Awards just last year, as well as "Swallow Police Beauty" starring Tang Wei and Tian Yu, and "When Love Lost Memory" starring Deng Chao.

"Have you thought about it?"

Seeing Chen Dong put down the film schedule, Han Shanping asked at the right time.

"Well, just February."

"How much is February?" Han Shanping was not surprised that Chen Dong would choose this schedule, because he also knew that there were not many movies released in February, only a few, and they were not blockbusters.

"February fifteenth."

"Row."

After having lunch with Director Han in the canteen of China Film Group Corporation, Chen Dong left.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the premiere of "The Promise". Miss Liu kept her promise and actually drove her car to the downstairs of Chen Dong's company.

When the phone rang, Chen Dong picked it up and answered a few words, then walked to the window sill, looked down, and found a red Martha.

"Did you see my car?"

"Yes, I saw it." Chen Dong felt that it was a little early to go to the premiere venue, so he said to Miss Liu: "How about, Sissi, come upstairs first and visit my company?"

"But there are reporters downstairs. I'll probably be exposed when I get out of the car."

Chen Dong thought about it for a while, then did not embarrass her, "Okay, then you wait for me for five minutes and I will change my clothes."

After all, you are going to attend a premiere, so you should dress more formally.

Five minutes later, Chen Dong went downstairs, refused the driver's offer, and walked straight to a red Martha parked on the roadside.

In fact, the reporter had noticed the Martha a long time ago, but the girl in the car was not recognized because she was wearing sunglasses and she was far away.

But after Chen Dong got into the car, all the cameras were moved around. Even though Ms. Liu was wearing sunglasses, she was still exposed to the camera.

"It seems to be Liu Yifei."

"Haha, Director Chen got into Liu Yifei's car. This is big news. I filmed, I filmed, I filmed...fuck, there is no film, this camera is broken."

……

"We seem to have been photographed!" Miss Liu said.

"it does not matter."

"Then you seem very nervous."

"If you drive slower, I won't be nervous."

"Hehe, Dongzi, you are so cowardly."

Although Miss Liu had a sly smile on her face, the speed of the car slowed down.

"Huh - when did you buy this car?"

"It's not mine, it's mom's."

"I've never seen my aunt open it before."

"She doesn't drive much, so she keeps it in the garage gathering dust, but now it's easier for me."

"You just took the driver's license test, and your aunt can trust you to drive it?"

"How are my driving skills?" Miss Liu asked without answering.

Chen Dong objectively commented: "It's not bad."

"What do you mean it's okay? It's obviously not bad."

"Uh, don't you mean the same thing?"

"You taste it, you taste it carefully, does this mean the same thing?"

Liu Yifei snarled in the tone that Chen Dong taught her, and then added: "And I told my mother that after seeing you, I would let you drive, so my mother agreed."

Well, it turns out he was used as a shield.

……

At the entrance of the CPPCC Auditorium, a red city wall was erected.

Nearly a hundred fully armed 'ancient' generals lined up on both sides of the red carpet to welcome every guest invited to the premiere of "The Promise".

In the distance, a red Masa drove slowly and was immediately captured by the reporter's lens.

"Who is here?"

"It seems to be Director Chen Dong."

"Hey, when did Director Chen get a red Masa again?!"

"Damn it, quickly focus the camera on the driver who got out of the driving seat."

"What driver? That's Miss Yifei."

"What's going on? Did they just stop pretending?"

"Haha, since we haven't made it public, we will always be just classmates..."

"Do you believe this statement?"

"It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. What matters is that Liu Yifei's fans are willing to believe it."

"That's right~"

……

Even though Chen Dong knew that Chen Kaige was a decent person who paid great attention to pomp and circumstance, when he saw it with his own eyes, he was still shocked by the grand scene.

Miss Liu was also amazed.

"We're about to walk down the red carpet, Sissi, would you like to hold my arm?"

Liu Yifei was naturally not polite. She also said: "This seems to be our first time on the red carpet ~ even though it's just the premiere red carpet."

Chen Dong heard the deep meaning of the words and said with a smile: "Then next time I will take Sissi to the red carpet of the film festival."

"This is what you said, don't go back on it."

"Do you want to pull the hook?"

Miss Liu thought of the two-year appointment that night and muttered: "Childish, don't do it."

In fact, she still thought about it, but the occasion was wrong, so she said something that was not true.

After walking on the red carpet, the two of them no longer rubbed their ears together, but they took several photos together in a graceful manner. Chen Dong noticed that Miss Liu was scissor-hands in every pose. I wanted to remind you that I feel like such a young lady. It was quite cute, so I lost my mind.

After walking the red carpet, they left their names on the guest book and then walked into the CPPCC auditorium.

No one greeted him at the entrance of the auditorium, because the main creative staff of "The Promise" were being interviewed on stage.

Chen Dong and Miss Liu walked silently behind a group of reporters and looked towards the stage.

I heard Chen Hong breaking the news, "Last night, Kai Ge suddenly said to me that he wanted to cry. I asked him what was wrong? He said that he was excited but sad at the same time..."

Chen Kaige did not expect that his wife would even tell the media about his "embarrassing things", and an unnatural wry smile flashed across his old face.

"May I ask Director Kai Ge if this is the case?"

Seeing the reporter asking for confirmation, Chen Kaige picked up the microphone, nodded gently and said, "Yes, that's what happened."

"I'm excited because I finally made a huge film like "The Promise," but I'm sad because all the creative staff put in so much hard work during the entire production process."

Then, another reporter asked him to talk about his views on the actors. Director Chen Da replied without hesitation: "I am very satisfied with all the actors, whether it is Zhang Dongjian, Zhang Baizi, Xie Tingfeng, Sanada Hiroyuki, Liu Ye, or myself. My wife, or other actors, they are all very innocent people, and everyone on the set often confides in each other... Sometimes I feel that the whole "The Promise" is like dough, and everyone is completely integrated together. , are treating this work with the most serious attitude.”

"Director Kai Ge, some people say that "The Promise" is your transformational work. What do you think of this?" a new reporter asked.

This question made Chen Kaige think carefully before answering: "Although "The Promise" is a magical film, I don't think it is a transformation in my artistic path. On the contrary, this film continues my consistent The humanistic care style, and the magical colors and special effects, in my opinion, are only for the plot. The biggest highlights of the film are still the story, characters and emotions."

This was so beautifully said that Chen Dong in the audience couldn't help but want to give director Chen a round of applause.

Another reporter mentioned that this year's Lunar New Year event was called a war between Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou. Chen Kaige responded with a smile: "You always compare me and Zhang Yimou. In fact, the two of us have a very good relationship and we cooperate together." Two movies and one TV series. Of course, I don’t object to you comparing our works. You can express your own opinions freely. If I have time, I will also carefully watch "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles"."

"Director Chen, when you made "The Promise", was it to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?"

This question is really a bit silly.

Even if Chen Kaige really had this idea, it was absolutely impossible for him to answer yes.

"In my opinion, Oscars happen every year, not just once in a century. Just like I admire Li Yu very much, but I don't admire him just because he won the Oscar. Many people always say that Chinese films will go global, but in fact China has always If you are part of the world, how can you say you are going to the world?”

"What I mean by this is how do we make Chinese culture and even Eastern culture accepted by the West... At present, Western culture represented by the United States is the mainstream culture in the world today. In order for them to accept us, we must first improve our mentality. Don’t rush it, it’s going to be a long process.”

On this occasion, one topic is indispensable, and that is box office.

"My expectations for the box office are like Han Xin's ordering troops, the more the better."

In this interview, Chen Kaige was asked the most questions, followed by Zhang Baizi.

Today, Zhang Baizi is wearing a low-cut dress, which looks particularly charming and sexy. When Chen Dong answered the reporter's questions in her plastic Mandarin, he inexplicably thought of the shocking line in "The Promise": " Does anyone else want to see what I'm wearing under this dress?"

(End of this chapter)